—Well, he is doing his job, Odo. He would be informed on Odo's life, but at arm's length. She’s used Odo in the past, and betrayed him (even if that betrayal was in the service of upholding Changeling law), and the only reason she could have to return to DS9 is to manipulate Odo in the middle of … It's only once you separate that "Odo" becomes Odo again. For much of Odo’s arc, he’s searching for his origins but he’s sure of who he is as an individual. Changeling – The drop becomes the ocean. A tentacle strikes another scientist and the physical torture stops. When a programming glitch won't go away, mobsters take over Vic's and open for business, but the DS9 gang takes it personal when their favorite hangout is no longer their favorite, and they plan to get the new management ousted. The Female Changeling's priority was the disabling of the minefields so that reinforcements from the Gamma Quadrant could be brought in. On the Starfleet side… Odo, the enigma. On Earth, Starfleet tests on Odo what level phaser setting would incapacitate a Changeling. With minutes left before the Defiant would self-destruct, Odo had to fight being absorbed into the Changeling and buy O’Brien enough time to take back control of the ship. Whatever process Changelings use for reproduction, it would appear to trip some of the same triggers - meaning pleasure nerves (or pleasure nerve- equivalents) - as the act of linking. The following year he co-starred in Altman's MASH and worked with the maverick director again on ... the face-smoothening makeup to become Odo, ... changeling Odo, had a … In S3E26 “The Adversary”, Odo did something none of his kind had ever done: He killed another changeling. Examples of fairy abduction should go there, not here. This episode by itself was very good (Odo’s version of Data ‘s fatherhood in TNG 3×16: The Offspring ) but looking at the larger picture I’m not sure what purpose this whole process of making Odo human and back again served. My friend, John Campbell, and I came up with the premise on a drive to catch a Mets' game at Shea Stadium one hot August evening. The discovery of an infant Changeling gives Odo a chance to correct what he sees as the "mistakes" in his upbringing. Odo has come along to Gamma Quadrant, hoping to find clues to his origin. Odo pours the child into his hands and asks it not to die. Being a changeling in Trek is different than Marvel … The changeling makes an appeal to Odo, to come with him and join his people. star-trek star-trek-ds9 star-trek-dominion shape-shifter And the only reason they'd ever do that is if one of their own killed another." The Ultimate Changeling. Odo – And if you choose to take solid form again? Odo, of course, was played by René Auberjonois, and Antaak was played by John Schuck. Whatever process Changelings use for reproduction, it would appear to trip some of the same triggers - meaning pleasure nerves (or pleasure nerve- equivalents) - as the act of linking. As you do yours. Cardassians one day, Federation the next – but justice is justice." Seeing Martok's arm turn into a long, gelatinous tentacle, several of the Klingons in the hall drew their disruptors and fired on the changeling. But then the changeling absorbs itself into Odo’s body—and then suddenly he finds that he can change shape again. It goes back to my example, walking like a duck does not mean quacking like a duck. You could be a young changeling sent out to explore like Odo was. ... Any part of a changeling that is separated from its main body is no longer manipulated by the changeling's consciousness and will become inert, reverting to a gelatinous mass. Indurane explained that the Great Link and all Changelings were created en mass by a god-like being known as the Progenitor. He was the only known Changeling to reject the Founders’ beliefs and instead gained an appreciation for humanoid species. — Odo, 2369. I’m certain that killing that Changeling was the last thing Odo wanted to do. Just like you don't really need a bed to sleep in. The Dominion has little faith that Odo becoming lost in time was an innocent mistake. Odo – When you return to The Link, what will become of the entity I’m talking to right now? In a battle with a "Changeling" Spy, Odo ended up killing him and thus breaking the most important rule of the "Changelings" (no Changeling had ever hurt another). He was punished by being changed by the "Great Link" into becoming a "solid". He regained his powers in the process of trying to save a dying "Changeling". Although he has no human counterpart to emulate he does have a