Vedek Winn visits Deep Space Nine and stirs up religious fundamentalism after observing Keiko O'Brien's class.
This is a solid episode with strong character moments and world-building within the Star Trek universe.
This has the premise and theme of the 1955 play 'Inherit The Wind' and applies it to the strongly religious Bajoran people. The plot is relatively predictable and not particularly subtle but it develops the Bajoran race, politics and religious themes very well.
In Vedek Winn we are introduced to a great recurring antagonist played superbly by the great Louise Fletcher, who channels a fair bit of Nurse Ratched's tendencies towards social control.
It is the best episode for Commander Sisko since the show began, as Avery Brooks is given material that allows him to show his best performances qualities, such as powerful speech making and portraying strength of character.
The O'Briens both have good scenes that Colm Meaney and Rosalind Chao perform strongly. This is by far the best material these characters have had in both shows they have appeared.
Unfortunately I have to express my disappointed that the most crucial moment of the episode turned out to be one of those awful slow motion "Noooooooooo!" sequences. One of my pet hates in movies and television.
For me it's a 7.5/10 but I round upwards.
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