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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Paul Farquhar" data-source="post: 9082563" data-attributes="member: 6906155">I'm pretty certain the "blurred glass" indicates this storyline will be resolved in a future episode. It's intended for the audience to know as much as Pike knows. Although the audience actually knows slightly more, with regards to M'Benga's motive and capability. But Pike does not KNOW M'Benga is a murderer. He might suspect, but as a utopian, he has to presume innocence if there is no evidence to they contrary. Jumping to a conclusion is very dystopian.And my feeling is it will turn out that M'Benga is NOT a murderer. I would like to present two possible scenarios as to what actually happened behind the frosted glass:1) Realising that M'Benga knows about his dishonour and cowardice, Dak'Rah attempts to murder M'Benga. Dak'Rah cares because he actually IS a deep cover Klingon spy, as suggested early in the episode.2) Culture runs deep. Confronted with his dishonour, Dak'Rah attempts to kill himself. M'Benga tries to stop him, but fails.As for how this plays out, I don't think it's Federation law M'Benga needs to worry about, it's Klingon law. Klingon law operates on a guilty until proven innocent basis, and any of Dak'Rah's surviving family is obligated to seek vengeance against his killer. This will be plea-bargained down from death to discommendation - being reduced in rank in Federation terms.</blockquote>