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== "Or should I say Bill?" == |
== "Or should I say Bill?" == |
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* Admiral Ross went without a first name for a while, until "Image in the Sand," when Odo says to Kira (sensitive about being called "Colonel"): "Well, has Admiral Ross, or should I say Bill, arrived yet?" Indeed, later episodes call him William or Bill Ross. The headscratcher is that the ''Deep Space Nine Companion'' notes that the writers weren't sure at first if that reference was to be taken literally (and early set decorations called him "Cliff Ross"), because it was in the context of Odo cracking a joke. It was indeed gentle dig at Kira's discomfort with her new title, but how could this joke work at all if Admiral Ross's given name was anything other than William? |
* Admiral Ross went without a first name for a while, until "Image in the Sand," when Odo says to Kira (sensitive about being called "Colonel"): "Well, has Admiral Ross, or should I say Bill, arrived yet?" Indeed, later episodes call him William or Bill Ross. The headscratcher is that the ''Deep Space Nine Companion'' notes that the writers weren't sure at first if that reference was to be taken literally (and early set decorations called him "Cliff Ross"), because it was in the context of Odo cracking a joke. It was indeed gentle dig at Kira's discomfort with her new title, but how could this joke work at all if Admiral Ross's given name was anything other than William? |
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** If his name was something else, the joke would have been Odo just picking a "stereotypically human" name to call him as opposed to his actual given name. Maybe there are enough Williams in Starfleet that other races have caught on that "Bill" is something a lot of pale human males are called. |
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== Hastily thought out mole hunt from shaky evidence? == |
== Hastily thought out mole hunt from shaky evidence? == |
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