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The House of Quark (episode)

After Quark lies about killing a Klingon in his bar, the dead man's widow abducts Quark to the Klingon homeworld to marry him. Summary Teaser Quark and Rom are gloomily looking over the practically deserted bar. With the recent bellicose threats from the Dominion, many families and officers have departed the station, and Quark's business has nose-dived. One of his few customers, a drunken Klingon, yells for another bloodwine. Quark attempts to demand that he pay his tab, but the Klingon's anger quickly dispels his effort. Enraged, the Klingon draws a dagger and attacks Quark, but stumbles and falls onto his own knife, killing himself. Act One While Bashir examines the corpse, Quark excitedly notes to Rom that a huge crowd has gathered outside the bar, curious to hear the details of what happened. Hoping to lure back customers, Quark plans to claim to have killed the Klingon in self-defense. Rom finds the idea ludicrous, until Quark informs him that if the bar's current slump continues, Rom's salary will be the first expense trimmed. Odo asks Quark what happened, and Rom quickly supports his story. Ignoring Odo's skeptical look, Quark tells a thrilling story for the benefit of the crowd, and quickly earns a great deal of notoriety. Miles O'Brien returns home after a busy day and asks Keiko how school was that day, only to be told she had to close it; due to all the Bajoran families leaving the station, the only students that were left were Jake and Nog… not enough to sustain a school. Keiko tells Miles that she has offered to tutor the boys privately, and is ok with what's happened. However Miles can tell Keiko is upset, since she has lost the school and her main focus in life. Before long, the bar is humming again. Odo drops by and informs Quark that the Klingon was Kozak, leader of a powerful Klingon house, and warns that Kozak's relatives may come seeking vengeance. Rom is worried, but Quark refuses to back down from his story, proclaiming "It's not about profit anymore, it's about respect. You see the way they look at me now — I'm not just some venal Ferengi trying to take their money. I'm Quark, slayer of Klingons!" However, respect makes poor armor a few hours later, when Quark is slammed against a corridor wall by a seething Klingon, D'Ghor, who claims to be Kozak's brother. Act Two D'Ghor asks how Kozak died, and threatens to kill Quark if Kozak did not die "honorably". Quark tries to tell the truth, but quickly realizes that an accidental death is not what D'Ghor wants to hear. With a dagger at his throat, Quark assures D'Ghor that his brother died honorably in personal combat. Miles prepares Keiko a romantic dinner for the two of them, and showers his wife with praise and romantic gestures. The two have a wonderful evening, however the next morning Keiko is left miserable again as Miles has to leave for work while she is left with nothing to do but sit around their quarters all day. Later that evening, Kozak's widow Grilka arrives in Quark's Bar, asking for him. No sooner does Quark offer her a refreshment than she lunges forward with a d'k tahg dagger; a terrified Quark dives over the bar and hides himself behind a serving tray. Grilka knows such a cowardly Ferengi would be no match for her late husband, drunk or not, and asks if Quark wants to revise his story. Quark admits the truth, at which point Grilka tranquilizes him with a hypospray and abducts him. Quark regains consciousness inside Grilka's home on Qo'noS where he is greeted by Tumek, Grilka's advisor. When Quark asks who the house belongs to, the older Klingon solemnly tells him that their House "no longer has a name", since Kozak died without a male heir. Quark wonders why D'Ghor cannot inherit the House, and Tumek grows furious. Quark has been duped; D'Ghor is no relation to Kozak. Instead, he and his family are sworn enemies of Kozak's family, and D'Ghor has been plotting to seize control of their land and property for years. Though he has been unsuccessful to date, his power and wealth have been growing, while their house's has inexplicably been dwindling. Tumek explains that Quark played into D'Ghor's hands: had Kozak died in an "accident," and not in battle, the High Council might have granted a special dispensation and allowed Grilka to inherit the House, despite the fact she is a female. Now, with Quark having endorsed D'Ghor's story that Kozak died "honorably," no dispensation will be granted and D'Ghor is poised to seize control. At that moment, Grilka barges into the room and tosses Quark a large ceremonial robe, demanding that he wear it. Tumek recites some chants, and as Grilka holds Quark by knife-point, she and Quark are wed. Act Three Miles decides to go and visit Commander Sisko in his office to discuss his problems with Keiko. After trying to lift her spirits with romantic dinners, visits to the holosuite and rearranging his work schedule to give him more free time during the day, he has been unable to cheer her up and wants permission to build an arboretum on the station. Commander Sisko approves the request, allowing Miles to build one in an unused cargo bay. Miles is very happy about this; as Keiko gave up her career to join him on Deep Space 9, he feels he owes her. Sisko tells O'Brien that he knows that there is nothing harder than knowing that the person they love is unhappy and the urgent feeling that one needs to do something to address it. Before the Klingon High Council, D'Ghor is petitioning the Council to cede Kozak's holdings to D'Ghor. Gowron appears ready to grant this request, when Grilka drags her new husband into the Council chamber. She states she performed the brek'tal ritual with Quark, and, since D'Ghor has already established that Kozak died an honorable death, her house now has a male head. Her holdings may, for the time being, remain in her hands. D'Ghor objects and threatens them. Bewildered and scared, Quark speaks up and says that some mistake has been made, and wonders if he can reach an accommodation with the parties involved, speaking directly to Gowron. Gowron is stunned at the situation, but then D'Ghor openly challenges Quark, prompting Gowron to interject and silence him. Gowron orders a review of the situation within a few days, keeping the brek'tal in place. Mispronouncing Quark's name, he declares the new name of the house will, for the time being, be known as "The House of Quirk". Act Four Back at her home, Grilka berates Quark for opening his big, fat mouth, but he rejoins by asking her what their next move is. Grilka is lost for a response, and admits that she is making things up as she goes along. Quark asks her – since he is now her husband, after all – to at least explain to him what is going on. Grilka explains that D'Ghor is angling for a seat on the High Council, and to do that, is seeking to increase his family's power and assets at the expense of hers. Intrigued, Quark asks to examine her family's financial records. Grilka is hostile toward the idea and refuses to sully herself with "filthy ledgers," but Quark points out that she doesn't have a back-up plan, and convinces her to try things his way for the time being. Miles is working on plans for the new arboretum in the replimat and asks Doctor Bashir for his input. Bashir tells O'Brien it's a good idea and will work in the short-term but then Keiko will be miserable again. He explains that while O’Brien has been trying to provide ways to simply cheer Keiko up, he hasn't been trying to solve the actual problem but is now turning his wife's profession into a hobby. He then asks O'Brien if he would be satisfied just playing around in a workshop with simple gadgets. O'Brien admits he wouldn't, and Bashir tells him that Keiko is a botanist and until she can be one again she will never be truly happy. While perusing the records, Quark learns that D'Ghor has been systematically "attacking" Grilka's family for five years, using various financial stratagems to devalue Grilka's property and to assume ownership of Kozak's debts. As a Ferengi, Quark expresses frank admiration for D'Ghor's cleverness; as a Klingon, Grilka is outraged at the idea of another Klingon using financial chicanery to "attack" a Great House. She wonders why D'Ghor does not instead openly challenge her house, to which Quark answers that in doing so would destroy everything he seeks to seize. Quark presents his findings to the Klingon High Council, who, like Grilka, find themselves somewhat at a loss to understand the intricacies of financial scheming. D'Ghor claims Quark is lying, and presents the abducted Rom as a witness in his defense. Declaring his honor insulted by the Ferengi, D'Ghor challenges Quark to a duel. Act Five After returning to Grilka's home, Quark and Rom decide to beat a hasty retreat and leave the planet. Grilka stops them at the front door and is disgusted by Quark's cowardice. She decides to let them run away if they wish. Upon returning to the High Council, Grilka stands helpless as her husband is branded as a coward and her house is about to be handed over to D'Ghor. But Quark suddenly appears and readies himself for the duel. As both combatants raise their weapons at each other, Quark suddenly throws his bat'leth away, leaving everyone in attendance speechless. Quark points out that he has no hope of overpowering D'Ghor, and everyone there knows it; the supposed "duel" is nothing more than an execution. Quark kneels, completely unable to defend himself, and invites D'Ghor to complete his conquest of Grilka's house by slaughtering an unarmed Ferengi, taunting him to tell the "heroic" story to his children. Grinning victoriously, D'Ghor raises his bat'leth to strike, but Gowron steps in and seizes his arm. Gowron did not want to believe Quark's earlier accusations, but D'Ghor's dishonorable willingness to kill an unarmed man is as good as a confession. Gowron discommendates him on the spot, and D'Ghor is ejected from the Council chamber. Gowron lifts Quark to his feet, commending him for a show of bravery atypical of his people. Declaring that special circumstances exist, he allows the House of Kozak to pass to Grilka. Grilka thanks Quark and asks if she can repay him in any way. Quark immediately requests a divorce, and Grilka acquiesces; she slaps him to the ground, shouts "N'Gos tlhogh cha!" ("Our marriage is done!") and spits. "You're a free man." Grilka then lifts Quark off of the floor and plants a genuine kiss on him. On the station, Miles tells Keiko that a six-month agrobiology expedition to an unexplored quarter of the Janitza Mountains on Bajor requires a chief botanist and he feels she should apply since he's certain she would get the job. Keiko clearly wants to take up the opportunity but doesn't want to leave Miles and Molly for that amount of time. Miles tells her that she can take Molly with her and he can visit her all the time since Bajor is only a few hours away by runabout. She still doesn't feel she should go since she made a promise to Miles when they moved to the station, but he tells her that her happiness is more important and when she isn't happy then he isn't either. He reminds Keiko that her training and passion are in botany, and implores her to go out and be the best botanist she can be. Keiko happily agrees to apply. Quark and Rom are back on Deep Space 9 and business at the bar has returned to its previous slump. Rom is still awestruck by his brother's "magnificent" display of courage in the Great Hall, and reminds Quark that he has now earned genuine respect from many people, not the least of whom include his erstwhile wife and the Chancellor of the Klingon High Council himself. Glumly, Quark says that "respect is good, but latinum's better." Rom asks him to tell the story again; Quark says that everyone's heard the story already, and it won't do any good for business. But Rom insists, "No brother, I want to hear it again." At this, Quark perks up and begins to recount his epic confrontation with D'Ghor on Qo'noS. Memorable quotes "Now I know we're doomed." "Why, brother?" "Rule of Acquisition 286: When Morn leaves, it's all over." "There is no such rule!" "There should be." - Quark and Rom "What about Kozak's family? What if they come here for revenge?" "If that happens, I'll stand up, look them straight in the eye…and offer them a bribe." - Rom and Quark "It's not about profit anymore, it's about respect. You see the way they look at me now – I'm not just some venal Ferengi trying to take their money. I'm Quark, slayer of Klingons!" - Quark "Two students are not enough to sustain a school." "I'm really sorry, Keiko." "It's not your fault. Everyone's just afraid of the Dominion. People aren't going to be moving their families to the station anymore. That means no more children, which means no more school. Don't look so upset. It's not like I was planning to be a teacher for the rest of my life." - Keiko and Miles O'Brien "Put this on." "Why?" "Because if you do not, I will kill you." - Grilka and Quark "The House of Kozak is gone. For the time being, it will be known as…as the House of…" "…Quark." "Quirk…" "Quark!" "…The House of…Quark." - Gowron and Quark "Do you mean D'Ghor has been scheming and plotting like a F—; (catches herself)" "Like a Ferengi." - Grilka and Quark "I really am very grateful for all you've done, Quark. That is why I'm going to let you take your hand off my thigh, instead of shattering every bone in your body." - Grilka "The charge has been made, that you have used… money to bring down a Great House!" - Gowron, to D'Ghor "I am Quark, son of Keldar, and I have come to answer the challenge of D'Ghor, son of… whatever." - Quark "A brave Ferengi. Who would have thought it possible…?" - Gowron, in admiration, to Quark for his bravery in standing up to D'Ghor "So you lied to the station security chief, to your customers, and to D'Ghor. You must be quite a liar." "It's a gift." - Grilka and Quark "D'Ghor, what are you doing? I did not want to believe the things he said about you yesterday, but if you can stand here and murder this pathetic little man, then you have no honor… and you have no place in this hall!" - Gowron, about to discommendate D'Ghor "How can I ever thank you?" "I would like a divorce, please. No offense." "None taken. I can give it to you right away." (Grilka slaps Quark very hard.) "N'Gos tlhogh cha!" ("Our marriage is done!") (She spits at him) "You're a free man." "A little warning would've been nice--" (Grilka cuts off Quark with a most passionate, heartfelt kiss) "Qapla' Quark, son of Keldar." "Qapla' to you, too…!" - Grilka and Quark "Business is dropping off again." "Money isn't everything." "If Father were alive, he would wash your mouth out with galcor!" - Quark and Rom "You can't buy respect, brother. And that's what you have now, respect! That's what you wanted, isn't it?" "Respect is good… but latinum's better." - Rom and Quark Background information Story and script The working title of this episode was "Fight to the Death". (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion - A Series Guide and Script Library) One of the reasons the writers wrote Keiko out of the show for 6 months was to give them room to explore the O'Brien/Bashir friendship. () Indeed, this is the first episode where we see O'Brien and Bashir socialize together (technically, we saw them socialize in , but that was part of a programmed reality). However, Bashir claimed they were best friends in , though, he may have been exaggerating to Smiley O'Brien in order to gain his trust. Production Mary Kay Adams praised the series, especially Armin Shimerman: "The first time that I sat in the chair and they were applying the Klingon make-up, Armin came over to me, before we were even on camera, and he said 'This is going to be a very long day, and as the day goes on, you're going to feel more and more disorientated because of all the stuff they're going to put on you. It happens to everyone. It happens to me. If there's ever a moment where you feel really unsure, or if you don't know what's going on, take me aside and we'll work through it.' I was so touched by his kindness and his honesty. Being a guest star can be kind of hard. A lot of times you walk into the middle of a well-oiled machine, and they don't know you, and they don't really want to know you and are like 'Here. Catch up.' That moment meant the world to me" Robert O'Reilly makes his first Deep Space Nine appearance as Gowron in this episode. Ron Moore commented: "It wasn't a conscious decision to have Gowron make the transition from TNG to DS9. It was more the fact that on this show you feel all of the Star Trek universe is fair game because it's all part of the same franchise. So any element that I want to borrow legitimately seems fine." Ira Steven Behr joked: "I think that Ron and Gowron have a secret pact. They've never been seen together. I think Ron might be Gowron". () visited the set during the filming of this episode. Armin Shimerman recalled: "I remember I turned, and the smoke seemed to part, and there was Dr. Stephen Hawking, visiting the set with Rick Berman." Shimerman considers meeting Dr. Hawking as a high point of his life and has a photo of himself with Hawking. () Laura Richarz used a platter made of shells from the second season episode as a set dressing in Grilka's home. The platter had originally been used in the bar set of Space Station K-7. (The Magic of Tribbles: The Making of Trials and Tribble-ations) Background performer Bill Blair plays a member of the Klingon High Council in the episode. Blair recalled: "My first memorable episode was 'The House of Quark', where I was a member of the Klingon High Council listening to Quark's explanation of the financial facts of the situation. I got the job by being available at the right time when casting called me after another actor had to cancel at the last minute. Right place, right time – and luck." This was the only Star Trek episode to be scored by Richard Bellis. The recording of the score took place on . Bellis commented: "["The House of Quark"] is a highly unusual episode that basically involved two relationships: one was conventional and the other was ludicrous, and both taking place far into the future. There were no shots of the ship or space really – it was in the bar and then it was in Keiko and O'Brien's quarters and on the Klingon planet in the Great Hall. I think there's eleven minutes of score in the hour episode and the longest one was where D'Ghor exited the Great Hall. The positive thing that came out of it was that day, John Williams had a date in town and was using eight French horns, and James Horner had a date and was using six French horns, and I was using four, and they were excellent – so as testimony to the depth of quality of musicians in LA, that many horn players were working and I was not the highest man on the totem pole but had an excellent section with four French horns". (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Collection booklet, pp 16-17) Reception Perhaps unsurprisingly, this is one of Armin Shimerman's favorite episodes; "It meant a lot to me because usually Quark is at the butt of the jokes. But here was a chance to do something, still comedic, but also heroic." () Mary Kay Adams commented "Working on the scene in "The House of Quark" where I tell Quark to get his hand off my thigh was great fun. The entire crew kept cracking up every time we did the take. I loved working with Joe Ruskin. I'm a huge fan of his and in the episode he's playing my servant, which was a kick". ("Courting Quark", ) Ronald D. Moore was quite pleased with the finished episode. In an interview in in , he said, "it was fun to go back to the Klingons and do them with a lighter tone and some comedy. But even though we were spoofing them, they were still pure Klingon. It was a fun way to point out some of the more bizarre aspects of the Empire and the way it's run. And the idea of Klingons being confused by Quark's ledgers and accounting practices was, in itself, a funny idea." Trivia Mary Kay Adams and Joseph Ruskin reprised the roles of Grilka and Tumek respectively in the fifth season episode . Parts of this episode, particularly the scenes set in the Great Hall, deliberately echo , but with a comedic twist, bringing to mind Karl Marx's dictum that history repeats itself, "the first time as tragedy, the second time as farce". Quark mentions "an old Ferengi saying about discretion being the better part of valor," a phrase that also appears in the William Shakespeare play Henry IV, Part I. Tom Benko, who is credited with the story for this episode, is the only person to have written, directed and edited Star Trek. Cirroc Lofton (Jake Sisko) does not appear in this episode, but Miles O'Brien asks Keiko O'Brien about him. Grilka's beaming command while holding the unconscious Quark is the same as the one Kirk gives to Maltz while holding Spock in . This episode marks the only appearance of Gowron in either The Next Generation or Deep Space Nine without Worf. Despite the many Klingon-centric episodes of the series, this is the only episode of Deep Space Nine to feature scenes set on Qo'noS. The planet would not be depicted on screen again until , the pilot episode of , almost seven years later. O'Brien states Bajor is three hours away from Deep Space 9; it was previously stated to be between two () to five () hours. That's not inconsistent, as DS9 is stationary near the wormhole whereas Bajor, being a planet, revolves around its sun moving nearer and farther from DS9. One of the aliens seen outside the bar while Quark tells how Kozak died is the same as the Ankari seen in the Delta Quadrant. A scene in the script for this episode, but not in the aired version, contained a conversation via subspace between Rom and Quark where Rom appeared quite unconcerned about Quark's three-day absence. Quark told of his marriage and advised Rom to stay away from the dabo girls, but said he would be back. Rom agreed, but after the conversation ended, he enjoyed the company of two dabo girls; Quark then told Grilka that he was worried about Rom ruining the bar. Grilka handed him his robe and urged him not to say a word in the Great Hall. In the finished episode action on Qo'nos jumps straight from the end of the wedding to the hearing before the High Council; Grilka's strong advice could explain her angry look when Quark does start to speak. Video and DVD releases UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 3.2, As part of the DS9 Season 3 DVD collection Links and references Guest stars Rosalind Chao as Keiko O'Brien Mary Kay Adams as Grilka Carlos Carrasco as D'Ghor Max Grodénchik as Rom Robert O'Reilly as Gowron Joseph Ruskin as Tumek Co-Star John Lendale Bennett as Kozak Uncredited Co-Stars Sam Alejan as Starfleet medical officer Michael Bailous as Klingon High Council member Scott Barry as Bajoran officer Ivor Bartels as Starfleet security officer Bill Blair as Klingon High Council member Ivy Borg as Rita Tannenbaum Randy James as Susan Lewis as Bajoran civilian Dan Magee as Starfleet command lieutenant Robin Morselli as Bajoran officer John St. John as Klingon High Council member Mark Allen Shepherd as Morn Unknown performers as Dabo girl Six Klingon High Council members Tattooed bar guest Markalian outside Quark's Tygarian outside Quark's Stunt double Unknown stunt performer as stunt double for Armin Shimerman References 22nd century; 2366; accusation; agrobiology; Alpha Quadrant; arboretum; Bajor; Bajorans; basil; bat'leth; battle drill; bloodwine; bribery; botanist; brek'tal ritual; businessman; cake; canapé; career; case; ; ; combat; constable; Coverian; Coverian freighter; Coverian freighter captains; creditor; dabo; Devaluation of Capital Income; discommendation; d'k tahg''; Dominion; dozen; drifter; drunkard; family name; Ferengi; fireworks; freighter captain; galcor; gambling; generation; Great Hall; Great House; gross adjusted assets; holosuite; honor; House of D'Ghor; House of Grilka; House of Kozak; House of Quark; I'm Married to the Most Wonderful Woman in the Galaxy Day; insurance; Irish; Janitza Mountains; Keldar; Klingon Empire; Klingon High Council; Klingonese; latinum; leader; lying; Markalian; merger; meter; Milky Way Galaxy; ; ; Nog; noisemaker; ODN conduit; "Old Man"; paycheck; plomeek soup; Qo'noS; Quark's; Replimat; Rules of Acquisition; runabout; saying; scruples; ; special dispensation; spitting; station security officer; synthale; synthehol; tab; tattoo; theft; thigh; tricorder; Tygarian; Unreferenced Materials dabo girl; DaiMon; Orok External links de:Das Haus des Quark es:The House of Quark fr:The House of Quark (épisode) ja:クワークの結婚（エピソード） nl:The House of Quark House of Quark, The

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Equilibrium (episode)

Jadzia Dax is plagued by disturbing hallucinations that allude to the dark past of the Dax symbiont. Summary Teaser Commander Sisko is preparing food for a dinner (with some help from Jake) for Doctor Bashir, Major Kira, and Odo in his and his son's quarters. Odo assists with the mixing with a whisk for a soufflé, with some difficulty at first, and Kira comments that she finds it cute. It turns out that Sisko used to help out at his father's restaurant in New Orleans, Earth. Bashir discovers that the meal contains beets, something he obviously is none too fond of. "Beets are a very misunderstood vegetable," Sisko tells him. Dax arrives and asks what smells so nice. In response, Bashir mentions the beets as a major ingredient and she notes her approval. Sitting down at the table, Dax finds Jake's keyboard instrument. He had taken lessons but had not proven to be terribly musically adept. Dax notes that throughout her seven lifetimes, all the previous hosts had a tin ear and no musical ability. She begins playing a tune on the piano, but cannot recognize it. Act One Later on, while playing chess with Sisko in his office, Dax keeps humming to herself and is totally distracted from her game. She takes one of his bishops, leaving a move open for Sisko to move a knight and put her king in check. She asks where the knight came from and he points out that she was distracted. She then declares that he must have made an illegal move made to attract her attention and that Curzon had always thought that he was a cheat. Dax then upends the board and storms out of the room. Later on, she is in the Replimat having a drink alone and Kira comes by to ask her what is wrong. Dax asks if she's come from Sisko to apologize for his behavior. Kira says she is worried about Dax after she'd heard about the earlier incident. Kira cannot believe that Sisko would have tried to cheat but Dax insists that Kira leaves. Before she has a chance to do so, Dax stands up to leave, but Kira catches her arm. Dax tells Kira to remove her hand before she does something that she will regret. Dax stares at her for a moment and then storms off, onto the Promenade. As she walks along, the place seems to be deserted, then the light seems to change, and she spots someone watching her from the second level. She turns around to find that figure behind her. It is wearing a robe with a cowl and has a smooth mask on. The figure removes the mask with one hand, revealing another mask beneath it. Dax turns to escape and the figure has now appeared in front of her again, tearing the second mask in half, revealing a third underneath. She turns about again and suddenly runs into Quark, and the Promenade is back to normal with the masked figure having vanished. Act Two At the infirmary, Bashir checks Dax over with a medical tricorder. She apologizes to Sisko for the horrible things that she had said to him earlier. He suggests that she input the music into the computer to let it find out what it is. After a brief discussion of her symptoms, it arises that Torias (the host prior to Curzon) had fallen into a coma for six months after a shuttlecraft accident, forcing the Trill to eventually remove the symbiont due to low isoboramine levels. A quick check of Jadzia shows that her own isoboramine levels are dropping and are now at 73% of normal, thus she might be rejecting the symbiont. Dr. Bashir admits that his knowledge of symbiosis is limited and that he is not the proper physician to treat Jadzia in this instance. They decide to take Jadzia to the to see if any solutions could be found. On the bridge of the , Bashir and Sisko discuss not having Jadzia (the host) around anymore and how much they would miss her if she were gone. That night, Dax cannot sleep and goes to talk to Bashir in his quarters. She discusses her time as an initiate, the tests she endured, the immense pressure she put on herself, and how going back as a patient will be worse than being there as an initiate. She also comments that she was afraid of doctors, while Bashir notes that as a child he also was terrified of doctors. As he grew older, he wanted to find out and know more about what they knew, and that's what ended up leading him towards medical school. After the discussion, Bashir offers to let her stay over, even allowing her the top bunk. She agrees, but insists on the lower bunk because Curzon once fell out of a tree. She falls asleep almost immediately. Now on the Trill homeworld, Jadzia discusses some of the tests with Bashir. She notes that they had to make a small incision on her side to insert the scanner to scan the symbiont. Doctor Renhol enters the room and notes that Jadzia was the only initiate to successfully reenter the program after being dropped. She notes that Jadzia is on a benzocyatic regimen to compensate, but that she does not need to stay at the hospital because Bashir could administer the treatment. The doctor and Dax make an appointment for the next day for a follow-up and lunch. She then excuses herself to assist an initiate. Back on the Defiant, Bashir prescribes rest for Dax, who notes that she could never sleep in the afternoon. Bashir simply suggests lying down, closing her eyes, and not trying to think. Sisko remarks that worked for him. She left them to head to her quarters, and as she moved down the corridor, she encounters the figure she'd previously seen on the Promenade. She asks who he is and he replies "It's beautiful, isn't it?" A door opens, and two Trills come through and try to kidnap her; as she fights them off, she is just about to punch one in the face, and it turns out to be Bashir. Act Three Back in the hospital, Bashir can't understand why Dax is still hallucinating as her isoboramine levels have risen another 6%. Jadzia notes that her attackers in the hallucination had been from the Symbiosis Commission, wearing uniforms from over a hundred years ago, long before she had been an initiate herself, but none of her other hosts had bad memories of being there. Sisko notes that the computer still has not figured out the piece of music that Jadzia had been humming earlier. Despite Bashir's suggestion of therapy, Dax insists that she needs answers and suggests visiting the s, a group of unjoined Trills who devote their lives to the care of symbionts. They go to the symbionts' breeding pools in the Caves of Mak'ala and watch two symbionts surface and communicate with each other with electrical impulses. A Guardian, Timor, enters and begins using a testing instrument in the pool. He seems very distracted as he checks to ensure that the symbionts are comfortable and not cranky; after all, they get very demanding when they are cranky. He comments that he sometimes doesn't know why he puts up with it and asks about the weather, before saying that he misses sunshine. He then recognizes Jadzia as Dax and immediately recognizes that something is wrong with her. He asks about her dreams and points out that they're actually memories. This is due to an imbalance between host and symbiont and that someone isn't playing fair, and that it could be any one of her prior hosts. Back on the ship, the computer finally discovers the piece of music and that it was written by one Joran Belar 86 years previously. The name is not familiar to Jadzia, but his picture is and immediately brings back a memory of what appears to be a Trill doctor working at a desk. The masked figure appears behind him holding a weapon shaped like a spike which he then plunges into the ear of the working man, killing him and stating that "he left me no choice!" Jadzia demands to know who the masked figure is and reaches to remove his mask, which shatters and vanishes in a flash of bright, white light, revealing Joran. The hallucination over, she falls into neural shock. Sisko holds her while she convulses on the floor of the bridge. Act Four At the hospital, she begins to stabilize, and it is noted that her condition is worsening again and that if her isoboramine levels, now at 51%, do not rise within 48 hours, the symbiont will have to be removed, killing her. It is suggested by Renhol that dynametric fields from the wormhole might be causing it. Sisko and Bashir visit Timor, the Guardian, and ask for his help. He merely recounts what he had already told Dax and insists that he can't help. He acts scared, and both Bashir and Sisko wonder why and are curious as to why an investigation of the past Dax hosts is unwanted. They return to the Defiant and begin investigating Joran Belar and find that his record consists of merely a birth date and death date, but also that the file has been altered substantially, in that much of the information has been deleted. In a comparison with the Dax records, it turns out that Belar died on the same day as Torias Dax, which was the same day that the symbiont had been put into Curzon. A check of the musical schools reveals that a Yolad Belar had been registered. Contacting Yolad, they discover that he was indeed Joran's brother. Yolad has trouble remembering much, but does note that Joran entered to become an initiate but was dropped after his second year. Apparently Joran had killed the doctor who recommended that he be dropped and was killed himself while trying to escape. It turns out that Joran had a violent temper. However, about six months before the incident, Joran had contacted Yolad and had seemed more confident and attributed this to being joined, but Yolad cannot recall the name of the symbiont. Some further checking of the records leads Sisko to theorize that perhaps the Dax symbiont had been put into Joran Belar before being put into Curzon. Act Five Back in the hospital, Jadzia's isoboramine levels have dropped to 44% and Renhol is preparing for surgery with a nurse to transfer the Dax symbiont to a new host. Sisko and Bashir confront Doctor Renhol about the Joran Dax incident. Since only one in a thousand candidates are acceptable, initiates are put through rigorous testing, since poor choices would result in the symbiont being rejected within three or four days and thus both host and symbiont dying. However, Joran and Dax had been joined for well over six months, despite Joran being a poor candidate. The Symbiosis Commission wanted to hide this fact and had put a into Dax when it was transferred into Curzon, and are now willing to let Jadzia die to continue the cover-up. Sisko threatens to expose the cover-up to the entire planet's population unless Jadzia is saved. It turns out that nearly half of the Trill population is capable of being joined and the Symbiosis Commission did not want the symbionts to become commodities, items to be sold to the highest bidders and to be fought over. With this ultimatum, Sisko takes the decision out of Renhol's hands. Renhol says that in order to stabilize the synaptic functions between Jadzia and the symbiont, Joran's memories must be brought to the surface and reintegrated with all of the other previous hosts. Sisko argues that Jadzia is strong enough to cope with the risks involved, and that ultimately it's her decision to do so. After her recovery, Jadzia visits the Caves of Mak'ala again and enters one of the birthing pools. A symbiont approaches her and sends its electrical communication to her. Joran emerges from the pool and Jadzia invites him to become a part of her. They hug and he vanishes into her with an electrical surge, awakening the memories from his host period in Jadzia and Dax once again. Back on the station, Dax sits at a viewport in her quarters, and Sisko enters the room. She asks if he was checking up on her, and he comments that he is just ensuring that she is okay. She comments that Bashir had been in 15 minutes earlier doing the same. She states the importance of knowing one's past in knowing one's self, then sits down at the table with her piano and begins playing. Memorable quotes "Beets are a very misunderstood vegetable." - Sisko "Nobody said life was fair." "Even if you've had seven of them." - Bashir and Dax "Do you mind?" "What?" "You're humming. It's a little distracting." - Sisko to Dax while playing chess "Get your hands off of me – before I do something I'll regret." - Dax, to Kira "How do you feel?" "I feel like an idiot." - Sisko and Dax "And I used to think Curzon had a temper." - Sisko, to Jadzia "If you want to know who you are, it's important to know who you've been." - Dax Background information Story and script The origins of this episode are to be found in the magic show of Jeff Magnus McBride who portrays Joran Belar. Michael Piller saw McBride's show, loved it, and commissioned Christopher Teague, a mutual friend of his and McBride, to draw up an outline for a story based on McBride's act. McBride's show revolved around a use of masks, and the repeated removal of what is seemingly a single mask only to reveal another underneath (something which happens in the episode itself). Teague's story originally involved a kind of intergalactic circus coming to Deep Space 9 with a magician who is revealed to be a murderer, but nobody on the writing staff was keen on the idea. René Echevarria then modified it to focus on Odo and a series of disturbing dreams, before Ronald D. Moore suggested switching the emphasis of the plot to Dax, as he felt that masks were a good metaphor for the Trill species in general. () René Echevarria partly based the penultimate scene, where Dax accepts Joran's memories, on a scene in the play . In that play, the word 'abreact' is used as a psychological term to describe the relieving of a trauma, and Echevarria felt that that was exactly what was happening in this scene. () Originally, beets were not the vegetable that Bashir disliked. Ira Steven Behr commented: "It was supposed to be s but Rene didn't think rutabagas were funny enough". The reference to rutabagas was intended to be a tribute to the Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention song "Call Any Vegetable". () Production On the scene where the Trill symbionts are shown in the pool, David Livingston commented "We built a little pool area on Stage Eighteen. It was fun trying figure out how to not make these things mechanical because it always looks cheesy. The idea is to shoot it like you'd do Jaws or Alien. You want to shoot it in a lot of shadows and make it go by real fast. I think it was pretty successful". (Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages, p. 85) The exteriors on Trill were filmed at Huntington Gardens. (Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages, p. 85) Jay Chattaway composed the music for this episode, which was his favorite installment of the first three seasons of . He commented, "It was the show where it was revealed that one of Dax's former hosts was a composer. The music had to have a thematic quality for her to play it on a keyboard and hum several times. I was also able to develop this theme into the score for her nightmarish flashbacks. The time factor on that was […] 'Here's the show; we need a keyboard thing, we need it tomorrow!' Under those circumstances, I'll do several versions, though in the case of 'Equilibrium', they chose my first version. I thought that was an extremely well-written show and a great opportunity to have music as an integral part of the story. It didn't hurt that I personally worked with Terry Farrell, helping her to learn that tune. It took her only three attempts to get it under control. She's very bright. I was really impressed." () This episode features a number of changes to the style of the 's bridge, including a new captain's chair area (no fencing and new consoles), movement of the dedication plaque from the back to beside the starboard door, more consoles in the rear, and additional consoles on the walls of the side stations. Reception Ira Steven Behr commented "The whole thing with the mask is what interested Michael Piller. I remember getting into this question about identity and the idea of Dax having another host inside of her that she doesn't know about. That seemed to bring the episode into clarity. We all started spinning on this thing, and it became an interesting show. But it was a medical show and a mystery, and at the end it had a kind of talk-out with Sisko, explaining everything to the audience – which are always difficult to write. It was complex. What worked for me was that Terry Farrell was quite good in showing Dax's vulnerabilities. I also thought it was a good show for Bashir, showing him caring in a medical way, but also in a Human way for Dax going far beyond whether he's going to screw her or not. We've kind of lost that element of the character, thankfully". (Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages, p 85) Rene Echevarria commented "I think there were a lot of interesting things about the Trill homeworld that you found out in the episode. I'm not sure how well it played out as a mystery, though. In order to be satisfying, you want the audience to conk themselves on the forehead and say 'Why didn't I think of that?' and I'm not sure if they do. It was a troubled script in that we were writing stuff that was filming the next day three or four days into the shoot. We had locked down certain scenes that we would have liked to have changed the new climax, and so on". (Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages, p 85) Ronald D. Moore commented "The more the script was rewritten over and over again, it just kept losing focus and regaining focus. It's just one of those things where you're trying real hard to make it work, but ultimately you're not satisfied with the end result. It's an intriguing idea, and the episode holds up pretty well in some of its elements, but it's not quite satisfying in the last couple of acts. It becomes too much of Bashir and Sisko running around investigating the mystery rather than concentrating on the character of Dax". (Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages, p 85) Robert Hewitt Wolfe commented "Dax comes across as being very Human to me, despite her many lifetimes of experience. In the same way that Troi came across as very Human. You sort of feel 'OK, she's a humanoid and you know what to expect', but I think the culture is more complicated than that and I think this show demonstrates that complication, which I like". (Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages, p 85) Alexander Siddig enjoyed "Equilibrium" due to the Bashir/Dax relationship and the medical content in it. Siddig commented: "I like the medical ones because, after all, that's what I was hired to do. I play a doctor. It's really nice to actually get around to doing those occasionally, as long as the language isn't too horrific. When it gets too complicated, it totally fries my mind. I don't think it was too harsh in that show. I particularly liked it because it offset the usual Dax/Bashir relationship for the first time. It actually showed everybody that we could possibly be good friends and that's what might happen between them. As far as I know, people have accepted that quite readily. People quite like the friendliness of their relationship now. It's like Bashir is second best, almost good enough, silver medal". () Continuity This is the first episode to reveal that Sisko is from New Orleans, to feature the Trill homeworld and to show that Jadzia's spots do go down to her feet, as they can be seen briefly in shots of her on the hospital bed. In during the first meal, Deral asks Jadzia how far down her markings go, to which she replies "All the way". This was also the first episode to establish that the Trill have surnames, which are replaced by the symbiont's name upon joining. Jadzia's original family name was never given during the series (nor was Curzon's or any of the hosts that preceded Joran), though Ezri's was revealed in to be Tigan. Joran would be seen again in the seventh season episode , although he would be played by Leigh J. McCloskey as Jeff Magnus McBride was unavailable at the time. Colm Meaney (Miles O'Brien) does not appear in this episode. The Trill city is described as the capital city in the script. It is later named Mak'ala in the Star Trek: Star Charts, a detail used on screen in . Trivia According to Mike Dugdale in his trivia books, the chess game in this episode was based on the 1956 chess game between Bobby Fischer and Donald Byrne. Reference to 47: Joran Belar was born on stardate 1024.7. Video and DVD releases UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 3.2, As part of the DS9 Season 3 DVD collection Links and references Guest Stars Lisa Banes as Renhol Jeff Magnus McBride as Joran Belar Nicholas Cascone as Timor Harvey Vernon as Yolad Belar Uncredited co-stars Brian Demonbreun as Starfleet science officer Nick Dimitri as Trill guard J. 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Second Skin (episode)

Kira is kidnapped by the Cardassians, who try to convince her that she is really one of them. Summary Teaser Quark finds a glum Dax sitting by herself in the Replimat. She fears she has been stood up by Kira, with whom she had plans to go anti-grav sailing in the holosuites. Kira finally does show and admits, though she hates the holosuites in general, she is looking forward to this outing. She does admit however that she would rather do the activity in the real world. But as they are leaving the Replimat, Kira receives a communication from the Bajoran Central Archives. Scholar Alenis Grem is studying Elemspur prison and wants to ask Kira some questions about it. Kira is happy to help but cannot understand why Alenis is coming to her, since she was never at Elemspur. Alenis is puzzled by this, explaining that Cardassian records clearly indicate that a Kira Nerys, member of the Shakaar resistance cell, was held at Elemspur during the Occupation for seven days. Kira is shocked when a mug shot of her, apparently from ten years ago, appears on the screen. Above them, on the second level of the Promenade, an alien woman, Yteppa, observes. Act One Later, Kira discusses this mystery with Odo in the security office. He tells her that clearly either the records or her memories are wrong. But Kira insists she knows exactly where she was that week. Odo is skeptical that she can remember her whereabouts ten years after the fact. Kira says that that entire winter was quite memorable because the Shakaar had to hide in caves from the Cardassians, with little food or phaser power. The records have to be fake and she has to find out who did it and why. Odo suggests that she contact one of the other inmates listed as her cellmates in the records. Kira contacts Yeln, the only surviving cellmate. To her astonishment, he recognizes her and says the Cardassians dragged her out of their cell. That was the last he saw of her. He long thought her dead and is glad to see that she survived the ordeal. Yeln remarks on what a terrible time the occupation was for their people and Kira solemnly agrees. Kira is deeply disturbed that both records and witnesses disagree with her memory of events. She tells Commander Sisko that she has to find out the truth and he gives his blessing for a trip to Bajor to investigate. After Kira boards the transport leaving for the planet, Yteppa follows her on. In the Replimat, Bashir and Elim Garak are sharing a table. Bashir tells the tailor about his recent trip to Klaestron IV and Garak expresses his envy of the doctor's freedom, as he has only left the station once in three years. Bashir wonders if Garak fears the Cardassian government would kill him if he left the station. Garak denies that this is case. Bashir does not believe him, but lets it go. Sisko and Dax are concerned when Alenis Grem informs them that Kira never showed up at Elemspur and cannot be located. Apparently she disappeared after leaving the spaceport on Bajor. In a dark room, Kira lies unconscious on a bed. A voice from the shadows says "Wake her." and Yteppa gives her a hypospray. Kira sits up, groggy, and Yteppa tells her she is safe. In front of her is mirror and Kira sees herself in it. To her horror, the face staring back at her is Cardassian. A man named Entek steps out of the shadows and tells her she is home… on Cardassia. Act Two Kira is stunned and backs away from them. Whatever they want from her, they are not going to get, she vows. Entek explains that she is an undercover field operative of the Obsidian Order, named Iliana Ghemor. Her appearance and memories were altered so that she could infiltrate the Bajoran Resistance. She has been given drugs to reverse the memory loss and help her reintegrate back into Cardassian society. Although, of course, she does not yet remember it, Entek supervised her training in the Order. Kira does not believe him but he tells her she is standing in the house where she was born. He gives her a data rod on which he claims she recorded a message to herself before she left on her mission to Bajor and leaves. Kira makes no move to view it. On the station, Sisko, Dax, and Odo discuss their search for Kira in the wardroom. Scans have found a residual electrostatic charge in the area where she was last seen. Sisko thinks that may indicate that she was transported away and wants a list of all ships in the area at the time. He asks Odo to get all the transporter activity logs for that area. Dax admits that the charge may have been caused by disruptor or phaser fire. But Sisko is not ready to believe that yet. Kira finds that the window of her room is guarded by a force field. Entek enters and tells her that someone wants to see her. It is Tekeny Ghemor, her "father." Ghemor is overjoyed to see her but she rebuffs him, telling him her father died fighting Cardassians on Bajor. Entek does not want to leave them alone together but Ghemor insists that his daughter would never harm him. When they are alone, he tells "Iliana" how much he has missed her. Kira reacts with hostility. Ghemor is saddened but knows it is only because the memories of her Cardassian life has not resurfaced yet. He tells her to consider herself his guest and leaves. Act Three On the station, Garak tells Bashir before he is about to go to bed that he has urgent news about Kira. Kira searches her room for surveillance devices. Ghemor brings her a breakfast of Bajoran hasperat and tells her that the Obsidian Order devices are not turned on in his house unless he requests it, since he is a member of Central Command. She turns down the food. Ghemor notices her admiring a carving and tells her she made it for him when he was promoted to Legate. He says he wishes she had become an artist, instead of joining the Order. But she was as stubborn as her mother. Kira angrily informs him that her mother died of malnutrition in the Singha refugee camp. Ghemor insists that her mother was an inquisitor at the Central University. He wishes he had stopped her from going on her mission to Bajor but she had been so determined. Her mother never forgave him. Kira tells him he is very convincing, but she still does not believe a word of his story. She storms away, ignoring his apologies. On the station, Sisko and Odo want Garak to repeat what he told Bashir. He tells them there is nothing they can do for Kira, if she is being held by the Obsidian Order. But they believe that, with Garak's help, they can save her. Garak is dubious but agrees to help when Sisko warns him that the Bajoran government have called for his removal from the station, but he is willing to convince them otherwise if he helps them. With no other choice, Garak is forced to agree. Sisko's plan to reach Cardassia is to disguise the as a Kobheerian freighter, using shield modifications. Entek is concerned that Kira's memory of her life as Iliana has not resurfaced yet. Usually the drugs work in a few hours but two days have now passed with no effect. He says he has to start questioning her. Ghemor objects but Entek insists and tells him he should not be worried about her safety, since she is member of the Order. Ghemor tells Kira that he will be right in the next room anyway. Entek interrogates Kira about Deep Space 9. She does not take him seriously and offers obviously false answers. Entek is not satisfied with the information she gives him and decides to use other methods to convince her she is really Iliana. He tells her the Order saves everything and has a biological specimen beamed into the room. Kira pulls back the covering sheet to reveal a Bajoran corpse. She is looking at her own body. Act Four She insists it has to be a clone or a hologram. But now fear has started to set in. Entek reminds her of an incident during her time in the Resistance, when she shot a hara cat. She had never told anyone about it and Entek says he knows about it because he implanted that memory. Kira's doubt deepens. Entek leaves her, saying that he cannot wait much longer for the information he needs from her. If she does not supply it soon, he will have to take it from her mind by force. Later, Ghemor walks in on Kira while she is disabling the window force field. He tells her she tripped a silent alarm and in any case would not get far if she tried to escape. Kira tells him that she will never cooperate with the Order and, if he wants to help her, he has to get her off Cardassia. Ghemor assures her that, no matter what happens, he would never let them hurt her. He begs her to watch the recording Iliana made before she decides what to do. Kira watches the recording, which shows a young Cardassian woman who looks and sounds very much like her. She is earnest in her belief that she is doing the right thing in going to Bajor to stop the terrorism even though her parents do not agree. On the Defiant, Garak is caught snooping around the ship's weapons. Sisko is ready to have Garak confined to quarters under guard when they are intercepted by Cardassian warships giving the crew a chance to test their ruse. Through the holofilter, Sisko informs Gul Benil that he is Captain Viterian of the Kobheerian freighter Rak-Miunis, on its way to Cardassia Prime. Benil is skeptical and insists that all incoming ships must be searched on the order of Central Command. Garak tells Sisko to drop the holofilter and let him talk to Benil. The crew are wary but do it. Garak speaks to the surprised Benil: "This is an Alpha Red priority mission, clearance verification Nine Two One Eight Black. By the authority of the Central Command, you are ordered to turn your ships around. Erase all record of this encounter from your logs and speak of it to no one." The crew are astonished when Benil agrees. Garak explains himself with "Just something I overheard while hemming someone's trousers." Entek continues his interrogation of Kira. He is starting to wear her down, although she still gives away nothing. She is near the point of tears. Ghemor enters and orders him to stop. Entek is furious that Ghemor would second guess the Order but backs down. He tells Kira that the next time he sees her, it will have to be at Order headquarters. He leaves and the distraught Kira smashes the mirror on the wall. Ghemor comforts her and, to her amazement, tells her he will get her off Cardassia. Act Five Later, Ghemor gives Kira a bracelet he says belonged to her mother. She does not want to accept it but he insists. Then he introduces her to Ari, the young Cardassian who is going to help her escape. Ari states his belief that Central Command wields too much power over the lives of Cardassians. Kira is shocked by what she is hearing. She now realizes that they are members of the Cardassian dissident movement. Ghemor urges Kira to get away while she can but she hesitates because she cannot believe that this is mere coincidence. She begins to realize the Order was never after her at all, but is trying to expose Ghemor's ties to the movement by forcing him to save her. This is confirmed when Entek and two aides arrive, phasers drawn. Ghemor calls for a beam out but finds that there is a transporter suppression field around the house. Entek shoots and kills Ari when he tries to resist. Entek gloats that he has now put an end to the resistance, and tells Kira that while he would prefer she lives so she can give testimony he is willing to dispose of her if she causes any trouble. Just then, Garak and Sisko, who is carrying a backpack, arrive. Sisko throws the backpack onto the floor and it turns out to be Odo, who surprises and disarms Entek. Sisko offers to take Ghemor with them to the Defiant and he quickly agrees. As the group is leaving, Entek warns Garak that the Obsidian Order was happy to let him live in exile but after this… however Garak doesn't let him finish the threat, and makes to leave. Entek suddenly pulls a hidden phaser and Garak kills him, coldly remarking, "A pity… I rather liked him." Back on the station, Kira is back to her old appearance, and tells Ghemor that Dr. Bashir has confirmed that she is indeed Bajoran, she was only surgically altered to appear Cardassian. Yeln has disappeared, having apparently been a spy planted by the Obsidian Order who also altered the Elemspur records. She wonders why Entek went to all the trouble of altering her, when the real Iliana would have done just as well. But Ghemor reminds her that the memory drugs would have worked on Iliana and she would have cooperated with the Order, giving Entek no opportunity to attack Ghemor. Kira wonders if Illiana is still alive, and Ghemor believes that she is and hopes that they will someday be reunited. Meanwhile, the Mathenite government has offered him sanctuary, although Kira, who has grown fond of him, wishes he would stay but Ghemor believes Deep Space 9 is not the place for him. Before he goes, Ghemor gives Kira some fatherly advice: never trust Garak. She tries to give him back the bracelet but Ghemor says she should keep it, since she is the closest thing he has to family. Kira tells him she knows he is an honorable man and that his daughter must have loved him very much. Memorable quotes "Treason, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder." - Garak "Commander, this is extortion." "Hmm… Yes it is." - Garak and Sisko "I'll go along on your fool's errand, but I want one thing to be perfectly clear… I have no intention of sacrificing my life to save yours! If it looks like we're in danger of being captured, if there's any sign of trouble at all… you're on your own." "Mr. Garak… I believe that's the first completely honest thing you've ever said to me." [smiling] "How perceptive of you, Commander." - Garak and Sisko "Hmm… thirty, forty thousand. But don't tell them I told you." - Kira, when asked by Entek how many Starfleet officers were stationed on DS9 "This is an Alpha-Red priority mission, clearance verification 9218-Black. By authority of the Central Command you are ordered to turn your ships around, erase all records of this encounter from your logs, and talk of it to no one. Is that clear?" "My apologies. I had no idea." "You were doing your duty. End transmission." "Mr. Garak, I'm impressed." "Oh, it was just something I overheard while I was hemming someone's trousers." - Garak, Gul Benil, and Sisko, when confronted by Benil's ships "Major, I don't think I've ever seen you looking so ravishing." - Garak, remarking on Kira's appearance as a Cardassian "A pity. I rather liked him." - Garak, having just killed Entek "That Garak fellow that helped you, who helped us… don't trust him, Nerys, ever. He's a dangerous man, and he'd betray you and all your friends in an instant if he thought it would help him." "I'll keep my eye on him." - Ghemor and Kira Background information Story and script Robert Hewitt Wolfe's original idea for this episode revolved around O'Brien discovering that he was a deep-cover Cardassian operative who had replaced the 'real' O'Brien twenty years previously and had O'Brien's real memories implanted into his own mind. This would have meant that the O'Brien we first met in was actually a Cardassian spy. Wolfe ran into trouble with this idea when he had to try to explain how a Cardassian and a Human woman (Keiko) could have a fully Human child (Molly). At this point, Wolfe modified the idea so that it revolved around Kira instead of O'Brien. () Wolfe says he was influenced in writing this episode by the work of , especially (the book upon which was based) and "" (the short story upon which was based). () Writer Robert Hewitt Wolfe wanted Dr. Bashir to tell Kira at the end of the episode that he could not confirm whether she was a Cardassian replacement or the authentic Bajoran Kira in order to leave Kira permanently unsure of her original identity. He felt this would emphasize that our identity is based on our experiences and who we have been, regardless of one's actual origins; "She has been Kira Nerys. She may be the real Kira Nerys, she may be a replacement, but she's Kira Nerys now, and it doesn't really matter. Your identity is who you are, it doesn't matter how you get there, it doesn't matter whether it's true or a lie, if you've lived it long enough, it's true." However, this idea was dropped from the final version of the story. (DS9 Season 3 DVD Special Features: Hidden File 02) During production of this episode, the writers considered making Entek a recurring character. However, they decided to have Garak kill him instead, as this would once again emphasize to the audience that Garak is more than capable of taking a life (we had already seen him shoot Gul Toran in ). Coupled with this is Tekeny Ghemor's warning to Kira at the end of the episode never to trust Garak. The killing of Entek and Ghemor's warning were designed by the writers as ways to keep the viewers on their toes as regards the enigmatic tailor. () The final draft script is dated . Production Nana Visitor, who suffers from claustrophobia, greatly disliked wearing the extensive Cardassian makeup for this episode, which required her to arrive for makeup at 1:30 AM each morning. After a particularly long, 20-hour day of shooting, she simply told the director Les Landau that she had to get out of the makeup and pick up the remaining shots the next day because she was feeling claustrophobic. When Landau wanted to continue shooting a while longer, Visitor began physically removing the claustrophobia-inducing makeup on the set. (DS9 Season 3 DVD Special Features: Hidden File 01) After the second season episode , this is the second episode to mention the Cardassian Dissident Movement. Reception Robert Hewitt Wolfe is extremely proud of this episode, especially the thematic continuity; "Without sounding pretentious, the theme of the entire episode could be 'You can't judge a book by its cover.' Everyone is wearing a 'second skin.' So Kira is both who she is and she's Iliana Ghemor. Legate Ghemor is both a very staunch supporter of the Cardassian government and an opponent of the Cardassian government. The appears to be a Kobheerian freighter, but it's really a warship. Garak looks like a tailor, but he's really a spy. Sisko looks like a Kobheerian captain and Odo looks like a bag. [There are] many levels of deception throughout the show." () A review on Tor.com rated this episode as 9\10, with the reviewer writing: "the episode as a whole is brilliant, brilliantly scripted, brilliantly directed, brilliantly executed". Continuity When Garak is lamenting not having travelled much since his youth, he cites the trip he and Bashir took to Bajor as the only time he has left the station in 3 years. This is a reference to the events of , when they both visited the Tozhat Resettlement Center. Trivia This is the first episode of the series to have music composed by David Bell. In the first sequence where the Cardassians contact Sisko while he is using the holofilter, the only shot of the Kobheerian disguise is stock footage of the original Captain from , with Avery Brooks lip synching the first sentence. Norman Large, the original actor in the makeup, was not credited in this episode. Ghemor appears again in the fifth season episode . Colm Meaney (Miles O'Brien) and Cirroc Lofton (Jake Sisko) do not appear in this episode. Garak's reference to the Defiants cabins feeling claustrophobic hints at the fact that he suffers from claustrophobia, which is revealed later in the series. () Kira says to Ghemor at one point that her mother died of malnutrition when she was three. She later learns that her mother Kira Meru was actually taken as a comfort woman for Dukat in the Season 6 episode . The brief scene of two Cardassians watching the outdoor monitor playing the "look to the children" message is taken from , though with some changes. In Tribunal, the shot starts by showing a wider angle of the city and pans over to the screen as two Cardassians walk into view, ending just after one turns toward the other. In this episode the shot starts as the one Cardassian turns toward the other, and continues for several seconds more compared to when it ended in the original version. The message on the screen is also playing from a different timestamp. Apocrypha Iliana Ghemor appears as an antagonist in the DS9 novels Warpath, Fearful Symmetry, The Soul Key, Sacraments of Fire and Ascendance. Video and DVD releases UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 3.3, As part of the DS9 Season 3 DVD collection Links and references Guest Stars Andrew Robinson as "Garak" Gregory Sierra as Entek Tony Papenfuss as Yeln Cindy Katz as Yteppa And Lawrence Pressman as "Ghemor" Co-Stars Christopher Carroll as Benil Freyda Thomas as Alenis Grem Billy Burke as Ari Uncredited Co-Stars Sue Henley as Starfleet command officer Randy James as Norman Large as Viterian (archived footage) Michael Prokopuk as Starfleet command officer Nana Visitor as Iliana Ghemor Michael Wajacs as Bajoran civilian Unknown actor as Starfleet operations crewman References 2346; 2361; 2368; ability; access plate; Alpha Red priority mission; anti-grav sailing; Bajor; Bajorans; Bajoran Central Archives; Bajoran Militia; Bajoran Provisional Government; Bajoran Resistance; Bajoran space; Benil's warship; Benil's sister ship; Bestri Woods; bone-carving; bracelet; burn; Cardassia Prime; Cardassian; Cardassian Central Command; Cardassian dissident movement; Cardassian government; Cardassian phaser; Central University; claustrophobia; constable; cryogenic chamber; Dahkur Hills; Dahkur Province; debriefing; ; Demilitarized Zone; desegranine; disruptor; Dominion; Eighth Order; electrostatic charge; Elemspur Detention Center; extortion; Federation; Garak's Clothiers; Ghemor's wife; Great Erg; hara cat; hasperat; heart; holosuite; holo-filter; homesick; icon; icon painting; ; isolinear rod; kilometer; Kira and Yeln's cell mates; Kira Meru; Kira Taban; Klaestrons; Klaestron IV; Kobheerians; Kobheerian freighter; legate; liaison officer; Maquis; sector with increased Maquis activity; Mathenites; Mathenite government; Milky Way Galaxy; mutilate; New Mecca; nursing; Obsidian Order; Obsidian Order's Headquarters; paranoia; phaser; power cell; Rak-Miunis; Replimat; screech rhino; Shakaar resistance cell; shield harmonics; shield modulator; Singha Refugee Camp; spaceport; Starfleet; Starfleet Intelligence; toranium; traitor; undercover operative; winter External links de:Die zweite Haut es:Second Skin fr:Second Skin (épisode) ja:恐るべき過去（エピソード） nl:Second Skin DS9 episodes

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The Abandoned (episode)

Quark finds an abandoned Jem'Hadar child, and Odo is the only person who can control him. Summary Teaser In Quark's, Okalar is making a killing at the dabo table. He's about to leave the table a winner when Mardah, the dabo girl, entices him to make one final – and losing – spin at the wheel. Mardah leaves the dabo table and walks over to a nearby table in the bar where Jake is seated, and she explains that Jake's father has invited her to dinner on the following evening in the Sisko's quarters, which startles Jake. However, he quickly recovers and says, "It'll be great," and that Mardah will enjoy the food. Just then Quark is at the bar, when a Boslic captain walks up behind him and the two start negotiating the sale of salvage from the Gamma Quadrant. She wins the negotiations after putting her feminine charms to effective use, though Quark is initially not interested in purchasing junk. Next, Quark is in a cargo bay, rummaging through the salvage he'd bought for three s of latinum. After a few moments he hears the cries of a baby, and walks toward the source of the noise only to discover a stasis chamber… which holds the crying baby. "No. No. No…," he mutters to himself. Act One In the infirmary, Quark is with Dr. Bashir and Commander Sisko, and the infant is lying on a biobed. Sisko berates Quark for failing to inspect the salvage before purchasing it, and just then Dax walks into the infirmary to announce that the chances of finding the Boslic captain approach nil. In her flight plan, she had planned on heading for Risa but Dax does not think they should put too much faith in that. Dr. Bashir, meanwhile, tells Sisko that the infant is growing at rates Bashir has never seen outside of a laboratory, and that the infant ought to be kept on hand for more medical tests. Sisko then asks about the salvage, and Dax replies that O'Brien will be examining it. Quark offers a fruitless protest against the sequestering of his property, and promptly leaves the infirmary when Sisko shoots him a look. Before Dax and Sisko leave the infirmary, Sisko picks up the infant to hold him, and Dax offers to find an orphanage on Bajor for the infant. Shortly thereafter, Sisko gives the infant up to Dr. Bashir and leaves the infirmary with Dax, who teases him about the change in his demeanor when he was holding the baby. Sisko then explains that he actually feels nostalgia for Jake's early childhood – notwithstanding the hassles of fatherhood – because he misses the days when it was easy to make Jake happy. Sisko then returns to his quarters, where Jake is writing on a PADD while lying on the sofa. He asks Jake for a hug, but Jake turns away and expresses dismay at the fact that his father gave so little warning of the plans he'd made with Mardah. The commander excuses himself by pointing out that some time ago, he'd threatened to invite Mardah to dinner if Jake didn't – and Jake backs down, reminding them both that it will be "just dinner." Sometime later Commander Sisko enters the infirmary, where Bashir announces that the child taken from the salvage is "not a baby… anymore." Act Two Sisko then looks through a nearby doorway, only to see a child on the table who appears to be eight or nine years old. Bashir then explains that his tests reveal the boy to be no more than two weeks old, in fact, which is mystifying since the only organisms ordinarily capable of growing as fast as this boy are small and simple, not "anything as complex as a humanoid." The boy chooses that moment to announce clearly that he is hungry, which Bashir says is no surprise. Sisko introduces himself and Bashir to the boy, tells him that they are on a space station, and asks the boy if he knows what that is. He replies, "No, but I want to learn." Sisko and Bashir then go into the next room, where Bashir explains that the only rational explanation for what they are seeing is some sort of advanced genetic engineering. Next Sisko goes to the cargo bay containing the salvage, where O'Brien explains the stasis chamber – which implies that someone wanted to forestall the boy's maturation while aboard ship – and says that the wreckage was likely from some sort of transport. Before Sisko leaves the cargo bay he asks O'Brien spare someone to give the replicators in his quarters some attention, and O'Brien mentions that he'd heard from Jake about Commander Sisko's dinner invitation to Mardah. Sisko expresses his reservations about the fact that his sixteen year old son is romantically involved with a twenty-year-old dabo girl, and confides to O'Brien that in the face of his discomfort he "wanted to see what [he was] up against." O'Brien then asks, "What if it turns out you like her?" Sisko answers that he doesn't want to like her. Next, Major Kira is at the entrance to Odo's new quarters, with a plant in hand. She offers the plant to Odo, which he guesses is for the sake of decoration. He thanks her with his typical reserved tone, and shares his supposition that she would like to see his quarters. She says, "Everyone wants to see your quarters! It's called curiosity!" They go in, and Odo tells Kira that he's not finished setting things up, that he's just started turning the space into a place where he can "truly explore what it means to be a shapeshifter." Kira points out that he doesn't need an entire set of quarters just to sit in his bucket, and he announces that he doesn't need the bucket anymore, but that he keeps it as a memento to remind himself of the life he led before getting his own quarters. He then goes on to explain that with the new space, he can more easily regenerate and explore his true nature in private, which leads Kira to catch herself and apologize for intruding on Odo's personal space. Odo brushes off her apology, and says that she's always welcome in his quarters. Kira then looks around, and asks where they should put the plant she brought. Odo walks over to his bucket and puts the plant into that, which Kira says is "perfect." Later Bashir and Dax are in the Replimat, where Bashir is explaining that the boy is missing a critical enzyme, notwithstanding the fact that he's genetically engineered… and Bashir can't understand why someone would be engineered to have "such an obvious flaw." At that moment Bashir is asked to come to the infirmary immediately, and there is disruption on the Promenade. The boy, who is now an apparently teenage humanoid, is stalking around causing people to back away in apprehension. Bashir tries to pacify him by saying, "No one is going to hurt you," but the boy punches him in the face. Dax taps her combadge in a call to security, and then Odo steps out of his office, ordering the boy to stop. As the boy runs down the Promenade Odo blocks his path and changes to an amorphous but upright form just as the boy collides with him. When Odo re-assumes his humanoid form the boy is on his knees, looking up at Odo in a state of obvious distress, but also with reverence. At that point, Dax calls Sisko on her combadge and tells him, "I think we've solved the mystery of our young visitor, Benjamin. He's a Jem'Hadar." Act Three In the wardroom, Odo, Kira, Dax, and Bashir are waiting when Commander Sisko comes into the room and announces that on orders from Starfleet, the Jem'Hadar is to be taken to Starbase 201 for research purposes. Kira agrees enthusiastically, but Odo is not pleased, knowing from personal experience that the Jem'Hadar will be nothing more than a "well-treated specimen" once Starfleet gets their hands on him. Bashir sides with Odo, arguing the boy is a sentient lifeform, not some random genetic sample to study. Kira points out that with all of the genetic engineering that's gone into him, the Jem'Hadar may be nothing more than a killing machine. At that point Odo takes personal responsibility for the Jem'Hadar, insisting that as a Changeling he's the best person to find out if the Jem'Hadar's makeup will or will not allow him free will as a normal sentient lifeform would exercise it. At that point, Commander Sisko asks to speak with Odo privately. Once they're alone, Sisko points out to Odo that there's no real obligation on Odo's part to make up for the things that the Founders did to this Jem'Hadar, but Odo stands fast, pointing out again that he knows what it means to be a research subject against his will, and that he doesn't want to inflict that on the Jem'Hadar. Commander Sisko concedes and promises to temporize with Starfleet, but reminds Odo to be careful. In security, the Jem'Hadar is flinging himself against the force field of a holding cell while Bashir is attempting to explain to the Jem'Hadar his need for the enzyme that Bashir explained to Dax in the Replimat. Just as Odo walks in, the Jem'Hadar demands to be left alone, then takes a step back when he sees Odo, who orders the force field lowered and says, "Everything is under control now." Odo orders the Jem'Hadar to sit down and asks about his condition. The Jem'Hadar admits to being nauseous and in pain, while Bashir explains the missing enzyme. Bashir goes on to say that he'd like to perform more tests, with the goal of replicating the enzyme. The Jem'Hadar first refuses but is persuaded by Odo to change his mind. Bashir then leaves, and Odo asks the Jem'Hadar what he wants to do, which is to fight as it turns out – not with Odo, but instead with the others on the station… and it appears that anyone will do. The Jem'Hadar asks if what he wants is wrong, and Odo tells him that they "need to find other interests for [the Jem'Hadar] to pursue." Odo asks the Jem'Hadar to relax, to smile, and demonstrates to the confused Jem'Hadar what a smile is. The Jem'Hadar attempts to mimic Odo, but what comes across his face is more of a grimace, and Odo says, "We'll work on that." Meanwhile, in Commander Sisko's quarters the dinner appointment with Mardah is just beginning. Jake insists that while the food may be spicy, she'll enjoy it, and as Commander Sisko brings the last of the serving dishes to the table and seats himself, he asks Mardah to tell him about herself. She explains that her parents were killed during the Occupation, that she was brought up by neighbors until she was thirteen, and that she went out on her own thereafter. She goes on to say that she has a brother and sister named Sarjeno and Koran, but that she hasn't "spoken to them in years," apparently because they took issue with her decision to work as a dabo girl. She closes by pointing out that it is amazing how some people will judge others based on profession as opposed to character, and just then Jake throws a "see-I-told-you-so" glance at his father. They go on to discuss writing – Jake's in particular – and Mardah says that his poetry won her over. She also announces that Jake's quite the dom-jot hustler, which takes his father by surprise. Jake then excuses himself from the room, and after Mardah points out that Jake is more than meets the eye, she and Commander Sisko agree that they have in common the fact that they both care a great deal about Jake… and the smile on Commander Sisko's face suggests that he might just be warming up to Mardah after all. Later Odo and O'Brien are in the cargo hold containing the salvage in which the Jem'Hadar was found, and O'Brien shows Odo an artifact which he says defies analysis. Odo suggests that the artifact is likely a repository for vials of the Jem'Hadar's "missing enzyme," and goes on to say that this genetically engineered "addiction" is probably another mechanism for ensuring the loyalty of the Jem'Hadar to the Founders. O'Brien tells Odo that he finds this cold-blooded, and Odo reminds the chief that his people do not have blood. O'Brien looks at Odo with awkward silence while he continues to examine the artifact. Odo takes the vials to the infirmary, and Bashir starts an apparatus to deliver some of their contents into the Jem'Hadar's carotid artery. After a few moments the Jem'Hadar announces that the result of this treatment is positive, and Odo starts to leave, only to be asked by the Jem'Hadar if he can come along. Act Four The two of them go to Odo's quarters, where Odo explains how he mimics the objects in the room as a way of honing his shapeshifting abilities. He says that taking humanoid form is especially difficult, and the Jem'Hadar asks why he bothers, since Changelings are better than humanoids – including himself. Odo rejects that assertion, saying instead that Changelings are not better than humanoids, just different, and that the Jem'Hadar's instincts lead him wrongly. In confusion the Jem'Hadar announces that Odo must be right, and Odo's response is that the Jem'Hadar must learn to think for himself, to make decisions based on his own needs and desires – rather than those of the Changelings – and then asks what the boy wants. It turns out that the Jem'Hadar wants to find his people, and Odo says that he understands that very well, adding that what he found was "not very pleasant." Odo then shows the Jem'Hadar footage from the boarding of the ; during its previous journey through the Gamma Quadrant. The Jem'Hadar fixes on the playback, saying that the men attacking the Defiants bridge crew are his people. Odo confirms this, adding, "They're a race of brutal warriors." Odo then tells the Jem'Hadar that he doesn't need to be brutal, since there are other ways to work out his aggression. The two of them then go to a holosuite, where Odo has created an adversary for the Jem'Hadar to fight – with the understanding that outside of the holosuite, the Jem'Hadar must restrain himself from aggression. Odo starts the holosuite program. After a few moments the Jem'Hadar "kills" his adversary and asks Odo to increase the skill of his opponent. Odo does so, and the program restarts. While the fighting continues, Kira walks into the holosuite and asks to speak with Odo. The two of them leave but the holosuite is left in frame, where the Jem'Hadar increases the difficulty level of the program from three to five. On the mezzanine of Quark's, Kira is beside herself at the news that Odo has allowed the Jem'Hadar to move in with him. Odo says that it is alright, that the Jem'Hadar trusts him. Kira is unconvinced. "But can you trust him?" she asks, wondering if the Jem'Hadar can be controlled indefinitely. Odo says that he's not trying to control anyone, but instead is trying to give the Jem'Hadar a third option apart from being sequestered in a laboratory or fighting alongside the other Jem'Hadar. Kira is still skeptical, pointing out that the Jem'Hadar is a custom-designed killing machine. Odo offers a rebuttal by pointing out that in certain ways both he and Kira are acting contrary to their own "typical" inclinations. Kira ultimately relents, but like Commander Sisko in the wardroom, she intently asks Odo to be careful. Odo then goes back to the holosuite, orders the program discontinued, and takes the Jem'Hadar out onto the Promenade. Once out on the Promenade the Jem'Hadar remarks that all of the onlookers are afraid of him, and Odo adds that they are curious and afraid. The Jem'Hadar suggests that they should be afraid, because he can kill any of them, and Odo asks if he's capable of thinking of anything else. "I don't think so," the Jem'Hadar replies. Odo goes on to say that there plenty of other things to experience, but the Jem'Hadar is unimpressed… and just as he's about to explain his attitude, Commander Sisko orders Odo to come to his office. Odo orders the Jem'Hadar back to his quarters. Once Odo is in Sisko's office, Sisko explains that Starfleet is coming for "the boy" in a matter of hours whether Odo likes it or not, and in spite of any agreements that had been made. At that moment the Jem'Hadar steps out of camouflage and points a phaser at Sisko, insisting that he will not be sent anywhere at the demands of Starfleet. Act Five The Jem'Hadar demands a runabout, insisting that Odo come along since the inhabitants of Deep Space 9 are not his people, either. Odo agrees, and promises that nobody will interfere with them. The Jem'Hadar promises that he will kill anyone who does attempt to interfere. When they reach the docking ring of the station Odo and the Jem'Hadar debate the latter's course of action, but the Jem'Hadar cannot be restrained from his objective – he is a Jem'Hadar, he wants to be with his people, and there is nothing to debate. The Jem'Hadar goes on to assert that Odo's time with "other humanoids" has "done something" to him, and finally says, "I don't know what the other Changelings are like, but I know they're not like you." When Odo and the Jem'Hadar arrive at the airlock they find Commander Sisko waiting for them with a security team, but Odo asks Sisko to back down, saying that the Jem'Hadar will be lethal trouble aboard ship, and that he will not keep Odo from coming back to the station. Sisko lets them go, and promises to hold off the fire of Starfleet, noting that Admiral Nechayev will not like this. On the Promenade, O'Brien asks Sisko why he isn't ordering Jake to end his relationship with Mardah. Sisko tells him that dinner with the two of them granted him new insights about his son, before warning the chief not to get into any games of dom-jot with Jake. Later, Kira is sitting at a table working on some PADDs in the Replimat, when Odo walks up to her. "About the boy," he says to her, "You were right." Log entries Station log, Deep Space 9, 2371 Memorable quotes "You are evil." "Who, me?" "He was going to walk away a winner!" "First rule of dabo is, watch the wheel, not the girl." - Jake Sisko and Mardah "You bought a child?" "I just thought that I was buying some wreckage. How was I supposed to know that there was a baby in there?" "Maybe you should inspect the merchandise before you make the deal. Or isn't there a Rule of Acquisition for that?" "There is, and I do. Usually." - Commander Sisko and Quark "Now, wait a minute! I paid good money for that wreckage and… now it's yours. Enjoy." - Quark "I was talking about an orphanage?" "… Oh, right. Have Major Kira make the appropriate arrangements. You'll keep me informed about him?" "Yes, sir." - Jadzia Dax, Commander Sisko, and Bashir, about the Jem'Hadar infant "You are positively glowing! I haven't seen that look on your face since…" "… Since Jake stopped wearing diapers." - Dax and Sisko "Sixteen years old, and dating a dabo girl. Godspeed, Jake." - O'Brien, to himself "What sort of 'specialists' are we talking about, commander?" "There will be a team of xenobiologists and exopsychologists waiting for him." "So… they're going to study him. Like a laboratory specimen." "Well, he'll be very well treated." "So, he'll be a well-treated specimen." - Odo and Commander Sisko "Poetry? You – you write poetry?" "Well, sort of." - Commander Sisko and Jake Sisko "Jake seemed like just another teenage boy, at first… but there's more to him than that." "I'm beginning to realize that, myself." "I care about him very much." "… And so do I. Now, tell me more about my poet-hustler son." - Mardah and Commander Sisko "I still don't understand why they would engineer someone to be addicted to a certain chemical." "I suspect it's another way of ensuring the loyalty of the Jem'Hadar to the Founders. If your soldiers are addicted to a drug that can't be replicated and only you can provide, that gives you a great deal of control over them." "Seems a pretty cold-blooded thing to do." "My people don't have blood, chief." - O'Brien and Odo "He trusts me!" "But can you trust him? How long do you think you're going to be able to control him?" "I'm not trying to control any-… anybody. I'm just trying to give him some choices other than becoming a laboratory specimen or a Jem'Hadar soldier." "I never thought I would say this to you, Odo, but you are listening to your heart, not your head. That boy was created in a laboratory! His body, his mind, his instincts, are all designed to do one thing… to kill." "My body, mind, and instincts were designed to be a Founder. You were trained to be a terrorist. But each of us chose to be something different. I just want to give him the same chance we've had!" "All right. Give him a chance. Just don't forget: he is a Jem'Hadar. He's dangerous!" "I'm well aware of the risk, Major." "I hope so." - Odo and Kira "If he boards the Constellation when it arrives, he'll either kill a lot of innocent people, or be killed himself." "What makes you think he'll let you come back?" "I don't believe he could injure a Changeling." "When the Constellation arrives, I'll tell them that I couldn't stop you from leaving. That I would've had to kill the boy to keep him here. Admiral Nechayev won't like that answer, but it has the virtue of being the truth." - Odo and Commander Sisko "He was afraid of me. I could see the fear in his eyes." "Commander Sisko was trying to do what's best for you. He was trying to help you." "He's not my friend, he's my enemy! And I now know that anyone who is not a Jem'Hadar is my enemy." "Does that include me?" - The young Jem'Hadar and Odo "I thought you were going to lower the boom on those two." "Well, I was, but some things came up at dinner I didn't expect." "Got to know her a little better, and decided you liked her after all?" "No, actually I got to know Jake a little better. Have you ever played dom-jot with him?" "Nope." "Don't." - O'Brien and Commander Sisko Background information Story and script Ira Steven Behr commented "We wanted to keep the Jem'Hadar alive in the series but not do another battle show. The trouble with coming up with a villain is they lose their ability to strike fear in your heart if you're able to kick their ass too quickly." (Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages, p 85) The final draft script was submitted on . Production Glenn Neufeld and VisionArt Design & Animation oversaw the special effects for scene where Odo shapeshifts as the Jem'Hadar leaps through. () The weapon used by the Jem'Hadar was designed by Dan Curry, who based it on a . () Reception Director Avery Brooks saw this episode as something of a metaphorical study of racial tension and gang culture. According to Brooks "for me, it was very much a story about young brown men, and, to some extent, a story about a society that is responsible for the creation of a generation of young men who are feared, who are addicted, who are potential killers." () Rene Echevarria commented "A good show for Odo. I think people may have started seeing shades of , but the twist on it was that you just can't turn this Jem'Hadar. People felt Hugh had turned, and it was more of a tragedy that he must go back and sacrifice himself for us. This is a different type of tragedy, where we see that there is no turning this type of creature". (Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages, p 85) Ronald D. Moore commented "It's a good episode and an important one to tell things about the Jem'Hadar that were different than we had dealt with before. I thought it was a good opportunity to show Odo's feelings for his people, but the scenes should have been deeper. Act five is particularly rushed and it doesn't pay off as satisfyingly as it could have". (Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages, p 85) In her book Star Trek - Where No One Has Gone Before (paperback ed., p. 202), J.M. Dillard cited this installment as a "fine" example of "an important Star Trek theme." Trivia Bumper Robinson will later voice the Jem'Hadar in Star Trek: Online. This episode marks the first time that the nature of Ketracel-white is detailed, even though it is only referred to as the "missing enzyme" that the Jem'Hadar are "addicted" to. Odo's placing the plant from Kira in his bucket, which he used to reside in while in his gelatinous state, is symbolic of his feelings for her; she has always had a special place in his heart. The symbolic importance of the bucket housing the plant is revisited in the season 4 episode , when, after learning that Kira doesn't love him, and is instead in love with Shakaar, Odo picks up the bucket and smashes it against the wall. Footage from the scene in which Odo uses his bucket for the flowers is incorporated into the montage at the end of . The weapon used by the adolescent Jem'Hadar in the holosuite scene is similar in design to the Ushaan-tor used in the ENT season 4 episode . Odo replays part of the battle scene from , which establishes that it took place on stardate 48214.5, with the on board battle occurring on time index 310. In this episode, Sisko fulfills his promise to Jake, made in the season 2 episode , to allow him to bring Mardah home for dinner. Leslie Bevis makes her second appearance as Rionoj, the Boslic freighter captain, in this episode. She previously appeared in the season 2 episode and would later appear in the season 4 finale , where her character would be named. This is the first episode to refer to Jake's literary talents, foreshadowing his later decision to become a writer/journalist. The events of VOY pilot episode take place between this episode and the next one, judging from the stardates. Tom Morga's costume was sold off on the It's A Wrap! sale and auction on eBay. The scene where Odo attempts to get the Jem'Hadar to smile is reminiscent of a similar scene from Terminator 2, in which John Connor tries to get the T-800 to smile, also with limited success. Video and DVD releases UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 3.3, As part of the DS9 Season 3 DVD collection Links and references Guest Stars Bumper Robinson as Teenager Jill Sayre as Mardah Leslie Bevis as Rionoj Co-Stars Matthew Kimbrough as Alien High Roller Hassan Nicholas as Jem'Hadar Boy Uncredited Co-Stars Sue Henley as civilian Randy James as David B. Levinson as Broik Mary Mascari as Bajoran woman Tom Morga as holographic Tygarian Michael Prokopuk as civilian Unknown performers as Bajoran deputy Corvallen visitor Hortak Stunt Double Henry Kingi, Jr. as stunt double for Siddig El Fadil Stand-ins June Jordan – stand-in for Hassan Nicholas References 2351; 2355; 2364; addiction; Bajor; Bajorans; biomolecular diffusion gradient; blood; Boslics; carotid artery; cc; cellular kinetics profile; Changeling; chemical compound; chemical formula; chest pain; cognitive ability; cold-blooded; constable; ; cooking; court martial; creature; Creole food; DNA; dabo; dabo girl; ; dessert; diaper; dinner; dom-jot; exopsychologist; Founders; freighter; Gamma Quadrant; gelatinous state; genetic engineering; genetic structure; head; heart; heart rate; high roller; holosuite; hug; humanoid; hustler; intelligence; isogenic enzyme; Jem'Hadar; karjinko; Koran; laboratory; laboratory specimen; language skills; latinum; Mandalay sauce; Mardah's parents and guardians; maturation; mental ability; Milky Way Galaxy; milligrams per minute; mitosis; muscle spasm; natural ability; ; neurotransmitter; nucleotide analysis; ; Occupation of Bajor; Odo 1; old man; orphanage; Promenade; Quark's; replicator; Replimat; Risa; Rules of Acquisition; runabout (to Gamma Quadrant); Sarjeno; security log; sentient lifeform; shrimp creole; ; species; spicy; Starbase 201; Starfleet; Starfleet Command; stasis chamber; thyroid; time index; transport vessel; triglyceride; xenobiology Other references Deep Space 9 schematic: cargo turbo subsystem; crew quarters; crossover bridge; defense sail; defense systems monitor; deflector emitter; docking clamp; docking control cabin; docking pylon; docking ring; docking ring airlock; environmental purge/fill station; exhaust cone; fusion reactor assembly; habitat ring; ops module; ore processing center; phaser strip; photon torpedo launcher; power transfer conduit; promenade; radiator; reaction control thruster; reactive shield wall; runabout pad; sensor array; structural assembly; subspace antenna farm; tractor emitter; tug tractor emitter assembly Deleted references Berellians External links de:Der Ausgesetzte es:The Abandoned fr:The Abandoned (épisode) nl:The Abandoned Abandoned, The

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Civil Defense (episode)

Sisko, Jake, and O'Brien accidentally trigger an old Cardassian security system that believes the Occupation is still going on and the station has been taken in a Bajoran workers' rebellion. Summary Teaser In one of Deep Space 9's ore processing units, O'Brien and Jake are deleting old Cardassian files from the computers as part of an effort to convert the facility into a deuterium refinery. Commander Sisko comes in to check on them. In the course of their work, Jake asks for help with removing one of the old files, but when O'Brien attempts to help he triggers a security program. Since O'Brien lacks an appropriate Cardassian access code, the OPU is locked down and an alert about a worker revolt is transmitted to ops… much to the consternation of the Ops crew. In the OPU a recording of Gul Dukat appears on the display, warning the "workers" that they have eight minutes to end their "revolt." Act One While beginning their effort to escape the OPU Sisko hears from Kira on his combadge, and she tries to beam them out of the OPU without success… since she also lacks the needed access code. From his security office, Odo then speaks up to the effect that he is also trying to get them out, but that it will take time. Just then Quark walks into the security office, and offers his help. Much to Odo's surprise, Quark reveals in response that he has access codes for clearances one level higher than Odo does – and offers to make an "arrangement" for giving Odo the added level of clearance. Annoyed, Odo asks Quark to leave, but since Quark feels that the security office is the safest place on the station, he's determined to stay (and annoy Odo just by being there). Still frustrated in their efforts to escape, Sisko announces to the computer that he is the leader of the "revolt" and that they surrender. With the reprieve they gain, they work out a stratagem by which Jake will climb up the ore chute and open a hatch to greater safety than they have in the main area of the OPU. Just then, another recording plays, announcing that the compartment will be filled with neurocine gas in three minutes if the all-clear is not sounded by station security forces. As the three minutes draws to a close, Jake is only then able to open the hatch, and the three of them climb above the gas. However, the computer detects this escape and initiates a counter-insurgency program which locks down ops and the security office, and dampens combadge signals. The Ops crew is now trapped in the Ops center, as are Quark and Odo in the latter's office. Act Two Meanwhile Commander Sisko, O'Brien, and Jake have discovered that their combadges don't work, and start trying to break out of an ore receiving area by using a cart as a battering ram against a hatch. They finally give up that approach and figure out a way to blow the hatch with raw uridium ore primed with electricity from a nearby light. In Ops, Dax is trying to regain control of the main computer when her hands are burned by an intrusion countermeasure when a force field activates. This countermeasure also escalates the counter-insurgency program again, an action which a new recording says will result in neurocine being pumped into the station's habitat ring, killing everyone there. Just then Garak steps into ops, having made his way through the station with his old but still-valid access codes. After Garak explains what he understands of the situation, the other senior staff decide to disable the station's life support system in order to forestall the release of the gas. Garak is emphatic that such a course of action is the only way to keep the inhabitants of the habitat ring from being poisoned. Shutting down life support will cause the station to run out of oxygen in about twelve hours, but this is much more preferable than the less-than-five minutes they have before the gas is released. Major Kira overloads the life support console with her phaser… which escalates the counter-insurgency program once more. The recording that goes along with the event announces that in two hours the station will self-destruct, and the computer begins the countdown. Act Three Since Dukat (the former commander of the station) is the only individual who can shut down the self-destruct, Garak tries to impersonate Dukat's codes and hack into the computer. To prevent the computer from scanning Garak's DNA to confirm his identity, Dax devises a new plan to disable the security sensors in Ops. However, before the plan can be put fully into action, an alarm is tripped and the counter-insurgency program escalates yet again – now to level four – which causes a maximum-intensity disruptor to appear in the Ops food replicator and start firing at high rates throughout ops. One unfortunate Starfleet officer is immediately annihilated. A few minutes later Dukat himself transports unannounced into Ops and explains that his ship received a distress call, saying that Terok Nor was in the grip of a Bajoran rebellion. While he blathers on, the disruptor continues to fire around him, since it is programmed only to fire at non-Cardassians, except when Dukat pauses it to request a cup of red leaf tea from the replicator. Kira, still taking cover, demands that he do something, and Dukat says, all in good time… provided that he receive something in return. During his diatribe, he baits Garak into an argument. He requests that Kira follow him into Sisko's (formerly his) office, shutting down the disruptor almost as an afterthought. In the office, he offers to shut down the counter-insurgency program, but only in exchange for being allowed to place a Cardassian garrison on the station. Kira immediately refuses those terms, but Dukat asks whether she's really willing to sacrifice the lives of all 2,000 people aboard the station. Kira retorts that she would rather destroy the station than hand it back to the Cardassians. With thirty minutes left on the countdown, Dukat struts out of the office and prepares to transport back to his ship, leaving them to think it over and promising to return when they have about five minutes left. However, as soon as Dukat signals his ship to beam him back, he trips a subroutine in the counter-insurgency program, left in the event the commander of Terok Nor attempts to flee the station during a revolt. A message from his former commanding officer, , informs him that all his access codes have been rescinded and the countdown can no longer be halted. After castigating Dukat for his "cowardice," the computer tells him to "try to die like a Cardassian", leaving Dukat uncharacteristically lost for words – and trapped with the others. Act Four Dukat tries repeatedly to deactivate the self-destruct, only for the computer to refuse to accept his access codes. Garak starts to laugh, touching off a brief spat between them, before Kira silences them both and tells Dukat to explain the self-destruct process. Dukat says that once the countdown reaches zero, the computer will deactivate the main reactor's stabilizers, triggering a catastrophic overload. Dax asks whether the reactor can be shut down before the countdown is completed; Dukat theorizes that the reactor's laser fusion initiator could be manually disengaged – but only from inside the reactor room. Dax counters that the initiator could be disengaged from a control junction on Level 34, but Bashir points out that with Dukat's access codes rescinded, no one, Cardassian or otherwise, can get past the force fields sealing off Ops. Dax further points out that even if they could disable those fields, they don't have time to disable every single field between Ops and Level 34, and they need a way to shut all of them down simultaneously. Back in the ore receiving bay, Sisko and O'Brien successfully blow the hatch which opens to the rest of the station. They try to make their way to ops, but find themselves blocked by force fields. In ops, a plan is worked out to overload the power supplied to the force fields, and it works, also resulting in the restoration of communications (though the force field affecting the security office turns out to be on a different power system which hasn't been overloaded). Kira immediately explains to Commander Sisko the need to disable the reactor's initiator. He orders the rest of the senior staff to begin evacuating the station while he and O'Brien attempt to shut down the reactor. Sisko tells Jake to head for landing pad C, but Jake refuses, opting instead to help his father and O'Brien save the station. Act Five Odo and Quark, still trapped in his office, finally hear Kira inform them communications are back and the force fields are down. Odo, however, finds his is still in place, and supposes the Cardassians didn't fully trust their security officer (himself) at the time, putting his force field on a different system. Quark, frustrated, attributes this to Odo's integrity, which will get them killed. Previously, Odo had flattered Quark by saying that he was the most devious Ferengi he had ever met. With only six minutes left until the fusion reactor overloads, Commander Sisko and O'Brien discover that the main corridors leading to the reactor control junction are blocked by debris from the power overload, so they decide to direct the reactor's energy against the station's shields instead, and attempt to go through a burning maintenance conduit in order to reach a suitable control junction. Commander Sisko orders his son to stay behind in the main corridor. O'Brien passes out, but Sisko makes it all the way to the control junction and starts to implement the plan he worked out with O'Brien. While the commander is busy rearranging data rods, Jake disobeys his father's orders in order to pull O'Brien out of the maintenance corridor, which saves O'Brien's life. Sisko gets the last of the data rods replaced at the last instant. On the Promenade, the doors to Odo's office finally open, and he looks back to see Quark browsing through the files at his desk. Among these files, Quark is outraged to find Odo's assessment of him as a self-important con artist who is not as clever as he thinks he is. Then as they walk off together, Odo admits that he was just trying to be nice when he praised Quark's duplicity, because he thought they were both about to die. When challenged, Odo recites a list of Ferengi he considers more devious than Quark, starting with the Grand Nagus and even including Rom. Memorable quotes [After the security doors trap Quark and Odo] "You're telling me I'm stuck here with you?" "No… I'm stuck here with you. Believe me, a far worse fate." - Quark and Odo "Well. If you'd like a level seven, I'm sure we can make some kind of arrangement." "Leave me alone, Quark." - Quark and Odo "You know, I never knew how much this man's voice annoyed me." - Commander Sisko, to Chief O'Brien while a recording of Dukat blathers in the background "You have five seconds to enter correct access code." "Or what?" "I don't know, but I better stop it!" - Cardassian computer, Jake Sisko and Miles O'Brien "You know, I've been here nearly three years and I was just finally starting to think of this place as home." "Your home was built by Cardassians, doctor. Don't ever forget that." "Well, there's not much chance of that, is there?" - Bashir and Kira "Ironic, isn't it? The only place in the galaxy that still recognizes my access code is a Bajoran space station." - Garak "I should've listened to my father. He always warned me this was going to happen." "What, that you'd spend your final hours in jail? I could've told you that." - Quark and Odo "Quark, I've met a lot of Ferengis in my time, and the truth is, while some of them have been more wealthy, I've never met one more devious." "Really?" "Would I lie?" "I guess not. Thank you, Odo. That means a lot to me. Now, can I have the phaser back?" "No." - Odo and Quark "Why go to so much trouble to keep people out of the security office?" "It's not to keep people out, it's to keep me in. I suppose, during the Occupation, the Cardassians considered their security chief a security risk." "And I know why." "Oh, do you?" "It's because they knew you were an honorable man. The kind of person who would do the right thing regardless of the circumstances. And now your integrity… is going to get us both killed. I hope you're happy." - Quark and Odo "Where's Commander Sisko? I trust he wasn't vaporized, while asking for one of those raktajinos he's so fond of?" - Dukat "Garak, groveling in a corner. That alone makes my trip worthwhile." - Dukat "(signals his ship) Dukat, one to transport. Energize… (nothing happens) Energize!" "Dukat, if you are seeing this recording, it means you tried to abandon your post while the station's self-destruct sequence was engaged. That will not be permitted." "This is outrageous!" "You have lost control of Terok Nor, disgracing yourself and Cardassia. Your attempt to escape is no doubt a final act of cowardice. All fail-safes have been eliminated, your personal access codes have been rescinded. The destruct sequence can no longer be halted. All you can do now is contemplate the depth of your disgrace… and try to die like a Cardassian." - Dukat and Legate Kell (on recording) "I thought your father told you to stay out of there!" "If you don't tell him, I won't." - O'Brien and Jake Background information Story and script This episode had an extremely difficult gestation. According to Ira Steven Behr, "It was one of those back-breaking, horrible, horrible experiences," although he does acknowledge that "it was terrific at the end." The original pitch by Mike Krohn was intended as a bottle show, and while the basic man-against-machine element of the plot was fine, the problem, according to Ronald D. Moore, was in trying to find a way "to make the jeopardy intriguing, to find the inner story." By the time of production, virtually every writer on the staff had had a go at the script, but every single draft was rejected by Michael Piller. According to Behr, Piller called him at 8:00am on a Monday morning to tell him, "I hate to say this Ira, but I'm not buying any of it – it's not working." In the end, after much work, the staff finally got together a script which Piller approved, and the episode was green-lit, but even then, there were more problems. According to Behr, "The writing process turned out as painful and disgusting as we thought it would be." However, he does acknowledge that "in the end, it turned out solid, with some nice twists and some great stuff for Garak and Dukat, and the paired up teams." () Behr commented on Dukat being more of a villain than he was previously in and , "We were making him a little too friendly and we definitely did not want to do that. I don't want him to become the friendly neighborhood Cardassian". (Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages, p 87) Production The belt which Odo wore for the first six episodes of this season disappears in this episode. Rene Auberjonois had originally asked for the belt because he liked the look of the belt which costume designer Robert Blackman had designed for the mirror universe 's all-black outfit in . However, on the beige costume, Auberjonois felt that the belt looked "Buck Rogers-y" and asked if he could remove it. Kira finally notices the difference in . () Reception David Livingston commented "Cool episode. And poor Reza had no prep time". (Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages, p 86) Bo Yeon Kim commented: "There's always that one episode where everything just "clicks" for you, the one that makes you realize when you're helplessly in love with a show. This was that episode for me with DS9. It had a wonderful balance of action and comedy, vaguely disguised as a bottle show (for which I have a great affinity), through which somehow every character was given an opportunity to shine. It also brilliantly utilized the space station and its notorious history as a Cardassian station, creating (quite literally) a ticking time bomb". Trivia This is the first episode where we see Dukat express a desire for Kira, something that would return many times in the future, perhaps seen at its most forceful in the fourth season episode and the sixth season episode . In this episode however, his attempt to impress her is treated humorously, something which displeased Nana Visitor. According to Visitor, "I would have liked my character to make the point that only a few years earlier, Dukat's wanting me would have meant that he could have had me, and I wouldn't have been able to do a thing about it. So it shouldn't have been seen as a 'cute' moment. It was actually a horrifying moment, one that would make Kira feel disgust and panic. To Kira, Dukat is Hitler. She's not ever going to get over that. She can never forgive him, and that is important to me. Kira may have started to see Cardassians as individuals, but she will always hate Dukat." () In subsequent episodes, Dukat's longing for Kira would take on a much less humorous tone. This episode builds upon the antagonism between Gul Dukat and Garak which was first hinted at in the second season episode . It would next be seen in the fourth season episode . "Civil Defense" resembles the episode . In both episodes the crew trigger a computer program which they are unable to shut down and which proves life-threatening. However, in "Worst Case Scenario", the program was a holographic simulation that became a threat to the crew primarily due to an accident. In "Civil Defense", however, the program had been placed there specifically to threaten the crew. Coincidentally, in both episodes the programs' creators are Cardassian (Although in "Scenario" Seska merely adapted a pre-existing program rather than creating one of her own). This episode was the first to mention Quark's cousin, . Josh Pais plays the character in the episodes (Season 5) and (Season 6). This is the second time in the series that a hidden device or program on Deep Space 9 causes mayhem on the station; the first time was the aphasia device planted by Dekon Elig in . Referenced Rules of Acquisition: #75 ("Home is where the heart is, but the stars are made of latinum") Remastered version Remastered scenes from the episode are featured in the documentary What We Left Behind. Video and DVD releases UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 3.4, As part of the DS9 Season 3 DVD collection Links and references Guest Stars Andrew Robinson as "Garak" Marc Alaimo as "Gul Dukat" Danny Goldring as Uncredited Co-Stars Ivy Borg as Rita Tannenbaum Judi Durand as Deep Space 9 computer voice Bill Hagy as Markalian Sue Henley as command officer Randy James as Zak Knutson as Pakled commander Mary Mascari as Bajoran woman Robin Morselli as Bajoran officer Michael Prokopuk as command officer Stand-ins and photo doubles Ivor Bartels as stand-in/ photo double for Cirroc Lofton Stunt double Unknown stunt performer as stunt double for Colm Meaney References 2369; access code (aka authorization code, command code, emergency code, security code); Bajor; Bajorans; bar; ; burn; Cardassia; Cardassian; Celsius; command pathway; con artist; control junction; counter-insurgency program; cousin; DaiMon; dampening field; Deep Space 9 levels; ; Demilitarized Zone; deuterium; DNA; door; Dukat's father; electrical charge; fail-safe; Federation; Ferengi; Frin; fusion reactor; ; Gaila's moon; garrison; Grand Nagus; habitat ring; heart; hour; infirmary; interrogative subroutine; Jake-o; Keldar; landing pad; laser fusion initiator; latinum; leader; main fusion reactor; maintenance conduit; medkit; meter; Milky Way Galaxy; neurocine gas; neutralization emitter; Occupation of Bajor; operations center; oxygen; paranoia; patriotism; plasma conduit; plasma fire; power supply grid; Prakesh; Promenade; purification (chemistry); Quark's; racquetball; raktajino; ram; reaction stabilizer; red leaf tea; replicator; revolt; riot; Rules of Acquisition; runabout; security clearance; security protocol; self-destruct; short-sightedness; star; stirrup; suffocation; surrender; temperature; ton; tone of voice; Tye; turbolift shaft; uncle; uridium; worker; Zek External links de:In der Falle es:Civil Defense fr:Civil Defense (épisode) nl:Civil Defense DS9 episodes

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Meridian (episode)

Jadzia falls in love with a scientist on a planet whose inhabitants shift between this universe and a plane of pure energy, re-emerging every sixty years. Back on DS9, Quark tries to obtain a holo-image of Major Kira for an erotic holosuite program for a wealthy patron. Summary Teaser In Deep Space 9's Replimat, Major Kira is sipping a hot cup of replicated coffee when Odo walks up to her. They sit together at a table and discuss the sensuality of food and drink, and the difficulty that Odo has in appreciating that sensuality by virtue of the limitations imposed by his Changeling physiology. holographic imager Just then Tiron approaches Kira and explains that he regretted her early departure from Quark's the night before. However, Kira's unimpressed and clearly anxious to make Tiron go away… so she tells Tiron that Odo is her lover. Hands are held, eloquent platitudes are exchanged all around, Tiron bids Kira farewell before leaving the Replimat crestfallen, Kira thanks Odo enthusiastically for playing along, and Odo is left staring at the hand Kira held after she leaves for Ops. The is in the Gamma Quadrant on an exploration mission cadged from Starfleet notwithstanding the threat of Dominion attack. Gravimetric distortions are detected in the nearby Trialus system, so Commander Sisko orders Jadzia Dax in to take the Defiant into the system for a closer look. When the Defiant enters the system Dax discerns that the distortions aren't coming from the system's star. A few moments later, a planet comes into view and the distortions cease. Act One When Lieutenant Dax scans the planet in order to determine where it came from, they discover a settlement on the southern hemisphere of approximately thirty people, which shortly hails the Defiant. Sisko responds and describes his confusion; the woman at the other end of the connection introduces herself as Seltin Rakal, explains that her planet exists largely in a separate dimension that intersects with that of the Defiant and its crew, and invites the senior staff of the Defiant to the surface for first meal. Once on the surface Sisko, Dax, Bashir and O'Brien sit down to eat with the inhabitants of the settlement. After some pleasantries, Sisko and Dax discuss with Seltin and Deral the nature of the planet's dimensional shifts. It is explained that the cause of the dimensional shifts is unknown but thought to be related somehow to the behavior of the system's sun. Seltin and Deral go on to explain that after each dimensional shift the planet, named Meridian, ceases to exist in normal space and its inhabitants become beings of "pure consciousness" until things shift back after 60 years, at which point everything is "just as [they] left it" since the planet is not subject to the normal passage of time while it is dimensionally shifted. Bashir says that he can see the appeal in this dimensional shift. Back on the station, Tiron melodramatically explains to Quark that he couldn't stand his time in the holosuites, as he found it extremely boring and isn't likely to find it any more interesting, but describes what he really wants: a holosuite program built around Kira. Quark suggests that such a thing will be very expensive, and in response Tiron offers a bar of latinum and one of the rings from his left hand as payment. Deeply impressed by the suggested price, Quark remarks on the difficulty of the task, to which Tiron responds by baiting Quark over his reputation for getting things. Quark hesitates briefly, but promises to deliver the holosuite program Tiron's asked for. However, Tiron refuses to pay until the program is completed and deemed acceptable. On Meridian, Deral explains to Dax that the inhabitants of the planet are descendants of an expedition that was stranded there a millennium earlier, and that their numbers have dwindled since they can only reproduce when they're not shifted out of the "normal" dimension, and those spells are growing progressively shorter, with the current phase lasting only 12 days. Deral goes on to explain that eventually the planet will be too unstable to shift back, at which point the planet and all of its inhabitants will cease to exist. Act Two Later, Sisko promises Seltin that he will do everything he can to help. Dax and Deral announce that they are beaming up to the Defiant to scan the system's sun. Kira walks into Quark's only to discover that she's been declared the millionth customer. Quark tells her that she's won a number of gifts, including a beverage, a free spin at the dabo table and a free hour in the holosuite with a program of her choice. Kira's quite pleased with herself since she's never won anything. However, she points out that she doesn't like holosuites and tells Quark that she's going to give her free holosuite time to Ensign Quintana since it is his birthday. Kira excitedly takes her turn at dabo, however. On the bridge of the Defiant, a probe with shield modifications is being sent into Meridian's sun. Once the launch goes off Deral, who's been steadily romancing Dax since she first came to Meridian, gives her an invitation back down to the planet for some quality time… which she accepts with mock bashfulness, as Sisko and O'Brien observe them from the other side of the bridge. Once on the surface of Meridian, Deral explains to Dax that he's a widower who's been "waiting for the right woman to fall out of the sky" – and that Dax is that right woman. Deral leads Dax into a tree and moments later they lean in to kiss, but Dax loses her balance and they climb down, instead. However, after a little more time they finally do share a passionate kiss. Act Three Later, Sisko contacts Dax to announce that they've obtained more telemetry from the probe, and throws in a few good-hearted jibes about her acceptance of Deral's affections. With the telemetry data downloaded onto a PADD, Dax is able to work out a way to keep Meridian in normal space for more than thirty years, once it has shifted out and back again. Meanwhile, at the station Odo is with Kira on the upper level of the Promenade, and spies Quark attempting to take a holo-image of Kira from the mezzanine of his bar. Once he's been caught, Quark tries to weasel his way out of the situation, but Kira simply throws Quark's holo-imager over her shoulder and down onto the main level of the bar. She warns Quark that if she catches him again taking a holo image of her, she will make him eat the imager. Back on Meridian, Dax explains that her idea will work, and will in fact equalize the time between dimensional shifts – but that the needed changes won't be completed until Meridian has already shifted back. This is at odds with Deral's desire to start a relationship with Dax, which she's entirely willing to reciprocate, so he offers to leave Meridian with her and return with the Defiant to the Alpha Quadrant. Act Four In Quark's, Tiron is waiting impatiently for Quark to finish the new holoprogram. Quark has obtained the encryption key for Kira's personnel file, and with this development he assures Tiron that he'll be able to finish the new program before Tiron leaves the station in two days. However, Quark's efforts have not gone undetected by Odo. In his security office, Odo informs Kira of the security breach and that he traced it back to the Ferengi bartender. He offers to arrest Quark or have Kira do it herself, but the major has a better idea… Back on Meridian, Dax and Deral are cuddling, but a distracted Deral concedes that he'd stay on Meridian if he could have Dax there with him. She offers to use the transporter buffer to make her physiology compatible with the demands of the dimensional shift, which greatly pleases a shocked Deral. Act Five Later Dax goes back to her quarters on the Defiant to put in a request to Starfleet for a 60 year leave of absence, which Sisko supports in spite of the fact that the prospect tugs on his heartstrings. The commander tearfully tells Dax how much he will miss her, and she emotionally tells him the same. Again in Quark's, the Kira holoprogram is complete. Tiron goes into the holosuite to inspect his purchase. However, the Kira character has been altered… the body is Kira's, but the head and voice are Quark's! Tiron storms out of the holosuite and thence out of the bar, promising to do his best at ruining Quark's reputation. As soon as Tiron stomps out Odo and Kira step in, asking Quark if he's gotten "another satisfied customer." Finally, after many emotional goodbyes, Dax is ready to beam down to Meridian and undergo the dimensional shift. Once it begins, however, something goes wrong – the others are shifting, but Dax isn't, and the bridge crew of the Defiant determines that the anomaly is threatening to tear Meridian apart. O'Brien beams Dax back to the Defiant… which allows the planet to complete its dimensional shift. Later, Dax is alone in her quarters, beside herself with grief. Sisko comes in offering remorse, but Dax says that she'll "just need some time." After Sisko leaves, she sits down in a corner and says, "just sixty years or so." Log entries Commander's log, Deep Space 9, 2371 Memorable quotes "Odo, I know you don't need to eat, but did you ever try it anyway?" "Once. Not long after I was first able to assume the humanoid form." "And…?" "… And since I don't have taste buds it was very unsatisfying. Not to mention messy." "Messy?!" "I'd rather not talk about it." - Kira Nerys and Odo "… We were having such a pleasant conversation." "As I recall, you were the one doing all the talking." - Tiron and Kira "I wish we'd had time to beam down to the surface and take a closer look." "Yeah, but I'd hate to have run into a Jem'Hadar patrol while we were down there picking flowers." - Jadzia Dax and O'Brien "The gravimetric distortions are intensifying, but they don't seem to be coming from the star itself." "But where else could they be coming from? There aren't any planets in this system." "There are now." - Jadzia and O'Brien "I was admiring… your markings. Are they decorative?" "No. Are yours?" "No. …If you don't mind me asking… how far down do they go?" "All the way." - Deral and Jadzia "It's delicious." "Especially if you've been looking forward to it for sixty years." "That's a long time between meals." - Jadzia, Deral, and O'Brien "Oh, for that kind of money, you can move into a holosuite. Now, what is it you want?" "I want… Major Kira." "Kir- What are you going to do with Kira in a holosuite? …No. Don't tell me. I don't want to know." - Quark and Tiron "After eight lifetimes as a humanoid, existing as pure consciousness… might be interesting." "Next time we see each other, I'll probably be a great-grandfather!" "Good, then I can call you Old Man." - Jadzia and Sisko, finding it impossible to hold back their giggles "Do you think you'll be done overhauling the station by the next time I see you [sixty years hence]?" "I doubt it." - Jadzia and O'Brien Background information Production history Production number: 011-40513-454 Final draft script: Filmed: Wednesday – bridge (Paramount Stage 18) Thursday – Replimat, Quark's (Paramount Stage 17) Friday – Security office, Quark's, Holosuite (Paramount Stage 17), Defiant bridge (Paramount Stage 18) Monday – Meridian Garden (Location: Huntington Garden) Tuesday – Defiant bridge, transporter room, Dax's Quarters (Paramount Stage 18) Wednesday – Defiant bridge, Village Commons (Paramount Stage 18) Thursday – Village Commons (Paramount Stage 18) Friday – Village Commons (Paramount Stage 18) Thursday – 2nd Unit: Holosuite (Paramount Stage 6) Air date: Story and script Mark Gehred-O'Connell's original title for the episode was "Prophet in the Wind". () "Meridian" is based on , a musical about a magical Scottish village that appears only once every one hundred years. Co-Executive Producer Ira Steven Behr, an admirer of Brigadoon, confessed to originating the idea about making an episode based on the musical. Of his idea to do a Star Trek show based on Brigadoon, Behr says "I am a moron." () Mark Gehred-O'Connell commented: "["Meridian"] is an outer space version of Brigadoon, with Dax as . It's really a fun story. We know that Dax has had many romantic entanglements over the course of three hundred years, but this is the first time that Jadzia Dax has fallen in love. That's the angle on which I'm building this script. There isn't a whole lot of jeopardy or danger and there are no bad guys. In that sense, it's a lot like . It's a light story in many ways, but it has emotional weight for Dax, and it's very appealing. All of her friends have to realize that this is her first romance. Sisko is used to thinking of Dax as old Curzon, and it comes as a shock to him". () Rewritten/Omitted scenes According to the script and the call sheets there were several scenes in this episode which had to be rewritten or were omitted including: Scene 8 – This omitted scene would've been part of the Meridian first meal. Scene 15 – This scene was omitted. According to the description on the call sheet, Benjamin Sisko would go on and play vajhaq with Lito and his friend. It was scheduled to be filmed on Thursday on Paramount Stage 18. Scenes 25 pt.-28 – These scenes were omitted. They were scheduled to be filmed on Thursday 29 September 1994 on Paramount Stage 18. According to the descriptions on the call sheet, these scenes would've featured more dialog between Siddig El Fadil and Christine Healy. The headlines of these scenes include "Meridians are in perfect health", "comment on amiable work relationship", and "work together". Scenes 33-34 – As noted on the call sheet for Thursday , these scenes were different in the first draft of the script. Scene 34 would've featured Quark runs away from Tiron on the Promenade after Tiron expressed his displeasure. Nana Visitor would've also been featured. Scene 39 – This scene was set to be on the bridge of the Defiant but was omitted. It was scheduled to be filmed on Tuesday on Paramount Stage 18 and included Terry Farrell, Brett Cullen, and Siddig El Fadil. The headline for this scenes was "Try to enable Deral to stay". Scenes 44-45 – These scenes were omitted. Scene 53 – This scene was omitted. Scenes 62-63 – These scenes were omitted. Production The hologram consisting of Kira Nerys' body and Quark's head was supposed to be Nana Visitor's body with Armin Shimerman's head (in make-up) inserted in post-production. Although Visitor was scheduled to appear in the shot, it would have required her to wear a foam rubber head, which would be replaced by Quark's head. However, Visitor was still reeling from claustrophobia as a result of the Cardassian make-up she wore for . When Quark's make-up artist, Camille Calvet, attempted to place the rubber head on her, Visitor panicked. Thus, body double Leah Burrough filled in for her. () The call sheet for the first day of filming, Wednesday , has the remarks for Avery Brooks and Colm Meaney to have a haircut after they finished filming their scenes for . Siddig El Fadil also received a haircut. The same call sheet also features more background performers on the bridge of the Defiant. Besides Lydia Tracy and Sam Murdzak, Kathleen Demor, Stuart Nixon, and an actor with the last name are listed. The latter three did not appear in the final scenes but Sam Alejan. According to the call sheet for the second day of production, Thursday , there was a cast photo session on Paramount Stage 4 besides the regular filming. Green screens were used during the dimensional shift sequences of the Meridian inhabitants and Jadzia Dax. (Call sheet, day 5) The television production report for the second day of production, Thursday , there was a twenty-five minute delay in production due to makeup/hair delays for Rene Auberjonois. The Grip Tom Bookout was ill and went home and was replaced by Joe Cantu. Regular Assistant Chief Lighting Technician Ed Cooper was also absent and was replaced by Lamp Operator Ralph Johnson who was replaced by Frank Valdez. The television production report for the third day of production, Friday , is listing ADR looping sessions for Nana Visitor, Mary Kay Adams, and Rosalind Chao for the episodes and between 2:00 and 4:30 pm. The television production report for the fourth day of production, Monday , mentions, that a gardener from Huntington Garden backed his truck into a production van from Paramount Pictures. No damage or injuries occurred but there was a transporter accident report. The television production report for the fifth day of production, Tuesday , is listing an ADR looping session for Natalija Nogulich for the episode between 12:45 and 12:50 pm. It also mentions that the regulator on the hair trailer's propane tanks was broken and needed to be replaced on Wednesday. Transportation Coordinator Larry Dukes assured that there was no danger. Set Security Myles Abney was absent and replaced by Ray Marinko. The television production report for the seventh day of production, Thursday , is listing ADR looping sessions for Colm Meaney, Carlos Carrasco, Max Grodénchik, Lisa Banes, and Nicholas Cascone for the episodes and between 9:45 am and 3:45 pm. It also noted that Sound Mixer Bill Gocke was absent and replaced by Ron Cogswell. Assistant Chief Lighting Technician Phil Jacobson and Lamp Operator Mickey Welsh were absent as well and Jacobson was again replaced by Ralph Johnson. According to the television production report for the final day of filming, Friday , the production of this episode was 0.6 hours under budget. Cast and characters This episode features the first appearance of Jeffrey Combs on the series, as well as on Star Trek. He would later play the recurring characters of Weyoun and Liquidator Brunt on the series and Commander Shran in , as well as many more single character appearances like Tiron. Combs, who had originally auditioned for the role of William T. Riker on , was cast as Tiron by this episode's director, Jonathan Frakes (who actually got the part of Riker). Jeffrey Combs commented: "["Meridian"] was my first time on a Star Trek set so it was very exciting. I remember there being a lot of hair. Because I was a new alien, they kept making me change my hairstyle. They would take Polaroids, then come back 30 minutes later and change the hair again. That got to be annoying. That's honestly what I remember about it". () Cirroc Lofton (Jake Sisko) does not appear in this episode. The mirror universe counterpart of Tiron appeared in the Star Trek: Mirror Universe Shards and Shadows anthology A Terrible Beauty. Odo's revelation that he loves Kira is hinted in the opening scene in the Replimat. It was also hinted in and Lwaxana Troi had guessed it in until it was revealed in . Sets, props, and costumes The garden set of Meridian, where Jadzia and Deral engage in a relationship, was filmed at the Huntington Garden in San Marino, California. The village commons on Meridian were a reuse of the set used for the temple of Masaka in , and were built on Paramount Stage 18. The modified set can also be seen as the Klingon Great Hall in and the Albino's lair in . The backdrop seen outside the house was actually a 270-degree backdrop borrowed from , where it had been originally created to be used on . () The aerial view of the settlement on Meridian was a reuse of a shot previously used in s sixth season episode . That shot was a composite of a Thai jungle picture, taken by Dan Curry, and a maquette of the Carraya IV Romulan prison camp. For "Meridian", the shot was slightly modified to match the full-scale set of Meridian. To dispel the notion of it being a walled prison, a large hall was added to the depiction of the model, matching the full-scale set, a small building was put outside the walls with other walls and watch towers either being removed or modified. The costumes worn by Christine Healy, Jeffrey Combs, and Brett Cullen were sold off on the It's A Wrap! sale and auction on eBay. In addition, the costume worn by Catherine Wong was also sold on the web. Quark's holo-imager was also sold off on the It's A Wrap! sale and auction on eBay. It was actually the Bajoran tricorder prop seen in the episode with an added image capture element. The prop later appeared as a controller for restraints in and as a Klingon communicator in . In 2019 and 2020 this prop was again up for auction at the Propstore. Music This episode marks the return of composer Dennis McCarthy to DS9. He had left temporarily to compose the score for . He created a sad, gentle theme to play up the romantic aspects of the show, adding more strings than usual to the makeup of the orchestra, and taking away some brass. () Continuity During the first meal Deral asks Jadzia how far down her markings go, to what she replies "All the way". It is seen in that Jadzia's spots do go down to her feet, as they can be seen briefly in shots of her on the hospital bed at the Trill homeworld. Further "spottings" include scenes of and . This episode marks the first appearance of the Defiants transporter room. This is the first episode in which Sisko goes back into the Gamma Quadrant since , in which they located the Founders and effectively initiated a cold war with the Dominion. Meridian's reveal in the teaser on the Defiants viewscreen is similar to when the planet Aldea appeared suddenly in front of the in . A script for this episode was sold off on the It's A Wrap! sale and auction on eBay. This was the last episode of Deep Space Nine to air before the release of on . According to a stardate reference from the episode , this episode takes place one month after . Tiron orders a glass of Andorian ale when speaking to Quark about the mediocre holosuite programs. The actor, Jeffrey Combs, would later go on to play an Andorian commander in . The Meridian traditions of "first meal" and "last meal" are mentioned in the book Star Trek: Celebrations. How difficult it was to get a holographic image of Kira was later again discussed, in the sixth season episode . This episode marks the second of three Deep Space Nine episodes directed by Jonathan Frakes. The others are and , also third season episodes. Reception Some members of the DS9 staff consider this episode to be the weakest of the season. For example, writer Hilary J. Bader says "Of all the stories I've done for Star Trek, "Meridian" is my least favorite"; writer/producer Ronald D. Moore claims "I don't think anyone likes the show. I don't think we liked the show. This one just went wrong. It never gelled"; and visual effects supervisor Glenn Neufeld says "A classic case of making it up as we go. I don't want to talk about it." () Ira Steven Behr commented "There are some nice things in it, but to make that show really work, we would have needed another $200,000 for opticals. There were some sweet things in the show, some nice moments, but it was tough to do. We were trying to create a society that was not tech oriented, yet there were all these tech questions that had to be answered: what do they wear, how do they live? How do you tell a love story in thirty minutes? It's really difficult. I can't say as a love story the show was really successful". (Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages, p. 87) Terry Farrell enjoyed making "Meridian". Farrell commented: "I thought that show was done well. I loved working with Jonathan [Frakes]. But, to be honest, I thought worked better as a love story. I don't think "Meridian" was as emotionally honest as "Rejoined" in its approach to a Dax relationship and its dialogue. I just fell in love with the guy. Boom! Many people enjoyed that show and, as an actress, I did too, especially the scene where I had to say goodbye to Avery Brooks. Those kinds of scenes are very easy to play with Avery, because he's so supportive of me. If it hadn't been for Avery, I don't know if I would have gotten through our first season". () Rene Echevarria commented "I think Ira's sister is the one who said it seemed like an original series episode, and I'll take that as a compliment. On the original Star Trek, they often asked the audience to accept a love story, a huge premise or a tragic separation – sometimes all three – in a single episode". (Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages, p. 87) David Livingston commented "It was mostly talking. Jonathan got some really nice performances out of Terry and our guest actor. We went back to Huntington Gardens and we found this tree that was great. It was a sweet scene". (Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages, p. 87) A summary of this episode is part of . Video and DVD releases UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 3.4 on . As part of the LaserDisc release in Japan on . US VHS release (Paramount Home Video) on . As part of the DS9 Season 3 DVD collection on (Region 1) and (Region 2). As part of the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - The Collector's Edition. As part of the digital release. Links and references Guest Stars Brett Cullen as Deral Christine Healy as Seltin Rakal Jeffrey Combs as Tiron Co-Star Mark Humphrey as Child Uncredited Co-stars Sam Alejan as sciences officer Faye Barge as Bajoran operations officer Scott Barry as Bajoran command officer Bernie Bielawski as Ferengi waiter Rico Bueno as Meridian adult Leah Burrough as (body double) Tory Christopher as sciences officer Robert Coffee as Bajoran operations officer Kathleen Demor as operations lieutenant Steve Diamond as Bajoran command officer Jasmine Gagnier as operations officer Terry Green as operations lieutenant David B. Levinson as Broik Dan Magee as command lieutenant Mary Mascari as Bajoran woman Mary Meinel-Newport as Bolian woman Robin Morselli as Bajoran command officer Sam Murdzak as operations officer Chuck Shanks as operations lieutenant Armin Shimerman as (head) Lydia Tracy as operations lieutenant Nana Visitor as (voice) Michael Wajacs as Bajoran civilian Catherine Wong as Meridian adult Unknown performers as Buck-toothed alien Dabo girl Female Pelian Green-skinned alien with beaked face Meridian boy Meridian girl Meridian musician Thirteen Meridian adults Stand-ins Rachel Abe – stand-in for Terry Farrell Ivor Bartels – stand-in for Siddig El Fadil and utility stand-in Bernie Bielawski – stand-in for Armin Shimerman Mark Lentry – stand-in for Rene Auberjonois and Brett Cullen David B. Levinson – stand-in for Armin Shimerman Marps – stand-in for Jeffrey Combs Robin Morselli – stand-in for Christine Healy and utility stand-in Randy Pflug – stand-in for Colm Meaney and utility stand-in Dottie Sinclair – stand-in for Nana Visitor and utility stand-in – stand-in for Terry Farrell Witt – stand-in for Jeffrey Combs Unknown performer – stand-in for Mark Humphrey References 14th century; 2311; 2368; 2371; 2431; advantage; air; Alpha Quadrant; ambassador; anchor; Andorian ale; appetite; applause; arrest; attack; bag; Bajoran; Bajoran earring; Bajoran Military Academy; Bajoran Militia uniform; Bajoran rank insignia; balance; baldness; ball; bar; bar (latinum); basket; beam; bed; bench; berry; ; birthday; biting; body; Bolian; bottle; bowl; box; bridge; bridge (structure); building; business; business associate; cadet; calculation; card; Cardassian; cascade reaction; catalog; celebration; century; chair; champagne; Changeling; channel; ; cheek; chief of operations; chief of security; 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Defiant (episode)

When Commander William T. Riker from the Enterprise-D arrives on Deep Space 9, he takes a liking to Kira, who gives him a tour of the Defiant. But Riker is revealed to be not who he claims to be when he attacks Kira and steals the Defiant. Summary Teaser In Ops, Major Kira Nerys is having a bad day, swamped with the numerous little details of running a space station. She has problems to handle the cargo of the five Byzatium transports, gets information about the changed schedule of the Byzallian conference, and is informed about a Starfleet requested complete report about the computer calibration subroutine until tomorrow. At the infirmary, she snaps at Doctor Bashir when he starts complaining to her about the colonization schedule on Campor III. Realizing that she is ed from overwork, he uses his position as Chief Medical Officer and orders her to take time off; reminding her that not even Commander Sisko can overrule his judgement. Bashir takes Kira to Quark's and tells her to enjoy herself with at least two things Quark serves her including a holosuite program, a jumja stick, Karvino juice, Lorvan crackers, and gambling token. After resisting first, Kira starts to accept this order. But she is not alone for long as Commander Riker stands nearby at the bar's entrance and asks to join her, hoping she has some room for the unexpected. Act One In Commander Sisko's office, Riker tells Sisko that he is on vacation and wanted to visit the station again before continuing his travel on to Risa. Outside the office in Ops, Lieutenant Dax notices that Kira is preoccupied by a certain Commander, though she doesn't want to admit it. When Riker comes out of Sisko's office, Dax makes a reference to their last meeting in Quark's which he does not remember until she reminds Riker that she staked three strips of latinum when his winning streak ran dry. Riker hangs around the Promenade waiting for Kira to get off duty so he can arrange to "accidentally" run into her. Hesitant at first, she offers him a tour of the station and then at his suggestion, she agrees to show him the . Kira and Riker both enter an authorization code and handprints at the identification panel to enter the Defiant. Lieutenant stands guard outside the airlock. Aboard the Defiant, they find Chief Miles O'Brien working on the bridge trying to improve the vessel's deflector targeting arrays and Riker is none too happy to see him, implying that they have had some falling out. O'Brien is stunned by Riker's cold demeanor. He has no idea what he has done to offend his former first officer but excuses himself rather than intrude on the two of them. Kira, too, is surprised but does not press when Riker says he does not want to talk about it. She shows him the modifications they have made to the ship's systems, especially the weapons system. Riker asks to access them at the tactical station and, obligingly, Kira uses her authorization code "Kira delta 547 alpha" to release the bridge lockout. This is what Riker wanted and he then stuns Kira with a phaser. While she is unconscious, he arranges for Tamal and Kalita to beam aboard. A red alert sounds in Ops as the computer shows an imminent warp core breach aboard the Defiant. Riker contacts them from the Defiant bridge, saying there was an accident and Kira was injured and that if they release the docking clamps, he will take the helm of the Defiant and clear it away from the station. Sisko agrees and will beam them out when they are clear. O'Brien arrives, responding to the red alert. When Sisko orders him to beam Riker and Kira out, O'Brien cannot because the Defiants shields are up. Before any of them can react, the Defiant goes to warp. On the Defiant, Riker has Kalita set a course for the Badlands. He removes his false sideburns; he is Lieutenant Thomas Riker. Kalita congratulates Tom on his successful commandeering of the Defiant – but he says it is not over yet. Act Two Gul Dukat is summoned to a briefing in the wardroom where Odo explains how a transporter accident created a transporter duplicate of William T. Riker on Nervala IV nine years ago. Dukat is "entertained" by this until they tell him that they suspect Thomas Riker is with the Maquis, having expressed support of them while serving on the . Dukat is furious that such a dangerous weapon of the Federation may now be used to attack Cardassia. Sisko proposes a joint search mission of the Demilitarized Zone, but Dukat says Central Command would use this incident as an excuse to eradicate the Maquis instead. Starfleet would then send a fleet to protect the colonies. War seems inevitable. Sisko agrees to go with Dukat to Cardassia Prime and help them find the Defiant, and if necessary, destroy it. Riker apologizes to Kira for the deception but he will not be deterred. The Defiant meets with other Maquis ships. They transfer over a crew and then they all head for the Federation-Cardassian border. Act Three Sisko and Dukat arrive on Cardassia Prime, where the search will be conducted from the Cardassian War Room, the heart of the Cardassian military where Sisko also meets the Obsidian Order observer Korinas who secures all information from intelligence reports after noticing the Human in this secured area. She asks Sisko for the exact specifications and armament of the Defiant but Sisko stops her request. He reveals that the Defiant is equipped with a loaned Romulan cloaking device. While this is news to Dukat, Korinas says that the Order already knew about it but was hitherto unconcerned that it would be used against Cardassia. Sisko says he can provide partial specifications of an anti-proton beam that the Dominion used to penetrate the cloak. Under Maquis control, the Defiant passes the security perimeter into the Almatha sector and enters Cardassian territory. After the ship attackes Cardassian Outpost 61, Dukat orders the fleet of the Sixth Order under the command of Gul to chase the Defiant back into the Demilitarized Zone, but Sisko realizes that the warp signature is wrong, it is a decoy. Dukat recalls Toran's ships but it is too late. The real Defiant uncloaks and destroys Outpost 47, before cloaking again, its heading takes them into the heart of the Cardassian Union. Korinas leaves with a parting shot at Dukat. Aboard the Defiant, Riker sets a course for Omekla III and its shipyard. Meanwhile, Kira manages to sabotage the cloak from her quarters by crossing the replicator power converter with the plasma manifold, blowing off two plasma conduits and suffering minor injuries to her shoulder. Act Four Tamal treats Kira's injuries. Riker takes her to the bridge where they can keep an eye on her. While they repair the damage she caused, they hide the Defiant in a nearby nebula. Sisko plots strategy but Dukat is distracted. This is his son Mekor's eleventh birthday and he wanted his father to take him to an amusement center at Lakarian City. Sisko commiserates, noting that he himself had disappointed his own son from time to time, but it is part of his and Dukat's profession, and he hopes one day his son will understand. Dukat is not encouraged, instead predicting that his son will remember this day with hatred as the only thing he'll remember is a Federation officer on a Federation ship is invading his home and kept his father away from his birthday, something he finds sad. Kira sees that the Maquis target is the Omekla III shipyard. Riker tells her that they had been getting reports that there were Cardassian hardliners wanting to scrap the peace treaty. They were secretly building up an invasion fleet in the Orias system according to an intelligence report. Kira tries to reach Riker, he is still acting more like a Starfleet officer than a terrorist. Sisko suddenly tells Dukat that the actions of the Maquis follow a plan. They made no random attacks but are designed to leave one sector alone without any warships – the Orias system. Dukat is about to have Gul Ranor send a ship when Korinas threatens him if he does. The system is under the Obsidian Order's protection and they will defend it by destroying any ship which will reach this system. Act Five Dukat has checked up and no one has been able to get any answers from the Obsidian Order regarding the Orias system, not even the Detapa Council. The Kraxon under the command of Gul Ranor has found a neutrino leak. The cloaked Defiant makes a run for the Orias System but they can track them. Dukat orders all ships to pursue but they cannot catch it. Suddenly three ships appear out of the Orias system. Dukat is surprised to see this and asks Korinas who the ships belong to, because if they were part of the military, he would know about them. Dukat also mentions that the Obsidian Order is forbidden to possess any military equipment. Korinas seems to be unconcerned about this violation and simply smiles deviously. Meanwhile, Thomas Riker refuses to back down now, even though it is starting to look hopeless. Kira guesses that this is less about the Maquis cause than it is about distinguishing himself from Commander Riker. Sisko makes a deal with Dukat: if he will let them surrender and turn over the ship and crew to the Federation, Sisko will turn over the Defiants sensor logs which by now contain full scans on the Orias system and whatever the Obsidian Order has been hiding. Dukat agrees only if they keep Riker to punish him for his actions. Sisko reluctantly agrees provided that Dukat arranges for the Ministry of Justice to take the death penalty off the table. The Defiant engages the Cardassian ships. They disable the first ship's port nacelle and takes the second ship's weapons off-line. Just at that moment, 3 more ships appear from the Orias system. The Defiant is out-numbered and out-gunned. Riker is about to continue any way when Sisko and Dukat contact him with their deal. He will be sentenced for life to the Lazon II labor camp. Kira pleads for him to think of his crew, only one more time like a Starfleet officer. Riker agrees and is told he must surrender to Gul Ranor on the Kraxon who will protect them from the ships of the Obsidian Order. After the Kraxon extends its shields and protects the Defiant, the Keldon-class starships of the Obsidian Order withdraw. True to his word, Riker transmits the sensor logs to the Kraxon and then beams over. Kira promises him that his crew will get a fair trial and they will come for him one day. Riker then moves to kiss her then taps his combadge and transports to the Kraxon leaving Kira in command of the Defiant. Log entries Commander's log, Deep Space 9, 2371 Memorable quotes "Listen to me! You can't have a runabout! You cannot get your medical supplies and I don't give a damn about the colonization schedule! Those colonists can make do with a box of bandages for all I care!" "Stop right there, Major! When was your last day off?" "I don't know! What does that have to do with anything?" "If you can't remember, then it's been too long. You're off duty as of this moment." - Kira and Bashir "Commander! I'd heard you were aboard but I – I hadn't…" "There's nothing to say to you, O'Brien. I think you know why." - O'Brien unknowingly encounters Thomas Riker aboard the Defiant, who tries to get him to leave the ship "Nine years ago, a transporter accident created two William T. Rikers. One of them returned to his ship; the other was marooned on Nervala IV." "The second Riker was finally discovered two years ago. He chose to use his middle name Thomas to distinguish himself from the other Riker." "The two men are physically identical in all respects, right down to their DNA coding. There was no way for the security computer to know that it was Thomas, not William, who boarded the Defiant." - Odo and Sisko, to Gul Dukat about Thomas Riker and William T. Riker "The last time I was here, I was only able to spend a couple of hours at Quark's – but by the time I left, I had all of his latinum and a date with one of his dabo girls, so I thought I might try my luck again." (laughs) "You be careful – Quark's dabo wheel has been a little stingy lately, and one of his dabo girls is dating my son…" - Thomas Riker and Sisko "I'd promised to take him to the amusement center in Lakarian City. He always wanted to go, but I never had the time. I told him, 'This year will be different, Mekor. This year I will make the time.'" "I had the same experience with Jake. At that age, they never understand, do they? You just hope that, one day later, they'll look back and say, 'Now I understand. Now I know why he did that.'" "When my son looks back on this day, the only thing he'll remember is that a Federation officer, on a Federation ship invaded his home, and kept his father away from him on his eleventh birthday, and he won't look back with understanding. He'll look back with hatred, and that's sad." - Dukat and Sisko "The Maquis have been hearing rumors about shifting loyalties in the Cardassian government. Certain hardline elements were unsatisfied with the Federation treaty and are doing whatever they can to scrap it. We had our hands on an intelligence report outlining a suspected military buildup in the Orias system. A secret buildup that even the Central Command isn't aware of." "You're telling me you did all this to attack some secret base that may or may not exist?" "I'm convinced that it does. They are building an invasion fleet. If we let them finish it, these renegade Cardassians are going to use it." - Thomas Riker and Major Kira "No, you're trying to be a hero… and terrorists don't get to be heroes." - Kira "Be a Starfleet officer one last time and think of your crew." - Kira "You are an experienced Starfleet officer, Tom. Analyze the situation. Going to Orias is suicide. Now the smart move is to make a run for it while we still can." "Maybe that's what an experienced Starfleet officer would do. Maybe that's what Captain Picard would do. Maybe that's what Commander Will Riker would do. But it's not what I'm going to do. I'm going to continue the mission." "It's not the mission you're thinking about, is it? Or even the colonists in the zone. This is about you, isn't it? You and that other Will Riker out there. The man with your face, your name, your career. You are looking for a way to set yourself apart. Some way to be different." "You shouldn't go fishing today; you won't catch anything." - Kira Nerys and Thomas Riker "Tough little ship." - Thomas Riker Background information Production history Production number: 011-40513-455 Working title: "The Defiant" Final draft script: Filmed: Friday – Wardroom (Paramount Stage 4) Monday – Cardassian War Room (Paramount Stage 4) Tuesday – Cardassian War Room (Paramount Stage 4) Wednesday – Cardassian War Room, operations center, Sisko's office (Paramount Stage 4) Thursday – Docking ring corridor (Paramount Stage 4), Promenade, Quark's, infirmary, security office (Paramount Stage 17), Defiant bridge (Paramount Stage 18) Friday – Defiant bridge (Paramount Stage 18) Monday – Defiant bridge and quarters (Paramount Stage 18) Tuesday – Defiant quarters (Paramount Stage 18) Air date: Story and script Ronald D. Moore commented "We had talked early in the year about doing an episode with Tom Riker. Early on we had played with the idea of Tom being the leader of the Maquis movement, that we would suddenly notice that the Maquis was getting a lot better out there and kicking some serious butt. Why? Because Tom Riker has defected, he's their general". (Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages, p. 87) Sisko's role in this episode is based on the 1964 Cold War thriller , where the President, played by , is forced to help the Russians shoot down an American plane on its way to launch a nuclear strike on Moscow. () Production The Defiant bridge set underwent some alterations for the episode that were requested by Director of Photography Jonathan West. David Livingston commented: "Jonathan West had already shot a show on the Defiant and he asked for some changes in terms of paint scheme and lighting, and now it was pretty together". (Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages, p. 88) In an outtake from the episode, Avery Brooks and Jonathan Frakes burst into laughter. In another, Frakes falls through a door on the Defiant set. (Ultimate Trek: Star Trek's Greatest Moments) Due to the interleaved production of the Deep Space Nine episodes, the first day of filming of "Defiant" fell together with the last day of the episode and the final day with the first day of production of the episode . According to the production report for the first day of filming, , 2nd assistant camera operator Cary McCrystal suffered from a backache and went home. He was replaced by John Stradling. The Cardassian War Room was pre-lit by the crew on Sunday for filming on the following day. The production report for the second, third, and fourth day of filming noticed that costumer Jerry Bono was absent and was replaced by Yvonne Kubis. To depict the city on Cardassia Prime, a recurring matte painting was used. Stunt Coordinator Dennis Madalone was on set on Thursday and taught Nana Visitor her stunt fall on the Defiant bridge set. According to the call sheets, Avery Brooks was on set looping for the episode on during production of this episode. Rene Auberjonois did the same for the episodes and . On , during production of "Defiant", Rene Auberjonois was scheduled to film a special effects scene only, his morphing scene for the episode , scene 20. Together with makeup artist Dean Gates, hair stylist Norma Lee, and costumer Jerry Bono he was picked up by a car at 12:30 pm and transported into the valley to Image G North to film this scene in front of a green screen. On Friday , camera operator Kris Krosskove was absent and replaced by Kristin R. Glover. The same day, transportation coordinator Terry Ahern was absent and replaced by Doug Campbell. On Monday , director of photography Jonathan West was ill and went home. He was replaced by camera operator Kris Krosskove. As side notes on the call sheets, Colm Meaney received a haircut and Jonathan Frakes a hair and beard-cut on Wednesday before filming as did Siddig El Fadil on Thursday . According to the production report, this episode was filmed 1.6 hours under budget. Deleted/rewritten scenes Scene 2 – A conversation between Odo and Kira in the security office as another example of Kira's exhaustion is included in the final draft script of the episode. According to the call sheet of this episode, the scene was filmed on Thursday on Paramount Stage 17 but was ultimatly cut from the final episode. Scene 5 pt. – Several lines of the conversation between Sisko and Riker in Sisko's office from the final draft script were also not part of the final episode. Scene 22 pt. – The dialogue between Odo, Dukat, and Sisko differentiates between the script and episode versions. Some minor lines from the script were also left out of the episode. Scene 28 pt. – A line of dialogue of Gul Dukat from the script was not part of the episode. Scene 38 pt. – Some lines of conversation between Korinas and Sisko at the beginning of the scene were not shown in the episode. In this scene, Korinas questioned the success of Sisko's involvement in this operation. Scenes 45-46 – These scenes feature rewritten dialogue of Sisko, Dukat, Tamal, and Riker as the script and episode versions differ. Scenes 49-52 – According to the final draft script these scenes were omitted. According to the revised call sheet of Wednesday , regular background performers Dan Rose and Joni German were replaced as Bajoran officers by Scott Barry and Robin Morselli for the scenes in the operations center. Cast and characters This episode marks Tricia O'Neil's third and final Star Trek role. She previously portrayed Rachel Garrett in and Kurak in . Shannon Cochran reprises her role as Kalita from . She would next be seen on Deep Space Nine as Sirella in the sixth season episode . Guest stars Shannon Cochran and Michael Canavan would later marry each other after meeting on set. Cirroc Lofton (Jake Sisko) does not appear in this episode. Sets, props, and costumes This episode was the only one which featured the Cardassian War Room which was built on Paramount Stage 4. Other sets of this episode include the wardroom, the operations center, Sisko's office, and the docking ring corridor built on Paramount Stage 4, the Promenade, Quark's, the infirmary, and the security office built on Paramount Stage 17, and the Defiant bridge and quarters built on Paramount Stage 18. ("Defiant" call sheets) The large Cardassian viewscreen seen many times in this episode is actually a miniature designed by Gary Hutzel and built by Tony Meininger. The shots of Sisko and Dukat standing in front of the screen were composited shots of the miniature and actors Avery Brooks and Marc Alaimo in front of a bluescreen. () The kanar bottle used by Dukat in the wardroom scene was previously seen in the second season episode . This was one of the episodes in which Sisko's office was decorated with the models of the and the International Space Station with a docked space shuttle orbiter. The costume worn by Tricia O'Neil as Korinas was later worn by stunt actress Elle Alexander in the seventh season episode and was sold off on the It's A Wrap! sale and auction on eBay. Continuity This episode introduces a fleet of ships secretly constructed by the Obsidian Order in the Orias system. The later third season episode reveals the reason for their construction: they were to be used in a joint operation by the Obsidian Order and the Romulan Tal Shiar to launch an assault on the Founders' homeworld, precipitating the Battle of the Omarion Nebula. Quantum torpedoes are used for the first time by a Federation starship in this episode. The Cardassian Union had quantum torpedo technology as early as stardate 47582 (mid-2370) as Cardassian ATR-4107 was equipped with these weapons, seen in the episode . Thomas Riker calls the Defiant a "tough little ship"; William T. Riker later calls it the same thing in . Although this episode was screened three days after the release of , the stardates indicate that it takes place shortly before. This makes sense, as Riker and Sisko's conversation would seem to indicate the Enterprise-D is still active. "Defiant" marks the only appearance of William T. Riker in Deep Space Nine as he is featured on the okudagram in the wardroom. The and Beverly Crusher are also referenced. Reception Jonathan Frakes always felt that the character of Thomas Riker should have returned to DS9 and that there should have been an episode where Kira fulfilled her promise to rescue him. The producers however, seemed to be uninterested in finishing the story arc, as in the fourth season pitch letter to freelance writers, Tom Riker appeared on the list of subjects that they were not interested in hearing about. () On the return of Tom Riker, Ira Steven Behr commented soon after the episode, "We'll probably see a return of Tom Riker episode. What's nice is he's not really a part of Next Generation, so he's ours, and we can do what we want with him and not worry about what the movies will do with Will Riker". (Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages, p. 87) Apocrypha According to the non-canon , it was Chakotay's idea for Tom Riker to steal the Defiant from Deep Space 9 by posing as Commander Riker. Video and DVD releases UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 3.5, As part of the UK VHS collection Star Trek - Crossovers Set: As part of the DS9 Season 3 DVD Links and references Guest stars Marc Alaimo as "Gul Dukat" Tricia O'Neil as Korinas Shannon Cochran as Kalita Robert Kerbeck as Cardassian Soldier Michael Canavan as Tamal Special Guest Star Jonathan Frakes as Riker Co-Star Majel Barrett as Computer Voice Uncredited Co-Stars Scott Barry as Bajoran officer Ivor Bartels as Cardassian soldier Patti Begley as Bajoran officer Peopatric Boone as Maquis member Ivy Borg as Rita Tannenbaum Paul Capp as Cardassian soldier Dan Carton as Cardassian soldier Brian Demonbreun as Human civilian Kathleen Demor as Starfleet operations lieutenant Steve Diamond as Bajoran officer Mark Finerman as Starfleet command officer Jasmine Gagnier as Starfleet operations officer Kevin Grover as Cardassian soldier Margareta Hammar as Maquis member Wade Kelley as Cardassian soldier Mark Lentry as Starfleet command lieutenant Mark Major as Cardassian soldier Mary Mascari as Bajoran woman Robin Morselli as Bajoran officer Stuart Nixon as Starfleet command lieutenant Randy Pflug as Kelvin Tsao as Maquis member Michael Wajacs as Bajoran civilian Unknown performers as Corvallen Kressari Ranor (voice) Stand-ins Ivor Bartels – stand-in for Siddig El Fadil/utility stand-in John Lendale Bennett – stand-in for Avery Brooks Mark Lentry – stand-in for Rene Auberjonois, Jonathan Frakes, and Robert Kerbeck David B. 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Ambassador Lwaxana Troi visits the station to attend the Bajoran Gratitude Festival, resulting in an outbreak of passion throughout the station as people admit their secret feelings for others. Summary Teaser Jake is lounging on the couch in the quarters he shares with his father, gazing at an earring he intended to give to Mardah, instead of helping the residents of the station prepare for the yearly Bajoran Gratitude Festival as his father figured he would. It turns out that Jake doesn't "have much to be grateful for," since Mardah has been accepted to a school three hundred light years away on Regulus III. Ben encourages his son to go to the Festival, since the point of the celebration is to let go of one's troubles "and make a new start." Jake reluctantly agrees to go, but promises not to enjoy it. In the Replimat, Chief O'Brien and Dr. Bashir are drinking coffee and talking about the impending return of O'Brien's wife and daughter to the station, as they will be visiting for the duration of the Festival. It seems that O'Brien's having a rough time without them, and intends to make the most of their time together even if it is only two days. Bashir hopes O'Brien can convince his wife to stay, since, in her absence, they have played too many games of racquetball and he doesn't know how much more stress his elbow can take. On the Promenade, Odo encounters Major Kira, who's slated to preside over the Festival and is busy helping put up decorations. Odo says that he would like to join Kira in celebrating the Festival, but it turns out that Vedek Bareil will be coming to the station to do the same… which dims Odo's enthusiasm. Later O'Brien and Kira are in one of the cargo bay airlocks waiting for the transport to arrive. Bareil disembarks, and he goes off with Kira joyfully; a few moments later O'Brien's wife and daughter do the same, but they're not nearly as joyful. According to Keiko, the chief's wife, it was "the worst trip." Molly, his daughter, doesn't "feel so good" either… and when the chief asks her what's wrong, she vomits noisily onto his uniform. At just that moment Ambassador Lwaxana Troi steps out of the airlock. Lwaxana says, "Oh! You poor dear! I should never have given you all that candy." Act One In the security office, Odo outlines to Lieutenant , a Starfleet security officer, the procedure by which he monitors Quark, when Mrs. Troi walks in and asks Jones to leave so that she and Odo can have some private time alone. It turns out that while she's on the station in her official capacity as Betazed's representative to the Festival, her real purpose is to see Odo and give him "a shoulder to cry on" about his discovery that the Founders are the power behind the Dominion. Odo does not relish the prospect of being the object of so much personal attention from Mrs. Troi, who seems keen to "delve into the depths" of Odo's "pain". Lwaxana promises to meet Odo before the Festival begins and leaves to her quarters, but suffers a sudden headache on her way. The O'Briens have made it back to their quarters, where Miles and Keiko nearly get into an argument about their plans. They're anxious to please one another, but Keiko's wrung out and the last thing she wants to do is make any decisions and asks her husband to make the choice instead. The two of them ultimately make plans to go the Promenade, but it is plain that neither of them is pleased with the idea since it is something of a compromise that doesn't go far to please anyone. Finally, the Festival is about to begin. Celebrants and performers are walking along the Promenade toward the entrance to the Bajoran temple, where the Presider's dais is set up. After a showy but brief ceremony, Kira declares the Festival begun, and people start to disperse. Lwaxana gets another headache and at the same time so do Jake and Bareil. Ben notices Jake's twinge of pain, but when he asks if Jake's all right, Jake says he "never felt better" and starts to smile. Act Two Sometime later Jake walks up to Kira and offers her a jumja stick, asking for a few moments in private. They stand aside to talk, and Jake explains that he has feelings for an older woman but has no idea how she might feel. Kira believes that he's talking about Mardah, but Jake reveals a shocking surprise: the woman on his mind is actually Kira, who is speechless. Meanwhile the Vedek tracks down Jadzia Dax after she provides Morn with advice and starts laying on the compliments, leading up to an announcement that he'd like to get to know her "a lot better." Dax's response is one of annoyance, and she promptly excuses herself. Elsewhere, Odo is enjoying some Bajoran music, and Mrs. Troi catches up to him. He tries to get away, but she follows him. While they're making their way they encounter Dax, who's still miffed at Bareil… and as Odo and Lwaxana move off, Dax feels the same twinge that Jake and Bareil did. Miles and Keiko are in Quark's, where their conversation starts out cordially enough. However, Keiko has some bad news: her project on Bajor has turned out to be a lot more complicated than anyone expected, and as a result, it is likely to run two or three months longer than planned. When Miles shares his (predictably unhappy) opinion about that, Keiko says that one of her colleagues, Sebarr, whom she's taken as a confidant warned her about Miles' reception of the news. At that, the conversation devolves into a straight-up argument, with Miles expressing some suspicion that Keiko has discussed aspects of their personal life with another man, and the two of them march off from the table in separate directions. Act Three Later, it turns out that Commander Sisko has gotten the news about Jake's crush on Kira, and he tries to talk his son down… but it doesn't work. A few moments later Mrs. Troi and Odo are walking out of Quark's, and they pass by the chief as he sidles up to the bar. He apparently gets the same twinge as Jake, Bareil, and Jadzia. Sisko changes into his civilian clothes and goes to the wardroom, which is being prepared for a party in honor of the Gratitude Festival. He finds Dax there, and hears all about her trouble with Bareil. He offers to help sort out the drama that's sure to result, and just then Dax starts draping herself all over him. The commander, meanwhile, is at a loss to understand what's going on. Act Four In light of the strangeness with Jake and Bareil, he takes Dax down to the infirmary, where Bashir gives her a clean bill of health. Dax tries to play it off as a joke, and Sisko is embarrassed. However once they're outside Dax assures Sisko that this is no joke and she does indeed love him. Meanwhile, the chief has made it back to his quarters and he's under the impression that Keiko's re-evaluating their entire relationship. He asks Keiko to let him in their bedroom, but she doesn't want to talk with him. Standing outside the door, he apologizes at length for being "selfish and childish and pig-headed." Then he sits down dejectedly and goes on to say that he's left a letter of resignation on Sisko's desk, that he's ready to move down to Bajor (and ultimately back to Earth) so that he can be nearer to Keiko and Molly – without once making any conditions, because he loves her and always has. Keiko tells him that she needs time to think, and that he ought to go to the party in the wardroom. Later, Bashir is with Lwaxana and Odo in the Habitat Ring where they encounter Kira, who's angry and depressed because of Bareil. She explains about Bareil and Jake, and Bashir points out that Dax was acting just as strangely. He decides to return to the infirmary and Kira decides to join him, but as they start walking, they both feel the same twinge as Jake, Bareil, and Dax. Once they get to the infirmary, they look one another in the eyes and without further pause begin to kiss passionately. Act Five In the wardroom, Jake is still obsessing about Kira, and Dax is trying to keep her distance from Bareil. Commander Sisko puts a call out to Bashir, who doesn't respond, so he sends Odo to the infirmary to retrieve him, and Lwaxana follows Odo. Once Odo gets to the infirmary, Dr. Bashir and Major Kira are still kissing, and Odo needs to order Bashir out of the infirmary. In the wardroom there are an awful lot of unhappy and confused people, but the chief brightens up when his wife shows up, wearing an outfit that he's especially fond of (Her tight red dress). She tells him that he should not resign, gives him a long kiss, and tells him that she loves him. However, there's still a lot of tension elsewhere in the room, and it comes to a head when Dax goads Bareil into starting a fistfight with Commander Sisko. Sisko blocks all but one of Bareil's punches with ease, but then Dax steps in and knocks him out. Quark, who's moving around the room trying to serve food, nearly trips over Bareil but only says, "Commander, you throw one hell of a party." Quark continues to move around the room, then feels a twinge of his own… and proceeds to put his serving tray down and declare his deep attraction for Keiko. The chief pulls Quark away from Keiko by the lobes and is about to take things even further when Sisko stops him, saying that it is not Quark's fault… and then points at Lwaxana. In the infirmary, Bashir diagnoses Lwaxana with Zanthi fever, but she's certain that's impossible since it only affects "older Betazoids." Bashir explains to Sisko that, as a result of her condition, Mrs. Troi has been projecting her feelings of affection (in her case, for Odo) onto those who are nearby her when she suffers an attack, which handily explains the day's misplaced amorousness from people who'd been near Mrs. Troi that day, and felt latent, subconscious attraction to others on the station. Curing Mrs. Troi's condition is a simple matter and everyone else will, Bashir says, "be back to normal in a day or two" – which is how long Sisko tells Bashir to avoid Major Kira. With the Festival over, Mrs. Troi, Keiko, and Molly are leaving the station. Lwaxana tells Odo that she knows about his feelings for Kira, but understands and promises to keep it a secret before assuring him that if he ever gets tired of waiting, she'll be happy to have him in her life. As for the O'Briens, things have been set right – there's nothing latent about the chief's love for his wife, and she'll be back to the station in a few months. Log entries Commander's log, Deep Space 9, 2371 Memorable quotes "Odo… don't worry. I'm here to help you." "What… kind of help do you mean?" "Oh. Well, a sympathetic ear, a shoulder to cry on… a lap to melt in?" - Lwaxana Troi and Odo "I never expected Kai Winn to make me one of her principal advisors." "I think she asks your advice just so that she can do the exact opposite of what you recommend." - Bareil Antos and Kira Nerys "Jadzia, of course. I've never understood how the two of you could be such good friends. She's so… unpredictable. And you're so…" "Predictable?" "Well, I didn't mean it like that." - Bareil and Kira "I love you, Nerys. Want to go out with me?" - Jake Sisko, to Kira "Miles, I didn't say I was going to! I just meant I could use some." "That's okay. If you need to sleep, go ahead! I'll understand." "No, you won't. You'll be disappointed and you'll start brooding and stomping around like an Andorian bull." - Keiko O'Brien and Miles O'Brien "Morn, It's hard to believe a handsome, fun-loving guy like you could have so many problems! My advice to you is to burn this as quickly as possible and don't look back." - Jadzia Dax, seeing the size of Morn's renewal scroll "Oh, dance with me, Odo!" "I'm sorry. I don't dance." "Nonsense! I saw you moving to the music!" "That wasn't dancing. That was… swaying." "Oh, then sway with me, Odo! Sway with me." - Lwaxana Troi and Odo "Commander… you throw one hell of a party.'" - Quark, after Dax knocks Bareil flat on his back "Zanthi Fever?! Oh, that's ridiculous. Tha- that's impossible. That only affects older Betazoids." - Lwaxana Troi, to Bashir "My headache was just a headache. I never was affected by Mrs. Troi." "Well, I guess that means you don't have a latent attraction to me after all." "Nothing latent about it. Or weren't you paying attention last night?" - Miles and Keiko "You're saying Dax…?" "Only on a subconscious level. Best not think about it too much, if you ask me." - Commander Sisko and Bashir Background information Story and script Ira Steven Behr says this show originated insofar as the writers "felt we needed a light show, because we were coming up on ." He describes the finished episode as "dangerously wacky," and says, "In some ways, it works very nicely. And in some ways…you know." () The plot of this episode bears a striking resemblance to Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream. Indeed, the writing and production staff all watched the of the play (starring as Bottom, as Puck and as Hermia) during the early development stages of writing the teleplay. () The "genuine latinum-plated renewal scroll inscription pens" which Quark tries to sell in this episode are each "engravened with a lovely portrait of the station by Ermat Zimm". Ermat Zimm is an in-joke reference to DS9 production designer Herman Zimmerman. () In the original script, Lwaxana mentions that Admiral Nechayev is "the sister I never had" and relates to Odo that she found out about his people being the leaders of the Dominion from Nechayev. (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion - A Series Guide and Script Library) Reception Director Avery Brooks gave his evaluation of this episode; "I guess it was over the top. But what is over the top, after all? If you're having a pint of Guinness and you see the foam pouring over the top, you think, 'That's great!' But in a television episode, there's this concern about action being too large. It all comes down to rhythm, and whether a scene has it or not." () Ira Steven Behr commented that the episode was: "the show that now and then runs the risk of pissing everyone off. It was a show that we had developed for the second season and never got around to doing. What I like about the episode is I thought Avery [Brooks] did some nice work with the direction. Another nice thing was the Keiko/O'Brien relationship. I think it was one of the most interesting threads we've ever done on the series, and some of the most real dialogue between two married people who have expectations but at the same time can't quite sync up with each other. I remember when we were watching dailies, everyone was uncomfortable because it really did strike close to home. Everyone had something in their lives they could relate it to, how a relationship could seem to be bad over such small things – what seem to be small things but are not, really. I thought it was a nice Human story. I thought Jake was very sweet with Kira, wanting to go out with her. Dax going after Sisko was kind of fun. I didn't think the Bareil stuff worked that well. The show was better than it had any right to be". (Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages, p 88) Ronald D. Moore commented: "We thought it would be fun to come up with all these pairings and see what happens. It got a lot of divided opinion in the mail that we got. People either loved it or hated it. We think you have to have a mix of shows. They can't all be with the fate of the universe hanging in the balance. Sometimes you just want to kick back and have a little fun". (Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages, p 88) Moore added: "One of the great things about the original series was that every once in a while they did 'Trouble with Tribbles', something that was just a romp. If there was one flaw that TNG had was we didn't do nearly enough of that. They were just so straight-laced and stiff. We just didn't have enough fun with the cast. We knew 'Fascination' was going to be a love it or hate it show, but it was also one that we definitely wanted in the mix. Just enjoy it for what it is and don't get too caught up in the tech solution and the hows and whys". (Cinefantastique) Robert Hewitt Wolfe commented: "I'll take the blame for that show. What we wanted to do was Midsummer's Night's Dream, the show where everybody falls in love with the wrong person but still reveals some things about themselves. I think we learned some things about Odo and his feelings for Kira. I think that's the justification of that. We tried a lot of different ways to do that show and putting Lwaxana Troi in not only gave us a little bit of an emotional bottom, because she really is suffering, but it also, we thought, was a nice way to explain all of these strange things". (Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages, p 88) This is one of director of photography Jonathan West's favorite episodes due to the fact that director Avery Brooks allowed West to try some new cinematography techniques: there was more light on the set than usual, color was emphasized much more so than in a standard show, all the characters were bathed in a subtle pink light to enhance the mood, balloon foil was used in the background of many shots to get random sparkles, and purple (a color forbidden from the Star Trek color palette due to its association with "old science fiction artificiality") was allowed to be used. () Costume designer Robert Blackman and composer Dennis McCarthy also love this episode because of the freedom they got to experiment and try things which they would never have been allowed to try normally. According to Blackman, "It was a nice opportunity we hardly ever get. Everybody gets nice dress-up stuff." Similarly, McCarthy enthuses, "It gave me the chance to compose a little bit of humorous music. On Star Trek shows, we're normally leery of doing comic music." () This is Armin Shimerman's least favorite episode of all DS9 episodes. Shimerman, who teaches Shakespeare, has said of the show "I thought it was embarrassing". Alexander Siddig was also unimpressed with the episode, saying it is "memorable for not quite pulling off what it attempted to do". () Terry Farrell greatly enjoyed the episode. Farrell commented: "What's really wonderful about 'Fascination' is that we all get the love bug so all of us are being the opposite of what you'd expect. I fall in love with Avery, and Nana and Sid fall in love with each other. Quark falls for Keiko. Keiko and O'Brien are in love again. Majel is all over Odo. It's really sweet and it's very wondeful and Avery did a wonderful job of directing it". ("Value Added Dax", Star Trek: The Official Fan Club of the UK Magazine issue 9) Farrell also commented: "["Fascination"] was such fun. It was more comedic for me than just about any other show we had ever done. So, that was great. I felt really comfortable doing the comedy, and I loved the way Avery directed the show". () René Echevarria commented: "There are some really nicely staged scenes. There are these beautifully orchestrated tracking shots through the Promenade – really impressive stuff. A change-of-pace episode. A lot of fans despised it, and a lot of people thought it was very funny and enjoyed it". (Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages, p 88) Majel Barrett commented: "It was marvelous. It was great being with everyone again and it was also kind of nice doing a part that wasn't just the lead character all the way through. I loved the idea of working with all the other characters. It was the first time since the show started that all of the DS9 characters were together on the same show". (Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages, p 88 - p. 89) David Livingston thought that the episode was "cute". (Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages, p 89) Continuity No stardate is given in this episode, however dialogue mentions that it takes place two months after Keiko left on the expedition to the Janitza Mountains in and obviously before Bareil's death in . Frequent references are made to previous DS9 episodes, including Lwaxana Troi mentioning her carrying Odo's liquid state in her dress in , Keiko O'Brien leaving on a botany expedition in and Odo's discovery of his people in . Lwaxana Troi's line "…a sympathetic ear, a shoulder to cry on…" is the same line spoken by Quark at the beginning of regarding his reason for coming to Kira's quarters. This episode is important in the development of the O'Brien-Bashir friendship. The writers originally wrote Keiko out of the show so they could develop this friendship, and at the conclusion of this episode, as Keiko leaves the station, Bashir throws O'Brien a racket, symbolically "replacing" O'Brien's wife. Indeed, the notion of "competition" between Keiko and Bashir for O'Brien would become a comic thread upon Keiko's return in the fourth season. The Bajoran Gratitude Festival symbol seen on a banner and small pennants on the Promenade bears a striking resemblance to the logos of Tantalus V and Elba II, minus the dove. The attraction that Kira and Bashir displayed in this episode was even more evident off-set: Nana Visitor and Alexander Siddig, the actors who play Kira and Bashir, had a son and were married while DS9 was still in production. Kira's pregnancy in the fourth and fifth seasons was written into the show as a result. This is the first episode to openly acknowledge that Odo has feelings for Kira. It is revealed in this episode that despite the animosity between them, Kai Winn appointed Vedek Bareil to a senior advisory position after her election. This information would return three episodes later, in . Molly O'Brien's stuffed animal "Piggy" appears to be a stuffed targ. Video and DVD releases UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 3.5, As part of the DS9 Season 3 DVD collection Links and references Guest Stars Majel Barrett as Lwaxana Troi Philip Anglim as "Vedek Bareil" And Rosalind Chao as Keiko O'Brien Co-Star Hana Hatae as Molly Uncredited Co-Stars Ivy Borg as Rita Tannenbaum Judi Durand as Station Computer Voice Deano Georgio as Human acrobatic dancer Randy James as David B. Levinson as Broik Susan Lewis as Bajoran civilian Mary Mascari as Bajoran woman Robin Morselli as Bajoran officer Karlotta Nelson as Bajoran woman Lisa Nunziella as Human acrobatic dancer Mark Allen Shepherd as Morn Michael Wajacs as Bajoran civilian Thomas Wood as Human contact juggler Unknown performers as Bajoran girl Bajoran lute player Stunt Double Yannick Derrien as stunt double for Philip Anglim Stand-ins Scott Barry as stand-in for Philip Anglim Ivor Bartels John Lendale Bennett as stand-in for Avery Brooks Mark Lentry as stand-in for Rene Auberjonois David B. Levinson as stand-in for Armin Shimerman Randy Pflug as stand-in for Colm Meaney References 47; 2355; 2369; advisor; agrobiology; Andorian bull; antiviral agent; babysitter; Bajor; Bajorans; Bajoran betrothal bracelet; Bajoran Gratitude Festival; Bajoran language; Bajoran music; Bajoran shuttle; Bajoran temple; Betazoid; botany; brain; candy; ; conjugal bliss; Constable; cup; Deep Space 9 levels; deputy; distant past; divorce; dress; Earth; ecosystem; elbow; emotion; empathic ability; Ermat Zimm; facial expression; Ferengi; Ferenginar; generation; heart; Human; humanoid; humor; I'danian spice pudding; infection; intoxication; latinum; leader; letter of resignation; lute; Mardah; marriage; minute; "Old Man"; peldor joi''; Piggy; pinch; practical joke; Presider; Promenade; Prophets; pudding; Quark's; racquetball; red; Redab; regeneration; Regulus III; Regulus III Science Academy; renewal scroll; Replimat; ritual; Sebarr; sense of humor; Starfleet Academy; storm; symptom; tradition; virus; vital signs; vomiting; Winn Adami; Zanthi fever; zoologist External links de:Das Festival es:Fascination fr:Fascination (épisode) nl:Fascination DS9 episodes

