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"'''When It Rains...'''" is the 171st episode of the television series '']'', the fifth of the final ten-episode arc of the series.


This episode was directed by ] (who also is cast as ] in the show) and written by Rene Echevarria.<reF></ref> "'''When it Rains...'''" is the 171st episode of the television series '']'', the fifth of the final nine-episode arc of the series. This episode was directed by ] (who also played the role of ] in the show) and written by Rene Echevarria. It was first aired in broadcast syndication on May 3, 1999.<ref>{{Cite web|title=CBS Syndication Bible|url=http://synbible.cbstvd.com/series/star_trek__deep_space_nine/star_trek_deep_space_nine_7th_season_1998_1999.htm|access-date=2021-03-28}}</ref>


Set in the 24th century, the series follows the adventures of the crew of the ]-managed ] ] near the planet ], as the Bajorans recover from a decades-long occupation by the imperialistic ]. The station is adjacent to a ] connecting Bajor to the distant ]; the wormhole is home to powerful alien beings worshipped by the Bajorans as the godlike "]s". The later seasons of the series follow a war between the ] and the ], an expansionist empire from the Gamma Quadrant, which has already absorbed Cardassia; the Dominion is ruled by the shapeshifting ]s.
==Summary==
This television episode has several stories within it that link into ''Star Trek'' franchise characters and plots in particular and brings together several stories as ''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'' winded down and the end of season seven.<reF></reF> The characters Kira, Odo, and Garak go an away mission to help Damar's Cardassian resistance, back on the station Sisko and Martok meet with Gowron who has come to meet them.<reF></reF><Ref></reF> Additional stories include Bashir and O'Brien on Deep Space Nine station and Dukat and Kai Winn on planet Bajor.<ref></ref>


This is the fifth episode of the nine-episode concluding ] of the series, which brings the ] and other story elements to a close. In episodes preceding this one, ], the Cardassian who governed Bajor under the occupation, disguised himself as a Bajoran and won the favor of the ambitious Bajoran spiritual leader ], seducing her to the path of the Prophets' evil counterparts, the Pah-wraiths; the Cardassian leader ] has launched a rebellion against Dominion rule; and the Changeling Founders of the Dominion have developed a mysterious illness with no known cure. This episode advances those plot lines, as Dr. ] discovers that DS9's security chief ], a rogue Changeling, has been infected with the Founders' disease; Starfleet sends DS9's Bajoran second-in-command, ], to assist the Cardassian resistance; and Winn turns Dukat away. Meanwhile, the Chancellor of the ] Empire, an ally of the Federation, assumes personal command of the Klingon war effort.
The fictional ''Star Trek'' spacecraft, the ] was destroyed in the previous episode and is not used.<ref></reF><ReF>[https://tv.avclub.com/star-trek-deep-space-nine-the-changing-face-of-evil-1798180108</ref>
The ''USS Defiant'' is a highly regarded design of the franchise, featured both in special effect sequences and numerous interior sets in the show.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://whatculture.com/tv/13-awesome-star-trek-ships|title=13 Awesome Star Trek Ships|last=Sorrells|first=Paul|date=2013-04-02|website=WhatCulture.com|language=en|access-date=2019-06-27}}</ref> It appeared in 67 episodes of the television show ''Star Trek : Deep Space Nine'' and the 1996 film '']''.<ref name=":1" />


==Plot== ==Plot==
The Dominion has deployed a new weapon that can disable starships with one shot; only Klingon ships can be made resistant to it as yet, and so the entire defense of the Alpha Quadrant is in the Klingons' hands for the time being. Klingon Chancellor ] visits DS9 to honor General ], the commander of the Klingon fleet, by inducting him into the Order of Kahless; but after the ceremony he announces he is assuming command of the fleet himself. He outlines his plan for a new offensive into Dominion territory in order to seize glory for the Klingon Empire, ignoring Martok's objections that they are badly outnumbered by Dominion forces and are overextended already merely defending the border.
At a strategy meeting, Chief ] reveals that only one ship survived the previous Second Battle of Chin'Toka: a Klingon Bird-of-Prey that made a chance adjustment in its warp core which immunized it to the Breen's devastating energy dampening weapon. However, this fix cannot be applied to Federation and Romulan ships, putting the Allies at a severe disadvantage. The Dominion is putting its final offensive on hold in order to deal with Damar's uprising of the Cardassian military. To help Damar lead the revolt against Cardassia, ] orders ] to go with ] to Cardassia to teach the Cardassians the techniques of guerilla warfare. Admiral Ross grants Kira a field commission in Starfleet, with the rank of Commander.


