"Equilibrium" is an episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. The episode was written by René Echevarria and originally aired in November 1994.
Jadzia begins having hallucinations which may reveal a secret about the entire Trill race - one the Trill authorities may let Jadzia die to keep.
Summary
At a dinner party hosted by Sisko, Jadzia spies Jake’s keyboard. Despite her nor any of Dax’s hosts being musicians, Jadzia plays a hauntingly beautiful song. Jadzia’s personality soon changes and she becomes antagonistic to Sisko and Kira. Jadzia has a hallucination and sees a mysterious man wearing masks.
Apologising to Sisko, Jadzia seeks treatment from Dr. Bashir. Bashir notes that Dax’s level of isoboramine, a neurotransmitter that mediates synaptic functions between host and symbiont, have fallen to seventy-three percent of normal. When Torias Dax was injured a century earlier, the Dax symbiont had to be removed from him and placed into Curzon when Torias’ isoboramine levels fell to forty percent of normal. Bashir comments that Jadzia is best to return to Trill for treatment by the Symbiosis Commission.
References
Characters
- Julian Bashir • Yolad Belar • Jadzia Dax • Joran Dax • Foris Hajan • Kira Nerys • Odo • Quark • Renhol • Benjamin Sisko • Jake Sisko • Timor
- Referenced only
- Dax (symbiont) • Curzon Dax • Torias Dax • Joseph Sisko • Vadel Torvin
Locations
- Deep Space 9 (Habitat ring • Infirmary • Promenade • Replimat • Station commander's office • Wardroom) • Trill (Caves of Mak'ala • Leran Manev • N'Ladix Reflecting Pool)
- Referenced only
- Bajoran wormhole • New Orleans • Tenaran ice cliffs
Starships
- Danube-class runabout (in opening credits) • USS Defiant (Defiant-class escort)
Races and cultures
- Bajoran • Changeling • Ferengi • Human • Trill • Trill symbiont
States and Organizations
- Bajoran Militia • Order of the Guardians • Starfleet • Symbiosis Commission • United Federation of Planets
- Referenced only
- Tenaran Music Academy
Other references
- 2285 • beet • benzocyatizine • biospectral scan • chess • computer • data compression • Federation database • hallucination • initiate • isoboramine • knight (chess) • piano • pylon • raktajino • redfish • sensor relay • soufflé • spinach • stardate • synapse
Appendices
Related stories
- The Lives of Dax: "Allegro Ouroboros in D Minor".
- Worlds of Deep Space Nine: Trill: Unjoined.
- DS9 novel: Revenant
Cast
- Avery Brooks as Benjamin Sisko
- Nana Visitor as Kira Nerys
- Rene Auberjonois as Odo
- Terry Farrell as Jadzia Dax
- Alexander Siddig as Julian Bashir
- Armin Shimerman as Quark
Images
External links
- Equilibrium article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
- Equilibrium (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Connections
| published order | ||
|---|---|---|
| Previous episode: The House of Quark |
DS9 episode produced | Next episode: Second Skin |
| Previous episode: The House of Quark |
DS9 episode aired | Next episode: Second Skin |
| chronological order | ||
| Previous Adventure: Crossover |
Next Adventure: Pathways Chapter 12, Sections 6-8 | |
| Previous Adventure: The House of Quark |
Deep Space Nine Adventures | Next Adventure: The Abandoned |