Talk:Necessary Evil (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)

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The ending of this episode is correctly described as: Major Kira justifying her concealment of her betrayal to Odo upon the fact that she didn't want to jeopardize her and Odos friendship, to which Odo replies "Maybe it doesn't have to".

I would like to point out the film-noir setting of this episode and how it greatly adds to the storytelling and feel of ST:DS9. I know this is intentional and is an exceptional choice for this sort of melodrama set in the future.Dirt290 (talk) 10:04, 7 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

You'll need to provide reliable sources that took note of it; ideally ones that are not merely recaps of the episode. In a best-case scenario you'd have quotes from those involved with the creation of the episode. DonIago (talk) 13:08, 7 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Six reviews with such reference. Also one which points out that in many places this is pastiche. And one which points out the obvious Columbo reference.

https://www.jammersreviews.com/st-ds9/s2/necessary.php

https://them0vieblog.com/2013/09/27/star-trek-deep-space-nine-necessary-evil-review/

https://www.trektoday.com/content/2012/04/retro-review-necessary-evil/

https://www.tor.com/2013/08/06/star-trek-deep-space-nine-rewatch-necessary-evil/ (See Columbo)

https://www.douxreviews.com/2015/08/star-trek-deep-space-nine-necessary-evil.html

https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:fKqdWE0uKt0J:https://www.herocollector.com/Article/star-trek-ds9-25-necessary-evil+&cd=18&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us (See pastiche)

Drsruli (talk) 02:38, 24 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]