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Encyclopedia > Facets (DS9 episode)

"Facets" is the penultimate episode in the third season of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. It first aired on June 12, 1995. Space station Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (ST:DS9 or STDS9 or DS9 for short) is a science fiction television series produced by Paramount and set in the Star Trek universe. ... June 12 is the 163rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (164th in leap years), with 202 days remaining. ... 1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


Quick Overview: Jadzia Dax deals with feelings of inferiority as she encounters past hosts in a Trill rite of closure. Terry Farrell as Jadzia Dax Lieutenant Commander Jadzia Dax (played by Terry Farrell) was a fictional character in the first through sixth seasons of the television show Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. ... In music, a trill is a type of ornament; see trill (music) In phonetics, a trill is a type of consonant; see trill consonant In the fictional Star Trek universe, the Trill are two symbiotic races of aliens; see Trill (Star Trek). ...

Odo as Curzon Dax
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Odo as Curzon Dax

Dax finally makes plans to undergo her Zhian'tara, in which she has the chance to actually meet her previous hosts by temporarily transferring each one's memories from the symbiont into the minds of each of her friends.


The Zhian'tara is the Trill rite of closure. This is a very emotionally intense ceremony which involves the separation of the personalities of the previous hosts from the symbiont into friends of the current host. The relation allows the current host to gain a renewed sense of his/her shared lives. The process takes place with the assistance of a Guardian who telepathically transfers the personalities.


Sisko, Kira, Bashir, Odo, Quark, O'Brien, and Leeta have agreed to participate. Benjamin Lafayette Sisko is a character in the fictional Star Trek universe, played by Avery Brooks. ... In the fictional Star Trek universe, Kira Nerys, a Bajoran soldier, is a colonel in the Bajoran Militia, serving as first officer and Bajoran liaison officer on space station Deep Space Nine. ... Doctor Julian Bashir of Star Trek Deep Space 9 Bashir talking at Quarks Bar Dr. Julian Bashir (played by Alexander Siddig) is a fictional character in the science fiction television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. ... Quark, son of Keldar and Ishka, is a fictional character in the television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, played by Armin Shimerman. ...


Jadzia has been putting off her Zhian'tara because she fears what she will hear from the previous hosts. In particular, she doesn't want to face Curzon, who washed her out of the Trill initiation program. Terry Farrell as Jadzia Dax Lieutenant Commander Jadzia Dax (played by Terry Farrell) was a fictional character in the first through sixth seasons of the television show Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. ...


The experience has a strange effect on Odo who joins with Curzon. Due to his shapeshifter abilities, Odo/Curzon takes on the look of a trill. This article is about the Star Trek fictional character. ... Curzon Dax is a fictional character in the Star Trek universe. ... Shapeshifting, transformation or transmogrification refers to a change in the form or shape of a person. ...


The big revelation in "Facets" is that Curzon Dax, who was the person in charge of assessing Jadzia's worthiness for a Joining, flunked Jadzia from the program deliberately because he was very attracted to her, only to reinstate her later out of guilt. Curzon Dax is a fictional character in the Star Trek universe. ...

Preceded by:
Shakaar
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episodes Followed by:
The Adversary


 
 

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