Cease Fire

This should have been a two-parter. When you have fine guest stars like Gary Graham (Soval), Jeffery Combs (Shran), and Susie Plakson (Shran's Number Two), you need to give them scope to rip up the scenery. These are actors who get the tenor and rhythms of Star Trek. The dialogue for them seems kind of perfunctory just so they could get it all in. These actors need big chunks of dialogue to chew. A battle zone seems the perfect place for some fire and brimstone between them. They are sort of wasted. For some reason they tried to make Suzie Plakson look unattractive and unrecognizable. That was not necessary given all that she has meant to Star Trek. It is still a very good episode.