Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (TV Series)

Chimera (1999)

Rene Auberjonois: Constable Odo

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Quotes 

• Chief O'Brien : Where is all this fog coming from?

  Odo : It's not fog; it's Laas.

  Chief O'Brien : Laas?

  Doctor Bashir : What's he doing?

  Odo : Being fog. What's it look like?

  Chief O'Brien : Can't he be fog somewhere else?

  Doctor Bashir : Or at night, when nobody's around?

  Odo : He's not hurting anyone.

  Chief O'Brien : Still - it's kinda creepy.

  Doctor Bashir : Careful, Miles, he might hear you.

  Chief O'Brien : Good!

• Captain Sisko : Martok has expressed some concerns about our security arrangements.

  Odo : Meaning?

  Captain Sisko : He's not sure it's appropriate that you should be in charge of the prisoner.

  Odo : May I ask why?

  Captain Sisko : Because you were a witness to the alleged crime.

  Odo : Well, that's a relief. For a moment, I thought you were going to say it's because... I'm a changeling.

• Odo : You'd better go. They're looking for you. Good luck.

  Laas : And to you, Odo. You'll need it more than I.

• Odo : Laas was only doing what comes naturally to us.

  Quark : You never pulled a stunt like that. You're smart enough to know that people don't wanna be reminded that you're different. Who wants to see somebody turn into goo?

• Laas : You've given up a great deal to remain here.

  Odo : Yes... Yes, I have. But I won't have anything to do with the Founders and their war.

  Laas : Odo - we linked. I know the truth. You stayed here because of Kira. If it weren't for her, you would be with our people. War or no war, you would be... a Founder.

• Laas : The truth is, I prefer the so-called primitive life forms. They exist as they were meant to, by following... their instincts. No words get in the way, no... lies, no deceptions.

  Chief O'Brien : We're not the ones who can disguise ourselves as anything we want.

  Odo : Meaning...?

  Laas : Meaning, shapeshifters are not to be trusted.

  Chief O'Brien : I trust Odo.

  Laas : Of course you trust Odo. Look at him. You've convinced him that he is as limited as you are.

• Odo : Look at me, Nerys. What do you see?

  Colonel Kira : I see you.

  Odo : No! No, this is... just a form I borrowed. I could just as easily be someone or some*thing* else.

  Colonel Kira : I know that. But... this... is what you have always chosen to be: a man - a good and honest man. A man I fell in love with. Are you trying to tell me that he never really existed?

  Odo : I don't know. - I care for you, more than anyone I've ever known. These last few months have been the happiest of my life. But even so, part of me wishes that Laas and I were out there right now searching for the others, existing as changelings. Because that's what I am. Not a humanoid. I'm a changeling!

  Colonel Kira : Well, then maybe you're right - maybe you do belong out there.

• Odo : Laas, humanoids are not the petty, limited creatures you perceive them to be. What Nerys did should prove that even to you.

  Laas : Love conquers all, is that it?

  Odo : I'm sorry you can't understand. You've done many things, been many things. But you've never known love.

  Laas : Compared to the link, it is a pale shadow, a feeble attempt to compensate for the isolation that mono-forms feel because they are trapped within themselves.

  Odo : Perhaps the fact that it's not easy is what makes it worthwhile.

• [the Klingons have filed charges against Laas] 

  Captain Sisko : They claim he surrounded them menacingly.

  Odo : [scoffs]  They felt menaced by fog.

  Captain Sisko : They weren't the only ones. There are twelve other people who filed complaints.

  Odo : Is it a crime to shapeshift on the Promenade?

  Captain Sisko : It's not a crime, but it's obviously not a good idea.

• Laas : What are you holding on to? Kira? Even she knows that this is what's best for you. Why else would she have helped me to escape?

  Odo : You really don't know, do you? You've no idea what it means to love someone enough to let them go.

  Laas : She let you go, so that you could find out where you belong.

  Odo : I know where I belong.

• Colonel Kira : I'm sorry I can't link with you.

  Odo : Doesn't matter, Nerys. I love you.

• [first lines] 

  O'Brien : How long was I asleep?

  Odo : Almost two hours.

  O'Brien : You dropped out of warp. We must be close to home.

  Odo : We entered the Bajoran system a few minutes ago.

  O'Brien : [Noticing a glass object Odo is holding]  What's that?

  Odo : The shopkeeper I bought it from called it a knick-knack.

  O'Brien : I didn't know you collected knick-knacks.

  Odo : It's a present for Kira.

  O'Brien : Oh.

  Odo : You don't think she'll like it?

  O'Brien : I'm sure she'll like it. It's just I didn't get anything for Keiko.

  Odo : Well, the conference kept you pretty busy.

  O'Brien : You found time to get something.