Lore confronts the Pleroma and in the process kills Charles Evans. He has a bomb that can tear the Pleroma, and the rest of the universe, apart and he wants only one thing... for Sisko to give Lore his position as Emissary. As Lore and Sisko verbally fight one another T'Lir and Sato infiltrate Lore's Bird of Prey. They manage to escape with Data's head. Back in the Pleroma, after making no progress with the higher beings nor Sisko, Lore activates the bomb and the universe begins to tear itself apart as the Theseus speeds away.
There is a lot going on in this issue. The verbal confrontations between Sisko and Lore, and Sisko and his mother are the big scenes here. Though with all the super powered, 'higher' beings you'd think there would be more of a confrontation. But other than Charlie attempting to confront Lore, there are no fireworks here. It gives the higher beings the sense of being above even this situation, but the double edged sword here is it makes them look foolish as the universe tears apart around them.
six out of ten.
