The Host story
Dr. Crusher falls in love with Odan, only to discover that Odan is a symbiote, which is implanted into Riker after his original host dies. Odan continues peace negotiations using Riker as a temporary host.
17 total · 2 choice · 8 major · 7 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| biologically symbiotic beings | choice | Beverly transplanted Odan's symbiont into Riker after Odan was mortally wounded. |
| infatuation | choice | Beverly, Odan :: Beverly and Odan |
| doctor and patient romance | major | Beverly/Odan :: Beverly and Odan |
| interfactional mediation | major | Odan mediates between Peliar Zellians |
| love conquers all | major | Pursuing a relationship with a trill inside the body of a woman was a step too far for Beverly. |
| personal identity | major | the question of what does it mean to be a person when you are just a receptacle for a bug alien |
| reconciliation | major | Peliar Zellian representatives |
| reconciliation between two peoples | major | it was actually a reconciliation between three peoples: the Peliar Zellians |
| risk taking vs. playing it safe | major | Riker :: Riker about accepting Trill host implant |
| sacrifice for one's beliefs | major | Riker :: Riker |