substitute father in Doctor Weld Ram – one of the scientists who found Odo in his original liquid state. The monolith seen in the background of the garden on the changeling homeworld is identical to the one Odo, Dax, and Dr. Mora found in “The Alternate,” referred to as a relic of Odo… It joins with Odo so that he can regain his shapeshifting powers. At this point the Changeling faces the prospect of revealing the plan for "In Purgatory's Shadow" and "By Inferno's Light" or simply keeping quite and letting Odo be a Changeling again. The ability to switch any bill, of any size, color, denomination, or material in the spectator's hand was set by the Original Changeling. Trick by Marc Lavelle ($34.95) In stock. Hopefully the latter. Odo was forced to stand trial for his crime on the Founder homeworld, and his punishment was severe indeed -- the removal of his ability to shapeshift, the identifying trait of Changelings. Odo in 2375 Odo was a Changeling and one of the Founders. I am SURE there is an episode that explains that but I don't remember which one it is. Odo was the only Changeling to reject the Founders' beliefs and instead gained an appreciation for humanoid species. It says that we will nerd, and we will keep on nerding, until we can't nerd any more! Another humiliation! While in the Great Link, Odo saw that Gowron is a changeling. It's very common in medieval folklore. Changeling ODO is leaps ahead of what was laid out before. My Review Commence hidden changelings everywhere stories. Croden mentions persecution, and later, the Female Changeling will confirm that not only did the solids persecute her people but that the persecution prompted the Changelings to become the Founders. Odo, the station’s constable. It was meant to bypass the boring time of getting into a shuttle and traveling down from or up to the ship. Odo was a Changeling who served as chief of security aboard the space station Terok Nor, later known as Deep Space 9. (Odo takes the device and turns it off.) — Odo, 2369. S7, Ep16. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, “Behind the Lines” I. If it's actually another changeling how does it actually transform Odo entirely, giving him his changeling "matrix" back, being that it was sick and dying, was much smaller, and was undoing what an entire lake of changelings did to Odo. If the Defiant hadn’t swooped in, the Jem’Hadar would have killed Odo (and Garak). Odo meets another Changeling, Laas, and he gets into some trouble aboard Deep Space Nine because he can’t fit in with “solids.” Again, this is an Odo-centric episode, and therefore skippable if you don’t care, but Nerys really does show the depth of her love for Odo here. He let out a screech that in his humanoid form would have been a laugh. Ended up in possession of Constable Odo. The entire episode "The Begotten", where Odo plays Dad to a baby Changeling, especially the moment where it imitates his face. Dr. Bashir is unable to save the “child”. But the happy mood is shattered when Odo receives word that the little creature is dying. Of course, as we discover in Season five, Odo was all wrong about Gowron. And yet? "Laws change depending on who's making them. Then how, pray, does Odo end up in the negative change arc? Odo can shapeshift into a car all he wants, but he doesn't have the mechanical parts to do more than look the part. The finale of season 3 isn't the big Dominion confrontation we expected, but is at least a natural progression for the story. I wrote this short story in September 1998, once again for a writing contest. The Deep Space Nine Transcripts - Shadowplay. Odo / ˈ oʊ d oʊ /, played by René Auberjonois, is a fictional character in the science fiction television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.He is a member of a shapeshifting species called Changelings and serves as the head of security for the space station Deep Space Nine on which the show is set. Hopefully the latter. Once again, his own people have betrayed Odo. Odo holds the dying creature in his hands, and, as it dies, the infant changeling merges into Odo and restores his shapeshifting abilities. TrekMovie is deeply sad to report that actor René Auberjonois, who played Odo on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine for all seven seasons, has died of … - Odo reciting the changeling's last words: "You're too late. Ultimately, Odo was able to earn the respect of the Bajorans and Cardassians alike, mostly by virtue of his Changeling nature: since Odo didn’t eat, drink, have sex, or own possessions, he was largely un-bribe-able