Treachery, Faith, and the Great River



This episode is certainly the best we've had this season, and the most impressive since "In the Pale Moonlight" back in Season 6. "Treachery, Faith, and the Great River" wasn't quite what I expected it to be. I was really shocked when I heard that the Weyoun we've seen for the past two years died in a transporter accident. (Considering how much tension was between Weyoun and Damar during the first two episodes of the season, I would bet that Damar was the one who caused his death.) Although I could have done without the Kira/Odo springball scene at the very beginning, everything else seemed to work just fine. The episode, which was accompanied by David Bell's ditinct musical score, featured some great character devlopment for both Odo and Weyouns 6 and 7. Although I was hoping we would get to see Odo's Cardassian informant, which may have appeared in "Improbable Cause", (The cave where Odo meets Weyoun looks an awful lot like the one back in "Improbable Cause" by the way.) it didn't really hurt the story any. Jeffery Combs delivered a great performance as Weyoun 6, and I grew quite attatched to the character during the course of the show. It is a shame that we won't be seeing that particular character any more. Odo was very well portrayed in this outing. We really haven't had any major stories invloving him, besides this one of course, for well over a year now. I really did feel sorry for him when Weyoun 6 self killed himself in order to let Odo live to change the way of the Dominion. Also, I was surprised to learn that the Founders are dying. I wonder if this will be carried out in a future episode. Damar was seen drinking Kanar again in this episode. (I keep thinking about Quark's line way back in "Behind the Lines". It was something like, "I was drinking kanar with Damar. Hey, that rhymes!") It seems to me that Damar is growing more annoying with each passing show. Perhaps this is because he is starting to remind me of Dukat, who has become rather annoying himself lately. The special effects were some of the best I've seen during the entire run of DS9, or Trek for that matter. It actually looked real when the runabout maneuvered the ice fragments while the Jem'Hadar were in pursuit. There was so much detail and texture that every battle scene was nearly flawless. Now on to the subplot. I liked the interaction between Nog and O'Brien. For a while there, I actually was beginning to think that Nog had taken the runabout and left the Chief. The only character that didn't seem right was Captain Sisko. He just seemed like he wasn't himself. Oh well. Also, I'm glad that David Bell composed the music. This was the sort of episode that he composes best. If you listen carefully, you will notice that the music follows the same notes that are used in such episodes as DS9's "Sacrifice of Angels" and Voyager's "Extreme Risk". All in all, this was a good week for DS9, and Voyager as well. "Treachery, Faith, and the Great River" nudges "Afterimage" out of this season's 1st place spot and receives a well deserved 10.00 out of 10.00 -- NEXT WEEK : Once More Unto the Breach


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