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Life Support (episode)

After a serious accident, Bashir struggles to save the life of Vedek Bareil while Kai Winn concludes a peace treaty with Cardassia. Jake and Nog reluctantly explore the differences between Federation and Ferengi cultures. Summary Teaser Jake Sisko is walking along the Promenade of Deep Space 9 when an old friend named Leanne walks up behind him. They reminisce and catch up briefly, and upon Jake discovering that she has stopped seeing , then sets a date for the following evening at the station's Klingon restaurant. Just then Chief O'Brien and Odo, accompanied by several Bajoran security deputies and Starfleet Security officers, come running along the Promenade, headed (as it turns out) toward the docking ring. Those men go to an airlock, where they are joined by Dr. Bashir and Nurse Jabara. The chief tells Bashir that the docking Bajoran transport experienced an accident that caused casualties. Bashir asserts that the casualties should have been beamed directly to the infirmary, but the chief explains that the accident caused by a plasma coil release of radiation that made transport impossible. Once Odo opens the airlock injured passengers begin walking through. One of them is Kai Winn, but she says, "the vedek – take care of the vedek!" Next out the airlock is Vedek Bareil, with a chest covered in third-degree burns, being carried by two security officers. Odo activates his combadge and apprises Major Kira, the vedek's companion, of his dire situation. Act One In the Infirmary, O'Brien delivers a report to Commander Sisko about the cause of the accident, and Winn immediately inquires if sabotage might have played a part. Kira reacts to that possibility with skepticism, but the Kai says that she will only discuss the possibility in private, with the Emissary of the Prophets, Sisko. In the infirmary's operating room, Dr. Bashir and Jabara are desperately trying to save Bareil's life. Meanwhile, in Sisko's office, Winn explains that she and Bareil were en route to peace treaty negotiations with Legate Turrel when the accident occurred. Sisko expresses surprise that Winn would be anywhere near such proceedings, but she explains that the underlying vision is Bareil's and the credit for the success of the negotiations is mostly due to him. However, in the infirmary, Bashir informs Kira that Bareil is dead, having never regained consciousness. After sharing this with Kira, Bashir suggests she take some time off her first officer duties to grieve, but Kira tells him she will do so in her own time. Bashir goes back to the table on which Bareil's body rests, intending to start an autopsy. However, he discovers that Bareil's nervous system is still transmitting electrical signals to his brain. Bashir hypothesizes that Bareil's radiation exposure "might have fortified his peripheral membranes," and he and Jabara resume treatment according to that hypothesis – treatment which proves to be successful. Act Two Later, Bashir says Bareil should be back on his feet in a few weeks. Both Sisko and the kai credit Bashir with nothing less than a miracle (according to the kai, by the grace of the Prophets), but Bashir insists that it was simply the best of luck. Bareil is present and conscious, and says he's merely grateful, since it allows him to complete unfinished work. Kai Winn takes that opening to insist that the treaty negotiations must be resumed quickly, but Bashir disagrees on account of Bareil's infirmity. However, the kai insists that Bareil will merely "advise" her while she conducts the negotiations, to which Bashir agrees on the condition that Bareil isn't tired out. Meanwhile Kira looks on the whole proceeding with a gimlet eye. Sometime later Nog goes to the Siskos' quarters, where Jake tries to explain the date he's got with Leanne and cancel the plans he and Nog had to play dom-jot with some s. Nog's hard to reach at first, but finally catches on… and corners Jake into making it a double date. Back in the infirmary, Bashir comes to Bareil's bedside to explain that his treatment caused damage to Bareil's circulatory system that is damaging his in turn. Bashir proposes putting Bareil into stasis for an indeterminate length of time while an effective treatment is researched, but Bareil finds that unacceptable, since it would likely become impossible to conclude the peace treaty as a result. Bashir reluctantly suggests administering an experimental drug called vasokin, emphasizing there is a 22% chance of damage to Bareil's internal organs. Bareil accepts that risk in lieu of being put into stasis. As far as Bareil is concerned, conclusion of the treaty is the will of the Prophets, and he is determined to see it through. Act Three Later Legate Turrel, Kai Winn, and Commander Sisko are in the wardroom, continuing negotiations – but without much success. They recess, and the Kai complains to Sisko that she's at a severe disadvantage without Bareil's direct involvement. She declares that "if he dies, then peace with Cardassia dies with him." Later Jake, Nog, Leanne, and Riska, who is Nog's date, are sitting at a table in the upper level of Quark's eating dinner. Nog is interjecting with insensitive comments – "boy, Jake, she talks a lot for a female" – while Jake tries to maintain a normal, respectful flow of conversation. However, Nog's attitude descends into what can be best described as the gutter. Leanne and Riska leave the bar in a huff, and then Nog insists that Jake blew it because he was "treating my female as if she was an equal!" Jake is equally displeased with Nog, and the two of them stomp away angrily as well. In the infirmary, Winn explains her difficulties to Bareil, but he's in obvious discomfort. Bashir tells her that Bareil's had enough stress, but the Kai insists that she needs more of Bareil's attention. Bashir steps in and tells the Kai that if she doesn't leave, she'll be thrown out by security – and Kira says that security won't need to be called, because she'll escort the Kai out of the infirmary herself. Only then does Winn back down and leave. Bashir explains that the organ damage he'd feared is starting to take place, and that in order to keep Bareil alive without putting him into stasis, he'll need to transplant artificial organs the replace the damaged ones. Bareil insists that Bashir does whatever it takes to get him through the negotiations. Act Four After performing the transplants Bashir goes to Kai Winn, who's looking over PADDs in the wardroom. He explains that he wants the Kai to release Bareil from his obligation to be involved in the negotiations, since doing so is the only thing that will give Bareil a fighting chance to live. Kai Winn refuses, and Bashir ultimately deduces that in the event the negotiations fail, Winn wants a scapegoat handy. When Bashir starts to leave, Winn tells him "And doctor, I won't forget what you've said here." Bashir defiantly tells her he won't either. At their quarters during dinner, Jake is telling his father about the disastrous double date, and Ben's totally unsurprised, since Nog is a Ferengi and burdened by the tunnel vision imposed by Ferengi gender roles. Jake thinks that the cultural differences spell the end of his friendship with Nog, but Ben disagrees and insists that there's a genuine bond between the two that can be restored if the two of them will make up. Jake recalls when his father told him that the differences between Humans and Ferengi were too much to overcome. Ben recalls this and admits he was wrong. Jake doubts that Nog is at all willing to speak with him and Ben suggests he will have to do something to get his attention. Bareil has suffered irreversible brain damage in the meantime. Bashir arrives just as Jabara is trying to stabilize him, and Winn there saying he had called her there, straining himself. Act Five In the station commander's office Winn, Sisko, Kira, and Bashir are discussing the situation, and the Kai asks if something can be done to restore Bareil's brain function as well. Bashir says that a positronic implant would give them something to work with, but that it would cause Bareil's psyche to change in ways those present would find difficult to accept. Kira quickly agrees that it should be tried, since it is Bareil's last option for seeing the peace treaty through, and Bashir agrees to perform the needed procedure on account of Kira's endorsement. Meanwhile, Jake has come up with an idea that will give Nog no better choice than to speak with him: he goes to Security, asking Odo to arrest him and Nog, and put them into the same holding cell. In the Infirmary, Bashir has completed the positronic implant and, as he'd predicted, Bareil is alert... but not at all himself. After some friction and Nog's discovery that Jake put Odo up to their arrests, the two of them finally come to an agreement that there is a bond of friendship between them strong enough to make them forget the differences between their two cultures. However, mending fences turns out to be much easier for the two of them than being promptly released from the holding cell. It turns out that the treaty negotiations were a success, and a party is being held in the Wardroom to celebrate the event when Bashir gets called back to the Infirmary. It also turns out that the remaining organic half of Bareil's brain is finally failing, and with the peace treaty concluded, the only person with a stake who can see a point to doing anything more to keep Bareil alive is Kira... but Bashir finally convinces her to let him go. Kira asks Bashir how long Bareil has before he dies. Bashir tells her he has three hours. Kira requests that she be alone with him, and Bashir leaves, bringing Jabara with him. Kira, alone with the unconscious Bareil, begins telling him all the things she never got a chance to tell him before. Recalling meeting him for the first time, she remembers he having such a serenity about him, she just assumed he had all the answers but she soon realized he was as confused as everyone else. He just accepted his confusion better than anyone Kira knew. That was when she realized she loved him. Log entries Station log, Deep Space 9, 2371 Memorable quotes "I'll be there. But this time, we'll skip the gagh." "Definitely." - Jake and Leanne "You have been negotiating peace with Cardassia?" "The Prophets teach us that while violence may keep an enemy at bay, only peace can make him a friend." - Sisko and Kai Winn "Please, don't take this the wrong way... but I never would have guessed that you would be the one to bring such a bold vision of peace to Bajor." - Sisko, to Kai Winn "Thank you Doctor, I'm on duty in Ops. Excuse me." "Kira... I think they can get along without you in Ops today." "Maybe, but I need to be there. I appreciate your concern, but I'll grieve in my own way, in my own time." - Kira and Bashir "Well, it's a little early to tell, but I'm hoping he'll make a full recovery. He should be back on his feet again in a few weeks." "You say that so calmly. But it's not every doctor that can lose a patient, and then have him back on his feet in a few weeks!" "Indeed, you are too modest. You've performed nothing less than a miracle here. The Prophets must walk with you, Doctor." "Well, I, and the Prophets, were lucky..." - Bashir, Sisko, and Kai Winn "Money is money. But women are better!" "Is that a rule of acquisition?" "It's a personal rule." - Nog and Jake "Just one thing, Jake. You're still pretty new at this dating business. Just promise me you won't do anything to embarrass me." - Nog "But why risk your life for a few days?" [chuckle] "I have no great desire to die, Doctor.... but I am determined to carry out the will of the Prophets as long as I am able, and I cannot carry out their will if I- I'm unconscious in some stasis tube! Please... begin the vasokin treatments." "All right... We'll start this afternoon... I only hope we don't regret this." "So do I." - Bashir and Bareil "I was chosen by the Prophets to lead our people into a new era. I know that! But I was not meant to be in a room with a Cardassian, debating legalisms and diplomatic nuances!" - Kai Winn "She's so dumb. She's perfect!" "That's it. Let's go." - Nog, to Jake, and Riska "At the moment, he needs more treatment and less politics. Now, either you can leave here willingly, or I'll call Security and have you thrown out!" "You won't need to call them. I'll do it myself." - Bashir, to Kai Winn, and Kira "Are you going to call Security and have me removed from this room now, Doctor?" "It hadn't occurred to me... yet." - Kai Winn and Bashir "You're a coward. You're afraid to stand alone." "Bareil's already made his decision, Doctor. I won't interfere. And Doctor... I won't forget what you've said here." "Neither will I." - Bashir and Kai Winn "Odo, I'd like you to do me a favor. I want to be arrested." - Jake "Anyone who talks to a female with fawning respect is no Ferengi. It made me sick!" "You want to talk about sick?! 'Sick' is making Riska cut up your food for you." "Well, at least I didn't have her chew it!" "Chew it?!" - Nog and Jake "I guess we'll just have to deal with the rest of our disgusting habits as they come up." "I guess so." - Jake and Nog "...Allow me to introduce 'Kai Winn.' " "I don't understand." "In honor of the occasion, I've named my latest creation for you. It's a chocolate soufflé... with... Haligian tongue sauce." "Well, I'm very honored!" [takes a bite of the sauce] "Hmm. Hmm! And you're also very popular. Believe me, I can't keep up with the orders so far." - An ecstatic Quark, and Kai Winn "If I remove the rest of his brain... That 'spark of life' will be gone. He'll be dead... and I'll be the one who killed him." "But if we do nothing, he'll die!" "That's right, he will. But he'll die like a man, not a machine." - Bashir and Kira "You had... such a... serenity about you... I thought you had all the answers. It really got on my nerves for a while! Then I got to know you and I... realized you were just as confused as the rest of us. You just accepted your confusion better than anyone I've ever known. That's when I realized I loved you." - Kira, tearfully to the unconscious Bareil Background information Story and script The original pitch for this episode, by Christian Ford and Roger Soffer, was based on the 1818 novel , with Bashir in the role of Dr. . The story concerned a Federation ambassador, involved in peace negotiations with the Romulans to disestablish the Neutral Zone, whose shuttle is damaged and who dies in the sickbay on Deep Space 9. However, the treaty negotiations are at a pivotal moment, so Bashir is able to figure out a way to "re-animate" the ambassador's brain, essentially bringing him back to life. However, over the course of the episode, he begins to go mad, and in the last scene, Bashir is forced to allow him to die once again. The reason this idea was scrapped was that the producers felt that the audience wouldn't have much sympathy for a character whom they'd only just been introduced to. According to Ronald D. Moore, "we were trying to make it a Bashir show, but in reality, everything focused on the ambassador, and nobody cared about him." () The solution to the problem of audience apathy was to make the ambassador a character whom the audience knew and cared about. The producers considered changing the role to O'Brien; Colm Meaney was rumored to want to leave the show to concentrate on film work, but he assured the staff he had no intentions of leaving. As such, the producers gave the story to Vedek Bareil, mainly because they weren't happy with how the Bareil-Kira relationship was going, and because they weren't sure where the Bareil character was heading. () André Bormanis consulted with his friend John E. Glassco, a pathologist at St. Josephs Hospital in Burbank, to make the medical dialogue as authentic as possible. Bormanis was interested by the idea of how much medical technology could replace organs without resembling the Borg. () The final draft script was submitted on . Production Jim Martin designed two major props for this episode: a "brain scanner" and a "brain operator." The scanner was a small light-weight device which would be placed over the head. The operator was a large device which enclosed the head, apart from a small opening at the back. However, when Martin saw some of the dailies for the episode, he was amazed to see the scanner being used as the operator and vice versa. Director Reza Badiyi couldn't figure out which was which, so he took a guess. Martin thought this mix up was hilarious. () While shooting her scenes, Louise Fletcher (Kai Winn) was extremely ill with the flu and had to lie down between takes. () Behr thought that her illness meant that Fletcher did not have "that same nasty little streak that we normally get out of her". (Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages p. 90) Reception Although the producers were happy with both the A-story and the B-story as individual stories, they were not happy with their combination in this episode. According to Ira Steven Behr, after viewing the first set of dailies which included scenes from both stories, the producers were beyond shocked, and a feeling swept through the room like, "What the hell have we done?" The decision to have a grim A-story and a humorous B-story was Ronald D. Moore's, who explains, "I said to everyone, 'This is such a grim episode, we should have a light B-story, maybe let Jake and Nog do some fun stuff.' It sounded great in concept, and I enjoyed writing the scenes, but, man, such a mistake!" () After this episode aired, the producers received an extremely angry email from a group calling themselves 'The Friends of Vedek Bareil'. The email angrily protested the death of Bareil and enclosed were pictures of a memorial service they had held for him. () Robert Hewitt Wolfe, who created Bareil for , commented: "Ron butchered my character, what can I say? I think it was a good episode, but that's one character payment I'll never see again. I do think the episode works well because he was an important part of Kira's life, so it has impact on the audience, which had gotten to know Bareil". (Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages p. 90) Bormanis commented: "I think this was one of our best episodes, precisely because it raises the kinds of questions you’re asking. We’ve established that Vulcans have “living spirits” that can survive death, and of course the Klingons believe in an afterlife. In this episode, we went with the idea that 24th century technology is not sophisticated enough to completely reproduce all of the subtleties of the bioelectric circuitry that presumably gives rise to consciousness. Until scientists develop a working model of consciousness, though, it’s impossible to say whether artificial circuits would be a viable “seat” of consciousness. We may get the answer to that question in the next few decades. It’s one of the biggest questions in science, and a lot of people are working on it" Trivia This episode marks the death of Vedek Bareil Antos. Philip Anglim later plays the mirror universe version of the character in the sixth season episode . The Bajoran-Cardassian Treaty is signed during this episode. The episode is a sequel of sorts to this episode. Nog says he doesn't even know what a Tholian looks like. The only Tholian body part previously revealed on-screen was the head, in . Viewers would not fully know what a Tholian looks like until , ten years later. This episode was the first of DS9 to be aired after premiered. Video and DVD releases UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 3.7, As part of the DS9 Season 3 DVD collection Links and references Guest Stars Philip Anglim as "Vedek Bareil" Aron Eisenberg as Nog Lark Voorhies as Leanne Ann Gillespie as Jabara Andrew Prine as Turrel Special Guest Star Louise Fletcher as "Kai Winn" Co-Stars Eva Loseth as Riska Kevin Carr as Bajoran Uncredited Co-Stars Terry Green as operations lieutenant Randy James David B. Levinson as Broik Susan Lewis as Bajoran civilian Michael Wajacs as Bajoran civilian Michael Zurich as Bajoran security deputy Unknown performers as Ferengi server Green-skinned alien with beaked face Kressari Kressari's Human companion Pakled Starfleet nurse treating Winn References 2367; accomplice; advice; Alpha Quadrant; ambassador; armistice; arterial disruption; artificial implant; artery; axon; Bajor; Bajorans; Bajoran detainees; Bajoran-Cardassian Treaty; Bajoran transport; Bashir's medical school professor; blood plasma; blood pressure; brain; brain damage; brain stem; Cardassia; Cardassian; Cardassian Central Command; cardiac arrest; cascade effect; cell membrane; cerebral cortex; central axonal pathway; chocolate; chocolate soufflé; cordrazine; cranium; cultural differences; customs; damage; defibrillator; election; electricity; Eminence; Emissary of the Prophets; encryption; Ferengi; Ferenginar; Ferris VI; formal apology; gagh; hemorrhaging; Haligian tongue sauce; heart; holosuite; inaprovaline; internal organ; Ishka; Justice Ministry; kidneys; Kressari; Leanne's father; legate; lobes; looting; lungs; magistrate; management; Massacre of Ferris VI; medical care; midbrain; millivolt; mining rights; minute; morphenolog; negotiation; neural pathway; neural tissue; neuron; neurogenic radiation; neurostimulation; neurotransmitter; night; Occupation of Bajor; Ops; ; orb; Osinar VI; oxygen; Pakled; parietal lobe; patient; percent; plasma coil; plasma conduit; positronic implant; pressor field; Promenade; Prophets; Quark's; radiation; Riska's uncle; Rom; sabotage; scapegoat; soufflé; springball; Starfleet; stasis; synapse; synaptic failure; temporal lobe; ; Tholian; Tholian ambassador; tissue sample; tradition; vasoconstriction; vasokin; Vulcans; ; war reparations; wilderness preserve Other references Deep Space 9 schematic: cargo turbo subsystem; crew quarters; crossover bridge; defense sail; defense systems monitor; deflector emitter; docking clamp; docking control cabin; docking pylon; docking ring; docking ring airlock; environmental purge/fill station; exhaust cone; fusion reactor assembly; habitat ring; ops module; ore processing center; phaser strip; photon torpedo launcher; power transfer conduit; promenade; radiator; reaction control thruster; runabout pad; sensor array; structural assembly; subspace antenna farm; tractor emitter; tug tractor emitter assembly Unreferenced material cerebral artery; edema; neuroglial network; External links de:Der Funke des Lebens es:Life Support fr:Life Support (épisode) nl:Life Support DS9 episodes

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Heart of Stone (episode)

Searching for a Maquis raider on an unstable moon, Kira is trapped in an expanding crystal formation that threatens to engulf her if Odo cannot set her free. Meanwhile, Nog attempts to persuade a skeptical Commander Benjamin Sisko to write him a letter of recommendation to join Starfleet Academy. Summary Teaser Returning from security consultations at Prophet's Landing, a Bajoran colony near the Cardassian border, Kira and Odo talk in the . Odo is upset that Kira did not allow him to turn down an invitation to dinner with the colony's governor, Avesta. Kira is incredulous over this, given that Odo does not eat, but he explains that he would have liked the chance to voice his opinion. Soon, they detect a Maquis attack in progress on a Lissepian cargo ship. They pursue the attacking ship, a modifier courier ship, in their runabout. Act One Due to prevailing conditions, the pursuit takes them down to the surface of an unstable moon located near the Badlands with an atmosphere that's impenetrable to sensors. On the station, Nog is in Ops asking O'Brien if he can see Commander Sisko on an "urgent" matter and he's sent up to the commander's office. Nog comes bearing a quantity of latinum, which he gives to Sisko because according to Ferengi statute, Nog has completed the Ferengi Attainment Ceremony and is now at the age where he must purchase an apprenticeship. Since he considers Sisko a mentor, he says, Sisko's the one from whom he intends to make the purchase – he wants to become a Starfleet officer and asks where he can pick up his uniform. Sisko explains in brief that Nog first needs to graduate from Starfleet Academy, however as Nog is not a Federation citizen he needs a letter of reference from a command-level officer before he can take the entrance exam. Since Sisko is just such an officer, Nog is certain that Sisko will provide the reference... but Sisko says he'll "think about it." Throughout the conversation, the two are pushing the stack of Nog's latinum back and forth across the Commander's desk. On the alien moon, Odo and Kira track the fugitive to a cave network and witness severe seismic activity. Since they need to cover ground quickly looking for the Maquis fugitive, they split up. Shortly afterward, Odo receives a combadge signal from Kira who's trapped in one of the caves. When Odo finds Kira, her right foot is completely stuck in some sort of crystal formation that grows spontaneously. Act Two Odo suggests that Kira remove her foot from her boot, but she tells him the crystal is too tight. The crystal can't be smashed either, so Kira decides to try shooting it with her phaser. However this only causes the crystal to grow faster as it feeds off the phaser energy. Odo decides its time to leave and tries to contact the Mekong to be transported, but the moon's interference prevents the runabout from responding. Odo decides to head back to the Mekong and try transporting Kira from there. Back on the station, Jake catches up to Nog at Quark's, under the impression that Nog's interview with his father was a joke. Nog angrily assures Jake that nothing could be further from the truth, extracting a promise that Jake will go back to his father and take back his assertion that it was a joke. Jake is confused, and asks for an explanation, but Nog refuses to give him one, mentioning that it is personal and tells him he is very busy repairing his uncle's malfunctioning replicator system. Meanwhile, Odo returns to the runabout and attempts to beam Kira out of her entrapment, only to discover that the nature of the moon's atmosphere makes it impossible to operate transporters or send a distress signal directly from the runabout. With no other options, Odo launches a communications buoy into orbit however even with optimum conditions it'll take two days for the distress signal to reach Deep Space 9 and its clear that the crystal will completely consume Kira well before then. As he's returning to Kira's location he hears phaser fire, which Kira tells him was on account of the reappearance of the Maquis they'd been chasing. Examining the phaser blasts on a rock wall near Kira, Odo tells the major the Maquis did not miss her by much. "My lucky day," she ruefully says. Act Three On the upper level of the Promenade, Nog collars Sisko outside Quark's and asks excitedly if he's decided to write the letter of reference. Faced with Nog's persistence, Sisko tells Nog unambiguously that he doesn't consider Nog a good candidate for admission to the Academy considering his less than stellar reputation on the station – but Nog wants nothing more than a chance to prove that he's better than Sisko's assessment suggests. With this in mind, he later tells Jadzia Dax to assign Nog to a cargo bay inventory. Dax is equally skeptical, but Sisko wants to give Nog a fair chance to live up to his promises – and that's exactly what he'll get, with "no help, no interference, no-one looking over his shoulder." Dax points out that they've already taken inventory of that cargo bay last month, which Sisko says makes it the perfect test: they'll know if anything goes missing. On the moon, Kira's still stuck. Working from information provided in one of the criminal activity reports, Odo comes up with an idea for freeing her – if he can build a ultrasonic generator from the runabout's covariant oscillator, he may be able to find a frequency that can shatter the crystal. He heads back to the Mekong to pick up the oscillator. In the cargo bay, Dax tells Nog the previous inventory was 'lost' due to a computer error so they need a fresh report. Nog in initially surprised he's been left to do the entire bay alone, but Dax tells him that Starfleet isn't just exploring and adventuring but a lot of the time is just plain hard work. Nog assures Dax this won't be a problem and takes the opportunity with extreme enthusiasm, telling Dax he will have the inventory report completed before Sisko goes off duty. Dax tells him the next morning will be just fine. The generator has been built with Odo and Kira waiting for it to show positive results, and Odo explains that he's been going to the holosuite with Chief O'Brien and witnessing O'Brien's fascination with kayaking. In the meantime, an earthquake strikes and the cave threatens to collapse in on them. Act Four Odo changes form to protect Kira from falling rocks. After the earthquake ends, Odo continues talking with her at a personal level. In the Replimat, Sisko and Dax are reviewing Nog's performance on the inventory, which was excellent. Dax notes that he not only finished it in under five hours, he even found a few items that the crew missed during the previous inventory. Sisko remarks that all the experience Nog gained from taking inventory in Quark's back room has now paid off. However, both of them are still completely in the dark about Nog's true motivations for joining Starfleet. The ultrasonic generator has gone through the entire spectrum of frequencies but has had no success with shattering the crystal, much to Odo's confusion. The crystal is now up to Kira's neck and she can barely breathe. Desperate for something to take her mind off her situation, she asks how Odo got his name. Odo explains that when Doctor Mora Pol brought him to the laboratory, he was required to label everything for the ease of his Cardassian overseers. As he didn't know what Odo was (in fact, he didn't even know Odo was sentient), he labelled him Unknown Sample which the Cardassians translated to Odo'Ital which means 'nothing' in their language. Even after Odo was discovered to be sentient the Bajoran scientists still called him that but made it into two words like Bajoran names, with Odo Ital eventually just becoming Odo. Even afterwards, when anyone used it Odo still remembered what it meant; he was nothing and had nothing. However serving on Deep Space 9 under the Bajorans and Starfleet has made him feel differently about himself and now feels like a person. It's now clear the ultrasonic generator isn't going to work, and Odo can't help but feel something isn't right with the situation as there's no way the generator should have failed. Kira tells him that the cave is going to collapse any second, and the Maquis is likely already dead from one of the earlier quakes so there's no reason for him to stay and die as well; she then orders Odo to leave her. Act Five Odo refuses to abandon Kira, going so far as to resign his commission rather than obey that order. Odo's normal composure begins to crack under the situation, and he finally tells Kira the truth; he is in love with her. He waits for her response, and is surprised when she tells him she's in love with him too. Nog is sent to Commander Sisko's office, where Sisko explains that he needs to turn down Nog's request for a reference. Sisko's explains that Nog's just not Academy material and believes he wouldn't be able to cope with the workload or the discipline. Nog frustratedly points out he has shown himself to be a hard worker, but Sisko implacably states he can't afford to risk any of his reputation on Nog's whim. As voices raise, Sisko demands a straight answer. Pushed into a corner, Nog finally tells Sisko point blank: "I don't want to end up like my father!" Nog goes on to point out that his father shows every sign of being a brilliant engineer, but doesn't have "the lobes" for the business life that is expected of Ferengi… and neither does he. On his current path, Rom has nothing in the future to look forward to except working at Quark's for the rest of his life or the slim chance of inheriting the bar if Quark dies first. Nog is anxious to avoid his father's fate, and is fixed on joining Starfleet exactly because that will give him one of his best likely chances to use the talents he does have. Having finally gotten a straight explanation of Nog's motivations and seeing that his reasons for joining Starfleet are genuine, Sisko changes his mind and promises Nog his reference. Nog is overjoyed, but Sisko reminds him that he's still got a lot of work ahead of him if he is to become an officer, to which Nog reaffirms that he is up to the challenge. Matters on the alien moon also reach their denouement. Odo's been thinking about the things that Kira's told him, and they don't add up. First of all, he points out the phaser marks on the cave wall; from the Maquis' position in the cave where he'd have shot from there's no way he could have made them without hitting Kira. He also he knows Kira's admission of love for him was a lie, much as he would like her to. In the years they've known each other he has never noticed she had any kind of romantic feelings for him. Kira suggests that she might have lied to him to make him feel better, but Odo knows Kira would never lie to him for any reason. He points a phaser at her and demands to know where the real Kira is. "Kira" changes form into the Female Changeling who compliments Odo on his superb investigation skills. She confesses that there never was a Maquis; she was piloting the ship Odo and Kira were chasing and she did it all because she wanted to understand fully why Odo rejected the Great Link and suspected that Kira was part of the reason, a suspicion that has now been confirmed. The plan was to make Odo think that Kira died, and by taking away his link to the solids he would rejoin his people. Odo insists that he will never join them, but the Female Changeling insists he will sometime. Odo makes it clear he's willing to shoot, but the Female Changeling tells him that no changeling has ever harmed another. When Odo refuses to back down, the Female Changeling tells him Kira's location but warns him she will never return his feelings before being transported away. As another earthquake hits and the cave finally begins to collapse, Odo locates Kira trapped in a pod and gets her out. The two then run back to the Mekong. Back on the station, Odo tells Kira what happened but pretends that the Female Changeling only impersonated her since she was with him at the time. When she asks what made him realize the truth, he says that the Changeling said something he knew that Kira would never say. When she asks what, he claims that it was "a slip of the tongue – nothing important." In Quark's, Quark flatly refuses to allow Nog to join Starfleet only for Rom to speak up and say that Quark may be his boss, but Rom has the final word in matters concerning his own son. Quark impatiently tells Rom to tell Nog he can't leave DS9… only for Rom to wish his son luck and say he will be very proud if Nog becomes the first Ferengi to join Starfleet. "Like father, like son," Nog tells his father. Log entries First officer's log, Deep Space 9 Memorable quotes "That's right. I want to be the first Ferengi in Starfleet. Now. Who do I see about getting a uniform?" - Nog"No, it's my fault. I should have explained it better." "Of course it's your fault. Everything that goes wrong here is your fault. It says so in your contract." - Rom and Quark"I see you've put in a request to reassign Ensign Vilix'pran from cargo inspection." "I think that would be best. Given his condition, I don't want him coming in contact with any hazardous materials." "His condition?" "Vilix'pran is budding. His buds are undergoing individuation in just over a month." "You mean he's pregnant?" "Twins." "Reassignment granted. I'll have make sure I offer my congratulations to the ensign next time I see him." "O'Brien and I are throwing him a baby shower in a couple of days. I think it would mean a lot to him if you were there." "Are you getting him anything?" "O'Brien's building him a hatchling pond and I've put an order in with Garak for some new baby clothes." "Count me in." - Sisko and Bashir"I'm sorry. I'm just having trouble imagining the two of you together in a boat." "Well if it helps any, he's the one who does all the singing." "He sings?" "He says it's necessary to establish a smooth paddling rhythm." "This gets better and better. What kind of songs does he sing?" "Ancient human sea chanties, mostly. He's particularly fond of one called 'Louie, Louie'." - Odo and faux-Kira talking about Odo and O'Briens kayaking trips in the holosuite "… it's been my observation that you humanoids have a hard time giving up the things you love… no matter how much they might hurt you." - Odo"After all, we've been in worse situations than this one, and come out all right." "Name three… I can't think of any, either." - Odo and faux-Kira"So your name is 'Unknown Sample'?" "No. "Odo'ital" literally means the word "Nothing." Even after it became clear that I was sentient, the Bajoran scientists kept calling me that. As a joke, they split it into two words, like a Bajoran name: "Odo Ital." Which eventually got shortened…" "To Odo." "I thought it was the most appropriate name anyone could give me. And then I met you…" - faux-Kira and Odo"No. I won't leave you." "Why?" "Because… Because, I'm in love with you." - Odo and faux-Kira"My father is a mechanical genius. He could've been the chief engineer of a starship if he'd had the opportunity. But he went into business like a good Ferengi. The only thing is, he's not a good Ferengi… not when it comes to acquiring profit. So now all he has to live for is the slim chance that someday, somehow, he might be able to take over my uncle's bar. Well I'm not going to make the same mistake. I want to do something with my life… something worthwhile." - Nog"Well done, Odo. You really are quite a skillful investigator." "And you're quite a skillful Changeling." - Odo and the Female Changeling"No changeling has ever harmed another." "There's always a first time." - Female Changeling to Odo, who has a phaser pointed at her "She's never going to love you. How could she? You are a changeling." - The Female Changeling, to Odo "I tell you, I won't stand for it. No nephew of mine is going to disgrace our family name by joining Starfleet." - Quark, to Nog about going to Starfleet Academy "When it comes to the bar, you may be in charge, but when it comes to my son, I make the decisions." "Fine! You tell him he can't go!" "Nog, good luck. I would be proud to have a son in Starfleet." - Rom and Quark''' Background information Story and script The Kira and Odo storyline in this episode was partly based on the 1964 novel and the 1971 film. In this book and the film, a character's leg is trapped underneath a large log, causing him to subsequently drown when he is unable to free his leg to prevent water rising above his head. () Ira Steven Behr commented on the scene in the film adaptation of Sometimes a Great Notion, "It's a great scene in a not so great movie". (Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages p 91) On Nog's storyline in the episode, Robert Hewitt Wolfe commented "It just struck me one day that out of Wesley, Jake and Nog, the one who will really become Starfleet and stand on a bridge to say 'engage' twenty years from now would be Nog. There was a nice irony, and something cool to do with that character, especially after Jake said he did not want to enter Starfleet". (Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages p 91) Ronald D. Moore was also impressed with Nog's storyline. Moore commented "I think that was an interesting direction. Somehow, Captain Nog sounds cool". (Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages p 91) The final draft script is dated . Production The episode was a bottle show. Robert Hewitt Wolfe commented, "We had to pay for '' and start saving money to do other things. So 'Heart of Stone' was a conscious attempt to do a kind of show we've always done on DS9, a show like '' or '' where we take a couple of interesting characters and stick them in a room." (Cinefantastique, Volume 27, Issues 2-12) The 'rock' prop in this episode was extremely unpopular among both cast and crew. Ira Steven Behr called it "that horrible, horrible prop of a rock." Nana Visitor was also disappointed with it; "It didn't look like I'd imagined it when I read the script. I thought it was going to be like my body turning to stone. Instead I looked like a big old hot fudge sundae, and my head was the cherry on top." Director Alexander Singer said, "Nothing made the pinkish lavender rock look more realistic," while Visual Effects Supervisor Glenn Neufeld claimed of the actual shooting of the rock that "pretty much none of it worked." () Nana Visitor, who also suffers from claustrophobia, commented that she found the episode hard to film "because I thought the prop they used to encase me was an awful choice." Reception Aron Eisenberg enjoyed the episode, particularly filming his scenes with Avery Brooks. Eisenberg commented: "[Avery Brooks] is awesome. He has got such presence - there is a power behind his eyes. How can I explain it? He gives to you when he looks in your eyes. He doesn't just look at your eyes but he looks in your eyes and feeds you. That was a scene we had rehearsed but, as soon as we shot it, he unexpectedly grabbed my shoulders and said, 'Tell me, Nog, what is it?' And it was awesome because it forced me to come up to that level. I didn't back down. I blurted out, 'Because I don't want to be like my father'. He is so professional. That was my favorite scene! It finally gave me, as an actor, something to really think about and deal with. It was emotional and we really got to see the heart of Nog. Also, as an actor I really had to come from a place and not just be on the surface. I was very well prepared when I did it. I didn't have any problems with the lines and I was very proud of myself". ("In For a Penny, In For a Pound", Star Trek: The Official Fan Club of the UK Magazine issue 8) Rene Echevarria commented that "Heart of Stone" is "one of my favorite episodes. I found it absolutely heartbreaking for Odo to finally proclaim his love for Kira, thinking she's going to die, and then realize that she's not who she says she is when she says she loves him too". (Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages p 91) The scene where Nog talks to Sisko about his father is actor Aron Eisenberg's all-time favorite piece of his own acting, and this is his favorite DS9 episode. () Critic Jeff Terich wrote: "One of the best if unsung episodes of the series, season 3′s 'Heart of Stone', wherein an increasingly desperate Odo attempts to save Major Kira from being killed by some kind of constrictive, growing crystal, and the once-comical Ferengi Nog decides to join Starfleet. Moments like these show that it’s not the Prime Directive that we care about, necessarily, but the people who pilot the starships and man the station. It’s a needed dose of humanity while social interaction is out of bounds". Trivia The title of the episode comes from, and the plot was partly inspired by, William Shakespeare's . This episode marks the beginning of Nog's journey to become a Starfleet officer. It is revealed that a non-Federation citizen, in order to be admitted to Starfleet Academy, needs a reference from a command-level officer. The Female Changeling here fulfils the promise to visit Odo which she made in . The origin of Odo's name is revealed in this episode. This is the first episode in the series in which Odo handles a weapon. This episode confirms the fact that Rom is a skilled engineer, something which was hinted at in the second season episode , and something which would be revisited throughout the fifth, sixth and seventh seasons, after Rom becomes a junior engineer in . Odo's revelation that he loves Kira is actually the first time he has revealed this information. It had been hinted at in several episodes (such as and ), and Lwaxana Troi had guessed it in , but Odo himself had never admitted to it until this episode. Ensign Vilix'pran is mentioned for the first time in this episode. He would be mentioned again in the fifth season episodes and , but viewers would never see him on-screen. We learn in this episode that O'Brien's love for kayaking, first revealed in the TNG episode , is still alive and well. This is the first episode in which Rom openly defies Quark. This theme would continue in and , and would ultimately culminate in . Salome Jens consented to be listed in the end credits rather than the beginning credits so as not to spoil the surprise. She was credited as "Special Guest Star," rather than "Guest Star" as she had been in previous and subsequent appearances. Referenced Rules of Acquisition: #18 ("A Ferengi without profit is no Ferengi at all") Remastered version Remastered footage from the episode is featured in the documentary What We Left Behind''. Video and DVD releases UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 3.7, As part of the DS9 Season 3 DVD collection Links and references Guest Stars Max Grodénchik as Rom Aron Eisenberg as Nog Special Guest Star Salome Jens as Female Changeling Co-Star Majel Barrett as Computer Voice Uncredited co-stars Mary Mascari as Bajoran woman Nana Visitor as Female Changeling Michael Wajacs as Bajoran civilian Unknown performer as Kressari Nog's female customer Tailhead References 2368; ability; amusement; atmospheric ionization; attitude stabilizers; Avesta; Badlands; Badlands gas giant; Badlands gas giant moon; Badlands solar system; Badlands star; Bajoran; Bajoran-Cardassian Treaty; bandwidth; bearing; Bemar; Cardassians; Cardassian border; Cardassian language; cargo bay; Central Museum of Remmil VI; chief engineer; chief of security; colony; command level officer; computer; constable; contract; courier ship; covariant oscillator; crystal; ; detective novel; dinner; diplomacy; ensign; ; exploration; family; family name; Federation; feeling; Ferengi; Ferengi Attainment Ceremony; Ferengi Trade By-Laws; friend; fugitive; ; gas giant; governor; Hatchling; hatchling pond; hazardous material; height; holodeck programs; holosuite; ; Human; Human nature; indication; individuation; interference; International Space Station; inventory; ionization; kayaking; latinum; letter of reference; Lissepian; Lissepian supply ship; "Louie, Louie"; love; lunch; major; manifest; ; meter; Mora Pol; name; Nausicaan raiders; Non-Federation; ; ; Odo'Ital (aka Odo Ital); orbital sensor platform; ; pattern enhancer; (unnamed); phase matrix recalibrator; place; plasma field; platitude; police record; power coupling; power supply grid; prison; probe; Promenade; Prophet's Landing; Quark's; rapid; Remmil VI; Remmil VI native; replicator; Replimat; resignation; Rules of Acquisition; sea chantey; sensor; shoulder; slip of the tongue; solar system; Starfleet; Starfleet Academy entrance exam; Starfleet Security; starship; story; sympathetic vibration; system overload; transponder; tricorder; ultrasonic generator; ultrasonic wave; Vilix'pran; Vilix'pran's offspring; weather; worker External links de:Herz aus Stein es:Heart of Stone fr:Heart of Stone (épisode) nl:Heart of Stone DS9 episodes

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Destiny (episode)

An ancient Bajoran prophecy of doom complicates the first joint Bajoran, Cardassian and Federation science mission: an attempt to establish a permanent communications link through the wormhole. Summary Teaser "Station log, stardate 48543.2. A team of Cardassian scientists is coming to the station to assist us in deploying a subspace relay in the Gamma Quadrant. If successful, it will allow communication through the wormhole for the first time." Constable Odo, followed closely by Commander Sisko, enters one of the station's many living quarters. He explains that he has assigned the senior Cardassian scientist, Ulani Belor, to these quarters with her colleague, Gilora Rejal, being accommodated in the adjacent room. Sisko immediately notices the unusual warmth in the room, believing Odo has adjusted the environmental controls to suit the scientist's needs and he is right. Odo further explains that he has also had Chief O'Brien reprogram the replicators to produce Cardassian food and has assigned two deputies to watch them carefully during their trip, though the commander tells him to keep his distance; he wants the scientists to feel like guests, not prisoners. Odo, in typical fashion, replies with the caution of a security officer. As he explains, there are still some elements opposed to the recent Bajoran-Cardassian Treaty on both sides and so they have to be prepared for trouble. Though Sisko agrees with the statement, he also wants the Bajorans to get used to seeing Cardassians "walking down the Promenade, buying from their shops, eating from their restaurants. Getting to know them as something other than brutal overseers." Just then, they are interrupted by Lieutenant Dax, who reports she has just received the scientist's designs on the proposed transceiver for the communications relay, but she isn't entirely convinced it is going to work. Sisko assures her the Cardassians are certainly confident of success, to which she smiles and expresses her hopes it will be too. Before the three of them can discuss it further, Quark enters with two bottles of kanar and expresses an interest in which of the scientists will be staying there; Gilora or Ulani. Odo seems surprised that Quark is aware of their names, particularly since he only found out an hour ago. "Odo, please…", Quark smiles. Managing to evade the question, he reveals he has brought a bottle of kanar for each of them with a "personal invitation" to Quark's. Dax also seems surprised, but for a different reason. She asks the Ferengi where he has managed to obtain real kanar, to which he explains he has had three cases of it sitting in his storeroom since the Occupation and there hasn't been much call for it the past few years. But that's about to change, he says, as there are sure to be more Cardassians visiting the station as a result of the new peace treaty. Dax smiles, quoting what she believes is the thirty-fourth Rule of Acquisition; "Peace is good for business", however Quark soon corrects her – the thirty-fourth is "War is good for business", but he can see how she might have got them confused. Back to the topic at hand, Quark believes it won't be long before there's a permanent Cardassian presence on the station. "Scientists, diplomats… spies…", all of whom would be welcome at Quark's. In fact, he says he may even rent the shop next to his bar and open up some Cardassian gaming concessions. Sensing trouble, Odo quickly reminds him there will be no live Vole fights on the Promenade, and Sisko backs him up. Content to make some sacrifices, Quark goes on to envision his new enterprise where his bar is known for having the best Cardassian food and drink in the sector though this is sadly interrupted by Dax, who informs him his kanar has gone bad. Odo instructs Quark to leave, half-seriously saying he may well have to arrest him for attempting to poison their guests. Quark makes a hasty departure, taking along the kanar. A little while later, Sisko is in his office working on a PADD when Major Kira notifies him a Vedek Yarka has arrived and requests to meet with him urgently. Sisko nods to Kira, who gestures to Yarka standing outside. The Vedek rushes in with some urgency and reveals he has an important warning from the Prophets; if he allows the Cardassians on the station, he will bring destruction upon them all. Act One Vedek Yarka explains that it has all been foretold in Trakor's Third Prophecy; "When the river wakes, stirred once more to Janir's side, three vipers will return to their nest in the sky." The river has awakened, he says to Sisko. As Kira reveals, he is referring to the Qui'al Dam which has just been put back into operation to divert water to the city, and the Cardassian scientists – the three vipers – are now on their way to the station, their nest in the sky. The Commander seems skeptical of the whole thing but nevertheless asks how their arrival will bring destruction on them all. Yarka continues to recite the prophecy; "When the vipers try to peer through the temple gates, a sword of stars will appear in the heavens. The temple will burn, and its gates shall be cast open." He compares the scientist's attempts at communication through the wormhole – the Celestial Temple – as the vipers trying to peer through the temple gates. If they do, he says, the wormhole will be destroyed. Kira points out to him that only two scientists will be arriving on the station, not three, and asks if it is possible whether there could be more mistakes in his interpretation. But Yarka is adamant; "There will be three vipers, you will see", he asserts, but Sisko still isn't convinced. He illustrates the benefits of the communication relay for Bajor, how they will be able to communicate with ships on the other side of the wormhole and facilitate exploration, how they can monitor the Dominion in case of attack, but the Vedek dismisses the benefits as irrelevant, sure that they are on the verge of a great disaster. Sisko asks him if the Vedek Assembly is aware of the prophecy. Yarka says both the Assembly and Kai Winn know of it but choose to ignore the signs. The Commander reiterates his stance; in common with the Bajoran government, he has no intention of calling off the project. Yarka expresses his dismay at the decision but informs Sisko he and his followers will remain on the station, praying he changes his mind. As the Vedek leaves, Sisko instructs Kira to have Odo find out everything he can on him and his followers. He doesn't want them causing any trouble while the Cardassians are on the station. In the airlock, the large circular doors are wheeled back to reveal the two Cardassian women. Sisko welcomes them both to Deep Space 9 on behalf of the Federation and Starfleet Command, while Kira stands in silence. After a brief introduction, she too welcomes them on behalf of the Bajoran Provisional Government, hoping this project will mark a new era of peace between Bajor and Cardassia though she is clearly uncomfortable with the situation. With the formalities out of the way, Sisko asks them how their trip was. Ulani, seemingly more relaxed, jokes it was very exhausting though preparing for the trip was equally as tiring. She explains how guls she has never even heard of before have contacted her about the mission, reminding her of the importance, to which Sisko relates, commenting on three calls he has received from Starfleet Command just that morning. In a more serious tone, Ulani expresses her gratitude to Kira for allowing them to conduct their work on the station, much to Kira's surprise. "I'll work with anyone who's interested in peace", she replies. After resting in their quarters, the scientists meet up with Sisko, Kira, O'Brien, and Dax for a briefing in the wardroom. On the wall, there is a diagram of the wormhole with Deep Space 9 at one end and the communication relay at the other. Sisko explains the plan is to place the relay two kilometers away from the far side of the wormhole, while Gilora begins to describe the transceiver they will be installing. Part way through, she stops herself, realizing she called the station by its old Cardassian name, Terok Nor. After quickly correcting herself, Dax asks Ulani what sort of carrier wave they will using to counter the interference inside the wormhole. She responds with a trial and error approach to testing several different soliton pulses, certain one will prove successful. O'Brien recognizes the plan as one they attempted a year ago without much success, though Gilora, confident in her ability, believes the problem was in the phase variance of the transceiver coils. Defending his skills as an engineer, the chief says the variance was less than point zero one percent but yet again, Gilora argues, saying it was too high and their new design has less than half that variance. The chief isn't convinced and wants to go over the plans himself. Ulani then interrupts, realizing an argument is developing. She reminds Sisko that a few adjustments will need to be made to the station's signaling array so that it can accommodate the transmissions, who assures her Chief O'Brien's people can handle it while they take the to the Gamma Quadrant and deploy the relay. With that, the meeting concludes and Gilora and Ulani head back to their quarters. Turning to Kira, Sisko jokes, "Now those are about the two friendliest vipers I've ever met" which elicits a few strange looks from Dax and O'Brien. Sisko tells them he will explain himself later. Just when it seems like everything is in order, Ulani returns to the wardroom and informs Sisko that another of their colleagues, Dejar, will be arriving later in the day. Sisko politely says that quarters will be arranged by the time she arrives. Ulani thanks him and heads out, leaving Sisko to brief his senior staff on another issue. However, just as the commander takes his seat, he pauses, noticing an expressionless Kira staring at the bulkhead. He asks her what is wrong. "There are going to be three of them…" she quietly replies, "Three vipers… just like in the prophecy…" Act Two In the security office, Odo reveals that Vedek Yarka is no longer a Vedek at all; he was stripped of his title just two months ago because he didn't adhere to Bajoran beliefs, at least that is the official reason. Odo happens to know from his sources that Yarka led a series of protests against the Vedek Assembly when they endorsed the peace treaty with Cardassia. Sisko theorizes that Yarka is using the prophecy as a way to scuttle the treaty. Odo agrees, saying it is also coloring his view of it as well just like Sisko's agenda colors the way he sees it. The Commander defends himself, saying he wants the project to go ahead in the interests of peace and if he thought for a moment that the wormhole was in danger, he would put a stop to it. But that isn't what Odo is referring to. He has observed how Sisko prefers to distance himself from the title of "Emissary", that he has never been comfortable with it. Sisko sighs in agreement, "I can't deny that", he says before realizing Odo may be hinting at something more. He asks him if he thinks he is dismissing the prophecy too easily because he doesn't want to be the Emissary. Odo says he isn't suggesting anything. It has simply been his understanding that all humanoids have an agenda of some sort, an agenda that can influence their decisions without them knowing it. Meanwhile, Kira and Doctor Bashir are taking a walk down the Promenade, discussing how Morn was taken ill by a bad glass of Quark's kanar. Kira quips he should get a refund, though, as Bashir explains, the odd thing is it was on the house. Half-way down the Promenade, they are interrupted by Yarka. After Bashir excuses himself, Yarka implores Kira to talk to Sisko about the prophecy and convince him not to go ahead with the project but Kira denies him, explaining that he is her superior officer and she must deal with him on that basis first, thereby keeping her work and beliefs separate. But Yarka continues to insist she not turn her back on her faith and present his case to Sisko. "Without your faith, Nerys", he says, "…what do you have left?" In Quark's, Dax is discussing Cardassian poetry with Ulani and Gilora, while a bored O'Brien looks on. She reveals that one of her previous hosts, Tobin, actually got to meet Iloja of Prim during his exile on , much to the scientists disbelief. At that moment, Quark arrives and presents their colleague, Dejar. After the necessary introductions, Ulani expresses her surprise at her early arrival. Dejar explains that she was able to arrange special transportation. There is an uncomfortable aura between the two which Dax and O'Brien seem to pick up on. Quark certainly does as he attempts to alleviate it by presenting some traditional Cardassian food; Tojal in yamok sauce and Regova eggs. Though Dejar seems to enjoy it, Gilora and Ulani admit they don't really care for Cardassian cuisine, to everyone's amusement, that is everyone but Dejar. Later, in Ops, O'Brien is assisting Gilora with the work needed to interface the transceiver with the station. As she pulls away one of the panels in the engineering pit, Gilora gasps in amazement at the sight of the modified conduits. O'Brien explains he had to make some modifications in order to meet Starfleet codes and regulations which require a secondary backup system. Gilora points out that the chances of both the primary system and its backup failing at the same time are extremely unlikely and although O'Brien agrees, he says he wouldn't like to be caught without a secondary backup in a crunch. She reluctantly decides to find another way to go about the modifications and begins making some calculations on her PADD. When O'Brien tries to provide some assistance, she shuts him out, requiring some time to think. "Fine", an annoyed O'Brien says, sitting himself quietly down on one of the consoles. Unaware of her obvious abruptness, she then asks him to get her a cup of red leaf tea. "Why not?!" O'Brien sarcastically responds, climbing out of the pit. On the Defiant, Kira reports the communication relay has been loaded into the cargo bay and the Chief should be ready in four hours. Sisko acknowledges the information and instructs Dax to set a course for the wormhole. In the Gamma Quadrant, Dax runs a complete scan of nearby space, checking for any Dominion presence. The scan initially turns up negative but just as Sisko gives the order to deploy the relay, sensors detect a rogue comet just inside detection range. Dax reports that it contains an abnormal amount of silithium giving it an unusually bright tail. As Kira observes the comet on the viewscreen, she remembers four words from the prophecy, "The sword of stars." Act Three Ulani says Kira's choice of words is a very colorful way to describe a comet. She replies by saying it's simply a figure of speech. Ulina turns her attention back to her work, noting the comet will pass close to the wormhole but shouldn't interfere with their plans. Sisko orders Dax to begin a final systems check on the relay station, to deploy it within the hour, before summoning the Major to another room for a more private conversation. They arrive in one of the crew cabins where the Commander instructs her to keep the prophecy to herself, especially while on the bridge of the Defiant; he doesn't want the Cardassians finding out about it. Kira agrees. Sitting himself down on one of the bunks, Sisko sighs, correctly ascertaining that she believes the prophecy is coming true. Kira tells him that he has a decision to make here and now, confessing she has always believed him to be the Emissary of the Prophets. "It's hard to work for someone who's a religious icon", she smiles. But Sisko doesn't share her convictions and reminds her that he considers himself a Starfleet officer, not an Emissary, and if he is to call off this mission, it would have to be a solid reason, a Starfleet reason. Kira proposes that the Prophets – or wormhole aliens – passed their knowledge of the future onto Trakor who then wrote it down in the form of his prophecy, and now, three thousand years later, they are seeing those events unfold. "To me", she argues, "that reason sounds concrete, solid, I'd even call it Starfleet." Just then, Dax interrupts over the comm, advising they are ready to deploy the relay. Kira looks at him with hope in her eyes, hope that he will change his mind and stop the project. But where she sees a prophecy, Sisko sees a comet. "I'm on my way", he responds. Back on the station, Gilora is working on an ODN relay while O'Brien stands watching in the background. She complains of all the modifications and replacements he has made which makes her job even more difficult. O'Brien tries to convince her that if she would explain to him what she intends to do, he could help. She responds by admitting it is because he is a man that she is so reluctant to accept his help. "Men just don't seem to have a head for this sort of thing", she says. The chief is persistent, telling her that nobody knows the systems better than him… including her and she would be wise to accept his help. Gilora concedes, handing him the laser torch she was using. On the other side of the wormhole, the relay is in position alongside the Defiant. Dax reports she is ready to initiate the relay's transmission array. Dejar reports the test signal from the relay is coming through clearly while Ulani instructs Dax to initiate a carrier wave in the Delta band frequency. She explains that if the station receives it, they will send an acknowledging signal on the same frequency. Sisko smiles in anticipation, while Kira remains noticeably concerned. After a few seconds of silence, it becomes apparent that the transmission was unsuccessful. Pressing a few buttons on her PADD, Ulani then instructs Dax to initiate the signal along the theta band frequency. Almost immediately, it becomes clear that something is wrong. The wormhole springs open, emitting a massive neutrino surge, rocking the Defiant back and forth, just as Kira reports the its gravity well has increased by a factor of three. Sisko quickly orders Dax to terminate the carrier wave, closing the wormhole. Sisko seeks an explanation but nobody can provide one – the signal should not have affected the wormhole at all. Before anyone can theorize what happened, Dax announces the comet has been pulled off course and it's heading straight for the wormhole. If it enters, the silithium will cause a cascade reaction, collapsing the wormhole permanently. Act Four "Commander's log, supplemental. With less than five hours before the comet reaches the wormhole, I've brought the Defiant back to the station and convened a meeting of the entire science team." Everyone is assembled in the wardroom where Dax explains the carrier wave they transmitted created a subspace inversion in the wormhole, which caused the gravity well to form. Ulani reveals the possibility of a subspace inversion was present in one of their simulations but it only presented less than a two percent risk so they chose to leave it out of the information they sent. Sisko tells them they prefer to examine all possibilities before conducting field tests, to which she agrees, however, the Cardassian Science Ministry falls under the purview of the military and they are always instructed not to make a project look unnecessarily dangerous. The Commander advises them all to keep that in mind when they resume work on the relay. Dejar, who has been quiet up until now, declares a new team will most likely be assembled prior to another attempt. Turning their attention to the comet, Dax explains that a tractor beam would most likely cause it to fragment into more pieces, creating a bigger mess. Gilora comments the same thing would happen if they tried to destroy it with a phaser beam though O'Brien's not so sure. He thinks that he can modify the Defiants phaser array to be wide enough to encompass the entire comet. Sisko directs him to start right away and concludes their meeting. On the Defiant, O'Brien, and Gilora are working away in one of the jefferies tubes. The chief explains what he is attempting to do but it seems Gilora is far more interested in O'Brien himself than the work. As he reaches into an emitter coupling, she grabs his hand and holds it up to hers. "You have very steady hands", she says. A confused O'Brien doesn't quite know what to make of it, simply replying, "Well, they get the job done," before removing his hand from hers. Attempting to get back to his work, O'Brien leans inside the emitter and continues his adjustments, before she suddenly surprises him yet again. "I am quite fertile…", she says, prompting O'Brien to bang his head on the paneling in shock. "I could provide you with many healthy children, if that's your concern, but frankly I think you're getting a little ahead of yourself." O'Brien is astonished by what she is saying, and says that he already has a child and a wife. It seems that she mistook his irritability for a desire to pursue a physical relationship. The chief suddenly understands and says that he is not remotely interested in her. Just as the words escape his mouth, he realizes he has said the wrong thing and tries to soften the blow, but Gilora understands what his feelings are towards her and, turning around, crawls back out of the Jefferies tube, leaving him to finish the adjustments on his own. Dax arrives in Sisko's office, reporting that O'Brien says the phasers will be ready in half an hour. Sisko acknowledges her but seems to be more interested in what's on his computer display. He states that he has been looking through the Bajoran prophecys and nearly all of them can be considered accurate if they are interpreted in a certain way. Dax observes he is afraid that Trakor's Third Prophecy will come true unless he sends the Cardassians home; "The gates of heaven will burn and be cast open." She asks him what he would do if he had never heard the prophecy. Sisko obviously replies that he would continue to work on the relay, to which Dax offers him two choices; he can make his own decisions or allow the prophecies to make them for him. The commander leans forward and turns off his monitor, before standing up in front of Dax. "As soon as the Defiant is ready", he says, "…have the Cardassians meet us on board." The time soon arrives. The Defiant exits the wormhole and Sisko orders Dax to place them within ten kilometers of the comet. As soon as O'Brien reports the phasers are locked on target, the Commander gives the order to fire. But something goes wrong. The entire weapons relay blows, sending sparks flying across the bridge. Dax reveals the modified phasers never came online and they actually fired at the comet with standard phasers, fracturing it instead of vaporizing it as intended. There's now three fragments and they're only twenty six minutes away from the wormhole. Without weapons, there is no way to stop them. Act Five O'Brien explains that the main emitter coupling has been depolarized, something which must have happened when he tried to modify the power flow. He is noticeably annoyed with himself as it's something a first year engineering student wouldn't miss. Throughout the whole thing, Gilora and Ulani each send an icy glare at Dejar as if they know something. Dejar stares back defying them to say anything, but Gilora does. She reveals that Dejar is a member of the Obsidian Order and was assigned to them for security. Sisko then puts two and two together. The Obsidian Order has long been opposed to the peace treaty with Bajor and would happily see the project fail if it damaged Bajoran relations. Dejar unconvincingly insists it's all speculation, but is confined to quarters nonetheless. With Dejar out of the way, they begin to develop a plan on how to stop the comet. Ulani suggests expanding a subspace field around the fragments, which might just be enough to contain the silithium during transit through the wormhole. O'Brien suggests using the warp drive to generate the field, but as the Defiant is too large to maneuver in between the fragments, Sisko decides they'll have to use a shuttlepod and he is going to be the pilot. After ordering Kira to assume command and take the ship back to the Alpha Quadrant he starts to head off, but is soon stopped by the Major, who expresses her desire to join him, to help her Emissary. Not needing much convincing, Sisko hands the bridge over to Dax instead. In the shuttlepod, Sisko lays in a course for the tail-end of the fragments, allowing them to easier position themselves between the large chunks of rock and ice. Meanwhile, the Defiant exits the wormhole on the side of Alpha Quadrant. Dax orders the helm to maintain position and ready transporters, just in case. Assuming the position, Kira activates the subspace field, encompassing all of the fragments in one bubble. From inside the cockpit, the wormhole can be seen as it flashes open in a bright light, dragging the pod and the fragments through. At first the field seems to be holding, but it soon begins to lose integrity as small amounts of silithium slip through. Sisko instructs her to route power from the engines into the field. Their own inertia will have to carry them the rest of the way. On the Defiant, O'Brien detects the standard neutrino surge as the wormhole opens to reveal the shuttlepod, intact with the fragments. Sisko sighs a sigh of relief as he deactivates the subspace field holding them in place. Just as Dax checks they're alright, O'Brien announces the test signal from the relay is being broadcast through the wormhole. It turns out the fragments left just enough of a silithium trail to allow subspace signals to pass through. Kira realizes that all this time they had misinterpreted the prophecy. The "three vipers" didn't mean the Cardassians, but the three comet fragments; "peering through the temple gates" was a reference to the attempt to establish the communications relay in the first place. "Burning the temple gates" referred to the silithium's reaction with the wormhole itself to create a subspace filament through the wormhole; which in the end did provide a communication pathway, "so the temple gates would never close again. And the "sword of stars" used by the Emissary referred to the comet's silithium tail itself. Back on the station, O'Brien is walking Gilora back to the airlock. He thanks her for what she did back on the Defiant and hopes she doesn't face too much trouble when she gets back to Cardassia. She believes her superiors will protect her from any serious repercussions and that Dejar will be the one in trouble when the Obsidian Order finds out she failed in her duty. As they reach the airlock, she turns to the chief, telling him he has a lucky wife. Giving him a small kiss on the cheek, she finally says, "Goodbye, Mister O'Brien", before turning and heading out towards the airlock, leaving the chief to reflect on recent events. Shortly thereafter, Yarka is walking with Sisko down the Promenade. He takes the opportunity to apologize to the commander for doubting him and admits his own distrust for the Cardassians "blinded him to the Prophets' words." As they continue walking, he reveals something more; there are signs of Trakor's Fourth Prophecy coming true in the near future and it includes the Emissary. Thinking about it for a moment, the commander replies, "Tell me about it". Memorable quotes "And as the 34th Rule of Acquisition states: 'Peace is good for business'." "That's the 35th Rule." "Oh, you're right. What's the 34th?" " 'War is good for business.' It's easy to get them confused." - Dax and Quark, on the subject of Cardassians returning to Deep Space 9 "There'll be no live vole fights on the Promenade, Quark" "I would never be party to anything so cruel and inhumane. But, of course, if some Cardassians happened to bring their voles along and they happened to get into a fight, I could hardly be held responsible for…" "Oh, yes you could." "And you will be." - Odo, Quark, and Sisko, on Quark's idea to open up a Cardassian gambling establishment "Thank you for seeing me, Emissary" "What can I do for you?" "I am here with a warning from the Prophets. They don't want you to let the Cardassians come aboard the station. If you do, you will bring destruction on us all." - Sisko and Yarka, warning of Trakor's Third Prophecy "So we need to discuss what we're going to do about…" [Notices Kira's expression] "What's wrong, Major?" "There are going to be three of them…" "Yes…" "Three vipers… just like in the prophecy…" - Sisko and Kira, after the revelation that Dejar will be arriving on the station "Do you really believe I'm the Emissary?" "I guess I always have. But I've never wanted to admit it to myself." [Smiles] "It's hard to work for someone who's a religious icon." - Sisko and Kira, discussing the prophecy "It seems perfectly reasonable that they could've communicated knowledge of the future to a Bajoran named Trakor. He wrote down that knowledge in the form of a prophecy and now, three thousand years later, we are seeing those events unfold. To me, that reasoning sounds concrete, solid, I'd even call it Starfleet." "But that all hinges on how you interpret an ancient text that's been translated and re-translated over the centuries. Words that were couched in metaphor to begin with. I'm sorry, Major, but where you see a Sword of Stars, I see a comet. Where you see vipers, I see three scientists. And where you see the Emissary, I see a Starfleet officer." - Kira and Sisko, as she tries to convince him to abandon the project "I assure you, I'm quite fertile… I could provide you with many healthy children, if that's your concern, but frankly I think you're getting a little ahead of yourself." "Children? What are you talking about? I already have a child. And a wife." "You're married?!" "Yes, happily." "Then why have you been leading me to believe that you… wanted me?" "I haven't been. All we've done since we met is argue." "I took your overt irritability toward me as a signal that you wished to pursue some physical relationship." "Of course! Well, that's how Cardassians… do things." - Gilora and O'Brien, during their work together on the Defiant "Then it seems to me you have a choice. You can either make your own decisions or you can let these prophecies make them for you." - Dax advising Sisko before they continue the plan to destroy the comet "There are signs that Trakor's Fourth Prophecy will soon come to pass as well." "Don't tell me this has something to do with me." "You, Commander? Well, it's a prophecy about the Emissary." "Tell me about it." "The Fourth Prophecy says that the Emissary will face a fiery trial and he'll be forced to choose…" - Yarka and Benjamin Sisko, referring to the eventual events of Background information Story and script This episode was originally pitched by David S. Cohen and Martin A. Winer as a second season episode. It was purchased by the producers, who assigned Cohen and Winer to write the teleplay, but it never made it into production, primarily because it focused on a prophecy of happiness and joy, an idea that, according to the producers, didn't make for a very exciting episode. Rene Echevarria, who made an uncredited rewrite of the script, recalls, "The early draft had a lot of nice stuff in it. It was done very lyrically and the writers had a lovely poem concerning Trakor's prophecy […] a wonderful thing that was going to happen, a miracle, and Sisko was told that he was going to be a part of it. A miracle was happening. So why was that bad? Why would Sisko not want to be a part of it?" () The original story idea revolved around Starfleet seeking to relieve Sisko of his post. As David Cohen recalls, "We had enjoyed Deep Space Nines pilot and the mythic overtones it suggested, as [Commander Sisko] was believed by an alien race to be the 'Emissary' from their gods, as prophesised in their scriptures. It occurred to us that Sisko's bosses couldn't be very comfortable with that. What if they pulled a on him and sent someone to extract him from this situation? The perfect chance to do so, we decided, was if there was some specific prophecy, that would, ipso facto, prove he's not the Emissary. We'd raise the stakes by having a pencil-pushing staff officer threaten to transfer him to another command if he doesn't end this 'Emissary' talk." They decided the problem was that, "Sisko really was the Emissary, so every effort to extricate him from this situation only furthered the prophecy. By the end, even the pencil-pushing staff officer has played a role in the prophecy and is in it as deep as Sisko, so Starfleet Command decides to just live with the whole situation." The "pencil-pushing officer" mentioned in the original story was named "Marlowe" as an homage to the character in Heart of Darkness. (Screen Plays: How 25 Scripts Made it to a Theater Near You - For Better or Worse, p. 9) After the writing staff reconsidered the story, Cohen and Winer had another go at writing it. The new version turned out better but the staff still believed something was missing. Finally, Ronald D. Moore joked, "Jesus, this should be a prophecy of doom." Suddenly the story made sense because, as Echevarria notes, "[Sisko]'s a Starfleet officer, because he doesn't believe this 'Emissary' stuff. And suddenly there was dramatic tension galore: Sisko versus the Bajoran people, Sisko versus Kira, Sisko versus himself." The "fiery trial" prophecy that Yarka tells Sisko at the end of the episode is the prophecy that was in the original draft. () Ronald D. Moore remarked; "It just took us a while to figure out how to do it. We wanted to deal with the Emissary, we wanted to do a Bajoran-orientated show. We also wanted a communication relay in the Gamma Quadrant anyway, and since it was following , we could make the Cardassians integral to it and include the peace treaty. It all just started to come together for us." (Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages, p. 92) The original draft included the Rule of Acquisition, "faith can move mountains of inventory", which was created by David Cohen and Martin Winer. Though this did not make it into the final script, Ira Behr liked it so much that he included it in his books The Ferengi Rules of Acquisition (p. 50) and Legends of the Ferengi (pp. 86-87), where it is #104. (Screen Plays: How 25 Scripts Made it to a Theater Near You - For Better or Worse, p. 10) Cohen and Winer also consulted science advisor Andre Bormanis for the specifics of the comet. Bormanis recalls, "They knew what a comet was, but they were a little shy on details. Things like, 'How big is a typical comet? What is it made of? How do they travel through space? And how fast and in what kind of orbit?' And they wanted one sort of unusual effect associated with this comet, so we came up with an invented name of a substance that was found in the comet, the 'maguffin', as they say." () Echevarria oversaw most of the final stages of the story development, and even came up with #34 and #35 of the Ferengi Rules of Acquisition, with the approval of Ira Steven Behr. () The prospect of introducing two sympathetic Cardassians was done as a way of showing there are different kinds of people in Cardassian society. As Robert Hewitt Wolfe explains, "At the height of the Cold War with the Soviet Union, there were sympathetic scientists, people we could work with and talk to." () Indeed, the parallels between this and the Cold War were intentional. The script describes the scene where Sisko and Kira first meet Gilora and Ulani; "This is the first joint project between two powers in an uneasy peace, so the scene plays out like a meeting between Americans and Russians at the height of the Cold War – a lot of diplomatic language is bandied about to cover everyone's discomfort." The character of Yarka was named after one of David Cohen's favorite theater professors at , Jarka Burian. (Screen Plays: How 25 Scripts Made it to a Theater Near You - For Better or Worse, pp. 9-10) A copy of the script for this episode was sold off in the It's A Wrap! sale and auction on eBay. Production The scene in which Quark provides Gilora, Ulani and Dejar with some Cardassian cuisine originally ended with Quark returning to the table, seeing Dejar is the only one eating and offering some more food. Ulani then replies that more of the "special Cardassian delicacies" would be appreciated before Quark, oblivious to the underlying tension in the air, heads off saying "It's working!" to himself. The rest of the scene was ultimately cut from the final episode but can be read in the episode's script. One of the sets that was created for the Defiant is the generic crew cabin where Sisko and Kira go to discuss "the sword of stars" which, thanks to three removable (or "wild") walls, has a number of possible looks. As Robert della Santina explains, "There's only one wall that isn't wild. It's the one that includes the doorway. That's a double-faced wall that also serves as part of the corridor. But the director can pull out any of the other walls to give the room any one of three different looks." () The comet the visual effects team developed for the episode was a model built by Tony Meininger, and not a computer-generated image. The artistic challenge, according to Gary Hutzel, was determining what the inside of a comet looks like. "A lot of people describe a comet as a big chunk of dirty ice, so we took it that way. It had a rocklike surface but the inside was transparent, like ice or crystal." () The relay station is a reuse of the Amargosa observatory model from . Gary Hutzel also had the job of adjusting it to appear in this episode. "In the feature, it has extremely long extensions on it. So basically, I took a saw to it! We cut off the extentions and redesigned a couple of elements and did a new paint job." The script describes it as being "the size of a runabout, with high-tech antennae and communications gear." (; ) In a 2010 interview, Erick Avari recalled some of his personal experiences during production of this episode; "[It] was a very talky piece and I played a very serious character. We worked 12 to 16-hour days, which Star Trek was famous for. So it was a grind, and I tend to get really giggly when I'm really tired, and if I get the giggles I'm in deep trouble and I know it. Tears start running down your face, your make-up starts to smear and then you can't get through your lines. No one thinks it's funny and you know that. Nina Craft was my makeup woman for this episode, and she got me going in-between takes. At one point it was one o'clock in the morning and the two of us were just laughing like silly schoolgirls. The director then said, 'Places everyone,' and I thought to myself, 'OK, I've got to straighten up.' I had this long, wordy scene that I was supposed to be very serious in. It was about doom and gloom and prophecies to come, and all I remember is just praying that I would keep a straight face through the take. So that was a fun episode." While in full Cardassian makeup, actress Tracy Scoggins (Gilora Rejal) took the opportunity to walk around the Paramount lot, "scaring schoolchildren on buses" before security called the DS9 set, saying, "Could y'all do something about keeping your aliens contained over there?" Continuity Cirroc Lofton (Jake Sisko) does not appear in this episode. Referenced Rules of Acquisition: #34 ("War is good for business") and #35 ("Peace is good for business") This episode makes reference to the Bajoran-Cardassian Treaty established in . Yamok sauce was first seen in the first season episode, , and was created by former series Producer Peter Allan Fields. Behr said of its inclusion in this episode: "Two of the things [Fields] gave us were yamok sauce and self-sealing stem bolts. They're silly names and I like silly names, so every now and then we just like to bring them back." () The Defiants Type 18 shuttlepod first appeared in the two-part episode and . This episode marks its last appearance on the series. Trakor's Fourth Prophecy, which begins "The Emissary will face a fiery trial, and he will be forced to choose…", may refer to the events in the series finale, . However, there are a number of other events, both immediately before and during the Dominion War, to which the prophecy could also apply. Sisko's behavior in this episode, and his attitude to his role as Emissary, contrast sharply with how he would ultimately feel about being a religious icon. Throughout the fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh seasons, Sisko would become more and more comfortable with his position in the eyes the Bajoran people, a process which is played out over the course of the fourth season episode (where he is forced to fight for his right to be Emissary) and the fifth season episode (where he receives visions of the future from the Prophets), as well as in his interactions with the Prophets in episodes like , , , and the series finale . Reception Robert Hewitt Wolfe loved the idea of the prophecy: "A rare case where we actually did produce a spec script from outside writers. We really fell in love with the idea that the prophecy, no matter what you do, ends up coming true. We had a lot of trouble making it work because the concept was difficult, but I think it was Rene [Echevarria] who finally cracked the show." (Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages, p. 92) René Echevarria himself commented, "I like ['Destiny'] a lot. It's really interesting regarding the Bajoran religion. Kira and her beliefs and Sisko trying to walk the line – is he the Emissary? It's a real Deep Space Nine. I'm very happy with it." (Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages, p. 92) Ira Steven Behr said of the whole writing process, "It was stubborn. It was a very difficult show. It's amazing it ever got made." () Writer David S. Cohen was not happy with the finished episode: "Not a word of our dialogue made it in, not even that Rule of Acquisition they'd liked so much […] so as far as I'm concerned the story basically makes no sense. Buncha guys running around trying to stop Sisko from doing something, without ever saying why it matters whether he does it or not. I still get a headache when I watch it […] Later, a TV development executive at Wind Dancer told me that he had a friend who loved 'Destiny' and said it was his favorite Deep Space Nine episode. Go figure. Hell, it's not even my favorite Deep Space Nine episode." (Screen Plays: How 25 Scripts Made it to a Theater Near You - For Better or Worse, pp. 13-14) Andre Bormanis details the historical relationship between comets and superstitions, akin to Tokar's Third Prophecy, in his book Star Trek Science Logs (pp. 98-100). He describes the 1066 appearance of Halley's Comet, which proved a bad omen for , who later died in the ; how, in medieval Europe, comets were portents of disease and pestilence, wars and the deaths of kings; and how, in ancient China, they were considered harbingers of future events. On balance, Bormanis also explains the scientific theories, writing, "Comets brought ices and complex organic molecules to the surface of the Earth in the chaotic years of our planet's youth, spreading the chemical seeds of the multitudinous forms of life that flourish here today." Visual Effects Artist Doug Drexler also created an okudagram graphic of the comet and the Bajoran wormhole as illustration for the book. Authors Mark Jones and Lance Parkin wrote of this episode, "Tried and tested stuff made interesting by Sisko and Kira's conflict of interest. Sadly, it descends into some awful exposition towards the end, where the self-evident prophecy is painstakingly explained." (Beyond the Final Frontier, p. 212) Though he did praise the scenes in which Odo and Kira confront Sisko about his role as the Emissary, Star Trek author Keith R.A. DeCandido described the episode as "a little too paint-by-numbers," and criticized the fact none of the characters thought to interpret Trakor's Prophecy in a different manner. Furthermore, DeCandido enjoyed seeing the broader range of Cardassians beyond the guls, legates, and spies, but classified the episode itself as "a whole lotta meh." Overall, he gave the episode a "warp factor rating" of 5/10. Video and DVD releases UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 3.8, As part of the DS9 Season 3 DVD collection Links and references Guest Stars Tracy Scoggins as Gilora Rejal Wendy Robie as Ulani Belor Erick Avari as Yarka Jessica Hendra as Dejar Uncredited Co-Stars Ivy Borg as Rita Tannenbaum David B. Levinson as Broik Michael Prokopuk as Starfleet command officer Michael Wajacs as Bajoran civilian Michael Zurich as Bajoran security deputy Unknown performer as Buck-toothed alien Pelian References 7th century BC; 2369; 2370; Alpha Quadrant; Bajor; Bajorans; Bajoran-Cardassian Treaty; Bajoran prophecy; Bajoran Provisional Government; Bajoran religion; Bajoran sector; Bajoran wormhole; bearing; bridge; Cardassia; Cardassian; Cardassian Central Command; Cardassian cuisine; Cardassian government; Cardassian guls; Cardassian history; Cardassian Science Ministry; Cardassian vole; cargo bay; color; comet; cup; ; ; ; defrocking; delta band frequency; DNA; Dominion; Emissary of the Prophets; engineering student; exile; faith; Federation; fertility; field coil; field test; figure of speech; ; Gamma Quadrant; gravity well; Gul; ice; icon; Iloja of Prim; Janir; Jefferies tube; kanar; kilometer; nest; ; ; Obsidian Order; Orb of Prophecy and Change; Occupation of Bajor; Pelian; phaser; phaser array; poison; Promenade; Qui'al Dam; Quark's; red leaf tea; Regova egg; rehearsal; renting; replicator; Rules of Acquisition; sabotage; science team; scientific methodology; scuttle; sensor range; serialist poets; signaling array (transmission array); signaling platform; silithium; soliton pulse; Starfleet; Starfleet Command; storeroom; subspace; subspace frequency; subspace inversion; subspace relay station; Sword of Stars; theta band frequency; Tojal; tractor beam; Trakor; Trakor's Third Prophecy; Trakor's Fourth Prophecy; transport ship; Type 18 shuttlepod (Shuttle 01); viper; vole; vole fighting; Vedek Assembly; ; warp drive; Wormhole Comm Relay Project; wormhole relay station; yamok sauce Other references Deep Space 9 schematic': cargo turbo subsystem; crew quarters; crossover bridge; defense sail; defense systems monitor; deflector emitter; docking clamp; docking control cabin; docking pylon; docking ring; docking ring airlock; environmental purge/fill station; exhaust cone; fusion reactor assembly; habitat ring; ops module; ore processing center; phaser strip; photon torpedo launcher; power transfer conduit; promenade; radiator; reaction control thruster; runabout pad; sensor array; structural assembly; subspace antenna farm; tractor emitter; tug tractor emitter assembly External links de:Trekors Prophezeiung (Episode) es:Destiny fr:Destiny nl:Destiny DS9 episodes

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Prophet Motive (episode)

Grand Nagus Zek has become a philanthropist, and Quark worries that he may have gone insane; Bashir is nominated for a prestigious medical award. Summary Teaser A young woman named Emi is grasping Quark's ears from behind, presumably giving him or leading up to oo-mox, as he is obviously enjoying the experience. She is attempting to get Quark to finalize a deal whereby she will purchase self-sealing stem bolts from him, but he says it can wait since Emi's family will not return to Deep Space 9 for another week. Rom enters Quark's quarters and ruins the party, telling his brother that they need to leave. However, it is too late; Grand Nagus Zek and his servant Maihar'du enter behind Rom moments later. Maihar'du gestures at Emi to leave Quark's quarters and she promptly does. Although Zek's head is covered and Maihar'du does not speak as usual, it seems the Nagus plans to move in with Quark. Act One Elsewhere on Deep Space 9, Doctor Bashir is in the infirmary and is called to the wardroom by Commander Sisko, where he learns from the station's commander that, for his work in Biomolecular replication, he has been nominated for the Carrington Award, the Federation's most prestigious medical award, and finds the entire senior staff waiting for him to congratulate him on being the youngest nominee in the award's history. Despite the honor he seems less than enthusiastic, to everyone's surprise. He later confides in Dax (who submitted his name for consideration) that the Carrington Award honors a lifetime of achievement in the field of medicine and, as such, most people nominated are far older than he is. As a result, he knows he has no chance of winning due to his youth. Bashir excuses himself awkwardly shortly after. Meanwhile, Quark has moved into Rom's untidy quarters and has found living with his brother unbearable. Nog is visiting his grandmother on Ferenginar, so the place is messier than usual. Quark is further angered that his Aldebaran whiskey and other items such as tables and chairs from the bar have been taken. He decides that the two of them – or rather, Rom – will confront the Nagus to find out what is going on. As soon as he observes that Zek is more than happy to see Rom, Quark comes out from his nearby hiding place and greets the Nagus. Quark and Rom find that Zek has composed his "crowning achievement": The Rules of Acquisition: Revised for the Modern Ferengi. Zek gives them a copy and leaves them to read it; Quark is excited, until he reads the first rule in it: "If they want their money back, give it to them." The two then notice Maihar'du crying in the corner. Act Two Quark attempts to find some sort of master plan in the Nagus' work, looking for a secret code hidden within the "new rules" – he and Rom attempt to "discover" the code by reading one word from each page (which, naturally, translate as gibberish), but the two are hilariously unsuccessful. Still convinced the new rules are part of a scheme, he decides to go along with it for now. Later, Quark and Rom are in the bar when Zek arrives. Continuing to exhibit his vastly different new personality, Zek buys a round of drinks for everyone, since it will make them happy and, in turn, will make him happy. Quark goes along with it and offers Zek Hupyrian beetle snuff, however, he refuses, saying it's not fun for the beetles. Quark is then horrified to learn that Zek has told Emi where she could buy self-sealing stem bolts at wholesale; much less than what he was offering. He said he was concerned she was taken advantage of. Quark walks off, and Rom expresses his surprise. Zek says it will take time to get used to the "new ways" and asks Rom to walk with him. Meanwhile, Bashir and O'Brien are playing darts in a cargo bay, as they have been playing much too many racquetball games – 106, to be exact. They're both rusty, but wanting to play some game other than racquetball. To throw Bashir off, O'Brien starts talking about the Carrington competition. Bashir calmly says any of the others would make a fine recipient, and still doesn't assert his worthiness. O'Brien continues his jabs, saying he would vote for Bashir, but that most other people would wonder who he is. Bashir then turns the tables, changing the conversation to Keiko's absence. Now, O'Brien can't hit the board. Upon returning to his quarters that night, Quark finds Rom busy with several other Ferengi transforming the quarters. Rom explains that it will be the new headquarters of the Ferengi Benevolent Association. Act Three Quark takes Rom into the other room by the ear, having enough of what's going on with Zek. Contrary to normal Ferengi values, the association seems to have been created for the same purpose its name implies: helping other people, free of charge. Rom insists Zek is a visionary and that the both of them are going to be central to his plan. Rom is excited about becoming a "new kind" of Ferengi, though he is not sure what that means at the moment. He continues to repeat concepts incomprehensible to Quark, then tells him they are both co-chairmen of the Association and will accompany Zek back to Ferenginar when he announces to the whole Ferengi Alliance. Now, Quark is alarmed as this will undoubtedly result in the three of them being killed by being pushed off of the top of the Tower of Commerce for the ideas. Finally, Quark takes Zek to Dr. Bashir, who examines the older Ferengi thoroughly but finds nothing wrong. Quark cannot believe it, and insists on more tests, even insulting him and bringing up the Carrington competition. He eventually relents, and Zek expresses his appreciation with a bar of latinum, suggesting to donate it to charity if Bashir does not want to accept it. Interestingly, Zek mentions that he will be giving a gift to the Bajoran people that night at the Bajoran shrine as a ceremony, and hopes Bashir attends. He leaves, telling Quark there's a lot of needy people out there. Quark and Rom sneak onto the Nagus' Zek's personal shuttle to find what the "gift" is. They're interrupted by Maihar'du, but, instead, he brings them into the shuttle. He reveals that the gift is a Bajoran Orb. Act Four Quark tries to get some answers, but Maihar'du cannot say because of his Vow of silence. Rom tries to look inside the Orb box, but Quark tries to wrestle it from him instead. It comes open in Quark's direction, and he has an odd orb experience in which he is taunted by Zek's figure about not understanding and being fearful. Afterwards, Quark learns that the new rules were a "gift" from the Bajoran Prophets to Zek. He and Rom discover, through Zek's personal logs, that, as soon as he received the Orb from his contact on Cardassia III, Zek headed for the Bajoran wormhole, apparently intent on using the Prophets' ability to see the future for financial gain. Quark determines to go in himself and find out what happened. Meanwhile, at the Replimat, Bashir is busy on a PADD. Even Odo is caught up in the craze about the Carrington, and so comes to offer a "revelation" from a distant contact that Wade will not win the award, increasing the odds for the rest. Despite the fact he is apparently certain he is not going to win, Odo manages get Bashir to accidentally admit he's been working on an acceptance speech. Zek is at a terminal talking to a party who needs Kohlanese barley, and is going out of his way to acquire some. He cuts off the transmission when Maihar'du, Quark and Rom come in, quickly kidnapping Zek and take him into the wormhole aboard his ship. Throughout the ordeal, oddly, he remains extremely pleasant and not disturbed at all. Act Five Once inside the wormhole, Quark opens the Orb of Wisdom (as Zek reveals it is called), instantly gaining the wormhole aliens' attention. The aliens inform Quark that they found Zek's goals to be "adversarial" and "aggressive." As a result, they "restored" Zek to a more peaceful state. Quark demands that they change Zek back, but the aliens decide to change him as well. However, Quark manages to convince them that doing so will only bring more Ferengi who will want to know what happened. He proposes that if they change Zek back, they will never have to speak with his people again. The Prophets agree and set Zek back to normal. Quark is very pleased when Zek states that he plans to sell the Orb of Wisdom to the Bajorans, and intends to make them pay a lot for it. In the wardroom, people have gathered for the announcement of the Carrington Award recipient and everyone is disappointed to find that it has gone to Henri Roget, someone who was never considered a serious contender. Although Bashir acts like he's not surprised, he admits to Dax even though he felt he wasn't going to win he's still disappointed he didn't. Zek leaves the station, making sure that Quark and Rom have destroyed every last copy of the new Rules of Acquisition and will tell no-one that he donated to charity. Quark laments that despite going through a lot, he didn't manage to make some kind of profit. Rom admits to having made enough of a profit from both of them by embezzling from the Nagus. Quark congratulates him and says that this piece of theft would make their father proud. Memorable quotes "Are you accusing my son of being a thief?" "No. I'm accusing you of being a thief!" - Rom and Quark "I can take it. Tell me." "Rule number two hundred and eighty five. A good deed is its own reward. … Brother, are you all right?" "I just have to sit down." - Quark and Rom, reading over the Revised Rules of Acquisition "It must be some kind of code. Read me the first word of every Rule." "If… never… keep… profit… a… good… smile… honesty…" "Aha! If never keep profit a good smile honesty." "What does it mean?" "It means… absolutely nothing." - Quark and Rom "Actually, I've lost my taste for beetle snuff. It might be fun for you and me, but it's no fun for the beetles! - Grand Nagus Zek "There's nothing beyond greed! Greed is the purest and most noble of emotions!" "Greed is Dead', that's the tenth Rule of Acquisition." "No, it isn't! The tenth Rule of Acquisition is 'Greed is Eternal'!" "Not anymore." - Quark and Rom "Zek said the new rules were a gift." "A gift from Zek to the Ferengi people." "No. A gift from (looking up) them. Don't you see? They did it. They put the idea for the new rules into Zek's head. They changed him somehow." "They did? How dare they… who are we talking about, brother?" - Quark and Rom"I have a friend at Starfleet Intelligence. And she has a friend who has a cousin who's married to the assistant of one of the members of the Federation Medical Council." "Really?" "And according to my friend, her friend heard something from his cousin that his wife heard from this council member that I thought you might find interesting." "Which is?" "Doctor Wade is not going to win the Carrington." - Odo and Bashir"Yes, the Zek explained the value of gain. How more is preferable to less." "He taught you about profit." "We found the concept… aggressive. Adversarial. Dangerous. We could not comprehend how any species could lead such a barren existence." "It has its advantages." - Prophets and Quark"Your argument is specious; changing you will not result in the termination of all corporeal existence." - Prophets to Quark "Rom! I have got a plan." "Does it involve me, brother?" "Not really." "Ah… I like it." - Quark and Rom"You embezzled money, from the Nagus?" "Surprise…" "Father would be proud!" - Quark and Rom'Background information Story and script The origins of the teleplay for this episode are to be found in Ira Steven Behr's early career. When he was trying to make it in Hollywood, he wrote a teleplay for the TV show , entitled "Uncle Sylvester", to try to demonstrate his writing abilities. The plot revolved around Sylvester, uncle to the main character Louie. Sylvester had built up a reputation for being a shameless womanizer and an altogether unpleasant individual, and he was Louie's hero. Louie was dying to meet him to impress him with his own womanizing abilities, but when Sylvester arrives he no longer enjoys womanizing, and now just wants to get back with his wife. Louie is heartbroken and becomes convinced that Sylvester has undergone some kind of deep psychological trauma. The teleplay was not purchased by the producers of Taxi. () The origins of the plot line involving Bashir's nomination for the Carrington Award are to be found in real life, with this plot actually being something of an in-joke. During its seventh year, was nominated for Best Dramatic Series at the Emmy Awards. Nobody gave it the slightest chance to win, because generally speaking, science fiction shows didn't win awards like that. Everyone expected to win. However, despite the unlikely event of a victory, some members of the TNG team became convinced that they were actually going to win. As it turned out, they didn't, but neither did NYPD Blue. Instead, the award went to the unexpected . () This episode introduces the dartboard used by Bashir and O'Brien, which soon became a permanent fixture in Quark's. Originally, the producers wanted to use a pool table, but they were told that had the same plan. It was next suggested that they play cards, but that had already been done on The Next Generation. As such, darts was settled on as a game the two could play together and still engage in conversation. () "Prophet Motive" is the first Star Trek episode to mention Andoria, the homeworld of the Andorian species. () Production This is the first episode to be directed by Rene Auberjonois. On his first time directing, Auberjonois commented: "It's incredibly hard work. One has to make so many decisions and I'm not a person who particularly likes to make decisions. That's what you have to do when you're directing. It's like you're answering one question and someone else is asking you another question. It's endless. A bit like leading an army into battle. It's just more than I ever expected". ("The Changing Man", Star Trek: The Official Fan Club of the UK Magazine issue 8) To recreate the same visual style for Quark's scenes in the wormhole as had been seen in the pilot episode, , director Rene Auberjonois and director of photography Jonathan West went back to the original shooting method as developed by director David Carson and then director of photography, Marvin Rush. As had Rush in the pilot, West overexposed the images and used diffusion filters to create the dazzling white which seems to 'bleed' onto the actors' faces. However, while the white is the same as in , there is a subtle difference to the rest of the wormhole footage. Visual Effects Coordinator David Takemura used two versions of every shot: a slightly out-of-focus version, and a clean version. He layered the clean version on top of the out-of-focus version to create an effect that is not quite out-of-focus, but is not quite focused correctly either. () On the scene where Zek is taken aboard his shuttle, Rene Auberjonois commented "His man-servant is carrying him around the corner in a sack, and as they come around the corner, Quark sticks his head out first, then Rom sticks his head out underneath, and they both tiptoe down the hallway. When we staged it, I thought 'This is so Marx Brothers!' and that Ira [Behr] would be horrified, but in fact he was delighted with it. There were several times that I wondered, 'Am I going too far with it?' because humor is a pretty tricky thing in Star Trek." ("Ferengi Direction", Star Trek Monthly, issue 14) Reception Ira Steven Behr commented, "This year we've accomplished two very good episodes for the Ferengi. 'Prophet Motive' was a flat-out comedy with nothing else but humor." (Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages p. 97) David Livingston commented, "It was another high-concept show and it was very funny." (Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages p. 92) In her book Star Trek - Where No One Has Gone Before (paperback ed., p. 196), J.M. Dillard commented that the role of Grand Nagus Zek was "reprised brilliantly" in this episode. Trivia William N. Stape, who concocted the TNG episode , was an uncredited story source for this episode. Referenced Rules of Acquisition: #10 ("Greed is eternal") For brief time, a new set of Rules of Acquisition replaces the old ones. Some of the new Rules are: 1: If they want their money back give it to them. 10: Greed is dead. 21: Never place profit before friendship. 22: Latinum tarnishes, but family is forever. 23: Money can never replace dignity. 285: A good deed is its own reward. Bashir is the youngest of the candidates for the Carrington Prize of 2371. The others are April Wade, Senva, Henri Roget, and Ghee P'Trell. After the pilot episode , this is only the second time we have seen the Wormhole Aliens/Prophets. They became far more important throughout the sixth and seventh seasons. When the Sisko Alien says that Zek was trying to find out who wins the game before the game begins, it is a reference to the pilot episode, , where Sisko teaches the Aliens about linear time by using the example of a baseball game. This is the first episode where the Wormhole Aliens refer to Sisko as "The Sisko". This is the only episode in which Tiny Ron, who plays Maihar'du, speaks, albeit as a Maihar'du Alien-version of the character. Cirroc Lofton (Jake Sisko) does not appear in this episode. Video and DVD releases UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 3.8, As part of the DS9 Season 3 DVD collection Links and references Guest Stars Max Grodénchik as Rom / Rom Alien Juliana Donald as Emi / Emi Alien Tiny Ron as Maihar'du / Maihar'du Alien And Wallace Shawn as "Zek" / Zek (illusory) Co-Star Bennet Guillory as Medical Big Shot Uncredited Co-Stars Scott Barry as Bajoran command officer Ivy Borg as Rita Tannenbaum Avery Brooks as Sisko Alien Siddig El Fadil as Bashir Alien Terry Farrell as Dax Alien Terry Green as operations lieutenant David B. 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Visionary (episode)

After receiving a minor dose of radiation poisoning, O'Brien inexplicably begins experiencing a series of jumps into the near future. Meanwhile, a Romulan delegation arrives on the station, expecting an intelligence report on the Dominion. Summary Teaser Dr. Bashir is tending to Chief O'Brien in the Ops pit. When O'Brien asks what happened, Commander Sisko tells him that one of the plasma conduits blew out while he was attempting to re-route a phase inducer. Bashir tells O'Brien that he has a mild case of radiation poisoning, before injecting him with a dose of hyronalin to counter the effects. The doctor recommends O'Brien be placed on light duty for the next few days and Sisko agrees. Before they can discuss the matter further, Major Kira interrupts with news that a Romulan delegation has arrived and is requesting permission to dock. Sisko allows them to dock at Bay 12; he and Kira will meet them there. Before heading out, the Commander gives O'Brien one word of advice. "Light means light," he says. Sisko doesn't want O'Brien spending the night crawling through Jefferies tubes looking for power surges. The chief jokingly replies, "You won't get any arguments today, Commander." On the Promenade, Kira and Sisko are on their way to meet the Romulan delegation when a drunken Klingon staggers out of Quark's, assisted by two Bajoran security guards. Constable Odo explains that a Klingon freighter had to dock with the station and, due to a computer error, will not be able to depart until it is repaired, which will take at least two more days. Sisko takes Odo aside and asks him to keep a close eye on the Klingons, as the commander doesn't want them to get in the way of the Romulans. Odo acknowledges Sisko's request and the drunken Klingon is taken to a holding cell. Kira and Sisko continue to the docking port, where two Starfleet security guards are waiting. The circular doors are wheeled back and a Romulan named Ruwon steps out, followed closely by his aide, Karina, and two guards. Sisko offers them accommodation after their long trip but all Ruwon is interested in are intelligence reports on the Dominion. The commander exchanges a brief glance with Kira, before escorting their guests to the wardroom. In his bar, Quark is hanging up a dartboard for O'Brien, but he is skeptical it will bring him any profit. The chief confidently notes that "darts and bars go together like bacon and eggs" to which Quark reminds him that people actually order bacon and eggs, and no-one has of yet asked to see a dartboard. In an attempt to convince, O'Brien hands Quark some darts and challenges him to hit the bulls-eye. Quark, unaware of how to play the game, throws them all at once, hitting Morn in the process. The Ferengi points out how dangerous the game is; after all, if one of his customers was injured, he could be held liable. But the chief doesn't give in and picks up a dart, intent on showing Quark how the game is properly played. As he aims for the board, there is a bright flash of light and he is transported to the upper level of the Promenade. But something isn't quite right. O'Brien looks across the way and sees himself, arguing with Quark about the damage the Klingons are doing to two of his holosuites. Quark asks O'Brien that a maintenance crew be dispatched immediately. A confused look comes across his face as the other O'Brien tells Quark to keep the Klingons out of the holosuites from now on. Finishing his conversation, he turns away, and the two lock eyes, both incredibly confused by what is happening. But before they can say anything, the original O'Brien is back in Quark's. His dart hits the bulls-eye and he falls to the floor, disoriented. Act One In the infirmary, Doctor Bashir explains that the chief's earlier collapse was due to a sudden decrease in his serum calcium levels, a common side effect of the radiation poisoning, and gives him a dose of asinolyathin for the pain. The doctor continues to explain that his "vision" was also likely a mild side-effect, though the Chief isn't fully convinced. He explains it to Bashir, who jokingly mocks him, saying he has a "sadly deficient fantasy life". On that note, O'Brien sarcastically "thanks" the doctor for his help and leaves. In the wardroom, Ruwon proclaims that the Dominion is the greatest threat the Alpha Quadrant has seen in the last century and wants to know exactly what Sisko and his crew have obtained through use of their cloaking device on the . When the commander admits they know very little of the Dominion, Karina responds, asking about Odo, incorrectly referring to him as a Founder. She believes he can tell them all they need to know about the Dominion, though Major Kira soon corrects her, informing her that Odo may be a Changeling but he is not a Founder and wants nothing to do with them. The commander backs her up by telling them it is the truth, "whether they chose to believe it or not". Ruwon reminds Sisko that they agreed to install the cloaking device in exchange for information on the Dominion, but they have received very little so far. He goes on to demand every piece of information Starfleet has on them no matter how insignificant, including any classified reports made to Starfleet Command. Sisko says he will have to clear it with his superiors first. On the upper level of the Promenade, Quark is complaining to O'Brien about the damage the Klingons have caused to the holosuites. In the middle of his sentence, O'Brien stops and, remembering his previous vision, looks across the way to where he was standing before. Another O'Brien is standing there, watching them. This time, Quark sees him too and observes that O'Brien currently has bigger problems than his holosuites. A few seconds later, the other O'Brien disappears. In Sisko's office, Jadzia Dax reports that she did detect a minor temporal disturbance in Quark's, and another later on the Promenade, around about the same time O'Brien had his visions. It soon becomes apparent that O'Brien did travel to the future and then back again, to the same moment he left. Dax theorizes that the ionizing radiation he was exposed to earlier may have something to do with it and wants to examine Doctor Bashir's medical scans. Before she can explain further, the chief flashes back to Quark's in the middle of a bar fight and sees himself fighting with a Klingon. The future O'Brien is knocked to the ground, at which point another Klingon takes out his d'k tahg and heads towards him. O'Brien quickly grabs the Klingon's arm, knocking the dagger away and throwing him to the floor. Just as he avoids a bar stool being thrown at him, he flashes back to the commander's office, where he again collapses to the floor. Dax and Sisko quickly rush to his aid, but he doesn't respond; he is unconscious. Act Two Back in the infirmary, Bashir has run a micro-cellular scan and has detected damage to O'Brien's cerebrospinal nerve cells, which he thinks has been caused by the timeshifting. The doctor explains that while he can repair the current damage, the effect is cumulative and that there may come a time, if the timeshifting continues, when he can no longer repair the damage, and O'Brien could die. Sisko comforts him, saying Dax is using every scanner on the station to hunt for any temporal abnormalities, which is of some relief to O'Brien. "If anyone can find the cause of the timeshifts, it's Dax," he says with a relaxed smile. The commander goes on to ask him if he was aware how far ahead the timeshifts are taking him, in case it affects the meeting with the Romulans, but he doesn't know. Sisko decides to ask Odo to increase security around Quark's Bar just in case. At that moment, Major Kira walks in and, after asking how O'Brien is, she walks Commander Sisko onto the Promenade. As they pass a Bajoran stall, she explains that the Romulans want to debrief everyone who was on the Defiant when it was captured by the Founders and unrestricted access to the ship and all personal logs. Sisko immediately rejects access to personal logs, but decides to permit them limited access to the ship and allow debriefings of crew. He explains to Kira how the Romulans are completely dependent on them for information to which a frustrated Kira suggests they send one of their own ships through the wormhole. He continues to explain how the Romulans generally prefer to sit back and pull the strings from a distance if they can, and though Kira replies she is one puppet who doesn't like her strings pulled, she accepts his orders. As they part ways, Sisko reminds her to be diplomatic, to which she replies "I'm always diplomatic!". In the wardroom, Kira yells at the Romulans for insinuating she abandoned the Defiant prematurely during the battle with the Jem'Hadar but they only see her emotional outburst as evidence that they are correct in their assessment. Relaxing a little, she continues to explain how she was trapped in a hand-to-hand fight below decks and was knocked unconscious, before Odo put her on the shuttle. She says she only came to after they had left the ship and there was nothing they could have done. Ruwon begins to question why Odo didn't help any of the other crew but Kira defends him, insisting they were blocked in. Karina then asks her why she was in Odo's quarters before the attack and rather keenly suspects the Odo might be harboring feelings for Kira, which pushes Kira further over the edge. She puts an abrupt end to their questioning saying they can rip the cloaking device from the Defiant and advises them not to ask Odo the same questions or they may just find themselves on the other side of the bulkhead, floating home. Ruwom and Karina share a nervous glance as Kira storms out of the room, pushing the guards to one side. In Quark's, Bashir has just beaten O'Brien in the tenth game of darts in a row. He tells the chief that because he has told them what happened he has changed the future, and with the increased security and Quark's promise not to let the Klingons in, the fight won't happen, though O'Brien isn't entirely convinced. Just then, three Klingons make their way down from the holosuites. The chief grabs Quark by his arm and demands an explanation as to why they are in the bar. Pulling out a bar of latinum, he replies that the Klingons weren't in the bar, they were in the holosuites, and besides, they are paying him triple to use them. The three Klingons walk over to the two Romulans seated at a table and call them "filthy petaQ". Another suggests they "show them the way out." Not ones to take insults, the two Romulans stand and begin confront their aggressors. In the security office, Kira is telling Odo what Ruwon said about them, which makes Odo feel slightly uncomfortable given that he does indeed have feelings for her. They are suddenly interrupted by a call from Quark; a fight has broken out in the bar. O'Brien gets into a fist fight with a Klingon, but using his knowledge manages to get the upper hand this time and knocks him to the floor. He then sees his younger self, who attacks another Klingon wieldying a d'k'tagh thereby fulfilling his second vision. As he warns his past self about the flying bar stool, Odo rushes in and breaks up the fight. But before O'Brien has a chance to recover, he is again flung into another future. This time, he appears in a corridor in the habitat ring where he sees his future self opening a panel. He calls out to him but before he can do anything a sharp bolt of energy is fired out from the panel, knocking his future self to the ground. The chief rushes to see if he's alright, but after feeling his pulse, he realizes he himself is dead. O'Brien awakens in the infirmary where he was taken after the fight. Bashir tells him everything is OK and he's going to be alright, but O'Brien knows otherwise. "No, I'm not" he says, "In a few hours I'm going to be dead!". Act Three Sisko, O'Brien, and Odo are in the corridor where the accident happened. The chief believes it was some sort of phaser or high-energy laser that killed his future self but a scan of the bulkhead reveals nothing. Odo carefully opens the panel but again there is nothing by the computer display inside. They theorize that the perpetrator has yet to plant the device but he will do so in the next few hours. Odo suggests placing a surveillance device in the corridor so they can observe if anyone does indeed try and tamper with the panel, at which point they are interrupted by Dax over the comm system. She wants Sisko and O'Brien to head up to Ops; she says she has found a clue as to the chief's timeshifting. Up in Ops, Dax explained she tried several scans of the surrounding space but got nothing until she ran a scan on the lower subspace bandwidths with turned up some curious tetryon emissions. O'Brien remarks he hasn't seen emissions like that outside of a neutron star. Dax, however, suggests the presence of a quantum singularity, the only strange thing is that it isn't affecting the gravimetric field signature of the station as it should. Sisko, assuming that a quantum singularity is responsible, turns to Bashir and asks how its effects can be combated. Bashir theorizes that the singularity is attracted to the delta-series radioisotopes in O'Brien's body, effectively pulling him along like a magnet. And if that's the case, he may have a cure for it, but it's going to take time. He warns the Chief that he could experience one or two more time jumps before the process has been completed. O'Brien wants to get started right away, and so heads down to the infirmary with Bashir. Meanwhile, Sisko orders Dax to continue to pinpoint the singularity in an effort to get rid of it. Just then, Major Kira enters Ops and informs the commander she had to move the Romulans to alternative quarters as the replicators were malfunctioning. It just so happens that the quarters she has moved them to are on level 2, section 47, directly adjacent to the area where the future O'Brien was killed. Kira suggests moving them to a different room, but Sisko objects so as not to alert those responsible. Instead, he tells her to inform Odo and let the scenario play out before they make any further moves. A short while later, Sisko is summoned to Odo's office where he informs him that someone has planted a class 3 surveillance device in the bulkhead, though he doesn't know who as they used a low energy transporter to put it there. Sisko calls it a delicate piece of transporter work. Odo goes on to say that although they cannot trace the transporter signal, he believes it originated from the station as there were no ships in range at the time. The Klingons are the prime suspects but Odo also intends to investigate the Bajorans, Quark, and the visiting Terellians just to make sure. Sisko asks if Odo actually considers Quark a suspect, and Odo explains that he always investigates Quark as a matter of procedure. In Quark's, Bashir and O'Brien are waiting out the time he has until his death in the other future when Quark arrives with the drinks they ordered. Being his usual self, he also asks O'Brien to keep an eye out for the numbers on the dabo wheel next time he jumps into the future. O'Brien doesn't pay any attention to him and suggests he and Bashir leave. As they exit the upper level, O'Brien is again flung into the future, this time he is in the infirmary. He notices a body on one of the biobeds, covered in a white sheet. He slowly walks towards it and lifts the top to reveal his own corpse. Act Four O'Brien covers up his dead body lying on the biobed when Bashir walks round the corner. He had been expecting him and has some important news for the chief to pass onto Bashir's past self. The radiation had damaged the basilar arteries in O'Brien's brain stem which hadn't shown up on any scans and was only picked up in the autopsy. Bashir instructs him to tell his former self to run a basilar arterial scan so he can detect and repair the damage in time. O'Brien begins to argue with Bashir about his inability to save him, but he flashes back to the upper level of the Promenade. O'Brien falls to the floor and Bashir summons a nurse and an emergency medkit there immediately. In the habitat ring, Odo explains to Sisko that he was finally able to trace back the source of the transporter beam to some empty quarters. Sisko speculates that they brought in a portable transporter but Odo quickly discounts it as the technology is too bulky to be dragging around the halls. Sisko nods in agreement as Odo continues to explain how they modified the replicator, turning it into a mini-transporter by realigning the matter energy conversion matrix; a very sophisticated and professional job. Reaching into the replicator circuitry, Odo pulls out a device which he says is manufactured on Davlos III, a planet on the Klingon border and which does ninety percent of its trade with the Klingon Empire. Sisko doesn't think it is enough to hold the Klingons and Odo agrees but there's more. A friend at Starfleet Intelligence that used to be assigned to the Federation embassy on Qo'noS put him in contact with an old Klingon operative who provided him with information showing the three Klingons currently on the station are part of a covert strike force, reporting directly to the High Council. They now have enough to hold the Klingons for questioning, questioning that Odo feels can continue until after the Romulans have left the station. Sisko agrees though tells Odo to be careful, to which he replies, "There is no careful way to question a Klingon." O'Brien is back in the infirmary where Bashir is scanning him. He wakes up and tells Bashir he needs to run the basilar arterial scan or he'll die within a few hours. "Well, who am I to argue with me?", Bashir jokes. Meanwhile, Odo has arrested the three Klingon operatives: Bo'rak, Atul and Morka and has placed them in a holding cell for the time being. He accuses them of being spies and saboteurs, to which they simply reply with threats of vengeance. Odo tries a threat of his own by telling them if they help him he will forgo telling the Klingon Intelligence service that they have been captured. He says from what he hears they frown on operatives who fail their missions. The Klingons look at each other thinking about his offer. Back in Ops, Bashir informs Sisko that he has eliminated almost all of the radioisotopes from O'Brien's system and the last treatment is in a couple more hours, after which there should be no more timeshifting. Dax also reports that the quantum singularity is orbiting the station in a roughly elliptical pattern. O'Brien continues by saying the anomaly radiates temporal energy at certain points in its orbit which seems to be causing his timeshifts. At that very moment, he shifts again. There are lots of people scrambling into a runabout. His future self is at the helm and initiates an emergency escape protocol, disengaging the docking clamps and immediately engaging full impulse. All three of the station's runabouts hastily escape the vicinity as explosions cascade across the habitat ring. The future O'Brien explains he was sleeping when an explosion rocked the station and was on his way to Ops when the evacuation alarm sounded, so got as many people as he could to the runabout before leaving. He tells O'Brien that doesn't know what happened or if the other senior staff made it off the station, and urges him to find out what happened and prevent it. As the runabout flies away, the explosions engulf the station, destroying it. At that point, the wormhole opens only to suddenly collapse an instant later. O'Brien watches the events in horror before he shifts. Back in Ops, Sisko asks the chief what's wrong. "We've got a new problem, sir." he replies. Act Five Sisko questions O'Brien on his latest timeshift, asking for any clue of how the station may be destroyed. O'Brien says he noticed some explosions along the habitat ring but it all happened so fast that he couldn't get a clear sense of exactly what was going on. The commander orders a silent preparation for evacuation should it need to come to that, but he doesn't want to do anything that would alarm their enemy into attacking sooner. He also orders Dax to do a complete systems check on anything that could potentially cause this type of disaster. The chief also has an idea. If they could cause him to travel into the future on purpose, this time only by two or three hours, he may be able to find out what the threat is and stop it happening in their timeline. Bashir notes the problem with the plan; in order to do this, O'Brien's body would need to be flooded with Delta-series radioisotopes and prolonged exposure would kill him. But the chief knows the risks and is willing to do it if it means saving everyone on DS9. After thinking on it for a few seconds, Sisko approves his plan and they get to work. In the infirmary, Bashir instructs O'Brien on a rectangular device designed to inject him with a two rad dose of delta isotopes. He explains to him that the device is already calibrated for the return trip so all he has to do it press it again to return to the present. Bashir warns him that he cannot wait too long or his body will fail due to severe radiation poisoning. On another note, O'Brien mentions a message to Keiko that he has left in his quarters. He wants Bashir to deliver it should the plan fail. Bashir understands. Upon activating the device, O'Brien is transported to his quarters where the future O'Brien is asleep. He manages to wake him and explains the situation. The two of them quickly head for Ops and on arrival a Romulan warbird decloaks and opens fire on the station, taking out the shield generators in the first shots. Kira orders return fire but it is no use, the Romulans have hit the power core. The future O'Brien realizes the orbiting quantum singularity was the power source of the Romulan ship and tells O'Brien to go back and stop it. But he can't. The radiation poisoning has taken its toll on his body and he would die if he did, and would then be unable to warn the crew. Instead he takes off the device and hands it to future O'Brien, convincing him to go back in his place. The new O'Brien wakes up in the infirmary next to Doctor Bashir, who asks how it went. After confirming it worked, O'Brien immediately contacts Sisko in Ops, who raises the station's shields and readies weapons. Bashir quickly realizes that this O'Brien is different; he doesn't have nearly as many delta isotopes in his body and his metabolic readings are completely different. In the wardroom, the Romulans are interviewing Quark, when Sisko, Kira and Odo barge in. The commander tells him to leave before revealing what he knows to Ruwon and Karina. He tells Ruwon how he remembered what he said about the Dominion being the greatest threat to the Alpha Quadrant for a century and that if he truly believed that he would want to close the wormhole for good. Kira finishes by saying that the Federation and Bajor wouldn't just stand by and watch them do it so they would have to destroy the station as well and make it look like an accident. The two Romulans deny the allegations calling it a mere "theory". But Sisko responds by informing them he has about fifty photon torpedoes locked onto their ship. He then asks Odo to escort their "guests" to the nearest transporter room. In Quark's, over darts, O'Brien tells Bashir how weird it is to be living in the past, that it is like living the other O'Brien's life. Bashir says that he's the same O'Brien, just with a few extra memories. As he leaves, he whispers in Quark's lobe, "dabo." Quark doesn't understand what O'Brien means until a small crowd at the wheel yells, "Dabo!" Quark then yells for O'Brien to come back, who simply walks away, laughing. Memorable quotes "Well, you do have one problem... if all you can hallucinate about is Quark's maintenance problems, you do have a sadly deficient fantasy life." - Bashir, to O'Brien "Trust me, Quark. Darts and bars go together like bacon and eggs." "At least people order bacon and eggs. In all the years I've been here, no one has ever come in and asked to see the dart board." "Trust me. They will." - Miles O'Brien and Quark, referring to the dart board "Major, when you're with the Romulans, try to be diplomatic." "I'm always diplomatic!" [screen cut] "That is the most ridiculous thing I ever heard and I resent the implication!" - Sisko and Kira (the latter speaking to Sisko and to the Romulans, respectively) "But don't worry – I plan to investigate the Klingons, the Bajorans, Quark, the visiting Terrelians..." "You think Quark had something to do with this?" "I always investigate Quark." - Odo and Sisko "Who let these filthy petaQ in here?!" "Maybe we should show them the way out." - Morka and Bo'rak, referring to the Romulan security force in Quark's bar "I think we have enough evidence to at least hold the Klingons for questioning, don't you?" "Absolutely. And I think I can question them until the Romulan delegation leaves the station." "Just be careful." "Commander, there is no careful way to question a Klingon." - Sisko and Odo "I think you're lying, Quark." "About which part?" "All of it." "Well, at least I am consistent." - Ruwon and Quark "Who told you that?" "You did. In the future." "Oh. Well, who am I to argue with me?" - Bashir and O'Brien "I hate temporal mechanics." - O'Briens, past and future Background information Story and script Freelancer Ethan H. Calk sold this story on his very first pitch session to . He pitched numerous other ideas before finally landing his second sale – contributing to the story for the episode . The pitch for this episode was taken by René Echevarria, who saw it as "a very different, clever science fiction premise with a twist. A story that had a nice built-in clock element." He further commented that the episode was "a nice twist on the time-travel show that could be a bottle show to save money." In the original story for this episode, Odo jumped forward in time to witness DS9 destroyed. According to Echevarria, this was changed because the writers felt that they had done too many Odo stories that season. (; Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages, p. 93) In his pitch, Calk had used Nausicaans as the villains, but these were rejected as not familiar enough. In response, he created the Romulan-Klingon intrigue plot. ("New Voyagers", Star Trek Magazine, issue 127) Ira Steven Behr asked a friend of his, John Shirley, who was well versed in complicated science fiction concepts, to write the teleplay. "He hadn't written for television and he wanted to take a shot at it," said Behr. He later said of Shirley's experience, "I won't say it was the most pleasant experience he ever had in his career." () The script of this episode received an uncredited rewrite by Ronald D. Moore. It was Moore's idea to kill the present O'Brien and replace him with a duplicate from the future. Moore was also part of the writing staff for the episode , where the team temporarily considered killing off William T. Riker and replacing him with his own transporter duplicate. () Bashir's use of hyronalin as a treatment for radiation poisoning is a reference to the TOS episode . This reference was added by Ron Moore, a noted fan of the original Star Trek series. He commented, "There's a lot of references from the original series rattling around in my head, because I watched it fanatically as a kid. Somehow it's easier to remember those references than the stuff I worked on a few years ago on TNG." () Science advisor André Bormanis had two major tasks: to find a technical explanation for why O'Brien was jumping through time, and to determine how the Klingons could transport surveillance equipment into a bulkhead. Figuring out the first wasn't too difficult, according to Bormanis, as he merely had to create "a description of what mechanism might allow O'Brien to do what he's doing". He did admit, however, that the use of radiation as a trigger was "a little on the campy side." () As for the surveillance equipment, Bormanis thought it quite plausible that "somebody had gone to the trouble of hollowing out a space inside the wall for the object and then used a very carefully tuned transporter beam to get it there." However, he was concerned about modifying a replicator to work as a transporter, as it had been established previously that replicators only operate on a molecular level, whereas transporters require quantum-level resolution. Bormanis' belief that such a modification would have required a great deal of skill was briefly addressed through Odo's line that the culprit had performed a "very sophisticated, very professional job". () Robert Hewitt Wolfe noted that the darts game was useful when plotting the episode: "It gave us a way to establish that O'Brien's time jumps weren't taking any time [in the present]. He could throw the dart, go through a five-minute experience in the future, and then return to see the dart hit the wall." () Ira Steven Behr felt that O'Brien's predicament in this installment was well-suited to the character, feeling that O'Brien was the "most fun" character to do such episodes with as Behr considered him to be "so human." (Cinefantastique, Vol. 27, No. 4/5, p. 111) When the two security guards walk Bo'rak out of Quark's, he says "Du'cha Kovah! Estah!" which, according to the script, translates as, "Leave me alone! Let me go!" (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion - A Series Guide and Script Library) Production Director Reza Badiyi recalled some of the unique problems the show presented. He stated, "The challenge was creating two people. Colm [Meaney] played two parts, which is kind of tough. He is such a wonderful actor, and I really like him, but you cannot keep him on the set. He has to go outside and get a little fresh air. So when he's in every scene twice, and we have to shoot it three times and lock the camera, and then he's coming to do this part and then he has to do the other part, it's very difficult. They didn't want to do it all in blue screen because it's so time consuming, because it would take nine days. They gave us seven, and we shot it in seven and a half days." (Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages, p. 93) Though the final scenes may look convincing in the finished episode, they weren't easy to produce, as Visual Effects Supervisor Gary Hutzel explained: "It was always confusing for the actor, because although the director and I have extensive discussions, until we arrive on set, we don't know ourselves exactly what's going to happen." () Destroying the station proved to be the biggest special effect of the episode. Hutzel commented, "Blowing up the station was a very very big deal. We'd decided that the station had to blow up, and it had to be particularly spectacular. So it was a very elaborate deal." () Hutzel connected this commitment to a larger change occurring behind the scenes. The producers of Deep Space Nine were now much more interested in showing feature-quality special effects than they had been during the run of Star Trek: The Next Generation. Consequently, Deep Space Nine was granted a much larger budget for visual effects than its predecessor. (Hidden File 07, DS9 Season 3 DVD special features) For the actual destruction, Special Effects Master Gary Monak had Model Maker Tony Meininger pull two new castings from the station's original six-foot mold. The duplicates were very similar to the original but lacked any lighting elements. Monak said of the whole process, "We rigged it so that it would go off in about ten stages: ten separate explosions that had to go off within half a second." The explosions were shot with a high-speed camera at ten to fifteen times normal speed; the half-second multi-blast took up five to seven seconds of film. Monak and his partner, R.J. Hohman, rigged the two models somewhat differently, so that they could decide after filming which explosion looked better. On what goes into making an explosion, Monak explained, "There's a little bit of everything: glitter, black powder, rubber cement, sparkle flash, sometimes a little high explosive primer-cord-stuff." () With the increasing use of CGI in television, VFX Coordinator Judy Elkins defended the decision to use a live model, saying, "You can't get the same effect with a computer. You don't get the fireballs, the fire effects, the shards, the pieces flying away. When you're working on a big scale like this, there's nothing like blowing up a big model. It's just beautiful." Though several shots of the station's destruction were filmed, only a small portion made it into the final episode. () Bashir uses a familiar-looking tool to adjust the armband that O'Brien uses to shift forward in time. It's a warp nacelle from a Romulan warbird model. The tool is slightly modified; it's colored gray instead of green, and blinking lights are added on the inside. The footage of the Romulan Warbird firing on Deep Space 9 is footage previously used to depict a warbird firing on Admiral Jarok's shuttle from . Continuity Overall, O'Brien experiences six temporal jumps: He sees himself talking to Quark. He sees the brawl in Quark's. He sees himself mortally wounded by a phaser shot. He sees himself dead due to medical complications. He sees Deep Space 9 evacuated and subsequently destroyed, along with the wormhole. He is sent three and a half hours into the future to investigate the disaster, where he dies and is replaced by the other O'Brien. The Chief O'Brien that appears from this point on in the series is the one from a few hours in the future. This is the first and only time we see Deep Space 9 destroyed. This is the episode in which Miles O'Brien introduces darts to Quark's, a game which will be featured throughout the rest of the series. The board itself was first shown in the previous episode, . This episode features the first appearance of the Romulan warbird in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. This episode features numerous references to the battle between the and the Jem'Hadar in . When Kira tells Odo that the Romulans suspect he may have feelings for her, he responds by saying, "Ridiculous!" in an incredulous manner. However, the audience already knows it to be true after he confessed to it in . Cirroc Lofton (Jake Sisko) does not appear in this episode. Reception The writing staff were pleased at Jon Shirley's ability to keep the potentially confusing plot comprehensible for viewers. () Director Badiyi opined, "I felt it worked, and the effect and the relationships worked fine. I liked the show." (Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages, p. 93) Moore saw this episode as a good departure from standard time travel plots. He commented, "A very cool story because it was a different way to do time travel that we hadn't really played yet, which was going a short distance into the future and returning with that knowledge. Seeing yourself die and the station explode – it just became fun to try and play those scenes out, to enjoy the plot and not get bogged down in 'Oh my God, we're changing history.' You can play the gag of seeing yourself dead and bitching to the doctor because he didn't save your life." (Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages, p. 93) After the show aired, Moore heard comparisons made between this episode and . Disagreeing with this assessment, he remarked about "Time Squared" that "I watched the episode again, and it's so ponderous. They agonize about what to do the whole show. All right, already! We just quickly decided we weren't going to be that concerned and just went forward." (Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages, p. 93) Although Ira Steven Behr doesn't dislike this episode, it isn't one of his favorites: "it was good but it seems like a show we could have done on TNG. I prefer our shows to be Deep Space Nine-specific. 'Visionary' is kind of a tech mystery, and it's more TNG's kind of show." () Similarly, René Echevarria remarked, "It turned out pretty well, although it may have been a little confusing. Overall, it was a straight-on Star Trek that could have been done on any of the series." (Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages, p. 93) Authors Mark Jones and Lance Parkin wrote of this episode, "A peculiar episode, if we are being charitable. The fact that O'Brien from now on is not technically the same as the one before is at first an astonishing revelation but in practice means nothing. Unfortunately, the same can be said for the rest of the episode, which descends to The Next Generation-levels of technobabble at the expense of the emotional story." (Beyond the Final Frontier, p. 213) Star Trek author Keith R.A. DeCandido described the episode as, "yet another TNG story that wandered into the wrong studio on the Paramount lot by accident", citing the high use of technobabble and "made-up science that sounds clever but isn’t because it only works at all because the script says it does." However, DeCandido did praise the inclusion of the Romulans and enjoyed some of the episode's character moments. Overall he awarded this installment a "warp factor rating" of 6/10. Home video releases UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 3.9, Released on as part of the Japanese LaserDisc set Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Third Season Vol. 2 As part of the DS9 Season 3 DVD collection Links and references Guest Stars Jack Shearer as Ruwon Annette Helde as Karina Co-Stars Ray Young as Morka Bob Minor as Bo'rak Dennis Madalone as Atul Uncredited Co-Stars Sam Alejan as Human medical officer Scott Barry as Bajoran officer Ivor Bartels as Human security officer Jeff Cadiente as Romulan guard Brian Demonbreun as Human command officer Kathleen Demor as Human security lieutenant Randy James as Mark Lentry as Human command lieutenant David B. Levinson as Broik Mary Mascari as Bajoran woman Mary Meinel-Newport as Bolian woman Tom Morga as Romulan guard Robin Morselli as Bajoran officer Mark Riccardi as Human security officer Mark Allen Shepherd as Morn Steph Silvestri as operations officer James Lee Stanley as Bajoran security deputy Michael Wajacs as Bajoran civilian Unknown performers as Green-skinned alien with beaked face Pakled Stunt Doubles Unknown stunt performers as Stunt double for Colm Meaney Stunt double for Jack Shearer Stunt double for Ray Young References Alpha Quadrant; artificial quantum singularity; asinolyathin; autopsy; bacon; Bajorans; Bajoran wormhole; basilar artery; basilar arterial scan; brain stem; burp; career; cerebrospinal nerve cell; cloaking device; constable; dabo table; damage; dartboard; darts; Davlos III; deal; debriefing; Deep Space 9 levels; delta isotope; delta-series radiation; delta-series radioisotope; Dominion; Dominion cold war; dose; eggs; embassy; emergency medkit; emergency power; Federation; figure of speech; fortune teller; Founders; freighter; fusion reactor; Gamma Quadrant; Gowron; gravimetric field; habitat ring; high-energy laser; holosuite; hour; hyronalin; internal sensor log; Jefferies tube; Jem'Hadar; kilometer; Klingon; Klingon border; Klingon Empire; Klingon High Council; Klingon Intelligence; Klingonese; laser; liability; lie; main computer; Markalians; matter-energy conversion matrix; medical scan; microcellular scan; muscle spasm; nagging; nervous system; neutron star; ; operative; overhaul; personal log; phase inducer; phaser; portable transporter; power coupling; Promenade; Qo'noS; quantum singularity; Quark's; rad; radiation; radiation poisoning; replicator; Romulans; Romulus; runabout; shield generator; slander; Starfleet; Starfleet Command; Starfleet Intelligence; strike force; subspace bandwidth; surveillance device; suspect; temporal energy; temporal frequency; temporal mechanics; Terrelians; tetryon; tricorder Starship references (runabout); (Warbird); ; Klingon freighter; ; ; ; Romulan transport Other references Deep Space 9 schematic: cargo turbo subsystem; crew quarters; crossover bridge; defense sail; defense systems monitor; deflector emitter; docking clamp; docking control cabin; docking pylon; docking ring; docking ring airlock; environmental purge/fill station; exhaust cone; fusion reactor assembly; habitat ring; ops module; ore processing center; phaser strip; photon torpedo launcher; power transfer conduit; promenade; radiator; reaction control thruster; runabout pad; sensor array; structural assembly; subspace antenna farm; tractor emitter; tug tractor emitter assembly External links de:Der Visionär es:Visionary fr:Visionary (épisode) nl:Visionary DS9 episodes

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Distant Voices (episode)

After an alien assault leaves Bashir unconscious, he is trapped inside his mind. Summary Teaser Doctor Bashir and Elim Garak are having their usual lunch together in the Replimat as Garak produces a gift for Bashir: a Cardassian enigma tale holonovel. Although Bashir usually enjoys mystery novels, he confesses his dislike for Cardassian ones, as the suspects are always guilty. Garak points out that the challenge is figuring out who is guilty of what. Bashir reveals that he feels glum because it is his 30th birthday, a sign in Human culture that one has lost one's youth, which contrasts the Cardassian view that growing old is a sign of power and dignity. The conversation is interrupted when Quark approaches with a Lethean companion named Altovar, who is interested in purchasing bio-mimetic gel. Everyone present knows purchasing the gel is illegal under Federation law, but the Lethean "convinced" Quark to bring his request to Bashir. He offers to buy the gel at any price, storming off angrily when Bashir firmly refuses. Later, Bashir returns to the infirmary, where he finds Altovar has broken in and is ransacking the place. When Bashir confronts him and asks what he thinks he is doing, the Lethean grabs his head, releasing an electric discharge of some kind, and absconds with the gel, leaving Bashir falling to the floor, unconscious. Act One When he awakens, Bashir finds the computer is off-line and will not respond, the lights are flickering, and he is alone. He wanders out to the darkened Promenade, which is deserted, but he notices his reflection in a mirror and observes that his hair seems somewhat gray. In Quark's, he finds the Ferengi clutching a serving tray and cowering behind the bar, hiding from someone in the shadows. Quark claims whoever it is going to kill everyone; before he can answer any more questions, he runs off. Whoever is in the shadows hurls chairs in every direction, so Bashir follows suit and leaves. Garak surprises Bashir when he reaches the security office, both of them mistaking the other for an intruder. It seems all the station's systems except life support and basic functions are off-line, which Garak suggests might be the result of a virus, anomaly, or a Dominion attack. However, Bashir is interrupted by faint, indistinguishable voices. Garak hears no voices but observes how grey (now more so than previously) Bashir's hair is becoming. Bashir opens a weapons locker and gives himself and Garak a phaser. The two of them split up, Garak searching the docking ring while Bashir searches the habitat ring and central core. Wandering through a corridor and looking in empty rooms with a palm beacon, Bashir hears something behind him. One by one the lights in the corridor begin to shut down, a trail of darkness chasing him as he moves. He soon runs into a force field and is trapped. Act Two Bashir narrowly escapes into a turbolift, barely getting away from Altovar, the Lethean from before. There is only a momentary peace as the turbolift descends before the Lethean can be heard pounding on the roof, attempting to break through. Bashir leaves and makes it to the wardroom, where he finds Chief O'Brien, Lieutenant Dax, Major Kira, and Constable Odo all arguing with each other. Bashir is glad to see familiar faces, but each person seems somehow out of character. O'Brien is pessimistic and afraid, while Dax seems all too eager to face the Lethean with a phaser, Odo does not trust anyone, and Kira is frustrated with the entire group. However, Bashir is unable to scan the room for anomalies since the computer is down, so they head for a cargo bay where O'Brien believes he can access the proper components to get the station up and running. In the cargo bay the officers continue to bicker while O'Brien attempts to make his repairs. Bashir is still convinced something has affected the others, although from the voices he is hearing and the fact that he appears 60 rather than 30, Kira believes he is the one with a problem. Strangely, O'Brien picks up an audio-only signal from an unknown source, in which Dax appears to be discussing Bashir's condition; he is in a coma and will die within hours. A tricorder scan reveals only delta waves from Bashir. It appears the voices are correct. Act Three Bashir finds no life signs from the others. He deduces that they are different parts of his brain and thus he is talking to himself. O'Brien is his sense of doubt. Kira is his sense of aggression. Odo is is his sense of suspicion. Dax is his sense of confidence and adventure. However, as he figures this out Altovar emerges through the side of a nearby container and disappears with Dax. Moving toward Dax, Bashir suddenly finds himself playing tennis with Garak on the Promenade. It seems the station is Bashir's mind and Altovar is the force which is killing him. Garak, a natural choice for Bashir's sense of intrigue, seems pessimistic but agrees to continue searching while Bashir heads for Ops. The situation worsens as Bashir progresses. Wounded people line a corridor and he finds Sisko there with Nurse Jabara, trying to heal them just as Bashir might. Naturally, Sisko is his sense of professionalism. The commander agrees to help Bashir (who has aged yet again) get to Ops, but moments later Altovar pulls Sisko into a nearby wall, disappearing once again. Bashir runs, but runs into Altovar, who states he wants to systematically destroy Bashir's mind and then kill him. Bashir runs away and Altovar yells out that he can run, but eventually he will not be able to outrun death. Act Four Shortly thereafter, Bashir finds a dead Kira and melting Odo, both of whom have fallen victim to the Lethean. As Odo dies, he advises Bashir to use the conduits to get to Ops quicker. Although unsure whether he is going the wrong way, Bashir is determined to find Ops. His hopes rise when he finds O'Brien in an access conduit junction, but this version of the chief, Bashir's sense of fear and doubt, does not want to face the Lethean. He advises Bashir of which way to go, and reluctantly agrees to go along despite Bashir's rapidly accelerated aging. At the juncture where Bashir should emerge in Ops, he finds himself on the Promenade again, this time outside Quark's, where something important seems to be going on. People are gathered around a table on which Bashir finds his unconscious body; Quark explains that he is taking bets on everything from how long Bashir will live to which organ will fail first. Their conversation is interrupted by dismayed cries from the crowd as O'Brien's lifeless body appears in place of Bashir's. The Lethean appears once Quark calls off the bets, killing the Ferengi and informing Bashir that he is next. The now-decrepit doctor runs as best he can to the Promenade. Bashir falls next to Garak, but he breaks his hip due to his advanced age. Act Five Garak does not see how Bashir will fix the station if he is hardly able to walk. Nonetheless he agrees to help Bashir get to Ops, observing how stubborn his friend is. The pair eventually make it to Ops, where there is a surreal feeling. A banner hangs in the otherwise deserted room, proclaiming, "HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JULIAN," and a beautiful Bajoran woman in a skin-tight outfit approaches, singing "Happy Birthday to You". Joining in, Garak congratulates Bashir on having a fascinating mind once the song is over. The doctor is still determined to fix the station despite Garak's continued pessimism, but when he opens a panel, he finds not computer circuitry but tennis balls, which fall on him. As Garak reiterates the hopelessness of the situation, Bashir confronts him, claiming he does not belong and demanding to know who he really is. Garak transforms into Altovar. Before Bashir can make it to a turbolift, Altovar confronts him about his past failures – the way he quit tennis to become a doctor because his parents would not approve, the way he intentionally missed a question on a preganglionic fiber for a postganglionic nerve so he would be second rather than first in his class because of the pressure, the way he has never acted on his feelings for Dax – which seems to wound Bashir as he knows Altovar is right. However, he activates the turbolift and leaves. Making his way to the infirmary, Bashir appears to know what he is doing. Altovar joins him, confused. Although Ops is the center of the real world, Bashir explains that the infirmary is the center of his. Since Altovar has not killed him, he continues to persist as it appears he must give in for the Lethean to win. Finally, he opens a panel and fixes the computer. Suddenly, the lights come online and the computer begins working, and Bashir activates a quarantine field around Altovar. He then tells the computer to begin , which causes Altovar to disappear. Bashir now wakes up in a hospital gown lying on a bed in the infirmary, having cured himself. Sisko, Dax, Jabara, and the others are amazed to see him alive. The next day, Bashir and Garak resume their lunches together as usual and the topic of discussion is Bashir's experience with Altovar (who, in the real world, tripped a security alarm and was quickly apprehended by Odo). As Bashir muses that he was lucky to survive his ordeal, Garak tells his friend that Cardassians do not believe in luck, and it was Bashir's strength that saw him through the nightmare. Bashir then says that after being a 100-year-old in his mind, he decides that being 30 is not so bad after all. Garak responds by toasting to his birthday. Garak then brings up on how Bashir's mind subconsciously portrayed him, surprised that after all this time his Human friend still does not seem to trust him. As Bashir fumbles for an explanation, Garak reaches out for his arm, grins and says, "There's hope for you yet." Memorable quotes "I wasn't aware that Humans saw growing old as a negative experience. On Cardassia, advanced age is seen as a sign of power and dignity." "Well I am aware that aging is part of a natural process of life, but I don't want to be reminded of it, that's all. Now look, Garak, in two days I turn thirty. If I choose to be grumpy about it, that's my prerogative!" - Garak and Bashir "Don't take it personally – he's turning thirty." - Garak, to Quark "I haven't picked any of you – I'm in a coma!" - Bashir "You can't escape, doctor! You can run if you want to but you can't outrun death!" - Altovar, to Bashir "My... tennis balls?" "This station is in worse condition than we thought." - Bashir and Garak "You can't do this!" "I can do anything I want. It is my mind. Computer, begin sterilization." - Altovar and Bashir "To think, after all this time, all our lunches together... you still don't trust me. There's hope for you yet, doctor." - Garak Background information Story and script A working title of this episode was "Too Many Rooms". Joe Menosky's original idea didn't feature regular cast members in Bashir's fantasy; instead, different actors played different aspects of Bashir's life, such as 'Youth', 'Age', 'Joy', etc. Ronald D. Moore came upon the idea to set the fantasy on the station and use the regular cast. () Although it later became an element in Bashir's attempts to conceal his genetic enhancements, the writers hadn't developed that concept yet, so the reason it was pointed out in this episode that a pre-ganglionic fiber and a post-ganglionic nerve are nothing alike was pressure from Celeste Wolfe, Robert Hewitt Wolfe's wife. According to Wolfe, ever since Bashir first told that story, his wife had been bugging him to do something about it. In reality, a pre-ganglionic fiber and a post-ganglionic nerve really are completely different, and, as Celeste (a pre-vet) pointed out, no one would ever mix them up. As such, Wolfe later explained, having Altovar point this out "was my way of saying, 'Well okay' to Celeste." () The inclusion of the tennis balls falling and the dabo girl who sings were designed to add humor to the final scenes in Bashir's mind. Ira Steven Behr commented, "At the end of the story break we started thinking about Marilyn Monroe singing 'Happy Birthday' to JFK. We said, 'What's in the mind of Julian Bashir?'. Well, the mind's a chaotic thing, and we've always played as a bit of a rake, so we felt we needed a pretty woman. At such a serious moment, a life-and-death moment, it was nice juxtaposition." () In the scene where Bashir encounters the representation of Sisko, Sisko triages another injured individual by prescribing drugs known as "hydrocortiline" and "tripdecederine". (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion - A Series Guide and Script Library) Cast and characters Shortly before performing in this episode, Alexander Siddig readied himself for appearing in it. "I'm doing an 'old age' thing next week," he said, "and I need to prepare for it. Not necessarily to practice being old but just to get it in my head, just walk around with it and get comfortable with the idea." () In retrospect, he commented that "Distant Voices" had been "a massive challenge for me as an actor." ("Our Man Bashir", ) Andrew Robinson likened the version of Garak imagined by Bashir to the archetype of The Magician, commenting, "There is a major sort of magical turn that happens that involves Garak." Robinson continued by comparing The Magician to the usual version of Garak, pointing out that, whereas The Magician "is the great manipulator of spatial elements and can rearrange appearances in such a way that they look a certain way but they're not really," Garak "is totally a subtextual character […] because everything he is really saying is on the subtextual level." () Cirroc Lofton (Jake Sisko) does not appear in this episode. Of the main characters to appear in the episode, Odo, Kira, and O'Brien only appeared as part of Bashir's illusion, and not as their "regular" selves. Tom Morga stunt doubles Victor Rivers as a Lethean in this episode. Later in the series, he appeared as Soto, another Lethean, in the episode . Production Much as Director Corey Allen had done for a scene in the episode , Director Alexander Singer shot the scene in the wardroom in one continuous uninterrupted take. When the episode was edited together, the scene was intercut with various close-ups and reverse angles, but the master shot of the scene was filmed as one long take. () Michael Westmore commented on Bashir's old age makeup, "We did a plaster cast of of Sid's face and from that sculpted old age pieces for him, keeping in mind that, hopefully, this is what he will look like when he gets to be an elderly gentleman. It was probably a four-hour process because we also had to age the backs of Sid's hands and make an aged neck for him in case they did any filming behind his back. You have to think of everything." ("Keeping Up Appearances", TV Zone special #34) Dennis McCarthy based the musical score for this episode on the music of and . () The optical effect of Odo melting was created by VisionArt Design & Animation. () Reception "Distant Voices" won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Makeup for a Series. It beat , which was nominated in the same category. Michael Westmore commented, "I think that the old age makeup was the selling card to winning, Although Altovar, the Lethean, was really interesting because his makeup was different from anything we had ever done before." () Ira Steven Behr commented, "I thought it worked very well. It hit on a lot of levels that we wanted the show to hit on. It was a station show, but it was an interesting station show. It used all of our characters in interesting ways and was a wonderful episode for Bashir and Siddig. It has Bashir dealing with a difficult situation and dealing with it in a heroic, interesting manner. I thought he did some wonderful acting as he aged. The villain was interesting; Garak was a lot of fun. We had some alien chick dabo girl singing in a saloon… Overall, a fun show." (Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages) A script from this episode was sold off on the It's A Wrap! sale and auction on eBay. Continuity Other episodes that feature a similar makeup process by which a character ages include , , , and . While it is never explained in this episode which aspect of Bashir was represented by Quark, the episode does hold some clues as to what it might've been. When Bashir first meets with Quark, Quark tells him, "Don't you see? If we move, he'll find us." Not only is this what happens exactly after, but only in the end does Bashir realize he should have stayed in the infirmary all along. When Bashir meets Quark for the second time, Quark is holding bets to predict when the doctor will die, and what part of him will go first. As a result, O'Brien ends up taking Bashir's place as subject of bets and dies. As a shady, big-eared character who is well aware of most everything going on in the station, next to Odo, Quark could be something alike to Bashir's insight. Linking this episode with , we can see resemblances in Garak's behavior. The common point between those two mental experiences being Bashir, it can be assumed that Garak's bravery and helpfulness in "The Search, Part II" is probably a projection of Bashir's perception of him (also reflected in Garak giving him his dying words, a taste for tragedy that had already been seen in when his fantasy of Jadzia is dying, and also echoed in his liking of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, as mentioned in ). "Distant Voices" keeps in tune with "The Search, Part II", as we get to see a projection of caring, protective Garak again. Additionally, beyond his facade of kind tailor, Garak is a home-longing exiled Cardassian – just as Bashir longs to recover his body and life in "Distant Voices" – and, since , Bashir knows just how much pain Garak endures from being stuck on DS9. The close relationship between the tailor and the doctor sets Garak as a target for the Lethean to try and manipulate Bashir by corrupting the projection of Garak. For all those reasons, Garak could be Bashir's determination and endurance – another reason why the Lethean would target this aspect in particular, as his goal was to trick Bashir into giving up. This episode references Bashir's academy mistake that was previously mentioned in the first season episode and would later be clarified in the fifth season episode . In "Q-Less", Bashir relates for the first time the story about mixing up a pre-ganglionic fiber and a post-ganglionic nerve in his final exams, a mistake which cost him his position as valedictorian in his medical class. In this episode, Altovar points out that a pre-ganglionic fiber and a post-ganglionic nerve are nothing alike and states that Bashir purposely answered the question incorrectly to avoid the pressure of being top in his class. However, in "Doctor Bashir, I Presume" Bashir is revealed to be genetically enhanced, with that deliberate mistake in the exam being retconned to be an example of how he concealed this. This inconsistency is due to the fact that the plot point for Bashir being genetically enhanced wasn't storyboarded until at least late 1996, with the writers at the time of this episode's writing being unsure of where to take the character, as related by Siddig himself (Crew Dossier: Julian Bashir, DS9 Season 6 DVD special features). This is the first of two consecutive episodes to feature no scenes with the real Kira or O'Brien but only alternate versions of them: the representations of them in Bashir's mind in this episode, and their mirror universe counterparts Intendant and in . Despite the fact that Bashir was an avid tennis player in his youth, this is the only episode of DS9 in which we see Bashir actually playing tennis. Inferring from Garak's "your service" line that Garak was serving, Bashir won the abbreviated match love-fifteen. Video and DVD releases UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 3.9, As part of the DS9 Season 3 DVD collection Links and references Guest Stars Andrew Robinson as "Garak" Victor Rivers as Altovar Ann Gillespie as Jabara Co-Star Nicole Forester as Dabo Girl Uncredited Co-Stars Patti Begley as Bajoran officer Ivy Borg as Rita Tannenbaum Mary Mascari as Bajoran woman Sherry O'Keefe as Bajoran officer Irving Ross as Bolian command officer Michael Wajacs as Bajoran civilian Unknown performers as Kressari Pelian Stunt Double Tom Morga as stunt double for Victor Rivers References 2341; ; backbone; Bajor; Bajorans; ; ; betting pool; bio-mimetic gel; blood pressure; Bolian; Cardassia; Cardassians; career; ; central computer network; coagulation activator; coma; constable; cordrazine; cranial trauma; dabo; dabo girl; Deep Space 9 levels; delta wave; Dominion; engineering extension class; enigma tale; Federation; Federation law; felony; flattery; gift; "Happy Birthday to You"; holosuite; inpedrezine; internal sensors; Kressari; landmark; Lethean; "long shot"; medical student; meter; motor function; mystery novel; osteogenic stimulator; palm beacon; paranoia; Pelian; primary command processor; ; professionalism; Promenade; Quark's; replicator; replicator pattern; Replimat; sabotage; sense of humor; Shoggoth; Starfleet Medical Academy; starship operations; ; suit; suspect; Tarkalean tea; tennis; tennis ball; tennis player; tennis racket; tricorder; villain; Yigrish cream pie Unreferenced material hydrocortiline; Mount Olympus; Paris; ; tripdecederine External links de:Ferne Stimmen es:Distant Voices fr:Distant Voices (épisode) ja:DS9:老化促進テレパシー nl:Distant Voices DS9 episodes

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Through the Looking Glass (episode)

