A masterpiece (UPN/Warner Bros./WB flagship classic) but first a little disclaimer at the beginning A message to all you morons who think Cardassians are less advanced than the major 3. This show refutes that nonsensical notion from their very first episode. While you can't jump to conclusions, in "The Wounded," Tregar's Galor whips the Enterprise quite badly (and the Cardassians do it several times throughout the series) and Worf is genuinely convinced that Maxwell's ship won't hold against the shields (which makes me understand that he only won that battle by going rogue and terrorists - this resembles the Maquis in some ways, and by changing the prefix codes, and Picard's actions don't really age well). And one Galor whips the D very badly in "The Chase," bashing the notions that Galors need to be in formations of 3 to be a threat (the other ship was hurting the Klingon Bird of Prey). And it wreaks of "Spaniards (which Cardassians are based on) are non-white, Hispanic, Latin with Latin English accents and Nuyoricans and Italians (although the Romulans are more the Romans) are white with Penelope Cruz English accents, saying 'scumbag.'"
That being said, let's get to the episode. And, by the way, morons, the whole "Cardassia is a power in decline" is actually true of this episode instead, and Jarok's claims verify what I'm saying. The episode starts off with a philosophical scene, where Data is recreating a scene playing one of King Henry V, set on the evesdrop of the Hundred Year War between England and France (two Latino countries, and Picard is French and the Romulans, are who the Federation is fighting, although the Romulans are extroverted big dogs, whereas the French are the shy types). Data is recreating an argument about supporting the King and at what point should support stop when the King isn't giving results. All goes well, and Picard praises his performance. This play is invoked later on, when they deal with the Romulans. A Romulan scout ship is being attacked, carrying a man who claims to be Setal, a low-ranking logistics officer, or so he claims, by a Romulan Warbird. The ship gets attacked. Picard begins to offer assistance, as the guy is wounded. Understandibly they're not going to trust him, because he's of the Romulan military, so he technically is going to be seen as an enemy alien (and no I'm smart and I mean alien as in foreigner, not extraterrestrial, which he is).
Upon rescuing him. Setal argues his point that the Romulans are planning a new offensive and have a cloaked military base on one the Neutral Zone's moons. Now the point about Romulus being a power in decline, Jarok says the Romulan military has been struck by a series of bubbling and humiliating defeats. And yet Cardassia in "The Wounded" is treated a far more lethal enemy. Now, mind you, this is not to say the Romulans (who are my Latinos, and so I'm biased to their culture, being I'm part Latino) are not a first-rate power. They could have such a prosperous and thriving and hard-hitting civilization if their army was not powerful. But having a cloaked device, while it's a sign of advanced technology, doesn't mean they're stronger than Cardassians, who definitely were not scared of the Romulans in "The Chase." The Klingons were far more apprehensive. Anyways, while Setal explains himself in the Ready Room, Worf automatically shuts it down as BS, but that's cause he hates Romulans, regardless. Riker, always having intel, distrusts him and questions the claims, and is about to shut it down as BS, but tries to find a reason to believe him. Picard, being the type to give anyone the benefit of the doubt, discusses it. All in all they interrogate him further. And we see a very good "Bey"-like "c**p TV" moment in which Setal and Worf have a nasty confrontation, and Setal calls him a "varol" (which I think is "s--tstain"). Speaking of bumblingness, while they're a first-rate power, the Romulans can be very bumbling in their plots and a foil (borderline comic relief). Speaking of which, Tomalak makes an appearance.