Treachery, Faith, and the Great River

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Star Trek: DS9 episode
"Treachery, Faith, and the Great River"
Episode no.	706
Prod. code	556
Airdate	November 4, 1998
Writer(s)	David Weddle, Bradley Thompson, based on a story by Philip Kim
Director	Steve Posey
Guest star(s)	Jeffrey Combs, Casey Biggs, J.G. Hertzler, Aron Eisenberg, Max Grodénchik, Salome Jens
Year	2375
Stardate	unknown
Episode chronology
Previous	"Chrysalis"
Next	"Once More Unto the Breach"

"Treachery, Faith, and the Great River" is a season seven episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine that first aired on November 4, 1998. The teleplay was written by David Weddle and Bradley Thompson, based on a story by Philip Kim, and directed by Steve Posey.

[edit] Plot summary

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

Odo gets a coded message from Gul Russol and takes off to meet him, even though he considers the possibility that it could be a trap. In fact it is a ploy for Weyoun VI to meet with Odo and urge him to rebuild the Dominion according to his ideals. Weyoun VI reveals to Odo that an illness threatens to wipe out the Great Link. Weyoun VII convinces Weyoun VI to commit suicide. Before dying, Weyoun VI asks Odo for a blessing.

At about the same time Odo departed, Benjamin Sisko goes to a conference on Bajor, and orders Miles O'Brien to have the gravity fixed on the USS Defiant before his return. Sisko is unconcerned that O'Brien lacks the one crucial piece of equipment to make the repair. Nog offers to help O'Brien by navigating "the Great River", a Ferengi concept of economics and trade - described as "millions of worlds, all with too much of one and not enough of the other". O'Brien reluctantly gives Nog his authorization code, which Nog uses to make a long series of trades based on rumors. This includes loaning Sisko's desk and selling Martok's bloodwine. Nog's dealings pay off at the last minute and Sisko returns, seemingly unaware of all that's happened.