The Adversary 

The Defiant is off to show the Federation's presence to the new Tzenkethi government. While underway the ship malfunctions and repeated instances leads Sisko to believe a changeling's onboard, engaging in sabotage.

Director:

Alexander Singer

Writers:

Gene Roddenberry (based upon "Star Trek" created by), Rick Berman (created by)

Stars:

Avery Brooks, Rene Auberjonois, Alexander Siddig

Cast

Episode cast overview:
Avery Brooks	...	Commander Sisko
Rene Auberjonois	...	Odo
Alexander Siddig	...	Doctor Bashir (as Siddig El Fadil)
Terry Farrell	...	Lieutenant Dax
Cirroc Lofton	...	Jake Sisko
Colm Meaney	...	Chief O'Brien
Armin Shimerman	...	Quark
Nana Visitor	...	Major Kira
Lawrence Pressman	...	Krajensky
Ken Marshall	...	Michael Eddington (as Kenneth Marshall)
Jeff Austin	...	Bolian
Majel Barrett	...	Computer Voice (voice)

Storyline

There's a party on Deep Space Nine, as Sisko has just been promoted to captain. Ambassador Krajensky is in attendance, but, he's there to tell of a coup which just took place on the Tzenkethi home world. Krajensky wants to remind them the Federation is still committed to the protection of the colonies. Sisko takes the Defiant to Tzenkethi space. While working on the ship O'Brien hears some strange sounds, and soon the communications array malfunctions. O'Brien and Dax discover a parasitic tube-like system which is invading the ship's equipment, protected by a forcefield, which must be stopped before it takes full control leaving the crew to die.

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Plot Keywords:

24th century | 

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Drama | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

19 June 1995 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Paramount Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

46 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

This episode marks the first appearance of several new sets aboard the Defiant, namely main engineering, the mess hall and the extended corridor set.

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Goofs

14:45 during the scene on the bridge, a boom mic and even the boom on which it is mounted is clearly visible at the top edge of the screen centered approximately over the captains chair and remains visible (and moving) from that camera angle.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Commander Sisko: Commander's log, stardate 48959.1 - It is with mixed emotions that I record this, my final Commander's log. The last three years have been the most demanding and rewarding of my career. I can only hope that the future will hold even greater challenges.

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Connections

References Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: The Search: Part II (1994)

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Soundtracks

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Main Title
(uncredited)
Written by Dennis McCarthy
Performed by Dennis McCarthy

User Reviews

Those Changelings REALLY suck!!!

Commander Sisko has just been promoted to captain (yippee). As his first assignment, he is to take the Defiant to some settlement across space to stop some rebellion. However, partway there, it becomes obvious that the Ambassador is actually a changeling and the entire mission is actually a chance for the Founders to star a huge intergalactic war!! Apparently, humanoid lives mean nothing to these annoying jerks! So, it's up to Sisko and the crew to regain control of their ship AND find the changeling now that he's disappeared into the ship.

This is a very tense episode with lots of surprises and twists. I also appreciated the ending when you see Odo do something you'd never expect! All in all, one of the better episodes--which is true of all the Changeling episodes.

By the way, it was rather funny in a small scene between Captain Sisko and Commander Eddington (the security guy recently assigned to DS9). Eddington wants to become a captain himself but complains that 'no one who wears yellow ever becomes a captain'. What about Kirk?