Set in the 24th century, the series follows the adventures on the space station Deep Space Nine near the planet Bajor, as the Bajorans recover from a brutal, decades-long occupation by the imperialistic Cardassians. By the fourth season, the Cardassians have made peace with the Bajorans, but are fighting a difficult war with the Klingons. In this episode, the Cardassian officer Gul Dukat, in disgrace after acknowledging his half-Bajoran daughter Ziyal, strikes back against the Klingons over the objections of his government.
This episode marks the first appearance of the recurring character Damar (played by Casey Biggs), Dukat's second in command, and the second appearance of Ziyal, played by Cyia Batten. It is a followup to the episode "Indiscretion" from earlier in the season, in which Bajoran officer Kira Nerys persuaded Dukat to spare his daughter's life.
Major Kira is shocked to find out that Dukat will be captaining the freighter transporting her to a conference regarding the Klingon threat. Dukat was recently demoted when it became publicly known that he has a half-Bajoran daughter Ziyal, and he now works in a dreary job flying an unremarkable trading ship.
When they arrive they find the conference site obliterated, and a Klingon Bird of Prey warship leaving the area, not even bothering to attack what it considers a lowly freighter. Kira suggests that they adapt the planet's weapons for use by the freighter, effectively turning it into a Q-ship, and then they head after the Bird of Prey. They soon find it, and after tricking the Bird of Prey into thinking they are carrying valuable cargo, use their new weaponry to cripple the Klingon vessel. After commandeering the Bird of Prey and transporting the Klingons to the freighter, Dukat mercilessly destroys the freighter. Dukat notifies his superiors of his capture of the Klingon ship, hoping to regain some respect and spur the Cardassians into fighting the Klingons; they offer him his old job back, but order him to take no further offensive actions against the Klingons.
Disgusted, Dukat vows to fight the whole Klingon Empire himself if he has to. He offers Kira a place on his crew, saying her experience as a resistance fighter would be valuable. She declines, taking Ziyal back to Deep Space Nine with her until Dukat's personal war is over.
Receptionedit
The A.V. Club praised Marc Alaimo for his "ability to make Dukat charismatic, slimy, and yet weirdly sympathetic [which] has helped make the character one of the best villains in Trek history."[2]Tor.com rated the episode 7 out of 10.[3]
In 2015, Geek.com recommended this episode as "essential watching" for their abbreviated Star Trek: Deep Space Ninebinge-watching guide.[4]
In 2018, SyFy recommended this episode for its abbreviated watch guide for the character Kira Nerys.[5]
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return, grace, 2012, novel, karen, harper, 86th, episode, television, series, star, trek, deep, space, nine, 14th, episode, fourth, season, nielsen, rating, when, broadcast, television, 1996, star, trek, deep, space, nine, episodeepisode, season, 4episode, 14d. For the 2012 novel see Karen Harper Return to Grace is the 86th episode of the television series Star Trek Deep Space Nine the 14th episode of the fourth season Return to Grace had a Nielsen rating of 6 5 when it was broadcast on television in 1996 1 Return to Grace Star Trek Deep Space Nine episodeEpisode no Season 4Episode 14Directed byJonathan WestStory byTom BenkoTeleplay byHans BeimlerFeatured musicJay ChattawayProduction code486Original air dateFebruary 5 1996 1996 02 05 Guest appearancesMarc Alaimo as Dukat Cyia Batten as Ziyal Casey Biggs as DamarEpisode chronology Previous Crossfire Next Sons of Mogh Star Trek Deep Space Nineseason 4List of episodes Set in the 24th century the series follows the adventures on the space station Deep Space Nine near the planet Bajor as the Bajorans recover from a brutal decades long occupation by the imperialistic Cardassians By the fourth season the Cardassians have made peace with the Bajorans but are fighting a difficult war with the Klingons In this episode the Cardassian officer Gul Dukat in disgrace after acknowledging his half Bajoran daughter Ziyal strikes back against the Klingons over the objections of his government This episode marks the first appearance of the recurring character Damar played by Casey Biggs Dukat s second in command and the second appearance of Ziyal played by Cyia Batten It is a followup to the episode Indiscretion from earlier in the season in which Bajoran officer Kira Nerys persuaded Dukat to spare his daughter s life Contents 1 Plot 2 Reception 3 References 4 External linksPlot editMajor Kira is shocked to find out that Dukat will be captaining the freighter transporting her to a conference regarding the Klingon threat Dukat was recently demoted when it became publicly known that he has a half Bajoran daughter Ziyal and he now works in a dreary job flying an unremarkable trading ship When they arrive they find the conference site obliterated and a Klingon Bird of Prey warship leaving the area not even bothering to attack what it considers a lowly freighter Kira suggests that they adapt the planet s weapons for use by the freighter effectively turning it into a Q ship and then they head after the Bird of Prey They soon find it and after tricking the Bird of Prey into thinking they are carrying valuable cargo use their new weaponry to cripple the Klingon vessel After commandeering the Bird of Prey and transporting the Klingons to the freighter Dukat mercilessly destroys the freighter Dukat notifies his superiors of his capture of the Klingon ship hoping to regain some respect and spur the Cardassians into fighting the Klingons they offer him his old job back but order him to take no further offensive actions against the Klingons Disgusted Dukat vows to fight the whole Klingon Empire himself if he has to He offers Kira a place on his crew saying her experience as a resistance fighter would be valuable She declines taking Ziyal back to Deep Space Nine with her until Dukat s personal war is over Reception editThe A V Club praised Marc Alaimo for his ability to make Dukat charismatic slimy and yet weirdly sympathetic which has helped make the character one of the best villains in Trek history 2 Tor com rated the episode 7 out of 10 3 In 2015 Geek com recommended this episode as essential watching for their abbreviated Star Trek Deep Space Nine binge watching guide 4 In 2018 SyFy recommended this episode for its abbreviated watch guide for the character Kira Nerys 5 References edit WebTrek Star Trek Deep Space Nine SEASON 4 NIELSEN RATINGS users telenet be Archived from the original on 2017 02 08 Retrieved 2018 04 14 Zack Handlen 2013 Star Trek Deep Space Nine Return To Grace Sons Of Mogh The A V Club DeCandido Keith R A 11 March 2014 Star Trek Deep Space Nine Rewatch Return to Grace Tor com Ryan Whitwam 2015 01 19 Star Trek Deep Space Nine condensed How to watch the most story driven Trek Geek com Retrieved 2019 06 20 Krishna Swapna 2018 01 16 A binge watching guide to Star Trek Deep Space Nine s Kira Nerys SYFY WIRE Archived from the original on 2019 07 23 Retrieved 2020 01 09 External links edit nbsp Wikiquote has quotations related to Return to Grace Return to Grace at IMDb nbsp Return to Grace at Memory Alpha Return to Grace at Wayback Machine archived from the original at StarTrek com Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Return to Grace amp oldid 1216601568, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
