"Rejoined" is the sixth episode of the fourth season of the American science-fiction television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, originally airing on October 30, 1995. Marking one of the first televised lesbian kisses, it received a record volume of feedback from series viewers, both positive and negative. In the episode, Jadzia Dax struggles with taboo feelings for the widow of an individual whose body she used to inhabit as a symbiont. The episode was the first that series writers Ronald D. Moore and René Echevarria wrote together, and it was directed by main cast member Avery Brooks. The taboo was intended to be an allegory for homosexuality and homophobia. "Rejoined" received a Nielsen rating of seven percent on the first broadcast in syndication. Reviews of the episode were mostly positive, especially for the acting and the message, but the plot was faulted as tedious.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1888:

King Lobengula of Matabeleland granted the Rudd Concession to agents of Cecil Rhodes, setting in motion the creation of the British South Africa Company. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudd_Concession

1918:

The Armistice of Mudros was signed in Greece, ending hostilities in the Middle Eastern theatre of World War I and paving the way for the occupation of Constantinople and the subsequent partition of the Ottoman Empire. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armistice_of_Mudros

1938:

CBS Radio broadcasted the radio drama The War of the Worlds, causing panic among some listeners who believed that an actual Martian invasion was in progress. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_War_of_the_Worlds_%281938_radio_drama%29

1991:

The Madrid Conference, an attempt by the international community to revive the Israeli–Palestinian peace process through negotiations, convened. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madrid_Conference_of_1991

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escarole: (Canada, US) A subspecies or variety of broad-leaved endive (Cichorium endivia subsp. endivia, syn. Cichorium endivia var. latifolium), which is eaten as a vegetable. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/escarole

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Dreams grow holy put in action; work grows fair through starry dreaming, But where each flows on unmingling, both are fruitless and in vain.   --Adelaide Anne Procter https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Adelaide_Anne_Procter