History Recap / StarTrekDeepSpaceNineS02E04InvasiveProcedures

* {{Irony}}: The final line of the episode is Jadzia commenting how Verad will "always be with me." [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse Verad is never mentioned again in the series.]]

* BadBadActing: Quark's injury acting. Best described as a shrieking bird combined with a fire alarm.

* DirtyCoward: At least as far as Klingons go. The merc played by Tim Russ shows none of the usual interest in honor or battle preffering to hold captives at bay with a disrupter and even aims for O'Brien's wound to with a kick when the main cast are talking after he told them to be quiet. Fittingly he's also not much of a warrior by Klingon standards as when it comes time to fight hand to hand he gets his ass kicked by Sisko pretty easily.

* WorfHadTheFlu: Only explination for how Kira got her ass handed to her. When in 3 seasons she would be taking on Klingons 4 at a time.

** The Klingon played by Tim Russ also counts. He's supposed to be a ProudWarriorRaceGuy but is bested in hand to hand combat by Sisko and Odo.
* WorfhadtheFlu: Only explination for how Kira got her ass handed to her. When in 3 seasons she would be taking on Klingons 4 at a time.

[=DS9=] is practically empty. A plasma disruption has forced most of the station to evacuate. (Didn't they just bring back everyone after the evacuation during "The Siege"?) Still aboard is a skeleton crew of Sisko, Dax, Kira, Odo, O'Brien and...[[AndZoidberg Quark,]] who is found acting suspiciously in an airlock.

%%* WhatMightHaveBeen: Quoted by Verad to Mareel.

* CurbStompBattle: Major Kira receives on from Marcel, odd since she's generally the one who dishes these out.

CurbStompBattle: Major Kira receives on from Marcel, odd since she's generally the one who dishes these out.

[=DS9=] is practically empty. A plasma disruption has forced most of the station to evacuate. (Didn't they just bring back everyone after the evacuation during "The Seige"?) Still aboard is a skeleton crew of Sisko, Dax, Kira, Odo, O'Brien and...[[AndZoidberg Quark,]] who is found acting suspiciously in an airlock.

[=DS9=] is practically empty. A Plasma disruption has forced most of the station to evacuate. (Didn't they just bring back everyone after the evacuation during "The Seige"?) Leaving a skeleton crew of Sisko, Dax, Kira, Odo, O'Brien and...[[AndZoidberg Quark.]] Who is found acting suspiciously in an airlock. Leaving a strange device on the wall.

Verad is there for a specific reason. He's an un-joined Trill. Dismissed as "Unsuited" for joining. So he's decided to do an end-run around protocol, and just steal a Symbiont. And surprise surprise, the most suitable one is Dax.

The new Verad Dax however is feeling fit as a fiddle. His lady-friend Mareel however isn't wild about this new, confident Verad. Who seems rather uninterested in her.

After making a vain attempt to take down a Klingon, Quark is rushed off to sickbay with an ear injury. It's a lie of course. And Bashir sedates one of the Klingons when he brings Quark in. The twosome quickly release Odo.

As Verad prepares to escape to the Gamma Quadrant, he's met with an empty docking bay. And a pissed off Odo and Kira. Taking down the other Klingon, he runs for another shuttle. Only to meet Sisko there. Waiting with a phaser. Verad dismisses him, claiming that his friend wouldn't shoot him, in fear of harming the Dax Symbiont.

* BadBadActing: Quarks injury acting. Best described as a shrieking bird, combined with a fire alarm.

* ButtMonkey: As per usual, O'Brien.

* WhatMightHaveBeen: Quoted by Verad to Mareel.

* YouWouldntShootMe: As a matter of fact Verad, he would. And does.

[=DS9=] is practically empty. A Plasma disruption has forced most of the station to evacuate. Leaving a skeleton crew of Sisko, Dax, Kira, Odo, O'Brien and...[[AndZoidberg Quark.]] Who is found acting suspiciously in an airlock. Leaving a strange device on the wall.

A Trill named Verad takes the crew of [=DS9=] hostage because he wants to be joined with the Dax symbiont, but removing the symbiont will kill Jadzia.

* IdiotPlot: Another episode which could have been completely avoided had Starfleet employed more than one security officer to an entire space station.

* RetroactiveRecognition: Tim Russ, playing a Klingon mercenary, would become [[Series/StarTrekVoyager much more familiar]] to ''Franchise/StarTrek'' fans not long after this.

* RetroactiveRecognition: Tim Russ, playing a Klingon mercenary, would become [[StarTrekVoyager much more familiar]] to ''StarTrek'' fans not long after this.