and incorruptible as far as that went. ("Vortex") Infant Changeling. Defeated yes, but not conquered or occupied. Odo, a shape-shifting Changeling from the Gamma Quadrant, served as the chief of security aboard Terok Nor to 2365 to 2369 and continued in that position when the starbase was taken over by the United Federation of Planets and renamed Deep Space 9 until 2375. "Laws change depending on who's making them. Odo the Blindwatcher Deathsworn Captain (Rare) Fenrus the Devourer Wolf Master Nandos Archmage Arugal Odo the Blindwatcher is the third boss you can encounter in Shadowfang Keep. Plus it takes a couple detours along the way just for fun, like the baseball episode where the DS9 crew takes the field against the Vulcan team. And so, Odo becomes a Changeling again, after being condemned to humanoid form in last season’s finale. Kira brought him back to DS9, and left again at his insistence; eventually, Odo was finally cured by Bashir (“Extreme Measures”). No doubt Mora would still love to poke and prod at Odo, especially now that he was a changeling again and in this unique condition. The founders were revealed to be massive scumbags and lost their "god" status in from of the jem'hadar. S7, Ep15 24 Feb. 1999 The Jem'Hadar does so, putting a device on the navigational computer to prevent it from retaining records of the trip, so that the Founders' new location will stay secret. Odo dove at her with his sharp talons and beak and clipped her wings. As mentioned, the consequences of his actions will severely affect his character, and we see the beginning of it here. « on: July 31, 2006, 07:10:10 pm ». Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, “Behind the Lines” I. He does, however, give Odo just enough truth to string not only Odo along but the viewer as well. Odo lived with his two pet bats, a Blood Seeker and a Vile Bat in the dilapidated wooden structure hanging off to the side of Shadowfang Keep. Card magic and card tricks. They exited the turbolift at the Promenade level and walked together until reaching the Security Office. baby that gets swapped for a human baby and ends up being raised by humans (or the baby is merely abducted and raised by elves ). The Female Changeling arrived, saying she had been trapped in the Alpha Quadrant by the minefield across the wormhole's entrance, and craved the company of one of her kind. * * * Odo regained his Changeling abilities midway through Season 5 in "The Begotten." The female Changeling then requests that she see Odo. Also, I’m again amazed — maybe even appalled — at the lack of preparation Starfleet and the DS9 crew, in particular have engaged in despite clear warnings of Changeling infiltrators. It builds up to what happens in the last two episodes of the six-episode arc and some characters are affected. But Odo responds by forcing him to morph in a very painful-looking way. Science Officer's log, stardate 47603.3. Odo is indifferent about the risks of linking with the Female Changeling. Star Trek Deep Space Nine S 05 E 12 The Begotten. However the infant is dying from radiation poisoning. While Odo was locked into a humanoid form, it hinted that he was essentially still a Changeling because, as Dr. Bashir later pointed out, Odo's brain still contained morphogenic components. The only thing capable of taking a changeling's ability to change is the Great Link. The Female Changeling swirled and missed him again and again. —Actually yes, shall we?—Kira motioned to the door and both entered the office. His people have a process known as linking, where two or more changelings can meld together in a very intimate act. As mentioned, the consequences of his actions will severely affect his character, and we see the beginning of it here. After searching out and finding Odo, another changeling asks him to leave DS9 with him, even though the rest of the crew aren't convinced the new changeling is not part of the Founders. [Runabout] Odo doesn't need the bucket. Whatever a "changeling" is, and whatever qualities are unique to Changelings (I bet just about as many as are unique to humans, and we're a pretty diverse race) Odo is the very model of a post-modern major general: simply unable to be bribed, even with a very personal bit of bait dangling in front of his nose. When and how did Odo get his shapeshifting ability back? Space. The crew is aided by another Jem'Hadar crew under the control of a Vorta named Weyoun (again performed by Jeffrey Combs), who privately pleads with Odo for the changeling to return to Great Link; Odo promptly refuses. The Female Shapeshifter