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Generally, I tire of the Klingons in the Star Trek canon. But here, three great ones who were betrayed decades previously, return to fulfill a blood oath they took decades previously. The interesting thing about this is that Curzon Dax was part of that oath Jadzia needs to join them. They fight her along the way. This is a neat little story with each of the Klingons having a distinct personality that shines through. Dax is conflicted about actually killing others but the "Albino" is such a despicable creature that it hard to restrain.

Let's talk fan-service done right. You want to appeal to old-guard and new fans by pulling in past characters; OK -- but do it with a good story, and with details which develop from the specific nature of the individual characters.

Colicos and Campbell played larger-than-life and comic foil, respectively, while Ansara played a more reticent, even tragic hero. All those roles have been deepened here, and it's not surprising to see three veteran actors still have the stuff to light up a screen. What's more notable is how well Terry Farrell keeps up with them, still firmly in character.

This must have been an awesome episode for the three guests but also Farrell. But also for us, the viewers; this is arguably the best episode of any Trek featuring guest stars from a previous Trek, because it's apparent that the writer(s) paid close attention to the original stories that featured these actors, and included details that show they knew as much as the most rabid of fans, if not more -- and used that info as legitimate part of the story (e.g., Kor's suggestion about the armory is exactly what Kirk did in "Errand of Mercy").

There are plenty of TOS or TNG or DS9 episodes which don't realize their real potential; that's just the nature of grind-em-out weekly TV. But here we have a sequel fully as good as the originals: big characters, believable plot, strong execution. Before this, DS9 had good episodes in its own style. With "Blood Oath" they proved they could also be good Trek in the old style, without losing their own. Highly recommended.

Over the course of seven seasons, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine gave Star Trek fans some memorable & heartfelt love letters to Star Trek: The Original Series. One of the very best Star Trek love letters of all time aired on H&I tonight: "Blood Oath". This episode was so much more than a clever & witty ST salute, ala "Trials and Tribble-ations", this episode further fleshed out the already-rich & nuanced backstory of the classic Klingon culture, as well as fleshing out the backstory of Jadzia Dax! On a geeky behind-the-scenes note, this episode was written by veteran television screenwriter Peter Alan Fields, who wrote numerous episodes of ST: DS9, ST: TNG, (including the classic TNG episode: "The Inner Light".) The Six Million Dollar Man, McCloud, and, perhaps the greatest episode of The Man from U. N. C. L. E. Of all time: "The Concrete Overcoat Affair, Parts I & II". ("Look out! It's a pineapple!") Twenty-seven years later, the episode still holds up quite well. It's not just a great television episode, its great Star Trek also ! All in all, this was a most wonderful trip down memory lane tonight!

What was great here was that the three original "Original Series" Klingons - Those at least with Names - The Three K's - Kor, Kolath and Kang - Were gathered together 27 years after being in The Original Series to continue their same parts.

But what was needed was a way to get them intimately connected to one of our new DS9 crew. Which One? Odo is 300 years old, but at this point in the series, 1) He didn't know his Age and Origins, and 2) He had been in a bucket or floating in space for most of that time. So, who would possibly have connected to all three of these guys - I Know! Kurzon- Who is now Jadzia!

Problem is, convincing not only the Three K-K-Klingons, but us as well.

From this point on, the Spock-Ness of Jadzia started being replaced by the Kirk-Ness of Kurzon.

So Jadzia had to get not only a Trill Make-up Update, but a Character Update as well. It is not hard to assume that Jadzia, only having been Joined to Dax for a few years - Was more like Jadzia when we saw her step off of the Transport ship in "Emissary" - And that Jadzia is the Spock of this character. There had been no reason for the Kurzon to come out, the memories were there, but the personality was this bland, know-it-all scientist Woman/Girly Girl. Until Now.

It required THIS episode to bring out the Kurzon in Jadzia Dax. And so, we see these three Klingon Warriors- and hey, they've got Brow Ridges now! It was all Kor's fault, drank too much Brishanti Ale. But since we never really got to know the characters of these guys in their Original Trek Appearances, we have to invent how they would be, 25 years after meeting Kirk on the first Enterprise, and 80 years after that.

