When a group of scientists from Trill arrive on the station Dax is put in an awkward situation; one of the scientist's former hosts was married to one of Dax's former hosts. In Trill society it is strictly taboo for new hosts to get involved if the symbionts have been married before. When they meet it is clear that they still have strong feelings for each other and Jadzia considers starting a new relationship with former wife Lenara even though it would mean exile from Trill and thus no new host for Dax when Jadzia dies. While the episode is overwhelmingly concerned with Trill prejudice about new hosts getting involved with spouses of former hosts there is some excitement when the experiment goes slightly wrong and Jadzia must attempt to save Lenara.
While the episode was ostensibly about Trill prejudices they were clearly a metaphor for our own prejudices about other peoples choice in partners. This is done well by showing Jadzia in a relationship with another woman where nobody thinks anything about the fact that they are both women, clearly the creators wanted to show that this was perfectly natural and didn't need commenting on; now that seems fairly obvious but when this was new the idea of having two women sharing a passionate kiss was rather radical. Terry Farrell as Jadzia and Susanna Thompson as Lenara did a great jobs in the lead roles.
While the episode was ostensibly about Trill prejudices they were clearly a metaphor for our own prejudices about other peoples choice in partners. This is done well by showing Jadzia in a relationship with another woman where nobody thinks anything about the fact that they are both women, clearly the creators wanted to show that this was perfectly natural and didn't need commenting on; now that seems fairly obvious but when this was new the idea of having two women sharing a passionate kiss was rather radical. Terry Farrell as Jadzia and Susanna Thompson as Lenara did a great jobs in the lead roles.