Equilibrium (17 Oct. 1994)

The Trill homeworld is the setting, as Sisko and Bashir take Jadzia home for treatment when she begins experiencing hallucinations after playing a tune she can't recall.

Director:

Cliff Bole

Writers:

Gene Roddenberry (creator), Rick Berman (creator),

Stars:

Avery Brooks, Rene Auberjonois, Alexander Siddig

Cast

Episode credited cast:
Avery Brooks	...	Commander Sisko
Rene Auberjonois	...	Odo
Alexander Siddig	...	Doctor Bashir (as Siddig El Fadil)
Terry Farrell	...	Lieutenant Jadzia Dax
Cirroc Lofton	...	Jake Sisko
Colm Meaney	...	Chief O'Brien (credit only)
Armin Shimerman	...	Quark
Nana Visitor	...	Major Kira
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Lisa Banes	...	Doctor Renhol
Nicholas Cascone	...	Timor
Nick Dimitri	...	Trill Guard
Jeff McBride	...	Joran Belar (as Jeff Magnus McBride)
Harvey Vernon	...	Yolad Belar

Storyline

At a Sisko house party, Jadzia sees a musical instrument. While she claims none of the hosts had even the slightest musical ability, she is able to get music out of it. She plays a tune and is frustrated she can't get it right. She gets obsessed by it, has trouble concentrating and starts behaving violently. When she gets hallucinations of a masked man that looks familiar, she is even more determined to find out what the music is and Sisko suggests running it through the Federation database. Then Bashir discovers Jadzia's isoboramine levels are down, a neurotransmitter between host and symbiont. Bashir has no clue why and he sees no other alternative than to take her to Trill, where the doctors of the Symbiosis Commission will examine her.

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Plot Keywords:

composer | murder | mask | stabbed in the neck | 24th century | 

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Drama | Sci-Fi

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

17 October 1994 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Paramount Television

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Quotes

Lieutenant Jadzia Dax: None of Dax's hosts, even Jadzia, had any musical ability.
Doctor Bashir: Nobody said life was fair.
Lieutenant Jadzia Dax: Yeah, even if you had seven of 'em.

User Reviews

Killer Dax

As the senior staff gather to enjoy a dinner with Commander Sisko Dax starts playing a musical instrument something she thought that none of her hosts has ever had a talent for. Afterwards she can't get the tune out of her head and behaves totally out of character; at one point she accuses Sisko of cheating at chess an acts in an almost threatening manner towards Kira. After an hallucination she sees Dr. Bashir and is told suffering from low levels of the chemical that links the symbiont and its host. In order to get the best treatment they take her back to Trill where they learn that in there may be a connection between Dax and a musician who died on the same day that one of Dax's previous hosts had died after a six month coma. The musician's brother tells Sisko that he believed he'd been joined despite there being no official records; he also said that he died after murdering one of the doctors. It appears that the people in charge of Trill joining have been keeping a secret, but why? Meanwhile it appears that Dax's condition could be terminal.

This was a decent episode which taught us more about Dax's past and the nature of the Trill. The only slight weakness was that I never really thought that Dax was in any danger although that might be because I'd seen the series before and knew she survive this episode.