In the "mirror universe," Sisko must persuade the alternate version of his dead wife to join the Terran Rebels, or he will watch her die a second time. Summary Teaser Sisko, Odo, and Quark are in the station commander's office debating the disposition of 27 Cardassian voles which Sisko claims are intended for fighting. Apparently Quark and Morn were discovered painting numbers on the voles' backs in Quark's storeroom, even though Quark claims that they were Morn's pets. Sisko orders that the voles be confiscated, suggesting that if Morn wants new pets, he can get some goldfish instead. Quark says "Poor Morn. This is gonna break his hearts." Sisko then walks out into Ops, where he tells an unnamed lieutenant "Ops is yours" and walks toward the turbolift landing… just as the car arrives carrying , who is out of uniform, which surprises Sisko, who asks if O'Brien is going somewhere. As O'Brien steps off the turbolift, he tells Sisko that he needs to converse privately, then after Odo leaves with Quark draws a phaser. However, Sisko immediately orders the Ops crew to stand down. After ordering Sisko onto the transporter pad, O'Brien waves a multidimensional transporter over the normal transporter controls, after which O'Brien and Sisko transport to a raider and Sisko asks where they are. "I guess you could say we just stepped through the looking glass," O'Brien says in reply. Act One O'Brien leads Sisko into another compartment, and, in a quick moment, Sisko disarms him. At barrel's end, O'Brien confirms that they are in the mirror universe. Since the time last year Kira and Bashir crossed over, the s have started a rebellion against the Klingon-Cardassian Alliance, and the rebellion at issue was led by … until he was killed when the ship he was on was destroyed by the Alliance. Sisko demands to be taken back to his own universe, as he can't further influence events there. O'Brien then encourages him, explaining that, in his universe, is very much alive, working for the Alliance on a trans-spectral sensor array that will enable the Alliance to root the rebellion out of their bases in the Badlands. In closing, O'Brien explains that if Sisko will not retrieve her from , the rebels will be left with "no choice but to kill her." Sisko concedes than he cannot bear the death of a second Jennifer Sisko, and agrees to attempt her rescue. On Terok Nor, Jennifer Sisko arrives at Intendant 's quarters, clearly not enthusiastic about talking to her. The Intendant informs Jennifer that her husband has been killed, but she is not fazed, as they did not part on good terms. Back on the raider, O'Brien – or rather "Smiley," as he's reminded Sisko to address him – explains that Jennifer despises her late husband, who was much better at fighting than leading. Finally the two of them transport to a rebel base, where a new mission is under discussion. It appears is ready to take charge of their force, and wants to simply smuggle explosives on the station and detonate them, no matter the risk. Just then, Sisko and Smiley enter. As Bashir looks on Sisko with a gimlet eye, points out that they all thought Captain Sisko dead. Sisko attributes it to propaganda. He successfully wins over the group with his confidence, but then saunters in to give Sisko a kiss of gratitude, a slap across the face for letting her think that he was dead, and a question: "are you coming or not?" Sisko hangs back so that Smiley can explain to him that Jadzia is Sisko's . Jadzia seduces a reluctant Sisko, who returns her advances. Act Two On Terok Nor, the Intendant is dismayed by the decreased productivity on the station. Garak insists he's doing all he can, but she takes him down to the processing center and orders gratuitous executions of Terran slaves as an incentive. suggests that she's been in a foul humor… ever since Captain Sisko was killed. The Intendant denies it, but she is clearly frustrated and Garak knows it. As the rebels are restless about the impending completion of the sensor array, a suspicious Jadzia is telling Sisko that she is tired of fighting the Alliance, after not seeing progress for a year. She's tired of living on the run, and says they ought to just abandon the rebellion, as their group of ex-slaves with delusions of grandeur are not capable of winning. Sisko says he's not ready to give up just yet, and they must make sure Jennifer Sisko does not complete the sensor array. Later, with the whole group, Sisko insists (over Bashir's objections) that Jennifer's rescue, not her death, is their next objective. Bashir continues to argue, and, quietly during, O'Brien suggests to Sisko that he hit him, as the other Sisko would. He quickly goes over and hits him just as he starts talking about his wife. He berates him for doing so, though Bashir and Dax remind him it would be much easier to kill her than to convince her to leave. O'Brien reminds them that they need a scientist to help them counteract the Alliance's efforts. On Terok Nor, is on the station to inform the Intendant that Sisko is alive… and that he has information that will lead to Sisko's recapture. Act Three Sisko and Smiley, in a fighter, soon become surrounded by decloaking Alliance ships en route to Terok Nor, captured, and taken to the station. The first thing Sisko does upon leaving the airlock is to kiss the Intendant passionately, and they briefly discuss the likelihood of his execution. Kira then moves onto O'Brien and chastises him for betraying the Alliance. After Smiley explains that he did it because he wanted to be free, Kira contemptuously orders him sent back to Ore Processing, and she leads Sisko back to her quarters. Once there, she explains to him that since she can't trust him, it will be a matter of time before she needs to "dispose of" him. Later, Jennifer arrives, accompanied by Garak, who leaves no doubt as to his hatred of Sisko. After Garak leaves, Ben and Jennifer spar over Ben's bellicosity and womanizing, but Ben puts that to a stop by explaining that he's on the station to rescue her. Act Four After more arguing, Ben uses the adversarial nature of their marriage as a wedge to suggest that she's working for the Alliance as a response to his leadership of the rebellion, and finally asks her to defect as an alternative to slavery. Sisko tells her to think about it, then uses a subdermal communicator to alert Smiley to his progress and disables the guards on the Intendant's quarters. Smiley creates a diversion to get himself and several slaves out of Ore Processing, while subduing a few guards in the process. With Ben guarding the door with two Klingon disruptors, Jennifer ultimately agrees to follow him – though only after insisting that she still hates him – and the two of them meet up with Smiley and the (former) slaves in the Habitat Ring. They need to coordinate to subdue a few Cardassian soldiers, but they successfully reach the airlock where Rom's shuttle is docked, only to discover Rom's corpse hanging from the airlock door, by a dagger through the chest. Act Five On the verge of being overpowered by the Intendant and her men and with no obvious means of leaving Terok Nor, the rebels head back to Ore Processing with Jennifer in tow. Once there, the rebels engage in a firefight with the guards, and after promising Jennifer that he will get her off the station, Sisko starts manipulating a console, explaining to Smiley that he hopes the designer of the Mirror Universe Terok Nor is the same Cardassian who designed Deep Space 9. The Intendant and the troops with her ultimately force entry to the rebels' haven in Ore Processing, where she orders the rebels (excepting Jennifer) killed – only to have Sisko tell her that doing so would be a mistake… because he has initiated the station's auto-destruct sequence. Thinking that he's bluffing, the Intendant points out to Sisko that he doesn't know the needed command authorization code, at which point he proves her wrong. When she tries to stop the sequence, she discovers that Sisko has changed the command code, and offers to let him off the station if he will give her the new code. He demands that he and his companions be let off the station first, and the Intendant capitulates, closing with an oath to Sisko that she will hunt him down. After the trip from Terok Nor to the rebel base, Jennifer insists on knowing who Ben really is. Commander Sisko tells her that she can ask Smiley to fill her in on the details, and then the two of them say their goodbyes when Smiley arrives to take Sisko back home. Memorable quotes "Poor Morn. This is gonna break his hearts." - Quark "Where are we?" "I guess you could say we just stepped through the looking glass." - Sisko and Smiley upon arriving in the mirror universe "I can't let her die, not again." "You're the only one who can save her." - Sisko and Smiley, regarding the mirror Jennifer Sisko "I hope you don't run up against too many surprises." "If I do, I guess I'll just have to… improvise." - Smiley and Benjamin Sisko "Logic isn't going to win us our freedom. We have to take action!" - Rom (mirror), to mirror Tuvok "At least someone here is using his brain." - Sisko, about Smiley "You know, you did pretty good back there. I don't think anyone suspected you weren't Captain Sisko. At least, not once you hit Bashir." - Smiley "What was your Jennifer like?" "She was the kindest, most caring person I ever knew." "I wouldn't get my hopes up." - Sisko and Smiley "Whatever shall we do about O'Brien?" - Intendant Kira, condescendingly "If you need anyone to beat him into submission for you, please don't hesitate to call me." - Garak (mirror), while leaving Jennifer alone with Sisko "Do I get a vote?" "Of course you do. It just doesn't count." - Sisko and Intendant Kira "Why don't you start by telling me what happened to my husband. He's dead, isn't he?" "I'm sorry." "Don't be." - Jennifer Sisko (mirror) and Sisko Background information Story and script Robert Hewitt Wolfe pitched the story of Sisko going to the mirror universe to replace his counterpart. Wolfe commented, "From there we went back and forth about whom he should rescue, until Ira [Steven Behr] came up with the idea that it should be Jennifer, which I thought was a stroke of genius." (Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages, p. 94) (played by 's Tim Russ) was included at the request of Rick Berman. Sakonna () was the original character. (Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages, p. 94) Production Jonathan West was the director of photography for the episode. West commented, "We used more cross-lighting and stronger back-lighting. I changed the white fluorescents in Sisko's office to red by covering them in a red gel. And in the ore processing facility we used a mix of blue light and darkness, and more smoke than usual." The smoke was added at the request of Director Winrich Kolbe, who commented, "I like to use smoke, because it gives an interesting visual. Plus, I think it takes the edges off sets that have been shot ten thousand times. The cave set, for instance, has been shot over and over again in both TNG and DS9." () Nana Visitor hated the Intendant's rubber, figure-hugging outfit, later claiming, "It didn't breathe at all." Between takes, she had to stand in front of a large fan to prevent her from sweating, as sweat tended to discolor the outfit. () Reception Ira Steven Behr commented, "We certainly had enough stuff that could have kept that show going another hour. I thought the Sisko/Jennifer relationship was interesting. It was a nice way to bring Jennifer back, and I think we'll meet her again. Jake is going to have to see her at some point. The action stuff was pretty cool. I thought that the look of the show was good. My only complaint is that we had to cram so much into too little time". (Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages, p. 94) Avery Brooks was especially happy when he read the teleplay for this episode, because in it, Sisko has sex for the first time since the show began. And not once, but twice; first with and then with . () The Deseret News thought Tim Russ' appearance as Tuvok a ratings ploy. Trivia The name "Through the Looking Glass" was the last line Major Kira had in the season 2 Mirror universe episode ". This episode was filmed after , but before because the decision to make "Improbable Cause" a two-parter came so late in the schedule that "Through the Looking Glass" was already in pre-production. This episode picks up in the mirror universe where left off. "Crossover" had itself been something of a sequel to the episode . This episode contains the only reference to the Romulans in the mirror universe. Alliance ships are seen de-cloaking in this episode. This is in direct contradiction with the episode , where a major aspect of the plot deals with a delivery of a cloaking device to the Alliance, who don't possess the technology. Non-canon novels attempt to explain this as the difference between Alliance cloaks and Romulan cloaks. This episode takes its name from the 1871 Lewis Carroll book Through the Looking-Glass. The sequel to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, the book features 's further adventures in a fantasy world beyond a mirror. It is also the phrase Smiley uses to "welcome" Sisko in the mirror universe early in the episode. Kira also uses the same phrase at the end of , when asked where she and Bashir have been. In the opening scene where Sisko has ruled that the Cardassian voles should be confiscated, Quark says it will break Morn's hearts, plural, implying that Morn's species has more than one heart. Cirroc Lofton (Jake Sisko) does not appear in this episode. Kira Nerys, Miles O'Brien, Jadzia Dax and Julian Bashir do not appear in this episode, only their mirror counterparts. The only regular characters who appear are Sisko, Odo and Quark. The raider's corridor, transporter room, and the turbolift, are redresses of the sets, using computer graphics from . To make it look different, the lighting department used a harsh red light to contrast with the bright white lights of "our" universe. The raider's bridge was a redress of the Runabout cockpit, which had been re-dressed in the same style, several months earlier, as the Maquis raider Val Jean in . Though referred to as a Terran raider, the model of the ship itself resembles a Bajoran interceptor. This is the second of two consecutive episodes to feature no scenes with the real Kira or O'Brien but only alternate versions of them: the representations of them in Bashir's mind in and their mirror universe counterparts in this episode. Video and DVD releases UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 3.10, As part of the DS9 Season 3 DVD collection As part of the Star Trek: Fan Collective - Alternate Realities collection Links and references Guest Stars Andrew Robinson as "" Felecia M. Bell as "" Max Grodénchik as Special Guest Star Tim Russ as "" Co-Stars John Patrick Hayden as Cardassian Overseer Dennis Madalone as Marauder Uncredited Co-Stars Darcie Armstrong as Terran slave Patrick Barnitt as Bajoran officer (mirror) Scott Barry as Bajoran officer Pam Blackwell as Terran slave Robert Coffee as Bajoran officer (mirror) George Colucci as Terran slave Chris Doyle as Cardassian officer Siddig El Fadil as (mirror) Terry Farrell as (mirror) Ken Lesco as Bajoran officer Dan Magee as Terran marauder Joyce McCoy as Terran slave Colm Meaney as (mirror) Tom Morga as Klingon officer Joe Murphy Stuart Nixon as Starfleet command lieutenant Terran marauder Lisa Pettett as Terran slave Bob Shuttleworth as Terran slave Steph Silvestri as Terran marauder Michael Tierney as Cardassian officer Chester E. Tripp III Nana Visitor as (mirror) Unknown performers as Eight Terran slaves Bajoran female officer Bajoran female officer Bajoran female officer Bajoran male officer Bajoran male officer Cardassian officer Cardassian officer Cardassian officer Eight Terran marauders Klingon officer Klingon officer Klingon officer Terran male servant Terran female servant Vulcan servant 1 Vulcan servant 2 Stunt double Jeff Cadiente as stunt double for Siddig El Fadil Stand-ins Faye Barge as stand-in for Felecia M. Bell Ivor Bartels John Lendale Bennett as stand-in for Avery Brooks Mark Lentry David B. Levinson as stand-in for Max Grodénchik Randy Pflug as stand-in for Colm Meaney References 2366; 2370; access code; airlock; Badlands; bedroom; bluff; bribery; Cardassians; cloaking device; confiscation; Constable; current events; Ferengi; flattery; freedom; (unnamed); goldfish; heart; husband; Intendant; kiss; Klingons; Klingon-Cardassian Alliance; leader; logic; manual override; massage; mine; ; Morn; ODN processor; ore processing; ; paint; pet; pig; pilot; pirate; productivity; professor; propaganda; ; quarters; quota; rebel; revolution; Romulans; Sector Command; slavery; storeroom; subspace; subdermal communicator; ; Terran base; Terran fighter (aka "raider"; unnamed); Terran Rebellion; surrender; ; tinkerer; torture; transpectral sensor array; vole; vole fighting; (unnamed); vote; witch; worker (aka workforce) External links de:Durch den Spiegel es:Through the Looking Glass fr:Through the Looking Glass (épisode) ja:鏡の裏のシスコ（エピソード） nl:Through the Looking Glass DS9 episodes

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Improbable Cause (episode)

Odo begins an investigation after a bomb destroys Garak's tailor shop. (Part 1 of 2) Summary Teaser Julian Bashir and Elim Garak are having lunch upstairs at Quark's and discussing Shakespeare's . Garak finds it unrealistic that Caesar couldn't have foreseen his own murder – he was a head of state after all. But Bashir has to run back to the infirmary; there is lots of work to be done today. Garak thinks Humans just eat too fast, and he suspects that there is a dark reason that explains it. As they leave, Major Kira Nerys finds Bashir and updates him on the problems she has been having in preparing quarters for the Yalosian ambassador. The combination of gases he breathes dissolved the carpet. Just then, an explosion rocks the Promenade. Bashir sees that it occurred in Garak's tailor shop, and taps his combadge for medical assistance as he runs down to see if Garak's all right. Garak is sprawled on the floor amid the flames and debris, but he is conscious. He tells Bashir that his pants won't be ready tomorrow after all. Act One Later, Miles O'Brien and Constable Odo are on the scene investigating with tricorders. O'Brien says that the explosion was caused by a rupture in a power conduit behind a wall, which was probably caused by an overload in an ODN juncture. Odo grunts his disbelief, noting that it is quite a coincidence that something like this would happen to Garak, of all people. Garak does have many enemies. O'Brien announces he's detected nitrilin, a rare substance which could be the residue of a micro-explosive device. Odo theorizes that it was planted on the conduit to make the explosion look like an accident. Commander Benjamin Sisko orders all ship departures temporarily delayed. In the infirmary, Garak rhetorically asks why anyone would want to kill a simple tailor. Odo scoffs and reminds Garak that he was in the Obsidian Order. Garak says Odo should not listen too much to the doctor and his "flights of fancy". Sisko urges Garak to take the matter seriously. Garak recalls that there might be a few people who might want him dead, including Major Kira. Odo says that if Kira wanted him dead, he would be. Garak doesn't think that the incident has anything to do with his exile from Cardassia. After all, the Cardassian Finance Ministry usually does not kill anyone. But no one believes that tax evasion is the real reason for Garak's exile. Garak's prevarications anger Sisko – he does not like explosions on his station. Garak promises to let them know if he can think of anyone who'd try to kill him. Garak is upset, apparently, that no one believes him, even though he is telling the truth. Bashir asks if he has ever heard the Human story, The Boy Who Cried Wolf. Garak says no, so Bashir tells him the story, concluding that the moral is that if you lie all the time, no one will ever believe you, even when you do tell the truth. Garak, however, thinks the moral of the story is that you should never tell the same lie twice. In the security office, Odo asks Garak to look over the passenger manifests to see if he can spot a name that might ring a bell. O'Brien comes in and tells Odo, quietly, about some more results of the investigation. Odo thinks they indicate the presence of a pheromonic sensor, which can be used to detonate a bomb when a specific species comes in range. They're known to be used by Flaxian assassins, and Odo observes that a Flaxian came on board the station that day. Act Two Odo interrogates the Flaxian, a Mr. Retaya, in the wardroom. Retaya was a merchant dealing in fabrics and fragrances. As he asks the Flaxian questions, Odo pretends to be interested in purchasing a fragrance for a friend, but as he has no sense of smell himself, asks Retaya for his opinion on some of Retaya's products. Odo mixes two fragrances together – floral and musky. Retaya says that together, they're very nice. Odo asks how they'd be with a spicy perfume added in. Retaya says that he doesn't think Odo's lady friend would like it. Odo moves to add the third, and Retaya stops him assertively. Odo says that the three fragrances, when added together would create a poisonous gas. Retaya says he didn't know that; he merely stopped Odo because he was sure that Odo's friend wouldn't like it. Odo tells Retaya that he'll let him know when he can leave the station. Later, on the upper level of the Promenade, O'Brien tells Odo that the transponder has been installed on the Flaxian's ship. Odo will be able to track the ship up to a half light year away. Arriving at a runabout, Odo finds Garak already there, expecting to go with Odo to follow the Flaxian. Odo tells him to leave, but Garak is insistent, and Odo relents. They depart, and just as the Flaxian ship goes to warp, it explodes. Act Three Afterward, in the wardroom, the crew discusses what happened. Lieutenant Jadzia Dax observes that an odd pattern they received through the transponder could have been caused by a forced neutrino inversion. Odo notes that that's a known Romulan tactic, and speculates that they killed Retaya after he failed to kill Garak. Garak says he has no idea why the Romulans would want to kill him. This angers Sisko again, but Odo is sure that this time Garak is telling the truth, since he isn't spinning out elaborate lies to cover up the truth. Later, in a subspace communication, a Romulan member of the Tal Shiar verifies that they did in fact kill Retaya, and they did it legally since he was guilty of crimes against the Romulan Star Empire. Sisko and Odo find her story a little too convenient. They discuss Garak's uncertain past and decide that Odo will go to Cardassia to see if he can find out anything from his contacts there. Odo meets his contact in a cave on a barren moon. Odo's contact, staying in the shadows without letting Odo see him, confirms that the Romulans have something to do with the attempt on Garak's life. But the attack on Garak is merely a small piece of a much larger puzzle. Cloaked Romulan warbirds have been detected near the Cardassian border, although it is unlikely they're planning to invade Cardassian space. Also, the contact tells Odo that five other Obsidian Order operatives were also killed the day before, three from "natural causes" and two had unfortunate "accidents". Garak is shocked – and exuberant – when Odo informs him of the dead operatives. Odo explodes with anger and accuses Garak of blowing up his own shop. Odo explains that he realized when he spoke to the Flaxian that he wasn't responsible, as assassins don't like to change their methods – the Flaxian had actually been planning to poison Garak. Odo then theorizes that Garak knew that the Flaxian was going to try to kill him and planted the bomb in his shop to get Odo involved in such a way that Garak wouldn't have to explain why someone was trying to kill him and guesses that Garak took perverse satisfaction in seeing his shop burn to the ground. Garak admits that his shop's destruction didn't upset him, then tells Odo that he and the other five were close associates of Enabran Tain, the retired head of the Obsidian Order (and, notably, the only head of the Order to live long enough to retire) but he really does not know why Romulans would want him dead. Garak calls Tain and reaches Mila, Tain's housekeeper. But Tain's not there – he left in a hurry the day before. Mila has him promise to help Tain, and Garak agrees. When the communication ends, Garak asks for a runabout, and Odo says he's coming with him. Act Four Bashir sees Garak off at the airlock, giving him the Delavian chocolates he gave him earlier, saying Garak needs it more than he does. He thanks him and leaves. Once on the runabout, Odo and Garak take a runabout to the third planet of the Unefra system, where Tain has a safe house. Garak tells Odo that Tain was directly responsible for Garak's exile, but won't say why he'd risk his life to save him. Odo guesses that Tain was Garak's mentor and cares about him, despite the exile. But Garak will not confirm nor deny it. Garak retorts by pressing Odo if Odo truly understands humanoid emotions or has any feelings for anyone. Odo won't say, and Garak says that's a wise decision. Later, a Romulan warbird decloaks above the runabout and tractors the runabout into a bay. Odo tries to send a distress signal, but it's jammed. They're boarded by Romulans and taken to the ship. On board the warbird, Garak and Odo are taken to the bridge, where they find Enabran Tain. Tain says Garak has spared him the effort to send someone else to kill him. Act Five Asked about the apparent end of Tain's retirement, Tain says that the ship they are on is part of a Romulan/Cardassian joint fleet that will be soon heading through the wormhole and into the Gamma Quadrant. Odo sees that they plan on attacking the Dominion in a bold first strike. When Garak asks about the Cardassian Central Command, Tain tells him that Central Command knows nothing about it; this is a joint operation of the Obsidian Order and the Tal Shiar, the intelligence agencies of the Cardassians and Romulans, respectively. They have been building a fleet in the Orias system, a mystery to the Central Command and Starfleet since earlier that year. They intend to wipe out the Founders on their homeworld, defeating the Dominion in one swift stroke. Odo now sees that the Romulans shared the intelligence they received from Starfleet on its location. Garak asks why this plan required killing retired operatives. Tain explains that he intends to resume his active role in the Order, and that he does not want anyone from the old days, who might know a thing or two about Tain, to complicate matters for him. Garak says that he never betrayed Tain, and there is no reason to kill him. Tain believes Garak, and offers him a choice: he can walk away and Tain won't try to hurt him, or he can join Tain on the mission and all will be forgiven. Odo reminds Garak of all the things Tain did to him – the exile, the attempt to kill him, but Garak doesn't care. He joins Tain, saying, "I'm back." TO BE CONTINUED... Memorable quotes "But who would want to kill me, a simple tailor?" "A simple tailor? A simple tailor who used to be an agent of the Obsidian Order." "The Obsidian Order? Constable, you shouldn't put too much stock in the good doctor's flights of fancy. Are you sure this explosion wasn't an accident, because I can't think of anyone who would wish me harm." "Someone tried to kill you, Garak. Whoever it was may try again, so if I were you I would give this matter some serious thought. "Well, let me see. I mean, there's the Nausicaan whose wedding suit I misplaced, and that Yridian I owe money to. And of course, there's always Major Kira." "This is serious, Garak." "I'm being serious. I don't think she likes me." "She doesn't. But if she wanted you dead, you would be." "You do have a point." - Garak, Odo, Sisko and Bashir "About those atmospheric specifications you requested for the Yalosian ambassador?" "60% nitrogen, 10% benzene, and the rest hydrogen fluoride, as I recall." "Well we ran a test in one of the guest quarters. The mixture is so corrosive it dissolved the carpet." "Don't look at me. It's what they breathe." "Then I guess we'll just have to rip out the carpets." "Be sure not to replace it with anything red or orange." "Why not?" "They don't see that part of the color spectrum." - Kira and Bashir, talking about the Yalosian ambassador "You wanted to see me?" "I have bad news for you. Major Kira has an airtight alibi." - Elim Garak and Odo "I seriously doubt the Finance Ministry would try to have me killed for failure to pay my taxes." - Elim Garak "But the point is, if you lie all the time, nobody's going to believe you, even when you're telling the truth." "Are you sure that's the point, Doctor?" "Of course, what else could it be?" "That you should never tell the same lie twice..." - Julian Bashir and Elim Garak, on the lesson of The Boy Who Cried Wolf "I'm not about to leave you alone in here so you can look through my security files." "What makes you think I haven't already looked through them?" - Odo and Elim Garak "The truth is usually just an excuse for a lack of imagination." - Elim Garak "I take it you don't believe her either." "No." "But the question still remains: why would the Romulans want to have Garak killed?" "I don't know. Considering those uniforms of theirs, you'd think they'd appreciate a decent tailor." - Benjamin Sisko and Odo, regarding the Tal Shiar "Well, that's an interesting way of scrambling a signal." "Yes, I thought you might appreciate it, on an aesthetic level." - Odo and Elim Garak "You're going to attack the Dominion, aren't you? You're going to stage a first strike against them before they can come into the Alpha Quadrant." "A clear and precise analysis. Commander Sisko must find you a valuable advisor." "A daring plan. I don't think there was anyone in the Central Command bold enough to take on the Dominion." "Who said anything about the Central Command? This is a joint operation between the Obsidian Order and the Tal Shiar. We've been building a fleet of ships in the Orias system for months now." - Odo, Enabran Tain and Elim Garak "If you attack the Dominion, they'll certainly strike back. You'll be taking Romulus and Cardassia into war. A war you may not win." "I don't think they'll be striking back. Our intention is to wipe out the Dominion in one single blow by eliminating the Founders. Without them, the Dominion will collapse." - Odo and Enabran Tain "You seem to know a great deal about me and my people." "We have everything you know, including the location of their homeworld." "Starfleet has shared their intelligence on the Dominion with the Romulans." "And the Romulans have shared it with me." - Odo and Enabran Tain "Garak, this is the man who put you into exile. This is the man who just two days ago tried to have you killed." "Yes, he is. But it doesn't matter. I'm back." - Odo and Elim Garak, on Enabran Tain Background information Story and script Robert Lederman and David R. Long's original idea for this episode revolved around the punishment exacted upon Garak by the Obsidian Order for his killing of Entek in the episode . Garak realizes that someone is planning on assassinating him, so he blows up his own shop to ensure Odo gets involved. Although the producers loved the idea of Garak blowing up his own shop, they dropped the link to and instead decided to connect the episode to another previous episode, this time . Specifically, they chose to reveal exactly what the Obsidian Order was up to in the Orias system. () The episode was originally a stand-alone episode, but the writers realized that the story's original ending was too weak, and decided to expand the plot to accommodate a second part. Initially, in Act 4 of the single episode script, Garak tells Bashir that if anything should happen to him, there is an isolinear rod behind a wall in his quarters which the doctor should give to Sisko. Then, at the end of the episode, with Garak and Odo trapped on the warbird, Garak tells Tain that if he doesn't let them go, the information on the rod will be revealed to Starfleet. As such, Tain releases them and the audience never find out what is on the rod. The writers hated this ending, as they felt it undermined an otherwise superb episode, but they were unable to come up with anything more satisfactory. As Ronald D. Moore points out, "Everything we tried was just a writer's device or a cliché or a convenience or a cheat." That was until Michael Piller, in his last decision as executive producer, suggested they turn the show into a two-parter. This necessitated a quick rewrite of the end of the episode so as to lead into part II. () The second part of this two-parter, , was not the next episode to be shot. Because it was never intended to be a two-parter, pre-production on was already well underway when was green-lit. As such, the episodes were shot out of sequence and the airdates of this episode and were flipped. () Production This episode marks the appearance of a new style of Tal Shiar uniform. This redesign was Ronald D. Moore's idea. After he watched the episode , he came to feel that the old style Romulan uniforms were unacceptable and he had Robert Blackman give the design an overhaul; "I hated, underline hated, the Romulan costumes. Big shoulder pads, the quilting, I just loathed it. I begged, insisted, screamed, pleaded." () Reception Ron Moore commented "I like the episode. It was probably one of my favorites, the other being ''." (Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages, p. 95) Ira Steven Behr was disappointed by the lack of media interest in this episode, following what he found was little media interest in the two-parter and . "We did the 'Improbable Cause' two-parter, and I thought we were going to get great media attention, and basically nothing again," Behr stated. "It's amazing, because I think it's really quality TV. I liked everything about the episodes. They're about as good as Deep Space Nine gets." (Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages, p. 80) Trivia This was the first Star Trek two-part episode with different names for Part I and Part II. It was also the first episode within a two-parter (or multi-part story arc) to be directed by a cast member (Avery Brooks). Jonathan Frakes had previously directed and , but he was not a regular on Deep Space Nine. This episode (along with ) was broadcast by the BBC in a feature-length format on its first airing on . Cirroc Lofton (Jake Sisko) and Armin Shimerman (Quark) do not appear in this episode. A scene was scripted with Quark talking to Odo, Bashir and Garak about Retaya and can be found in the script. Quark says of the Flaxian "he didn't have the eyes" of a salesman. This was the first appearance of Julianna McCarthy on the series. Her character Mila appeared in a greater capacity in and . While discussing the dining experience with Bashir, Garak misidentifies a Kobheerian for a Talarian. This was not the last time such an error would be made, as Sisko would later misidentify a Markalian as a Tarkalean in A script from this episode was sold off on the It's A Wrap! sale and auction on eBay. Garak refers to the Flaxian as "the only witness in this case", but that's not true - there were many witnesses, and the Flaxian didn't see the explosion. He means to say, "the only suspect." Just after speaking with the Romulan with Odo, Sisko says that Garak never leaves the station. However, Garak went to Bajor with Dr. Bashir in "Cardassians" and with the Defiant crew to Cardassia in "Second Skin". He would also presumably have been evacuated along with the rest of the civilian population during the Circle takeover in "The Siege" and the plasma disruptions in "Invasive Procedures". Awards This episode was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Hairstyling for a Series. Video and DVD releases UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 3.10, As part of the DS9 Season 3 DVD collection Links and references Guest Stars Andrew Robinson as "Garak" Carlos LaCamara as Retaya Joseph Ruskin as Informant Darwyn Carson as Romulan Julianna McCarthy as Mila And Paul Dooley as "Enabran Tain" Uncredited Co-Stars Brian Demonbreun as a Human science officer Kathleen Demor as a Human security officer Alexander Denk as a Romulan stormtrooper Randy James as Robin Morselli as Bajoran officer James Lee Stanley as a Bajoran security deputy Michael Zurich as a Bajoran security deputy Unknown performers as Kobheerian Romulan stormtrooper References 2341; 2370; act; advisor; alibi; Alpha Quadrant; analysis; aroma; ; assassin; automated fire suppression system; Bajoran; Bajoran wormhole; benzene; biomolecular scan; ; ; ; Cardassia; Cardassians; Cardassian border; Cardassian-Romulan border; Cardassian Central Command; Cardassian government; Cardassian neck trick; Cardassian space; : ; confidante; constable; ; ; ; Delavian chocolate; deputy; Dominion; Dominion cold war; eating; exile; explosion (blast); explosive device; fabrics; farce; fashion; Ferengi; Finance Ministry; firefighter; Flaxian; Flaxian ship; fine wares; floral bouquet; forced neutrino inverter; fragrances; friend; Gamma Quadrant; Garak's Clothiers; gaseous mixture; generation; gift; heart attack; ; Human characteristic; Human eating; hydrogen fluoride; indigestion; inhale; International Space Station; Japori II; ; lady friend; leader; living tissue; magneton relay; ; Milky Way Galaxy; military tactician; mistaken identity; mister; Mother Goose; murder; musky; Nausicaan (unnamed); nitrilin; nitrogen; Obsidian Order; operative; Orias system; passenger manifest; phenomenon; pheromonic sensor; plate; poison; Promenade; Quark's Bar; racial slur; replicator; Roman Empire; Romulans; Romulan Star Empire; Romulus; Romulan disruptor rifle; runabout; safe house; sample case; sense of smell; ; shepherd; small barren moon; sociology; spicy; subspace energy surge; supposition; suspect; tailor; Talarian eating; Talarian; tragedy; transponder; Tal Shiar; tractor beam; tricorder; Unefra III; Unefra system; ; wedding suit; wolf; Yalosian; Yalosian ambassador; Yridian (Yridian debtee) Other references Deep Space 9 schematic: cargo turbo subsystem; crew quarters; crossover bridge; defense sail; defense systems monitor; deflector emitter; docking clamp; docking control cabin; docking pylon; docking ring; docking ring airlock; environmental purge/fill station; exhaust cone; fusion reactor assembly; habitat ring; ops module; ore processing center; phaser strip; photon torpedo launcher; power transfer conduit; promenade; radiator; reaction control thruster; runabout pad; sensor array; structural assembly; subspace antenna farm; tractor emitter; tug tractor emitter assembly External links de:Der geheimnisvolle Garak, Teil I es:Improbable Cause fr:Improbable Cause (épisode) nl:Improbable Cause DS9 episodes

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The Die is Cast (episode)

The Cardassian-Romulan fleet enters the Gamma Quadrant; Sisko goes against Starfleet orders to rescue Odo. (Part 2 of 2) Summary Teaser Dr. Bashir is eating lunch with Chief O'Brien in the Replimat while trying to begin the same kind of engaging and lively conversation that he typically would with Garak, who is still missing with Odo as they are investigating the bombing of Garak's tailor shop. Bashir quickly finds, however, that O'Brien prefers to spend his lunch eating rather than talking leaving the discussion very one-sided. Bashir misses his friend and O'Brien is confident their runabout, the has not been destroyed because debris from it hasn't been found. O'Brien is called to Ops where tetryon emissions precede the decloaking of the Cardassian-Romulan fleet. The fleet ignores the station's hails and proceeds through the wormhole to the Gamma Quadrant. Sisko orders the station be put on red alert immediately and tells Dax to contact Starfleet Command. Act One On the lead ship of the Cardassian-Romulan fleet, Enabran Tain and Garak reflect upon their times together in the Obsidian Order. Garak says that he intends to "look up" a number of people once he returns to Cardassia Prime, including Gul Dukat. Tain feels that Garak will be able to "eliminate" anyone after the current mission is completed. Garak however feels uneasy when Tain insinuates that he's planning to have Mila eliminated, since he believes she knows too much about him. Garak casually suggests sparing her, but Tain knows that Garak is fond of the old housekeeper mentioning that Mila always believed Garak was innocent of the crime that got him exiled. Romulan Colonel Lovok enters and is introduced to Garak, of whom he is immediately suspicious. Lovok informs them that the fleet has recloaked and are setting course to the Founders' at warp 6 (any faster could make them detectable through their cloak by the Jem'Hadar). Tain tells Garak that his first assignment is to extract all information that is possible from Odo, who is being held in quarters surrounded by a force field and a guard is posted outside the door. There, Garak uses his usual fake politeness on Odo, who is angered by the captivity he's suddenly found himself in. Garak has certainly taken to his new position quickly, as he asks Odo for information on the Founders. Odo refuses, and, instead, tells him that Tain remains both Odo's and Garak's enemy, even if it seems like Tain has been taken him back. They both tell each other that they should take the time to think about what's been said, with neither apparently backing down. Back at DS9, the senior staff (along with Security Chief Michael Eddington) is shown an intercepted transmission in the wardroom in which Tain lays out his plans to destroy the Dominion. Vice Admiral Toddman explains that both the Romulan and Cardassian governments have denied any prior knowledge of the operation, and while they claim to be working on plans to stop Tain it is believed they are happy to just sit back and wait since the plan has a very real chance of succeeding. Starfleet is also (unofficially) in support of Tain, as Toddman explains that while he certainly isn't hoping for war, but should there be one, he unquestionably prefers that the Dominion lose it. Toddman then warns that if Tain succeeds, the Jem'Hadar will likely launch a massive retaliatory attack against the Alpha Quadrant and orders Sisko to evacuate Deep Space 9 of non-essential personnel and have the ready for battle. Sisko requests permission to take the Defiant into the Gamma Quadrant to rescue Odo, but Toddman refuses and explicitly tells him his top priority is to guard Bajor. Directly after the meeting, Sisko instructs the senior staff that as a "volunteer mission" he is going to go to the Gamma Quadrant with the Defiant to rescue Odo, justifying it as they will be able to warn the station (and the task force of nine starships being sent) in case of an oncoming attack. Act Two All the senior staff has volunteered for the mission, and the Defiants bridge is full. Kira gets a repeated message from Toddman, but Sisko suggests that the communication was too degraded to be legible. They leave, go through the wormhole and head directly for the Founders' homeworld. Lovok and Tain describe the situation: the nearest Jem'Hadar bases to the planet are too far, giving them time to bombard the planet. Pressure is again put on Garak to extract information from Odo about the planet's possible planetary defenses. Garak is less than keen, pointing out that Odo likely put all relevant information in his report to Starfleet… and besides, he doesn't relish the idea of interrogating someone who can change their form at will. Tain presents a device that emits a quantum stasis field which should inhibit Odo's shapeshifting ability. While Lovok is angry that he wasn't informed about this device, Garak does not seem pleased with this news and Tain suggests the Tal Shiar should continue the interrogation. Garak is visibly upset and insists that Odo is his prisoner and that it is his duty and responsibility to question Odo further. Tain agrees, with skepticism. Suddenly, the Defiants cloaking device fails leaving the crew totally exposed and vulnerable to any Jem'Hadar ships. Act Three Security chief Eddington admits that he has sabotaged the cloaking device under direct orders by Admiral Toddman. Despite Sisko's noticeable frustration with Eddington's betrayal, Eddington requests to continue his duties giving his word he will do nothing else to impede the mission. Sisko immediately observes that it is his policy to not question the "word" of a Starfleet officer, and he promptly grants Eddington's request. Sisko gives Chief O'Brien a two-hour deadline to fix the cloak, despite the chief telling him it will take ten. Garak begins questioning Odo and using the quantum stasis device. Odo is about ready to return to liquid form and is discomforted at being forced to maintain humanoid form. As time passes, Odo begins to lose cohesion and taunts Garak. It is clearly bothering Garak to see Odo in such pain and he encourages Odo to confess anything – even to lie – as long as he gives up some information. Odo admits that despite all the atrocities his people have committed, he still desires to return to the Great Link, which is information he hadn't shared with Starfleet, allowing Garak to deactivate the device and end the interrogation. While Odo returns to his natural state and pours himself into the container, Garak holds his head in his hands, showing deep regret at what he has done. Act Four O'Brien has managed to get the cloaking device back online. He returns to the bridge to give Eddington a piece of the damage as a jab. Sisko orders the cloak engaged and tells Dax to resume course. Despite learning about the Great Link, Garak informs Tain and Lovok that Odo never broke, and that there is no new information that can be learned from him. Tain then decides Odo has outlived his usefulness, and orders him executed, but Garak suggests that killing Odo might cause problems with Starfleet and the Bajoran government, since Odo is an officer of their militia serving on a Federation outpost. Lovok speaks first and agrees that Odo must not be executed, but based on the fact that not all Founders might be on their home planet and Odo could be useful in future engagements, concluding with that he wants to take Odo to Romulus for further studies. At that moment, Tain and Lovok hear that the fleet has entered the Omarion Nebula and will reach orbit of the Founders' homeworld in 15 minutes. Upon hearing this, Tain concedes to Lovok, orders the helmsman to drop out of warp and reports to the bridge. Once Tain is gone, Lovok tells Garak that he knows he's protecting Odo out of friendship. Lovok tells Garak that he knows he is a practiced liar but assures him that he is a practiced observer and will be observing him very closely. The Cardassian-Romulan fleet arrives at the Founders' homeworld, and begins their bombardment. They are initially pleased with the damage they are be doing, only to be horrified when the tactical officer reports no change in lifeform readings, which is impossible. Garak quickly discerns that the Founders are using an automated transponder to send back false life sensor readings from the planet… the planet has been evacuated. Suddenly, they find they have been outmaneuvered when one hundred fifty Jem'Hadar fighters emerge from the nebula. Garak realizes that it was a trap and that the Jem'Hadar had been waiting for them all along. Act Five The battle begins with the Jem'Hadar destroying the Cardassian cruiser Koranak and the Romulan warbirds Makar and Belak losing main power. Lovok loses contact with engineering and goes to investigate, leaving Tain in command of the bridge. Garak, seeing the battle not going well, makes his way off the bridge to locate and save Odo. They run into Lovok, weapon drawn, who surprises them by giving them information they'll need to reach the runabout. When asked why, Lovok explains that no Changeling has ever harmed another, revealing himself to actually be one of the Founders. admits that while the plan to attack the Founders' homeworld was indeed concocted by Tain, when they learned of it they pushed it forward in order to destroy the Tal Shiar and Obsidian Order viewing them both as serious threats, but not any longer. As far as the Founders are concerned, only the Klingon Empire and remain as serious opposition but there are already plans in motion to take care of them. Odo is again presented with the choice of joining the Great Link, which he again declines. "Lovok" allows them the chance to escape and is beamed off the doomed ship. Garak makes his way back to the bridge in an attempt to save Tain, but he refuses to leave. Garak tells him that Lovok was a Changeling, and Tain rues that he has become old and let his pride override his instinct noting that in the old days he would have kept someone as smart as Lovok at arm's length. He also tells a pleading Garak that no matter what happens now, he has no intention of returning to his quiet retirement with Mila. Odo has to knock Garak out to force him onto the runabout and escape. As they escape, Tain wryly notes that the Founders are "very good. Next time, we should be more careful." The runabout escapes the Romulan ship before it is destroyed, but is pursued by the Jem'Hadar and loses its shields. When all seems lost, Garak sincerely apologizes and Odo accepts the apology, saying that he understands Garak's desire to return home. The Defiant decloaks and is able to transport Odo and Garak on board. The Defiant attacks and destroys a number of Jem'Hadar fighters, clearing itself a path back to the wormhole. Speaking with Admiral Toddman on a monitor in his office, Sisko states that it appears no Romulan or Cardassian ships survived the battle. Toddman likens it to the Battle of Wolf 359; a comparison that visibly rattles Sisko, but one that he agrees is fundamentally accurate. The admiral tells Sisko that he won't file charges against him or the crew, but warns him that next time he will have to either court martial him… or promote him. Toddman assures Sisko that in either case, he will be in a lot of trouble. Sisko promises to keep that in mind. Standing in the charred remains of his shop, Garak reflects on past events and begins to clean up the mess, when Odo appears in the doorway to thank Garak for leaving his confession out of his report. The two agree that the whole conversation is best left forgotten, as Garak decides to rebuild his shop noting the irony that he's actually a very good tailor. Odo asks Garak if they could have breakfast together sometimes. Garak remarks that he thought Odo didn't eat, to which Odo simply confirms that he doesn't before exiting. Memorable quotes "Odo, talk to me! Tell me something, anything! Lie if you have to but just say it, please!" "Home, I want to go home!" "And you will, as soon as this is over I promise I will take you back to Deep Space 9." "No, not the station." - Garak and Odo "Do you remember getting that confession out of Dr. Parmak?" "I never even touched him…" "That was the beauty of it!" - Enabran Tain and Garak "It sounds like you're hoping Tain will succeed!" "I never hope for war, Major – but if it comes, I'd rather see the Dominion on the losing side." - Kira, sensing Starfleet's tacit support of the invasion, and Admiral Toddman, more or less admitting as much "You've turned us into sitting ducks for the Jem'Hadar!" - O'Brien to Michael Eddington for sabotaging the Defiants cloaking device "I make it a policy to never question the word of anyone who wears that uniform. Don't make me change that policy." - Sisko to Michael Eddington after he gave his word to never betray Sisko again "Tell me – what else am I feeling? I've never been psychoanalyzed by a Romulan before. This is a fascinating experience!" - Garak to Lovok "So much for the Dominion! Open fire!" - Tain, moments before the fleet starts firing at the Founders' homeworld "They're using an automated transponder to send back false sensor readings! The planet's deserted!!" - Garak "It's a trap! They've been waiting for us all along." - Garak "Why are you helping us?" "Because no Changeling has ever harmed another." - Odo and Lovok "Of course! This whole plan was the Founders' idea in the first place – you wanted the Tal Shiar and the Obsidian Order to combine forces, and come in to the Gamma Quadrant, so you could wipe them out!" "Not exactly. Tain originated the plan. And when we learned of it, we did everything we could to carry it forward. The Tal Shiar and the Obsidian Order are both ruthless, efficient organizations, a definite threat to us." "But not after today?" "No. After today, the only threat remaining to us from the Alpha Quadrant are the Klingons and the Federation. And I doubt either of them will be a threat for much longer." - Odo and Lovok "It is not too late for you, Odo. Come with me. You can still become one with the Great Link if you wish." - Lovok "It appears I have underestimated the Founders. I should have seen it coming. There was a time when nothing got past me. You remember, don't you, Elim?" "Yes, I do, but now, we have to go!" "Go where? Back to Mila and my quiet retirement? I don't think so. I must be getting old. I let my pride override my instinct. Wouldn't have played it that way in the old days. In the old days, I would have kept Lovok at arm's length. He was too cagey, too smart." "I can't just leave you here!" "I always did have a soft spot for you, Garak. Another one of my flaws." "Enabran!" "These Founders, Elim, they're very good. But next time… we should be more careful." - Tain and Garak "Sounds like Wolf 359 all over again." - Admiral Toddman, referring to the annihilation of the Cardassian-Romulan fleet at the Battle of the Omarion Nebula "If you pull a stunt like that again, I'll court martial you… or I'll promote you. Either way you'll be in a lot of trouble." - Admiral Toddman "Do you know what the sad part is, Odo? I'm a very good tailor." - Garak "Garak… I was thinking that you and I should have breakfast together sometime." "Why, Constable… I thought you didn't eat." "I don't." - Odo and Garak Background information Story and script A working title of this episode was "Improbable Cause, Part II". This was the first Star Trek episode to have a two-parter with different names. (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion - A Series Guide and Script Library) The writers saw this episode as a chance to remind viewers that Garak wasn't a typical good-guy. According to Ira Steven Behr, "We wanted to show what he's capable of, even if he doesn't want to do it. Could you torture someone, if you had to? Garak can do it." () Neither Cirroc Lofton (Jake Sisko) nor Armin Shimerman (Quark) appear in this episode. Quark is referred to by Odo at the end of the episode and appeared in a deleted scene set before the Defiant left for the Gamma Quadrant. In a scripted but unfilmed or deleted part of the scene where Admiral Toddman is speaking to the Deep Space 9 crew, Toddman mentions that he had bet two cases of Saurian brandy on Bashir winning the Carrington Award () earlier in the year and that, since Bashir lost, he also lost, commenting that "I don't like to lose." (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion - A Series Guide and Script Library) Cast and characters Andrew Robinson found one particular scene in this episode remarkable, since he felt it was a subversion of Garak's method of communicating everything using subtext, such as body language, facial expressions and posture. "That's why there is a major turn in the episode 'The Die is Cast'. The major turn, when Odo is there in front of him crumbling because they've set up this field so that Odo can't revert to his liquid state, and he is literally crumbling – Garak begs him, gets on his knees and begs him to tell him anything, just lie, and for one moment, suddenly there is no subtext. The subtext is the text for Garak at that moment." () Production This episode was the first with Ira Steven Behr as executive producer. Regarding the filming of the scene in which his character of Odo is tortured by Garak, actor Rene Auberjonois noted, "I felt like some character from King Lear. The acting method I used was very Shakespearian." () Visual effects Visual Effects Supervisor Gary Hutzel was instructed to come up with a way to portray the Battle of the Omarion Nebula without going over-budget. His solution was to create transparencies of the models of the Romulan warbirds and the Cardassian ships, and to use those transparencies in the background. Coupled with the fact that they were in the background, Hutzel ensured that the camera never lingered on one of them too long, so as to ensure viewers didn't spot the effect. () This episode features the biggest on-screen battle in Star Trek history up to this point (the Battle of the Omarion Nebula). () Gary Hutzel commented on the special effects filming that "We started shooting motion-control on February 21, and we delivered on April 21. We had twenty days motion-control shooting – a record for a one-hour show." ("Believe What You See – Visual FX: Creating the Star Trek Universe", ) The shot where the destroys a Jem'Hadar fighter and then flies through the debris took four days to film. (Deep Space Nine Chronicles) Music One aspect of scoring the episode was deciding how to write the music that would accompany the torture scene. Composer Dennis McCarthy explained, "I had to express the horror of what Garak was doing to Odo and yet still put some shred of humanity into the music to show that Garak was suffering too, because Garak was having a hard time doing this. It was an opportunity to get very atonal musically. I don't believe that we ever heard a major chord on that show." () Author Jeff Bond wrote that the episode had a "spectacular score" that was unique due to the success of McCarthy's score for Star Trek Generations. (The Music of Star Trek, p 153) The score during the Cardassian-Romulan battle with the Dominion was evidently used again in . Reception Director David Livingston was grateful for having been involved in the creation of this episode. "I thought it was really good, and Gary Hutzel's visual effects with the space battles were great. I was fortunate to be able to get something [to direct] that had a lot of stuff going on with torture scenes and intrigue and battles and explosions." (Sci-Fi Universe, Vol. 1, issue 10, p. 52) David Livingston, Dennis McCarthy, and writer Ronald D. Moore were all extremely proud of the scene where Garak tortures Odo. Said Livingston, "I think the scene is the best in the episode. It's very intense, very dramatic, very powerful." () Livingston even went as far as to say, "[It] is one of the best scenes that I've been involved in […] I put it on my director's reel." (Sci-Fi Universe, Vol. 1, issue 10, p. 52) Continuity The Changeling says to Odo, at the end of the episode, that the Dominion already has plans for the Klingon Empire and the Federation. This single line turns out to be a powerful foreshadowing of a story arc the series proceeds to undertake during its fourth season, as the Changelings insert an infiltrator to turn the two powers against each other, setting up the Federation and Klingon war. In reality, the line from this episode actually inspired the fictional conflict. "I watched the tape we have of 'The Die is Cast'," explained Ira Steven Behr, "and the line the Founder said, 'The only thing we have to worry about in the Alpha Quadrant is the Federation and Klingon alliance, and that won't be a threat for much longer.' That just leaped out at me." (Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages, p. 100) Due to the actions of the series' regular characters, the war also later becomes the Dominion's first defeat, as their subterfuge is discovered and the Federation-Klingon alliance against them becomes stronger than it originally was. Nevertheless, at the end of that same arc, the Dominion gains a foothold in the Alpha Quadrant when the Cardassians, whose war with the Klingons caused the issues between the Federation and the Klingons, join the Dominion. Odo's revelation to Garak that he wants to go home to his own people is the first time Odo admitted to this. His desire to return to them became a major theme throughout the sixth and seventh seasons. In the fifth season episode , it was revealed that Enabran Tain was not killed in the battle, but taken prisoner. This episode contains the second reference to the fact that the Jem'Hadar are genetically engineered to be addicted to a particular drug, after . The drug remained unnamed until the fourth season episode . It also contains the first reference to the communications array established in the Gamma Quadrant in the episode . This episode's portrayal of Garak as someone capable of knowingly committing nefarious actions is in keeping with his quick, almost reflexive killing of Entek and Tekeny Ghemor's warning to Kira not to trust him in Trivia This episode (along with ) was broadcast by the BBC in a feature-length format on its first airing, on . There are many references to ancient Roman dictator Julius Caesar in this episode. The title "The Die is Cast" is taken from words reportedly spoken by Caesar in 49 BC, as he led a legion of troops across the Rubicon – an illegal act that effectively ignited the Great Roman Civil War. Garak also quotes Shakespeare's to Tain ("I'm afraid the fault, dear Tain, is not in our stars but in ourselves"). Garak and Doctor Bashir had discussed the play in the teaser of . Fittingly, in , which aired two weeks later, Sisko christens the runabout that replaces the lost in "The Die is Cast" as the "Rubicon". This is the last episode of the series to depict Sisko clean shaven since the first season episode , although he was later seen without facial hair in his photo as Gabriel Bell on Nog's PADD in the fourth season episode and in the montage scenes in . Admiral Toddman has the distinction of being the first 24th-century-era admiral to wear the operations gold colors. A script of this episode was sold off on the It's A Wrap! sale and auction on eBay. Video and DVD releases UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 3.11, As part of the DS9 Season 3 DVD collection Links and references Guest Stars Andrew Robinson as "Garak" Leland Orser as Kenneth Marshall as Michael Eddington Leon Russom as Toddman And Paul Dooley as "Enabran Tain" Co-Star Wendy Schenker as Romulan Pilot Uncredited Co-Stars Michael Bailous as Romulan guard Majel Barrett as Narrator Ivor Bartels as Human security officer Jeff Cadiente as Romulan guard Brian Demonbreun as Human command officer Randy James as Dennis Madalone as Romulan bridge officer Tom Morga as Romulan bridge officer Robin Morselli as Bajoran officer Unknown performers as: Romulan bridge officer 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 10 Romulan com voice (voice) Romulan firefighter 1 and 2 Romulan guard Stunt Doubles Unknown stunt performers as Stunt double for Rene Auberjonois Stunt double for Andrew Robinson References 23rd century; 2320; 2368; addiction; Algira sector; Alpha Quadrant; amusement; arena; Argelian; arms merchant; Bajor; Bajorans; Bajoran Militia; Bajoran sector; Bajoran wormhole; Barton; Battle of the Omarion Nebula; Battle of Wolf 359; bearing; Belak; Cardassia; Cardassians; Cardassian Central Command; Cardassian cruiser (unnamed); Cardassian government; Cardassian space; chief security officer; Chow-Yun; combat veteran; Constable; crime novel; (unnamed); debris; Dominion; Dominion cold war; Dukat; Earth; Eye; Federation; fire team; Flaxian; Flaxian ship; Founders; ; Gamma Quadrant; general court martial; heart; housekeeper; information; informant; interrogation; ion storm; Jem'Hadar; Jem'Hadar attack ship (unnamed); (unnamed); Ketracel-white; Klingons; Koranak; lead ship; Lovok; Lovok's warbird; Makar; mantle; massage facility; ; meter; Mila; Milky Way Galaxy; nonessential personnel; Obsidian Order; Omarion Nebula; Omarion Nebula star; outpost (unnamed; Toddman's outpost) orbital bombardment; Parmak; planetary defenses; plomeek soup; poison; Porania; ; pride; Promenade; quantum stasis field; renting; Replimat; retirement; Romulan; Romulan cuisine; Romulan Senate; Romulan Star Empire; Romulus; runabout; sabotage; sarcasm; sensor range; shape-shift inhibitor; standby alert; star (unnamed); Starfleet; Starfleet Command; strangulation; subspace energy fluctuation; swimming; Tal Shiar; task force; tetryon; tetryon compositor; treason; Vicarian razorback; ; Willemheld; wormhole relay station Other references USS Defiant dedication plaque: ; Antares Ship Yards; Bajor sector; ; ; ; ; ; ; chief of staff; ; ; ; ; ; ; Fleet Operations; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; Research and Development; ; ; Science Operations; ; Starfleet Command; ; Tactical Ops; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; Yard Engineer; Deleted references Procal External links de:Der geheimnisvolle Garak, Teil II es:The Die Is Cast fr:The Die is Cast (épisode) nl:The Die Is Cast Die is Cast, The

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Explorers (episode)

Sisko builds a replica of an eight hundred-year-old Bajoran spaceship, and tries to use it to prove that Bajoran explorers could have made it to Cardassia without developing warp drive. Summary Teaser Dr. Bashir sits alone in Quark's reading a PADD as a dabo girl, Leeta, approaches him to solicit his help in treating her "cough". The two flirt and he orders them a Fanalian toddy, but Dax interrupts to inform him that an old colleague, Elizabeth Lense, will be arriving at Deep Space 9 on the in three weeks. Bashir is visibly apprehensive; during his time at Starfleet Medical Academy, he was the class salutatorian rather than valedictorian (an honor which went to Lense) due to him mistaking a preganglionic fiber for a postganglionic nerve. Meanwhile, Sisko has returned from Bajor after attending the opening of a library and greets Jake in their quarters. Jake notices that his father grew a beard, to which the elder Sisko stated that he felt it "was time for a change." He asked his son what he thought of it, and Jake replied that he likes it. Sisko is extremely excited and shows Jake blueprints for a Bajoran lightship; a type of starship ancient Bajorans used to achieve spaceflight 800 years ago, with some scholars saying they made it all the way to Cardassia Prime, which Jake is highly skeptical of. Jake then wonders if such a ship could really fly, and this inspires Sisko to build and fly one in order to recreate the process. Act One Sisko begins by procuring space in a cargo bay. Even though Chief O'Brien is unsure whether the ship is even spaceworthy, let alone if it could make it from Bajor to Cardassia, Sisko begins the laborious task of building a lightship from scratch. Furthermore, he wants to build it just like the Bajorans did with the same tools they used, because it'll be fun – with the only exception being the installation of a gravity net in the floor, as weightlessness makes him queasy. Intent on proving the vessel can fly, Sisko plans to fly all the way to the Denorios belt as his major goal. He doesn't know if he could get all the way to Cardassia as the ancient Bajorans supposedly did, a hotly contested modern debate, but getting to the belt would be a good proving point. Taking a break for a meal in his quarters, he asks Jake to accompany him, since it will only be a few days, but Jake wants to see Leanne when she gets back from Bajor. Later, he takes another break when Dax stops by and pleasantly observes that she has not seen Sisko so excited since he and Jennifer decided to have a baby. Later, Jake receives a message in his quarters from Wellington, New Zealand on Earth. He's happy with it, but it makes him think. Going down to the cargo bay where Ben is working on the lightship, he says he now wants to go with his father. Act Two At the Replimat, Bashir is preparing for Lense's arrival by reviewing several medical texts on a PADD. Dropping by, Dax asks why they are competitive, when they both got the positions they wanted. Bashir, however, says regardless he will always feel second-best. Sisko prepares to leave when Gul Dukat calls him in his office to warn him not to attempt the journey after hearing about it, as lightships are fragile and it's a long way to the Denorios belt at sublight speeds. Despite his overt concern for Sisko's safety, noting possible Maquis trouble, Dukat obviously is of the opinion that these lightships could not have made the trip to Cardassia. Sisko responds that the Maquis have no motive either way on this, and he's prepared emergency procedures. This is while implying a threat from Dukat, but he insists that's not the case. He ends the call wishing him luck instead. Jake and Ben bond during their voyage, and they both enjoy the tranquility of the lightship. With a few coordinated pulls of levers, the sails are up, and they are on their way. Act Three Ben has determined to do things exactly as the Bajorans did – even taking zero-gravity ration packs instead of a portable replicator. He has Jake change the heading a bit and then sits down, where he explains the next few actions they'll need to take. Jake notices the (strange) bathroom, designed for a zero-gravity environment and his father tells him he will get the hang of it eventually. He's also not a fan of the rations. Ben tells him he's very glad he's here, even if he didn't want to come. Then, after weeks of hiding it from even his father, Jake finally asks Ben to read a story he has been diligently working on. Meanwhile, Morn and Quark have made a bet on how long Bashir will talk with his old schoolmate once she arrives on the station. As usual, Odo has kept tabs on the situation as well. Bashir nervously sits in Quark's with O'Brien, observing Lense from afar, and finally gets up the nerve to talk to her; however, she walks past him as if he does not exist. Having read Jake's story, Ben appears reluctant to give his opinion of it. He is genuinely impressed, claiming the story shows "a lot of promise", but does not feel his son has had experience with the issues being dealt with in the story. Jake seems to understand, and his father tells him he should keep writing. He then reveals he received a message from the Pennington School in New Zealand with an offer for a writing fellowship. His father is surprised and pleased, but they are interrupted as there is a crash and one of the mast supports gives way. Act Four Ben says they need to immediately jettison the lightship's starboard sprit. Without the sprit, sail efficiency has been compromised. Ben's enthusiasm about the journey's chances wanes, but Jake encourages his father to press on. Meanwhile, Bashir and O'Brien drunkenly sing together in the latter's quarters. The doctor is perplexed by Lense's reaction (or lack thereof) to him, and the chief notes with amusement that Lense must be either in love with Bashir or is unable to stand him; as O'Brien observes, Bashir is not an in-between kind of guy. O'Brien encourages him to ask her himself — in the morning, when they are considerably less drunk. Back on the lightship, Jake informs his father that he has decided to defer admission for a year. The older Sisko then relates a story about when he left home for Starfleet Academy. For the first week, he transported home to New Orleans for dinner every night because he was homesick, but Jake claims he does not want to leave Ben alone. Jake turns the conversation to encouraging his father to date again, and he says he knows someone who's interested in meeting Ben. Their conversation is interrupted as the ship rocks suddenly. The port mainsail breaks off as they accelerate quickly and to Ben's astonishment, go to warp for several minutes. Act Five Ben doesn't know how the ship got to warp, but they need to stop the ship. They do so successfully and check the map. There were no spatial anomalies, but when Jake points out the tachyon eddies, Ben realizes that, while a regular starship is not affected by tachyon eddies, a Bajoran lightship is different due to its solar sails, since its surface area is much greater relative to its mass. And as tachyons travel faster than light, it's possible that their impact on the sails somehow pulled the ship to warp, and probably far off-course. This new information for ancient Bajoran space travel doesn't do them much good for their current situation: main power is offline, they've lost the jib along with the port mainsail, leaving only the starboard mainsail and port sprit, and the sextant had fallen to the deck during the warp jump and smashed to pieces, without which Ben can't determine their location or heading. Although they were less than a day from their goal of reaching the Denorios belt, Ben decides they have no choice but to call the station for pick up with the emergency com unit he brought but doesn't get an answer. As it's not damaged, Ben believes they could be so far out that the signal hasn't yet reached Deep Space 9. The next day, Bashir gets up the courage to confront Lense, who shows no sign of recognition. He discovers that, while at a New Year's Eve party of a mutual friend in 2367, Lense was mistakenly informed that Bashir was an Andorian. Bashir explains that he attended that party with his friend Erit, who is an Andorian. Once the two begin talking, Lense confesses how bored she has been aboard the Lexington as it turned out to be more of a charting expedition for her, and claims she envies Bashir's opportunity to work on long-term projects. Bashir invites her to examine some of his latest results at the infirmary, which she is more than eager to see. On the second level directly above them, Quark happily informs Morn that he has won their bet and Morn pays up. With nothing better to do, the Siskos discuss this woman to whom Jake wants to introduce Ben to. She's a freighter captain named Kasidy Yates, and Ben agrees to meet her on the condition that Jake agrees not to base his decision about going to Pennington on how their date turns out. He confesses that he has decided to stay aboard DS9 not just for his father, but because the station will prove an excellent source of the kind of experience Ben noted that he needs to be a truly great writer. Their conversation is interrupted as three Cardassian warships arrive, headed by Dukat, and calls them on the com unit to congratulate them on having just entered the Cardassian system, thereby proving that the idea of the ancient Bajorans sailing there was possible. The tachyon eddy allowed the ship to get past the Denorios belt, presumably how the ancient Bajorans successfully met the Cardassians so many centuries earlier. Coincidentally (which Ben strongly doubts), the Cardassian Central Command has announced the discovery of an ancient crash site on Cardassia that their archaeologists believe contains the remnants of a Bajoran lightship, proving the story about ancient first contact to be true. The Cardassian ships set off fireworks around their ships in recognition of this momentous event. Memorable quotes "Here is the immunological data you asked for." "GO AWAY" - Bashir and his PADD, upon giving it to Jadzia "What is this?" "I thought it was time for a change. What do you think?"" "I like it." - Jake and Sisko, on the latter's new beard "Oh, you sound just like a Cardassian." "I beg your pardon?" "They have denied the possibility of ancient contact for decades because they cannot stand the idea of Bajor having interstellar flight before they did." "With all due respect, Major, you're beginning to sound like a Romulan." "A Romulan?" "There is no piece of technology in existence they don't claim they invented before everyone else." - Major Kira and Chief O'Brien arguing over whether a Bajoran lightship could actually have traveled to Cardassia "Look, I don't plan to spend the next few years sailing to Cardassia. All I want is to build one of these ships and prove that it's spaceworthy." "A computer model could do that. And why go to all that trouble?" "Why? Because it'll be fun." - O'Brien and Sisko "I understand you're planning a trip" "Word get around." "I can't believe that a man of your intelligence would take stock in Bajoran fairy tales about ancient contact." "If you recall, you thought the Celestial Temple was a Bajoran fairy tale, until we discovered the wormhole." "I suggest you reconsider your plans. Solar vessels are very fragile, and it's a long way to the Denorios belt at sublight speeds." "Don't worry. I'll have emergency equipment on board. If something goes wrong, Major Kira can a have a runabout to me within an hour." "An hour can be a very long time, especially if you happen to encounter something unexpected." "Like what?" "Oh, I don't know. A Maquis ship, perhaps." "Why would the Maquis have any quarrel with an unarmed ship sailing toward the Denorios belt? They have nothing at stake here, nothing to prove– or should I say, disprove." "Commander, I contacted you out of concern for your safety, but you seem to be intimating that I've made some sort of threat." "Ah, then I'm glad I was wrong. For a moment there, I thought that you had been put in charge of the Cardassian Ministry for the Refutation of Bajoran Fairy Tales." "Since I don't seem to be able to dissuade you from undertaking this little voyage of yours, I'll wish you luck instead. Let's hope you don't need it." - Dukat and Sisko "Listen." "I don't hear anything." "Exactly. Not even the hum of an engine. It's almost like being on the deck of an old sailing ship. Except the stars are not just up in the sky; they're all around us." - Benjamin Sisko and Jake Sisko "Hammock time!" "Yo." - Benjamin and Jake stringing up a hammock on the lightship "You're not an in-between kind of guy. People either love you or hate you." "Really?" "I mean, I hated you when we first met." "I remember." "And now…" "And now?" "Well… Now, I don't." "That means a lot to me, chief, it really does." "And that is from the heart! I really do… not hate you anymore." - Miles O'Brien and Julian Bashir (while very drunk) "Well, let's face it. It's been over a year since your last date. A year, Dad. Well, you got to make time for these things." "I cannot believe that I'm getting advice about women from my son." "Don't think of me as your son, right now. Just think of me as another guy. Another guy who happens to know a very attractive lady who wants to meet you." "You are trying to set me up?" "Well, why not?" - Jake and Benjamin, on being introduced to Kasidy Yates Background information Story and script Hilary J. Bader's original story featured Miles O'Brien rather than Benjamin and Jake Sisko. It was the producers who decided that they needed a "father and son" episode. () René Echevarria, who took the story pitch from Bader, commented, "[Bader] was talking about an old space ship with primitive engines. I loved the idea and suggested solar sails, and she loved that idea." Ronald D. Moore then added his own suggestions. Moore commented, "After Hilary's pitch, I wrote up a memo that said, 'Let's make this about the Bajorans and let's tie it in to the treaty that was established in and see a different side of Sisko.' That he's really into something for a personal reason and wants to make it a father/son project. So they go out and bond on this ship as Jake is getting older, and Sisko realizes that Jake has other interests. He wants to be a writer, but, ironically, the thing holding him back is he's worried about his dad. I thought that was a nice character moment. Rene [Echevarria] did a wonderful job with the script." (Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages) The song "", which is sung by O'Brien and Bashir during a drinking binge, was chosen by Colm Meaney and Siddig El Fadil after the producers determined that obtaining the rights to their initial choices, "Louie, Louie" or "", would be too expensive. El Fadil recalled, "Jerusalem' was very familiar to both of us. It's like an anthem in England, and something that drunk people might very well sing." () In the script, Sisko named his lightship the "Baraka" and explained to Kira that it meant "good fortune" in the Swahili language. (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion - A Series Guide and Script Library) It can also mean "blessing" or "prosperity." Production During production, this episode was known as "The Butterfly Episode". () The lightship (and the basic plot of the episode itself) was inspired by the , a deliberately primitive sailing craft that Norwegian explorer used to sail from Peru to Tahiti in 1947, substantiating his belief that it was possible that a South American civilization could have settled by making a trans-oceanic voyage. ( & 237) Production Designer Herman Zimmerman and Illustrator Jim Martin envisioned the Siskos as "sailors in space" and intentionally made the set of the lightship similar to a sailing boat. René Echevarria told Zimmerman and Martin that he wanted the ship to have a "Jules Verne look, a wooden cabin outfitted with brass." Indeed, some real sailing equipment can even be seen in the background at various points in the episode. Both men count this episode among their favorites to work on from a design point of view, and Zimmerman mentions it in the Special Edition DVD special feature Herman Zimmerman: A Tribute. As Jim Martin explained, in reality, a solar sail would need to be several miles wide to propel a ship like this. As such, "We needed to take it into the realm of fantasy. But that was a very whimsical idea, and we could be very whimsical with it, and do something that was kind of in a fun fantasy vein." (Sailing Through the Stars: A Special Look at "Explorers", DS9 Season 3 DVD special features) Leeta, who goes on to become Rom's wife, makes her first appearance here. Actress Chase Masterson originally auditioned to play the role of Mardah, Jake Sisko's girlfriend in the episode . However, when Avery Brooks, who was directing that episode, saw her, he decided that she was too old to be the girlfriend of a sixteen-year-old. When Masterson returned to play the character of Leeta, it was originally intended to be a one-episode character, but the producers were so impressed with her performance that they wrote the character into , and subsequently decided to add her to the list of recurring characters in Season 4. () John Knoll at Industrial Light & Magic created the lightship as a CGI model. He later used the model for Akorem Laan's ship in . Regarding the scene where Bashir and O'Brien sing "Jerusalem", Colm Meaney commented, "We were a bit concerned about it. It was the first time that that sort of scene was ever done in a Starfleet or Federation situation. We're all supposed to be so well behaved and we were aware that it was a bit risky so it was a question of playing it right." ("Mr. Goodwrench", ) Reception Ira Steven Behr commented, "I want to pay special homage to René Echevarria, who I thought wrote a really wonderful script and gave Sisko his best role in the history of the show. Avery was wonderful; for the ship itself I also have to give a nod to Herman Zimmerman. When we went on stage and walked the ship, it was probably how they felt about the time machine from the 1960 movie – a great little piece of equipment. I said, 'Don't throw this out; don't trash it. Keep it somewhere because this goes in the Star Trek museum someday.' It's just a great prop." (Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages) Behr was also extremely happy with the O'Brien/Bashir drinking scene, and he felt that it was an important scene in establishing DS9's differing ideology from . Behr explained, "That was a scene I pushed for. Every couple of shows, I'll have a scene that becomes a baby that I nurture. This one was just so human. It had friendship. It had vulnerability. It was funny. It was sloppy. It's that stuff that Deep Space Nine had helped bring back into the Star Trek universe. The Next Generation was very serious at times, and I understand that it did a lot of wonderful things, but it had a very self-important air to it. Finding things that work against that is very important to me." () David Livingston commented, "It was a bottle show, but an interesting bottle show with a father-and-son relationship and some interesting computer graphics of the sailing ship. We were reluctant to do computer graphics, but Peter Lauritson finally came around. He recognized how valuable it is. You can do more stuff with the ship, but you have to do it right. Not to pick on other shows, but Babylon 5 looks like computer-generated imagery. On Voyager and Deep Space Nine, you may not know some of these shots are not motion-control shots. They're really, really good if done properly. You have to spend a couple of extra bucks and get really good artists, but CGI just allows you to do more and you can build more elements into the shots." (Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages) At its convention, the recognized this episode for exemplifying "the most imaginative use of a vehicle to travel in space," and awarded the episode the "Best Vision of the Future" award. The award was presented by Robert Staehle, the world's foremost expert on solar sails. () Director Cliff Bole commented: "I think the [DS9] episode I really enjoyed was a story with Avery and his son, and they were on a special little ship that they built and they went out in space. We built a marvellous set, very small, and it was just the two of them. It was a great relationship show with some great optical effects, and I was able to come up with some camera movement inside of the set with cranes and stuff. I just enjoyed the whole thing". (Star Trek: The Official Starships Collection, issue 130, p. 16) Trivia Actor Andrew Robinson cited Dukat's territorialism in this episode as an example of how the Cardassians represented the reptilian portion of the Human brain, with Robinson stating, "Gul Dukat's whole thing is, 'Well, where are you going?' and he is trying to discourage them. And it's all about territoriality." () When the Star Trek Customizable Card Game released its "Energize" set in 2003, special pairs of starships and their matching commanders were released as a promotion to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the game's launch. One such pair was "Benjamin Sisko, Shipwright" (whose alignment was Bajoran, rather than Federation) and the ship seen in this episode, which was given the name "Baraka". The liquor that O'Brien and Bashir were drinking is called "Wee Bairns". Continuity Kasidy Yates is mentioned for the first time, although she does not appear until . Benjamin Sisko (Avery Brooks) sports a goatee for the first time. He keeps it throughout the series, though its look changes in subsequent episodes. An additional touch, shaving his head, first appears in the Season 4 opener , and he also keeps his head bald for the rest of the series. The "awkward" moment between O'Brien and Bashir marks the beginning of a running joke about the chief's love for his best friend. A later example is , in which he finds himself agreeing completely with Bashir's analysis of a fight he has had with Keiko and stops short of saying he wishes Keiko was a man, much to the doctor's amusement. Another situation comes up in , where O'Brien refuses to admit that he likes Bashir more than Keiko. This episode contains the second hint of Jake's literary talents. It was revealed in that he wrote romantic love poetry; here, he is revealed to have composed a short story about the Maquis. Remastered version Remastered scenes from the episode are featured in the documentary What We Left Behind. Video and DVD releases UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 3.11, As part of the DS9 Season 3 DVD collection Links and references Guest Stars Marc Alaimo as "Gul Dukat" Bari Hochwald as Elizabeth Lense Chase Masterson as Leeta Uncredited Co-Stars Patti Begley as Bajoran officer Ivy Borg as Rita Tannenbaum Brian Demonbreun as Starfleet sciences officer Judi Durand Anthony Giger as command officer Terry Green as operations lieutenant David B. Levinson as Broik Dan Rose as Bajoran ops officer Mark Allen Shepherd as Morn Michael Wajacs as Bajoran civilian Unknown performers as Eight Human Lexington officers Napean Lexington officer References 16th century; 2367; 2370; acceleration; ancient contact; Andorian; archaeologist; Bajor; Bajoran; Bajoran lightship (Ancient Bajoran lightship, Sisko's lightship) ; Bajoran system; Bajoran wormhole; bathroom; campus; Cardassia; Cardassian; Cardassian archaeologists; Cardassian Ministry for the Refutation of Bajoran Fairy Tales; Cardassian government; Cardassian system; Cardassian history; charting expedition; cough; dabo girl; ; Demilitarized Zone; Denorios belt; England; Erit; fairy tale; faking illness; Fanalian toddy; fellowship; final exam; ; freighter captain; (Prakeshs sister ships); girlfriend; graduation; graduating class; gravity net; hammock; heart; homesick; hum; immunology; immuno-therapy; impact; infirmary; ion storm; Jake-o; jib; ""; Jerusalem; laser; laser cutter; Leanne; ; light year; living room; ; lumber; main sail; mast; money; moss; New Orleans; New Year's Eve; New Zealand; Nog; nursery; ; old man; Pennington School; photosynthesis; Prakesh; Promenade; Quark's; queasy; replicator; Replimat; rigging; Romulan; runabout; sabre saw; sailing ship; salutatorian; San Francisco; ; Sisko's wife; solar sail; spaceworthy; spritsail (sprit); stairs; Starfleet Academy; Starfleet Medical Academy; surface area; ''; tachyon; tachyon eddy; T-cell anomaly; transporter credit; valedictorian; warp speed; Wellington; winch Unreferenced material Baraka; Swahili language External links de:Die Erforscher es:Explorers fr:Explorers (épisode) ja:DS9:夢の古代船 nl:Explorers DS9 episodes

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Family Business (episode)

Quark's mother violates Ferengi law by earning profit. Summary Teaser Sisko is in his quarters fixing chicken paprikash and humming to himself cheerily as Jake enters. As he only cooks Hungarian food when he is in a good mood, Jake deduces that his father has convinced the Peljenites to exchange ambassadors with the Federation. As they begin their meal, Jake casually brings up Kasidy Yates, a freighter captain he is eager to introduce to his father, as he mentioned before. Sisko attempts to cool Jake's heels but acknowledges he will meet Yates soon enough. In Quark's, business is booming and the bar is packed but Nog is nowhere to be found. Rom reveals that his son is studying for his entrance examinations for Starfleet Academy, much to Quark's chagrin. Nog, he claims, will cause the end of Ferengi civilization by joining Starfleet and abandoning the pursuit of profit. Although Quark claims Nog wants to be "hew-mon", Rom jokingly claims he simply wants a job with better hours. Quark is not amused. Their business is interrupted as Brunt, a liquidator from the Ferengi Commerce Authority, enters to post a writ of accountability on Quark's wall. Panicking, Rom immediately tells all patrons to vacate the premises; the bar is now closed. Act One Brunt is now behind the deserted bar, busily working a PADD as Quark and Rom sit nervously. Rom attempts to make smalltalk with Brunt while they wait but Quark is not amused. Suspiciously, Brunt asks if they have listed all of the bar's profits, reminding him of the severe fines they will face if they have lied to the FCA; on double-checking the figures on the PADD, Quark conveniently claims Rom has forgotten to add the profits from their tulaberry wine franchise. Once his brother leaves to retrieve the figures, Quark inquires about what he has been charged with, paying the customary bribes to first learn which law he has broken and then to borrow a copy of the law to read. By this time, Rom has returned, and Quark discovers his crime is improper supervision of a family member. Another bribe reveals that Ishka, Quark and Rom's mother, has been charged with earning profit. Quark next stops by the security office to see Odo, informing the constable that he will be taking a trip to Ferenginar and will hold Odo personally accountable for the security of his bar in the meantime. As Odo has already learned of Quark's trouble with the FCA, the Ferengi reveals that he will have to pay for his mother's crimes unless he convinces her to confess and make restitution for whatever she has done. Meanwhile, Sisko and Kira arrive in Ops, where Sisko informs her he has decided to name Deep Space 9's newest runabout the Rubicon. The major teases him about his habit of naming runabouts after Earth's rivers before she goes to work, noting how many runabouts the crew seems to go through. Dax intercepts Sisko on the way to his office to eagerly ask about Kasidy Yates; it seems Jake has told her already. Although Sisko has yet to meet Yates, Dax has, and she claims Curzon would have stolen the freighter captain by now. Sisko tells her he is glad she is not Curzon anymore. On the way to the airlock, Rom catches up with his brother to announce that he too is going to Ferenginar. With the bar closed, he is eager to see "Moogie" again. Quark does not want Rom to accompany him, as he always takes their mother's side in arguments – even in calling her Moogie, a childish nickname that Quark detests. However, he agrees to let Rom come along. Act Two Quark and Rom bring Brunt to their boyhood home on Ferenginar, where Brunt pays the standard "admission fee" and signs a legal waiver to cover potential theft. Rom is glad to be home again, but Quark appears uneasy about the number of new items in his mother's house. Rom finds his old tooth sharpener, which reminds Quark of how he only had a chew stick when he was a child. Brunt interrupts them to give Quark a formal list of Ishka's crimes and inform him they have three days to obtain a confession. However, a clothed Ishka enters the room and informs Brunt that she has no intention of giving one. Rom is glad to see his mother, but Quark tells her to undress immediately; Brunt meanwhile shields his eyes from the clothed female and is taken aback as she addresses him, a stranger, directly. He takes his leave after reminding Quark of the three day time limit. Quark attempts to reason with his mother, but believing she is standing up for all Ferengi women, she refuses. It is clear Ishka is pained to think of hurting her sons, whose reputations will suffer for her actions, yet she refuses to give in. In front of Quark's, Bashir and Odo look on as O'Brien attempts to open the locking mechanism on the door. It seems their dartboard is locked inside, and though they could replicate another, Bashir claims it is "the principle of the thing". However, Odo is not optimistic given the convoluted lock Rom has put together. They are interrupted when Sisko stops by to inquire what is going on. O'Brien denies that the dartboard is lucky. Sisko observed that it will take a while to undo the tripartite microsealing mechanism Rom has constructed. He is on his way to a cargo bay; O'Brien is under the mistaken impression the commander is on his way to meet Kasidy Yates. Although this isn't the case, it seems Jake has told everyone about his father meeting the freighter captain. Rom comes to the table with a bowl of fresh tube grubs, having picked them himself since "Moogie" is not feeling well. Quark begins scheming to claim Ishka is mentally ill, but Rom reassures him she only has a rash from the newness of wearing clothes. The two reminisce about how independent their mother has always been, although Quark chooses to focus on the negative aspects. He claims she dragged their father down and that he will not let her do the same to him; right as he claims he will put her in her place, however, Ishka enters (fully clothed) and challenges him to do so. Rom is clearly proud of his mother's defiance. They sit down to eat, but Rom is surprised the FCA is making such a big deal when he learns that all Ishka has done is earn three bars of latinum by investing in Hupyrian beetles. Nonetheless, Quark is adamant that Ishka must repent, yet she remains equally adamant that Ferengi society is in desperate need of change. Additionally, Quark is worried about his mother, who will be sold into indentured servitude in addition to the stigma her sons will face. Although Ishka is acting from her heart, Quark accuses her of being selfish and not caring for anyone but herself. Act Three Later, Rom visits privately with Ishka in her bedroom, which is bland and utilitarian as per Ferengi traditions with regard to females. Ishka keeps it this way to remind her of the "idiotic" Ferengi traditions towards females. Though he is glad to see his Moogie, Rom is uncomfortable, unaccustomed to seeing clothed Ferengi females, so Ishka disrobes for him. He is genuinely concerned about Quark and tries again to convince Ishka to pay back the bars of latinum she has earned. However, she reassures him Quark has always provided a generous stipend; the issue is pride rather than money. She is willing to be sold into indentured servitude rather than pay back the three bars. As they embrace, Ishka lovingly tells Rom what a good son he is for being so concerned for Quark. Ishka then offers to sharpen Rom's teeth. Sisko finally meets Kasidy Yates in the cargo bay, where she and her crew are loading cargo onto her freighter, the . He learns that Yates' equipment is outdated before formal introductions. The two mire over Jake's over-zealous match-making attempts, but Yates must attend to the inertia moorer on her ship. As Sisko leaves, he hesitates, and Yates suggests they meet for coffee the next day at 18:00. The next morning, Rom emerges sleepily from his room, cleaning his ear, to find Quark has been up all night on the computer. It seems Moogie has conducted business transactions under dozens of aliases, proving she has the "lobes" for business but earning so much Quark will never be able to pay it all back. Act Four Meanwhile, Quark is seated across the table from Rom, still in shock and with a faraway look in his eyes. Rom claims Quark is not the type to fly off the handle, that they will come up with a solution, but Quark claims to have found one: He will kill Ishka. Quark enters Ishka's bedroom, where she attempts to hide a PADD she was using to try to hide still more earnings. As he confronts her, she claims he is jealous that a female is better at earning profit than he. She compares Quark to his father as Rom enters, but Quark refuses to believe that his mother did not receive help from a male or that his father was a business failure. Stubborn Ishka refuses to budge, so Quark storms out, headed for the FCA. However, Rom follows him into the main room of Ishka's house and confronts Quark, claiming Ishka is right on both accounts. Quark is furious, yet Rom, who lived at home ten years longer than his brother, claims their father was a failure and only got by with Ishka's help. They each grab the other in the Ferengi equivalent of a brawl and knock over several pieces of furniture in their attempt to kill each other before Ishka enters to break it up. She reassures Rom she will be fine and tells Quark to do as he pleases. Once he leaves, she begins to cry. Act Five As he enters a waiting room at the Tower of Commerce, Quark observes how steep the 40 flights of stairs are and remarks of the seven strips of latinum required for the elevator, "Talk about inflation!" He asks to see Liquidator Brunt and sits down, but several seconds later, Rom enters, exhausted from running up the stairs. At first uninterested in whatever Rom has to say, Quark perks up when he hears Ishka plans to give him half her profits. Cheerily, he leaves an extra slip for the Secretary and takes the elevator down. Back at home, Quark apologizes to his mother for everything he'd said before and stunning Ishka, asks how much profit she made so that they can divide it fairly. It turns out that Rom had lied to both, telling Quark that Ishka would split the profits, and Ishka that Quark wanted none of them and had done so in order to get them talking to each other. Showing backbone, he berates both brother and mother pointing out that Quark shows no respect to his mother and that if Quark can uncover her profits, the FCA surely could too. He then insists that they settle things – without shouting – while he heads off to take a nap. Ishka tells Quark that he's a lot like her, and that Rom is like his father: Rom, like his father, never understood the Rules of Acquisition, but Quark, like his mother, does. She agrees to imprint the confession for him, since she can't refuse him anything. Back on the station, Sisko and Yates are having coffee at the Replimat and discussing New Orleans, Sisko's home. He recalls the good food and the great music. However, Yates looks uneasy, and breaks the news that she had a prior engagement, but a family one, as she was waiting for a subspace transmission from her youngest brother on Cestus III. Cestus III is on the other side of the Federation and it takes two weeks for a transmission to reach Deep Space 9. When Sisko questions what the transmission is about, she admits to Sisko that her brother plays a sport that was played on Earth centuries ago… baseball! Sisko can't believe his ears, and asks for more details about the team, the Pike City Pioneers and the Cestus Comets. Yates tells him that it's a six sided league but more teams are potentially forming, but she asks why he's so interested. Sisko, now like an excited child at Christmas, tells Yates that he loves baseball, but he's doesn't know anyone apart from Jake who was interested in it, or even heard of it. Yates suggests that Sisko come and listen to the transmission with her, since it is an audio recording of her brother's game against the Cestus Comets. As they head off, Sisko pesters her with questions about the league; do they use a designated hitter (no), what about wood bats (of course), and whether or not they could use a right handed (while flexing his right arm as though warming it up). As Sisko and Yates walk away, chatting about their shared interest, Jake smiles to himself from the top level of the Promenade, knowing that his matchmaking efforts worked. On Ferenginar, Ishka imprints the PADD with the confession for Brunt. Brunt notes that she will be an example to all women that nobody could outsmart the FCA, but Quark bribes him with a small sack of latinum. After all, as he says, "what would people say if they knew a female had made that much latinum?" After Brunt exits, Quark says his goodbyes and follows. Rom and Ishka hug and disclose that she only gave up a third of her profits, but that the FCA wouldn't find the rest, since she hid it so well hidden, she wasn't sure if she'd be able to find it all! Memorable quotes "My house is my house." "As are its contents." - Standard Ferengi greeting "Mother, get undressed this instant!" - Quark "If you want any suggestions, I'll be in cargo bay --" "…four." "Huh? Seven." - Benjamin Sisko and Miles O'Brien "Since when does a Ferengi need to make excuses for earning profit?" "You're a female!" "And when it comes to making profit, this female is a better Ferengi than you'll ever be!" - Ishka and Quark (Cheery tone) "I sincerely hope I never see any of you again!" (Equally cheery) "The feeling is mutual!" - Liquidator Brunt and Quark "You know at the rate we go through runabouts, it's a good thing the Earth has so many rivers." - Kira Nerys, referring to the new runabout "Look brother, the latinum tooth sharpener I used when we were children." "All I had was a cheap wooden chewstick." - Rom and Quark "That's enough bickering! You're both acting like children! I will not stand by and let this family tear itself apart! Quark, you should be ashamed of yourself. I've seen you treat Cardassians with more respect than your own mother. And Moogie, if Quark can uncover your hidden investments, then the FCA will, too. And then all that profit will be lost. Think about that for a moment. Now, neither one of you is going to leave this room until you've settled things! Is that clear?! AND NO SHOUTING!!! I'm going to take a nap." - Rom, berating Quark and Ishka "I'm glad to see you two are finally getting along." "I think things will be a lot better between us from now on." "As long as he doesn't find out you only gave the FCA a third of your profits!" "If you ask me a third was too much. Well, it's my own fault for not hiding it better." "Are you sure the FCA won't find the rest?" "I've got it hidden so well I'll be lucky if I can find it!" (Both laughing) - Rom and Moogie Background information Story and script This show originated from Ira Steven Behr's desire to do a more serious Ferengi episode than had ever been seen in Star Trek up to this point, and both cast and crew feel that Behr succeeded in this aim. Armin Shimerman calls it "a very heartfelt psychological study," while director Rene Auberjonois points out, "it's much more serious than the usual Ferengi story, even though there was a lot of comedic stuff in it. It's about a very painful thing, a son who has totally lost any sort of relationship with a parent." Behr himself was also extremely pleased with how the episode turned out, calling it "the of Ferengi stories." Finally, co-writer Robert Hewitt Wolfe says, "There's a lot more to it than just the yucks. Underneath it all, it's a story about family." () A deleted or unfilmed scene saw Sisko and Jake walking together on the Promenade while they discuss Sisko's upcoming date with Kasidy. Jake is excited but claims that "coffee" doesn't give much time for his father and Yates to get to know one another. Morn approaches, but before he can speak, Sisko reassures him that he will be the first to know if any news comes in. Jake attempts to prepare Sisko for the date as they turn a corner. (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion - A Series Guide and Script Library) Production This episode's music was composed by Jay Chattaway. The amount of music he wrote for this episode was notably minimal. Of the episode, Chattaway recalls, "The score for DS9's 'Family Business' was my lightest at only six minutes. I thought Andrea Martin did a wonderful job in that one as Quark's mother. It was one of my favorites, though to write an eight-second cue and make it funny is probably harder than any lengthy action sequence. It's very difficult to pull off. It's not just about how many minutes. I used an oboe and a bassoon as the musical voices of Quark and Rom. It was subtle, but the fans picked up on it. I see their comments in letters and on the Internet." () Ishka's head-piece for this episode was based on that worn by Wallace Shawn as Zek, and was designed to look almost caricature-like, with drooping lobes and large jowls. For the scene when her knees are seen, makeup supervisor Michael Westmore even designed drooping kneecaps. For the shot where her shoulders and the top of her chest were exposed, Westmore didn't have time to create a proper foam-latex appliance, so he rubberized Kleenex, and wrinkled it, laying it across Andrea Martin's shoulders and on the upper portion of her chest. According to Westmore, Martin was not amused by the makeup. (Michael Westmore's Aliens: Season Three, DS9 Season 3 DVD, Special Features) Reception Ira Steven Behr commented "I don't think it was quite the Ferengi version of Long Day's Journey into Night, but it's about as pure a Ferengi show as you can get. This year we've accomplished two very good episodes for the Ferengi. was a flat-out comedy with nothing else but humor. Then we did "Family Business", which was much more serious. I thought there was some wonderful stuff between Rom and Quark, and the fight was good and surprising. I thought Andrea Martin was very good. The relationships were all nice, and it was an interesting look at the Ferengi homeworld". (Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages p 97) When Andrea Martin did not return to the role of Ishka in , Cecily Adams was cast in the role. Adams watched "Family Business" to learn more about the role. Adams commented "I think it helped me understand the level of the comedy and of the work. I saw that I was allowed permission to go farther with the character. When I saw the episode that Andrea had done and I saw the work that all the actors had done, I realized that these characters take their world very seriously but from the outside looking in on them, they're very fun to watch". ("Ishka: Revolutionary Moogie", Star Trek: Communicator issue 122) Trivia This episode features the first appearances of three characters who would subsequently become more important: Kasidy Yates, Ishka, and Brunt. It also features the first appearance of Ferenginar and first reference to the Ferengi Commerce Authority (FCA). The style of Sisko's goatee is considerably thinner and less noticeable in this episode compared to how it appeared in the previous episode. This style would be continued for the remainder of the series. Kasidy mentions that her brother lives and plays baseball on Cestus III which had previously appeared in the episode . Quark's family home on Ferenginar has a round, -like front door. The authors' foreword to Ira Steven Behr and Robert Hewitt Wolfe's book Legends of the Ferengi is filled with references and they appear to be avid fans, so this might have been an intentional homage. The new runabout is given its name in this episode, replacing the , which was lost at the Battle of the Omarion Nebula in . Quark's mother saves his old childhood action figures, which happen to be re-dressed Ferengi action figures from Playmates' TNG action figure line of the mid-90s. Quark's figures would make another appearance in the fifth season episode . Video and DVD releases UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 3.12, As part of the DS9 Season 3 DVD collection Links and references Guest Stars Penny Johnson as "Kasidy Yates" Max Grodénchik as Rom Jeffrey Combs as Brunt Special Guest Star Andrea Martin as "Ishka" Co-Star Mel Green as Secretary Uncredited Co-Stars Patti Begley as Bajoran officer Ivy Borg as Rita Tannenbaum David B. Levinson as Broik Mary Mascari as Bajoran woman Irving Ross as Bolian civilian Mark Allen Shepherd as Morn Unknown performers as Pardshay Alien Xhosa crewmember Napean Xhosa crewmember Pelian Tailhead References 22nd century; 2351; 2356; accomplice; accusation; accused; admission fee; Adred; Age of Ascension; alias; ambassador; anti-grav sled; baseball; baseball bat; beetle snuff; biomatter; bribe; Cardassian; Cestus III; Cestus Comets; chewstick; chicken paprikash; Constable; cooking; dartboard; ; day; dinner; dozen; Earth; Eminiar VII; empire; exam; Federation; Ferengi; Ferengi Alliance; Ferengi children; Ferengi Commerce Authority (FCA); Ferengi Trade By-Laws; Ferengi transport; Ferengi welcoming ceremony; Ferenginar; Ferenginar capital; fine; franchise; freighter; generation; ; Hungarian; Hupyrian beetle; indentured servitude; inflation; infraction; Jake-o; Kasidy Yates Interstellar Freights; Keldar; latinum; ligament; liquidator; luck; matchmaker; Mark V transporter; Mark VI transporter; Mark VII transporter; ; nagging; nap; Napean; Nog; oo-mox; Peljenite; Petarian; phase transition inhibitor; Pike City; Pike City Pioneers; polyduranide; Prime Directive; Promenade; Quark's; raktajino; rash; reparations; Replimat; Rigel VII; right handed; river; Rotciv; ; Rules of Acquisition; runabout; Sacred Marketplace; ; Starfleet; stipend; Stol; student; tooth sharpener; Tower of Commerce; tripartite microsealing mechanism; tube grub; tulaberry wine; wood; Writ of Accountability; ; Yates' brother Unreferenced material Millipede sauce External links de:Familienangelegenheiten es:Family Business fr:Family Business (épisode) nl:Family Business DS9 episodes

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Jadzia Dax performs the Trill zhian'tara ritual, which allows her to meet previous Dax hosts, while Nog applies to Starfleet. Summary Teaser Nog attempts to maneuver his runabout out of harm's way as an unseen enemy starship pursues him. The computer announces that a Cardassian vessel has locked its weapons on him. He successfully evades the weapons lock, only to be interrupted as Jake appears outside the runabout and knocks on the glass window. Nog is actually in a holosuite, so with Jake present, he ends the holo-program. As they exit the holosuite, Nog explains that he is trying to boost his scores for entry into Starfleet Academy, and his reaction times are almost high enough. While Jake is sure his friend will make it, Nog's uncle Quark is obviously pessimistic about the ordeal. Quark claims Nog would be better off in a more profitable industry, such as writing holosuite programs, especially "the more intimate variety". Neither Nog nor Jake finds his suggestion very appealing. Later, Quark, Doctor Bashir, Leeta, Chief O'Brien, Odo and Kira join Dax and Commander Sisko in the wardroom, where Jadzia has something important to ask them. It is time for her zhian'tara, a Trill process in which she will meet former hosts of the , and as her closest friends, she wants each of them to lend their body to one of her hosts, which makes everyone feel a little uneasy. Act One Dax explains that the process will be done telepathically by a , and at any time the host can reassert him – or herself. Naturally, everyone but Quark (who does not want "some dead person" inside him) agrees; however, a few touches of Dax's hand to his lobes make him much more agreeable. Kira agrees to embody the first Dax host, Lela. While Dax waits for the Guardian to arrive from , Nog meets O'Brien in a holosuite to begin his stress reaction test. However, the simulation is not a runabout but Ops aboard DS9. Nog panics, as he has not practiced Ops, but O'Brien explains that a test that he has practiced for on the runabout would not be very stressful. The Guardian, a quiet, timid man, arrives to perform the zhian'tara and observes how long Dax has put it off. In Dax's quarters, he performs the ceremony and transfers Lela's memories into Kira. Act Two Although the sensation of Lela's memories being gone is strange for Jadzia at first, she and Lela get to know one another. She learns that her habit of talking with her hands behind her back comes from Lela, who learned to do so because her fellow politicians had mocked her excessive use of hand gestures. The rest of the zhian'tara proceeds smoothly as Dax meets her other hosts. As expected, Tobin Dax (embodied by Chief O'Brien) is a nervous nail biter who apologizes too much, and Dax discusses gymnastics with Emony through Leeta. Quark's turn to embody Audrid does not amuse him; she is a warm, motherly spirit who talks about how wonderful it is to have children. When it is Bashir's turn, he lends his body to Torias, who claims Bashir should lay off his diet as life is too short to deny oneself the simple pleasures. Finally, the time comes for the most difficult host: Joran, the murderer, whom Sisko will embody. In the security office, Sisko is voluntarily placed in a holding cell for the duration of the ceremony. Once the transfer has been completed and the force field is activated, the Guardian and Odo leave Jadzia and Sisko/Joran alone. Act Three Joran appears very passive but dangerous as he observes what a "pretty girl" Jadzia is. However, he claims she is nothing more and attempts to convince her to lower the force field. She sternly refuses. With complete calm and certainty, Joran places Sisko's hand, then both hands against the force field and begins banging his head against it until Jadzia lowers it. Sisko appears to have regained control when Joran comes back and tries to strangle Jadzia; she fights Joran off, and afterwards when Sisko wrests back control, he jokingly thanks her while lying on the floor for not breaking any of his bones. During the other hosts' time with Dax, O'Brien has continued Nog's testing in the holosuite while Rom eagerly anticipates his son's return. Quark is less than enthusiastic about the prospect of losing his nephew to "hew-mon" values, but that doesn't stop Rom from purchasing a Starfleet uniform from Garak's tailor shop – regardless of whether Nog passes. As the last host of the Dax symbiont before Jadzia, Curzon is the final part of her zhian'tara, and Odo has agreed to embody him. However, she seems apprehensive as she walks along the Promenade with Sisko. Part of the reason she has put her zhian'tara off is that she was afraid she would not "measure up" with previous hosts. Now, faced with meeting the man who rejected her original application to the Symbiosis Commission, she has the chance to ask whether Curzon did so because he thought she was not good enough – and she doesn't seem eager to finally hear the answer. The Guardian performs the ceremony, which due to Odo's shapeshifting nature causes his face to mold itself to resemble Curzon's, and even includes Curzon's Trill spots. Act Four Curzon/Odo immediately heads to Sisko's quarters, where Sisko learns that Odo's unique chemical makeup has caused a blending of personalities, much like when Trill are joined with a symbiont. Curzon invites Sisko to Quark's for a glass of Tranya, where it becomes evident that Curzon is thoroughly enjoying himself in Odo's body. But when Jadzia arrives, Sisko carefully excuses himself to grade Nog's exam, allowing Jadzia to talk with Curzon alone about private issues. As the conversation progresses, Jadzia tries to bring up her candidacy for joining, when Curzon was her instructor, but he becomes distracted when he notices a Ferengi named Lonzo, who is a tongo hustler. They challenge Lonzo to a game, and together they clean him out. Meanwhile, Nog has failed his spatial orientation test, disqualifying him from entering the Academy, but Quark reassures him there will always be a place for him at the bar. However, he asks Curzon and Jadzia to leave, as it has now been an hour since the bar closed and they are still playing tongo. Heading to the security office, Curzon opens a bottle of Saurian brandy which Odo confiscated from a Yridian smuggler, and shares it with Jadzia, despite her concerns about imbibing on evidence. He admits to dodging her inquiry earlier. Confronted with the question of why he did not object to Jadzia's second application for joining, despite rejecting her the first time, he reveals that he probably felt sorry for her. His one-time thoughts on the matter don't seem to bother him, but Jadzia is bothered by his carefree attitude. Curzon comes to a decision that he believes will benefit all parties involved: he and Odo really like what they have become and wish to stay as they are. Act Five In Sisko's office, the Guardian informs Jadzia and Sisko that he cannot remove Curzon's memories from Odo without Odo's consent. Sisko and Jadzia talk in private, and while the thought of losing Curzon seems troubling to Jadzia, she does not intend to interfere if both Curzon and Odo wish to stay as they are. However, Sisko does not agree; he believes Curzon is being selfish and will back down, as was the case on several occasions when Sisko did as much. Jadzia considers the issue at length. Meanwhile, Rom catches Quark in an empty corridor to confront his brother about the fact that Quark sabotaged Nog's test by reconfiguring the holosuite. Quark admits to doing so and feels he is justified as his actions are in Nog's best interest. Furious, Rom confrontationally tells Quark he has already gone to Sisko about the matter and he's going to allow Nog to retake the test. Rom then warns Quark not to interfere again, even threatening to burn his bar to the ground if he does. Nothing (not even latinum) is more important to Rom than his son's happiness. Jadzia goes to Odo's quarters, where he and Curzon have been oozing around the room and enjoying themselves. Confronted about the memories, Curzon claims Jadzia is and has always been nothing but a little girl. She is not intimidated and stands her ground. Finally, just as Sisko predicted, he stands down and admits that she is not, nor was she when she was an initiate, as he touches her face with one hand in an intimate manner, a little girl; as he quietly looks away and several moments pass, it is evident that Curzon was in love with Jadzia when he washed her out of the joining program – and is still in love with her now. He reveals that he rejected her because he loved her but felt so guilty, he nearly retired from the Symbiosis Commission. When she reapplied, it was a blessing to his conscience, which is why he did not object to her second application. They both agree that Curzon's memories rightfully belong to Jadzia, and Curzon agrees to go back to the way things were. Back in the bar, Nog has passed the tests necessary for his entrance into Starfleet Academy, and he is dressed in the cadet's uniform his father purchased for him; Sisko asks if he may be jumping the gun a bit, but Nog explains that he didn't want to hurt his father's feelings by not wearing it. Everyone celebrates, even Quark, albeit begrudgingly. Quark knows he has "lost" Nog when the young Ferengi orders a root beer, claiming it is what they drink at the Academy. Dax and Odo are sitting together on the second level, where they discuss the recent events. Each has had a wonderful experience; Odo having had the best time of his life and Dax having gained the memories of what it feels like to be a Changeling and morph into different things. Odo expresses his appreciation of Curzon's ability to mix his hectic social life with his work, and that he was a remarkable man. Dax replies, "Yes, he is." Memorable quotes "There's nothing quite like holding a child to your breast, nursing it. (pause) The entity which lent me this body wishes to speak!" "How much longer am I gonna have to do this?!" - Audrid Dax, inhabiting Quarks body "If you don't mind, I'd like to borrow your bodies for a few hours." - Jadzia Dax, to the DS9 senior staff "I remember when I first got the Dax symbiont, I was worried that it might affect my coordination in some way." "And hurt your gymnastics career?" "As it turned out, being joined improved my concentration." - Emony Dax (via Leeta) and Jadzia "My strength is within you. You don't have to be afraid of it." "I'm not." "Then let me show you how to use it. Lower the force field, Jadzia. Lower it, and you will never have to be afraid of anything ever again." - Joran Dax (via Sisko) and Jadzia "Benjamin! You do recognize me, don't you?" "Curzon?" "Don't tell me. The nose gave me away." - Curzon Dax (via Odo) and Sisko "Let me tell you something about Curzon. He was my friend, he was my confidant, in a way he was my teacher as well. But he was also manipulative, selfish, and arrogant. Most people let him get away with it because he was so charming. Sometimes I let him get away with it too. But from time to time, he'd push me too far, and I'd have to stand up to him. Tell him he'd crossed the line." "And how would he react?" "Sometimes he'd just laugh and admit it. Sometimes he'd be furious. But either way, he'd back off because he knew he was wrong. And he is wrong now." - Sisko and Jadzia, on Curzon's decision to stay merged with Odo "I know what you did!" "Take it easy! What's wrong with you?!" "You know what's wrong! You reconfigured the Holosuite so that Nog would fail the spatial orientation test!" "I did it for his own good, Rom. I couldn't just stand by and watch my nephew throw his life away." "You had no right to interfere! I've already told Commander Sisko what you did, and he's going to let Nog retake the test!" "You what?!" "You heard me! And if you ever do anything to hurt Nog again, I'll burn the bar to the ground!" "You wouldn't dare." "Oh. yes, I would. My son's happiness is more important to me than anything, even latinum! Remember that, brother!" - Rom and Quark "What's the matter, Chief?" "It just occurred to me. As soon as that kid graduates from the Academy, I'm going to have to call him 'sir'." - Bashir and O'Brien, on Nog "Root beer. This is the end of Ferengi civilization." - Quark, on Nog's acceptance to Starfleet Academy Background information Story and script This episode originated with Ira Steven Behr's desire to do a version of the 1976 television movie in the sphere of DS9. Sybil was a psychological study of a woman, played by , who, due to a traumatic childhood, suffered from an extreme form of , and had at least 13 distinct personalities. Behr thought this would be a fascinating approach from which to examine Jadzia Dax in a new light, and he assigned René Echevarria to write the teleplay. However, at first, Echevarria couldn't shake the notion that if Dax suddenly started to experience resurgences of her past hosts, there would need to be a reason why. In the case of , it was a dark psychological trauma in her past, but Dax had already had one such trauma revealed this season (in the episode ), and Echevarria felt it would be unacceptable to present viewers with another nasty experience from her past. Echevarria next came up with the idea for the zhian'tara ritual, but originally, the ritual involved simply the suppression of the Jadzia host, and the resurgence of the former hosts, one at a time. This meant however that the episode was essentially going to focus exclusively on Terry Farrell, with her simply playing various different characters, and Echevarria was unhappy with this because it meant that there could be no interaction between Jadzia and the previous hosts; "Once she became each host, it was kind of 'Okay, let's sit back and watch Dax be this person now.' There was no true interaction between Jadzia and that host." It was then that Echevarria hit on the idea of using the cast regulars to 'embody' the various hosts. () When composing the teleplay for this episode René Echevarria soon realized that there were three female hosts, but only one female character (Kira) in which to embody them. Dax's first host was Lela, so Echevarria used Kira for her. He then decided that it would provide some good comedy to use Quark for Audrid. This left him with Emony. Originally, he wanted to use Keiko, as the only recurring female character in the show, but actress Rosalind Chao was unavailable. As such, he decided to use the character of Leeta. There had been no indication of a friendship between Dax and Leeta prior to this episode, so the writers added a line in the teaser about the two "spending quite a bit of time together." Ira Steven Behr noted, "It didn't make any sense. We paid lip service [to the relationship], but it never really paid off again. It was just one of those things. Sometimes you've just gotta shoehorn ideas into an episode to keep it going." () Neither René Echevarria nor Ira Steven Behr were overly happy with how Curzon came across in this episode. According to Echevarria, "If I had to do it over again, I would have been more careful about his character. He was almost always drinking or talking about drinking." Behr, for his part, says, "The way Curzon came across was by no means the way I saw the character. I saw him as a kind of bon vivant. Instead, he was like Shecky Curzon, a wacky, funny guy." () Production The scenes involving Sisko as Joran had to be shot twice because the producers were unhappy with the first set of dailies. The reason for this was they felt that Avery Brooks' performance was too creepy. According to visual effects supervisor Gary Hutzel, Brooks spoke in an almost inaudible whisper that "literally sent shivers up your spine". () To achieve Odo's new look after he embodies Curzon, make-up designer Michael Westmore got a photograph of actor Frank Owen Smith, who had portrayed Curzon in , and digitally morphed it onto the Odo makeup. () Reception Ira Behr commented that the episode is "all over the place. The story doesn't begin until act three. Before then, you don't know what it's about. Is it about Dax? Is it about Odo? Is it about Curzon? I dare anyone to figure it out until the show is halfway over. It's filled with scenes that exist just for the hell of having the scenes. They don't all advance the story. We do a whole act of meeting these hosts, one after the other. But the fact that the story moved so fast, and so many outrageous things are happening every two minutes, it works a lot better than I thought it would when I was watching the dailies. It has all the idiosyncrasies and eccentricities of a Deep Space Nine episode. Terry really does her best work when she's vulnerable, worried and trying to wrestle with problems". (Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages p 98) Max Grodenchik sees "Facets" as important episode for Rom, commenting: "In the next-to-last episode of the third season, 'Facets', a Jadzia Dax episode, the B-story was about Nog taking a pre-entrance exam towards his entry into Starfleet Academy. Quark sabotages the test. Rom finds out. He waits for Quark to come down a corridor, throws him up against the wall and says, 'If you ever do anything to hurt my son again, I will burn the bar to the ground'. That was a turning point, both for the character and myself. Rom begins to stand up to his brother, here standing up for Nog, and later on standing up for himself. It was at the end of season three, and I think helped me begin to accept the possibility that the writers were trying to do something a little special with Rom. Maybe a little bit of a “They like me, they really like me” moment. By the way, the first take went very well – we didn’t do another. But I was really hoping I could throw Armin against the wall again. Damn. Well, I didn’t realize how much there was in that episode. At the end of it I bring Nog into the bar, presenting him as a “cadet,” which he wasn’t yet, but Rom was being such a proud father. I remember holding Aron’s hand as I escorted him into the bar, because my own dad would sometimes hold my hand in a situation like that and I always thought it was a very loving gesture. But Aron hated it. I insisted. We both went to Armin to arbitrate and, of course, Armin worked out a compromise". In her book Star Trek - Where No One Has Gone Before (paperback ed., p. 197), J.M. Dillard commented that she found René Auberjonois' performance as Curzon-Odo in this episode to be "particularly noteworthy." Tawny Newsome commented, "I talked about this in interviews before, but I really loved the episode of "Deep Space Nine" about Dax where she's revisiting with all of her previous hosts, but they take the form of the rest of the "Deep Space Nine" crew, taking the personality and form of them so that she could interact with and speak to all of them. And it's just such a nerdy, theater kid-type episode because everybody gets to play [something else]." Trivia This episode builds on elements from Jadzia's past already established in previous episodes. Lela and Joran have been mentioned in . Jadzia's troubled initiation (eliminated by Curzon and then re-applying) was first mentioned in . Emony, Audrid and Torias are established in this episode and are mentioned again in subsequent episodes. Verad Dax, the hijacker Trill host from does not appear as one of Dax's former hosts during the Zhian'tara. The reasons behind this are left unexplained in the episode, although Verad was only joined for a few hours. This episode continues two Ferengi-based plots originally appearing in ; Nog's attempts to get into Starfleet Academy, and the evolution of Rom's tendency to stand up to Quark in certain situations. This episode is the last where Sisko holds the rank of commander, as he is promoted to captain in the opening scene of the next episode. When Curzon/Odo is in Quark's, he requests a drink of tranya. This is the same drink served by Balok in . This is the last episode of the series to be directed by Cliff Bole. The uniform Rom had Garak make for Nog had a combadge when it was in the gift box, but Nog wore it to the party without the combadge. This was the first appearance of the gray Starfleet cadet uniform, albeit not one issued by Starfleet. The real one, which indeed is the same design, appears in . This episode marks the first mention of root beer in the series. The beverage would end up being a humorous topic of discussion between Quark and Garak in the episode . In the scene involving O'Brien as Tobin, Jadzia mentions that Tobin had "the most original approach to the proof since Wiles over 300 years ago" regarding Tobin's work on Fermat's last theorem. This appears to be a nod to Wiles' proof of Fermat's Last Theorem which had a month before the airing of this episode. The theorem had previously been mentioned by Captain Jean-Luc Picard in , who referred it as lacking a proof for over 800 years. When O'Brien briefs Nog in the holosuite about Starfleet Academy entrance exams, the prop PADD the Chief carries reads "GO AWAY". It is a reuse of the PADD that Bashir hands to Dax in to get her to leave while he flirts with Leeta. This was the last episode directed by Cliff Bole. Video and DVD releases UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 3.13, As part of the DS9 Season 3 DVD collection Links and references Starring Avery Brooks as Commander Benjamin Sisko / Joran Dax Also starring René Auberjonois as Constable Odo / Curzon Dax Siddig El Fadil as Doctor Julian Bashir / Torias Dax Terry Farrell as Lieutenant Jadzia Dax Cirroc Lofton as Jake Sisko Colm Meaney as Chief Miles O'Brien / Tobin Dax Armin Shimerman as Quark / Audrid Dax Nana Visitor as Major Kira Nerys / Lela Dax Guest stars Jefrey Alan Chandler as Trill Guardian Max Grodénchik as Rom Aron Eisenberg as Nog Chase Masterson as Leeta / Emony Dax Co-star Majel Barrett as Computer Voice Uncredited co-stars Mark Barrett as Lonzo Patti Begley as Bajoran officer Ivy Borg as Rita Tannenbaum Brian Demonbreun as sciences officer David B. Levinson as Broik Mary Mascari as Bajoran woman Robin Morselli as Bajoran officer Sherry O'Keefe as Bajoran officer Michael Prokopuk as Xepolite Mark Allen Shepherd as Morn Michael Wajacs as Bajoran civilian Unknown actor as Tailhead Stunt doubles Kiante Elam as stunt double for Avery Brooks J. Suzanne Rampe as stunt double for Terry Farrell Nancy Thurston as stunt double for Aron Eisenberg References 21st century; ; admissions committee; amateur; beard; breakfast; breast; bulletin; Cardassian; career; confidant; confiscation; constable; dabo; (hologram); ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; Delvan fluff pastry; Delta-5-9; disorientation; Earth; exam; Ferengi; first child; friend; ; holosuite; host; hustler; initiate supervisor; Jobel; Klingon; latinum; legislator; martial arts; nagging; ; nursing; "Old Man"; operations officer; Pelios Station; pretender; Promenade; Quark's; reaction time; root beer; runabout; sociologist; spatial orientation; spatial orientation test; Starfleet; Starfleet Academy; Starfleet Academy entrance exam; Starfleet Academy Preparatory Program; Starfleet uniform; stockboy; storeroom: stress reaction test; summer; Symbiosis Commission; teacher; toad; tone of voice; Tranya; Trill; (planet); s; Trill language; Trill symbiont; wardroom; weapons lock; ; Xepolite; ; Yridian (Yridian smuggler); zhian'tara Other references Deep Space 9 schematic: cargo turbo subsystem; crew quarters; crossover bridge; defense sail; defense systems monitor; deflector emitter; docking clamp; docking control cabin; docking pylon; docking ring; docking ring airlock; environmental purge/fill station; exhaust cone; fusion reactor assembly; habitat ring; ops module; ore processing center; phaser strip; photon torpedo launcher; power transfer conduit; promenade; radiator; reaction control thruster; runabout pad; sensor array; structural assembly; subspace antenna farm; tractor emitter; tug tractor emitter assembly External links de:Facetten es:Facets fr:Facets (épisode) nl:Facets DS9 episodes

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The Adversary (episode)

A Federation ambassador brings newly-promoted Captain Sisko orders to take the Defiant on a patrol of the Tzenkethi border, where a destabilizing coup has just taken place, but everything is not as it seems. (season finale) Summary Teaser "Commander's log, Stardate 48959.1. It is with mixed emotions that I record this, my final commander's log. The last three years have been the most demanding, and rewarding, of my career. I can only hope that the future will hold even greater challenges." "Dad, there's something I've been wanting to say to you for a long time and now that I finally have the chance, I'm going to make it short and simple…" In the wardroom, Benjamin Sisko's son Jake proudly places a fourth pip on his father's dress uniform, proclaiming him Captain Sisko. The two embrace as cheers erupt from the crew; being congratulated by his colleagues and as Quark serves the champagne, Chateau Cleon, 2303, Federation Ambassador Krajensky informs Sisko that a coup has taken place on the Tzenkethi homeworld. Sisko is to take the ambassador and the to that sector in two days to remind the Tzenkethi of the Federation's presence on nearby colony worlds, to "show the flag," as Sisko puts it. In the Defiants engine room, Captain Sisko orders Chief Miles O'Brien to begin preparing the ship for combat in case the Tzenkethi start looking for trouble. As O'Brien begins his work, he hears a noise in the engine room, but sees no one. Act One "My son, the writer, thinks that I should say something profound on this occasion. He even offered to write me a brief statement. I told him I'd take care of it myself, but as it turns out, the only thing I can think of is: Begin Captain's log, Stardate 48960.9." In the Defiants turbolift, Lieutenant Jadzia Dax asks Sisko if he has told Kasidy Yates about his promotion. Sisko says he hasn't, and that he barely had time to even tell his father the news. Dax presses Sisko about his relationship with Kasidy, saying that the whole crew is curious. Sisko tells Dax that the next time he sees Kasidy, he's taking her to the seventh game of the 1964 World Series in the holosuite. Dax, amused by Sisko's response, concludes that he likes Kasidy. Arriving on the bridge, Sisko orders the Defiant to get underway. Not long after departing Deep Space 9, O'Brien is working in a Jefferies tube. He hears the noise again; then suddenly takes a great fright before Doctor Julian Bashir appears from another tube. He asks the doctor why he didn't answer his call; Bashir explains that he was tying a new medical console into the main power grid. After Bashir leaves, a curious O'Brien takes a look at what the doctor has done and seems impressed, saying it wasn't a bad job for an extension course. In the mess hall, Sisko tells his Chief of Starfleet Security, Lieutenant Commander Michael Eddington, to keep the ambassador out of harm's way in case the Tzenkethi decide to engage the Defiant. Eddington again congratulates Sisko on his promotion, and Sisko tells him that it really doesn't change anything as he already has the assignment and the crew he wants. Eddington notes that when people join Starfleet, they don't do so to become commanders or admirals but always set their eyes on the captain's chair, and laments that he isn't likely to ever do that. Sisko suggests that Eddington could apply for a transfer from security to command, but Eddington reassures Sisko that he's happy where he is. "Captain's log, Stardate 48962.5. We are twelve hours from the border. I haven't been in this area since the last Federation-Tzenkethi War. Being here brings back a lot of memories, most of them bad." On the bridge, Constable Odo picks up a distress call from Barisa Prime. The colony reports that it is under attack before the Defiant suddenly loses contact. Act Two "Captain's log, supplemental. We've been unable to re-establish contact with Barisa Prime. Therefore, I have no choice but to assume we are at war with the Tzenkethi." The Defiant sets course for Barisa Prime, and Sisko asks Odo to notify Starfleet Command of the situation. Dax tries to contact the , which is the closest starship, but to no avail. Odo reports that the communication system is malfunctioning. O'Brien and Dax are dispatched to make repairs. In the Jefferies tube, Dax and O'Brien find several tendril-like devices working their way into the Defiants systems. They are protected by force fields, making them difficult to remove. O'Brien reports to Sisko that the devices are all over the ship, attached to almost every critical system. O'Brien states that these devices were not aboard when the Defiant left Deep Space 9, leading to the conclusion that someone on board is a saboteur. O'Brien reluctantly informs Sisko about his encounter with Bashir in the Jefferies tube earlier. Sisko insists that he is not accusing Bashir of sabotage, but still would like to speak with him. However, Dax comes up with an idea to find out for sure who placed the devices. On the bridge, Sisko notifies his crew of the situation. Dax scans the crew for tetryon particles with a tricorder, since the saboteur would have been exposed to them when the devices were installed. Dax points out that her and O'Brien's scans have come up positive since they were exposed to the particles when they discovered the devices, meaning that if no-one else tests positive then they'll be the prime suspects. The senior staff tests negative, including Bashir, much to O'Brien's relief. As Dax scans Ambassador Krajensky, O'Brien talks with Bashir about their encounter in the Jefferies tube, but Bashir denies he was there. Krajensky's test is positive – and suddenly he changes form and escapes the bridge through the ventilation system, revealing himself to be a Changeling. Act Three The Defiant cloaks and Sisko orders Dax to bring the ship out of warp, but she cannot. O'Brien cannot uncloak the ship and Major Kira Nerys reports that the ship's phasers and photon torpedoes are armed. The crew has lost control of the Defiant. Sisko orders Odo and Eddington to begin a search for the Changeling before he can do any more damage, but they are unable to locate him. In the Defiants mess hall, Odo is confident that the Changeling is still on board, saying that he will not leave until his mission is completed. Sisko believes that the Changeling's goal is to start a war between the Federation and the Tzenkethi, speculating that the distress call from Barisa Prime was faked, and goes so far as to suggest that, depending on how long the Changeling was impersonating Krajensky, the entire basis for their mission may have been an invention of the Dominion. Knowing that the Changeling can impersonate anyone on board, Sisko orders all non-essential personnel to be confined to quarters and sealed in with force fields, and that no one be left alone. After issuing weapons to the security officers, Odo does not take one himself. He tells Eddington he has never found it necessary to fire a weapon or take a life throughout his security career; he also notes that no Changeling has ever harmed another. In the middle of their conversation, O'Brien calls for a security team to be sent to the engine room. Odo and Eddington arrive to find Dax unconscious. Bashir reports that she has a severe concussion and takes her to sickbay. On the bridge, Bashir tells Sisko that Dax will be unconscious for the next couple of days, leaving O'Brien alone in his attempts to regain control of the ship. Sisko tells Kira that he cannot allow the Changeling to start a war with the Tzenkethi, and that if O'Brien can't regain control of the ship, he'll have to destroy the Defiant. Act Four Sisko briefs the crew on their assignments: They will break into two-person teams, each one equipped with phaser rifles, and systematically sweep the ship for the Changeling. A Bolian security officer voices his suspicions that the Changeling could be any one of them, and Sisko reminds everyone to keep their partner in sight at all times for that very reason, and orders that anyone spotted alone be escorted to the brig. The crew begins searching the ship. Eddington asks Odo where he thinks the Changeling might be, but Odo is unsure, unable to put himself in the Changeling's position since he does not know his own people that well. Meanwhile, while Sisko and another security officer are searching a Jefferies tube, the Changeling suddenly attacks them. The security officer is knocked out, leaving Sisko to pursue alone. Having been alerted to the Changeling's position, the crew moves to intercept. Arriving in the transporter bay, the Bolian security officer fires in Sisko's direction, believing that he has spotted the Changeling. Kira arrives from the opposite direction and insists that she is who she says she is, despite the fact that she and her partner have been separated for several seconds. The Bolian continuously accuses Kira of being a Changeling and is paranoid to the point of ignoring a direct order from Sisko to lower his weapon. Just then, Odo appears and knocks out the Bolian. Eddington appears a split second later from Kira's direction, leading Sisko to conclude that any one of them could be the Changeling. Odo notes however, that Sisko is bleeding and therefore could not be the Changeling, as material removed from a Changeling reverts to its natural form, and his blood is just that – blood. Sisko calls Bashir and orders him to meet them in the mess hall. In the mess hall, Bashir begins performing blood screenings of the crew. Kira and the Bolian security officer prove to be themselves, but when Bashir tests Eddington, his blood reverts to a gelatinous state. As he is escorted to crew quarters, Eddington maintains that he is not the Changeling. As Eddington is about to be forced inside the room, the adjacent door suddenly bursts open to reveal the real Doctor Bashir yelling for help. The Changeling that took Bashir's place morphs into the ventilation system and Odo pursues. A call comes in from the bridge notifying Sisko that the Defiant has entered Tzenkethi space. Act Five Kira reports that the Defiant is twelve minutes away from a Tzenkethi settlement on M'kemas III. With this news, Sisko and Kira activate the auto-destruct sequence and set the timer for ten minutes. Sisko calls O'Brien in engineering and asks if he has had any progress in regaining control of the ship. O'Brien thinks he may have found a way to shut down the force fields and deactivate the devices. As O'Brien works, Odo and the Changeling – who is disguised as Odo – make their way into the engine room and each one tries to prove to the chief that the other is the saboteur. O'Brien refuses to play "Choose the Changeling" and has the other officer in engineering keep his phaser pointed on both of them while he deactivates the force fields. As the force fields deactivate, the Changeling drops his disguise and attacks O'Brien and the engineering officer, leaving Odo to face the Changeling alone. As the two struggle, the Changeling forcibly merges with Odo trying to convince him to escape and return to Great Link with him. Odo refuses and pushes the Changeling onto the warp core, fatally wounding it. Odo approaches and apologizes to the Changeling, who whispers something to Odo before he dies, turning into ash. O'Brien regains control of the ship. After Sisko and Kira abort the auto-destruct sequence, the Defiant leaves Tzenkethi space and heads back to Deep Space 9. "Captains log, supplemental. We've returned to the station without further incident. However, I'm concerned about my chief of security, who hasn't said a word since we left Tzenkethi space." In the wardroom, Sisko tells the senior staff that the real Ambassador Krajensky was on his way to Risa for an extended vacation, but he never arrived. Starfleet Security believes that he has been either kidnapped, or possibly killed. Bashir asks about the coup on the Tzenkethi homeworld, to which Sisko responds that it never happened, and that Starfleet wants a detailed report from each the senior officers. Odo joins the meeting and informs Sisko of the Changeling's dying words: "You're too late. We're everywhere." Memorable quotes "Dad, there's something I've been wanting to say to you for a long time and now that I finally have the chance, I'm going to make it short and simple. Congratulations, Captain Sisko!" - Jake Sisko, at his father's promotion "Well, now that you have another pip on your collar, does that mean I can't disagree with you anymore?" "No, it just means I'm never wrong." "Oh, we'll see about that." - Kira and Sisko "Curzon would've been proud of you, but not as proud as I am." "That means a lot to me, Dax." - Dax and Sisko "Though I don't fully understand this humanoid obsession with rank and title, if anyone deserves to be promoted, it's you." "Thank you, Constable." - Odo and Sisko "This calls for a toast!" "That better not be from a replicator, Quark." "Chateau Cleon, 2303 – I already put it on your account." - Quark and Bashir "Here's to the newest and best captain in Starfleet, and all I can say is, it's about time." - O'Brien's toast to the newly promoted Captain Sisko "Getting jumpy in your old age, O'Brien." - Miles O'Brien, to himself "Oh, JULIAN!" - O'Brien, after the Changeling impersonating Bashir surprises him in a Jefferies tube "You'd be surprised. People don't enter Starfleet to become commanders. Or admirals, for that matter. It's the captain's chair everyone has their eye on. That's what I wanted when I joined up, but you don't get to be a Captain wearing a gold uniform." - Michael Eddington "Don't you trust me?" "No, I don't." "I know exactly how you feel." - Kira and a Bolian security officer [O'Brien is faced with two Odos] "Look. I've got more important things to do than play 'Choose the Changeling'." (to an Ensign) " Keep the phaser on both of them." - O'Brien, when faced with deciding which shapeshifter is the real Odo "Why are you protecting these solids? You don't belong with them. You belong with us. Let go. Don't you see? You've lost. It's too late for you to help them, but it's not too late to help yourself. Link with me, Odo. We can escape together." "I… don't… think … so!!" - Changeling saboteur and Odo "Captain, there's something you need to know. The Changeling, before he died, he whispered something to me." "Go on." "He said, 'You're too late. We're everywhere'." - Odo and Sisko Background information Story and script The working title of this episode was "Flashpoint". In the Deep Space Nine Chronicles intro, it is stated that the episode was untitled until a contest was held and "The Adversary" was selected. The intention behind this episode was to create a thrilling installment. "It was meant to be a paranoid, tension-producing show," said Ira Steven Behr. (Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages, p. 80) The producers had initially planned to do a show that had a cliff-hanger ending involving Changelings on Earth. The story was set to introduce Joseph Sisko and would take place in Starfleet Headquarters, with the end to revolve around Benjamin Sisko saying that the Founders had infiltrated the very heart of… and that was the end of the show. However, for reasons still unknown, Paramount nixed the idea, saying they didn't want a cliffhanger ending, and so the writers came up with a story about a Changeling wreaking havoc on the Defiant instead. As Robert Hewitt Wolfe puts it, "That's when the idea of the Defiant heading inexplicably toward destruction, like the death machine that she really is, being all locked down and going like a runaway train, became the basic hook that everyone really liked." However, the Changelings-on-Earth story later served as the basis for the episodes and the following season. () The scene in the Defiants mess hall where the senior officers are taking blood samples of each other to determine which one of them is the Changeling is very reminiscent of one in the 1938 short story "" by (under the pseudonym of Don A. Stuart), and its film adaptation . However, the writers cite neither the original story nor the Carpenter film as their primary inspiration for this episode, but rather , 's adaptation of the same story, which omitted the element of a shapeshifting enemy. Paranoia was something the writers were interested in exploring, as it was something rarely seen in the Star Trek universe. () The writers decided to use the line "No Changeling has ever harmed another" as an important element in this episode. This line had been heard a few times already (in , and ), and its importance would return in the fourth season finale, , where Odo receives his punishment for killing a fellow Changeling. The character of Michael Eddington was deliberately set up as a red herring in this episode. The writers felt that the way actor Kenneth Marshall had portrayed the character in , and had always implied some kind of underlying threat, so they decided to use that to their advantage in this episode. Indeed, after the episode aired, the word around the internet was that Eddington was a Changeling infiltrator, and that this was obviously going to have a bearing on the upcoming season. Upon hearing this, the writers decided that they would never make Eddington a Changeling. () Later on, it would be revealed that Eddington was a threat, but not in the manner people expected: he was a member of the Maquis who would eventually betray Starfleet. Sisko's opening log entry was not in the final draft shooting script. Production The fight between Odo and the Changeling at the end of the episode was extremely complicated to put together due to all the morphing effects. Producer Steve Oster points out that there are more morphing effects in this short scene than in the entire third season. According to actor Rene Auberjonois, after principal photography was completed, all the cast were allowed to leave except himself and Lawrence Pressman. He explains that during the main shoot, he and Pressman had filmed the scene as normal, but to make sure the effects would work properly, each of them then had to re-enact the scene separately, looking at a monitor and matching their movements exactly. () There are actually some clips of both actors shooting the fight without the other present in the Deep Space Nine Chronicles intro to this episode. In the episode's trailer, the energy bolt that knocks Odo away after he pushes the Changeling against the warp core is omitted, leaving Odo seemingly knocked away by nothing. The scene when Krajensky morphs into a Changeling and escapes through the vent is one of visual effects supervisor Glenn Neufeld's favorite shots from the entire seven years of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Kenneth Marshall commented that the episode was: "technically one of the more interesting shows I've done. It's fascinating how they do the morph sequences. I haven't seen them do the actual special FX, but they shoot it three different ways on the set. In the last shot, everyone tiptoes off the set so as to not disturb anything even a fraction of an inch." () Reception Ronald D. Moore was a big fan of this episode, particularly due to how it portrayed the Founders. "It […] represented an interesting way to use the Changelings, making them more of a threat," he said. (Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages, p. 80) Another reason Moore approved of this episode was that he considered it to be very un-Star Trek. "It really appealed to me on this sort of visceral John Wayne level," he remarked. "There's a monster on the ship, it's after us, and we're gonna hunt it down and kill it. We're not gonna negotiate with it, we're not gonna worry about whether it's sentient, we're not gonna play any of the usual Star Trek games with it. It's just, 'Find and kill the monster.' There was something very pure about that show." () Ira Steven Behr sees this episode as an important step in the show's movement towards serialization, which would reach a peak in the six-episode arc which opened season six and the nine-episode, ten-hour arc which acted as the finale of the series itself; ""The Adversary" was the first one where we really knew we were going to be starting to get the S-word, serialized, just a tad. In spite of all the finger-wagging and knowing we weren't supposed to, it was just a little bit, a little bit." (The Birth of the Dominion and Beyond, DS9 Season 3 DVD special features) Trivia This episode marks the first appearance of several new sets aboard the Defiant, namely main engineering, the mess hall and the extended corridor set. According to the , the rifles used in this episode are the first rifles ever seen in Star Trek which actually have a trigger. In the teaser for the episode, Sisko is promoted to captain; however, in the opening credits of the show he is still credited as "Commander Sisko". This is the last episode to credit Sisko as a commander. It is also the last time Sisko is seen with hair and it is the last episode to have the original opening credits from Season 1, which were both first seen in the premiere episode, . In the onward, Sisko is now bald and a new opening credits sequence is used. This episode marks the last time Alexander Siddig is credited as "Siddig El Fadil" as an actor. As a director, however, he remains credited as Siddig El Fadil for . According to Jadzia Dax, there are 47 people on board the Defiant'' in this episode. Video and DVD releases UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 3.13, As part of the DS9 Season 3 DVD collection Links and references Guest Stars Lawrence Pressman as Kenneth Marshall as Michael Eddington Jeff Austin as Bolian Co-Star Majel Barrett as Computer Voice Uncredited Co-Stars Sam Alejan as Starfleet sciences officer Ivor Bartels as Starfleet operations officer Ivy Borg as Rita Tannenbaum Jeff Cadiente as Starfleet operations ensign Tory Christopher as Starfleet sciences lieutenant Kathleen Demor as Starfleet operations officer Terry Green as operations lieutenant Randy James as Mark Lentry as Starfleet command lieutenant Dennis Madalone as Starfleet operations officer Stand-ins and stunt doubles Tom Morga as stunt double for Jeff Austin Unknown stunt performers as Stunt double for Rene Auberjonois Stunt double for Nana Visitor Photo double for Rene Auberjonois References 1964; 2303; 2368; accusation; Alpha Quadrant; ambassador; Autarch; Barisa Prime; blood; Bolian; career; centimeter; Chateau Cleon; combat mission; command chair; concussion; cortical analeptic; coup d'etat; ; deflector shield generator; Distress caller; distress signal; Dominion; Dominion cold war; duridium; Engineering extension course; extension course; Entebe; evacuation pod; expanding energy pulse; Federation; Federation-Tzenkethi border; Federation-Tzenkethi War; Flag of the Federation; Founder; gelatinous state; Helaspont Nebula; holosuite; Jefferies tube; kayaking; M'kemas III; nonessential personnel; ore; power grid; prime suspect; priority one; promotion; radiation poisoning; replicator; Risa; sabotage; sector (unnamed); security officer; security team; sense of humor; shuttlebay doors; ; Solais V; Starfleet; Starfleet Command; Starfleet Security; tetryon; toast; tricorder; Tzenkethi; Tzenkethi autarch; Tzenkethi homeworld; Tzenkethi space; Tzenkethi warship; ; warp plasma conduit; "wide berth"; World Series; Other references Deep Space 9 schematic: cargo turbo subsystem; crew quarters; crossover bridge; defense sail; defense systems monitor; deflector emitter; docking clamp; docking control cabin; docking pylon; docking ring; docking ring airlock; environmental purge/fill station; exhaust cone; fusion reactor assembly; habitat ring; ops module; ore processing center; phaser strip; photon torpedo launcher; power transfer conduit; promenade; radiator; reaction control thruster; runabout pad; sensor array; structural assembly; subspace antenna farm; tractor emitter; tug tractor emitter assembly External links de:Der Widersacher es:The Adversary nl:The Adversary ru:Агрессор (эпизод) Adversary, The

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The Way of the Warrior (episode)

