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Star Trek: Deep Space Nine


“Invasive Procedures”

Episode Number24 (2.04)
Production Number424
Season2
Stardate47182.1
Original Airdate03-Oct-1993
StoryJohn Whelpley
TeleplayJohn Whelpley & Robert Hewitt Wolfe
DirectorLes Landau
Dr. Bashir prepares to remove Dax's symbiont
Synopsis

The crew must fight for Jadzia's life when a desperate Trill named Verad takes the group hostage and steals the Dax symbiont with the intent of transplanting it into himself.

Guest Cast

John Glover (Verad)
Megan Gallagher (Mareel)
Tim Russ (T'Kar)
Steven Rankin (Yeto)

Notes
  • Verad was dropped out of the symbiont initiate program because he was found to be an unsuitable candidate for joining. He decides to take a symbiont by force and chooses Dax.
  • Tim Russ plays a Klingon here, but he went on to play Lt. Cmdr. Tuvok on Star Trek: Voyager.