A Simple Investigation
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A Simple Investigation
This Story: Season 5 Episode 17 (production code 515)
DS9 Overall: Episode 115
Trek Overall: Story 374, Episode 396
Airdate: 31 Mar 1997
Writer: René Echevarria
Director: John T. Kretchmer
Notes
- Dey Young plays Arissa. She was previously in the TNG episode “The Masterpiece Society” (as Hannah Bates) and will be in the Enterprise episode “Two Days And Two Nights” (as Keyla).
- John Durbin plays Traidy. He was in the TNG episode “Chain of Command” as Gul Lemec.
- Original drafts of this scene had a character which was very similar to the later ongoing character of Vic Fontaine, but it never made it past the early drafts.
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[ Wikipedia | Memory Alpha | IMDB | Amazon US DVD ]#StarTrekMarathon #StarTrek Deep Space Nine Ep 115 - A Simple Investigation - 31 Mar 1997 1/2 Basically, Odo gets laid. He falls for a woman who is under investigation. I really wish they had done this when Odo was a solid, as a changeling, it makes things feel different. It's also not Kira, which
— Joe Siegler (@joesiegler.blog) September 9, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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#StarTrekMarathon #StarTrek Deep Space Nine Ep 115 - A Simple Investigation - 31 Mar 1997 2/2 is good. There's also a B-Plot followup to the Bashir 007 holodeck story. It's actually toned down due to issues with the actual 007 people. Dey Young does a good job with her role here, I quite liked her.
— Joe Siegler (@joesiegler.blog) September 9, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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