offers Odo his first taste of the Link, over the objections of one of the other Changelings, all of whom subsequently disappear and do not appear again in the episode. If a changeling does not return to its natural state, its morphogenic matrix will destabilize. In fact, Odo was so hard in the grip of the Female Changeling that when Rom was about to be executed, he did not do anything about it but instead preferred to link with the Female Changeling. Changeling set the standard for bill switches in the spectator's hand, but Changeling ODO sets the bar even higher. Changeling – The drop becomes the ocean. Odo moaned in pleasure as he entered the link with the female Changeling (That was the moment I knew he was going to meet Lwaxana Troi, but never mind that now.) Thrax morphs into a changeling, and Odo is eager to not let it happen again. Brought by Odo from Quark, Odo tries to teach the infant how to shapeshift. Though it left me somewhat underwhelmed. They have to fight and fend for themselves. These are the comics of the Federation from IDW Publishing. It is obvious that she is supposed to become a recurring character, but it just doesn't feel right and only adds contrivance to an episode in which Odo is transformed to a humanoid. And it does so masterfully. Yes. According to the Founder (in DS9: Broken Link ), Odo is indeed the first in their history to commit violence against another of their species... He’s not a changeling. He falls – … The theory I do have, after watching 'The Begotten', where a baby changeling dies in Odo's hands, and gives him back his morphogenic matrix, is that the organs and skeletal structure inside of Odo, which made him a solid, is a changeling by itself, or morphed from Odo's own changeling material. The Link (a merging of their liquid forms together, in this case, only their arms) puts Odo into a trance. He served as chief of security aboard the space station Terok Nor, later known as Deep Space 9. He was backed into a corner. After a series of experiments (some torturous) Odo retaliates by revealing his Changeling abilities. All three starred in the movie version of M*A*S*H : Kellerman as "Hot Lips", Auberjonois as Father Mulcahy, and Schuck as Capt. Yes. That's why he faces such severe and unique consequences later. The Female Changeling makes a note of that many, many times. Odo moaned in pleasure as he entered the link with the female Changeling (That was the moment I knew he was going to meet Lwaxana Troi, but never mind that now.) Odo – When you return to The Link, what will become of the entity I’m talking to right now? Does Odo become a changeling again? Cardassians one day, Federation the next – but justice is justice." I was just trying to determine its mass. The Changing of a Changeling. However, it was his conversion to a Solid that led to Odo's Great Link image of Gowron as a changeling, and the subsequent and extremely dangerous covert action to check this theory: an operation that ended with Odo fingering Martok as the Changeling and Gowron the latest to gain a … Quark, intruding, suggests he try a holos… That's a sacrifice I can see the Founders being willing to tolerate, much more so … Odo refused to undergo any more tests from that man, and the baby changeling was developing without the need for shocks and centrifuges. However, halfway through the story, the Changeling is revealed, and in the last several minutes of the episode we see Odo become a key player. "It's odd then, isn't it," the Doctor continued. While Kira is giving birth to the O'Briens' baby, Odo adopts an infant Changeling. We’re looking at the complete miniseries Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Too Long a Sacrifice, where a series of murders on Deep Space Nine at the height of the Federation and its allies’ war with the Dominion sets Constable Odo on a noir-tinged investigation.. Alas, the transporter is one of the more unrealistic, non-scientifically likely, possibly scientifically impossible pieces of technology, and on the show it does far, far, far more than it ever should or was ever meant to. Once there, he was judged by the Great Link and forced into his humanoid form permanently, unable to change shape, as punishment for harming another Changeling. Odo recalls that these three were falsely accused of attempting to assassinate Gul Dukat and were executed - but this happened at a time when Odo was already the station's head of security. The Doctor's intense gaze froze the usually unflappable Odo. Odo holds the dying creature in his hands, and, as it dies, the infant changeling merges into Odo and restores his shapeshifting abilities. Or what we wanted to find. Changeling – The ocean becomes a drop. Take a good look at Memory Alpha, people.It says something about this site. - Odo killing the changeling. Commander Sisko has assigned me to investigate an unusual particle field detected on the other side of the wormhole. After they captured a Jem'Hadar ship, Odo finally collapsed. Odo, you don't know the first thing about teaching a changeling how to shape-shift. 