When a Klingon fleet under General Martok arrives at the station ostensibly to protect the Alpha Quadrant from the Dominion, Sisko recruits Lieutenant Commander Worf to discover the Klingons' true intentions. (Season premiere) Summary Teaser The Deep Space 9 crew hunts a Changeling through the space station. Using wide-angle phaser sweeps, Captain Benjamin Sisko and Major Kira Nerys chase the Changeling to the Promenade, where it suddenly resumes humanoid shape and grabs hold of Doctor Julian Bashir after emerging from the Promenade directory. It is Odo, and the chase was really just a surprise drill. Kira asks the computer how much time it took to catch Odo; three hours and twenty-seven minutes is the answer. Odo laments that duration isn't good enough, noting how any other Founder would have had a field day with the station in that length of time, culminating in Bashir's death. The staff is then dismissed with a warning to scan anything and everything next time, given the other Founders' increased proclivity for shapeshifting. Another random drill is scheduled, and an offer from Quark to take bets on how long the staff will take to catch Odo is rebuffed. That night, when Kasidy Yates joins Sisko for a romantic dinner, she remarks that there have been some changes on Deep Space 9. Firstly, Sisko has shaved his head, of which Yates approves. Secondly, there has been a lot of "maintenance" done on the station lately. Sisko is secretive, but hints that the crew is preparing a few "surprises" in case the Dominion decides to attack the station. The recent revelation that Changelings have infiltrated the Alpha Quadrant has caused a large amount of unrest, and the Cardassians have responded by sealing their borders. The couple present each other with gifts – Sisko gives Kasidy a garment made from rare Tholian silk, while Kasidy returns the gesture by handing Sisko a Pike City Pioneers baseball cap from Cestus III. Their dinner is interrupted when the new Klingon flagship, the , decloaks at the station. Its commander, General , requests shore leave at Deep Space 9. After Sisko agrees, the DS9 crew is amazed when an entire armada of Klingon ships decloaks around the station. Act One In Quark's, the Ferengi bartender nervously opines with O'Brien and Bashir that the Klingons who have arrived are awfully quiet. When Martok meets with Captain Sisko and Major Kira, he immediately wants them to use his d'k tahg to cut their palms, proving that they bleed and therefore are not Changelings. When the Klingon is satisfied that Sisko and Kira are really who they appear to be, Martok explains that the Klingon fleet have been sent to fight alongside their Federation allies against the Dominion. Sisko appreciates the gesture, but isn't sure it's necessary as their communications relay in the Gamma Quadrant hasn't detected any signs of Jem'Hadar activity for quite some time, but Martok insists that the Dominion will come, and the Klingons will remain in Bajoran space to counter the inevitable attack. The DS9 crew resumes regular duties, despite the fact that the station's complement now includes countless Klingons. Kira and Jadzia Dax visit the holosuite, which recreates the Hoobishan Baths on . Kira is distracted away from the holograms and unimpressed with them, admitting that she has never had much of an imagination. Odo and Garak have a quiet breakfast at the Replimat, where a worried Garak reveals that, since the destruction of the Obsidian Order, he has heard rumors of civil uprisings on Cardassia. Their meal is interrupted when a group of Klingons accosts Morn on the Promenade. Odo breaks up the altercation, but the lead Klingon, Drex, levels threats at both Garak and Odo. Odo tells the group of Klingons to leave the Promenade or be thrown in a holding cell. Drex and his thugs later ambush and beat Garak in his tailor shop. Act Two As Bashir repairs the Cardassian's broken bones, he states he is surprised that Garak isn't pressing charges. Garak, in his usual manner, brushes off the beating but is wondering why Klingons have become so hostile to Cardassians. When Kasidy Yates' freighter, the , sends out a distress call, Sisko and the crew of DS9 board the . After arriving at the Xhosas coordinates, they discover that Commander Kaybok of the Klingon Bird-of-Prey is searching all vessels exiting Bajoran space for Changelings, including the Xhosa. When Sisko threatens Kaybok that the Defiant will open fire on the M'Char, the Klingon commander allows the Xhosa to break free of the M'Chars tractor beam. Once the senior officers return to Deep Space 9, Martok meets with Sisko again in his office, only to slam a d'k tahg onto Sisko's desk and leaves. Dax explains that the dagger belongs to Kaybok and that Martok gave it to Sisko to let him know that he executed Kaybok as punishment for disobeying his orders. Sisko realizes that something must be done now before the situation escalates out of control. Remembering how Curzon once told him that the only people who can really handle Klingons are other Klingons, Sisko notifies Starfleet Command of the situation and Starfleet consequently dispatches Lieutenant Commander Worf to the station. Upon his arrival, Chief O'Brien welcomes his old crewmate aboard. A disgruntled Quark, however, upon seeing Worf, sarcastically remarks that precisely what the station needs is "another Klingon." Act Three Worf immediately goes to see Captain Sisko to introduce himself and report for duty. When Worf meets the captain, Sisko offers condolences for the loss of the in battle, calling it a good ship. Despite thanking Sisko for his condolences, Worf is clearly not willing to talk about it. As is established during their conversation, he has been on extended leave at the Klingon monastery on Boreth for a time. Sisko apologizes for interrupting Worf's leave, but Worf tells Sisko his leave was almost over. When Sisko asks where Worf will likely be assigned next, Worf admits he has been considering resigning from Starfleet. When Sisko asks why, Worf explains that living among Humans for most of his live has never been easy for him, but that it has become even harder for him since the Enterprise was destroyed and that he is no longer sure of his place in Starfleet anymore. Sisko tells Worf that, if he doesn't want the assignment, he will understand, but Worf tells Sisko that, until he decides one way or the other about resigning, he is going to do his duty. With that, Sisko gives Worf his assignment: find out what the Klingons are up to. Before Worf leaves, Sisko cautions him that he too once considered resigning from Starfleet, but now believes that would have been the wrong choice. He urges the Klingon to consider his decision carefully and Worf promises the captain he will keep that in mind. Worf ventures into Quark's, surprising the Ferengi by asking for prune juice over the traditional Klingon choice of bloodwine. Chief O'Brien asks his old shipmate to join him and introduces him to Doctor Bashir and darts. Worf's first try at the sport ends up with him throwing the dart halfway through the board. Then, Kira and Dax emerge from the holosuite, dressed in bright, colorful and extravagant medieval clothes, arguing over the fact that Kira knocked out Sir Lancelot. O'Brien introduces Worf to the two, and while Kira is embarrassed and tries to explain the clothes, Dax is quite taken with him. Just then, Drex starts to stir up trouble, so Worf decides it's the perfect time to make his first attempt at finding out what the Klingons are up to. He picks a fight with Drex and takes the warrior's d'k tahg. Drex's father, who happens to be General Martok, comes to Worf's quarters to demand the return of his son's "honor". There, Worf voices his disappointment in Martok for the general's dishonorable tactics of harassing personnel and ships, but Martok vows that it is all in the Alpha Quadrant's best interests. Afterwards, Worf vents his frustration on a tactical holosuite program. When Dax arrives, she challenges him to a battle with bat'leths. After a brief fight, Worf gains the upper hand and sweeps Dax off her feet. Dax rhetorically asks whether the simulation made Worf feel better. Worf is frustrated at the situation, noting that his contacts on the Klingon homeworld refuse to speak with him. Dax suggests that, with so many Klingons on the station, surely one of them owes the House of Mogh a favor and might be willing to reveal the true reason they are there. Worf invites an old family friend, Klingon officer Huraga, for a drink. When they consume a large quantity of bloodwine and become drunk, Worf presses Huraga for information. Owing Worf's father, Mogh, as Mogh had saved Huraga's House during their feud with the House of Duras, Huraga tells Worf all about the "glorious battle" that awaits them ahead. What Worf learns disturbs him, so much so that he hesitates to tell Sisko. Odo argues with Worf on the Promenade and tells the Klingon that no matter what choice he makes, it is his duty to inform Sisko which side he's on before it's too late. Worf decides to tell Sisko the ominous truth – the Klingons are about to attack Cardassia. The rumors are true; the Central Command has been overthrown by civilian resistance and power has been transferred to civilian authorities. The Klingons are convinced that Changeling infiltrators are responsible, although they have no hard proof. But they are convinced that civilians couldn't have done it without outside help. In the wardroom, Sisko confronts Martok and demands that the Klingons call off their attack. Martok hints that Chancellor Gowron will be told of Worf's involvement in uncovering news of the planned attack. Worf himself feels guilty that he has essentially betrayed the Klingon Empire. When Sisko points out that Starfleet will never support an unprovoked invasion and that the attack will place the Federation-Klingon alliance in jeopardy, Martok claims he will return to his ship and consult with Gowron. However, once Martok beams aboard his ship, he sends a message to the Klingon fleet, ordering them to begin their attack. The fleet cloaks and warps away from the station, heading straight for Cardassia Prime. Act Four The crew of DS9 meets in the wardroom. They are in a particularly nasty predicament: warning the Cardassians of the Klingon invasion is tantamount to treachery, and the Federation Council has decided not to get involved until they speak with Gowron, a decision supported by the Bajoran government. Besides, the Klingons may be correct that the Dominion was involved in the coup, since, as Odo points out, this is indeed how the Founders would set about gaining control of Cardassia. Kira states that the Obsidian Order's destruction gave the Cardassian dissident movement the strength and momentum it needed to take over the government, with or without Dominion involvement. Worf points out that this is irrelevant — many Klingons in the Empire believe they have been at peace for too long and that the Empire must expand in order to survive. The looming Dominion threat has given them an excuse to attack and conquer. If the Klingons have returned to "the old ways" of conquest, Bajor, and potentially the Federation, are at risk and the crew need to do something to prevent that from happening. Sisko tries an unorthodox tactic – he invites Garak into the wardroom to measure the Starfleet captain for a new suit. As Garak works, the crew make sure the tailor overhears the fact that one-third of the Klingon military is currently heading into Cardassian space and will arrive within the hour. Garak excuses himself, and immediately afterwards returns to his shop to warn Gul Dukat. Busy fighting the civilian insurgency, the Cardassian Union is unprepared for a possible Klingon invasion. Later in Ops, Kira reports that the outlying Cardassian colonies were overrun almost immediately by the Klingons. But now that the Cardassian fleet has been mobilized, the Klingons are meeting stronger resistance. Dax jokingly says that it's almost as if somebody warned the Cardassians they were coming. Kira then says it'll hopefully make the Klingons think twice about what they're doing, but Worf says that's unlikely as now that the battle has begun, Martok and his troops will settle for nothing less than victory. Just then, Sisko exits his office with bad news: the Federation Council have decided to officially condemn the invasion, and in response, Gowron has expelled all Federation citizens from the Klingon Empire and recalled his ambassadors from the Federation. But that not all he did; the Klingons have withdrawn from the Khitomer Accords. The Federation-Klingon alliance has been officially dissolved. Despite this, however, O'Brien reports a Klingon ship has decloaked and requests permission to dock, claiming to have Chancellor Gowron on board, who wishes to personally speak with Worf. Aboard the Klingon ship, Gowron happily greets Worf and tells him that, despite everything, he still considers him a friend and ally. He then tells Worf why he is there; he wants him to leave Starfleet and join the Klingons in the battle which will give him a chance to redeem himself in the eyes of his people. Act Five Despite wanting to return to his people and knowing that he owes the chancellor much for restoring his honor and giving Kurn a seat on the Klingon High Council, Worf refuses, telling Gowron that he will not break his oath to Starfleet, nor will he support an unwarranted attack. Enraged, Gowron warns Worf that, if he refuses, the House of Mogh will be stripped of all its assets, Kurn will be removed from the High Council, and Worf himself will be exiled from the Klingon Empire and left with nothing. When Worf replies he'll still have his honor, Gowron simply says, "So be it." Later, Worf sits in Quark's, deep in thought, and is joined by O'Brien. After reminiscing over how they saved Captain Picard from the Borg, and how Worf knew they would succeed despite the overwhelming odds, he says he has decided to resign. O'Brien tries to convince him otherwise, assuring Worf that Starfleet is sure to build another Enterprise soon, but as far as Worf is concerned, the ship and the life he knew are gone. As he cannot return to Boreth and feels that his son is much happier living on Earth, Worf decides to apply for a commission with a distant cruiser fleet in the Nyberrite Alliance. Believing he is a liability to Captain Sisko's dealing with the Klingons, he asks Sisko to accept his resignation, but Sisko refuses – Starfleet needs Worf now more than ever before. Indeed, word soon arrives that the Klingons have broken through the Cardassian fleet. Sisko contacts the new Cardassian government, the Detapa Council, only to see the face of Dukat. Apparently, Dukat switched sides when it was clear that the coup would succeed. Sisko devises a plan: if Dukat can get the Council on a ship and rendezvous with the Defiant, they can seek refuge on Deep Space 9. Since the Klingons will execute all government officials in their invasion of Cardassia, Dukat agrees. Worf points out that – if Martok is correct, and members of the Detapa Council have been replaced by Changelings – then the Defiant will help them escape. Sisko considers it a risk worth taking. Knowing the Klingons may end up attacking the station, he orders the new weapons systems be checked and a partial evacuation of the civilian population. On his way to the airlock, Sisko runs into Kasidy, who had just got back an hour ago. The two muse how lousy their timing has been but share their first kiss. Sisko, Dax, Bashir, and Worf take the cloaked Defiant toward the rendezvous point. Worf admits he feels strange being on a Federation starship with a cloaking device, but Sisko assures him he'll get used to it. Bashir reminds Sisko that their agreement with the Romulans regarding the cloaking device strictly forbids its use in the Alpha Quadrant. Sisko is aware of this, but also knows there are probably countless Klingon ships between them and Dukat and he wants to make it to the rendezvous in one piece. In response, Bashir tells Sisko he will not say anything if he doesn't, to which Sisko replies with a subtle wink. Later, the Defiant comes across a debris field of Cardassian ships destroyed by the Klingon invaders. Although there may be survivors, the only way to find out is decloaking the Defiant to use the main sensors. Worf advises against it, warning there are probably Klingon ships cloaked and lying in-wait. When Bashir argues that that doesn't sound very honorable, Worf replies that, to Klingons, in war there is nothing more honorable than winning. Despite the chance of survivors and over Bashir's objection, Sisko knows making the rendezvous is more important and decides not to take the risk. When the Defiant arrives at the coordinates, they find three Klingon Birds-of-Prey are in the vicinity and are attacking the Cardassian cruiser Prakesh. Act Six When the Klingons ignore the Defiants hails and fire the first shot, the starship targets the lead Bird-of-Prey and seriously damages its engines. With the Prakeshs shields, weapons and engines obliterated, Sisko is left with no choice but to drop the Defiants shields and transport Dukat and the Council off their impaired vessel, but he also decides to err on the side of caution and orders that they undergo blood screenings. Sisko gambles that the Defiants ablative armor will be sufficient against the attacks from the Birds-of-Prey. The Defiant begins firing at will and destroys the second Klingon vessel in the process. When a larger attack cruiser joins the melee, Worf uses his tactical experience and suggests the use of a modulated tractor beam to deflect some of the Klingon disruptor fire. The Defiant crew is successful in rescuing all the Detapa Council members, although the Defiants cloaking device has been damaged. The Defiant flies to maximum warp as the Prakesh explodes, and two Klingon vessels follow the starship. Meanwhile, Doctor Bashir has examined all the Council members, including Dukat, and determined that no-one aboard is a Changeling. The Defiant successfully reaches Deep Space 9, where O'Brien detects the pursuing Klingon ships. As the Defiant approaches the station, the crew detect several dozen Klingon ships. O'Brien has requested reinforcements from Starfleet Command, but the relief task force, under command of Admiral Hastur, has not yet reached the station. Sisko makes the decision to sound battle stations. Act Seven The DS9 crew man their battle stations, preparing for the Klingons to attack, while civilians are evacuated off the Promenade (including a reluctant Quark, who wanted to defend his bar with his disruptor pistol, only to find that Rom has cannibalized it for replicator repair). The Detapa Council are sequestered away by Dukat and, unexpectedly, Garak, who raises a Cardassian disruptor to fight alongside Dukat. Martok and Gowron hail the station and offer an ultimatum – surrender the Cardassian officials, or the Klingons will take the Council members by force. Even when Sisko tells the two Klingons that the councilors have all been given blood screenings and confirmed to not be Changelings, Martok and Gowron remain determined to conquer Cardassia. Gowron urges Sisko to surrender, claiming the old station is as defenseless as a toothless old Grishnar cat, to which Sisko confidently replies with an assurance that the "old cat" might not be as "toothless" as Gowron thinks it is. Due to the Dominion threat, Deep Space 9 has been given some major tactical upgrades – the station is now equipped with more than 5,000 photon torpedoes ready to fire. Nevertheless, Gowron ushers in the prospect of battle by declaring, in Klingon, Kahless' battle cry: "Today is a good day to die!" The Klingon fleet begins their attack. Act Eight When the Klingon fleet enters weapons range, DS9 unleashes several volleys of the station's new armaments. With multiple phaser banks and telescoping photon torpedo launchers, the station destroys ship after ship. Furious, Gowron orders the Negh'Var to fire its cannons directly at DS9's shield generators. The station's defensive systems fail, and Klingon boarding parties beam into Ops, the Promenade, and the Cardassians' quarters. After a series of firefights and fierce hand-to-hand combat, the DS9 crew manage to regain control of the situation. An injured O'Brien restores the shields, and Dax announces the arrival of the Starfleet reinforcements, six ships led by the . Gowron has little choice but to retreat. He parts with one final threat: "You have sided against us in battle. And this we do not forgive… or forget." (See also: First Battle of Deep Space 9) "Captain's log, Stardate 49011.4. Gowron has returned to the Klingon homeworld and his task force has withdrawn from Bajoran space. I don't know if I can fully express the pride I felt at seeing how well Deep Space 9 and its crew weathered this latest crisis. While the station suffered heavy damage during the Klingon attack, repairs are well ahead of schedule and life on the station is beginning to return to normal, leaving me with one final piece of unfinished business." As the Klingons retreat and the Venture arrives, life on the station returns to normal. Quark reopens the bar, much to the delight of Morn, and Garak returns to his tailor shop. As Worf packs up his belongings, Sisko arrives with his discharge papers, wanting him to look them over before he sends them to Starfleet and makes his resignation official. Sisko tells Worf that he also considered leaving Starfleet after the death of his wife, believing that, once he took off the uniform, the pain would go away. But he soon realized that the pain would only end up catching up to him, and the only way he could beat it was to stand his ground and face it. In the end, he knows what he is and what he will always be – a Starfleet officer. Worf finally realizes that resigning from Starfleet won't help him move on from the destruction of the Enterprise and decides to stay in the service. Sisko offers to speak with the captain of the Venture to see if he has a position for him. Worf, however, instead requests a posting on Deep Space 9. Worf later reports for duty in Ops, taking the post of strategic operations officer and wearing a red Starfleet uniform. The rest of the senior staff congratulate him on his new posting, as Worf confides to O'Brien that he looks forward to new challenges in the command division. Sisko reports that Dukat and the rest of the Detapa Council returned to Cardassia Prime safely and have sent thanks, although everyone knows Dukat will end up taking most of the credit. The news is not all good, however, as the Klingons are continuing to remain near DS9. They have refused to abandon several Cardassian colonies they seized and have started fortifying their positions. Sisko tells his crew that they also won't be backing down but will be staying right where they are – aboard Deep Space 9. Log entries Captain's log, Deep Space 9, 2372 Memorable quotes "I didn't know you spoke Klingon." "Oh, you'd be surprised at the things you can learn when you're doing alterations." - Odo and Garak, with a quip as the latter casually disregards his service in the Obsidian Order "Ah, but I dealt them several cutting remarks which, no doubt, did severe damage to their egos." "This isn't funny." "I'm serious, Doctor. Thanks to your ministrations, I'm almost completely healed! But the damage I did to them will last a lifetime…." - Garak and Julian Bashir, at the infirmary, after Garak is assaulted by Klingons in his shop "The longer the Klingons are here, the worse things are going to get. Whatever you decide to do, you'd better do it soon." "Curzon told me once that in the long run, the only people who can really handle the Klingons… are Klingons. Get me Starfleet Command." - Jadzia Dax and Benjamin Sisko, before the latter requests Worf "Commander Worf." "Chief. It has been a long time." "Too long. Welcome aboard." - O'Brien and Worf, reuniting as Worf arrives on Deep Space 9 "Just what this station needs… another Klingon." - Quark, upon seeing Worf "I was sorry to hear about the Enterprise. She was a good ship." - Benjamin Sisko, to Worf about the loss of the "Let me guess, Klingon bloodwine." "Prune juice. Chilled." (laughs) "Prune juice!" (stops laughing when Worf glares at him) "If you say so." - Quark and Worf, upon their first meeting "Nice hat." - Worf, on first meeting Kira and Jadzia "You forget, I am not only a Klingon warrior; I am a Starfleet officer, and Starfleet deserves an explanation!" "They will get one soon enough. Until then, know this: my mission will determine the fate of the Klingon Empire. Interfere, and you risk destroying us all!" - Worf and Martok "The Klingons? Why would the Klingons invade us?" "According to my sources, the Klingon High Council believes that Cardassia has been taken over by the Founders." "That's ridiculous." "Is it?" "Garak, you have got to talk to Sisko. Tell him he has to find some way to stop the Klingons. Cardassia has enough problems right now." "You're having trouble keeping the civilians in line?" "How do you know about that?" "I'm afraid that since the fall of the Obsidian Order, Cardassian security isn't what it used to be." "Yes. Shame about the Order. I suppose there won't be much demand for your services anymore. Looks like you'll be hemming women's dresses for the rest of your life." "We can stand here all day reminding ourselves just how much we hate each other, but you don't have the time. The Klingon fleet will reach Cardassian territory in less than one hour. I suggest you prepare for them." - Dukat and Garak, on the impending Klingon invasion of Cardassia "Well, what did the Federation Council say?" "They've decided to condemn the Klingon invasion. In response, Gowron has expelled all Federation citizens from the Klingon Empire and recalled his ambassadors from the Federation." "You're saying he cut off diplomatic relations?" "He's done more than that. The Klingons have withdrawn from the Khitomer Accords. The peace treaty between the Federation and the Klingon Empire has ended." - O'Brien, Sisko and Kira, on the destruction of the alliance between the Federation and the Klingon Empire "Don't get killed." "I'll do my best" - Kassidy and Sisko, after sharing their first kiss together "Sir, I hate to bring this up, but our agreement with the Romulans expressly prohibits use of the cloaking device in the Alpha Quadrant." "You're right, it does. But there are hundreds of Klingon ships between us and Dukat, and I intend to make that rendezvous in one piece." "Well, I won't tell the Romulans if you don't." (Sisko winks) - Bashir and Sisko "Thank you, Doctor, but if you don't mind, I would like to go to the bridge now." "This will only take a minute. Your arm, please." "What is the meaning of this?" "Just a simple blood screening." "I assure you, Doctor, I am not a Changeling." "Then you have nothing to worry about." "I find this whole procedure offensive." "And I find you offensive. Now hold out your arm or I'll have a security officer do it for you." - Dukat and Bashir "Captain, would you kindly inform this security guard that he does not have to monitor my every move? It makes me feel unwelcome." "Looks like I won, Benjamin. You owe me dinner." "And what is that supposed to mean?" "Captain Sisko bet me that you would thank him for the rescue before you started complaining." "I lost." - Dukat, Dax and Sisko "The Klingons?!? First it was the Cardassians… then it was the Dominion… now it's the Klingons! How's a Ferengi supposed to make an honest living in a place like this?" - Quark, exasperated before the Klingon attack on DS9 "Doctor." "Constable. What can I do for you?" "I just want you to know I'll be assigning a security team to the infirmary for your protection." "Well, thank you, but I'd rather you didn't. I'm going to have wounded people in here. The last thing I need is a team of deputies having a firefight in my doorway." "I understand. Just do me a favor. Don't count on that blue uniform to protect you. In the heat of battle, Klingons aren't very choosy about their targets. Doctor or no doctor, you might end up having to defend yourself." "Well, hopefully it won't come to that. But if it does, I promise you I'll be ready." "That's all I ask." "And while we're on the subject, Constable, I'm sure there's more than one Klingon who thinks that slaying a Changeling would be worthy of a song or two." "Doctor, if a Klingon were to kill me, I'd expect nothing less than an entire opera on the subject." "Maybe. I just don't want to have to listen to it. Watch your back." - Odo and Bashir "Come on, Quark, move it along. You should be in the emergency shelter by now." "I'm not going to any emergency shelter. This is my bar, and I'm going to defend it." "Really? And how do you plan to do that?" "With this." "You're going to hit them with a box?" "No. This is my disruptor pistol. The one I used to carry in the old days, when I was serving on that Ferengi freighter." "I thought you were the ship's cook." "That's right. And every member of that crew thought he was a food critic. If the Klingons try to get through these doors, I'll be ready for them." (reads note in the empty box) "Dear Quark, I used parts from your disruptor to fix the replicators. Will return them soon. Rom." "I will kill him!" "With what?" - Odo and Quark "That's close enough, Garak." "I wanted to make sure that the council members were safe." "Hoping, no doubt, that your concern would curry some political favor?" "Oh, and I take it your concern is motivated strictly by patriotism." "Oh, the council members are well aware of my patriotism. And the sacrifices I was willing to make in order to save them. Now, why don't you go back to your little tailor shop and sew something?" "Because if the Klingons do invade this station, you may just need… my help. Who would have thought that the two of us would be fighting side by side?" "Just remember when you fire that thing, you're aiming it at a Klingon." "I'll try to keep that in mind." - Dukat and Garak, before the upcoming battle "I find this hand-to-hand combat really quite distasteful!" "I suppose you prefer the simplicity of an interrogation chamber!" "You have to admit, it's much more civilized!" - Garak and Dukat, during the fight with the Klingons "This is exactly what the Founders want: Klingon against Cardassian! Federation against Klingon! The more we fight each other, the weaker we'll get, and the less chance we have against the Dominion!" - Benjamin Sisko "Consider what you do here, Gowron. Kahless himself said, 'Destroying an empire to win a war is no victory…" "…and ending a battle to save an empire is no defeat." - Worf and Gowron "I do not intend to hand victory to the Dominion. But let your people know that the Klingon Empire will remember what has happened here. You have sided against us in battle, and this we do not forgive… or forget!" - Gowron "I finally realized that it wasn't Starfleet that I wanted to get away from: I was trying to escape the pain I felt after my wife's death. I thought I could take the uniform, wrap it around that pain, and toss them both away. But it doesn't work like that. Running may help, for a little while – but sooner or later the pain catches up with you, and the only way to get rid of it is to stand your ground and face it." - Sisko "Looks like the Klingons are here to stay." "Maybe they are, but so are we." - Kira and Sisko Background information Season 4 introduced several changes to . These included a new title sequence, new credits, and promotions for several characters. For more information, please see DS9 Season 4. Story and script At the end of the third season, the writers had planned on doing a "Changelings on Earth" storyline, which would end on a cliffhanger. However, Paramount said that they didn't want a cliffhanger ending, forcing the writers to go in a different direction. This not only necessitated a rethinking of the end of the third season, but also a rethinking of the opening of the fourth. The "Changelings on Earth" two-parter was molded into the fourth season episodes and , while the rethinking of the end of Season 3 produced , a show which left things very open-ended as to how the series was to proceed. Falling ratings had led to the studio giving the producers a mandate to do "something" to shake up the series. Initially, there was some discussion about having the Vulcans leave the United Federation of Planets. However, Ira Steven Behr found himself returning to the episode , specifically a line spoken by one of the Founders; "After today, the only threat remaining to us from the Alpha Quadrant are the Klingons and the Federation. And I doubt either of them will be a threat for much longer." Behr discussed the line with Ronald D. Moore, who had written it. Behr commented to Moore, "Maybe we're making a mistake. Maybe the Vulcans should not be the ones leaving the Federation. Maybe it's the Klingons who should break off diplomatic relations. That might bring more heat to it." Behr then pitched a Klingon arc to Rick Berman, who loved the idea. Behr and Berman then brought up the idea to the producers, who liked it but wanted another element. In response, Berman suggested using the opportunity to bring in the popular Worf as a main character. (; Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages, p. 100) Stated Behr, "We thought bringing in Worf would be a good idea because it would bring all the fans who miss the Klingons." (Star Trek - Where No One Has Gone Before, paperback ed., p. 200) Ronald D. Moore reacted positively to the suggestion that the Klingon-Federation alliance be broken. "I thought it was a necessary step forward," he remarked. Though Moore thought the alliance was "cool and interesting" because it varied the Klingons from how they had been portrayed in , he found the alliance was also restrictive and somewhat "defanged" the Klingons. As he saw it, only the internal politics and Worf family material could be depicted, rather than any sense of the Klingons as antagonists. "Ultimately, though, they're just great villains, worthy adversaries and very interesting. I think that's why we brought them back that way," Moore concluded. (Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages, p. 101) Robert Hewitt Wolfe was somewhat concerned how this episode would incorporate the Worf character into Deep Space Nine. "It was a really a situation of bringing Worf in, but not surrendering the show to a new character," he said. "When a lot of shows are in the process of bringing in a new character, there's always a danger of slighting the characters that are already established [….] My biggest concern about bringing on Worf, wasn't so much servicing Worf [….] My concern was protecting what we had done in the previous seasons." ("Flashback: The Way of the Warrior", ) Upon introducing Worf onto DS9 in this episode, the writing staff chose to elaborate on his backstory. "The character dynamic that we went for is that, basically, following the destruction of the Enterprise, his home was destroyed," recalled Ronald D. Moore. (Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages, p. 100) Michael Dorn summarized this episode by saying, "The Klingons had finally gone nuts, basically." () The scene between Garak and Quark in which they discuss root beer was one of several scenes that were added late in production because the episode was coming up a few minutes short. Ira Steven Behr said of the scene, "It was never meant as a joke. It was two aliens giving their individual viewpoints about what it was like to live under the Federation. They have serious problems with the whole Federation philosophy, and the fact that it's such a behemoth organization. But at the same time… even though they question the giant, they want the giant on their side when they're in trouble." () A scripted portion of the scene between Kira and O'Brien where they discuss upgrades to the station saw O'Brien reveal that he and Bashir were occasionally participating in a holosuite program based on the Battle of Britain. In the scene extension, Kira sought O'Brien's advice on how to enjoy the holosuite programs, referring to an earlier scene with Kira and Dax, where Kira expresses unease in the holographic Hoobishan Baths. (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion - A Series Guide and Script Library) Cast and characters Michael Dorn approved of how the Klingons are portrayed in this episode, observing that it made the Klingons what they had originally been created to be, by turning them into antagonists again. (Star Trek - Where No One Has Gone Before, paperback ed., p. 201) As he had worked with many members of the production crew on TNG, Dorn found adapting to his new working conditions was fairly straightforward. "It was actually comfortable and familiar. But just below the surface it was tense for me," he admitted, "and the combination of emotions was pretty interesting." (Star Trek - Where No One Has Gone Before, paperback ed., p. 201) Michael Dorn liked how Worf is characterized in this episode. "With the destruction of the Enterprise, Worf's world is gone. That's an interesting acting choice for any actor," he commented. "You've got to play a guy who's just lost. Before, he had his comrades around him, at least he was on the best ship in the galaxy, and he had the opportunity to fight and be honorable. But DS9 is like a station in Alaska or something. He doesn't consider it a punishment, but it's not the choicest assignment, either. I think he brings a lot of different things we definitely haven't seen yet. It's all very exciting." (Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages, pp. 100-101) Alexander Siddig commented, "That was a landmark for […] the actors, because we met Michael Dorn for the first time on our show. We all got a chance to work with Michael on that one, which was great fun. Once we got going with Worf being there and settled down to to doing it, we realized it wasn't going to be such a nightmare and that everything was probably going to be terrific. We all enjoyed that one and I particularly liked Chief O'Brien's line about his liking the look of Worf in red. It was such an unusual line and made me think that maybe O'Brien has a new sartorial eye that we never noticed before." () Cirroc Lofton (Jake Sisko) does not appear in this episode, though he is mentioned by Kasidy when he told her that Sisko was about to leave on a mission. This is the only season premiere from which he is absent. Production The first day of production on this episode was Tuesday . On that day, the cast and crew, now including Michael Dorn, reported to work to begin filming the episode. (Star Trek - Where No One Has Gone Before, paperback ed., p. 201) James L. Conway directed this episode while he was in the running to direct the next Star Trek film, . He commented, "I knew that I'd be up for the movie and be pitched to (then-Paramount boss) Sherry Lansing. So, for me, that two-hour episode was sort of an audition [….] It was very intimidating. But in my mind I had to prove to Rick Berman and Sherry that I could do this. So I put everything I possibly could into 'Way of the Warrior'. It was a two-hour, sixteen days, two eight-day weeks." Stunt Coordinator Dennis Madalone enjoyed filming the battle scenes between the crew in Ops and the Klingon boarding parties. Madalone commented, "That was one of my most enjoyable fights because on one side of the room Michael Dorn was taking out two or three guys, and Nana Visitor was taking out a couple of Klingons, and being stabbed [….] She really sold that whole plate. I remember Dax taking out a whole bunch of Klingons. The director gave me free rein to create and make things look busy." ("Flashback: The Way of the Warrior", ) The holographic skull fighter in the holosuite was originally played by Dennis Madalone. He took a hit in his eye in the fight scene with Michael Dorn, and stunt actor Tom Morga took over for Mandalone, so both stuntmen are present in the final aired version of the fight scene. (Information provided by Dennis Madalone) On 19 July 1995, A-camera filmed at least one take of a scene featuring Dennis Madalone as a Bajoran security deputy on the upper level of the Promenade, firing his phaser twice and then falling backwards. (What We Left Behind) In the fight scenes between the Klingons and the DS9 crew, only a few stuntmen appeared. They were "re-used" and most of them were shot twice or three times and appeared in the next scene in a different place. () In one scene, a security officer played by stunt actress Leslie Hoffman answers, "Thanks." The voice was added in postproduction, using another voice than Hoffman's. (Information provided by Leslie Hoffman) When it came time to film the root beer scene towards the end of the production schedule, Armin Shimerman and Andrew Robinson wanted to play the scene with an obvious layer of subtext, but James L. Conway felt it should be played exclusively for laughs. In the end, Ira Steven Behr came down on the subtext side of the debate. () Visual effects As his first task on Deep Space Nine, illustrator John Eaves, who was hired during the hiatus between seasons three and four, was assigned to design several new Klingon ships which were intended to first be depicted in this episode. Eaves drew a number of concepts, based upon existing models, but with numerous surface alterations. Ultimately, however, none of his proposed designs were included in the episode, as, due to budgetary constraints, the producers decided to use regular Klingon ships for the battle scenes instead (apart from the , which, originally intended for a one-time-only appearance in , was hurriedly brought back from the opening leg of a touring display, Star Trek: The Exhibition, in Scotland). (Deep Space Nine Sketchbook: John Eaves, DS9 Season 4 DVD special features) Both Gary Hutzel and Glenn Neufeld were assigned to this episode as co-visual effects supervisors. Usually, they did alternating episodes, but due to the level of effects needed for this show, it was felt that the talents of both men were required. () During the battle sequences between the Federation and Klingon fleets, the effects department used Playmates toys, Ertl model kits and Hallmark Bird-of-Prey Christmas ornaments in the background, in an effort to keep production costs down. When one of the toy ships was required to explode, special effects manager Gary Monak filled it with explosives and party glitter. () Episode cuts This season premiere was initially aired as a single, two-hour-long, feature-length episode, the second of three examples of its kind in the series, the first being and the third being . In repeat showings, however, the episode was edited into two one-hour parts. The following scenes were cut for time: Dax and Kira in the baths holoprogram Bashir and O'Brien eating sand peas at Quark's, while Quark mentions the quiet Klingons Odo and Quark discussing Quark's intention to defend his bar and the discovery of the missing disruptor pistol According to Ronald D. Moore, when the show was finished, it was actually too long, and there was some discussion about whether to cut the root beer scene, but Moore fought for it to remain. However, the scene was almost cut again when the episode was cut into two parts for syndication. (Captains' Logs: The Unauthorized Complete Trek Voyages, p. 105) Reception James L. Conway was proud of this episode. "It turned out spectacular," he enthused, "and that gave me confidence to go in and give a whole long pitch about how I'd do the movie [….] And [the installment] turned out great. So, for me, it was a lot of fun for a lot of reasons." Robert Hewitt Wolfe enjoyed the action of this episode, which he noted "appeals to the thirteen-year-old boy in all of us." But he thought the episode had achieved much more than this. He commented, "What makes me proud about this episode is that we managed to find the time to do something nice for every character on the series. Everybody got a moment or two that was very true to their characters; that was fun and exciting, and we used it as a chance to showcase all of our characters, not just introduce a new one." (Captains' Logs: The Unauthorized Complete Trek Voyages, p. 105) Wolfe elaborated on his comments, "I thought it was a very satisfying story. I thought it was attention grabbing. I hope it served its purpose in bringing back some of the TNG fans to the show, to make its case that DS9 was something really special. That it really deserved attention. I thought it did a great job. More to the point, it didn't ignore our already rich, established characters to do that. Every character in there had a great moment – an action sequence or a couple of action moments of their own, so we didn't just make it a Worf show [….] I was happy that DS9 didn't become the Worf show. We just had this great new element in addition to all the other great characters [….] 'Way of the Warrior' did that, bringing in a new, great character to our family without throwing out all the wonderful things that had been done up to that point." ("Flashback: The Way of the Warrior", ) Ira Steven Behr similarly noted, "I thought it was a real strong opening to the season. It had all the typical Deep Space Nine elements: It had action, comedy, relationships, and it was actually kind of fun." Behr also was impressed by the direction of Jim Conway. He noted, "I thought the scene at the end between Sisko and Worf was as finely an enacted scene as you're going to find in the franchise. I would point to that scene for anyone who has any doubts about Sisko. I thought he was strong, understanding and told it like it was. I was very proud of that scene and I'm proud of that episode." (Captains' Logs: The Unauthorized Complete Trek Voyages, p. 105) The reason Ronald D. Moore fought for the root beer scene to remain in this episode was that it was his favorite scene in the entire installment. He noted, "A great scene. Andy and Armin played it so well, and it's one of the stand-out moments of the season, if not the series. That's always what DS9 is good at, these characters." (Captains' Logs: The Unauthorized Complete Trek Voyages, p. 105) Moore also believed that Sisko's new appearance (which debuted in this episode) added a great deal to the scene where Sisko is in the wardroom with Worf and Martok. "It's a tense scene, and they're looking at each other but you get the impression that Avery is the guy in the room you've got to worry about. Sisko, suddenly, is the most threatening presence and the guy who is just going to kick your ass. There are two Klingons with him, and he's just blowing them away. I think it's really given him an edgy presence, which is great." (Captains' Logs: The Unauthorized Complete Trek Voyages, p. 102) Moore also admitted that he wasn't excited about bringing the Klingons into the DS9 TV series as a regular adversary. (What We Left Behind) This episode's initial airing took place after the news was leaked that Michael Dorn would be reprising his role of Lieutenant Commander Worf on DS9. (Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages, p. 100) Alexander Siddig noted that, due to this episode introducing Worf into the DS9 series, this episode was "a landmark for the fans." () However, there was reportedly some concern from fans that dissolving the Federation-Klingon alliance, causing the two sides to resume their former militaristic stances, would directly breach what was widely considered to be one of Gene Roddenberry's personal accomplishments in creating . Ronald D. Moore and Robert Hewitt Wolfe later objected to this notion, Wolfe stating, "I wouldn't call the idea retro Star Trek." (Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages, p. 101) Author Una McCormack commented, "I started watching with 'The Way of the Warrior', and I think that's quite a good place to come into DS9; it's a very slick episode, the show has a new surety of touch. You feel immediately immersed in this quite detailed and rich milieu […] so I felt that I was watching a well-imagined show with plenty going on that I could learn about and discover. It didn't feel cardboard, it felt as if it had depth." Writer Christopher Priest thought that this episode was the start of Worf being a much more interesting character than he was on TNG. This episode was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Visual Effects. In Star Trek 101 (p. 125), Terry J. Erdmann and Paula M. Block list "The Way of the Warrior" as being one of the "Ten Essential Episodes" from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Cinefantastique ranked "The Way of the Warrior" as the second-best episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. (Cinefantastique, Vol. 32, No. 4/5, p. 97) Erika Lippoldt commented: "The reintroduction of a core TNG cast-member as a regular on another series could have felt cheap or forced—but fortunately for us, it turned out to be a wonderfully executed season premiere. The continued exploration of Worf's identity struggle between Klingon and Starfleet, his integration into the ensemble of this show—while doing them justice as well—and the cool action made for an extremely satisfying episode". Continuity This episode contains many references to other episodes of Deep Space Nine as well as Star Trek: The Next Generation: This episode follows on from the revelation, in the third season finale , that the Founders had infiltrated the Alpha Quadrant. Garak and Odo having breakfast together is something that Odo suggested they should do in the third season episode . There are numerous references to the destruction of the Obsidian Order. The Order was destroyed in the Battle of the Omarion Nebula, which also occurred in the third season episode "The Die is Cast". Sisko's reference to having once considered resigning from Starfleet is a callback to DS9's pilot episode, . Sisko's claim that the communications array in the Gamma Quadrant hasn't detected any Dominion ship movements near the wormhole is a reference to the third season episode , in which the communications array is deployed. Worf's claim to Dax that he has even tried to contact Emperor is a reference to the TNG episode , in which a clone of the historical Kahless is installed as a kind of spiritual adviser for the Klingon populace. During the conversation between Worf and O'Brien at Quark's, the latter mentions the holodecks not working right; this is a reference to the episodes and . Two other holodeck havoc episodes were and , neither of which Chief O'Brien was present for. The various mentions of the destruction of the refer to the film . The Cardassian Dissident Movement which takes over control of Cardassia Prime from the Central Command was first introduced in the second season episode , while it was shown to be gathering momentum in the third season episode . Chancellor Gowron's restoration of Worf's family honor took place in the TNG episode . O'Brien and Worf's conversation about saving Jean-Luc Picard from the Borg is a reference to the TNG episode . When Bashir points out to Sisko that they aren't supposed to be using the cloaking device in the Alpha Quadrant, it is a reference to the episodes (where the cloaking device was introduced) and (when the rule about not using it in the Alpha Quadrant was revealed). The animosity between Garak and Dukat, which is seen several times throughout the episode, was first alluded to in the second season episode and then again in the third season episode . When the Klingons scan Deep Space 9 after Sisko refuses to turn over the Detapa Council, the weapons Starfleet had installed are dismissed by General Martok as "duranium shadows and thoron fields" in reference to , where Kira and O'Brien used duranium shadows and thoron fields to mask the lack of weapons on the station from several Cardassian ships. Quark comments that Worf only drinks prune juice, a reference to . Sisko's line of dialogue in this episode about the Defiant, "Looks like we're going to find out just how much of a pounding this ship can take," was later paid homage to in . In that episode, Charles Tucker III – commanding officer of in an alternate timeline – states, "I think we're going to find out how much of a beating these new shields can take." ("Twilight" audio commentary, ENT Season 3 Blu-ray special features) Sisko waits to have the weapons array activated until the Klingons have already attacked, then orders the weapons to be fired in volleys, beginning with even-numbered photon launchers, then odd-numbered ones, then phasers. At that point he tries to hail Gowron, hoping that the display of the station's firepower and the destruction of several Klingon ships will be enough to get them to call off the attack, but the Klingons ignore their hail. Only then does he finally order all weapons to fire at will. In , when faced with similarly massive assault on the station, it is shown that Sisko uses a very different strategy to defend against the Dominion (the weapons array is already activated when the Dominion attacks, and he orders all weapons to fire immediately) presumably because, unlike with the Klingons, he isn't harboring hope of resolving the battle with any kind of diplomacy. This is the first episode where Sisko is bald, a look that he maintained for the remainder of the series. Worf previously visited Deep Space 9 in . This episode marks the first appearance of Worf's mek'leth, his personal bladed weapon (something Michael Dorn had specifically requested upon joining the series). It would reappear in several future episodes as well as Star Trek: First Contact. It is later revealed in and further elaborated in that Martok was a Changeling during the time that this episode is set. However, Martok cuts his hand early in this episode and it clearly bleeds, which would usually indicate that the person isn't a Changeling. This suggests that the Changelings had found a way around the test. This is likely when one considers that this is a popular ritual for Klingons and the possibility of Changeling infiltration would only stand to encourage the practice; hence, to ensure infiltration, the Changelings would absolutely have to find a way around it. On the other hand, the Martok Changeling may have specifically chosen his palm to cut as he may have been hiding a blood pack in that area of his humanoid shape. In fact, in the episode , when the Federation implements similar screenings on Earth, Sisko's father is able to suggest, off the top of his head, a method by which this could be easily accomplished by a resourceful Changeling. The new TR-590 Medical Tricorder X appears for the first time in this episode, after the new regular tricorder had already been introduced in . Worf previously wore a red command division uniform through the first season of The Next Generation while he served as a junior command officer, but he switched to gold and the operations division when he became head of security on the Enterprise in the second season. Near the end of this episode, Worf transfers back to the command division, becomes DS9's new strategic operations officer and the Defiants executive officer, and again dons a red uniform. Quark mentions that his cousin sells weapons. This forms the basis of the fifth season episode , where Gaila (played by Josh Pais) appears. Gaila also appears in the Season 6 episode . In this episode, while on the bridge of the Defiant, Worf comments that he has never been on a Federation ship with a cloaking device. However, in , he was aboard the Enterprise-D as it engaged an experimental cloaking device. The Klingon drinking song established herein can also be heard in two episodes: The Doctor and Seven of Nine sing it in , and Neelix sings the song's first two lines in . In a scene at Quark's Bar, Worf begins a fight with Drex, son of General Martok, by striking Drex with the back of his hand. In , Worf explains that striking a Klingon with the back of your hand is a challenge to a fight to the death. From this episode onward, Sisko sports a bald head, but retains his goatee. Klingon translations provides the following translations: Drex's insult to Odo: "Does your mother let you talk to adult men?" Martok, delivering Kaybok's d'k tahg to Sisko: "For you." Dax's quip to Worf: "Yeah, but I'm a lot better looking than he was." : "And the blood was ankle deep / And the River Skral ran crimson red / On the day above all days / When Kahless slew evil Molor dead." Martok and Gowron, in battle: "They fight like Klingons!" "Then they can die like Klingons! Destroy their shields! Prepare boarding parties!" "I understand. All ships, concentrate fire on their shield generators." Gowron, right before the battle: "Today is a good day to die," as explicitly translated by Worf. Note, however, that this is different from previous Klingon versions of the phrase, which are usually stated as "Heghlu'meH QaQ jajvam", instead of "CHEGH-chew jaj-VAM jaj-KAK!" as in this episode. Martok, near the end of battle: "But Gowron, victory is near." Other This episode is the first of only three feature-length episodes in the Star Trek series that are not series pilots or finales. The other two are both installments of : namely, and . This episode is dedicated to the memory of Gregg Duffy Long and Ronald W. Smith. A special piece of promotional artwork (pictured) was created to advertise the episode in the UK. The artwork was used as the cover of the CIC Video VHS release, in addition to advertisements for the new season. Although it was merely scripted for this episode and wasn't ultimately included in the final version of this installment, the notion that Bashir and O'Brien were occasionally participating in a holosuite program based on the Battle of Britain was later officially mentioned in . (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion - A Series Guide and Script Library) The footage of the and other starships docked and traveling past Deep Space 9 was subsequently reused in and . John Eaves' work on this episode was not in vain, as his discarded Klingon ship design later served as the basis for the 22nd century in the series . Among the items from this episode which were sold off on the It's A Wrap! sale and auction on eBay was one of the swimming trunks worn by one of the holographic Trill. The trunks were later re-used and worn by background actor David Polk in the VOY episode . Apocrypha This episode was adapted by Diane Carey in the novelization . In that book, the story point about Martok dismissing DS9's weapons as "duranium shadows and thoron fields" was expanded upon by having the Klingon attack on Garak serve the additional purpose of acquiring information on the station's defenses, but Garak, having guessed their plans, had deliberately provoked them into going after him and had subsequently provided them with out-of-date information on the station to lull them into a false sense of security. At one point in this episode, Martok says to Sisko and Kira, "The blood will tell." In , the series Star Trek: Klingons - Blood Will Tell was released. The Star Trek: The Lost Era The Art of the Impossible depicts the Betreka Nebula Incident, which began an eighteen-year conflict between the Klingon Empire and the Cardassian Union. In the novel, the conflict takes place from 2328 to 2346. Remastered version Remastered scenes from "The Way of the Warrior" are featured in the documentary What We Left Behind. Video and DVD releases UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 4.1, catalog number VHR 4203, This volume features a special case sleeve – a gatefold showcasing the promotional art for the episode, as well as background covering the events between series, such as the closing of the Cardassian borders, and increased belligerence on the part of the Klingons. As part of the US VHS collection Star Trek - The Greatest Battles: As part of the UK VHS collection Star Trek - Greatest Battles: As part of the DS9 Season 4 DVD collection As part of the Star Trek: Fan Collective - Klingon collection Links and references Guest Stars Penny Johnson as "Kasidy Yates" Marc Alaimo as "Gul Dukat" Robert O'Reilly as Gowron J.G. Hertzler as Obi Ndefo as Drex Christopher Darga as Kaybok William Dennis Hunt as Huraga Special Guest Star Andrew Robinson as "Garak" Co-Stars Patricia Tallman as a Weapons Officer Judi Durand as the Computer Voice Uncredited Co-Stars Sam Alejan as Starfleet medical officer Scott Barry as Bajoran officer Ivor Bartels as Starfleet security officer Jeff Cadiente as Bajoran officer Ken Clark as Klingon warrior George Colucci as Bajoran security deputy Brian Demonbreun as Starfleet command/security officer Kathleen Demor as Klingon warrioress Starfleet security officer Andrew DePalma as Klingon Scott DeRoy as Cardassian officer Starfleet sciences officer Chris Doyle as Klingon warrior Terry Green as operations lieutenant Charles Grisham as Starfleet operations officer Leslie Hoffman as Starfleet security ensign Randy James as Julious Keys as Klingon warrior Mark Lentry as Starfleet command lieutenant Ken Lesco as Klingon warrior David B. Levinson as Broik Irving Lewis as Klingon warrior Shauna Lewis as Starfleet operations officer Dennis Madalone as Bajoran security deputy Holographic skull fighter Starfleet operations officer Klingon warrior Johnny Martin as Mary Mascari as Bajoran woman Mary Meinel-Newport as Bolian woman James Minor as Starfleet security officer Tom Morga as Holographic skull fighter Klingon warrior Robin Morselli as Bajoran officer Fran Severini as Detapa Council member Mark Allen Shepherd as Morn James Lee Stanley as Bajoran security deputy Scott Strozier as Bajoran security deputy Malko Unknown performers as Alexander Rozhenko Bajoran monk Dabo girl Defiant transporter officer Holographic Trill Klingon warrior Pakled Prakesh bridge officer Six Cardassian Detapa Council members Taal Stunt Doubles John Lendale Bennett as stunt double for Obi Ndefo Brennan Dyson as stunt double for Michael Dorn J. 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The Visitor (episode)

After an accident in the engine room of the Defiant apparently claims the life of Benjamin Sisko, Jake lives out his life in an endless quest to locate his father. Summary Teaser On Earth, in a house on the Louisiana bayou near New Orleans. It is dark and stormy outside as an elderly Jake Sisko injects himself with an unknown compound before sitting down in front of a fire. Soon, there comes a knock at the door and Jake answers, revealing a young woman, Melanie, looking for refuge from the downpour. After a few minutes of idle conversation the visitor reveals that she, in fact, is a budding writer and is looking for the writer Jake Sisko. Confirming that Jake is who she is talking to, she cuts to the chase and asks, very promptly, why he stopped writing. Taking a moment, Jake responds that he stopped writing, because of an event that happened to him when he was eighteen years old. He had lost his father Benjamin Sisko. Act One Jake says he had grown extremely close to his father after losing his mother. In a rare event that happens only every fifty years, the Bajoran wormhole was going to undergo a subspace inversion. During this inversion, rare anomalies and temporal fluctuations were going to occur, creating a spectacle that the elder Sisko did not want he or his son to miss. Jake was working on a particularly difficult piece of prose at this time and was struggling with it when his father asked him to come along on the to watch the inversion. Jake tried to hole himself away in the crew quarters to continue with his writing on his PADD, but his father persuaded him to come to the bridge to watch, reminding him of all he'd miss if he doesn't look around once in a while and then agreed to read and discuss what Jake has wrote afterwards. However, suddenly the Defiant was rocked when the wormhole began its inversion, causing a malfunction on the Defiants engineering deck. Benjamin went to see to it, followed by Jake, despite being asked to stay behind by his father. Arriving, Jake found the entire engineering crew unconscious and the warp core beginning to go critical from an energy flux. With Jake's help, Ben was able to stop the core from rupturing by using an interphasic compensator, but as he passed the piece of equipment to his son, the warp core emitted an energy discharge. Jake was pushed out of the way; however he witnessed his father's disappearance, and Benjamin was presumed to have been vaporized by the energy. At the memorial service, many people spoke highly of Captain Sisko, but Jake felt he could not. Jake began living with Dax, and everyone did their best to console Jake, even to the point where Quark allowed Nog time off from the bar to spend time with him. Jake and Nog later discussed the former's future plans since Nog was about to leave for Starfleet Academy, and Jake admitted he was considering taking his deferred admittance to the Pennington School on Earth, but wanted to remain on the station too. However, one night as Jake lay in bed, there was a flash of light. Jake turned around, and saw his father sitting in a nearby chair. A few seconds later, he disappeared again. Act Two Jake tried to explain what had happened to Dax, who agreed to scan for any anomalies; however, the scan turned up nothing, and Jake dismissed it as a dream. Meanwhile, the Klingons were making more angry noises and the Bajorans, unsettled by the death of their , entered into a defense pact with the Cardassians. The Klingons were very unhappy at this and everyone knew that if war broke out, Deep Space 9 would be on the front lines. As a result, the majority of the civilian population left the station. Nog had left to attend Starfleet Academy, and Jake found himself feeling more despondent than ever. Kira and Worf tried to persuade Jake to leave, telling him it was the safest thing to do but he refused. Later, at the upper pylon viewport, Kira approached Jake and told him that she knew his grandfather had asked him to live with him on Earth, and that even if Deep Space 9 wasn't on the brink of war, she'd rather he wasn't on the station. Jake told her that the reason he was staying was because that when he and his father arrived, the station was a damaged hulk but Sisko turned it into a thriving community and Jake explained that if he left the station he'd feel like leaving the last part of his father behind. Kira allowed him to stay on the condition that when she tells him to leave, he will. He agreed. A few months later, Jake found his father in a corridor on DS9 and was physically able to touch him. Taking him immediately to the infirmary, they discovered that Ben was caught in a temporal inversion, falling in and out of sync with normal time and disappearing into subspace, unaware of the passage of time. Despite everyone's frantic attempt to save him, Ben began to disappear into subspace. Seeing the devastation in his son's face, Ben begged his son to reassure him he would be all right but Jake was too upset to answer. Ben vanished, and Jake was left more heartbroken than ever. Jake tells Melanie he couldn't bear losing his father a second time. Melanie says she can come back later, but Jake says he is dying, so that won't happen. Act Three Jake tries to shrug off his previous admission by telling a worried Melanie that when he said he was dying he was just admitting to the inevitable. Melanie assures him he doesn't need to try and grab her attention and the two briefly discuss her ambition to be a writer. Melanie then asks what happened next. Dax and Chief O'Brien spent the next few months trying to find a way to get Ben back, but they hit a dead end especially as they couldn't recreate the accident since the wormhole wouldn't undergo another inversion for almost fifty years. Eventually, the situation with the Klingons escalated and Starfleet was forced to turn over DS9 to them. Jake had no choice to leave and could only watch the station disappear into the distance as they left. With no choice but to carry on, Jake moved back to Earth, went to the Pennington School and began writing. Afterward he moved to Louisiana and married a Bajoran woman named Korena and all was well when they met up with Nog, now a Starfleet commander. The Klingons were beginning to let Starfleet ships through the wormhole into the Gamma Quadrant, to see how the Dominion would handle ships coming into their space again. The three met up to celebrate Jake winning the Betar Prize, a prestigious writing award for his collected stories, and Jake seemed happy and settled. One night, Jake was up late working on his newest novel and was discussing allowing Korena, an artist, to design the cover, when suddenly the familiar flash of light came from the living room. Jake and Korena entered to find Ben lying near the couch. Act Four Starfleet Science was immediately called, and Ben was eager to find out how his son was doing. He was delighted to find that Jake was married and had published two books, achieving his ambition. However, Jake began to get upset at everything his father had missed out on and that he had given up on him, but Ben told Jake that nobody could be expected to hold on for so long, and that he was proud of him. Jake tells Ben that nothing he's accomplished matters now that he knows his father is still out there, but Ben tells Jake that it all matters and that even though he isn't there, he still wants grandchildren. Suddenly Ben disappeared again, and Jake was once again distraught. Jake stopped writing, and began studying subspace mechanics in an attempt to get his father back. Korena was initially patient; eventually, however, Jake's obsession cost him his wife. But Jake wouldn't let this stop him, and he realized he could get Ben back by recreating the accident. By this time, fifty years had passed and Jake hoped that because the Bajoran wormhole would be inverting again, he could grab his father and get him back into sync with his own life. Nog, now a captain, got the Defiant out of retirement and the crew, including Dax and Bashir, went to recreate the accident. However instead of bringing Ben back, Jake was pulled into subspace where he encountered his father. Ben was again eager to find out how his son was doing, but was horrified to find Jake had lost his wife and abandoned his promising writing career in order to try and rescue him. Ben pleaded with his son to get back to writing and to live his life properly, telling him that he shouldn't abandon his future for him. Eventually, Jake was pulled back from subspace. Act Five Back in the present, Melanie asks why he didn't go back to writing, and Jake reveals that he had, having been working on more collected stories. He tells her that there wasn't enough time left for him, as he is dying. Melanie realizes that Jake's father is about to appear, and bids Jake goodbye. Before she leaves, Jake makes Melanie promise to enjoy life and once she is gone he rests in an old chair before falling asleep. Waking the next morning, Jake opens his eyes to find his father sitting close by, observing him. Ben tells Jake how happy he is that he's living in the house again and that he finally got back to writing. Jake asks Ben to read the dedication: "To my father, who's coming home." Ben is touched, but Jake explains further; Jake is the link that kept pulling Ben back into normal space. The sync was like a rubber band and he was the anchor for his father. Sometimes the band would be pulled taut, and during those times before the tension was released, Ben would temporarily rejoin his timeline, but he pulled away again once it snapped back. Once Jake dies, Ben will be lost in subspace forever. The only way to save him is to cut the cord at the time it is most taut, when he is in perfect sync with Jake's timeline. If he did so, Benjamin will be shot back to the time of the incident and he could jump out of the way before he got caught in the loop. Benjamin realizes that Jake has taken poison, and is committing suicide. Ben is horrified, and pleads with his son not to do it and that he shouldn't sacrifice himself for him, but Jake explained he had to. By doing this, he is saving two lives, those of Ben and the boy Jake was, the boy who needs his father. Ben is devastated as his son dies in his arms. Ben suddenly finds himself back in the Defiant engine room, just after he saved the ship. This time he's able to barely dodge the energy discharge from the warp core. Jake is puzzled how his dad knew to get out of the way, but Ben, having seen how much his son was willing to give up in order to save him, can only hug him knowing they now both have a second chance. Memorable quotes "You are my favorite author of all time." "You should read more." - Melanie and the adult Jake Sisko "It begins many years ago. I was eighteen. And the worst thing that could happen to a young man happened to me. My father died." - the adult Jake Sisko "I'm no writer; but if I were, it seems to me I'd want to poke my head up every once in a while and take a look around; see what's going on. It's life, Jake! You can miss it if you don't open your eyes." - Benjamin Sisko "I'm not sure I could ever get over losing somebody like that; right in front of my eyes." "People do. Time passes, and they realize that the person they lost is really gone… And they heal." "Is that what happened to you?" "No… I suppose not." - Melanie and adult Jake Sisko "Benjamin Sisko was more than my commanding officer; he was the emissary to my people sent by the prophets. But most importantly, he was my friend." - Kira Nerys, at the memorial for Benjamin Sisko "I didn't step forward. I couldn't. I felt that no matter what I said about him, I'd be leaving so much more out; and that didn't seem right." - Adult Jake Sisko, to Melanie "After a few months, things began returning to normal… for everybody else that is." - Adult Jake Sisko, to Melanie "Please don't make me leave; not yet. This is my home. When my dad and I came here, this place was just an abandoned shell. He turned it into something. Everywhere I look, it's like I see a part of him. If I leave, I won't have anything left of him. - Jake Sisko, responding to Kira's request that he leave the station "I have been more popular with women since I stopped asking them to do that." (In reference to have women chew his food for him) - Nog, to Jake as adults "Quark finally got that little moon he was always talking about, and my father, as usual, is making sure it doesn't fall out of orbit." - Nog, to Jake as adults "And don't think because I'm not around much, that I don't want grandchildren." - Benjamin Sisko, to Jake just before disappearing "Let go, Jake. If not for yourself, then for me. You still have time to make a better life for yourself. Promise me you'll do that… Promise me!" - Benjamin Sisko, imploring Jake to let him go "To my father, who's coming home." - Benjamin Sisko, reading the dedication in Jake's last book "For you, and for the boy that I was. He needs you more than you know. Don't you see? We're going to get a second… chance." - Jake Sisko, explaining himself to his father with his last words "You OK, Dad?" "I am now, Jake. I am now." - Jake Sisko, after Benjamin avoids the accident (last lines) Background information Story and script Writer Michael Taylor based the concept of a fan visiting a reclusive writer who hasn't published in years on the famous 1980 interview given by to a high school student who simply turned up at his door. () Rene Echevarria did an uncredited rewrite of this episode. Taylor recalled, "He made lines of mine into better lines, and deepened the relationship between Jake and the young woman interviewer. It was a lesson to me how to really make the most of a good story." (-271) O'Brien was to also appear in the scenes set in the future, although Colm Meaney was unavailable. Rene Echevarria was disappointed that Meaney was not available and that other scenes in the future had to be cut. Echevarria commented: "The only thing I thought was disappointing was the the future Defiant sequences. There was originally a little more interaction between the old characters that had to be cut for time. O'Brien was there as well, but Colm wasn't available, and that was a shame, because we had some fun stuff between O'Brien and Bashir". (Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages, p. 106) Production Although this episode aired the week before , it was actually filmed after it. The reason for this was that after wrapped, the next episode scheduled to go into production was "The Visitor", to be directed by Rene Auberjonois, followed by to be directed by David Livingston. However, a last minute change in Colm Meaney's film schedule meant that now had to be shot first so that Meaney was available. As such, the episodes switched position in the production schedule. It is worth noting however that although the episodes switched weeks, the directors didn't, so Livingston ended up directing this episode and Auberjonois directed . () Kira wears a new uniform from this episode onward. The shoulder pads of the old uniform have been reduced and the neck opened. The color is also a little darker and Kira now wears high heels. According to costume designer Robert Blackman the new outfit was "more body conscious". Actress Nana Visitor appreciated the change, as the previous uniform had made it more difficult to move. However, Ira Steven Behr recalled that some fans on the internet accused the producers of trying to turn Kira into a "Baywatch babe", an idea that he strenuously denied. This red uniform (instead of orange) was worn by Kira for the rest of the series. () The music of the "The Visitor" was composed by Dennis McCarthy. Parts of the score form part of The Best of Star Trek, Volume One; a track also appears in McCarthy's disc in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Collection. Illustrator John Eaves based the design for Jake's house on the Haunted Mansion in Disneyland. (Deep Space Nine Sketchbook: John Eaves, DS9 Season 4 DVD special features) Tony Todd, who portrayed Worf's brother Kurn, was cast as the older Jake after it was deemed too difficult to make Cirroc Lofton appear to be in his seventies. He revealed that when filming the episode, he was mourning his aunt, who raised him as child, and had died only three months before. "This script got me out of my shell. It's like she was whispering to me 'Go back to work.' … Doing this was as close to heaven as I can imagine." Todd reprised the role of Kurn later in the fourth season in . Todd commented "I really felt blessed that I was able to do two different roles on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine this year which may or may not be a small feat". (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - The Official Poster Magazine, issue 13) Rachel Robinson, who played Melanie, is the daughter of Andrew Robinson, who played Garak. Future uniforms and combadges worn in this episode were reused from . Costume designer Robert Blackman commented that the time frame was similar so it was considered appropriate to re-use. () This is the first episode to feature O'Brien's embroidered rank insignia, similar to the US Navy with stripes denoting rank. Continuity Jake began writing Anslem, under Onaya's influence later in the season, in . The Dominion War did not happen (as of the 2390s) in the alternate timeline. Nog states that "I think they (the Klingons) were happy to have us test the waters in the Gamma Quadrant after all these years – find out how the Dominion would react to ships coming through." The shot in the upper pylon, with Jake staring out into space, and Kira approaching him from behind to comfort him, seems to predict the very final shot of the series, in the episode . The only difference is that the shot in the final episode is from outside the station whereas this one is from inside. Despite the difference in camera position however, the blocking of the actors is very similar in both shots. Similar to the later episode , as well as the Voyager episodes , , and , this is a sort of "bad dream" episode, in that the plot resolution prevented the main part of the story from occurring. However, because Jake continued to write, it is still entirely possible that Melanie will become a fan of his in the main timeline. The episode is similar to the episode in that they both feature a character living an entire life up to old age, the difference being that unlike Jean-Luc Picard, Jake lived as himself. Picard also retained all memories of his life as Kamin after the incident while Jake didn't remember anything of his life as his older self. This is the first episode where Kira Nerys is seen wearing the red uniform (instead of orange) that she ends up wearing for the rest of the series. Reception According to most of the staff on the show, this was one of the best episodes they worked on. Avery Brooks and Cirroc Lofton cite this as one of their favorite episodes, along with . Director David Livingston says simply, ""The Visitor" is the best piece of material I've ever been able to direct, in terms of the script." (Hidden File 05, DS9 Season 4 DVD special features) Ira Steven Behr says, ""The Visitor" was that certain kind of Star Trek episode that really appealed very strongly to certain people. It's a whole heart-on-the-sleeve, sentimental, emotional, personal story." Similarly, producer Steve Oster enthuses, "It was wonderfully written, wonderfully performed. But I think everyone was surprised at the audience reaction. No one expected it to have the emotional impact that it did." () Many fans of Deep Space Nine have also counted this among their favorite episodes; in a 1996 issue of TV Guide, it was voted the best Star Trek show ever. TV Guide called this result a "shocker," surprised that "the least popular incarnation of Star Trek has produced the most popular show." () TV Guide ranked this as the tenth best Star Trek episode for their celebration of the franchise's 30th anniversary. The reviewer wrote "Easily Deep Space Nine's finest hour and the most haunting, heartfelt Trek installment ever". (TV Guide August 24, 1996) In 2020, Lofton commented: "All these years later, you know what’s going to happen. You know what it’s about. I’ve read the script. It’s been 25 years but yet still I’m dripping tears watching this episode. I can’t make myself not feel these emotions. You feel the loss. You feel the emptiness. You feel the regret. You feel all of those emotions and then you reflect on your own life and the people that you love and what it means to have them in your life or lose them. If you have any feelings at all, they will be activated by watching this episode". Avery Brooks sees this episode as an important milestone in the manner in which American TV depicts non-white families. Speaking of the relationship between Sisko and his son Jake, Brooks says "I'm glad that relationship is there. It is, even in the most naive mind, a sin of omission that we have not looked at this side of people raising their children in other television shows, and having some cultural resonance other than that of white Americans. It's something that we have to see more often, the relationship of a brown man and his son. Because historically, that's not how it began in this country for brown families who didn't have the freedom of their own will and volition, let alone the ability to hold their families together." () Ira Steven Behr particularly liked the way this episode deals with love, a love that spans a lifetime, because it is not a romantic love, but a filial love, which is not something that is seen as much as romance: "A love stronger than death. Usually that's romantic love, but for this show, this series, we chose the love between a father and son. And it worked like gangbusters. Everyone could relate to it." () Reviewing the first part of the fourth season, Rick Berman commented "Our second episode 'The Visitor', was a warm and sweet episode while still having a great science fiction premise. I believe it will remain a very strong Star Trek episode for years to come". ("Star Trek Update with Rick Berman", ) After this episode aired, there was much online speculation that writer Michael Taylor must have been a pseudonym for Michael Piller and Jeri Taylor. Both were known for writing emotionally driven stories with a lot of heart, but no one had ever heard of freelancer Michael Taylor, and some fans assumed that the producers were playing a joke on them. () Cinefantastique ranked "The Visitor" as the third best episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. (Cinefantastique, Vol. 32, No. 4/5, pp. 97-98) In her book Star Trek - Where No One Has Gone Before (paperback ed., p. 203), J.M. Dillard described this episode as "poignant." Apocrypha Nog is also depicted as a Starfleet captain in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Millennium (where he is a protege of Jean-Luc Picard), Star Trek Online and in the "season eight" storyline in What We Left Behind. Melanie appears in the framing story of the Prophecy and Change anthology. Korena appears again as Jake's wife in the Worlds of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine novella Fragments and Omens, and the novels Rough Beasts of Empire, Raise the Dawn, and The Good That Men Do. Awards This episode was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Makeup for a Series. The award was won by . It was also nominated for a Hugo Award for "Best Dramatic Presentation," which was won by the Babylon 5 episode "The Coming of Shadows". "The Visitor" was also up against Apollo 13, Toy Story and 12 Monkeys for the Hugo Award. Video and DVD releases UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 4.2, The front cover of the CIC releases changes slightly from this volume on. The station now appears tilted around the character portrait. As part of the DS9 Season 4 DVD collection As part of the Star Trek: Fan Collective - Alternate Realities collection Links and references Starring Avery Brooks as Captain Sisko Also starring Rene Auberjonois as Odo Michael Dorn as Lt. Commander Worf Terry Farrell as Lt. Commander Dax Cirroc Lofton as Jake Sisko Colm Meaney as Chief O'Brien Armin Shimerman as Quark Alexander Siddig as Doctor Bashir Nana Visitor as Major Kira Guest stars Tony Todd as the adult Jake Sisko Galyn Görg as Korena Aron Eisenberg as Nog Rachel Robinson as Melanie Co-star Majel Barrett as Computer Voice Uncredited co-stars Patrick Barnitt as Bajoran officer Scott Barry as Bajoran officer Ivor Bartels as operations officer Ivy Borg as Rita Tannenbaum Robert Cox as Promenade bystander Brian Demonbreun as command officer Kathleen Demor as operations officer Randy James as Mark Lentry as command lieutenant David B. Levinson as Broik Mary Mascari as Bajoran woman Mary Meinel-Newport as Bolian woman James Minor as operations officer Mark Allen Shepherd as Morn Michael Wajacs as Bajoran civilian Unknown performers as Vulcan ensign Female operations officer References 47; 2355; 2373; 2374; 2381; 2389; 2392; 2395; 2405; 2408; 2422; Anslem; Bajor; Bajoran; Bajoran sector; Bajoran system; Bajoran wormhole; ; bayou; Betar Prize; biography; branch; candle; Cardassian; career; chair; champagne; clock; coffee; Collected Stories; commander; commanding officer; Commodore Hornblower; containment field; Corsican; cover; cup; Deep Space 9; deflector array; dermal regenerator; divorce; docking pylon; Dominion; dom-jot; dream; Earth; elastic cord; Emissary of the Prophets; engineering; Federation; first aid kit; French; French Quarter; front line; gall; Gamma Quadrant; graduation; gravimetric field; graviton pulse; holosuite; ; interphasic compensator; ion surfing; Jake-o; Klingon; Klingon Empire; Klingon High Council; latinum; listener; Louisiana; Melanie's friend; memorial service; monster; moon; Morn's; muse; mutual defense pact; New Orleans; novel; paragraph; parson; pen; Pennington School; posthumously; Promenade; Prophets; Quark's; Quark's moon; rain; red alert; redfish; religious figure replicator; Rom; Saltah'na clock; scientific research; scrape; separation; short story; sickbay; ; ; Sisko's Creole Kitchen; slug; Smallbridge; Spain; subspace flux isolator; Starfleet; Starfleet Command; Starfleet Science; subspace; subspace inversion; subspace mechanics; Takarian mead; tea; temporal displacement; temporal signature; toast; war; warp core; warp core breach; warp core ejection system; warp coil; ; ; writer; Yoruba mask Starship references (freighter); Bajoran vessel (2373 transport, 2374 transports); (runabout); ; ; (Docked starship); Nog's starship; External links de:Der Besuch es:The Visitor fr:The Visitor (épisode) ja:父と子（エピソード） nl:The Visitor DS9 episodes

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Hippocratic Oath (episode)

Bashir tries to help members of a Jem'Hadar unit free themselves of their addiction to the drug the Founders use to control them. Meanwhile, Worf tries to adjust to life aboard DS9. Summary Teaser Worf sits alone in Quark's, his eyes shifting between a PADD and a Markalian across the room. When Quark observes the poor quality of the Markalian's mugshot on the PADD, Worf is not amused. The Markalian is a known criminal, but Quark claims he does not discriminate, and everyone is welcome at his bar. The Ferengi goes over to talk to the Markalian as Major Kira approaches and sits down with Worf. After ordering a Tarkalean tea, she agrees with Worf's observation that Quark is likely plotting something with the Markalian, yet she seems unconcerned, reassuring Worf that Odo keeps Quark in check. Worf agrees but adds that Quark is not in prison. "Medical Officer's log, Stardate 49066.5. Chief O'Brien and I have concluded our bio-survey of Merik III in the Gamma Quadrant. We are on course back to the wormhole and should arrive at the station two days ahead of schedule." Meanwhile, on the runabout , O'Brien and Doctor Bashir are discussing Keiko O'Brien's return to Deep Space 9 after spending several months on Bajor. Keiko is upset that her husband set up a workshop in their bedroom while she was gone, as she thinks it is a subconscious attempt to push her out of his life; although Miles does not think he has any motive, Bashir claims the opposite is true: Miles' desire to be closer to his wife is the reason, for the bedroom reminds him of her. O'Brien is relieved to hear this and wishes his wife was more like Bashir – though he tries to hide it. The conversation is interrupted when they detect a magneton pulse emanating from a nearby planet, likely the result of a damaged warp drive. However, a plasma field prevents the runabout's sensors from scanning the planet. The field causes them to crash land in the process. The officers emerge to find themselves prisoners of the Jem'Hadar. Act One On the planet, Bashir and O'Brien are interrogated. The Jem'Hadar can easily read their rank and specialty from just looking at their uniforms. Interestingly, they place value on engineering targets rather than science and medical, revealing a bit about their tactics. One of the Jem'Hadar wants to kill Bashir and use O'Brien for intelligence, but the lead Jem'Hadar disagrees and brings them to their complex. Meanwhile, Worf discusses with Captain Sisko and Odo the Markalian aboard the station and how he is likely plotting an illegal activity. Odo doesn't appreciate Worf attempting to interfere with his duties and assures Captain Sisko that he's already conducting an investigation. Sisko allows Odo to proceed and, while understanding Worf's position and appreciating his vigilance, reminds the Klingon that he is no longer a security officer but is now the strategic operations officer in charge of coordinating all Starfleet activity in the sector. Worf promises not to let the incident interfere with his duties. On the planet, Bashir and O'Brien are in a holding force field, while discussing the fact that the Jem'Hadar look rather "jumpy". Before their conversation can go further, the lead soldier, Goran'Agar, comes and takes Bashir to an isolated section of their complex. Act Two Bashir is told that he is now working for the Jem'Hadar. Bashir refuses but is then told of a story that he can't believe. The lead Jem'Hadar has freed himself of his need for ketracel-white. He believes that some aspect of the planet has freed him from his addiction and wants Bashir to find a way for all Jem'Hadar to live without the need for ketracel-white. Bashir is still a little hesitant to help the Jem'Hadar, so he is led to an area where there are several soldiers obviously in withdrawal stages. A slight touch to any one of them results in excruciating pain. Upon seeing this, Bashir is once again asked if he will help. He says yes, but only with Chief O'Brien's assistance. The soldiers then receive the white necessary to relieve their symptoms. On the station, following a meeting about the escalating Klingon attacks in the wardroom, Worf tells Odo his investigation has left him convinced Quark is planning to smuggle Tallonian crystals and is due to meet his buyer that evening. Odo thanks Worf for the information, but is cagey when asked if he plans to arrest Quark. O'Brien and Bashir go to work after a couple days. Bashir has run tests, but, in the meantime, O'Brien has been working on a makeshift weapon firing a plasma charge to subdue the guard. Quietly, he explains that they will get the guard's gun and run to the runabout. Then, Goran'Agar and a few others arrive to check on the progress. His second, Arak'Taral, picks up the device O'Brien was working on, O'Brien explaining that it's for scanner resolution. He inadvertently triggers the weapon. Bashir and O'Brien are quickly subdued, but the second refuses to release his hands from O'Brien's neck. Act Three Bashir tends to the guard who was hit by the device. The guard now cannot stand, but Bashir can fix the wound with surgery. Revealing some more about their rules, the injured Jem'Hadar expects to be killed rather than be a burden on the others. Bashir objects, but interestingly, so does Goran'Agar. He says that is one of the Vorta's rules, and they will not live by them any longer. Meanwhile, Worf covertly observes Quark waiting for the smuggler from the second floor of the bar. Quark starts inspecting the crystals and Worf then leaves to confront Odo about the situation, saying he doesn't appear to be addressing the situation at all. Odo brushes him off, saying he doesn't need him interfering in the way he conducts his duties and angrily suggests that Worf focus on his own. Doctor Bashir comes to the decision that the Jem'Hadar deserve freedom, and feels that, once free of the drug, they may no longer be as murderous and could live peacefully. Despite his research, he was no closer to discovering why the lead Jem'Hadar did not need ketracel-white. Inspecting Goran'Agar, he finds his body is producing the white itself, but can't explain it. Bashir also mentions the Jem'Hadar child they found and the fact that Odo helped them. Goran'Agar reveals they almost worship the Founders, but they do not talk to them. Back in the cell with O'Brien, Bashir relays his newfound opinion of the Jem'Hadar, but O'Brien is skeptical. He says they know Federation doctors are trained to feel sympathy, meaning they're manipulating Bashir. Bashir says they should help him, as the effort could end the Dominion. O'Brien is shocked, saying Bashir is just guessing and that the Jem'Hadar are simply killers, without any other purpose in life. At least, in the Dominion, they are kept in check. Bashir replies that they are still people. Finally, Bashir ends the conversation by pulling rank and ordering O'Brien to help him remove the runabout's bio-spectral phase discriminator to assist in his research. With the second watching him, O'Brien removes something from the runabout's floor. In a quick move, O'Brien creates a distraction and transports outside. With tricorder in hand, he's off. Act Four Bashir and Goran'Agar discuss the cure, but Bashir has ruled out all external factors. Goran'Agar insists there were no anomalous factors from four years ago, so Bashir thinks it's simply genetic – that Goran'Agar was never addicted to the drug in the first place. Then, his second informs them O'Brien escaped. Goran'Agar orders him to find him and bring him back alive, but he is now convinced Goran'Agar is weak and believing a lie. He leaves to capture O'Brien, and Goran'Agar leaves to follow, but not before telling Bashir he will not be protected any longer by his men. Bashir gives his word he will not try to escape. Back on the station, Quark is finalizing the deal with his buyer when Worf enters to arrest them. They're both surprised, but then the bag containing the latinum turns into Odo, as the deal was actually a sting operation as Odo planned to be taken aboard the smuggler's ship and infiltrate the entire operation. Worf had been interfering in the investigation of a larger plot, and Odo keeps undercover missions to himself. Further, he doesn't report to Worf, and felt his presence actually helped a bit since it distracts from Odo's efforts. Odo is forced to settle for simply arresting the smuggler and confiscating his merchandise, leaving Worf embarrassed. Meanwhile, O'Brien uses the tricorder to confuse the search party, and rigs up a trap for one of them to get a weapon. When O'Brien finally meets up with Bashir to bring him to the runabout, Bashir refuses to leave. Act Five Bashir insists that he can find a cure. O'Brien is shocked again and waits to convince him. O'Brien then destroys Bashir's equipment and informs Bashir that charges can be filed against him when they return to DS9. Goran'Agar finds them and, knowing there's not enough time for Bashir to start his research from scratch, decides to let them both go free. As they approach the runabout, Arak'Taral spots them, but Goran'Agar shoots him instead. Goran'Agar sends the officers off on the runabout and returns to his men to ease their withdrawal from ketracel-white the only way left open to him: by killing them. When O'Brien confirms that he has been a soldier, Goran'Agar asks him to explain it to Bashir. Worf, meanwhile, has approached Captain Sisko in order to inform him about his part in disrupting Odo's investigation. Sisko is sympathetic and reminds him that things on the station are not always as black-and-white as they might be on a starship, "and Quark is definitely a shade of grey." He tells Worf that he will need time to adjust to the unwritten rules of the station, but is confident that Worf will eventually fit in. As they return to the station, O'Brien apologizes and says that he took the only course of action that would save Bashir's life, while Bashir restates his responsibilities as a doctor and that O'Brien condemned the men to death. They decide to cancel their weekly darts game but agree to take it up again in a few days. Log entries Chief medical officer's log, Deep Space 9 Memorable quotes "You are a soldier?" "I have been." "Then you explain." - Goran'Agar and O'Brien "I have fought against races that believe in mythical beings that guide their destinies and await them after death. They call them gods … The Founders are like gods to the Jem'Hadar. But our gods never talk to us, and they don't wait for us after death. They only want us to fight for them… and to die for them." - Goran'Agar "He's their commander. They trusted him. He can't leave them." - O'Brien, explaining to Bashir why Goran'Agar stayed to kill his men "Good work, Chief. Keep this up, you may make a fine officer some day." "Oh, thank you, Lieutenant. Coming from you, that means a lot to me." - Bashir and O'Brien "So we do not help them and that's the end of it!" "No, that is not the end of it. I am the senior officer here and I have decided what we're going to do. Now, I need the bio-spectral phase discriminator from the runabout's sensor array. I haven't got the technical skills to remove it, so I'm ordering you to do it. Now, is that clear? "Yes, sir." - Miles O'Brien, arguing not to help the Jem'Hadar while Julian Bashir pulls rank "Odo keeps him in check." "Yes… but not in prison." - Kira and Worf, discussing Quark "A lovely place. Smells like a garbage dump!" "I'm sorry I couldn't find a nicer place to crash land. Well, should we try again?" - Bashir and Miles O'Brien, on Bopak III just after crash landing "You are what Starfleet refers to as a non-com." "That's right." "You must have a great deal of experience." "I've been around." "That makes you a priority target. We will kill you first." - Goran'Agar and Miles O'Brien "Keiko only spends a few days at a time on the station. I'm the one living in those quarters. And if I wanna set up… a little workshop in the bedroom…" "You set up a workshop in the bedroom?" "Yeah. I don't use it when she's visiting." "No, of course not." "She says that I'm trying to live like a bachelor again. That I'm expressing a subconscious desire to push her out of our quarters." "Now, that is ridiculous! I mean, if anything, by spending your free time in the bedroom, a place you intimately associate with Keiko, you're actually expressing a desire to be closer to her, during her absence. It's quite touching, really!" "Exactly! Exactly! See, you understand! Now why can't she see that? Why can't she be more like, uh…" "More like…?" "Err, um, a man, more like a man." "So. You wish Keiko was a man." "I wish I was on this trip with someone else, that's what I wish." - O'Brien and Bashir "I knew you once. Trusted you. Obeyed you without question. But now you're like this Human: weak, soft, inferior. If being free of white means becoming like you, I don't want to be cured." - Arak'Taral, to Goran'Agar "I'd hate to think what would make the Jem'Hadar jumpy." - O'Brien "Starfleet officers often have trouble learning the unofficial rules of the station. There's no manual to study. You have to learn things as you go. A little different than life on a starship." "When I served aboard the Enterprise, I always knew who were my allies and who were my enemies." "Let's just say DS9 has more shades of gray. And Quark definitely is a shade of gray. He has his own set of rules, and he follows them diligently. Once you understand them, you understand Quark. I'd say that's true of everyone here. You'll fit in, Commander. Give it time." - Sisko and Worf Background information Story and script This episode came from two separate story pitches by two different writers. The first, from Nicholas Corea, was based around the story of a group of Jem'Hadar who were trying to free themselves from their addiction to a particular drug. The second, from Lisa Klink, was about O'Brien and Bashir taking opposing sides in a conflict on an alien world – O'Brien sided with the natives, Bashir with the non-natives. The producers liked the idea of Klink's concept, putting O'Brien and Bashir on diametrically opposed sides, but they felt the details weren't quite right, and they got Klink to re-pitch the story several times with different plot elements in place. Producers referred to her story as their episode, and they likened Bashir to Colonel Nicholson, a character in that film (played by ) who effectively helps the 'enemy.' The problem with Klink's story was that producers couldn't decide exactly what it was that Bashir was trying to do for the enemy, what was causing the conflict between himself and O'Brien – what was the 'Bridge'? Eventually, it was René Echevarria who suggested putting Klink's story together with Corea's, thus providing the Bridge – Bashir was trying to help the Jem'Hadar beat their addiction, and O'Brien was against this idea. () As Lisa Klink had recently completed an internship with the staff, she was given the chance to write the episode's script. Klink wrote the first and second drafts, and Ronald D. Moore provided an uncredited polish. The second draft was submitted on . The writers saw the B-story of this episode as an opportunity to indicate how DS9's Worf was going to be different from TNG's Worf. As Ronald D. Moore explained, "He used to be a cop, more or less, on the , but it's not going to be like that anymore. We wanted to keep emphasizing, 'this is not TNG. The station doesn't work like the Enterprise. Worf is going to have some troubles fitting in, but he's going to learn." () Cast and characters The role of Goran'Agar was played by Scott MacDonald, who had previously appeared in the first season episode as Tosk, which helped when auditions were held for the role of Goran'Agar. MacDonald commented, "René actually requested me for the role, which was flattering." (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - The Official Poster Magazine, issue 3) Robert Foxworth auditioned for the role of Goran'Agar, but the producers were so impressed with his performance that they decided to save him for a more substantial role in the future. They went on to cast him as Admiral Leyton in the two-parter and . () Cirroc Lofton (Jake Sisko) does not appear in this episode. Production Although this episode aired the week after , it was actually filmed before it. The reason for this was that, after wrapped, the next episode scheduled to go into production was , to be directed by Rene Auberjonois, followed by "Hippocratic Oath", to be directed by David Livingston. However, a last-minute change in Colm Meaney's film schedule meant that "Hippocratic Oath" now had to be shot first, so that Meaney was available. As such, the episodes switched position in the production schedule. It is worth noting, however, that although the episodes switched weeks, the directors didn't, so Livingston ended up directing "The Visitor", and Auberjonois directed "Hippocratic Oath", something he wasn't entirely happy about. "it was a very difficult experience," he lamented. "I really came face-to-face with my own mortality as a director. I wasn't ready to go because I was still thinking about the other script." () Reception Lisa Klink was pleased with Ronald D. Moore's work on this episode, calling it "great." In 2021, she commented: "I found out that René [Auberjonois] would be directing my episode at the production meeting, a few days before shooting began, and was pleased about it. I visited the set a couple of times, but didn’t talk much with him because he was busy. On Deep Space Nine and Voyager, the writer typically didn’t have much contact with the director, either before or during production. I was very happy with how the episode came out. I thought René did a great job with the actors, bringing out the friendship and the conflict between Bashir and O’Brien. I can’t think of anything I would have changed about the episode". In an interview with the official Star Trek website in , Director René Auberjonois stated that he thought this episode was the one that stood out the most for him out of the eight he directed throughout Deep Space Nine. } Another person who was fond of this outing was J.M. Dillard. In her book Star Trek - Where No One Has Gone Before (paperback ed., p. 202), she commented, "The episode 'Hippocratic Oath' represents the very best of Star Trek tradition, for it compels us to look upon our enemies with insight and compassion, realizing that they are much more than a 'faceless evil." As such, Dillard remarked that the installment was a "fine" example of "an important Star Trek theme." "Although not quite BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI, 'Oath' does succeed in putting DS9's favorite buddies in direct conflict and placing Bashir in a strong, proactive position." (Cinefantastique, volume 28) Among the items from this episode which were sold off on the It's A Wrap! sale and auction on eBay was the prop Tallonian crystal. Continuity This is the first episode to use the name "ketracel-white," as previously it had been described as a "missing enzyme" in and simply as a drug to which the Jem'Hadar are addicted in . In the later episode , it is established the Jem'Hadar don't eat, sleep or have sex, but in both this episode and , there are references to Jem'Hadar consuming food. In the earlier episode, the Jem'Hadar child aboard Deep Space 9 says he is hungry and demands to be fed. In this episode, Goran'Agar claims his men have "eaten the same food as me." Ira Steven Behr, with tongue firmly in cheek, explained this slip by saying that Goran'Agar was being "metaphorically stupid, as Jem'Hadar so often are!" () This episode marked the first reference of a runabout belonging to the of starships. Beginning in this episode, Worf never speaks of Quark by name, merely referring to him as "the Ferengi bartender." He continued to make this reference throughout Deep Space Nines run. Luther Sloan references the events of this episode in the sixth season episode . Since , O'Brien's rank has been referred to as simply chief petty officer, as identified by Goran'Agar, rather than the prior senior chief petty officer. Bashir briefly mentions the events of the episode to Goran'Agar. When O'Brien tells Goran'Agar that he has been a soldier, he is referring to his service during the Federation-Cardassian War, and the Setlik III massacre, mentioned in . Sisko is shown briefly tinkering with a clock he constructed while under the influence of a Saltah'na energy sphere in the first season episode near the end, when he is speaking with Worf in his office. There are some parts missing from the clock, and he appears to be tightening something. Apocrypha The aftermath of Bashir and O'Brien's disagreement in "Hippocratic Oath" is followed up in the Prophecy and Change'' short story "Broken Oaths". Video and DVD releases UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 4.2, As part of the DS9 Season 4 DVD collection Links and references Starring Avery Brooks as Captain Sisko Also starring Rene Auberjonois as Odo Michael Dorn as Lt. Commander Worf Terry Farrell as Lt. Commander Dax Colm Meaney as Chief O'Brien Armin Shimerman as Quark Alexander Siddig as Doctor Bashir Nana Visitor as Major Kira Guest stars Scott MacDonald as Goran'Agar Stephen Davies as Arak'Taral Jerry Roberts as Meso'Clan Marshall Teague as Temo'Zuma Co-stars Roderick Garr as Shady Alien Michael H. Bailous as Jem'Hadar #1 Uncredited co-stars Sam Alejan Scott Barry Mark Lentry David B. Levinson as Broik Dan Magee Unknown actor as Jem'Hadar #2 Stunt doubles Dennis Madalone as stunt double for Colm Meaney Tom Morga as stunt double for Stephen Davies References 2369; addiction; Alpha Quadrant; assassination; bachelor; Bajoran Intelligence; Bajoran sector; Bajoran wormhole; bearing; bedroom; Bopak; Bopak III; Bopak system; Cardassia; chief of security; chlorophyll; ; diligence; DNA; Dominion; Dominion outpost; drug addiction; EM interference; ; Federation; Federation law; felony; femoral artery; Ferengi; Founder; freedom; Gamma Quadrant; garbage dump; Gowron; isogenic enzyme; Jem'Hadar; joint; Kar Zartkaar; Ketracel-white; Klingons; Klingon-Romulan border; knee; latinum; law enforcement agency; magnetic storm; major; Markalian; Markalian Law Enforcement; Merik III; meter; middleman; Milky Way Galaxy; mitochondria; mugshot; mutant; noncom; ; pain medication; plasma charge; plasma field; Quark's; red giant; Rakonian swamp rat; Romulan outposts; ; runabout; scientific research; senior officer; sentient lifeform; shield generator; smuggler; strategic operations officer; Tallonian crystal; Tallonian homeworld; Tallonian system; Tarkalean; Tarkalean tea; trachea; trafficking; tricorder; Type 4 Tallonian microscanner; Vorta; External links de:Der Hippokratische Eid es:Hippocratic Oath fr:Hippocratic Oath (épisode) nl:Hippocratic Oath DS9 episodes

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Indiscretion (episode)

Kira and Dukat search for the six-year-old crash site of a Cardassian freighter that was carrying Bajoran prisoners. Also, Sisko deals with Kasidy moving onto the station, a new development in their relationship. Summary Teaser Major Kira is in her quarters praying when she receives word from Worf in Ops that Razka Karn wishes to speak with her. In the course of the conversation, Kira's informed that Razka has found salvage from a missing ship called the Ravinok – but that she'll need to come to him in order to see for herself. Act One Later she's reviewing the criminal activity report with Odo concerning Trelos Vren in the security office, but she concedes that her mind is wandering. When she tells him that her thoughts are on the Ravinok, Odo wishes her good luck – he's certain that while she may be skeptical that there are any survivors, she won't rest until she's certain. [[File:Benjamin Sisko and Kira Nerys, 2372.jpg|thumb|"Somehow, the Cardassian government got wind of your plan to search for the Ravinok."]] While Kira prepares for her departure from the station, Captain Sisko drops in on her and asks Kira to put off her departure, as the Cardassians have asked to send someone along with Kira. She tells Sisko that she'll wait two days, and not a minute more, before she leaves. Sisko tells her he will pass along the message to the Cardassian government Sometime later, Sisko is in the docking ring with Jadzia Dax, and they're speculating on the depth of Kasidy Yates's interest in the captain. At just that moment, Kasidy walks up to them to announce that she's applied for a ship's captaincy with the Bajoran Ministry of Commerce. Dax's immediate response is to point out that if Kasidy gets the job she can live on the station, and meanwhile the captain's looking entirely overwhelmed at the prospect. When Sisko makes it back to Ops, he's told by Worf that the Cardassians want to beam someone directly into Ops from the transport Rabol – someone who turns out to be Dukat. It seems that he is the one who's to accompany Kira on her search for the Ravinok, and he too is anxious to leave. Act Two Aboard the runabout heading to Razka's location in the Badlands, Dukat inquires on Kira's motivation for the search. She explains that when the Ravinok was lost, one of the people aboard was Lorit Akrem, the man who recruited Kira into the Shakaar resistance cell. Dukat's bemused at that, and goes on to say that the Shakaar cell had been the focus of a lot of Cardassian attention during the Occupation. Thence he asserts that the Occupation did Bajor a favor, with which Kira hotly disagrees. Back on the station, Sisko and Kasidy are having dinner in the captain's quarters and Kasidy announces that she got the captaincy she applied for. When she raises the possibility of getting quarters on the station, an increasingly overwhelmed Sisko calls it "a big step," Obviously, Kasidy is unimpressed by that response and declares that Sisko is afraid of commitment. She walks out on him. When Kira and Dukat arrive at Razka's ship, Dukat's presence creates tension, and it is revealed that both Razka and Dukat are wanted men – Razka by the Cardassians, and Dukat by the Maquis. However, Dukat confirms that Razka's salvage is from the Ravinok. Informed that Dozaria was the last stop of the Ferengi ship that was hauling the salvage, Kira and Dukat leave. Once at Dozaria, they find emissions consistent with the presence of a damaged ship, and take the runabout down to the surface of the planet… where they find the hulk of the Ravinok. Act Three At the station, Sisko is in the upper level of Quark's with Dax and Bashir, discussing how the captain can best remedy the fact that Kasidy is upset with him. There appear to be a few different ways to go about it. Quark, overhearing, gives his traditional Ferengi input of treating women "like the enemy." Once the captain leaves the table with a diplomatic acknowledgement of their advice, Dax and Bashir agree with the captain's judgment that the prospect of Kasidy living on the station is "a big step." Back on Dozaria, they find that the ship was shot down. Furthermore, there were survivors, as there are 12 neatly arranged grave sites nearby. Dukat pauses to identify the remains. Kira also helps, but Dukat objects, saying funeral rites forbid non-Cardassians to view the remains. Kira eventually accepts it and goes to the ship. There, she finds the manifest and the fact that the ship was attacked by unidentified ships. Coming back out to inform Dukat, she finds he is holding a Bajoran betrothal bracelet, revealing his incentive for coming there – a Bajoran woman who was once his beloved – was. Dukat doesn't want to dwell on the story, leaving Kira to identify the Bajoran remains. She discovers that Lorit wasn't killed when the ship crashed. Wanting to continue her search for Lorit, Kira explains that as a resistance fighter he had an implanted tracking device of sorts, the trail of which should lead them to the location of the survivors. That night, Kira and Dukat are setting up their bivouac when Dukat suddenly loses his usual controlled calm and repeatedly shouts "I sat on something!" Kira looks at his buttocks and removes a long, sharp object. She hands him a dermal regenerator, but he is so agitated that she has to remind him to turn it on. She breaks into laughter at his loss of dignity, and after a few seconds he joins in. Afterwards, Kira points out that she learned from the ship's computer that the daughter of Dukat's mistress, one Tora Ziyal, was also aboard. Dukat declares that he's the girl's father, and that if he finds her alive, he will be forced to kill her. Kira is shocked. Act Four The next day, Kira berates Dukat for what he's set to do. Dukat goes on to explain to Kira that if his paternity of the girl is made known on Cardassia, his political enemies would see him ruined. Kira is, of course, unfazed by this and suggests relocating her secretly to Bajor. Dukat refuses that kind of life for her or her mother. He also says he sent them away, via the Ravinok, so they could live on Lissepia for a relatively better life. Kira objects further, saying he could do that again, but he says he and his family would be in more danger now, with his alignment with the unstable civilian government. He warns her not to stand in his way. Back on the station, Sisko talks with Jake, who informs him Kasidy is not taking the job because Sisko didn't want her to. Revealing he has been talking to Nog, he says he should let Kasidy take the job if she really wants it, because it was her decision and Sisko is scared of feeling guilty if things don't work out. He's a little stunned, with all this conversation behind his back. Kira and Dukat find the survivors of the Ravinok, who have been enslaved by the Breen at a dilithium mine. One of the survivors is indeed Tora Ziyal, to Dukat's dismay. Act Five Kira tries to order Dukat back to DS9 for reinforcements, but Dukat refuses and, with Kira also unwilling to leave Dukat alone, suggests a joint plan to infiltrate the mine. Kira bluntly promises him that if he kills his daughter, she will kill him. Later, they manage to disguise themselves within Breen refrigeration suits. Once in the mine, Kira discovers that Lorit is dead. Dukat asks where the girl is, but they are soon under fire. Dukat runs off to find his daughter while Kira returns fire. Chased by Kira, Dukat finds Ziyal retrieving water from a spring. Ziyal immediately recognizes her father, and his response is to draw his disruptor on her. Just then Kira finds her way into the chamber, and draws her disruptor on Dukat. Encouraged by Kira to run, Ziyal instead stands her ground and explains that even though she'd been warned of the likelihood that her father would want to kill her, she refused to believe it – she maintained her will to live by hoping and actually dreaming that she'd be rescued by him. The impasse is finally broken when Ziyal says to her father, "if I can't be with you, then I'd rather die" – and he embraces her warmly. Back on the station, Captain Sisko goes to Kasidy to apologize for his gracelessness, as he'd been advised by his son to do. Kasidy accepts his apology and, though she turns away from his attempt at a parting kiss, implies that the two of them will be seeing a lot more of each other. Shortly thereafter Dukat catches up to Kira on the Promenade to announce to her that he's taking Ziyal back to Cardassia, and that he will let her know if he has any trouble over his decision. Memorable quotes "Smuggling might not've been the safest line of work, but it was a lot more exciting than selling scrap metal." - Razka Karn "I've found that when one has a difficult job to do, personal reasons can be quite an incentive. So who was he? A family member, a compatriot… a lover?" - Dukat, to Kira "Could you muster up a little more enthusiasm?" "I am enthusiastic…" - Kasidy Yates and Benjamin Sisko "The voice of the new Cardassia – so compassionate, so understanding. Almost makes you forget that five years ago, he was working Bajorans to death in forced labor camps, and shooting anybody who tried to stop him! Almost makes you forget." - Razka, about Dukat "It's going to be a difficult landing. I'll take the controls, if you like." "Tch! That'll be the day." - Dukat and Kira "Invigorating, isn't it? A bit sunny, perhaps, but this heat feels wonderful!" "Only a Cardassian would call this hellhole invigorating." - Dukat and Kira "Who knows more about women than me?" "Everyone." - Quark and Bashir "What if your woman leaves you?" "That's what holosuites are for." "It's a wonder the Ferengi reproduce at all." - Dax, Quark and Bashir "You're a good man, Benjamin Sisko – but you've got a lot to learn about women. Especially this one." - Kasidy Yates "I can't see two meters in front of us, and anyway, we could use the rest. So… stop pacing and sit down!" - Kira, to Dukat Background information Production history Final draft script – Story and script According to writer Robert Hewitt Wolfe, he modeled these developments on the fall of Communism in the Soviet Union, with the Obsidian Order based on the KGB. As with Cardassian Central Command and the Obsidian Order, the militarily sanctioned government of the Soviet Union could no longer maintain its dominance upon the collapse of the KGB. However, unlike the Soviet Union, Cardassia would soon return to a military government (in the episode ), something which Wolfe had always intended. His decision to give Cardassia a civilian government was always intended as a temporary development: "We always planned to make them go military again." () The basic plot of this episode resembles the 1956 John Ford western The Searchers (which starred Jeffrey Hunter), a favorite film along several of the writers. (). Kira's line "That'll be the day" is famously spoken by John Wayne in that film. Corea commented: "Ira is a great western fan and loves Peckinpah and John Ford. If you look at the archetypal Ford and Peckinpah, the emotional dynamics of the personal mythology they created can be applied to science fiction very easily. The same with Kurosawa. It can be applied to anything." (Cinefantastique 112, Vol 27 #4/5, 1996) Dukat was promoted to Legate prior to the events of the episode. The stage directions in the script mention "He's now a LEGATE, and his uniform has changed to reflect his promotion". (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion - A Series Guide and Script Library) After , this episode provides more details of the political changes on Cardassia Prime. Once the Obsidian Order was destroyed (in ), the Cardassian Dissident Movement (first seen in , and again in ) were able to wrest control from the military (i.e. Cardassian Central Command), and at the time this episode takes place, a new civilian government has been established. This episode is of vital importance in the evolution of the relationship between Dukat and Kira Nerys. For much of season one and two Dukat was simply a villain, but the second season episode began to soften his character and add ambiguity to his role as a villain. This softening was furthered in the third season with episodes like and . At the same time, Dukat was shown to perhaps be attracted to Kira in , while her opinion of him was seen as changing in . The softening of Dukat continued into the fourth season, with the episode . Production This is the first Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode to be directed by LeVar Burton. Burton had previously directed , and . (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - The Official Poster Magazine, issue 4) The exterior scenes on Dozaria were filmed with principal and stunt cast at the P.W. Gillibrand Co. Rock and Gravel Quarry in the , north of Los Angeles, the same location that had been used for Cardassia IV in the second season opener , and which would also be used for the fifth season episode and the sixth season episode . () This episode marks the first appearance of the Breen, a species previously mentioned in . Executive Producer Ira Steven Behr has said that the Breen's distinctive, scratchy voice was inspired by the guitar feedback on 's album . Reception In "Indiscretion", the next chapter in the development of Kira and Dukat's relationship begins, something which director LeVar Burton was well aware of: "it focused on these two characters, characters who had an adversarial relationship and who had to re-evaluate who they were to each other and how they viewed each other." The scene when Dukat sits on the thorn is a pivotal moment in the episode and in this process of re-evaluation. Of this scene, Ira Steven Behr comments, "There are moments in life when you can be with someone with whom you have nothing in common, who you have nothing but disdain for, and then something happens: a moment of shared experience, or shared laughter, and it just changes the playing field. And it doesn't mean that you become friends afterward, it doesn't mean that you've broken through to a new level of understanding that'll be with you for the rest of your lives. But something has changed. It's a bonding moment. And though it's probable that neither of them would ever discuss it, after this, their relationship will never be quite the same again. They've started to see each other as people." () Despite the softening of Dukat's character, the ambiguity as to Kira's opinion of him, and the re-evaluation they undergo in this episode, both Robert Hewitt Wolfe and Nana Visitor were adamant that there was never going to be any hint of genuine romance between Kira and Dukat, not from her perspective anyway. On the other hand, actor Marc Alaimo felt it would be interesting to play the character as if he thought there might be chance for a relationship in the future, and the producers agreed. The final scene in the episode, when he says, "I'll let you know", is a nod towards his hope for a more intimate relationship with Kira. However, that this could ever happen was impossible. According to Wolfe, "If you put a gun to her head, I don't think Kira would ever consider it", while Nana Visitor says, "Playing Kira, I can't even entertain the thought. It's too disgusting." () These issues would next be addressed in , a 'sequel' to this episode. Ira Steven Behr commented, "'Indiscretion' I enjoyed. It was well directed, nice location. I thought the relationship between Kira and Dukat was interesting. Those two actors worked very well together". Behr also pointed out that he felt that, in relation to Dukat's character, the episode "ran a certain risk that I think we're going to resolve in the fifth season. There's one thing between showing, as Renoir said, that every man has his reason and taking a guy who's basically not the nicest guy in the world and making him a little too accessible. I think we have to find, not the villain, though maybe that as well, but the man who is willing to go places that some of us might not be willing to go". (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - The Official Poster Magazine, issue 4) On Sisko and Kasidy's storyline in the episode, Penny Johnson commented, "More of that is what I like because they're in love and they mean something to each other, but at the same time they have a difference of opinion. I would love for her to continue to have those womanly points of view and not cloud them with the captain point of view when she's sharing because she's both. I have a great chemistry with Avery, and we just fly when we're together. It's not hard at all. He's charming, intelligent, and he really is a gentleman. It's like I've known him forever". (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - The Official Poster Magazine, issue 4) Continuity This episode is the first appearance of Tora Ziyal. Cyia Batten plays her again in the next appearance of the character in . Tracy Middendorf plays her once in . Melanie Smith plays her in the fifth and sixth seasons. This episode reveals the name of another Kai – Meressa. Roy Brocksmith previously played Sirna Kolrami in . Colm Meaney (Miles O'Brien) does not appear in this episode. Among the costumes and props from this episode which were sold off on the It's A Wrap! sale and auction on eBay, was Marc Alaimo's Breen cool suit. In reaction to Dukat's suggestion that Bajorans and Cardassians work together, Kira agrees to the principle but not to her and Dukat specifically. In the final season, Kira ends up working with the Cardassian underground to overthrow the Dominion rule, and Dukat with Kai Winn to bring back the Pah wraiths. Remastered version Remastered scenes from the episode are featured in the documentary What We Left Behind. Video and DVD releases UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 4.3, . As part of the DS9 Season 4 DVD collection. Links and references Starring Avery Brooks as Captain Sisko Also starring Rene Auberjonois as Odo Michael Dorn as Lt. Commander Worf Terry Farrell as Lt. Commander Dax Cirroc Lofton as Jake Sisko Colm Meaney as Chief O'Brien Armin Shimerman as Quark Alexander Siddig as Doctor Bashir Nana Visitor as Major Kira Guest stars Penny Johnson as Kasidy Yates Marc Alaimo as Legate Dukat Roy Brocksmith as Razka Karn Co-stars Cyia Batten as Ziyal Thomas Prisco as Heler Uncredited co-stars Unknown performers as Bajoran prisoner Breen guards Stunt doubles Ted Barba as stunt double for Marc Alaimo J. 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Rejoined (episode)

Dax is reunited with the Kahn symbiont, a wife of one of her previous hosts, and must decide whether or not to ignore Trill taboo and continue their relationship. Summary Teaser Jadzia Dax is in Quark's showing off magic tricks to Quark and Julian Bashir when Captain Benjamin Sisko calls her away. He informs her that a Trill science team is coming aboard to create an artificial wormhole and that the leader of the team is one Lenara Kahn. He then suggests that Dax has three months of leave accumulated and that she should take advantage of it. But Dax says she can handle it and that she has never allowed the past lives of the Dax symbiont to interfere with her job. Dax, Worf, and Kira Nerys greets the science team comprised of Dr. Hanor Pren, Dr. Lenara Kahn, and her brother Dr. Bejal Otner. Dax and Kahn formally greet and both agree "it's been a long time". Dax reveals to a curious Major Kira that Kahn used to be Dax's wife after Worf leads them away. Act One In Quark's, Kira and Bashir explain to a confused Quark that Dax's previous host Torias was married to Kahn's previous host Nilani. However Torias was killed in a shuttle accident and Nilani became a widow. When Nilani died, the Kahn symbiont was passed on to Lenara. Kira can not understand why Dax and Kahn can not simply "pick up where they left off", but Bashir explains that it is strictly against the rules of Trill society to acknowledge it in any way. Rekindling a relationship with a love from a past life is called reassociation, and the Trill feel it is unnatural as the point of joining is to allow the symbiont to accumulate experiences from many lifetimes. When moving from host to host, the symbiont must learn to let go of the past and move on from family and loved ones. Kira believes there must have been some Trill who have reassociated and there have: they were exiled from Trill society and their symbionts died with them. There is nothing more important for a joined Trill than to protect the life of the symbiont and therefore Bashir believes Dax will not and cannot act on any feelings she has. At the welcome reception for the Trill scientists, Dax and Kahn have an awkward encounter at the buffet table, which is not helped by the inquisitive looks cast by everyone else in the room. Dax humorously suggests getting in a screaming match to entertain the audience. Kahn jokes that perhaps they could throw themselves at each other, profess their love and disregard for Trill society. Kahn adds that they are both mature adults who are capable of handling the situation and Dax agrees. However, when Kahn goes to the other side of the room, they exchange glances. Act Two On the , the science team is going over the plan in engineering to generate a subspace tensor matrix with a magneton pulse to create an opening in the space-time continuum. Left alone on the bridge, Kahn and Dax discover a few problems, and Dax tells Kahn not to panic – Torias used to tell Nilani that she was making a fuss over nothing and panicking. Dax admits that Torias was insensitive but Nilani overreacted as well. Kahn replies defensively and accidentally in the first person, but what she meant to say was "Torias being a pilot made Nilani nervous". Both hosts feel they have never had so much trouble separating their feelings from that of a past host. Dax adds that Torias was at fault for testing an unsafe shuttle and that the part of her that is Torias is very sorry. On impulse, Dax invites Kahn to dinner with her and Bashir, only it turns out that Dax nominated Bashir as a chaperon without asking first. Kahn agrees to meet that night at Quark's. It turns out Bashir had plans that night, but Dax insists he cancel them and he relents. The unfortunate Bashir sits at a table yawning, completely left out while Kahn and Dax reminisce the night away. Bashir gets called away by Ensign 's broken leg and leaves for the infirmary a little too eagerly. Kahn thinks that Bashir is a good friend, listening to them trading stories and not complaining. Kahn gives Dax her pair of Klingon earrings and Dax reaches out to hold Kahn's hand, only to be observed in a stairwell by Dr. Pren. Act Three "Defiant Log, stardate 49195.5. Lieutenant Commander Worf reporting. We have arrived at the coordinates to begin preliminary tests for the artificial wormhole project. A Trill science delegation has offered to help, and we've granted them access to the Defiant". On the Defiant, preliminary testing has begun. Pren reports to Dr. Otner about the former couples' dinner date the previous night and observes they are very friendly towards each other. Otner prefers to focus on the experiment. Dax embraces Kahn as the first test succeeds: the wormhole was open for 23.4 seconds. While Otner and Kahn have dinner in the replimat, Otner asks questions about Dax, who visited Kahn's quarters the previous night. Kahn becomes defensive and Otner states that people are starting to notice how Kahn and Dax are acting affectionate towards each other. Kahn storms off angrily and Otner apologizes. He agrees to trust her if she says that nothing is going on, and Lenara insists there is not. Kahn visits Dax's quarters considerably upset at the encounter with her brother. Dax suggests they should not see each other and they should not be having this conversation but Kahn says that would not change their feelings. Kahn admits that she has not gotten over Dax and Dax tells Kahn she has missed her so much. They share a passionate kiss and Kahn quickly leaves afterward. Act Four Dax seeks Benjamin Sisko's advice regarding what to do. Sisko thinks Dax should not pursue the relationship as Curzon Dax had said that the price for violating the reassociation taboo is too high. Sisko wants Dax to think about what will happen if they reassocciate: when Jadzia dies, Dax dies. Sisko assures her that if he were in her position he would want to be certain that he can pay the price before doing anything. Sisko, however, agrees to back Dax all the way if she is sure that this is what she wants. Dax says that in her seven lifetimes, she has never had a friend quite like Sisko. They embrace each other warmly. On the Defiant, the team reopens the artificial wormhole in preparation for their attempt to send something through it. The wormhole appears to be stable and a probe is launched, but the wormhole collapses as soon as the probe enters it, sending out a shockwave which causes major damage to the Defiant, with a hull breach on Deck 5 and plasma leaks in the engine room where Dr. Kahn is located. The bridge cannot contact the engine room and Dax goes to investigate, telling Worf to send a damage control team to engineering. Getting there with the damage control team, Dax finds an injured Michael Eddington and a full-blown plasma fire in the middle of engineering that is threatening to cause a warp core breach. The compartment needs to be vented to put the fire out, but Kahn is lying out of reach and unconscious. With Eddington's help, Dax walks on a level 8 force field over the leaked plasma and gets to Kahn in just in time. Dax and Kahn crawl into an emergency compartment and engineering is vented, saving the ship. Kahn tells Dax that she does not want to lose her again and Dax agrees. Act Five Dax visits the recovering Kahn in her quarters and Otner thanks Dax for rescuing his sister. He leaves and gives them their privacy. Dax gives Kahn a bottle of Risian perfume and says that the accident may have been caused by the tetryon field's reaction to the probe's shielding, producing a massive graviton wave. Kahn feels guilty about the damage done to the Defiant but Dax says it is a huge achievement. Dax then suggests Kahn do further research with her at Deep Space 9 instead of returning to and that she is prepared to pay the price. Dax says it does not matter what everyone else thinks, but what they feel is most important. Kahn however feels that she can not give up everything she worked for and ignore the rules, despite feeling that a part of her is missing without Dax. Kahn wants to think it over on Trill for a little longer, but Dax says that if Kahn leaves on the transport tomorrow they both know that she will probably never return. Worf escorts Pren and Otner to the airlock on the Promenade while Dax observes from above, still hoping Kahn will stay. However Kahn arrives soon after. She casts one last lingering look at Dax and the grief-stricken hosts part, possibly forever. Log entries Ship's log, USS Defiant (NX-74205) Memorable quotes "She probably beamed the egg directly into her mouth from one of the transporters!" - Quark, remarking on Dax's magic trick "Ladies and gentlemen, the amazing Jadzia Dax!" - Bashir "You know that woman." "I know her. She used to be my wife." - Kira and Dax, on Lenara Kahn "For a joined Trill, nothing is more important than to protect the life of the symbiont. Nothing." - Bashir, on the consequences of reassociation "What do Klingons dream about?" "Things that would send cold chills down your spine, and wake you in the middle of the night. No, it is better that you do not know. Excuse me." "I can never tell when he's joking." - Kira and Worf "I'm not like you, Dax… I don't have a little Curzon inside me telling me to be impulsive…to ignore the rules… give up everything I've worked for…" "Can you really walk away from me… from us? After all this time we're back together. Don't throw that away." "I don't want to… Maybe I need more time… maybe if I go back to Trill for a while… think it over… I could always come back later…" "I wish I could believe you. But ultimately, it comes down to this… if you feel about me the way I feel about you… you won't get on that transport tomorrow. And if you do leave… I think we both know you're never coming back." - Kahn and Dax Background information Story and script A working title of this episode was "Once Joined". (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion - A Series Guide and Script Library) The idea for the taboo regarding former Trill lives was Michael Piller's. He developed the concept early in the second season, but it never made it on-screen. René Echevarria later explained Piller's idea by saying, "He felt they'd have a very strict taboo in order to avoid an aristocracy of the joined. Otherwise, they'd only want to hang out with each other, their dear old friends from five hundred years ago, and it would become a really screwed up society." () In the original version of the story, Kahn was a man. It was Ronald D. Moore who suggested making Kahn a woman. Moore commented, "I remember reading the story and thinking about it. Literally, I was on my way home and started to think this would be a much stronger story… it would really be a stand-out episode of the series… if this was a woman." (Cinefantastique, November 1996) Cast and characters Terry Farrell attested that "lesbianism" is not an issue in this episode: "I think because 'Rejoined' was such a sensitive subject, it was very important to show that it was just a choice, and no one judged Dax for her choice, and everyone supported her as a friend, and they were really concerned about her heart getting broken, because she was going to have to give up being a joined Trill. She was going to be banished from her land, she'd have to change her way of life, but not because of her love for this woman, but because it was from the past. It was appropriate for my character to have this moment, it wasn't the 'big lesbian kiss' to get you to watch , and of course my character could run up against something like this and it would make sense. And it's an interesting, topical, very Gene Roddenberry-esque way to have the show done." (Charting New Territory: Deep Space Nine Season Four, DS9 Season 4 special features) "Rejoined" was one of Terry Farrell's favorite episodes, due to the message behind it. Farrell commented that it was "a lost love episode, absolutely. I'm so glad we got to do it. It was an important show. It's interesting to see how people react to 'Rejoined'. I like the idea of sending people a bigger message than they're used to seeing on TV, something that makes them think and gives them something to talk about. I think the show is so appropriate for Dax, more appropriate than for any other character on television. That's because Dax has always had this duality. She has been a man and a woman several times. Any entity that has that duality is going to have some controversy surrounding it, even though the story is not about a gay relationship." () Farrell also liked the way all of the resistance and controversy which Dax and Lenara Kahn face from others is inspired by taboos in Trill culture, and has nothing to do with gender or lesbianism. (Crew Dossier: Jadzia Dax, DS9 Season 2 DVD, Special Features) "That was the first time I felt like I saw two people just love each other," she said, "not because of what their sex was, but just because they really just loved each other." (What We Left Behind) Cirroc Lofton (Jake Sisko) does not appear in this episode. Rene Auberjonois (Odo) only appears in the background at the party and has no speaking lines. Production Entertainment Tonight wanted to film the kiss between Terry Farrell and Susanna Thompson but Director Avery Brooks refused to let them do so. (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - The Official Poster Magazine, issue 5) Of his direction of the kiss, Brooks has said, "People want to hype stuff like that, but I wasn't going to have it." () Susanna Thompson recalled Avery Brooks' directing of this episode; "It was my first time working on Star Trek where a director wanted me to come in prior to the first day you start shooting, and so he got Terry and I together. I felt very safe with him. And being an actor, he understood all the technical ramifications that you're sort of distracted with on any given day. But he also knew that this episode was going to be a little controversial because there was a same sex kiss. He was so good at keeping us safe and protected, but also giving us such a great space to be brave." (Hidden File 04, DS9 Season 4 DVD, Special Features) Terry Farrell likewise admired the way that Brooks directed the kiss in a non-sensationalist manner. (Crew Dossier: Jadzia Dax, DS9 Season 2 DVD, Special Features) Alexander Siddig and Terry Farrell spent a lot of time on the magic tricks performed in the episode. Siddig commented, "We actually had to learn them," but that neither he nor Farrell "have since been admitted to the Magic Hall of Fame." (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - The Official Poster Magazine, issue 5) Reception Due to its inclusion of a kiss between two characters of the same gender, this is one of the most controversial episodes in the history of Star Trek. () The episode was broadcast at a time when it was highly controversial to feature homosexual relationships on television. (What We Left Behind) According to Ronald D. Moore, "Some felt betrayed, didn't want to see this in their homes. An affiliate down south cut the kiss from their broadcast." () Terry Farrell agreed, "There were quite a few people that were upset, that had thought there should be a warning, because they were upset that they couldn't have a conversation with their children about what the episode was about. So, we did something controversial that, still to this day people come up to me and say, 'Thank you." (What We Left Behind) Conversely, René Echevarria said, "My mother was absolutely scandalized by the episode. Shocked and dismayed. She told me 'I can't believe you did that. There should have been a parental guidance warning." () Jay Chattaway commented: "that had people up in arms" (The Music of Star Trek, p 185) Steve Oster recollected that a man called the show and complained, "You're ruining my kids by making them watch two women kiss like that." It was a production assistant who took the call. After hearing the man's complaint, the PA asked if the man would've been okay with his kids seeing one woman shoot the other. When the man said he would be okay with that, the PA said, "You should reconsider who's messing up your kids." () According to both cast and crew, this episode was not actually about homosexuality. Director Avery Brooks was very clear about this: "It was a story about love, and the consequences of making choices out of love. The kiss was irrelevant." Just as clear was writer René Echevarria, when he commented, "We could tell the story without ever talking about the fact that they are two women." Ronald D. Moore made a similar point; "It deals with homosexuality and sexual orientation and tolerance, but I'm very proud of the fact that nowhere in the episode does anyone even blink at the fact that these are two women. That's the part that sails by everyone on the show." Finally, Ira Steven Behr pointed out, "We're not doing a show about lesbians, we're doing a show about Trills." () Avery Brooks reinforced the notion that this is just a simple love story in Charting New Territory: Deep Space Nine Season Four, a documentary in the special features of the DS9 Season 4 DVD; "It's a love story after all. What's extraordinary about it, you know, the love of your life, and somehow that love is taken away, and you have a chance, another chance, you know, a hundred and fifty years later, to be together again. It was an extraordinary story. I thought it was important that we tell this story honestly and truthfully about love, and so it's not about sex, or same gender or any of the above, even though, obviously, in our world, that's what people started to look at, but I mean it was so important for me to tell that story honestly and truthfully, especially for the people who have suffered, you know, in our world, needlessly, because of love. I was adamant that we were not going to sensationalize this kiss, because, again, I mean, you know, for Star Trek I suppose, or even at that time, you know, for television, prime time television, it was a big deal." In the same documentary, Ronald D. Moore made a similar point; "To the audience, you're playing out this metaphor of a taboo that you're not supposed to be involved with somebody, and the audience sees these two women who are in love together, but the show will never ever comment on it, because it's really about this Trill taboo, this completely other issue. But the idea of homosexual love is staring the audience in the face no matter what they do, but we never have to mention it in the show. It just became this lovely tale about these two forbidden lovers that just couldn't get over that one had died and didn't get a chance to say goodbye, and here they come together in these two other bodies, but what they once felt for one another is still there, but the societal taboo was so strong that one of them had to back out, one of them wasn't willing to take it all the way. It was just a lovely bit of Star Trek because it really was an allegory for our society, and that's ultimately what Trek does best." Ira Steven Behr commented, "I know they [Paramount Pictures] got a lot of negative feedback, which only goes to prove a point I always believed in, which is that science fiction fans and Star Trek fans are much more conservative than people want to believe, and this whole Gene Roddenberry liberal Humanistic vision is truly not shared by a significant portion of them." (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - The Official Poster Magazine, issue 5) Behr went on: "My idea that sci-fi fans are socially far-thinking, that they are in many ways liberal, leftist, humanist, whatever, was totally blown apart by some of the incredible comments we received. There’s a strong conservative strain in the American soul and maybe it’s there in sci-fi, too. I don’t think we were saying anything that was that extra-ordinarily out of line, but maybe we were and that's pretty sad". (Cinefantastique 112, Vol 27 #4/5, 1996) On one especially odd complaint that was received, Ira Steven Behr commented, "The favorite of mine, and I haven't seen them all – was that we were taken to task for seeming to support lesbianism and reincarnation on the show… this was from some minister somewhere. So, yeah – this 'reincarnation' thing with the Trills… it's dangerous! It's seeping into the minds of America's youth! ("The Behr Necessities", ) Ira Behr himself thought this episode "was great." (What We Left Behind) Luke Snailham, an editor who worked on the documentary What We Left Behind, similarly remarked, "I thought 'Rejoined' was a wonderful episode." (What We Left Behind) Cinefantastique ranked "Rejoined" as the fourth best episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. (Cinefantastique, Vol. 32, No. 4/5, p. 98) In her book Star Trek - Where No One Has Gone Before (paperback ed., p. 204), J.M. Dillard termed this "one of Star Treks boldest episodes dealing with sexual mores." The writer Laura Cottingham wrote in 1996: "The dual function that lesbianism played and displayed in 'Rejoined', an episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, is worth considering because of the rarity of lesbianism in televised science fiction. The show offered yet another extreme enactment of the dialectic of visible and invisible lesbianism, the now-you -see-it-now-you-don't magic of today's popular culture version of lesbianism. What could be more lesbian-visible than the hottest, longest kiss between two women ever shown on US prime time television? In New York City, lesbians circulated privately taped VHS copies of the episode". (Lesbians Are So Chic, p 29) Much of the public response to the kiss in "Rejoined" mirrored that of the famous Kirk-Uhura kiss in the episode . The opinion held by both cast and crew that this episode was not actually about homosexuality mirrors the fact that "Plato's Stepchildren" likewise isn't about interracial relationships. () Trivia This episode features Star Treks first same-sex kiss. It wasn't until the episode that the first male-to-male kiss in Star Trek was shown, just over twenty-two years after this episode aired. The theme of a Trill continuing a relationship after changing hosts, explored here, is also featured in , the Trills' introductory episode. The situation here differs in that both parties are joined Trills, changing the dynamic dramatically. Contrary to Jadzia's proclamation, she had actually twice previously let her past lives get in the way of her work, once in and again in , although this was the first time confronting the taboo against romance. The Bajoran dress uniform appears for the first time in this episode Remastered version Remastered footage from the episode is featured in the documentary What We Left Behind. Video and DVD releases UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 4.3, As part of the DS9 Season 4 DVD collection Links and references Starring Avery Brooks as Captain Sisko Also starring Rene Auberjonois as Odo Michael Dorn as Lt. Commander Worf Terry Farrell as Lt. Commander Dax Cirroc Lofton as Jake Sisko Colm Meaney as Chief O'Brien Armin Shimerman as Quark Alexander Siddig as Doctor Bashir Nana Visitor as Major Kira Guest stars Susanna Thompson as Lenara Kahn Tim Ryan as Bejal Otner James Noah as Hanor Pren Kenneth Marshall as Michael Eddington Uncredited co-stars Kevin M. Brettauer as Bajoran boy (unconfirmed) Brian Demonbreun as sciences officer Randy James as David B. 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Starship Down (episode)

Sisko defends a Karemma ship when it is attacked by the Jem'Hadar. Meanwhile, Quark and the Karemma trade minister argue about the value of dishonesty in trading before having to work together to disarm a Jem'Hadar torpedo. Summary Teaser "Captain's log, stardate 49263.5, At the request of the Karemma Commerce Ministry we've brought the Defiant to a remote system in the Gamma Quadrant to discuss problems that have surfaced regarding our recent trade agreement." The rendezvouses with a Karemma Commerce Ministry vessel above a remote gas giant in the Gamma Quadrant in order to discuss trade issues. In a meeting between Trade Minister Hanok, Captain Benjamin Sisko, and Quark in the Defiants mess hall, Hanok expresses frustration in trading with the Federation, citing a series of mysterious heavy taxes and fees. Since the Ferengi are being used as middlemen between the Federation and Karemma to avoid angering the Dominion, Sisko realizes that Quark has been cooking the books. In command on the bridge, Worf gruffly reprimands a young officer, Ensign , for poor results in a weapons drill, and orders a fifteen percent decrease in response times. Meanwhile, in the aft section of the bridge, Major Kira Nerys tells Lieutenant Commander Jadzia Dax that she is fasting in observation of Ha'mara, the anniversary of the 's arrival to Bajor. Kira suspects Captain Sisko, who dislikes ceremonies in which he is the center of attention, of purposely scheduling the trade negotiations to avoid attending Ha'mara. Kira wished he had attended, as it would have meant a lot to the Bajoran people. Suddenly, sensors pick up two incoming Jem'Hadar warships. Worf orders red alert, all hands to battle stations and calls Sisko to the bridge. Act One The Jem'Hadar have come to punish the Karemma for trading with the Federation. Sisko and Minister Hanok enter the bridge and Hanok offers to surrender himself in exchange for all their lives, but Sisko will have none of that. The Jem'Hadar begin attacking both ships. In blind panic, the Karemma ship begins moving away, fleeing into the upper atmosphere of the gaseous Class J planet. The Jem'Hadar and the Defiant are in hot pursuit. Kira notes that she is reading wind speeds of ten thousand kilometers per hour, while Hanok, overwhelmed with guilt, notes that twenty-three people are on that ship. Sisko is determined to save the trade ship, and orders the Defiant into the planet's turbulent atmosphere. Chief Miles O'Brien and his young subordinates, Crewmen Muniz and , attempt to channel more power into the ship's structural integrity fields. Despite their efforts, the ship is violently buffeted by air currents. Inside the gas giant, the crew discover more bad news. The interference has restricted their sensor visibility to less than two kilometers, plus rendered their cloaking device and weapon targeting systems inoperable. Phasers will have to be manually targeted. Kira and Dax suggest using modulated tetryon pulses to actively scan via echolocation. During the Occupation, Kira used this method to evade Cardassian ships in the Badlands. Unfortunately, each pulse would give the Defiants location away as well, meaning the ship would have to change speed and course after every scan they make. As the crew begins working on their echolocation scanner, Minister Hanok returns to the mess hall. There, Quark tries to convince Hanok that the bogus surcharges were honest mistakes by his "idiot" brother Rom. Hanok doesn't buy the explanation, and angrily tells Quark that, if they survive, he will ensure that Quark will never again be able to conduct commerce in the Gamma Quadrant. Meanwhile on the bridge, the echolocation pulses have detected an object four hundred kilometers beneath them. The Defiant gingerly moves toward it, emitting pulses to keep its bearings. Suddenly, two more blips appear, moving fast toward them – it is the Jem'Hadar. The Defiant is rocked hard by phaser fire. Shields are drained to 60%, and emergency lights flicker on. Impulse power goes off-line, and the ship starts falling toward the planet. With ODN relays overloaded, Dax and Muniz race to Jefferies tube four to manually reroute power to the engines. As the external hull pressure rises, the ship groans ominously. On the bridge, Worf delivers more damage reports to Sisko. The phaser couplings have overloaded, and will take two hours to repair. Sisko brainstorms a plan with O'Brien to equip their two atmospheric probes with quantum torpedo warheads. O'Brien sends the nervous, young engineer Stevens to the torpedo bay to modify the probes. O'Brien asks Crewman Janklow to retrieve a dualitic inverter from the ship's cargo bay. Suddenly, a large explosion rocks the ship. A hull breach has occurred on Deck 2, knocking out Crewman Janklow. Emergency force fields activate, but Kira knows they will not last long within the atmosphere. The crew must seal off the deck to save the rest of the ship, but this will mean sacrificing the crewmates in sickbay, plus Dax and Muniz in the Jefferies tube. Act Two Dr. Bashir begins evacuating sickbay. Dax and Muniz are working as fast as they can to finish their job. Sisko gives them thirty seconds to clear out before he orders that the entire deck be sealed off. As Bashir herds everyone behind a bulkhead, he sees Dax and Muñiz heading toward them. However, it is too late – the force field collapses, filling the corridor with swirling poisonous gases. Muniz suddenly stumbles toward Bashir, who pulls him to safety. With Sisko ordering the bulkhead closed and Dax still missing, Bashir makes up his mind... he hits the switch to close the door, holds his breath, and runs out into the decompressed hallway after he hears Dax call out his name. Bashir manages to find Dax's unconscious form in the rolling gas, and drags her into an open turbolift. He hurriedly uses the door panel to close the door manually, and repressurizes the turbolift. They're safe, but he realizes that the communications system is broken. They're trapped in the small space together. Kira somberly notes that the impulse engines are back on line. As far as they know, it was Dax's final sacrifice. The Defiant gains altitude and resumes searching for the Karemma. In the mess hall, Quark tries to salvage the trade deal, flattering Hanok for uncovering his clever scam, but Hanok rebukes him a second time. On the bridge, Kira has found another blip, and she thinks it is a Jem'Hadar ship. She turns off the pulses, and the Defiant, now flying blind, creeps up behind the Jem'Hadar's last known position. Sisko orders a full stop, and shutdown of all non-essential systems. They will fire one of the modified atmospheric probes, and hope it homes in and destroys the Jem'Hadar ship. Worf and Kira warn Sisko that if the Jem'Hadar ship has changed course or moved out of range, the probe won't find anything and may end up targeting the Defiant instead. Sisko notes the risk, but decides to take the chance anyway. The Defiant fires the probe, and immediately the Jem'Hadar ship ambushes them from behind, weapons blazing. It scores several direct hits and the bridge in particular takes serious damage, with Captain Sisko getting thrown off his feet causing him to bang his head on a console to the left of his chair. Their attackers are about to finish them off when the probe homes in and blows the Jem'Hadar ship into dust. The crew have taken out one enemy vessel, but the Defiant is severely damaged. Muniz tries to contact the bridge but O'Brien tells him to not waste his breath – he is convinced that the bridge crew have all been killed. Act Three Fortunately, some of the bridge crew did survive, although the bridge systems did not. Junior officers Boyce and are dead, and Sisko is on the floor, bleeding from a concussion and barely conscious. Carson heads below to find a medic, while Worf goes to main engineering. Kira notes that if Sisko falls asleep he will likely slip into a coma, but she can't risk using a stimulant. Worf advises her to keep Sisko awake by talking to him and to keep his attention. In the turbolift on Deck 2, Dax and Bashir remain trapped. They only have a few hours of air left in the lift. Dax coughs up some fluorine gas. She thanks Bashir for rescuing her, and muses how much their relationship has changed: "A year ago, if you'd have done something like this, I would've thought you were just trying to be a hero," she teases. "Now that I know you better, I realize it was just a really stupid thing to do." Meanwhile, Quark attempts again to change Hanok's mind. He can't believe that the Karemma conducts all their business ventures above board. "Where's the greed?" he asks. Hanok can't believe the Ferengi would gamble away their business prospects for just a few strips of latinum more. Worf arrives in the engine room, and takes command. With his typical authoritarian manner, he berates and orders O'Brien's staff around. Meanwhile, Kira tries to keep Sisko awake by talking about mundane work issues, but Sisko is falling asleep. They realize they always talk about work, and Kira confesses that Sisko being the revered Emissary means she finds it hard to relax and be herself around him. In response, Sisko asks Kira if she can tell him a story. In the engine room, they've picked up two more blips – but they're too small and too fast to be ships. It dawns on O'Brien – they're torpedoes. The Defiant swerves to port, and the first warhead misses, but they cannot dodge the second torpedo in time. Everyone braces for impact – but nothing happens. Meanwhile, Quark and Hanok in the mess hall stare at a Jem'Hadar torpedo that has lodged itself in the back wall. Act Four Hanok suggests leaving the mess hall and getting help, but Quark knows that's pointless since the torpedo will destroy the ship if it goes off. Quark instead decides to attempt to defuse the warhead, and puts his safe-cracking skills to work. The engine room guesses where the torpedo impacted the hull, but they are cut off from the mess hall. When Stevens expresses doubt in Worf's command to strengthen structural integrity in that area, Worf curtly cuts him off. O'Brien privately reminds Worf that his engineers aren't officers who attended Starfleet Academy, but enlisted crewmen who are used to doing their jobs and being given a problem to solve in their own way. He suggests that Worf "loosen up on the reins" and let his men do what they're good at. Worf vows to consider his advice. Trapped in the turbolift, Bashir muses how during when he first arrived on the station, he fantasized that he and Dax would be trapped adrift on a runabout. He explains it was because she was always avoiding him, and Dax explains it is because he came on too strong. They exchange a laugh. In the engine room, Worf tries a more participatory style of leadership. Approaching Muniz and Stevens, he solicits their help in improvising another weapon. The bright engineers brainstorm using the deflector dish as a makeshift, one-shot phaser out of the Defiants deflector array, and Worf approves their plan. On the bridge, Sisko's condition worsens and he begins to slip into unconsciousness. Kira decides to risk giving him a stimulant and, determined to do anything to stop the Emissary of the Prophets from dying, begins praying over his prone body in her native tongue. In the engine room, the deflector weapon is configured. The echolocation pulse is restarted, and the crew wait anxiously for the final confrontation. Act Five In the mess hall, Quark has managed to open the warhead. Hanok points directly to two diodes and describes their function; one will turn off the power, the other will trigger the detonator. As Quark questions his knowledge, Hanok admits these torpedoes are made and sold by the Karemma. Quark realizes that Hanok sold the Jem'Hadar shoddy merchandise (since the torpedo was meant to detonate on impact), and Hanok jokes that maybe he should offer a refund. The two businessmen then share a hearty laugh. Hanok doesn't know which diode does what, which complicates matters. Quark says they will have to take a chance and just guess. When Hanok hesitates, Quark just randomly picks a diode and pulls it out... and the torpedo powers down. "I think we have a winner..." Quark states quietly. Afterward, Hanok admits that the gamble was exciting. This time, Quark challenges him to reopen trade negotiations and try to outsmart him. Hanok accepts. Meanwhile, the Jem'Hadar ship has locked onto their pinging, and comes in for the kill. Too late, it discovers the source of the pinging is actually the second atmospheric probe... the Defiant ambushes them from behind, destroying the Jem'Hadar with a single deflector blast. "Defiant log, supplemental. Damage control teams are repairing the ships systems and medics are tending to injured crew members. We have located the Karemma ship deep in the atmosphere and are moving to assist. It appears that it will have to be abandoned, and its crew brought back to Deep Space 9 until transportation can be arranged to the Karemma homeworld." The Defiant rescues the Karemma, although the trade ship is too damaged and is abandoned. Everyone arrives safely back at Deep Space 9 and Quark's. Minister Hanok, invigorated from living on the edge, takes up dabo. To Quark's detriment, he turns out to be a natural at it. Dax invites Bashir to a game of darts, rescuing him from a dull conversation with Morn regarding his large family. Stevens gives Worf the repair schedule, and to his delight, Worf allows the engineers to proceed at their own discretion. However, O'Brien interrupts, and curtly tells Stevens he has twelve hours to complete the repairs. After Stevens leaves, O'Brien sagely remarks to Worf, "You can give them a little slack, but you can't take your hands off the reins." In Ops, a recovering Sisko finishes a meeting with Kira in his office and then asks if she would like to accompany him to a baseball game in the holosuites. Kira gladly accepts and he tosses her a baseball cap to wear for the game. Log entries Ship's log, USS Defiant (NX-74205) Memorable quotes "The captain's gotten us out of tougher spots than this. Last year, when the Romulans tried to invade the Founders' homeworld, we went up against a dozen Jem'Hadar ships." "I know, chief. You've told me the story." "Yeah? Well unless you want to hear it again, you'd better get down to the torpedo bay and start working on those probes!" - Chief O'Brien and Stevens "You are despicable!" "I hate the Gamma Quadrant." - Hanok and Quark "I'll do my best." "I expect nothing less." - Stevens and Worf "We sell these torpedoes to the Jem'Hadar." "I thought you said you'd never sold substandard merchandise… It was supposed to explode on impact, wasn't it?" "Maybe I should offer them a refund!" - Hanok and Quark "This can't happen! You can't die! You're the Emissary. There's still so much for you to do! - Kira, to Sisko "It's very important that you listen to me… because there's going to be a test later." - Kira, attempting to keep Sisko conscious "If you cannot carry out my orders, I will find someone who can." - Worf "I think we have a winner." - Quark to Hanok, after removing the diode to deactivate the warhead "You can get the hot dogs from Quark." "Hot dogs?!" - Sisko to Kira, who seems shocked about warming up dogs Background information Story and script This episode is an adaptation of classic submarine thrillers, such as the 1981 film . Writer David Mack specifically told his writing partner, John J. Ordover, that he wanted to "sink the Defiant," having seen Das Boot the previous evening. () The original concept for this episode had the Defiant plunging into a sea of an alien planet, with the crew attempting to escape before the ship's structural integrity field failed and the ship is crushed underwater. As David Mack summarizes the idea, "It was sort of , with the crew trapped and trying to get out before the ship runs out of power." This concept involved Odo diving into the water and seeping into the ship through a damaged part of the hull to lend assistance. Due to budgetary limits, however, this underwater concept was eliminated and the story was rewritten to have the Defiant sinking into a gas giant. Mack was extremely disappointed to lose the Odo rescue scene, as he felt it could have made for a tremendous shot; "We had an idea for a great visual with the water seeping through a cracked bulkhead and then this gold viscous fluid flowing with it, then Odo just stands up and reforms out of the water. We thought it would have been the coolest thing to ever come down the pike." (). somewhat used the story idea in the episode where the was sunk in water, albeit not damaged. Ironically, Mack and Ordover originally thought of the episode as a bottle show, but when producer Steve Oster read their teleplay he responded by saying "It's a wonderful script and when you make the movie, I'd love to see it." () Altering the concept from the Defiant sinking in an ocean to the Defiant filling with gas wasn't seen as an entirely successful move by everyone. René Echevarria, for example, points out, "shutting a hatch against an incoming rush of water is straight out of a submarine movie, but when we tried to do the classic scene with gas instead of water, it was hard to translate. It could have been a set piece viewers would never forget. Shutting the hatch and killing your own people! We did the best we could, but there was no tension." Similarly, for the duration of season four, Ira Steven Behr had a running joke where he would say, "we could still do that submarine movie, and we could do it right this time." () As with the B-story of , the "engineering story" of "Starship Down" was created specifically to show Worf's attempts to integrate into the new environment of DS9. According to director Alexander Singer, "It was terribly important to the series that we make him more accessible as a character than he had been on TNG. This was a different view of Worf. Suddenly he had to deal with the psychology of Human behavior at a level to which he was unaccustomed. () Production This episode was one of the first Star Trek episodes to use extensive CGI. The Defiant, the Jem'Hadar fighter, the atmospheric probe and the clouds were all created in a computer by VisionArt Design & Animation artists Daniel Kramer, Carl Hooper, Pete Shinners, Rob Bredow, and Ben Hawkins. , Reception Armin Shimerman commented ""Starship Down" was a personal favorite. One, because I got to work with an old friend, James Cromwell. At that point, I hadn't seen Babe, I had no idea what he had done in Babe, I just knew him from the Shakespeare we had done together. Working with Jamie was just a sheer delight". Shimerman's second reason for liking the episode was that "it was an opportunity to really open up and describe Quark's attitude towards life, which is that life is to be lived, to have a good time, to take a risk, because when you do that you're really alive. I had a great time with that". (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - The Official Poster Magazine, issue #7) John Ordover commented that he and David Mack were "both extremely happy with the final product. It was always the intention to make it an 'ensemble' piece. It's always better if everybody has something to do. We weren't on set when the episode was being made – Dave and I live in NYC, and the show is filmed in LA. I did chat with Alexander Siddig a bit how he felt about doing the episode, and he loved it – he got to cuddle Terry Farrell for days!" (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - The Official Poster Magazine, issue #7) James Cromwell enjoyed his single appearance on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, commenting that the series had "truly intriguing characters". ("James Cromwell: Bringing a Legend to Life", ) Continuity and trivia Cirroc Lofton (Jake Sisko) does not appear in this episode. Kira's suggestion of setting up a four-shift crew rotation on Deep Space 9 was later put into effect in . James Cromwell had previously appeared twice on TNG, playing Nayrok in and Jaglom Shrek in and . He went on to play Zefram Cochrane in and in the pilot episode of , . He also appeared as the Mirror universe version of in , though only in archive footage taken from First Contact. This is Cromwell's first and only appearance in DS9, and his last credited appearance in a Star Trek television series, since both of his appearances in Enterprise were uncredited. The A-story bears a close resemblance to that of the episode , in which the main characters were all seen dealing with various different situations aboard the stricken , as happens on the Defiant in this episode. In the same episode, Riker says that everyone on the bridge is likely dead. But in fact, O'Brien was among the few officers alive on the bridge. Then in this episode, O'Brien is the one who says the bridge crew is likely dead. The Homestead Grays baseball cap worn by Nana Visitor was sold off on the It's A Wrap! sale and auction on eBay. Remastered version Remastered footage from the episode is featured in the documentary What We Left Behind. Video and DVD releases UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 4.4, This volume reverses the order for this and As part of the DS9 Season 4 DVD collection. Links and references Starring Avery Brooks as Captain Sisko Also starring Rene Auberjonois as Odo Michael Dorn as Lt. Commander Worf Terry Farrell as Lt. Commander Dax Cirroc Lofton as Jake Sisko Colm Meaney as Chief O'Brien Armin Shimerman as Quark Alexander Siddig as Doctor Bashir Nana Visitor as Major Kira Guest stars James Cromwell as Hanok F.J. Rio as Enrique Muniz Jay Baker as Sara Mornell as Uncredited co-stars Patrick Barnitt as Bajoran officer Ivy Borg as Rita Tannenbaum Brian Demonbreun as sciences officer Scott DeRoy as sciences officer Terry Green as operations lieutenant Mark Lentry as command lieutenant Mary Mascari as Bajoran woman James Minor as operations officer Tom Morga as Janklow Leslie Hoffman as operations ensign Mark Allen Shepherd as Morn Unknown performers as Alien bar patron References 2370; active-scan navigation; atmospheric entry; Badlands; Bajorans; Bajoran capital; Bajoran language; barter; baseball; Battle of the Omarion Nebula; Bolian; Bolian currency; Boyce; bridge systems; buffer time; Cardassian; Class J gas giant (unnamed); Changeling; coma; concussion; dabo; darts; Defiant class decks; deflector dish; design schematic; Dominion; dozen; dualitic inverter; echolocation; Emissary of the Prophets; expression; fast; Federation; Ferengi; Ferengi vessels; field generator; fluorine; ; Gamma Quadrant; gas giant; GSC; Ha'mara; herder; holosuite; hot dog; hull breach; intermediary; inventory; Jefferies tube; Jem'Hadar; Jem'Hadar warship (unnamed); Jem'Hadar torpedo; Jo'Kala; Karemma; Karemma (planet); Karemma Commerce Ministry; Karemma ship; Karemma transport; Karemman fleece; Karemman Ministry of Trade; kava root; kava farmer; kilometer; kilometers per hour; latinum; meter; minister; moon (unnamed); Morn's siblings; Occupation of Bajor; ODN relay; ; phaser emitter; phaser generator; Pike City Pioneers; port; power grid; probe casing; quantum torpedo; Quark's; Rom; Romulan; runabout; scanning range; sensor range; shift rotation; Starfleet Academy; star (unnamed); star system (unnamed); structural integrity field; surcharge; Tarkaleans; Tarkalean sheep; tariff; tetryon; thermal layer; torpedo bay; turbolift shaft; weapons drill; Yridian Script references Bolian Credit Exchange External links de:Das Wagnis (DS9) es:Starship Down fr:Starship Down (épisode) nl:Starship Down DS9 episodes

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Little Green Men (episode)

A malfunction on Quark's new ship causes Quark, Rom, and Nog to crash in the year 1947 in Roswell, New Mexico. Summary Teaser A crowd has gathered at Quark's. Rom tells the assembled crowd that Nog will soon be heading off to Starfleet Academy, and, as is Ferengi tradition, is selling off his childhood possessions to raise capital. Rom encourages everyone to show their support, and kicks off the auction by volunteering to buy Nog's pajamas – which Nog says will cost him three strips of gold-pressed latinum. Rom, in typical Ferengi fashion, haggles his way down to two. Nog accepts, and encourages the crowd to buy their own keepsakes. Worf stands off to one side, and is approached by Miles O'Brien, who is surprised to see him there. Worf explains it was a personal request of Captain Sisko's, and says he seems to have taken some interest in the boy. The chief tells him that Sisko had sponsored Nog's application to the Academy, and Worf says it just doesn't seem right: a Ferengi at the Academy. The chief comments that not so long ago, someone would have said the same about a Klingon attending the Academy. Sisko comes up behind them and tells them to buy something before it is all gone. Despite his annoyance, Worf is quickly impressed with Nog's tooth sharpener after trying it and buys it to Nog's surprise. Quark walks into the bar and, looking irritated, walks over to Rom. Rom is surprised to see Quark, and tells him that if he hurries, there may still be some choice items left to buy. Quark tells him he's not there for the sale; Nog has no place going off to the Academy, and Quark won't have any part of it. Quark tells Rom to come with him; the sale is over, as far as Rom is concerned. The brothers' cousin has finally made good on a ten-year-old promise and has finally bought Quark a ship. Knowing Gaila, it is probably defective, so he wants Rom to check it out thoroughly. Upon inspection, Rom finds the ship is in perfect shape, but Quark feels they need to take it on a shakedown cruise. Rom suggests Earth, and Quark says it is a wonderful idea. Rom runs off to tell Nog, and Quark says to himself that it will be a profitable trip. "All I ask is a tall ship… and a load of contraband to fill it with," Quark grins while he sits in his ship's command chair. Act One Quark makes arrangements with Morn to watch the bar while he's gone, and tells him to keep a close eye on Odo. Odo tells Quark Morn is a good choice, as long as he doesn't drink up all of the profits. Odo comments that it is nice of Quark to take Nog to Earth; Quark remarks that he's a generous person. Jake and Nog are at their usual spot on the upper level of the Promenade when Julian Bashir and the chief walk up. They present Nog with a PADD containing all of Earth's customs, geography, history... everything he'll need to know to get by on Earth. Nog looks at them in surprise, and asks if it will tell him all he needs to know about attracting Human females; they chuckle and say, "Well, maybe not everything." Nog says his goodbyes to Bashir and the chief, and Jake offers to walk him to the airlock. He turns around one last time to look at the spot where he and Jake used to spend all their time hanging out on the Promenade. Jake says, "That was a good spot." Nog replies, "The best." Jake walks his friend to the airlock. In Ops, Dax tells Sisko and Kira Nerys that the Ferengi shuttle Quark's Treasure has just departed. Kira says she wouldn't want to be stuck on that shuttle with the three of them all the way to Earth; Sisko says he's just worried that no one warned Earth they were coming. On the shuttle, Quark complains that the trip is taking too long, and Rom says not to worry; he knows that kemocite is unstable, but another day or two won't make any difference. Quark feigns ignorance, but Rom knows all about the shipment of kemocite Quark is smuggling, and how dangerous and profitable it is, especially if they make a side trip to on the way back from Earth. Quark asks when he got so smart; Rom tells him he's always been smart, he just lacks self-confidence. He could be convinced to forget what he knows... for 20% of the profits. Quark rolls his eyes, and asks Nog if he wants a cut, too. Nog says that as a Starfleet cadet, he's sworn to report any violation of Federation law to his superiors – but he hasn't been sworn in yet. For 10%, he'll keep quiet. Quark agrees, and tells Rom to push the shuttle faster. As they approach Earth, Nog comes in from the crew quarters, and, reading on his PADD about the Bell Riots, asks his father if the picture of Gabriel Bell looks a lot like Sisko. Quark tells Nog all Humans look alike and tells Rom to take the ship out of warp but Rom says it is not responding; the command sequencer has been disabled. Gaila found a way to sabotage the ship that Rom couldn't normally detect, and he can't shut it down. Rom says that if he can flood the cargo hold with plasma, its reaction with the kemocite should allow him to shut down the warp core, forcing them back into normal space. Quark says he's a genius. Rom asks if he really thinks so, and Quark replies he has no idea... he didn't understand a word he just said, but to do it anyway. Rom says he thinks he can get close enough to Earth to make an emergency landing. The ship streaks through space at high warp... and disappears. Quark wakes up and sits bolt upright, covered by a white sheet. He looks around, and sees Rom and Nog lying next to him in what appears to be a dark laboratory. They both appear to be dead. Outside the lab, a Human male dressed in a 1940s US Army officer uniform picks up an old-fashioned phone and tells the party on the other end to contact Lieutenant General Denning... one of the "Martians" is awake. A calendar is hanging on the wall... a pin-up calendar featuring Rita Hayworth, set to July, 1947. Act Two A military base, 1947 – one man in a suit, a doctor, and several men and women in US military uniforms stand on the other side of a two-way mirror, watching Quark, Rom, and Nog interact with each other. They have the farmer who found the ship, and they've convinced the "idiot in Roswell" who told the local paper they captured a flying saucer to issue a retraction... turns out, it was just a weather balloon. They're afraid that if word gets out that beings from another planet have landed on Earth, they'll create a nationwide panic. They're not telling anyone about the "Martians" until they know what they're up against. They turn on a speaker and hear the Ferengi speaking in their native language. Quark walks over to the door and tries to get it to open, but can't figure out how to use the door knob. The Humans watch this all with great interest. Inside the room, the Ferengi try to figure out where they are. They figure they must be on Earth, but they don't know where, except that it is not Starfleet Academy. Quark starts beating on the door, yelling at them to give him his ship back. The soldiers on the other side of the door pull their guns, thinking he's trying to escape. A female officer grabs the doctor's arm and tells him not to let the soldiers hurt Quark; he's just scared. He tells the general they need to try and communicate with them; the general tells him the President agrees... that's why he's here. Back inside the room, Quark is complaining that Earth was a bad idea, and that it is all Nog's fault because he insisted on joining Starfleet. Rom defends Nog, Quark yells at Rom, Nog yells at Quark, and Rom says maybe they're all dead, and this is the Divine Treasury, the Ferengi version of Heaven. Quark says that's not possible; the Treasury is made of solid gold-pressed latinum, the Blessed Exchequer and the Celestial Auctioneers are missing, and they should be bidding for new lives right now. Rom says maybe they're in the other place... Nog suggests the Vault of Eternal Destitution? Quark scoffs and says that's impossible; the bar was turning a profit. The door opens, and two armed men enter the room, followed by the female nurse, one of the officers, and the doctor. He tries to communicate with the Ferengi; they don't understand a word he says. Rom figures their universal translators must not be working, and they all three start hitting their heads, trying to reset the translators. The Humans think they must be some sort of greeting, and start hitting their heads in return. Quark looks at them in amazement; Rom says maybe their universal translators are broken, too. Nog says they don't have universal translators; he recognizes the uniforms from the PADD about Earth Bashir gave him back on Deep Space 9. The uniforms are from the 20th century, one of Earth's old nation-states, Australia, or something. They figure out they've traveled back in time almost four hundred years. Rom asks if they don't have universal translators, then why are they banging their heads. Quark hits his head, and the Humans do it too. Quark repeats the action, and so do they. Quark figures out they are just mimicking the Ferengi. He says he never realized primitive Humans were so stupid. Nog says they were also violent, petty, bigoted, and selfish. Quark says, "The three of us, and millions of primitive hew-mons… I like those odds." Act Three The nurse takes Quark's blood pressure, and Quark asks for oo-mox in his native language. She has no idea what he says, of course. She smiles, and walks over to the doctor. She tells him she has run every test she can think of, and all she can tell him is, they're not Human. They watch Rom try to repair Nog's universal translator, and think they're involved in some kind of grooming ritual, like gorillas. She correctly assumes they are father and son, and the doctor wonders if Quark is related somehow. She says for all they know, he could be the mother. The doctor says if that's true, Quark is quite a shrew. Rom figures out that the interference disrupting their translators is coming from beta radiation from nuclear fission. Quark tells him not to be an idiot; fission doesn't happen within planetary atmospheres. Nog explains that here, it does. In the 20th century, Humans used crude fission reactors as weapons, calling them "atom bombs." Quark can't believe how stupid the Humans are for polluting their own planet. Quark tells Rom to hurry up and fix the translators; the sooner they start communicating with these "savages," the better. Rom sees the female playing with a hairpin, and points at it. The man figures out that Rom wants it, and she gives it to him. Rom takes the hairpin and jabs it in Nog's ear, looking for the reset button on his translator. The Humans recoil, thinking it must hurt. The doctor lights up two cigarettes, one for the nurse and one for himself, and expresses dismay at not having enough help to try and communicate with the Ferengi, and the woman says she's sure he'll find a way. She can't wait to find out how much they can learn from the Ferengi; how maybe, in a few years, Humans will have rocket ships of their own and travel the galaxy, "exploring new worlds and new civilizations." He chuckles, and says that she's a dreamer; she replies, that's why you love me. He smiles, and says that here they are, in the middle of one of the biggest discoveries in Human history, and all he can think about is how she'll look in her wedding dress. She smiles bashfully and says her mother keeps asking where they're going on their honeymoon; she thinks they should go to Niagara Falls. He says who knows... maybe they'll go to Mars. Quark notices the smell from the cigarettes burning, and Nog tells him about tobacco, how poisonous and addictive it is. Rom asks where they get it; Nog tells them it is readily available in stores. Quark is amazed; he says if they'll buy poison, they'll buy anything. Nog says he hopes he wouldn't do anything to disrupt the timeline; they could all cease to exist. In the hangar, the soldiers are examining the ship, but they can't figure out how it runs. The doctor is out for a stroll, and he kneels down to pet a German Shepherd. The general asks him if they've made any progress. The doctor says he would think that creatures as technologically advanced as they seem to be would communicate telepathically, but they seem to have a developed language. He says, in time, a team of linguists should be able to figure it out. The captain says no one else is getting called in on the project there is already too many people who know about the Ferengi. The general says that president Truman is an impatient man and wants answers, and he wants them now. The nurse comes outside, and tells them they need to get in there, now. They come inside, and the dog follows them in. Quark announces, so that they understand, that he is Quark, the chief financial officer of the Ferengi Alliance, and he has a business proposition for them. Act Four The general looks in Quark's ear with a flashlight and says he sees no universal translator; Quark says trust me, it is in there. The general asks how it works, and Quark says it is simple, if you know how. Anything is possible with advanced technology. In typical Ferengi fashion he then goes into his sales pitch: he is there to open up a market for advanced Ferengi technology with the people of 20th century Earth. Ships, transporters, medicine, replicators, weapons, are all available in exchange for gold. The general says Quark reminds him of his brother-in-law... a used car salesman, and not a very good one. Bottom line: he doesn't trust him. Quark threatens to take his "business" to the Russians, and the general doesn't like that. He says he'll have to get clearance from the president. Quark agrees, and offers some free advice: stop poisoning themselves with tobacco and atom bombs... they'll kill you. The general asks what he knows about atom bombs' Quark improvises and says the Ferengi has watched them for years, and know all about Humans. He proceeds to showcase this by referencing baseball, root beer, darts, and atom bombs (activities and objects he's learned about from the station's crew over the years). He tells the general to go talk to the president. Rom and Nog are talking to the doctor and his fiancée, telling them all about Ferenginar. The German Shepherd is sitting on the counter. Rom has just told the doctor that women on Ferenginar go around naked, and it is the law; Nurse Garland tells them she's never visiting there, and neither is he. Nog manipulates Garland into innocently giving him oo-mox. Quark comes back to the room, and Rom asks how his meeting with the general went. He gets Nurse Garland and the doctor to leave the room, and tells them everything is fine. The German Shepherd barks at Quark, and he complains that the Humans forgot to take it with them. It runs over to him and puts its front paws on his shoulders. The German Shepherd morphs into Odo, who tells him he is placing Quark under arrest for attempting to smuggle kemocite. He tells them he hid on board the ship, which is in a hangar on the other side of the base. It is damaged, but the engines are functional. They can use it to get away from the base. Nog says that they'll be stuck four hundred years in the past. Rom tells them all that if there is enough kemocite left, and if he can find a powerful enough energy source, he might be able to trigger a temporal surge in the subspace continuum and re-create the same kind of time warp that deposited them in this time period, bringing them back to their own time. Odo asks what kind of energy source, but Quark interrupts, and tells them all they're not going anywhere, that inside a year, they'll be running the whole place. The Humans here are cruel, gullible, and greedy... and he can manipulate them. Once they run the whole planet, they'll contact the Ferengi of this time and sell them their ship. Ferengi will have warp drive before any other power in the quadrant, and set up a financial empire the likes of which even Grand Nagus Zek couldn't dream of... and Quark can run it all. Odo says he has a very vivid imagination, but the only place they're going is back to their own time. He'll have the ship ready in six hours... and they're all going to be on it. Quark says he's not going back, and neither is his ship. Odo says we'll see about that. He morphs back into a dog and waits by the door. Outside, the captain is pacing by the door when the general pulls up. He tells that the captain the president said no deal, not until they know more about the aliens. The captain says he'll find out, and the general gives his okay. The captain goes inside the building. Inside, Quark is trying to convince Rom and Nog to stay, but they want to go. Six MPs enter the room, three with pistols drawn. The other three put bags over the Ferengi's heads, and escort them none too gently from the room. They are tied to chairs, and the captain begins to interrogate Quark. He tells them if they don't let him go, he'll take his business to the Russians. The captain says that's a good place to start... telling them what he know about the Russians. Nurse Garland walks up to Quark with a syringe full of liquid, and Quark realizes he's in a lot more trouble than he thought. Act Five Nurse Garland sticks the needle in Quark's arm and he starts to scream. After five injections of Sodium Pentathol, she tells the captain it is not working. She tells the captain it is wrong: "these people are our guests". The captain says they're not people, they're things, invaders from another world, and it is up to them to put an end to whatever the Ferengi might be planning. He grabs a scalpel and threatens to cut Quark open if he doesn't tell him what he wants to hear. Nog asks if there are laws against this kind of thing; the captain tells him not when it comes to national security. He threatens each of them in turn, until Rom breaks, and tells them it was an accident, that they never meant to come to Earth in the 1940s, and they're from the future, all the while, crying for his moogie. Nog tells the captain what he wants to hear, saying that they're the advance scouts for the Ferengi invasion fleet, confirming the captain's fears. He tells the "puny Earthlings" that they have been studying them for centuries, and they are ripe for conquest. He calls Quark the "Supreme Commander" and tells the Humans that three hundred "" attack cruisers are orbiting the planet, preparing to attack. Quark tries to convince them they just want to sell them things, and the doctor says he doesn't believe the invasion story, all while Rom is crying for his moogie. Nog keeps up the invasion story, telling them that when the appointed hour arrives, the ships will decloak and begin transporting Klingon shock troops directly to the landing zone, killing all the males and taking all the females to mate with. The captain asks where the landing zone is; Nog will show him on the map if he unties him. One of the MPs unties Nog, and the other goes to get the general. Nog points to the area, saying the first landing parties will invade here. The captain leans over to get a closer look at the map, and Nog hits him in the stomach and over the head, causing him to drop his M1911. The MP pulls his M1911, and Nurse Garland tells him not to hurt Nog. Nog says it was an accident, he didn't mean to hit the captain, he tripped. The captain tells the MP to shoot Nog, but the doctor takes out the MP before he can fire. Nurse Garland hits the captain over the head with a tray and unties Quark. They tell the Ferengi they are helping them escape, and Rom asks if they'll get in trouble. Quark says of course not, since they forced the Humans to help them using... Nurse Garland fills in the blank: "your insidious mind control powers." Quark compliments her on her quick thinking, and they make their way to the ship. The general and two MPs stop them. Quark grabs Nurse Garland and points his finger at her, telling them he'll disintegrate the hostage with his "death ray." The general says it looks a lot like a finger to him. With the distraction, Odo shape-shifts out of a nearby truck and takes out the two MPs and the general. They commandeer a Jeep and get to the hangar. The doctor tells them an atomic blast will occur in seven minutes. Quark thanks the two "hew-mons," and Nurse Garland says that she only hopes one day man can travel the stars and take its place among a vast alliance of planets. Rom corrects her: "Federation." Quark stops him from explaining further, saying that he is an idiot. The Ferengi get in their ship and take off. The captain gets to the general and asks "What do we do now?" The general says "About what, captain? All we ever found was a crashed weather balloon." Rom tells them all they have to do is fly directly into the atomic blast, expose the kemocite to the beta radiation and engage the warp engines, and it will cause a reverse time warp that they can just ride home. Odo tells Quark if it doesn't work, he'll hold him personally responsible. At the target site, the bomb goes off, and the ship gets buffeted by the explosion. The ship materializes in Earth orbit back in their own time. Back on DS9, Quark tells Rom he could have ruled the galaxy, and now he has nothing, not even a shuttle. Rom reminds him he still has the bar, and at least he got enough from selling the shuttle for salvage to book them passage home. Odo grabs Quark and tells him he's under arrest for kemocite smuggling; Quark tells him he has no evidence, since they used up all the kemocite getting back to the 24th century. Odo tells him to tell it to the arbiter. Quark tells Rom to get him out of this; Rom says he'll contact cousin Gaila; he's sure to know a good lawyer. Memorable quotes "They irradiated their own planet?!" "If Nog says so they did. He knows all about Earth history." "You better fix those translators fast. The sooner we start talking to these savages the better off we'll be." - Quark and Rom, on atomic weapons "Ferengi at the Academy… I am not sure that is wise." "Oh, I don't know about that… not so long ago, someone might've said the same thing about you." - Worf and O'Brien "Quark, Rom, and Nog, together on that ship, all the way to Earth… glad I'm not going with them…" "Only thing that worries me… no one warned Earth that they're coming!" - Kira and Sisko, after the Ferengi leave the station "It says here that Humans didn't even have currency until five thousand years ago, let alone banking, speculative investments, or a unified global economy." "They're a primitive, backward people Nog. Pity them." "But think about it, uncle. That means they went from being savages with a simple barter system to leaders of a vast interstellar Federation in only five thousand years! It took us twice that long to establish the Ferengi Alliance and we had to buy warp technology from the…" "Five thousand… ten thousand… what's the difference? The speed of technological advancement isn't nearly as important as short-term quarterly gains." - Nog and Quark "The kemocite! If we vent plasma from the warp core into the cargo hold, we may be able to start a cascade reaction in the kemocite! Then we can modulate the reaction to create an inversion wave in the warp field and force the ship back into normal space! If I time it just right, I should be able to get us close enough to Earth to make an emergency landing!" "Rom, you're a genius!" "Think so?" "How should I know?! I have no idea what you're talking about! Just do it!" - Rom and Quark "I'd always heard primitive hew-mons lacked intelligence, but I had no idea they were this stupid!" - Quark, after "communicating" with the Human onlookers "They weren't just stupid. They were violent, petty, bigoted, and selfish." - Nog, about Humans "If they'll buy poison, they'll buy anything!" - Quark, on tobacco "Imagine the possibilities. Who knows what they could teach us? A few years from now, mankind could have rocket ships of our own. We could travel the galaxy, exploring new worlds and new civilizations." - Garland "We're helpless! We're harmless! We just want to sell you things!" - Quark "I only hope that one day mankind will travel to the stars and take its place in a vast alliance of planets." "Fe-e-ederation, of planets." "Excuse me?" "Don't listen to him, he's an idiot." - Garland, Rom, and Quark "The first landing parties will arrive here." "Where?" "Here, right by this blue blob." "You mean your people are going to invade… Cleveland?" - Nog and Wainwright "I know everything about you people… baseball, root beer, darts… atom bombs." - Quark "For a primitive female, she's pretty smart!" - Nog "Stay back, or I'll disintegrate this hostage." "With your finger?" "With my death ray." "Looks a lot like a finger to me." - Quark and Denning during a stand off as the Ferengi try to escape "Who's he?" "My hero." - Carlson and Quark after Odo saves them from the MPs and Denning Background information Story and script This episode was written and designed to be an homage to '50s B-movies. (Deep Space Nine Chronicles) Indeed, as Robert Hewitt Wolfe explains, "All the characters are archetypes from those movies; the sort of Human nurse who sees beyond appearance, and the tough, cigar chomping general, and the sort of traitorous mid-level military officer, and the noble scientist, and it was just like so much fun just to play with all those archetypal science fiction characters, sort of give a nod even beyond The Original Series, but a nod to all these great movies from the fifties which made Star Trek possible in the first place." (Charting New Territory: Deep Space Nine Season 4, DS9 Season 4 DVD special features) The title of this episode is a nod to a line spoken in . John Christopher states "…and I never have believed in little green men." In that episode, the and her crew are transported to the late 1960s and much of the action takes place inside a US Air Force base. Toni Marberry and Jack Treviño pitched the story during the first season of Deep Space Nine, but Michael Piller wasn't keen on the concept. Early in the fourth season, with the 50th anniversary of the Roswell incident approaching, René Echevarria proposed that they do the "Roswell show", and everyone agreed. () The scene where all of the Humans observing the "Martians" behind the one-way mirror were smoking was a deliberate commentary on the use of tobacco in the 1940s. Indeed, the studio was originally against having anybody at all smoking in the episode, but Ira Steven Behr pointed out that they couldn't do an homage to '50s B-movies without seeing the characters smoke. A lot. In particular, he cites the 1951 movie as taking cigarette smoking to an unprecedented extreme. According to Behr, "You see smoking in fifties movies all the time, from war movies to bug-eyed monster films, but Continent took it to an art form that is just jaw-dropping to watch. Every time there is a problem, everyone just starts handing out cigarettes." () However, Behr was not entirely happy with how the commentary on nicotine came across in the finished episode. He feels that because nicotine is such an easy target for criticism, he and Robert Hewitt Wolfe should have been more subtle; "Knocking cigarettes is such an easy target. We thought it would speak for itself, but we actually verbalized it and I wish we hadn't. We got a little self-righteous, and it was like shooting ducks in a barrel." () Behr wanted to have Quark become addicted to cigarettes and have to learn to do without. (Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages, p 109) If Behr was unhappy with how the criticisms of nicotine turned out, he has no such reservations about the criticisms of the A-bomb. Behr says that while writing the teleplay for this episode he saw the 1994 movie , starring . According to Behr, the movie incensed him because an A-bomb is used as the backdrop for a kiss between the lead character and his wife. This led him to deduce that "the difference in movie-making between and True Lies exemplifies a culture that has lost its way, where the blast of an atomic bomb literally seems to have lost its meaning. I thought that if the everyday coded messages of 'what things mean' has become so tainted, and so lost that we are no longer able to identify the world clearly and understandably because of our inability to use the language and the visualization of things, then let's just take it and make it even stupider." This is why, at the end of the episode, Behr had an atomic bomb save Quark, as a commentary on the absurdity of the scene in True Lies and on a society that accepts such a scene as perfectly okay; the greatest weapon known to man is employed in a deus ex machina style ending to save the hero. () Lieutenant General Denning was named after actor (, ); Nurse Faith Garland was named after actress (, ); Professor Jeff was named after actor (, ). () Production According to Megan Gallagher, there was a casting breakdown for the episode which described the role of Garland as looking for a “Megan Gallagher type.” Her then-agent called and said, “You know, Megan might be able to do it.”. The role was then offered to Gallagher directly. Both (from the 1960 film ) and (from the 1959 film ) auditioned for the role of Lieutenant General Denning. Ken Tobey was also considered, although as he had already guest starred in the writers ruled him out. (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - The Official Poster Magazine, issue 6) Glenn Neufeld located an original negative of the footage of the nuclear detonation and cleaned it up substantially for the episode. (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - The Official Poster Magazine, issue 6) This episode is directed by James L. Conway. In this episode, Quark's ship is stored in Hangar 18 at the base. Not coincidentally, Conway directed a movie called , a film about the Roswell incident. As soon as Conway heard about the upcoming "Hangar 18 episode", he expressed his interest to Ira Steven Behr. He noted, "Directing this was like coming full circle." Hangar 18 was represented by Paramount Stage 18. () This is the first episode where entire sentences of Ferengi language are heard. Shimerman commented: "Once we open that door about language, then people will probably like to see a Ferengi language develop the way the Klingon language has developed. (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - The Official Poster Magazine, issue 6) Reception This episode is a favorite of Armin Shimerman, who comments, "It's a favorite of the fans, it's a favorite of mine. It was a major catalyst in the investigation of the family relationship. It's one of the first episode where we see the Ferengi working together as a family, and that was the beginning of an avalanche of stories about that. It was a delight to work because the writers gave me wonderful, I can't put this any other way, Spock-like comments, where I'm outside of Humanity, as a Ferengi, and talking about how they act, having some point of view about what they do right, what they do wrong, and letting them know about it. There were more episodes where that happened, but "Little Green Men" was perhaps the most delightful. It also gave Quark a ship. It was the only time I got to captain a ship, even for a brief moment in time, but for a Star Trek actor, those little things can be very important." (Hidden File 02, DS9 Season 4 DVD special features) Ira Steven Behr commented "I would think – though I could be wrong – that even the fans who despise the Ferengi might be won over by "Little Green Men". I thought it was a wonderful show, it worked on cylinders, and it's gotten a great response". ("The Behr Necessities, Star Trek Monthly, issue 12) Behr was also pleased with the casting of the guest characters. Behr commented: "I thought the performances from everyone was great. In a way, I felt it was the best cast show – in terms of the guest cast – since "Past Tense". When people get to play Humans in contemporary time or close to contemporary time, you just get a wider range of actors you can use. The casting sessions for those shows for me were just great because we had a lot of actors in from science fiction movies of yore. So it was a lot of fun". (Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages, p 109) René Echevarria commented ""Little Green Men" and are probably the two best Star Trek comedic episodes ever filmed. It was just a delight". (Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages, p 109) In Star Trek 101 (p. 125), Terry J. Erdmann and Paula M. Block list "Little Green Men" as being one of the "Ten Essential Episodes" from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Cinefantastique ranked "Little Green Men" as the fifth best episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. (Cinefantastique, Vol. 32, No. 4/5, p. 98) On the popularity of "Little Green Men", Megan Gallagher commented "Not to brag, but I've got a long resume. I've done six television series as a regular and recurred on a lot of other shows, and I have gotten more fan mail about that individual episode than anything else I've ever done, including the entire run of Millennium. Actually, I'd say "Little Green Men" and Larry Sanders are on a par with each other. But I think people loved "Little Green Men" because it was funny and different, and because of the whole mythology and mystery surrounding Roswell. When you mix Star Trek and Roswell, I think it just triggers various parts of the sci-fi brain simultaneously. And the episode was just really beautifully done, the way they shot it, the Dutch angles, all of the period stuff, the sort of It Came from Outer Space way it looked. It had all these great inside jokes. It just combined so many different and fun things about being a sci-fi fan". Trivia "All I ask is a tall ship… and a load of contraband to fill it with" is a paraphrase of John Masefield's famous poem, Sea-Fever, which includes the line, "All I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by", which is also the quote on the 's dedication plaque. It was also quoted twice before, by James T. Kirk in and . Referenced Rules of Acquisition: #203 ("New customers are like razor-toothed gree-worms. They can be succulent, but sometimes they bite back") and #62 ("The riskier the road, the greater the profit"). Note: only #203 is mentioned by number. Charles Napier played the musical and free-spirited Adam, in the third season episode ; a major contrast from the hard-nosed General he plays here. Five years after this episode, Charles Napier appeared in the episode , in which his character, as a young man (portrayed in flashbacks by ), was an Army officer who had witnessed the 1947 Roswell incident. A calendar on the wall of one of the base's rooms has a "cheesecake" illustration captioned "My Love Has Wings," a reference to Nightingale Woman, which was recited in . The poem was originally written by Gene Roddenberry while working as an airplane pilot. In this episode, Ferengi do not always use their traditional mis-pronunciation of "Human" as "hew-mon." Nog notes that Gabriel Bell from the Bell Riots looked a lot like Captain Sisko, referencing the events of and . This episode first aired more than a year before the premiere of , and hints that Vulcans were the first alien race to have official contact with Humans. General Denning says, "Did you take care of that idiot in Roswell, who told the press we captured a flying saucer?" He is referring to press release of Colonel on July 8th, 1947, in which he stated that the Air Force "had in [their] possession a flying saucer." Blanchard was the commander of the 509th Bomb Group at Roswell Army Air Field. A second statement was released shortly thereafter which denied Blanchard's claim, saying that the debris was simply from a crashed weather balloon. Denning's description of President Truman as a "piano-playing Democrat" is the only time in all of Star Trek that a democratically elected figure is identified by the political party he or she is affiliated with. This episode firmly establishes, via the universal translator, that Quark, Rom, and Nog are never actually speaking English in the series. It's reasonable, though, that Nog will have to learn at least a basic common language of the Federation (not necessarily actual English), in case of translator's malfunction. The pajamas purchased by Rom at the start of the episode seem to be the same shirt worn by Sovak (also played by Max Grodénchik) in the third season episode . Avery Brooks (Benjamin Sisko) has only two lines in this episode. When Quark speaks of his cousin and mentions to Rom that he "loaned him the Latinum to start up his munitions consortium", the "munitions consortium" will be seen in the fifth season episode when Gaila tries to recruit Quark into it. There were no nuclear weapon tests in the United States (or anywhere else in the world) in 1947. At that time, all atomic testing was being conducted at the Pacific Proving Ground (Enewetak and Bikini atolls, in the Pacific Ocean). The Nevada Proving Ground, which plays a pivotal role in getting the Ferengi back to their own time, did not open for business until January 1951. (Citation required) Based on Quark's line "Once we get things in order here, we'll contact the Ferengi homeworld and sell them our ship. The Ferengi will have warp drive technology centuries before Humans or Klingons or even the Vulcans.", it is established that Qo'noS and had not yet become warp-capable by 1947. However, in (released a year after "Little Green Men" aired) it was established that Humans would achieve warp drive in only another 116 years from 1947, so not exactly "centuries" later. It was also established in that Vulcans had warp-capable ships only ten years later. Moreover, it has been established in several episodes that Vulcans and Klingons possessed interstellar travel capability long before 1947. Based on , the first known instance of Vulcan interstellar travel was around 850 BC, when the Vulcan P'Jem monastery was built outside the Vulcan system. According to , the Klingon monastery in the star system with the planet Boreth was built shortly after the death of Kahless. According to the third season episode , Kahless lived in the 9th century. It has however not been established what propulsion technology was used for interstellar travel on these early voyages. That Quark may have been inaccurate with his "centuries" statement might however indicate he was also inaccurate about the fact that Vulcans and Klingons were not yet warp-capable; he would presumably know approximately when his people acquired warp drive, but might know little about Klingon history. Nevertheless, there are two suggestions in canon that Quark may be wrong. The first lies in Soval's statement in that "it took my people nearly 1,500 years to rebuild our world and travel to the stars. You Humans did the same in less than a century"; since Humans didn't "travel to the stars" until they invented warp drive, if Vulcans "did the same" in 1,500 years from the time of Surak, that would mean they developed warp drive in the mid-19th century. The second suggestion comes from , where it is stated that it took Vulcan a hundred years after the invention of warp drive to break the warp 2 barrier. Counting from 1947 or later this would imply that Vulcans became warp 2-capable in the mid-21st century, i.e., around the same time as Humans became warp-capable. Ronald D. Moore speculated that the Vulcans did not have warp drive but: "possibly a variant of the contained singularity used by the Romulans. That might've been a much more dangerous and inefficient technology which was quickly abandoned by most of the galaxy when Cochrane's system was introduced. But that's all just speculation". Video and DVD releases UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 4.4, This volume reverses the order for this and . As part of the DS9 Season 4 DVD collection As part of the Star Trek: Fan Collective - Time Travel collection Links and references Guest stars Megan Gallagher as Garland Charles Napier as Denning Max Grodénchik as Rom Aron Eisenberg as Nog Conor O'Farrell as Jeff James G. MacDonald as Wainwright Uncredited co-stars Patrick Barnitt as Bajoran officer Scott Barry Patti Begley Brian Demonbreun as sciences officer Kathleen Demor Steve Diamond Jasmine Gagnier Anthony Giger as command officer Randy James Mark Lentry Ken Lesco as MP Shauna Lewis Mary Mascari as Bajoran woman James Minor Tom Morga as MP Robin Morselli as Bajoran officer Stuart Nixon Sherry O'Keefe Mark Allen Shepherd as Morn James Lee Stanley Chester E. 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Our Man Bashir (episode)

