 While Sisko, Ross
and Martok plan a final assault in space, Kira and Garak lead
the Cardassian resistance on the ground into Dominion
headquarters and overtake the Briefing Room. Kira orders the
Female Shapeshifter to surrender, but she refuses; soon after,
the defiant Weyoun is killed by Garak.
When Kira alerts Sisko to the
situation on Cardassia, Odo asks to meet with the Female
Shapeshifter. In the Fire Caves, Winn poisons Dukat with a glass
of wine — and presents his body as a religious sacrifice to the
Pah-wraiths. Hoping to commune with the Female Shapeshifter, Odo
links with her and heals the Shapeshifter of the disease that
has ravaged their people. Transformed by the experience, she
orders a cease-fire. Eager to cure the rest of the ailing
Shapeshifters, Odo informs a deeply saddened Kira that he is
returning to his homeworld.
With the signing of surrender documents, the war officially
ends. Later, Worf agrees to become the Federation Ambassador to
Kronos and O'Brien announces that he's returning to Earth to
teach. The crew holds a farewell party for Worf, O'Brien and Odo.
Meanwhile, the Pah-wraiths bring Dukat, as a Cardassian, back to
life in the Fire caves, and Sisko abruptly leaves the party —
after a vision from the Sarah Prophet — to visit the site. Sisko
confronts Dukat, and Winn is sacrificed to the Pah-wraiths;
Sisko tackles Dukat and, along with the text of the evil Kosst
Amojan, they plunge into the fiery abyss. Sisko "awakes" in a
great vision: the Sarah Prophet assures him that he has
completed his task by returning the Pah-wraiths to the Fire
Caves; she then informs Sisko that he must now join the
Prophets.
Back on the space station, Kasidy has a vision of Sisko in which
he explains his reason for remaining with the Prophets — and he
promises to return someday. In the meantime, Jake Sisko grapples
with his father's departure; Bashir and O'Brien bid a fond
farewell; Ezri Dax says goodbye to Worf; and Kira leaves Odo on
the Changeling planet where a sea of ailing Shapeshifters awaits
his curative link. At Deep Space Nine, Kira takes command of the
Captain's chair, Ezri and Bashir plan their future, and, despite
her own feelings of loss, Kira reaches out to comfort a
fatherless Jake.
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