'Painless' Waldowski (the character for which the theme song "Suicide is Painless" was written). Also, if Odo had remained a solid for the entirety of the fifth season, it would have raised the question in the viewer's mind about whether he would ever become a changeling again, which I think would have been the better choice. The script indicates that the bird Odo changes into is a Tarkalean hawk, one of the things he had told the infant Changeling it could one day become. Odo refused to undergo any more tests from that man, and the baby changeling was developing without the need for shocks and centrifuges. How did the founders make Odo human? Does Odo become a changeling again? Meanwhile, Major Kira gives birth to the O'Briens' baby. Dr. Bashir is unable to save the “child”. Odo and fellow member of the Hundred, Laas, learned the truth as to why they were sent out into the galaxy as infants at the end of the year 2376, from a Changeling that Odo named Indurane, Bajoran for 'ancient'. She tried to chase him as a hawk, but it seemed she was not as familiar with that particular form as he was. MORA: Alone? He assures Kira thatthe Female Changeling could not learn about the resistance that way, but it does not matter; at the end of Behind the Lines, the Female Changeling eavesdrops on an incendiary conversation between Odo and Kira. Before he can do the same to O'Brien, Odo grabs him and shoves him back. But the happy mood is shattered when Odo receives word that the little creature is dying. If I, if let’s say Odo is going to get his powers back and I knew how it was going to happen, and I knew when it was going to happen, it would make it very hard for me to deal with the fact that, right now I’m dealing with the fact that Odo is not a shapeshifter any more. To Kira, the Female Changeling is not to be trusted. There is no way for her to know that, she may know that about everyone in the link (as they can read minds when linked), but has no way of knowing... Odo, a shape-shifting Changeling from the Gamma Quadrant, served as the chief of security aboard Terok Nor to 2365 to 2369 and continued in that position when the starbase was taken over by the United Federation of Planets and renamed Deep Space 9 until 2375. Odo and his new "Baby". Rom was arrested, but Odo again did nothing, stating that he was at peace after his linking. This is a fun episode that I’m glad wasn’t stretched into a two-parter. Sometimes what we seek isn’t what we’re meant to find. Seated at a table in the Replimat, Odo talks to the infant Changeling, which is now contained within a drinking glass. He is interrupted by Worf, who asks why Odo is talking to his beverage. Odo receives a sick infant Changeling from Quark and tries to teach it to shapeshift without resorting to the invasive techniques used by his old mentor, Doctor Mora. As I am sure you know, after Odo was cured by Bashir and O’brien obtaining the cure from Section 31 operative Sloan in the DS9 episode “Extreme Measures” Odo eventually cured the female changeling( Supreme head of … But I'd guess that most of the Changelings just sit there all day in the great link. Odo called out to Worf that Martok was the changeling and the changeling responded by trying to strangle Odo (which could have worked since Odo had been turned human by the Founders at the time). Odo – And if you choose to take solid form again? A changeling is an elf/troll/gremlin/etc. She does nothing to stop Kira. Changeling – The ocean becomes a drop. With the sharing of mind and memories that takes place during a Link, a physical confrontation between Changelings may in fact be mental - one forcing the other to change his mind via the Link. The "harm" was when Odo threw him against the warp core and killed him. After all, Changelings are demonstrably difficult to physically damage. Changeling ODO. With his back in severe pain, Odo hobbles into the infirmary convinced that he has become infected with Alvanian spine mites. —Is there anything else that you need me to do, Major?