Necessary Evil
- Episode aired Nov 14, 1993
- TV-PG
- 46m
Odo relives some terrible and tragic memories of a past investigation when he was the constable on Cardassian-occupied Deep Space Nine, then named Terok Nor.Odo relives some terrible and tragic memories of a past investigation when he was the constable on Cardassian-occupied Deep Space Nine, then named Terok Nor.Odo relives some terrible and tragic memories of a past investigation when he was the constable on Cardassian-occupied Deep Space Nine, then named Terok Nor.
- Doctor Julian Bashir
- (as Siddig El Fadil)
- Jake Sisko
- (credit only)
- Chief Miles O'Brien
- (credit only)
- Bajoran Guard
- (uncredited)
- Star Fleet Crew Member
- (uncredited)
- Bajoran Officer
- (uncredited)
- Morn
- (uncredited)
- Bajoran security deputy
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThis is the first episode where it shows Rom may be a lot smarter than most people think, and that he is in fact possessed of a great deal of mechanical/technical knowledge and expertise.
- GoofsTwo episodes earlier in Melora (1993), Julian says that Anti-Gravs don't work with the Cardassian construction, yet here, he calls for and then transports Quark on one.
- Quotes
Odo: Commence station security log, stardate 47282.5 - At the request of Commander Sisko, I will hereafter be recording a daily log of law enforcement affairs. The reason for this exercise is beyond my comprehension, except perhaps that Humans have a compulsion to keep records and lists and files. So many in fact, that they have to invent new ways to store them microscopically. Otherwise their records would overrun all known civilization. My own very adequate memory not being good enough for Starfleet, I am pleased to put my voice to this official record of this day. Everything's under control. End log.
- ConnectionsFeatured in What We Left Behind: Looking Back at Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (2018)
- SoundtracksStar Trek: Deep Space Nine - Main Title
(uncredited)
Written by Dennis McCarthy
Performed by Dennis McCarthy
Although he claims to be on no one's side and only serves justice, he does not not. He bends justice whenever he needs to. May it be, because of his own moral compass (like when he let Croden escape in S1E11 although he commits homicide while he is present to witness this perfidious crime with his own eyes), or just because he needs an inside man in blackmarket operations with Quark. He even let's Quark sabotage the station unpunished like in S2E4 or always keeps an eye shut when he runs his illegal business including theft, blackmail, gambling fraud, unauthorised security access to the station and contraband.
This time Odo keeps the secret about Major Kira's murder because they are friends. It does not matter if Kira wanted to find out about collaborators or not. She killed Vaatrick because he surprised her when she tried to steal a list with names from him several years ago. There is no justification for that, even though Kira says "I had no choice". Yes, she had. She could just not have killed him instead.
The whole station feels like an Eastern European country during the Soviet era: A place full of nepotism and partisanship. Basically no misbehaviour or crime on this space station is ever punished as long as one of the main characters is involved. There are never any official investigations by Star Fleet either afterwards. They can use runabouts whenever they want for their personal business or access any data on the computer. And Star Fleet rules don't seem to apply on Deep Space 9 either. Half the crew should have been either already demoted by now or dishonorable kicked out of service!
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- Oct 7, 2023