Necessary Evil

Episode aired Nov 14, 1993
TV-PGTV-PG
46m

IMDb RATING

8.1/10

YOUR RATING

Marc Alaimo in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993)

Action

Adventure

Drama

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.

IMDb RATING

8.1/10

YOUR RATING

Director
- James L. Conway
Writers
- Gene Roddenberry(based upon "Star Trek" created by)
- Rick Berman
- Michael Piller(showrunner)
Stars

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Armin Shimerman in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993)

Nana Visitor, Avery Brooks, Armin Shimerman, Rene Auberjonois, and Alexander Siddig in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993)

Nana Visitor in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993)

Rene Auberjonois and Max Grodénchik in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993)

Trivia
This 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.

Goofs
During the flashback scene where Odo first talks to Kira, she calls Odo "constable", but the term was supposedly not known by Odo (as it's an old Earth term) when Sisko 1st met him in season 1, several years after the flashback.

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.