Star Trek: DS9 - Rivals / The Alternate

Rivals ©1993 Paramount Pictures. All rights reserved.		The Alternate ©1994 Paramount Pictures. All rights reserved.
Episode	31	Episode	32
Airdate	January 3, 1994	Airdate	January 10, 1994

Catalog Number	LV40510-431
Format	Extended Play CLV

Table of Contents
Running Time	92 minutes

Side	Running Time
1	46min 06sec
2	46min 13sec
	92min 19sec

Pressing Location	Pioneer Video Manufacturing
Retail Price	$34.98
Issued	April 7, 1998

Dolby Surround

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Rivals
Directed by David Livingston

Teleplay by Joe Menosky

Story by Jim Trombetta & Michael Piller

Executive Producers Rick Berman & Michael Piller

Starring Avery Brooks

Also Starring René Auberjonois
Siddig El Fadil
Terry Farrell
Cirroc Lofton
Colm Meaney
Armin Shimerman
Nana Visitor

Stardate Unknown
When Martus Mazur (Chris Sarandon), a sweet-talking con man, arrives on the station, Odo (René Auberjonois) arrests him for swindling an old couple. While in a holding cell, Martus meets a sickly alien who proffers him a strange gambling device moments before his death.
After his release, Martus takes the device and opens a gambling club to rival Quark's. Meanwhile, Bashir (Siddig El Fadil) and O'Brien (Colm Meaney) participate in a friendly game of racquetball that sets the tone for an unfriendly rematch. As the rivalries intensify, minor accidents occur around the station with increasing frequency. Sisko (Avery Brooks) becomes suspicious and discovers that the gambling device is altering the laws of probability on the station--with dire results.

The Alternate
Directed by David Carson

Teleplay by Bill Dial

Story by Jim Trombetta & Bill Dial

Executive Producers Rick Berman & Michael Piller

Starring Avery Brooks

Also Starring René Auberjonois
Siddig El Fadil
Terry Farrell
Cirroc Lofton
Colm Meaney
Armin Shimerman
Nana Visitor

Guest Star James Sloyan

Stardate 47391.7
Dr. Mora Pol (James Solyan), the scientist who studied Odo (René Auberjonois) after he was discovered, arrives on the station with a clue to the shapeshifter's origins. Together they take a Runabout to investigate some unique DNA patterns found on a distant planet in the Gamma Quadrant. While on the planet's surface, they collect an unusual life form and barely escape before a series of violent tremors expose Odo to a strange volcanic gas.
Back on the station, the life form manages to escape, destroying the science lab. Later, its remains are found, but it is not the same creature from the planet. After a crew member is attacked, an investigation reveals the creature's DNA to match Odo's--and now it's hunting Dr. Mora!

Rivals
Directed by	David Livingston
Teleplay by	Joe Menosky
Story by	Jim Trombetta & Michael Piller
Executive Producers	Rick Berman & Michael Piller
Starring	Avery Brooks
Also Starring	René Auberjonois Siddig El Fadil Terry Farrell Cirroc Lofton Colm Meaney Armin Shimerman Nana Visitor
Stardate Unknown When Martus Mazur (Chris Sarandon), a sweet-talking con man, arrives on the station, Odo (René Auberjonois) arrests him for swindling an old couple. While in a holding cell, Martus meets a sickly alien who proffers him a strange gambling device moments before his death. After his release, Martus takes the device and opens a gambling club to rival Quark's. Meanwhile, Bashir (Siddig El Fadil) and O'Brien (Colm Meaney) participate in a friendly game of racquetball that sets the tone for an unfriendly rematch. As the rivalries intensify, minor accidents occur around the station with increasing frequency. Sisko (Avery Brooks) becomes suspicious and discovers that the gambling device is altering the laws of probability on the station--with dire results.

The Alternate
Directed by	David Carson
Teleplay by	Bill Dial
Story by	Jim Trombetta & Bill Dial
Executive Producers	Rick Berman & Michael Piller
Starring	Avery Brooks
Also Starring	René Auberjonois Siddig El Fadil Terry Farrell Cirroc Lofton Colm Meaney Armin Shimerman Nana Visitor
Guest Star	James Sloyan
Stardate 47391.7 Dr. Mora Pol (James Solyan), the scientist who studied Odo (René Auberjonois) after he was discovered, arrives on the station with a clue to the shapeshifter's origins. Together they take a Runabout to investigate some unique DNA patterns found on a distant planet in the Gamma Quadrant. While on the planet's surface, they collect an unusual life form and barely escape before a series of violent tremors expose Odo to a strange volcanic gas. Back on the station, the life form manages to escape, destroying the science lab. Later, its remains are found, but it is not the same creature from the planet. After a crew member is attacked, an investigation reveals the creature's DNA to match Odo's--and now it's hunting Dr. Mora!