HOW DID KIRAS INVOLVEMENT WITH SHAKAAR EFFECT ODO?
After Kira started seeing Shakaar in “Crossfire” the Odo/Kira relationship seemed to go into a downward spiral, as a certain distance seemed to grow up between the two characters. In fact, many people interpreted “Crossfire” as a type of “closure” to the O/K storyline, with no more development to come. However, events ultimately did not quite bear this conclusion out, as the plotline slowly continued to develop. Lwaxana asks Odo in “Muse” if he is over Kira yet, a question that Odo avoided answering directly. The Female Founders pointed out “…that solid you’re so fond of has found someone else,” in “Broken Link”, a reference that some fans took to have sinister overtones (did the Changelings orchestrate somehow Kira’s involvement with Shakaar?). And in the fifth season episode “Ascent” Quark mentioned Odo’s “…’platonic’ relationship with a certain Bajoran major.” Still, the former emotional intimacy and candor of their relationship was rarely seen over the next year. Kira showed li
