[ds9shameblog]

anyway im still mad they never filmed or used that scene in extreme measures where quark tries to lift odo’s spirits by teasing him w/ the details of a crime he’d never been able to solve

how DARE they honestly what the fuck

[jazzypizzaz]

WHAT WHAT WHAT how many more missing scenes are there???

	Odo is still in his cylinder bed when QUARK ENTERS.

					QUARK
			I just wanted to... come by to
			see how you're doing...

	Odo barely stirs as Quark pulls up a stool.

					QUARK
			I hear the prognosis is... well...

	Silence.

					QUARK
			There's something you might like
			to know, before...
				(beat)
			Something we've never talked
			about... even though I'm sure
			it's always been... in the back
			of our minds...
				(beat)
			It has to do with the... Tilavan
			art theft. I think I know who
			stole the holo-sculptures.

	That gets Odo's attention for the first time.

					ODO
				(weakly)
			Tell me.

					QUARK
			On second thought... why bother?

					ODO
			What?

					QUARK
			It's not like you're in any shape
			to do something about it. Forget
			I brought it up.

					ODO
			I've spent nine years working on
			that case 

					QUARK
			I know. That's why it's such a
			shame that you won't have time to
			close it before you...

	Odo physically rallies... lifts himself up on an
	elbow and there's a glimmer of the old Odo again.

					ODO
			You're going to tell me exactly
			what you know and you're going to
			do it right now.

	Quark was hoping for just that reaction.

					QUARK
			Oh. Suddenly you're not so sick
			after all. You want to crack the
			case? Then stop malingering and
			get back to work. When you do,
			you know where to find me.

	With that, Quark EXITS. Odo stares after him for a
	beat, astonished... then realizes what Quark was
	trying to do and that it actually worked. He's
	sitting up for the first time in a long time. Odo
	smiles and eases himself back down in the bed.