So the Obsidian Order, after clearing house, has joined up with the Tal Shiar and are planning a first strike against the Dominion. Wipe out the Founders and the Jem’Hadar will come crawling for help. A “splinter” of the Obsidian Order, we should say, despite Central Command’s wait and see policy. The Federation isn’t doing much either, but Sisko and the gang get on the aptly named Defiant and head over to the Gamma Quadrant to see if they can’t rescue Odo and, probably, Garak. Odo is being held by Garak and Tain because he knows something, something about the Founders – he must!
Here we see, finally, the dark side of Garak. Cardassian society is tough. I know. I’ve read a lot about it. The love of the Empire and the need to follow orders is bred right into them. And when Garak is once again commanded to torture Odo, it isn’t a question of if he wants to or not. It HAS to be done.
Of course, there’s a reversal – one of the Tal Shiar leader is a Founder in disguise, and once the Jem’Hadar blow the Cardassians and Romulans to bits (shades of Wolf 359 says the Federation Admiral to Sisko) Odo and Garak escape by the skin of their teeth. But why trust Garak? And how much longer can we trust Odo?
