1x03 Past Prologue - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Episode Guide

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

- Episode 01x03

Episode: 01x03
Title: Past Prologue
Type: Regular Episode
Production Code: 404
First Aired: Jan. 10, 1993

Season 1 » Episode #03 - Past Prologue

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - 01x03 Past Prologue

Summary: Stardate Unknown: A Bajoran vessel, under attack from a Cardassian warship, sends out a distress call to Deep Space Nine. The station's crew is able to beam the lone Bajoran aboard. Major Kira recognizes the man as an old friend named Tahna, who is a member of the Kohn-Ma, the Bajoran resistance. He requests political asylum, and Commander Sisko allows both the Bajoran and the Cardassians aboard the warship to stay on DS9 while he considers his decision on the Bajoran's request. Meanwhile, Doctor Julian Bashir becomes acquainted with the DS9 clothier Garak, the sole permanent Cardassian resident on the station, and Odo has his hands full with the Duras sisters.

Who appeared in this episode?

Guest Stars:

Commander Sisko	played by Avery Brooks
Odo	played by Rene Auberjonois
Doctor Bashir	played by Alexander Siddig
Lieutenant Jadzia Dax	played by Terry Farrell
Chief O'Brien	played by Colm Meaney
Major Kira	played by Nana Visitor
Zayra	played by Edward Albert
Bajoran #1	played by Peter Vogt
Ibudan	played by Stephen James Carver

Season 1 / Episode 3: - Past Prologue

Major Kira: Wait a minute - Ibudan goes into the holosuite alone, locks the door. Nobody transports in, a few minutes later he is murdered. How's that possible?
Odo: It's not. Unless the murder was committed by someone who could get through the cracks in the door - say, a shape-shifter.

Season 1 / Episode 3: - Past Prologue

Odo: I'll never understand the humanoid need to... 'couple.'
Quark: You've never... coupled?
Odo: Choose not to. Too many compromises. You want to watch the karo-net tournament; she wants to listen to music, so you compromise - you listen to music. You like Earth Jazz; she prefers Klingon Opera so you compromise - you listen to Klingon Opera. So here you were ready to have a nice night watching the karo-net match and you wind up spending an agonizing evening listening to Klingon Opera.

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TRIVIA

When Odo is checking Ibudan's activity log in his quarters on the transport ship, a couple of the events listed on the log are "Departure from Alderaan Spaceport" and "Dinner with Della Santina". Alderaan was Princess Leia's home world that the Death Star destroyed in Star Wars (1977). "Della Santina" is a reference to the show's coordinating/line producer Robert Della Santina.
After Odo is relieved of duty by Sisko, he returns to his security office to find it had been ransacked and graffiti was sprayed on the walls. Look carefully, the word "SHIFTER" is what's graffitied on the wall.