Lt. Julian Bashir: brilliant doctor or dangerous moron?

Elim Garak: A finely tuned dressage horse? The ultimate Slytherin? Tinker, tailor, soldier, maybe-spy? 

In this week's episode, Bashir tries his hand at espionage—which works out aboooooout as well as Kira tattling to Starfleet Corporate. Yet Sisko remains effortlessly excellent at his job while Odo slays on the Promenade with one-liners.

We revel in the return of the Duras sisters, but the only thing less subtle than their wheeling and dealing is their (glorious) Klingon kleavage.

Finally, in the outtro, Meagan verbally pens a scene truly worthy of Quark, who is tragically missing from this otherwise-perfect episode.

P.S. A PSA for our listeners: if you’re gonna buy black-market space WMDs in the Alpha Quadrant, always check the dark side of the moon(s) for hidden River-abouts.

P.P.S. this episode features special guest and Foe of the Pod Grits, Meagan's Chaotic Neutral cat.