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Plot summary

In the previous episode, Anjohl Tennan (Dukat) got very close to Kai Winn, Benjamin Sisko married Kasidy Yates despite warnings from the Prophets, and Ezri Dax and Worf were beamed by the Breen aboard a Jem'Hadar ship. This article or section may need to be cleaned up and rewritten because it describes a work of fiction in a primarily in-universe style. ... On the science-fiction television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Winn Adami was the duplicitous woman who became Kai, the spiritual leader of Bajor, in 2370. ... Captain Benjamin Lafayette Sisko, played by Avery Brooks, is a Starfleet officer and the main character of the television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. ... In the fictional Star Trek universe, Kasidy Yates is a freighter captain. ... Lieutenant (junior grade) Ezri Dax (played by Nicole de Boer) is a fictional character in the seventh and final season of the science fiction television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and in the novels which continue the story. ... Worf (Klingon: worIv) is a Klingon Starfleet officer in the Star Trek fictional universe. ... Breen soldier appearing on Star Trek: Deep Space 9 The Breen are a species in the science fiction franchise Star Trek. ... Ikatika, a JemHadar soldier in 2373 In the fictional Star Trek universe, the JemHadar are the shock troops of the powerful Dominion located in the Gamma Quadrant. ...

Thot Gor, of the Breen, presents Dax and Worf to the changeling as a gift. The Breen are accepted into the Dominion regardless of Damar's disapproval of the treaty and its consequences for Cardassia. Damar's mood worsens as Thot Gor is allowed classified access. Damar can refer to: Damar Island, an island of Indonesia, part of the Barat Daya Islands Damar, Kansas, United States Corat Damar, a character in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

The mood in Quark's bar is sombre, as the crew misses Worf and Dax. Bashir's talk leads O'Brien to believe that he is in love with Ezri. Sisko isn't well either, as his wife begins to be uncomfortable with being married to an important figure in Bajoran religion.

During a confrontation with their captors, Worf slays Weyoun, though this is ultimately pointless as another clone would be sent in. As Worf and Ezri are taken to be executed, Damar realizes that the Dominion is not a good thing for Cardassia. He frees Worf and Dax and informs them he will help the Federation.

Anjohl convinces Winn to walk the path of the Pah-wraiths, by promising that Bajor will be "restored". However, Winn receives a vision from the Pah-wraiths that frightens her. She calls on Kira who advises her to step down as Kai. Winn, disaproving of this advice, returns to Anjohl for comfort, and reluctantly accepts the Pah-wraiths.

External links

• Strange Bedfellows article at Memory Alpha, a Star Trek wiki.
• Strange Bedfellows on Star Trek.com