A transporter accident replaces the characters in Bashir's secret agent holosuite program with the physical forms of the station's senior staff. Summary Teaser A glass screen shatters as a man with a patch over one eye is hurled backwards through it. On the other side of the screen, Doctor Bashir stands casually, dressed in a tuxedo, and walks back toward his female companion, Caprice. She smiles as she hands him a bottle of champagne, but she has a troubled look on her face. Bashir looks at the bottle and sees the reflection of the other man, who has gotten up and is attempting to sneak up on him. With nothing else to use for a weapon, Bashir turns around quickly and uncorks the bottle, using the cork as a projectile to render the other man unconscious. He turns to Caprice and the two embrace, but they are interrupted by clapping from elsewhere in the room. It is Elim Garak, who has broken into the holosuite because he is curious to know what Bashir is doing. Garak notes that Bashir has been visiting the holosuite repeatedly ever since he received his new holo-program and yet the doctor has not told anyone what the program is. Despite Bashir's protests, Garak uses his usual charm and tactfulness to convince the doctor to allow him to stay and observe. However, he notes that Bashir's companion has just left. The doctor is obviously not amused, but Garak assures him they will have a wonderful time together. Garak then tells Bashir, "After all, what could possibly go wrong?" Act One As Garak and Bashir enter the doctor's fictional apartment in Kowloon, part of Hong Kong, Garak takes in the decor of 1964 Earth before they are joined by Bashir's valet, Mona Luvsitt. She reveals that behind one of Bashir's walls is an assortment of firearms; between this and the lavish surroundings, Garak surmises that Bashir is playing some kind of rich playboy. On the contrary, Bashir says, he is a spy: a top-class secret agent whose clothing, equipment, lodgings, and adoring female companions are all provided to him by a grateful government. Garak remarks wryly that he (who really has been a spy) must have joined the wrong intelligence service. Meanwhile, Sisko, Kira, Worf, Dax, and Miles O'Brien return from a conference only to discover their runabout has been sabotaged. The is about to explode, so Eddington beams them out. Unfortunately, the explosion comes during the transport, and as the crew materialize a bright flash forces station crew to avert their eyes. Only smoke remains, and Eddington is stunned. Act Two Eddington rushes down to the pit in Ops to evaluate the next move, and Odo arrives to understand what's going on. The primary energizing coils were overloaded, but the crew members' patterns are still stuck in the transporter buffer. Given the immense amount of space required to store neural information and the fact that the buffer will soon lose coherence and the signatures with it, Eddington orders the computer to wipe all memory necessary in order to save the patterns; consequently, all power on the station goes out while the crew members are somewhere on the station, but he and Odo have no idea exactly where they are. At the same time, in the holosuite (which is still active despite the power loss), Mona dresses Garak in appropriate attire for the 1960s. But shortly thereafter, the bar in Bashir's apartment turns itself 180 degrees to reveal a bed with a scantily-clad Major Kira on it. Bashir thinks Kira and Garak have conspired to ridicule him, but Garak is just as surprised as he is. Speaking with a thick Russian accent, Kira identifies herself as Colonel Anastasia Komananov, and soon Bashir and Garak realize the image of Komananov, a character from Bashir's holonovel, has been replaced with one of Kira. However, the computer claims the parameters for the character are normal and refuses to pause the program. Bashir contacts Ops to find out what has happened, but as Eddington explains about the transporter accident, Odo recognizes Kira's voice and realizes the images of the missing crew members must have been stored in the holosuite's memory. Odo and Eddington warn him not to stop the holo-program or call up the exit, as it might result in the loss of the images – and thus the crew. Komananov explains the mission she and Bashir are supposed to be working on; a number of unusual earthquakes have occurred of late, and the government has concluded that the quakes are artificial. When Garak begins to explain that it is not difficult to manufacture such a quake, Bashir silences him, given the period they are supposed to be in. The assignment is to find out who is causing the quakes, and the only clue is the recent kidnapping of someone named Professor Honey Bare, a leading seismologist. When Komananov shows Bashir a picture of the professor, it is in fact Dax. Bashir communicates to Garak that they need to ensure that Honey Bare stays alive as if she dies, the computer will remove her from the program and unintentionally erase Dax's pattern. Komananov is about to explain further when the door opens to reveal Mona, who collapses with a knife in her back. She is followed by O'Brien – who is now Falcon, the man with the patch whom Bashir knocked out previously – and two other armed men. Act Three Komananov asks Falcon for one last kiss with Bashir, and Falcon accepts. As they kiss, she tells Bashir to remove her earring; it's a bomb. He does so, and the bomb knocks out Falcon. Garak, Bashir and Komananov proceed to knock out Falcon's henchmen. Komananov nearly kills O'Brien, but Bashir stops her from doing so. This makes Komananov question his motives, as Falcon has been trying to kill Bashir for nine years. Bashir notices that Garak's mouth is bleeding after the fight, and they realize that the safety mechanisms on the holosuite have been disabled, and that in addition to keeping the five crewmembers' patterns alive in the story, Garak and Bashir must take care to protect their own lives as well. Komananov then proceeds with the mission. She reveals that Hippocrates Noah has been kidnapping the world's best minds for the past six months, and that he had met each one at a club in Paris. Komananov, Bashir and Garak set out to visit the club. Meanwhile, Odo and Eddington go to the holosuite with Quark and Rom to determine the nature of the crew's integration. Rom has made significant modifications, but Eddington is able to confirm the crew's physical patterns. However, their neural energy cannot be stored there. Quark supposes multiple other systems on the station have been used to do that, as it requires an immense amount of energy. In the Club, the trio first find Duchamps, who has a striking similarity to Worf. Bashir claims that he is one of the world's leading geologists, and inquires about Dr. Noah and the scientists. Duchamps says that he can arrange a meeting, but only for 5,000,000 francs. Bashir requests a game of cards to win the money from him. Meanwhile, Odo, in Ops reveals that a Cardassian separatist group is responsible for the destruction of the Orinoco. Eddington announces that the neural patterns of all five officers were stored in the rest of the computer memory. They decide to use the Defiant to reassemble the neural and physical patterns of the five victims, though Rom says he needs to modify the system to interface with the ship. Meanwhile, Bashir has won the money in a game of baccarat, and asks to meet with Dr. Noah. Duchamps knocks the trio out with a puff of toxic cigar smoke. When they awaken, a man is ready for them. He introduces himself as Hippocrates Noah, but looks exactly like Benjamin Sisko. Act Four Bashir then notices that the room they are in is atop Mt. Everest. Dr. Noah decides to test Bashir's geological knowledge by showing him one of his artifacts. When Bashir identifies the various s, Noah then announces his plan, while also revealing a hidden control panel and Professor Bare, with Dax's appearance. He reveals he has placed massive underground lasers in strategic positions, and that he plans to activate them all at once, shrinking the earth, killing all of its inhabitants, and forcing the oceans to cover the entire globe, except the highest point on earth, his complex on Mt. Everest. He then announces that Bashir won't be joining him, and calls for Falcon, who has just been employed by him. On the Defiant, Rom has successfully managed to complete the modifications to allow the holosuite to interface with the Defiant transporters, but it will take at least another hour. Falcon straps Bashir and Garak to one of the giant lasers, but says that Komananov will be used as breeding stock for the second Human race. Dr. Noah activates the countdown sequence and leaves. Act Five Once he is gone, Garak almost ends the program, but Bashir stops him. Finally, Honey Bare shows up, and Bashir charms her into coming close enough to steal the key to their restraints, freeing himself and Garak. Bashir says they have to get back to the control room: according to the program's storyline, one of the two female leads – Anastasia/Kira or Honey/Jadzia – is supposed to end up with the hero, while the other one dies. They have to prevent that from happening to either of them. Garak objects, saying that the odds are against them and it is time to quit. Bashir is appalled, and a heated argument ensues: Garak says that if Bashir was a real spy, and not an overgrown child play-acting at one, he'd understand that there are times when it's better to save oneself than risk one's life against impossible odds. Garak starts to address the computer, but Bashir aims his backup gun at him, reminding him that if he calls for the exit, he may stop the program and kill Sisko and the others. Garak tells Bashir to face reality: he is not a hero, he only likes to pretend to be one, which is why he doesn't have the guts to pull the trigger. Garak starts to call for the exit again – and Bashir pulls the trigger. Garak goes down with a flesh wound in his neck. Taken aback, he says that Bashir came awfully close to killing him. Bashir coolly asks him, "what makes you think I wasn't trying?" Impressed, Garak voices no further objections as Bashir leads him back to the control room. Bashir and Garak hold Noah and his henchmen at gunpoint, until Duchamps arrives and disarms them. However, Julian receives a com signal from Eddington: he is going to try rematerializing the patterns in about two minutes. After hearing the signal, Noah decides to kill Bashir. However, Bashir pretends to surrender, believing that Noah has the right idea after all. Noah does not believe a word of it, but Bashir gives a lengthy speech, imitating the conversation that he and Garak had earlier. Noah is still not convinced, so Bashir then does the unthinkable – he activates Noah's machine, destroying all life on the (holographic) Earth. Noah is stunned and unsure what to do next – the program obviously didn't have a script that allowed his plan to actually succeed. Deciding, just to relieve his uncertainty, that he will kill Bashir anyway, he starts to aim his gun… when Rom activates the transporter and rematerializes Sisko, Kira, O'Brien, Worf and Dax. O'Brien is appalled at Rom's messy modifications to the Defiant, not knowing that they saved his life. Back in the holosuite, Garak congratulates Bashir on his ingenious "solution" – saving the day by destroying the world. The Cardassian has gained a new respect for his Human friend, and proposes that they meet again inside the program at Bashir's apartment in Hong Kong for their next lunch meeting. Memorable quotes "A lot of kick for a '45 Dom." - Bashir, after he shoots Falcon with the cork from the champagne bottle "Thank you, Mr…Mr…" "Bashir. Julian Bashir." - Caprice and Bashir "If I were in your shoes, I'd grab a bottle of champagne and shoot me!" - Garak "We're going to have a wonderful time, Doctor; after all, what could possibly go wrong?" - Garak "I work for one of the nation-states of this era, Great Britain, which is battling various other nations in what is called the Cold War. This apartment, my clothes, weapons, even my valet were provided to me by my government." "I think I joined the wrong intelligence service." -Bashir and Garak "Where's the core memory interface?" "Oh. It's right behind the spatula." "The spatula?" "It's made of a copper-ytterbium composite… the perfect plasma conductor!" - Michael Eddington and Rom, while inspecting Quark's jury-rigged holosuite computers "We are building a new future here, a new beginning for mankind. A new chapter in Human history will open… right here, on my island." "Island?" "Forgive me. Sometimes I do get ahead of myself. Allow me to explain." - Hippocrates Noah and Julian Bashir, on a slope of Mount Everest "Kiss the girl, get the key. They never taught me that in the Obsidian Order." - Garak "I am afraid I don't believe you'll pull that trigger." "I wouldn't be so sure about that." "It's time to face reality, Doctor. You're a man who dreams of being a hero because you know, deep down, that you're not. I'm no hero either, but I do know how to make a choice, and I'm choosing to save myself." - Garak and Bashir as Bashir threatens to shoot Garak if he tries to exit the holosuite "You'll be fine. It's just a flesh wound." "That was awfully close. What if you'd killed me?" "What makes you think I wasn't trying?" "Doctor, I do believe there's hope for you yet." - Bashir and Garak, after Bashir shoots Garak "It's working just as you planned! You've done it, doctor." "Yes. But somehow, I didn't expect to win." - Falcon and Hippocrates Noah; after Bashir destroys the world "Interesting, you saved the day by destroying the world." "I bet they didn't teach you that in the Obsidian Order." - Garak and Bashir "There comes a time when a house has been so damaged by termites that you must not only kill the termites, but demolish the house and build again!" - Hippocrates Noah, explaining his reasons for destroying the world Background information Story and script The producers were very wary of doing a "holodeck malfunction" story due to the number of times it had been done on The Next Generation, but writer Bob Gillan's pitch was so unique (using the transporter to 'store' the patterns of the crew in the holodeck matrix) that the producers decided it could make a good episode. () The final draft script was submitted on . The episode's working title was "Untitled Holosuite". Production Most Deep Space Nine episodes shot in seven days, with the occasional episode taking eight. "Our Man Bashir" took nine (with being the seventh day of shooting), and according to producer Steve Oster, it had the longest production of any single episode. The main reasons for this were elaborate stunts that took time to set up and reshoot after a take and a large number of complex sets, many of which presented their own unique problems. For example, when the crew arrived to begin shooting in Dr. Noah's lair, they immediately saw that the backdrop of the Himalayan Mountains had mountains with no snow on them, and as such, it had to be taken down and sent to the scenic crew to add snow, all of which, Oster points out, costs time and money. () Winrich Kolbe commented: "A fifty thousand dollar set cost seventy-five thousand dollars because there was twenty-five thousand dollars worth of overtime and weekend work". (Cinefantastique, November 1996) Robert Blackman commented "The key costumer, Mary Ellen Bosché, and I had a great time, because of all the background, which unfortunately you don't get to see much of in the casino scene. We did a really amazing sort of Monte Carlo, International jet-setter, high roller deal, with lots of furs and fairly expensive rentals. In the shoot they looked pretty amazing, both men and women. African potentates and all manner of people. You can see some of them in the background if you look closely. They are sort of fuzzed out". (Outfitting Her Majesty's Secret Service, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - The Official Poster Magazine, issue 9) Jay Chattaway composed the music for the episode. Chattaway commented: "I had to fight pretty hard to get to do that; normally holodeck-type shows you can't get too crazy on. Even "Fistful of Datas", the way I did those was I scored them in advance and brought in examples to a meeting and said this is what I'd like to do, this is how it would have to be done. And they said fine, you know, don't go crazy, keep it Star Trek, but put those elements in. The challenge on the James Bond thing was to do Bond and not infringe on the copyright. Once you pull something like that off and get good feedback about it they're a little bit less likely to want to put the clamps on". (The Music of Star Trek, p 165) Alexander Siddig and Nana Visitor had become romantically involved by the time this episode was filming. Reception Although Ronald D. Moore attempted to avoid directly referencing any of his primary influences, it seems that some names and situations skated a little too close for comfort. After this episode aired, the producers got an angry letter from MGM, the studio which holds the rights to the James Bond property. The DS9 Companion doesn't reveal the content of the letter other than to say, "apparently MGM did not find imitation to be the sincerest form of flattery." As such, in the fifth season episode , which returns to Bashir's holonovel, the references to Bond are far more subtle. () Alexander Siddig commented, I think 'Our Man Bashir' was probably one of the most important in terms of changing attitudes towards Bashir. I think that was probably one of the most-influential episodes. I don’t know if it’s one of the best, but it is certainly super-influential. I remember opinions began to change after that episode. So that would probably be an important one, historically." Ron Moore concurred: "It was an important episode for Siddig’s character. At the time, we were still trying to figure out how best to use Bashir and give him agency, because we cast such a talented and versatile actor to play this character. You want to service those talents and the character the best way you can. And I remember there was this sort of change in how Bashir was treated and perceived by the fans, at least in our experience, from that point on. And I think Siddig said as much in interviews at the time or whatever. It was really a key moment for the character, a fun turning point for him, that helped us as writers when it came to find more stories for him to do." This is one of Nana Visitor's favorite Deep Space Nine episodes: "it was so much fun, that show was a joy to do. How many times, you know, is it a necessity to do a bad Russian accent? I was in heaven. It was ideal for me. And to come out of a wall in a round bed? It just doesn't get better than that." (Hidden File 03, DS9 Season 4 DVD special features) Andrew Robinson commented, "the James Bond spoof that we did, that was a lot of fun. It was hellacious to film, because I probably spent more hours in that makeup on that show than any other show. The show was a bear. They really were trying to make a James Bond movie, but it was an enormous amount of fun. And I thought that Winrich Kolbe, the director, did a wonderful job on it. Unfortunately, we ran afoul of the James Bond people, and we were going to do a lot of those, but that was the one and only". Tor.com rated the episode as 9/10 and Jammer rated it 3/4 stars. James Bond homages Siddig commented: "It's `The Spy Who Loved Me,' `From Russia with Love,' `Octopussy' and `DS9' all rolled into one" . This episode is a homage to spy movies, particularly 's series. The title is a homage to the film , which itself is a parody of James Bond. It was Ronald D. Moore who decided to set the episode in a '60s spy thriller style setting. Other influences were the TV shows and , and the novels by . Moore commented: "It was a very ambitious episode, and the sets were amazing. Especially the evil villain’s lair set. It was great to see the production value put into what was our version of, an homage to the classic volcanic lair-type sets that Ken Adams made back in the day. I mean, it was the closest thing you got to making a Bond movie... It was one of our more challenging shoots, too, if I recall. I had always loved the classic James Bond movies, I grew up with the Sean Connery films, so it was a great opportunity to combine a version of them with another thing I loved, which was Star Trek." The line "Bashir. Julian Bashir." is a parody of "Bond. James Bond." The characters and situations of Bashir's holonovel are reminiscent of several Bond movies. In the holonovel, Hippocrates Noah plans to use lasers concentrated around Earth to cause a chain reaction that will flood the planet and allow him to start a new Human race on Mount Everest. Similarly, features a billionaire who plans to poison Earth and start over in outer space, while revolves around a plan to cause nuclear war and begin a new civilization under the sea. Dr. Noah himself evokes the theatrical version of Dr. , especially in terms of wardrobe (the ) and name – although the name is also a play on the Biblical . Robert Hewitt Wolfe came up with the name of Anastasia Komananov, while Ira Steven Behr came up with Mona Luvsitt and Hippocrates Noah. () Colonel Anastasia Komananov is a homage to the cliche of agents from opposing countries (most often Britain and the Soviet Union) falling in love with each other, usually found in spy films and parodies. Bond did this at least twice, with in and with Major in The Spy Who Loved Me. Honey Bare, Colonel Anastasia Komananov and Mona Luvsitt are obvious references to Bond girls having names indicating sexual innuendo. This tradition dates back to , which featured the name "Honey Ryder", played by . Bashir uses a Walther PPK as his weapon, which is the signature weapon of James Bond. The episode features several period-correct (1964) firearms, including Bashir's blue-steel , which he brandishes but never fires, the henchmen's s, which was a popular handgun in TV shows and movies of the period, and Falcon's actually quite historically accurate , a .22 caliber automatic which was frequently equipped with an integral suppressor (though Falcon's is not) and used in assassinations. The least historically accurate is Dr. Noah's PPK, which is made from stainless steel, something not done before the 1980s. The character of Duchamps is a homage/parody of "Le Chiffre", the villain of the first Bond novel, . Both sport the same style of clothing, a French name, and a lust for playing cards. Worf, as Duchamps, uses stun gas concealed in a cigar, a direct Bond homage to in , who disables Bond in exactly the same fashion, albeit with a cigarette, not a cigar. The opening champagne-gun scene (a story idea to use the champagne cork to knock out Falcon was Hans Beimler's) () is a homage to a scene in Goldfinger just before the opening credits. In the movie, Bond enters the quarters of a beautiful woman who has just gotten out of a bath. Spotting an assassin in the iris of the woman, Bond throws the man into the tub and electrocutes him by knocking a heat lamp into it. Much like Bashir's witticism ("A lot of kick for a '45 Dom"), Bond says, "Shocking. Positively shocking." Besides this, Dom Pérignon is Bond's preferred champagne in many of the films. When Bashir describes his fall from the dirigible – "I had a parachute… and there was a submarine waiting for me" – this is more than likely a reference to The Spy Who Loved Me (in which Bond escapes to safety via parachute) and (in which Bond finds a submarine waiting for him after a ski chase). This episode aired ten days after the release of , the first Bond film in six years, the first of the James Bond pictures to feature and generally considered the picture that revived the then-ailing Bond franchise. In addition to being an interesting Bond homage in its own right, it was intended to capitalize on some of the Bond pre-release excitement. Bashir's game of baccarat, in which he wins the fee for a visit with Hippocrates Noah by assuming he can win Duchamps' money, is yet another Bond homage, for Bond frequently took similar risks and was fond of card games such as baccarat. At one point, Bashir warns Garak that the program is supposed to end with either Honey Bare or Anastasia Komananov dying and the other ending up with him. Yet another classic element of James Bond is that, although Bond usually has sex with several women over the course of a film, he often ends up with one of them in bed for the final scene (with the others either going back to their respective lives or dying). Another obvious homage to Bond is that Noah explains his plan in great detail shortly before he plans to kill Bashir – Bond villains have the tendency to do this. After Bashir floods the Earth intentionally ("You've destroyed ze vorld!" Anastasia exclaims), Noah observes that somehow he didn't expect to win. Noah tries to kill Bashir by tying Bashir and Garak to one of his lasers, which is set to flood the room with molten lava. This may have been a reference to Moonraker, for in that movie, the villain confines Bond and Holly Goodhead to an area below his rocket, intending to incinerate them when it launches. In any case, it is typical Bond style for the villain to pass up the chance for an "easy kill" and allow Bond a method of escape. Bashir escapes by convincing Honey Bare to switch sides by appealing to her femininity. Bond turning female accomplices to his side through aggressive sexual advances was a fairly common plot point in the films, most notably in Goldfinger. Even the later Bond films themselves would joke about this trope. At the end of the episode, Bashir tells Garak, "I think it's safe to say that Julian Bashir, secret agent, will return.," which is a reference to the end credits of many Bond films which conclude with "James Bond will return…" Later episodes establish Bashir's friend as the creator of his holographic programs, which may be a reference to Bond ally Felix Leiter, a CIA agent in the books and films. Continuity The fifth season episode indicated that Bashir continued to enjoy the Julian Bashir, Secret Agent series of holonovels. By the time of "Investigation", however, Bashir had involved other members of the senior staff in his fandom. In that episode, various members of the senior staff are shown to be volunteering to play various roles in one of 's follow-ups to the adventure seen in "Our Man Bashir". However, O'Brien is less than enthusiastic at having to play Falcon "again". Also, Bashir may have redesigned Komananov to actually look like Kira, as Vic mentions in "His Way" that he took Kira's image from Bashir's secret agent program. Komananov's confusion over Kira's name ("Who is this… Nerys Kira?") is one of the few instances in which the issue of Bajoran name order is addressed. Early on in the series, many fans were just as oblivious as Komananov to the fact that Bajoran surnames come first (it was first clarified in ), although it had been established in prior to DS9's premiere. The name order is similar to Chinese and Hungarian names rendered in English, and thus although Kira's name is "Kira Nerys," "Kira" is the major's surname. Amid Rom's modifications to the holosuite systems, he mentions a spatula, and one of the pieces that can be clearly seen is a pot strainer, another kitchen utensil. The True Way is mentioned for the first time in this episode. 47 appears (reversed) as Dr. Noah mentions he has 74 lasers deployed around the world. Cirroc Lofton (Jake Sisko) does not appear in this episode. This episode aired on the same day as , which was also directed by Winrich Kolbe. Awards This episode was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Hairstyling for a Series (along with ) and Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Jay Chattaway). Video and DVD releases UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 4.5, As part of the DS9 Season 4 DVD collection Links and references Starring Avery Brooks as Captain Sisko / Hippocrates Noah Also starring Rene Auberjonois as Odo Michael Dorn as Lt. Commander Worf / Duchamps Terry Farrell as Lt. Commander Dax / Honey Bare Colm Meaney as Chief O'Brien / Falcon Armin Shimerman as Quark Alexander Siddig as Doctor Bashir Nana Visitor as Major Kira / Anastasia Komananov Guest stars Max Grodénchik as Rom Kenneth Marshall as Michael Eddington Special guest star Andrew Robinson as Garak Co-stars Melissa Young as Caprice Marci Brickhouse as Mona Luvsitt Uncredited co-stars Steve Carnahan as Club Ingenue maitre'd B.J. Davis as Falcon's henchman Pam DeMarche as Club Ingenue go-go dancer Kathleen Demor Steve Diamond as Bajoran command officer Judi Durand Suzanne Ircha as Club Ingenue go-go dancer Stuart Nixon Robin Ritter as sciences officer Steve Rizzo as Falcon's henchman Dan Rose as Bajoran ops officer Peter Singh as majordomo Mark Yerkes as Falcon Steve Yudson as Club Ingenue clientele Unknown performers as Club Ingenue croupier Two Club Ingenue servers Starfleet ops crewman Stunt doubles Dennis Madalone as stunt double for Colm Meaney Chester E. Tripp III as stunt double for Andrew Robinson Unknown stuntwoman as stunt double for Nana Visitor References 20th century; 1945; 1955; 1964; anarchist; baccarat; baccarat player; balloon; biology; bomb; brandy; bruise; Cardassia; Cardassian; champagne; chemistry; Christmas; cigar; clipboard; ; Club Ingenue; colonel; command control system; computer; computer memory; copper; copper-ytterbium composite; core memory interface; decorator; ; deflector; dilettante; dirigible; Dom Pérignon; earring; Earth; Earth Cold War; ego; eyepatch; Federation; franc; geologist; geology; glasses; Great Britain; handcuffs; heart; helicopter; High Standard HDM; holo-imaging array; holosuite; holosuite memory core; Hong Kong; Iceland; impulse engine; intelligence agent; jet; jet-setter; Julian Bashir, Secret Agent''; KGB; kiss; Kowloon; lab coat; laser; magnetic interlock; mantle; martini; Mauser C96; ; money; Mount Everest; Nambu pistol; nation-state; neural energy; New York City; nightmare; Obsidian Order; ; parachute; Paris; pattern buffer; physics; plasma; plasma coil; plasma conductor; primary energizing coil; professionalism; quantum level; replicator; retreat (location); ruby; runabout; Russian; sapphire; secret agent; seismology; separatist; shoe gun; South America; spatula; Starfleet; Starfleet Command; submarine; suspenders; suspect; termite; Tibetan plateau; topaz; tourist; tourmaline; transporter; transporter accident; transporter beam; transporter pattern; tricorder; True Way; visionary; Vladivostok; Walther P38; Walther PP; warp core; warp core breach; ytterbium Deleted scenes reference Tholian ambassador External links de:Unser Mann Bashir es:Our Man Bashir fr:Our Man Bashir (épisode) nl:Our Man Bashir DS9 episodes

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Paradise Lost (episode)

While Starfleet tightens security measures on Earth, Sisko and Odo discover that Admiral Leyton is deviously plotting to take over the planet. (Part 2 of 2) Summary Teaser In the aftermath of the planet-wide power outage, a state of emergency has been declared on Earth, and Starfleet Security has a presence in every neighborhood on the planet. Captain Sisko and Odo are at Starfleet Headquarters, and Sisko remarks on his discomfort with the situation – "the more I read Starfleet's reports on the sabotage of the power relays, the more unanswered questions I have." No one has been able to establish how the Changelings infiltrated Planetary Operations or how they had the access codes and the know-how to disable every power relay on Earth. Odo then comes up with another question in need of an answer: Red Squad was beamed back to Starfleet Academy twenty-six minutes after the state of emergency was declared, unlike the rest of Starfleet. Upon learning that Red Squad is composed of cadets, Odo reasons that Starfleet wanted them out of harm's way… only for Sisko to immediately point out that Red Squad was re-mobilized a short time later. Act One In New Orleans, Joseph and Jake are reopening the restaurant, since Joseph is convinced that he's got plenty of customers. There are Starfleet troops on every block, after all. Back at Starfleet Headquarters, Sisko (with Odo standing out of sight) contacts the commandant of Starfleet Academy about the transporter record he found, and the commandant immediately becomes guarded and asks if anyone else knows about it… specifically, Admiral Leyton. Sisko replies that he doesn't, and the commandant orders Sisko to destroy the record. Playing along, Sisko tells him it'll immediately be taken care of, and the commandant notes that despite his concerns, Red Squad performed their mission admirably. The call ends, and Odo notes that instead of answers, all they've got are a lot more questions. Sometime later, Sisko goes to New Orleans and is discussing his frame of mind with his father when Nog steps up to his table. It seems that Sisko wants to meet some of the members of Red Squad, and wants Nog to make an introduction. However, Nog is reluctant to disclose any information, as the names on Red Squad's roster are supposed to be a secret and he worries that revealing a name could scupper his chances of getting into the group. Sisko tells Nog that he seems to be under the mistaken impression that he's asking a favor, which he isn't… and directly orders Nog to give him a name, which settles that. At Starfleet Academy, Sisko holds an interview with one Cadet Riley Shepard. After stating that Red Squad had been briefed to expect that no record would be made of their activity, Shepard explains Red Squad's involvement with the power outage: in brief, they were the ones who did all of the hands-on work to make it happen. Sisko goes back to New Orleans with Odo and the two of them discuss what Sisko has learned. After ruling out Dominion involvement (since nothing has been accomplished through the incident except the fortification of Earth) and agreeing that Shepard can't be lying (with Sisko even giving him a blood screening, which he passed), Sisko reluctantly agrees with Odo's belief that the state of emergency was engineered by a clique of Starfleet officers led by Leyton, with the intent of staging a coup d'état. Act Two Sisko and Odo go to Paris and take what information they have to Federation President, Jaresh-Inyo, who is skeptical and shocked. Odo points out that just after it was known that Changelings had infiltrated the Alpha Quadrant, Leyton came to Jaresh-Inyo recommending heavy security measures, a recommendation that was rejected at the time for being too severe. It seems that Leyton used the conference bombing to try to get his security protocols authorized and, dissatisfied at the limited power he was given, he and his supporters sabotaged the power grid to make a Dominion invasion appear imminent. Sisko also notes that, although it was an act of treason, Leyton likely sees it as an act of patriotism – albeit an extreme one. Jaresh-Inyo admits the accusation is plausible, but needs proof, and Sisko suggests seeing what happens if Leyton is ordered to withdraw the troops he's deployed. If he refuses, then that is the proof Jaresh-Inyo needs. If he agrees, then Sisko will admit he was wrong and will offer his resignation. Jaresh-Inyo reminds Sisko and Odo that the public overwhelmingly supports the increased security measures, and if they try to scale it back against Leyton's recommendations, it would be a political disaster with the potential to start a planet-wide riot. Sisko offers to bring irrefutable evidence of a plot, and Jaresh-Inyo promises that with that, he would certainly put a stop to it and order Leyton to resign. Back in New Orleans, Sisko is waiting in his father's restaurant for Nog and Cadet Shepard. Nog eventually arrives, but without Shepard in tow – apparently Shepard was nowhere to be found, along with the rest of Red Squad. The whole squad has apparently been sent on a training exercise. Just after making that announcement, Leyton steps into the restaurant and states that neither Shepard nor the rest of Red Squad will be returning to Earth anytime soon. Leyton then orders Nog back to his quarters at the Academy. A private conversation ensues between Sisko and Leyton, in which Leyton admits to what he is doing, and that he involved Sisko because the credibility of the latter's field experience with the Dominion was vital to Leyton's plan. Leyton goes on to lecture Sisko about the importance of the chain of command, and point out that he still needs Sisko's cooperation. Sisko refuses, and Leyton orders him back to Deep Space 9, telling him he is not needed on Earth any more. Sometime later, Sisko is outside with his thoughts when a man appearing to be Miles O'Brien (but who is actually a Changeling) approaches him and claims that there are only four Changelings on Earth (not counting Odo). He claims that four is more than enough, as the Changelings don't fear their enemies as much as they are feared. It is this fear that will eventually destroy Starfleet. Promising that the Changelings have barely begun with their plans for Earth and the rest of the Alpha Quadrant, O'Brien's doppelgänger leaves. Act Three After getting some advice from his father, Sisko contacts Kira Nerys through a Bajoran frequency and starts putting a plan into motion. At Starfleet Headquarters, Odo and Sisko start reviewing records of personnel transfers, and discover that "Leyton's been a busy man", reassigning "over four hundred officers in the past three weeks" with each officer having served under Leyton at some point. Further examination of the records reveals that another batch of transfers are to take effect the day before Jaresh-Inyo is due to make an important speech. With this proof, Sisko makes a copy of the files and transfers them to his PADD. He then asks Odo to get Jake and Joseph off Earth to keep them safe, as he is visited by Benteen, who has just been promoted by Leyton to captain of the . When Sisko goes to Jaresh-Inyo to deliver his evidence of the plot, he finds Admiral Leyton waiting for him. Sisko's given a blood screening, and it turns up a false positive. Sisko throws his PADD on Jaresh-Inyo's desk as Starfleet security officers place him under arrest. Act Four Sisko is sent back to Starfleet Headquarters and placed in detention, and from the other side of his holding cell's force field, Leyton promises that Sisko will be freed in a few days after the President's speech… or rather, after Leyton's speech. He intends to remove Jaresh-Inyo from office and take control of Earth himself for however long it takes to eliminate the Changeling threat – years if necessary. Sisko knows that once Leyton seizes power, he'll likely never give it up. Later, when a security tech comes through the brig to take blood screenings, Odo appears and disables the guards, as well as the tech whose cart he'd hitched a ride on in some other form. While bypassing the force field controls, Odo explains that the random opening and closing of the Bajoran wormhole, which precipitated the current phase of the crisis, was caused by the communications relay in the Gamma Quadrant being fixed with a subspace modulator. Also, the DS9 crew have arrested the individual responsible, one Lieutenant Arriaga, who is willing to testify his part in the plot and is on the way to Earth aboard the . Sisko orders Odo to warn Jaresh-Inyo, and goes to Leyton's office carrying a phaser he took from one of the disabled guards. Sisko arrives at Leyton's office demanding his resignation from Starfleet and informs him of Arriaga's impending arrival, Leyton is amused but unimpressed. As it turns out the Lakota is ordered to intercept the Defiant – its crew has been told that the Defiant is crewed by Changelings. On the Defiant, which is commanded by Worf, the Lakota crew hails and demand that the ship drop its shields and prepare to be boarded as the ship raises shields and charges weapons. Act Five In Leyton's office, Sisko tries to convince Leyton that other Federation worlds will never accept Starfleet overthrowing their legitimately elected president or establishing of what will essentially be a dictatorship on Earth. It could even cause a civil war. Having the Lakota fire on the Defiant is the first step down that dark path, but Leyton refuses to cancel the order. On the Defiant, the crew wonder if the Lakota crew are bluffing, however, once they enter weapons range, they are fired upon by the ship. Chief O'Brien notes that the Lakota seems to have had its weapons upgraded, and unwilling to risk dropping shields to cloak and unsure they can outrun the Lakota, the crew's only option is to fight their way out. Leyton notes the irony that Sisko had originally been more interested in engineering than he was at command, until Leyton made him first officer and taught him everything he knew about being a leader, but notes that he didn't teach Ben about loyalty. Sisko balks at this, feeling Leyton is the last person to speak to him about loyalty when he's broken his oath to the Federation, lied to the people of Earth and ordered one of its ships to fire on another. Just then, Benteen hails Leyton, and the admiral, still at phaser-point, answers. Benteen informs him they've been unable to stop the Defiant due to her ablative armor (the equipping of which wasn't on the record to Starfleet Operations). Leyton amends his orders so that the Defiant isn't to be disabled, but destroyed at any cost. Benteen is shocked, and Sisko pleads with her not to kill the Starfleet officers serving on the Defiant since she knows there's no Changelings on board. Benteen ends the transmission after Leyton reminds her of her orders. Both the Defiant and the Lakota have been badly damaged, and a good hit from either will finish the other off. The Defiant crew are unwilling to use deadly force against the other crew… and it seems the Lakota crew feel the same as the ship has powered down its weapons and hails the Defiant. Sisko is contacted by Worf, who tells him the Lakota is escorting the Defiant to Earth, however, both ships suffered a number of casualties. Leyton then tells Sisko that talking to his ship from his office was a mistake as now security knows he's here, and he'll never make it past the door. But Sisko says that doesn't matter because by now, Odo will have presented his evidence to Jaresh-Inyo to take down Leyton… his plot is over. Leyton still refuses to accept this, and tells Sisko he has enough loyal officers left to make a fight of it. Sisko tells him he'll be fighting Starfleet now as well and Benteen, who was his closest ally, has already abandoned him so it'll be only a matter of time before the others do too. Finally accepting he's been beaten, Leyton takes off his insignia pins and leaves his office to be arrested, but hopes that Sisko isn't making a mistake. The state of emergency is soon lifted, and Earth slowly begins to return to normal. Odo points out to everyone there are still Changelings on Earth, but no one is willing to let them change the way they live… if the Dominion wants to destroy Earth, they have to do it themselves. With that, Ben and Jake say a fond farewell to Joseph and with Odo, begin their trip back to Deep Space 9, while Joseph then opens the restaurant and welcomes in customers as life returns to normal on Earth. Memorable quotes "Admiral Leyton may be somewhat grating and inflexible at times, but for a man of his accomplishments, a man of his distinguished record, to commit treason?" "I'm sure the admiral doesn't see it as treason! He would probably defend it as a desperate act of patriotism." - Jaresh-Inyo and Sisko "The names of Red Squad members are supposed to be secret." "But you know who they are." "It's not easy keeping secrets from a Ferengi. But I feel funny about telling anyone else. Besides, if they found out I told you who they were, I'd never get in." "Cadet, you are obviously under the mistaken impression that I'm asking a favor. I want a name, and I want it now, and that is an order! Understood, Mr. Nog?" "Yes, sir." - Nog and Sisko, about Red Squad "So you're willing to destroy paradise in order to save it?" - Sisko to Leyton "In the end, it's your fear that will destroy you." - O'Brien Changeling to Sisko "I never knew it was so easy to break into classified Starfleet files." "Everything I know I learned from Quark." - Sisko and Odo "Paradise has never seemed so well-armed." - Sisko, criticizing the security measures instituted on Earth in the name of civil defense "Don't kid yourself, Ben. This Pandora's Box of yours...we're opening it together." - Admiral Leyton, when Ben refuses to order the Defiant to stand down "You want to talk to me about loyalty?! After you broke your oath with the Federation, lied to the people of Earth, ordered one of our own starships to fire on another! You don't have the right!!" "You don't understand me at all, do you?!" "I used to think I did! I used to think you were a man of principles, a man of honor! I see that I was mistaken!" - Sisko and Leyton "It's not over! I have enough loyal officers to make a fight of it!" "Who will you fight? Starfleet? The Federation? Don't you see, Admiral? You're fighting the wrong war!" - Leyton and Sisko "If the Changelings want to destroy what we've built here, they're going to have to do it themselves. We will not do it for them." - Benjamin Sisko Background information Story and script This episode was originally supposed to be the opening episode of the fourth season, with being the finale of the third season. Towards the end of season 3 however, Paramount said they didn't want a cliffhanger finale, but something more open-ended leading into season 4. The writers' solution was , a finale which put them in a position to go in any number of alternative directions come the new season. Then, during the hiatus between season 3 and season 4, Paramount instructed the writers to do "something" to shake up the show for the fourth season, which ultimately led to the introduction of the Klingons and the episode . All of these developments meant that the /"Paradise Lost" story was pushed back into the middle of the fourth season. () The title of this episode, much like the graffiti on the entrance to Paradise City, both take their name from a 17th century poem written by the English poet John Milton. Ira Steven Behr's favorite line in this episode is "Paradise never seemed so well armed". () This line, and the title of the episode itself, recalls Sisko's line in , "it's easy to be a saint in paradise", thus continuing Behr's examination of the core of Gene Roddenberry's utopia. In a deleted or unfilmed scene, Jake and Joseph were to leave Earth for Mars from Bracketville Spaceport. (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion - A Series Guide and Script Library) Writer Tracy Tormé tried to use a similar concept in the TNG episode, . The original version of that script did not feature alien parasites; the conspiracy in question was simply a military coup within Starfleet. Production Although it is almost impossible to make them out, outside Starfleet Command are a number of statues of famous starships, including the from . Production designer Herman Zimmerman used Galoob toys as the statues. () When Odo rescues Sisko he uses what appears to be a Vulcan nerve pinch. The reason the producers had him do this was simple: "we ran out of money for the morphs" explains Robert Hewitt Wolfe. () Reception As a direct result of the show being pushed back into mid-season when there wasn't too much money around, Robert Hewitt Wolfe was disappointed with the outcome of the two-parter; "If it hadn't been for , we would have had the necessary money to spend on this two-parter". As well as that, he was disappointed with its positioning within the season; "It wasn't in sweeps. It came out of the middle of nowhere". () After the episode aired, Ira Steven Behr keeps a note pinned to his office wall which reads "Remember Paradise Lost". The reason, Behr explains, is "to remind me how we'd screwed up". As with , Behr blames a lack of money, but in this case, the problems created by budgetary constraints were far more important than in the first episode; "We cut down on opticals in the final space scene, which was a mistake. And we cut down on extras, in terms of showing the occupying Starfleet force on the streets of Earth. To this day, I just can't tell you how aggravated it makes me. It just drives me crazy." () Behr also commented "I did quite like the Oliver Stone salute scene with the shape-shifter. Colm said. 'I have a take on this. I hope you like it'. It was quite the odd little shape-shifter and he had some fun with it. The whole scene was really well nicely done, as was everything with Sisko and his father". (The Producer's View, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - The Official Poster Magazine, issue 10) Una McCormack commented: "I watched “Home Front” and “Paradise Lost,” a two–parter, pre–dating 9/11, which examines what happens when we trade liberty for security. I had no idea Star Trek could do stories like this, or would even consider doing stories like this. TNG had always been upright and careful; DS9 was as baffled about the world as I was, trying to make sense of it all, trying to do its best with imperfection". Trivia Red Squad was seen again in the sixth season episode , in which David Drew Gallagher reprised the role of Riley Shepard. Susan Gibney, who plays Benteen, previously portrayed Dr. Leah Brahms in and . She was also considered for the role of Kathryn Janeway on . This is the only episode of the series where Sisko wears the -style for the duration. The only time he is seen wearing his is in the recap of the previous episode. This is the last episode to be directed by Reza Badiyi. The events of this episode (a Starfleet admiral attempting a military coup) are similar to the plot of Pocket TOS: Dreadnought!, a by Diane Carey, written about a decade prior to DS9's production. The idea also was part of the original concept for the early TNG episode . The names of the former crew members of the are all named after characters from 's famous 1961 novel . Worf's line that "Bartlett and Ramsey are dead, sir''" may be an in-joke reference to the 1963 war film , as the two leaders of the escaping Allied POWs were Sqn. Ldr. Roger Bartlett (played by ), and Gp. Capt. Ramsey (played by ). A reference to the number 47 is in the text of the transfer orders for "Red Squad" which designates them as "Cadet Training Squadron 47". Additionally, Sisko states that they returned to base after sabotaging the power relay at 1947 hours. Excluding the recap from and Kira seen in Ops through Sisko's desktop monitor, this is the third out of four DS9 episodes that do not have any scenes set on the station, save for the opening credits. The other three are , and . Quark (Armin Shimerman) does not appear in this episode. Video and DVD releases UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 4.6, As part of the DS9 Season 4 DVD collection Links and references Starring Avery Brooks as Captain Sisko Also starring Rene Auberjonois as Odo Michael Dorn as Lt. Commander Worf Terry Farrell as Lt. Commander Dax Cirroc Lofton as Jake Sisko Colm Meaney as Chief O'Brien (Changeling) Alexander Siddig as Doctor Bashir Nana Visitor as Major Kira Guest stars Robert Foxworth as Admiral Leyton Herschel Sparber as Jaresh-Inyo Susan Gibney as Benteen Aron Eisenberg as Nog David Drew Gallagher as Riley Aldrin Shepard Mina Badie as a security officer Rudolph Willrich as Bolian commandant And Brock Peters as Joseph Sisko Co-star Bobby C. King as Security Chief Uncredited co-stars Majel Barrett as Narrator Jack Janda as Sisko's Creole Kitchen waiter David B. 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Crossfire (episode)

Odo must face his feelings for Kira when she falls in love with First Minister Shakaar, her former Resistance leader. Summary Teaser Odo is in his office, carefully setting up a cup of raktajino for Major Kira, as she's due to arrive for their review of the criminal activity report. They're discussing First Minister Shakaar's impending visit to the station when Quark barges in, complaining that Odo – whose quarters are directly above his – makes too much noise. Odo doesn't care and tells Quark that he'll listen to his complaint later, and after he leaves the Constable tells Kira that the fact Quark's quarters are below Odo's is not a coincidence. Some time later Kira, Captain Sisko, Dax, Dr. Bashir, and a mildly flummoxed O'Brien are in the docking ring in full dress uniform, waiting to receive the first minister as he steps out from his shuttle. Kira expresses some anxiety about the development of his public speaking skills – "he used to mumble his way through mission briefings" – and then Shakaar steps out of the airlock with his adjutant, Sarish Rez. Introductions are made, and the complete party makes its way down to the Promenade, which is thronged with crowds hoping for a glimpse of the first minister while he makes a speech. Once they reach the Promenade, Odo sends a communication to Sisko: "I have reason to believe someone is planning to assassinate First Minister Shakaar." Act One In Sisko's office after the speech Odo reports that according to one of his sources on Cardassia True Way, a Cardassian terrorist group who are already responsible for the deaths of two Bajoran officials, are planning to kill Shakaar and are reported to already have an operative aboard the station. He encourages Shakaar's adjutant Sarish Rez to cancel the upcoming conference and reschedule elsewhere, but the adjutant refuses. He argues that Bajor's admission to the Federation hinges on the upcoming talks and that as a former terrorist, the last thing Shakaar intends to do is respond to terrorist threats. Sisko and Kira express their support for that sentiment, Kira noting that once the Cardassians started negotiating with the Bajoran Resistance they knew they were beaten, and Sisko orders station security be increased. Odo requests that his Bajoran security detachment be augmented with Starfleet Security, and Sisko agrees and has him coordinate security matters with Lieutenant Commander Worf, as Lieutenant Commander Eddington is on leave. While discussing the increased security arrangements, Worf complains about the obstacles posed against maintaining station security noting it was much simpler to when he was head of security of the . During the conversation Odo and Worf discover that they have significant preferences in common, especially their dislike for uninvited guests to their quarters. Some time later, Odo meets Shakaar for the first time. They get acquainted while walking to the Bajoran temple, and Shakaar makes a point of bringing up Kira's high regard for Odo. That night there's a reception in the wardroom. Kira mingles with Shakaar's adjutant and with Odo, then decides to leave, only to be singled out by Shakaar, who wants to be "rescued." After a brief discussion Kira and Shakaar leave the wardroom together for a walk about nowhere in particular, but only after they agree to be escorted by Odo – who is distressed by the rapport he sees developing between the two. Quark, who is providing and serving the food at the reception, sees Odo's reaction and is astounded to realize the Constable's feelings for Kira. Act Two The next day, Shakaar's negotiations with the Federation over the subject of Bajor's accession to Federation membership are going poorly. As he walks with Odo from the wardroom back to his quarters, they find common ground over their shared perception of the Federation's inherent self-righteousness. Once they make it back to Shakaar's quarters, he directs the conversation to the subject of Kira, and admits to Odo that he thinks he's falling in love with her – an admission couched in language that echoes Odo's own feelings for Kira almost perfectly. Later Odo is performing a security sweep with a Starfleet tricorder on the wardroom. He finds an eavesdropping device in a table setting and renders it useless. Though upset, Quark changes the subject to Odo's feelings without skipping a beat, correctly deducing that Odo is in love with Kira and is worried that she is falling in love with Shakaar. Odo furiously denies this and refuses Quark's attempts to give advice before stomping angrily out of the wardroom. Act Three The time comes for another review of the criminal activity report, but Kira shows up late and cuts the meeting short, since she's promised to give Shakaar a tour of the station. Odo is quietly disappointed and arranges security for the tour. While on the tour walking through the station with Odo as an escort, Kira and Shakaar are getting on better than ever. The two stop to view the wormhole for a few minutes. Shakaar moves to kiss Kira, but backs off at the last instant, glancing at Odo. Instead, they move on, entering a turbolift and start beginning to make a date. Meanwhile, Worf's voice comes through on the com line telling Odo he needs control of the turbolift as he needs to re-route the car. Odo asks Worf for his security clearance first before he can release the controls, but at that moment Kira and Shakaar agree to dinner together that evening at a new Bolian Restaurant on the station. Odo is so distracted by this that he releases the controls before receiving and confirming Worf's codes, and the car suddenly goes into free-fall. All of the car's occupants discover that their combadge signals have been dampened. Act Four Odo is only able to stop the turbolift using his shapeshifting abilities to press the sides of the turbolift up against the walls of the station's turboshaft and nobody is injured. Impressively, he pushes the sides of the car, using friction to stop the descent. Odo participates in an after-action review with Sisko, and the latter explains his surprise at the way things transpired. It transpires that someone hacked into the com system and faked Worf's voice. Sisko is confused as to how the assassin had Worf's clearance code, and Odo is forced to admit that he didn't have the code, as Odo released the controls without confirming it. Captain Sisko is very surprised, as this isn't the sort of mistake Odo would make, especially as Odo's only explanation is that he got distracted. Odo asks Sisko not to push the subject further as he doesn't want to discuss it, and the Captain agrees but warns Odo not to let it happen again. Also, no ships have been allowed to leave since the incident, meaning the would-be assassin is still somewhere on the station. Odo then goes to the security office, and doesn't stay for long after Worf expresses dissatisfaction with Odo's level of attention to their investigation of the incident. He leaves for Kira's quarters, only to learn from Ensign Jimenez once he gets there that Kira is entertaining Shakaar. Odo dismisses Jimenez early and takes over watching Shakaar's quarters. Once the date finally ends, Kira is ecstatic at the way in which things have developed. Odo can't bring himself to admit his feelings to Kira, much less how those feelings have hurt his job performance, and simply excuses himself. When Odo returns to his office he finds something he hadn't expected… Worf placing the True Way operative under arrest, as he was responsible for the assassination attempt and was planning to decompress Shakaar's quarters by sabotaging the environmental controls. Odo is stunned, and realizes that he let Worf do his job for him. Worf senses Odo's discomfort and compliments him on the performance of his deputies, but Odo is too shocked at the turn of events to acknowledge it. He returns to his quarters, and considers his failures both with Kira and at his job. His shock turns to fury and he starts smashing up his quarters in an uncontrollable rage. Act Five Sometime later, Quark comes up to Odo's quarters to complain about the noise, and lets himself in when Odo doesn't respond. He enters to find Odo motionless, sitting on the floor amongst the wreckage. Stunned, Quark remarks that he always knew this would happen; taking the form of an animal would eventually result in behaving like one. He berates Odo for his thoughtlessness and asks him what form it was: Klingon targ? Trellan crocodile? Odo morosely responds that Quark was right. At first Quark is bemused, but then realization dawns. He gently asks if Kira and Shakaar are together, to which Odo despondently nods and confirms. Quark, now in awe, admits that Odo is truly in love, remarking that he’d always thought Odo to be colder than a Breen winter. Odo’s dismissive response and attempt to hide his despair softens Quark, who decides to tell his nemesis some home truths. Quark informs Odo that whenever there's an unusual crime committed on the station, he runs a betting pool on how long it'll take him to catch the person responsible. The fact that such a pool exists speaks volumes about the kind of man Odo is, a man who will never give up on his quest to catch his man… not a man who will smash up his furniture and then sit alone in the rubble in the dark. He also tells Odo that he's got to make a choice, either tell Major Kira his true feelings about her or forget all about her and move on with his life because now his feelings are interfering with his job – and Quark's profits. After genially assuring Odo that he wasn't speaking to him as a friend, Quark leaves Odo alone again with a lot to think about. Later, Odo (back to his normal composure) stops by Kira's quarters to inform her he won't be able to continue with their weekly meetings due to his scheduling additional training for his deputies and that he can't fit her in anywhere else as his schedule is overfull. Kira is disappointed as she enjoyed the meetings, and asks Odo if something is the matter, but he simply tells her he wants to use his time more efficiently and Kira knows there's no point in pushing him and lets the matter drop. Odo later goes to Quark's, where the bartender tells him that, according to a rumor, the negotiations have gone very well and the timetable for Bajor's admittance for Federation membership has been cut in half. Quark also thanks Odo for soundproofing the floor of his quarters, but Odo tells Quark that he was just having the floor reinforced and that there's no way he'd put up with three days of construction in his quarters just for him. He then spots Kira and Shakaar leaving a holosuite enjoying each other's company, but Odo just leaves and begins his rounds. Memorable quotes "Little tiny feet skittering across the floor. Back and forth. Back and forth." "You could hear that?" [points to his ears] "Hello?!" - Quark and Kira "It's just Quark's luck that you would be assigned quarters right above his." "Luck had nothing to do with it." - Kira and Odo "Shakaar knows better than anyone, you can't capitulate to terrorists. He used to be one, and the day the Cardassians started to negotiate with him, was the day he knew they'd been beaten. He'll stay." "I suppose, if I were in his position, I'd do the same." - Kira and Benjamin Sisko "Do you have to stare like that? I think it's making people nervous." "Good." - Kira and Odo "Care for some hasperat?" "You know I don't eat." "Have some. I'm charging by the head for this little function, and you do have a head… for the moment." - Quark and Odo "They say 'to err is Human.' But you're not Human. You're not even humanoid." - Sisko, to Odo "It takes passion to do something like this, and I always thought you were colder than a Breen winter." - Quark, to Odo "With all due respect, I do not see how sitting in a chair staring at a wall is going to help apprehend Shakaar's would-be assassin." - Worf "The fact that the pool exists says something about you! About who you are. People see you as the guy who always gets his man. Now, you're becoming the guy who tears up his quarters, and sits alone in the rubble. And no-one's gonna wanna place bets on how long someone's gonna sit around in the dark… Well. I've said my piece – sorry for butting in… But I'm just looking out for my business." "Funny. For a minute there, I thought you were talking to me as a friend." "Nah." - Quark and Odo "There are other ways to create order in your life. Your quarters, for example. Everything in mine has its specific place, and it's all arranged just so." "Yes, mine too. Even with my eyes closed, I would still know where everything was." "Exactly." "I would not tolerate it any other way." "I'll tell you what else to do. Make sure everyone knows they can't just drop by your quarters to say 'hello'. If someone does, whatever happens, don't make them feel welcome." "Of course not. That would only invite subsequent visits." - Odo and Worf Background information Story and script The final draft script was submitted on . The story for this episode originated in Robert Hewitt Wolfe's idea to do a -type story (the movie starring and ). The idea was for Odo to be the bodyguard protecting Kira from something, and falling in love with her. As things transpired, the audience found out about Odo's love for Kira in a completely different manner (in the episode ), but nevertheless, the producers still liked Wolfe's basic idea, and they kept the story in mind. () In René Echevarria's original draft for this episode, towards the end, there is an explosion, and Shakaar and Kira are in the path of a fire, and Odo has to decide which one to protect; he loves Kira, but he has been assigned to guard Shakaar. He chooses to save Shakaar, and Kira is almost killed. Then at the end of the episode, we find out that Odo made his choice out of spite. According to Echevarria, this dénouement "just didn't work. So we massively overhauled the story and made it a much more gentle show." () The purpose of the scene between Worf and Odo where they discuss order was two-fold; while it worked to inject some humor into a predominantly serious episode, it was also intended as a 'hint' of sorts that Worf was going to move onto the . () Production In the scene where Quark finds Odo sitting on the ground of his demolished room, a strand of Odo's hair is loose. This was an improvisation by actor Rene Auberjonois. Some of the producers, Ira Steven Behr included, weren't happy with the look, but they decided to leave it in the episode because it was argued that if Odo's hair is falling out of place, and his hair is 'part' of him, then it symbolizes that Odo is literally falling apart. According to Auberjonois however, "I just pulled some strands because I was trying to evoke an image from a Japanese print I'd seen of a warrior in defeat." () Visual effects supervisor Gary Hutzel was unhappy with the elevator scene in this episode; not in how it looks, but in how it actually happens. Hutzel argues that "I've always been of the mind that Odo is not Superman, or a member of the Fantastic Four. Once you establish that Odo can change himself into anything, then why should he ever be afraid of anything ever again? Somebody suggested that he should just push the walls out on the sides of the elevator to stop it and I glommed at that. Of course, if he just stands there in his own form and pushes it out, then it's Superman. I wanted him to become some sort of a device, but the director was very adamant about seeing Odo's face in the sequence, so we ended up with this hybrid." (-306) Reception This episode is Allan Kroeker's all-time favorite Deep Space Nine show. When he was hired to direct , he watched all of the episodes made prior to it, from onwards, and this one was his favorite. () This episode marks Duncan Regehr's second of three appearances as Shakaar Edon. He had previously appeared in the third season episode . Ira Steven Behr was not happy with the development of his character in this episode, although he is very careful to accept the blame himself, and not accuse Regehr of a poor performance; "I think we mishandled his character in this episode, and he never recovered after that. The first time we saw him he was Clint Eastwood, the foreigner, the man of few words, the terrorist. He became way too sensitive here. It just wasn't the same Shakaar." () Trivia The plant which Odo destroys against the wall to begin his rampage was given to him in by Kira, and the pot was the bucket Odo had previously used when he regenerated into a liquid state, making the destruction of the plant and the pot highly symbolic. The sequence with Shakaar's ship docking Deep Space 9 was a re-use of the Wadi ship that first appeared in . The True Way receives its second of two mentions in this episode. It was previously referred to in the episode . Cirroc Lofton (Jake Sisko) does not appear in this episode. Sisko is back wearing his usual in this episode. Video and DVD releases UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 4.7, As part of the DS9 Season 4 DVD collection Links and references Starring Avery Brooks as Captain Benjamin Sisko Also starring Rene Auberjonois as Odo Michael Dorn as Lt. Commander Worf Terry Farrell as Lt. Commander Jadzia Dax Cirroc Lofton as Jake Sisko Colm Meaney as Chief Miles O'Brien Armin Shimerman as Quark Alexander Siddig as Doctor Julian Bashir Nana Visitor as Major Kira Nerys Guest stars Duncan Regehr as Shakaar Edon Bruce Wright as Sarish Rez Co-star Charles Tentindo as Jimenez Uncredited co-stars Patrick Barnitt as Bajoran officer Patti Begley as Bajoran officer Frank Collison as Dolak (wanted poster image) Judi Durand Jeffrey Hayenga as Orta (wanted poster image) Randy James as David B. Levinson as Broik Mary Mascari as Bajoran woman Robin Morselli as Bajoran officer Karlotta Nelson as Bajoran woman April Rossi as Ktarian space hooker (wanted poster image) James Lee Stanley as Bajoran security deputy Scott Strozier as Bajoran security deputy Michael Wajacs as Bajoran civilian Unknown actor as Alien True Way operative Alien with long face Buck-toothed alien criminal (wanted poster image) Tonsa References 2319; 2362; adjutant; assassination; assault; arbiter; Bajor; Bajoran; Bajoran arbitrator; Bajoran Temple; Bajoran transport (Shakaar's transport); Bajoran wormhole; Bareil Antos; Bolian; Bolian restaurant; Breen (planet); Cardassia; Cardassians; community service; constable; Cardassian civilian government; cargo hold; Changelings; community service; criminal activity report; Deep Space 9 levels; disorderly conduct; eavesdropping device; ; Emissary of the Prophets; emotion; ensign; ; environmental controls; executive officer; extremist; Federation; Ferengi; figure (anatomy); free fall; graffiti; hasperat; holding cell; holosuite; Ijarna; Ijarna's wife; information kiosk; isolinear interface; kava; Klingons; leaflet; lip reading; listening device; luck; manhunt; manhunt pool; mission briefing; Occupation of Bajor; ODN relays; Ojuy Gel; "Old Man"; operative; petty theft; podium; politician; politics; Promenade; Prophets; public appearance; public lewdness; Quark's; Rafalian mouse; raktajino; Replimat; Rom; sanitation duty; security code; senior officer; senior staff; Shakaar resistance cell; shape-shift; shuttle; signal path; soldier; soundproofing; spousal abuse; springball; springball player; Starfleet Security; starship; subsidy; Takaran wildebeest; targ; Trellan crocodile; tricorder; True Way; Tuesday; turbolift control system; uniform; vandalism; vedek; Vedek Assembly; voice synthesizer; winter; work crew External links de:Emotionen es:Crossfire fr:Crossfire (épisode) nl:Crossfire DS9 episodes

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Sons of Mogh (episode)

Worf's brother Kurn arrives on the station, and asks Worf to kill him. Meanwhile, Klingon ships are detected outside Bajoran space. Summary Teaser Worf and Jadzia Dax are in a holosuite engaging in a Klingon training exercise. Worf eventually forces Dax to surrender, and then they flirtatiously discuss the various advantages and disadvantages of Klingon battle weapons, such as the bat'leth and the mek'leth. Just as the flirting is getting serious, Odo interrupts Worf through his combadge to alert him that an intoxicated Klingon is asking to see Worf in airlock five. Worf responds that he is on his way and exits the holosuite. The intoxicated Klingon who has just arrived on Deep Space 9 is none other than Kurn, Worf's brother, with whom he has not spoken in quite some time. Worf berates Kurn that he has not responded to any of his brother's attempts to contact him in the interim. Kurn then asks Worf to restore his honor by killing him in the Mauk-to'Vor ritual. Act One Kurn and Worf are in Worf's quarters, and Worf gives Kurn some liquid to help his headache from his prior intoxication. Kurn then complains that the quarters are far too comfortable for a Klingon, and he then ridicules Worf for attempting, once again, to "defend the Federation." Kurn tells Worf that he has not contacted him in four months because he was busy salvaging the remnants of the brothers' family house, the House of Mogh. Worf says that he regrets that because he opposed Gowron he has brought disgrace on his family's house, but Kurn sees such apologies and regrets as mere "Human weaknesses" that Worf has acquired since he has lived among Humans for so long. Worf tells Kurn that he could not fight with the Klingons against the Federation because it would have been dishonorable. Kurn says that instead of bringing dishonor on Starfleet and the Federation, Worf chose to bring dishonor down upon his own family's house. Kurn tells Worf that the House of Mogh has since lost its seat on the Klingon High Council because Worf chose to take the side of the Federation against the Klingon Empire. In response, Gowron also took all of the property belonging to their house. As a result, Kurn fiercely tells Worf that now Worf has everything he wanted, and Kurn has nothing, not even his honor. But, Worf can give Kurn his honor back by killing him in the Mauk-to'Vor ritual. Since Worf is the one who took away Kurn's honor, only Worf can give his honor back to him through an honorable death. Chief O'Brien and Major Kira are aboard the Federation runabout Yukon, returning from their inspection tour of the Bajoran colonies along the Cardassian border. They notice a high-energy discharge just before they enter Bajoran space, and they suspect that a cloaked ship may have exploded. They decide to investigate further and begin to approach the site of the explosion. A Klingon Bird-of-Prey decloaks in front of their path and informs them that the Klingons are conducting military training exercises in the area and orders the runabout to return to Bajoran space immediately. Kira explains that they are investigating the explosion that just occurred, but the Klingons warn them that they have received their only warning and that they should leave immediately. O'Brien and Kira decide to return to Deep Space 9, but they are suspicious that there is much more going on in the area than simply military exercises. In Quark's, Jadzia asks Quark if he has seen Worf, since Worf is late for their holosuite appointment, and Worf is never late. Quark appears to be upset with Worf, and he explains to Jadzia that earlier that morning, Worf came into the bar and ordered some Klingon incense, known as Adanji, and he nearly threw Quark over the bar when Quark tried to give him replicated incense. Dax wonders aloud why Worf would need the incense. In Worf's quarters, Worf and Kurn are preparing to perform the Mauk-to'Vor ritual so that Kurn can die an honorable death and be allowed to live in Sto-vo-kor, the Klingon version of heaven. On her way to Worf's quarters, Dax runs into Odo and asks him who the Klingon was that Worf met in the airlock the day before. Odo tells her that it was Kurn, Worf's brother. At this information, Dax realizes what Worf is planning to do with the incense, and she and Odo hurry to Worf's quarters to attempt to prevent the ritual from succeeding. Worf stabs Kurn with the ritual knife, but Dax and Odo arrive at Worf's quarters in time to beam Kurn to the infirmary and save his life. Act Two In his office, Captain Sisko asks Worf why he should not put him on the next transport out of Deep Space 9. Worf acknowledges that his actions were in violation of Starfleet regulations, and qualified as premeditated murder under Federation law, but Dax attempts to explain to Sisko the origins of the Mauk-to'Vor ritual. Sisko interrupts that he is not concerned with Klingon beliefs, and that although he has permitted some leeway to both Dax and Worf in the past concerning Klingon tradition, this ritual crosses the line and will not be permitted to occur under any circumstances. Taking over for Worf, Dax assures Sisko that there are other ways to settle the family problems of the sons of Mogh, and that of course this will never happen again. Sisko then angrily orders Dax and Worf to get out of his office. Later, in the Replimat, Major Kira and Chief O'Brien are explaining to Sisko the strange encounter they had earlier on the runabout and their suspicions that more than military exercises are occurring in an area very close to, although outside of, Bajoran airspace. Sisko appears to share their suspicions, and he tells Kira and O'Brien to take the and run a sensor sweep of the coordinates where the explosion occurred. Kira asks Sisko what she should do if she runs into the Klingons, and Sisko tells her to say that the Defiant is conducting "military exercises" according to interstellar agreements. Sisko tells Kira to keep Worf informed of the situation, but under no circumstances is Worf to accompany them on the Defiant. O'Brien tries to defend Worf, but Sisko quickly cuts him off and refuses to hear any more excuses for Worf's behavior. In the infirmary, Doctor Bashir informs Worf that Kurn's condition is stable. As Kurn wakes up, he is surprised and dismayed to find that he is still alive. Worf explains that Jadzia figured out what they were doing and had Kurn beamed to the infirmary. Kurn regrets that he is not yet in Sto-vo-kor, as he was anxious to see their father again, but Worf assures Kurn that their father still waits for them, it is just not yet time for Kurn to join him. Although Worf claims that it was not his decision to leave the ritual unfinished, Kurn points out that when Dax and Odo burst into Worf's quarters, he did not try to fight them at all, and that Worf could complete the ritual right there in the infirmary if he chose. Kurn says that for only a moment in Worf's quarters, Worf was truly a Klingon, but that Worf's life in the Federation has claimed him again, and now it is claiming Kurn as well. Dax comes to Worf's quarters to apologize for preventing the completion of the ritual and interfering in a family matter. Worf says that she was following her conscience and that is an honorable motive, but Dax acknowledges that it is not an honorable motive from the Klingon perspective. Dax offers to help in any way she can, and says that in the short-term, Kurn can stay on Deep Space 9. Worf says that if Kurn stays on the station, he will need a job, and Dax suggests security. Although Worf doubts that Kurn would be interested in joining Starfleet, Dax suggests that he try Odo's Bajoran security detail. After reviewing Kurn's service record, Odo asks Worf if his brother knows how to use the "stun" setting on a disruptor. Though Worf admits that non-lethal techniques are not emphasized in Klingon training, Odo nonetheless decides to give Kurn a job as a deputy as a favor to Worf. Odo reminds Worf that he is a man who collects on his debts. Act Three Odo is observing Kurn in a cargo bay as Kurn inspects the cargo of a Boslic freighter that has just arrived at the station. Worf, under the guise of bringing a message to Odo from Starfleet Command, comes to check on how his brother is doing in his new job as a deputy. Odo assures Worf that Kurn is strict, but is doing a fine job. Kurn tells Worf that he hates his uniform, but that he is accepting his transition into the position of Bajoran security officer. On the bridge of the Defiant, Kira and O'Brien observe sensor readings that indicate that cloaked ships have passed through the area in the past 24 hours. Just then, another explosion occurs – this time they see it is a Klingon cruiser. The cruiser is obviously damaged, and Kira attempts to contact them to see if they need assistance. The Klingons respond that their ship is the , that they do not require assistance, and that the Defiant should leave the area immediately and not approach their ship. The Drovana then requests access to the Defiants medical facilities. Kira responds that the Defiants medical facilities are very limited, but she offers to tow the Klingon ship to Deep Space 9. After briefly conferring with an unknown source, the Klingon ship accepts the offer. Odo informs Worf via his com badge that Kurn has had a serious accident and that Worf should come to the infirmary immediately. Odo tells Worf that Kurn discovered a container of contraband on a Boslic freighter, and when he confronted the Boslic captain about it, Kurn allowed himself to be shot by the captain's disruptor, even though Kurn could easily have disarmed him. Odo states that a security officer with a death wish is a safety hazard for the entire station, and informs Worf that Kurn is relieved. Bashir tells Worf that Kurn should make a full recovery, again, and asks Worf if he would like to see him. Worf confronts Kurn about what happened, but Kurn's only response is that Worf is the elder brother, and that Kurn will obey whatever Worf tells him to do. Act Four Doctor Bashir informs the senior staff in the wardroom that none of the injuries from those aboard the Drovana were consistent with the explosion of a starship, and that his best guess is that their ship was hit by a photon torpedo. Dax points out that a torpedo would have left an ion trail, and the Defiant didn't pick up any ion trails in the vicinity of the explosion. Kira adds that the Drovana was cloaked when it exploded, and that even Klingon vessels can't track vessels to aim their torpedoes when they are cloaked. Worf then correctly deduces that the Drovana must have hit a cloaked mine. The rest of the staff worries that, since cloaked mines are untraceable, there could be thousands of undetectable mines in and around the Bajoran system. Bashir comments that mining a system is an act of war, and expresses surprise that the Klingons would take such a risk at this point. Sisko says that they can't yet prove that the mines even exist, but if there is a war, the mines would enable the Klingons to cut off Deep Space 9 and the entire Bajoran system from the rest of the Alpha Quadrant. To find the mines, they would need their exact coordinates. Kira surmises that the Drovana probably has that information on their ship's computer, if only they could get access to them. Worf claims to have an idea how they could get the coordinates. Worf attempts to convince Kurn to help him carry out his plan by arguing that by acting contrary to their treaty with the Federation, the Klingon Empire has acted dishonorably, and to go against this minefield operation of the Empire would actually be the more honorable plan of action. Kurn confirms that he opposed the decision to withdraw from the Khitomer Accords when he was on the Council because Gowron underestimates the Federation, but that Kurn was ultimately overruled. Worf implores Kurn to help him, not for his sake or for the Federation's sake, but to prevent the Empire from becoming embroiled in a war that they cannot win. Worf points out that although their people have turned their backs on them, the brothers have not turned their backs on the Empire, and the sons of Mogh could be the very ones to save their people from certain defeat. In the infirmary, Worf and Kurn are undergoing surgical alterations to their appearance and their DNA signatures to try and pass themselves off as officers of the Drovana. Kurn and Worf successfully beam onto the Drovana and enter the main bridge. Using his inside knowledge of High Council security measures, Kurn accesses the database that contains the coordinates of the mines. A Klingon lieutenant enters the bridge and inquires what Worf and Kurn think they are doing on the bridge. Worf and Kurn look at each other, contemplating their next move. Act Five Kurn states that he is completing a diagnostic on the navigational controls, but the lieutenant replies that he had not been informed of any computer problems, and he does not appear to be convinced. Worf claims to be Commander Sorval, son of M'tokra, but the lieutenant is still not convinced. As the lieutenant appears to back down and try to leave the bridge, Kurn pulls out his disruptor and kills the lieutenant. Worf is astonished to see what Kurn has done and asks whether it was necessary. However, Kurn reveals that the lieutenant was holding a knife in his hand, and that if Kurn had not fired first, the lieutenant would have killed Worf. Kurn expresses his regret and dishonor over killing an officer who was only doing his duty to defend the Empire. After Worf and Kurn acquire the detonation codes for each mine from the Drovanas computer, everyone meets in the wardroom to listen to their report. Afterward, Kira and O'Brien leave for the Defiant to detonate the remainder of the mines. After everyone else leaves the wardroom, Worf expresses his unease to Dax about killing the Klingon officer. Although it was in self-defense, Worf is most distressed because he did not realize that the officer was about to kill him, even when he was looking into the officer's eyes, but Kurn saw it from three meters away. He fears that Kurn was right – that Worf has lived with Humans for so long, that he no longer thinks like a Klingon. Although Worf had always thought he could either live among Humans or return to the Empire, he realizes now that he could never go back to the Empire. He is a Starfleet officer, and that will have to be enough. But Kurn does not even have Starfleet, and since he is no longer welcome in the Empire, Worf worries what will become of Kurn. Worf cannot bring himself to attempt the Mauk-to'Vor ritual again, as now he can only see it as Humans do – as murder. Jadzia then suggests that maybe Worf can kill Kurn without really killing him. On the Defiant, Kira and O'Brien are preparing to destroy the minefield. They open a channel and attempt to warn all Klingon vessels in the area to leave immediately or risk being damaged when the mines are detonated, but no ships respond. O'Brien detonates one of the mines on Kira's command, but still nothing happens. They then detonate many of the remaining mines simultaneously, prompting several Klingon ships to decloak and leave the area like ing quail, heading straight for the Klingon Empire. Worf enters his quarters and discovers that Kurn is heavily intoxicated, and has been contemplating suicide – a dishonorable death under Klingon tradition which would prevent him from entering Sto-Vo-Kor. Kurn expresses regret that he and Worf were not raised together, regardless of if it had been on Qo'noS or Earth, to which Worf agrees. Kurn tells Worf that, in his own way, Worf is an honorable man, before passing out. Worf then assures the sleeping Kurn that he will be an honorable man again, but not as Worf's brother. Bashir prepares to surgically alter Kurn's physical appearance and genetic makeup, completely erasing his memory, so that Kurn can have a new identity, a new family, and his honor can be restored. After Dr. Bashir warns Worf that Kurn will have no memories of his past life, including no memories of Worf and only retain the most basic skills to exist among Klingons; Worf orders the surgery to proceed. A friend of Worf's father, Noggra, has agreed to take Kurn as his own son, Rodek. Noggra arrives and tells Kurn/Rodek that he was hit by a plasma discharge on their shuttle, and as a result, he has lost his memory and may never regain it all. Kurn/Rodek is now a member of the House of Noggra, and Noggra promises to teach Kurn/Rodek all that he has forgotten when they get home. As Kurn/Rodek leaves the infirmary, he asks Worf if he is part of his family, and Worf replies that he has no family. Worf then leaves and walks down the Promenade alone, knowing that he has cut his final tie with the Klingon Empire. Log entries Operations log, Deep Space 9 Memorable quotes "Please report to airlock five, Commander. There's an intoxicated Klingon here who's demanding to see you." - Odo, to Worf "Always defending the Federation. Tell me, Worf, does Starfleet ever make mistakes? Even in their furniture?" - Kurn, to Worf "I'd say your brother's doing well, Commander. He's been on the job six hours, he's only killed four Boslics so far." - Odo, to Worf on Kurn after he joined Bajoran Security "I can appreciate how difficult it must be for you to be asking for a favor, especially from me. Very well. Have Kurn report here tomorrow morning." "I am indebted to you." "Yes, you are. (Worf turns to leave) And Mr. Worf? You'll find I'm a man who collects on his debts." - Odo and Worf "He'll be all right... again." - Bashir, after Kurn tries to fulfill his death wish a second time "He decided to kill me while I was looking him right in the eyes, and I never saw it. But Kurn did, and he was three meters away." "Worf, I don't think you can tell someone's going to kill you by looking at them." "A Klingon can. It is an instinct. The ability to look someone in the eyes and see the decision to kill. An instinct I no longer have." - Worf and Dax "Kurn, let me ask you this. Do you agree with what has happened between the Empire and the Federation?" "It is not my place to criticize." "Answer the question!" "No. I opposed the decision to break the treaty, but I was overruled in Council." "Why did you oppose the decision?" "Because Gowron underestimates the Federation. He thinks they're soft, weak, but he is wrong. Sooner or later, there will be war." "A war the Empire may lose." "Yes." - Worf and Kurn "For a long time I have tried to walk the line between the Empire and the Federation. I told myself I could live in either world – that it was my choice. But the truth is I cannot go back to the Empire." - Worf "(refers to his combadge) This is all I have." "Is that enough?" "It will have to be." - Worf and Dax "Who are you?" "I am Worf." "Are you part of my family?" "I have no family." - Rodek and Worf Background information Story and script The working title of this episode was "Brother's Keeper". (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion - A Series Guide and Script Library) In Ronald D. Moore's original draft of the teleplay for this episode, when Kurn arrives on the station, Worf refuses to perform the Mauk-to'Vor ritual, and the episode concerns Worf trying to find Kurn a job, all the while Kurn continually pleading with Worf to kill him. According to Moore, the problem with this draft was that all of the tension was built upon the fact that the audience didn't know if eventually Worf might give in and actually acquiesce to Kurn. However, "you knew Worf wasn't going to kill his brother and the rest was all very by-the-numbers stuff." It was while trying to instill more tension in the episode that Moore hit on the notion to have Worf actually perform the ritual, and not at the end of the episode, but right up front at the start. According to Moore, he was hoping that this unexpected move on Worf's part would make the audience "sit up and go 'Whoaa!'." () Moore commented that in the episode Worf "comes to the realization that he can't go home, or at least that the Klingon Empire is not home. I think we had kind of been playing Worf back and forth about it. You know, is he going to go back to the Empire some day? His brother is there. They have a seat on the council. Where does he belong? It just felt like we had done that a few different times, and I wanted to make a statement this time that said 'Okay, look, he can't go back to the Empire. There is no future for him there'. That's not where Worf is going to end up, because he's really not one hundred percent Klingon anymore, and Worf has to realize that". (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - The Official Poster Magazine, issue 13) This episode contains the first hint of a possible attraction between Worf and Jadzia Dax. The writers put Michael Dorn and Terry Farrell together in this episode mainly to see if they had any on-screen chemistry. When it was discovered they had, the writers decided to make them a couple. While hinting at the possibility of a future romance between these two characters, Ronald D. Moore also wanted to insert a line that made it clear Worf was no longer involved with Deanna Troi from the , however he was unable to find an appropriate place in the script without it sounding like mindless exposition, and in the end, he decided to remove the reference altogether. () Commenting on Worf's line, "I have no family.", Ronald D. Moore said: "On one level, Worf was speaking of the fact that he cut his ties to the family of Mogh when he let Kurn go. On another level, I think that it was a Freudian slip, and that Worf has psychologically distanced himself from Alexander." In the shooting script, the Boslic Tilkia claims that the shipment Kurn asks him to open contains "Belvian atmospherics". (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion - A Series Guide and Script Library) Production The mevak blade used in the Mauk-to'Vor ritual was designed by illustrator John Eaves. Because the screenplay didn't specify any particular design type, Eaves was allowed a free hand in creating the blade, and he ultimately designed it with two separated blades – one for extinguishing the physical life, one for freeing the soul to allow it to travel to Sto-vo-kor. (Deep Space Nine Sketchbook: John Eaves, DS9 Season 4 DVD special features) David Livingston commented "The writers reflect what the show is about, and [my job] is to fulfill what they want and not go against the intention of the script. It was another show of mostly talking and not much action, so I tried to shoot it in a typically dramatic Klingon way: low angles, big close-ups, weird angles and stuff – [I was] pretty satisfied in terms of tone". (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - The Official Poster Magazine, issue 13) Tony Todd also portrayed the adult Jake Sisko earlier in the fourth season in . Todd commented "I really felt blessed that I was able to do two different roles on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine this year which may or may not be a small feat". (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - The Official Poster Magazine, issue 13) Reception Michael Dorn commented that he thought "Sons of Mogh" was "probably the highlight of Worf's experience – or my experience – on ST:DS9. I thought that was a great show. It has handled very well, especially the end. I always enjoy working with Tony Todd". ("Dorn's Direction", ) Dorn also commented that "I thought wiping Kurn's memory was a smart move. You don't want to get rid of Kurn, but he wanted to die. In a way, he was dead already. The show gave me something to do in terms of acting, going from being a good Klingon to now being out in the middle of this space station. Worf really is alone". ("Michael Dorn: The Klingon Way", ) The conclusion of this episode (the erasure of Kurn's memories and telling him he is somebody else without his consent) was not popular with some viewers. According to René Echevarria, "A lot of people objected to Worf robbing his brother's memories, kind of killing him on a certain level, yet not. The fan reaction was pretty strong, they really seemed to hate that." In particular, people felt that Bashir's involvement was unacceptable; that no doctor would ever consent to do such a thing without the patient's express permission. Ronald D. Moore, who came up with the idea for the memory wipe, defends Bashir by saying, "It's not too hard to envision Worf going to Bashir, explaining the situation, and Bashir saying, 'Okay, it's your belief system'. I just wasn't interested in writing that scene." () Ronald D. Moore commented on the episode that "People seem to have liked it. I think the one criticism I've heard several times is that people have objected to Worf wiping his brother's memory at the end, that it was immoral or that he had gone too far in doing it. I understand that point of view, but it felt as if, in Klingon terms and in Worf's mind, he was giving his brother the only way out. Worf, I think, is caught in the crux of a dilemma where he doesn't want to kill his brother because he is more Human than he thought he was, but at the same time he's very strongly Klingon and understands that his brother cannot go on with his honor being torn from him like this. So he really had to find a third way out, and giving his brother a new life and a new chance to be somebody else seemed like the best to Worf. So I justified the decision in my mind in that sense. The one thing that is a more legitimate criticism is that we never showed the scene where Worf went to Dr. Bashir and talked to him about it and got him to agree. I take it as read that off-camera that scene did occur, that he did have that discussion, and that Bashir ultimately came around to the point of view of understanding that it's a Klingon thing and that he could see the logic behind that Worf was doing and agree to do it. But the way the show plays out ultimately, there is a little bit of a feeling that you go to Bashir's laboratory to get your memory wiped, and that he is the mad scientist". (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - The Official Poster Magazine, issue 13) Tony Todd was dissatisfied with the episode and commented "I accepted to do the part before I got the script and then I saw what they were doing. I felt it was really a disservice to people that were really into Kurn and into the Klingon legacy". (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - The Official Poster Magazine, issue 13) Ira Steven Behr commented on the episode: "I'm glad that people don't know what to make of it. I thought it was a good show. I thought it was a strong show, and it gave Worf a new angle on his ongoing problem. It also helped us to move him to where he his now on the show. I thought it was a strong show. I liked it. I also thought Tony Todd plays a good Klingon and strikes off some sparks. Worf's stabbing of his brother at the beginning was, I think, surprising, to say the least, and that he goes through with it. I thought that was one of the few times where we actually played alien values as somewhat different than Human values. Every now and then when I'm watching the shows, the aliens will shake hands with one another and stuff like that, and my head starts to explode. Then again, I guess the shows aren't really about that. We're not writing books where you can spend a whole three volumes creating these deep alien cultures. But those handshakes, and asking for glasses of water and stuff! Man!" (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - The Official Poster Magazine, issue 13) On a possible return to Kurn (that never happened in the series, making "Sons of Mogh" the last appearance of Kurn), Moore commented "We've talked about it. Obviously not this season, but there's a possibility we might bring him back in season six, and see where we go". Behr commented "We're noodling around with an idea about Worf's brother". Tony Todd stated that "I'm sure at some point they will have Kurn come back to do what he has to do". (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - The Official Poster Magazine, issue 13) Trivia Cirroc Lofton (Jake Sisko) does not appear in this episode. The exchange between Worf and Kurn concerning the comfort of his quarters echoes a similar conversation from Kurn's first appearance in . Remastered version Remastered footage from the episode is featured in the documentary What We Left Behind. Apocrypha The novel Vengeance sees Kurn returning to Deep Space Nine. While his memory doesn't return, he does have "feelings" that he knew the people on DS9 at some time, and that Worf is supposed to be a lot closer to him. The novel A Burning House depicts Kurn's memories returning. Worf learns of this from Bashir and Ezri Dax when Kurn confronts Bashir on Deep Space 9. Video and DVD releases UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 4.8, As part of the DS9 Season 4 DVD collection Links and references Starring Avery Brooks as Captain Sisko Also starring Rene Auberjonois as Odo Michael Dorn as Lt. Commander Worf Terry Farrell as Lt. Commander Dax Cirroc Lofton as Jake Sisko Colm Meaney as Chief O'Brien Armin Shimerman as Quark Alexander Siddig as Doctor Bashir Nana Visitor as Major Kira Guest stars Tony Todd as Kurn/Rodek Robert DoQui as Noggra Co-stars Dell Yount as Tilikia Elliot Woods as a Klingon officer Uncredited co-stars Michael Bailous as Bajoran security deputy Ivy Borg as Promenade alien Judi Durand Terry Green as operations lieutenant Randy James as Mark Lentry as command lieutenant Mary Mascari as Bajoran woman Robin Ritter as sciences officer Mark Allen Shepherd as Morn Scott Strozier as Bajoran security deputy Unknown performers as Bajoran nurse Boslic freighter crewman 1 Boslic freighter crewman 2 Two wounded Klingons Yridian References ability; act of war; Adanji; amnesia; Bajoran Control; Bajoran Militia uniform; Bajoran space; Bajoran sun; Bajoran system; Boslics; Cardassia; Cardassian border; career; choice; contraband; d'k tahg; death wish; debris; disruptor blast; dozen; Earth; emergency power; eye; Federation; file directory; flight plan; ; gamma rays; Gowron; Great House; Gre'thor; hippocampus; holosuite; House of Noggra; Human; inspection tour; instinct; ; kilometer; Klingon; Klingon-Cardassian War; Klingon Empire; Klingon High Council; Klingonese; Mauk-to'Vor; mek'leth; memory wipe; meter; mevak; mine; minefield; Mogh; Pakleds; plasma conduit; premediated murder; Promenade; Qo'noS; quail; Quark's; radiation burn; River of Blood; Romulans; security officer; security sensor; sense of humor; shrapnel; slit; General Orders and Regulations; Sto-vo-kor; stripped of rank; suicide; surgically altered; throat; truth; Yridian Starship references (freighter); Bajoran interceptor (Bajoran interceptors); Bajoran vessel (Bajoran transport); Boslic freighter; (runabout); ; ; ; Klingon Bird-of-Prey ("like flushing quail"); ; Noggra's shuttle; runabout; ; Other references Promenade Directory: Amphitheatre; Andorian Fast Food; Bajoran Consulate; Bajoran Customs Office; Banzai Institute; Berman's Dilithium Supply; Bowling Alley; Cargo Loading and Transfer; Cavor's Gravity Devices; Chief Engineer's Office; Curry's Martial Arts Training; Del Floria's Tailor Shop; Diet Smith Corporation; Diva Droid Corporation; Dock Master's Office; Federation Consulate; Fredrickson's Squid Vendor; Garak's Clothiers; Geological Assay Office; Gocke's House of Mirrors; Klingon Consulate; Import Protocol Office; Infirmary; Jacobson's Used Photons; Jupiter Mining Corporation; Lodging and Accommodation; Milliways; Pancho's Happy Bottom Riding Club; Quark's Bar; Replimat Cafe; Richarz' Accessories; Rush Dilithium Crystals; Schoolroom - Mrs. Keiko O'Brien; Sirius Cybernetics Corporation; Spacecraft Resupply; Spacely Sprockets; Station Operations; Subspace Communications; Tom Servo's Used Robots; Vince's Gym; Vulcan Embassy; Yoyodyne Propulsion Systems; Chez Zimmerman External links de:Die Söhne von Mogh es:Sons of Mogh fr:Sons of Mogh (épisode) nl:Sons of Mogh DS9 episodes

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Bar Association (episode)

Quark's employees, led by Rom, form a union against Quark's unfair labor practices and promptly go on strike. Summary Teaser The returns from a reconnaissance mission to the Gamma Quadrant under the command of Lieutenant Commander Worf. Having found no sign of Dominion activity, Worf dismisses everyone to prepare for the next day's debriefing, and Dax coyly notes that Worf is quite taken with the Defiant. Things are pretty quiet at Quark's, due to the month long Bajoran Time of Cleansing where Bajorans abstain from many pleasures, causing a downturn in the amount of customers. While Quark bemoans this, Rom is suffering pain in his ear and not for the first time. Quark, as usual, doesn't care and tells Rom to get to work while Leeta stands beside Morn and defends him. As the two argue, Rom collapses and Quark's only action is an intention to dock his pay for lying down on the job. Quark asks Broik to clean up the mess caused by Rom falling down and leaves. Act One Rom is sent to the infirmary, where Doctor Bashir finds that he has a severe ear infection that had been left unattended for weeks. When Bashir asks why, Rom says that he didn't have any vacation time. Bashir says casually that he should petition Quark to add vacation time and sick leave to the bar's employees by forming a union to help them stop being exploited, however Rom tells Bashir that Ferengi do not fight against exploitation but instead work to become the exploiters. "Suit yourself, but I don't see you exploiting anyone," Bashir tells him. Rom is discharged and when he recovers, he returns to the bar to find Quark in a meeting with the employees. The meeting is not good… the Bajoran Cleansing has sapped the bar's customer base and as a result, profits for the previous quarter are way down at Quark's. Quark decides to remedy his profit margin by cutting the employees' salaries by one-third, telling them that its either that or he fires a number of them. Rom pleads with Quark to reconsider the pay cut, which he does… but the decision stands. Rom then asks if the pay cuts will be re-instated after the Cleansing Festival ends. Quark says that it all depends on the next quarter's financial report. Rom asks Quark, as a brother, to grant him a personal favor and re-instate the employees' pay. Quark again says no and adds that they are not brothers at the bar. Their relationship there is only that of employer and employee. Rom threatens that if Quark does not re-instate the pay cuts, then he will regret it. Quark says that the only thing he regrets is not being an only child. Rom leaves in shock. Jadzia Dax and Worf have returned from sparring in the holosuites and are walking together in the station's corridors. Worf hears something in the conduits above the hallway. He hits a panel in the ceiling with his bat'leth. The panel gives way, and a Dopterian man falls to the floor with several items. Dax sees that the Dopterian has Worf's tooth sharpener on his person – the man just robbed Worf's quarters. Angrily, Worf takes the man to Odo's office. Odo arrests the man and has him taken to a holding cell. Worf intends to give his statement and demands to know why security lapses like these occur on DS9. Odo says that those things just happen. Worf does not accept this answer and says that those sorts of things did not happen when he served as chief of security on the . Odo perks up and says, "Really?" and pulls out a PADD and begins to read a list of security lapses that occurred on the Enterprise. He says that he knows those are the exception rather than the rule, but if those sorts of things happen on the flagship of the Federation, Odo asks Worf to imagine how difficult it is to maintain security on an open port like DS9. Worf apologizes and says that the theft was upsetting. Odo agrees, but says that Worf will just have to get used to it. Rom holds a secret meeting with the employees of the bar and, spurred on by Bashir's earlier advice, says that he wants to form a union. Act Two Some of the employees, especially the Ferengi employees, are shocked that Rom would even suggest forming a union. The Ferengi Commerce Authority (FCA) strictly forbids employees to form unions. Rom says not to be afraid of the FCA, to stand up and fight for what they want. Rom even names a few employees like Frool and Grimp who could benefit from sick leave or vacation time. The employees finally agree to form the union and present their demands to Quark. Rom goes to the infirmary and seeks Bashir's advice on unions. Bashir is surprised that Rom went to such an extreme, he was only speaking metaphorically. Chief O'Brien, who is being treated for a cyst on the back of his neck, encourages Rom and tells him about his ancestor, Sean O'Brien, who was a union miner back in 1902 Pennsylvania. Sean and a group of employees went on strike, refusing to open the anthracite mine until their demands were met. Dr. Bashir warns Rom to only strike as a last resort; perhaps Quark will give in to the union's demands. Chief O'Brien says that Quark is too stubborn and that the union will have to strike. O'Brien then makes the remark that Sean O'Brien gave the ultimate sacrifice for his union – he was found dead in the Allegheny River with 32 (or perhaps 34) gunshot wounds in him just before the strike ended. In Ops, Chief O'Brien works to repair some faulty systems for Worf who expresses his frustration at things always breaking down. O'Brien reminds him that Federation, Bajoran, and Cardassian technology isn't meant to work together but much prefers his busy schedule on the station to when he was serving aboard the Enterprise, where he spent most of his time waiting around the transporter room for something to break down so he could fix it. Quark returns to the bar to find the union waiting for him. Quark thinks it is a birthday surprise; they're a month too late. Rom says that they are the Guild of Restaurant and Casino Employees and they are there to present their demands. Quark, after getting over his initial shock that his employees would dare form a union, reads their demands and laughs. Rom says this is no joke. Quark says it is and to get back to work before he fires all of them. The Guild has no choice but to go on strike. Quark tries to laugh this off too, but is astounded when all his employees walk out. Act Three The strike begins and the union is thanking people for not dining at Quark's by handing out gold-pressed latinum, and the majority of the station's population begin boycotting the bar in support of the strikers. To compensate for his lack of employees, Quark attempts to use a holographic program he received from a Lissepian to make holographic projections of himself to carry out all of the duties of the bar, but finds that they tend to cut off often, resulting in many glass breakages. Quark asks Odo to ask the strikers to leave, telling him they must be violating a law somewhere. Odo agrees that he doesn't like the idea of a mob on the Promenade, but he has received orders from Captain Sisko not to interfere as long as the strikers remain orderly and don't stop people using the second level entrance. Meanwhile, on the upper level of the Promenade, Bashir and O'Brien are taking bets as to who will enter or pass the upper entrance of Quark's. They are surprised to find that Worf enters the bar… both Bashir and O'Brien thought Worf would not do so. They walk into the bar to have a word with the commander. Worf, Bashir, and O'Brien end up in one of Odo's holding cells, Bashir with a gash on his forehead. Captain Sisko angrily asks why members of his senior staff were fighting on the Promenade. O'Brien and Worf explain that they weren't fighting, they just had a simple disagreement, which turned into a shove, which turned into a push, which turned into Bashir (who claims he was trying to stop the fight) getting thrown over a table. O'Brien says that Bashir just got in the way. Sisko, frustrated, says that he will have to talk to Quark himself to find an end to the strike. O'Brien asks the captain if they will be let go. Sisko agrees to tell Odo to let them out… in the morning. Bashir sits down and says that he hopes O'Brien and Worf are proud of themselves. Quark is summoned to the captain's office, where Sisko tells him that he wants the strike ended and things back to normal, so Quark is to sit down with Rom and hammer out an agreement by the end of the day. Quark says that Sisko doesn't understand; merely talking to a union violates the core aspects of Ferengi culture. Sisko says that he may not understand Ferengi culture, but he does know who holds the lease on Quark's – the Federation. The Federation has been extremely lenient, not charging Quark for rent, repairs, or the large amount of power the bar requires but that ends today. Sisko then reads off a list of things Quark owes; five years back rent, maintenance requests and the drain on the station's power. After some quick calculations, Sisko asks Quark if he knows how much latinum that is. Quark pales, says that it is a lot, and agrees to talk to his brother. Quark goes to Rom's quarters and attempts to bribe him with latinum to get him to end the union. Rom refuses. Rom says that until the employees' demands are met, they will continue to strike. When he gets back to the bar, Quark finds none other than Liquidator Brunt waiting for him with two Nausicaans. Brunt assures a nervous Quark that he isn't there to cause trouble for him, but put an end to the union through any means necessary. Act Four Rom meets with the employees to tell them what had happened. Grimp, a Ferengi, asks if Rom took the bribe. Rom says no and tells the employees that it is only a matter of time before Quark gives into their demands. Grimp is reluctant to agree; Quark may agree too much with Ferengi Rule of Acquisition #211: "Employees are the rungs on the ladder of success. Don't hesitate to step on them." The meeting is interrupted when the door is forced open, and Brunt arrives with the Nausicaans. Frool grovels at Brunt's feet, asking for forgiveness. Brunt angrily says that if they were on Ferenginar, the union would be shoved off the spire atop the Tower of Commerce one by one while small children would bet on where they would land and then their splattered remains would be ground up into feed for gree-worms. Rom points out that they aren't on Ferenginar; lucky for them, Brunt replies. Brunt says that the FCA will show mercy because they have been corrupted by Federation ideals. He says that nothing will happen to the union if they return to work the following morning. Otherwise, their families will be fined and their Ferenginar accounts will be seized, leaving them destitute. Brunt and the Nausicaans leave to make their decision, leaving Frool groveling on the floor. Grimp tells Frool to get up, but Rom tells him to stay down, that's where he belongs and asks the others where they belong. The union decides to continue fighting for what they want and leave the room with Frool still on the floor. The strike continues. On the upper level of the Promenade, Worf talks to O'Brien and apologizes for the altercation they had in Quark's. O'Brien tells Worf not to worry about it, they shoved each other and – with a chuckle – Bashir was thrown over a table. Worf says that living on the station has bothered him and because of this he is going to begin living on the . O'Brien is aghast and reminds Worf that he'll be living on the starship alone… but as far as Worf is concerned, that's the main appeal. Quark tries to talk to Rom once again to dissolve the union, but he refuses again. Quark says Rom shouldn't be a fool and now that the FCA is involved, they will do anything to stop him. Quark says that if Rom doesn't dissolve the union soon, Quark will no longer have any power to help him. Rom is unmoved; after all, if something happens to him, Quark will be granted his wish of being an only child. Back in Quark's, as the two Nausicaans play darts (while using each other's bodies for the board), Brunt speaks of his increasing frustration with the union's will. He says that he has to make an example of someone in order to send a clear message to the strikers. Quark worries that Brunt intends to attack Rom, but Brunt explains that he can't punish Rom directly, since that would just turn him into a celebrated martyr. The only way to do this is to hurt someone close to him. Brunt appears to be considering attacking Leeta, but then states that he can't give that order – she has such delicate lobes – so, he's going to go for the next best thing… and calls the Nausicaans over. Quark quickly realizes Brunt means him… He quickly reminds Brunt he’s on his side, only for the liquidator to comment on the irony of the situation as the Nausicaans menacingly close in. Act Five Quark is then lying down in the infirmary on a bio-bed having received a severe beating. Rom arrives to find that the Nausicaans shattered his left eye socket, fractured two of his ascending ribs, punctured his lower lung and would have killed him if Odo hadn't interrupted. Although Odo has Brunt and the Nausicaans in a holding cell, Quark refuses to press charges despite the fact he's got an open-and-shut case, as the FCA would just send another liquidator to make an example of Rom, one who would definitely succeed. Despite what happened to Quark, Rom refuses to dissolve the union until Quark accepts all of their demands. Quark finally relents and offers Rom everything that the union wants, but Rom must make it appear that Quark has won. Rom resigns from his post as head of the union, causing the union to die, but the employees get all they want. The pay raises will go into effect by the end of the week. Worf settles into his new quarters on the Defiant and Dax gives Worf a gift: a copy of her favorite Klingon operas. She tells him he can play the operas through the ship's com system, as loud as he wants. Worf thanks her, but Dax tells him that living on the Defiant won't change anything and he'll have to adapt to the station eventually. Worf counters that maybe it will be everyone on the station that will adapt to him. The Bajoran Time of Cleansing is over, and everyone has returned to Quark's, including Major Kira. Rom arrives in the bar in a Bajoran uniform and states that he is now on the night shift of the engineering crew as a Diagnostic and Repair Technician, Junior Grade. Quark expresses concern that he will no longer be able to "watch after" Rom, but Rom says that he will be fine working on his own. Furthermore, Rom promises to come to Quark's all the time, but as a paying customer, punctuated by then demanding his brother serve the drink he ordered, snail juice. Memorable quotes "What I do during my time off is no business of yours." "If you don't get back to work this instant, you're going to have more time off than you know what to do with." - Leeta and Quark "Don't 'brother' me. In this bar, you're not my brother. You're my employee. And employees have no right to question the management's decisions." "I'm warning you, if you don't rescind the pay cuts, you're going to regret it!" "The only thing I regret is not being an only child." - Quark and Rom "You don't understand. Ferengi workers don't want to stop the exploitation. We want to find a way to become the exploiters." - Rom, responding to Bashir's suggestion that he form a union "It won't happen unless you make it happen. We're Ferengi! And when a Ferengi sees an opportunity, what does he do?" "He seizes it!" "That's right!! And I for one intend to grab it! We've been exploited long enough! It's time to be strong, take control of our lives, our dignity and our profits!" - Rom and Frool, about forming a union "Workers of the World, unite! You have nothing to lose but your chains." - Rom, referring to a PADD in order to quote "Maybe I don't know much about Ferengi culture, but I do know who holds the lease on your bar." "The Federation. And I couldn't ask for better landlords." "That's because we don't ask you to pay your rent, or to reimburse us for your maintenance repairs, or the drain on the station's power supply." - Sisko and Quark "If this were Ferenginar, I'd have you all taken to the Spire of the Tower of Commerce, displayed to the crowds in the Great Marketplace below, and then shoved off!! One by one!! Small children would bet on where you would land, and your spattered remains would be sold as feed mulch for gree-worms." "Spare me! I'm old! I'm fragile! I'll push the rest of them off myself!" "I thought you said you weren't afraid of the FCA." "I lied." - Brunt, Frool and Grimp "We're not on Ferenginar." "Lucky for you. But the FCA understands that living on this station has… corrupted you. You've been tempted by unwholesome Bajoran ideals, exposed to the twisted values of the Federation. And because of that, we are willing to forgive." "Really?" "But don't confuse our mercy with weakness. If you are not back at your jobs tomorrow morning, your financial accounts on Ferenginar will be confiscated, your families fined, and your trading permits revoked. You'll be ruined. Reduced to utter destitution." - Rom, Brunt and Frool "Our target must be someone unexpected, someone he cares about. Like that dabo girl." "Leeta? She's not even Ferengi." "That's what makes it so memorable. But she has such… delicate lobes. I'm afraid couldn't bring myself to give the order." - Brunt and Quark "Me?! But I'm on your side!!" "Ironic, isn't it?" - Quark and Brunt "I tried to protect you, save you from yourself." "How? By telling me I was an idiot my whole life?" "I had to be tough on you, I was trying to make you a better Ferengi." "What you were trying to do was make yourself feel important. Making me feel dumb made you feel smart. But I'm not dumb and you're not half as smart as you think you are!" - Quark and Rom "You're just afraid of the FCA." "Of course I'm afraid of the FCA! They crushed my eye socket!" - Rom and Quark "Just get me two mugs of synthale, a double order of hasperat… and hold the conversation!" - Kira (only line of the episode, upon breaking her cleansing fast) Background information Story and script The original title of the episode was "The Bar Association", at least in the script, but the title as it appears in the actual episode is simply "Bar Association". (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion - A Series Guide and Script Library) When this story was originally pitched by sisters Barbara J. Lee and Jenifer A. Lee, the producers saw it as a possible B-story for either or . However, after they began trying to insert it into an existing story, they realized that it was too rich a subject to be sidelined and so they decided to give it an episode of its own. () Ira Steven Behr based the scene where Sisko is haranguing Worf, O'Brien, and Bashir for brawling upon a similar scene in the 1948 John Ford film , in which similarly chastises , , and . According to Behr, any similarities to the episode were unintentional. () In the pronunciation guide for the episode in the script, the guide says to "ask Colm" for the pronunciation of Boru and Clontarf. (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion - A Series Guide and Script Library) Production The two Nausicaans were played by professional dart players James Lomas and Shawn McConnell specifically for the scene in the episode where the two Nausicaans throw darts at each other. () Reception Ira Steven Behr commented that "Bar Association": "was a show that was very popular among the staff. The staff really loved that episode. What we were trying to do is what he tried to do with third season, and that was to take Rom and Quark one step further. Although "Family Business" was fun, in "Bar Association" we did want to make some dramatic points". (Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages p 115) This episode is a favorite of Armin Shimerman because it deals with a subject that is close to his heart: union problems. Shimerman sits on the Board of Directors of the (SAG), and he is very passionate about labor related disputes; "People think of this as a comic episode. And it is, of course. But in truth, it's really about union-management problems. The irony of it is that I play management in the episode. So, I thought that to make Rom have a reasonably hard job as a union organizer, I would have to be tough about it, to show the struggle to the audience. Although you don't see it on TV very often, this is something that goes on in America all the time." () Director LeVar Burton is also of the opinion that this is not a completely comic episode; "The execution of the idea was whimsical, but the situation was absolutely serious. It's serious drama, a power struggle between two brothers. And that's family ties." () Shimerman agreed with Burton, commenting: "I really rather loved that one, because it was a non-comic Ferengi episode. It gave an audience a view of a relationship between two brothers. Star Trek's best asset is that it deals with humanity through the metaphor of the 24th century, and through aliens. Sometimes the aliens are more human than the humans are. And that’s certainly the case in Max and my relationship, in Quark and Rom’s relationship. Yes, they’re Ferengi, but they’re also a model for human brothers. The relationship between brothers is a very strange one, it’s a very competitive one, one of a pecking order, one of not wanting to show the other one a lot of affection. We got to deal with that in ‘The Bar Association' quite a bit. Certainly, it was an episode about ‘unionism,’ but it was also about the psychology of two brothers, and their past lives playing upon their present lives, in fact so much so that at the end of ‘The Bar Association' the character of Rom makes a great gestalt jump, takes charge of his own life, and steps out of the shadow of his older brother, which was wonderful." (Cinefantastique 112, Vol 27 #4/5, 1996) When Max Grodénchik saw that Rom was leaving his job at the bar, he initially felt it was a huge mistake and would ruin the character. Shimerman recalled, "Max was devastated, because he felt that it was the death knell for Rom. I told him that the best thing that can happen to a character is change, and Rom was changing for the better." In the end, Grodénchik appreciated the opportunity. "Rom does this big thing, forming a union, and then he realizes that he has to leave his job. He has to end his working relationship with his brother to retain his family relationship with him. he doesn't want to jeopardize the love between them. Rom's a better man than I am." () It was when the producers saw the obvious on-screen chemistry between actors Max Grodénchik and Chase Masterson in this episode that they decided to make them a couple at some stage in the future. () This eventually occurred in the fifth season episode , although viewers found out about Leeta's love for Rom in a few episodes prior to that, in . Jeffrey Combs commented "["Bar Association"] was pretty good. I particularly remember the big scene where I break up the union meeting that Rom was organized. I enjoyed that scene very much, watching Rom crumble right before my eyes. Max [Grodenchik] was just great in that scene. He really nailed his character in the show". ("Double Trouble", ) The episode drew praise for the examination of the conflict between labor and management. Trivia Referenced Rules of Acquisition: #211 ("Employees are the rungs on the ladder of success. Don't hesitate to step on them") and #263 ("Never let doubt interfere with your lust for latinum") This is the first episode to confirm the name of the Ferengi homeworld as Ferenginar. The name was first used in the script of "Family Business". In his conversation with Worf, Odo references the events of and . The tooth sharpener that the Dopterian steals from Worf was sold to him by Nog in . The phrase spoken by Rom – "Workers of the world unite. You have nothing to lose but your chains" – is a quote from the 1848 book by and . Cirroc Lofton (Jake Sisko) does not appear in this episode. Rom's reluctant confession of self-administering oo-mox is the first allusion to masturbation (in any species) in all of Star Trek. There is an inconsistency in Miles O'Brien's story about the 1902 coal miners' strike in Pennsylvania. The strike occurred in the anthracite coal region of eastern Pennsylvania, in the Chesapeake Bay watershed, but the Allegheny River is in western Pennsylvania and the Ohio River watershed. Miles O'Brien claims to be descended from Irish king Brian Boru (c.941–1014). This is largely correct, as the Irish surname O'Brien literally means "descendant of Brian Boru." Miles simplifies the Battle of Clontarf (AD 1014) as being Irish v. Viking, but in reality, it was Irishmen of Munster vs. Vikings of Dublin and Irish of Leinster. Remastered version Remastered footage from the episode is featured in the documentary What We Left Behind. Video and DVD releases UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 4.8, As part of the DS9 Season 4 DVD collection Links and references Starring Avery Brooks as Captain Sisko Also starring Rene Auberjonois as Odo Michael Dorn as Lt. Commander Worf Terry Farrell as Lt. Commander Dax Cirroc Lofton as Jake Sisko Colm Meaney as Chief O'Brien Armin Shimerman as Quark Alexander Siddig as Doctor Bashir Nana Visitor as Major Kira Guest stars Max Grodénchik as Rom Chase Masterson as Leeta Jason Marsden as Grimp Emilio Borelli as Frool And Jeffrey Combs as Brunt Uncredited co-stars Sam Alejan as sciences officer Ivor Bartels Patti Begley as Bajoran officer Bernie Bielawski as Ferengi union member Ivy Borg as Rita Tannenbaum Kevin Brown as Ferengi union member Vincent Carrera as Ferengi union member Tory Christopher as sciences lieutenant Kathleen Demor as operations officer Terry Green as operations lieutenant Dorothy Hack as Bajoran woman Cenita L. Johnson as Glidia David B. Levinson as Broik James Lomas as Nausicaan bodyguard Dennis Madalone as Dopterian robber Mary Mascari as Bajoran woman Shawn McConnell as Nausicaan bodyguard Mary Meinel-Newport as Bolian woman James Minor as operations officer Robin Morselli as Bajoran officer Tami Peterson as Vulcan sciences officer Tammy Rodriguez as yellow-skinned dabo girl Mark Allen Shepherd as Morn James Lee Stanley as Bajoran security deputy Armin Shimerman as Quark holograms Michael Wajacs as Bajoran civilian Ken Ziff as Ferengi union member Unknown performers as Alien with long face Buck-toothed alien Reptilian alien Tailhead alien Three Ferengi union members References 10,000 years ago; 1902; Allegheny River; anthracite strike of 1902; asteroid belt; Bajoran; Bajoran Time of Cleansing; Battle of Clontarf; bedside manner; ; bodyguard; ; ; Clontarf; coil spanner; collective bargaining association; confiscation; Constable; contract; dabo; dabo girl; ; DaiMon; Deep Space 9; department head; diagnostic and repair technician; dismissal; Divine Treasury; dizziness; Dopterian; drunkard; employee compensation package; ; ethics; eye socket; fainting; fast; Federation; Ferengi; Ferengi Commerce Authority; Ferengi law; Ferengi Rules of Acquisition; Ferenginar; fine; fire hazard; freedom of expression; Gamma Quadrant; Great Marketplace; Guild of Restaurant and Casino Employees; hasperat; hedonism; holosuite; ; inertial dampening generator; Ishka; Jem'Hadar; Kar-telos system; Klingons; Klingon Bird-of-Prey; Klingon opera; Kobheerian; landlord; latinum; layoff; leader; lease; liquidator; Lissepian; Lissepian holoprogram seller; lung; Lurin; management; martyr; medical expert; mek'leth; ; moogie; Nausicaan; ; ODN relay; oo-mox; open and shut case; overtime; Pakled; paragraph; pay cut; petty criminal; precept; Promenade; puncture; Quark's Bar and Holding Company; ; receipt; rent; rib; robbed; ; sebaceous cyst; sick leave; smile; snail juice; spire; strike; tarnish; theft; trade guild; traitor; tricorder; tympanic membrane; union; Vulcan; work environment; worker External links de:Der Streik es:Bar Association fr:Bar Association (épisode) ja:ロムの反乱（エピソード） nl:Bar Association DS9 episodes

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Accession (episode)

A three-hundred-year-old Bajoran ship comes through the wormhole, and its passenger claims that he is the Emissary of the Prophets. Summary Teaser As Chief O'Brien and Doctor Bashir enter the cluttered O'Briens' quarters, having just won the Battle of Britain in the holosuite, they lament that O'Brien must return the quarters to normal in preparation for Keiko's return (after her six-month absence on Bajor). Bashir remarks that it is a shame for them to clear up the clutter, it feels like dismantling a monument to the chief's six months as a bachelor; O'Brien soberly tells him that if they don't, Keiko will dismantle him. O'Brien greets Keiko and Molly warmly at the airlock and receives a surprise: during Keiko's last visit to Deep Space 9, they "got lucky" and Keiko is pregnant again. In Ops, Major Kira welcomes Vedek Porta, escorting a young Bajoran couple who are hopeful that Captain Sisko, as the Emissary of the Prophets, will bless their recent marriage. Sisko invites them into his office and recites a brief prayer in the Bajoran language. Kira, watching, is very moved, and the couple positively glow, thanking Sisko profusely before they leave. Before following them out, Porta compliments Sisko on his improved accent. After they are gone, Sisko sighs and confides to Dax how exhausting it is to be a religious icon to an entire planet, on top of all his Starfleet duties. Then Kira alerts them that something is coming through the wormhole: a Bajoran lightship, which appears to be three hundred years old. The passenger, a lone man, is beamed directly to the infirmary. When Sisko and Kira get there, the man lying down on the biobed introduces himself as "the Emissary." Act One The mysterious man is Akorem Laan, a famous Bajoran poet from the 22nd century whose unfinished poem, The Call of the Prophets, has become legendary. He explains that, while traveling in his lightship, he was injured and thought he would die. Then he discovered the wormhole by mistake and was healed by the Prophets, who he believes delivered him to DS9 in order to be their Emissary. He is surprised at Kira's presence upon learning her family name, as it indicates she should be an artist. Kira explains to the others that the Bajorans used to follow a strict caste system known as the D'jarras which dictated their occupation based on their family name, but abandoned it during the Cardassian occupation in order to allow them to become soldiers. Akorem is shocked to hear about the Occupation, and realizes his people have suffered great hardships while he was gone. Sisko talks to Dax about Akorem's claim to be the Emissary, a claim he is all too happy to support. He even uses some of the prophecies surrounding the Emissary (which he has never believed in) to try and justify his position, although he admits he is just using them to convince himself as, aside from having the burden of the position removed, he adds that Starfleet Command has always been uncomfortable with one of their officers occupying a central role in the Bajoran religion. Porta has already endorsed Akorem and is confident the Bajoran people will accept the change as long as Sisko makes it clear he's stepping aside voluntarily. Sisko feels a massive weight off his shoulders and couldn't be more relieved to rid himself of the title. As Chief O'Brien walks home from work, Bashir arrives to offer his congratulations on the baby and convinces him to have a celebratory drink in Quark's. There, the two raise a pint of beer to the upcoming arrival, as Bashir notes that the second baby is usually easier than the first for parents as they know what to expect. When they tell Quark the news, the Ferengi muses back to when Nog was a baby and read See Brak Acquire. Worf then arrives for a drink and stiffens up when he hears Keiko is having a baby. O'Brien explains to Bashir that Worf delivered Molly since the Enterprise had been damaged and he was the only person available when Keiko went into labor. As Bashir jokes that he'll call on Worf if he needs any help, Worf decides to schedule some leave to visit his parents on Earth when the baby is due. The Promenade is crowded as Bajorans wait for the new Emissary to give his first speech. Kira and Odo watch from the upper gallery as Akorem emerges from the Bajoran temple, and Odo gently asks Kira whether she sees the inherent contradiction in Akorem's accession: before he appeared, Kira was entirely convinced that Sisko was the Emissary, but now it's as if he never was. Kira says that her faith allows her to reconcile the contradiction. Akorem uses the speech to drop a bombshell; he believes he was returned after so long by the Prophets as the Bajorans have "lost their way" by abolishing the d'jarras. Akorem intends to revive the d'jarras as, he believes, it is the best way to heal Bajor's wounds after the Occupation. There is some scattered applause from the crowd, but several, including Kira, look deeply troubled, as does Sisko, who is watching the speech in his office on his desktop monitor. Act Two In conference with Akorem and Vedek Porta in the wardroom, Sisko says that adopting a caste-based discrimination system will make Bajor ineligible for Federation membership. Akorem sees it as an acceptable sacrifice, as does – not surprisingly – Kai Winn. Akorem assures Sisko that he does not expect Bajor to make the change overnight; for instance, First Minister Shakaar, whose d'jarra marks him as a farmer, will not be expected to resign immediately; instead, Akorem is confident that, by the time of the next election cycle, few will vote for him. Sisko tries to persuade Akorem to reconsider giving up Federation membership, however Akorem grabs Sisko's ear and reads his pagh saying it's strong, and he understands why Kai Opaka thought he was the Emissary and why Kai Winn feared him. In the Replimat, Kira is looking for a place to sit with her mug of raktajino, but the place is full. Just as she is about to move on, , a Bajoran woman interrupts her meal and surrenders her seat, saying that Kira's d'jarra outranks hers. Sisko, sitting nearby, says similar things have been happening all over the station. Both of them are troubled, but Kira says it is not her place to question the Emissary. Sisko is still disbelieving about how readily Bajor is making such drastic changes on Akorem's word, and Kira tells him that Sisko never fully grasped just how devoted the Bajorans are to the Emissary – Sisko could have said the word, and they would have done anything. Unable to sleep, Sisko wanders about the Promenade at night, where he has visions of Kai Opaka who proceeds to ask who he is several times. Confused, he says she should know him, but she responds cryptically that she can't know someone who does not know himself. She disappears and the lights turn back to normal before he can respond. Act Three When Sisko asks Bashir about the vision, he describes it as an orb shadow, which the Bajorans believe occur when a person is not following the will of the Prophets as shown in the orbs. Religious explanations aside, it was caused by an over-abundance of neuropeptides, and Sisko readily accepts treatment to make the visions stop. Kira attempts to follow her d'jarra, which dictates that she resign her commission in the Bajoran Militia and become an artist. Unfortunately, despite her best attempts, she ends sculpting a "flock of flightless birds" in her quarters. It is clear that Kira has no aptitude or talent for artistry and she tries to make Vedek Porta see this, but Porta is nonetheless stern in his belief that d'jarras are correct and that the Prophets have chosen for Kira to be an artist. The O'Briens are enjoying time together at home. Miles plays with Molly, teaching her darts. Keiko has found the fur coat that Miles wears to the holosuite, and comments on the amount of time he spends there with Bashir. Miles responds jokingly that it keeps him out of trouble and kisses her. Keiko needs to get back to some work, so O'Brien goes back to play with Molly, but her mood has changed, not willing to play darts and content to draw by herself. With nothing to do but watch, O'Brien eyes the fur coat. Sisko and Kira have their regular meeting in his office going over station business, but Sisko is troubled as things are going from bad to worse; his failure in his mission to ensure Bajor's entry into the Federation, a goal Sisko has been working toward for several years now, does not please Starfleet Command. Although there is no direct statement of it, he can tell they are unhappy, which he finds ironic considering they never wanted him to be the Emissary in the first place. As he and Kira go over the duty roster, he cannot shake the feeling that he has failed in his duties. And it gets worse: Kira has to resign in order to follow her d'jarra. As soon as Sisko can find someone to take her post, she'll leave. Sisko tells her that her position may be filled by someone else, but he considers her irreplaceable. There is an extremely sad moment between them as reality sets in. Act Four O'Brien and Bashir meet by chance in Quark's and realize they no longer have time for one another now that Keiko and Molly are back on the station. O'Brien mentions playing darts with Molly in their quarters, and Bashir is trying to teach Morn how to play in the bar, but it is not the same for either of them. When Quark archly informs them that they are late for their weekly holosuite reservation, they realize that is something else they have had to give up. Sisko gets a call from Constable Odo to come to the Promenade immediately, where a vedek has just been killed. The man, Vedek Imutta, fell from the second level, and as Odo prepares to start an investigation, Vedek Porta calmly announces that he pushed the man simply because he had an "unclean" d'jarra and was unwilling to resign as vedek to follow his d'jarra. Sisko, furious, orders him taken into custody. This is the last straw, and Sisko summons Akorem from Bajor for an urgent meeting, making it clear that the murder was just the tip of the iceberg. Akorem is unwilling to change his position, causing Sisko to declare that he regrets giving up his role as Emissary and is intent on challenging Akorem's claim to the title. However, both men know there will be chaos if they force the Bajoran people to choose between them, Sisko asks Akorem to enter the wormhole with him to ask the Prophets to choose. The two board a runabout and fly into the wormhole, at which point Sisko stops the runabout and the two men wait. Act Five Eventually, Sisko and Akorem are transported to the realm of the Prophets. Akorem remains convinced that he is the emissary, but as usual, the Prophets appear largely unconcerned. Akorem reminds them that he met the Prophets first, but to the Prophets (who have no concept of linear time), there is no first. They claim Sisko and Akorem's linear nature limits their comprehension, though Sisko states the two want to understand. They agree that the d'jarras are a part of the past, which "the Sisko" has taught them means, it is no more and it can never be again. Akorem is confused, and asks why, then, did they send him into the future? They reply, "for the Sisko" – to remind him of the responsibilities he bears. Akorem, realizing that he is not the Emissary, says he's been wrong about everything and that he should have been left to die. The Prophets state they could return him to the point they found him (injured and dying), but Sisko requests they return Akorem to his own time as he is now, uninjured. After silently conferring with each other, the Prophets state Akorem will have no memory of his trip to the future, which the poet finds more than acceptable as it will allow him to reunite with his wife and family. Telling the Prophets that he's ready to go home, they return him to the past. Sisko still has questions; however, the Prophets remind him that just as they are "of Bajor," they emphasize that he is also of Bajor. On Sisko's silent acceptance of this, he is returned to the runabout. Back on the station, on the pretext of getting her husband treatment for his depression, Keiko arranges for Miles and Bashir to spend time together again. In Quark's, Kira ironically presents Sisko with the gift of one of her "sculptures" and tells him that his earlier speech, in which he explained what happened to Akorem and that the Prophets do not wish the Bajorans to return to the d'jarras, went over very well. Sisko is reading The Call of the Prophets, which Kira is surprised to learn has now been finished. Kira fails to understand how she can still remember Akorem's work as unfinished when the Prophets have changed the past and in the new timeline, his work had been finished all along. Amused, Sisko notes that "The Prophets work in mysterious ways," to which Kira grins. They are interrupted when a Bajoran man and his daughter approach the officers to ask Sisko if he can bestow a blessing on the girl at her upcoming birthday/coming-of-age celebration called the ih'tanu. Sisko happily agrees to the request, having now fully accepted his role as the Emissary. Memorable quotes "I thought you said you'd started straightening this place up!" "You should've seen it before." "Look, Keiko's shuttle'll be here before we know it. We should've left the holosuite hours ago. "What? And let the Jerries cross the Channel? Never!" - Bashir and O'Brien, upon entering O'Brien's messy quarters "No more ceremonies to attend, no more blessings to give. No more prophecies to fulfill. I'm just a Starfleet officer again; all I have to worry about are the Klingons, the Dominion and the Maquis. I feel like I'm on vacation." - Sisko, after renouncing his role as Emissary "Daddy! Daddy! I have a little brother!" "Really? Is that him? (Points to Molly's doll)" "No. He's in there. (Points to Keiko's tummy)" - Molly telling Miles that Keiko's pregnant "Surprise." - Keiko O'Brien, announcing to Miles she is pregnant "Quark! Did you hear? Chief O'Brien is having a baby." "I thought your females carried your young." "My wife. My wife is having a baby." - Bashir, Quark, and O'Brien "It's just hard getting used to being a religious icon." - Sisko "Congratulations! I remember when my nephew Nog was a baby. Cutest thing you ever saw. Heh. You know babies. Every little thing they pick up goes straight into their ears. Ohhh, I used to love reading to him. You know, 'See Brak acquire. Acquire, Brak, acquire!" - Quark "Did you hear? Keiko's gonna have another baby." "Now?!" - Quark and Worf, remembering the last time Keiko had a baby "Well, I'll be sure and call you when she's ready to deliver; you can lend a hand." "Seven months? Unfortunately, I will be away from the station at that time. Far away. Visiting my parents. On Earth. Excuse me." - Bashir teasing Worf, in reference to the events of "Forgive me, Major, I don't mean to be difficult, but your faith seems to have led you to something of a contradiction." "I don't see it as a contradiction." "I don't understand." "That's the thing about faith. If you don't have it, you can't understand it. And if you do, no explanation is necessary." - Odo and Kira "What about you, Doctor? The Battle of Britain awaits and you know my policy on cancellations, NO refunds." "Go ahead! Maybe Morn's better in the cockpit of a Spitfire than he is at darts." "Ah, it wouldn't be the same" "Hm, you're right, Morn probably doesn't even know where England is!" - Quark, O'Brien and Bashir "If you don't hit it off with Major Jatarn, I can think of a few other people, shouldn't be that hard to find someone to replace me." "I don't doubt that I can find someone to fill your post. But to replace you…" - Kira and Sisko "You killed him because of his d'jarra?" "I had to. If a vedek can't do what the Emissary has asked of us, how can we expect anyone else to?" - Sisko and Vedek Porta "If the d'jarras belong in the past, why did you send me into the future?" "For the Sisko." - Akorem and the Prophets "I'd like you to have this. It's an original Kira Nerys. It might be worth a lot someday." "I hear she didn't make many." - Kira, presenting one of her "sculptures" to Sisko Background information Story and script The working title of this episode was "The Other Emissary". (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion - A Series Guide and Script Library) First draft script – . The producers had to fight to get this episode made because the studio had told them not to do any shows about Bajoran religion. Episodes such as from the first season and from the second had proved to be somewhat unpopular with viewers, and Paramount felt that shows dealing with religion in general, and Bajoran religion in particular, were not ratings winners. According to Hans Beimler, "Shows about religion, alien religion and the Prophets, are extraordinarily difficult. Not because they're hard to produce, but because they're not proven ratings winners. As a result, the studio tends to be happier when DS9 is doing action stories." Similarly, René Echevarria explains, "The studio doesn't like Bajor stories. And Bajor's religion is one aspect of Bajor to which they really don't respond." () Production The ship flown by Akorem Laan is the same ILM studio model introduced in . () The closing credits of this episode feature a number of changes from previous episodes; Ron Wilkinson is replaced by Fritz Zimmerman as set designer and Herman Zimmerman is changed from production designer to visual consultant, and his position in the credits is switched with art director Randy McIlvain. The reason for this was due to a number of Deep Space Nine crew helping out on the production of . () Continuity This episode is considered to be Part II of the "Emissary Trilogy", with Part I being and Part III being , and as with , Sisko is initially very clear in this episode about how uncomfortable he is in his role as Emissary of the Prophets. However, this episode represents an important turning point in his attitude to his position. It is the second time the phrase "The Sisko" has been used (it was first used in the episode ) and it is the first time we hear the phrase "You are of Bajor". Both of these phrases would come to have great importance in the future. As well as that, this episode marks the point at which Sisko finally begins to accept his role as Emissary (in , he accepted that there may be more to the Prophecies than he has allowed for, but he didn't change his opinion about his own status in Bajoran religion). Throughout the fifth, sixth, and seventh seasons he becomes more and more accepting of his position, something which can be seen most clearly in the fifth season episode (where he not only accepts his role, but embraces it and allows it to guide him), and in his interactions with the prophets in episodes like , , , and, most importantly of all, the series finale . This episode marks the final appearance of Camille Saviola (Opaka) on the series, with Opaka appearing first to Sisko in an orb shadow and then later as the form assumed by a Prophet. During her meeting with Sisko, Kira mentions the four-shift duty rotation she suggested to him in . Since then, it went through a probationary period and Kira notes that it's improved the performance of crewmembers and they've made less mistakes due to fatigue, so Sisko decides to make the change permanent. Bashir and O'Brien tease Worf about when he delivered Molly in 2368 in . Worf is so uncomfortable about this that he schedules leave so he will not be present when Keiko is due, just to make sure it does not happen again. (Ironically, Worf does appear in but avoids helping with the birth.) In the scene in Quark's where Bashir and O'Brien talk about playing darts without each other, a laboratory squeeze bottle can be seen under the bar, redressed as some kind of alien drinking glass. Kira's line "That's the thing about faith. If you don't have it, you can't understand it. And if you do, no explanation is necessary" is a paraphrase of a quotation from St. , which reads "To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible." Bashir and O'Brien order several pints of ale during this episode and never finish any of them. In one case, O'Brien leaves after having no more than a single mouthful. Quark's statement about everything babies handle "goes straight into their ears" is one of the few times that a Ferengi says "ears" instead of "lobes." Cirroc Lofton (Jake Sisko) does not appear in this episode, though he is mentioned by Miles when he tells Keiko about a book he gave Molly that she really loves. Kira's lack of artistic skill was first mentioned in Season 2's , where Kira stated she had "no artistic ability whatsoever." Reception David Warner was approached for the role of Akorem. Ira Steven Behr commented "Personally, I wanted David Warner as Akorem. He wanted to do it, but his wife talked him out of it because he was on vacation and she didn't want him to work. To this day I still wish David Warner was in it. I think it's a really interesting script and idea, and it leaves us with a nice, interesting mystery. It's a good show, and Avery was great, but I wanted him to have a better opponent". (Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages) Actor Colm Meaney was unhappy with the decision to have O'Brien's quarters in disarray due to Keiko's absence. Meaney states that, "It was expedient to have some sort of what's considered humor in the script, but I object to saying this man is incapable of keeping his apartment tidy when his wife's away. That's a cliché." () Jane Espenson commented: "The whole Trek experience, at TNG and DS9, was incredibly positive. Thank you, Star Trek!" Video and DVD releases UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 4.9, As part of the DS9 Season 4 DVD collection Links and references Starring Avery Brooks as Captain Sisko Also starring Rene Auberjonois as Odo / Odo Alien Michael Dorn as Lt. Commander Worf Terry Farrell as Lt. Commander Dax Cirroc Lofton as Jake Sisko Colm Meaney as Chief O'Brien Armin Shimerman as Quark Alexander Siddig as Doctor Bashir / Bashir Alien Nana Visitor as Major Kira / Kira Alien Guest stars Rosalind Chao as Keiko O'Brien Robert Symonds as Porta / Porta Alien Camille Saviola as Opaka Alien Hana Hatae as Molly O'Brien Special guest star Richard Libertini as Akorem Laan Co-stars David Carpenter as Onara Grace Zandarski as Latara Laura Jane Salvato as Uncredited co-stars Sam Alejan Faye Barge Patrick Barnitt Ivor Bartels Patti Begley as Bajoran officer John Lendale Bennett Ivy Borg Tory Christopher Len Costanza Kathleen Demor Juan De Villa Steve Diamond Peggy Donaldson as civilian Judi Durand Jasmine Gagnier Terry Green as operations lieutenant Dorothy Hack as Bajoran woman Randy James Mark Lentry David B. Levinson as Broik Shauna Lewis Mary Mascari as Bajoran woman Bill Thomas Miller James Minor Robin Morselli Karlotta Nelson as Bajoran woman Stuart Nixon Tammy Rodriguez as yellow-skinned alien dabo girl Dan Rose Mark Allen Shepherd as Morn Steph Silvestri William Steinfeldt as Bajoran ops officer Scott Strozier Michael Wajacs as Bajoran civilian Unknown performers as Imutta Alien with long face Buck-toothed alien Purple skinned alien Reptilian alien References 22nd century; 2358; accent; Akorem's brother; Akorem's grandfather; Akorem's parents; Akorem's wife; apprentice; aptitude; artist; bachelor; Bajor; Bajorans; Bajoran capital; Bajoran language; Bajoran interceptor (Bajoran interceptors); Bajoran lightship (Akorem's lightship); Bajoran transport (transport); Bajoran wormhole (aka Celestial Temple); Battle of Britain; biology; bird; Brak; Call of the Prophets, The; caste; canvas; coloring; ; ; darts; Dahkur Province; Denorios belt; deportation; depression; diaper; disorientation; d'jarra; Earth; election; Emissary of the Prophets; England; English Channel; ensign; ; faith; family name; farmer; Federation Charter; First Minister; Gaudaal's Lament; heart; holosuite; ; icon; icon painting; ih'valla; ih'tanu; ion storm; Jatarn; Jerry; keep; King of Leinster; Kira; Kitara's Song; Latara's husband; ; Lupi; magnet; Maquis; medical tricorder; merchant; ; ; neuropeptide; Nog; non-believer; ; Occupation of Bajor; Opaka; orb; orb shadow; ; pace; pagh; path; piece of art; pint; politician; pony; priest; Promenade; promoted; public appearance; Quark's; raktajino; religious figure; ; ; ; runabout; ; Shakaar Edon; shift rotation; soldier; Spitfire; stanza; te'nari; Thursday; time travel; toast; Winn Adami; winter; Yridian yak Deleted scenes references magistrate External links de:Die Übernahme es:Accession fr:Accession (épisode) nl:Accession DS9 episodes

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Hard Time (episode)

Convicted of espionage, Miles O'Brien is given the memories of twenty years in prison in a matter of hours. Returning to Deep Space 9, O'Brien finds he cannot shrug the memory of his awful experience or rid himself of the guilt he feels over the death of his cellmate. Summary Teaser An elderly and bearded Miles O'Brien sits in an Argrathi jail cell, drawing patterns in the sand. Two Argrathi enter and tell him that he is now free to go. He claims that he has nowhere to go, but is thrown out of the cell anyway. He suddenly awakens to find Major Kira looking over him. Kira explains that the Argrathi have implanted a twenty-year prison sentence in his head, and that only a few hours have passed since his conviction. O'Brien sits dazed and tells Kira that being in prison for twenty years feels very real to him. Act One Captain Sisko explains to Keiko that while on a mission to Argratha, O'Brien was falsely accused of espionage and sentenced to twenty years in prison. However, the Argrathi are experts at mind-controlling and mind-altering technologies, and their criminal system was able to administer him the experience of twenty years of prison in just a few hours of treatment, without physically harming him. By the time the details of the events had been received by Deep Space 9, the "sentence" had already been completed, and he was free to return home. Keiko asks if she can see her husband and Sisko tells her as soon as she gets permission from Doctor Bashir, she certainly can. O'Brien and Kira arrive at the station, and Doctor Bashir meets them at the airlock. He promises to do his best to remove the memory implants. He asks O'Brien a bit about the experience, such as if he was alone in his cell. O'Brien says yes, but from a to his incarceration, it becomes clear that he had a cell mate named Ee'char. O'Brien remembers the time he met Ee'char in his cell, who helped him by giving him a fruit called chee'lash. They exchange their names, "crimes" and sentences. Back in reality, O'Brien affirms to Bashir that he was totally alone. Act Two Bashir soon discovers that the memories of his imprisonment were not simply implanted: he really experienced living in a cell for twenty years, though in his mind at an accelerated rate. Thus, eradication of these memories is out of the question, and he has to accept them. He tells Keiko and she understands. They go in to see O'Brien in the infirmary, who had tried to order the chee'lash fruit from the replicator. When Keiko enters the room, he first sees Ee'char in her place, but that fades as he holds her and remembers she is pregnant. O'Brien soon finds he has trouble undoing the habits he had taken up during his incarceration, including saving scraps of food "for later" during dinner with his family. A flashback shows Ee'char doing the same thing. O'Brien (who has grown a beard) questions Ee'char on how to cope, and he shows O'Brien how to draw complex patterns in the sand called eseekas to pass the time. They are told it's time to go to sleep, and then Keiko awakens in the middle of the night to find O'Brien sleeping on the floor. Act Three O'Brien's memories come back to haunt him, and he begins seeing his former simulated cellmate Ee'char walking around the station. He plays darts with Worf for a bit in Quark's, but leaves when he sees Ee'char out on the Promenade. He also finds it very difficult to readjust to life back on the station. Later, in one of the station's cargo bays, Jake helps him remember the names of the various tools. O'Brien is determined to get back up to speed immediately and dive into work. He makes some repairs with the crew in a junction of an access conduit, and Muniz briefly checks him and has a friendly exchange. O'Brien is friendly, too, but hiding his when Muniz leaves for lunch. O'Brien hangs back, only to be confronted by Bashir about not having been to Counselor Telnorri for the past ten days. O'Brien says he does not want to talk about his life in prison, only to forget it and be left alone. Bashir keeps pushing, and O'Brien snaps at him, storming off. O'Brien then remembers a time when he reached his limit on staying calm in the cell. He made noise when he banged on the door, objecting to his incarceration but also inviting a threat of retaliation from the guards for the disturbance. Ee'char finally held him down to prevent any actions taken. Later on, he goes to Quark's again and lashes out at him for taking his time to serve him a drink, pinning him by the arm. O'Brien leaves with his drink to a table to be alone, where Ee'char continues to reappear, claiming that in O'Brien's eyes, he was real and always will be. O'Brien tells him to go away, but Ee'char says he can't because he's O'Brien's friend and needs him now more than ever. Quark then tells Odo about the incident, and they both observe O'Brien at his table. Act Four O'Brien continues seeing Ee'char, now on his way to work. He says he's worried about O'Brien, but O'Brien insists he is okay, but Ee'char makes the point that O'Brien keeps seeing him. Soon, Sisko calls O'Brien to his office. Hearing about O'Brien's behavior, Sisko relieves him of duty, and orders him to report to the infirmary, and to attend daily counseling sessions. O'Brien tries to ask for another chance, but Sisko tells him he's unfit for duty and if he's doesn't get help, he'll have no choice but to have O'Brien confined to the infirmary. O'Brien storms out of Ops, snapping at Dax and angrily throws his combadge at the floor in the turbolift, with Dax looking on, concerned. Then he goes to the infirmary and tells Bashir to leave him alone. Interestingly, Ee'char appears just behind Bashir, and O'Brien snaps directly at the both of them. O'Brien returns to his quarters, but, on the way, Ee'char continues to confront him, saying he can't run from him forever. Furthermore, there's a reason O'Brien can't get rid of him. He returns to his quarters eventually to a worried Keiko. Unfortunately, when Molly pesters him for attention at this moment, he becomes so angry that he gets up and nearly hits her, shocking Keiko. Horrified by what he nearly did, Miles leaves and then goes to a cargo bay and vents his frustration by smashing a number of storage containers in a rage with a pole. Finally, he spots weapons locker 47 and pulls a phaser out, deciding to commit suicide. Setting the phaser to maximum, he aims it at himself by placing it under his chin. Act Five Bashir arrives and tries to talk O'Brien out of killing himself. O'Brien starts crying and says he cannot go on living when he is a threat to his family and all his friends. The man he was is gone, and all that's left is a dangerous monster. He confesses his worst crime: after almost twenty years, he found that Ee'char had been hoarding food without telling him, and killed him in a rage – before he realized that the food was for both of them. O'Brien, an "evolved" Human of the 24th century, gave into bestial rage and murdered his best friend, all for nothing. Bashir tells him he's wrong; the fact that he feels remorse over killing Ee'char proves that he is still a decent Human being, not a monster. His captors tried to strip away his Humanity; they may have succeeded for a moment, but if O'Brien takes his own life, the Agrathi will have succeeded in destroying a good man. O'Brien lowers the phaser, and Bashir takes it away. Over Bashir's shoulder, O'Brien is surprised to see Ee'char, smiling at him, without reproach. Ee'char tells his friend to "be well," and walks away, disappearing. Walking O'Brien back to his quarters, Bashir prescribes a medication that will take the edge off his depression and stop him from having any more hallucinations. However, the false memories cannot be removed, and O'Brien will have to come to terms with them on his own. Bashir convinces him to resume counseling sessions, and O'Brien thanks his best friend for all his help. When he enters his quarters, O'Brien is gratified when Molly runs into his arms, glad to have him back. Memorable quotes "The crime of espionage requires a minimum of fifteen cycles of correction: you've been here for twenty. It's time for you to go." "Go? I can't leave. Where would I go to?" - Rinn to O'Brien, after his "twenty years" in prison "Let me guess – sedition?" "Espionage." "Oh… it looks like we're going to be in here together for a long time. My name is Ee'Char." "Miles, Miles O'Brien." "Hello, Miles. Welcome to Hell." - Ee'Char and O'Brien, at the beginning of the latter's sentence "After six years in a place like this, you either learn to laugh or you'll go insane. I prefer to laugh…" - Ee'char to O'Brien in prison "I'm not your friend! The O'Brien that was your friend died in that cell!" - O'Brien, confronting Dr. Bashir "When we were growing up, they used to tell us… Humanity had evolved, that mankind had outgrown hate and rage. But when it came down to it, when I had the chance to show, that no matter what anybody did to me, that I was still an evolved Human being… I failed. I repaid kindness with blood. I was no better than an animal." "No. No, no, no. An animal would've killed Ee'Char and never had a second thought, never shed a tear… But not you. You hate yourself. You hate yourself so much you think you deserve to die. The Argrathi did everything they could to strip you of your Humanity and in the end, for one brief moment they succeeded. But you can't let that brief moment define your entire life. If you do, if you pull that trigger… then the Argrathi will have won. They will have destroyed a good man. You cannot let that happen, my friend." - Bashir listens and sets things right with O'Brien "Daddy's home! Daddy's home!" "That's right. Daddy's home." - Molly O'Brien, welcoming her father Miles back home with an embrace Background information Story and script Daniel Keys Moran and Lynn Barker pitched the story that ultimately became "Hard Time" during the first season of . Robert Hewitt Wolfe was always a big fan of the story and he tried to persuade Michael Piller to purchase it at the time, but Piller was uninterested. Wolfe tried again during the third season but again, Piller refused. Finally, in the fourth season, Wolfe was able to convince Ira Steven Behr to buy the pitch and do the episode. () The character of Ee'char hadn't been in the original pitch, Robert Hewitt Wolfe himself added that character. He also introduced elements from a completely separate pitch that had been purchased, but which never made it into production. This other story concerned the discovery that Ensign Sito Jaxa, from the episodes and , was still alive. After being presumed dead, she was found to have been held in a Cardassian prison since the events of "Lower Decks". This episode would have detailed her struggle to reintegrate into normal life and was basically a study of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). However, there was no motivating factor for why Sito was suffering from this condition, so Wolfe had decided that she had killed her cellmate, to whom she had become very close. The episode was never produced, but when composing "Hard Time", the idea of Sito killing her cellmate resurfaced in his mind, so he took that idea and imported it into the O'Brien story. () While composing the teleplay, Robert Hewitt Wolfe and Ronald D. Moore disagreed as to how best to use the character of Ee'char. Wolfe felt he should be seen only in flashbacks to the past while Moore felt he should only be seen in hallucination in the present. In the end, they settled on a compromise and Ee'char is seen in both flashbacks and hallucinations. () Celeste Wolfe, Robert Hewitt Wolfe's wife, who works as a psychotherapist and is a licensed family counselor, acted as a kind of unofficial consultant on the script. () Bashir makes reference to , as well as and . Obviously, this is another 'O'Brien Must Suffer' episode. Ira Steven Behr sums up the rationale for these episodes; "Every year, we like to drive O'Brien totally mad. We did it with , we did it with and , and we did it again the following season in . We just like to hammer him because he's such a great character. And he's so accessible. You feel his pain, and even though it's a TV show and you figure he's gonna come out all right at the end, you're still compelled to root him on." () Kasidy Yates featured in an early draft of the script. Reception Rene Echevarria commented that the episode had "the right mix of elements of science fiction and emotion and the kind of show I really like. Robert wanted to do one himself and did a bang-up job on it. Colm Meaney is an actor you can rely on to give you everything". (Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages p 117) Colm Meaney commented that "Hard Time" was "a big acting challenge". () Trivia This episode was the last of the series to be directed by Alexander Singer. This episode shares a similar premise to that of in that Captain Picard also experienced a lifetime of memories within a short period. Interestingly, both episodes feature actress Margot Rose. The same premise of putting convicted criminals in a virtual reality prison simulation, where they experience decades of imprisonment during a few hours period, was featured in episode "The Sentence" (directed by Joseph L. Scanlan), which aired four months after "Hard Time". The method of punishment inflicted on Chief O'Brien is somewhat similar to the punishment inflicted on Tom Paris in . Paris has the final memories of the man he was convicted of killing implanted in his brain and is forced to relive them on a regular basis. In both cases the victims were falsely convicted, although for different reasons. While O'Brien discusses past experiences with Bashir, he makes a reference to the events of . Reference to 47: At the end of the episode, O'Brien opens weapons locker number 47. The scene in which O'Brien kills Ee'char was edited for the episode's terrestrial release in the UK, to remove the sound of bones breaking. Video and DVD releases UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 4.10, The cover and label of this volume give the episode name as "Hard Times". This was one of only two volumes of DS9 (the other being 4.12) to receive a , due to the violent scenes in this episode and the following one, . As part of the DS9 Season 4 DVD collection Links and references Guest stars Rosalind Chao as Keiko O'Brien Margot Rose as K'Par Rinn Hana Hatae as Molly O'Brien F.J. Rio as Muniz And Craig Wasson as Ee'char Co-star Judi Durand as Computer Voice Uncredited co-stars Sam Alejan Patrick Barnitt as Argrathi guard Ivor Bartels Patti Begley John Lendale Bennett Tory Christopher as Argrathi technician Kathleen Demor Steve Diamond Peggy Donaldson as civilian Judi Durand Anthony Giger Dorothy Hack as Bajoran woman Randy James Wade Kelley Mark Lentry David B. Levinson as Broik Mary Mascari as Bajoran woman Angus McClellan Mary Meinel-Newport as Bolian woman James Minor Tom Morga as Argrathi guard Robin Morselli Stuart Nixon as command lieutenant Dan Rose Steph Silvestri as operations officer James Lee Stanley as Bajoran security deputy William Steinfeldt as Bajoran ops officer Chester E. Tripp III Michael Wajacs as Bajoran civilian Unknown actor as alien bar patron References alien freighter; Argratha; Argrathi; Argrathi Authority; Argrathi prison; Argrathi Security; artificial reality; Bajoran interceptor (Bajoran interceptors); Bajoran wormhole; ; bread; Cardassia Prime; chee'lash fruit; circle; Constable; ; darts; decontamination; depression; dormancy period; eseekas; espionage; Federation-Cardassian War; geometric pattern; habitat ring; holding cell; holosuite; illumination; interphasic coil spanner; kayaking; magnetic wave guide; milligram; napkin; ODN recoupler; quantum flux regulator; Paradan; phaser; pregnancy; prison guard; Promenade; Quark's; reeta-hawk; runabout; sedition; Setlik III; suicide; synthale; Telnorri; toilet facility; tricorder; cargo management unit (unnamed) External links de:Strafzyklen es:Hard Time fr:Hard Time (épisode) it:Tempi difficili (episodio) nl:Hard Time DS9 episodes

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Shattered Mirror (episode)

