Andrew Robinson's performance as Garak plus Garak appreciation
Personally I think this is Robinson's best ever performance on screen. Garak is my all time favourite Star Trek character and that is because of the way Robinson plays him. I think if another actor had played him he may not have been such a fascinating character.
Garak is intelligent, dangerous, mysterious, funny, duplicitous, observant and cunning. Although we may hate some of the things he does, we understand why he does them.
I love the scene between him and Sisko in In the Pale Moonlight. He says to Sisko about how he can do the bad things that Sisko can't and that's why he came to Garak in the first place. That whole exchange between them really makes you think about how sometimes it's necessary to do a bad thing yourself to prevent a greater evil in it's tracks.
I love Garak's friendship with Bashir, the two are such opposites yet make very good friends. I love the banter between them and the scene where Bashir tells him the story of the boy who cried wolf. Garak says the moral of that story isn't that you shouldn't lie, but you shouldn't tell the same lie twice.
Robinson's performance was award worthy in my opinion, he's so powerful and has your attention during every scene he's in. I think he should have been a main character and have been in every episode, not just appearing as a regular guest star.
I think he's at his best in the episode The Wire. He's a character I think should get his own series. I haven't read A Stich in Time yet but really want to.
Who else loves Andrew Robinson's performance? Any other Garak fans?
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