Fascination story
Lwaxana Troi pursues Odo during the Bajoran Gratitude Festival as members of the crew suddenly become infatuated with one another. Directed by: Avery Brooks. Story by: Ira Steven Behr and James Crocker.
22 total · 3 choice · 11 major · 8 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| infatuation | choice | Lwaxana at Odo; Kira and Bareil Antos; Jake at Kira; Bareil Antos at Jadzia; Jadzia at Benjamin; Kira and Bashir; Quark at Keiko |
| long-distance relationship | choice | Keiko returned to space station to visit Miles; Dabo girl broke up with Jake because she was moving away |
| what if everyone lost control of their inhibitions | choice | Lwaxana's psychic influence caused people aboard the space station to bring their unconscious desires for others to the surface |
| adolescence | major | Jake |
| coping with being separated from someone you love | major | Miles was brooding over Keiko planning to extend her off space station work for seven extra months |
| coping with getting dumped | major | Jake was dumped by his Dabo girl girlfriend; Kira was feeling down after getting dumped by Bareil Antos |
| coping with unwelcome romantic attention | major | Odo with Lwaxana; Kira with Jake; Bareil Antos with Kira; Benjamin with Jadzia; Keiko with Quark |
| disintegrating romantic relationship | major | Miles and Keiko trying to maintain their marriage while she worked off the space station |
| husband and wife | major | Keiko and Molly came back from working off of the space station for an extended period to visit Miles |
| looking for a lover | major | Lwaxana was looking for love and became infatuated with Odo. |