The Maquis, Part I

This episode sets up the double-header nicely with an interesting story and great character moments.

Themes of about terrorism/freedom fighting are introduced with the Marquis story arc and this episode sets it up well by involving strong characters on all sides of the conflict.

Gul Dukat has plenty of screen time and Marc Alaimo is great value as always. Some of best exchanges are between he and Avery Brooks, who takes centre stage as Sisko put in a difficult position.

Quark gets dragged into an important aspect of the plot and his scenes with the Vulcan character Sakonna are pretty good to watch.

The weakest link is Bernie Casey as he does not really convince in the part written for this particular character, but that being said it's not a bad performance by any means, just a bit flat compared to others on screen. His character does a good job of adding complexity to the situation faced by Sisko.