In fact these Klingons have been elevated to "Da'Har Master" - I guess, the rank of "Old Storytellers" - I suppose, those who keep alive the Stories, the stories Worf would always teach Alexander. So they get to wear great Mullet/Poodle Haircuts and wear Furry Klingon Armor.

But Kurzon-Dax was intimately connected to these guys... Apparently, somewhere in that room at the end of Star Trek VI - At The Khitomer Conference - Were all three of these guys plus Kurzon - Even though in a Brannon Braga Voyager Alternate Universe Flashback story Kang was near RuraPente at the same time. But that's No Problem, see? Cos Braga would just write another Alternate Universe Trek story with Time Travel to explain it. Hell, Braga's Trek Universe and Timeline should look like SWISH CHEESE by now and thank the dead gods of Qo'Nos he was kept OUT of Deep Space Nine.

So what is important here, is not just the Joy of Bringing three beloved and hated Klingon's back - But that Curzon had made a promise to Kang - And Curzon was as Klingon as all three of those guys, to the point where that part of him even affected Jadzia.

I believe in this episode it is brought up that Trill with Spots (Don't know about the Trill without spots, the ones from "The Host" in TNG) are not really supposed to get involved with Prior Life Relationships, people, or even Promises. But Curzon felt so strongly about this, he even caused Jadzia to agree to carry out his Promise.

But we begin to see, even Jadzia loved Qo'nos and Klingons- The Love was part of her as well. The Sisko does not want her to do this, but he cannot stop her. He knows Curzon, he knows Jadzia.

And so The Three K's with Jadzia in Tow plan a bold attack, Jadzia's Science background allows them a way to get into where this "Albino Klingon" is holed up. The Albino's head Alien guard is Chris Latta/Collins who was the Captain of The Paugh in Next Generation "A Matter of Honour".

And so a GLORIOUS battle ensues, two of the K's are K-K-Killed. But neither Kurzon nor Kor do the Klingon Death Yell which Worf always does. Possibly because the Albino was not expected to go to Sto'Vo'Kor - And, they really did not eat his Heart.

Jadzia comes back to DS9 as if nothing had happened- But this Jadzia which came back, was a much different Jadzia then the one who left- For the rest of her time on the series.

Three Klingons arrive at DS9 with a plan of revenge in mind.

This is a good character development episode for Jadzia Dax and a nice tribute to the original series.

The plot is simple and engaging with Jadzia placed in a compelling situation due to the history of the symbiont Dax. For me it all boils down whether Terry Ferrell convinces you that her character has the mentality of a Klingon warrior due to Dax's association. For me she just about does it and that is why the episode works.

It is great to see John Colicos, Michael Ansara, and William Campbell back on screen after their memorable guest performances during the sixties.

Star Trek has traditionally been about positive resolution to conflict with the avoidance of violence, however the Klingon cantered stories have been a way for the writers to have their cake and eat it when it comes to these themes. As DS9 goes on it only gets darker in certain episodes, so if you have a problem with this aspect of the show, now is the time to jump off.

It's taken me 20 years to become a Trekkie but better late than never! I grew up in the early 90s, my mom was a hardcore Trekkie, but I could never get into the show back then but now I have!

This episode is alright but I've never really cared for the Klingons, too barbaric for my liking. I'm starting to like Dax even less as well. You might chalk it up to bad writing but its like you can't even go 2 episodes without Jadzia reminding us over and over that she used to be Curzon. Ok, enough, we get that you can change bodies! In this episode she comes across as a try-hard which was a little off-putting as well. But this episode is over 25 years old so my opinion shouldn't count for much! Don't let it put you off the episode if you are a fan of Klingons

OMG. When will DS9 get good?

I have soon seen the first two seasons. A handful of episodes were ok. Rest was pretty uninteresting.

TNG is 10 times better!