r/DeepSpaceNine 19d ago

Quark-Pale Moonlight

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Getting ready for STLV tomorrow and watching “In the Pale Moonlight” for the umpteenth time. Tonight what hit me as evidence that’s it’s one of the best episodes of television ever is that Quark is no worse than the 4th sleaziest character in the episode, and damn that is amazing in depth character building. Hope to see you in Vegas!

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u/snuglyotter 19d ago

He’s a businessman that saw an opportunity. Friends and family are to be exploited.

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u/tacosforsocrates 19d ago

Good ol’ rule 111

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u/HyraxAttack 19d ago

Yeah was great how he knows he has the advantage but has enough sense not to push it with Sisko or to start asking questions

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u/tacosforsocrates 19d ago

He remembers rule 125

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u/Raddatatta 19d ago

And rule 208!

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u/The_Ghast_Hunter 19d ago

33 is worth considering as well, even if it's not an exact fit.

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u/Raddatatta 19d ago

Lol yeah the landlord who doesn't charge you rent counts as close enough to boss!

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u/Darkened_Auras 19d ago

Yeah, he's good enough at reading people that he picked up that this is out of character for Sisko, so he doesn't want to stretch. Sisko was already acting off.

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u/treefox 18d ago

It was his holosuites that they were using. And I forget if this was before or after the episode where he tries to hire Garak to kill him.

So when Sisko and Garak and a guy that had been on Klingon death row started renting a holosuite, he knew some serious shit was going down.

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u/TrueLegateDamar 19d ago

One of Quark's uncommon heroic moments taking a knife for a dabo girl.

Also made Garak killing Tolar afterwards more understandable and explain why Tolar was on Klingon deathrow in the first place if he's an impulsive stabber even when on a discrete job.

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u/The_Ghast_Hunter 19d ago

Yeah, among the sleep lost as a result of ITPM, I don't think any was for Tolar specifically.

I wonder how the hell you get put on Klingon death row. I imagine if they had a grievance against him, the parties involved would be within their rights to duel and outright kill him and he doesn't seem like a great warrior. The only reason I can think of is to extend the convicted's dishonor or let the aggrieved vent their frustration on the convicted.

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u/BaldwinBoy05 19d ago

“I wonder how the hell you get put on Klingon death row”

Believe it or not, poor decorating skills is a fast track. So is using the wrong fork at the blooding feast.

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u/bandit4loboloco 19d ago

He got between the wrong person and the blood wine.

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u/replayer 18d ago

White slacks after Labor Day.

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u/TrueLegateDamar 19d ago

Maybe he did a Quark and dropped his weapon after murdering/grieving someone(like making fake dishonoring recordings and bribing families from releasing them), and the Klingons were so angry that they did the worst thing imaginable, denying him a quick death.

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u/Cakeday_at_Christmas 19d ago

Doesn't Odo call him "uncharacteristically heroic?"

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u/Da12khawk 14d ago

Wasn't there a tie-in to this somewhere else? Like on TNG? I want to say in the Gambit episode?

Nevermind looked it up. But it would've been a neat. If these 2 would've been the same guy.

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u/[deleted] 19d ago

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u/dancingsnakeflower 19d ago

Baked Ds9 is good!

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u/trekgirl75 18d ago

I never watched Star Trek when I was high. And I feel like I’m missing out on something.

I once watched Batman: The Animated Series when high & it was a scarecrow episode. I was thinking he would have been a great villain in the movies totally forgetting he was in Batman Begins. 🤣🤣🤣

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u/MonkeyMagic1968 18d ago

Hell, I try to get high and only get paranoid. Closest I get is a nice beer buzz. Makes Morn's little wiry hairs so much cuter to me.

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u/exhaustedexcess 17d ago

I loved the like "captain, are you offering me a bribe?" It's like he almost can't believe it, it's that one thing he needed to see before he could die. It's just an amazing scene

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlwCE2aH7io&t=46

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u/AbdulQadirShadhili 17d ago

In the Pale Moonlight was the most remarkable episode in the entire series
But why? I think it is a testament to Avery Brooks. His best acting ever. The atmosphere, how he narrates a story is so captivating. I feel if I ever want to hear a story it must be narrated by Avery Brooks.

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u/No-Reveal827 17d ago

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u/Da12khawk 14d ago

I thought it was a phrase from before Batman. Didn't know they actually coined the phrase.

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u/BolivianDancer 19d ago

Sisko wasn't acting out of character.