Badda-Bing Badda-Bang story
The crew attempt to help Vic Fontaine when Vic's hotel is bought by mobsters Frankie Eyes and Carl Zeemo. Directed by: Mike Vejar. Story by: Ira Steven Behr & Hans Beimler.
9 total · 2 choice · 3 major · 4 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| friendship | choice | The crew considered Vic Fontain a friend and tried to help him when his simulated lounge was overrun by gangsters. |
| virtual reality room | choice | Vic Fontaine's holosuite program was overrun by gangsters, and the crew tried to help him because they thought of Vic as a friend. |
| human vs. technology | major | The holosuite goes out of control and Vic's lounge is overrun by gangsters. |
| organized crime | major | Vic Fontaine's holosuite program was taken over by the mafia in order to launder money. |
| personal identity | major | Benjamin and Worf didn't initially consider Vic Fontaine to be a person, and weren't much interested in helping him in his time of need. |
| boyfriend and girlfriend | minor | Benjamin and Kasidy. |
| civil rights | minor | Benjamin explained about how the Civil Rights movement was just in its infancy in 1962 America, and how black people had a lot of trouble getting around in that time and place. |
| racism in society | minor | Benjamin pointed out to Kasidy that the Vic Fontain's 1960s era holosuite nightclub was historically inaccurate, because, being black, in reality they would not have been allowed inside. |
| rivalry | minor | Vic used to beat Frankie Eyes at stick ball when they were kids and they had been rivals ever since. |