Badda-Bing Badda-Bang
| "Badda-Bing Badda-Bang" | |
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| Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 7 Episode 15 |
| Directed by | Mike Vejar |
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| Featured music | Jay Chattaway |
| Cinematography by | Jonathan West |
| Production code | 566 |
| Original air date | February 24, 1999 |
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"Badda-Bing Badda-Bang" is the 165th episode of the syndicated American science fiction television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, the 15th episode of the seventh season.
Set in the 24th century, the series follows the adventures on Deep Space Nine, a space station located near a stable wormhole between the Alpha and Gamma quadrants of the Milky Way Galaxy. In this episode, a surprise change programmed into Vic's (James Darren) lounge by the designer, Felix (a friend of Dr. Bashir), turns the lounge into a mob-owned casino and burlesque where Vic is no longer welcome.
Julian Bashir and Miles O'Brien enjoy an evening at Vic Fontaine's in the holosuite until the program suddenly changes into a noisy cabaret and Frankie Eyes, Vic's longtime rival, shows up to throw Vic out. Bashir and O'Brien try to delete Frankie or freeze the program, but it doesn't work.
After Frankie fires Vic, the crew learns that Frankie was written into the holosuite program by Vic's designer, Felix. Upset by Frankie's treatment of Vic, and by the knowledge that the lounge's atmosphere will now change, the crew decides it must rid the program of Frankie. But to accomplish this task, they realize, he must be eliminated in a way that is period-specific to Fontaine's era: circa 1962. They cannot simply rewrite the program because that would result in Vic forgetting all the experiences that he has shared with the crew up to this point. The task takes on greater urgency when Vic is beaten up.
Vic reveals that he was assaulted by Frankie's bodyguard, Tony Cicci. Eager to discover Frankie's weak spot, Odo and Kira go undercover in the casino to do some research. Frankie takes a liking to Kira, and while the two flirt, Odo learns that Frankie works for crime boss Carl Zeemo, who expects to receive from Frankie a large skim of the hotel's huge daily profits. The crew hatches a plan to rob the casino, hoping it will cause Zeemo to "bump off" Frankie in retaliation.
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