Star Trek DS9 - Season 2 - Episode 24
Star Trek DS9 - 2x24 - The Collaborator
Originally Aired: 1994-5-22
Synopsis:
Kira must investigate the man she loves when she learns he may be the Cardassian collaborator responsible for the massacre of 43 Bajorans. [DVD]
Problems
None
Factoids
None
Remarkable Scenes
- Kira insulting Vedek Winn.
- Kira and Odo talking to the collaborator.
- Vedek Winn's meeting with Sisko.
- Kira and Odo waking in on Quark. Kira: "Don't be so defensive!" Quark: "I can't help it, between the two of you I'm developing a persecution complex!"
- Rules of Acquisition; 285 (last rule). No good deed ever goes unpunished.
My Review
Vedek Winn manipulates Vedek Bareil to get him to withdraw his candidacy for the next Kai. An interesting idea, but drowns under the weight of zero plot development. The whole thing plays out exactly as it was expected to with no major surprises. One thing to note is that the consequences of this episode are majorly important to the series. Kai Winn becomes twice as destructive as Vedek Winn was, Kira already regrets Winn becoming Kai, but she'll have twice as many reasons to later in the series.
The following are comments submitted by my readers.
I'm amazed this only got a 4. Some good drama, and the election of a new Space-Pope is hardly "zero plot development". In hindsight, it may seem obvious that Kai Winn will be elected, but it's an enormous change for those watching the episodes in order.
The episode had me believing that Bareil had been a collaborator, in the sense of sacrificing the few for the benefit of the many. The double turnaround made for some good emotional responses from Kira.