Jadzia times Seven
This was the point at which they started giving Jadzia and her race, the "Trill" a lot more dimension.
The Trill derive from the Next Generation episode "The Host" - And Those Trill are not the same race of Trill as the Jadzia Host. Those Trill totally engulfed the Host personality, burying it. But the Trill, as well as a Makeup Facelift also get a "Hostlift" as their whole Species is re-defined in ways that make Jadzia and then Ezri in the 7th Season a lot more acceptable.
And so Jadzia, and us by inference, get to meet all seven of Dax's Previous Hosts. When speaking to the Original Trill from TNG, you were speaking to the Symbiote only, and not the host. It is much better to have a Joined Species where there is actually a real Joining between each Host the symbiote has been implanted into: It shows that the Symbiote is not just using these bodies like old discarded clothing, but there is a real respect and care between the Symbiote and each subsequent Host.
There is a slight problem when Jadzia has her tete-a-tete with "Joran" the host previous to Curzon who murdered someone from the Symbiosis Commission when they tried to extract the Symbiote from an unstable personality. Using The Sisko's body, he tricks Jadzia into lowering the security field so he can try to choke her to death. Fortunately for Jadzia and Sisko as well, Jadzia is schooled in the Martial Arts of Qo'noS, so she beats "Joran/Sisko" black and blue until Joran releases his hold on The Sisko.
But then another problem erupts when Curzon is let into Odo's "Body"- Odo Joins with Curzon, and starts acting like Curzon, fleecing a "Tongo Shark".
And at this point, I have to edit this review to address something that was brought up by another Reviewer. Odo drinking? This was the first time where they showed that Odo could indeed perform the same functions as a humanoid if he could become a humanoid. "To become a thing is to know its form, to comprehend its existence"- something the female changeling had told Odo. And by this time we had seen her create a perfect duplicate of Kira. But she also became a rock. And Odo could not tell, even with his Starfleet tricorder. Later in the series Odo was made totally human with a digestive track and arthritis ridden spine. And as we had seen later in "a simple investigation", Odo was "Fully Functional", just like Data. He could even sleep, but then, of course, he would turn into orange goo and slide off of the bed. We have to believe that changelings have the ability to perform whatever a humanoid can- this aspect of the changelings becomes very apparent in the Picard series.
Initially, Odo and Curzon want to stay joined, but that would mean Jadzia would not have access to the 80 or so years of Curzon's memories which give Jadzia her Unique Edge.
In the end, Jadzia gets her Curzon back, with the added experience of being Joined to Odo, and she realizes what Joy Odo gets from being a "Changeling." Odo "Became" Curzon, who did have a Tongue, Nose and digestive tract.
And one Host was forgotten: Verad from "Invasive Procedures"-As we recall, in Season 2 Episode 4, DAX was accosted by a sniveling, bean counting pencil pusher named Verad who tried steal DAX and to escape to the Gamma quadrant. Thankfully The Sisko stopped him.
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