The premise of the story, and a shaky premise at that, involves nearly the entire senior staff--Sisko, Dax, Worf, Kira, O'Brien--cooped up together on a sabotaged runabout which, of course, blows up. In the attempt to rescue them, Odo and Eddington must find somewhere to store their transporter patterns for a little while until they can figure out how to put DS9's finest back together again. Their physical forms then start showing up in Bashir's new James Bond knock-off holo-program. But due to more convoluted Trek techno-errors, the holosuite safeties are knocked out, the program is unstable, and any attempt to leave the holosuite or alter the program in any way could result in one or possibly all the patterns of Bashir's fellow officers being lost forever. Talk about your added job pressure.
Trapped inside a Bond program run amuck with an uninvited Garak along for the ride, Bashir embarks on an unexpectedly dangerous adventure to save his comrades. Garak is a great addition to the story as no one but DS9's resident tailor, and ex-spy, is more fitting to tag along and mock everything from the decor to Bashir's spy methods.
Bashir, in the role of the lead character, makes for an excellent Bond. He cruises through the program beating the bad guys, charming the ladies, and constructing a cool little pistol out of spare parts he just happened to have in his clothes. Sisko, cast in the role of Dr. Noah, was great fun to watch as the deliciously demented, power-mad tyrant out to destroy the world, except for his little corner of it of course, and direct The Human Race, Take 2. And then there was Worf. In a tuxedo. Smoking a cigar. Need I say more? I think not.
In the end, Bashir saved the day, the senior staff survived yet another peril, and O'Brien was ready to throttle Eddington for making a mess of the Defiant's transporter room. Just another average day on Deep Space Nine. Okay, granted what little plot there was to this episode was unbelievably weak, but it didn't lessen the fun one bit. "Our Man Bashir" was a wild, silly Trek romp through Bond-land. It was clever, funny, and unique. This is one I'll never get tired of watching.
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