[DS9] "Rejoined" Guide Page

Rejoined

Production Number: 478
Original air week: 10/30/95
Originally titled: "Once Joined"
Written by: Ronald D. Moore & René Echevarria (Teleplay);
René Echevarria (Story)
Directed by: Avery Brooks
Guest Stars:

Susanna Thompson as Dr. Lenara Kahn
Tim Ryan as Bajel Kahn
James Noah as Dr. Hunner Pren
Kenneth Marshall as Lt. Cmdr. Eddington
Notes:

Tobin Dax dealt in magic.

Did Quark mention something about regurgitating an egg on Q? The mind boggles. :-)

Jadzia has 3 months of shore leave saved up.

Everyone on the artificial wormhole research team is a Trill, but not all of them are joined.

Dr. Lenara Kahn's brother's name was given as "Bajel Kahn" in the press release, but was given as "Bajel Wogner(?)" in the episode.

Dax: Lela, Tobin, Emany, Audrid, Torias, Joran, Curzon, Jadzia.

Kahn: (Genghis), ..., Milani, Lenara.

Torias Dax was married to Milani Kahn.

The Trill naming conventions seem very strange:

Jadzia Dax is a joined Trill. Jadzia is the Host, Dax is the Symbiont. This would seem to indicate that a joined Trill takes the Symbiont's name as the last name of the Joined.
Dr. Lenara Kahn is a joined Trill, and her brother's name is Bajel Kahn. This would seem to indicate that the last name of a joined Trill might stay as the Host's family name.
Joran Dax was Joran Belar before he was joined (cf. "Equilibrium", "Facets") to the Dax Symbiont. Perhaps unjoined Trills have a last name which might or might not be changed upon Joining.
Apparently, marriage change neither the male's nor the female's name, first or last, since Torias was still Torias Dax, and Nilani was still Nilani wver... or was she?

For those who would rather not see Dax kiss a woman, the first time it pretty much looks like it will happen, look away for about five minutes.

Dax's third host's name is Emany, or at least something that sounds like that. This name was not given in "Facets".

Curzon Dax was late for his own 100^th birthday party. Ben Sisko spent three months planning it.

Torias was killed in a shuttle accident. It was not ready for full impulse testing, but Torias tried it anyway.

Ensign Tyler broke his leg.

The wormhole was stable and completely coherent for 23.4 seconds.

A Type-IV Probe casing is most like the hull of a Starfleet vessel.

This is the first time that a force field has ever been used for something other than keeping something in or out of somewhere.
The Stars Speak:

From a CompuServe conference:
Emissary asks: "Sid, in 'Rejoined', did you and Terry have to learn those magic tricks or did they use special effects for that?"
Alexander Siddig: "We actually had to learn them. Neither have since been admitted to the Magic hall of Fame."

Program Highlights
STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE: "Rejoined" -- Jadzia Dax must choose between her feelings and the rules of Trill society when she is reunited with the wife of one of Dax's previous hosts.
TV Guide Ad
THE PRICE OF PASSION
In a previous life... they were husband and wife...
Will Dax risk everything to be with her one true love?
TV Log Listing
Will Dax rekindle passion with former lover?/STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE.

DETAILED REPORT
Jadzia Dax must choose between her feelings and the rules of Trill society when she is reunited with the wife of one of Dax's previous hosts.
Sisko summons Dax to his office with some serious news. A group of Trill scientists, led by Dr. Lenara Kahn, will be using the Defiant to conduct experiments. Lenara is a joined Trill who, while her symbiont was joined to a previous host body, was married to one of Dax's former male hosts, Torias. Dax shows some concern, since Trill society expressly forbids relationships with lovers from past lives. The penalty for "reassociation" is exile from the Trill world and the eventual death of the symbiont when the current host dies. However, Dax decides to make the best of it, believing she can control any feelings she may still have for her former wife, and even chooses to attend a dinner reception for the scientists. There, the two women meet at the buffet table and share a laugh. Despite the casual tone of their conversation, however, an attraction begins to develop between the two.
The Trill team -- Lenara, her brother Bejal, and Dr. Pren -- begins work on the experiment to create an artificial wormhole. As science officer, Dax is involved, which keeps her near Lenara. The women can't resist the urge to talk about the past, so Dax invites her to dinner, with Bashir as chaperone. That night, he politely listens as Dax and Lenara talk about old times and their lives since the marriage of their previous hosts. It's almost a relief for Bashir when he is summoned to the Infirmary, leaving the former spouses alone. Feeling more at ease, Dax takes hold of Lenara's hand, which Pren happens to quietly notice.
When work resumes on the Defiant, the closeness between Dax and Lenara is obvious, reaching a crescendo when the two women hug after the first phase of the experiment proves successful. Soon after, Bejal confronts his sister on the station, and she insists that nothing is going on between the two. Lenara later visits Dax's quarters to tell her what happened. There, the two give in to the building passion between them and kiss. Lenara then forces herself to leave, and Dax remains to struggle with her emotions.
The next day, Dax turns to Sisko for advice. He pushes her to fight the attraction to Lenara out of duty to ensure the continuation of the Dax symbiont. But Dax, realizing that she loves Lenara, is unsure. Later, on the Defiant, the scientists proceed with the second phase of the experiment when their artificial wormhole collapses in a blast of energy which slams into the ship. Lenara is knocked unconscious in the engine room, separated from the others by a roaring plasma fire. Dax risks her life to save Lenara -- and the two women realize that they never want to lose each other again.
Afterward, Dax checks on Lenara in her quarters, and the scientist worries about her failed experiment and the extra work she knows she'll have to put into it. Dax seizes the moment and invites Lenara to stay at the station -- with her. Lenara, however, cannot bring herself to take that final step, painfully refusing to break their society's rules. Dax desperately asks her to stay, but Lenara leaves, preserving Dax's life -- and breaking her heart. -->

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