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Star Trek - Deep Space Nine, Episode 72: The Adversary [VHS]

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Captain Sisko is approached by Ambassador Krajensky and informed of a coup on the Tzenkethi home world. The Ambassadors requests the Defiant make a tour of Federation colonies near Tzenkethi space to head off any possible aggressive actions. However, it turns out the Ambassador is really a Changeling, sent to start a war. It certainly took the writers of DS9 a long time to get around to an episode based on the rather obvious idea of the Changelings using their shape-shifting abilities in the war between the Dominion and the Federation. Of the course the chief fun of this episode is figuring out whose identity the Changeling has taken next as "The Adversary" becomes a game of cat and mouse. I do not think this episode takes full advantage of the possibilities, especially since the Changeling's final disguise is a rather obvious choice, but it is still a decent outing for Sisko and company.

This is an episode that I waited an entire DECADE to watch..All throughout the entire "Deep Space 9"series,I kept hearing references to Odo taking the life of a fellow changeling,but I never SAW the actual episode on the series..This"event"was brought up every single time one of the Founders had a chance to converse with Odo..I was SO very glad to discover this particular episode on Amazon!!After anticipating watching this episode for so many years,one might suspect that to finally get to see it would be sort of a"let-down"because of my HIGH expectations,and lenghty anticipation of actually seeing this episode. But NO!! This episode lived up to EVERYTHING I expected of it!! The icing on the cake was the"cryptic"comment that the dying changeling whispered to Odo that sent a chill through my body:"It's too late,we're EVERYWHERE!! SUPERB episode!!

For the first time, the Founders, Odo's people, and the Dominion's gods, dominate the Federation. In a party celebrating Sisko's promotion to Captain, he secretly speaks with Admiral Krajensky. The admiral explains that there is trouble on the Tzenkethi Homeworld that could possibly endanger Federation colonists. So, Sisko goes to the Tzenkethi Homeworld in the U.S.S. Defiant. Unbeknownst to the crew of the Defiant, the admiral is actually a Founder, one of Odo's people, trying to rid Odo of the Solids. Not much later, the U.S.S. Defiant picks up a distress call from the Federation colony. The line goes dead, meaning the colony has been destroyed. Dax scans everyone, and when she gets to the admiral, it turns into a Changeling and escapes the bridge. Sisko gets furious and wants the Changeling found on board the U.S.S. Defiant. The rest is for you to buy this video and see for yourself.

For the first time, the Founders, Odo's people, and the Dominion's gods, dominate the Federation. In a party celebrating Sisko's promotion to Captain, he secretly speaks with Admiral Krajensky. The admiral explains that there is trouble on the Tzenkethi Homeworld that could possibly endanger Federation colonists. So, Sisko goes to the Tzenkethi Homeworld in the U.S.S. Defiant. Unbeknownst to the crew of the Defiant, the admiral is actually a Founder, one of Odo's people, trying to rid Odo of the Solids. Not much later, the U.S.S. Defiant picks up a distress call from the Federation colony. The line goes dead, meaning the colony has been destroyed. Dax scans everyone, and when she gets to the admiral, it turns into a Changeling and escapes the bridge. Sisko gets furious and wants the Changeling found on board the U.S.S. Defiant. The rest is for you to buy this video and see for yourself.

It was a great episode, I think it was one of the best tapes I ever saw because i think it shows how the Defiant crew would handle a changling. I got it in agift set called the Captains Collection.