Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Season 2, Episode 12 - "The Alternate"
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek Podcast
Roddenberry Entertainment
4.8 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 25 October 2018
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Summary
In the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode, "The Alternate," Odo's dad shows up on Deep Space Nine. Well, his foster dad. Okay, the scientist who studied him from his days as an unrecognizable puddle. Their relationship is full of caring and misunderstanding, like so many scientist/subject relationships. Dr. Mora turns into a controlling father figure who just wants Odo to come home, while Odo turns into a mindless monster who just wants to see his father figure dead. Family - amiright?
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| 0:27.0 | Mission Log. |
| 0:29.0 | A Roddenberry Star Trek Podcast |
| 0:32.0 | Episode 298. |
| 0:35.0 | The Alternate. Welcome. Welcome into Mission Log, a Roddenberry Star Trek podcast. I'm John Champion. |
| 0:59.6 | And I'm Can Ray. You know, it would take a show as good as Mission Log to really describe Mission Log. |
| 1:07.2 | But I'll try. |
| 1:08.8 | Each week we watch an episode of Star Trek, taking it apart from messages, morals, and meanings, and seeing whether the whole |
| 1:14.8 | thing holds up today. |
| 1:17.0 | This week, the alternate, the one where Odo's dad comes to D.S. 9. Okay, not really, but kind of. |
| 1:26.0 | I've got trivia coming up in a moment, but first. |
| 1:29.0 | But first, I'm going to let you know how to get in touch with us. |
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