HOW DID ODO AND KIRA MEET?
This was revealed in the second season episode “Necessary Evil” (one of the series’ best). When a Bajoran chemist shop owner was murdered aboard Terok Nor, Gul Dukat summoned Odo to look into the crime. During the investigation the chemist’s wife pointed out a young woman she believed her husband had been having an affair with– Kira Nerys. Odo confronted Kira and questioned her about the crime, but Kira claimed innocence. Still, Odo managed to discover her alibi was a lie, and when he confronted her again she told him she was a member of the resistance and had come to the station to commit acts of sabotage, not murder. Believing her story, Odo told Dukat that she wasn’t the murderer and at the same time concealed her terrorist activities. Years later the two were reunited when Kira became the Bajoran liaison to DS9 and, ironically, Odo’s superior officer in the Bajoran militia. The two became fast friends at this point. Kira came to rely on Odo for his calm nature, efficiency, and the
