Scenes from Deep Space 9: Keevan

[@B1izzardHawk]

"I hate ferengi" famous last words

[@anthonydesroches785]

Had to give u a hands down, sorry. But I like the ferengi. They are such funny creatures.

[@BillinHungary]

Bringing Christopher Shea back as Keevan, is what made the entire Magnificent Ferengi episode so great. In theory they could have picked any Vorta to be the prisoner to be exchanged.. but DS9 specialized in continuity, and Keevan was so despicable in Rocks and Shoals, it was a no-brainer to bring him back and have him meet his fate!

[@toomanyaccounts]

he probably wasn't giving any more info while prisoner, hence why the federation decided to give him to the Ferengi.

[@jymfysher7704]

I thought IGGY POP made a great VORTA in that episode!!

[@brandywinebridget]

“I hate Ferengi…”

[@TonboIV]

Every funny man needs a straight man to play off of, and they had SIX funny men! Keevan was just perfect with his abyssal cynicism, total amorality, and the ways he's just sick and tired of everyone's shit. His reactions to their nonsense made the Ferengi all twice as funny. Even when he was dead, you could still feel his profound loathing and disappoint at everything happening around him.

[@xtzyshuadog]

He was so good in *The Magnificent Ferengi*

[@MedalionDS9]

I am the Vorta... I will take care of you all... and boy did he ever

[@Zoras88]

he gave them honorable deaths

[@Gothic7876]

He did the right thing. He made sure his men died while they still could control themselves

[@Infernal460]

@@Gothic7876 Agreed, better to be dead than feral.

[@aziizrocks]

@@Infernal460 not really. The leader eventually chose an honorable death.

[@thiagodeandrade7081]

I don't get the point. He wantedto surrender, he had the authority to do so (I think). Sisko said he could garantee the well-being of the Jem'Hadar and offered their leader that option. So why did the Vorta have to get the Jem'Haddar killed? And why didn't Sisko offer him the option?

[@SirZapdos]

You gotta wonder how the actor who played Keevan felt. Producers: "Hey, we'd like to bring you back for another episode." Christopher Shea: "Oh yeah? Will it be another chilling and depressing episode that illustrates the idiocy of war?" Producers: "Not exactly. It's a more light-hearted episode about Ferengi. Iggy Pop is guest starring." Christopher Shea: "Oh. Well will my ass-hat character at least get what's coming to him?" Producers: "Oh yes."

[@sarfaraz.hosseini]

That episode made no sense, European nations make it illegal to deport, even a war criminal, to a state where they would likely be tortured and executed, yet the enlightened Federation handed him over to the Ferengi? Really sloppy writing, even if the episode was rather fun.

[@swishfish8858]

@@sarfaraz.hosseini Normally I'd agree. In TNG (or other DS9 episodes), that would have been the ultimate discussion of the piece, the idea of knowingly sacrificing one life to save another, especially that of a non-Federation citizen. But whatever, there are DOZENS of episodes like that across all of Trek. I say we shush and let the Ferengi merc party be doofuses on Empok Nor. :D

[@pioneer_1148]

@@sarfaraz.hosseini My theory would be that the federation didnt think he would be killed. Given that no other dominion personell made it off that planet there is no reason for them to think he turned trator.

[@orgonkothewildlyuntamed6301]

@@sarfaraz.hosseini DS9 was like a fantastic piece of swiss cheese. The areas of cheese are terrific but full of holes

[@orgonkothewildlyuntamed6301]

@Big Potato he broke his arm falling off the state in a performance the night before so he wasn't thinking straight.........

[@deltaomega2136]

The fact Keevan getting shot is most replayed amuses me greatly.

[@StarTrekkie8472]

I love Keevans voice

[@Meushell]

Keevan was great. It was nice to see a Vorta not blindly following the Founders. I hope his body was later found and cloned.

[@Trek001]

Meushell - that one they meet the injured Founder seemed very reasonable up to and including handing over the ship

[@5Mariner]

Nah, they just left it on Empok Nor continually walking into the wall

[@swishfish8858]

The body isn't required as far as I know. If it were, the inconsistencies and missing parts would build up dramatically over time.

[@linkingisnonsense]

It was probably cloned the day after he was captured.

