We continue our DS9 ReWatch with “Necessary Evil, the eighth episode od Season Two.” “Necessary Evil” is structured as a film noir, the form of American cinema popular between 1941 and the early 1950s. The trend was inspired by the hard-hitting pulp fiction of the 1930s. Odo is our dogged investigator searching for the truth in both the present as well as the past.

The episode could also be described as Odo’s origin story. It was the first time Odo met Quark and Kira, both of whom will develop significant relationships with the shapeshifter throughout the succeeding seasons.

Synopsis: ”Necessary Evil” could be described as Odo’s origin story. While investigating a failed murder attempt on Quark, Odo finds clues connecting it to a murder he was chosen to investigate five years ago during the Cardassian Occupation. Odo relives the memories of another murder case where he first met Kira, who quickly became the prime suspect.

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