Professor Jennifer Sisko uses Jake to lure Sisko to the "mirror universe" to help the rebels build another starship Defiant. Summary Teaser Jake Sisko is at his usual place on the second floor of the Promenade when Odo walks by. Instinctively, he goes to leave as Odo often did when Nog was around with him, but Odo doesn't have a problem with just Jake there. Jake dismisses missing Nog that much, but Quark, standing nearby, says he does miss him a lot and furthermore complains about losing a waiter. Jake leaves to think somewhere else. When he arrives in his quarters, he is shocked to find his dad apparently sitting with his long-dead mother. "Mom?", Jake asks. Act One Jennifer and Ben quickly explain to Jake that while in front of him is Jennifer Sisko, she is not his mother but rather her counterpart from the mirror universe. Jake quickly comes to grips with the situation, though he's amazed how much she looks and sounds like his mother. Although he knows Jennifer is not his mother, he becomes very affectionate to her. Benjamin is then called to duty, as a Bajoran Minister, Gettor, is anxious to see him. He is forced to leave the two alone. When he returns, he discovers that Jake and Mirror Jennifer have left the station, leaving behind a multidimensional transporter device laid down on the Sisko's dinner table. Sisko tries to follow this trail, accompanied by Major Kira and Chief O'Brien, only to discover the device was programmed to transport only him to the mirror universe alone. He finds himself on (which the Terran Rebellion had captured from the Klingon-Cardassian Alliance) and sees , who says Jake is with the professor, but he is not willing to let Sisko go. Some armed guards make the point stick, drawing their weapons at Sisko and confiscating his phaser. Act Two In the office, Smiley explains they have built a copy of the based on the data and schematics that Smiley downloaded from Deep Space 9's computers. Like the original, this copy has structural problems, and the rebels need Sisko's help to prepare it for an upcoming battle with the Alliance. Smiley is willing to transport the Siskos back to their universe before the battle begins, but only after the modifications are complete. Benjamin admits the structural integrity field grids needed overhauling, a two-week process. The Alliance attack, however, is expected in only four days – likely not enough time. Smiley promises him that, if he doesn't help, he'll either die in the firefight or serve in the Alliance with Jake. Then, enters demanding to know whether Sisko will help them. Smiley says he will, and Bashir immediately punches him, a payback for Sisko's punch earlier. Sisko goes to to find Jake with Jennifer and talking to , mentioning they were friends. Nog can't believe it, but invites him to spend time with one of the women there. Sisko yells for Jake, and Jake admits he wanted to spend time with his mother. Sisko tells him Jennifer is nothing like her, but Jake is unphased. He scolds Jennifer privately for what she did, but Jennifer has the same attitude that Smiley has. They are desperate to fight the Alliance. He agrees to help, but orders her to stay away from Jake, but she says she's unable, as Jake wants to spend all his time with her. Meanwhile, the lead Alliance ship, commanded by Regent , is on its way. He has brought to him, and blames him for the loss of Terok Nor. Garak tries to explain he's not alone in the blame, but Worf is infuriated that he's the only one to escape, implying cowardice. He says he cut his losses while the Intendant pleaded for her life. Worf commits to dealing with the rebels himself, promising Garak will be forced to fight as well. Garak forces enthusiasm, but he is chained and Worf won't release him until the rebels are killed. Act Three Sisko is on the bridge of the Defiant working on various parts and coordinating with Smiley. , after hearing Sisko is back, barges in and slaps him for being intimate with her the year earlier in order to keep his ruse and pulls a knife to his throat. He quickly agrees never to try that again when they hear a scream from inside the station. The Intendant is being tortured by Bashir for trying to escape her interrogation. Sisko objects to Bashir continuing to hurt her out of malice, saying just because the Alliance was brutal doesn't mean he needs to be. Bashir orders her taken away, but not before she comments on how fooled she was by Sisko earlier. Word has reached the Alliance ships of the Defiant. Worf is told about the ship, and is angered at the increased effort it will mean for him. Garak suggests increasing their speed, but Worf is rebukes him, still blaming him for the situation. After a long day on the Defiant, he arrives at quarters to find Jennifer with Jake having dinner. Sisko says they need to leave in order to get sleep, and Jake goes to clean up after dinner. Alone with Jennifer, she tries to massage him and remind him she is not the enemy. She says he's done well with Jake, and admits she is enjoying her time with him, the son she will never have. Just then, Smiley enters to inform them the Alliance fleet is now only eight hours away. Act Four Dax says they need to stall for time. Bashir says he can get extra time with a few raiders, but Sisko is suspicious. He goes to the Intendant to get information on weaknesses in the Alliance fleet. She laughs, but Sisko convinces her that Garak has probably ran to the Regent and arguing she was at fault for losing Terok Nor and probably in danger now. After an unsuccessful attempt to get the force field lowered, she admits the ships' weak targeting sensors can be fooled with warp shadows. Meanwhile, Garak is punished by Worf for taking the key to his chains. Insisting he didn't take it, he points out he's still trapped on the ship, and it would not do him any good. Worf loses his patience and stabs him with his d'k tahg, just as the guard finds the key in his boot. Worf takes his knife back and tells the guard to make sure he lives. As the guard leaves with Garak, Worf is informed of six rebel raiders approaching. They don't detect that they are actually false signals, and the Birds-of-Prey go after them, but their disruptor blasts are diverted. Jennifer finds Sisko working in a junction of a jefferies tube on the Defiant and offers to help, since she has smaller hands. During, she tells him she told Jake the reality of her intentions and what the rebels are trying to do. Furthermore, Jake said it doesn't matter, since she reminds him too much like his mother. Mentioning she never had someone care about her like that, she offers to send Jake back to Deep Space 9 now, and that both she and Smiley trust Sisko to finish what he's doing. Sisko says to go ahead. Before she leaves, she supposes that the connection they had initially between them is now lost because of what she's done, however, Sisko supposes it was never real to begin with. A little stunned, she leaves. Jake, at his usual spot, but in the mirror universe, has his thinking interrupted by Nog. He insists his thinking is disrupting him (or perhaps his loitering) and that he should leave. Amused at the reversal of roles, he laughs, but Nog is not amused. Jennifer arrives to get Jake. Soon, the Birds-of-Prey arrive and fire on the station. On the Defiant bridge, Smiley says Sisko can go and takes command, though not before wishing for some on-the-job training. Sisko considers it, and instead takes command himself. Smiley, very surprised, follows his commands. Nog soon decides to free Kira as a thank you for her earlier actions in killing and , allowing him to inherit the bar. She takes his phaser and they leave for a ship Nog has prepared. She plans to head for Bajor, and so Nog leaves her to it, going down a different corridor. Kira lets him go for a second, but rethinks it and instead kills him. Before Kira makes it to the airlock, she intercepts Jennifer and Jake. Act Five Sisko leads the Defiant, teaching Smiley a few maneuvers in the process, to victories against a few of the Birds-of-Prey. Meanwhile, Kira says she plans to take Jennifer as a present to the Regent. Jennifer insists Jake be left on the station, which makes Kira interested. She fakes agreement to leave him, and tries to shoot instead, only for Jennifer to jump in front of the blast. She is about to kill both of them when she asks who he is. When she realizes he is Sisko's son, she spares him to give him a message – that Sisko is now in her debt for sparing his son's life, and it is a debt on which she intends to collect. The Defiant is now faced with the Regent's flagship. Sisko then resolves to pilot the Defiant himself, which Smiley gladly accepts. Piloting the vessel, he is able to make a couple passes very close to the ship, making it difficult to target him and at the same time inflicting major damage. The Regent is incensed, and can only demand the ship be destroyed. Another Bird-of-Prey arrives, but it is attacked by the raider, which has returned to the station. Bashir and Dax briefly celebrate, but Sisko orders them to concentrate on the flagship's forward shield, which he has punched a hole in. Garak successfully convinces Worf to flee, and the rest of the forces follow them. Worf is finally convinced that the Intendant is responsible for the loss, and Garak becomes enthusiastic about killing her himself. Sisko returns from the battle to find Jake in the infirmary with Jennifer, who is clinging to life. With her last words, Jennifer tells Sisko that she knew they were still connected, to which he responds, "always." Sisko and Jake share an emotional hug, and Sisko quietly suggests to his son that they return home to Deep Space 9. Memorable quotes "You remember Captain Bashir." "Captain?" "Captain Bashir, Captain O'Brien, Captain Sisko. We may not have enough weapons or troops or ships but we have plenty of captains." - Mirror O'Brien and Sisko "This time, I will deal with the rebels myself." - Mirror Worf, referencing Darth Vader's line from Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope "When we first met, there was a… a connection between us. Now because of what I've done it's gone, isn't it?" "I'm not sure it was real to begin with." - Mirror Jennifer and Sisko "That Cruiser has us in weapons range. Do we make a run for it?" "We run alright, right at it!" "Ahh! Pattern suicide." - Mirror O'Brien and Captain Sisko "The Intendant was bad enough! She was irrational, accusatory, unappreciative but at least…" "At least what?" "At least I was able to please her now and then." "You are not my type." "I never said I was." - Mirror Garak while being chained up near Mirror Worf "Terok Nor will soon be ours again! Then you can spend the rest of your life contemplating your failure as you labor alongside the other slaves in the ore processing center!" "It's nice to have something to look forward to." - Mirror Worf and Mirror Garak "You know, I bet if we put our… heads together, we could create a little excitement for ourselves." "You sentenced my wife to death." "Isn't that a coincidence? I was hoping you weren't married." - Intendant Kira and guard "Make it so!" - Mirror Worf, using one of Jean-Luc Picard's famous lines "Forgive me my Regent, but perhaps the moment has arrived to remove your august presence from the battlefield!" - Garak (mirror) Background information Production history Final draft script – Production Director James L. Conway says of the mirror universe, "It's dark and sexy, and there's no subtlety over there." () Each of the actors who portray their mirror universe counterparts in this episode had their own distinct interpretations of the differences between the usual character and the mirror character. The lists some of them: Nana Visitor says of , "she and Kira are exactly the same person. But the Intendant's ego has been warped, so that everything that Kira would do for her people, The Intendant does for herself. She's self-serving with a capital S!" Alexander Siddig says of his mirror universe counterpart, "I want him to be the inverse of Dr. Bashir, like a doppelgänger, the animus to his anima. Bashir wouldn't hurt a fly, but this guy is unstable, difficult, and stupid." Colm Meaney says of Smiley, "I picture him as being a bit dirty and scuzzier than the regular O'Brien, just because of what he's had to go through. He's a trickster, and there's something sort of seedy about him. Miles, on the other hand, is straight as an arrow." Aron Eisenberg says of , "He was obnoxious and rude, so I played him like an edgy Quark." Aron Eisenberg, a trained martial artist, did all of his own stunts for this episode. Reception Rene Echevarria commented "We got great reaction to Worf's character, so he might be the focus of the next "crossover" episode. Just a show filled references. The Jake angle was a great one, realizing that there would be a mirror Jennifer and that he would be drawn there." (Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages p 118) Added Hans Beimler: "Ira’s directive has been that this show must be fun, fun fun. Those are the three things that he wants and I think it really does deliver on that. I'm very proud of it. It was directed by Jim Conway who did a phenomenal job." Of the first three mirror universe episodes, Nana Visitor favored "Shattered Mirror". Visitor commented "It was the darkest. I think I found a darker place for her, because of the way they wrote it, and I liked it." ("Introducing the Intendant", ) Continuity The mirror universe version of makes his first appearance in this episode. Michael Dorn was originally to appear as Worf in , but he was unable to do so because he was shooting the the final season of at the time. All of his dialogue was given to , and the dialogue that had been intended for Garak was used to create the character of Telok. is the third Ferengi to die in the mirror universe. was killed by in and was killed by in . This is the only episode in DS9's mirror universe arc where Cirroc Lofton (Jake Sisko) appears. This episode establishes that Jake was never born in the mirror universe. Dennis Madalone makes his third appearance as the Terran marauder. We learn he is a widower. The weapons locker from which Kira gets the phasers in the teaser is a reuse of the prop from which was shot directly before this episode. You can recognize the number 47 on its label. For this episode's first terrestrial release in the UK, the scene in which Garak is stabbed by Worf was slightly edited. This episode marks the last on-screen appearance of any incarnation of Jennifer Sisko, and thereby actress Felecia M. Bell. Prior to the establishment of the history of the televised mirror universe, a mirror version of Worf appeared in the novel Dark Mirror, depicting a mirror universe in which the Terran Empire had survived well into the 24th century with Klingons being one of their many slave races. That version of Worf was a slave aboard the ISS Enterprise (ICC-1701-D) in 2367. One of the statues seen in the commander's office aboard Terok Nor was previously seen as Arctus Baran's statue in . James L. Conway later directed , another episode dealing with the mirror universe. Video and DVD releases UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 4.10, This was one of only two volumes of DS9 (the other being 4.12) to receive a 15 certificate, due to the violent scenes in this episode and the preceding one, . As part of the DS9 Season 4 DVD collection As part of the Star Trek: Fan Collective - Alternate Realities collection Links and references Guest Stars Felecia M. Bell as Aron Eisenberg as Carlos Carrasco as Officer Special Guest Star Andrew Robinson as Co-Stars James Black as Helmsman Dennis Madalone as Guard Uncredited Co-Stars Bill Blair as Klingon Alliance officer Michael Dorn as (mirror) Judi Durand as Station Computer Voice Terry Farrell as (mirror) Heather Ferguson as Terran marauder Terry Green as operations lieutenant Leslie Hoffman as Terran rebel Jon Horback as Terran marauder Mark Lentry as Human command lieutenant David B. Levinson as Broik Mary Mascari as Bajoran woman Colm Meaney as (mirror) Tom Morga as Klingon Alliance officer Alexander Siddig as (mirror) Steph Silvestri as Human operations officer Nana Visitor as (mirror) Michael Wajacs as Bajoran civilian Unknown performers as Gettor Alien with frilled ears Unknown stunt performers as Klingon Alliance officer #1 Klingon Alliance officer #2 Stunt doubles J.D. David as stunt double for Felecia M. Bell Chester E. Tripp III as stunt double for Andrew J. Robinson References 2363; 47; adrenaline; agonizer; airlock; assembly crew; (mirror); bearing; boot; Breen; Cardassian-Klingon Alliance; ; chicken à la Sisko; ; collar; computer file; cooking; cruiser; dad (aka father); death sentence; deuterium injector; docking clamps; Docking Port 5; docking scaffold; doctor; dinner; dom-jot; Emissary of the Prophets; evasive maneuvers; face; false pretense; fireworks; flow regulator; friend; heart; helm; icicle; inertial dampers; intendant; interrogation; Jake-o; jettison; key; kidnap; Kira's friends on Bajor (mirror); Klingon; land reform program; Landing Pad C; "making love"; Marani; married; massage; meeting; minister; mom (aka mother); multi-targeting phaser banks; nephew; Nog; officer; "on the job training"; ore processing center; ; parallel universe (aka alternate universe); "Pattern Suicide"; personnel report; professor; Promenade; p'tak; quantum torpedoes (aka "improved photon torpedoes"); (mirror); (mirror); raktajino; rebel; regent; ; (mirror); safe passage; sand peas; scalpel; schematics; servant; shrimp creole; (mirror); ; slave; smile; Smiley; Starfleet Academy; Starfleet uniform; structural integrity field grid; SIF generator; surrender; targeting system; (mirror); Terran guard's wife; Terran Rebellion; torpedo bay; torpedo chambering mechanism; torque sensors; torture; traitor; troops; tyrant; uncle; waiter; warp shadow; weapons array Spacecraft references Bashir's raider; ; ; ; ; Enterprise; (unnamed); Gettor's shuttle; ; International Space Station; Klingon Bird-of-Prey (unnamed); ; Nog's ship; Regent's flagship; Terran raider (aka Rebel raider); (mirror) External links de:Der zerbrochene Spiegel es:Shattered Mirror fr:Shattered Mirror (épisode) nl:Shattered Mirror DS9 episodes

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The Muse (episode)

A mysterious woman helps Jake write a novel; Lwaxana Troi, pregnant with a son, asks Odo to help her escape her husband. Summary Teaser Jake Sisko is standing on the upper level of the Promenade watching passengers disembark a transport and trying to come up with character ideas based on what he sees on the space station. An alien female emerges from the airlock and catches the eye of Jake before walking away. Odo walks into his office to find Lwaxana Troi crying because she's pregnant. Act One Lwaxana Troi is pregnant with a male child and her husband, Jeyal, is a Tavnian. The problem, as Odo finds out, is that Tavnian children are raised by the parent that is the same sex as the child, never to be seen by the other parent until reaching the age of sixteen. Lwaxana wants to be a part of her child's life, and Jeyal said that would be possible, but apparently he changed his mind when he found out she was pregnant with a boy. Lwaxana has come to Odo for help, but Odo is reluctant to assist. Later, in the Replimat, Jake is working on a story when the alien woman he saw coming out of the airlock sits down next to him and starts talking. Her name is Onaya and it turns out she has a thing for artists. Onaya talks about how she knew Tavor Kell, a famous Cardassian architect and how she helped him to "stop censoring himself". Jake becomes interested and she joins him at his table. She reveals to Jake that she can teach him exercises to help bring out his creativity and help him be remembered as an artist; Jake is intrigued as he seems to have a case of writer's block and hesitantly admits that he does want to be remembered. They agree to meet later at her quarters on the station. Act Two Back in his quarters, Jake is working on a story when his father, Benjamin Sisko, shows up asking if he's packed for the trip he has planned with his father and Kasidy to the Bajoran outback for three days. Jake says he doesn't want to go because he really needs to focus on this story, and his father understands – although his father doesn't know about Onaya. In Quark's, Lwaxana is depressed and is telling Worf, Dax, and Kira how she feels like a prisoner in her own home. Being a telepath, Lwaxana's mood seems to be affecting the emotional states of all those around her. Quark asks Odo to get rid of her, and Odo abides, taking her on a walk around the station. When the two arrive at Odo's quarters, Lwaxana tells Odo her food replicator is broken and asks if she can come in and use his. Odo agrees, but finds out it was just an excuse for her to spend more time with him. Exhausted, Lwaxana sits down on Odo's floor (since he doesn't have any furniture) and falls asleep in Odo's arms. Odo graciously transforms one of his arms into a blanket and the other into a pillow – he doesn't seem to mind the situation at all. Jake arrives at Onaya's quarters, where he feels a little uncomfortable. Onaya assures him there is nothing to worry about – he's there to work. Onaya gives Jake the pen of the famous writer Revalus, and tells Jake to start writing – on paper. Jake says he's never used paper before, but Onaya tells him to write the first line, and then urges him to just keep writing. Onaya starts to bring out Jake's creativity while simultaneously draining his life little by little. Act Three The next morning, Lwaxana and Odo are playing a game of hide and seek. Odo takes on the shape of an object in the room, and Lwaxana tries to guess what or where he is. Their fun is cut short when Odo is informed by one of his deputies that Jeyal, Lwaxana's husband, has arrived on the station. Odo has Jeyal brought to his security office where he informs him that Lwaxana has no intentions of giving up her child to him. Odo then reveals a loophole in Tavnian law which states the male child is the property of the mother's husband and not the child's father. When Lwaxana has her baby, Jeyal will no longer be her husband because Odo plans to marry Lwaxana in a legal Tavnian ceremony. This will end her marriage to Jeyal and allow her to keep the baby. Odo and Lwaxana will remain married for a few months to satisfy Tavnian law and then get an annulment. The only problem is that Odo will have to convince Jeyal that he really wants to marry Lwaxana for the marriage to be valid. Jake is still busy writing his latest story, and Onaya is still slowly drawing out his creativity and draining his life. Jake comments that he can hardly keep up with the flood of ideas he's having. Suddenly, Jake has a minor nosebleed. Onaya tells Jake he should rest, but Jake is too determined to stop now and keeps on writing. Act Four Odo arranges a surprise wedding with Lwaxana where he must convince Jeyal and all those present that his love for Lwaxana is true. Otherwise, someone can challenge the validity of the marriage if they doubt the groom's sincerity – and Jeyal will be one tough critic. The ceremony proceeds, and Odo delivers his speech which sounds superficial. Jeyal calls it a pale declaration of love, but Odo becomes more genuine and talks of how when he first met Lwaxana, she accepted him for who he was and how much that changed him. Jeyal accepts the ceremony, and Odo and Lwaxana are married according to Tavnian law. The child is safe. Quark invites the newly married couple to his bar for a wedding party. After everyone leaves, Lwaxana tells Odo they should probably tell them the truth about their phony marriage but they decide to tell them after the party. Jake is still writing and appears very tired. Onaya again tells Jake he needs to stop, but he refuses, feeling that he is on a roll. Onaya forces Jake to stop by taking his pen and tells Jake his writing will be even better if he is well rested. Jake agrees and starts to head home, but decides to stop at the Replimat for a drink. He orders an orange juice, but collapses before he can sit down. In the infirmary, Dr. Bashir informs Sisko, who is back from his trip, that Jake's brain has been overstimulated and his cerebral cortex was on the verge of synaptic collapse. Dr. Bashir assures Sisko that Jake will eventually be all right, but he needs to remain in a neural stabilization field for a while. Jake regains consciousness just long enough to say, "Onaya, where is she?" and Sisko begins looking for Onaya. During the night, Onaya materializes from an energy cloud in the infirmary and knocks out the nurse on duty. She wakes Jake up and tells him it's time to finish what he started and takes him to an access conduit junction near the reactor core. Act Five Jake is again determined to keep writing and gets another nosebleed while Onaya drains his life more quickly. O'Brien scans the infirmary and finds traces of psionic energy and informs Odo to tell his search teams to modify their tricorders to search for psionic energy. Dr. Bashir tells him they need to hurry because psionic residue decays within minutes. Sisko picks up a psionic energy trace and finds Onaya and Jake. Sisko, armed with a phaser, tells Onaya to get away from Jake and asks what she is. Onaya reveals that she unlocks the potential of artists and, in the process, kills them but gives them immortality through their art. The energy and life she drains from her victims helps her survive. Onaya turns into an energy cloud and flies off into space. Back in the security office, Lwaxana informs Odo that she's going back to Betazed and that she's imposed on Odo long enough. Odo tries to convince her to stay, but she's afraid the marriage would fail if she stayed because of their differing feelings for each other. She truly loves him, and she would want him to feel the same passion. But she knows that while he enjoys her company, he just wants someone to take care of; he doesn't really love her. He asks if that isn't enough, but she says in time she would come to resent the unevenness of their relationship. She has decided to return to her home world and eventually end the marriage so the two can remain friends. She tells him, "Goodbye, husband." Understanding, he replies, "Goodbye… wife." Later, after Jake has recovered, Sisko reads his story and tells him he has a good start on a novel, which he has titled Anslem, but the spelling is terrible. Jake agrees, but doesn't feel it's really his work. Sisko reminds him that they were his words – Onaya just helped bring them out. Memorable quotes "In a Tavnian wedding the groom must stand before the bride and tell her why he wants to marry her. And then, in front of his family and friends, he must proclaim his love for her and convince her to accept him as her husband." "I trust I can count on you to accept me even if I just stand there and read last week's criminal activity report." - Lwaxana Troi and Odo "I can spot a creative soul a galaxy away." - Onaya meeting Jake in the Replimat "Ahem." "Odo, would you like to join the party?" "Actually, I have some free time, and was wondering if you would like to take a walk?" "I would…" - Odo, Lwaxana Troi and Worf "Before I met her, my world was… a much smaller place. I kept to myself, I didn't need anyone else, and I took pride in that. The truth is, I was ashamed of what I was, afraid that if people saw how truly different I was, they would recoil from me. Lwaxana saw how different I was… and she didn't recoil. She wanted to see more. For the first time in my life, someone wanted me as I was. And that changed me forever. The day I met her is the day I stopped being alone. And I want her to be part of my life from this day on." - Odo, pronouncing his love for Lwaxana "Someone once said, 'Life is a search to find the peace that you once had when you were safe inside your mother." "I didn't have a mother." "Don't worry, it's alright. You'll find your peace." - Lwaxana Troi and Odo "The dialogue is sharp, the story's involving, the characters are real… the spelling is terrible!" - Benjamin Sisko''', about Jake's novel AnslemBackground information Story and script The original title of this episode was "Playing House", before the Onaya plot became the A-story. (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion - A Series Guide and Script Library) The original idea for this episode came from Majel Barrett Roddenberry who pitched an idea to Ira Steven Behr that Lwaxana Troi becomes pregnant, and claims that the baby is Odo's. This led René Echevarria to write an episode with four primary storylines, all focusing on couples: Rom and Leeta, Sisko and Kasidy Yates, O'Brien and Keiko, and Odo and Lwaxana. However nobody was happy with the concept. According to Behr, the script meeting for a standard episode usually lasts two days, three if there are problems. The script meeting for "The Muse" lasted six days – the longest script meeting in the entire seven year run of Deep Space Nine. () Because Echevarria's story wasn't working out, the producers decided to try to pad it with a good B-story. They'd wanted to do something involving Jake's creativity ever since the popular reception of , so Ronald D. Moore suggested that if Jake became involved with a woman who inspires his writing, it would fit into the overall design of the episode. That idea ultimately evolved into having him getting involved with a much older woman who is interested in him only because he is a writer. That, in turn, evolved into the character of Onaya. The planned four romances were reduced to two, and the Odo/Lwaxana A-story was switched with the Jake/Onaya B-story, so the episode became more about Jake than Lwaxana (hence the change in title). However, even with this all sorted out, the producers were unhappy. According to Moore, "the notion of this exotic, beautiful, older woman who comes to you and gets excited by watching you write is like the most ridiculous idea! Only a writer would come up with that. Think of it. You're sitting there writing and she's just entranced. We watched that scene in dailies and we thought, are we insane? What are we doing? How did we get here?" () Onaya, the titular Muse, inspired artists but took their lives at a young age, similarly to the Leanan Sidhe of Irish folklore. She lists a "Keats" as one of the artists she's inspired. John Keats (1795-1821) was an English poet who died at the age of 25 yet is widely considered among the most accomplished poets in English literary history. The other two names she mentions are Catullus (a 1st century BC Roman poet) and Tarbolde (an alien from Canopus Planet who wrote the poem "Nightingale Woman" which Gary Mitchell quotes in the Original Series episode ). Interestingly, when writing the teleplay for this episode, René Echevarria was instructed by Rick Berman to use one Human name and two alien names. After Echevarria had decided on Keats and Tarbolde, Robert Hewitt Wolfe then chose Catullus because, being an ancient Roman poet, the concept of muses would have been very important to him. However, in the episode itself, Meg Foster mispronounces the name, which disappointed Hewitt because it now sounds "like some wacky alien name." () Robert Hewitt Wolfe commented "We finally came up with the idea of this space vampire, but to do it with a twist. To do what they would have done on the original series". (Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages p 118) Production One of the alien individuals who board Deep Space 9 at the start of the episode was played by John Paul Lona, who won the walk-on role by designing the winning makeup for the alien in a competition run by Playmates Toys. Among the judges of the competition were Rick Berman, Michael Westmore, Robert Blackman and Dan Madsen. Lona named the character Runepp and the species the Rasiinians. () Reception "The Muse" proved to not be a popular episode among some members of the crew. For example, director David Livingston confesses, "I think it's one of my poorer efforts. I let the material down, because I just didn't know what to do with it." Similarly, executive producer Ira Steven Behr admits, "the script had problems." Ronald D. Moore concurs, "we always start with good ideas. And there's always a reason why we try something, but they just don't always come out right." René Echevarria simply says, "I had no feeling for either story." () Ira Steven Behr commented: "When we came up the story, it was such a wacky idea – the danger of creation. History is filled with self-destructive writers. It would be nice to find out why writers can be so self-destructive, and we did. It was kind of a demented yet interesting attempt. It's a weird show. It's a show that we enjoyed. I haven't heard much reaction from the fans. I do think we gave Majel some good stuff to play, and I think Odo helps. Rene [Auberjonois] really helps sell those scenes". (Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages, p 118) In , the episode's director, David Livingston, stated that he wished "The Muse" had never been produced, remarking "that was not good." One thing that the crew did love about the episode however was the performance of actress Meg Foster. According to René Echevarria, "Meg Foster was perfection." Indeed, Ira Steven Behr specifically sought Foster out to play the role. Behr says of her performance, "she's so seductive and interesting. You know, you can fall inside those eyes." () Meg Foster enjoyed the episode, particularly for meeting Majel Barrett during filming. ("Eyes Wide Shut", ) Trivia "Anslem", Jake Sisko's first novel, appeared for the second time in this season. The first appearance was in . Lwaxana Troi recalls the death of her daughter Kestra as described in the episode . This episode is Majel Barrett's last appearance as Lwaxana Troi in Star Trek and her final on-screen Star Trek appearance. The first time Jeyal meets Odo, he pronounces Lwaxana's name as "Laxwana". Jake is reading a Horatio Hornblower novel by C.S. Forester when his father enters the room, the same novel he was reading in 2372. () Michael Ansara previously played Kang in and and would later reprise his role in . Meg Foster starred in 1987's "Masters of the Universe" alongside Frank Langella (Minister Jaro Essa [uncredited] in , and , Robert Duncan McNeill (Tom Paris}) and Anthony De Longis (Culluh, ). Awards This episode was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Costume Design for a Series (Robert Blackman). Video and DVD releases UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 4.11, As part of the DS9 Season 4 DVD collection Links and references Starring Avery Brooks as Captain Sisko Also starring Rene Auberjonois as Odo Michael Dorn as Lt. Commander Worf Terry Farrell as Lt. Commander Dax Cirroc Lofton as Jake Sisko Colm Meaney as Chief O'Brien Armin Shimerman as Quark Alexander Siddig as Doctor Bashir Nana Visitor as Major Kira Guest stars Majel Barrett as Lwaxana Troi Michael Ansara as Jeyal Special guest star Meg Foster as Onaya Uncredited co-stars Peggy Donaldson as female civilian Judi Durand as PADD computer voice Dorothy Hack as Bajoran woman Randy James as David B. Levinson as Broik John Paul Lona as Runepp Mary Mascari as Bajoran woman Steph Silvestri as operations officer Scott Strozier as Bajoran security deputy Patricia Tallman as Tagana Unknown performers as Alien with frilled ears Bajoran disguised as a monk Bolian with toupée Buck-toothed alien Dabo girl Green-skinned alien with bald head Human command officer References 2336; 47 references; Alpha Quadrant; annulment; Bajoran outback; Betazed; Bolian; Camelot; candle; canvas; capillary; Cardassian; Catullus; cerebral cortex; character sketch; corporeal; cup; death; Deep Space 9; dialogue; dozen; Earth; energy being; exile; Ferengi; First Minister; foramen magnum; Gavaline tea; heart; holosuite; humble; Indian; ; King Arthur; main character; matchmaker; meter; Milky Way Galaxy; ; mother; neural stabilizer; novel; Onaya's artists; orange juice; paint brush; parson; Pennington School; phenomenon; pregnancy; Promenade; Quark's; qui'lari''; Rasiinian; replicator; Revalus; ; Shakaar Edon; shape-shift; spelling; Tarbolde; Tavnian; Tavnian law; Tavnian wedding; ; thief; toupee; tricorder; ; ; Umani sector; visceral writing; Vulcan; wedding; Starship references alien freighter; Bajoran interceptor (Bajoran interceptors); Bajoran vessel (Bajoran transport); Betazed transport; Umani sector transport; cargo management unit (unnamed); External links de:Die Muse (DS9) es:The Muse fr:The Muse (épisode) ja:DS9:二人の女神 nl:The Muse Muse, The

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The Quickening (episode)

Dr. Bashir works to rid a planet of a plague that was sent by the Dominion as punishment for resistance. Summary Teaser In the wardroom, Major Kira and Chief O'Brien examine the room's computer terminal as Quark enters, followed closely by Odo. Quark benignly asks what the problem is, and Kira shows him an advertisement for Quark's on the monitor. Although Quark doesn't see anything wrong with it, Odo reminds him such tampering is a class 3 offense. Before they can proceed, an angry Worf enters and approaches Quark accusingly. He shows a mug in which his prune juice came from the 's replicator: it is a similar advertisement, and when Worf turns the mug sideways, it repeats the jingle from the monitor. Kira impatiently warns Quark to fix the replicators by the time she returns from the Gamma Quadrant, otherwise she will go to Quark's and makes it clear she'll be the one having most destructive fun at his expense. Under such a threat, Quark then decides to help Chief O'Brien with purging the systems by taking his tool from his hands and beginning modifications. Lieutenant Commander Dax, Doctor Bashir, and Kira intercept a distress signal while on a bio-survey mission in the Gamma Quadrant. They divert to a planet near the border of Dominion space. Dax and Bashir beam down and find a long-ruined city, with people walking about going about their business all with blue welts on their face. Just then a woman named Norva with red lesions on her face approaches and collapses in front of the two in obvious pain begging to be taken to Trevean. As Bashir tries to give her something for her distress another man, Epran, approaches and tells Bashir that there's nothing he can do for Norva as "the blight has quickened in her". He tells Bashir to leave the planet immediately and forget all about it. Act One Bashir tells Dax that the painkiller he gave Norva isn't helping as her physiology is so different from theirs, also noting that this means that the two of them are safe from infection. Reaching the hospital (after Dax traded in her hair pin for transport), the two Starfleet officers find a very un-hospital-like atmosphere. Groups of people are all sitting on the floor, surrounding one person with red lesions who is enjoying a meal. An attendant, seeing Norva, tells his assistant that she has quickened and must be taken to Trevean. When Trevean enters, one of the people who is being celebrated thanks Trevean for allowing him to enjoy a decent meal and a good sleep after finding out he had quickened. Trevean then turns to Bashir and Dax and tells them that Norva didn't make it, and that if she had arrived sooner then he could have done something for her. He then tells them that the blight is always fatal, which confuses Bashir as Trevean had just said he might have been able to do something for her. Bashir and Dax explain that they came to the planet answering a distress call and that they have sophisticated medical equipment. Trevean tells them that they once had equipment just as sophisticated and tells them the story of the planet. Two centuries earlier, the planet was technologically advanced and the inhabitants were building great cities and traveling to neighboring worlds. When the Dominion came to the planet, the population attempted to resist but they paid the price. The Jem'Hadar came and destroyed the world, and the Dominion wanted to use the planet as an example to others who thought they could defy them and therefore infected them with the blight. Now everyone is born with the disease and the disease may randomly become active, or "quicken" at any point in a person's life. This is outwardly shown by the lesions turning red, and it means the person will die soon after. Trevean himself is one of the oldest surviving people. Just then the man who thanked Trevean falls to the ground. While everyone else simply watches, Bashir instinctively moves to help but is restrained by the attendants. It turns out that when people quicken, they go to Trevean to have their death induced with herbs. Bashir and Dax are infuriated by this, and realize that he also killed Norva. Trevean tells them they've interfered with the man's death and orders them to leave. The officers are too shocked to argue. Dax finds the distress beacon, which is automated with its own independent power source and has actually been operating for over two hundred years. Bashir feels that there's nothing he can do for people who don't want their help and recommends leaving the planet when they meet a pregnant woman named Ekoria. Ekoria was in Trevean's "hospital" and is curious about Bashir, as she has never met a doctor. She tells Bashir she is pregnant, and due in two months. While this doesn't seem so long to him, she tells him it is, as the people get no warning as to when they will quicken. Just then the grim discussion is interrupted when Kira calls the two and gives them some bad news… two Jem'Hadar ships have been detected headed in their direction. Act Two Back in the runabout, it emerges that the Jem'Hadar ships are moving between star systems on what is obviously a patrol route and will soon enter theirs. Kira suggests returning to the Alpha Quadrant and arranging for a relief mission with Starfleet, but that could take weeks. Bashir references a recent case when, during a plague on Boranis III that was killing thousands, it took an hour to identify the pathogen and three days to inoculate the population. Kira is persuaded to leave the other two on the planet and will hide the runabout in a nearby nebula and return for them in a week. After returning to the planet, Dax and Bashir are offered a place to stay and work by Ekoria. While setting up their equipment, Dax asks about a hanging painting of the city in happier times. Ekoria tells them that her husband painted it before he died the previous winter, and that he also painted a nearby mural of the same picture to give hope and inspiration to other people. Bashir finishes setting up and tells Ekoria he needs to run a scan on someone with the disease, to which Ekoria happily volunteers. Bashir begins the scan, and offers to show her a picture of her baby on the medical tricorder. Ekoria agrees, and looks on in wonder. Later, both Bashir and Dax are hard at work and make their first important step when Bashir isolates the virus meaning he can start mapping it and possibly create an antigen. Ekoria offers them both food, and gives them the food that she was saving for her death. She tells them she feels she doesn't need it any longer. Bashir now needs someone who has quickened however finding someone willing to help is proving easier said than done. Bashir then bumps into Epran who has now quickened. He is surprised they are still there and tells them he would have invited them to his death had he known him better. Bashir asks what if he didn't have to die at all? This catches the attention of Epran and a few other people. However Epran is skeptical and thinks it's going to cost him something, to which Bashir tells him that isn't true and proves his knowledge when he uses an osteogenic stimulator to fix a fracture in a boy's arm. Trevean arrives and says that others have promised a cure, and all they have done is taken food and clothes and left them with nothing, and the people who believed them all went to Trevean in the end. Bashir in turn assures Trevean and the others that he gives no guarantees about his efforts. Act Three Returning to his makeshift lab, Bashir is despondent that he couldn't get any volunteers. Ekoria tells him that she used to wake up hoping she had quickened so she could go to Trevean but that changed when she learned she was pregnant. Now she wants to be there for her son when he grows up. Then Dax arrives, and it turns out that Epran has volunteered to be Bashir's test subject. Later, Bashir has several people all in various stages of the disease and is making good progress. He instructs Ekoria in the use of a hypospray and she injects herself with its contents then moves onto everyone else. However he doesn't tell her that the hypo contains what he believes to be the antigen against the blight. Also, Epran has stopped responding to cordrazine for the pain and now has a device emitting an inhibitor field on his forehead. Dax tells Julian that he's been awake nonstop for days working on this and he should go get some rest. Going outside, Ekoria tells Bashir that Epran's white blood cell count increased by 12%, which Bashir confirms is a good sign. He then complements her on her good bedside manner, but she tells him she was just trying to be kind. Bashir tells her some people don't like to be around the sick because it reminds them of their own mortality, and he can sometimes be the same. Ekoria reminds him that death gets everyone, but Bashir tells her it won't get Kukalaka, his teddy bear from when he was a young boy. He carried him around everywhere and one day when his leg ripped open, he performed his first surgery at the age of five and stitched him back together. He then admits that Kukalaka now sits on a shelf in his quarters. Just then the moment is interrupted when Dax arrives panicked telling Bashir that something's wrong. He goes inside to find Epran in pain with new lesions on his face. Act Four Epran now has several new lesions on his face and is in terrible pain as the virus has suddenly mutated. Almost certain the antigen hasn't caused it, Bashir uses a micro-cellular scanner to try and find out what's wrong. However, when he passes the scanner over the affected area, several more welts suddenly emerge and inflame. The terrible truth hits Bashir… the EM fields from his instruments are what is causing the virus to mutate so violently. Just then another woman starts to scream quickly followed by everyone else, all suffering the same reaction, and Bashir screams for everything to be shut down. Dax and Ekoria scramble to switch everything off as Bashir tries to stop the mutation, but it's no use and Epran dies in horrible agony. Bashir then uses CPR to try and resuscitate Epran, and grows manic in his attempts to revive him well past the point of no return, forcing Dax to pull him back. Trevean enters having heard of what's happened and one of the women begs him for his help to end her terrible suffering. Bashir tries to stop him but Trevean tells him not to interfere and gives the woman a vial of poison, allowing her to die. Then all the other patients start calling for Trevean and Bashir simply stands in the center of the room, devastated and unwilling to stop him. The next morning, Bashir stands among the now-covered bodies of the people he was supposed to help and blames himself for what's happened. He knew there were changes in the viral sequence and should have realized what was happening. Dax tries to assure him that there was no way he could have known their instruments would cause the virus to react like that. Dax attempts to console him but it's no use, and he admits that he was looking forward to telling people he had cured the blight. But now he knows that there is no cure, the Dominion made sure of it and he was arrogant to think he could find a cure in a week. Dax tells him that might have been arrogant, but it's far more arrogant to think there is no cure just because he can't find it. Bashir is left alone to think things over. Bashir then walks down the street and is reviled by the people but he doesn't acknowledge their hatred. He spots the mural of the city that he heard about from Ekoria and goes to look at it. While looking at the picture of the city in happier times, Ekoria approaches Bashir from behind and tells him she's glad he got the chance to see it. He turns to look at her and is upset to see that she has quickened. She thanks him for giving her hope, and she really thought she was going to make it to the end of her pregnancy. But now she is going to see Trevean and bids Bashir farewell. As she leaves however, Bashir asks her to wait, having had a change of heart. The runabout has returned to the planet, but Bashir tells Kira and Dax he can't leave the people now. He is told to contact the station when he is ready and Dax bids him a fond farewell before he returns to the planet, alone with his medical equipment. Act Five Ekoria is now Bashir's only patient and after examining her (using old-fashioned and low-level equipment) he is confused to find no trace of the antigen in her system. He reasons that her immune system must have rejected it when suddenly Ekoria feels some pain from the blight. Bashir advises her against receiving any more cordrazine as there's already so much in her system it may harm the baby. She agrees to forgo it. Later, Bashir prepares a salve for her and takes the opportunity to examine the baby. He is growing stronger and will be at term in six weeks. But it's clear that Ekoria isn't going to last that long, so Bashir tells her that the baby should be strong enough to survive in two weeks and then he'll induce labor. Later, Trevean visits Ekoria and offers her the chance to die, telling her that her child will only know peace. Ekoria refuses saying her child deserves a chance to live, and Bashir confronts him and asks why he's so obsessed with death given he's survived the blight longer than anyone. Trevean responds that the reason he's obsessed with death is because he's seen so much of it, as well as so much suffering because of it. He wishes Ekoria well and hopes she lives to see her baby. He leaves, and Bashir begins to appreciate his situation. Ekoria has made it past the two weeks and is now giving birth to her baby. She pushes as hard as she can and gives birth to a baby boy, but the effort takes almost all the life out of her. Bashir cleans the child and is astonished to find no lesions on the child's body… he is free of the blight. Bashir realizes the antigen must have been absorbed through the placenta and immunized him to the disease; although he couldn't find a cure, he has made a vaccine. Ekoria smiles, happy that her son will live a full life, but then she finally dies. Bashir is torn between his joy and devastation. Bashir reports the news to an astounded Trevean, and tells him that all pregnant women must be given the antigen immediately. The people cannot be saved, but their children can. Trevean promises to make sure the antigen gets to everyone and holds the child, a beacon of hope in their devastated world. Back on Deep Space 9, Bashir is working hard late into the night analyzing the virus when Captain Sisko enters after reading Bashir's report and warmly congratulates him on a job well done. Bashir thanks him, but it doesn't make him feel any better about the people still dying on that world. Sisko reminds Bashir that, because of him, their children will not suffer in the same way. Bashir knows, but it's small comfort. Sisko nods his understanding and leaves Bashir alone to his work and the doctor continues his efforts to find a true cure. Memorable quotes "Come to Quark's, Quark's is fun. Come right now, don't walk. Run!" - Quark's jingle – "How did you do it?" "Do what?" "I ordered a glass of prune juice from the replicator in the Defiants mess. This is what it came in." - Worf and Quark, on the Ferengi advertisement on Worf's mug "If all your little advertisements aren't purged from our systems by the time I get back from the Gamma Quadrant, I will come to Quark's, and believe me, I will have fun." - Kira, to Quark "I canceled my death for you. I was really looking forward to it." - Epran agreeing to be treated by Bashir "You killed her." "I did what she asked." "I thought this was a hospital, and that you were a healer." "I am. I take away pain." - Bashir and Trevean, referring to euthanasia "Trevean was right. There is no cure. The Dominion made sure of that. But I was so arrogant, I thought I could find one in a week!" "Maybe it was arrogant to think that. But it's even more arrogant to think there isn't a cure just because you couldn't find it." - Bashir and Jadzia Dax "People are still dying back there." "Yes, but their children won't." - Bashir and Sisko Background information Story and script The concept for this episode originated with Ira Steven Behr after watching the film . The theme of the movie, and the idea that Behr wanted to bring to the world of Deep Space Nine, was what would happen when an inherently moral doctor is placed in a situation he is unable to control. This led Behr to propose that Bashir should be placed in the middle of a planet-wide epidemic, and no matter how hard he tries, he simply cannot come up with a cure. Also on Behr's mind was the fact that Gregg Duffy Long, an office assistant, had just died of AIDS. According to Behr, "My wife Laura works closely with , and the whole AIDS thing was on all of our minds, so we just wanted to come up with a disease that breaks your heart." Because he was too busy himself, Behr hired Naren Shankar to write the teleplay, although Shankar ultimately decided to drop the AIDS metaphor; "I didn't give the sense that the people were outcasts or pariahs, which is how AIDS patients are often perceived." () René Echevarria did an uncredited rewrite of this episode. Echevarria commented: "It's such a cliché of Star Trek that you come in, solve the problem and then go. so we turned that on its ear. Bashir did get some of the way there, but you know he learned a humbling lesson there along the way. He went in utterly confident that he would be able to do it in a week''''."(Cinefantastique November 1996) The working title of this episode was "The Healing Touch". This title was given to the episode by writer Naren Shankar, but it was changed by René Echevarria because the producers felt that it implied Bashir would be successful in his fight against the blight. Echevarria chose the new title of "The Quickening" as a pun. In the context of the episode, 'to quicken' means that the disease has become active, but 'to quicken', in reality, also means to come alive, so the title refers to both death and birth. Echevarria was particularly proud of this double meaning. () The name of Kukalaka was chosen by René Echevarria. However, it came from a mistake on his part. According to Echevarria, he thought Kukalaka was the name of his best friend's invisible childhood friend, but after the friend saw the episode, he informed Echevarria that Kukalaka was actually the name of a cat belonging to an ex-girlfriend of his. () Trevean is an anagram for "veteran" and Ekorio (the original name of Ekoria) is an anagram for "rookie". These names were created by Naren Shankar, who noted, "Small things like that help me to focus when I'm creating characterization." () Production This episode was filmed prior to , but it aired a week later. The previous episode directed by René Auberjonois was , and like that show, this one had many problems. At one stage the set was destroyed by rain, which pushed shooting back by three days as the sets were rebuilt. Additionally, there were seventy extras on-set, Auberjonois had never shot on location before, and he had never used a crane before. However, while he hated the pressure of directing , he reacted differently this time: "You'd think that's where I'd fall apart, but this was, for me, my breakthrough as a director. It's the first time I really had a handle on it." () Auberjonois saw this show as having strong religious overtones. In particular, he felt that Ekoria was a Virgin Mary figure, and he tried to place her in the frame in such a manner as to recall Renaissance holy pictures. The shot of her standing in front of a rounded arch window was designed to make the arch look like a halo. According to Auberjonois, "we tried to get a sort of look to it." () Most of the later-stage disfiguring caused by the Teplan blight was done in post-production by multilayer compositing under the supervision of Gary Hutzel. This meant that on-set, rather than elaborate make-up, actors had dots attached to their faces which allowed their motion to be recorded precisely and which could then be replicated exactly in a computer. This was an early form of the type of sophisticated software and motion capture suits that are used regularly today. (-345) The picture of Quark on Worf's mug is a promotional shot of Armin Shimerman taken during the production of , the first episode of Deep Space Nine. At that time, Shimerman was still wearing the nose made for Rom, played by Max Grodénchik, which is why the picture looks slightly different from Quark's actual appearance. Randy McIlvain designed the sets for this episode because Herman Zimmerman was working on . John Eaves designed the Teplan city. () Doug Drexler and Michael Okuda collaborated on designing the Teplan mural using CGI and Photoshop, while additional cracks and aging effects were added by hand by Donnie Puga. The final product measured fifteen feet wide. () All of the outdoor scenes were shot at the Santa Susana Field Laboratory in Ventura County, Southern California, where Rocketdyne had performed shuttle testings that resulted in the Earth being burned and scorched by the heat and flames of rocket engines. (Deep Space Nine Chronicles) The casting of Michael Sarrazin as a practitioner of euthanasia is possibly motivated by the fact that he is best known for playing in the 1969 film , which culminates with his character helping the other lead (played by ) to her death. Cirroc Lofton (Jake Sisko) does not appear in this episode. Continuity Quark had previously inquired about promoting merchandise on Deep Space 9's monitors (which Sisko denied) in . Koval, the Chairman of the Tal Shiar, would ask Bashir about the events of this episode in the seventh season episode . Reception This episode is a favorite of Alexander Siddig's. He commented, "This story was a lesson in abject arrogance and how blinding it can be. Prior to this episode, Bashir had only succeeded. He always won. He always got his man. So it was very interesting for him not to be able to do that." Ira Steven Behr agrees with Siddig's appraisal; "it was a horror story basically. It's about this genetically engineered plague and the hubris of a doctor who thought that he could just come in and be a hero." () Ira Behr was also fond of this episode, commenting, "A lot of things really came together in 'The Quickening'. I mean, the sets were unbelievable. The production values did not let us down. So much of it worked!" () In the Special Features, Hidden File 01 on the DS9 Season 4 DVD, Alexander Siddig elaborates on why he loves this episode so much; "I loved that show, I mean I loved doing it, and Rene directed it, he was great at directing that show. I really enjoyed the fact that there's this doctor that turns up on this planet and he is so arrogant and full of himself that he thinks he can cure the planet of all their diseases, and probably get whatever the equivalent of the Nobel Prize is. And he fails, he kills a bunch of people, a whole bunch of people die because he screwed up. That doesn't happen on TV. The good guys don't screw up. And I love the fact that it all went horribly wrong and he had to, you know, go back to the drawing board and figure out where he went wrong. 'Maybe it's because I was terribly arrogant, maybe it's because I put my own interests above those of my patients'. That's a great lesson for any doctor." Terry Farrell also thought the episode was exceptional, commenting that it was: "a good one to work on because I was thinking about the AIDS metaphor while we were shooting it. I felt like we had a touch of reality in that episode. Sid was so good. Bashir's ego was really driven to cure that disease. I thought it was interesting that Dax was a step back and more realistic than Bashir. She thought you should do everything you can, but, at the day's end, felt you had to let it go a little bit so you had the strength to come back the next day and be fresh enough to try again. It was a great show, probably one of our best". () When asked which DS9 episode he contributed to was his favorite, René Echevarria named "The Quickening" as a close second behind . He commented: " [Alexander Siddig] was wonderful in that show and Ellen Wheeler, the pregnant woman was terrific and having Michael Sarrazin was terrific. He came in and auditioned and just blew the room away. There was no question of auditioning anyone else. Women love this man and still swoon over him down on the set". (Cinefantastique November 1996) A BBC reviewer wrote: "'The Quickening', an episode dealing with the catastrophic effects of a plague the Jem'Hadar have unleashed on a planet that resisted Dominion rule, is arguably one of the best examples of how Deep Space Nine's departure from the typical Trek pattern can produce great TV". Video and DVD releases UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 4.12, As part of the DS9 Season 4 DVD collection Links and references Starring Avery Brooks as Captain Sisko Also starring Rene Auberjonois as Odo Michael Dorn as Lt. Commander Worf Terry Farrell as Lt. Commander Dax Cirroc Lofton as Jake Sisko Colm Meaney as Chief O'Brien Armin Shimerman as Quark Alexander Siddig as Doctor Bashir Nana Visitor as Major Kira Guest stars Ellen Wheeler as Ekoria Dylan Haggerty as Epran Special guest star Michael Sarrazin as Trevean Co-stars Heide Margolis as Norva Loren Lester as Attendant Alan Echeverria as Lisa Moncure as Uncredited co-stars Judi Durand Unknown performers as Teplan inhabitants Ekoria's child Teplan children Milani's child References 22nd century; 2346; ability; Bajoran wormhole; ; bedside manner; binding site; biological sample kit; biogenic weapon; Boranis III; class-3 offense; clinic; closet; coat; com-system; cordrazine; day; diagnostic equipment; Dominion; Dominion space; Ekoria's husband; Fine; Gamma Quadrant; Gavara system; hair clip; heart; hematology; house call; Jenkata Nebula; Kendi system; Kukalaka; lesion; life cycle; magistrate; medical tricorder; midwife; Milani; milligram; mortality; Nykalia; Nykalia healer; Obatta Cluster; oil; painkiller; placenta; poison; prune juice; puppet; Quark's; "Quickening"; Quickening painkiller; red; replicator; salve; ; somersault; square inch; suicide; Takana root tea; Teplan; Teplan (star); Teplan homeworld; Teplan system; tilo; tissue sample; toast; week; winter; worship Starship references Bajoran interceptor (Bajoran interceptors); ; ; ; Jem'Hadar ships; ; runabout External links de:Hoffnung (Episode) es:The Quickening fr:The Quickening (épisode) nl:The Quickening Quickening, The

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To the Death (episode)

Following a hit and run attack on Deep Space 9 by a band of rogue Jem'Hadar, Sisko and his crew are joined by the Dominion on a mission to locate the rebels, who have discovered another Iconian Gateway. Summary Teaser "Captain's log, Stardate 49904.2. After driving away Breen privateers from the Bajoran colony of Free Haven, we are returning to Deep Space 9." Dax and Chief O'Brien are sitting in the mess hall aboard the discussing Molly's habit of coming to sleep in bed with her parents as Dr. Bashir gets a drink and approaches their table. Unknowingly, Bashir sits in Worf's favorite chair, and when advised to choose a different seat by both Dax and O'Brien, chooses to remain in the chair. Worf then enters the mess hall, gets an extra-large prune juice from the replicator, and walks towards his favorite chair. He slows for a moment when he sees Bashir in it, but only completes the distance to the table and silently waits while looking at him. Pretending to have just noticed him, Bashir holds the look for a few moments, then with amusement politely relinquishes the chair to the commander. Worf thanks him but just as he is sitting down, a red alert sounds and all senior staff are called to the bridge by Captain Sisko, where they find out that Deep Space 9 has been attacked and an upper pylon has been destroyed. On the attacked portion of the station, a panicked Quark is running through the corridors looking for his brother Rom who was doing work on one of the upper pylons, and finds out that he is fine and working with the damage control teams headed by Kira Nerys. Sisko then arrives demanding to know what happened, and Odo reports that a Jem'Hadar strike team beamed in from a civilian transport, set off a bomb in Upper Pylon 3 before the crew could respond, stole some items from the science labs and left through the wormhole. So far, eighteen people are confirmed dead with thirty-one missing and over a hundred injured. They left only forty-five minutes ago, meaning their ion trail can still be detected. Deciding that the Jem'Hadar must pay for this unprovoked attack, Sisko decides to leave immediately and pursue them. Bashir stays behind to assist the wounded, while Odo leaves with the rest of the Defiant crew. Act One The Jem'Hadar used a magneton pulse to hide their trail, and the Defiant has trouble locating them, but stumbles upon a badly-damaged Jem'Hadar attack ship on the verge of exploding. Worf notes that the Jem'Hadar that attacked the station came from a civilian transport and not an attack ship, so this can't be the same group. Sisko has the surviving crew beamed aboard the Defiant without their weapons, which consists of six Jem'Hadar soldiers and their Vorta commander, Weyoun, who orders his men to stand down and asks for a word in private with Sisko. In the Defiants mess hall, Weyoun says that their ship was attacked by the same Jem'Hadar who attacked Deep Space 9. These Jem'Hadar are renegades, and Weyoun has been tasked with eliminating them, but he needs Sisko's help. Sisko is disbelieving, saying that the Dominion could send a fleet of warships to eliminate the renegades, but Weyoun says they simply don't have the time. Several months ago, a Dominion science team discovered the remains of an Iconian gateway on a remote outpost world, Vandros IV. Unfortunately, the science team's Jem'Hadar guards rebelled and seized control of the gateway. Weyoun guesses that the equipment stolen from Deep Space 9, such as EPS power stabilizers, microfusion initiators, and photonic amplifiers could be used to repair the gateway – which, if made operational, could enable the renegades to teleport, instantaneously, to any world or solar system in the galaxy. Dominion experts have already predicted that if the renegades convince the rest of the Jem'Hadar to revolt, they could take over the entire Dominion in less than a year. Though moved, Sisko claims that that isn't his problem, but Weyoun begs to differ: if the Jem'Hadar seize control of the Dominion, they will almost certainly declare war on the Federation, and with the gateway, they could invade any Alpha Quadrant world at will, even if the wormhole were shut down. Sisko is shaken, but still not entirely convinced. He asks why the Founders cannot simply order the renegades to stand down – since, after all, obedience to the Founders has been genetically hard-wired into the Jem'Hadar's make-up. Weyoun, shifting uneasily, admits that the degree of the Founders' control over the Jem'Hadar has been "somewhat overstated," but insists that the Dominion is, and will always be, stable. Sisko, after considering the threat the gateway poses to both their sides, reluctantly agrees to help Weyoun destroy it and kill the rebel Jem'Hadar. Act Two Aboard the bridge, Sisko informs his staff about their mission. Worf interjects that he was part of the away team from the that discovered the Iconian homeworld in the Romulan Neutral Zone and was forced to destroy the gateway they found there to keep it out of the hands of the Romulans – so Worf fully appreciates the danger the gateway poses. Dax and O'Brien expresses some unease about working with Weyoun's Jem'Hadar, especially since they are as likely to revolt if they learn about the gateway, which could help liberate their entire race. For that reason, Sisko warns, they have to keep it a secret from them. In his quarters, Sisko summons Omet'iklan, the Jem'Hadar commander. Omet'iklan makes no secret of his contempt for the Federation, but agrees that that dislike is trumped by his duty to punish the renegades. Sisko makes clear that, for the duration of the mission, Omet'iklan and his men are under his command, not Weyoun's. Omet'iklan appears to accept this, but adds, ominously, that after the mission is completed, "we shall see." There is a joint briefing in the mess hall. Since the ziggurat that the renegades are using as a base (where the gateway is housed) is composed of solid neutronium, it cannot be destroyed from orbit with quantum torpedoes, which means they have to do it "the hard way," with a ground assault. Omet'iklan reports the number of the renegades as around 150, and several of the Starfleet officers remark that they don't like the odds. When Worf remarks that silencing all nine guards outside the ziggurat before one of them raises the alarm will be difficult, the Jem'Hadar , Toman'torax, taunts him that the much-touted Klingon bravery is a sham, and he will look forward to the day when the Dominion invades the Klingon Empire and massacres its people. Worf launches himself at the Jem'Hadar, but the two are pulled apart by Sisko and Omet'iklan. Act Three During a simulated assault Dax, O'Brien, Odo and Worf storm into main engineering (acting as their "objective"), neutralize two Jem'Hadar guards and prepare to set simulated explosives. However they hesitate, the room isn't secure as they have not found and incapacitated the third guard they were expecting. As they look for him the lights blink on, signifying that, had that been real, the room's auto-defense systems would have engaged and vaporized them all. Omet'iklan reveals there was no third guard, as nothing is certain in battle and if the crew can't secure the room then they should detonate the explosives then and there to ensure success. Obviously, the crew aren't thrilled about the prospect of possibly having to sacrifice themselves on the mission. He, Sisko, and Weyoun enter a turbolift, Omet'iklan insisting that their mission cannot succeed as long as the Federation's officers value their lives over success. Sisko disagrees, saying that a healthy fear of death does wonders for keeping officers on their toes. Omet'iklan recommends that the Jem'Hadar train in mixed teams with the Defiants crew, but Weyoun starts to overrule him (concerned for the secrecy of their objective). Omet'iklan interrupts, informing Weyoun that he and his men know all about the gateway. Weyoun may believe that the Jem'Hadar's loyalty is bought with deceptions and "the white," but the truth is that their loyalty to the Founders is inherent, unwavering, and stronger than the Vorta's ever will be. If the renegades disagree with this, then they deserve death. Sisko agrees that mixed teams will be used, but makes clear that he does not intend for this to be a suicide mission. A short time later, Dax is put off by a Jem'Hadar, Virak'kara, assigned to her squad, who has been staring at her while she has been piloting the Defiant for two hours, trying to learn more about her "patterns." Conversing with him, Dax learns some new (and unsettling) facts about the Jem'Hadar's way of life: They are bred in "birthing chambers" (and for that reason, their species has no females) and their growth cycle is such that they reach maturity and are ready to fight within three days; They do not sleep, eat, or engage in any kind of recreational activity; and Because of the frequency with which they are deployed in battle, their lifespans are extremely short; no Jem'Hadar has ever reached the age of thirty, and those that reach age twenty are considered "Honored Elders"; Virak'kara himself is only eight, and appears stunned when Dax casually mentions that she's over three hundred. She shares these findings with Worf and O'Brien over a meal, and they are further disturbed to witness another one: Weyoun is eating by himself in a corner, when the Jem'Hadar enter with his white dispenser and he grudgingly interrupts his meal to unlock it and pass out their next dosage. After this is done, Toman'torax swaggers over to the officers' table and threatens O'Brien, starting a fight with Worf which quickly escalates into a massive brawl between the Starfleet officers and the Jem'Hadar before Sisko and Omet'iklan arrive and break things up. Both Worf and Toman'torax admit to starting the fight, with the Second admitting that he has failed to obey orders. Omet'iklan punishes him by snapping his neck. He is then amazed, and outraged, when Sisko punishes Worf by confining him to his quarters while not on duty before angrily ordering the other officers to clear the room. Omet'iklan says that Sisko is weak, that Sisko should have been killed in the place of Worf, and that when the mission is over, Omet'iklan will make sure that he does. Act Four Weyoun confronts Odo in a hall and tells him that his people still love him, and that they want him back. Odo says that he does not love them back, and that he does not want to return. As the Defiant approaches Vandros IV, O'Brien is recording a farewell message for his wife and daughter. He confides to Dax that it is the eleventh time he has done so, and every time he does, he is afraid that it will be the message they end up hearing. Dax assures him that her many years of experience tell her that he will die of extreme old age, peacefully in bed, and surrounded by loving friends and relatives. Then she adds that she will file his farewell message along with the one she has recorded to her mother, "just in case." Before going to his quarters as ordered, Worf approaches Sisko in engineering and warns him to stay on the ship during the battle, so Omet'iklan cannot make good on his threat to murder him. Sisko declines, and Worf tells the captain to be watchful, "reassuring" him that, even if Omet'iklan succeeds in killing Sisko, Worf will make sure he does not live to brag about it. In response, the captain smiles slightly and says that it is "very comforted" by Worf's "reassurance." As the Defiant is approaching the planet, O'Brien hands out phaser rifles to the crew and reluctantly to the Jem'Hadar. Sisko tells the strike force to prepare to beam down, but Omet'iklan tells him to wait, and intones a Jem'Hadar battle chant, ending, "Remember: victory is life." On the planet, the teams are approaching the ziggurat, when Omet'iklan angrily whispers that they have been betrayed, their weapons have been sabotaged. The Defiant officers check their weapons, and also find them non-functional. Dax theorizes that the gateway is generating some kind of dampening field. At that moment, several Jem'Hadar materialize and ambush the crew with melee weapons. Act Five The team overpowers the Jem'Hadar, losing two Defiant crewmen in the process. Omet'iklan guesses that, without energy weapons or the element of surprise, Sisko will abort the mission. Sisko says, "Guess again!", picks up a kar'takin, and leads the team towards the ziggurat. The teams storm into the ziggurat, killing several of the renegades, until O'Brien, Sisko, and Omet'iklan reach the chamber where the gateway is. After they kill the two Jem'Hadar on guard, O'Brien starts to set the explosives (which have a chemical backup detonator unaffected by the gateway's interference). Sisko notices a decloaking Jem'Hadar lunging at Omet'iklan and pushes him out of the way, receiving a wound in his arm for his trouble. Omet'iklan is stunned that Sisko would risk his life to save his, even after being threatened. They all exit the ziggurat and make their way to a safe distance by the time the bombs explode. With the gateway destroyed, their phasers are functional again. Weyoun beams down with a Defiant security officer and offers his congratulations to everyone, and asks to inspect the remains. Instead, Omet'iklan turns his rifle on the Vorta and vaporizes him, as punishment for doubting the Jem'Hadar's loyalty. There is a tense moment, as the Defiant crew and the Jem'Hadar stand off against each other, but Omet'iklan lowers his weapon, saying that there has been enough killing for one day. He announces that he and his men will stay on the planet to hunt down and kill the remaining renegades. Sisko wishes him luck, but Omet'iklan warns him that, though they fought well together, they will be enemies the next time they meet. With that, the Jem'Hadar cloak and vanish and the weary Starfleet officers beam back aboard the Defiant. Log entries Captain's log, Deep Space 9, 2372 Memorable quotes "Has anyone seen my brother Rom?! He told me he was gonna be working on one of the upper pylons today!" "He's fine, I saw him with one of the damage-control teams on Level 5." "Oh, what a relief... Wait 'til I find him, I'll kill him for scaring me like this!!" - Quark and Kira "A Klingon." "And the traitor. The Founders will be pleased." - Toman'torax and Virak'kara, referring to Worf and Odo "Omet'iklan, control your men. These people saved our lives." "And for that we shall take advantage of their mistake." - Weyoun and Omet'iklan "Couldn't the Founders just order them to surrender? From what I know, the Jem'Hadar have been genetically-engineered to obey them?!" "The Founders' ability to control the Jem'Hadar has been somewhat... overstated. Otherwise we never would've had to addict them to the white." "Sounds like the Dominion isn't quite as stable as you'd like us to believe." "The Dominion has endured for two thousand years, and will continue to endure long after the Federation has crumbled into dust... but we'll leave that to history." - Sisko and Weyoun "So let me get this straight, we're going to work with the Jem'Hadar fight the Jem'Hadar?" - Dax "There'll be a joint briefing session at 1900 hours." "Followed by a get-to-know-you buffet at 1930." "And I forgot my dress uniform." - Sisko, O'Brien, and Dax "I was on the mission that discovered the Iconian homeworld. We were forced to destroy the Gateway we found there rather than let it fall into the hands of the Romulans, and Starfleet Command supported our decision." - Worf "Get back to your stations or go to your quarters. Either way, I want this room cleared. NOW!" - Sisko, to the Defiant crew and the Jem'Hadar in the mess hall "It is as you said. The Klingon will to fight pales in comparison to our own." "Yes. He has the look of a warrior, but the heart of a coward." - The Jem'Hadar, speaking among themselves before the battle "No sleep, no food, no women – no wonder you're so angry. After thirty or forty years of that, I'd be angry, too." "No Jem'Hadar has ever lived thirty years." "How old are you?" "I am eight." "I would have guessed at least fifteen." "Few Jem'Hadar live that long. If we reach twenty, we are considered honored elders. ...How old are you?" "I stopped counting at three hundred." "You don't look it." "Thank you." - Dax and Virak'kara "First Omet'iklan, can you vouch for the loyalty of your men?" "We pledge our loyalty to the Founders, from now until death." "Then receive this reward from the Founders, may it keep you strong." - Omet'iklan, Jem'Hadar troops, and Weyoun "It is our duty to punish those who would break their vow of loyalty." "Are you accusing me of something?" "It is not for us to accuse a god of betraying heaven. The gods themselves will sit in judgment over you." - Toman'torax, Odo and Omet'iklan, referring to the eventual events of "Broken Link". "I am First Omet'iklan, and I am dead. As of this moment, we are all dead. We go into battle to reclaim our lives. This we do gladly, for we are Jem'Hadar. Remember, victory is life." (in unison) "Victory is life." "Such a delightful people." - Omet'iklan, Jem'Hadar troops, and Weyoun "I am Chief Miles Edward O'Brien. I'm very much alive and I intend to stay that way." "Amen. Let's get it done!" - O'Brien, to the Federation attack group after the Jem'Hadar war cry is first heard, and Sisko Background information Story and script According to Robert Hewitt Wolfe, "To the Death" was written specifically to give the Jem'Hadar more depth; "Our intention was to show that the more you learn about them, the less you want to be around them. If you meet the Borg on a one-on-one basis, they're kind of cuddly, and when you get to know the Klingons, they're not so scary anymore. But the Jem'Hadar, when you really get to know them, are damn scary guys." () Robert Hewitt Wolfe also had another intention for the depiction of the Jem'Hadar in this episode. Wolfe commented, "We wanted to spend some time with some Jem'Hadar who weren't screwed up, because the two times we spent any time with the Jem'Hadar was the kid who is so young and doesn't know what he's feeling ('') and also the ones in ''. So we wanted to show what a functional Jem'Hadar society is, because we know so much more about them than anyone does and we wanted to get some of that information out there so the audience could understand them a little better. It seems that the more you learn about the Klingons, the less scary they are. The more you learn about the Cardassians, the less scary they are in some ways. What we want with the Jem'Hadar is that the more you learn about them, the more scary they are. These are not the kind of guys you want to party with." (Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages, p. 120) The writers considered multiple possible missions for Starfleet and the Jem'Hadar to undertake in this installment. Robert Hewitt Wolfe commented, "When we talked about doing 'To the Death', we talked about twenty different missions the Jem'Hadar could go on with Starfleet. One of the missions we talked about is that they have to go and kill Gowron, because they find out he's a renegade shapeshifter. We played with that for quite a while and it didn't come together, so we went back to the original story." (Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages, p. 121) The plot idea which was discarded for inclusion in this episode ended up inspiring the season finale, . According to the script, when Weyoun "claps" Odo on the shoulder, he infected him with a virus that presents itself in "Broken Link" and necessitates his return to the Great Link (although the way the scene is filmed, it does not allow the "clap" to be seen on screen). (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion - A Series Guide and Script Library) This means that, as of this point, Odo is infected with two viruses: one by Section 31 and one by the Founders. One may assume the Section 31 virus was dormant during Odo's return to the Great Link at the end of the season. Although this has been labeled a false rumor by Ronald D. Moore, it is actually written in the script. In the script, Bashir orders Tarkalean tea with "brescha" fruit at the start of the episode. (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion - A Series Guide and Script Library) Production and broadcast This episode marks the first appearance of Weyoun (Jeffrey Combs) in the series. Of the character, Combs said, "Weyoun is the snake of the universe. He's the smiling car salesman who'll tell you anything to make you feel as if you're the most important thing in his life just to get you to buy his product." Combs commented that he based the performance on a scene in 's 1975 film , where two characters are being really formal and nice to each other, showing perfect etiquette, but under the surface, it is obvious they despise each other. The character of Weyoun was written to be a one-show character, but the producers were so impressed with Combs, and the character got such a strong reaction from the fans, that they decided to bring him back in season 5, inventing the concept that the Vorta routinely clone themselves to explain it. According to Ira Steven Behr, "[In] multitalented Jeffrey Combs, we finally had a Vorta who sold the Vorta." () Jeffrey Combs assumed, since Weyoun is killed at the end of this episode, that this would be the only installment to feature the character. He considered it "the coolest thing" that the character who killed Weyoun was played by much-revered actor Clarence Williams III. (What We Left Behind) "To the Death" was the fifth episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine that LeVar Burton directed and the first of his five to feature the Jem'Hadar. Burton commented, "I had to look at previous episodes to understand who they were and what their relationship to the Founders is." Burton decided that Clarence Williams III would be an excellent choice to play the role of Omet'iklan. Burton commented, "He's an old friend of mine, but we'd never worked together before. This was just an opportunity to say, 'Hey, CW, you want to come and do this thing?" () Both LeVar Burton and First Assistant Director B.C. Cameron found directing the episode extremely difficult. Burton commented, "We had a day of location shooting that was my worst day as a director, because there was so much work and so little time. There was a huge number of people on location, including all the Jem'Hadar who require makeup and two major fight sequences to stage. All were elements that felt like they conspired to just bite me in the ass." Cameron commented, "LeVar and I went out to Griffith Park's bird sanctuary the night before and walked the sets. I remember thinking, 'There's no way we're gonna get all this work done.' We had twenty-five Jem'Hadar stuntmen who had three o'clock makeup calls. We spent the whole day at the top of the bird sanctuary, and the only way up and down was by golf cart. The cast trailers and the honeywagon were way down below. So if anyone went down, we had to wait and wait to get them back up again. Logistically, it was a nightmare." () An error led to the staff confusing the Iconians with the Tkon Empire from and so graphics for the set were designed around the Tkon. The error was noticed a day before filming began and new, corrected graphics were completed in time for the episode. () This episode was cut for violence, a first for the series and perhaps for Star Trek itself. According to Ira Steven Behr, forty-five seconds of hand-to-hand combat was cut prior to the episode being screened. This displeased Behr a great deal; "That really hurt the show. We built up to this battle and now it's just perfunctory. The fans who wrote letters on the internet saw that the rhythms were thrown off." Similarly unimpressed was Stunt Coordinator Dennis Madalone; "In the first edited version, fifty-two Jem'Hadar had been killed. Dax had killed ten and Sisko had killed seven. But when the censors got hold of it, they took out over thirty-two Jem'Hadar deaths." () The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) cut a further five seconds (specifically to remove the sound of a neck being broken) and rated the episode . Terry Farrell was fine with the cuts, commenting, "I killed so many Jem'Hadar warriors that they had to cut some of it out. I think I killed more of them than Worf did. At one point, I had three on my sword. I said to Dennis Madalone, our stunt coordinator, 'Maybe this is too much.' He said, 'No, no, no. You're Dax.' Then Rick Berman called and said, 'You know there's this one part where you're holding back three Jem'Hadar. I thought that was a little much. I hope you don't mind that I cut it.' I didn't mind at all because it was completely unrealistic. If I can't beat Worf, there's no way that I'm beating three Jem'Hadar at once." () This episode was filmed after but aired the week before. Reception Ira Steven Behr commented, "Thirty-two seconds of violence was cut out. Lots of violence between Jem'Hadar and Federation people. Thirty-two seconds of nothing but action, and I wish it had happened. It kind of restored my faith in the Jem'Hadar, and I think it really makes them interesting. I thought Clarence Williams was good; we finally had Jeffrey Combs back. I thought it really filled in a lot of the Dominion backstory. It was really a tense little episode. I just wish it had been thirty-two seconds longer." (Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages, p. 120) Ronald D. Moore commented, "The only criticism that I have about ["To the Death"] is that I wish we had been able to get the location that we used for '' and use it there, because that was a tremendous location. A lot of production value, and it looked wonderful. 'To the Death' was much smaller, not quite as sweeping. I liked Clarence Williams III, I always have, and I thought he really personified the Jem'Hadar for the first time in a way that the audience could grab onto. The Jem'Hadar in a lot of episodes tend to bland out. Sometimes its hard to differentiate between them and [Williams] brought something to that performance that made him at least stand alone among the race. Also, chopping and hacking has always been one of my favorite things. Not since '' has there been so much chopping and hacking". (Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages, p. 120) René Echevarria commented, "A hugely important episode for us, and I think we learned some really fascinating things about the Jem'Hadar. It was a show that I was very sceptical of, wondering what we were going to do for three acts on the Defiant with the Jem'Hadar. Robert and Ira were saying, 'We'll find stuff,' and they really did find some great, fascinating stuff about them. Finally we fleshed them out in a believable way that's a really important building block." (Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages, p. 120) Dennis Madalone commented, "This episode should have been the biggest action show ever. We had all the manpower and LeVar [Burton] got it all on film. We made it violent and rich just like '' and ''." () Continuity According to Kilana, Weyoun managed to file a report on Sisko after this encounter that described him as "direct." (). It is unclear how or when Weyoun transmitted his report to the Dominion since he was killed by Omet'iklan in this episode. Trivia This episode featured the second Iconian gateway after its introduction in . Some of the places shown in the Iconian gateways are Starfleet Command, Paris, Earth, and Bajor. Worf refers to the events from "Contagion", mentioning that Starfleet Command supported Captain Picard's decision to destroy the gateway on Iconia. This is the first appearance of the Vorta since , the second episode of the third season. In , Weyoun 8 euphorically claims that "the Dominion hasn't surrendered in battle since it was founded ten thousand years ago." This seems to contradict Weyoun 4 in "To the Death", who states, "The Dominion has endured for two thousand years." That number seems to align with the Female Changeling, who later comments, in , that the Jem'Hadar had been the Dominion's first line of defense for two thousand years. Jeffrey Combs (Weyoun) and Brian Thompson (Toman'torax) later appeared in , , and together, playing Commander Shran and Admiral Valdore respectively. Cirroc Lofton (Jake Sisko) does not appear in this episode. Remastered version Remastered scenes from the episode are featured in the documentary What We Left Behind. Video and DVD releases UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 4.12, As part of the UK VHS collection Star Trek - Greatest Battles: As part of the DS9 Season 4 DVD collection Links and references Starring Avery Brooks as Captain Sisko Also starring Rene Auberjonois as Odo Michael Dorn as Lieutenant Commander Worf Terry Farrell as Lieutenant Commander Dax Colm Meaney as Chief O'Brien Armin Shimerman as Quark Alexander Siddig as Doctor Bashir Nana Visitor as Major Kira Guest stars Brian Thompson as Toman'torax Scott Haven as Virak'kara Jeffrey Combs as Weyoun 4 Special guest star Clarence Williams III as Omet'iklan Uncredited co-stars Patti Begley as Bajoran officer Chuck Borden Ivy Borg as Rita Tannenbaum Tory Christopher Brian Demonbreun Kathleen Demor as operations officer Andrew DePalma as Jem'Hadar Chris Doyle as Jem'Hadar soldier Maria Dykstra as Bajoran security deputy Terry Green as operations lieutenant Leslie Hoffman as operations ensign Randy James as Ben Jensen Mark Lentry Ken Lesco as operations officer Scott Leva as Irving Lewis Chuck Madalone Dennis Madalone Dan Magee Angus McClellan Bill Thomas Miller as command officer Tom Morga Joe Murphy Laurence Rosenthal Chuck Shanks Steph Silvestri as operations officer James Lee Stanley as Bajoran security deputy Chester E. 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Williams as renegade Jem'Hadar Unknown performers as Jem'Hadar soldiers Jem'Hadar rebels Stunt doubles Brennan Dyson as stunt double for Michael Dorn Tom Morga as stunt double for Scott Haven Patricia Tallman as stunt double for Terry Farrell (deleted scene) References 200,000 years ago; 4th century; 2364; 2369; ability; absolute ruler; accusation; addiction; Ahjess; Alpha Quadrant; Amen; away mission; Bajoran; Bajoran wormhole; battle drill; bearing; birthing chamber; Breen; chief of staff; Civilian transport ship (transport ship/civilian transport); ; confined to quarters; Constable; cranial meninges; dampening field; ; Deep Space 9 levels; Dominion; Dominion history; Dominion Intelligence; egg laying; empire; EPS power stabilizer; executive officer; explosive device; fear of death; Federation President; female; field supervisor; Free Haven; freedom; garrison; god; guard duty; heart; heaven; Honored Elder; Iconia; Iconian; Iconian gateway; ion trail; "in comparison"; insurrection; Jem'Hadar; Jem'Hadar warship; Kar'takin; ketracel-white; Klingon; Klingon Empire; magneton pulse; mek'leth; microfusion initiator; neutronium; new plan; ; ; photonic amplifier; pediatric medicine; phaser rifle; privateer; proprietary rights; prune juice; psychographic profile; quantum torpedo; red alert; renegade; Rom; Romulans; search and destroy mission; security detail; senior staff; short-sightedness; sleep; social graces; staring; strike team; suicide mission; traitor; transporter; transporter bay; transporter protocol 5; ; Vandros IV; warrior; Weyoun 4's attack ship; ziggurat Iconian gateway images Bajor; Cardassia Prime; Dozaria; Earth; Paris; Starfleet Headquarters; Volan III; Volan III moon‎ Defiant turbolift display antimatter injection reactor; antimatter pod; bridge; brig; cargo bay; computer core; crew mess; crew quarters; deflector control; deuterium fuel storage; docking port; emergency battery; emergency manual monitor; engineering support; environmental support; escape pod; fire control; first aid station; gndn monitor; impulse engine; landing gear; lateral sensor; maintenance; navigational deflector; phaser coil; photon torpedo launcher; power distribution; power transfer tunnel; ptc monitor; sensor module; shuttle access; sickbay; transporter room; waste management External links de:Die Abtrünnigen es:To the Death fr:To the Death (épisode) nl:To the Death DS9 episodes

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Body Parts (episode)

When Quark learns that he is dying, he auctions his vacuum-desiccated body to raise capital. Meanwhile, an accident on a mission prompts Dr. Bashir to transfer Keiko's baby into Major Kira. Summary Teaser Dax, Chief O'Brien, and Worf are in Ops discussing the trip that Bashir, Kira, and Keiko are on to the planet Torad V in the Gamma Quadrant. O'Brien frets to Worf and Dax on how he didn't want Keiko to go to Torad V in the first place "in her condition". Meanwhile, in his bar, Quark treats Rom to a glass of snail juice uncharacteristically on the house, to celebrate his return from Ferenginar and to announce that he is dying to all of his customers. Act One Quark declares he has Dorek Syndrome with just six days to live, which he learned of after his annual insurance physical from Doctor Orpax. Rom takes some convincing that there's no other recourse, including suggesting talking to Dr. Bashir, but Quark doesn't think that will help. Quark soon turns to the significant debt he has and funeral arrangements to make. Rom suggests selling his vacuum-desiccated remains on the Ferengi Futures Exchange. Quark doesn't believe that will help, as he believes he is not viewed favorably by other Ferengi, "Starfleet's favorite bartender," a joke. Rom insists he try, so Quark agrees. Shortly afterward in Ops, the emerges from the wormhole with severe damage. Worf reports to Captain Sisko that Dr. Bashir has reported two injuries: Kira and Keiko. O'Brien rushes to the infirmary and learns from Kira that Keiko is still in surgery. Much to his surprise, he also learns that Kira is now carrying his son. Act Two O'Brien is now with Sisko and Bashir, who is explaining Keiko was injured in the accident with a collision with an asteroid in the Gamma Quadrant. She was stabilized, but Bashir had to move the baby to Kira to save its life and, interestingly, that due to the short gestation period of Bajorans, Kira must carry the baby to term. O'Brien has to process this. Later, Keiko and Kira soon recover and Kira goes to visit Keiko in her quarters, both feeling the weight of what's transpired and Keiko expressing her thanks. Rom goes to visit Quark in his quarters to hear about the sale. At first, it seems no one but Rom wants to buy a piece of Quark, which he of course finds insulting. He starts to dismay about his life choices in opening a bar on Deep Space 9, however, Quark is overjoyed to find that an anonymous bidder wants to buy all 52 discs for five hundred bars of latinum. Convinced the anonymous bidder is The Nagus and fearful that the bid will eventually be retracted, Quark accepts the bid and sells his remains. Rom congratulates him. Quark begins to arrange paying off his debts and arranging his funeral when Bashir informs him that his doctor on Ferenginar, Orpax, had made an error and he is not going to die. Quark is excited about the prospect of suing his doctor for malpractice; the continuation of his life is just an afterthought. However, later, Brunt of the FCA arrives at his quarters and explains that he was the anonymous buyer. He condescendingly asks if Quark thought the Nagus placed the bid. The two laugh over that and agree that it would be a ridiculous idea. Quark explains that he is surprised that Brunt placed the bid and that he is not going to die. Brunt knows this already and has arrived to ensure that his merchandise, 52 discs of vacuum-desiccated Quark, will be delivered on time in six days. Act Three Quark makes it clear that he is not dying, to which Brunt replies that he does not care that Quark isn't dying: he wants his merchandise. He intends to defile Quark's remains upon receiving them, and will not be talked out of the contract. Quark proceeds to offer Brunt a full refund and progressively larger amounts of latinum to try to convince Brunt to give up the deal. Brunt refuses all offers and tells Quark he will only accept his remains. When Quark asks what Brunt expects him to do, Brunt suggests Quark hire someone to strangle him – that way his body will be unmarked for desiccation. Quark is shocked and says they are not Klingons. Brunt tells Quark that this is personal. Brunt tells Quark that he considers him a menace to Ferengi society, citing the time he protected Quark's mother from an audit and when he secretly settled a strike at his bar. He loathes Quark for being a philanthropist. He doesn't gouge his customers as much as a Ferengi should. Selling medicine to Bajoran refugees has made him a generous humanitarian who has gone "Starfleet". All of this gives other Ferengi a bad name. Quark begs that he can reform – that he can gouge his customers more and revoke his employee's vacation time. Brunt is disgusted by Quark's giving his employees vacation time and proceeds to start to leave the room. Quark cuts him off and tries to make another deal with him – surely there is another accommodation that Quark can make besides suicide? Brunt tells him the only way out is to break the contract. He wonders if Quark is Ferengi enough to keep the contract and hopes that he will break it. He wants to see Quark's assets sold to the lowest bidder, his mother begging on the street, and to have Quark cut off from all contact with his people. Brunt says that Quark is a disease, and that it is his job to cut him off. Miles helps Keiko to a chair in their quarters. Keiko tells Miles that she has invited Kira over for dinner. The two agree that even seeing Kira every day would not be enough time for them to spend with their unborn child. She expresses frustration at having to make appointments to see her own child. Neither of them knows what to do. Quark visits Garak's shop. He is busy helping Morn and informs Quark that his pants will not be ready for another week. Quark tells him he is there in order to hire him as an assassin. Garak feigns ignorance and says that before he was a tailor he was a gardener. Quark is not so easily dissuaded and tells him he still wants to hire him. Rom initially believes that Quark will have Brunt assassinated, but Quark reveals that he is the one that is to be killed. Act Four Rom is upset about Quark's intentions to go through with the contract. Quark explains that he is like no one else in their family; he is a Ferengi businessman. He will go through with the contract. His life is about his business and that means that he follows the Ferengi Rules of Acquisition, and he will not stop following them if they are inconvenient. He is confident that if he continues to follow the Rules that he will find himself in the Divine Treasury after his death. Because he will have died the way he lived: as a Ferengi. He and Garak then leave to discuss the method of his death. Kira visits Keiko and O'Brien to show them how much the baby is kicking. Kira is concerned but Keiko tells Kira that this is good, and that she thought Molly would kick her way of out. Keiko thanks Kira for sharing this with them. The two discuss the differences between Human and Bajoran pregnancies, and the fact that they do not know what Kira's symptoms will be because the baby is Human. Bajorans do not get morning sickness, but instead suffer from uncontrollable sneezing. Miles gets Kira a special pillow for her lower back. They invite her to remain for dinner and initially Kira does not want to impose. But Keiko insists that since Kira is carrying her baby she is now family and that besides dinner, the O'Briens also want to make a proposal. Quark is eating dinner at the bar. Garak sneaks up behind him and breaks his neck. Quark walks over, and it becomes apparent that the dead Quark is only a hologram. Quark objects to the loud noise his neck makes when it is broken. Garak objects that it was not that loud. They are running out of options because Quark objects to all the methods that Garak has suggested (he couldn't be disintegrated because he needed his body, the disruptor ruined Quark's clothing, the knife was too savage, nerve gas smelled bad, hanging took too long, and Quark would not willingly eat poisoned food). Garak comments that Quark does not seem to want to die, to which Quark objects that he just doesn't want to see it coming. Garak promises that Quark will never know what hit him. A jittery Quark heads to bed while trying to stave off death by yelling he won't be surprised before he enters his room. He quickly falls asleep and awakes in what looks like the Divine Treasury. Act Five The first Grand Nagus, Gint (who looks suspiciously similar to Quark's brother Rom), comes to him and Quark realizes that he is dreaming. The Nagus (or at least Quark's conscience) tells Quark that he must break the contract. Quark asks how he can walk away from the Rules. To this, Gint explains that when he authored the Rules of Acquisition, he called them such as a marketing ploy, and considers them more like "suggestions". Gint explains that Quark is having this dream because he is looking for permission to break the contract. Quark realizes if Gint came to him in a dream and told him to break the contract, then it would be acceptable. Brunt then appears, and the three of them argue until Brunt begins strangling Quark, who wakes up in his sleep with his own hands around his throat. The next day, Quark walks into his bar and refuses to honor the contract. Brunt, sitting at a table, smiles as Quark has proved himself to be just another failure in a long line of weak-lobed Ferengi. However, Quark threatens that if he ever returns to his bar, he will never leave. Brunt immediately revokes Quark's business license, and slaps legal documents on the walls preventing any Ferengi business to continue and seizes all of his assets. Quark is left with no other choice but to close the bar immediately and indefinitely, and is forced to ask his customers to leave. Kira arrives at the O'Briens' quarters where she has agreed to live for the duration of the pregnancy. Kira tells Molly that she is her aunt Kira and that Molly is welcome to play in her room anytime. Quark sits in a bare area at the bar near where the dabo table used to be, having been left with nothing, not even the shirt on his back which needs to be returned later to Brunt. Rom tries to cheer him up by offering Quark some of his old clothes, but to no avail. However, Bashir enters with a crate of Alvanian brandy, claiming that a patient gave them to him as a gift, and, as he cannot accept them, he is willing to give them to Quark. Then Dax arrives with a dozen glasses she was given as a gift by her sister that she claims are too ugly to keep. Captain Sisko arrives and asks Quark if he can store several sets of tables and chairs from structural repair on level 2 of the habitat ring in the area, since it's currently free. Quark can scarcely believe what is happening, as the crew and residents start bringing in everything he needs to continue running the bar. Rom reminds his brother that Brunt didn't take all of his assets away, as Quark has apparently earned the loyalty and respect of many aboard the station. Despite being broke, Quark is left to ponder the thought that friends may be the most valuable asset of all. Overwhelmed by his friends showing their support, he attempts to thank them, but is literally speechless. Memorable quotes "So… what you're telling me is… Major Kira's going to have my baby?" - O'Brien, after Bashir tells him Kira will have to carry the baby to term "It's as if I have to remind her she's pregnant!" "Yeah. I guess the extra weight, the morning sickness, the mood swings, the medical examinations… they aren't reminders enough." - O'Brien and Dax "I needed another womb for the baby, and the only two other people on board were Major Kira and me." "I think you made the right choice, doctor." - Bashir and Sisko, talking about Bashir's "correct" choice to put the baby in Kira, not Bashir "I'm dying!" - Quark "I have Dorek Syndrome." "But that's incurable!" "That's right! Which explains the dying part!" "But Dorek Syndrome, it's so rare!" "It strikes only one out of every five million Ferengi. I finally beat the odds." - Quark and Rom, talking about the former's illness "Have Doctor Bashir examine you when he gets back from the Gamma Quadrant!" "Bashir? How good could he be? He doesn't even charge." - Rom and Quark "We're not Klingons. We're businessmen." - Quark "I want to hire you. Not as a tailor. As an assassin." "I don't know what you're talking about." "Oh yes you do. You weren't always a tailor." "You're right. I used to be a gardener. Now if you have something you want weeded, you let me know." - Quark and Elim Garak "I don't want you to kill Brunt, I want you to kill me." - Quark, asking Garak to assassinate him to satisfy a contract with Brunt for Quark's remains "Wait a minute. You can't do this. I thought you were going to break the contact." "What are the key words there? You thought." - Rom and Quark, arguing over Quark's decision to have himself assassinated "Garak, let's talk about death!" - Quark "Snapping vertebrae is out." "We're running out of options… You don't want to be vaporized because you need a body. The disruptor ruined your clothing, the knife was too savage, the nerve gas smelled bad, hanging took too long and poison… What was wrong with poison?" "It doesn't work! If I know the food is poisoned, I won't eat it." - Quark and Garak "For a man who wants to kill himself you are strangely determined to live." - Garak "I'm going to die, don't you worry about that, I just want to find the right way." "Right way?" "I don't want to see it coming. Or hear it or feel it or smell it. I just want to go on with my life and then [snaps his fingers] I'm dead." "Ah, you want to be surprised!" - Quark and Garak, arguing over how Quark is to be assassinated "You have my word. You'll never know what hit you." - Garak in regards of Quark's wishes to be die without knowing how or when "Would you buy a book called Suggestions of Acquisition?" - The First Grand Nagus, about the fact that the name "Rules of Acquisition" was a marketing ploy "I knew it. You're just like the rest of your family: weak-lobed degenerates. Another loser in a long line of failed Ferengis." - Brunt "Look, I've broken the contract, so do your job: take my assets, revoke my Ferengi business license, do whatever you have to do, then get out. And if I ever see you walk into my bar again…" "Yes?" "… you won't walk out." - Quark and Brunt "May I have your attention, please? Brunt, FCA. As of this moment, no further Ferengi commerce may be conducted in this bar! No Ferengi may be employed by this bar, no Ferengi may eat or drink in this bar, and no Ferengi…no Ferengi may do business with THAT MAN! Confiscation of assets will begin immediately." "Ladies and gentlemen, this bar is closed until further notice. Thank you for your patronage." - Brunt and Quark "Look at them, brother. And you thought you had no assets." "Sisko, Dax, Bashir, Morn? They're my assets?" "To name a few." "I guess you're right… I need a drink." - Rom and Quark Background information Story and script During the development of this episode, the writers spent a lot of effort exploring the character of Quark. According to René Echevarria, "We really dug down to find what [this episode] was about, and in the process, we managed to find out who Quark is, and how Ferengi he is." Similarly, Hans Beimler said, "The substance is that Quark has a line that we will not cross. He has a very clear ethical code and lives by it. This is comedy, but it deals with some very serious business. Quark is a very complicated guy with a lot of complicated issues. He's not just a silly Ferengi. The more you explore the character, the more you see that he's very sophisticated and complex." () According to Hans Beimler, there is a political metaphor behind Brunt's hatred of Quark; "Quark grates him because Quark has been able to do things that Brunt doesn't think of as pure or quite right. It's the way certain people view expatriate Americans who may have traveled and had a different life experience. They say, 'How could you leave America?' So he spent fifty-five years in Africa, that doesn't mean he stopped being an American, he's just an American experiencing another life. And that's what Quark is. He's gone out of the Ferengi world, but it doesn't mean he's stopped being a Ferengi. But people like Brunt are envious and jealous of him." () The O'Brien baby "transplant" storyline was created as a solution to the production problem of actress Nana Visitor becoming pregnant in real life. The producers decided they did not wish to go down either of the two other solutions open to them; either having the character of Kira become pregnant by Shakaar, or 'hiding' the pregnancy by shooting Visitor in such a way as to never reveal her midsection, as had been done during the fourth season of with the character of Beverly Crusher and would be done again in most of the fourth season of with B'Elanna Torres. As such, the producers, thanks to the suggestion of Ira Steven Behr's wife, Laura Behr, came up with the idea to tie in Visitor's real pregnancy with the character Keiko O'Brien's fictional pregnancy. () This followed on from Nana Visitor having initially feared that, due to her becoming pregnant, her character of Kira might have to be written out of the series altogether. "It was maybe the next day the writers came up with this idea that there is a shuttle crash, and Keiko was carrying her baby, and we have to take the baby from Keiko, and I'm the only available womb," she recalled. ("Crew Dossier: Kira Nerys", DS9 Season 1 DVD special features) André Bormanis commented: "Sometimes we stretched the boundaries a little beyond my personal comfort level. In an episode of DS9, the writers wanted to transport a baby growing in the womb of one character, Keiko O’Brien into another, Kira Nerys. The actress who played Kira was pregnant, and this was a clever way of working her real-life pregnancy into the show. I didn’t think such a thing was scientifically credible, and a pathologist I consulted with agreed. He thought it would be incredibly unlikely to work, even with transporter technology. The whole “fetal placental complex” would have to be transported, and the new hosts’ immune system and blood would have to be modified to accommodate the fetus, or vice versa. We worked that information into the episode as best we could and hoped we wouldn’t get too much grief from obstetricians. But today, a mere fifteen years later, the idea of a fetal transplant is under serious study. It could become a reality in just a few years. My bigger concern when I was the Trek science consultant was making sure the show kept ahead of where real science is taking us". The script mentioned Quark's uncle Pax, whom Quark admired for having made a fortune in waste extraction but whom Nog knew as "Uncle Stinky". The line did not make it in the final episode. Cast and characters The idea of the transplant storyline was popular with both of the real parents to be: Nana Visitor and Alexander Siddig. According to Siddig, "Teleporting the baby was a great idea." Visitor was more vocal; "Suddenly my baby was part of the plot! I was very grateful that they thought of such a clever way to allow me to be pregnant on the show and not just be filmed from the neck up, which would have really limited everything I could do. I'm hugely grateful for that." () She also commented, "I thought that was damn clever, I really did. I thought that was a great way of handling it, without making Kira a mother, per se, and have to deal with that." ("Crew Dossier: Kira Nerys", DS9 Season 1 DVD special features) Armin Shimerman considered this a highly important episode for his character of Quark. The actor observed, "Quark had always believed he's an outsider on the space station, and that the only thing that's his own are his Ferengi ways. He believes in the Ferenginess of himself. So to give that up – because a contract is a contract is a contract – is a major moral dilemma." () Jeffrey Combs commented, "['Body Parts'] was a lot of fun, probably the best Brunt episode," and that "I love the scene where I insist, despite the fact that Quark is not going to die, that he fulfill the contract. That first scene where I show up in Quark's quarters was just so much fun to do. I loved that moment. It was such a delicious moment." () Continuity The FCA notice placed on the wall by Liquidator Brunt at the end of this episode remains in place until the fifth season episode , at which time Quark has his license restored by Brunt. Brunt's references to Quark's mother and his union troubles refer to the episodes and , respectively. Rom recalls to Quark the latter's brief holding of the title of "Grand Nagus" – a reference to the first season episode . Referenced Rules of Acquisition: #17 ("A contract is a contract is a contract… but only between Ferengi") and #239 ("Never be afraid to mislabel a product") This episode also introduces a new runabout: the . The episode later makes it clear that this is not a replacement for one of the other three runabouts, but a fourth runabout (three runabouts are used in the defense of DS9 while another was in the Gamma Quadrant. The others were the Rio Grande, Rubicon, and Yukon). A fourth runabout was also seen in . From this episode onwards, Andrew Robinson (who plays Garak) is credited as "Andrew J. Robinson". According to Robinson, the "J" stands for Jordt – his grandfather's first name. () The on-screen scene of the damaged Volga was later used to depict the damaged Rio Grande in . Cirroc Lofton (Jake Sisko) does not appear in this episode. Video and DVD releases UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 4.13, As part of the DS9 Season 4 DVD collection Links and references Starring Avery Brooks as Captain Sisko Also starring Rene Auberjonois as Odo Michael Dorn as Lt. Commander Worf Terry Farrell as Lt. Commander Dax Cirroc Lofton as Jake Sisko Colm Meaney as Chief O'Brien Armin Shimerman as Quark Alexander Siddig as Doctor Bashir Nana Visitor as Major Kira Guest stars Rosalind Chao as Keiko O'Brien Max Grodénchik as Rom and "Gint" Hana Hatae as Molly O'Brien Jeffrey Combs as Brunt Special guest star Andrew J. Robinson as Garak Uncredited co-stars Sam Alejan as sciences officer Patrick Barnitt as Bajoran officer Patti Begley as Bajoran officer John Lendale Bennett Ivy Borg as Rita Tannenbaum Brian Demonbreun as command officer Steve Diamond Peggy Donaldson as civilian Anthony Giger Randy James as Mark Lentry as command lieutenant David B. Levinson as Broik James Minor as operations officer Robin Morselli as Bajoran officer Stuart Nixon Dan Rose Chuck Shanks Mark Allen Shepherd as Morn Armin Shimerman as holographic Quark Steph Silvestri as operations officer James Lee Stanley as Bajoran security deputy William Steinfeldt as Bajoran ops officer Michael Wajacs as Bajoran civilian Unknown performers as Alien with long face Dabo girl Tygarian References admission; Alvanian brandy; amusement; assassin; asteroid field; audit; Bajor; Bajorans; Bajoran wormhole; bar; barstool; brandy; business license; businessman; buyer; Cardassian; case; Cliffs of Undalar; concussion; Constable; contract; deflector; Divine Treasury; Dorek Syndrome; estrogen; eulogy; exile; family line; Federation; Ferengi; Ferengi Alliance; Ferengi Futures Exchange; Ferengi Rules of Acquisition; Ferengi wine; Ferenginar; fetal transport; financial almanac; footnote; fuel pod; fund; ; Gamma Quadrant; gardener; gestation; gesture; ; Gorad; Grand Nagus; Great Marketplace; Guild of Restaurant and Casino Employees; hanging; holosuite; humanitarian; imbecile; insurance; internal hemorrhage; Ishka; Jadzia's sister; latinum; life savings; kickback; ; makara herb; malpractice; marketing; medical examination; mood swing; moogie; morning sickness; Nagal staff; nausea; nerve gas; Nog; Orpax; operator; padding; pariah; pension; philanthropist; pilgrimage; poison; precept; progesterone; Promenade; Quark's; refugee; registrar; rib; rock; room; runabout; snail juice; storage fee; strangulation; sue; tesokine; tip; Torad V; trousers; uncle; vacuum-desiccation (desiccation); vascularization; vertebra; vole; ; waiting room; weight; Yridians; Zek Unreferenced material Cardassian; Destitution Rock; Dosi; Kopu; Pax; Rat-vulture; Romulan; Talabian rivet; Tholian External links de:Quarks Schicksal es:Body Parts fr:Body Parts (épisode) nl:Body Parts Body Parts

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Broken Link (episode)

Odo is plagued by an unknown ailment that threatens to kill him. Meanwhile, the Federation and the Klingon Empire move closer to war. (Season finale) Summary Teaser Odo arrives at Elim Garak's shop, as requested by the Cardassian tailor. He believes Garak wishes to report a crime, but instead Garak attempts to introduce Odo to a Bajoran woman named Chalan Aroya, the owner of the newly opened Celestial Cafe on the Promenade. Uncomfortable with women, Odo neither accepts nor declines her invitation for dinner, noting that he doesn't eat. Garak expresses dissatisfaction in Odo's inability to act. Suddenly, Odo's shape destabilizes. As he vocalizes the pain, the destabilization continues. Eventually, he falls to the ground, unconscious. Garak contacts Dr. Bashir and requests an emergency medical team. Act One In the infirmary, Bashir informs Odo that his mass and density are in a state of fluctuation, but is uncertain of the cause. The doctor insists that Odo remain in the infirmary, as movement may encourage the destabilization. Odo grudgingly agrees. In the wardroom, Benjamin Sisko, Worf, Jadzia Dax, and Kira Nerys view a transmission from Klingon Gowron. Gowron refuses to return captured Cardassian territories. He also demands that the United Federation of Planets withdraw from its starbases and military installations in the Archanis sector, despite its unimportance and previous relinquishment by the Klingon Empire. Dax states that several diplomats have informed her that several Federation colonies near the Klingon border are calling for a preemptive strike against the Klingons. The senior staff is troubled by the growing prospect of war, but realizes there is little they can do, Archanis is a long way from the station. Suddenly, Kira bursts into a fit of sneezing. The sneezing is a result of her recent pregnancy. She is asked if Bashir can help, but states the doctor currently has his hands full with Odo's unknown illness. The crew agrees to leave Odo alone to rest, knowing that he values his privacy. In the infirmary, Kira visits Odo. Odo doesn't want company, but is happy to receive that day's criminal activity report from Kira. Noticing something on the PADD, Odo leaves the infirmary for a docking port. He encounters a Boslic freighter Captain named Rionoj, whom he suspects of attempting to steal the Falangian diamond. Unfortunately, as Odo prepares to arrest Rionoj, he is struck by the illness again, this time becoming completely liquid. Act Two Now back in the infirmary, Odo is in a near constant state of instability (primarily in the midsection) and admits to Bashir he is having difficulty maintaining humanoid shape. Bashir estimates that Odo will not be able to maintain solid form in one or two weeks. Bashir gives Odo the option of going to Bajor (to Doctor Mora Pol) or Starfleet Medical, but Odo insists that only the Founders can truly help his condition. In his office, Sisko discusses the mission to take Odo to the Founders' new homeworld with the senior staff. They will enter the Gamma Quadrant uncloaked and transmit signals explaining their mission. Major Kira initially wants to go with them, but agrees to remain behind because of the pregnancy. Now aboard the Defiant, Sisko grants a request made by Garak to come aboard. Garak explains to Sisko that he wishes to ask the Founders about the crew members of several Cardassian warships that went missing during the failed attack on the Founders. Sisko agrees to allow Garak on the mission so that Garak can distract Odo during the mission with a concoction of innuendo and half-truths regarding Garak's (alleged) past as a Cardassian spy. On the way to the Defiant, Odo meets Quark, who predicts he will own the station by the time they get back (as well as a 60% increase in his smuggling profits due to Odo's absence); Odo warns Quark not to get too comfortable because he will be back. Odo then walks unaided across the Promenade as dozens of people watch his departure. The Defiant leaves for the Gamma Quadrant. Garak occupies Odo's attention in the infirmary by telling him tales of his previous experiences, including his time as a gardener at the Cardassian embassy on Romulus during a period where several prominent Romulan officials died under suspicious circumstances. O'Brien tells the rest of the Defiants bridge crew how he feels outnumbered now that Kira has moved in with Keiko and him and wishes Bashir would move in to even the numbers. The Defiant then meets and is surrounded by dozens of Jem'Hadar fighters. Act Three A request is made for someone from the Dominion to meet on the Defiant to discuss the request that was being transmitted. Before arrangements could be made, the Female Changeling and three Jem'Hadar soldiers beam directly to the Defiants bridge. One of the Jem'Hadar soldiers attacks O'Brien by grabbing his chest until the Founder orders everyone to stop. The Female Changeling, representing the Founders, says she has come for Odo and that he must go with her to the Great Link. As she is reluctant to reveal the location of the , but respects Sisko's loyalty to Odo when he refuses to leave the Gamma Quadrant without him, one of the Jem'Hadar named Amat'igan will pilot the Defiant while a device is installed that will keep the navigation system from recording their destination. The Female Changeling visits Odo in the infirmary. They join and Odo is visibly much better and more stable than before. She then insists that they speak alone. During the discussion, it is apparent that the Founders have been keeping Odo under surveillance and knew he was not well. She admits that they made him ill so that he would be forced to return to the Great Link to be judged. Act Four The Female Changeling tells Odo that he is to join in the Great Link, open his thoughts so that they can judge him for killing another Changeling, the first time the Great Link has ever had to render such a judgment on a Changeling. She also admits that only the Great Link can truly heal him of his illness. In a corridor, Garak and the Female Changeling discuss the possibility of Cardassian survivors from the earlier attack; she responds that the attackers, Garak, and all of Cardassia is dead for attacking the Founders and warns that retaliation is coming soon. The crew discusses ways to maintain a transporter lock on Odo while he is in the Great Link, but, given his devotion to justice, he insists that the crew does not try to rescue him when he is being judged, despite O'Brien warning that the Dominion's idea of justice seems far different than Odo's. Once at the Founder's homeworld, the Female Changeling, Odo, Sisko and Bashir transport down to a small rocky island that is completely surrounded by the Great Link. The Female Changeling walks into the "ocean" and, with a short glance and a smile back at Sisko and Bashir, Odo follows. Act Five While waiting, Sisko stops Bashir from absentmindedly trying to skip a rock into the "ocean". Worf catches Garak in a junction of a Jefferies tube in an attempt to control the Defiants phasers and quantum torpedoes. His plan is to commit genocide by destroying the ; although the Defiant and its crew would not survive, Garak argues that it would be a small price to destroy the Dominion threat and save the Alpha Quadrant. Worf defeats Garak in hand-to-hand combat, commenting that he fights well… for a tailor. Back on the planet surface, the Defiant crew sees Odo being ejected from the Great Link to the shore of the rocky island. He is not wearing any clothing. Bashir scans him and says he is getting strange readings – lungs, a heart, a digestive system… It's as if Odo were Human. The Female Changeling walks out of Great Link and says that Odo has been judged. She states that his punishment was to give him what he wanted: he has been made a solid. She then tells Sisko to take Odo and leave their home immediately. Back aboard the Defiant, Bashir takes a blood sample (type O negative) from Odo. The only thing unchanged is his face, which Odo realizes is meant to perpetually remind him of what he has lost now that he has become a solid. The Defiant returns to Deep Space 9. Odo is in Garak's shop and purchases a uniform similar in appearance to the one he adopted while able to change form, albeit slightly itchy from the Inkarian wool. Odo realizes that some of the rest of his unease is due to being hungry, yet another sensation he did not possess while a changeling. As he is about to escort Garak to be confined for six months for attempted sabotage and assaulting Worf, Chalan Aroya enters Garak's shop and offers to help Odo in any way now that he is a solid; Odo still doesn't ask for a date but does respond with a broader smile than when he was first introduced to Aroya. Odo leaves his office and meets Sisko in the Promenade; when Sisko suggests Odo is rushing his recovery, Odo insists that he must work: when he was in the Great Link, he finally understood the Founders, their hostility and distrust of solids, everything. But as soon as he experienced it, it was snatched away from him, leaving his job the only thing that he has left in his life. On the Promenade, a message from Gowron is displayed. Gowron states that a Klingon task force is to be sent to the Archanis sector in ten days and warns that any Federation stations or ships remaining in that sector will be destroyed. Sisko places the station on combat alert and asks Major Kira to alert the Bajoran Militia. Suddenly Odo realizes something: during his time in the Link, the Founders were trying to hide certain things from him. One of those things was Gowron. This can only mean that Chancellor Gowron is in fact a Changeling. Log entries Captain's log, Deep Space 9, 2372 Memorable quotes "If Gowron is willing to go to war over the Archanis sector, then he has become even more dangerous than I thought." - Worf "Two, three; I say she stops at seven." "I say eight. Mr. Worf?" (reluctantly) "Ten." (finally stops sneezing after eight sneezes) "I hate being pregnant." "I win." - Dax, Sisko, Worf, and Kira, while Kira sneezes "Benjamin, somebody has requested permission to come on board." "Who is it?" "It's... Garak." "Tell him the ship is off limits to Cardassian spies." - Dax, Sisko, and Worf "Personally, I think Starfleet should allow their officers more latitude in accessorizing their uniforms, Hmm? You'd be surprised what a nice scarf can do." - Elim Garak "But where you offer kindness, I offer mystery. Where you offer sympathy, I offer intrigue. Just give me a seat next to Odo's bed and I'll conjure up enough innuendos, half-truths, and bald-faced lies about my so-called career in the Obsidian Order to keep the constable distracted for days - and if there's one thing Cardassians excel at, it's conversation!" - Elim Garak "I think you did this to me. You caused my illness so that I'd be forced to come home." "As I said, I wish the circumstances of this meeting were different. You killed a Changeling, Odo." "He was trying to kill my friends. I had no choice." "Of course you had a choice. And you chose to side with the solids. To protect them, you were willing to violate the most sacred law of our people." "No Changeling has ever harmed another." "Until you. That's why we forced you to return home... to enter the Great Link and be judged." - Odo and Female Changeling "Doctor?" "Oh... right." - Sisko and Bashir as the latter had forgotten what the Great Link was and was about to skip a rock in it "And what of the captain and Odo and Dr. Bashir?" "They'll die. And when the Jem'Hadar find out what we've done, so will we. But what of it, Worf? What are our lives compared with the entire Alpha Quadrant?" - Worf and Garak "Come now Mr. Worf, you're a Klingon, don't tell me you'd object to a little genocide in the name of self defense!" - Garak "I am a warrior, not a murderer!" "What you are is a great disappointment." - Worf and Garak "You fight well... for a tailor." - Worf, to Garak after subduing him "I don't think Gowron gives a damn about Archanis. He's just looking for an excuse to rattle his saber. The question is... why?" - Benjamin Sisko "They're dead. You're dead. Cardassia is dead. Your people were doomed the moment they attacked us. I believe that answers your question." "It was a pleasure meeting you." - Female Changeling and Garak, regarding survivors of the failed Obsidian Order/Tal Shiar assault on the Founders' first homeworld "Oh, poor Odo. Perhaps we should have killed you. It would have been far less cruel." (to Captain Sisko) "He is yours. Take him and go." - Female Changeling "You know I envy you, think of all the wonderful food you'll get to enjoy for the first time." - Garak to Odo, regarding Odo being hungry "During the Link, I sensed that the other Changelings were trying to hide things from me. Faces, names. One of them was him." "What are you saying?" "I'm saying that he's one of them! Gowron, the head of the Klingon Empire, is a Changeling!" - Odo and Kira Background information Story and script "Broken Link" is unique for a Star Trek season finale as the story for the episode came from a freelance writer, George Brozak, rather than the writing team. The episode's first draft script, submitted on , was even written by him, though he eventually took credit for writing only the story, with the writing staff turning out the final script. (Information from Larry Nemecek) Robert Hewitt Wolfe elaborated, "We saved [the story idea] for months and then incorporated it with the Gowron revelation." The writers had first thought of Gowron being a Changeling when breaking the story for . Wolfe commented, "When we were talking about 'To the Death', we talked about twenty different missions the Jem'Hadar could go on with Starfleet. One of the missions we talked about is that they would have to go and kill Gowron because they find out he's a renegade shapeshifter. We played with that for a while and it didn't quite come together, so we went back to the original story. That idea – that Gowron was a shapeshifter – made a lot of sense to us, so we incorporated it into that ending to give the season ender a kick." (Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages, p. 121) The logic behind setting Gowron up as a Changeling only to subsequently reveal that the real infiltrator is Martok was to enable the writers to end the Klingon war. By having the Federation "save" the Klingons from the Changeling, the cordial relationship between the two powers could be renewed, and the writers could get back to where they were heading with their original conclusion for season 3. René Echevarria explained, "We wanted to close the chapter on the Klingon war, and get back to what the franchise had been, which was Cardassians and Bajorans." () Chalan Aroya was originally written to be a recurring character. The producers wanted to give Odo a love interest while he was a Human and Aroya was supposed to return in the fifth season as that love interest. However, after watching this episode, the producers felt that she wasn't right for Odo, and so they abandoned the concept until the episode , where the character of Arissa was introduced as a one-show love interest. () Mary Kay Adams also auditioned for the role of Chalan Aroya. Adams commented: ""I really am a huge fan of Rene Auberjonois, so I was excited about that. I had gone in for the producers to read for this Bajoran character, but in that session I saw a lot of the guys I had known from my first time on the show, and they were all wonderful and said, 'We were actually thinking about bringing Grilka back.' And sure enough, the next season they brought me back". The final draft script of this installment was issued on . Production This episode was filmed between 11 April and . (Information from Larry Nemecek) Odo's final pose on the rocky island is reminiscent of 's painting of Adam on the ceiling of the . Of this scene, actor Rene Auberjonois said, "I was trying to convey Odo's amazement. All these emotions that are going through him, what it must be like suddenly to have a body and feel things inside him and outside him, and all the senses, like smelling and tasting, which he's never had before. I was a newborn adult. It was wonderfully challenging, trying to communicate all these feelings. It was exhilarating for him, yet at the same time he was terrified, filled with a great sense of loss. He's lost something of himself, but he's gotten something else." () Of Odo's walk to the , Rene Auberjonois explained, "The last thing he wants to do is show weakness in front of the people he's sworn to protect. My image for the walk was in . That's what the scene was about to me. A person trying to hold himself together." () Continuity The comment Garak makes about Chalan Aroya's dress ("a thing of beauty is a joy forever") is from Book 1 of by John Keats, who is also mentioned in . Returning for a third appearance, Leslie Bevis' character is finally named in the script (but still not onscreen) for this episode: Rionoj. Bevis previously appeared as the character in the season two opener and in the season three episode . This episode is a sequel of sorts to the third season finale, , insofar as it is here that Odo receives his punishment for killing a fellow Changeling in that episode. He regains his shapeshifting ability in the fifth season episode . This episode sees Odo officially disgraced and rejected by his people, making him the fourth regular character alienated from his race as punishment at present, the other three being Worf (), Quark (), and Garak (prior to the start of the series). This is the first appearance of the Female Changeling since . Dialogue in this episode implies that it was the Great Link that caused Odo's ailment, not Section 31; the script for reveals that Weyoun infected Odo with the virus that afflicted him here when he clapped Odo on the shoulder after he rejected Weyoun's invitation to rejoin the Founders, making his illness here different from the virus created by Section 31. This was not how the scene was filmed, however, as that point in the conversation was filmed with a tight focus on just Weyoun's face, leaving Odo's point of transmission unclear, as his only other physical contact with a member of the Dominion was the Odo-initiated handshake the in . Cirroc Lofton (Jake Sisko) does not appear in this episode. This is the only season finale in which he does not appear. Reception Ira Steven Behr commented, "I think [the episode] is a strong ending to a strong season. On a certain level it's a character piece. We were a little worried about that, whether we should go bigger. became such a burden, to an extent, because we did have such a big budget for that, and the audience expected us to go out with a bang. Well, we did, but it was a different bang and, as I said, we wanted to do something that brought the season full circle. I think we did that and I'm glad we did." (Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages, p. 121) Video and DVD releases UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 4.13, As part of the DS9 Season 4 DVD collection Links and references Guest stars Salome Jens as the Female Changeling Robert O'Reilly as Gowron Jill Jacobson as Chalan Aroya Leslie Bevis as Rionoj Special guest star Andrew J. Robinson as "Garak" Co-star Andrew Hawkes as Amat'igan Uncredited co-stars Sam Alejan as sciences officer Faye Barge Patrick Barnitt Ivor Bartels as operations officer Patti Begley as Bajoran officer John Lendale Bennett Ivy Borg as Rita Tannenbaum Tory Christopher Brian Demonbreun as command officer Kathleen Demor Peggy Donaldson as civilian Jasmine Gagnier Terry Green as civilian Dorothy Hack as Bajoran woman Charlie-Olisa Kaine as Mark Lentry David B. 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Apocalypse Rising (episode)

Sisko leads a commando team into Klingon headquarters in an attempt to expose the Changeling impersonating Gowron. (Season premiere) Summary Teaser Captain Benjamin Sisko and Lt. Commander Jadzia Dax return to Deep Space 9 after narrowly fleeing the Klingons in the . Due to the declaration of the war between the Klingon Empire and the Federation, Starfleet had summoned Captain Benjamin Sisko and Lt. Commander Jadzia Dax to Earth to discuss Odo's dire belief that Gowron, the Chancellor of the Klingon High Council, has been replaced by a Changeling and is pressing forth the war. Once back on board Deep Space 9, Sisko informs Major Kira Nerys that Starfleet has given them a mission to infiltrate Klingon military headquarters on Ty'Gokor and expose Gowron by any means necessary. Act One Sisko looks for Odo in Quark's. Quark tells the captain that Odo is one "depressed ex-Changeling" and tells Sisko that he will find him on the upper level. Sitting at his table, Odo is fascinated by the foaming bubbles in his Bajoran ale. When Odo was a Changeling, he had no interest in them. Now he finds eating and drinking to be comforting. Sisko asks him to join the mission and Odo recommends Deputy Yndar go instead of him. Sisko, however, does not want Yndar – he wants Odo. After some initial hesitance, Odo agrees and Sisko orders him to attend a briefing with the other senior officers at 1600 hours. At the mission briefing in the wardroom, Chief O'Brien, Lt. Commander Worf, Captain Sisko, and Odo have been selected to go undercover and infiltrate Ty'Gokor. Worf informs Sisko that getting to Gowron will not be easy, as he is protected at all times by his personal security force, the Yan-Isleth – the Brotherhood of the Sword. Sisko has been equipped with prototype modified polaron emitters and a mission to infiltrate Klingon military headquarters on Ty'Gokor to expose Gowron to polaron radiation; if he is a Changeling, exposure to the radiation will make it impossible for him to retain his humanoid shape and the changeling will revert to its natural gelatinous state. All four emitters have to be activated at once, and too much exposure to the radiation will kill a person. They can only make the attempt once. Kira points out that the real trouble will be getting the four to Ty'Gokor unnoticed, to which Sisko replies he has a solution to that. Kira lures Gul Dukat to the space station to use his Bird-of-Prey, which Dukat had acquired recently. Expressing surprise at Kira's pregnancy, Dukat tells Kira that First Minister Shakaar is a lucky man. Kira informs Dukat that Shakaar is not the father – Chief O'Brien is. Dukat stares in shock at Kira as they enter a turbolift to go to the Promenade. The two go into the station's infirmary and find that O'Brien, Odo, and Sisko have been surgically altered to look like Klingons. Act Two Sisko, Odo, O'Brien, and Worf set course for Ty'Gokor with Dukat in his Bird-of-Prey. En route, they confer with Dukat to make sure he prepares false identities for them, candidates for the Order of the Bat'leth who are expected. Damar expresses his pessimism about the mission, and prefers a decisive orbital assault, but Sisko and O'Brien of course remind him of the outcome they want of exposing Gowron. Dukat appreciates the audacity of the plan. Meanwhile, Bashir and Kira discuss some station matters in Sisko's office. Turning to her carrying the O'Briens' child, Bashir encourages her she is doing fine and will pull through nicely. Kira is also confident that the crew will return, reassuring Bashir. Worf turns to the task of coaching the other three in behaving like Klingons, and, while Sisko proves reasonably convincing by backhanding Worf, he was unaware that was a request for a challenge to the death. Meanwhile O'Brien, and especially Odo, fail miserably by lacking in the Klingon's stance and demeanor. Sisko needs to help Odo clear his head with what's happened to him recently. Just then, a Klingon Bird-of-Prey confronts them and demands visual contact. However, Dukat's holographic filter malfunctions due to the optronic relay becoming fused. Worf suggests that he talk the other captain down, but Dukat does not put much trust in Worf's ablility to lie and abruptly fires his ship's disruptors at the ship, totally destroying it. He quickly orders Damar to leave the area. With the filter off-line, Dukat feels he has no choice but to leave the DS9 officers on Ty'Gokor and leave Klingon space. When Sisko protests, Dukat assures him that if he is successful, the war will be over and they won't need his ship to return – and if he fails, he won't need transport, since he'll very likely be executed as a spy and a saboteur. Beaming into Ty'Gokor, the group get underway. Act Three The Order of the Bat'leth ceremony is underway in the Hall of Warriors, with hundreds of drunken Klingons intending to celebrate all night in anticipation of Gowron's arrival. Back on the station, Julian Bashir finds Jake Sisko in his usual spot on the upper level looking over the Promenade. Jake explains that the mood on the station is down because of the threat of the Klingons. Ops calls Bashir to the infirmary to tend to passengers from the starships and . They were ambushed by Klingons and took heavy casualties. Bashir reassures Jake that his dad will be okay before he leaves to tend the passengers. Bashir reminds Jake that his father undertaking dangerous missions are a part of wearing the and it probably will not change any time soon. At the ceremony, Worf informs the crew that the celebrations are an endurance test, and that only those who can drink and celebrate for the whole night and remain conscious the following morning will be inducted into the Order. Waiting until morning to set up their emitters, the DS9 officers begrudgingly partake in the festivities in order to blend in. During the course of the night, Sisko demonstrates his combat skills on several of the Klingons, and takes the opportunity to assault a Klingon who had killed one of Sisko's former Starfleet Academy classmates, a Benzenite named Laporin (though Sisko uses the excuse that the Klingon was in the way of the barrels of bloodwine). By the following morning, Sisko and his crew are still coherent, thanks to an alcohol inhibitor provided by Bashir. When arrives, he starts to size up the candidates there, and Sisko fears he may recognize them. He gives him a Qapla, and Martok moves on. Since Gowron should certainly be arriving soon, the four begin setting up their emitters. Although Martok feels he recognizes O'Brien, the Chief gets away with it by claiming to have fought at Mempa along with Martok during the Klingon Civil War, which appears to temporarily satisfy his curiosity. O'Brien is relieved and places his emitter. Odo has trouble, however, when another Klingon jovially interrupts him and he drops the emitter. Another Klingon picks it up, asking what it is. Act Four Odo knocks down the drunken Klingon and asks for the emitter back without saying what it is. Fortunately, Worf interjects and saves him, explaining it is actually a Vulcan toy called a tinghamut, acquired during the Klingon's raid at the Archanis sector and snatches it back. Just then, Gowron enters. He addresses the crowd and starts with the first Klingon, H'ta, while Odo looks to place his emitter. He finds a drunken Klingon standing in the spot where the emitter needs to be placed. This time though, Odo finds his courage and tosses the Klingon aside before placing the emitter. Sisko prepares to activate them, but is summoned by Gowron to join the Order of the Bat'leth. Sisko accepts the commendation. As he turns, he begins to activate the emitters, when he is attacked from behind with a bat'leth by Martok, who now recognizes him. Act Five Thrown into a holding cell, Martok confronts the four. Sisko presses Martok in return, as he believes that Martok thinks that Gowron is a Changeling, as well. Martok doesn't hide his feelings and admits he has suspected Gowron. Then, he agrees to help the DS9 officers kill Gowron to prove the point, though strangely refuses the notion of challenging Gowron to a duel himself. As they fight their way back into the Hall of Warriors, Worf challenges Gowron to a fight to the death, while Martok holds Odo back from the others at gunpoint, strangely unwilling to trust him. Gowron allows the challenge, and they fight. When Martok wonders aloud why Sisko doesn't simply shoot Gowron, Odo asks Martok another question: Why didn't Gowron let his bodyguards kill Worf? Because a true Klingon wouldn't just shoot someone – they put honor above all else. However, Changelings don't care about honor. Odo then concludes that Gowron isn't the Changeling – Martok is. Worf gains the upper hand on Gowron and shatters his bat'leth, and just as he goes on to make the killing blow, Odo and the Martok Changeling loudly brawl their way into the hall. Knocked to the ground, Odo exclaims "Martok is the Changeling!" Exposed, the Martok Changeling begins to choke Odo with a tendril of his shapeshifting body, but he is blasted back by Sisko's disruptor. As the other Klingons see Martok for what he really is, they begin firing as well, resulting in the Changeling's death. Later, Gowron realizes that the Founders had manipulated Odo to believe that he was a Changeling, hoping that Starfleet would try to eliminate him. With Gowron dead at the hands of Federation operatives, the Martok Changeling would be able to rule the Klingon Empire, escalating the wars with the Federation and the Cardassian Union, destroying both powers, destabilizing the Alpha Quadrant and leaving it wide open for a Dominion invasion. Sisko informs him that the best way to strike a blow against the Founders' plan would be to call for an immediate end to the war between the Federation and the Klingon Empire, but Gowron informs Sisko he can't if the Federation refuses to allow the Empire to annex what the Klingons have already captured, including Archanis. Sisko believes that the Federation won't agree, but believes there's room for negotiation. Satisfied, Gowron decides to declare a cease fire, to convene the High Council, and to arrange for transportation so the DS9 officers can return home. Before they leave, Gowron compliments Odo, thanks Sisko for doing a great service to the Klingon Empire, then finally turns to Worf and promises him that he will regret not killing him when he had the chance and he will not get another. Back on the station, Bashir is restoring Sisko, Odo, and O'Brien to their original appearance. Returned to his Human face, Sisko says, "I can do without the ridges, but I kind of miss the fangs." Bashir offers to give Odo any face he likes, Human, Bajoran, Trill. Odo says his old face will do fine. Memorable quotes "Captain, you're just in time for happy hour." "Do I look happy, Quark?" - Quark and Sisko"He's upstairs at his usual table. Just follow the black cloud." - Quark, telling Sisko where the newly-Human Odo is "So let me get this straight, all we have to do is get past an enemy fleet, avoid a tachyon detection grid, beam into the middle of Klingon headquarters, and avoid The Brotherhood of The Sword, long enough to set these things up and activate them in front of Gowron?" - O'Brien, repeating the near-impossible task ahead of them "What's wrong, Dukat? Haven't you ever seen a Klingon before?" - Sisko, replying to Dukat's shocked face on how they have changed "I am not interested in excuses. Are you a Klingon warrior or an Alverian dung beetle?" "I really don't see the point…" "Do not look away from me! I called you a dung beetle." "I heard you." "And what is your response?" "You should have your eyes examined." - Worf and Odo(Sisko backhands Worf across the face) "Are you questioning the validity of my plan?!" "Very convincing, Captain. But was it your intention to challenge me to a battle to the death?" "No, not at all." "Then next time, do not strike me with the back of your hand. Use your fist." - Sisko and Worf(Dukat fires disruptors, destroying a patrolling Klingon Bird-of-Prey) "Was that really necessary?!" "It was either that or trust in Mr. Worf's ability to lie. And frankly, I have more faith in my weapons." - Sisko and Dukat"It's not easy being funny wearing these teeth." - O'Brien, masquerading as a Klingon "Brag all you want! But don't get between me and the bloodwine!" - Sisko, masquerading as a Klingon "It's a pity it doesn't have any bubbles." - Odo, regarding Klingon bloodwine "Captain, you don't know how much I've looked forward to killing you in battle. And now your foolishness has cheated me of that pleasure." "Sorry to disappoint you." - Martok and Sisko"What're they doing? Why doesn't Sisko just shoot him?!" "I have a better question: Why isn't Gowron letting his bodyguards kill Worf? I'll tell you why: Klingon honor, a concept you should be very familiar with. My people, on the other hand, don't care about honor. How did you put it: 'There will be no honorable combat, no formal challenges?' Hardly the words of a Klingon. Tell me, General' – did Gowron destroy the polaron emitters… or did you?" - "Martok" and Odo, finally aware of who the real Changeling is (Referring to her pregnancy) "But don't forget, this… is still your fault." "My fault?" "You performed the transfer from Keiko to me." "After you volunteered." "After you put the idea in my head." "After you flew the runabout into the asteroid field." "After you insisted we check on those anomalous bio-scans." "That was Keiko." "That's right. It was, but I'd rather blame you." - Kira Nerys and Julian Bashir"You know, I think I'm actually beginning to like bloodwine." "It's really not too bad… except for the taste." - O'Brien and Odo"What is this?" "It is your death!" - Gowron and Worf"You want to kill me, Worf? You're welcome to try!" - Gowron"You should have killed me when you had the chance. I promise you will not get another." - Gowron, to Worf Background information Story and script The writers' primary goal during season 5 in general, and "Apocalypse Rising" in particular, was to get the show back on the track they'd been on in season 3, i.e. moving towards war with the Dominion. Since the Paramount-mandated Klingon War arc (featuring the introduction of Worf) had taken up most of season 4, now that the writers were moving into the next season, they wanted to end the Klingon conflict and get back to the inevitable conflict with the Dominion. As Executive Producer and writer Ira Steven Behr stated, "The seminal thing about our fifth season opener was that we wanted to get back on the track we'd anticipated being on a year earlier. We were moving back toward making the shape-shifters and the Dominion our enemies. Not the Klingons. I didn't want to have the Klingons as our enemies." () However, it was important to the writers not to give the impression that season 4 had simply been a pointless interlude, and they didn't wish to simply leap back into the Dominion arc without somehow connecting it to the Klingon arc. According to Ira Steven Behr, "We wanted to let people know that we didn't switch horse in midstream. So 'Apocalypse Rising' was an important episode. By having that shape-shifter in there, we were saying, 'Season 4 wasn't a mistake. It wasn't the Klingons turning against us. There was a shape-shifter behind it all along.' And that's why we had to do that episode." () In relation to this installment, Ronald D. Moore stated, "Now that we had Worf aboard, and we'd made a commitment that the Klingons were part of Deep Space Nine, we had to find out what their role was and try to use them effectively. 'Apocalypse Rising' was our first major attempt to do that." () This episode was originally conceived as a two-parter, with the first part set primarily on Dukat's Bird-of-Prey and the second focusing on Ty'Gokor. (Cinefantastique volume 29) Said Robert Hewitt Wolfe: "In fact, most of part one would have been about their adventures on Dukat's ship while he takes them to Ty'Gokor. Then, at the end, we would have made a much bigger deal about them getting into their Klingon look". (). It was writer Ronald D. Moore who suggested making Martok, rather than Gowron, turn out to be the Changeling, so as not to upset fans. It was felt at this time that revealing Martok to be a Changeling would give the episode a nice unexpected twist. () In a humorous in-joke, Kira blames Julian Bashir for her pregnancy. In real life, Nana Visitor was pregnant with Alexander Siddig's child at the time. Of the scene where she blames him, Ira Steven Behr stated, "We did do that on purpose. That was strictly for the audience. We thought it would be nice to acknowledge the relationship." () Tora Ziyal was to appear in this episode, with a single line welcoming Dukat aboard Deep Space 9. (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion - A Series Guide and Script Library) Cast and characters Michael Dorn looked forward to seeing his co-stars being subjected to the same heavy Klingon make-up that he had had to endure for several years. () "When Avery, Rene and Colm had to be in makeup," Dorn recalled, "I was so happy!" (What We Left Behind) Colm Meaney was extremely uncomfortable in the Klingon make-up and complained a lot about it to Michael Dorn. () Dorn found Meaney's "whining" to be very funny, and his favorite moment of the complaining was when Meaney pointed out, in shock, what the makeup staffers had done to his teeth. He was also shocked by what they had done to his nails and by the fact he couldn't blink due to glue having been added to his eyelids. (What We Left Behind) In fact, Meaney complained so much that Dorn asked the producers never to put him in makeup again. () Meaney himself commented, "All I remember from that show was the makeup. The makeup drove me insane. I think I bitched so much about it that they won't ever put me in alien makeup again. It gave me new respect for Michael. I don't know how he or any of the other people who play Klingons on our show do it. I had to to do it for six days, and I almost went insane. It's very, very difficult to go in hours early, sit in a chair for hours, and then go in and try to act. Then, when you're finally done working, you've got to go and get it all removed. Not fun." () Conversely, Rene Auberjonois said he found the Klingon make-up much easier than his typical Odo makeup, since it covered less of his face. () Production "Apocalypse Rising" was the last Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode to be directed by James L. Conway. Conway reminisced, "I was honored to be able to do it. I'd just been hired as Executive Vice President of Spelling Productions, and Ira and Rick Berman begged me to hold off going over there long enough to do the episode […] I talked to the people at Spelling and they agreed to let me report later." () Although they are never seen very clearly on screen, the various statues in the Klingon Hall of Warriors were designed to give an overview of Klingon history, with the statues representing the heroes of different eras; for example, both Kahless and are included. John Eaves, who designed the statues, also created several new characters, and in his design he tried to concentrate on the garments worn so as to give a sense of evolution leading into the modern Klingon warrior uniform seen throughout TNG and DS9. (Deep Space Nine Sketchbook: John Eaves, DS9 Season 5 DVD, Special Features) The scene depicting the damaged was previously used to depict the damaged in . This is the first episode in which Ira Steven Behr's Executive Producer credit is displayed alongside Rick Berman's at the end of the episode. Continuity This episode basically serves to link up the Klingon War arc of season 4 with the Dominion War arc of seasons 5, 6 and 7. After they were impressed by J.G. Hertzler's performance in this episode, the producers made it a point to have the real Martok return in and subsequently become a much more prominent character in the series. The fact that the character killed in "Apocalypse Rising" is a Changeling duplicate of Martok also inspired this development. René Echevarria recollected, "[It] started us thinking, 'If he's been replaced, where's the real guy. Maybe he's not dead. Maybe we can find him." () Worf states that backhanding another warrior is to challenge them to a battle to the death. In , this is also done as part of declaring the warrior as the son of a traitor. It is possible that the two situations are interconnected, in that a traitor's son being backhanded is like saying that they are not worthy enough to be challenged to the death, as they practically have no honor. In this episode it is explained that Kira is in command of the station in Sisko's absence, while Worf commands the . This decision was made by Ronald D. Moore, in conjunction with Ira Steven Behr and Robert Hewitt Wolfe. According to Moore, "It came about when we were in the process of defining Worf's duties. In real command situation, the captain would not always go on dangerous missions, so Worf commands the Defiant, in deference to Sisko." Similarly, Wolfe explained, "Essentially, he's the first officer of the ship, while Kira's the first officer of the station. That gave Worf something specific that he did as tactical officer." () This is consistent with Worf commanding the Defiant, instead of Kira, in , but later contradicted by Kira assuming command in , although that was during a battle where Worf was needed at tactical. Gowron tells Worf that he should have killed him when he had the chance, as he will not get another. Despite this, Worf gets another chance in . Similarly, while Gowron's elimination would've paved the way to Martok's imposter succeeding him as Chancellor, the real Martok eventually does just that. Vilix'pran is mentioned for the second time in this episode. He was previously referred to in the third season episode , and has apparently been promoted to lieutenant in the interim. Although this was the second time Rene Auberjonois wore Klingon makeup without playing an actual Klingon, the two characters' motives were precisely the opposite: Colonel West was part of a conspiracy to sabotage peace with the Klingons in , whereas Odo's mission was intended to end war with the Klingons. Reception James L. Conway highly approved of this episode's teleplay, remarking, "It was a terrific script." He also remembered that the reason he agreed to direct the installment was because he "loved the script so much." () As it turned out, the DS9 producers were highly pleased with J.G. Hertzler's performance in this episode. "This is the show where we fell in love with J.G. Hertzler as an actor," remarked René Echevarria. "It was like, 'Hey, this guy is terrific. And here we are killing him.' But actually we were killing a Changeling." () This episode was nominated for Emmy Awards for Outstanding Cinematography for a Series (Jonathan West) and Outstanding Makeup for a Series. This is the third consecutive season premiere where Jadzia Dax sports a noticeably different hairstyle. Remastered version Remastered footage from the episode is featured in the documentary What We Left Behind. Video and DVD releases UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 5.1, catalog number VHR 4263, As part of the DS9 Season 5 DVD collection Links and references Guest stars Robert O'Reilly as "Gowron" J.G. Hertzler as Marc Alaimo as "Gul Dukat" Casey Biggs as Damar Co-stars Robert Budaska as Burly Klingon Robert Zachar as Head Guard John L. Bennett as Towering Klingon Tony Epper as Drunken Klingon Ivor Bartels as Young Klingon Uncredited co-stars Elle Alexander as Huss Majel Barrett as Narrator Scott Barry as Bajoran command officer Bill Blair as Klingon warrior Uriah Carr as Starfleet operations officer Tory Christopher as Starfleet sciences officer Tom Demille as Klingon warrior Brian Demonbreun as Starfleet command officer Kathleen Demor as Klingon warrior Jasmine Gagnier as Starfleet operations officer Anthony Giger as command officer Terry Green as operations lieutenant Clynell Jackson III as H'ta Randy James as Wade Kelley as Klingon warrior Gene LeBell as Scarred Klingon Veteran Mark Lentry as Starfleet command lieutenant Ken Lesco as Klingon guard Dennis Madalone as Klingon guard Dan Magee as Starfleet operations lieutenant Mary Mascari as Bajoran civilian James Minor as Starfleet operations officer Robin Morselli as Bajoran command officer Klingon warrior Karlotta Nelson as Bajoran woman Mark Allen Shepherd as Morn Steph Silvestri as Human civilian James Lee Stanley as Klingon warrior William Steinfeldt as Bajoran ops officer Raymond Stewart as T'vis Susie Stillwell as Klingon warrior Unknown performers as Abdon's species dabo player Bolian waiter Dopterian waiter Xepolite dabo girl Stunt doubles Tom Morga as stunt double for J.G. Hertzler Chester E. Tripp III as stunt double for Robert O'Reilly Brian J. Williams as stunt double for Rene Auberjonois References 47; 2351; 2372; Abdon's species; ability; Academy wrestling team; Alpha Quadrant; Alverian dung beetle; amusement; annexation; anti-grav sled; anti-intoxicant; Archanis IV; ; asteroid field; A'trom; Bajoran; Bajoran ale; Barot; bat'leth; battle group; ; Benzenite; "black cloud"; blood; bloodwine; boarding party; Bolian; breathing tube; bubble; ; Cardassian; cease fire; central computer system; ; Changeling; comm system; constable; cubic meter; dabo; dabo girl; Deep Space 9; ; depression; distance; Dominion; Dominion cold war; Dopterian; dozen; ; Dukat's Bird-of-Prey; endurance test; failure; fangs; Federation; ; Ferengi; Founder; gelatinous state; general; Hall of Warriors; happy hour; head; House of Konjah; holo-filter; Human; joke; Kahmar; kilometer; Klingon; Klingon Bird-of-Prey (unnamed 1 and 2); Klingon Empire; Klingon High Command; Klingon High Council; Klingon space (aka Klingon territory); Klingonese; Kobor; Kodrak's son; Laporin; Laporin's starship; leader; lie; lieutenant; litter; Lurian; ; Milky Way Galaxy; motto; ; optronic relay; Order of the Bat'leth; photon torpedo; pig; polaron; polaron emitter; polaron radiation; Promenade; Quark's; radiation poisoning; raiding party; ; runabout; Rurik the Damned; Shakaar Edon; shape-shifting ability; shock; shore leave; smile; space station; Starfleet; Starfleet Academy; Starfleet Command; Starfleet Intelligence; Starfleet Science; ; suicidal mission; tachyon detection grid; targ; Tellarite; Tellarite helmsman; ; tinghamut; toast; tooth; Tora Ziyal; traitor; triggering device; Trill; Ty'Gokor; Ty'Gokor orbital facility; (unnamed); ; Vilix'pran; Vilix'pran's offspring; Vulcan; waiter; weapon; Xepolite; Yan-Isleth; Yndar; Zora Fel Other references Deep Space 9 schematic': cargo turbo subsystem; crew quarters; crossover bridge; defense sail; defense systems monitor; deflector emitter; docking clamp; docking control cabin; docking pylon; docking ring; docking ring airlock; environmental purge/fill station; exhaust cone; fusion reactor assembly; habitat ring; ops module; ore processing center; phaser strip; photon torpedo launcher; power transfer conduit; promenade; radiator; reaction control thruster; runabout pad; sensor array; structural assembly; subspace antenna farm; tractor emitter; tug tractor emitter assembly External links de:Die Apokalypse droht es:Apocalypse Rising fr:Apocalypse Rising (épisode) nl:Apocalypse Rising DS9 episodes

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The Ship (episode)

Sisko fights to keep the wreckage of a crashed Jem'Hadar fighter. Summary Teaser "Captain's log, Stardate 50049.3. We're conducting a mineral survey of Torga IV, an uninhabited planet in the Gamma Quadrant believed to contain vast deposits of cormaline. Our mission is to determine the feasibility of establishing a mining operation on the planet's surface." As the away team conducts their planetary survey, Chief O'Brien and young Crewman Muniz tease one another. They appear to be forming a close working relationship. Captain Sisko determines that, despite being a long way from supply lines, the planet is a good place to mine cormaline. He and Lieutenant Commander Dax are discussing the matter when a ship of some kind crashes on the planet's surface. Sisko asks Ensign Hoya to have the runabout beam Sisko and the others to the site of the crash, where they discover a Jem'Hadar attack ship. The away team, with their phaser rifles drawn, walk towards it. Act One The crew find that the warship has landed upside down and enter through a hatch that would normally be used to land troops. Inside, they find numerous corpses, but according to Dax's tricorder, the troops have been dead for hours. O'Brien suspects an inertial damper failure, which means that when the ship sped up, every bone in the men's bodies was crushed instantly. Although Sisko is excited about the discovery of the ship, he wonders what it was doing so far from Dominion space. Realizing the runabout's tractor beam will be insufficient to tow the ship, he sends for the to tow it back to the Alpha Quadrant. Aboard Deep Space 9, Odo has arrested Quark and his "co-conspirator," Dr. Bashir. The trio enter Sisko's office, where Major Kira learns that Quark ordered a shipment of Regalian fleaspiders for Bashir without an import permit. Bashir intended to use the venom from the spiders to synthesize a drug to improve Major Kira's circulation. However, the Ferengi took the opportunity to smuggle illegal Regalian liquid crystals along with the spiders. An impatient Kira announces she is taking the Defiant to the Gamma Quadrant to retrieve Sisko and the others, and she will be back in a week. Outside the Jem'Hadar vessel, Chief O'Brien tells Sisko he thinks they could get the ship out of the rock face by firing the main thrusters, but to do that, he'll have to calibrate the plasma injectors. Meanwhile, Commander Worf informs Sisko that they have buried the bodies of the warship's crew, 42 Jem'Hadar and 1 Vorta field supervisor in all. Suddenly, Ensign Hoya contacts Sisko from the runabout and announces that another warship has just suddenly come out of warp; within seconds, the runabout is destroyed over Torga IV killing Hoya, , and . Act Two Immediately after the runabout's destruction, Jem'Hadar soldiers beam to the surface. There is a shootout in which another away team member, T'Lor, is killed and Sisko and the others take shelter inside the crashed ship, but Muniz is shot along the way. Oddly, the Jem'Hadar do not follow the Starfleet team into the ship. O'Brien dresses Muniz's wound while they regroup and formulate a plan. The crew explores the ship and find it minimalistic at best. Among other things, there are two headsets – one for a Vorta and another for the Jem'Hadar – which seem to be the Dominion equivalent of viewscreens. They are interrupted when Kilana, the Vorta in charge of the newly-arrived ship who contacts Sisko over the Dominion comm system. She offers to meet Sisko face to face with one guard each. Sisko agrees to meet Kilana, who is quite amicable in person. However, she does not recognize Sisko's claim to Salvage rights for the ship and wants it back. As she and Sisko talk, a lone Jem'Hadar beams into the ship and camouflages himself. Act Three The Jem'Hadar is carrying a piece of surveillance equipment. Meanwhile, Kilana offers to take Sisko and the others back to Federation territory, but Sisko firmly refuses. O'Brien finds the Jem'Hadar and there is a brief struggle before Muniz manages to shoot the soldier, saving the chief from being stabbed. With Kilana aboard her ship and Sisko back inside his, O'Brien continues to tend to Muniz, who suspects he is dying. They realize there is an anticoagulant in his blood, an apparent side-effect of the Jem'Hadar weapon, which is preventing his otherwise minor wound from healing. As a result, Muniz is bleeding to death and requires immediate attention. Worf and O'Brien have a difference of opinion over this; while the Klingon believes Muniz should be told to prepare for death, O'Brien is convinced that Muniz's only chance is to keep fighting. Dax then changes the subject and asked Worf to help her take a look at an ion exchange matrix they found as Muniz begins going into shock. Kilana contacts Sisko again and apologizes for her deception, offering to meet him unarmed and alone (a condition to which she does not hold him) as a show of good faith. When they meet again, Kilana acknowledges the obvious: there is something aboard Sisko's ship she wants. However, neither trusts the other and Sisko refuses to let Kilana retrieve it, while Kilana refuses to tell Sisko what it is. She realizes their conversation is going nowhere, so she beams off the surface as her ship begins to bombard the surface. Act Four Before long, the crew realizes Kilana is not trying to hit the ship, as the ultritium concussion shells her ship is firing should destroy them in one hit. They continue to search for whatever Kilana wants, while Muniz's condition continues to deteriorate and he becomes delirious. Tensions continue to mount as the Starfleet group, tired, hungry, and filthy, become increasingly apprehensive. Sisko becomes fed up with the bickering between Worf and O'Brien and Dax's misguided attempts to lighten the situation with humor and sharply orders everyone to stop wasting time and start acting like professional Starfleet officers who know what they're doing. He then tells Worf and O'Brien to try and get the engines and weapons working, and orders Dax to search the ship no matter how many times it takes to find whatever Kilana wants. As the three chastened officers leave to do their work, Sisko turns to Muniz and orders him to stay alive. "Captain's log, supplemental. The Jem'Hadar barrage has continued on and off for ten hours. Chief O'Brien has restored main power and helm control. If we can bring the ship's engines online, we may be able to lift off and escape from here." O'Brien does his best to get the ship up and running, but when they attempt to take off from the planet, the power circuits overload and the condition of the ship's systems becomes even worse leaving them with no choice but to wait for the Defiant to arrive. O'Brien tells Muniz they could really use his help, only to find that the young engineer has died from his injuries, causing a deafening silence to wash over the crew. Dax later comforts Sisko, who tells his friend that they need to get the ship back to Starfleet so that the families of the five dead officers won't feel that their loved ones died for nothing. The gloomy mood is interrupted when something begins to drip from the ceiling. They look up to realize one of the bulkheads is actually a Founder. Act Five The Changeling is not attacking, but dying, no longer able to hold its form and apparently injured from the accident that killed the ship's crew. As it dies, it cries out, loud enough for Kilana and her men to hear. With the Changeling dead, Kilana beams directly aboard Sisko's ship, alone. She informs him that her soldiers killed themselves for allowing one of their gods to die. She says Sisko should have trusted her, but he says she was lying to him from the beginning, this wasn't her first mission outside the Dominion. She says she regrets lying, but all that mattered to her was rescuing the Founder. Sisko says she should have told him the truth. She says she was afraid they would kill the Founder if they knew about him. Sisko tells her all he wanted was the ship. Muniz and all the others died because neither Sisko nor Kilana was willing to trust the other. Dax confirms that the soldiers outside have killed themselves. Sisko allows Kilana to take some of the Founder's remains with her. Just before she leaves, Kilana asks Sisko if he has any gods that he believes in. He says he believes in some things. She asks "Duty, Starfleet, the Federation? You must be pleased with yourself, you have this ship to take back to them. I hope it was worth it." Kilana then leaves, as Sisko can only hope that the ship was worth the lives that were lost for it. The Defiant arrives and tows the Jem'Hadar ship back to DS9. Starfleet is of course very pleased with the find and awards the crew medals. Sitting alone in the Defiants mess hall, Sisko laments the death of Muniz, Hoya, and the others while writing a report for Starfleet Command. Joining him at his table, Dax reminds Sisko that, while their deaths were certainly tragic, they all knew the risks when they joined Starfleet, and each officer was proud to wear the uniform and serve under him. Dax also notes that, while it may sound cold, from a practical standpoint, the captured ship might have cost five lives, but could help save thousands or millions more. Sisko says he knows, and he would do the same thing all over again… but it is still unfair to those who died on a lonely planet so far from home. In the Defiants cargo hold, O'Brien holds his own vigil over Muniz's casket. Worf enters and notices O'Brien's activity and tells him that it's similar to an old Klingon tradition called ak'voh, or keeping the body of a warrior who died in battle safe from predators while they make their journey to Sto-vo-kor. He offers to help O'Brien protect Muniz, to which the chief responds, "I'm sure Quique would have liked that." Log entries Captain's log, Deep Space 9, 2373 Memorable quotes "In case you haven't noticed Dax, no one is laughing!!" - Sisko "We have you completely surrounded. And outnumbered. Would you like something to eat, Captain? Or maybe something to drink?" - Kilana, to Sisko "How many times do I have to tell you to stop calling me "sir"? I'm not an officer." "No, you know more than they do." - O'Brien and Muniz "Don't you trust me?" "I'd like to, captain. But I can't, not under these circumstances. There's simply… too much at stake for us." "We've got a lot at stake, too. I won't risk the lives of my crew." "It seems we're approaching an impasse." "We've already arrived." - Sisko and Kilana "It is only a matter of time." "So we should just kill him, right?" "If you truly are his friend, you will consider that option. It would be a more honorable death than the one he's enduring." "I'm not some bloodthirsty Klingon looking for an excuse to kill my friend." "No. You are just another weak Human, afraid to face death." - Worf and O'Brien, on Muniz "Commander." "What is it?" "It may have been the Vorta's computer console. I found it in one of the upper compartments, but the power grid is offline in that part of the ship." "So you ripped it out of the wall. Very nice. So, what do we do with it now, use it for a door stop?" "I do not care what you do with it." - Worf and Dax "I know it's hot. We're filthy, tired, and we've got ten isotons of explosives going off outside. But we will never get out of this if we don't pull it together and start to act like professionals!" - Sisko "My offer was genuine. All that mattered to me was the Founder." "Then you should have told me about him." "You might have killed him, or made him a hostage." "No! All I wanted was the ship." "And I was willing to let you take it." - Kilana and Sisko "Do you have any gods, Captain Sisko?" "There are… things I believe in." "Duty? Starfleet, the Federation? You must be pleased with yourself. You have the ship to take back to them. I hope it was worth it." "So do I." - Kilana and Sisko "We will both keep the predators away." "I'm sure Quique would have liked that." - Worf and O'Brien, as the former joins the latter in guarding Muniz's body Background information Story and script The character of Kilana was written to be Eris, the female Vorta from the second season finale , but actress Molly Hagan was unavailable. This was the second time the producers had tried to bring Eris back. They had originally written the role that became Borath in for her, but, again, Hagan was unavailable. () The few audible parts of Spanish Muniz was speaking translated into "The stars… look, beautiful… in the night, beautiful". Presumably he was talking about the night of the fireworks show. Sisko wonders aloud what the Jem'Hadar ship was doing near Torga IV, at least three weeks away from the nearest Dominion outpost. This question is never resolved, however. Production The exterior scenes for this episode were filmed at Soledad Canyon, a gravel pit north of Los Angeles, which had also been used for Cardassia IV in the second season episode and for Dozaria in the fourth season episode . Soledad was also used for the sixth season episode . As had happened during the shoot for however, temperatures became much hotter than anticipated, reaching as high as 124 °F/51 °C. According to director Kim Friedman, "We had bottles of water to pour over our heads. I'd call 'Action,' and by the time the take was over and I'd call 'Cut,' our clothes and hair were totally dry. I felt sorry for the actors. The rest of us were wearing shorts and almost nothing, and we couldn't stand it. About five o'clock someone said 'Oh my God, the temperature's gone down a little bit.' It was like ninety-nine or one hundred, and we'd noticed!" () During the shoot for , it was even hotter. Kaitlin Hopkins recalled filming in the desert: "We shot in the middle of the desert and it was, I think, close to 113 degrees that day. The ship that we were standing on was metal. I can’t even imagine what the temperature was with the sun beating down onto that metal and these waves of heat would waft up and smack us in the face. I remember every time they yelled cut, they would bring water, trying to keep us hydrated and had shammy cloths soaked in ice water to put on our necks and wrists during breaks. So, the poor actors who were the Jem’Hadar standing behind me, their head pieces covered their heads almost completely in rubber, and we were in the middle of a scene and all of a sudden I hear a big “clunk” behind me, and the director yells “Cut!” One of them had fainted from the heat. I have to say it was one of the funniest things I have ever watched, the playbacks, and all of sudden one of my Jem’ Hadar just falls out of frame. He was fine, just overheated, but that was one of those moment you were like 'Oh, the things I do for love of acting!" Hopkins was honored to get to work with Avery Brooks. She commented: "Wow, well, I was young actress who had been raised in the theater, and there was this great actor who I knew his work in the theater outside of his success in television. It was incredible to work opposite him in those scenes. He has such incredible focus and plays strong intentions with high stakes. Nothing is ever causal in his work. I knew that going in and really took the time to study a few of the more-recent episodes in terms of style and tone, so I could match whatever he gave me in the scenes. I knew to hold my own with him, I was going to have to work hard on this character and be very specific with every word I said. I have to say, it was also a little intimidating to be (one of) the first female Vorta. I knew the network executives and creative team on the show, were extremely invested in everything being perfect when introducing a new character, so there was a pressure there to do it well. Even though I was a small part of the Star Trek legacy, I felt a responsibility to make sure I really fit into the world, if that makes sense. The acting style on the shows was so specific and you see that reflected in the number of actors who came from classical Shakespearean backgrounds. Anyway, it was an honor to work with Avery. He is a consummate professional, a gentleman and a great, great actor". Ensign Hoya is the first Benzite female seen on Star Trek, and the first Benzite seen without visible breathing apparatus. Mike Okuda explains the absence of the apparatus by pointing out "there's been some advances in Benzite technology!" () The Benzites were introduced in the episode . Reception Although this was a popular episode among fans, the producers were less than thrilled with the final product and felt that the episode could have been so much more than it was. According to Ira Steven Behr, "the whole point of doing that show was that we wanted to make everyone tense. We wanted to see our people hot, and uncomfortable, but it didn't come off quite as well as we would have wanted. We wanted to do the thing, thirteen days of constant bombardment gets your nerves on edge, but somehow we weren't doing it. We weren't rocking the boat enough." Similarly, Hans Beimler reflects that "the one thing we shouldn't have done was go outside the ship. I would like to have stayed inside and just kept the female Vorta as a voice, saying 'Come out captain, you've got to trust me. You've got to trust me.' The pressure, the steam, would have built up a little more on the ship. But in the episode. Sisko actually beams out and has a confrontation with the female Vorta, causing the tension to dissipate." () Similarly, the producers didn't feel that bringing back the character of Enrique Muniz fulfilled what it was supposed to; as Ira Steven Behr explains, "the whole idea was to show that the engineers, the tech guys, have a brotherhood. We wanted to bond O'Brien with this guy and have it mean something. But the scenes didn't play the way they should have. They didn't play like two guys who were really comfortable with each other. It wound up being about O'Brien and a guy who's dying. The audience never came to care enough about Muniz because they didn't see O'Brien's investment in Muniz." () Despite feeling that the tension didn't live up to expectations, Hans Beimler was extremely proud of one aspect of this episode: the penultimate scene, with Sisko and Dax, where Sisko reads the list of casualties. According to Beimler, "It's amazing that in all these years of Star Trek no captain had ever sat down and talked about those consequences. In the Star Trek universe, where we blow people up cleanly with phasers, war seems almost antiseptic. But I think it's nice to periodically remind ourselves that the casualties are real people, and that when our characters discuss them, they're talking about people who exist for them. That, to me, was one of the most important moments in that episode, and a great moment for the series." () The theme of real people behind a list of casualties and the loss of life during times of war was revisited several times over the rest of the show's run, in episodes like , , , and . Ronald D. Moore commented that he thought that the episode "had some problems. It's a fairly solid episode, but I don't think the relationship with Muniz quite plays as strong as it could have done. I was a little disappointed with some of the location work". ("Writing Across the Universe", ) Kaitlin Hopkins was very pleased with the episode, commenting: "I just loved that the writers were willing to take a risk and trust that basically two people just standing still for the large majority of the episode, negotiating, was going to be compelling enough to sustain the audience. I have to say, and not because I was in it, but I thought the writing on DS9 was incredible, but most especially I thought the structure of the storytelling and writing on that episode was both unique and brilliant." A writer for Cinefantastique wrote: "This powerful episode showed the effect of the loss of men on a commander The. Captain Sisko grieves for the four crew who died, O'Brien for Muñiz, who we have come to know. The script was so well written and acted that their grief seemed very real". (Cinefantastique, Volume 29, p. 27, 1997) The writer Keith DeCandido rated the episode 9/10. Trivia Jem'Hadar weapons induce cellular disruption with the explicit intention of killing anyone they hit slowly, so that they will be a distraction for their comrades. The Jem'Hadar attack ship captured here later reappeared in and , where it is used to enter Cardassian space to destroy a ketracel-white installation. The nickname Miles O'Brien uses for Crewman Muniz is spelled "Quique" (pronounced KEE-kay), a common Spanish nickname for Enrique. The scene in which Muniz teases O'Brien about Ireland having only hills but no mountains seems to be a nod to the 1995 film , which starred Colm Meaney. The idea of Klingons keeping vigil over the bodies of the dead seems at odds with prior portrayals, wherein a corpse was considered a worthless shell immediately upon death. (; ) However, Worf calls the ak'voh an "old Klingon tradition"; perhaps it is no longer commonly practiced, but Worf was familiar with it due to his studies of ancient Klingon culture. It is also worth noting that in , Worf "invented" a Klingon ritual (the Gik'tal test) to help Sito Jaxa. O'Brien's vigil is an example of the Irish tradition of holding a throughout the night. introduced the Klingon Sarcophagus ship, so clearly some Klingons wanted to honor their deceased comrades. Sisko's suspicion that Kilana may be immune to any poison potentially present in the food offered to him is later implicitly confirmed in , when Weyoun reveals that the Vorta are immune to most forms of poison. Cirroc Lofton (Jake Sisko) does not appear in this episode, though he is mentioned to Sisko by Kilana and Sisko mentions to Dax that Jake and Muniz share the same birthday. Video and DVD releases UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 5.1, catalog number VHR 4263, As part of the DS9 Season 5 DVD collection Links and references Starring Avery Brooks as Captain Sisko Also starring Rene Auberjonois as Odo Michael Dorn as Lt. Commander Worf Terry Farrell as Lt. Commander Dax Colm Meaney as Chief O'Brien Armin Shimerman as Quark Alexander Siddig as Doctor Bashir Nana Visitor as Major Kira Guest stars Kaitlin Hopkins as Kilana F.J. Rio as Enrique Muniz Co-star Hilary Shepard as Hoya Uncredited co-stars Ken Lesco as T'Lor Tom Morga as Jem'Hadar Robin Morselli as Bajoran command officer Pablo Soriano as Jem'Hadar Chester E. Tripp III Unknown performers as Three Jem'Hadar Stunt doubles Caron Colvett as stunt double for Terry Farrell Pat McGroarty as stunt double for Colm Meaney References acceleration; access point; ak'voh; anticoagulant; aphrodisiac; ash; Bajoran; bandage; bedside manner; Benzites; bulkhead; Carnival; "catch your breath"; Changeling; class 5 pyroclastic debris; co-conspirator; conspirator; constable; cormaline; (runabout); Deep Space 9; ; ; delirium; DNA; Dominion; Dominion language; Dominion outpost; doorstop; dying Changeling; expression; Ferengi; fireworks; flattery; Founder; Gamma Quadrant; ; hills; hyper spanner; impact; import permit; inertial damper; ion exchange matrix; ion regulator; Ireland; isoton; jefe; Jem'Hadar; Jem'Hadar attack ship; Jem'Hadar crew; jets; Klingon; lieutenant; magnetic flux coupler; meter; microfusion initiator; mineral survey; ; mountain; mountain man; "Old Man"; osteonecrosis; "out of breath"; Papa; Phase-conjugate graviton beam; plasma conduit; plasma injector; poison; professor; pyroclastic; Q'lava; Quark's; "Quique"; Regalian fleaspider; Regalian liquid crystal; Salvage; Salvage rights; shivering; Sisko's attack ship; Somak; Space salvage laws; Spanish language; Starfleet Academy; ; Sto-vo-kor; suicide; ; Tiburon; Torga IV; tourniquet; transporter burn; triangular; tricorder; ultritium; ultritium concussion shell; ; ventral; virtual sensory display (aka virtual display interface); vole; Vorta; Vorta supervisor; wake; Weyoun 4; wedding External links de:Das Schiff es:The Ship fr:The Ship (épisode) nl:The Ship Ship, The

