History YMMV / StarTrekDeepSpaceNineS03E14HeartOfStone

* HilariousInHindsight: Nog joins Starfleet because he doesn't want to end up like Rom. Not only does Rom undergo remarkable CharacterDevelopment from season four onward, but in the penultimate episode of the show, he [[spoiler:becomes the Grand Nagus of the entire Ferengi Alliance!]]

* HilariousInHindsight: Nog joins Starfleet because he doesn't want to end up like Rom. Not only does Rom undergo remarkable CharacterDevelopment from season four onward, but in the penultimate episode of the show, he [[spoiler:becomes '''the Grand Nagus''' of the entire Ferengi Alliance!]]

** Odo's AnguishedDeclarationOfLove to Kira when he thinks that she's about to die, and she's desperately ordering at him to leave before he gets killed too. And in the end, it was all just Odo being manipulated.

* HarsherInHindsight: The Female Changeling's declaration that no Changeling has ever harmed another, and her certainty Odo wouldn't either, [[Recap/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineS03E26TheAdversary are very painful]] in [[Recap/StarTrekDeepSaceNineS04E26BrokenLink retrospect]].

* FridgeBrilliance:
** "Kira" proclaiming her love for Odo would have been a big enough screw-up by itself, but her doing so only an episode after Vedek Bareil's death only makes it even more obvious that she's not the real deal. If Odo knows Kira well enough to know that she has no romantic feelings for him, then he knows she ''certainly'' wouldn't be interested in a rebound relationship right after the death of her previous love interest.
** Also brilliance: if you watch the episode, knowing the twist, a lot of the conversation could be seen as being turned into a way of subtly getting intelligence from Odo. Nothing too-secret, mind you, but things like Odo and O’Brien’s friendships (and how long he would be out of the picture during a kayaking session).
** Also, if that had been the real Kira, then she probably would have taken offence at being told that Odo knows she's not in love with him due to knowing about ''human'' nature. Kira is a Bajoran, not a human, and is very proud of being Bajoran.

* FridgeBrilliance: "Kira" proclaiming her love for Odo would have been a big enough screw-up by itself, but her doing so only an episode after Vedek Bareil's death only makes it even more obvious that she's not the real deal. If Odo knows Kira well enough to know that she has no romantic feelings for him, then he knows she ''certainly'' wouldn't be interested in a rebound relationship right after the death of her previous love interest.
* Also brilliance: if you watch the episode, knowing the twist, a lot of the conversation could be seen as being turned into a way of subtly getting intelligence from Odo. Nothing too-secret, mind you, but things like Odo and O’Brien’s friendships (and how long he would be out of the picture during a kayaking session).

** A small one towards the beginning, when it turns out Jake's immediate response upon hearing about Nog telling Sisko he wants to join Starfleet was to assume it was a prank and tell his father as much, undercutting Nog's attempts to convince Sisko of his sincerity. Even Nog's best friend, to a certain extent, looks at him and sees a Devious Ferengi before he sees a person.

* SpecialEffectsFailure: Nana Visitor opined that the crystal trap looking like a giant chocolate bar undercut the seriousness of Kira's situation.

* SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct: The scene with Nog's big reveal to Sisko has an outstanding, star-making performance from Aron Eisenberg.

-->'''Sisko:''' Why is it so damned important that you get into Starfleet? Why are you doing this?!
-->'''Nog:''' [[ArmorPiercingResponse Because I don't want to end up like my father!!!]]

* HeReallyCanAct: The scene with Nog's big reveal to Sisko has an outstanding, star-making performance from Aron Eisenberg.

** A small one towards the beginning, when it turns out Jake's immediate response upon hearing about Nog telling Sisko he wants to join Starfleet was to assume it was a prank and tell his father as much, undercutting Nog's attempts to convince Sisko of his sincerity. Even Nog's best friend, to a certain extent, looks at him and sees a Devious Ferengi before he sees a person.
* SpecialEffectsFailure: Nana Visitor opined that the crystal trap looking like a giant chocolate bar undercut the seriousness of Kira's situation.

* SpecialEffectsFailure: Nana Visitor opined that the crystal trap looking like a giant chocolate bar undercut the seriousness of her situation.

-->'''Nog:''' [[ArmorPiercingResponse Because I don't want to end up like my father!!!]]