Necessary Evil 

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.

Director:

James L. Conway

Writers:

Gene Roddenberry (based upon "Star Trek" created by), Rick Berman (created by)

Stars:

Avery Brooks, Rene Auberjonois, Alexander Siddig

Cast

Episode complete credited cast:
Avery Brooks	...	Cmdr. Benjamin Sisko
Rene Auberjonois	...	Odo
Alexander Siddig	...	Doctor Bashir (as Siddig El Fadil)
Terry Farrell	...	Lt. Jadzia Dax
Cirroc Lofton	...	Jake Sisko (credit only)
Colm Meaney	...	Chief Miles O'Brien (credit only)
Armin Shimerman	...	Quark
Nana Visitor	...	Major Kira
Katherine Moffat	...	Vaatrik Pallra
Max Grodénchik	...	Rom
Marc Alaimo	...	Gul Dukat
Robert MacKenzie	...	Trazko

Storyline

Quark is on Bajor negotiating with a woman, Pallra. She wants him to retrieve a strongbox from the station, hidden behind a panel in the chemist's room. A man is secretly listening to their conversation. With the help of Rom, Quark has no problem finding the box, but his curiosity makes him open it. He finds a list of Bajoran names. Before he is able to copy it, he gets shot by a man - the same man who'd been listening in while Quark spoke with Pallra. While Dr. Bashir tries to save Quark's life, Odo questions Rom. He tells about the chemist's room and Odo is immediately reminded of a murder case several years ago. He was forced by Gul Dukat to investigate the murder of the owner of a shop, Vaatrick. His wife Pallra accused a mistress of the murder.

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Plot Keywords:

odo character | kira nerys character | unsolved case | murder investigation | justice | 

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Drama | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Did You Know?

Trivia

A scene was deleted from the third act that revealed that Pallra was having an affair with Dukat.

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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.

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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 ...

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Soundtracks

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Main Title
(uncredited)
Written by Dennis McCarthy
Performed by Dennis McCarthy

User Reviews

Great origin story episode!

We get to see the origin story between Odo and Kira, meeting for the first time under dramatic circumstances, as well as an interesting look at DS9 under Cardassian occupation. An intriguing little murder mystery to boot and this is a really fun episode to watch. DS9 at its best (so far, only Season 2).

Details

Official Sites:

Official Site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

14 November 1993 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Paramount Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

46 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1