To aid Damar's revolt against the Dominion, Captain ] sends Kira, a veteran of the Bajoran resistance against Cardassian occupation, to train the Cardassians in guerrilla warfare strategies and tactics; she is accompanied by Odo and by exiled Cardassian spy ]. Anticipating the Cardassians' objections to being advised by a Bajoran former terrorist, Sisko has Kira given a Starfleet commission to lend her more authority. When she arrives at Damar's camp, his men object to her presence—especially when she tells them they must be willing to kill fellow Cardassians if they collaborate with the Dominion—but Damar is willing to take her advice seriously.
]'s idea of using changeling tissue to create better synthetic organs for solids leads to his discovering that ] is infected with the same disease plaguing the Great Link. Odo decides to go with Kira to Cardassia anyway. Bashir tries hard to get Odo's medical records from his visit to Earth three years ago, but when he receives a phony file he realizes that Section 31 created the disease and used Odo as a carrier.


Bashir, examining a tissue sample from Odo, discovers that Odo is infected with the same disease plaguing the Founders. Attempting to develop a treatment, Bashir requests a copy of Odo's full medical records from Starfleet. Starfleet bureaucrats stonewall his request, claiming that the records are classified and questioning Bashir's loyalty for trying to cure a disease that primarily threatens the Federation's enemies. When Sisko compels Starfleet to send Bashir a file, he discovers it is a fake. Extrapolating the history of the infection in Odo's system, Bashir conjectures that ], Starfleet's secretive ] division, deliberately infected Odo with the virus so that he would transmit it to the Founders.
After inducting ] into the Order of Kahless, ] announces he will take a more active role in the conduct of the war. Gowron designs a plan to attack the Dominion, even though Worf and Martok point out that the Klingons would be outnumbered twenty to one.


] (Dukat) sneaks a look at the book of the Kosst Amojan and the Pah-wraiths punish him by blinding him. Winn throws Anjohl out (she was already aware of his true identity) and tells him he can return when his sight is restored. Kai Winn is studying the forbidden Text of the Kosst Amojan to learn how to release the Pah-wraiths from their confinement. Dukat sneaks a look at the book and the Pah-wraiths punish him by blinding him. Winn throws Dukat out to live as a blind beggar, telling him he can return when his sight is restored.


==Reception== ==Reception==
TV.com lists "When It Rains..." with rating of 8.7 points out of 10 on 124 user votes.<ref></ref> "When It Rains..." had 4.3 million viewers when it was broadcast on television in 1999.<ref></reF> One reviewer noted one of Bashir's character ]s, that he becomes obsessed with curing a disease as in some prior episodes.<reF></ref> "When It Rains..." had 4.3 million viewers when it was broadcast on television in 1999.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://users.telenet.be/WebTrek/Ds9/Ratings/ratings4.html|title=WebTrek - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine * SEASON 4 NIELSEN RATINGS|access-date=2018-05-02|archive-date=2017-02-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170208214002/http://users.telenet.be/WebTrek/Ds9/Ratings/ratings4.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>


