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)
- Starfleet Nurse
- (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
Bashir and O'Brien lure Section 31 agent Sloan to DS9 to find out what he knows about the cure against the plague that has infected Odo. While Sloan is captured and secured within a force field, he kills himself - he rather dies to give away any information that could destroy the Federation. Since his brain is still alive (at least for a while) Bashir and O'Brien enter his subconsciousness in the attempt to find the information they are looking for. Here, we meet two Sloans: One that is good and chastened and wants to help them and another one that is evil and devious and plays mind tricks on them to keep them occupied.
Bashir's and O'Brien's bromance plays out again quite nicely in this episode. The different characters work well together and complement each other. Over the course of the show, the bond between the two really enriched the episodes which focussed on them. O'Brien's grumpy attidue and his engineering skills are a great counterbalance to Bashir's ever optimistic thinking and medical skills. While Alexander Siddig is not the best actor and his acting often appears crude and wooden (especially in dramatic and emotional scenes), Colm Meaney is spot on and carries the scenes. Those two have much better interactions and chemistry than Worf and Ezri.
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