Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (TV Series)

The Alternate (1994)

Rene Auberjonois: Constable Odo

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Quotes 

• Odo : Humanoid death rituals are an interest of mine.

  Quark : Death rituals?

  Odo : Everybody needs a hobby.

• Odo : Some species burn their dead, others pack them in blocks of ice. Some even surround themselves with the company of family corpses. But the Ferengi ritual, of chopping up their loved ones and selling them, huhuhuh, I find that... irresistible.

  Quark : I'm very busy here.

  Odo : What a fitting and distinguished way to honor the memory of great Ferengi entrepreneurs. I'm thinking of starting a collection, putting up a display case in my office. There'll be a special space in there reserved just for you, Quark.

• Dr. Mora : [after finding out about Odo's identity crisis]  What do you think they'll do with you?

  Odo : Do?

  Dr. Mora : They won't know what to do with you! They'll put you in a high-security prison, or quarantine you on a deserted asteroid in the Gamma Quadrant. Odo, they'll put you in a zoo!

  Odo : [flustered]  I don't... believe that. You don't know them.

  Dr. Mora : What other humanoid have you been able to trust except me?

  Odo : [incensed]  What makes you think I trust you?

• [Dr. Mora is telling Dax about the time when he first discovered Odo] 

  Lieutenant Jadzia Dax : When did you realize you were dealing with a sentient life form?

  Odo : He didn't. I had to teach him that myself.

• [Dr. Mora has been injured in an earthquake] 

  Commander Sisko : I know how you feel, Constable.

  Odo : Feel? About what?

  Commander Sisko : When my father became ill, I can remember how small and weak he looked there lying on the bed. He'd been so strong, so independent. It always seemed to me that there was nothing that he couldn't do. But in the end, I realized there was nothing that he *could* do, and nothing I could do to help him.

  Odo : I appreciate your thoughts, Commander. But Dr. Mora is not my father.

• Dr. Mora : Constable?

  Odo : It's a nickname that I barely tolerate.

  Dr. Mora : It's an expression of affection that you find difficult to accept.

• Chief O'Brien : [about the pillar found in the Gamma Quadrant]  Any idea what it is?

  Odo : I'm hoping it's a key, Mr. O'Brien - a key to my past.

• Odo : Dr. Mora... I want to be sure, you understand... I had no idea.

  Dr. Mora : You had to speak in a voice loud enough for me to hear.

  Odo : I'm... sorry.

  Dr. Mora : I'm sorry it was necessary.

• [last lines] 

  Dr. Mora : I would like - in a very small way - to be part of your life again, your life here, on the station. From time to time, we could talk about things that matter to you, to us.

  Odo : I'd like that.

• Odo : [Odo is buying the remains of a Ferengi from Quark]  There is one thing I was curious about.

  Quark : And what's that?

  Odo : How do I know it's Plegg?

  Quark : It says so on the label.

  Odo : Isn't there some sort of letter of authenticity?

  Quark : The Ferengi Seal of Dismemberment is right here! What more do you want?

  Odo : I want Plegg!

  Quark : You've got him!

  Odo : Not if he's still alive.

  Quark : Still alive?

  Odo : Still alive.

  Quark : Plegg?

  Odo : After I tracked him down on Khosla II, told him about your little scheme, he was quite amused.

  [beat] 

  Odo : I'm. Not.

• Mora : I'm beginning to think that the scientific method and police method have a lot in common.

  Odo : I never thought of it that way. Perhaps they do.

  Mora : In science, we look for the obvious. We track in a straight line. If something looks too good to be true, it usually isn't true. If there appears to be more to something than meets the eye, there usually is more. We take it step by step.