Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Things Past (1996)
Season 5, Episode 8
8/10
The buried truth.
17 July 2021
Warning: Spoilers
I could buy into the episode -----

I internalized that Odo perceived himself as Thrax because he was essentially a tool of the Cardassian's in terms of this mishandling of Justice.

Kurtwood Smith does an excellent job of performing the Odo/Thrax character. You can see so much of Rene's characterizations in his performance.

This episode provides insight into how Odo's personality and interpretation of Justice expanded. Certainly, this must have been the event that lead to his sympathy for the Bajoran people on DS9.

Rene Auberjonois is wonderful in this episode. You could feel the guilt and desperation in his dialogue.

I believe the episode works better without the Kira scene at the end. I think they should have been subtle about it ---- Have Odo looking at Kira from the 2nd level and Kira looks back at him with sorrow.

This is quite a good episode!
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