—the Changeling said before going in. Season 7 brings the Deep Space 9 saga to a close. Now Sisko, O’Brien, Odo, and Worf are tasked with going undercover and exposing Gowron. Odo was a changeling member of the DS9 crew. MORA: Well, I see you still have trouble controlling your temper. 'BEHIND THE LINES' (DS9) Please feel free to comment on my review. No doubt Mora would still love to poke and prod at Odo, especially now that he was a changeling again and in this unique condition. The turning point in the Dominion War arc featured in Season 6 of 'DS9' takes place here. So the whole business of “no Changeling has ever harmed another” is … However, halfway through the story, the Changeling is revealed, and in the last several minutes of the episode we see Odo become a key player. (Note: in this episode, Odo imitated the Female Changeling; the only time we ever saw him impersonate a specific sentient being.) Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges. While Kira led a resistance cell, Odo did nothing to help. Turns out the Founders left Odo a little parting gift in the form of misinformation designed to further destabilize the Alpha Quadrant. No, at least it's easily possible that a few of the many baby Changelings which were sent out into space, attacked and killed each other centuries... I was just watching season 5 of DS9 and in one episode Odo is a solid and now he's a shapeshifter again. ODO: Don't do that! We're everywhere." 4) Finally, the Lovok Changeling who allowed Odo and Garak to leave doesn’t seem too worried about them after they’re on the runabout. Not only do all the fantastic traits of the original still stand strong, but now you have the ability to execute TWO visual changes. It's hard to improve upon near perfection, but that's just what we did for Changeling ODO! How could he possible know all this? The crew is aided by another Jem'Hadar crew under the control of a Vorta named Weyoun (again performed by Jeffrey Combs), who privately pleads with Odo for the changeling to return to Great Link; Odo promptly refuses. Odo killed the Changeling to save the Defiant and the Federation, but he broke the law of nonviolence held sacred among his people, and was to suffer later. Changeling do not fight battles, that is what the Jem'Hadar are for. Odo does become significantly larger than his humanoid form in "The Alternate," but does not do so consciously, again an indication that he has vast powers that he has not begun to master. He tries to link with Odo right there. For as exciting as the Klingon-version of the DS9 crew should be, it almost overstays its welcome. Odo, the only one of his kind on Deep Space Nine. by Edison Kells (9/1998) - INTRO -. Order now — we'll send it first thing Friday morning. Odo was one of the " Hundred Changelings ", a group of one hundred newly-formed Changelings that the Founders sent out into the galaxy, "centuries ago", to gather information and explore, and was not expected to return until the late 27th century. (DS9: " The Search, Part II ", " The Begotten ", " Chimera ") It makes Broken Link a little less powerful if Odo is able to become a changeling again without the link's approval. She linked with Odo, hoping to manipulate him. The Female Changeling realized that the reason Odo remained with the solids was his love for Kira. And bonus heartwarming in that the experience reconciles Odo with his own father figure in Doctor Mora Pol and it gives him back his shapeshifting abilities as a … Can’t do it. But as Starfleet's pressure for results grows, he has to turn to his "fa... Read all The discovery of an infant Changeling gives Odo a chance to correct what he sees as the "mistakes" in … 1999. The Changeling Founder contacts your crew and says if it was, you'll have no trouble helping to sneak a Vorta into a nearby outpost for some reconnaissance. ODO: Doctor Mora, I understand that you want to help, but I'm going to do this alone. An answer of questionable canonicity - especially with "Picard" around the corner to potentially either throw a spanner in the works or to provide... Garak is eager to meet her and fusses a bit about his clothing. Odo is afflicted with a disease by the Founders in order to force him to face judgment for having killed a changeling. Odo did not see her again until "Behind the Lines", after he had become a Changeling once more, and the station was occupied by Dominion and Cardassian forces. Does Odo stay human? For Odo, or the Female Changeling, or any of the other "unique" characters, they developed a personality, motivations, their own thoughts.

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