Extreme Measures
- Episode aired May 19, 1999
- TV-PG
- 46m
Dr. Bashir and Chief O'Brien go to some pretty extreme measures to try and track down a cure for Odo.Dr. Bashir and Chief O'Brien go to some pretty extreme measures to try and track down a cure for Odo.Dr. Bashir and Chief O'Brien go to some pretty extreme measures to try and track down a cure for Odo.
- Lieutenant Ezri Dax
- (as Nicole deBoer)
- Jake Sisko
- (credit only)
- Quark
- (credit only)
- Garak
- (as Andrew J. Robinson)
- Sloan's Daughter
- (uncredited)
- Sloan's Son
- (uncredited)
- Sloan's Mother
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe producers were a little disappointed with the way this episode turned out. They wanted it to be an exploration of two topics, Bashir/Sloan and Section 31, and O'Brien/Bashir's friendship. They later reflected that it would have been better by just focusing on one or the other. By trying to straddle both, they achieved neither one.
- GoofsAt the end of the episode, Bashir throws two darts at the (off-screen) dartboard (we hear them hit). At the very end of the scene, Bashir throws his third dart; the camera follows it to the board. The first two darts are nowhere to be seen.
- Quotes
Chief O'Brien: [of Keiko] She always said I... I liked you more than I liked her.
Doctor Bashir: That's ridiculous!
Chief O'Brien: Right.
Doctor Bashir: Well, maybe, maybe you do, a bit more.
Chief O'Brien: What? Are you crazy? She's my wife, I love her!
Doctor Bashir: Of course you love her - she's your wife.
Chief O'Brien: Yeah.
Doctor Bashir: I'm just saying, maybe you like me a bit more, that's all.
Chief O'Brien: I do not.
Doctor Bashir: You spend more time with me.
Chief O'Brien: We work together!
Doctor Bashir: We have more in common.
Chief O'Brien: Julian, you are beginning to annoy me.
Doctor Bashir: Darts, racquetball, Vic's lounge, the Alamo... Need I go on?
Chief O'Brien: I *love* my wife.
Doctor Bashir: And I love Ezri - passionately.
Chief O'Brien: You do?
Doctor Bashir: Yes.
Chief O'Brien: Have you told her?
Doctor Bashir: Not yet. But I will.
Chief O'Brien: Oh, yeah? Huh... When?
Doctor Bashir: When I'm ready. It's just that I... like you... a bit more. See? There, I've admitted it.
Chief O'Brien: Yeah, well - I *love* my wife.
- SoundtracksStar Trek: Deep Space Nine - Main Title
(uncredited)
Written by Dennis McCarthy
Performed by Dennis McCarthy
When the show begins, Odo is dying and has a great scene with Colonel Kira. The acting (especially by Nana Visitor) is superb and the make-up is amazingly good.
The bulk of the show is the Bashir/O'Brien/Sloan plot. Sloan takes the bait offered by Dr. Bashir and arrives on DS9. He is surprised when he is taken prisoner and interrogated. However, being the good spy-guy, he activates a suicide device. Fortunately for the plan, O'Brien and Bashir manage to keep the guy briefly alive so they can crawl inside his head to get the information. This crawling inside is REALLY dumb, as they go on a journey into the consciousness of Sloan and it really made me cringe.
Overall, not a terrible episode--but one that could have been done better. Plus, at least you can FINALLY head O'Brien and Bashir profess their love to each other...of sorts.
- planktonrules
- Jan 28, 2015