Odo, Garak, and Commander Sisko arrive in time to prevent the Order from taking Kira and Ghemor away for punishment.

Later, Garak tells Kira that he intends to dispose of the Intendant, and that he will let Kira and Bashir escape if she pretends to be her double, then resign and allow Garak to take over.

Garak tells Bashir that Pa ' Dar is a political rival of Dukat and Bashir begins to understand but is still confused.

Garak smiles and tells him to notice the details, which he compares to crumbs scattered across the table.

He tells the doctor that if he were truly Garak's friend he would allow Garak to die ; however, he agrees to give Bashir the information needed to counteract the effects of the implant.

Pressed for " real answers ", Garak tells the doctor that he has given all the answers he is capable of, and that they are all true-especially the lies.

While waiting for O ' Brien to appear, Garak comments to Nog how it's taking all his willpower to not kill him right then and there.

The character Elim Garak once noted that Deep Space Nine's environment was very cold and very bright by Cardassian standards.

In the episode " Civil Defense ", Dukat states that it was a mistake for his father to have once trusted Garak, and later in " For the Cause " it is revealed that Garak had Dukat's father tortured and killed.

As his father Tain once said of him, Garak never told the truth when a lie would do.

During his recovery, he heard a strange rumor: Odo thinks Garak was once a member of the Obsidian Order.

Sisko assaults Garak, who admits he planted a bomb on Vreenak's ship as an assurance that his plan would work ; when the Romulans scan the wreckage, they will find the data rod, and attribute any signs of forgery to damage from the destruction.

Since scale patterns on Cardassian necks have been shown to change from appearance to appearance ( Garak, for example ), makeup artist Michael Westmore has theorized in a 2005 issue of Star Trek Insider that Cardassians continually shed and regrow scales.

The planet's climate is warmer than that preferred by several species — human and Bajoran characters, among others, make comments throughout Star Trek: Deep Space Nine's run about Cardassians ' preference for heat, while characters like Elim Garak complain about the uncomfortably cool temperatures preferred by non-Cardassians.

In " Improbable Cause ", Garak's former mentor Enabran Tain plainly accuses him of betraying Cardassia but no details are given, while in " The Way of the Warrior " Dukat cynically reminds Garak to remember to aim his phaser at Klingons and not Cardassians.

In an effort to gain his father's acceptance and approval, Garak followed his father's footsteps and joined the Obsidian Order ; at one point he was stationed on Romulus ( and was likely involved in the deaths of several Romulan officials ), until the Cardassians stationed him on occupied Bajor.

Garak developed serious psychological trauma knowing that he had contributed to the deaths of his fellow Cardassians Towards the end of the war Garak served as a Federation liaison to Legate Damar and his Cardassian rebellion against the Dominion, along with the Bajoran Kira Nerys.

Sisko warns Garak that if the Cardassians try to take them by force, he will respond in kind.

Garak is brought along to help disarm booby traps targeted at non-Cardassians, such traps being routinely left behind when space stations are abandoned by the Cardassians.

When Garak notifies Dukat of the impending attack on his world, the Cardassians are able to scrape together a defense.

* The animosity between Garak and Dukat ( first hinted at in " Cardassians ") gets more backstory.

Several Cardassian characters, including Elim Garak and Gul Dukat, are prominently featured.

While on the station, Martok's troops commit several questionable acts, including attacking the Cardassian tailor Elim Garak, and searching ships without warrants in Bajoran space.

He is best known for his role as the serial killer Scorpio in the crime film Dirty Harry ( 1971 ), the role of Larry Cotton in the horror film Hellraiser ( 1987 ), and his recurring role as Elim Garak on the science fiction television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine ( 1993 – 1999 ).

* This episode is best known for introducing the character Elim Garak.

On several occasions, Garak discussed a friend named Elim, who was later revealed to be fictional.

Dr. Bashir, thanks to his new-found friend Garak, overhears the Duras sisters planning to rendezvous with Tahna near Bajor 8's moon to give him materials that could be used to build a bomb.

However, there are some exceptions to this rule, such as Gul Dukat and Elim Garak, who have blue eyes.

Elim Garak was a member of the Order, before being exiled from Cardassia to Deep Space Nine by his father, Enabran Tain.

Under the leadership of Damar, the Cardassian Union, along with the Dominion, continued to gain ground over the Klingon-Federation alliance, and even after Benjamin Sisko and Elim Garak tricked the Romulans into breaking their nonaggression treaty with the Dominion and joining the alliance (" In the Pale Moonlight ") they still managed to keep the upper hand.

During the Dominion War, Akleen's family home lay in Dominion-controlled space ; Elim Garak suggested that recapturing it would lead to a major propaganda victory for Federation forces.

In the episode " By Inferno's Light ", Martok escapes and returns to the Alpha Quadrant with Elim Garak, Worf, and Julian Bashir, and is made commander of the Klingon forces on Deep Space Nine.

They come from the same planet as Lieutenant Arex, as do Edosian orchids mentioned by Elim Garak in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.

Other DS9 episodes to make reference to the animated series include " Broken Link ", where Elim Garak mentions Edosian orchids ( Arex is an Edosian ) and " Tears of the Prophets " where a Miranda class starship is called the USS ShirKahr ( sic ) after Shikahr, the city from " Yesteryear ".

In the Deep Space Nine season 6 episode " In the Pale Moonlight ", Elim Garak and Captain Sisko successfully fool the Tal Shiar into concluding that the assassination of Romulan Senator Vreenak was carried out by the Dominion.

Circa stardate 51721. 3 ( September 20, 2374 ), Starfleet Captain Benjamin Sisko and Elim Garak tried to trick the Romulans into joining the war against the Dominion by faking recordings of a Dominion strategy meeting discussing the plan to conquer the Romulans along with the Klingons and Federation.

Actor Andrew J. Robinson has also stated that his Star Trek: Deep Space Nine character, Elim Garak, was partially influenced by Bixby's character.

Sisko's contributions to the war effort are sometimes more surreptitious, such as his clandestine work with Elim Garak.

However, he eventually becomes friends with O ' Brien, Jadzia Dax, and Elim Garak.

He is also close friends with Elim Garak, with whom he often shares lunch in the Replimat.

Elim Garak killed Weyoun 8 during the Cardassian underground's assault on Dominion headquarters during the Battle of Cardassia (" What You Leave Behind, Part II ").

In this episode, Sisko fuels a conspiracy intended to improve the war situation that ultimately results in the character of Elim Garak committing murder.

He played Elim Garak on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, a Cardassian tailor, with a past as a spy and an assassin.

In the DS9 episode " Crossover ", Kira encounters her mirror self, who is Intendant of Terok Nor, with Elim Garak as her first officer.

Elim, in fact, was Garak himself, his full name being Elim Garak.