[@swishfish8858]

@@linkingisnonsense More like a few minutes after his ship went down. Uncharted planet, no contact, presumed dead and moving on. That's the Dominion way.

[@davidlordofthesquirrels9839]

I think Sisko convinced Starfleet to hand over Keevan in "The Magnificent Ferengi" just to get back at him for what he did to his men in "Rocks and Shoals". He knew Keevan was hoping to, as Bashir put it, 'spend the war resting comfortably as a Starfleet POW", and thought "nah, let's give him _back_ to the Dominion so they make him suffer for what he did." Then he had a good laugh when he learned how Keevan was accidentally shot during a petty squabble, turned into a walking flesh puppet, and left to bump his face into a wall repeatedly.

[@om3ga109]

6:22 best scream since Wilhelm

[@jakearmitage7811]

Even better than Dellor.

[@1978rharris]

The genius of Jeff Combs!! 😂

[@elimgarak01]

Keevan was such a slime for what he's pulled...but I loved him,or loved to HATE him,rather. It's speaks volumes as to how his character was written/portrayed. Its too bad he wasnt shown on-screen a couple more times.

[@georgehunter2813]

Vortas have a slimy core character. Complex but predictable. They always seem to fall short despite their beaming confidence and sense of indespensibility.

[@josephmassaro]

Female Changeling after watching this video: "See to it that you eradicate the Keevan matrix from our cloning facilities."

[@micahbush5397]

Just because there's one deviant Keevan doesn't necessarily mean the whole line is problematic.

[@genmaicha.lapsang]

@@micahbush5397 Yeah, the Dominion is aware that sometimes "faulty" clones do appear.

[@thiagodeandrade7081]

"I'm the Vorta. I'll take care of you all." Awwww. So cool how he cares about his subordinates.

[@raestone3459]

I had the biggest crush on Keevan I don't know his devious actions and his sly smile so adorable

[@1boredLady]

And that voice. Lovely.

[@hmnsdnssx]

I have the biggest crush on him now omg

[@MonteLeeMyPOV]

He reminds me of Frodo

[@jmwoods190]

@@1boredLady He's like that high school bully who happens to have all the swag, so no surprises!

[@se7enofnein]

He also had the best hair of the Vorta. Very charismatic cadence and generally beautiful face. 💙

[@cammameil]

The interesting thing about "Rocks and Shoals" is the fact that there are cases of K-White at the bottom of the lake near Sisko's camp, and they never tell that to Keevan.

[@cammameil]

***** My point being is that the lake was something like 100 feet deep, and the Jem H'adar would drown trying to recover it. That let's the Starfleet people off the hook for shooting them.

[@cammameil]

***** That's doubtful, because we've seen them pass out from strangulation.

[@cammameil]

***** Exactly, but in that case, they would know exactly what their objective was, so now the Vorta isn't the one dictating strategy, you remove the necessity of having to trust him at his word.

[@davidhenderson3400]

But Sisko should have told him after it was all over with just to get even.

[@nickmitsialis]

I'm seen this ep a 'bazillion times' but I never caught on to there being any 'white' in the lake, unless the 'stolen' J/H ship the Federation crew were flying was also carrying a consignment of the stuff.

[@archiehabian]

oh, I love this vorta.

[@Infernal460]

3rd fav

[@gaoutlaw]

"I hate Ferengi."

[@the14thmoonofuranus]

Keevan is brilliant, so creepy yet so pretty

[@AustralianLeprechaun]

that scream at the end is hilarious

[@cath1589]

Keevan, the epitome of apathy...just enough life in him to curl a lip and drip sarcasm 🤣🤣

[@edinscot56789]

I probably would've done what Keevan done. It may not be honourable, but he doesn't really have much of a choice. What Sisko and Bashir are blatantly overlooking is that the Jem'Hadar are doomed to die either way, because when the Ketracel White expires, they'll kill each other anyway. They would much prefer to die fighting an enemy rather than each other.

[@KDJi399s9cd0]

Bashir and Sisko are not overlooking what you say, they could accept it if that were the real reason; they are pissed because it is obvious Keevan doesn't give a shlt about his men and their lives means nothing to them. In the military, lack of loyalty and compassion for your fellow soldiers is tantamount to a most heinous crime.

