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Production Number: 531
Original air week: 11/08/97
Originally Titled: "Once Upon a Wedding"
Written by: Ronald D. Moore
Directed by: David Livingston

Guest Stars:

J.G. Hertzler as General Martok
Marc Worden as Alexander Rozhenko
Shannon Cochran as Sirella
Chase Masterson as Leeta
Aron Eisenberg as Nog
Max Grodenchik as Rom

Spellings:
"Kah'Hyah"
Notes:

The wedding of Worf and Dax. They promised to get married "after this was all over" in "Call to Arms".
TV Guide Description:
The wedding day of Dax and Worf finally arrives in a decidedly tongue-in-cheek episode. The prospect of a mixed marriage does pose some problems for the happy couple. For example, there's the bizarre Klingon bachelor party, a six-part rite that encompasses deprivation, blood, pain, sacrifice, anguish and death. And Dax's future Klingon mother-in-law, who wants to kill the bride-to-be, disdainfully informs her, "You'll be an object of pity, never truly one of us." But the course of true love is not easily swayed. "There's nothing more romantic than a wedding on DS9 in the springtime" says Bashir. "When the neutrinos are in bloom" adds O'Brien.

The Writer's Keyboard:

[[11/7]] Ronald D. Moore:
Any chance we'll see Martok's son from "Way of the Warrior"?
No. But we will be seeing someone else from Martok's family in "You are Cordially Invited..."
Ira Steven Behr and Robert Hewitt Wolfe:
Are there any plans to have any TNG characters as guest stars? e.g. resolving the Worf/Troi situation?
Robert: Who's Troi?
Ira: The Worf/Dax marriage should resolve the Troi question once and for all.
Ronald D. Moore:
Will we see and TNG folks for the wedding?
The TNG cast will not be appearing in the wedding show.

Program Highlights
STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE: "You Are Cordially Invited..." -- Worf's plans for a traditional Klingon wedding are threatened when Martok's wife refuses to accept Dax into their family.
TV Guide Ad
YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED...
They've survived war. They've survived separation.
But can Worf and Dax survive their own wedding?
TV Log Listing
Will Worf and Dax survive their own wedding? STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE.

DETAILED REPORT

With war still raging throughout the galaxy, and life returning to normal on Deep Space Nine, Worf and Dax resume planning their long-awaited wedding. Since Dax will be joining WorfÆs surrogate family, the House of Martok, she agrees to endure the traditional evaluation by the mistress of the house, MartokÆs wife, Sirella. Confident that she will be liked and accepted, Dax is surprised when she learns that as a non-Klingon she will almost certainly fail to gain SirellaÆs favor. Learning that Sirella disapproves of Dax, Worf asks Martok to intervene. Martok refuses to get involved, but agrees to participate in KalÆHyah, the traditional Klingon ôbachelor party.ö Sisko, OÆBrien, Bashir, and Alexander -- WorfÆs son -- eagerly join them, but are disappointed when they learn that the ôpartyö is light on fun and heavy on fasting, bloodletting, and other uniquely Klingon forms of torture. Meanwhile, Dax endures her own form of Klingon torture as she struggles to please Sirella. When she is asked to recite the history of the House of Martok, Dax gleefully reveals her discovery that Sirella has no imperial blood, and is in fact descended from a concubine. Naturally, Sirella is infuriated. Ready for a little fun, Dax throws herself a pre-wedding party. In the midst of the drinking and debauchery, Sirella demands that Dax join her for a ritual. When Dax tells her to leave, Sirella threatens to cancel the wedding. The confrontation ends with Sirella declaring Dax an enemy. The next morning, Worf informs Dax that Sirella has forbidden her to join the House of Martok. He asks her to beg SirellaÆs forgiveness, but Dax refuses to endure that humiliation just so Worf can have a Klingon ceremony. Angrily, both Worf and Dax call off the wedding. Martok convinces Worf to apologize to Dax, but she refuses to change her mind. Determined to see the lovers wed, Sisko goes to see Dax himself. She describes the indignities to which she has been subjected, reminding Sisko that, as Curzon Dax, she was Federation Ambassador to the Klingon Empire! Sisko gently points out that Sirella only sees her as a young woman who wants to marry into her family. He states that Dax knew what she was getting into when she agreed to marry Worf, and that she must honor the traditions of his people. Warmed by her deep love for Worf, Dax follows SiskoÆs advice, and she and Worf are married -- with SirellaÆs blessing. -->

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