Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (TV Series)

Necessary Evil (1993)

Max Grodénchik: Rom

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• [Quark has been shot in his bar] 

  Rom : He's dying, isn't he? He's dying! What am I gonna do if my brother dies?

  Odo : Do? Oh, you'll have a lot to do once this place is yours.

  Rom : But if he dies...

  [stops short] 

  Rom : Mine?

  Odo : "Wives serve, brothers inherit". Rule of Acquisition number 139, if I'm not mistaken.

  Rom : I hadn't thought of that.

  Odo : Really? I had. Because it's a solid motive for murder.

  Rom : Yes, actually. I have heard of a few untimely deaths, that seemed...

  [stops short] 

  Rom : Wait a minute. You're not suggesting that I...

  Odo : I've had my eye on you for a long time, Rom. You're not as stupid as you look.

  Rom : I am, too!

• Rom : They're not keeping him alive by artificial means, are they? My brother wouldn't want that.

  Odo : No, he's clinging to life all on his own.

  Rom : Typical.

• Quark : Now, when we get to the entrance, you stay flat against the wall. It's a pulsatel lockseal. I can get it to release in 25 seconds.

  Rom : 25 seconds? But somebody will see us. Let me do it!

  Quark : You? Ha! We'd be at it all night.

  Rom : All night? M... n... no. Only about ten seconds.

  Quark : How would you get a pulsatel lockseal to release in ten seconds?

  Rom : You have one on the storeroom door.

  Quark : So?

  Rom : Sometimes, when you forget to leave me the de-sealer, I... have to get the storeroom open.

  Quark : You've unsealed the storeroom without my knowledge?

  Rom : Only to serve the customer's needs.

  Quark : In ten seconds?

  Rom : You forget fairly often.

• Odo : Close your eyes, take a deep breath. Clear your mind of everything in it - if there's anything there... Breathe... breathe... Now, what do you see?

  Rom : T-the bar!

  Odo : Yes?

  Rom : With my name on it.

  Odo : The past, Rom, not the future.

• Odo : There's a list of names, Bajoran names, the one at the very top catches your eye, and the first letter is...?

  Rom : C. It's a C.

  Odo : And the next letter is...?

  Rom : Uuuhh, I...

  Odo : Skip to the last letter in the name, Rom.

  Rom : O! It's an O!

  Odo : Starts with a C, ends with an O.

  Rom : And, and there's a mark in the name...

  Odo : An apostrophe?

  Rom : Ches'so!

  Odo : You're sure?

  Rom : Yes!

  Odo : Aaahh!

  Rom : Maybe.

• Rom : I tried so hard to earn Quark's trust. Now he's dead, and I can never earn his trust!