[@KDJi399s9cd0]

Yes most of us would probably do that, but again it is clear that Keevan doesn't care about the fact that everyone else will die. The complete lack of emotion is what maddens the starfleet officers. If i did what he did i would feel both pity for the soldiers and guilt that it had to come to that, most of us would, someone who fails to show any sympathy would probably be classified as anti-social.

[@Scyllax]

And you learned this all from video games.

[@Scyllax]

Good grief, the war movies you watch are fifty years out of date: "Anti-social" is no longer a diagnosis in mental illness, and has not been for decades.

[@Here_is_Waldo]

You might be confusing asocial(introverted/shy) with anti-social(disregard for others/psychopath).

[@dij7878]

It's like the Founders designed the Vorta to have the most vile, most deplorable, most abhorrent traits of the "solids" the Founders are so loathing of.

[@rowlandbuck2703]

I think it’s just how they see solids.

[@kenaicozry-gallant5217]

So we're just gonna ignore Jeffrey Combs' scream at the end?? How that's potentially how Weyoun and Shran scream when terrified??? Okay then 😂. It's at 6:19 btw.

[@naranara1690]

"Hi, Rom, I'm Keevan, nice to meet you!"

[@michaelhviper]

You should have put in the scene when his dead body was under remote control and was waking into a wall. He was dead but it was still him.

[@PPikes]

I ❤️ Keevan 😁 so creepy, so mysteriously evil! His BIG wide eyes...... From producers: _"He had a certain look in his eyes that we noticed [...] He could give you this very unsettled feeling just by looking at you,""His voice was suitably disturbing and helped land him the role,"_

[@crowlls]

Haaa, I thought I was the only one who liked Keevan. He was one of my favorite Vorta, standing closely with Weyoun and the one played by Iggy Pop which I don't remember the name.

[@sephservant]

I realize I'm very late replying, but his name was Yelgrun.

[@Marina-gn3de]

sephservant very late indeed 😂

[@TheCormTube]

@@sephservant After almost a decade Crow has his answer on the name.

[@Archedgar]

@@sephservant Yabai..... necromancy is a dark and terrible art.

[@mrizwan7566]

This is the second most favorite vorta character after veyoun. Favourite as in the character we love to hate, but cant stop watching.

[@TheStarTrekGuy]

@startrekgurl They don't clone based on the previous body, their clones are already existing, and activated when the predecessor dies. Remember, Weyoun 4 was vaporized, and Weyoun 5 was activated later. It stands to reason that Keevan's clone was activated. P.S. I still think Weyoun is the best Vorta.

[@Connection-Lost]

An 11-year old comment. I'm sorry you had to witness modern "Star Trek". Which of course, isn't ST at all, but merely fanfiction written by children with an ulterior motive based on opinions they were assigned by "the man". Anyway, obviously the producers also thought Weyoun was the best Vorta, that's why he's basically the 1st officer to the "female changeling". (BTW Salome Jens is still alive, she's 87)

[@TheStarTrekGuy]

@@Connection-Lost I'm not certain what you are replying to. The things you mention were not part of my comment.

[@JamesCarmichael]

I can't tell if I love or hate his voice.

[@Blasted2Oblivion]

And that is why he was perfect for the role.

[@davecrupel2817]

@@Blasted2Oblivion Agreed.

[@davecrupel2817]

You love to hate it.

[@bisonhawk1]

Ramataklan is what made rocks and shoals a great episode.

[@BillinHungary]

I agree - his final speech of loyalty and integrity, followed by Keevan's smug look on his face, as he walked by his men's dead bodies, made that whole scene so good. When he smugly said to Cisco "If I had only a few more vials of white, we wouldn't be having this conversation.. you almost hoped for Csico to shoot him'

[@dij7878]

all vorta had such beautiful voices.

[@tumbles8350]

It makes sense an engineered race of politicians would have a silver tongue

[@zxKAOS1]

They could've called this episode _Rocks Into Replicators_

[@NormAppleton]

Hey, Miles O'Brien is 180 years old.

[@bsgtrekfan88]

among all the rest of this pure GOLD....I LOVE the fact that even a Vorta...by this point in the war..even he knew how good Starfleet was when it came to the enginiering corp. I mean out of all the species in the Alpha quadrant...damn right rock into replicators! Hell one brought him back to life(sorta) for god sakes lol

[@nackteHintern]

And then he walked against the wall happily ever after.

