History YMMV / StarTrekDeepSpaceNineS01E19Duet

* {{Anvilicious}}: The episode's {{aesop}} is not presented subtly. TropesAreNotBad.

* {{Narm}}: When "Gul Darhe'el" finally outs himself as Marritza, he does so with an overwrought cry and burying his face in his hands. A less astute viewer might assume he's still in-character and just mocking Marritza with a fake, exaggerated cry...[[MoodWhiplash until he continues talking.]]

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: How accurate was Marritza's impersonation of Gul Darhe'el? Since the man is dead we know nothing about how his real mannerisms. Given Marritza's own trauma, he was likely acting the way he thought Gul Darhe'el was on the inside.

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Likewise, how accurate was Marritza's impersonation of Gul Darhe'el? Since the man is dead we know nothing about how his real mannerisms. Given Marritza's own trauma, he was likely acting the way he thought Gul Darhe'el was on the inside.

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Discussed. To the Bajorans, Gul Darhe'el is a monster directly responsible for their equivalent of Auschwitz. For the Cardassians, he's an honored war hero buried at their greatest national shrine.
** Likewise, how accurate was Marritza's impersonation of Gul Darhe'el? Since the man is dead we know nothing about how his real mannerisms. Given Marritza's own trauma, he was likely acting the way he thought Gul Darhe'el was on the inside.

* FridgeBrilliance: Why didn't Marritza realize that the Bajorans would catch on to his lie? He's used to a Cardassian legal system, where punishment is swift and investigation is not necessarily thorough or unbiased. As it was, it was largely Odo and the Starfleet officers holding the Bajorans back from making a rash decision. It's also likely that he's so consumed with guilt and self-loathing, he isn't thinking straight.

* HarsherInHindsight: Purely in the context of this episode, Marritza's death is just a senseless tragedy. When viewed in the context of the overall series however, it serves as a tragic bit of {{foreshadowing}}, showing that relations between the Bajorans and Cardassians might improve for a while, but there's going to be no happy ending for the relationship between the two races.

* FridgeBrilliance: Why didn't Marritza realize that the Bajorans would catch on to his lie? He's used to a Cardassian legal system, where punishment is swift and investigation is not necessarily thorough or unbiased. As it was, it was largely Odo and the Starfleet officers holding the Bajorans back from making a rash decision.

* {{Narm}}: When "Gul Darhe'el" finally outs himself as Marritza, he does so with an overwrought cry and burying his face in his hands. A less astute viewer might assume he's still in-character and just mocking Marritza with a fake, exaggerated cry until he continues talking.

* AwardSnub: Creator/HarrisYulin gave one of the most knife-twisting, heartwrenching one-off performances in the history of Star Trek, and he wasn't even nominated for a Guest Star Emmy.

* AwardSnub: Harris Yulin gave one of the most knife-twisting, heartwrenching one-off performances in the history of Star Trek, and he wasn't even nominated for a Guest Star Emmy.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Marritza may be one of the most heartbreakingly complex one-shot characters in Star Trek history, and he often shoots right to the top of fan lists of them for obvious reasons.

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Discussed. To the Bajorans, Gul Darhe'el is a monster directly responsible for their equivalent of Auschwitz. For the Cardassians, he's an honored war hero [[spoiler: buried at their greatest national shrine.]]
* CrossesTheLineTwice: The "Gul Darhe'el" rants about "killing Bajoran scum" cross the line from reprehensibly evil to [[EvilIsHammy deliciously evil.]] [[spoiler:Marritza really is playing it up just a bit too much, and it's inferred that this helps to make Odo suspicious.]]

* TheWoobie: [[spoiler:Marritza couldn't stand living with how he witnessed the brutalities against the Bajoran people without doing anything to stop it.]]

* CrossesTheLineTwice: The "Gul Darhe'el" rants about "killing Bajoran scum" cross the line from reprehensibly evil to [[EvilIsHammy deliciously evil.]]

* TearJerker: TheReveal combined with the CruelTwistEnding makes for one of [=DS9=]'s greatest tragedies.

* GrowingTheBeard: Several critics have suggested that this is ''the'' point where this happened to ''[[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine DS9]]'', as this episode showed what new and different stories could be done with the series' unique setting.

* GrowingTheBeard: Several critics have suggested that this is ''the'' point where this happened to ''[[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine DS9]]'', as this episode showed what new and different stories could be done with the series' unique setting.
** On a more troper-personal note, it's worth pointing out that it's the second-highest-placing episode on TVT's own Favorite Episode page, and the ''only'' season one episode to place in double digits.