Duet (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)
| "Duet" | |
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| Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 1 Episode 18 |
| Directed by | James L. Conway |
| Story by | Lisa Rich Jeanne Carrigan-Fauci |
| Teleplay by | Peter Allan Fields |
| Featured music | Dennis McCarthy |
| Production code | 419 |
| Original air date | June 13, 1993 |
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"Duet" is the 18th episode of the American science fiction television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. In "Duet", Major Kira finds herself compelled to confront an apparent war criminal, the brutally efficient head of the Gallitep slave-labor camp.
A freighter docks at Deep Space 9 so one of its passengers may receive treatment for a condition called Kalla-Nohra. Dr. Bashir is unfamiliar with the condition, but Major Kira recognizes it, and informs Commander Benjamin Sisko that Kalla-Nohra was only contracted during a mining accident at a brutal labor camp called Gallitep, during the Cardassian occupation of Bajor. As Kira had originally helped liberate the camp, she asks to interrogate the passenger.
Arriving in the Infirmary, Kira discovers that Bashir's new patient is, in fact, a Cardassian. She has the man arrested as a war criminal only to find his name, Aamin Marritza, is not listed for any crimes. Sisko sees no option but to let Marritza go, yet Kira is adamant— Marritza is a Cardassian who was present at Gallitep, which is reason enough. Sisko decides to investigate further and has the man held in custody.
Further suspicions arise when Marritza claims he has never been to Bajor, an obvious lie as Bashir's tests confirm that the man has Kalla-Nohra. Citing a conflict of interest, Sisko asks Kira to remove herself from the case, but her emotional plea and a promise that she will remain professional convince him to let her continue. When she interrogates Marritza, he claims that while he served at Gallitep, he was only a file clerk. He claims the atrocities the Bajorans believe occurred at Gallitep were an illusion meant to keep other Bajorans fearful of the Cardassians.
An investigation corroborates Marritza's story, forcing Kira to cope with the possibility he may go free. Dax offers Kira advice and a sympathetic ear, but cautions that if Marritza is wrongfully punished, then the exercise will have been pointless. A photograph from Gallitep reveals that the man being held is not Aamin Marritza but Gul Darhe'el, the "Butcher of Gallitep" who reportedly murdered thousands of Bajorans. When confronted with this information; the prisoner proudly admits to being Darhe'el. Kira is shaken.
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