This episode is near-completely centered on Kira's loyalties. Since she's the second-in-command of DS9, it makes sense to have such an early episode of the series deal with this subject. After all, the TNG era is about harmony, not strife. From a storytelling standpoint, I'm not sure if I like that or not.
The story itself is well-told, though it could have been done a bit more dramatically. In
TNG, even the most unexciting of scenes could be made into extremely intense moments with the acting of Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, or Brent Spiner. Here, however, we don't get anything anywhere near as deep. It's all mostly surface-level, which makes it only "serviceable," not "great."
Bashir's youthful paranoia and naivete are very funny to watch; he's definitely one of the more likable characters on DS9 thus far.
Kira has a much shorter haircut. It suits her better, I think.
Lursa and B'Etor (who would later become the infamous destroyers of the
Enterprise-D) are very very low on my list of favorite characters, but it's still nice to see continuity between the Trek series.
As stated before, the main plot of this episode, that of Kira's divided loyalties, is well-done, but is not anything remarkable in terms of actual storytelling.
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