[@davidcasmero7102]

Chris Shea did an amazing job with keevan in several episodes!

[@MadMetsFan]

Keevan: creepiest Vorta of them all

[@Mike91337]

the last 2 seasons of ds9 were the best. the seige of ar-558 was the best episode ive ever seen.

[@McRocket]

Well done...though I would have liked to hear him 'thump' as he hit the ground. Thank you. I liked Keevan...he was callous, but interesting...and - like all Vorta - rather charming.

[@anic131313]

I love him. His moves, voice, eyes...

[@rasheedqe]

It's funny because he was the most independent of all the vorta. He refused to die under any circumstances mission and gods be damned.

[@warrenreid6109]

I wish they would've had an episode where his clone appeared. They probably discontinued the line after his capture.

[@Archedgar]

I now realize that Keevan did not betray his men, nor did he do anything wrong. There was no other choice and the Jem'hadar knew that. Without ketracel white, there was no way for them to survive this incident regardless of anything else. At least the Jem'hadar died in combat against a proper enemy which is exactly what they were born to do.

[@TheDreamer_Awakens]

Hes so dour its hilarious

[@tilasole3252]

Surely his acting skills of stumbling like a dead man on electric pulses was enough to be shown here.

[@mckenzie.latham91]

Love that the Starfleet officers have more respect for the Jen Hadar then the Vorta.

[@thomasalvarez6456]

2:33 The Federation clearly had an advantage over most of its enemies with its engineers. If even the Dominion heard of how good they are, they must be highly regarded everywhere.

[@SantomPh]

The Federation's focus on science and exploration instead of conquest means there are a lot of career paths for engineers. Other races like the Ferengi and Klingons tend to look down on engineers or relegate the profession to certain parts of society like Cardassian women (though oddly enough, Dukat had to deal with a female Obsidian Order member). With humans alone the Federation reached warp capability and warp 5 within a century , invented transparent aluminium twice, learned how to time travel, replicate things, solve world hunger and even help cure the augment disease (yes, a Denobulan did the initial work).

[@blastermasterguy]

True but they had an extreme disadvantage in that they weren't ready for war nor where they fighting it like they wanted to win. The Dominion had a virtually limitless army of cloned strong, tough, soldiers with optical camouflage, sub-space proximity mines, and starships with weapons that could penetrate Federation shields. The Federation responded to that by doing nothing new. They threw unarmored unshielded federation men and women into war with no combat training, no weapons designed to take out large contingents of Jem'Hadar, in starships designed for exploration and not combat. It took Sisko begging the Federation counsel to build any type of starship designed for combat and even then all they got was a few Defiant-class Starships, fighter craft, and a few Sovereign-class Starship (one of which, the Enterprise under Picard's command, was actually kept OUT of the fighting which was utterly stupid).

[@genmaicha.lapsang]

@@SantomPh There was also Gul O'set and Cheif Arckon Makbar.

[@scavrefamndragonclaw9785]

Makes sense. Most, if not all other races were physically stronger, faster, had longer lifespans and were capable of things humans simply weren't. Thus humanity had to rely much more heavily on technology than anyone else.

[@Archedgar]

@@blastermasterguy You're right. It's funny because the Defiant class was not designed for 'traditional war' but rather, they were intended as support for a fleet during battles against the borg via organized swarm tactics. The Defiant class was never meant to fight a conventional (by star trek standards) war like the one against the dominion. Double-fail by the federation.

[@YD-uq5fi]

Remata'Klan should have described Keevan's actions as : "Outrageous! Egregious! Preposterous!" "I am shocked and chagrined."

[@jerodast]

Who told you to question the Vorta? I didn't tell you to question the Vorta!

[@YD-uq5fi]

@@jerodast Hallelujah! Someone actually gets it.

[@elfy5164]

Keevan is the intelligentest sly and most beautiful cute Vorta. The synchron voice in German language sounds like his original voice sound. He is so much lovely and pretty.

[@dunraptoress5126]

Ahh, Keevan. The douchy Frodo Baggins.

[@zippityzop]

Brunt's scream is the best part.

[@cath1589]

God, just love this portrayal - Christopher Shea was amazing!