The episode received mixed reviews from critics. As an intermediate episode in a multi-episode story arc, it received criticism for having a lot of plot setup, but not much resolution.<ref>{{cite web |website=] |date=February 6, 2015 |first=Keith R. A. |last=DeCandido |authorlink=Keith R. A. DeCandido |title=Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Rewatch: "When It Rains…" |url=https://www.tor.com/2015/02/06/star-trek-deep-space-nine-rewatch-qwhen-it-rainsq/ |access-date=January 24, 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |website=] |title=''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'': "The Changing Face Of Evil"/"When It Rains…" |last=Handlen |first=Zack |date=April 10, 2014 |url=https://www.avclub.com/star-trek-deep-space-nine-the-changing-face-of-evil-1798180108 |access-date=June 10, 2021 }}</ref>
The episode was criticized for having a lot of plot setup, but not much resolution as part of story arc leading up to the ].<ref></ref>


Taken as one of a seven episode story arc concluding the series, in 2018, CBR ranked the "When it Rains...", as part of the #1 episodic saga of ''Star Trek'', ahead of "Best of Both Worlds" (Part I & II) from ''Star Trek: The Next Generation''.<reF></ref> In 2018, the final story arc of ''Deep Space Nine'', including "When it Rains...", was ranked by ] as the best multi-episode story in the '']'' franchise.<ref></ref> In 2016, '']'' called the ] story arc, of which this episode is a part, possibly the "richest narrative" of the Star Trek universe.<ref name="wapo1">{{Cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2016/09/13/the-top-ten-star-trek-episodes-ever/|title=The top 10 'Star Trek' episodes ever |last=Drezner |first=Daniel |date=September 13, 2016|newspaper=] |access-date=June 24, 2019}}</ref>
This episode has been reviewed as one of a seven episode story arc noted by CBR: <reF></ref>
#"The Changing Face of Evil"
#"When It Rains..."
#"Tacking Into the Wind"
#"Extreme Measures"
#"The Dogs of War"
#"What You Leave Behind" (Two-part series finale)

In 2016, '']'' called the ] story arc possibly the "richest narrative" of the Star Trek universe.<ref name="wapo1">{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2016/09/13/the-top-ten-star-trek-episodes-ever/|title=The top 10 ‘Star Trek’ episodes ever|last=Drezner|first=Daniel|date=September 13, 2016|work=The Washington Post|access-date=June 24, 2019}}</ref>

In 2017, ] ranked Kai Winn and Bajoran Dukat (i.e. Anjohl), the seventh best romantic relationship of the Star Trek franchise.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbr.com/space-ships-the-very-best-of-star-trek-shipping/|title=Space Ships: The 15 Best Cases Of Star Trek Shipping|date=2017-02-17|website=CBR|language=en-US|access-date=2019-07-09}}</ref>


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21st episode of the 7th season of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
"When It Rains…"
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode
Episode no.Season 7
Episode 21
Directed byMichael Dorn
Story byRené Echevarria
Spike Steingasser
Teleplay byRené Echevarria
Featured musicPaul Baillargeon
Production code571
Original air dateMay 3, 1999 (1999-05-03)
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"When it Rains..." is the 171st episode of the television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, the fifth of the final nine-episode arc of the series. This episode was directed by Michael Dorn (who also played the role of Worf in the show) and written by Rene Echevarria. It was first aired in broadcast syndication on May 3, 1999.

Set in the 24th century, the series follows the adventures of the crew of the Starfleet-managed space station Deep Space Nine near the planet Bajor, as the Bajorans recover from a decades-long occupation by the imperialistic Cardassians. The station is adjacent to a wormhole connecting Bajor to the distant Gamma Quadrant; the wormhole is home to powerful alien beings worshipped by the Bajorans as the godlike "Prophets". The later seasons of the series follow a war between the United Federation of Planets and the Dominion, an expansionist empire from the Gamma Quadrant, which has already absorbed Cardassia; the Dominion is ruled by the shapeshifting Changelings.

