Improbable Cause story
Garak's tailor shop is bombed, forcing Odo to investigate who is trying to kill the Cardassian exile – and why. Directed by: Avery Brooks. Story by: Robert Lederman & David R. Long.
14 total · 1 choice · 5 major · 8 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| betrayal | choice | Garak felt betrayed by his former mentor Tain once Garak discovered that Tain had plotted to assassinate him; Tain insinuated that Odo betrayed his shapeshifter brethren by turning his back on them; Garak appeared betray Odo by switching affiliations to the Cardassians |
| alternate points of view | major | Garak kept pointing out differences between the Federation and Cardassia way of seeing things |
| mentor and protégé | major | Garak was the former protégé of Tain |
| political assassination | major | Obsidian Order Cardassians plotted to assassinate Garak and others |
| sacrifice for a friend | major | Garak risked his life to save his former mentor Tain from being assassinated |
| trust in a friend | major | Garak's space station colleagues didn't know whether to trust him or not because he was a pathological |
| a common enemy unites | minor | Cardassians and Romulans united in a preemptive strike against the Dominion |
| factions joining forces against a common enemy | minor | Cardassians and Romulans united in a preemptive strike against the Dominion |
| first strike tactic | minor | Tain plotted a first strike against the Dominion |
| inhospitable environment dwelling being | minor | The Yalosian ambassador needed corrosive air in order to come aboard the space station. |