The Alternate
- Episode aired Jan 9, 1994
- TV-PG
- 45m
IMDb RATING
6.7/10
2.1K
YOUR RATING
Odo and his mentor Dr. Mora Pol discover a lifeform similar to Odo on a Gamma Quadrant planet.Odo and his mentor Dr. Mora Pol discover a lifeform similar to Odo on a Gamma Quadrant planet.Odo and his mentor Dr. Mora Pol discover a lifeform similar to Odo on a Gamma Quadrant planet.
Alexander Siddig
- Doctor Julian Bashir
- (as Siddig El Fadil)
Majel Barrett
- Federation Computer
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
Tracee Cocco
- Antican
- (uncredited)
Robert Ford
- Star Fleet Crew Member
- (uncredited)
Terry Green
- Starfleet Ops Lieutenant
- (uncredited)
Susan Henley
- Command Division Officer
- (uncredited)
David B. Levinson
- Broik
- (uncredited)
Mark Allen Shepherd
- Morn
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaMora Pol was originally to be played by Rene Auberjonois himself, much as Data's creator Noonian Soong was played by Brent Spiner, and as The Doctor's creator Lewis Zimmerman would later be played by Robert Picardo, but this plan was scrapped when it was realized how much time it would take each day to get Auberjonois out of one make-up and into another. Most DS9 episodes were shot in 7 days, but it was estimated that with Auberjonois playing both parts it would take at least 14 to complete the shoot.
- GoofsWhile trying to console Odo when the researcher who first was assigned to work with Odo falls ill, Sisko speaks about how difficult it was to see his own father get sick and grow frail, and how helpless he felt. Sisko concludes, "But, in the end, I knew there was nothing I could do," suggesting that his father died. However, as we learn later, Sisko's father is very much alive.
- ConnectionsReferences Cheers (1982)
- SoundtracksStar Trek: Deep Space Nine - Main Title
(uncredited)
Written by Dennis McCarthy
Performed by Dennis McCarthy
Featured review
Fairly good Odo episode
Odo's researcher/father figure arrives on DS9 with a request so search for more of Odo's species.
This is a decent episode that gives some interesting backstory and has an enjoyable monster b-movie subplot.
It is a good one for Odo fans as he has plenty of screen time that focuses on his past and sets the character up for more development. Rene Auberjonois and James Sloyan do excellent work with average dialogue.
I mostly enjoyed the monster mystery aspect of the story but the sci-fi technobabble does get a bit flat in certain scenes.
There is an amusing continuity moment in Sisko's dialogue relating to his father who is implied to be dead. DS9 obviously did a u-turn on this idea at later point and hoped nobody would question it too much.
This is a decent episode that gives some interesting backstory and has an enjoyable monster b-movie subplot.
It is a good one for Odo fans as he has plenty of screen time that focuses on his past and sets the character up for more development. Rene Auberjonois and James Sloyan do excellent work with average dialogue.
I mostly enjoyed the monster mystery aspect of the story but the sci-fi technobabble does get a bit flat in certain scenes.
There is an amusing continuity moment in Sisko's dialogue relating to his father who is implied to be dead. DS9 obviously did a u-turn on this idea at later point and hoped nobody would question it too much.
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