Necessary Evil story
When Quark is shot, Odo re-opens a five-year-old murder case of Mr. Vaatrik who was a Cardassian collaborator. Directed by: James L. Conway. Story by: Peter Allan Fields.
9 total · 1 choice · 4 major · 4 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| the desire for justice | choice | Odo motivated to solve unsolved murder by a desire for justice that he speculated was endogenous to his species |
| brother and brother | major | Rom was itching for his brother Quark he succumb form his gunshot wound so her could takeover the bar |
| guilt and evidence | major | Odo was pressured to make pronouncements with scant evidence and refused |
| saving innocent lives vs. compromising one's ethical principles | major | Odo covered up Kira's murder of Vaatrik's husband in order to save Bajorans from summary execution |
| what it is like to live through a military occupation | major | We saw the Bajorans living under a brutal Cardassian occupation. |
| extramarital affair | minor | Vaatrik accused Kira of having had an affair with her husband |
| forced labor camp | minor | the mining complex was some kind of Gulag labor camp |
| greed for riches | minor | Quark and Rom were involved with Vaatrik in some money making scheme. Rom hoped Quark would die so he could get ownership of the bar. |
| infatuation | minor | not entirely clear who felt what in the end but the idea was implied |