The week-long national syndication window opens for the 83rd episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Duncan Regehr (Wizards & Warriors) guest stars. 
Stardate not given: Bajor’s new First Minister – Shakaar, Kira’s old friend and the head of her former resistance cell – arrives on the station for negotiations with Federation delegates concerning speeding up Bajor’s admission. No sooner is Shakaar aboard than there are threats on his life, and Odo must guard him around the clock, a task made especially difficult when Shakaar and Kira start getting close…very close. Odo, who is himself secretly in love with Kira, is caught up in emotional turmoil that starts to affect his ability to do his job, to the point of endangering Kira’s and Shakaar’s lives.
written by Rene Echavarria
directed by Les Landau
music by Dennis McCarthyCast: Avery Brooks (Captain Sisko), Michael Dorn (Lt. Commander Worf), Rene Auberjonois (Odo), Terry Farrell (Lt. Commander Dax), Cirroc Lofton (Jake Sisko), Colm Meaney (Chief O’Brien), Armin Shimerman (Quark), Alexander Siddig (Dr. Bashir), Nana Visitor (Major Kira), Duncan Regehr (Shakaar), Bruce Wright (Sarish), Charles Tentindo (Jimenez)
LogBook entry by Tracy Hemenover