[@eirikblackwolf]

That character always reminds me of an evil Frodo Baggins.

[@calvinsylveste8474]

I never understood this scene, in every other episode, the Ketracel-white case wasn't a box with a few vials inside. It was a storage/replicator dispenser, it contained a computer that would "prepare" the requested number of vials. Based on the back story, the white is not replicated from scratch, but perhaps prepared from some concentrated precursor materials in the box.

[@latifroberson4403]

Not true, there's an entire arc revolving around the scarcity of white in the Alpha Quandrant after access to the Gamma Quandrant is cut off. Starfleet even targets white production facilities. The case stores and dispenses white, but it does not make more than it already holds. It's just refilling the vials.

[@SantomPh]

It's not a replicator just a hi tech ketracel distributor. The white is made in a factory, not synthesized by a replicator

[@DaveMiller2]

I never saw anything that said the white was made in the box. It was a control mechanism.

[@RoyJNg]

Brunt screaming at 6:21 is just Ferengi classic.

[@fryfry377]

I wonder what Keevan would've said if Sisko had proposed to him what he proposed to the Jem'Hadar the following day: put them into stasis while waiting for help to arrive. The only reason the Jem'Hadar 3rd didn't want to go along with that plan was that it wasn't what the Vorta said.

[@thiagodeandrade7081]

Yes, I wonder about that. He wouldn't risk his life for the Jem'Haddar, but why would he go out of his way to get them kikled while antagonizing his only link to the Federation he expects to treat him well? I think the script had to show how callous the Vorta was so it had to present an unbiguously moral solution the Vorta was the only obstacle to, hence stasis (and, as much as I love DS9, if it were a New Trek show, people would be calling it on the Deus ex machina).

[@captainjoshuagleiberman2778]

Apparently a receding hairline is the prerequisite of commanding a Galaxy Class Starship.

[@Foebane72]

What a cheery soul.

[@howardlanus8610]

I know Keevan is one of those characters you just love to hate, but we could also look at it this way. The Jem'Hadar are engineered to be soldiers, to fight and die in battle. Battle is what gives their existence meaning. They had no real chance of getting off-world, as they only had one vial of white left, and their chances of repairing the communications system before going mad from withdrawal were VERY low. If Keevan didn't order them to attack, they would have gone mad from the withdrawal and killed each other, not as soldiers, but as rabid animals, until only one was left. And how does that last one die? Slowly wasting away in the grip of madness and withdrawal. So one way or another they were going to die, it was just a matter of how and by whom. Thus by ordering the attack, the Jem'Hadar die quickly as soldiers, following orders just as they were made to by their gods, the Founders. Perhaps it's just me but that sounds like a much better way to die. Or perhaps Keevan was just a self-centered jerk.

[@philip8498]

Yeah, there is just no scenario where the jem hadar make it of planet alive and there is also no scenario where keevan gets back to the dominion alive. So that deal is really the only option he has if he wants to live.

[@jonathanwilliams1065]

Or both

[@DanielHodgeVoice]

Roddenberry: We have a new Vorta in this episode and I need a convincing vorta name....Julius! Julius: W-wha? Roddenberry: NAME! Julius: Uh-ah oh um? K-kevvvvv... Roddenberry: ... Julius: K-Keeeevaaaaan? Roddenberry: ... Julius: ... Roddenberry: Magnificent!

[@brianstewart23]

He reminds me of John Edward, the medium.

[@F40PH-2CAT]

Somewhere on an abandoned Cardassian space station Keevan's corpse is continuing to be bashed into a wall by electronic stimuli.

[@joearnold6881]

Left out his best scene. As a corpse left walking into a corner indefinitely

[@VeritechGirl]

The Vorta reminds me of Ancient Rome

[@rainer2034]

his voice is so attractive it’s unreal

[@TheNoiseySpectator]

"Alien"?

[@rainer2034]

@@TheNoiseySpectator ?

[@rcabletn]

A ferengi commits a war crime. Is he arrested ?

[@joojoojuice]

worse. his latinum is donated to the bajoran war orphan fund.

[@paulwartenberg8479]

famous last words: "I hate Ferengi."

[@blastermasterguy]

And on his tombstone the carved letters read: Here lies Keevan...his final words..."I HATE FERENGI!"