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Looking for par'Mach in All the Wrong Places (episode)

Worf helps Quark woo Grilka, his Klingon ex-wife. Summary Teaser Quark is in the habitat ring when he sees Julian Bashir trying to eavesdrop in on the O'Briens, apparently wanting to meet up, but hearing an argument take place. Quark ribs him a little then takes him down the hall a bit, where he can hear. Describing a vague argument, Bashir is disappointed, but then Keiko O'Brien comes from down the hall – she was not in the room. Quark explains Kira Nerys is in there, and the argument is that Miles O'Brien is trying to force Kira to take it easy on her body while she is carrying his child. Meanwhile, Jadzia Dax and Worf are at the Replimat discussing Barak-Kadan, a singer of Klingon opera when Grilka, Quark's ex-wife, shows up on Deep Space 9. While her intentions are unknown, Worf is smitten as soon as he sees her, and gets up to observe her. Grilka comes to Quark's and, to Worf's surprise and dismay, she seems quite friendly with Quark. Dax then recognizes her and explains she is Quark's ex-wife. Act One Quark happily serves Grilka a Maparian ale and asks her why she's there. Grilka mentions that her Great House, the House of Grilka, has suffered significant financial losses of late due to the between Starfleet and the Klingons– but she doesn't ask for help, for Klingons do not dirty themselves with "filthy ledgers and bank accounts." Taking the hint, Quark "asks" to look at her financial records. As the Klingons leave, however, Grilka's guard, Thopok, threatens him to ensure he help her. He helps her as she planned. The two of them spend a great deal of time together, and they genuinely seem interested in one another. Worf and Dax head to Ops while she explains what happened between them. Expressing his disdain for Quark and his unworthiness of her, Dax supposes Worf has a case of par'Mach. Jokingly, Benjamin Sisko asks if it's contagious. Meanwhile in the infirmary, O'Brien is collecting medicine to ease Kira's pregnancy, for he views it as his duty to protect and assist the new surrogate mother of his child. O'Brien declines Bashir's invitation to the holosuites, and the ensuing conversation reveals the changing dynamics of the O'Brien household, resulting in Bashir ribbing his friend as the type of fellow who "would look" after O'Brien mentions he helped Kira out of her bath. Later in Quark's bar, Quark is working with Grilka when Worf puts on a display to get Grilka's attention that includes throwing Morn out of his seat (after first apologizing in advance to Morn, sotto voce) and insulting Thopok. Tumek pulls Worf aside and informs him that Grilka is not interested in the advances of a traitor to the Empire. However, he can be excused for the transgression in Tumek's eyes because of his Human upbringing, leaving him naive about Klingon mating rituals. Worf says Tumek would be surprised what he knows, and Tumek admits that might be true, but it won't be discovered here. Loudly, he proclaims Grilka's request he leave, and Worf leaves. Act Two In the mess hall, Worf expresses his regret at his attempt earlier to Dax, but Dax excuses it, saying he's in love. She also says what's really bothering Worf is what Tumek said about his ignorance with Klingon women and Klingon traditions in general. Before he responds, Quark enters to talk to Dax. Grilka has invited him to a private dinner in her quarters, and he needs a primer on Klingon mating rituals. While there wasn't any affection when they were married, he believes now something is there. Worf at first remains painfully aloof as Dax coaches Quark, but then surprisingly offers insight into winning Grilka's heart. Meanwhile, with the blessings of Keiko, Miles has been giving Kira regular massages to help relieve her pain. While giving Kira a massage in her bedroom, O'Brien and Kira discover they have feelings for each other when Kira makes a remark about how she wouldn't mind spending three weeks in Ireland with Miles. O'Brien agrees then realizes what he said and feels guilty when Keiko walks into the room catching him giving Kira a massage. Keiko doesn't care, and says, "Don't stop on my account." Alone on the bridge of the Defiant, Worf indulges in Klingon opera. Quark disrupts his privacy and proceeds to describe how his night with Grilka went – perfectly. Worf is strangely accepting of the Ferengi's intrusion, and it slowly becomes apparent that Worf is living vicariously through Quark's associations with Grilka, assuming a Cyrano de Bergerac-esque advisory role. Quark asks if Worf will continue helping him, and Worf agrees. They head out immediately. Act Three With Dax, Quark's education in Klingon courtship continues in the holosuites. They are fighting Klingons as Kahless the Unforgettable and Lady Lukara in the Great Hall at Qam-Chee during a significant moment in Klingon history, and a great romance between the two. Quark, however, has trouble with the Klingonese and finds the whole thing ridiculous. Worf forcefully advises Quark that he must put himself a thousand years in the past and immerse himself in Klingon history. Quark still finds the whole thing ridiculous but becomes more interested in continuing after Dax tells him that after the battle, Kahless and Lukara jumped on each other like a pair of crazed Cardassian voles. Meanwhile, Odo and Kira are going through security reports and Odo expresses his frustration at a frequent theft occurring. Odo believes O'Brien is at fault, since he hasn't been working on upgrades on upper pylon three that might have prevented the theft. Kira defends him, but Odo suspects Kira is going too far with it. Kira admits she's become like family, and asks him to drop it, so Odo agrees. At Quark's, Thopok expresses his disdain for Grilka's allowance of Quark's courting to Tumek, but Tumek reminds him he should not presume to judge her. Soon, Grilka and Quark arrive and, after participating in a holosuite simulation with him, Grilka points out to Quark that he has just acted out one of the most romantic of Klingon operas, and she pointedly, and somewhat suspiciously, asks him, "What are your thoughts, Quark… why do you pursue me?" His answer, that she, his "object of great value", may be worth all the latinum in the quadrant, cinches it. The two of them are in love. All seems well until Thopok, Grilka's bodyguard, becomes fed up with the offensive romance and declares that he cannot work for a House where a Ferengi is welcome. He challenges Quark to mortal combat. Act Four Later, Kira announces to Keiko and Miles that she is going to Bajor for a few days to relax in her friend's cabin. Miles is pleased, but Keiko is shocked by this news because she is worried Kira will go into premature labor. Keiko demands Miles go with her, and when he refuses, Keiko accuses them of fighting again and settles the debate – Miles and Kira will go to Bajor together. Now Quark is faced with the prospect of either losing Grilka or dying (for he still doesn't stand a chance against a Klingon with a bat'leth). Worf again helps the Ferengi; using a special device, Worf is able to control Quark's body movements and helps him defend himself. They test it out in the holosuites, and it looks successful, but Quark's physical ability does limit the effectiveness. Dax suggests he sleep, so he goes. Worf can't believe the effort he's putting into this. Dax probes him as to why he likes her, and, when he responds with her commanding nature, challenges him by asking what he would do with a woman like that. She says if she was him she would look for someone more entertaining, but Worf retorts she doesn't understand. Again in the holosuite, Grilka and company wait for Quark. With a little bit of ceremony, Tumek asks what Quark is doing there, and Quark does his best to respond appropriately. Dax and Worf are in position and sync the device, instantly working and making Quark more confident. They begin, and soon Thopok wonders aloud how he learned to fight. Quark is pleased, but then a technical glitch forces Quark to stall, now without Worf's help. Act Five Dax finds the device's optronic relay was damaged and tries to fix it. Meanwhile, Quark yells at Thopok to wait. Stalling for time, he proclaims a false Ferengi custom, the Right of Proclamation. Grilka accepts it and lets him make a speech. After a while, the device is fixed and Quark immediately gets back to the fighting. Ultimately, Worf now is able to make Quark drop Thopok, but, instead of killing him, Worf forces Quark to hand the bodyguard's bat'leth to Grilka, proving his courage and sealing the deal. Grilka tells Thopok his honor is satisfied, and discharges him from her House. She then begins the mating ritual with Quark, and, then Dax shuts off the device, leaving Worf alone. Not as alone as he thinks, however. Dax, who until now has pressured him about the fact that there is nothing special about Grilka, says her and Quark are on the same wavelength and Quark can see an opportunity when it presents himself. Now, she's obviously not talking about them anymore. Worf, who never has done well picking up romantic subtleties, still does not get the hint. Exasperated, Dax finally takes matters into her own hands and jumps Worf, and after a very brief sparring with bat'leths, ends up beginning a mating ritual of her own with him. About this time, Kira and Miles are meeting in a runabout to depart for the trip to Bajor. Before they can depart, Kira admits that the place she is going to relax is one of the most romantic sites on Bajor. On hearing this, Miles puts his foot down and says, "I'm not going!" They come up with a cover story to tell Keiko and Kira goes to Bajor and decides to visits Shakaar in the capital instead. Miles stares into Kira's eyes and says "it would have been nice." Kira responds that it would have been… in another life. She urges him to leave and he does. When the two couples – Quark and Grilka and Dax and Worf – come to the infirmary with broken bones and bruises aplenty, it is enough to convince Doctor Bashir that he is best off not asking how his patients received their wounds anymore. In a private room in the back of the infirmary, Dax and Worf talk about what happened. Worf understands that Dax is unlikely to rush into marriage, even though tradition recommends it. They do agree, however, that they ought to pursue their relationship further. Worf is uncomfortable being in a relationship with an uncertain future, but Jadzia teases him that they've established at least one thing for certain: the woman on his mind is no longer Grilka. At that, Worf throws back his head and laughs. Memorable quotes "Did you see her?" "The Klingon woman." "She was glorious!" - Worf and Jadzia Dax "You're the only Klingon I know who drinks something besides bloodwine. Or prune juice." "Prune juice?" "Forget it." - Quark and Grilka "War! What is it good for? If you ask me, absolutely nothing." - Quark, paraphrasing the song "I will apologize for this at a later time. You are in my seat! (hits the table with his fist) Bartender! Bloodwine!" - Worf, tossing Morn off his seat to impress Grilka "A perfect evening." "Mmm. Almost. Her bodyguard was giving me threatening looks all night." "That is to be expected. The idea of a Ferengi courting a great lady is… offensive." "You know, it's attitudes like that that keep you people from getting invited to all the really good parties." - Worf and Quark (After Worf explains to Quark that he should bring a fresh leg of lingta to Grilka) "She'll either accept your gift... or have her bodyguards shatter every bone in your body." - Jadzia Dax to Quark "This is ridiculous! I'm surrounded by corpses, my shoes are dripping in blood, and you want me to feel romantic? Why am I putting myself through this?" "Because later that night, Kahless and Lukara jumped on each other like a pair of crazed voles. Grrr!" "One more time…" - Quark and Jadzia Dax "You are a coward and a liar – and you have no honor! So tomorrow you will kill me, or I will kill you!" (growl) - Thopok to Quark "You people have rituals for everything except waste extraction! You must have a ceremony or secret hand-shake or something I can do!" - Quark, facing the problem of dying, or being branded a coward and losing Grilka "What are your thoughts, Quark? Why play out one of the most romantic scenes in Klingon literature for me? Why learn to speak Klingon and observe our customs? Why do you pursue me?" "I only pursue those things I wish to acquire." "'Acquire'... now, you sound like a Ferengi again." "I am a Ferengi. That means I have a talent for appreciating objects of great value. And I believe... you may be worth more than all the latinum in the quadrant." (A stunned Grilka now understands what Quark meant) "My Kahless..." "My Lukara..." - Grilka and Quark, right after playing Kahless and Lukara in the holosuite "I claim… the Right of Proclamation!" - Quark "To this end my blade soars! Through the aquarium of my soul, seeking the kelp of discontent, which must be cut, so that the rocky bottom of love lie in waiting with fertile sand, for the coming seed of Grilka's affection. And yet, does this explain my need for her? No. It is like a giant cave of emptiness, waiting for the bats of love to hang b-…" - Quark "You realize that according to Klingon tradition…" "According to tradition, we have to get married." "But as you keep insisting, you are not a traditional woman." "And the truth is, Worf… at heart, you're not much of a traditional man." - Worf and Jadzia Dax "I am a fool.""You're in love – which I suppose is the same thing." - Worf and Jadzia Dax(Quark and Grilka, Jadzia and Worf are all in the infirmary with lots of bruises and mildly stressed bones, both couples having just made love in the Klingon way)"A compound fracture of the right radius, two fractured ribs, torn ligaments, strained tendons, numerous contusions, bruises and scratches...what have you been doing?" "You mean… what have we been doing?" (Naughty laughter by Quark and Grilka) "Never mind… I don't need that particular image running around in my head. I'll just treat you… (Worf and Jadzia enter) What happened to you two?" "We, um…" "Well, uh… if you must know…" "No! No, I don't need that image either. In fact, I'm going to stop asking that question altogether. People can come in, I will treat them, and that's all." - Bashir, Quark, Grilka (not speaking, just laughing), Worf, and Jadzia Dax Background information Story and script The 1897 play , inspired by a real life 17th century French writer and duelist, served as the inspiration for this episode. In the play, by , two male characters, Cyrano and Christian, fall in love with the same woman, Roxanne. Cyrano is depicted as an unattractive man, but one of great wit; Christian is very handsome, but not particularly intelligent, so Cyrano agrees to help Christian woo Roxanne. In the famous seduction scene, as Christian attempts to win Roxanne's heart, Cyrano hides in a nearby bush and whispers the right things to say to Christian. There is no real equivalent of the Jadzia Dax character in the original play, although the character of Le Bret could be seen as that as he was Cyrano's very close friend and confidant both in the play and in real life and thought to be Cyrano's real life lover. The idea of doing an episode of Deep Space Nine based upon Cyrano de Bergerac was Michael Dorn's. () Cyrano de Bergerac also featured prominently in the episode . The lack of explanation for exactly how the Virtual Control Device functioned was something which writer Ronald D. Moore did purposely. He felt that in the context of the episode, stopping to explain how it worked would have slowed down the action and taken away from the comedy, so he chose to leave it purposely vague; "Dax had invented it, and I wasn't interested in explaining it to the viewers. We just buy the premise and move on." Moore did get approval by Andre Bormanis. () The final draft script is dated . Production This episode is a sequel to . This is the first television episode directed by recurring guest star Andrew Robinson (Garak), although his character does not appear in the episode. Robinson had won two s in , both for directing: one for 's , the other for 's . He would go on to direct two episodes of : and . Armin Shimerman did many of his own stunts during the fight scene. He practiced at home for ten days prior to shooting the scene, and according to Shimerman, "I got pretty good with the bat'leth actually." Shimerman also worked with a mime artist to help him make it look as if the bat'leth had a mind of its own at the end of the fight. () Reception Armin Shimerman commented that the episode was "a great delight for me. Although it was a comic episode, I had learned a lot about playing romance from that episode with Mary Crosby back in the second season. As an actor, I learned that I played it too much with my heart on my sleeve, and that's not true romance; it's just hokum. So I wanted to try new things in the relationship with Grilka, and that turned out much more to my satisfaction". ("The House of Quark", ) Terry Farrell commented: "What's with that title? What happened to easy names like or ? I can hardly remember those anyway! It was great to finally have my romance with Worf. The show jumped a little bit to a conclusion. I would like to have seen little indications along the way in which Worf contemplated whether or not Dax would be a good mate. As it is, it's out of the blue that he's going to go for it with me. He admits his love at the end, and that was like, 'Wow! Another jump'. Overall, I really enjoyed doing it. Michael and I got a kick out of comparing each other's bruise makeup". () Although the A-story in this particular episode was a big hit with fans, writer Ronald D. Moore is more proud of the B-story involving O'Brien and Kira. According to Moore, "that was one of the most real storylines we've ever done. They were flesh-and-blood people in a very believable situation, reacting believably." () The episode was listed as an essential episode of the series in The Joy of Trek. Trivia The title is the third longest in all of Star Treks television episodes and the longest in Deep Space Nine. The first is and the second is . The title comes from a line of the famous country song "", a 1980 hit for singer , with the Klingon word for "love" instead. It is the one and only time that a Klingon word appears in an episode's title. The song itself became featured twenty-six years later in a latter-day Star Trek production when it was performed by an unknown female singer at the end of 's first season episode . Another musical reference: when Quark and Grilka are discussing her visit, he says "War, what is it good for? If you ask me, absolutely nothing", which was a nod to the song "". When asked by Tumek, Worf says that he has never pursued a Klingon woman. However, he was once involved with K'Ehleyr, the mother of his son, Alexander. Before his family was dishonored, Worf attempted to marry her. As half-Human, half-Klingon, K'Ehleyr was not fond of Klingon tradition, so Worf likely did not court her per Klingon custom. Though, they did engage in the Klingon mating ritual. , ) Tumek's line "The challenge has been given and accepted. Let no one interfere." closely resembles T'Pau's words from . Joseph Ruskin (Tumek) had previously appeared as Galt in , and as Odo's Cardassian Informant in . He would subsequently be seen as a Son'a Officer in , as a Vulcan Master in and as a Suliban doctor in . Phil Morris (Thopok) had previously appeared as an unnamed child in , and as Cadet in . He was subsequently seen as Remata'Klan in , and as John Kelly in . According to the , Morris auditioned for the role of Benjamin Sisko but was turned down because he was too young. Cirroc Lofton (Jake Sisko) does not appear in this episode. Video and DVD releases UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 5.2, As part of the DS9 Season 5 DVD collection Links and references Guest Stars Rosalind Chao as Keiko O'Brien Mary Kay Adams as Grilka Joseph Ruskin as Tumek Phil Morris as Thopok Uncredited Co-Stars Sam Alejan Bill Blair as Holographic Klingon Paradan Ivy Borg as Rita Tannenbaum Uriah Carr Cathy DeBuono Kathleen Demor Terry Green as operations lieutenant Randy James as Mark Lentry Dennis Madalone as Holographic Klingon Morn Mary Mascari as Bajoran woman James Minor Tom Morga as holographic Klingon Karlotta Nelson as Bajoran woman Mark Allen Shepherd as Morn Steph Silvestri as operations officer William Steinfeldt as Bajoran ops officer Unknown performers as Bolian male Kobheerian Tygarian Stunt Doubles George Colucci as stunt double for Armin Shimerman Caron Colvett as stunt double for Terry Farrell Brennan Dyson as stunt double for Michael Dorn References 100,000 years ago; 9th century; 2173; accusation; aggressor; Alpha Quadrant; aquarium; Bajor; Bajorans; Bajoran capital; Bajoran language; Barak-Kadan; Basai Master; bloodwine; Bolian; botanical pathology; children; compound fracture; courting (courted); curse; ; ; ; D'Ghor; family history; Ferengi; fertility; fireplace; flattery; forshak; fruit juice; garrison; Gowron; heart; Holana River; House of Grilka; humble; ; Ireland; Kahless the Unforgettable; Keldar; kelp; key; kilometer; Klingon; Klingon Empire; Klingon mating rituals; Klingon opera; Klingonese; Kobheerian; Kozak; latinum; lingta''; Lukara; Lurian; makara herb; Maparian ale; massage; Mekro'vak region; ; Musilla Province; ; ; O'Brien's mother; optronic relay; Parada; pazafer; place; Promenade; prune juice; Qam-Chee; Qo'noS; Quark's; racket; rash; ; rib; Right of Proclamation; rot; runabout; sadism; sand; scalding; security protocol; separ gemstone; Shakaar Edon; soul; springball; swelling; takeo herbs; targ; tendon; thigh; toast; traitor; tricorder; Tygarian; vole External links de:Gefährliche Liebschaften es:Looking for par'Mach in All the Wrong Places fr:Looking for par'Mach in All the Wrong Places (épisode) nl:Looking for par'Mach in All the Wrong Places DS9 episodes

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Nor the Battle to the Strong (episode)

After diverting to the Federation hospital on Ajilon Prime looking for an interesting story, Jake believes himself to be a coward when repeated Klingon attacks awaken him to the reality of war and force him to abandon Dr. Bashir and run for cover. Summary Teaser Aboard a runabout, Doctor Bashir and Jake Sisko are on their way back to Deep Space 9, having attended a medical conference. Jake is planning to write a news article on Bashir, who is upset that his proposed theory (which consists of technobabble as far as Jake is concerned) was so controversial. As Bashir rants about the goings-on from the conference, Jake's mind begins to wander: "I have absolutely no idea what he's talking about. If I don't find a way to get out of doing this article, my first writing assignment is going to be my last. Maybe if I write to the journal and explain… 'Dear editors, Thank you for the confidence you expressed in me by accepting my proposed profile of Doctor Bashir." Arriving at an important impasse in his explanation, which involves a protein anomaly, Bashir confirms that Jake is still following him. Bashir resumes explaining as Jake's inner thoughts continue: "Who cares about anomalies? People want stories about things they can relate to. Life and death. Good and evil. An outbreak of Cartalian fever would be just the thing. The brave doctor battles the deadly virus… Listen to me, I'm actually rooting for a plague." A few seconds pass with Bashir talking and Jake continuing to daydream, but they are both brought back to reality when the runabout receives a distress call from a Federation colony on Ajilon Prime. Despite a recent cease fire, the Klingons have resumed their with the Federation and attacked the colony. Though the colony has requested assistance, Bashir is reluctant to bring Jake along. Jake convinces the doctor to go anyway, and there is a hint that Bashir knows whatever they face on Ajilon Prime will make a better story than his lecture. Jake thinks to himself: "Surgery under fire'! Now we're talking." Act One As things are speeding up for Jake and Bashir, it is a slow day in Ops. Quark has just arrived with a beverage for Kira, and Dax, Odo, O'Brien and Worf are all there to see her reaction. The beverage is a decaffeinated raktajino (dubbed by Odo "Quarktajino"), which O'Brien asked him to prepare in the fear that Kira's caffeine consumption will cause his son to be born a caffeine addict. Unfortunately, the drink tastes horrible by both Kira and O'Brien's accounts. Captain Sisko then emerges from his office with the news about Jake and Bashir. The is on its way to Ajilon Prime with reinforcements and Bashir and Jake will leave as soon as backup has arrived. Although Dax tries to lighten the mood by telling the captain he will barely have enough time to go through Jake's things before he gets back to the station, Sisko is visibly worried about his son. Jake and Bashir arrive at Ajilon Prime, where Bashir has second thoughts about taking Jake into the heat of battle. However, Jake is sure he can handle the experience, so they land the runabout and head for the front lines. In the emergency room, Jake's enthusiasm about his story fades when he experiences the casualties of war firsthand. He is shaken by the wounded people he sees, but particularly disturbing is an ensign Jake finds in a doorway, unconscious and bleeding, who turns out to be dead. Another man enters yelling for help, as he has apparently been shot in the foot by a Klingon disruptor. Despite the man's story, Bashir finds the man's injury was caused by a Starfleet phaser… he shot himself in the foot as a way of avoiding having to fight. Disgusted, Bashir moves on to another patient as the young man, though he initially sticks to his story, breaks down as he tells of how his fellow officers ran and he was so scared of the Klingons that he actually shot himself, wishing he was dead. Jake sits in a corner to work on his story but finds it increasingly difficult to concentrate: "Triage… the sorting of the wounded forces decisions that… I've gotta get a grip. Focus. Decisions that test what it means to be a doctor…" Jake's writing is disturbed when a medic asks Jake for help in watching a wounded man. As Jake stands with the injured man, he reaches up and spreads his blood on Jake's shirt and Jake begins to realize what he's gotten himself into. Act Two As Bashir lends his assistance, Jake has been recruited to help move the wounded. He continues to see many more injured patients but starts to deal with it better. During a break in the flow of wounded, Bashir and the doctors ask Jake for help in getting to the replicator. Back at the station, Sisko speaks with Odo, who has just got out of the infirmary after injuring himself in attempting to apprehend two Yridians who were cheating at dabo at Quark's. In reflecting on how fragile his new "solid" form is, he realizes that Sisko is worried about Jake. Sisko recalls when Jake was younger how he vowed to protect his son no matter what, and now he's in the middle of a war zone a sector away and there is nothing he can do to protect him. Odo attempts to reassure the captain that Jake will be fine, but Sisko says that always worrying about your child comes with being a parent. Odo admits he doesn't think parenting is for him, to which Sisko tells him simply that it's his choice, but he won't know what's he's missing, as the joy of being a parent is worth every second of worry. Just then, Dax enters with bad news, the Farragut has been destroyed by Klingon forces near the Lembatta Cluster. Now with no other reinforcements coming, Sisko and Dax immediately leave for Ajilon Prime on the . Bashir and Jake are sitting down to eat, with Jake appearing to handle the blood and gore around him quite well. However, when Bashir makes a macabre joke about "making an incision" into the food, Jake is quickly overcome with nausea and runs outside to vomit. Later, Jake and Bashir discuss the man who shot himself and Jake is shocked that such behavior is possible among trained Starfleet personnel. Bashir explains that while a Starfleet officer may go through psych tests and battle simulations, nothing really prepares a person for when they go into actual combat. When Bashir is called back to the wounded, Jake talks with another orderly (Kirby) who communicates the dire outlook they face, despite their being medical personnel. "I wonder if Kirby knew that the whole time we were talking, all I could think about is how close the Klingons were. He didn't seem that worried. No one else seems to be losing sleep over it, so why is it the only thing I can think about? I've been on the station when it was under attack plenty of times, but somehow the danger never seemed as real as it does here. Maybe it's because I spent all day seeing firsthand what the Klingons are capable of… or maybe it's because for the first time in my life, my father's not here to protect me…" Jake's reverie is interrupted with the sound of an explosion, signaling that the Klingons have resumed their attack. The attack has taken out the reactor and the cave stars losing power which if they don't get it back, they'll lose half the ward. Dr. Kalandra explains to the staff that it's going to be at least three hours before they can get the power back up. Jake suggests using portable generators, but Kalandra says they're using them to keep the shields up around the settlement. Bashir then realizes that the runabout, which is set down about 1 kilometer south, has more generators that can help the situation. Moving a generator is a two-man job, so Bashir and Jake make their way on foot to the runabout and begin to undergo artillery fire. Jake gets behind Bashir and then sees him disappear behind an explosion. Overcome with fear, he turns around and runs away. Act Three Jake runs over a hill and through a great deal of smoke, finally falling upon a dead Klingon. He sees that he is in a field of dead soldiers and runs away in fear. He gets over a ridge and is struck in the head with a phaser rifle by a wounded Starfleet soldier, Chief . The soldier demands a hypospray and then explains that he is mortally wounded but repeatedly tells Jake that wants to die facing the sky. He tells Jake of how he was hurt in protecting a hopper's escape. Jake yearns to help him but the soldier, hearing his story of running away, points out that Jake is only trying to redeem his cowardice. Jake wants to get him to the hospital and suggests finding material to build a stretcher or carry him. Burke tells Jake that if he tries to carry him, his guts will just fall out. As the soldier dies painfully, Jake runs away again. Act Four Aboard the Defiant, Sisko is in engineering busy tweaking the replicator pattern buffers. As she steps out a Jefferies tube, Dax sees his feelings of helplessness and tells a story of what Audrid went through when her daughter was came down with Rugalan fever. The girl, Neema, was in a hospital for two weeks and Audrid spent the time reading her all seventeen volumes of 's Down the River Light, even though she knew Neema couldn't hear her. It was simply so Audrid had something to do. Luckily, Neema pulled through (although she later didn't talk to her mother for eight years starting at age 21) and Sisko is glad the story had a happy ending. For now, however, he leaves Dax to the replicators and decides to work on the sonic showers. Jake wanders back into the cave and Kirby is relieved to see him again as everyone thought he was dead. Kirby explains that Bashir is injured with plasma burns and the runabout was destroyed by enemy fire, but Bashir somehow managed to make it back with the generator himself. Despite Jake's attempts to avoid it, Kirby gets him to go see Bashir. Bashir is relieved to see Jake and apologizes profusely and begins to berate himself for risking Jake's life by bringing him into a war zone. Jake angrily brushes off the apology and tells him it's OK, and Bashir is startled by his anger: "I couldn't stand hearing him apologize to me like that. Not after what I'd done to him." Kirby enters, unaware of Bashir's guilt over bringing Jake or Jake's guilt over leaving Bashir, to examine Jake's wound. Later, Jake once again tries to resume his story but can't concentrate on it: "I keep turning it over in my head. The shelling. Losing sight of Bashir. Running. And I keep trying to make sense of it all. To justify what I did. But when it comes down to it, there's only one explanation: I'm a coward. Part of me wishes Bashir had seen me run away and told everyone the truth. They deserve to know what I am. To know they can't count on me. That if the Klingons attack, I'll run and hide, just like I did before." Jake resumes his orderly duties and delivers food to the soldier who shot himself in the foot. The man explains his disappointment in himself and claims that despite his lack of fear and good scores in Academy battle simulations, the real thing is entirely different. Jake now realizes what the man has gone through, and they bond over their similar experience. Jake suggests that the man may not get court martialled and may yet have a future in Starfleet, but the soldier says he does not belong in Starfleet anymore and wishes he'd aimed the phaser "a little higher." As Jake rejoins the fellow medical personnel in the break room, their macabre jokes about which way they'd prefer to die drive him to frustration. He begins to shout about the stupidity of the war and yells that in ten years nobody will ever remember the events they are all going through. Bashir intervenes and takes Jake for a walk. Bashir tries to get Jake to open up about his miserable behavior but Jake resists. Bashir leaves the door open for discussion but Jake refuses and brushes him off. After Bashir leaves, Jake sinks to the ground and begins to cry. Act Five Explosions rock Jake awake. He runs to the rest of the people and the head surgeon explains that they are evacuating the cave and they must move quickly and orderly if they are to survive. As most people evacuate, Jake is hiding under a table. The explosions frighten him away from the room he is in and Starfleet infantry personnel give him cover as two Klingons appear in the cave. Jake is soon pinned down by disruptor fire under a table when he grabs a nearby phaser rifle and starts firing blindly around the room. The room begins to collapse upon the Klingons and Jake as he screams in fear. Bashir wakens Jake and points out that his father has arrived. They explain that the cease-fire has been reinstated and the Klingons have pulled out of the system. Jake's actions created a cave-in that gave the rest of the personnel time to evacuate and that he is a hero. "More than anything, I wanted to believe what he was saying. But the truth is, I was just as scared in the hospital as I'd been when we went for the generator. So scared that all I could think about was doing whatever it took to stay alive. Once that meant running away and once it meant picking up a phaser. The Battle of Ajilon Prime will probably be remembered as a pointless skirmish but I'll always remember it as something more, as a place I learned that the line between courage and cowardice is a lot thinner than most people believe." Jake gives a copy of his story to Bashir and also to his father. As Sisko reads what Jake has written, he comments that Jake's feelings are those that all who have been in battle feel, whether or not they want to admit it. He says Jake is courageous to write about it and tells him he is proud of him. Memorable quotes "The removal of caffeine from beverages has plagued bartenders and restaurateurs for centuries! You can't expect me to cure it overnight." "I'm not paying for that! I want to get her off caffeine, not poison her." "So much for Quarktajino." - Quark, O'Brien, and Odo "It's not up to you to tell Kira what to do." "She is carrying his child. He should have some say." "As the lessee he does have certain rights. (explaining) Back home, pregnancy is considered a rental." "Rental?" - Dax, Worf, Quark, and both Kira and Dax together "You've been a Changeling longer than you have been a solid." "Solid. I wonder why my people use that term. Humanoid bodies are so fragile..." "Yes, they are. And there are a lot of ways you can get hurt." - Sisko and Odo "Try not to worry, Captain. It won't do you or Jake any good." "Can't help it. It comes with the territory." "But Jake is 18 years old. Does your father still worry about you?" "Oh, all the time." "Ah… I never realized how stressful it is to be a parent. I have to say, I don't think it's for me." "That's your choice, but you don't know what you're missing." - Odo and Sisko "His first day?" "Yeah." "Pass the salt." - Nurse, Kirby, and Bolian orderly, in response to Jake's weak stomach "There are many situations in life which test a person's character. Thankfully, most of them don't involve death and destruction." - Bashir "Sorry, kid. Life doesn't work like that..." - Burkes dying words to Jake "Anyone who's been in battle would recognize himself in this. Most of us wouldn't care to admit it. It takes courage to look inside yourself, and even more courage to write it for other people to see. I'm proud of you, son." - Sisko, to Jake Background information Story and script The working title of this episode was "Portrait of a Life". (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion - A Series Guide and Script Library) The original idea of this episode was that Jake, who has been established as an aspiring writer, would have experiences similar to those of during World War I. There were also a number of homages to other outside influences included for example, the scene with Jake and in the trench bears a striking resemblance to a scene in the 1930 film . The story is also partly based on the 1895 novel . In the original draft of the teleplay, the story was set in a Cardassian hospital on a planet under siege by the Klingons. Both Jake and Bashir would have come into conflict with the Cardassian women running the hospital due to their belief that males are relatively inferior in the science and medical domains, as had been previously established in the episode . The primary reason this particular story was abandoned was budgetary. As the producers had discovered while shooting , using a large number of alien extras was both time consuming and expensive, and as they were trying to save money for the upcoming , it was decided that another make-up/costume intensive show was not the way to go. () Also in the original draft, there was no Burke character; rather, writer René Echevarria had Jake fall into a foxhole with a Klingon. The Klingon was blind, after being wounded in the battle and he decides to use Jake to help himself survive. They remain together in the foxhole for several days and they grudgingly come to respect and understand one another. Eventually, however, Jake reveals the truth about how he ended up in the hole, that he was running away from the battle and that he abandoned Bashir, and the Klingon flings him out because he doesn't want to die with a coward. Echevarria was particularly happy with this aspect of the story, and he was not happy when Ira Steven Behr told him to change it to involve a Starfleet officer rather than a Klingon warrior. This caused a serious conflict between the two men, but in the end, Behr was able to convince Echevarria that the scene needed to go. His reasoning was that at the end of the episode, the Klingons are depicted as blood-thirsty and savage, but we have just spent half the episode getting to like one. Behr felt this was a contradiction and it took away from the impact of the episode. After the episode was finished, Echevarria admitted that Behr had been correct to demand the change. () Following on from episodes such as , , , and , Ira Steven Behr sees this episode as another important landmark in creating the darker Star Trek ideology of . According to Behr, ""Nor the Battle to the Strong" was another one of those episodes that attempted to move the production farther afield from |The Next Generation's clean, Teflon image. Just getting down into the mud and the horror of death." () This recalls comments made by Hans Beimler regarding the episode , where he points out that in a show like Star Trek, viewers often forget that the people being killed are 'real' people. One of Beimler's goals with that episode had been to illustrate to viewers that people are dying, that war has consequences. The writers would return to the notion of the horror of war in the seventh season episode , and to the notion of real people giving their lives in the sixth season episode . Production After principal photography wrapped, director Kim Friedman found herself with an episode running three minutes short, and as such writer René Echevarria had to create a new scene. This new scene is the second scene with Jake and the soldier who shoots himself in the foot. Ironically, after the scene had been written and shot, both Echevarria and Friedman came to feel it was the most thematically important scene in the entire episode. () Reception Although Alexander Siddig enjoyed this episode, he was disappointed that nothing came of the relationship between Bashir and Jake. () Siddig elaborated "I really like the relationship with Jake. There's potential for a terrific relationship there. He needs an older brother and Bashir is perfect for that". ("Time for a Changeling", Dreamwatch magazine, issue 36) Trivia The title for this episode comes from the Bible and appears in the Book of Ecclesiastes, Chapter 9, Verse 11: "I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all." While talking to Jake, Burke mentions an officer in his platoon named Brice. Brice R. Parker is the name of the story writer for this episode. The hospital is called the Decker Memorial Hospital in Star Trek: Starship Creator. When Jake returns to the field hospital, he is informed by Kirby that Dr. Bashir somehow carried the generator from the runabout back by himself. This could be an early hint at Dr. Bashir's enhanced strength as a result of his genetic enhancement. Video and DVD releases UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 5.2, . As part of the DS9 Season 5 DVD collection. Links and references Starring Avery Brooks as Captain Sisko Also starring Rene Auberjonois as Odo Michael Dorn as Lt. Commander Worf Terry Farrell as Lt. Commander Dax Cirroc Lofton as Jake Sisko Colm Meaney as Chief O'Brien Armin Shimerman as Quark Alexander Siddig as Doctor Bashir Nana Visitor as Major Kira Guest stars Andrew Kavovit as Kirby Karen Austin as Kalandra Mark Holton as Bolian orderly Lisa Lord as nurse Jeb Brown as ensign And Danny Goldring as Co-stars Elle Alexander as Female Guard Greg "Christopher" Smith as Male Guard Uncredited co-stars Michael Bailous as Rotciv medic Bill Blair as Markalian patient Wounded alien officer Tory Christopher as sciences lieutenant Jasmine Gagnier as operations officer Terry Green as operations lieutenant Tom Morga as Klingon soldier Unknown performers as Human Ajilon Prime operations officer Klingon soldier Stunt doubles Henry Kingi, Jr. as stunt double for Alexander Siddig Unknown stunt performer as stunt double for Cirroc Lofton References 47; 2355; 2360; addict; Ajilon Prime; amino acid; amino acid sequence; ; aortal graft; Archanis sector; artillery; asteroid; bat'leth; battle simulation; bedroom; blood plasma; Bolian; Brice; caffeine; Cartalian fever; ; CO; corpse; court martial; cutter; dabo; (runabout); ; ; decaffeination (aka decaffeinated); decapitation; decoupler; ; disruptor; disruptor blast; disulfide; Down the River Light; editor; excavator; expert; ; Federation; Federation-Cardassian War; ; Ferengi; Ferenginar; fiction; Gamma Quadrant; Ganalda IV; gravimetric scanner; hemisphere; Hendriks; heresy; hopper; inaprovaline; joint; journalist; ; kidney; kilometer; Klingons; Klingon Empire; knee; lease; Lembatta Cluster; magnesite; Markalian; marketing; mining expedition; Neema; neural scan; ; ; observation; OR nurse; Pajal; panel discussion; pattern buffer; peptide bond; phaser burn; phaser rifle; plasma burn; platoon; poison; portable generator; prion; protein; psych test; quantum dynamics; quantum level; quantum resonance effects; "Quarktajino"; Raifi; raktajino; Raymond; replicator system; Resource; ; rock face; Rugalan fever; runabout; ; saline; science officer; severed; ; sleep; slit; soup; sonic shower relay (sonic shower); squad; Starfleet Academy; Starfleet lieutenant; surgical table; Tananda Bay; Tarkalean condor; ; thigh; throat; Thursday; transport scrambler; triage; visiting hours; ; ward; year; Yridian; Yridian cheaters External links de:Die Schlacht um Ajilon Prime es:...Nor the Battle to the Strong fr:...Nor the Battle to the Strong (épisode) ja:DS9:戦う勇気 nl:...Nor the Battle to the Strong Nor the Battle to the Strong

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The Assignment (episode)

After returning from the Fire Caves on Bajor, Keiko's body is controlled by an alien lifeform that forces her husband O'Brien to do its bidding or else face the death of his wife. Summary Teaser In Quark's, the day has started and Quark is busy. Rom enters, just off the night shift. Quark makes him his usual, puree of beetle, but Rom says today he'd rather try bacon and eggs with corned beef hash, a favorite of O'Brien's. Quark disapproves of the Human choice of dinner but begrudgingly makes it. As he normally does, he further questions Rom's choice of job, but Rom likes his job, despite being assigned to the graveyard shift fixing the waste extraction system. Meanwhile, Miles O'Brien has discovered that Julian Bashir has accidentally killed Keiko's Idran hybrid bonsai trees that O'Brien was caring for while she was away visiting the Fire Caves on Bajor for the last five days. Bashir had dropped by the O'Brien's quarters and saw that the plants were dry, so he watered them. Unfortunately, too much water rots the roots. Upon spotting the ruined trees, Miles and Keiko's daughter Molly informs her father that "Mommy's going to be mad." Later, he welcomes Keiko home and immediately begins apologizing. However, as soon as she gets off the transport, Keiko informs Miles that she's not Keiko, but someone who has taken over her body. Whoever is inhabiting Keiko threatens Miles with his beloved wife's life and the life of their innocent daughter Molly claiming that they'll kill them both if he doesn't do exactly what she wants. O'Brien at first thinks that his wife is trying to play a joke on him, but is quickly persuaded otherwise when the entity causes her to choke. It stops choking Keiko just as easily to warn O'Brien off from calling the infirmary through his combadge. Act One Miles is ordered to reconfigure certain parts of the space station but is not told to what end. The alien convinces him that she can use Keiko's knowledge to know that Miles has already come up with a plan and will try to talk to the crew, however, it also assures him it will kill Keiko instantly, even if those plans have some success. They go back to their quarters, and Miles gets some more details. The alien is also determined to keep up appearances with their friends, answering the door when Bashir comes in, and promising to hold a birthday celebration for Miles, as Keiko had planned earlier before leaving for Bajor. Soon, Rom is excited about being called to a meeting on the "swing-shift" to replace Duarte, an ill worker. He tries to fit in by asking what they drink on the shift, and asking where the ill worker normally sits, but the other workers treat him coldly. Unphased, he goes to the replicator and gets a raktajino. Just then, O'Brien appears on the monitor and assigns the engineers their jobs for the day, a change of plans. He gives a short description of what he's doing, and says he'll be working alone, asking them not to bother him unless it's absolutely necessary. As O'Brien works, he has the computer scan Keiko to confirm her identity, which it does. He then asks the computer how long it would take to knock out Keiko through various means; however, all would take too long as the entity only needs a fraction of a second to kill her. "God help me," O'Brien says as he then gets to work. Act Two During Miles' birthday celebrations, the inhabitant draws on Keiko's memories to flawlessly act like Keiko, and no one other than Miles knows any different. Captain Sisko is especially impressed by the Q'parol that she served, showing that the alien has access to all of her memories and talents. Jake Sisko asks Keiko if she saw any Pah-wraiths while in the Fire Caves, prompted by Odo's sharing of Bajoran legends. The inhabited Keiko teases Odo for believing in "the wraiths," which Odo denies. O'Brien has trouble keeping pleasant, and finally breaks his glass when he sees the alien kneeling down with Molly. With everyone else disturbed, he leaves to the other room and the alien follows. O'Brien insists he's done everything it wanted, but the alien admits that was just a test – the real work is to come. That night, Miles insists the alien tell him what to get done, but the alien is making the rules. It refuses and makes O'Brien sleep in the bed, for fear Molly will have a nightmare and come in. In the morning, the alien hands him a PADD with his instructions. Miles finally decides to warn Sisko about what is happening, but before he can get to Sisko, he hears Keiko call out his name and watches in horror as the inhabitant forces Keiko to throw herself over the railing on the upper level of the Promenade. She lands in front of the Bajoran temple while Miles runs over and looks over Keiko helplessly. Act Three Dr. Bashir treats her injuries in the infirmary while Sisko and Odo question O'Brien about the incident and about why he was on the Promenade. O'Brien evades the questions by telling them he was planning on having lunch at the replimat and insists to Bashir that he visit Keiko at her bed. The evil inhabitant gives Miles an ultimatum: complete the reconfigurations in thirteen hours or it'll kill Keiko and Molly. O'Brien agrees, and leaves, starting a countdown clock to stay aware of the deadline. The alien asks O'Brien to give it a kiss, which he reluctantly does while Bashir stands nearby. As he starts to get to work later, Rom comes to the chief, having finished his work already. Miles is very impressed that Rom got his workload done so fast and gets an idea. He decides to enlist his help to get the modifications done, claiming it's a secret assignment that Sisko and the senior staff know all about (while also warning him not to mention it to them). With the help of Rom, Miles manages to complete most of the work, however, as he is working in Ops in the early morning, Dax pulls him away, having discovered anomalies in the station's systems. She shows what she's seen to him, and he brushes it off as minor deviations, but Dax suspects sabotage and intends to alert security and wakes Sisko. Act Four In the wardroom, Sisko calls a meeting of O'Brien, Odo, and Dax to discuss the sabotage. They eliminate other factors, and lead to one of the maintenance crew. Desperate to throw the officers off his scent and needing a distraction, O'Brien leads Odo to Rom, still working in a junction. Odo takes him to a holding cell, and O'Brien shares a knowing glance with him as he goes. Miles stays to survey the "damage" and then continues it. During the interrogation, Rom refuses to tell Odo anything (even his name), instead calling for O'Brien. Odo calls him to the security office, and pressed for time, O'Brien is forced to override security measures for the holding cell Rom is in, so that no one can listen in. He also has the computer reconfigure gravitic sensors, intending to be back within ten minutes. O'Brien goes to see Rom, who is concerned about the intensity of the interrogation, but also assures O'Brien he will stick to their "mission." However, Rom then asks why O'Brien's modifications are converting the station into a gigantic chroniton emitter. O'Brien is surprised he guessed it. Rom believes the intent is to kill the wormhole aliens, and asks why they are doing that. O'Brien is stunned. Act Five O'Brien hadn't realized the effect of the chronitons on the wormhole aliens, having been so on edge. He wonders aloud about this, making a connection between the wormhole aliens and the Pah-wraiths. Rom, having been educated in Bajoran myths by Leeta, explains that according to the Koss'moran, the Pah-wraiths were cast out of the Celestial Temple by the Prophets. O'Brien now knows that Keiko's intruder can only be a Pah-wraith from the Fire Caves, and that it is planning to use a chroniton beam to kill the Prophets. O'Brien asks Rom to play dumb for awhile and rushes out. He gets back to work on the junction, with a newfound purpose, however, the newly-solid Odo confronts him. He knows that O'Brien was behind the modifications, so O'Brien knocks him out. He finishes the station modifications, and takes the Keiko/Pah-wraith to a runabout, coldly telling it that he figured out its plan but doesn't care about the Prophet/Pah-wraith conflict: he only wants his wife back. Once in position near the wormhole, O'Brien activates the emitters on the station, but as the Pah-wraith eagerly anticipates the death of the Prophets, he targets the runabout instead of the wormhole, the deranged Pah-wraith screaming in pain as it dies. Keiko and Miles embrace. When they return, Sisko asks Miles for an explanation. Back in their quarters, Keiko reveals that she was conscious the entire time, but the Pah-wraith was in complete control of her body. Her mind was a helpless observer, "like being stuck in sand and squeezed" whenever she tried to move, hearing and feeling herself speak and unable to affect any of it. She was, however, able to feel its emotions sometimes, but there was only a cold rage. Keiko tells Miles that she doubts the Pah-wraith would have spared either of them. The next day, a tired but excited Rom enters Quark's. Quark warns him that the night shift is obviously too much for him, but Rom explains that he wasn't working, rather he was out celebrating his now permanent promotion to the day shift; his reward for helping O'Brien. Quark sighs as Rom then proceeds to order pancakes, sausages, and pineapple: the breakfast of the day shift. Memorable quotes "Is there something wrong, Chief? I can work slower if you want me to." - Rom "Culpable deniability. I understand. Don't worry about me, Chief. My lips are sealed. Nobody will get anything out of me. Not even my name." "Rom, everybody on the station knows your name." (confused) "Right." (a pause) "But I won't confirm it." - Rom and O'Brien "Everyone has enemies. Even the Prophets." "That's right. They're not just wormhole aliens; they're Prophets. Part of Bajoran mythology, just like the Pah-wraiths of the Fire Caves. So what have those wraiths have to do with the wormhole aliens?" "Kosst Amojan." "What?" "It's a Bajoran legend. From the verb Kosst, meaning 'to be', and Amojan, 'banished'. Leeta's been telling me all about Bajoran legends. She can go on for hours. She says I'm a good listener." - Rom and Miles O'Brien, about the Pah-wraiths "According to Leeta, the Pah-wraiths used to live in the wormhole. They were part of the Celestial Temple." "They were Prophets?!" "False Prophets. They were cast out of the Temple, exiled to the caves where they were imprisoned in crystal fire cages and forbidden to ever return lest they face the wrath of the true Prophets." "So if these false Prophets were to return to the Celestial Temple…" "I don't think they'd be welcomed." - Rom and Miles O'Brien, about how the Pah-wraiths were banished from the Celestial Temple by the Prophets "For the first forty minutes, it was like pulling teeth even getting him to admit his name." - Odo, after interrogating Rom "Well, Rom, I'm glad things are going so well for you." "No, you're not. But thanks, anyway, brother." - Quark and Rom Background information Story and script In Robert Lederman and David R. Long's original version of this story, Keiko O'Brien is on a biological expedition to a planet inhabited by non-corporeal beings. When she returns to the station, one of the beings accompanies her, and has her under its control as a hostage. René Echevarria changed the premise of the story to be more focused on the possession aspect than that of the hostage situation. () After Ira Steven Behr assigned David Weddle and Bradley Thompson to compose the teleplay for this episode, they were unsure as to what direction to take it in until Hans Beimler pointed out to them that this was another 'O'Brien must suffer' episode. Beimler also summed up the tone of the show as "everyone comes over for a party when you're having a huge fight with your wife and she acts as if everything is perfectly normal." After talking with Beimler, Weddle and Thompson had no problems writing the teleplay. () This episode was also the first produced teleplay for David Weddle and Bradley Thompson, who had pitched the story for the fourth season episode . Furthermore, this episode is also the first episode with music by Gregory Smith. This was the first episode to mention the Pah-wraiths, the demons of Bajoran religion who are the enemies of the Prophets. O'Brien mentions the Fire Caves, where Kai Winn later attempts to summon the Pah Wraiths in . However, although this episode represents the first time the Pah-wraiths are mentioned, the origin of the concept can actually be dated back to the first season episode . While developing "The Assignment", René Echevarria was trying to come up with a concept that would tie into the mythology. He didn't want the being who possesses Keiko to simply be some random entity, but rather something that would fit into the overall scheme of the show. Ultimately, he suggested that perhaps the aliens in the wormhole weren't all good, and that there were in fact some evil members of the race. Echevarria, however, had no idea that four years previously, Robert Hewitt Wolfe had come up with exactly the same idea. In the episode , Sisko and Jake are supposed to visit the "Fire Caverns" on Bajor, and there was a line in the original teleplay where Sisko is told jokingly to "watch out for the Pagh-wraiths." The Pagh-wraiths were Wolfe's idea and were supposedly little goblin creatures that lived in the Fire Caves, having been cast out of the wormhole and given corporeal form. It was only when Echevarria was trying to find some connection between "The Assignment" and previous episodes that Wolfe returned to his old Pagh-wraiths concept. () Of course the Pah-wraiths went on to play a huge role in future Deep Space Nine storylines, especially towards the end of the seventh season. According to Wolfe, the common spelling of Pah-wraiths is actually a misspelling, and his original 'Pagh-wraiths' is the correct form; however, David Weddle disagrees, arguing that 'Pah' is correct if the term comes "from ancient Bajoran. The g's were added centuries later, when the seventh hemisphere became more influential." () In this episode, Rom tells O'Brien of the myth of the Koss'moran, which comes from the Bajoran verb "kosst," meaning "to be," and "amoran," meaning "banished." According to the , Koss'moran is the same thing as Kosst Amojan – they both mean "to be banished". The phrase Kosst Amojan appeared in the episode , but it was not revealed as meaning anything specific. Although most fans seem to assume that Koss'moran and Kosst Amojan are actually two different concepts, according to the Companion, they represent exactly the same idea. René Echevarria simply altered the name because he didn't like the sound of Koss'moran. Nana Visitor (Kira Nerys) does not appear in this episode because she went into early labor during production. This is the first episode of the series in which she does not appear. Originally, the party in the O'Brien's was going to be a Bajoran holiday presided over by Kira, but when producers discovered she was unavailable, they did a quick rewrite of the scene and turned it into a birthday party, while also ensuring to explain Kira's absence. () Reception Colm Meaney enjoyed the episode. He commented: "That was great. Roz's performance in that, I thought, was spectacular. It was the first time she really had an opportunity to do her thing. You got to see her range in way you hadn't before, playing Keiko and the alien horror. From my end of it, it was good writing, good drama. It was a solid idea to have Miles do something against his will, to have him be coerced. It was a good episode, very strong". () Trivia This was Allan Kroeker's first Star Trek directing job. Kroeker would go on to direct almost forty episodes across DS9, and including the finales of the fifth, sixth and seventh seasons of DS9, the finales of the sixth and seventh seasons of Voyager, and the finales of all four seasons of Enterprise. This episode went into production after , but it aired the week before, presumably due to the lengthy post-production on "Trials and Tribble-ations". During the party, Jake Sisko says that he has always wanted to meet a Pah-wraith. A year later he is possessed by one in . Keiko's possession by a Pah-wraith differs from later episodes. When Jake and Dukat are later possessed by Pah-wraiths their eyes glow red and their voices take on a metallic, echoing effect. Neither of these physiological changes occur to Keiko. It may be possible the Pah-wraith deliberately concealed this, as such changes would've undoubtedly garnered unwanted attention. Since O'Brien's birthday was revealed to be in September in , this episode is set in September 2373. This episode features an alien officer called Abdon, who bears a strong resemblance to a Kobali. However, the two make-ups are not identical. Five years earlier, Miles O'Brien was possessed by an alien consciousness in a similar way to his wife Keiko in this episode. () After Keiko's fall on the Promenade, Bashir diagnoses her with a "hairline fracture of the right parietal lobe," which is actually part of the brain. The scripted line was bone. This was the first of three episodes of the show to be scored by Gregory Smith, who usually worked as the orchestrator for frequent Star Trek composer Jay Chattaway. Remastered version Remastered footage from the episode is featured in the documentary What We Left Behind. Video and DVD releases UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 5.3, As part of the 35 Jahre Star Trek German VHS release As part of the DS9 Season 5 DVD collection Links and references Starring Avery Brooks as Captain Sisko Also starring Rene Auberjonois as Odo Michael Dorn as Lt. Commander Worf Terry Farrell as Lt. Commander Dax Cirroc Lofton as Jake Sisko Colm Meaney as Chief O'Brien Armin Shimerman as Quark Alexander Siddig as Doctor Bashir Guest stars Rosalind Chao as Keiko O'Brien / Pah-wraith Max Grodénchik as Rom Hana Hatae as Molly O'Brien Co-stars Patrick B. 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Trials and Tribble-ations (episode)

When Temporal Investigations arrives on Deep Space 9, Sisko recounts how he and the crew of the Defiant traveled back in time to the 23rd century to prevent the assassination of Captain James T. Kirk during the original Enterprises mission to Space Station K-7. Summary Teaser Lucsly and Dulmur from Temporal Investigations arrive on Deep Space 9 aboard the and are welcomed into Ops by Major Kira and Lieutenant Commander Dax. The investigators ask for Captain Sisko, and Kira directs them to his office. Before they go in, Dax makes a joke about how temporal investigators are always on time. But this elicits absolutely no response from the apparently humorless investigators, who promptly go into the captain's office. Sisko asks if they want anything to drink; they say they only want the truth. Dulmur asks Sisko why he took the back in time. Sisko says it was accidental and he confirms that he is not contending their trip back was a predestination paradox, a statement which relieves the investigators, as they hate predestination paradoxes. When they ask him to start at the beginning, Sisko tells them this may take some time and then assures them that he's not cracking a joke, something the investigators say they hate as well. Sisko tells them that two weeks prior, the Cardassian government had expressed a desire to return one of the Bajoran Orbs that they had procured during the Occupation, so the Defiant traveled to Cardassia Prime – under cloak to avoid detection by the Klingons – to collect it, without knowing which orb it was or even if it were genuine, as many counterfeit orbs had emerged over the years. Though they were unaware of this at the time they recovered it, they had indeed gained possession of the Orb of Time. Sisko had security lock the Orb in crew quarters so it could be authenticated on Bajor. Before leaving Cardassia Prime, they took on a passenger. Worf brings a man into the Defiants mess hall who, upon seeing Chief O'Brien and Dr. Bashir, expresses his relief to finally see Humans again. Worf introduces the man as Barry Waddle, a Human merchant who had been trapped on Cardassia when the Klingons attacked. He is an elderly, seemingly harmless man. Waddle says he deals in gemstones, mostly kevas and trillium. While he orders a raktajino from the replicator, he tells O'Brien and Bashir about how Cardassians drink hot fish juice in the morning and that after being on Cardassia for a time, he was hoping for a Klingon invasion as they can make good coffee, even if they are foul-smelling barbarians. He then notices Worf is right there, apologizes to him, and steps away. O'Brien and Bashir gently tease Worf about his aroma, telling him he has a rather earthy, peaty aroma with a touch of lilac – which only serves to annoy Worf further. On the bridge, as the Defiant is halfway back to Deep Space 9 and Sisko tells the investigators that he was finally beginning to relax, O'Brien relays the story of the incident in the mess hall with Worf to Dax and suggests that she mention lilac the next time she sees him, but she refuses, saying she has her own ways of torturing Worf. "Don't look at me," Sisko responds. At that moment, O'Brien announces a massive surge in chroniton radiation around the ship as the entire bridge glows brightly. The viewscreen shows nothing but white noise. The ship drops out of warp and decloaks as someone activates the transporter. Sisko orders Dax to get the ship back under cloak and deactivate the transporter, but it is already too late, as the individual has already left the ship. Just then, as the ship gets back under cloak, Dax tells Sisko that they are now over two hundred light years from their previous position. Sisko orders the viewscreen activated and the sight they see on the screen shocks them all; a starship, marked NCC-1701… the original Starfleet-registered . Act One In Sisko's office, Dulmur asks him to specify which Federation starship Enterprise as there have been five, but Lucsly quickly corrects him, saying there are now six. Sisko clarifies that it was the first Enterprise, the , NCC-1701. The investigators sit back in their seats in horror at the realization it is "his" ship, James Kirk's, which Sisko proudly confirms. The enraged investigators both call Kirk a menace, saying that his file, containing seventeen separate temporal violations, is the biggest on record. They ask what the Enterprise was doing, and Sisko says it was orbiting one of the old deep space stations, K-7, exactly one hundred and five years, one month, and twelve days previous, on Stardate 4523.7, a Friday. Sisko's story continues. Back on the Defiant, a briefing is occurring with the senior staff. Worf and Odo have discovered that Waddle's "real" name is Arne Darvin, a Klingon surgically altered to appear Human. Worf tells Sisko that the younger Darvin is, at that moment, on board K-7, posing as a Federation official. Odo picks up and tells Sisko that the younger Darvin's mission was to derail Federation colonization efforts in the area by poisoning a load of grain which was – or rather, is – stored on K-7. However, in eighteen hours, Kirk will expose Darvin and he will be arrested. Worf tells them that Darvin's arrest ended his career, as Klingon Intelligence turned their back on Darvin and he became an outcast, apparently spending the next hundred years eking out a meager living posing as a Human merchant. And then, in what Odo calls a "final indignity," he was trapped on Cardassia by the Klingon invasion. Sisko then is able to pick the rest of the story up from there. Apparently, Darvin then heard rumors about an Orb capable of taking him back in time. Bashir wonders if Darvin may be going to warn his younger self about Kirk, but Dax thinks Darvin may be planning to kill Kirk. And not knowing how or where or when, Sisko decides that they will have to search both K-7 and the Enterprise without raising suspicions or altering the timeline themselves, as he ironically notes that the last thing he wants is a visit from Temporal Investigations when they get home. So the crew starts to blend in. Odo and Worf change into civilian traders' clothing, and Sisko, Dax, O'Brien, and Bashir all change into old-style s, with Dax taking the extra precaution of applying makeup to cover up her spots. Stepping out into the corridor, Sisko, who is now wearing a gold command uniform with lieutenant's stripes, sees Bashir, still in sciences blue, albeit with an appropriately altered hairstyle, Sisko tells him that he went with lieutenant's rank because he didn't want to arouse suspicion. Just then, O'Brien appears in a red support uniform, with ensign's insignia, and Bashir asks if Sisko and O'Brien are wearing the wrong colors. O'Brien asks if Bashir knows anything about this time period, and he denies having such knowledge, as he is a doctor, not a historian. Sisko clarifies that the colors were switched in Kirk's era. Dax then appears in the miniskirt uniform of the day (though in operations red rather than her usual sciences blue), saying that "women wore less," and the doctor, unsurprisingly, declares that he will like this time period. In the Defiants transporter bay, O'Brien reports that the old-style duotronic sensors the Enterprise used allow for tiny interruptions in the scan cycle enabling the Defiant to decloak for three seconds and beam everyone to where they need to go. Worf and Odo are sent to K-7. Worf reports that most of K-7 consists of storage areas and industrial fabrication facilities, and since security on a space station such as K-7 is not as tight as it would be on a starship, they do not expect to have to take long to search the station. The other four go to the Enterprise, O'Brien and Bashir together, and Dax and Sisko together, each pair to opposite ends of the ship. After reminding everyone to do their best not to interact with people from this time period, Sisko and Dax go first, beam into a turbolift and step out into a corridor on the Enterprise. Act Two Bashir and O'Brien beam into another turbolift and try to proceed to Deck 21. O'Brien's vocal command goes unheeded and, not knowing what could be wrong with the turbolift, they try to take an intercom panel off to see what's happening when they're interrupted by the lift's doors opening. A steps in, nods to O'Brien and Bashir, takes one of the handles on the side of the turbolift and orders it to Deck 15. Sheepishly, O'Brien and Bashir take hold of the handles near them and Bashir whispers to O'Brien, "I won't tell anyone if you won't." Dax marvels as to how many people are packed into the ship. Finding an auxiliary communications juncture, Sisko pretends to do repairs and Dax admires the "classic" 23rd century design of the Starfleet tricorder she carries, but Sisko quiets her before she attracts anyone's attention. On K-7, Odo steps into the station's bar and sits down at a table, discreetly pulling out a portable scanning device. As he does, the door opens again, admitting Ensign Chekov and Lieutenant Uhura into the bar. As they walk up to the bar, a waitress asks Odo what he would like to drink; he tries to order raktajino. When the waitress tells him he is the second person who ordered that today, he asks who the other one was; she says that it was an elderly Human male. She tells Odo that he said he would probably be back later. Then, after being informed that raktajino is Klingon coffee, she tells Odo they have no Klingon beverages, and so he settles for Tarkalean tea. As he sits at the bar and watches, he sees Uhura obtain a tribble from Cyrano Jones. Back on the Enterprise, Bashir continues to scan for Darvin. O'Brien is supposed to be conducting repairs so as to blend in, but unfortunately, he cannot make heads or tails of it as it's all cross-circuited and rewired. Bashir jokes that it sounds like one of O'Brien's repair jobs. Both are then interrupted by a young engineer who wonders why they are working at that panel, because Scotty had told him to do it. He then wonders why they need a doctor to repair a power relay. Bashir makes up a story about conducting a study on work-related stress and is checking O'Brien for stress. After O'Brien accidentally pulls out a circuit that darkens the whole deck (and quickly replaces it) Bashir tells O'Brien he has seen enough and that they need to go to sickbay. O'Brien tells the engineer he would appreciate if he did not mention this to anyone. The engineer says he won't, and expresses his hopes that O'Brien feels better soon. On K-7, Worf enters the bar and sees Odo sitting at a table. Worf tells Odo he has finished searching the primary habitat levels. Before he can get any farther, he notices a trilling sound and demands to know, "What is that noise?" Odo says the sound is very soothing; he holds the tribble up as it squeals at Worf, who disgustedly recognizes it. Act Three Odo has Worf sit down before he attracts any further attention. Sitting down, Worf asks where Odo got it; he tells Worf that he got it from one Cyrano Jones, who said that tribbles like everyone – but apparently not Worf, a feeling which Worf shares. He calls the tribble a "detestable creature," noting that feeding a tribble more than the smallest morsel will cause prolific reproduction. Worf tells Odo how tribbles were considered mortal enemies of the Klingon Empire, which Odo is amazed to hear, finding it hard to believe that a simple tribble could be someone's "mortal enemy." Worf further explains that the Empire considered tribbles to be an ecological menace and that many warriors were sent out to kill any and all tribbles that they could find. Once the tribble homeworld was located, a Klingon armada obliterated it. According to Worf, tribbles were considered extinct by the end of the 23rd century, which Odo sarcastically calls "another glorious chapter in Klingon history," and then proceeds to ask Worf mockingly, "Tell me, do they still sing songs about The Great Tribble Hunt?" Before Worf can say anything else, the station goes to red alert. The same has happened on the Enterprise. Seeing everyone rush to battle stations, Dax asks Sisko what they should do; he says they should do the same. They find an empty turbolift and Sisko contacts the Defiant, or at least he tries to; he slaps the insignia on his uniform out of habit, expecting it to be the working combadge that it is not. After a moment of realization, he pulls out the old-style communicator and this time successfully contacts the Defiant. Kira reports that a Klingon battle cruiser has dropped out of warp and is approaching the station. Sisko asks if the Klingons have locked weapons, but Kira says they have not as yet. Recognizing something familiar, Dax asks Kira to identify the Klingon vessel; she identifies it as the . Dax immediately recognizes it as Koloth's ship and she tells Sisko that Koloth is not here to attack. She remembers Koloth telling her about how he once traded insults with Kirk on a space station near the Federation-Klingon border and how he regretted never getting to face Kirk in battle. Kira then reports that the Klingons just beamed two people to the station manager's office. Dax remembers one of them being Koloth, and asks Sisko if they could beam over to K-7, as they know that Darvin was there a short time ago. However, Sisko refuses and tells Kira to contact O'Brien and have him and Bashir prepare to transport to the station. Dax wants to see Koloth and points out that it is not as if he would recognize her, but Sisko stands firm. After closing the channel with Kira, Dax says it would have been fun, but Sisko corrects her: it would have been "too much fun." Sisko informs the investigators that Dax was indeed correct. The Klingons only wanted shore leave, and Captain Kirk allowed the Klingons to beam over in small groups. Once the red alert ceases, everyone resumes their search for Darvin. Kira contacts O'Brien and Bashir on the Enterprise, telling them the next band shift in the Enterprises scan cycle is coming up. O'Brien tells her they will be ready. He and Bashir duck into a turbolift, but Lieutenant Watley is there with them again. She notices that Bashir has left the flap open on his tricorder, thereby draining power. He closes it and thanks her for the tip. Watley asks Bashir if he is a doctor; he replies in the affirmative. She says that she just transferred over from the and O'Brien, acting as a regular member of the crew, welcomes her aboard. Watley tells Bashir that she will be in sickbay the next day at 1500 hours for her physical and tells him her name as she walks out of the turbolift. Bashir recognizes her name as his great-grandmother's last name and wonders if it could be her, which O'Brien scoffs at, as the odds of that happening are astronomically small. Since no one ever met his great-grandfather, he then begins wondering if he is supposed to meet with her later in a predestination paradox and become his own great-grandfather. O'Brien accuses Bashir of being ridiculous, but he begins to convince himself that if he does not meet with Watley, he may not ever even be born. Just then, Kira calls and asks O'Brien if they are ready for transport; the Chief's reply: "Are we ever!" Bashir denies being able to wait to get back to Deep Space 9 and watch O'Brien's reaction when he finds out Bashir was never born, a comment which causes a smirk from O'Brien as they beam out. Elsewhere on the Enterprise, Sisko and Dax are near another panel, pretending to work on it, when Dax looks up, sees Captain Kirk and Commander Spock walking toward an intercom close to them, and gets Sisko's attention. They look at the two legendary Starfleet officers for a moment. Then Sisko reminds her they are supposed to be only maintenance crew members doing their jobs. But Dax cannot help looking as Kirk deals with the intercom transmission. She notes how he is so much more handsome in person; Sisko tells Dax how Kirk had a reputation for being a ladies' man, but she reveals herself to be referring to Spock instead. At that moment, Sisko closes the panel, takes Dax by the hand, and they walk away from Kirk and Spock. Dax is amazed that Sisko does not want to meet Kirk. Sisko calls that the farthest thing from his mind, as they have a job to do. Dax then reminds Sisko about how Kirk is one of the most famous captains in Starfleet history. Sisko then admits that indeed he would like to meet Kirk, shake his hand, and ask him about fighting the Gorn on Cestus III. That, however, is not the reason they are there. Dax concedes Sisko's point, but laments that as she remembers this time period, it is difficult for her not to want to be part of it again. At that point the turbolift opens and they enter. Bashir and O'Brien enter the bar on K-7, whereupon they good-naturedly tease Odo and Worf for sitting at the bar for the last three hours while they were crawling through conduits on the Enterprise and the station. Odo says they believe that Darvin will return, and Bashir picks up on the raktajino hint, a clue that others might have missed. Before they can say anything else, Chekov, Scotty, and Freeman enter. O'Brien is amazed, having mistaken Freeman for Kirk. Worf agrees that it would be an honor to meet Kirk. O'Brien suggests buying Kirk a drink, but Odo reminds them they cannot, and O'Brien agrees, as altering the timeline would be too great a risk to take. The waitress comes up and asks them what they want, including a warning not to dare ask her for a raktajino. She then points out the Klingons when Odo asks who else had ordered a raktajino, but they fail to recognize the Klingons as such, since they look nothing like Worf or any other Klingons that the crew had met. When they act confused, the waitress decides they have had enough to drink and walks away. Everyone at the table then looks over at Worf, wondering what's going on. Worf tells them that those are Klingons, and that it is a long story that Klingons do not discuss with outsiders. Meanwhile, a Klingon named Korax has spent his time loudly insulting Kirk, trying to get a rise out of the Enterprise officers. Chekov stands up to fight, but Scotty restrains him, saying they can take a few insults. O'Brien is impressed at how "Kirk" (Freeman) is ignoring Korax. At that moment, a confused Bashir asks if that is really Kirk, and O'Brien says it is, but then Bashir points out that the man is only wearing lieutenant's stripes. Odo says they have more problems at the moment than a case of mistaken identity. Just then, Korax begins insulting the Enterprise herself, which quickly gets under Scott's skin – he is the engineer, after all. When Korax, who had called the Enterprise a "sagging old rust-bucket designed like a garbage scow," clarifies his statement by claiming, not that the Enterprise should be hauling garbage, but instead that it should be hauled away, as garbage, Scott slowly stands up and punches him. Every Klingon and Starfleet officer stand up immediately and then, despite Odo's efforts to stop them, Bashir, O'Brien, and Worf all stand up. Everyone ends up in the huge brawl in the bar. When the door opens to admit more Enterprise security, Odo notices Darvin in the background and knocks a Klingon off of Worf so they can both give chase to Darvin. Meanwhile, caught up in the fight, Bashir and O'Brien fail to notice Worf and Odo's departure and are themselves, shortly thereafter, arrested by the security officers and taken into custody along with the other crew members who were involved. Act Four In Sisko's office, the investigators are not happy, as regulations clearly state that Starfleet officers must take all precautions in taking minimal part in historical events. Sisko admits that they made a mistake, but it caused no alteration of the timeline. Dulmur is not so convinced and goes so far as to point out that this could be an alternate timeline as far as they know, but Sisko says that if they had altered history, they would have known immediately upon their return. After exasperatedly wondering out loud why everyone he interviews always has to mention that particular fact, Lucsly bids Sisko to continue. Sisko tells them that instead of going to the brig, the arrested officers were taken in for questioning. Bashir and O'Brien find themselves in a line in front of Kirk, who wants to know who started the fight. Kirk walks up and asks O'Brien who started the fight; O'Brien tells Kirk he does not know. Likewise, Chekov tells Kirk he does not know who started it. When no one confesses, Kirk confines everyone to quarters until he finds out who started it. After they are dismissed, O'Brien and Bashir walk away as quickly as possible. O'Brien is astounded that, of all the people in the lineup, Kirk asked him about the fight and that, even more astonishingly, he ended up lying to him! O'Brien says he wishes Keiko could have seen it. Accidentally stepping on a tribble, Bashir wonders who left it out in the corridor alone. But rounding the corner, O'Brien realizes that the tribble is actually far from alone. Meanwhile, Odo and Worf have captured Darvin in the midst of the fight on K-7 and have beamed him back to the Defiant. Odo tells Darvin that he will face some very serious charges when they return, but Darvin says they would not dare put one of the greatest heroes of the Klingon Empire in the brig, to which Worf angrily tells Darvin he is no hero to the Empire. But Darvin says he will be one soon and wants his statue in the Hall of Warriors to have him standing with Kirk's head in one hand and a dead tribble in the other. Worf grabs Darvin and demands to know what Darvin did: did he hire someone to kill Kirk, or sabotage the Enterprise? But Darvin says that though he did nothing like that, Kirk's death will have a certain poetic justice to it. Shortly thereafter, Sisko, who is still on the Enterprise with Dax, is amazed to hear from Odo that Darvin has planted a bomb in a tribble. Odo describes it as revenge from Darvin, as in the original timeline, Kirk noticed how a tribble reacted to the younger Darvin and realized he was a Klingon. While Darvin has obviously refused to reveal the bomb's location, he did say it was set to go off within the hour. Dax suggests they risk going to the bridge and using the internal sensors to scan the ship within minutes. Sisko agrees and orders everyone else to K-7 to search for the bomb. However, Odo suggests that Worf remain on the Defiant due to his mutual dislike of tribbles, to which Sisko agrees. However, O'Brien is concerned they may not be able to reach the station's internal sensors. Sisko tells him that then he will have to manually scan every tribble on the station. O'Brien, in disbelief, says there must be thousands. Bashir notes it could be hundreds of thousands, but Dax has already worked out the number as one million, seven hundred and seventy-one thousand, five hundred and sixty-one, starting with one tribble, producing an average litter of ten every twelve hours over a period of three days. Sisko tells everyone they have their orders and closes the channel. Later on the bridge, Sisko is sitting at a station and Dax is standing over by the engineering station when Kirk comes onto the bridge. He tries to sit in his chair but ends up accidentally sitting on a tribble. Removing the tribble, Kirk looks over at Dax who smiles and shrugs at him. He then calls Dr. McCoy to the bridge. Dax steps over and tells Sisko that she has reworked the sensor interface. Sisko scans the bridge. No explosives are found, which relieves Dax as she almost expected the tribble Kirk sat on to explode. Nothing is found on the first six decks either. Just then, McCoy comes up to the bridge and begins talking to Kirk. Dax seems to recognize him, and Sisko identifies him as McCoy, the ship's doctor. Just then, Dax recognizes him, having met him when he was a medical student at "Ole Miss." Sisko asks if it was Curzon who met him; she says it was actually Emony, when she was on Earth judging a gymnastics competition. Dax tells Sisko that McCoy had the hands of a surgeon and that she knew he would be a doctor. Her smile suggests their acquaintance might have been more than purely social. Sisko is rescued from having to respond by the completion of the scan– there are no explosives aboard. Dax, stating the obvious, says that the bomb must be on K-7. Act Five In the bar on K-7, Odo, Bashir and O'Brien are searching through tribbles frantically when Odo gets a call from Sisko telling them the bomb is not on the Enterprise – thus, it must be over there. Unfortunately, Odo reports that they have been able to scan only two decks so far. When Sisko offers to send more people over from the Defiant, Odo tells him it is no man-power shortage; rather, it is that the tribbles are multiplying so fast that they cannot keep up with them. Dax suggests that she and Sisko stay close to Kirk, as Darvin likely will have put the bomb someplace he knows Kirk will be in the next half hour and, as a result, Kirk may lead them right to it. Odo says they will keep scanning the tribbles for now. Sisko and Dax get set up in the recreation room when Kirk and Spock come in. Kirk, upon ordering his chicken sandwich and coffee, sees that the tribbles are in all the food slots. Kirk tells Spock, "I want these things off the ship. I don't care if it takes every man we've got; I want them off the ship!" Scott comes in with an armful of tribbles and tells them the tribbles are in the machinery and probably in all the other food dispensers as well, probably having gotten there through one of the air vents. Spock realizes there are similar vents on the station…"and in the storage compartments!" Kirk realizes, interrupting him. Sisko is given a clue then, and he and Dax beam to K-7 and climb down into one of the storage compartments to begin scanning tribbles for the explosive. Sisko notes that most of the tribbles are dead, as the grain has been poisoned. Dax detects a faint tricobalt signature, indicating the bomb is in the compartment somewhere. They begin scanning through the tribbles when they hear a strange, multi-toned beeping sound. As it turns out, that sound is Kirk, outside, trying to open the overhead hatch leading into the storage compartment. He finally does get it open – and ends up being buried in tribbles. Sisko and Dax see the hatch open, and as it turns out, Kirk's opening the hatch all but exposes the bomb-laden tribble in the storage compartment. Dax realizes it is directly in front of them. Sisko begins searching frantically for the bomb, tossing tribbles away as he scans them, some of them falling through the hatchway and landing on Kirk. Down on the floor, Nilz Baris threatens to hold an inquiry against Kirk, stating there must be thousands of tribbles. Kirk laments it must be hundreds of thousands. Spock comes up with an exact figure of 1,771,561, using the exact formula that Dax had used earlier. In the hold, Sisko and Dax hear this, look at each other and simply shrug. Just then, Sisko finds the bomb-loaded tribble. He places the "tribble bomb" on his tricorder, contacts Kira, and has the Defiant beam the bomb into space, where it explodes harmlessly. As they start to get up, Dax tosses the last tribble in her hand down, where it falls through the hatchway and onto Kirk, causing him to ask in anguish, "Close that door!" Sisko tells the investigators that after the bomb exploded, history continued uninterrupted and, thanks to a tribble's characteristic "alarm chirps" and McCoy's tricorder scans, Kirk exposed Darvin as a Klingon agent exactly as he had done before. By the time the DS9 personnel returned to the Defiant, Kira had figured out how to use the Orb to return the ship back to its proper time. Back in Sisko's office, the investigators ask if that is when they returned to the future, but Sisko is forced to admit that it was not, as he realized that there was one more thing he had to do – something he had thought of since he first saw the Enterprise on the Defiants viewscreen. Sisko goes to the Enterprises bridge and brings a duty roster over to Kirk, seated in his chair, for the latter's approval. As Kirk looks it over, he looks over at Sisko, and asks his name. Sisko tells Kirk his real name and says that he has been on temporary assignment on the Enterprise. Before Sisko left, he just wanted to tell Kirk it was an honor serving with him. Kirk smiles, nods at him and then tells Sisko, "All right, Lieutenant, carry on." Sisko thanks the legendary captain and leaves the bridge, while Spock and Uhura watch him walk away. Back in his office, Sisko tells Dulmur and Lucsly that if they want to put a reprimand in his file for that, then they are welcome to do so. They both stand up and tell Sisko they will have to review everything before making a final recommendation, but it does not seem as if any harm was done. Dulmur says he probably would have done the same thing himself, given the chance. Sisko walks them out of the office; Lucsly tells them he will have their full report in about a month, but that he should have nothing to worry about. Sisko admits he is happy to hear it, and the investigators then quietly leave the station, heading directly for their ship at Docking Port Seven. Dax asks Sisko if it went well; he says it did. Kira tells Sisko that Odo wants to see them on the Promenade. Odo asks Sisko if he told the investigators; Sisko says they did not ask, and that he is open to suggestions. Dax quips that they could build a new station. It turns out that Odo brought his tribble back with him, and that it reproduced. True to Worf's warnings about them, a considerable number of the creatures are now all over the Promenade – particularly Quark's Bar, with one even sitting on Quark's head. Memorable quotes "I guess you boys from Temporal Investigations are… always on time." - Dax, upon the arrival of Dulmur and Lucsly; both, having likely heard the joke many times before, respond with disgusted expressions "That's…" "The Enterprise." - Dax and Sisko, as the Defiant viewscreen clears to reveal the legendary ship "Be specific, Captain – which Enterprise? There have been five." "Six." "This was the first Enterprise, Constitution-class." "His ship." "James T. Kirk." "The one and only!" "Seventeen separate temporal violations – the biggest file on record." "The man was a menace." - Dulmur, Lucsly, and Sisko "Don't you know anything about this period in time?" "I'm a doctor, not an historian." "In the old days, operations officers wore red, command officers wore gold..." (showing herself off in her red skirt) "And women wore less." "I think I'm going to like history." - O'Brien, Bashir, Sisko and Dax, on changing into 23rd century s. (referring to the tribbles) "They were once considered mortal enemies of the Klingon Empire." "This? A mortal enemy of the Empire?" "They were an ecological menace; a plague to be wiped out." "Wiped out? What are you saying?" "Hundreds of warriors were sent to track them down throughout the galaxy. An armada obliterated the tribbles' homeworld. By the end of the 23rd century, they had been eradicated." "Another glorious chapter in Klingon history. Tell me, do they still sing songs of The Great Tribble Hunt?" - Worf and Odo, about the tribbles and the destruction of their homeworld "I had no idea." "What?" "He's so much more handsome in person. Those eyes!" "Kirk had quite the reputation as a ladies' man." "Not him…Spock." (Sisko quickly shuts the panel he's pretending to work on and starts pushing Dax away) "Let's go." - Dax and Sisko(Sisko taps the badge on his uniform out of habit) "Sisko to Defiant..." (Sisko realizes his mistake, then pulls out the old-style communicator) "Sisko to Defiant." - Sisko with Dax in the Enterprise turbolift "They are Klingons… and it is a long story." "What happened? Some kind of genetic engineering?" "A viral mutation?" "We do not discuss it with outsiders." - Worf, O'Brien, and Bashir, when the lack of cranial ridges on Kirk-era Klingons is noted (see Klingon augment virus) (referring to the Enterprise) "That sagging old rust bucket is designed like a garbage scow. Half the quadrant knows it. That's why they're learning to speak Klingonese." "Mr. Scott!" "Laddie…don't you think you should…rephrase that?" (mocking Scotty's accent) "You're right. I should." (normal voice) "I didn't mean to say that the Enterprise should be hauling garbage. I meant to say that it should be hauled away as garbage." - Korax, Chekov and Scott, in front of Odo, Worf, Bashir and O'Brien "Your men could've avoided that fight, Captain." "Regulation 157, Section 3, Paragraph 18: Starfleet officers shall take all necessary precautions to minimize any participation in historical events." "All right. It was a mistake. But there were no lasting repercussions." "How do you know that? For all we know, we could be living in an alternate timeline." "If my people had caused any changes in the timeline, we would have been the first to notice when we got back." "Why do they all have to say that?" - Dulmur, Lucsly and Benjamin Sisko, about the fight on Space Station K-7 "So, your men were arrested." "That's right. But instead of being taken to the brig, they were brought in for questioning." - Dulmur and Benjamin Sisko, about Bashir and O'Brien being interrogated by Captain Kirk "Who started the fight?" "I don't know, sir." - Kirk and O'Brien, on who threw the first punch "You are no hero to the Empire!" "I will be. I've been thinking about my statue in the Hall of Warriors. I want it to capture my essence. Our statues can be so generic sometimes, don't you think?" "I take it whatever your plan is, you've already set it in motion." "I see myself standing with Kirk's head in one hand and a tribble in the other." "What have you done?! Did you hire someone to kill him? Or did you sabotage the Enterprise?" "Nothing so mundane. Let's just say that Kirk's death will have a certain poetic justice to it." - Worf, Arne Darvin and Odo, on the plot to kill Captain Kirk "McCoy… Leonard McCoy!… I met him when he was a student at Ole Miss… I had a feeling he'd become a doctor – he had the hands of a surgeon." - Dax, recognizing an old friend on the Enterprise bridge "I'm not sure we can get to K-7's internal sensors." "Then you will have to manually scan every tribble on the station." "There must be thousands of them by now." "Hundreds of thousands." "One million, seven hundred seventy-one thousand, five hundred sixty-one. That's starting with one tribble with an average litter of ten every twelve hours. After three days…" "Thank you. You have your orders, people. Sisko out." - O'Brien, Sisko, Bashir, and Dax, during the briefing about the tribble bomb (referring to the tribbles) "They seem to be gorged." "Gorged?! On my grain?!! Kirk, I'm going to hold you responsible! There must be thousands of them!" "Hundreds of thousands." "One million, seven hundred seventy-one thousand, five hundred sixty-one. That's assuming one tribble, multiplying with an average litter of ten, producing a new generation every twelve hours over a period of three days." "That's assuming that they got here three days ago." "And allowing for the amount of grain consumed and the volume of the storage compartment." - Spock, Baris and Kirk, repeating the same formula that Dax told Sisko earlier "After the bomb was detonated, history continued uninterrupted, and thanks to the tribbles, Kirk was able to uncover the truth about Darvin." - Sisko, on how Captain Kirk and Dr. McCoy exposed Arne Darvin as a Klingon "Excuse me, Captain. Here's tomorrow's duty roster for your approval." "Lieutenant… uh, Lieutenant…" "Benjamin Sisko, sir. I've been on temporary assignment here. Before I leave, I just want to say… it's been an honor serving with you, sir." "All right, Lieutenant. Carry on." "Thank you, sir." - Sisko and Kirk, just before Sisko returns to the DefiantBackground information Conceiving the episode "Trials and Tribble-ations" was conceived as a tribute to , broadcast to coincide with Star Treks 30th anniversary. When Paramount asked executive producer Ira Steven Behr to come up with a suitable story to mark the event, he and the writing staff of gathered together and began brainstorming for plot ideas. Behr toyed with the notion of harkening back to the episode , since that installment was a favorite of Behr's and because actor Robert Walker – who had guest-starred as Charles Evans in the TOS episode – was still available. Skeptical that Walker would be interested in returning to Star Trek, this concept was discarded. (, pp. 79–80) An alternative idea, conceived by writer Ronald D. Moore, was to revisit Sigma Iotia II, from the episode , where imitators of Kirk and Spock would be discovered as a social commentary on the Trekkie phenomenon. However, fellow writer René Echevarria wanted to revisit a classic episode using original footage. This was made possible by recent technological innovations, such as those used in the movie . When the writers sat down to decide which episode to use, there was little question that was not only arguably the most famous TOS episode but also an excellent choice in that it was relatively lighthearted compared to other well-known episodes such as . In what Ira Steven Behr later described as the most incredible coincidence he has ever experienced, Behr and the other producers were at the Mulberry Street pizza parlor in , discussing the possibility of bringing original TOS actors back for this episode, Behr mentioned Charlie Brill (Arne Darvin), who he then spotted at the counter alongside his wife. Although Behr was hesitant to discuss the matter directly with Brill (due to the complications that normally entail Hollywood negotiations), Brill was greatly honored to be given a chance to make history twice and felt that Gene Roddenberry would be proud. Behr later joked, in a DVD audio commentary for this episode, that the remarkable turn of events proved God was a DS9 fan, while Brill stated that he was happy he hadn't gone out for Chinese food instead. The difference in appearance of TOS and TNG/DS9/VOY Klingons, first recognized as canon here (it was not broached in the DS9 second season episode ), was addressed in the episodes and . There was a conscious effort to keep Worf at a distance from TOS-era Klingons due to the obvious make-up differences. Ronald Moore wrote Worf's explanation (or lack thereof) into the script because he felt that there was "not a single explanation that's less than preposterous" for the make-up differences and he believed that fans could figure out why the Klingons looked so different. Bashir and O'Brien's dialogue concerning the issue had them suggesting reasons, "genetic engineering" or "viral mutation", that had long been proposed by fans as the reasons for the differences. When the Enterprise episodes were filmed, the final canon explanation for the difference combined both their suppositions.For a more detailed explanation, see Klingon augment virus.Combining the past with the present The writers were initially skeptical about whether creating an episode such as this with the relatively limited budget of a television series would be possible. However, when the visual effects team showed them a clip from "The Trouble with Tribbles," they were unable to tell that an extra person had been added to the scene because the blending was so seamless. Contrary to the normal technique of (better known as "blue screen" or "green screen") shooting, in which the new footage is shot with a blue or green background in order to allow the computer to easily place the characters into another piece of footage, the scene in which Dax and Sisko are working behind Kirk and Spock was shot with an actual set background and then placed into the existing footage. This was due to the fact that there was no panel for Sisko and Dax to pretend to repair in the original shot. Creating the footage for scenes such as the fight with the Klingons took almost a full week to shoot due to the number of components involved, the complexity of staging, and other minor details. More crude blue screen techniques had actually already been employed in the Star Trek franchise for combining new performances with pre-existing footage; it had been employed previously in the Orlando, Florida venue of the Star Trek Adventure live-performance attraction. Everything from the TOS sets was created faithfully right down to the blinking lights on the bridge, which the crew recreated by freeze-framing and painstakingly examining the TOS footage. Everything from the turbolift control panels to the wall intercoms to basic surface textures and back-lit graphics in the corridors were reproduced exactly as they originally appeared. Even the pattern of the overhead graphics in the Enterprise corridors is identical to the original. However, there were some minor details that didn't come out as planned. In his foreword for the novelization, David Gerrold – who wrote the original episode – spoke about his involvement in production on the anniversary episode. Among other things, he tells how Bob Justman pointed out, during a visit to the set, that both the wall paneling and the orange mesh screen in front of the set ladder were not right. Michael Okuda explained that those were the only two things they could not perfectly recreate, as the company that made the reflective plastic had gone out of business ten years earlier and that nobody else produced that kind. (, "Introduction") The original Enterprise, now in the museum exhibit, had been refurbished and altered slightly over the years. Knowing that fans would inspect every minor detail of this episode for consistency, the staff consulted sketches made for the original series and had a special set of plans made for the new model's construction. They even inspected it with a magnifying glass to ensure that everything was perfect. The original model of space station K-7 had been lost by the time this episode was made. The recreation used in the new footage was created as faithfully as possible by watching the original episode as any fan might. The clip featuring Sisko meeting Kirk was created with footage from rather than "The Trouble with Tribbles", taking Kirk's introduction to the prime universe Marlena Moreau and inserting Sisko in Moreau's place. Sisko's comment about asking Kirk about fighting the Gorn on Cestus III is a reference to , where Kirk and a landing party exchanged fire with the Gorn on the planet's surface. In the original episode, after Kirk opens the cargo hold door and is showered in tribbles, lone tribbles continue to fall on him one by one, every minute or so, for the rest of the scene. This episode provides an explanation: Sisko and Dax are hiding in the cargo hold, scanning all the tribbles and then tossing them out the door. When Kirk sits on the tribble in his captain's chair, Dax is standing right where he looks, and shrugs sympathetically toward him. In "Trials and Tribble-ations: Uniting Two Legends", a featurette on the DS9 Season 5 DVD, Terry Farrell claims that director Jonathan West insisted, much to her delight, that the glance be as short as possible, since, if it went on too long, the audience would be hard-pressed to believe that Kirk would not make a point of introducing himself to such a beautiful young officer new to his ship. In relation to making the show "feel" as close to the spirit of the original as possible, Ronald D. Moore has commented, "My only real gripe was the music – I had hoped it would be more like the original score and I thought it hurt the show particularly during the barroom brawl by changing the tone of the scene. Rene and I also had this idea to redo the entire end title sequence as an homage to the original series, with freeze frame shots from various DS9 episodes in the background, the TOS end credit music and changing the font of our credits to match theirs. That idea never got very far chiefly because we were the only proponents of it and also because the show was so far over budget that we couldn't afford to spend any more money anyway." To date, the only episodes of a Trek show to have changed title and credit sequences for specific episodes have been the mirror universe episodes and , and the episode , which featured a modified end credit sequence. Moore also stated that as of the end of Season 5 of the show, this was the most expensive one-hour episode produced. Here is an example of the "Forrest Gump" technique. The first image is the original from , the second is the altered version from this episode. The third image is the original from , the fourth is the altered version from this episode: Production Once this episode was green-lit, an immediate question faced by the production staff was when it would air. The actual 30th anniversary of Star Trek was , but if the show aired that week, it would make it the first episode of the fifth season. The producers discussed the possibility of showing this episode as a kind of stand-alone show before returning to established chronology the following week with but they ultimately decided to abandon this idea. () The producers specifically chose Jonathan West to direct this episode due to his cinematography training. According to West, he shot the episode as if it were actually 1967, with lens choices and lighting techniques which gave the episode a sixties look. He also used a slower speed film stock with finer grain and a different color saturation (likely Eastman EXR 100T 5248) instead of the faster film stock used for the 24th century scenes (Eastman EXR 500T 5298), the former more closely matching the stock that TOS would have used in 1967 (Eastman 50T 5251). () In "Trials and Tribble-ations: A Historic Endeavor", a featurette on the DS9 Season 5 DVD, production designer Herman Zimmerman explains that he had just returned to Deep Space Nine from working on as "Trials and Tribble-ations" was going into early pre-production. Zimmerman noticed that the art department was drawing up construction plans so as to build the Enterprise sets by using the only floor plans that they could find on the Paramount lot. However, these plans had an incorrect scale which put the Enterprises corridors at seven and a half feet wide, when Zimmerman knew they were actually twelve feet wide. He points out that if he hadn't returned at that moment, all of the Enterprise sets would have been in ⅝ scale. According to Terry Farrell, it was easier to interact with stock footage than real people, due to the fact that they could watch the existing footage and observe exactly what the other person would be doing in the scene. Jadzia Dax's enthusiasm about the 23rd century and her desire to revisit old friends was the writers' avenue by which to convey their own enthusiasm about writing the episode. It was also intended to represent the way fans of TOS would feel when watching the fusion of past and present Trek series. When Jadzia and Benjamin Sisko enter the corridor aboard the , the reactions from the actors are genuine, as they had not been on the set prior to that shot and were truly amazed by how faithfully the set recreated the look and feel of TOS. According to Terry Farrell, "What was great was that we were supposed to react to the sets like, 'Wow, we're on the Enterprise!' And it was easy because we felt like, 'Wow, we're on the Enterprise!' It looked so real!" This technique is commonly used in Hollywood; for example, two performers whose characters will be meeting for the first time may be kept separate prior to filming in order to evoke a more genuine reaction (a good example is and in 1986 film – they didn't actually meet one another until principal photography wrapped). Director Winrich Kolbe employed this technique during the shooting of the sixth season episode , where he did not allow Debra Wilson to meet any of the recurring cast until after the shoot was completed. The scene in which Dax is on the bridge of the Enterprise took twelve takes because of the complexity involved in the timing of the shot. Reportedly, the DS9 stunt crew had both a challenge and a "good time", adjusting to the 'old-school' brawling style used in this episode's fight scenes. The film elements from the original "Trouble With Tribbles" episode were used and digitally, instead of using the 1980s transfers that were on professional format , so that there wouldn't be a difference in quality between the original scenes and the new Deep Space Nine scenes, especially for scenes where the characters from both shows were in the same shot. (DS9 Season 5 DVD) Reception Ira Steven Behr commented, "The episode was just an amazing, amazing amount of work. The crew, the technical people, the actors – they just threw themselves into it. They were all having fun. Just sitting on those sets, being on that bridge. It was a hoot, a real hoot. Everyone who worked on it should be credited. The enthusiasm was like a little virus that just kept spreading. It's very rare in television, where you're fighting the clock and you have to produce so much in a limited amount of time, to really lavish the care on an episode the way we did on this. The only regret I have is that we can't lavish that time and attention on every single episode." (The Magic of Tribbles: The Making of Trials and Tribble-ations) Although he was thrilled with how the episode turned out, with the high ratings it received, and with the critical plaudits it garnered, there was one thing Ira Steven Behr wasn't completely happy about; "The only thing that bugs me about it is that it feeds off the myth of the franchise, and the fact that it's so popular saddens me in a way, in the sense that I wish a show that is Deep Space Nine intensive didn't have to lean on the history." () Alexander Siddig commented that he found "Trials and Tribble-ations" "a particularly fun show, like the . I felt like I'd taken on another character. Bashir wasn't the usual Bashir. And it was wonderfully strange to see myself acting with William Shatner. The technology is amazing isn't it?" ("A Truly Model Doctor", ) Mary Chieffo selected this as one of her favorite Star Trek episodes. "I really did like 'Trials and Tribble-ations' because that was such a great homage to what had come [before]. I just feel like it's the essence of Trek," she enthused. "We know what came before, we loved it. Here's this new show, and then all the tech and attention to detail, which reminds me so much of what our crew does [on ], infusing what they love about the franchise and sticking true to what was. And it's a fun episode, because it just does so many fun things, and I think that they did such an amazing job visually; the CGI and everything really looks great. So, I have a lot of favorites, but that one just feels like essence of Trek." Bo Yeon Kim commented: "Time travel! Tribbles! Kirk! Spock! Tribbles! Jadzia Dax in a TOS red miniskirt! Tribbles! What more could you possibly want? Just a superbly, seamlessly executed homage to The Original Series, yet equally a quintessential DS9 story. And this episode includes one of my favorite writing "cheats" with Worf's line, in reference to the Klingons' lack of cranial ridges in TOS: "We do not discuss it with outsiders." F***ing brilliant". Mary P. Taylor wrote: "The Trouble with Tribbles was so unforgettable that, with the aid of 1990s technology, it was made into the even funnier DS9 episode “Trials and Tribble-ations.” I can never think of the Bureau of Temporal Investigations without laughing". (Adventures in Time and Space p. 465) Cinefantastique ranked "Trials and Tribble-ations" as the sixth best episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. (Cinefantastique, Vol. 32, No. 4/5, p. 99) Trivia When Sisko, O'Brien, and Bashir appear in the hallway of the in their 23rd century uniforms, Bashir thinks that Sisko and O'Brien have put on the wrong shirts because of the color, noticing that in the 23rd century, the command and engineering colors were reversed. O'Brien replies, "Don't you know anything about this period in time?" to which Bashir responded "I'm a doctor, not an historian!" Odo makes a comment to Worf about humanoids liking small furry animals, especially if they make a pleasing sound. A similar line was used by Leonard McCoy in the original episode. When Dulmur references the date of the original incident and Lucsly adds that it was a Friday, it is a reference to the fact that originally aired on a Friday. According to Dulmur and Lucsly, this episode takes place "one hundred and five years, one month, and twelve days" after the events of "The Trouble with Tribbles". Quark appeared in this episode (as an homage to the similarly tribble-covered bartender in the original episode) but Armin Shimerman has no spoken lines. This is the only episode of DS9 where Quark appears but has no dialogue. George Takei (Hikaru Sulu) does not appear in this episode (he hadn't appeared in "The Trouble With Tribbles" to begin with); this was, however, remedied by his appearance in s 30th Anniversary episode . The names of the temporal investigators, Dulmur and Lucsly, are anagrams of "Mulder" and "Scully", the paranormal investigators of The X-Files (or, in the case of Dulmur, a near-anagram). Indeed, when meeting Sisko in his office Dulmur tells him he wants "the truth", while Lucsly is mostly skeptical about elements of Sisko's story. The writers considered having one of the characters deliver the line "The truth is out there". (The Magic of Tribbles: The Making of Trials and Tribble-ations) The term "D7", in reference to the original Klingon battle cruiser, started out as an inside joke between William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy. It eventually became a reference to this style of battleship, but it wasn't "official" until this episode. The designation had been used since 1979 in the game Star Fleet Battles for that particular class of ship. As Dax tells Sisko about how much more handsome Spock was in the flesh, the Kirk-Baris dialogue in the background is actually taken from their later confrontation aboard the station after Cyrano Jones had been detained. When Julian Bashir suspects he is experiencing a predestination paradox and is destined to fall in love with Lieutenant and become his own ancestor, he remarks to Chief O'Brien that surely he has attended Elementary Temporal Mechanics at Starfleet Academy. However, as an enlisted crewman, O'Brien has never been to the Academy. O'Brien believes that Lieutenant Freeman is Captain Kirk; the actor in that scene, Paul Baxley, was a regular stunt double for William Shatner in the original series. The number of tribbles that Dax calculates is the same number that Spock determined in the original episode. Darvin, posing as Barry Waddle, claims he deals in (among other things) kevas and trillium, the two materials Spock claimed he dealt in while posing as a Vulcan trader in . Worf (slightly younger than he is here) met an older Scotty 101 years later, while serving aboard another Enterprise in . O'Brien was also serving aboard that Enterprise at the time, though it's not known if he and Scotty ever actually met. Sisko states that if he could (without causing harm to the timeline), he would ask Kirk about his confrontation with the Gorn on Cestus III, referencing the battlefield conflict against the Gorn on that planet in which Kirk participated in (the later hand-to-hand fight in that episode took place on another planet). The boots worn by Terry Farrell in the past were later reused in . The crew bringing some tribbles back to the 24th century (and thus, repopulating the species) is reminiscent of the original Enterprise crew bringing two humpback whales with them from the 20th century into the future to repopulate the species () (though that case was intentional). This is the second time that a previously eradicated species is re-populated with specimens brought back as a result of time travel, the first being humpback whales George and Gracie in 2286. Dax claims that Koloth once told Curzon that he regretted not facing Captain Kirk in battle. However, in the first season episode , Koloth fought the Enterprise several times. This may be due to the fact that TAS was officially declared "non-canon" by Paramount despite TAS references being worked into the series, including the Edosian orchid in . A more charitable interpretation could be that Koloth and Kirk in the TAS episode never had a real battle, just skirmishes and tricks. Koloth might also have been indicating a face-to-face, physical combat, rather than a clash of starships, or possibly, that he didn't fight Kirk on this occasion. Sisko's line of "Storage compartments. Storage compartments." in the episode is the same as Kirk's line from . One of the Temporal Investigations officers mentions that James T. Kirk has made "seventeen temporal violations". Kirk went back in time on at least seven separate occasions (, , and ). Some speculative possibilities include, but are not limited to: beaming aboard a 20th century Earth Air Force pilot (allegedly "erased") beaming aboard a 20th century guard (allegedly "erased") breaking into a military base in 1969 and getting caught (allegedly "erased") stealing clothes and clashing with law enforcement in 1930 beaming aboard two NYC policemen in 1968 breaking into a military base in 1968, getting caught, and beaming out risking being seen doing so helping to sabotage a rocket launch in 1968 being involuntarily transported into Sarpeidon's past giving information about transparent aluminum to Dr. Nichols the president of Plexicorp (although this can be attributed more to Scotty than Kirk, with Scotty speculating that they were merely preserving history by providing the original inventor the means to create it) bringing two whales from 1986 to save Earth from the cetacean probe bringing back Gillian Taylor to the 23rd century leaving Klingon technology on board the (Chekov throws his non-functioning phaser at his captors while trying to escape) allowing Bones to cure a patient in 1986 with 23rd century medicine not concealing use of a phaser and a de-cloaking of a Klingon Bird-of-Prey in 1986 Temporal Investigations may not know about this, as McCoy may be unaware his phaser went missing and a homeless man killed himself with it taking work, money, housing and food that others would have been employed at, spent (or saved) or consumed after Kirk saved the from being destroyed in the Nexus, he was swept into the energy ribbon. Although from his point of view, Kirk was altering future events, he technically went into the past by agreeing to assist Captain Picard stop Soran. However, Picard altered past events by preventing the destruction of the Veridian System and the survivors of the USS Enterprise-D. Kirk would have known that by leaving the timeline, he would be assisting Picard alter the timeline by preventing the torpedo launch. This is the first episode of Star Trek since in to feature any scenes set in the 23rd century. This episode marks the first mention of the , which would be formally introduced just over two weeks later in . The end credits say the episode is "Based on the original STAR TREK episode "The Trouble with Tribbles" by David Gerrold." Cast trivia David Gerrold, writer of , can be seen in two scenes, playing an Enterprise crewman (he is the gray-haired man who passes Sisko and Dax when the Enterprise goes to red alert). Bashir and O'Brien later see him petting a tribble in the corridor (which, in actuality, is an original tribble used in ). Gerrold thought the episode was "one of the cleverest Star Trek scripts I've ever read." The permission of the TOS actors had to be sought to use their performances in the various episodes the archive footage was taken from. It took the producers three months to negotiate for the use of the footage. Walter Koenig remarked he was paid "eight times more" for the use of his likeness than he was for the original episode. Stanley Adams (Cyrano Jones) and Whit Bissell (Lurry) had passed away by the time that this episode was produced, making them the two "posthumous" performers in the archive footage. Koenig himself visited the sets and showed Colm Meaney and Alexander Siddig how to properly interact with the set pieces. Cirroc Lofton (Jake Sisko) does not appear in this episode. After Michael Ansara (Kang), John Colicos (Kor), and William Campbell (Koloth), Charlie Brill (Arne Darvin) is the fourth and final actor to reprise a role which he had originally played on The Original Series in one or more episodes of Deep Space Nine. All four actors played Klingons. The Enterprise This is the first appearance of the original since its destruction was shown by the Klingon Ambassador as he addressed the Federation President in ; though the bridge of the Enterprise did appear in the episode , it was merely a holodeck recreation. It is also the first of only seven appearances of an original in a live action Star Trek series since TOS (the second one was as the in the two-parter part 1 and 2, the third was in 's final episode , although the latter was a montage sequence) discounting appearances as graphic display () or tabletop model (; ), the fourth was in Episode 15 of (), the fifth in , and sixth and seventh in and . This episode also contains the first reference to the new , as the film hadn't premiered yet. After Sisko mentions the was in front of the Enterprise, Dulmur tells him to be more specific, as there had been five. Lucsly corrects him and says there had been six. ( was never in Federation service, and Star Trek: Enterprise didn't exist as a series until 2001, five years after this episode was released.) Media This episode was adapted by Diane Carey in the novelization .Cinefantastique detailed the making of "Trials and Tribble-ations" in 1996. The cover of the issue featured Sisko and Kirk. Anna Kaplan commented: "Only in CFQ could I have written complete coverage of 'Trials and Tribble-ations' Deep Space Nines homage to classic Trek on its 30th anniversary. I talked to all the writer-producers and many of the people behind and in front of the camera who contributed to that remarkable episode. David Hines also interviewed David Gerrold, who wrote the original series episode . The November 1997 CFQ issue devoted 18 pages to that one episode. None of the other genre publications, not even official Star Trek magazines, provided that kind of coverage." The making of "Trials and Tribble-ations" was examined in The Magic of Tribbles: The Making of Trials and Tribble-ations, an eBook released in 2001. A was released by Marvel Comics as a direct sequel to this episode, DS9 #14: "Nobody Knows the Tribbles I've Seen". The episode was mentioned in an episode of The Big Bang Theory and referred to as a "classic". Award nominations This episode was nominated for the 1997 Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation. It was also nominated for three Emmy Awards for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Special Visual Effects, Outstanding Art Direction for a Series, and Outstanding Hairstyling for a Series (which was won by ). Remastered information Paramount announced the HD remastered version of this episode would be included on the TOS Season 2 Blu-ray collection. The episode was presented in a 16:9 matte preserving its 4:3 ratio with 480i video, but encoded in VC-1. Video and DVD releases UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 5.3, The sleeves of DS9 videos up to season 6 display stardates for the episodes within (even when none appear) – the 23rd century stardate mentioned in the episode is used on this volume.The sleeve of this release displayed Sisko, Bashir and Dax in 23rd century uniforms. The division insignia within the Enterprise badges are reversed in the case of Dax and Bashir.As part of the US VHS collection, Star Trek - Tribbles Gift SetAs part of the DS9 Season 5 DVD collectionThe usual ambient sounds of Deep Space 9 Ops on the episode's menu are replaced by the sounds of Tribbles cooing.As part of the Star Trek: Fan Collective - Time Travel and Star Trek: Fan Collective - Klingon collections As a special feature of the TOS-R Season 2 DVD collection As a special feature of the TOS Season 2 Blu-ray collectionThe Blu-ray collection advertises the episode as being in high definition. Links and references Starring Avery Brooks as Captain Sisko Also starring Rene Auberjonois as Odo Michael Dorn as Lt. Commander Worf Terry Farrell as Lt. Commander Dax Cirroc Lofton as Jake Sisko Colm Meaney as Chief O'Brien Armin Shimerman as Quark Alexander Siddig as Doctor Bashir Nana Visitor as Major Kira Guest stars Jack Blessing as Dulmur James W. Jansen as Lucsly Charlie Brill as Arne Darvin / Barry Waddle Co-stars Leslie Ackerman as Waitress Charles S. Chun as an Engineer Deirdre L. Imershein as Lieutenant Actors appearing in the original Star Trek episode William Shatner as James T. Kirk Leonard Nimoy as Spock DeForest Kelley as Leonard McCoy James Doohan as Montgomery Scott Nichelle Nichols as Uhura Walter Koenig as Pavel Chekov Stanley Adams as Cyrano Jones Paul Baxley as Freeman Whit Bissell as Lurry Charlie Brill as Arne Darvin Michael Pataki as Korax Guy Raymond as a bartender David Ross as Galloway William Schallert as Nilz Baris Uncredited co-stars B.J. Davis as a Klingon brawler #4 Cathy DeBuono as Starfleet science officer Brian Demonbreun as a Starfleet science officer Chris Doyle as a Klingon brawler #5 David Gerrold as an Enterprise crewman Jim Hart as Starfleet captain Randy James as Pete Johnson as a Starfleet officer Andrew Lerner as a Starfleet officer Dan Magee as a Bajoran officer Karlotta Nelson as Bajoran woman Spiro Razatos as a Klingon brawler #6 Chuck Shanks as a Bajoran officer Mark Allen Shepherd as Morn James Lee Stanley as a Bajoran security deputy Unknown actors as Enterprise security lieutenant 1 Enterprise security lieutenant 2 Pink-skinned alien Tygarian Uncredited co-stars appearing in the original Star Trek episode William Blackburn as Hadley Dick Crockett as Klingon brawler #1 Steve Hershon as security officer Roger Holloway as Roger Lemli Jeannie Malone as Starfleet officer 1 Enterprise yeoman Bob Miles as Klingon brawler #2 Bob Orrison as Klingon brawler #3 Eddie Paskey as Leslie Unknown actors as Command lieutenant 1 Command lieutenant 2 Crewman Lieutenant Sciences lieutenant Security guard 1 Security guard 2 Human civilian Human colonist Human waitresses #1 & #2 Human workers #1 & #2 Starfleet cadets 1 & #2 Starfleet officers #2, #3, & #4 Stunt doubles Brennan Dyson as stunt double for Michael Dorn Brian Hite Dennis Madalone as stunt double for B.J. 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Let He Who Is Without Sin... (episode)

While Worf, Dax, Bashir, Leeta, and Quark vacation on Risa, Worf decides to join a radical fundamentalist group determined to start a political revolution on the planet. Summary Teaser Odo and Benjamin Sisko are at the station's Replimat, discussing the impending birth of Miles and Keiko O'Brien's second child. Odo says that "Sean," one of their name choices, means "swamp" in Bajoran. Sisko wonders if the O'Briens know this and Odo "nominates" the captain to tell them. Just then, Jadzia Dax comes in nursing a pulled neck muscle, her eighth muscle pull in several weeks and one of many injuries she has sustained since she began seeing Worf. Sisko wishes they could be romantic in a less violent way, but that's unlikely since Dax has managed to talk Worf into going to Risa for their vacation, instead of Earth as they originally planned. Sisko is astonished that Worf agreed to it, and wonders if he's begun to loosen up. But as the Klingon enters and orders his usual prune juice, Dax claims that he's the same old Worf. When he arrives, Worf says he wants to speak alone with Dax, and they begin to mildly argue about her having lunch with Captain Boday, a Gallamite who turns out to be one of Dax' former lovers. Soon after Sisko and Odo leave, Leeta and Dr. Bashir come in to inquire about their trip, asking if they can hitch a ride on the runabout as they seek to have their own romantic leave together. Worf, although not pleased, relents and permits them to come along. In the end, a fifth person joins them on the runabout to Risa, much to Worf's dismay: Quark, who would not give Leeta the time off unless he was permitted to tag along. Act One On the way to Risa, Leeta insists on serving everybody (except for Quark, her boss) their drinks. Quark is quite impatient, even though it's a relatively short six hour trip, and his attitude almost makes Worf abort the trip altogether. Quark gives everybody but Worf a horga'hn, Risan fertility idols, which are used when achieving jamaharon, before wisely returning to his cabin on the runabout. Once on Risa, Bashir and Leeta go off on their own as promised, and Quark immediately gets lucky with his horga'hn. Worf did not change out of his uniform, and seems uncomfortable with being on Risa, though Dax does her best to change his mood. She almost succeeds until they are interrupted by Arandis, one of Curzon Dax's old lovers. On his last trip to Risa, Arandis ended up sending the elderly Curzon to his death during jamaharon. Worf is getting more uncomfortable by the minute, near the point of jealousy, and it's beginning to upset Dax greatly. She challenges his assertion that he is not too controlling of her by having a glass of icoberry juice, which they both know she is mildly allergic to. He relents from his jealousy again, and she urges him to put a swimsuit on so they can go swimming. In his room, Worf encounters Pascal Fullerton – the Chairman of the New Essentialists Movement. These Essentialists are attempting to start a political revolution on Risa. Their aim is to fight against loosening morals in the Federation. Act Two Worf reads a PADD about Fullerton's message and, walking with Dax, he encourages her to read it, though she is intent on vacationing. They find Leeta, who is getting a sensual massage from someone – not Bashir. She invites them to a reyamilk soak. Dax politely declines and leaves, though Worf is stunned about Leeta's behavior. Outside, Worf expresses his disapproval, but Dax says sternly it's not their business. She wants to go see the sights, but Worf intends on attending the Essentialists' event. At the rally, Dax and Worf see Bashir with another woman – not Leeta – and Worf is upset about that and sees this as affirmation for the thesis of Fullerton. Arandis joins them, seeing Fullerton as entertainment and nothing more. The event is only attended by a few other people. Fullerton explains that morals have become degenerated and amusement has a higher priority than ever before. With threats from the Borg, Romulans, and the Dominion, Federation citizens can't afford this mentality. He concludes with an emphasis for hard work. Worf obviously agrees with what he said, though the others don't. Later, the group debates the topic. Worf explains the Klingons saw the Federation as weak, inviting attack, and even though a Changeling was discovered among the High Council they are still calling for an all-out war. Bashir points out none of the debate has anything to do with Risa, but Worf says he can't be certain of that. Dax says everyone needs a vacation, especially those who devote their lives defending the Federation. Just then, Leeta arrives and kisses Bashir. Worf has had it, and confronts them. Leeta and Bashir explain that they came to Risa to break up, through an old Bajoran tradition called the Rite of Separation. They excuse themselves to "work some details out." Dax and Worf continue to debate, but then the group of fundamentalists attack some Risian visitors during dinner, carrying phaser rifles. Act Three When Dax and Worf attempt to fight back, Fullerton calls a stop to the action. It turns out that the phaser cells are empty and Fullerton arranged the event so as to demonstrate how vulnerable the Federation has become. Worf is impressed, though says he can't condone the group's actions. Dax threatens to arrest them under her authority as a Starfleet officer, but Fullerton points out the Risians won't prosecute. Later, Worf wants to talk to Dax about their relationship. Dax is argumentative as Worf points out he sees her as his Par'Mach'kai, and therefore everything she does reflects on him, including her impulsive nature. Ultimately, he wants to know she takes the relationship as seriously as he does. Dax believes he's taking this to an extreme, telling him he can't control her and should be more relaxed. They both agree, that each won't change who they are. Dax goes to see the damage the Essentialists have done, and finds Arandis. She takes the incident in stride, joking that Fullerton definitely needs some jamaharon. Dax turns serious and confides about her problems with Worf while helping her clean up. Meanwhile, Leeta and Bashir complete their separation with a ceremony in which they declare themselves two instead of one. They end with a kiss. Quark, the witness for the ceremony, was expecting more "fireworks", but is instead let down. Interestingly, Leeta says she can now be more honest about her feelings. She then reveals that she has developed feelings for Rom. Both Quark and Bashir are shocked. Quark hands over his horga'hn to Bashir, telling him he needs it more than he does. Later, Worf walks in on Dax sculpting with Arandis and is jealous. He goes back to his room, breaks a horga'hn by smashing it against a wall, and decides to help Fullerton make his point. He tells the group he knows how to make people leave Risa. Act Four Quark and Bashir listen to Dax vent about what happened. Bashir remarks he may have taken Worf's view if he was there. Furthermore, "figuring" Dax out was what made her so intriguing to him when he first came to Deep Space 9. However, the amount of work it took to get close to her was why he stopped. Dax shrugs this off and expresses why she likes Worf, despite the fact that he is a lot of work. Just then, Arandis enters to say she hasn't found Worf. Soon, they hear lightning and thunder, which should never happen in that part of Risa. As several of the visitors group under shelter, along with Quark, Bashir, and Arandis, they wonder about what happened when Fullerton, and Worf, and his group enter. Fullerton makes his speech and leaves, but Worf is confronted. Worf stands his ground, saying, as Fullerton did, that Federation citizens must be prepared to resist a Dominion invasion and cannot afford to let themselves go with the illusion of Risa. He doesn't want to argue anymore and leaves. The rain creates an unpleasant ambiance on Risa because everybody expected sunny weather. Even the Risians are depressed, but Arandis tries to organize an indoor game of hoverball instead. Only Dax will join, and Arandis admits that the guests have been complaining about everything and is dismayed herself. She wonders whether Fullerton was right in that they've forgotten how to deal with adversity. Fullerton explains his satisfaction to Worf, since guest population is declining and the message is spreading. But when Worf leaves, the fundamentalist confers with his assistant that all the attention will be forgotten when the weather control system restarts. He wants to take things one step further. Act Five Dax confronts Worf about the situation, saying his actions aren't about the Essentialists or the Federation but about them as a couple. Angry that he didn't trust her with Arandis, she asks him why he is so obsessed with controlling everything in his life. Saying there must be something going on, she states Worf sets a great example of Klingon honor, but has none of the Klingon zest for life. Worf tells her that when he was a child he grew up on the sparsely populated farmworld of Gault, and as the biggest, strongest and most fearless boy around he did whatever he wanted with no worries. At the age of thirteen, he ed his school's soccer team and was determined to win, so when he and a boy named Mikel made a play for the mid-air ball he threw himself at his opponent in order to score. He succeeded, but had failed to realize in his excitement that he had accidentally broken his opponent's neck when their heads collided, and the boy died the next day. Worf realized that Humans are extremely fragile and he decided to restrain himself so that no one else suffered; over time his restraint became part of who he is. Worf promises that he will never hurt Dax, a promise she returns but she tells him that he can't control her and asks instead for his trust. Suddenly the conversation is interrupted by an earthquake. It doesn't take them long to realize that Fullerton has something to do with it. This time he has lost the support of Worf who tells Fullerton that the Federation will persevere against the likes of the Klingons, the Dominion and, most importantly, people like him. Fullerton hits Worf in the face, who responds by sending Fullerton flying over a table. Later, Quark, Leeta, Dax, and Worf take a stroll on the beach with Arandis. Bashir is not there, having been seen last headed for breakfast with a horga’hn. Weather is finally back to normal although only for their last day of vacation. As Worf and Dax are left alone, Worf allows himself to loosen up a little and try and make the most of the few hours remaining by swimming with Dax – with no bathing suit. Memorable quotes "Isn't there any way for the two of you to… you know…" "Make love?" "…without injuring yourselves?" "Interspecies romance isn't without its danger. That's part of the fun." - Sisko and Jadzia Dax "I'm looking forward to spending some time alone with Lieutenant Commander Dax." "Isn't he sweet?" - Worf and Dax "Do not hug me!" - Worf to Bashir "Tell the Ferengi to return to his cabin!" - Worf, to Jadzia regarding Quark on the runabout "Now, if you don't mind, Risa awaits!" - Quark "I take it the scenery has improved?" "A few months ago, when I was commanding the Defiant on a scouting mission to the Gamma Quadrant, we encountered a protostar cluster, a swirling mass of color set against a background of glowing clouds and burning sky. It was the most beautiful thing I had ever seen – until now." "I've got to take you on vacation more often." - Jadzia and Worf, after she removes an outer garment to reveal her swimsuit "If you want something to eat, you get it from a replicator. If you want amusement, you go to a holosuite. And if you need protection, you call for Starfleet. But someday, someday soon, you're going to have to learn to take care of yourselves. Because if I see you as helpless children, then how do you think the Borg see you? Or the Romulans, or the Cardassians, or the Klingons, or the Dominion? These empires look at the Federation, and they see a prize, a prize that we have forgotten how to protect. And if we don't change our ways, they're going to take it from us." - Fullerton "The way I see it, we've got two options. We can either turn our backs on childish things and re-embrace the hard work that built the Federation in the first place, or we can lie here napping in the sun, until we wake up with Jem'Hadar guns to our heads. The choice is ours. Heaven help us if we make the wrong one." - Fullerton "You think you're safe here in this paradise of yours, but you're not. What if we had been Jem'Hadar or Cardassians or Klingons or Romulans? You'd be dead now. Even you Starfleet officers were lulled into a false sense of security. If you could be taken unaware, what chance do the rest of us have? The sad truth is the galaxy is a hostile place. Forget that, even for a moment, and you risk losing everything. Just something for you to think about while you wait for your desserts." - Fullerton "Cute!?" "Sexy!?" (together) "Rom?" (handing Bashir the Horga'hn) "Here, you need this more than I do." - Bashir and Quark "I've seen drier days on Ferenginar. And we have a hundred seventy-eight different words for rain. Right now it's glebbening out there. And that's bad." - Quark "It's the humidity - it dampens the food, makes everything mushy. Trust me…there's no word for 'crisp' on Ferenginar." - Quark "So what do we do now?" "Now, we watch the suns set." "I have a better idea. Why don't we go swimming together?" "I…didn't bring a bathing suit." "Well, I won't tell if you won't." - Jadzia Dax and Worf Background information Story and script The story for this episode originated in a discussion about 's 1947 play . The main theme of the play is the destructiveness of alcohol and sexuality, and the lives of several characters end in tragedy due to their pursuit of drink and sexual satisfaction. At the time it was written and first performed, the play was extremely controversial due to its frank depiction of alcoholic dependence and sexual obsession, and it was this controversy that the producers wished to replicate. According to Ira Steven Behr, "the idea was to do a show that would rattle the audience, that would show sexuality and push the envelope about Risa. Once you get past the titillation, is this a lifestyle that people in the 20th century can approve of?" () Production A number of problems occurred during the filming of "Let He Who Is Without Sin…" at a beach in Malibu, Los Angeles. For example, Terry Farrell cannot be in direct sunlight for very long, which meant that for many of the exteriors, there needed to be shelter nearby. According to director Rene Auberjonois, the producers forgot to organize a tent for Farrell, and Auberjonois himself had to hunt one down and set it up, putting the shoot several hours behind schedule. Another problem involved the extras. During Monte Markham's speech, Auberjonois picked out a small bank for the extras to stand on. However, when they got to the spot, they discovered it was covered in , making standing still exceptionally difficult, and prolonging the shoot considerably. () Cast and Characters South African actress Suanne Braun was initially accepted for the role of Arandis before Vanessa Williams committed to the role. By the time Braun arrived for her costume fitting, she was informed that Williams had expressed interest in the role the night before and had been subsequently cast in the role. Ronald D. Moore later stated: "The role was there before Vanessa. We had the role already written and the show was in pre-production when suddenly we learned of her interest in the show and her willingness to do the part as it was written." Deleted scene In the scene where Worf walks in on Leeta and her Risian companion in the purple mesh tank top, Leeta was originally naked and in a bath tub. This is evident in the original thirty-second promotional spot, available at StarTrek.com. Masterson commented: "Sometimes fans ask why there was a different scenario, including wardrobe, shown in the massage scene previews of "Let He Who Is Without Sin" than when the episode aired. We originally shot the scene on a closed set, with very little clothing. Then – and I’ll never forget this day – I got called into Rick’s office, and he told me, “We have to reshoot the massage scene because it’s too sexy for Star Trek.” I said, “Wow, thank you! I mean – I’m sorry!” I’m really glad we redid the scene– it’s much more elegantly done than the original". Reception Robert Hewitt Wolfe regards this as his least favorite episode out of all of those that he wrote or co-wrote. Ira Steven Behr has commented that if he had to choose one episode he could go back and refine, it would be this one; "It was supposed to be a show that looked at 24th century morals and sexuality. We pretty much failed on both counts." Similarly, Ronald D. Moore says "it's a show we all wish we had a second crack at." Director Rene Auberjonois comments "it was not my happiest time as a director." Even Alexander Siddig disliked the episode, particularly his own performance. Nana Visitor had given birth to their son the night before he shot the scene where he and Leeta break up, and according to Siddig, he had never been so unfocused on-set as he was when shooting that scene. () Ron Moore also commented: "I think everyone looks back at the Risa show and says, 'I wish we could take another crack at that one'. It was supposed to be a fun romp of an episode, but just didn't come through for whatever reason. I still don't think it was a bad idea, but it could have been a really cool, really fun episode. It was a great idea to go to Risa with Worf and Dax. It just didn't quite come together". ("Writing Across the Universe", ) In the eyes of Robert Hewitt Wolfe and Ira Steven Behr, the main reason the episode failed was because of restrictions placed upon how open they could be about sexuality. This was a show that was supposed to be examining sex, but it wasn't allowed to actually show any sex. As Wolfe explains, "kids watch this show, and in some markets it airs at five o'clock. That meant we couldn't show skin, so there was no sex. It became a totally asexual show, and once that happened the whole thing got flushed down the toilet because none of it made sense anymore." () Behr elaborated: "Well, the one we never should have done, and the one that Robert Wolfe kept on saying, even as we were doing it, 'Let’s pull the plug on this. This is not going to work', was 'Let He Who Is Without Sin', because by the very nature of the show … and I got to say, Rick Berman, I don’t want to put it all on Rick, but there was no way we were going to do a really sexy show about Risa. It had to be really sexy, and there had to be a real sense of things being done, and people leaving lives, and experiencing pleasures. There was no way. You couldn’t even have sexy bathing suits, really. So why the hell were we doing this dumb show about someone who is upset about Risa when Risa seemed so unassuming and so tame. I mean, as we were writing it, Robert said, 'We should dump it'. I just didn’t have the guts to dump it. I wish I had dumped it. It’s a totally valid episode, but just not for the time". Terry Farrell commented: "Vanessa Williams was a very good guest star. She's the tiniest Human being in the world. We had two days out on the beach in Malibu, which was great. We don't get do that very often on DS9. We also had some incredibly long shooting days. I had a 20-hour day after a 17-hour day, which came after a 15-hour day. I was crying at one point because they told me were going to work that 20-hour day, and I had to be on set for the first scene of the next episode the next day. I was crying and one of our guys went to get me a tissue. He couldn't find me one, so he brought me a towel. Major, major tears right?! It was funny and I just ended up laughing". () Continuity Nana Visitor (Kira Nerys), Cirroc Lofton (Jake Sisko), and Colm Meaney (Miles O'Brien) do not appear in this episode. Nana Visitor's absence was due to her giving birth to Django, her son with Alexander Siddig, while the episode was in production. The reason Kira appears in but not in or "Let He Who Is Without Sin…" is because was filmed before , but the two episodes were switched in broadcast schedule. Ira Steven Behr also wrote the episode , where Risa first appeared. We learn the circumstances of Curzon's death in this episode. This episode is one of very few to tell a story of Worf's childhood. The colony of Gault was first mentioned in . Captain Boday is mentioned for the second time in this episode, having previously been referred to in the second season episode . It was revealed in that episode that he and Dax had had dinner together several times. This episode is featured in the "Star Trek's Beautiful Alien Women" documentary of the Special Edition DVD. Terry Farrell talks about working with Vanessa Williams and Chase Masterson about the scene with the Risian male. Quark references the rainy climate of Ferenginar, which had been seen previously in . If you look closely at Dax's swimsuit you can see the Speedo logo on her right hip. It could be that Speedo is still making swimwear in the 24th century. Bashir says to Worf "When in Rome", which is the second time a character has said that to Worf. The first time was in , where Riker said it to him while the was visiting Rubicun III, also a paradise-like planet with loose sexual morals. The scene with Quark and the Risian females mirrors a scene in with Doctor McCoy and several imaginary women. The title is a Biblical allusion, rendered in the King James Version as "He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her." This episode has a large plot hole as a result of the episode's story having to be redone at the last minute in addition to the various on-shoot production issues, leaving little time to film proper resolutions to such a discrepancy. This plot hole is the reactions of Bashir and Dax to Worf's unauthorized tampering with Risa's weather control systems for a political extremist group and the resulting fallout with Starfleet (or lack thereof, as no disciplinary action is ever brought against Worf for said tampering, despite hundreds of thousands of people having been victims and at least one member of Risian staff knowing of Worf's involvement). The events of this episode are also never referenced again for the remainder of Deep Space Nine. () ("Writing Across the Universe", ) Video and DVD releases UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 5.4, As part of the DS9 Season 5 DVD collection Links and references Starring Avery Brooks as Captain Sisko Also starring Rene Auberjonois as Odo Michael Dorn as Lt. Commander Worf Terry Farrell as Lt. Commander Dax Cirroc Lofton as Jake Sisko Armin Shimerman as Quark Alexander Siddig as Doctor Bashir Guest stars Monte Markham as Pascal Fullerton Chase Masterson as Leeta Frank Kopyc as Bolian Aide Special appearance by Vanessa Williams as Arandis Co-stars Zora DeHorter as Risian woman #2 Blair Valk as a Risian woman Uncredited co-stars John Bucaro as Fullerton's Essentialist Ramona Case as Fullerton's Essentialist Jennifer Frey as Fullerton's Essentialist Dorothy Hack as Bajoran woman Charles Harris as Fullerton's Essentialist Paul Hurst Mary Mascari as Bajoran woman Karl Moseman as Risian man Jim Portnoy as Fullerton's Essentialist Ron Ravetti as resorter Peter Scot as resorter Mark Allen Shepherd as Morn Peggy Skomal Martin Squires as Risian masseur Scott St. Blaze as Fullerton's Essentialist Mark Allen Shepherd as Morn Unknown performers as Bolian female resorter Bolian male resorter Morn's Human lady friend Kressari Pakled Risian female lute player Stunt double Dennis Madalone as the stunt double for Monte Markham References 2347; 2353; academic; accusation; amusement; anger; Bajoran language; bathing suit; ; berserker cat; "black cloud"; Boday; Bolian; Borg; captain (sports); Cardassian; chief facilitator; children; clay; Constable; cot; courage; ; ; Dominion; Earth; empire; farmworld; Federation; Ferengi; Ferengi language; Ferengi language; Ferenginar; fertility symbol; floater; gallamite; Gamma Quadrant; Gault; glebbening; heart; holosuite; Hoobishan Baths; horga'hn; hotel; hot spring; hoverball; icoberry juice; industrial replicator; itch; interspecies romance; jamaharon; Jem'Hadar; Kahless the Unforgettable; Klingons; Klingon Empire; Klingon High Council; Kressari; lagoon; "make love"; middle-aged; Mikel; Milky Way Galaxy; monastery; napping; New Essentialists Movement; Pakled; path; ; poet; pleasure planet; promotion; Prophet; protostar; prune juice; Quark's; rain; raktajino; rally; replicator; reyamilk soak; rib; Risa; Risian; Risian bird; Risian white bird; Rite of Separation; Rom; Rome; Romulans; Romulan Star Empire; ; ; runabout; scouting mission; Sean; seismic regulator; sexy; skinny dipping; snail juice; soccer; solarium; sonic masseur; spaceport; Starfleet; swamp; sweat; swimming; Tarkalean tea; Temtibi Lagoon; Three Turn Bridge; tricorder; uplink; waste disposal unit; weather control system; weather cycle; weather grid; witness External links de:Die Reise nach Risa es:Let He Who Is Without Sin... fr:Let He Who Is Without Sin... 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The Ascent (episode)

Trapped on an inhospitable world, Quark and Odo must work together to survive. Meanwhile, Nog returns to the station from Starfleet Academy. Summary Teaser There's a feeling of anticipation in Sisko's quarters as Jake makes final preparations for the move to his own quarters. Jake will be living with Nog who is due to spend his sophomore year on the station as part of his field studies, but Sisko discovers that the boys' quarters will be not next door but on the other side of the habitat ring. The old man reminisces, but Jake is all too eager to move out on his own. Meanwhile, Quark enters Rom's quarters to find his brother anxiously awaiting Nog's return. Despite his own disapproval of Nog's attending Starfleet Academy, Quark has brought along several dozen bottles of root beer and is disgusted to see Rom at once gleefully drink one. The door chime rings and Rom grows excited, believing it might be his son, but instead it is Odo. The usual verbal sparring between Quark and Odo turns serious when Odo announces he has come to arrest Quark once and for all. Whatever has happened, it looks like Quark's shady dealings have finally caught up with him. Rom continues to drink his root beer as his brother is led away by Odo. Act One Alone with Odo aboard the runabout now, Quark grows increasingly bored and tries to find ways to pass the time, including him trying to get Odo to play fizzbin. While he is interested by Odo's reading a romance novel, Quark finds the constable unwilling to indulge him in a card game or tell him what has happened. All he knows for sure is that a Federation grand jury has indicted him for something big. Back aboard Deep Space 9, Nog meets Captain Sisko in his office to take orders. A symbolic moment involving Sisko's , which Nog catches, epitomizes the boy's transition into a model cadet. When Nog promises to "take care" of Jake and "keep him out of trouble", the captain sarcastically claims Nog inspires him with confidence. However, when Nog and Jake move into their quarters, it is clear things will not be quite the same. Nog seems to have become more disciplined, while Jake has been indulging himself focusing on his writing. They are still best friends, but if Nog's 22:00 "lights out" time and 04:30 workout are any indication, the boys will not see eye to eye on everything. The utter lack of conversation and other stimuli has caused Quark's lobes to notice how annoyingly filled with sound the runabout is. In particular, he claims that Odo, who is eating soup, smacks his lips when he eats. There is also a strange buzzing sound, although Odo does not hear it. A few seconds pass before Quark determines to find what the sound is, and over Odo's impatience, he finds that it is an explosive underneath an access panel. Act Two Things go from bad to worse when they try to beam the explosive off the ship, which causes it to explode and nearly destroy the ship. The Rio Grande limps to a nearby class L planet, where they have to crash-land because the life support systems have been virtually destroyed. On the way down, Quark mentions the bomb was planted by the Orion Syndicate, to Odo's surprise; it seems the lack of information about the charges against Quark was an attempt by Odo, who also knew nothing, to gain information. Both men lose consciousness during the violent crash. Quark awakens to find their situation grim; the class L planet on which they have landed is freezing (although the weather is otherwise hospitable), the communications system and most supplies were destroyed in the crash, and the local plants appear poisonous. They do have a couple of ration packs, but as Odo points out, they now have a choice between starving to death and freezing to death. On his first morning with Nog, Jake sleepily walks out of his bedroom to find his friend lifting weights. As usual, Jake passes on his own workout. Nog has found one of Jake's PADDs lying around with a story, "Past Prologue," on it, so Jake asks what he thought. However, Nog did not read for "content," but rather to correct grammar and spelling errors. While Nog's having made the corrections himself is "sacrilege" to Jake as a writer, Nog doesn't seem to care. He claims Jake needs some muscles. Meanwhile, Quark has found a survival suit in the aft section of the Rio Grande, which he plans to wear ("finders keepers"), and a transceiver array, which they can use to send a distress call. As the communications system and signal booster have been destroyed, he uses his Ferengi brain to calculate that they will need to send the signal from somewhere with less atmosphere – namely, from the top of a nearby mountain. Act Three The pair begin their trek out into the wilderness, conversing along the way. Quark believes Odo got what he wanted when his people made him a Solid, and while Odo denies it, in a way he seems to know this is true. On the other hand, were he still a Changeling, Odo could have flown to the top of the mountain already. Quark trips on a rock, prompting concern from Odo. While Odo's concern is clearly for Quark, he quickly changes it into concern for the transmitter. They agree to split the environmental jacket between them. Tension between Jake and Nog continues to mount. Nog comes home to find that, in the process of working on his story, Jake has left a mess in their quarters, and despite his claims of "working", Jake is playing computerized dom-jot to "clear his mind" so he can continue to write. Nog claims Jake wouldn't last a day at the academy, to which Jake retorts with a comparison of the Starfleet uniform to pajamas. Nog angrily declares that he's moving out. After three days of hiking, Quark and Odo are feeling the strain. They've taken turns wearing the environmental suit, but between the hiking and the lack of beetles, Quark is about to collapse. Forcing his companion to push on, Odo assures him that they only have about six more hours to go. His opinion changes considerably when they reach the top of the hill they are climbing and find the mountain to be closer to six days away. Act Four They push on, but Quark reveals that he is not a member of the Orion Syndicate, as they do not kill their own. Odo realizes Quark was a witness, not a defendant, in the case. From this he surmises that Quark tried and failed to get into the Syndicate, which amuses him; however, Quark points out that this means Odo has spent ten years trying to catch a nobody. In the Replimat, Rom joins Sisko. As they discuss their sons' living together, each expresses his desire that his son would be more like the other's. As Sisko fondly remembers a time when the two were desperate to keep Jake and Nog away from each other, Rom reveals that he thought Nog might be a Changeling and, eight hours earlier, had drawn some blood to make sure. He pulls out the vial to check again that the blood hadn't turned back to the gelatinous changeling state. He also mentioned how Nog had put him "on report" for having an untidy toolkit. Rom and Sisko agree their sons could learn a lot from each other. They start planning a way to get Jake and Nog to reconcile. As things become increasingly desperate, Quark wakes up after a night in the open to find that he can no longer hear out of his right ear. He claims that his body has begun to shut down due to excessive stress and lack of food. Odo declares his intent to push on, even if Quark is ready to give up, and Quark goes along if only because he does not want to be left alone to die. Their true feelings come out while they continue their journey, and they eventually stop to express their hatred for one another. They start fighting and fall down a slope in the heat of the moment, breaking Odo's leg in the process. Act Five Forming a crude, makeshift splint for Odo's leg, Quark determines to carry him to the top of the mountain. Although Odo tells Quark not to be an idiot, he claims to be bringing the other man along not to save him but for food when Odo dies. The Ferengi continues to pull Odo using a travois, but eventually collapses, exhausted. Odo attempts to pull the transceiver himself while crawling on the ground. Quark, realizing that Odo is getting one up on him (and balking at the thought that his remains won't be sold if he dies on the mountain), picks himself up and pushes on. Sisko surprises his son with a visit to inform Jake of some bad news: station "regulations" say that a single person cannot occupy double quarters, and unfortunately, there are no other quarters available. The solution, of course, is to get Jake a roommate, so Sisko calls Nog in. Overruling both boys' objections (as Jake's father and as Nog's commanding officer), Sisko makes them stay in the room together and leaves them alone. They both know how foolish they have been and attempt to reconcile. Jake suggests they go to the gym, Nog suggests dom-jot instead. As Quark collapses amid a snowstorm, Odo has realized the Ferengi couldn't carry on and begun dragging himself upward. Before long he realizes it is an exercise in futility and records a log on his communicator: "Begin recording. Chief of security… log…final entry. It looks like Quark didn't make it… Can't say I'm surprised. You'll find his body further up the slope… No doubt he'd want you to vacuum-desiccate his remains and auction them off. Not that they're worth much. As for myself… Cremate me, stick my ashes in my bucket, shoot me through the wormhole. Might as well end up where I began. Or better yet…" Odo is beamed off the surface by the as he speaks and rushed to sickbay by Doctor Bashir. It seems the ship was looking for Odo and Quark and picked up the signal from the transceiver. Worf and Dax inform him that they found Quark slumped over the emitter. Dax says that Quark saved both their lives, to Odo's dismay. The two of them end up in the Defiants sickbay alongside one another, where they reassure each other that they meant their words of hatred earlier – their own way of apologizing and reassuring themselves that they are still friends, or at least adversaries. Memorable quotes "Well, I guess you're not as successful a businessman as you think you are." "Which means you spent the last ten years of your life trying to catch a nobody – with little success, I might add. So you tell me, which one of us is the bigger failure?" - Odo and Quark "We're going to clean every day?" "No, just the odd and even ones." - Jake and Nog "This whole runabout is alive with annoying little noises." - Quark "All we have to do is haul this transmitter to higher ground, more altitude less atmosphere. Go high enough and we just might get a signal out." "How much higher do we have to go?" "Carry the seven, take the square root, times pi… I'd say ah… (points to a VERY high peak) that high." - Quark and Odo "What's that over there?" "Its just another stone." "I can't believe it. I've been walking for three days and I haven't seen a single beetle. I could really go for a beetle right now, any kind of beetle, just as long as it had a little meat on it." "There are no beetles, Quark." "A nice slug would do." "There are no slugs either. No slugs, no beetles, no worms, no snails… nothing but rocks and trees and we can't eat any of it!" - Quark and Odo "I hate this transmitter, I hate this mountain, and most of all, I hate the Orion Syndicate for stranding us here." "I think we both know who's really to blame." "Don't try and blame this on me, Constable. It was your job to get me to Inferna Prime safely." "Well, you never told me the Orion Syndicate was after you." "You never asked." "If I had, would you have told me the truth, or would you have lied…like you…lie about… everything?" "Have I ever told you how much I hate that smug, superior attitude of yours?" "Have I ever told you how much I hate your endless lying, your pathetic greed, your idiotic little schemes?" "Well, I hate…" "What do you hate?" "You." "Well, that's fine with me… 'cause I hate you, too. You're nothing but a petty thief!" "You're an arrogant prude." "LECHER!" "FREAK!" "FRAUD!" "FASCIST!" "FAILURE!" - Quark and Odo, letting out all their hate "Don't you get it? I'm not trying to save you. I'm taking you along as emergency rations. If you die, I'm gonna eat you." "You're joking." "Waste not, want not." - Quark and Odo "Now, I know the two of you are very different people, but you're still friends, and somehow, some way, you'll make this work." "I don't know…" "Neither do I." "Well I do. (to Nog) And I'm your captain. (to Jake) And your father. And what I say goes. Good day, gentlemen." - Sisko, Nog and Jake "You're trying to embarrass me, aren't you? You're trying to shame me into carrying that thing the rest of the way on my own! Well, it's not gonna work! You oughta just embrace the inevitable and die with dignity, that's what I'm gonna do! I'm just gonna lie here and die!!!" - Quark breaks down while Odo tries to push the transmitter up the mountain with a broken leg "If it wasn't for his signal, we never would have found you. Looks like he saved both your lives." "I was afraid you were going to say that." - Dax and Odo, about Quark "Odo? Odo? Are you awake?" "I am now." - Quark and Odo "You remember back there, when I told you I hated you, and you told me you hated me?" "Vividly." "I just wanted you to know… I meant every word of it." "So did I." (both chuckle) - Quark and Odo, in the Defiant sickbay Background information Story and script Before this episode was even written, actors Rene Auberjonois and Armin Shimerman, who played Odo and Quark respectively, were eager to learn more about the motivations behind their characters' relationship. As such, Shimerman pre-empted this episode by stating, "Rene Auberjonois and I would like to learn their reasons for liking and hating each other, so we need to see them together for an entire episode. What will be the result of that scenario? Are they going to reach an understanding? And will their relationship improve or worsen?" () The origin of this episode is to be found in Ira Steven Behr's love for the 1949 Samuel Beckett play ; Behr had always wanted to do an episode with Odo in the role of Vladimir and Quark in the role of Estragon. The problem Behr had was with the story. The play has no discernible plot at all; it is simply about two characters sitting around waiting for something undefined and something which never arrives, and they spend most of the play insulting one another. According to Behr, the only plot he could come up with for a ) episode was having Odo and Quark waiting somewhere for Sisko to bring them a runabout, but they've no idea why or how long they've been there. Behr never got around to doing the episode, but when the writing staff decided to do a story about Odo and Quark getting into mortal danger somewhere off the station, he revived his Godot idea, and he and Robert Hewitt Wolfe used it as their template for "The Ascent". () A major motivator for this episode was to deal with Odo's new status as a solid. According to Robert Hewitt Wolfe, "we wanted to do an episode emphasizing Odo's Human frailty, showing the effects on him of not being able to shape-shift. But we didn't want him to be fighting bad guys because we'd done stuff like that already. We wanted to have him going somewhere that would have been easy for Odo to get to if he could morph. So we put him and Quark up against the elements and had them climb a mountain." () Production The outdoor scenes for this episode were filmed on , a 14,500' mountain in central California. The crew stayed in Lone Pine. (, Makeup Man: From Rocky to Star Trek The Amazing Creations of Hollywood's Michael Westmore page 244) Normally, Armin Shimerman has no problems with the Quark prosthetics, but shooting on this particular location proved different. When they arrived for the first day of shooting, the pressure inside the Quark head became too much for Shimerman and he nearly passed out. At first, there were fears that the entire episode may have to be pulled, but the on-set medic had actually prepared for altitude reactions and was able to ensure that Shimerman could shoot. According to Shimerman, "the medic's the hero of that episode." () Odo's inquiry as to how it could be so cold when the sun is shining was added on-set because of the excellent weather during production. Although it was supposed to be freezing cold on-camera, in reality, temperatures went as high as 65 °F/18 °C, making shooting extremely uncomfortable for both Armin Shimerman and Rene Auberjonois. To make it look colder than it actually was, director of photography Kris Krosskove used a very wide lens and a filter to give the film an "icy" look. In the evenings he used a neutralizing filter to tone down the orange-ness of the setting sun, while for the telecine transfer, Krosskove told the lab to keep the color spectrum towards blue to enhance the frigid tone he wanted. () Rene Auberjonois enjoyed the location filming, commenting "that was fun because it meant at night afterwards we'd all have dinner together and hang out together, which doesn't usually happen". (Section 31 Hidden File 02, DS9 Season 5 DVD) Reception Rene Auberjonois commented "That was great for us to really get to work together, because Armin and I are very dear friends". (Section 31 Hidden File 02, DS9 Season 5 DVD) Trivia This is the final episode to regularly feature the s originally created for the series that were introduced in the first season episode, . From the next episode onward, these are replaced by the s that were introduced in . However, they would continue to be used for the duration of , due to the crew being stranded in the Delta Quadrant. The old DS9 uniforms were seen on Deep Space Nine three times more: in and (worn by Bashir, captured before the uniform change) and in the flashback scenes of . Quark offers to teach Odo to play Fizzbin. This card game was invented by James T. Kirk in 2268 in . Jake's story that Nog proofreads in this episode shares the same title as the series' second episode, . Video and DVD releases UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 5.5, As part of the DS9 Season 5 DVD collection Links and references Starring Avery Brooks as Captain Sisko Also starring Rene Auberjonois as Odo Michael Dorn as Lt. Commander Worf Terry Farrell as Lt. Commander Dax Cirroc Lofton as Jake Sisko Colm Meaney as Chief O'Brien Armin Shimerman as Quark Alexander Siddig as Doctor Bashir Nana Visitor as Major Kira Guest stars Max Grodénchik as Rom Aron Eisenberg as Nog Uncredited co-stars Robin Morselli as Bajoran officer Unknown performers as Alien with long face Rotciv male References 2363; 2367; 2372; ability; arrest; backpack; Bajor; Bajoran; Bajoran wormhole; boot; brooch; businessman; cadet barracks; carry; class L (unnamed); cliché; ; ; comm system; Constable; cremation; customs inspector; customs inspection; dabo girl; ; deafness; deck; Deep Space 9 levels; ; Divine Treasury; domjot; even number; fascism; Federation Grand Jury; Ferengi; Ferengi Commerce Authority; field study; "finders, keepers"; first edition; fizzbin; foot; grammar; gym; hand; heart; heaven; holosuite; Inferna Prime; IV drip; latinum; lightning; "lights out"; long range scanner; lungs; "make love"; mechanical engineering; membership fee; Morn; navigational array; odd number; orange juice; Orion; Orion Syndicate; ; pigsty; ; poison; poly-nutrient solution; preposition; punctuation; Quark's; ration pack; Replimat; rhythm; ; roommate; root beer; runabout; shoulder; signal booster; skin; snail juice; sonic shower; sophomore; space; spelling; square root; Starbase 137; Starfleet Academy; station regulation; survival suit; suspect; temperature; throat; thunder; transporter buffer; travois; Vorian pterodactyl; vacuum-desiccation; Vulcan Love Slave; wood External links de:Der Aufstieg es:The Ascent fr:The Ascent (épisode) nl:The Ascent Ascent, The

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Rapture (episode)

