History Recap / StarTrekDeepSpaceNineS04E01E02TheWayOfTheWarrior

* NeverBringAKnifeToAFistFight: Done deliberately by Worf to establish his badass credentials and humiliate Martok's son, by punching Dex in the face and then easily disarming Dex when he draws his dagger, which he keeps as a BattleTrophy until Dad turns up to get it back.

* HonorBeforeReason: Though he had admitted feeling out of place since the ''Enterprise'''s destruction, Worf refuses to join in Gowron's invasion plan because he thinks it's wrong and because he vowed allegiance to the Federation. Even when threatened with being stripped of his land and privileges, Worf responds that he will always have his honor.

* ChekovsGun: Odo demonstrates how he can drink from a glass and then have it return to the cup. This is shown the very next scene after [[spoiler: The Founder that is masquerading as Martok passes the bloodletting test.]]

* PalmBloodletting: Martok makes Sisko and Kira do this along with himself so they can all prove that they're not changelings. [[spoiler:Ironically, he's actually a changeling.]]

* RedShirtArmy: In a slight subversion, the random [=DS9=] crew members put up a fight so valiant they [[WorthyOpponent impress even the Klingons]], but still die like flies while the named characters survive (despite some of the sustaining grievous injuries).

* RedShirtArmy: In a slight subversion, the random DS9 crew members put up a fight so valiant they impress the Klingons, but still die like flies while the named characters survive (despite some of the sustaining grievous injuries).

* TemptingFate: As the Defiant reaches DS9, Dukat notes that their two Klingon pursuers won't risk an attack on the station itself. Then Dax worriedly notes it might be not that much of a risk. Cut to the two Klingon ships joining a ''massive'' armada preparing to attack DS9.

'''Quark:''' But you know what's really frightening? [[HumansAreInfectious If you drink enough of it, you begin to like it]].\\

'''Quark:''' But you know what's really frightening? If you drink enough of it, you begin to like it.\\

* DopplegangerSpin: As the Klingons begin occupying the station, they perform a variant of this, cloaking and de-cloaking their ships randomly so that the people onboard can't count them properly.

** When the gang of Klingons confronts Odo and Garak, they accidentally let slip why they're there in the first place, saying that they don't obey the dictates of Changelings "Or their Cardassian Lapdogs." Worf later learns that the entire reason for the invasion is because the Klingons think that Cardassia has been compromised by Changelings, who they think engineered a coup on Cardassia Prime. [[spoiler: It is later revealed that a Changeling is posing as Gowron, duping the Klingons into unknowingly obeying the dictates of a Changeling.]]
** Towards the end of the space battle, we see Gowron starting to realize his stupid mistake and consider pulling back. However Martok appears to be goading him to press on.[[spoiler: [[TheMole One season later you discover why he is pushing this untenable position.]]]]

** When the gang of Klingons confronts Odo and Garak, they accidentally let slip why they're there in the first place, saying that they don't obey the dictates of Changelings "Or their Cardassian Lapdogs." Worf later learns that the entire reason for the invasion is because the Klingons think that Cardassia has been compromised by Changelings, who they think engineered a coup on Cardassia Prime.

* RewatchBonus: All of the Martok scenes take on a new meaning when the next season reveals "Martok" is really a Changeling himself.

* DeathGlare: Worf gives Quark one for laughing at his DrinkOrder of prune juice and another later when Quark says he's glad that they're rid of all the Klingons.

'''Odo:''' ''(smirks)'' With what?