[@DanielHodgeVoice]

We have a snide sadistic vorta character what should we name him? Intern: Kevin? Shut up! thats idiotic...doesn't sound alien at all! ....hmmm GENE! what do you think his name should be? Roddenberry: uhh..umm... Keeevaaaan? That's BRILLIANT GENE! Where do you get these cool sounding names?

[@YD-uq5fi]

The Jem'Hadar that attack Sisko should be named KuKlux'Klan...

[@jamesdietz29]

It would have been interesting to see a Keevan spar with a Weyoun. It would have been Glorious.

[@zacharyfett2491]

This Vorta is much more entertaining than Weyun.

[@SantomPh]

Weyoun is a diplomat, Keevan is a frag worthy officer

[@RedCloude]

@startrekgurl heh i see you have a cetain crush over a certain Vorta.

[@Galastel]

You're missing the piece where his corpse keeps walking into a wall.

[@01123heavenlybe]

You don’t get us you just don’t get us

[@spartybrearly7221]

Keenan was still walking in that wall when Empok Nor was occupied by the Pah-Wraith cult.

[@JaguarCats]

You forgot the part where he kept walking into the wall.

[@YD-uq5fi]

Aren't there subsequent versions of Kivan that the Founders make?

[@SantomPh]

They probably decided to terminate the Keevan line. The destruction of the cloning facilities by Damar's rebels means many lines are lost.

[@williamlenker8326]

Keevan is despicable

[@tompearce5418]

I'd love to see a functioning Vorta community.

[@jerwin2885]

Anyone ever notice that Quark's pin is the under armor symbol?

[@Greatermaxim]

Keevan can put Weyoun to shame. Weyoun tried to hard to appease everyone. He was also more of the Founders Pet. If more Vorta were like Keevan it's very possible the Dominion could have won the war. The only stumbling block is Keevan not committing suicide upon capture. Hopefully there's a way for the Vorta or dominion members not to give relevant information to the Federation.

[@709mash]

That was good comic relief from the Vorta there. Too bad Iggy Pop couldn't save him.

[@Calzaki]

Keevan got what was coming to him eventually

[@koppadasao]

Famous last words: I hate Ferengi

[@AlfredDoe]

Ferengi(Karma) meets Keevan. Whatever happens, he deserves it.😅

[@ephemispriest8069]

You didn't add the little dance he does at the end. :P

[@bayenthal]

hot guy

[@deadknight1402]

I'll tell you what ya get! You get what you deserve!

[@01123heavenlybe]

I understand that you don’t understand what can be done and Remi in the vibration of errands

[@dcomp420]

The vorta were more evolved then everyone else

[@maidros85]

They call that a fair trade?? It would take 10.000 Keevans for one Ishka.

[@SantomPh]

Treat people in your debt like family. Exploit them. Rule of Aquisition #111.

[@LabTech41]

As much as most Vorta were amoral deceivers, at least they seemed to genuinely care about their duty; Keevan was just a straight up scumbag. I'm glad he got the most ignoble death in the series: shot accidentally by a bunch of bumbling Ferengi, used as a meat puppet, then abandoned by them to walk into the same wall until either the power to the implants ran out, or he bludgeoned himself into mush.

[@richardhead8264]

_There you go!_ *_Elvis is still alive!_* _Thank ya behby... Thank ya very much._

[@seanwebb605]

Not a Starfleet POW. He would be a POW of the United Federation of Planets or whatever the Federation, Romulan and Klingon coalition called themselves during the war.

[@bailmccabe9089]

Sean Webb I think it was called the Federation Alliance

[@theunknowncommenter3444]

Weyoun is best Vorta

[@bailmccabe9089]

The UnknownCommenter Weyoun 6

[@01123heavenlybe]

It must be tough to help the people, after what happened when we ran out of oil. Didn’t we? Just like the great war. All over again. I honor you for going back and helping the orphans.✌🏼✌🏾✌🏽✌🏿🤰🏽🏆✌🏻💎♥️💖💋👑🥇

[@zenairzulu1378]

Welp as Worlf would say they have no honor.........

[@josiahgoodman8875]

Elijah Wood Vorta

[@wompastompa3692]

Who has better hearing, Ferengi, Vorta, or Bashir's engineered friends?

[@jupitervolcano]

Lando "Keevan" Norris