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I think this episode was a much needed humorous break from the serious episodes that came before it. It was a pleasure to sit through a nice, uplifting episode for a change. Dax and Worf are finally married! Woot!
I very much enjoyed this episode. I was very happy to see the smiles on everyone’s faces, the happiness in their voice and the joy in their laughter. I hadn’t realized until this episode, just how much Quark cared for Jadzia and I felt kind of bad for him. I just thought he thought of her as just a good friend. Oh the things one misses when not looking for them.
I would not have used the same words as Martok did to describe his wife. Magnificent is not the word I would have chosen, not at all. I thought this might be one of those kinds of situations like they have in many corny love stories. The mother in-law (even though I know Sirella does not hold that title) hates the future daughter in-law, yet the daughter in-law somehow wins her over and everyone is happy!- happens all the time in the movies. But we never do get to see what happened between Jadzia and Sirella, we just know they made up and Sirella approved the marriage. The writers either ran out of time, couldn’t find a good way to write that scene or the producers ran out of time and money to film another scene between Jadzia and Sirella. That storyline just felt too built up to just skip over and abruptly end. I was actually disappointed that we didn’t get to see what happened with Jadzia and Sirella. I was looking forward to the scene where we get to see the exact moment that Jadzia won over Sirella. But no such scene exists and that makes me sad...single tear.
I was also disappointed that we didn’t get to see any of the conversation that Kira and Odo had! We just see them the next morning stowed away in Jadzia’s closet, talking away like old friends, looking all happy. We are just supposed to accept that they are buddy-buddy after everything they went through in the last few months? Bah! I feel gipped. I can get behind Kira and Odo making up but I can’t get behind not knowing what went on between them while that was happening. There’s a piece missing for me. What did Odo say to Kira? How have they worked things out? Has Kira forgiven him? Is Odo still in love with Kira? Arghhhhh.
The Kal’Hyah ritual was quite interesting. I don’t know if I’d be able to go without food for four days. I had trouble going without it for 24 hours. But I suppose I might if it was for a good friend and it meant a lot to them. I very much enjoyed Bashir and O’Brien during the ritual. “I’m going to kill Worf.” “Kill Worf, Kill Worf.” Haha, that was an awesome scene, I laughed so much.
I also found it interesting how much history one has to know to be accepted into a Klingon house. It made me think- I most certainly do not know that much about my family. Can you imagine though, if everyone on Earth was required to know that much about their family history? Wow, that would be amazing.
It’s kind of interesting the relationship that Jake now has with the other characters on DS9. His main friendship was always with Nog, but now it seems that Kira and the others have come to think of him more as a colleague and friend, rather than just Sisko’s son.
I’m just going to comment on a few random things that caught my attention throughout the episode.
1.) My goodness, does Terry Farrell have nice arms, or does she have nice arms?!?! And she looked very sexy in her wedding dress. I thought she looked just beautiful.
2.) Nog has got to be the best dancer ever! I can’t tell you how much I laughed watching his little side-twist-jump dance. It was so awesome. I loved it! There are such great actors on this show.
3.) I absolutely adored Bashir’s and O’Brien’s impatience at the end of the wedding. “Now???...Now???” Haha- I’d want to beat on my friend too if I had been roped into a Kal’Hyah ceremony. But I felt completely RIPPED OFF that we didn’t get to see them smack Worf around! We just hear faked noises in the background as the scene cuts away to the end credits. BAHHH- cheap! And that’s my rant for the evening.
I will leave you with my favourite quote of the episode:
“But how hollow is the sound of victory without someone to share it with? Honour gives little comfort to a man alone in his home...and in his heart.”
LLAP
-B
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