Series: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Season 1, Episode 4
Original Air Date: January 17, 1993
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An old nemesis of Odo's is murdered in one of the holosuites. Odo is the prime suspect.
The narrative structure for "A Man Alone" was inspired by Hill Street Blues, the classic police show from the 1980s. Multiple plot lines run simultaneously and intertwine. As such, there's a lot of character development for several players. Keiko O'Brien, eager for a sense of purpose, starts a school on Deep Space 9. New friends Jake Sisko and Nog (Quark's nephew) are among her first students. Julian and Quark both long for Dax. We learn more about Dax's friendship with Ben Sisko, and about Trills in general. We learn of Kira's sense of loyalty towards Odo. And so on.
The Odo storyline gets a bit heavy-handed when a lynch mob comes for him. I get the need to establish the constable as a not entirely welcome outsider but I think something more subtle would have been more effective. There was too much "look at me, I'm mean" acting from the mob.
That said, even the weaker DS9 episodes aren't so bad.
Acting Notes
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Siddig El Tahir El Fadil El Siddig Abdurrahman Mohammed Ahmed Abdel Karim El Mahdi (Bashir) was born November 21, 1965 in Omdurman, Sudan to a Sudanese father and an English mother. The family moved to London when he was two years old. He did his training at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts.
Working professionally as Siddig el Fadil, he had a brief stage career before landing his first television role in a BBC miniseries, The Big Battalions. Soon after, his portrayal of Prince Feisal in A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia brought him to the attention of the Star Trek people. He was seriously considered for the role of Sisko but the producers felt he was too young.
For the record, Avery Brooks was definitely the better choice.
In 1995, the actor changed his professional name to Alexander Siddig, the same one he uses to this day.
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