[3] Captain Benjamin Sisko decides to retake Deep Space Nine in order to bolster sagging Federation morale.
On Deep Space Nine, the Ferengi technician Rom is sentenced to execution for attempting to foil the Dominion's plan to destroy the minefield blocking the wormhole.
Security officer Odo is no help; he is seduced by an offer to return to his people, the shapeshifting Founders of the Dominion, and has lost interest in station affairs.
Quark passes this intelligence to Kira's resistance, and Sisko's son Jake, who remained on the station when the Dominion seized control of it, is able to sneak a message to his father alerting him to the minefield's impending destruction.
[6] In 2016, The Washington Post called the Dominion war story arc possibly the "richest narrative" of the Star Trek universe.
[8] In 2018, CBR rated "Favor the Bold" paired with "Sacrifice of Angels" (the following episode), as the third best multi-episode story arc of all Star Trek.