And so on the holodeck Worf and co. find O’Brien and are faced by the head of the Game in the form of a classic vampire. Outside, Odo investigates the Varela and the Defiant makes its return to DS9.
Oh good Verad is back.
Okay so a couple of continuity things right off, first we see Bashir and Doctor Selar in sickbay, Selar is supposed to be in a coma but then both are captured when Maquis throw Odo and team in confinement with them. Also Odo is off searching the ship, but he’s also walking past Quark? And Selar apparently made a quick recovery.
Also Verad and Maquis? Verad wasn’t even a great antagonist in the show, they could’ve chosen any number of characters. Also the portrayal of the Maquis as power grabbing terrorists, they were never that. They were colonists angered by the Federation’s decision to abandon them for some treaty, making them the big bad for plot reasons is just kinda lazy.
On the plus side the A story on the holodeck is a much better story involving a mystery killer in an old mansion, and the safeties are off.
Both stories tie together of course as outside the holodeck our heroes have to find a way to the blade of Jeraddo while in the holodeck the rest have to figure out a way to survive.
Can they?!
Will they?!
The conclusion is coming! 6/10