This is the fifth episode of the nine-episode concluding story arc of the series, which brings the Dominion War and other story elements to a close. In episodes preceding this one, Gul Dukat, the Cardassian who governed Bajor under the occupation, disguised himself as a Bajoran and won the favor of the ambitious Bajoran spiritual leader Kai Winn, seducing her to the path of the Prophets' evil counterparts, the Pah-wraiths; the Cardassian leader Damar has launched a rebellion against Dominion rule; and the Changeling Founders of the Dominion have developed a mysterious illness with no known cure. This episode advances those plot lines, as Dr. Julian Bashir discovers that DS9's security chief Odo, a rogue Changeling, has been infected with the Founders' disease; Starfleet sends DS9's Bajoran second-in-command, Kira Nerys, to assist the Cardassian resistance; and Winn turns Dukat away. Meanwhile, the Chancellor of the Klingon Empire, an ally of the Federation, assumes personal command of the Klingon war effort.

Plot

The Dominion has deployed a new weapon that can disable starships with one shot; only Klingon ships can be made resistant to it as yet, and so the entire defense of the Alpha Quadrant is in the Klingons' hands for the time being. Klingon Chancellor Gowron visits DS9 to honor General Martok, the commander of the Klingon fleet, by inducting him into the Order of Kahless; but after the ceremony he announces he is assuming command of the fleet himself. He outlines his plan for a new offensive into Dominion territory in order to seize glory for the Klingon Empire, ignoring Martok's objections that they are badly outnumbered by Dominion forces and are overextended already merely defending the border.

To aid Damar's revolt against the Dominion, Captain Benjamin Sisko sends Kira, a veteran of the Bajoran resistance against Cardassian occupation, to train the Cardassians in guerrilla warfare strategies and tactics; she is accompanied by Odo and by exiled Cardassian spy Elim Garak. Anticipating the Cardassians' objections to being advised by a Bajoran former terrorist, Sisko has Kira given a Starfleet commission to lend her more authority. When she arrives at Damar's camp, his men object to her presence—especially when she tells them they must be willing to kill fellow Cardassians if they collaborate with the Dominion—but Damar is willing to take her advice seriously.

Bashir, examining a tissue sample from Odo, discovers that Odo is infected with the same disease plaguing the Founders. Attempting to develop a treatment, Bashir requests a copy of Odo's full medical records from Starfleet. Starfleet bureaucrats stonewall his request, claiming that the records are classified and questioning Bashir's loyalty for trying to cure a disease that primarily threatens the Federation's enemies. When Sisko compels Starfleet to send Bashir a file, he discovers it is a fake. Extrapolating the history of the infection in Odo's system, Bashir conjectures that Section 31, Starfleet's secretive black ops division, deliberately infected Odo with the virus so that he would transmit it to the Founders.

Kai Winn is studying the forbidden Text of the Kosst Amojan to learn how to release the Pah-wraiths from their confinement. Dukat sneaks a look at the book and the Pah-wraiths punish him by blinding him. Winn throws Dukat out to live as a blind beggar, telling him he can return when his sight is restored.

Reception

"When It Rains..." had 4.3 million viewers when it was broadcast on television in 1999.

The episode received mixed reviews from critics. As an intermediate episode in a multi-episode story arc, it received criticism for having a lot of plot setup, but not much resolution.

In 2018, the final story arc of Deep Space Nine, including "When it Rains...", was ranked by Comic Book Resources as the best multi-episode story in the Star Trek franchise. In 2016, The Washington Post called the Dominion war story arc, of which this episode is a part, possibly the "richest narrative" of the Star Trek universe.

References

  1. "CBS Syndication Bible". Retrieved March 28, 2021.
  2. "WebTrek - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine * SEASON 4 NIELSEN RATINGS". Archived from the original on February 8, 2017. Retrieved May 2, 2018.
  3. DeCandido, Keith R. A. (February 6, 2015). "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Rewatch: "When It Rains…"". Tor.com. Retrieved January 24, 2021.
  4. Handlen, Zack (April 10, 2014). "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: "The Changing Face Of Evil"/"When It Rains…"". The A.V. Club. Retrieved June 10, 2021.
  5. Star Trek's Greatest Episodic Sagas, Ranked by Michael Weyer – on Nov 23, 2018
  6. Drezner, Daniel (September 13, 2016). "The top 10 'Star Trek' episodes ever". The Washington Post. Retrieved June 24, 2019.

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