Synopsis: Ensign Dax tries to fit in on Deep Space Nine as Captain Sisko tries to keep her there.
This episode can be seen as an illustration of what happens after one discovers their own inner daimon, as it relates to James Hillman’s acorn theory, the idea that just as an acorn has everything within it to become a tree, we all have an inner daimon that has all the information we need to become who we are meant to be.
In “Afterimage” Ensign Ezri Dax truly struggles as she tries to fit in on Deep Space Nine. On the station all those, other than Captain Benjamin Sisko, who were very close to Lt. Commander Jadzia Dax, are having a hard time accepting her as Dax’s new host. Particularly Worf, who is still mourning Jadzia Dax. However, Sisko is convinced that Ezri Dax’s place is on the station and does everything in his power to keep her there. Sisko now convinced that he not only knows his place in the scheme of things, but hers as well. Sisko is successful, and Ezri Dax is promoted to the rank of lieutenant and made a full counselor.
In this episode, Sisko is very sure of his place with the Bajoran people and on Deep Space Nine, but Ezri Dax is not. However, just as Sisko learned that the Prophets arranged his birth, he feels the need to arrange Ezri Dax’s life so that she will stay on Deep Space Nine. In return she must trust him to play almost a parental role. But Sisko is able to mentor her, so she will stay, even though she knows that life there will not be easy, at least for a while. Although Sisko, identifying perhaps too closely with the Prophets, might also have to deal with a bit of inflation at this point. But nevertheless, the plot thickens.
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