Episode 4.3

His crew having decided that the only way to stop the Red Angel’s meddlesome Brussels-inspired and sovereignty-sapping plan to save all sentient life (!) in the galaxy was to sacrifice (ie kill) Alan, he takes a moment to reflect on all the preferable ways there would have been to do this:

Slipping into the embrace of Morpheus after a lethal but soothing opium-laced bedtime drink of Ovaltine.
A wild final night at Quark’s before succumbing to an overdose of raktajinos.
A simple surprise clubbing to death after a satisfying anonymous encounter down a back alley in the red light zone of ‘Pleasure Planet’ Risa.

As he waits for someone to press the button, he tries to remember why, precisely, they insisted it had to be this way.