By the time Verad reaches his ship, Odo has released the docking clamps, leaving him stranded. Kira overpowers the Klingon who is holding her, but in the confusion Verad slips away, heading for another ship. In the meantime, Mareel now knows that the man she loves truly is gone and decides to help Sisko. Sisko confronts Verad at the airlock. Believing that Sisko will not shoot his old friend and risk damaging the recently joined symbiont, Verad begins to walk away, but Sisko stuns him with a phaser. The Dax symbiont is returned to Jadzia, leaving Verad alone with himself once again. Casting Tim Russ portrays the Klingon T'Kar in this episode; he also appeared in a similarly minor antagonistic role as Devor in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Starship Mine", and would go on to portray one of the main crew members, the Vulcan Tuvok, in Star Trek: Voyager. Reception In 2018, SyFy included this episode on their Jadzia Dax binge-watching guide. Releases "The Siege" and "Invasive Procedures" were released on VHS together on one cassette tape (catalog number VHR 2719). It was released on LaserDisc in Japan on June 6, 1997 as part of the half season collection 2nd Season Vol. 1, which had 7 doubled sided 12" discs. The discs had English and Japanese audio tracks. On September 17, 1997, "The Siege" and "Invasive Procedures" were released on one LaserDisc in the United States. Released by Paramount Home Video, the 12 inch optical disc used both sides for a runtime of 92 minutes with the two shows. On April 1, 2003 Season 2 of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine was released on DVD video discs, with 26 episodes on seven discs. This episode was released in 2017 on DVD with the complete series box set, which had 176 episodes on 48 discs. References External links Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (season 2) episodes 1993 American television episodes Television episodes directed by Les Landau