Unnamed Bartender

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Katik Shaw works as a waiter at the Lumar Cafe and functions as a civilian eyewitness and reluctant informant during the Rutian plaza crisis. He lingers at the cafe entrance during the explosion, assists Worf by bringing improvised medical materials, and watches Beverly Crusher’s emergency treatment with an inscrutable, watchful presence. Later detained and questioned, he relays information about civilian round-ups and negotiation efforts, placing him at the intersection of street-level experience and the larger political fallout surrounding Beverly’s abduction.

14 appearances

Shipboard social/leisure (hospitality)

Also known as: the waiter, Lwaxana's suitor, Katik, Bartender, Rutian waiter, the bartender, simple bartender, bartender, BARTENDER, the waiter from the Lumar Cafe, WAITER, waiter, restaurant waiter

Unnamed Bartender's Journey

A timeline through the narrative

14 moments

Season 2 (1) Season 3 (5) Season 7 (8)

S2E19 · Manhunt

Mortified Exit — Lwaxana's Faux-Fiancé Fallout

Not present to exhibit emotion; functions as the blank-screen object of Lwaxana's ridicule and disappointment.

Referenced directly by Lwaxana as 'a simple bartender who doesn't even exist,' the figure is an absent catalyst whose supposed existence precipitated Lwaxana's humiliation and exit; the bartender's non-presence is …

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Affiliation

Romulan Relic Smuggling Network

Frontier Criminal Smuggling and Relic Trafficking