down by the Starfleet crew. As Keevan surrenders, a disgusted Sisko orders a burial detail for the dead. Meanwhile, on Deep Space Nine, the Bajoran Major Kira gradually comes to realize that by not fighting the Dominion occupation, she has become a collaborator; she identifies uncomfortable parallels between her own passivity and those who collaborated with the Cardassians during their brutal occupation of Bajor. A Bajoran priest, Vedek Yassim, hangs herself in protest, declaring "Evil must be opposed." The next morning Kira confides to her friend Odo that she is going to start actively resisting the Dominion. Reception The episode helped advance the character of Major Kira Nerys. According to actress Nana Visitor "Kira's maturity had to kick in, because she couldn't just react the way the younger Kira would. There was too much at stake. There was too much to lose. So even though it wasn't as much fun to play, I found it was an important growth point." Io9's 2014 listing of the top 100 Star Trek episodes placed "Rocks and Shoals" as the 41st best episode of all series up to that time, out of over 700 episodes. A 2015 binge-watching guide for Star Trek: Deep Space Nine by Wired recommended not skipping this essential episode. In 2016,The Hollywood Reporter rated "Rocks and Shoals" along with six connecting episodes as the among the 20 greatest episodes (or sequences of episodes) in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. This six-episode arc is noted for its serialized format compared to shorter two-episode pair stories that had been more common to the Star Trek franchise up to that time. The six-episode arc: "A Time to Stand" (Season 6 Episode 1) "Rocks and Shoals" "Sons and Daughters" "Behind the Lines" "Favor the Bold" "Sacrifice of Angels" In 2018, SyFy recommend this episode for its abbreviated watch guide for the Bajoran character Kira Nerys. They recommend it as sequence of seven episodes including a "Call to Arms," "A Time to Stand," "Rocks and Shoals," "Sons and Daughters," "Behind the Lines," "Favor the Bold," and "Sacrifice of Angels"; this includes from the season finale of season 5 and the first six episodes of season 6 of the show. Notes External links Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (season 6) episodes 1997 American television episodes Television episodes written by Ronald D. Moore