This episode got me thinking about Dax. How does this Dax symbiant thing work? Do they jump into new hosts, or they create their own new bodies? Like was Jadzia Dax just some woman named Jadzia at one point ... like a cleaning lady at a space motel or something?
So in this episode, Dax is accused of a murder that happened back when she was a man Curzon Dax (who was best friends with Sisko at the time). Curzon had an affair with a military generals wife and suddenly the man ends up dead. A group of aliens try to take Dax into custody, but Sisko orders a hearing first. He argues that Dax cannot be charged with the crime because THIS Dax is not that DAX, they are two different beings. I'm not sure I agree. It's still the same symbiant, just with a different skin right? I mean if this is true then Dax could commit a million crimes in this body and then just change hosts and she would be immune from the law.
It's a moot point anyway because the general guy basically ended up killing himself.
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I liked Dax in this show. Not sure if I ever got it though. (then again i never watched all that many episodes).
The dax is a tape worm that crawls up the person's butt.
I've also never completely understood the concept of the trill culture, but that's ok because neither did the Star Trek writers, since the cultural concepts kept changing from episode to episode.
However, it does seem that the Trill keep a race of slaves just to they can take over their bodies and live forever. That seems awful to me.
That's terrible. I'm surprised the Federation would even align themselves with that.
Well, that's why they're called symbiotes and not parasites. I guess there's something valuable to be gained by both the host and the creature. Think of it like an arranged marriage. If you've got a problem with that, then the US world government, or whatever, in Star Trek is going to have to kick out India.
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