On the eve of Bajor's entry into the Federation, Sisko locates the ruins of the ancient lost city of B'hala on Bajor. As the visions that are guiding him prove potentially fatal, Sisko must choose between faith and his life. Summary Teaser In the wardroom on Deep Space 9, Captain Sisko, Major Kira and Jadzia Dax admire a twenty-thousand-year-old painting of the lost Bajoran city of B'hala – the only known proof that the city ever existed. While Dax is surprised that the painting isn't a lot bigger, both Kira and Sisko are in awe of the ancient artifact, which has been recently been returned to the Bajorans by the Cardassian Government (Sisko having used his influence as to arrange for the painting to pass through the station to get a first-hand look). Sisko points out a Bantaca spire in the painting, explaining that markings upon the spire describe the co-ordinates of the lost city; however, since two of the spire's sides cannot be seen, the city's exact position is difficult to decipher. He has the picture scanned into the computer by Bajoran deputies so that he can study it, prompting Kira to recall a prophecy that only one who had been touched by the Prophets could find the ruins of B'hala. "No pressure," Dax jokingly says to Sisko. In his office, Sisko looks at the computer scan of the painting and the markings on the spire. He notices that the symbols on the two hidden sides of the spire can be faintly seen in a nearby waterfall. Adjourning to a holosuite, he produces a recreation of the spire, and has the computer overlay images of the markings from the painting, as he begins a quest to decode the co-ordinates. Later, he is interrupted by Quark, who comes into the holosuite to inform him that it is after 3 am. After dismissing Quark's offer of a visit to a pleasure maze, Sisko tries to save the program to a isolinear rod. As he works a console, however, there is an explosion and the Captain is thrown to the floor, plasma energy crackling over his body. Shocked, Quark calls the infirmary. Act One Odo hauls Quark into his office, under arrest for negligence. While Quark attempts to blame Chief O'Brien for not assigning Rom to fix the holosuites, Odo is having none of it, suggesting Quark tell it to the magistrate. In the infirmary, concludes that the captain shows no sign of permanent neural damage, but has some odd synaptic potentials. Diagnosing Sisko with post-neural shock syndrome, he advises him that external stimuli will seem more pronounced for a while and discharges him to restricted duty for three days. Later in his quarters, Sisko finishes a meal of lingta roast cooked by his son, Jake. Sisko tells Jake that his grandfather would be proud of him. As Jake mentions the imminent return of Kasidy Yates following her six month jail sentence, Sisko is distracted by shapes on his plate, forming them into symbols resembling the markings on the spire. Back in the holosuite, he continues tirelessly working on the puzzle, but is interrupted by a call from Admiral Charlie Whatley from Starfleet Headquarters. The admiral has big news; Bajor's petition for Federation membership has been successful, and the Bajorans have requested the signing ceremony take place aboard Deep Space 9. Sisko is delighted, and Whatley congratulates him on the successful completion of his mission, telling him to "spruce up that floating bicycle wheel of yours," in preparation for the ceremony. In Quark's, a busy crowd watches as several of Quark's dabo girls unveil a banner from the upper level. Realizing that the banner reads "Welcome Klingons", Quark jumps onto the bar and unfurls a second banner bearing the seal of the Federation, to appreciative applause. Chatting with Dax and Worf, Quark gleefully explains how good Bajor's entry into the Federation will be for business, and that he expects the place to be "busier than an Alvanian beehive", with sales of root beer alone to increase fivefold. Seated at a table, Kira explains to Worf and Dax that five years ago she wouldn't have been celebrating Bajor's admittance into the Federation but now her time on the station and her work with Captain Sisko have changed her mind. Seeking to congratulate Sisko, Kira enters the holosuite and finds him sitting motionless on the floor in front of the holographic Bantaca spire. Act Two When he doesn't respond to her, Kira shakes Sisko out of his trance. He explains that he had been experiencing a vision of B'hala, as if he was really there, and had for one moment understood it all: B'hala, the Orbs, the Occupation of Bajor, the discovery of the wormhole, and the coming war with the Dominion. Kira, in awe, explains that he was having a pagh'tem'far, a sacred vision, and with guilt, realized that she had interrupted it. Just then, O'Brien calls over the comm and announces that Kai Winn is on her way to the station. Sisko asks Kira to greet her at the airlock while he continues to work on the puzzle of the spire. At the airlock, the Kai explains to Kira that she has reservations about Bajor's entry into the Federation, but is willing to await the will of the Prophets. Back in the holosuite, Sisko frets over maps and charts of Bajor in search of the location of B'hala. As he works, the doors of the holosuite open and Kasidy Yates enters, nervous but happy to be back. After kissing her passionately, Sisko tells her that her quarters are just as she left them. He wants her to accompany him to Bajor to find B'hala, as he has worked out what the markings on the spire mean and is ready to find the lost city. Swept away by his sheer enthusiasm, she agrees. Beaming down from a runabout into a series of underground passages, Sisko and Yates make their way by palm beacon to a wall of stone. Using his phaser to melt the rock, Sisko exposes a cavern behind, containing the ruins of B'hala and its Bantaca spire. Act Three Back on Deep Space 9, Kira, Odo and Worf argue in the security office about accommodation arrangements for several admirals and captains due to attend the upcoming signing ceremony. Kira is distracted, and explains that she thinks it is a sign from the Prophets that Sisko has found B'hala. Interrupting, Kai Winn appears and asks if she can talk with the Major. On the upper level of the Promenade, the Kai asks Kira if she thinks Sisko will forgive her for doubting that he was truly the Emissary of the Prophets. She admits that she was wrong, that only one touched by the Prophets could have found B'hala, and that she is now willing to follow the path the Emissary has laid out for Bajor. Kira is surprised and impressed, saying that it takes a lot of courage to admit when you're wrong. Winn is insulted, admonishing Kira and those who were in the Resistance for thinking that they were the only ones with true courage, the only ones who fought the Cardassians during the Occupation. Winn reveals that she spent five years in a Cardassian prison during the Occupation and that while the Resistance had their weapons to protect them from the Cardassians, all she had was her faith – and her courage. "Walk with the Prophets, child. I know I will," Winn tells Kira before walking away. Sitting in the ruins of B'hala surrounded by teams carrying excavation equipment, Sisko is visited by Admiral Whatley. Skeptical, Whatley asks the captain how he found the city, and Sisko insists it really was a vision. Whatley expresses disappointment that Sisko has been neglecting his duties on the station in the run up to Bajor's entry into the Federation and orders him to submit to a full medical examination on the station the next morning. As the admiral leaves, Sisko suffers a painful headache. In the infirmary, Admiral Whatley awaits the arrival of Sisko, who is late for his medical examination. Hearing a commotion on the Promenade, Bashir and Whatley make their way to the entrance and see Sisko walking through crowds of admiring Bajorans. Sisko stops by a woman and tells her not to worry about her katterpod harvest, and then by a Bajoran Militia officer and tells him to head for home; he doesn't belong on the station. Suddenly crippled by another headache, Sisko is caught by Whatley and Bashir. Looking at the admiral, Sisko tells him that his son forgives him. Whatley is left astounded, having told no one that he and his son Kevin were having problems. "He's the Emissary," Bashir responds. Act Four On a biobed in the infirmary, Sisko describes a dream he had about a swarm of locusts hovering above B'hala. The swarm flew off, he says, heading towards Cardassia. Sisko does not know what this means and needs time to figure it out. Bashir explains that Sisko could die if the visions are allowed to continue, and needs surgery (a neuropolaric induction) to correct his aberrant brain activity. The procedure will save his life, but will also most likely remove the visions. Not wanting to lose the visions, Sisko refuses treatment. In Sisko's quarters, Sisko explains to Jake and Kasidy Yates why he has refused surgery, much to their anger and surprise. Both are upset, and beg him to reconsider. Just then, Kai Winn enters and asks the Emissary if he is ready – he has asked her to guide him in his journey. He tells Jake and Kasidy that he loves them, and then leaves with Winn to consult the Orb of Prophecy. In Ops, Kira, Dax, Worf and O'Brien discuss the captain's deteriorating health. Worf and Kira assert to the skeptical Dax and O'Brien that faith and the Prophets will guide him safely through. Sisko kneels in front of the Orb of Prophecy, plagued by severe headaches. Winn is very concerned that Sisko is too unwell to handle an Orb experience, since it is a strain even on healthy people, and asks him if he'd rather wait until after the signing ceremony. Sisko insists that he wants to proceed, telling her he needs help to understand what the visions are trying to tell him. As she leaves him, he opens the Orb box. As Federation and Bajoran dignitaries gather in the wardroom for the signing ceremony, it is now an hour since it was due to start with no sign of Captain Sisko. Although Kai Winn knows that Sisko would want to be there for such an important moment, she agrees that Admiral Whatley can begin the proceedings without him. Just as Whatley begins to give a speech, Sisko bursts in and warns that Bajor must not join the Federation – not yet. He claims that the locusts he saw in his visions will destroy Bajor if it doesn't stand alone, before collapsing into a seizure on the floor. Act Five Back in the infirmary, Admiral Whatley orders Bashir to operate, but the doctor cannot proceed without the permission of Sisko's next of kin. Over Sisko's unconscious body, Jake breaks down and tells his father that he needs him. He gives Bashir permission to operate, and Bashir begins to prepare for surgery. At the entrance to the Bajoran temple, Kai Winn expresses concerns to Kira, saying that she hopes the Prophets will forgive them for interfering with the Emissary's visions. Kira defends Jake's right to make the decision to save his father, but Winn is disappointed that he did not trust the Prophets. Kira counters that perhaps this is all part of the Prophets' plan. Winn states that the Bajoran Council of Ministers has voted to delay acceptance of Federation membership. She says now that Sisko has found B'hala, her path is unclear and nothing is certain. Awaking in the infirmary, Sisko reacts in anguish when he realizes that the visions are gone. Bashir informs him that they had no choice but to operate – he was dying. Sisko laments that he "almost understood it all." Back on his feet and in his office, Sisko again ponders the computer image of the painting of B'hala. Admiral Whatley arrives, and asks Sisko to contact the Council of Ministers and tell them that he was wrong, and to convince them to accept Federation membership. Sisko says that he can't do that, because everything he said and did while he had the visions still feels right. Whatley is disappointed, and informs Sisko that he could remove his Starfleet commission for this. Sisko reassures the admiral that he is certain Bajor will join the Federation one day. Whatley asks if he's speaking as a Starfleet captain or as the Emissary of the Prophets; Sisko answers, "Both." The admiral replies that in that case, he will keep the champagne on ice. Returning to his quarters, Sisko is greeted by Jake and Kasidy Yates, who are cooking jambalaya as a welcome back dinner, both for Kasidy and for him. Kasidy explains that while he may feel he's lost something important, he has held onto something important as well. She takes his hand and puts it onto Jake's. He in turn takes her hand, and adds it to his and his son's. Memorable quotes "That's it?" "That's it. The city of B'hala, painted nearly twenty thousand years ago." "Hmm." "Jadzia – you're looking at the most important Bajoran icon ever painted. The only known proof that B'hala actually existed, and all you have to say is "hmm"?" "No, it's just that you both gave it such a build-up that I thought it would be a lot… bigger." - Dax, Sisko, and Kira "Perhaps so. But there is one problem." "What's that?" "There is an ancient Klingon proverb that says… you cannot loosen a man's tongue with root beer." - Worf and Quark "I was there." "Sir?" "B'hala. It was the eve of the Peldor Festival. I could hear them ringing the temple chimes." "You were dreaming." "No, I was there. I could smell the burning bateret leaves, taste the incense on the wind. I was standing in front of the Obelisk. And as I looked up, for one moment, I understood it all. B'hala… the Orbs… the occupation… the discovery of the wormhole… the coming war with the Dominion." "You could see the future as well as the past?" "And for one moment, I could see the pattern that held it all together." "You had a pagh'tem'far – a sacred vision." "I don't know what I had. But it felt… wonderful." "The Prophets chose well when they made you their Emissary. So how does it all fit together?" "I wish I knew. (playfully) Someone woke me up." - Sisko, and Kira "It is naval tradition" "So is keelhauling…" - Worf and Odo "I wonder if the Prophets can help us find quarters for Captain Rifkin?" - Odo to Worf and Kira "Those of you who were in the Resistance, you're all the same. You think you're the only ones who fought the Cardassians, that you saved Bajor single-handedly. Perhaps you forget, Major, the Cardassians arrested any Bajoran found to be teaching the word of the Prophets. I was in a Cardassian prison camp for five years, and I can remember each and every beating I suffered. And while you had your weapons to protect you, all I had was my faith… and my courage. Walk with the Prophets, child. I know I will." - Kai Winn, to Kira "Do not attempt to convince them, Major. They cannot understand." "Since when did you believe in the Prophets?" "What I believe in… is faith. Without it, there can be no victory. If the captain's faith is strong, he will prevail." "That's not much to bet his life on." "You're wrong. It's everything." - Worf, Dax, and Kira "Charlie, I just need a little more time." "For what?" "To find answers. There's clarity here. I wish I could explain it better, but I can't." "You're scaring me with this, Ben." "I'm a little scared, too, Admiral." - Sisko and Whatley "But then a shadow covered the sun. We looked up and saw a cloud filling the sky. It was a swarm of locusts. Billions of them. They hovered above the city, the noise was deafening… but just as quickly as they came, they moved on. Now I know where they were going. Cardassia." - Sisko, foreshadowing the events of "Dad, please think about what you're doing. These visions, they're not worth dying for." "I remember the first time I held you in my hands. You were only a few minutes old, and I looked down at your face, and it was almost as if I could see your whole life stretched out in front of you. All the joys it would bring, and the bruises. It was all there, hidden in that scrunched up, little face. The baby that I'm holding in my hands now is the universe itself. And I need time to study its face." - Jake and Sisko "I have to tell them!" "What is it, Emissary? Have the Prophets revealed something to you?" "Locusts! They'll destroy Bajor unless it stands alone!" "Ben, what the hell are you talking about?" "It's too soon! Bajor must not join the Federation! If it does, it will be destroyed!!" - Sisko, Winn and Whatley "Before Captain Sisko found B'hala, my path was clear. I knew who my enemies were. But now… now nothing is certain." "Makes life interesting, doesn't it?" - Kai Winn and Kira "No. No! You took them away!!" "We had no choice. You were dying." "I almost had it. Almost understood it all. Now it's gone." - Sisko and Bashir, after the operation which prevents Sisko from having any more visions "Are you speaking as a Starfleet captain, or as an Emissary of the Prophets?" "Both." "In that case, I'll keep the champagne on ice." - Whatley and Sisko, on Sisko's prediction that Bajor will someday join the Federation after all Background information Bajor and the Emissary In this episode, Kira makes it explicitly clear for the first time that she is happy for Bajor to join the Federation, acknowledging the contrast to her opinion of five years ago (as seen in such early episodes as , and ) and crediting the change in her feelings to her time on the station and the influence of Captain Sisko, who, of course, Kira sees as the Emissary of the Prophets. Had the signing ceremony not been interrupted, this episode would have marked the admission of Bajor into the Federation and, thus, the completion of Sisko's Starfleet mission to "do everything short of violating the Prime Directive" (as it was described by Jean-Luc Picard in the show's pilot episode, ) to ensure Bajor's entry into the Federation. Ironically, it is Sisko himself who prevents this outcome by interrupting the signing ceremony and warning Bajor to "stand alone", an action brought about by what could be considered a gross violation of the Prime Directive: Sisko's acceptance of his role as Emissary of the Prophets. Following on from and , as Part III of the 'Emissary Trilogy' this episode is a milestone in Sisko's growing acceptance of his role as Emissary, and it also illustrates Starfleet's continuing unease with the position he has allowed himself to occupy in Bajoran religion. As Ronald D. Moore comments, "It's a classic example of what not to do: the Starfleet captain who encounters the primitive culture and declares himself a god. That has to be something they teach Starfleet Academy students in their first year. So certainly, when they start hearing that somewhere out on the frontier Ben Sisko is now being revered as a spokesperson for the Prophets, it probably would raise a lot of eyebrows back at Headquarters." () Sisko's next interaction with the Prophets is in the sixth season episode , where he compels them to prevent the Dominion fleet from passing through the wormhole, and essentially save the Alpha Quadrant from a Dominion takeover. As the episodes and had implied, Sisko seems to have two missions: one, his Starfleet mission to bring Bajor into the Federation; and two, the path laid out for him by the Prophets as the Emissary. This particular episode is a landmark example of the latter mission interfering with the former. However, keeping Bajor temporarily out of the Federation most likely facilitated its safe passage through the coming Dominion War by allowing it to independently sign a non-aggression pact with the Dominion in , thereby ensuring its survival and viability as a Federation member in the longer term. If Bajor had joined the Federation in this episode, no such pact would have been possible, and Bajor would most likely have been the first Federation world to fall and given that the Dominion now included a Dukat-led Cardassia, this likely would've been a disaster of epic proportions. Interestingly, after he has ensured Bajor will not enter the Federation at this time, and apparently speaking as both a Starfleet captain and the Emissary, Sisko does assure Admiral Whatley that Bajor will join the Federation "one day". Although Bajoran religion is a recurrent background theme in many episodes of Deep Space Nine, this is one of only a small number of episodes to have a story focused almost exclusively on it. An earlier example was the fourth season episode , and later examples included Season 6's and Season 7's . Bajoran religion also played an important part in both the opening and the closing episodes of season 7: and . The strongest proponent for episodes dealing with Bajoran religion was René Echevarria. He was responsible for the continuity between episodes like , and "Rapture". Of this "Emissary trilogy", Echevarria comments, " was the first story where we really started to investigate what being the Emissary meant. It was the first crack in Sisko's resistance to holding that title. Then in , Sisko finds himself fighting for this thing he claims he never wanted." () Winn admits in this episode that she had been wrong to doubt that Sisko was truly the Emissary (which she did in ) and vows to follow the path that he lays out for Bajor, marking a major shift in her attitude towards him. However, the doubt she had felt regarding his role was in due course replaced by jealousy and resentment of it, as seen in Season 7. Story and script The scene with Sisko carving shapes into the melon was intended as a homage to the famous mashed-potato scene in the film . () Reception Episodes dealing with Bajoran religion hadn't been particularly popular among either the fans or the studio (see Background information for the episode for more information). As such, the writers and producers were shocked when this episode proved to be exceptionally popular amongst the fans. Executive producer Ira Steven Behr said of the popularity of this episode, "I was surprised at the response it generated. [The fans] really seemed to take to this, to the spirituality, the faith. This is the episode that made me realize just what we had created in terms of the Bajoran faith and the Emissary. I knew that it was going to become a more and more important part of the show, and that a part of the audience was going to love it." () Ronald D. Moore commented, ""Rapture" was an interesting show for television you know, you're not going to find many shows where the lead character is having visions from an alien god and believing them. I just thought that was a remarkable piece of television". ("Writing Across the Universe", ) Continuity This episode takes place roughly six months after . It is stated that the icon painting of B'hala is to be placed in the State Museum in Ilvia. Later in the episode, Sisko tells a Bajoran woman on the Promenade that the katterpod harvest will be much better this year. Both of these Bajor-related references were first heard in the first season episode , in which it was stated that large crops of katterpods were grown in Ilvia. When describing his pagh'tem'far to Kira, Sisko references the discovery of the wormhole (which occurred in ), and the coming war with the Dominion (foreshadowing the events of and the major story arc of seasons 6 and 7). While talking to Jake and Kasidy Yates, Sisko describes holding the newborn Jake in his arms. This was also one of the moments he experienced in his first encounter with the Prophets, in . Sisko's vision of locusts heading for Cardassia predicts the revelation in the episode later in Season 5 that Cardassia has joined the Dominion. Because Sisko prevented them from joining the Federation, the Bajorans were free to sign a non-aggression pact with the Dominion in , keeping them out of the fighting when war broke out. Another part of the B'hala excavation site was visited by Sisko in the sixth season episode . Sisko again suffered "odd synaptic potentials" at the same time as a vision in the sixth season episode ; he had previously suffered "an excess of neuropeptides" at the same time as an orb shadow (in this case, a vision of Kai Opaka) in the fourth season episode . Given the change of uniform in this episode (see below) and the appearance of Bashir wearing an old-style jumpsuit in the Dominion internment camp in , it is surmised that this is around the same time, or perhaps just after, he was replaced by a Changeling. If the replacement occurred prior to this episode, then it was the Changeling that performed the complex brain surgery that saved Sisko's life. Of course, this would also mean that a Changeling – a race described by Dominion loyalists as gods themselves – both advocated removing and then ultimately did remove Sisko's capacity to receive visions from Bajor's chosen gods. Kasidy Yates (Penny Johnson) returns to the station following the end of the six-month jail term she was given in "For the Cause" for aiding the Maquis, and is warmly welcomed back by Sisko. However, it would seem that more than six months have passed since the aforementioned episode, as Elim Garak was also sentenced to six months in prison in and had been released by the time of . Characters Kasidy Yates (Penny Johnson) returns to the station following the end of the six-month jail term she was given in for aiding the Maquis, and is warmly welcomed back by Sisko. The touching final scene of the episode suggests that she, Benjamin and Jake are becoming a family. However, due to Johnson's shooting schedule on , Kasidy was not actually seen again until Season 6's . According to Ronald D. Moore, First Minister Shakaar actually was supposed to appear in the signing ceremony, but the writers ultimately decided it would have cost too much to hire Shakaar's actor, Duncan Regehr, for what would have been a very minor appearance. Admiral Whatley is one of a number of admirals who appeared in Deep Space Nine; other examples include Admirals Rollman, Chekote, Toddman, Nechayev, and Leyton. However, a recurring admiral character was not established until Admiral William Ross was introduced in in Season 6. As had already happened with the character of Dukat, and as subsequently happened with the character of Damar, in this episode the character of Winn is rendered far more complex than we have seen her up to this point. A layer of ambiguity is added to her villainous role, as her usually unsympathetic character exhibits some admirable qualities when she lectures Kira on courage and faith. As with both Dukat and Damar, this was done purposely by the writers to challenge audience expectations. As Ira Steven Behr explains, "We like to allow the audience to hate people like Winn and then give her a speech that is basically just for Kira and the audience that contradicts their expectations. It's a perverse thing to do!" Similarly, Hans Beimler points out that "The Kai is a really important character on the show, and she's not just one-note. She's complicated, multifaceted. That's because one of the things that Ira always emphasized with us is to make the characters three-dimensional." () This development continued in the episode , but Winn's next appearance after that, in the sixth season episode , returned to her familiar role as antagonist, a position she occupied for the duration of the seventh season. Behind the scenes This was the first episode of Deep Space Nine to feature the grey-on-black } with the division color undershirts created for , which was used for the remainder of the series. Sisko also wears a captain's vest/waistcoat, as worn by Jean-Luc Picard in that movie. The uniforms had been held back in production so that they were not seen until an episode that aired after the official release of the movie. Noticeably, Avery Brooks' tunic does not appear to fit him correctly, making correct positioning of his combadge difficult. For the duration of this episode and part of the following one () he wears the combadge on the grey portion of the tunic instead of the black; the combadge was positioned correctly in all subsequent episodes. Furthermore, Sisko does not have the red stripe around his cuffs that all the other uniforms do. Bashir's "Does my uniform look brighter?" line was a not-so-subtle way of drawing the audience's attention to the new costumes. Besides all the admirals' (and Whatley's aide's) uniform which had not been changed yet, some officers of the lower ranking staff are still wearing the previous uniforms. Unlike the DS9 crew, the crew on continued to use the old DS9 Starfleet uniforms, due to being stranded in the Delta Quadrant. The notes that all of Deep Space Nines stock of the older uniforms were sent to Voyager to use. An outfit worn by one of the Bajorans working in B'hala is a reuse of a costume created for Cliff DeYoung as Croden in , a first season episode of Deep Space Nine. According to René Echevarria, the image of the locusts that Sisko refers to when telling the Bajorans not to join the Federation doesn't just refer to the Bible; the image is also something of an in-joke. Echevarria explains that the locusts are actually from an original idea for an episode that never made it past the script stage – a massive swarm of space locusts is detected heading towards Bajor, but the Bajoran people refuse to do anything about it because a prophecy has foretold that the locusts must destroy everything if Bajor is to survive. The episode revolves around Sisko being forced to use his status as Emissary of the Prophets to convince the people to defend themselves. The reference to locusts in "Rapture" is a nod towards this idea. () Although some fans find it unusual that there is no acknowledgment of in this episode, such as a reference to the needing repair work, this was not an oversight on the part of the writers, but was in fact a conscious decision. Ira Steven Behr was not happy with how the Defiant had been used in the film ("I didn't see the point in bringing it on just to kick the crap out of it"), and he didn't see any reason to draw attention to it in this episode. () There was eventually a brief reference to the film in . Remastered version Remastered scenes from the episode are featured in the documentary What We Left Behind. Apocrypha The Bajoran Militia officer that Sisko encounters on the Promenade was never identified in the episode, but was eventually expanded into the character of Vedek Yevir Linjarin in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Avatar and subsequent DS9 novels. The issue of Bajor's entry into the Federation was later addressed in the DS9 relaunch novel , as well as the lead-up in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Mission Gamma novels. Video and DVD releases UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 5.5, As part of the DS9 Season 5 DVD collection Links and references Starring Avery Brooks as Captain Sisko Also starring Rene Auberjonois as Odo Michael Dorn as Lt. Commander Worf Terry Farrell as Lt. Commander Dax Cirroc Lofton as Jake Sisko Colm Meaney as Chief O'Brien Armin Shimerman as Quark Alexander Siddig as Doctor Bashir Nana Visitor as Major Kira Guest stars Penny Johnson as Kasidy Yates Ernest Perry, Jr. as Charlie Whatley Special guest star Louise Fletcher as Winn Adami Uncredited co-stars Michael Bailous as Bajoran security deputy Patti Begley as Bajoran officer Ivy Borg as Rita Tannenbaum Robert Coffee as Bajoran officer Terry Green as operations lieutenant Dorothy Hack as Bajoran woman Randy James as Dan Magee as operations lieutenant Mary Mascari as Bajoran woman Karlotta Nelson as Bajoran woman Sherry O'Keefe as Bajoran officer Mark Allen Shepherd as Morn James Lee Stanley as Bajoran deputy Michael Wajacs as Bajoran civilian Brenda Jean Wright as sciences officer Unknown performers as Bolian admiral Bolian civilian Bajoran aide Bajorans following Sisko Three Bajoran ministers Two Bajoran vedeks Dabo girl Three Human admirals Two Human civilians Mera Rifkin Vulcan admiral References 20,000 years ago; 10,000 years ago; 2355; 2368; adulation; Alvanian beehive; archaeology; B'hala; Bajor; Bajoran; Bajoran Militia; Bajoran prophecy; Bajoran resistance; Bajoran State Museum; Bajoran wormhole; bantaca spire; basal ganglia; bateret; bicycle; Bolian; Cardassia; Cardassian; central nervous system; Chamber of Ministers; champagne; com signal; Colti; cooking; Council of Ministers; Deep Space 9 levels; Dominion War; Dominion cold war; dizziness; Emissary of the Prophets; faith; Federation; Federation Council; foot traffic; freedom; headache; holosuite; icon; icon painting; Ilvia; incense; isolinear rod; jambalaya; katterpod; keelhauling; Klingon; Klingon proverb; latinum; lingta; locust; magistrate; Maquis; meter; ; nausea; naval tradition; negligence; neural pathway; neural sheath; neuropolaric induction; obelisk; Occupation of Bajor; Orb; Orb of Prophecy; pagh'tem'far; path; Peldor Festival; physical; pleasure maze; post-neural shock syndrome; prison camp; Promenade; Prophets; Quark's; restricted duty; Rom; root beer; runabout; sensor array; signing ceremony; Sisko image file 376; Starfleet; Starfleet Command; Starfleet Headquarters; Starfleet uniform; superimposing; swarm; toast; tricorder; union; Veta; ; vote; Vulcan; ; Yridian; Zocal; Zocal's Third Prophecy Starship references Bajoran vessel (transport vessel); ; Rifkin's starship; External links de:Heilige Visionen es:Rapture fr:Rapture (épisode) ja:DS9:預言者シスコ nl:Rapture DS9 episodes

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The Darkness and the Light (episode)

A hidden enemy systematically murders Kira's old Resistance comrades. Summary Teaser Six vedeks are holding a ceremony. One of them, Latha Mabrin, is killed when the ceremonial candle issues a disruptor blast at him, throwing him back several meters and killing him instantly. On Deep Space 9, Major Kira Nerys is examined by Doctor , who complains that she hasn't been taking the makara herb he had prescribed. She complains that it tastes "like it crawled out of Quark's ear", and that it counteracts sedatives. He says that she claimed she didn't need sedatives, and she gives a weak answer. Odo then arrives and tells Kira of Latha's death, explaining that a hunter probe was hidden in the candle which was responsible for firing the disruptor blast. Unfortunately, before he became a vedek, Latha was a former resistance companion of Kira's and a violent man who made no shortage of enemies leaving plenty of suspects. Kira sadly notes that despite his violent past, finding the Prophets helped him to change his life for the better. On returning to the O'Brien's quarters, she receives a mysterious message just showing a picture of Latha, as well as a distorted voice saying "That's one". Act One In the security office, Kira reports the message to Odo and Captain Sisko, however, there is no point of origin for the message, so beginning an investigation is difficult. Although Kira believes it to be a general threat against the Shakaar resistance cell, none of the other members have received a message. Later in the replimat, she laments to Chief O'Brien that after everything he survived while fighting during the Occupation, Latha would be killed during a religious ceremony. She is also frustrated as she feels she should be on Bajor taking an active role in the investigation but, as she's in the late stages of pregnancy, is left unable to do much. Kira is then called to Ops, as she is receiving another anonymous communication. However, this time it is Trentin Fala, a former ally of the resistance who is desperately paranoid that she is being watched following Latha's death. Kira decides to bring her aboard the station and arranges for Dax and Worf (on their way back from a trip to Starbase 63) to pick her up. Aboard their runabout, Dax and Worf discuss Jadzia mocking a Captain for his tongo skills, only to lose two bars of latinum to him having not known he was actually a three-time champion of the game. The two then debate where she'll get the latinum to pay him before trying to beam Fala aboard. However, the transport goes badly wrong, as the pattern buffer suddenly suffers a power surge and is unable to reconstitute her pattern. Dax and Worf desperately try to correct the problem but it's no use and Fala dies painfully, leaving behind a smoking corpse. Act Two Kira goes to see what is left of Fala's body, as Odo reports that her death was caused by a remat detonator which she had unknowingly been carrying. Although the device is typically used by the Romulans, its availability on the black market does nothing to shed any light on who is responsible. This confirms for Kira that someone is targeting the members of the Shakaar cell, revealing that although Fala wasn't officially part of the cell, she passed information to them for years while working as a cleaner in a Cardassian records office in Dahkur Province. She also notes that Fala was constantly terrified of getting caught and executed, but never stopped helping the cell and for that, Kira considered her to be braver than any of the Shakaar's members because she lived with her fear everyday. Even after the Occupation was over, she didn't want anyone to know that she was secretly helping the Shakarr cell as she was worried that someone would come looking for her for revenge. Walking down the Promenade and heading to the Bajoran temple, Kira hears the same voice from before saying "That's two" and finds it coming from a PADD Quark found in a shipment of Saurian brandy that he just received. Odo reasons that the killer is someone who was injured or lost family or a friend in an attack that was based on Fala's information in which Kira plays a principal role. Before they can start compiling a list, Odo's database is accessed and a picture of Mobara, another resistance companion, appears with the same voice saying "That's three". Odo immediately sends an emergency message to the university in the Musilla Province where Mobara is studying, but he can't be immediately contacted, so a search party is put together. Kira is getting more and more frustrated with everything that's happening, so Odo has her return to quarters to rest, assigning a security detachment and a personal guard to her, Lieutenant Brilgar. However, when she arrives and heads to bed, leaving Brilgar in the living room, she hears a thud. Guessing he has just been knocked unconscious, she gets her phaser out from a drawer and continues to listen. Act Three Kira opens the door and slowly peers around the dark room for the intruder. However, she finds her former Resistance colleagues Lupaza and Furel, who had broken into the O'Brien's quarters. They pledge to support her and hunt down the person responsible for the deaths of their friends. Kira tries to convince them to leave it to the authorities, but neither are happy with that solution. Lupaza then gives Kira some fresh makara herbs, and the major invites them to stay on the station. The two insist on staying near Kira, so she decides to let them stay in the quarters while Keiko and Molly are visiting Keiko's parents on Earth. Odo reports to Sisko in his office that the remains Mobara's body was found about two hours earlier, the man having died when a micro-explosive planted behind his right ear went off. Odo believes that the explosive was planted via a probe, since the killer clearly has expertise with remote control devices. Although this sounds like the work of a professional assassin, Odo notes that a professional would never send anonymous messages… this is someone with a vendetta and is trying to make a point to Kira, and will then try to kill her after making that point. In Ops, Kira and Dax enlist Nog (with his superior hearing) to help them with the messages. Upon listening, Nog notes that the messages are not complete sentences, but rather words from different speeches put together. Working from this basis, Dax assumes that as the first word is the same in all the messages then it was likely copied three times, which gives her a reference to start screening out the interference. As it starts to descramble, the three quickly recognize the voice… it's Kira's – the killer using the major's own voice in his messages. The investigation is quickly halted when the sensors report an explosion in the habitat ring in the O'Brien's quarters, causing a hull breach. Dax puts the station to red alert and halts all traffic in and away from the station, as Sisko and Odo emerge from the captain's office. Dax reports what has happened; however, they suddenly realize Kira has left. The major, her fury blinding her actions, heads towards the quarters, fighting her way past all the security guards who try to stop her from exposing herself to the hull breach. Although she gets mere inches from the door panel, she suffers a placental hemorrhage that causes her to collapse. Act Four In the infirmary, Kira wakes up and Bashir tells her the baby is fine and Miles wasn't in his quarters when they exploded. However, Lupaza and Furel were killed. Her only comfort is that the two died instantly. Odo visits and Kira recounts her first days in the Resistance, how at the age of thirteen, she'd been hanging around the cell running errands and when a planned ambush needed an extra member, she volunteered. Lupaza stuck up for her despite everyone else thinking she was too small, and Shakaar decided to let her join the ambush which was a success. Afterwards, she remembers how she couldn't stop smiling while Lupaza made Kira an earring from the skimmer that had just been ambushed – the one she continues to wear today – officially making Kira part of the resistance. Kira then asks what happened, and Odo tells her that a hunter probe was attached to a freighter that docked at the station. The probe then detached and scanned each room in the habitat ring for its targets. Once it found Lupaza and Furel, it attached itself to the window and exploded. Odo has now compiled a list of twenty-five suspects who have the motive, expertise, and opportunity to commit the murders. Kira asks to see it, but Odo refuses, saying he'd like to narrow it down a little. Kira knows that Odo is worried that she'll go off on a personal vendetta mission and tells him he's right. Odo promises to find the killer, and to keep Kira informed. As soon as he's gone however, Kira uses an emergency transport program to beam herself to the security office. There, she downloads the list to a PADD, then beams herself to a runabout. Odo enters the office a few seconds after she's gone and notices his chair out of place. Knowing he wouldn't leave it like that, Odo asks the computer to confirm Kira's location, and it reports she's no longer on the station. As Kira prepares to track down the killer, Odo tells Sisko that Kira deleted the suspects from his database when she downloaded them, so they don't know where she is headed. Sisko tells Worf to prepare the to follow the runabout, however, tracking her will be difficult as Kira is masking its emissions with a polaron field. After being satisfied that the first three suspects on Odo's list couldn't have been responsible for the killings, Kira visits a Cardassian named Silaran Prin living near the Demilitarized Zone. Once she beams down, Kira is stunned almost immediately by Prin. Act Five Kira awakens to find herself restrained on a medical bed by an energy field, while Prin gravely rants about her as if she were a vile creature of darkness, "afraid of the light" which Prin fancies himself to embody. He scoffs at her accusations that he is a murderer and insists that the former resistance members all deserved their fates. Prin goes on to explain that he was a Cardassian civilian at the time of the Occupation, and he was burned and terribly disfigured by a bomb used to assassinate Gul Pirak, who had executed fifteen Bajoran farmers for refusing to display the Cardassian banner outside their homes. Fala had shown the Resistance how to circumvent his defense system, Latha built the bomb, and the device was planted on a window by Kira herself while Lupaza and Furel stood guard. The bomb was much more powerful than necessary to kill only its target, and the resulting explosion claimed twelve lives in total, including Gul Pirak's entire family, and crippled twenty-three others who were servants in Pirak's home, including Prin, who merely laundered Pirak's clothes. Prin has clearly grown more than a little insane since the attack: he continues his long monologues about darkness and light and explains that he was cautious in his murders to not hurt innocent bystanders, as he could have killed all the vedaks in the temple, Dax and Worf while aboard the runabout or half the people aboard Deep Space 9. Therefore, he logically intends to cut out Kira's baby, killing her and "saving" the child from being "corrupted by [her] darkness", so he can "raise it in the light". Prin feels that Kira is a murderer because she killed Cardassian civilians on Bajor along with soldiers and feels no regret for her actions. Kira responds by saying that the Cardassians had no right to be on Bajor in the first place, and for fifty years, they stole food from the land while enslaving, torturing, and killing its people for profit and pleasure. Therefore all the Cardassians, from soldiers to civilians, were equally guilty and all were legitimate targets. Prin prepares to cut out the O'Brien's baby from Kira's body, but consents to administer a sedative to Kira first, to show her a level of mercy she didn't show him. When he is satisfied that the sedative has taken effect, he deactivates the restraint field and approaches, and Kira, upon whom the sedative had no effect because of the makara herbs that she has been taking lately, quickly overpowers him and kills him by firing a phaser beam at his chest. Later, when Sisko, Bashir, and Odo arrive to rescue her, Kira is found sitting silently next to Prin's body. She is initially unresponsive, and Doctor Bashir finds a large amount of sedatives in her system, which had been counteracted by the makara herb. When she finally talks, she does so in the same manner Prin had, claiming that for all his talk of light and darkness, innocent and guilt, he hadn't realized that "the light only shines in the darkness", and "innocence is often just an excuse for the guilty". The four officers leave the grim scene, and beam up to the Defiant. Log entries Personal log, Kira Nerys Memorable quotes "Those herbs taste like something that crawled out of Quark's ear." - Kira "I'm sorry, Nerys." "I'm hearing that a lot, lately." - Bashir, after the death of Trentin Fala, the latest of Kiras friends to be killed "I've made it a policy never to argue with someone's lobes." - Dax to Nog "Quark may lend you the money but remember Rule of Acquisition 111: 'Treat people in your debt like family… exploit them'." "You know the Rules of Acquisition?" "I am a graduate of Starfleet Academy. I know many things." - Worf and Dax "None of you belonged on Bajor. It wasn't your world. For fifty years you raped our planet, and you killed our people. You lived on our land, and you took the food out of our mouths, and I don't care whether you held a phaser in your hand or you ironed shirts for a living. You were all guilty and you were all legitimate targets!" "That's what makes you a murderer. Indiscriminate killing… no sense of morality… no thought given to the consequences of your action. That's what makes us different." "I was a soldier! You're just a bitter old man out for revenge." "I am bringing the guilty to justice. And unlike you, I take care to protect the innocent." - Kira and Prin "Don't worry. I promise that I'll take care of the child… and that I'll teach him the difference between darkness and light." - Silaran Prin, planning to kill Kira and remove the O'Brien's unborn son from her womb "He wanted to protect the innocent and separate the darkness from the light. But he didn't realize, the light only shines in the dark, and sometimes innocence is just an excuse for the guilty." - Kira, over Prin and his actions Background information Story and script For this, his first episode, writer Bryan Fuller originally based it on the 1939 novel (also known as Ten Little Indians). () Ron Moore commented: “I don’t recall [Fuller’s] exact involvement, the timeline there. But I do remember that he had gone to one of our writing seminars and we bought that pitch and then he did the story, but I wrote the script. Bryan is a genius. And we were lucky to get it because the episode premise was, at the time, for us, really wild and out there". As in the previous episode, , First Minister Shakaar Edon was originally intended to appear in this episode. The idea was again dropped due to budgetary reasons. Reception Of all the episodes Ronald D. Moore worked on, this is one of his favorites; "It really came across as I intended it, and in some ways, much better, a powerful, dark piece of television that ends in a really unexpected way." Moore particularly likes the moral ambiguity of the debate between Kira and Silaran Prin. Of this scene, he comments, "both are right and both of them are wrong." Moore was also very happy that the fact that Kira remains fundamentally Kira in the scene with Prin, that she doesn't apologize and acknowledge her own guilt. According to Moore, "typically, when you get into a scene like this in television or even film, your heroine is confronted by the man from her past who's been wronged by her in some way, and usually she'll say 'You know what? I feel bad, too. You're right. I wish I didn't have to do those things that I did. Can't we all just get along?' But that would have been so phony, especially in this situation. So I respect the fact that Kira looked at Prin and said 'Screw you! You expect me to feel sorry for you? Fifteen million Bajorans died in the Occupation. You people were on our land, you didn't belong there, and you were all guilty!' I mean that's pretty bold. You can't say whether it's right or wrong – it's the stance of a terrorist. But it's what I felt Kira absolutely believed at the core of her being." () When Tony Dow directed , he was instructed to watch "The Darkness and the Light", as he was told it was "really the only other show of this type that they'd done." () The Hollywood Reporter ran a retrospective on the episode in 2022. They named the episode as one of DS9′s best outings. Trivia The themes touched upon in the scenes with Prin and Kira are similar to several scenes in , in which a captured war criminal confronts her about her own actions during the Occupation of Bajor. Referenced Rules of Acquisition #111 ("Treat people in your debt like family… exploit them"). This episode is the second time we see the characters of Furel and Lupaza. Both had been introduced in the third season episode , and although they both die in this episode, Furel is seen again in s in the episode . Randy Oglesby, who plays Silaran Prin in this episode, previously played the Miradorn twins in the first season episode and went on to play Degra in several episodes of . Cirroc Lofton (Jake Sisko) does not appear in this episode. This is the first Star Trek episode to be directed by Mike Vejar since , his only TNG directorial credit, almost nine years earlier in . From this point onward, he remained one of the franchise's regular directors until the cancellation of Enterprise in . Sisko's combadge flips above and below his grey shoulder pad in between scenes in this episode due to the mixed use of the incorrectly made jacket from and the new correct one that was used for the remainder of the series. Remastered version Remastered scenes from the episode are featured in the documentary What We Left Behind. Video and DVD releases UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 5.6, As part of the DS9 Season 5 DVD collection Links and references Starring Avery Brooks as Captain Sisko Also Starring Rene Auberjonois as Odo Michael Dorn as Lt. Commander Worf Terry Farrell as Lt. Commander Dax Colm Meaney as Chief O'Brien Armin Shimerman as Quark Alexander Siddig as Doctor Bashir Nana Visitor as Major Kira Guest Stars Randy Oglesby as Silaran Prin William Lucking as Furel Diane Salinger as Lupaza Jennifer Savidge as Trentin Fala Aron Eisenberg as Nog Co-Stars Matt Roe as Latha Christian Conrad as Brilgar Scott McElroy as Guard Judi Durand as Station Computer Voice Uncredited Co-Stars Uriah Carr as operations officer Brian Demonbreun as sciences officer Chris Doyle as Vedek Randy James as Wade Kelley as sciences officer James R. Lowe as Bajoran civilian Cynthia Merrick as Bajoran civilian Chester E. 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The Begotten (episode)

Odo receives a sick infant Changeling from Quark and tries to teach it to shapeshift without resorting to the invasive techniques used by his old mentor, Doctor Mora. Meanwhile, Major Kira gives birth to the O'Briens' baby. Summary Teaser With his back in severe pain, Odo hobbles into the infirmary convinced that he has become infected with Alvanian spine mites. However, Doctor diagnoses a pinched nerve resulting from bad posture and advises that Odo try some of Worf's morning exercise classes. Quark, intruding, suggests he try a holosuite program featuring three Orion slave girls instead, much to Odo's annoyance. Unperturbed by the Constable's hostility, Quark explains that he has obtained something from a Yridian dealer that Odo just might be interested in – a dead Changeling, contained in an ornate container. After settling a price of eight slips of gold-pressed latinum upon realizing that the Changeling is actually alive, but sick, Quark sells it to Odo. Bashir advises placing the Changeling into a containment field but Odo assures him there's no need – it is just an infant. Act One In the infirmary, Captain Sisko and Odo regard the sick and discolored infant Changeling. Odo explains that when he was found, he was as small as the infant in front of them; its mass will increase as its shapeshifting abilities develop. Bashir concludes that the infant was exposed to a massive amount of tetryon radiation, and that he will have to purge the isotopes with an electrophoretic diffuser. Sisko asks Odo if he's sure the infant poses no threat. Odo explains that when he was found he had no idea of what he was or where he was from – what better way for the Hundred, and therefore the Founders, to gauge other species than by the way they treated the weak and vulnerable. When Sisko suggests that valuable intelligence could be gained by studying the infant, Odo asks that he be allowed to work with it, to teach it to shapeshift. Sisko proposes that Odo contact his old mentor, Doctor Mora Pol, for help, but Odo states that he would rather do it alone. Sisko tells Odo that the decision is up to him but that he probably could use some help "changing the diapers." Some time later, Bashir reports that the purge was almost 100% successful. He says he must leave to check on Major Kira, who has gone into labor with the O'Briens' baby, but Odo is preoccupied by thoughts of the infant. Before he leaves, Bashir advises that there is still a small degree of instability in the infant's morphogenic matrix and that he has set the computer to monitor for fluctuations. Once Bashir has gone, Odo begins to talk softly to the infant, explaining how he spent months in a lab being studied and how he felt lost and alone. He promises that it won't be that way this time. In a birthing room, a Bajoran midwife, Miles and Keiko O'Brien use percussion instruments to sound out a soothing rhythm as Doctor Bashir examines Major Kira. O'Brien struggles to keep the rhythm and complains that the birth is taking longer than expected. Bashir explains that for Bajoran women, giving birth is all about being relaxed; O'Brien counters that Kira will not relax until First Minister Shakaar arrives – just then he does, a few hours late. Seated at a table in the Replimat, Odo talks to the infant Changeling, which is now contained within a drinking . He is interrupted by Worf, who asks why Odo is talking to his beverage. Odo explains that it is a Changeling and excuses himself, causing Worf to look uncertainly at his own drink. Back in the science lab, Odo explains with wonder to the infant that it is a Changeling, a shapeshifter, and that it could be anything – a Tarkalean hawk soaring through the sky, or a Filian python burrowing deep beneath the ground. He admits that he was never a very good shapeshifter, but believes he can be a good teacher. He promises once again that he will never treat the infant the way he was treated. Just then, Doctor Mora arrives and explains that he has heard about the infant and wants to help, much to Odo's dismay. Act Two Mora admires the infant Changeling's size, and is surprised that Odo hasn't measured it. Barely hiding his annoyance at Mora's presence, Odo remarks that he thought Mora was on Earth helping Starfleet to develop new ways to detect Changeling infiltrators. Mora informs him that he had recently arrived on Bajor in order to visit his parents. With genuine concern, he asks how Odo is and reveals that he has been worried since the Founders removed Odo's shapeshifting abilities. As Mora picks up an instrument to start measuring the infant Odo reacts angrily, determined not to let Mora perform any experiments on it. Nevertheless determined to offer his advice, Mora suggests reducing the temperature to 17 °C, at which the infant's morphogenic matrix will be most malleable. He adds that Odo could benefit from much of his extensive knowledge, and begrudgingly Odo agrees to look at his reports. But Odo is still angry and resentful about the tests Mora subjected him to, a fact not lost on his old mentor. Mora states that he would be fascinated to observe Odo's less invasive approach to working with the infant, and determines to stay and observe. In the birthing room, the midwife announces that Kira has been in labor for too long and won't give birth today. It is obvious that O'Brien blames Shakaar because of his late arrival, but Kira asks Shakaar to stay around for a while. Odo begins to introduce shapes to the infant, starting with a sphere. The infant remains motionless and in a gelatinous state but Odo persists, showing different shapes to it and talking about what they represent. One week later, Mora expresses concern that the infant has barely increased in size and Odo seems to have made no progress in teaching it to assume other shapes. Their barely contained annoyance with each other finally boils over and they start to bicker. At the height of their argument they are interrupted by Captain Sisko, who reports that Starfleet Command is eager to establish communication with the infant as soon as possible. With little progress to date, Sisko warns that Starfleet may want to take over the project and asks that Odo file daily reports from now on. Drawing a comparison to the type of pressure he was placed under by the Cardassians when he was working on Odo during the Occupation, Mora suggests that they try some of his more invasive techniques on the infant. Act Three With obvious reluctance, Odo places the infant into one of Mora's electrostatic devices – a circular shallow tank that carries a charge around the outside but no charge in the center. Mora insists that Odo initiate the charge, which he timidly does, and then that he increase it to a level at which the infant will feel discomfort. As Odo does so the infant begins to move for the first time, quickly sliding to the center to avoid the charge. Odo can't help but smile, and Mora reveals that he also smiled the first time Odo did that. In Kira's bedroom, O'Brien massages her legs while Shakaar invites her to a zero-gravity tumbling performance on the Promenade. As the men squabble over the best way to relax her, Kira suddenly realizes that she's going back into labor. O'Brien and Shakaar argue about which of them will take Kira to the birthing room and she breaks up the argument by going herself. Continuing to use Mora's electrostatic device, Odo is able to coax the infant into forming and holding shapes. He reveals to Mora that he used to not hold his shape on purpose in order to deny Mora the satisfaction of seeing it. Wistfully, Mora suggests that one day, if Odo is lucky, the infant may thank him for his efforts; on the other hand it may just leave, like Odo did. As they turn to leave the lab, the infant begins to form a shape, snaking up towards Odo and bending towards him. As Odo leans in to look closer, the infant forms a rough mirror of Odo's face. Odo and Mora are overcome with joy. Act Four Returning to Odo's office, Odo and Mora are effervescent. Excitedly they chatter about the infant's shapeshifting. Mora suggests that in the coming days they begin to expose it to simple life forms, while Odo enthuses that he can't wait to communicate with it – there's so much he wants it to see, so much he wants to share. Mora compliments Odo on his approach of communicating with the infant, and admits that he was wrong. He can see that the infant is reaching out to Odo, is curious about him; the first time Odo did anything like that was when he formed a tentacle to slap Mora's hand away from the control panel of one of his devices. Mora admits that he was never able to form a connection with Odo, but Odo tells him that's not true. Odo suggests that he would still be nothing more than a lump of organic residue if it were not for Mora, and Mora is overcome. The two men have finally reached an understanding. As Mora turns to leave, Odo orders two glasses of champagne from the replicator so that they can celebrate. Back in the birthing room, Kira is finally relaxed enough to give birth. Shakaar tries to keep Miles out of the way, but after missing his daughter Molly's birth, O'Brien is determined not to miss this one. As they squabble, Kira tells both of them to leave. In his darkened bar, Quark counts his profits on a PADD and mutters to himself that he'll have to start watering the drinks again. Startled by a noise, he notices Odo behind the bar setting out bottles and glasses. Doctor Mora, Odo says, has gone to sleep and he feels like celebrating, so he's buying Quark a drink. Initially skeptical at seeing Odo happy, Quark eventually comes round when Odo explains that finding the infant has changed his life; he has found a part of himself that he lost when he was forced to become a solid. Just then they are interrupted by the computer, which announces that it has detected biomimetic fluctuations in the infant. As Odo rushes into the science lab, Mora explains that the infant's morphogenic matrix is destabilizing: it is dying. Odo is grief-stricken. Act Five In the infirmary, Bashir speculates that the radiation must have damaged the infant's cytoplasm in a way they weren't able to detect. Mora suggests using an enzymatic induction to stabilize the biomimetic fluctuations. Mora asks Odo to wait outside while he and Bashir work. Kira, utterly relaxed, finally nears delivery. Keiko invites O'Brien and Shakaar back into the room just in time to witness the birth of a baby boy, Kirayoshi. Bashir emerges from the infirmary and solemnly informs Odo that there was nothing they could do. Odo enters and takes the dying infant into his hands, begging it not to die. As he does so, it absorbs itself into his body and he stumbles backwards. Shocked, he walks towards the infirmary doors and then shapeshifts into a Tarkalean hawk, soaring up into the rafters of the Promenade and swooping over the upper level before coming to rest on one of the walkways. As he changes back into his normal self, his face is a mixture of joy (of regaining his powers) and sorrow (for the loss of the infant Changling). At one of the docking ports, Kira sees Shakaar onto a shuttle bound for Bajor. He invites her to take some leave and stay with him for a while, but she feels like staying aboard the station for a while. Doctor Mora, also boarding the shuttle, tells Odo to think of the return of his shapeshifting abilities as a gift, something the infant would want him to have. Odo admits that he finally understands what he must have meant to Mora, and vows to involve his mentor more in his life. They hug, and Mora departs. Kira expresses her sorrow to Odo, and confides that she never wanted a baby but now just wants to hold him in her arms and never let go. Odo replies that he knows how she feels. Kira wraps her arm around her friend's shoulders and they slowly walk off together. Memorable quotes "Besides, it's nice having someone around to help change the diapers." - Sisko to Odo, on Dr. Mora Pol "Constable, why are you talking to your beverage?" "It's not a beverage. It's a Changeling. Excuse me, commander." - Worf and Odo "I missed Molly's birth; I'm not gonna miss this one!" - O'Brien, on Kirayoshi's imminent birth "Oh, do me a favor. Next time you have a baby, leave my girlfriend out of it, huh?" - Shakaar, to O'Brien "If it wasn't for me, you'd still be sitting on a shelf somewhere in a beaker labeled 'unknown sample'." "If it wasn't for me, you'd be a nobody. Starfleet wouldn't hire you to judge a science fair!" - Mora Pol and Odo "If you're happy, there's something very wrong in the world. The center cannot hold." - Quark, to Odo Background information Story and script Kira Nerys gives birth to Kirayoshi O'Brien in this episode; he was placed in her womb after Keiko O'Brien was injured in . In the original draft of the teleplay, Kira was perfectly happy about giving the baby up to the O'Briens, but Nana Visitor felt that this wasn't realistic, that Kira would feel a degree of attachment to the child, so she asked Ira Steven Behr to change the script, resulting in the final scene of the episode, between Kira and Odo. () Of this issue, Visitor commented in , "That's something I wish we'd have been able to delve into more; the complications, and what that actually feels like. I had just given birth, I mean, the whole storyline was designed to help me, to allow me to be pregnant while we were shooting, and not have to hide behind tables every second, and having just given birth myself, it's got to be very complicated emotionally for women who do this, who give up children. But, you know, that's another series!" (Crew Dossier: Kira Nerys, DS9 Season 1 DVD, Special Features) The fact that Odo's status as a solid was not permanent was hinted at in when Bashir reveals that Odo still has "morphogenic enzymes" in his system. Production To get the right substance to 'play' the baby Changeling, the production crew did several weeks of research, and effectively held casting sessions. According to producer Steve Oster, "Gary Monak and his crew had to come up with goo of the right color and consistency that would hold its form for a moment and then fall down and ooze around. We spent many a night sitting here with different textures and viscosities of goo, trying to decide what would work for what." Ultimately, a variety of substances were used. As Gary Monak explains, "For the beginning stages, we used gelatin mixed with some other stuff. We also used a plastic that's referred to as 'hot melt vinyl', which you can heat up and mold. And we made up some goo that's basically like the stuff they pour on people on Nickelodeon television."() The shot from behind the Changeling looking towards Odo and Mora as the Changeling attempts to mimic Odo's face was not budgeted, and was a shot which director Jesús Salvador Treviño came up with on-set. Because there was no money left, there was no way the shot could be handled as a postproduction special effect, so it was going to be abandoned until assistant director Louis Race came up with an innovative idea. He put a stocking over his hand, covered it with goo and held it up in front of the camera. To everyone's amazement, the shot looked fine, and as René Echevarria says, "that shot would have cost thousands of dollars in postproduction, but those guys did it for nothing. It was just a great moment in guerrilla filmmaking." () Reception Rene Auberjonois (Odo) has stated in interviews that this is one of the most memorable episodes he filmed, and one of the few that he would immediately recognize if a fan referred to it by name or production number, as is often the case at conventions. (DS9 Season 5 DVD Special Features: Hidden File 01) Trivia This episode takes place five months after . Miles O'Brien mentions not being able to witness Keiko give birth to Molly, an event which occurred in . Odo regains his shapeshifting abilities at the end of the episode, having previously had them removed by the Founders in . When Odo morphs from a solid to a bird his uniform is seen left behind on the floor, acknowledging the fact that as a solid he was forced to wear real clothes. The script indicates that the bird Odo changes into is a Tarkalean hawk, one of the things he had told the infant Changeling it could one day become. If one accepts that the change of uniform in the episode and the appearance of Bashir wearing an old-style jumpsuit in the Dominion internment camp in as evidence that the Changeling replaced Bashir sometime between and , then it is the Changeling who monitors the birth of Kirayoshi O'Brien and the death of the Changeling infant. Quark quotes William Butler Yeats to Odo when he tells him that if Odo is happy, something must be very wrong in the world, "the center cannot hold." This is a line is from Yeats' 1919 poem "": "Things fall apart / the centre cannot hold / mere anarchy is loosed upon the world." The poem alludes to the end of time, and the coming of Antichrist. The poem is also referenced in the titles of the eBook series, namely in the series title and the titles of the books. After this episode, Keiko O'Brien would only be seen twice more, in the sixth season episode and very briefly in the series finale . Keiko's actress Rosalind Chao, as stated in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion, foresaw this since her appearances would involve two children, subject to child labor laws and (in-story) who should be close to DS9 during a war. Mora Pol (James Sloyan) makes his second (and last) on-screen appearance on Deep Space Nine; he was previously seen in . The episode also features the final appearance on the series of First Minister Shakaar Edon. As such, this episode marks the final Star Trek appearances to date of actors James Sloyan and Duncan Regehr. Terry Farrell (Jadzia Dax) does not appear in this episode. This is the first episode of the series in which she does not appear. Cirroc Lofton (Jake Sisko) also does not appear. Video and DVD releases UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 5.6, As part of the DS9 Season 5 DVD collection Links and references Starring Avery Brooks as Captain Sisko Also starring Rene Auberjonois as Odo Michael Dorn as Lt. Commander Worf Terry Farrell as Lt. 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In Purgatory's Shadow (episode)

Garak and Worf investigate a message which suggests that Cardassian spymaster Enabran Tain is still alive. Upon their arrival, not only do they find Tain, but also General Martok… and someone they did not expect. (Part 1 of 2) Summary Teaser Major Kira is helping Odo reorganize his living quarters. Odo ponders on how much, as a solid, he enjoyed sleeping in a bed. Kira suggests that if he enjoyed it so much he should keep the bed and continue using it. Odo points out, however, that he reverts to a gelatinous state when he falls asleep and slides off the bed, so keeping it would be pointless. Kira then stumbles upon a PADD entitled Finding and Winning your Perfect Mate by Dr. Jennings Rain. Odo snatches the PADD away and lowers his head, trying to explain its purpose. Kira suggests that he continue reading the PADD, given that he is a solid 18 hours a day. Dax contacts Odo over the comm, asking he and Kira come to Ops. A Gamma Quadrant listening post has just picked up an encoded Cardassian transmission. Unable to decode the transmission, Odo suggests allowing Elim Garak to attempt to decrypt the transmission. At the station's Replimat some time after, Garak explains to Tora Ziyal and Dr. that the transmission was nothing more than a five-year-old planetary survey report. Garak brushes off the transmission as unimportant. Bashir responds that he is surprised that Garak isn't at all enthusiastic about a Cardassian transmission coming from the Gamma Quadrant, considering it could have been from the survivors of the joint Cardassian-Romulan attack fleet that was lost there. Garak states that he has long given up on the idea of finding any survivors, to which Ziyal states "I never saw you as the giving-up type." Then Garak sneaks on board the Federation runabout ; as he approaches the controls one of the chairs swivels around to reveal Bashir pointing a phaser at the tailor. "Going somewhere?" the doctor asks pointedly. Act One "I really must remember to stop underestimating you," says Garak, who then reveals that the transmission was really a distress call from Enabran Tain, the former head of the Obsidian Order. The Cardassian tailor admits that he and Tain were "very close," and despite their tumultuous history, feels obliged to find him. Garak offers to bring Bashir along with him on this rescue mission. Bashir appears to agree at first, but then aims the phaser back at Garak and orders him to come with him to Captain Sisko's office. Standing in front of Sisko's desk in his office, Garak reveals that the transmission code sequence was designed by Tain and himself. No one else could decrypt it. Garak portrays his rescue attempt as a "mission of mercy," suggesting to Sisko that there might be other survivors of Dominion attacks imprisoned with Tain – including Federation citizens. Sisko is still naturally suspicious, but agrees to let Garak go… but only if Worf goes along with him. In his quarters on the , Dax is furious that Worf did not inform her of his involvement in Garak's mission. Worf brushes it off, saying it would not be the Klingon way to "explain why [he] chooses to face danger, not even to his par'Mach'kai." Dax's anger changes to nonchalance as she takes Worf's Klingon operas, intending to enjoy them while he is away. Worf seems perturbed by the thought, worried that Dax might misplace them. They then kiss passionately and Dax coyly invites him to hurry back. Over at Quark's, Tora Ziyal tries to express her feelings for Garak but the tailor simply brushes it off, embarrassed. Nonetheless, he promises that no matter what happens, he "will come back." They share a moment before it is interrupted by a furious Dukat, who rushes in and threatens to throw Garak over the railing if he ever touches Ziyal again. Despite Garak's snide remarks, Quark intervenes and threatens to call security while Ziyal pleads with her father, who finally relents. Garak, seemingly unaffected by the whole incident, chips in a final retort and says, "You do have a lovely daughter; she must take after her mother." Dukat explains to Ziyal that he is here for repairs and to spend time with her. Looking in Garak's general direction, he continues, "I can see we have a lot to talk about." Sisko accompanies Worf to the airlock, reiterating that this is a reconnaissance mission and to avoid Dominion ships at all costs. Worf doesn't seem too happy about working with Garak, remarking to Sisko that at the first sign of betrayal, he will kill him. Sisko assumes Worf is joking, to which he states "We will see." Act Two While on their way through the Gamma Quadrant, Garak tries his best to convince Worf to support his application to Starfleet Academy. Worf finally gives in, only to realize the Cardassian fooled him the whole time. Garak points out that lying, as any skill, must be practiced constantly. Dukat confronts Major Kira, accusing her of betraying him by letting Ziyal fraternize with a personal enemy of his. He swears never to forget it; Kira only replies that "if that's a threat, I'm not impressed." Worf stops the runabout, having decided that the source of the signal is too deep in Dominion space and that the risk of stumbling over Jem'Hadar forces is too high. Garak manages to convince Worf that by going through an interstellar nebula, they can come closer to the source without appearing on the Jem'Hadar's sensors. However, shortly after they enter the nebula, a large Dominion fleet appears. "Maybe this wasn't such a good idea after all," Garak ruefully notes. Act Three Worf tries to get away from the armada by employing evasive maneuvers, but the runabout is trapped in a tractor beam and boarded by a group of Jem'Hadar soldiers. Never deterred, Garak walks up to the boarding party and says, "Are we glad to see you! Could one of you point us in the direction of the wormhole?" one of the Jem'Hadar knocks him unconscious. Dax and Kira talk about Kirayoshi O'Brien's progress in recognizing people only a month after his birth when a distress signal from Worf arrives. They can only understand part of it, but the words "Jem'Hadar," "buildup," and "imminent," together with the fact that two of Starfleet's listening posts in the Gamma Quadrant are suddenly destroyed, makes everyone realize that the long-feared Dominion invasion is about to begin. Sisko orders Dax to notify Starfleet, put the station on yellow alert and "make sure everyone knows this is not a drill." He then sends Kira and the USS Defiant to the Gamma Quadrant to find Worf. Garak and Worf are beamed inside Internment Camp 371, a Dominion prison facility located on an asteroid orbiting a gas giant. Ikat'ika, the Jem'Hadar first in charge of the camp identifies them as enemies of the Dominion and points out that there is no other release from his facility than death. Act Four Another listening post is destroyed and a ship exits the wormhole. It turns out to be the Defiant. Sisko hails Kira and asks her what she found. "Trouble," she simply answers. Gul Dukat meets his daughter in front of the Bajoran shrine. He tells Ziyal that a Dominion fleet will arrive soon and that he wants her to leave for Cardassia. She is visibly unhappy about that decision. Worf and Garak are confined to Barracks 6, where they meet General Martok, a high-ranking Klingon officer who had been replaced by a Changeling two years earlier. The General, who has lost his left eye, is being used as an opponent in brutal hand-to-hand combat training for the Jem'Hadar. Ikat'ika ends the match but tells Worf, for him, it's just beginning. It turns out Martok has been waiting for them, as has Enabran Tain, who is in bad health and only has days to live due to heart problems. He greets them roughly, which does not seem to surprise a bitter Garak, who says he would have at least hoped for something like "thank you, Elim." Tain replies that all Garak did was to doom them both. Dukat arrives to a briefing with DS9's senior staff in the wardroom where Sisko makes it clear that the Dominion have picked the perfect time to invade the Alpha Quadrant: the war with the Klingons and the frequent skirmishes with the Maquis has left the Cardassian military in shambles, the failed Obsidian Order/Tal Shiar invasion of the Founders homeworld in the Omarion Nebula has left the Romulan Empire not much better off and between the hostilities with the Klingons and the recent Borg invasion of Federation space, Starfleet is spread very thin as well. The only chance to fight back the Jem'Hadar invasion fleet, Sisko believes, is to seal the wormhole without damaging it or harming the Prophets, by using a series of phase-conjugate graviton beams (a method invented by Trill scientist Lenara Kahn). Kira objects to the sealing of the Celestial Temple, but Sisko overrules her. Martok informs the newly arrived prisoners that Tain modified the life support system of their prison cell to send the subspace message to Cardassia, when a female Romulan prisoner arrives and tells Martok that "he" has been released from isolation. Worf asks who she is talking about, to which Martok replies: "A friend." A few seconds later, a Jem'Hadar pushes another prisoner, a Human, into the room, who, to Garak's and Worf's great astonishment, turns out to be Dr. Julian Bashir. Act Five Bashir performs a blood screening on himself to prove to his fellow inmates that he is not a Changeling, although everyone knows that the screenings aren't totally trustworthy anymore. Bashir lets them know that it is all they can go on for right now. After that, he describes how he went to sleep after attending a burn treatment conference over a month ago on Meezan IV and woke up in the internment camp the next morning. Martok describes how the same happened to him after he was abducted from Qo'noS while hunting saber bear on Kang's Summit, and expresses disdain towards the Changeling who replaced him, calling it a "grave dishonor" to have had so many Klingons die because of his double. Worf assures the general that none of the dishonor is his, as Bashir worries about what the Changeling who replaced him on the station is up to. Worf says they must find a way to warn Captain Sisko before the Changeling can carry out whatever mission he has. This very Changeling arrives at Ops in a turbolift at the same time, bringing sandwiches for Dax and O'Brien, who are working on the modifications on the graviton emitter controls. He tells them to let him know if they need anything. Dukat is waiting in front of an airlock when Ziyal arrives and tells him that she will not leave DS9. Her father gets furious, telling her that things on Cardassia will change soon and that Garak is probably dead already. Ziyal still refuses to go, so Dukat rushes off, telling her to "stay here and be damned." Martok informs Garak that if there is anything left he wants to say to Tain, he'd better do it soon. Garak and Bashir make their way to their prison cell, where Tain has already gone blind. He asks Garak if they're alone, and Garak lies about Bashir's presence, telling Tain that there's no-one else there. Tain then asks Garak about his enemies, to which his former protégé assures him that they have all been taken care of. Tain then advises him to stay alive and avenge his death. Garak says he will do so if he asks him this favor not as a mentor or a superior officer, but as a father. Tain replies that he is not his son, but Garak interrupts him: "Father, you're dying. For once in your life, speak the truth." Tain finally admits the truth, talking of his regret that he didn't kill Garak before he was born as he always regarded him as a weakness. Garak begs for Tain to allow him to be his son even if only for a few moments. Tain recalls a day in the country when a five-year old Garak kept falling off a riding hound but never gave up and kept getting back on, recalling that despite everything he was very proud of him that day ("the only day," according to Garak). Tain finally dies, and Garak tells Bashir and Worf that his business in the camp has finished. The three then start planning their escape. Meanwhile, all the Gamma Quadrant listening posts have been destroyed meaning the Dominion invasion is imminent. With no time left and, despite knowing they're trapping Worf and Garak in the Gamma Quadrant, the DS9 crew tries to seal the wormhole. "May the Prophets forgive us," Kira quietly says. However the station's graviton emitter array has been sabotaged and fails to destabilize the wormhole's graviton matrix. The wormhole opens moments later and a massive Dominion fleet enters the Alpha Quadrant… TO BE CONTINUED… Log entries Captain's log, Deep Space 9, 2373 Memorable quotes "You know, I think that actually helped my back." - Garak, after being held over a rail by Dukat "I just don't see why these runabout replicators can't provide a more varied menu. I'd like to get my hands on that fellow Earl Grey and tell him a thing or two about… tea leaves." - Garak "What about Garak?" "I want him back, too. I suppose I don't have to tell you to keep a close eye on him." "At the first sign of betrayal, I will kill him. But, I promise to return the body intact." "I assume that's a joke." "We will see." - Worf and Sisko, regarding Garak "Garak promised me that he would come back." "Listen to me, Ziyal. He's never coming back. He's probably dead already. And even if he isn't, the Federation is going to seal the wormhole. Garak will be trapped on the other side!" "He made a promise, and so did I. I said I would wait for him, and I will!" "Is a promise to an enemy of your family more important than obeying your father? So be it. Stay here if that's what you want. Stay here and be damned!" - Ziyal and Dukat "We must warn the station. There is only one reason for the Dominion to hide such a large fleet this close to the wormhole." "You think they're planning to attack the Alpha Quadrant?" - Worf and Elim Garak "You want me to sponsor your application to Starfleet Academy?" "What do you think?" "I… think it is a bad idea." - Worf and Garak, who had no intention of actually applying "Lying is a skill like any other. And if you want to maintain a level of excellence, you have to practice constantly." - Garak, to Worf "This is Internment Camp 371. You are here because you are enemies of the Dominion. There is no release, no escape, except death." - Ikat'ika, to Worf and Garak "It's the honorable thing to do." "You use that word, but you have no idea what it means." "Maybe not, but you do." - Garak and Worf "The man is a heartless, cold-blooded killer." "Like I said, he's a Cardassian!" - Dukat and Kira, talking about Garak "Save your excuses, Major. You've betrayed me, and I promise I won't forget it." "If that is a threat, I'm not impressed." "There was a time when Bajorans took Cardassian threats seriously." "Not anymore." - Dukat and Kira "Ah, good. You look like the man in charge. I was just trying to explain to your colleagues here that this is all an unfortunate misunderstanding." "Cardassians are all alike. You talk too much." - Garak and Ikat'ika, grabbing Garak by the throat "When were you brought here?" "Over a month ago. I was attending a burn treatment conference on Meezan IV. I went to bed one night, and woke up here." "The same thing happened to me, except… I was hunting saber bear out on Kang's Summit. Little did I know I was being stalked as well. And now I'm told the Changeling that replaced me has caused the deaths of countless Klingons. It is a grave dishonor." "You are not to blame." "I can only imagine what my replacement is up to on the station." "We must escape and warn Captain Sisko before that Changeling carries out his mission." - Garak, Bashir, Martok, and Worf "Ziyal, you have to trust me. Things are going to change on Cardassia." "What things?" "I don't have time to explain. You're leaving now!" "I can't go!" "It's him, isn't it? That despicable tailor! You don't want to leave because you're waiting for him!?" - Dukat and Ziyal "I should have never have come here. I should have let that monster die forgotten and alone." "Well, frankly, I'm glad you came; misery loves company." "All my life, I've done nothing but try to please that man. I let him mold me, let him turn me into a mirror image of himself. And how did he repay me? With exile. But I forgave him. And here, in the end, I thought maybe, just maybe, he could forgive me." "From what I've seen of him over the past month, he doesn't come across as the forgiving type." "I've been a fool. Let this be a lesson to you, Doctor – perhaps the most valuable one I can ever teach you. Sentiment is the greatest weakness of all." "If that's true, it's a lesson I'd rather not learn." - Garak and Bashir, talking about Tain "A Dominion invasion of the Alpha Quadrant will affect Cardassia every bit as much as it's going to affect us. Besides, we need all the help we can get. The Dominion picked a perfect time to invade. The Cardassian fleet is in shambles, the Romulans are not much better off, and between the Klingon war and the recent Borg attack, Starfleet's spread pretty thin." "Then we're going to have our hands full. There are at least 50 Dominion ships headed our way. For all we know, that could be just the first wave." - Benjamin Sisko and Kira Nerys "Elim. Promise me one thing." "I'm listening." "Don't die here. Escape. Live." "Let me guess. So I can make the Dominion pay for what they've done to you." "You wouldn't deny an old man his revenge, would you?" "I'll do as you ask, on one condition…That you don't ask me this favor as a mentor, or a superior officer… but as a father asking his son." "You're not my son." "Father, you're dying. For once in your life, speak the truth." "I should have killed your mother before you were born. You have always been a weakness I can't afford." "So you've told me. Many times. Listen, Enabran. All I ask is that for this moment, let me be your son." (a pause) "Elim, remember that day…in the country. You must've been almost five." "How can I forget it? It was the only day." "I can still see you, on the back of that riding hound. You must've fallen off a dozen times. But you never gave up." "I remember limping home…You held my hand." "I was very proud of you, that day." - Tains dying words to Garak Background information Story and script Interestingly, the earliest origins of this episode involved not the Dominion but Michael Eddington. The plan was to do an episode inspired by the 1963 film , with Eddington in the role of the escapee. Obviously, this episode was going to be a sequel to . The producers liked the idea because it would force the audience to empathize with Eddington, while the Federation was basically going to be portrayed as the bad guys. The reason the episode never got made was because, as Ira Steven Behr explains, "We weren't confident that the fans were really behind the character." So while they changed their plans for how to use Eddington, the idea for doing a 'prison break' episode never went away, and eventually, that idea formed the basis of this two-parter. () In the original screenplay for this episode Tain's acknowledgment of Garak as his son was much more straightforward, he simply admits to being his father, says he loves him, and dies. Ira Steven Behr never liked this scene however, so he ultimately rewrote it to the scene in the finished episode where Tain does acknowledge his son, but in a very oblique way. () The producers' rationale for this two-part episode was simple; as Ira Steven Behr explains, "It was the time of the year when it seemed right to do a two-parter. Basically the same spot where and were in the third season and where and were in the fourth. And after doing to open the season, we knew we had to get the Changelings back into the show, and to get the Dominion back on the playing field." Robert Hewitt Wolfe describes the episode as "a way to tie up a lot of loose ends and sort of propel us into the war." () The author Judy Klass, (whose novels include the Pocket TOS novel The Cry of the Onlies) pitched the concept of Tain being Garak's father. She commented "though I did not get on-screen credit for it, [it was] the idea that Garak was the illegitimate son of Enabran Tain, and that was one more reason why he's a double or triple agent and a chronic liar; he has had to spend his whole life pretending not to know that the man who is his patron and a 'friend of the family' is his father. Robert Hewitt Wolfe was a gentleman and called me a year after I pitched the idea as a basis for an episode to tell me they were using it, tucked inside another episode, and paying me for it". Klass received US$1,000 for the pitch. () Since Bashir said he went to bed one night and woke up in prison, Ronald D. Moore commented "He musta been verrrrrry tired and fallen asleep in his uniform." Production Due to the long hours in shooting the episode, both J.G. Hertzler and Cathy DeBuono fell asleep at certain points, such as the scene where Tain dies. () This episode is dedicated to the late Derek Garth, a grip who was killed in a car accident while on his way to work during the filming of this very episode. Ira Behr commented that Garth was "the most positive person on the set". () Reception Melanie Smith enjoyed working for director Gabrielle Beaumont, commenting: "I had a real natural affinity towards her. I thought she was a wonderful director, and I was really pleased with the work she got out of me. I think that says a lot. Probably an actor's biggest complement is that they like what they did with them. She was just a delight". ("Growing Pains, ) Continuity and trivia When Worf and Garak meet Julian Bashir in Internment Camp 371, he is wearing the old style (which made its last appearance in earlier in Season 5). It is therefore likely that Bashir was captured and replaced some time before the events of . This would mean that the Changeling infiltrator not only performed brain surgery on Sisko in , but also helped deliver Kirayoshi O'Brien and was either unable or unwilling to save the life of the sick infant Changeling in . Of the Bashir as Changeling storyline, Alexander Siddig said "Apparently, I'd been a changeling for the previous three or four shows before this fact was revealed in "In Purgatory's Shadow". But I didn't know it until the last minute. So obviously it had no impact in how I'd played him in those earlier episodes. Once I did know, I had a chance to do something about how the other Bashir behaved. But what a shock!" () Bashir's status as a Dominion prisoner would return in the sixth season episode , which indicated that he was a prisoner there for five weeks. This episode marks the first appearance of the real Martok. We know this is the first time we have met the real character because when he meets Worf, he merely says "I have heard of you." The real Martok's attitude stands in contrast to his depiction earlier in the series. He seems more empathetic and less hostile to others, especially Worf. He also has none of the desire for war with the Federation which his doppelganger possessed. In , Worf embarrassed Martok's son Drex in public, simply to get the General's attention, and it seems unlikely he would forget such a thing. This is further corroborated when Martok says his last memory before ending up in the internment camp was sabre bear hunting; previous scenes involving Martok featured his full involvement in the war and he seemed unlikely to have had reserved time for such a recreational activity. As such, the Martok we met in is undoubtedly the Changeling infiltrator who is killed in and not the real Martok, although there is still some discussion amongst fans as regards exactly when Martok was replaced. The Enabran Tain/Garak/Obsidian Order storyline as played out over the episodes , and , and which saw the Obsidian Order and the Romulan Tal Shiar wiped out in the Battle of the Omarion Nebula, is given a sense of closure. We also find out that the Female Changeling was lying in when she told Garak there were no survivors from the Cardassian-Romulan fleet. The nebula where Worf and Garak encounter the Dominion fleet is actually one of the background plates of the Mutara Nebula, as seen in , slightly recolored and flipped upside-down. There are a number of references to previous episodes: the interaction on the runabout between Worf and Garak recalls their fight in ; Garak's reference to the attack on New Bajor in the Gamma Quadrant recalls Talak'talan's claim in that the colonists fought well; O'Brien's mention of Lenara Kahn and her work with the wormhole refers to . There is even a reference to in Garak's disparaging remarks about Earl Grey, the favorite beverage of Jean-Luc Picard. This episode represents the next stage in the evolution of the relationship between Kira and Dukat. Episodes such as and had served to soften the animosity between them and add a degree of ambiguity as to how their relationship might develop. Subsequently, this ambiguity led to the episodes and , where they were forced to actually form an alliance (much to Kira's chagrin, and Dukat's pleasure). "In Purgatory's Shadow", however, represents the end of that brief alliance, and the beginning of a renewed period of antipathy between them. This episode mentions a Borg attack. This was intended to refer to the Battle of Sector 001 seen in . However the stardate given in the film (50893.5) is later than the stardate given in this two-parter (50564.2; seen in the next episode, ). When asked about the inconsistency, Ronald D. Moore commented, tongue-in-cheek, "I am not at liberty to reveal the secret messages contained within the seeming "mistaken" stardates, but rest assured that it is another brilliantly conceived and skillfully executed Star Trek moment brought to you by the people who wrote ." Dukat's line to Ziyal "Stay here and be damned!", parallels Kang's line to Jadzia "Come and be damned!" in . This is the only episode of the series to be directed by Gabrielle Beaumont. Paul Dooley makes his last appearance as Enabran Tain in this episode. Melanie Smith makes her first appearance as Tora Ziyal here. Cyia Batten and Tracy Middendorf previously played the role. Odo and Kira discuss the recent return of Odo's changeling abilities, which occurred two episodes prior, in . =* This episode also marks the first appearance of the Jem'Hadar cruiser. Cirroc Lofton (Jake Sisko) does not appear in this episode. Video and DVD releases UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 5.7, As part of the DS9 Season 5 DVD collection Links and references Starring Avery Brooks as Captain Sisko Also starring Rene Auberjonois as Odo Michael Dorn as Lt. Commander Worf Terry Farrell as Lt. Commander Dax Cirroc Lofton as Jake Sisko Colm Meaney as Chief O'Brien Armin Shimerman as Quark Alexander Siddig as Doctor Bashir Nana Visitor as Major Kira Guest stars Andrew J. Robinson as Garak Marc Alaimo as Gul Dukat Melanie Smith as Tora Ziyal J.G. Hertzler as Martok James Horan as Ikat'ika And Paul Dooley as Enabran Tain Co-stars Carrie Stauber as Romulan Jim Palladino as Jem'Hadar Guard Uncredited co-stars Sam Alejan Scott Barry Bill Blair as Pelian visitor Cathy DeBuono as Breen prisoner Brian Demonbreun Steve Diamond Jasmine Gagnier Terry Green as operations lieutenant Dan Magee James Minor Robin Morselli as Pelian visitor Chuck Shanks Mark Allen Shepherd as Morn James Lee Stanley as Bajoran security deputy Susie Stillwell Unknown performers as Alien with bulbous head and mandibles Alien with frilled ears Markalian prisoner Male Romulan prisoner Stunt double Tom Morga as stunt double for J.G. 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By Inferno's Light (episode)

The crew tries to defend the Alpha Quadrant from the invading Dominion fleet; Worf, Garak, and the other prisoners prepare to escape from the Dominion Internment Camp. (Part 2 of 2) Summary Teaser The Dominion fleet enters the Alpha Quadrant through the wormhole. The (under the command of Major Kira), Dukat's Bird-of-Prey and the station's two remaining runabouts prepare to take on the fleet, only for it to not attack Deep Space 9; it instead heads directly for Cardassian space. Dukat's Bird-of-Prey breaks off from the Defiant and starts to follow the Dominion fleet. Kira, thinking Dukat is trying to be a hero, tells him to return to the formation but Dukat clarifies that he isn't chasing the fleet… he's joining it. He then reveals a startling fact: over the last few months, he has been conducting secret negotiations and, as of a week earlier, the Cardassian Union has officially become members of the Dominion. He then bids farewell to Kira, wryly noting that the two of them being on the same side never seemed right. He then makes a getaway before the Defiant can destroy his ship. Act One Worf, Bashir, Garak, and Martok plan their escape from Internment Camp 371. Bashir tells the group that Garak, a man of many hidden talents, is their only hope to reconfigure the transmitter to contact the runabout and beam them out. The prisoners in Internment Camp 371 are gathered together. The prison's commanding Vorta, Deyos, announces that Cardassia has joined the Dominion and, consequently, all the Cardassians imprisoned at 371 are being released… with the exception of Garak. When Garak demands to know why he is not being released, Deyos explains that this is because he is not popular with the new head of the Cardassian government, who is none other than Gul Dukat. Dukat soon makes his first broadcast as leader to the people of Cardassia, while Sisko and the others watch on DS9. Dukat promises to remove and kill all Klingons and Maquis from within Cardassian space, as well as anyone else who gets in the way of Cardassia's return to a position of prominence in the Alpha Quadrant. The senior staff discuss the situation. The wormhole's entrance, rather than being sealed, has now been strengthened to the point that it can never be collapsed, not even with trilithium explosives. Between this and the sudden disappearance of an Bajoran engineering officer, Changeling involvement is suggested by none other than by the Changeling. With this, he is authorized by Sisko to begin blood screenings. Act Two While Garak works inside a tight space next to their cell to contact their runabout's transporter, Worf is coerced into a series of hand-to-hand battles with Jem'Hadar warriors, beginning with the youngest and most inexperienced. Back in the Alpha Quadrant, Kira and Ziyal talk on the Promenade, discussing the duplicitous actions of her father, Dukat. "Captain's log, Stardate 50564.2. A large contingent of Klingon warships has arrived from Cardassian space, but its intentions, at least for the moment, remain unclear." A battered Klingon fleet led by Chancellor Gowron unexpectedly arrives at DS9 – the newly arrived Dominion fleet has quickly turned the tide of the Klingon-Cardassian War in favor of the Cardassians, and the incensed Gowron is ready to plunge the Klingon Empire into a fight to the death with the Dominion. Sisko suggests to Gowron that the Khitomer Accords be revived for the sake of bolstering their forces for the coming conflict. Gowron accedes. Afterwards, the Bashir Changeling successfully sneaks aboard the runabout and begins making modifications to the runabout's console. Act Three Worf continues fighting the Jem'Hadar and kills the last one of five, earning awe and admiration from Martok. Once back in the cell, Bashir treats Worf and states that he has three or four broken ribs. The Doctor recommends that Worf stop fighting, but Worf refuses. Garak is still working inside the tight space, talking to himself, and seems to be losing his mind. The others hear strange noises coming from within the space. When the Jem'Hadar guards pass the cell, the prisoners hurriedly shut off the power, plunging the enclosed space into darkness. When the guards have gone, Bashir enters the space and pulls Garak out. For the next several hours, he lies on his bunk, unmoving, staring straight ahead. Bashir grimly states that Garak's claustrophobia has overcome him, and they will be unable to try contacting the runabout. The staff aboard DS9 is waiting for reinforcements. Kira enters Ops and states that the security blocks of one of the industrial replicators on Level 17 was overridden and the memory core has been wiped so they don't know what was replicated. Sisko orders that Odo increase security and if he needs more men to ask Chancellor Gowron to assign additional Klingon troops. Sisko is contacted by Gul Dukat, who has been declared the head of the new Cardassian government. Dukat recommends that the Federation join the Dominion, which Sisko says no to. Dukat then explains how he swore that all Cardassia had lost would be regained and lays claim to DS9 since it was built by Cardassia and gives Sisko an ultimatum: either he surrenders the station, or Dukat will take it by force. Sisko tells him he is more than welcome to try and terminates communications. Act Four Martok assists Worf back to the cell, returning from his seventh hand-to-hand victory. Bashir patches him up as best as he can, while Martok pledges to commission an epic song about Worf's trials. Bashir asks the General to be sure to send him a copy, and Martok says he can do better: he can ensure Bashir is commemorated as well, as "the healer that bound the warrior's wounds so he could fight again!" Worf wryly remarks that the only part of the song he wants to hear is the part that tells of their escape. Bashir grows grave as he says that, with Garak out of action, they need to come up with a new plan. To everyone's surprise, Garak rises from his bunk and cheerfully says that won't be necessary; he has no intention of appearing in Martok's song as "the Cardassian who panicked in the face of danger." He's rested enough, and it's time for him to get back to work inside his "dungeon". As he ducks into the cramped space again, the two Klingon warriors look on with respect, both of them knowing that it takes true courage to face one's own worst fears. The Julian Bashir Changeling and O'Brien talk in the infirmary. O'Brien is shocked when Bashir talks excitedly about having purchased duridium alloy darts at a time like this but does not suspect that Bashir is a Changeling. Worf, back at the combat area, is waiting for his next opponent, when Deyos and the Jem'Hadar , Ikat'ika, arrive instead. Ikat'ika announces that he will fight Worf himself. Meanwhile, Garak is back in the crawlspace when Jem'Hadar soldiers come in the cell looking for him. They find the tool that was used to open the panel to the space where Garak is. Sisko orders Kira and Dax to the Defiant for the pending battle and deploys the runabouts. The Julian Bashir Changeling is on the runabout and responds to Ops in a female voice, having already incapacitated the original crew. O'Brien announces that a buildup of tachyon particles has been detected, and ships begin decloaking around the station… Romulan ships. The Romulans request permission to join the fleet; Sisko, while quite surprised, grants their request. Kira, on the Defiant, states that the Cardassian-Dominion fleet is merely ten minutes away. Act Five Bashir tries to bluff the Jem'Hadar soldier about the tool by flippantly saying "it's either a self-sealing stem bolt or a reverse-ratcheting router". Not convinced, the soldier vaporizes a Romulan prisoner and then threatens to kill another if Bashir continues to lie. Before the leader can kill Bashir for his insolence, another soldier figures out the tool's use. In the ring, Worf is losing the fight against Ikat'ika, and can barely stand. When he is knocked down yet again, Martok urges him to yield, insisting that "honor has been satisfied." Garak is close to being discovered when a Breen prisoner grabs the plasma pistol from the holster of a Jem'Hadar who had his back turned, and vaporizes two of the guards, though the second manages to vaporize him as well. Bashir and the Romulan prisoner kill the remaining guards with makeshift knives, and grab their weapons, urging Garak to complete his work before Jem'Hadar reinforcements storm into the cell. In the ring, Worf is clearly beaten, but still refuses to yield. As he crawls on his belly towards the post, even Ikat'ika tries to dissuade him from continuing, saying that Worf proven his worth. But Worf still refuses to yield, and Deyos orders the combat finished. Instead, Ikat'ika steps back and yields the match, announcing that he may be able to kill Worf, but he cannot defeat him, which no longer interests him. Deyos orders them both executed. Just as the guards raise their weapons, Garak succeeds in activating his makeshift communicator, and the runabout immediately energizes its transporter, beaming all the prisoners away; as the guards open fire, Ikat'ika is vaporized by a plasma bolt, but Worf is beamed away a split second before the weapons fire impacts him. Aboard the runabout, Garak immediately lays in an escape course, while Martok and Bashir help a badly-injured Worf to one of the cabins in the back. Before going, Worf makes sure to tell the Cardassian that he "did well," and Garak returns the compliment. The crew then set a course back to the station at maximum warp. Back on DS9, everyone is confused by the lack of an attacking fleet contrary to the sensor readings. Suddenly, they get a priority one message from the real Bashir in the Gamma Quadrant. Sisko quickly realizes that the Bashir they've been dealing with was the Changeling and quickly discerns that he left aboard the runabout Yukon. He then contacts the Defiant and orders Kira to destroy the runabout no matter the cost. Kira and Dax determine that the Changeling has rigged the Yukon with trilithium, tekasite, and protomatter, which if detonated inside the Bajoran sun, would induce a supernova, destroying Bajor, DS9, and the combined Klingon, Romulan, and Federation fleets in one fell swoop. The Defiant warps toward the sun and tractors the Yukon away just in time to prevent the supernova. It dives off into free space and explodes, killing the Changeling and incapacitated crew still aboard. The sensor readings of the Dominion fleet suddenly vanish. Sisko realizes that the whole incident was a plot to lure the combined fleets of the Alpha Quadrant's superpowers to the Bajoran system and then blow them all up together with Bajor and Deep Space 9. Yet the plan failed and "Armageddon will have to wait… for another day." At Quark's, Garak and Ziyal emotionally reunite, as do Dax and Worf in the infirmary. Meanwhile, Chief O'Brien is baffled to realize he has been hanging around with a Changeling for the last four weeks. He tells the real Bashir (who is now cleaned up) that he should have known something was up with his Changeling replacement, "he was a lot easier to get along with." On the second level of the Promenade, Gowron signs the final version of the new treaty between the Federation and the Klingon Empire, which includes a permanent Klingon military presence on DS9. Sisko is given the right to choose the commander himself, and considering Worf and Martok's mutual admiration, he asks the general if he'd be up for the job, which he gladly accepts. Dukat then contacts Sisko to congratulate him on preventing mass destruction. Sisko points out that Ziyal would have died along with them if the bomb had gone off in the Bajoran sun, but the new leader of Cardassia does not seem to be bothered, saying that she made her choice, and that he no longer considers her his daughter. Dukat tells Sisko that he may have escaped defeat today, but tomorrow… "We will see about tomorrow", the captain interrupts. "Yes, we will," Dukat replies, ending the transmission. Log entries Captain's log, Deep Space 9, 2373 Memorable quotes "For the past few months, I've been conducting secret negotiations between the Dominion and Cardassia. And, as of last week, Cardassia has agreed to become part of the Dominion." - Dukat, to Major Kira "I am pleased to announce that hostilities between our peoples have ended. As of today, Cardassia has joined the Dominion. Therefore, you are all being sent home. Congratulations on your new status as Dominion citizens." - Deyos, to the Cardassian prisoners – "Not you, Mr. Garak." "Excuse me?" "You're staying." "Well, there must be some misunderstanding. The last time I checked, I was a Cardassian." "But not a very popular one, I'm afraid. At least not with the head of the new Cardassian government." "And who would that be?" "Gul Dukat." - Deyos and Garak – "You might ask, 'Should we fear joining the Dominion?' And I answer you, 'Not in the least. We should embrace the opportunity.' The Dominion recognizes us for what we are: the true leaders of the Alpha Quadrant. And now that we are joined together, equal partners in all endeavors, the only people with anything to fear will be our enemies. My oldest son's birthday is in five days. To him, and to Cardassians everywhere, I make the following pledge: by the time his birthday dawns, there will not be a single Klingon alive inside Cardassian territory, or a single Maquis colony left within our borders. Cardassia will be made whole. All that we have lost will be ours again. And anyone who stands in our way will be destroyed. This I vow with my life's blood. For my son… for all our sons." - Gul Dukats speech to all of Cardassia – "Today, we train against a worthy adversary. Observe. Analyze. Remember. Soon, we will face his people in combat. The lessons you learn here will ensure victory. Victory is life!!" - Ikat'ika "I keep hoping the wormhole will open. That Garak's runabout will come through and everything will be all right again." "Maybe it will." "My father says Garak's dead." "Right now, I wouldn't believe your father if he said rain was wet." "I used to think my father was a hero. That even when he did something bad, he had a good reason." "Everyone has their reasons. That's what's so frightening. People can find a way to justify any action, no matter how evil." "You think my father is evil?" "I think… you can't judge people by what they think… or say… only by what they do." - Ziyal and Kira "The Khitomer Accords? The treaty between the Federation and the Klingon Empire is dead." "But we can bring it back to life again. This is the most fortified position between here and the Klingon Empire. There will be a Starfleet task force here soon. If you could bring your fleet here…" "Then we could stand united against the Dominion. And if we do…" "We might have a chance." - Gowron, Benjamin Sisko and the Julian Bashir Changeling "Think of it. Five years ago, no one had ever heard of Bajor or Deep Space 9 and now… all our hopes rest here. Where the tides of fortune take us, no man can know." "They're tricky, those tides." - Gowron and Sisko "Klingons helping to protect Deep Space 9 – what an interesting concept." "These are interesting times, Major." - Kira and Sisko "You expect us to join the Dominion?" "I expect you to behave rationally. Joining the Dominion will save billions of lives and keep the Federation from fading into the mists of history." "By allowing it to exist under Dominion rule? No, thank you." "I'm afraid you'll like the alternative even less." - Sisko and Dukat, on joining the Dominion "Dukat, if you have something to say to me, say it!" "Then I'll make it simple. A few days ago, I swore all Cardassia lost would be regained. That space station you're so fond of was built by Cardassia." "Funny. I thought it was built by Bajoran slave labor." "Either surrender the station, or I'll take it by force. The choice is yours." "If you want to retake the station, Dukat, you're welcome to try." - Sisko and Dukat "The Jem'Hadar don't eat, don't drink and they don't have sex… and if that wasn't bad enough, the Founders don't eat, don't drink and they don't have sex either, which, between you and me, makes my financial future less than promising." "It might not be so bad. For all we know the Vorta could be gluttonous, alcoholic sex maniacs." - Quark and Tora Ziyal "After all, a verse about 'the Cardassian who panicked in the face of danger' would ruin General Martok's song. Now if you'll excuse me, my dungeon awaits." - Garak, leaving to face the crawlspace again "There is no greater enemy than one's own fears." "It takes a brave man to face them." - Martok and Worf, as Garak returns to work in his "dungeon." "Fascinating. Even after all he's been through, the Klingon still thirsts for battle. Doesn't he ever tire of it?" "I never do." "You fight because that is what you were designed to do. All that motivates him is some barbaric sense of honor." "And that is something you will never understand." - Deyos and Ikat'ika, on Worf "Victory is life." "Today is a good day to die." - Ikat'ika and Worf, comparing worldviews "Tain, I don't know if you can hear me, but if you can, I just want you to know, you may not have been much of a father, but I really wish you were alive right now. That way, you could be in here, instead of me." - Garak "My people have a saying: 'Never turn your back on a Breen." - The female Romulan prisoner, about the Breen prisoner "Romulans." "They're requesting permission to join the fleet." "I'll be damned. Permission granted." - Sisko and O'Brien, when a fleet of Romulan ships arrive "I… yield." "You what?" "I yield! I cannot defeat this Klingon. All I can do is kill him, and that no longer holds my interest." - Ikat'ika and Deyos, when Worf refuses to stay down "Garak. You did well." "So did you." - Worf and Garak, commending each other over their accomplishments "Tell our friends out there to stand down. Armageddon will have to wait for another day." - Sisko "Four weeks? Are you telling me I've been hanging around with a Changeling for over a month?" "And you even never suspected it wasn't me?" "No! And the worst part is, the clues were right in front of me!" "What clues?" "Well, for one thing, he was a lot easier to get along with." - O'Brien and Bashir "Well, Captain, I must congratulate you. If that protomatter device had gone off inside the sun, well, the death toll would have been enormous." "And your daughter would've been one of the casualties." "Ziyal made her choice. As far as I'm concerned, she is no longer my daughter." "You know, Dukat, I thought you'd changed in the last five years. I see I was wrong." "One man's villain is another man's hero, Captain. You should see the monument they're erecting in my honor at the gateway to the Imperial Plaza." "Is that why you sold out your people to the Dominion? For a monument?!" "What I did, I did to make Cardassia strong again. And mark my words, Captain, I've succeeded. You may have escaped defeat this day, but tomorrow…" "We will see about tomorrow." "Yes, we will." - Dukat and Sisko Background information Story and script Garak's role and actions in this episode are similar to 's in the 1963 film . Both men were forced to work in a confined area, and both suffered from claustrophobia. It is also worth noting that Andrew J. Robinson himself suffers from mild claustrophobia, and on the day the crawl space scenes were shot, he was suffering from the flu. He says of these scenes, "I didn't have to act. I was there." () Robert Hewitt Wolfe based the depiction of an economically depressed Cardassia on the brink of cultural collapse on the , the government of Germany between the two World Wars, from 1919 to 1933. The Dominion's takeover of the Cardassian Union was likewise inspired by the , where the Austrian National Socialist Party, after gaining control of that country's government, invited Nazi Germany to send in their military forces and effectively absorb the country. () This episode ends the process of depicting the character of Gul Dukat in a more sympathetic light, a process which began in and was carried on in episodes such as , , , , , and . Ever since , Dukat's role as a clear-cut villain had been rendered more and more ambiguous, especially in the aforementioned three episodes from the fourth season. Whereas the character had initially been introduced as a typical bad guy, it seemed that the writers were on course to completely turn him around, and eventually have him as a protagonist. However, according to both Ira Steven Behr and Robert Hewitt Wolfe, they had always intended Dukat's change of heart to be temporary, and they always knew, even when writing episodes like , that somewhere down the road he would show everybody just how truly evil he really was. As Behr explains, they never had any intention of turning Dukat into a good guy; "Dukat is a self-deluded, opportunistic, egomaniacal sadist. In other words he is the Richard Nixon of Deep Space Nine. He will do whatever it takes to come out on top." () Regarding how the transporter identified the escapees, Ronald D. Moore commented: "I think that Garak programmed the transporter to beam out anyone who wasn't a Jem'Hadar or a Vorta within a given area." Reception Although both this episode and were extremely popular with viewers, the producers were a little disappointed with how the two-parter turned out. As Ira Steven Behr explains, "I'm not sure if this worked as well as it could have as a two-parter. It might have been better as a two-hour block. Or even as a ninety-minute show. We didn't really gain anything by splitting them up. The second hour moves like a house on fire. Events are happening at such an accelerated pace. If we'd had the hour or forty-five-minute buildup immediately precede it, I'd have liked it better." () Trivia This episode deals with two major story arcs which had originally been introduced in previous episodes: The Klingon War, which began in and was seen throughout season 4, is officially ended by Gowron when he re-signs the Khitomer Accords and once again allies the Klingon Empire with the Federation. Also important in this arc is the presence of General Martok, who was presumed dead after the revelation that he had been replaced by a Changeling in . The Dominion War, which had existed in a state of cold war since the second season finale , becomes a more urgent matter with the advancement of the Dominion fleet into the Alpha Quadrant and Dukat's decision to have Cardassia become a member. This episode marks the second time that Bashir has been replaced by a Changeling, the first being . There are a great number of references to previous episodes: Worf's desire to fight a Jem'Hadar, as revealed in , is here realized; the Dominion fleet heading towards Bajor but then turning and moving towards Cardassia confirms Sisko's vision of locusts in ; Dukat's reference to himself and Kira being on the same side refers to and ; the references to Cardassian cultural depression and economic stagnation, and Dukat's promise to eliminate all Klingon troops in Cardassian territory, recalls the events of ; Dukat's reference to Sisko saving his life more than once refers to the episodes , where Sisko rescues Dukat from the Maquis, and , in which Sisko helps Dukat escape Cardassia before the Klingon fleet arrives. This episode shows the audience the third 'honorable' Jem'Hadar First: Ikat'ika. The first First was Goran'Agar in the episode . The second was Omet'iklan in . Others would include Remata'Klan in and Ixtana'Rax in . The seemingly strange decision on the part of the Jem'Hadar to leave the runabout orbiting Internment Camp 371 would be addressed by Luther Sloan of Section 31 in the episode , though it does not explain the Dominion's reason for doing so. In the episode , it was established that a runabout's transporter can only beam up two subjects at a time. That limitation was overcome by this episode, as the runabout was able to beam up far more than two; however, there has been no onscreen explanation as to how. It is also possible that only 2 people were transported at a time, and the way in which the sequence was cut made it appear they were transported simultaneously. We see Garak transported, followed by Worf and Martok, and finally by Bashir and the Romulan prisoner. When Bashir and the Romulan materialize on the runabout however, Garak is standing at the flight controls, and Worf and Martok are standing off to the side of the transporter, and all 3 are already fully materialized. It's possible that Garak simply programmed the runabout to transport himself aboard, then beamed up Worf and Martok as soon as he was aboard, followed by Bashir and the Romulan. Worf is shot during transport in the same manner in which Hayes was killed in , and yet he seemed unaffected. Either 24th century transporters have been improved over their 22nd century counterparts to shield people from that kind of damage, or Worf was further along in the transport process and there was less of him still there to take damage. Dax is hesitant about jumping to warp inside the Bajoran star system. In , Captain Kirk had to risk jumping to warp inside Earth's solar system to intercept V'ger as soon as possible. The shots of Dukat addressing the Cardassian people on viewscreens are modified from , with Dukat's image replacing that of Chief Archon Makbar. Dukat's line to Ziyal at the end of , "stay here and be damned!", paralleled Kang in . This episode reveals that, like Kang, he was hiding the fact that he was collaborating with the enemy. Unlike Kang, he does not redeem himself in the remaining hour. Rene Auberjonois (Odo) and Cirroc Lofton (Jake Sisko) do not appear in this episode. Though Odo is mentioned by Kira when she tells Sisko about how the saboteur overrode the security blocks on the industrial replicator, and again by Sisko when he orders security to be increased. Ikat'ika is the only named Jem'Hadar to appear in more than one episode. The Romulans join the Federation and Klingons near Deep Space 9 to protect the station from the Dominion. The appearance of the Romulans foreshadow their eventual alliance with the Federation and Klingon Empire during the Dominion War. This marks the final time any of the Deep Space Nine'' cast is seen wearing the original DS9-style uniforms that debuted in the premiere episode, . In this case, the real Julian Bashir. Video and DVD releases UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 5.8, As part of the DS9 Season 5 DVD collection Links and references Starring Avery Brooks as Captain Sisko Also Starring Michael Dorn as Lt. Commander Worf Terry Farrell as Lt. Commander Dax Colm Meaney as Chief O'Brien Armin Shimerman as Quark Alexander Siddig as Doctor Bashir and Julian Bashir Changeling Nana Visitor as Major Kira Guest Stars Andrew J. Robinson as "Garak" Marc Alaimo as "Gul Dukat" Melanie Smith as "Ziyal" J.G. Hertzler as Martok Ray Buktenica as Deyos James Horan as Ikat'ika Carrie Stauber as Romulan Robert O'Reilly as Gowron Co-Stars Barry Wiggins as a Jem'Hadar Officer Don Fischer as a Jem'Hadar Guard Judi Durand as Computer Voice Uncredited Co-Stars Michael Bailous as Romulan officer Majel Barrett as Narrator Scott Barry Bill Blair as Klingon officer Jeff Cadiente Uriah Carr Tory Christopher Cathy DeBuono as Breen prisoner Kathleen Demor Maria Dykstra as Bajoran deputy Randy James as Dennis Madalone Dan Magee Mark Major as Cardassian prisoner Angus McClellan James Minor as operations officer Robin Morselli as Bajoran officer Chuck Shanks James Lee Stanley as Romulan officer Unknown performers as Jem'Hadar fighting Worf Alien with rippled skin Three alien prisoners Cardassian civilian passerby Four Cardassian military passersby Green-skinned alien with bald head Markalian prisoner Three Romulan prisoners Three USS Yukon casualties Stunt doubles Leslie Hoffman as stunt double for Carrie Stauber Tom Morga as stunt double for James Horan References 2368; adversary; alcoholic; alloy; Alpha Quadrant; Armageddon; asparagus; background radiation; Bajor; Bajoran; Bajoran maintenance engineer; Bajoran space; Bajoran sun; Bajoran system; Bajoran wormhole; bearing; blood; blood pressure; blood screening; break; Breen; Cardassia; Cardassian; Cardassian space (Cardassian territory); Changeling; claustrophobia; commander; crash course; darts; death toll; Deep Space 9 levels; Dominion; Dominion cold war; Dukat's son; duridium; ETA; Federation; Ferengi; freedom; Gamma Quadrant; Gilhouly; gluttonous; graviton emitter; heart; hero; humanoid; Imperial Plaza; Internment Camp 371; interrogation chamber; Japar; Jem'Hadar; Keedera; Khitomer Accords; Klingon; Klingon Empire; Klingon opera; leader; lightheaded; lung; maintenance engineer; maximum warp; minute; monument; neutrino; Nog; ; ; ; Obsidian Order; Promenade; protomatter; psychological disorder; pulse; quantum torpedo; Quark's; reverse-ratcheting routing planer; rib; Romulan; runabout; self-sealing stem bolt; ; sex maniac; slavery; solid; spatial matrix; Starfleet; Starfleet Command; ; task force; tekasite; trilithium; trilithium weapon; Tzenketh; United Federation of Planets; villain; Vorta; warp drive; warp signature; yamok sauce Starships references (unnamed); ; ; ; (unnamed); Jem'Hadar battle cruiser (unnamed); Jem'Hadar fighter (unnamed); (unnamed); Klingon Bird-of-Prey (Dukat's Bird-of-Prey; Japar's Bird-of-Prey; unnamed); (unnamed); ; ; (unnamed); ; External links de:Im Lichte des Infernos es:By Inferno's Light fr:By Inferno's Light (épisode) ja:DS9:敗れざる者・後編 nl:By Inferno's Light DS9 episodes

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Doctor Bashir, I Presume (episode)

Doctor Lewis Zimmerman arrives on Deep Space 9 to use Bashir as the model for his new Long-term Medical Hologram, but his plans could unveil a dark secret that Bashir has carried since childhood. Summary Teaser One day in the bar, Rom is trying to work up the courage to finally ask Leeta on a date… however this is something Rom has been trying to do for weeks without any success, leaving Quark doubtful his brother will actually go through with it. Indeed, when Leeta (who herself has feelings for Rom and is simply waiting for him to ask her out) comes over from her stint at the dabo wheel, Rom instantly loses the little courage he had summoned and bolts. Leeta worries that there's something wrong with her, and Quark does little to reassure her before sending her back to work. Meanwhile, over a game of darts, Doctor Bashir and Chief O'Brien discuss the latter's efforts to spend more time with his daughter Molly to ensure she doesn't feel left out due to the attention focused on her new baby brother. However the discussion is suddenly interrupted by Doctor Lewis Zimmerman, Director of Holographic Imaging and Programming at Jupiter Station, who is looking for Bashir. He tells Bashir that he intends to make him "immortal". Act One Later, Bashir and Zimmerman are in Captain Sisko's office discussing the reason for Zimmerman's visit to Deep Space 9. The engineer explains that he was the designer and template for the innovative Emergency Medical Hologram (EMH), which was designed to provide short-term medical care in an emergency, with the capability to substitute for an entire medical staff if needed (although Deep Space 9 doesn't have one due to it being incompatible with the station's Cardassian technology). Starfleet has decided it wants to expand the concept and create a program that can operate full-time in isolated outposts (such as subspace relay stations or research outposts or long-range exploratory vessels) where living space is at a premium and the holographic doctor wouldn't be required to leave sickbay. Furthermore, Starfleet Medical has chosen Bashir to be the template for the new Long-term Medical Holographic program (LMH). Zimmerman requests a list of technical modifications to the station, which Captain Sisko approves before telling Bashir how proud he and everyone else on the station is. Later, Zimmerman has Bashir filling in an extremely long and detailed questionnaire which requests information on seemingly insignificant details of Bashir's life. Zimmerman explains that the LMH will need to interact with people for long periods of time which may require funny stories or anecdotes from its life. Zimmerman also begins mapping Bashir's body for the LMH's physical template. Later, at Quark's bar, Zimmerman and Bashir are on the second level and watching over the dabo wheel where they see Leeta. Zimmerman is instantly drawn to her, and Bashir explains that she is his ex-girlfriend. Zimmerman decides to add her to his list of people to be interviewed, mentioning that he intends to interview Bashir's family and friends. Odo arrives and calls Bashir away in regards to quarantined cargo that is holding up a Antidean freighter's departure, however before he leaves Julian explicitly requests that Zimmerman not contact or interview his parents as they are currently estranged. Zimmerman tells Bashir he understands, however Julian's desire not to have his parents brought in has just made Zimmerman more eager to talk to them. Act Two In the infirmary, the LMH is activated. Bashir examines his holographic self and mostly compliments the replica (although notes that he doesn't like the eyes). Zimmerman then activates Deep Space 9's new EMH and copies its database to the LMH. Soon, the LMH is just like the EMH… disparaging and not very likeable. The EMH is quickly deactivated before he can complain too much about his replacement, then Zimmerman explains that while the LMH is currently simply the EMH with a new skin, he will write a completely new personality from scratch for it. Zimmerman then begins his interviews with several of Bashir's colleagues, including Captain Sisko, Kira, Dax, Worf, Jake, and Morn (who just shrugs). During his interview, O'Brien admits that he considers his friend to be an extraordinary person with many great qualities (although he makes sure Bashir won't find out what he said). After the interview with Leeta, Zimmerman asks the Bajoran woman out to dinner. That night, as the two share a meal, Rom is listening in from a distance, then finally interrupts the date to once again to ask Leeta out, but again can't bring himself to do it and instead makes up a lame excuse such as telling her he will fix her replicator, leaving both frustrated. The next morning, as Bashir and Captain Sisko discuss station business, Dax arrives with a surprise for Bashir… his parents, Richard and Amsha. Bashir is stunned (and can only just contain his horror) to see them, and sheepishly introduces them to Sisko. Act Three Richard begins waxing lyrical to the captain about his newest project as a landscape architect as well as claiming to be the one who convinced his son (who he called "Jules") to study medicine. Amsha tells Richard they can talk to the captain later, while revealing they're here at Zimmerman's invitation. Bashir extricates himself and his parents from the office, promising to find them quarters. Afterwards, Bashir confronts Zimmerman and demands to know why they were summoned despite his request not to have them in any way involved in the LMH project. Zimmerman is completely unapologetic, explaining that they're an important part of Bashir's background. Zimmerman is also busy on another, more personal, project as he calls on Leeta as she gets out of the shower. He tells her that the manager of Jupiter Station's cafe has decided to quit, and he has put in a good word. As a result, Leeta has been offered the job. Leeta is so blown away she accidentally exposes herself to Zimmerman, as the doctor tells her that as well as coming to Jupiter Station he makes clear he has serious feelings for her. Leeta, unsure of what to do, tells him that she needs time to think. Bashir shares a very awkward dinner with his parents, as Richard talks about the rudeness of the transport captain that brought them to the station stating his own experience on shuttles. However, from the way Richard talks, its clear that he is remembering himself as being a shuttle captain when Julian points out he was a third-class steward for six months before he was dismissed (although Richard claims he resigned). Amsha tries to diffuse the situation by asking her son about his research, but Richard is dismissive as he feels Julian should have remained on Earth rather than wanting to practice 'frontier medicine'. Julian brings up Richard's new career as a landscape architect, as the elder Bashir has always had a distinct lack of focus and real ambition instead stumbling from one job to the next. The three start to discuss Zimmerman's upcoming interviews, and Julian tries to coach his parents to not give any answers that leave any opening for Zimmerman to explore. It is made clear from their conversation that there is a dark secret at the heart of the family which could destroy Julian's career and land all of them in a lot of trouble. Richard takes offense at what he sees as Julian's lack of respect or trust in them, causing Julian to angrily walk out, remarking this is why he has not visited them in three years. Act Four In the replimat, Leeta tells Rom about Zimmerman's offer, ostensibly asking his advice but she is clearly desperate for him to ask her to stay. Once again, Rom can't express himself clearly and ends up agreeing when Leeta says she should maybe take the job. Angry and upset with Rom, she leaves. Remorseful for their earlier argument, Richard goes to the holographic lab to apologize. Richard pledges to Julian, standing in befuddled silence, that he will never reveal the big secret that he was genetically enhanced (complete with DNA re-sequencing) and that they are proud of their son and what he has become. Julian appears to accept the apology, and his parents leave… at which point, O'Brien and Zimmerman appear. It is revealed that "Julian" was actually the LMH (who did not recognize Julian's parent) and the two have just overheard the entire conversation. O'Brien immediately tells Bashir what has happened, leading to the latter being furious with the chief for setting up his parents. O'Brien explains that they were just testing the LMH's ability to deal with an unexpected situation, but that's not important anymore, as now instead Zimmerman is now most likely going to report to Starfleet that Bashir is unsuitable to be the LMH model due to his "suspected" genetically enhanced background. Bashir knows immediately what this means for him: once Starfleet Medical is informed, he will be discharged from the service and his license to practice medicine will be revoked as according to Federation law DNA re-sequencing is illegal for anything other than repairing serious birth defects. O'Brien is surprised to realize that what Bashir's parents said is true, and the doctor tells him the full story; when he was a small child, Bashir was having trouble keeping up with the other children his age and may even have had a learning or mental disability. He wasn't as physically able as he should have been, and while children around him were starting to learn to read Bashir barely understood the world around him. Just before he turned seven, his parents took him to Adigeon Prime where he was given several illegal treatments over a number of months to enhance his mental and neurological abilities. Eventually, the only part of the original Bashir that was left was his name and when he returned to Earth his parents moved to a different city and enrolled their son in a new school using false records where he no longer struggled but instead was a star pupil. No one has ever suspected anything, however as far as Bashir is concerned, he's a fraud. O'Brien tries to convince his friend that his genetic enhancements aren't what gave him his compassion, ambition or personality. He also points out that there hasn't been a case like this is over a century, so there's no way to know how Starfleet will react. Bashir, however, is convinced he will be quickly drummed out of Starfleet, and intends to resign his commission before Zimmerman files his report. O'Brien isn't ready to give up, but Bashir has already accepted that this could happen and asks to be left alone. Act Five Meanwhile, Rom is pouring over his own woes with Quark as he laments that he didn't tell Leeta how he felt. Quark has little sympathy, instead reminding his brother of what happened with Prinadora when he entered a five-year marriage contract so he could have a son, and how he instead fell in love with her and requested an extension. As a result of Rom not reading the fine print, Prinadora's father swindled him out of all his money and Prinadora abandoned her husband and son for a richer man. Rom insists that Leeta is not Prinadora, but as far as Quark is concerned all females are exactly the same. Instead, he offers Rom use of one of his racier holosuite programs Vulcan Love Slave, Part II: The Revenge to take his mind off Leeta. Richard is determined to fight to save Julian's career, but Julian has already resigned himself to his fate. This leads into another argument between the two, as Julian thinks of himself like one of Richard's jobs; he didn't like the one he had, so he substituted for something he wanted more. He especially snaps at being called 'Jules', telling Richard that he stopped using that name when he turned fifteen and found out what had been done to him and as far as he's concerned 'Jules' died in the hospital after his parents were too ashamed when he couldn't keep up. Amsha argues back against the accusation that they did what they did because of shame, speaking of the heartbreak she felt when she saw her young son trying his best but falling a little further behind each day while wondering if they'd done anything wrong. She convinces Julian that they did it out of love, not shame. Julian, accepting this, hugs his mother then tells both his parents that in the morning he is going to talk with Captain Sisko, resign his commission and then leave the station quietly. The next morning, Bashir enters Captain Sisko's office to find his parents already there having told him everything. Also present is Rear Admiral , Judge Advocate General of Starfleet, presiding over the matter via holoprojector. At this point, Bashir's parents both call their son "Julian" out of respect for who he is now, not who he was as a child. They explain that a deal has been reached; Richard has taken full responsibility for everything, pleading guilty to genetic engineering and will be serving two years in a minimum-security prison in New Zealand (no mention of Julian's mother facing any criminal charges). In exchange, Julian can keep his commission and medical license. Julian starts to protest, but Bennett explains exactly why genetic engineering is outlawed within the Federation; because "for every Julian Bashir that can be created, there's a Khan Singh waiting in the wings". Julian accepts his father's sacrifice, and Bennett tells Richard to report immediately to him upon his return to Earth. Sisko decides to leave the family alone. At the airlock, Bashir says goodbye to his parents and promises to visit more often. It is also time for Zimmerman and Leeta to leave, when they suddenly hear a strange noise in the distance which is growing closer. They soon find it is Rom, screaming for Leeta to stay. The Ferengi declares his love for Leeta and asks her to stay, and this is all Leeta needs as she returns his feelings and the two share their first kiss. Leeta then apologizes to Zimmerman, but he accepts that he cannot stand in the way of true love and decides to accept his life is one of solitude… until another attractive alien walks by. Zimmerman bids Leeta and Rom goodbye quickly, before leaving to discuss the Kama Sutra with the new object of his affections. Back at Quark's, Bashir and O'Brien engage in yet another darts match. Bashir tries to thank O'Brien for what he said earlier, but O'Brien shrugs off the kind words before suddenly realizing that as Bashir's hand-eye coordination was also enhanced then he should be easily winning. Bashir admits to lowering his game a little to make it fair, and O'Brien demands that he instead play to his full ability. Bashir obliges and quickly throws three consecutive bulls-eyes. O'Brien responds by doubling the distance from which Bashir must throw the darts in the future, promising a blindfold if that doesn't work. Memorable quotes "He needs a woman with body and brains". "I have brains." "Sure you do, honey. That's why I hired you. Now eat up and then take those brains back to the dabo wheel where the customers can get a good long look at them." - Quark and Leeta "She's a female, Rom, and the one constant in the universe is: females are trouble." - Quark, to Rom (about his former wife Prinadora) "Why is everyone so worried about holograms taking over the universe?" - Lewis Zimmerman "Note, contact subject's parents immediately." - Lewis Zimmerman, just after Bashir asks him to not contact his parents "Wow, think of it, Julian. If this thing works you will be able to irritate hundreds of people you never even met." - O'Brien, about the creation of the Long-term Medical Holographic program "What do you want me to do?" "Just stand there and look like a doctor… if you can." - Bashir and Lewis Zimmerman, when Zimmerman is about to download the optical parameters for the program "Beginning data transferral." "Data transferral?! Am I being replaced?" "You're being supplemented by a new long term program." "By him!?" "There, transfer complete." "Please state the nature of the medical emergency." "Oh, that's original! He doesn't even look old enough to be a doctor!" "If you want my advice, you should delete this program. Now that I'm here, why would you want an archaic piece of software like him?" "Archaic?!" "We can discuss this at another time." - Lewis Zimmerman, EMH, and Long-term Medical Holographic program. "Waaaiiit…" - Rom, about not wanting Leeta to leave the station. "I'm still your father, Jules, and I will not have you talk to me like that." "No. You used to be my father. Now you're my architect, a man who designed a better son, to replace the defective one he was given. Well, your design has a built-in flaw. It's illegal." - Richard Bashir and Julian Bashir, arguing about Julian's genetic enhancements "You decided I was a failure in the first grade." "Jules, you don't understand. You never did… " "No, you don't understand! I stopped calling myself Jules when I was fifteen and I'd found out what you'd done to me! I'm Julian!" "What difference does that make?" "It makes every difference! Because I'm different, can't you see? Jules Bashir died in that hospital, because you couldn't live with the shame of having a son who didn't measure up!" - Julian and Richard Bashir "You've never had a child. You don't know what it's like to watch your son… to watch him fall a little further behind every day. You know he's trying, but something's holding him back. You don't know what it's like to stay up every night worrying that maybe it's your fault; maybe you did something wrong during the pregnancy, and maybe you weren't careful enough. Or maybe there's something wrong with you; maybe you passed on a genetic defect without even knowing it." "Amsha…" "No, this is important. You can condemn us for what we did; you can say it's illegal or immoral or whatever you want to say. But you have to understand that we didn't do it because we were ashamed. But because you were our son. And we loved you." - Amsha and Richard Bashir, explaining to Julian why they had him genetically enhanced "Two hundred years ago, we tried to improve the species through DNA resequencing. And what did we get for our troubles? The Eugenics Wars. For every Julian Bashir that can be created, there's a Khan Singh waiting in the wings – a superhuman whose ambition and thirst for power have been enhanced along with his intellect. The law against genetic engineering provides a firewall against such men. And it's my job to keep that firewall intact." - Rear Admiral Bennett, explaining to the Bashirs why there's a ban on genetic engineering. Background information Story and script In Jimmy Diggs' original version of this story, the Bashir/Zimmerman plot was the B-story. The producers were uninterested in the A-story, but they loved the idea of Zimmerman using Bashir as the model for the LMH and decided that it was worthy of being an A-story in and of itself. However, they were aware that a comedy show dealing with holographic doctors would not be enough to sustain an entire episode, and they decided that to make things more interesting, Zimmerman would have to discover some dark secret from Bashir's past. As René Echevarria says of Ronald D. Moore, "his instinct was that there needed to be some big secret that Zimmerman uncovers, but we couldn't, for the life of us, think what it would be." According to Moore, "I kept saying 'What's the secret of Bashir's past? What's the thing that this guy Zimmerman is going to find that's so interesting?' I remember that René and I started talking about genetics, and René pointed out that genetic engineering is one of the things that is oddly missing in the Star Trek universe. It's a concept that's very much out there in science fiction, and even in the real world of science, but in Star Trek, it's virtually never discussed, aside from the fact that there was this thing called the Eugenics Wars at some point, and Khan came out of it." That conversation ultimately led Moore to come up with the idea that Bashir was genetically altered. () The idea of making Bashir genetically engineered was a last minute decision. As Ira Steven Behr explains, "at the time we were working on and , we had no idea that Bashir was going to turn out to be genetically engineered. So even though it was the very next episode…" () The "Shatnerverse" novel, The Return, hints at Bashir's genetic enhancement when Bashir is operating on Kirk. A proximity alarm goes off and Data (who is observing the operation) instinctively holds his arm up to block the expected spray of blood from Bashir being caught off guard. However, Bashir manages to keep his surgical hand perfectly still. The novel was published 10 months before this episode first aired. In explaining any potential continuity problems between the revelation that Bashir is genetically enhanced and the previously established behavior and personality of the character, Ronald D. Moore explained, "It really explained a lot about the character to me. He'd had some strange jigs and jags in his profile over the course of the first four seasons. We have this guy with a lot of arrogance, who almost became a tennis player, who has all these different tales of why and when he went to medical school, and why he didn't become valedictorian of his class, and who has something about his past on Earth that he doesn't want to talk about. When Odo was going to Earth in , he asked Bashir 'Is there anybody you want me to look up?' and Bashir says 'I have nobody there I want to talk to.' There was something in this guy's back-story that was interesting, And it suddenly all made sense if this was a guy who'd been genetically engineered to be very, very smart but who'd had to hide it all his life." () Originally, this episode ended very differently to its finished form. In the original story, O'Brien finds out that there are problems with the LMH which have been caused deliberately by Zimmerman because he doesn't want it to replace the EMH. Bashir then informs O'Brien that Zimmerman is planning to reveal his genetic engineering secret, so O'Brien goes to see Zimmerman and tells him that if he exposes Bashir, his deliberate errors with the LMH will also be exposed. As such, there is a trade-off, and neither secret is revealed. The reason this story was altered was actually Alexander Siddig. He didn't want to play the character as having a secret that only he, O'Brien and the audience knew about. He thought the long-term implications of this on his performance could be detrimental, having to portray the character every week as being in possession of this secret, and allowing it to inform everything he does, but in such a way that none of the other characters notice anything unusual. As such, Siddig managed to convince the writers to alter the end of the story so that the truth is revealed to all. () Although it may not seem apparent to viewers initially, this episode is another example of Ira Steven Behr's re-examination of Gene Roddenberry's twenty-fourth century utopia. Comments in episodes like , , , and had served to darken Roddenberry's vision of the perfect harmonious Federation and an Earth where no problems exist. This episode's example of a darkened ideology is to be found in the character of Richard Bashir. According to Ronald D. Moore, "The Federation is a very nice place to live. But that doesn't mean you can't be a loser and you can't screw up. In the twenty-fourth century, everybody seems to have a job, and everybody's taken care of and everybody has food. But there are people who are just not going to make it. And Bashir's dad is like that, the kind of guy who's always posturing himself as a success, but never has succeeded at anything." () When Admiral reminds Bashir of the risks of genetic engineering by referencing the Eugenics Wars, he referred to it as having occurred "two hundred years ago." However, established continuity suggests that he is about 200 years off. Ronald D. Moore comments: "This is my personal screw-up. When I was writing that speech, I was thinking about Khan and somehow his dialog from "Wrath" started floating through my brain: "On Earth… 200 years ago… I was a Prince…" The number 200 just stuck in my head and I put it in the script without making the necessary adjustment for the fact that "Wrath" took place almost a hundred years prior to "Dr. Bashir." I wrote it, I get the blame." Of course, one explanation is that Admiral Bennett himself got the date wrong. According to Joe Menosky, rumor originally suggested that the discrepancy would be less excusable. Menosky remembered, "I heard they were going to point blank, have a statement that said the Eugenics Wars occurred in the 21st century. That was the rumor that was floating through the building. I think that people would have hit the roof if they would have done that, so maybe they just decided to leave it up in nebulous hyperspace. The point is, if they would have gone that route, then you would have had to come up with some theory about how history got screwed up. The records got destroyed, or something messed up the original dates." (Cinefantastique, Vol. 29, No. 6/7, p. 110) Production After Jimmy Diggs pitched the story for this episode, he didn't hear back from the producers for over a year. When he eventually did get a call from Ronald D. Moore, he thought it was a friend playing a practical joke on him, and he made Moore prove he was who he said he was. () According to Chase Masterson, in an outtake of the scene where Dr. Zimmerman boards his transport and propositions an alien woman, Robert Picardo changed his lines to "Have you heard about my work on ?" (DS9 Season 5 DVD Special Features: Hidden File 07, ) Reception Ira Steven Behr commented: ""Doctor Bashir I Presume" was a terrific episode, but I was never totally comfortable with Julian's genetic engineering. It was one of those revelations that did not seem quite authentic to me. We'd had to work backward to get it. So I felt we needed to do something to help the idea along". Behr's thoughts would lead to the development of . () Alexander Siddig commented: "I think 'Doctor Bashir, I Presume' was probably the best one I got to do. It was a really good idea for an episode, and it had some interesting elements in it. Bob Picardo was great. The guy is a blast, a lot of fun. I'd known him before doing the show, but only on an acquaintance level. We'd met at a convention in Australia and in a couple of other places. He's really good. He can come back again if he wants to – I'd hire him! I also liked in that episode they finally gave Bashir parents, because we hardly knew anything about his family before then. And on top of that they have me parents who'd given me a tricky life. The whole genetic engineering issue, I thought, was an interesting double whammy. I went from getting Bashir ready to become this wonderful holographic doctor to realizing that he was actually a fraud. That's really good stuff". ("A Truly Model Doctor", ) Siddig was not pleased the way he was informed of the revelation about Bashir in the episode. "I didn't know about it on Tuesday, and on Thursday the script arrived – we started shooting on Friday. I was so shocked. You know you get the impression that maybe the producers sit down and talk about strategies and character arcs with actors but this thing came out of the blue and pissed me off so royally." () Ronald D. Moore commented: "I had a lot of fun with 'Doctor Bashir I Presume'. I thought that was an interesting show in that it suddenly takes a left turn. Just when you think it's a farce and is going to be all about the EMH program and his parents and people running about being silly, it's like 'Whoa! What's this? There's character revelations here'. So I like that". ("Writing Across the Universe", ) Robert Picardo commented: "The little appearance on Deep Space Nine was great fun. You know, we're all acquainted with each other from working on the same lot, and from making public appearances together, but we don't often have the opportunity to work together, so that was nice. I had a good time with Sid and Colm Meaney". Picardo commented that he would have liked to have appeared in the series again. ("Doctor at Large", ) Brian George commented "I'm a journeyman. I go from job to job. Most times, you're just a fifth wheel and the producers are only concerned about the stars. It was wonderful to get a role that required some acting, that actually required some thought and preparation, and then to get a director who considered me as important as the regulars". ("Parenthood", ) Trivia This is the first appearance of Dr. Lewis Zimmerman (Robert Picardo), the creator of the Emergency Medical Hologram as a "real" person on any Star Trek series, having previously appeared as a hologram on the episodes and . He appeared again in . Leeta and Rom finally get together in this episode. They first became friends in and Leeta confessed her feelings for Rom in . This episode is the first to provide any details whatsoever about Nog's mother, Prinadora. Indeed, it is the only episode to do so. She would be mentioned again in , but no new information would be presented. Dr. Lewis Zimmerman was named for Herman Zimmerman, a production designer for TNG, DS9, and the four TNG movies. The title of this episode is in reference to the famous quote "Doctor Livingstone, I presume?" spoken by in 1871. Stanley was a reporter sent by the to find Dr. in Africa. Livingstone was a missionary and explorer who had lost contact with the outside world for six years. When Stanley found Livingstone, he greeted him with those now famous words. Coincidentally, this episode was directed by David Livingston. This episode is the last time that we see the holo-communicator being used until either Shinzon or the 's versions of it in . The footage of starships docked at Deep Space 9 in the final shot of this episode is recycled from . The footage is reused again in . Despite Bashir's claim that O'Brien scored a triple 20 in the darts game at the beginning, the darts are grouped near to the board's center, below the triple 20. Remastered version Remastered footage from the episode is featured in the documentary What We Left Behind. Video and DVD releases UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 5.8, As part of the DS9 Season 5 DVD collection Links and references Starring Avery Brooks as Captain Sisko Also starring Rene Auberjonois as Odo Michael Dorn as Lt. Commander Worf Terry Farrell as Lt. Commander Dax Cirroc Lofton as Jake Sisko Colm Meaney as Chief O'Brien Armin Shimerman as Quark Alexander Siddig as Doctor Bashir Nana Visitor as Major Kira Guest stars Brian George as Richard Bashir Max Grodénchik as Rom Chase Masterson as Leeta Fadwa El Guindi as Amsha Bashir J. Patrick McCormack as Special guest appearance by Robert Picardo as Lewis Zimmerman Emergency Medical Holographic program Uncredited co-stars Patti Begley as Bajoran officer Bill Blair as Klingon officer Mark Allen Shepherd as Morn James Lee Stanley as Bajoran security deputy Michael Wajacs as Bajoran civilian Unknown actor as Bolian male Talura's species' visitor References 20th century; 23rd century; 2341; 2347; 2348; 2356; 2368; 2370; 2375; accelerated critical neural pathway formation; Adigeon Prime; Adigeon Prime aliens; amusement; anecdote; argonite; banter; bartender; Bashir's first grade classmates (classmate); Bashir's transport captain; Bashir family move location; birth defect; Bolians; break; ; cafe; Cardassian; career; cargo management unit; cat; cerebral cortex; dabo; dabo girl; darts; day; design flaw; Director of Holographic Imaging and Programming; dismissal; DNA resequencing; dog; dom-jot; drafting studio; Earth; Emergency Medical Hologram (aka EMH, holographic doctor); Eugenics Wars; experience; Federation; Federation Supreme Court; field of study; first grade; frontier medicine; ganglionic cell cluster; generation; genetic structure; hand-eye coordination; health certificate; height; holo-communicator; holo-doctor; holosuite; immortality; IQ; Judge Advocate General; Julian Bashir's cognitive condition; Jupiter Station; Jupiter Station bartender; Jupiter Station cafe manager; Jupiter Station commanding officer; intelligence quotient; Kama Sutra; landscape architecture; legal counsel; level 3 diagnostic; LMH test program 1; Long-term Medical Holographic program; manager; marriage contract; mental ability; month; new plan; ; ; Nagus; name; neuronal network; New Zealand; New Zealand Penal Settlement; Nog; opinion; optical parameter scan; parts per million; patient; penal colony; prayko; Prinadora; Prinadora's father; Prinadora's richer man; prion; Promenade; psychological profile; public space; ; Quark's; questionnaire; rear admiral; reflex; remedial education; replicator; research outpost; sense of humor; ; stamina; Starfleet; Starfleet Headquarters; Starfleet Medical; stigma; subspace communication station; superhuman; sympathy; test run; third-class steward; tree; vision; visiting hours; Vulcan Love Slave, Part II: The Revenge''; week; weight; Zimmerman's Jupiter Station colleagues; Starship references Antidean transport; Bajoran interceptor (Bajoran interceptors); (runabout); (starships); exploratory vessel; ; ; (transport); ; ; ; External links de:Dr. Bashirs’ Geheimnis es:Doctor Bashir, I Presume fr:Doctor Bashir, I Presume (épisode) ja:DS9:ジュリアンの秘密 nl:Doctor Bashir, I Presume? 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A Simple Investigation (episode)

Odo falls for a mysterious woman who is targeted for murder. Summary Teaser An Idanian, in his quarters anxious about something, is visited by two unfriendly Finneans. They are convinced he has something they want and demand to know where it is. The Idanian plays dumb initially, but then appears to submit. He tries to shoot them instead, but one of the Finneans is faster. The short discussion ends up in the death of the Idanian. The two then mention a woman the dead Idanian was supposed to meet on the station, so they wait for her. In Quark's on the second level of the bar, Jadzia Dax, Bashir, Odo and O'Brien talk about a new role playing holoprogram from which has finally arrived, based on Bashir's secret agent series. All of them seem very eager to try it – although O'Brien would rather play a character other than Falcon, and Odo backs out upon learning that part of his role will be stealing a girl from the evil Falcon. Odo then walks away to see Quark harassing a woman waiting at his bar (Arissa). While successfully convincing Quark to stop bothering her (she is actually waiting for someone), Odo involuntarily makes her believe that he is interested in her, leading to a slightly awkward situation ending with he almost running into the wall near the bar's exit. Act One Odo later is vaguely monitoring the transport of cargo in a cargo bay, full of new items for the new Klingon forces on the station. However, his focus is on his own reflection, still thinking about the "bedroom eyes" comment from Arissa earlier. Kira, complaining about getting a tentacle on her hand from gagh while conducting the inspection, is curious about Odo's preoccupation and says he should go see her again, as she's obviously very perceptive. Later, Odo finds the woman in his office with a security officer, caught trying to break into the station computer. She was trying to access the passenger manifest because her friend never showed up. She has a dataport and, while not illegal, this is very suspicious. However, she tells Odo that she attempted to bypass the system because she learned not to trust policemen. Arissa explains the man she was waiting for, Tauvid Rem, was helping her find information about her daughter, who she gave up when she was born 15 years ago. She insists Odo not talk to him, that she instead needs to talk to him, since it's a delicate matter. Odo agrees, and takes her to him. There, they can see he's inside, but when Odo overrides the door lock, they can't find him. Odo, though, sees he's been vaporized after moving a chair covering up the remains. Act Two Odo questions Arissa for a bit. She had no indication that someone would want to harm the Idanian, and supposes it had nothing to do with her or her daughter. She'll have to start over in her search. Odo decides to drop the charges against her, since it did no damage. She's very appreciative and leaves, though she gives him a second glance. Later, Arissa again accesses the computer using her dataport and successfully obtains information. At night, she's caught by Odo coming out of the Assay office, not through tripping an alarm but because he'd been following her. She gives up a data crystal, which Odo finds to be particularly well encrypted for information concerning someone's daughter. Supposing her story isn't true, he suggests he could have her strip-searched and examined to see if she'd ever been pregnant. She toys with the situation, saying she won't try to read into that motivation too much, but then admits she does not have a daughter. Saying she works for a man named Draim, who Odo knows is with the Orion Syndicate, she wanted to get out and Rem somehow had information that could let her do that safely. She guesses Draim somehow found out and hired someone to kill Rem. She now thinks about facing the Finnean authorities, but Odo decides to put her in protective custody until the data on the crystal can be obtained, determined to get to the bottom of it. She is surprised he is willing to help, but Odo replies "why not?" Meanwhile, the two Finneans know she's talking to Odo. Sharing some hasperat, they are determined to keep her from accessing the data, though regret that they have to kill her to do so. Act Three Odo brings Arissa to some quarters, then promptly transports her once inside to his own quarters, thereby throwing off anyone who might be watching. Odo explains he found Rem isn't his real name, having used several identities while travelling on three different freighters. Arissa hasn't been able to identify anyone from security recordings, either. He also says Dax and O'Brien are trying to decrypt the data crystal, a dangerous activity since it shorted out the computer the first time they tried to access it. Arissa dwells on her situation, telling Odo how she got the dataport – she was a net-girl, selling access to her mind for money. Draim started hiring her to get information about people he wanted to ruin or kill. She kept herself separated from the consequences of her actions for a time, but she finally couldn't do that anymore. She supposes she will eventually be killed, but Odo promises that won't happen. Odo struggles with the decision to pursue Arissa romantically, and goes to the holosuite to get Bashir's input. Bashir is wooing a woman – the woman who Odo was supposed to steal – in a limousine, when Odo knocks on the window. Bashir suggests he let her know he's interested, even if she rejects him, as it's worse to never know if it could have worked. O'Brien, as Falcon, stops the conversation and Odo goes. Back in his quarters, Odo talks to Arissa for a bit, making sure she's comfortable. He's having trouble coming out and saying it, so he kisses her. Act Four Later, in the bed, Odo admits she's the first woman he's ever been with. She's surprised, and says she couldn't tell. They both wish they could stay there forever, but her mind turns to her situation. In Ops, Dax and Kira gossip about Odo. Dax is convinced something's going on, but Kira assumes Odo's just being protective of her by using his quarters. Worf interrupts them, chiding them for gossiping, then states Odo knows what he's doing. Sisko comes from his office, looking for Odo since he's late for a meeting with Starfleet Intelligence which he himself set up. They inform him Odo had a woman over last night, and he understands. Just then, Odo arrives and the talking stops. Meanwhile, Arissa is at the computer again, asking to make a deal with Draim. Draim tells his hired guns that she will give them the crystal, however, she will think she's being let go, but they are to kill her anyway. In his office, Odo meets another Idanian following Odo's communication about the one that has been killed. The man explains that Arissa is an undercover agent who works for the Idanian government and that the crystal contains all her former memories. He asks to see her, and Odo agrees. They head to the science lab, where they find a security officer and O'Brien knocked out. She has stolen the data crystal. Fortunately, the Idanian can track it with a device he's carrying. In a cargo bay, Arissa meets with the Finneans. One of them, however, is hiding and preparing his phaser. Act Five The Idanian and Odo search for the device, but the signal has faded. Meanwhile, in the cargo bay, the Finnean makes the exchange with Arissa, and the other Finnean surprises her with a phaser. He is about to shoot when all the doors suddenly open and Odo, already above them, drops down and subdues them with the help of the Idanian who comes later. They go to the infirmary, where Bashir hooks up the data crystal. The Idanian explains the whole situation. The procedure of wiping her real identity from her brain was to fool the telepaths used by the Orion syndicate and allow her to become a trusted member of the organization. She volunteered for the mission and was undercover for two years. He's confident that when she is restored, they'll be able to prosecute and imprison Draim. Odo challenges how the events of the last few days played out, but understands the motives. They couldn't risk Draim intercepting communications from the government. Bashir then brings Arissa to surgery to restore her appearance. Odo waits in his quarters for Arissa, with her memories and physical appearance restored. He supposes Arissa is not her real name, and she confirms, also saying that she is married and, while it would be pointless to continue their relationship (since she is not really the same person anymore) there was a woman who truly loved Odo and that she still exists in a sense. While the constable ended up with a broken heart, he still had a positive experience and gained a little more self confidence with women. After she leaves Odo's quarters, he turns and stares out at his viewport, not looking back. Memorable quotes "I thought it was on stun." "Look what you did to the carpet." - Sorm and Traidy, after Rem is vaporized "If people are talking, it's only because they care. You put on a good front, but anyone who really knows you can see that you're lonely." - Bashir, to Odo "What if I… what if she…" "Rejects you? She might. But you can't go through life trying to avoid having your heart broken. If you do, it'll break from loneliness, anyway. So you might as well take a chance. If you don't, she'll move on, and you'll never know what you might have had. And living with that would be worse than having a broken heart, believe me." - Odo and Bashir (in Falcon voice) "Car trouble, Mr. Bashir?" (regular voice) "Hi, Odo." - O'Brien, as Falcon, pointing a gun at Bashir "This isn't fair! Odo and I were talking!" "Didn't anyone ever tell ya? You shouldn't stop for hitchhikers." - Bashir and O'Brien (as Falcon) "I don't have a heart." "You could have fooled me." - Odo and Arissa "I've never done anything sexual before… could you tell?" - Odo, to Arissa "You are not talking, you're gossiping. And besides, Odo is quite capable of taking care of himself." "Don't shout across the room. If you want to 'gossip' with us then come down here." - Worf and Dax "Where is Odo? He asked me to arrange a conference with Starfleet Intelligence at 0800." "I guess he's running late." "He's never late." "He's never spent the night with a woman before." "A woman? Oh that's nice…" (Sudden look from Kira) "Isn't it?" - Sisko and Dax Background information Story and script This episode was inspired by the 1952 film . In the movie, plays a policeman who is assigned to escort to an important trial in which she is a key witness. Over the course of the film, he falls in love with her, even though he knows he shouldn't, as there can be no future with her. At the end of the film, it turns out that Windsor is also a cop and is acting as a decoy for the real witness who has gotten to the trial a completely different way. () The writers had originally planned for Odo to have a sexual relationship with Chalan Aroya early in the fifth season while he was still a humanoid, but they felt that she wasn't right for him when she was introduced in , so they altered their plans. By the time they got around to doing an Odo relationship story however, he had regained his shape-shifting abilities. This was something that displeased Ronald D. Moore; "I wish we'd done the show while Odo was still human. If he had been Human, the relationship with this woman would have carried a little more weight." () In René Echevarria's original teleplay, there was a scene where Arissa comes out of Odo's bedroom and finds Odo regenerating. She walks over to him and touches him, and he morphs onto her. Echevarria was especially proud of this scene, but Ira Steven Behr felt it was thematically more important for this particular episode that Odo make love as a humanoid. Echevarria's scene however would resurface, when Odo does the same thing with Kira in the seventh season episode . () Rene Echevarria's original draft featured a character that would later become Vic Fontaine. Ira Behr recalled: "While we were writing "A Simple Investigation", Rene Echevarria said, 'Lets put the scene with the night-club singer in here. And I said, 'We're not gonna get Frank Sinatra, Jr. but maybe we can get Steve Lawrence or someone. So Rene wrote a scene, and that's when the character became Vic Fontaine. But the show was too long and we heard that Steve Lawrence wasn't available, so it never really made it beyond the first draft". () The producers intended this episode to illustrate to viewers that Odo was no longer in love with Kira. They were satisfied with how the relationship had ended in and they felt that the only chance Odo and Kira had to get together was while he was a humanoid, but with Shakaar in the picture, this never happened. As such, as far as the producers were concerned, Odo and Kira were back to just having a very deep friendship, something which this episode was designed to illustrate. However, only five episodes later, in , they changed their minds again and Odo's love for Kira would finally be revealed to her, albeit not by him. () Bashir's secret agent holonovel was purposely limited in its screen time by the writers, who also kept the homages to James Bond restrained after they were threatened with legal action by MGM following the airing of the episode . () Production Cirroc Lofton (Jake Sisko) does not appear in this episode. Rene Auberjonois had to shave his entire upper body for this episode. () The costume worn by Dey Young as the undercover Arissa was previously used for Young's portrayal of Hannah Bates in and later for Keyla in . Among the in-jokes listed as Arissa accesses the passenger manifest with her dataport are "Jerry Maquire," "Either Oneorother," and "Elbow Grease." Reception Rene Auberjonois commented "I thought ["A Simple Investigation"] was terrific and really just loved working with Dey Young. I had a great time, and the director, John Kretchmer, was terrific. I think that was the show in which I chided Ira [Behr] about how he always made Odo suffer". ("Morphing On Up", Star Trek Monthly, issue 33) Dey Young greatly enjoyed the episode, particularly working with Rene Auberjonois and John Kretchmer. Young commented: "In all the years Paramount has done the show, I am the only love interest that Odo has had, so it was important that it was real and that we had a great relationship. We really worked on that. It was a lot of fun and I really enjoyed it". Dey Young hoped that Arissa might make another appearance on the series, commenting: "There's talk of bringing her back. How they would do it, I don't know. We'll see". ("Love Hurts", Star Trek Monthly, issue 29) Of this episode, Ira Steven Behr says "I think we do crappy romances. But in terms of romantic shows, this wasn't a bad one." () Video and DVD releases UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 5.9, As part of the DS9 Season 5 DVD collection Links and references Starring Avery Brooks as Captain Sisko Also starring Rene Auberjonois as Odo Michael Dorn as Lt. Commander Worf Terry Farrell as Lt. Commander Dax Cirroc Lofton as Jake Sisko Colm Meaney as Chief O'Brien Armin Shimerman as Quark Alexander Siddig as Doctor Bashir Nana Visitor as Major Kira Guest stars Dey Young as Arissa John Durbin as Traidy Nicholas Worth as Sorm Randy Mulkey as Idanian operative Co-star Brant Cotton as Idanian Uncredited co-stars Michael Bailous as Bajoran security deputy Uriah Carr as operations officer Robert Coffee as Bajoran civilian Cathy DeBuono as sciences officer Brian Demonbreun as civilian Steve Diamond as Bajoran civilian Judi Durand as Deep Space 9 Computer Voice Elliot Durant III as Bajoran command officer Maria Dykstra as Bajoran security deputy Natalie Graziano as Bajoran nurse Cynthia Madvig as Falcon's girl Dan Magee as operations lieutenant Mary Mascari as Bajoran civilian James Minor as operations officer Robin Morselli as Bajoran command officer Dan Rose as Bajoran ops officer Mark Allen Shepherd as Morn Susie Stillwell as Bajoran security deputy Scott Strozier as Bajoran security deputy Michael Wajacs as Bajoran civilian Unknown performers as Alien with long face Blue-skinned alien with elongated head Bolian waiter Dabo girl Taal visitor Two cheating aliens Stunt doubles Tom Morga as stunt double for John Durbin Patricia Tallman as stunt double for Dey Young Unknown stunt performer as stunt double for Rene Auberjonois Stand-ins John Lendale Bennett – stand-in for Avery Brooks Uriah Carr – stand-in for Alexander Siddig Cathy DeBuono – stand-in for Terry Farrell Mark Lentry – stand-in for Rene Auberjonois David B. Levinson – stand-in for Armin Shimerman James Minor – stand-in for Michael Dorn Robin Morselli Randy Pflug – stand-in for Colm Meaney and Randy Mulkey Brenda Jean Wright – stand-in for Nana Visitor and Dey Young References 2371; airplane; Ardana; assassination; assay office; automobile; businessman; Cardassians; carpet; Central Bureau of Rehabilitation; data crystal; dataport; debriefing; detective novel; DNA; Draim; driver; ; Eminiar VII; Falcon; Federation; ; Finnea Prime; Finnean; Founders' homeworld (2371); gagh; gelatinous state; graviton emitter; hasperat; heart; Her Majesty's Secret Service; hitchhiker; holo-scan; holosuite; Idanian; indictment; intelligence agent; loneliness; marriage; murder; net-girl; Orion Syndicate; passenger manifest (aka "manifest"); phase inverter; ; Pollux IV; Promenade; protective custody; quantum scan; Quark's; Queen of England; ; raktajino; ; Rigel VII; Risean tapestries; robbery; Romulus; security protocol; ; sober; socialite; spicy; Starfleet Intelligence; strip search; Taal; Talarian; tentacle; Walther P38; Other references Office of the assayer: Define Having; Deflate Release; Deo Thermometric; Elbow Grease; Either Oneorother; Fiscal Vertebrate; ; Hydro Carbon; Hungry Weakness; Lachrymose; Intramural Baby; Lactic Acid; Lourenco Marques; Love Seat; Masora; Mass Commun; Chiefly Moulding; Molly Coddle; Nilo Saharan; Nimrod; Pusan Korea; Jerry Maguire; Rhyme Orreason; ; ; Sister Hood; Synchro Nized; Treble Clef Starship references Bajoran interceptor (Bajoran interceptors); (runabout); ; External links de:Der Datenkristall es:A Simple Investigation fr:A Simple Investigation (épisode) nl:A Simple Investigation DS9 episodes

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Ties of Blood and Water (episode)

Kira asks Tekeny Ghemor to come to Deep Space 9 to provide information about the Cardassian government and the revitalizing dissident movement; Gul Dukat arrives and demands Ghemor's extradition. Summary Teaser Dax, Worf, and Kira are waiting at an airlock, awaiting the arrival of Tekeny Ghemor, Kira's Cardassian pseudo-father. The two have become very close in recent days. The legate is not secure on Cardassia since the takeover by Gul Dukat and the recent alliance with the Dominion. Kira is hoping Ghemor will lead the political opposition on Cardassia when he tells her that he came to DS9 because he is terminally ill. He has Yarim Fel Syndrome and will probably die soon. Act One In the infirmary, Julian Bashir confirms Ghemor's diagnosis. He can't estimate how much time he has left, but there are some treatments Bashir can try. Dukat contacts Captain Benjamin Sisko about an arrangement for Ghemor's extradition. Sisko has no intention of negotiating with him since the Federation doesn't even recognize the new Cardassian government and abruptly ends the transmission. Major Kira offers to spend the next few days with Ghemor, replacing the daughter he doesn't have anymore. He holds Kirayoshi for a bit, feeling a bit like a grandfather. He asks if Kira wants her own child, and she's surprised he knows about Shakaar Edon. He explains she has her own section in the Cardassian Central Archives, as she's a public figure. He adds she should be proud. Then, Ghemor states he knows many secrets about the Cardassian Union that could be helpful. He wants to commence the Shri-tal with her, a Cardassian ritual in which a dying person reveals their closest secrets to the rest of the family, for use against their enemies. Since Kira is the closest thing Ghemor has to a family, she agrees to participate. Later, in the captain's office, Kira tells Sisko about the responsibility this ritual entails. She will need to ask the right questions. She wonders if she's the right person, but, thinking back about her own father who suffered a critical injury in the Occupation of Bajor, she knows she is all Ghemor's got. Act Two Bashir instructs Kira on operating the medical equipment in Ghemor's quarters and leaves. Then begins a series of long interviews. They are exhausting for Kira, but she doesn't complain. Her attention is drawn, though, thinking of her injured father on a cot, unable to get medical help and explaining he tried to reason with the Cardassians in the attack. He talks sadly about how the Cardassians destroyed his beloved garden he had spent so much time caring for. Kira assures her father that they will make another one together some day. Turning her attention back to the present, when Ghemor becomes unable to talk, Kira concludes for the day. Later, she relates what she's found to Sisko. He says Starfleet Intelligence will be pleased, but then Bashir calls Kira back to his quarters. He's not responding to the treatment and wants to continue the interviews, while there's still time. In Ops, Worf reports to Sisko that a Jem'Hadar battle cruiser is approaching the station. Its weapons are armed and the targeting systems are active. Sisko orders a red alert and all crew members to battle stations. Receiving a transmission, it is revealed that Dukat and Weyoun have arrived at DS9 on the battle cruiser to reclaim the fugitive. Act Three Dukat and Weyoun, or rather the fifth Weyoun, as Sisko saw the fourth die, are brought aboard the station. Dukat uses standard Cardassian strategies, saying Ghemor is cleared of any wrongdoing on Cardassia, and asks Sisko to see him to ask if he wants to come home. There, Dukat first offers to bring Ghemor's daughter Iliana back. Ghemor doesn't believe Dukat, especially now that the Dominion are involved. They leave, promising to linger for a few days. Kira continues another long stretch of interviews and caring for Ghemor. Then, Dukat goes to Kira's quarters, trying to turn Kira against Ghemor, giving her his official record on a PADD which mentions the Kiessa Monastery massacre. Without reading it, she throws a teacup at his head and promises she will make him pay one day. He leaves, and she picks up the record and begins reading it. Act Four Kira angrily confronts Ghemor while cleaning up after him. He admits he kept that from her, and explains why it happened, but insists he doesn't believe it was right. He regrets ever joining the Cardassian military or volunteering for duty on Bajor, but Kira is angry and does the bare minimum to care for him and leaves. Sisko finds Dukat and Weyoun at the dabo table in Quark's, where Weyoun takes to a few games, clearly enjoying himself. With a bottle of kanar, Sisko acts as though he had forgotten his manners and offers some to Dukat, but the Cardassian refuses. The captain then reveals that the kanar had been poisoned with voraxna– and had just been delivered to Ghemor; clearly a murder attempt. Dukat acts insulted at the barely-veiled accusation, and warns Sisko he should not make such a threat to the head of a government. Weyoun breaks the tension and chuckles, remarking how entertaining he finds their interplay. Then, he shocks both Dukat and Sisko by drinking the entire glass of poisoned liquor. He is able to detect the poison (of which there is quite more than a lethal dose), but suffers no ill effects, explaining to the others that the Vorta have an engineered immunity to most types of poison. Sisko leaves Dukat embarrassed and Weyoun amused. Dukat's strategy to turn Kira away from Ghemor proves to have some success. Kira, at the Bajoran temple, goes inside to try to think and finds Odo standing outside looking for her since he heard she stopped seeing Ghemor. She claims she thought Ghemor was different from the other Cardassians, but Odo points out he was only in the military for less than a year, only 19 years old, and he may not have even fired his weapon. She says he shouldn't have even been there, but Odo challenges that view in his usual style, pointing out she already knew his record before Dukat gave it to her. She supposes she should forget about it and go back to him, but Odo says he's not saying anything, implying she already knows her general anger toward the Cardassians is keeping her from this new relationship. She flashes back to when her father was in pain, saying the Prophets were calling to him. Furel says they found the troops that executed the attack and are going to hit them back. Kira insists on going with them to get revenge, despite her father's objection. Bashir comes to Kira's quarters to inform her that Ghemor's condition is deteriorating and will be dead within the hour. Act Five Kira thanks him, but she obviously doesn't intend to go to him, set on her view of his betrayal. Bashir tries to convince Kira that even if Ghemor's past is stained by the Occupation, he doesn't deserve to die alone. He leaves, and she flashes back to that counterattack she helped with. They were successful, but she comes in the camp to find her father dead and informed he was calling her out name in the end. Without betraying emotion, she calls for another attack on the Cardassians to make them pay and starts digging his grave. Furel tries to get Prylar Quen to say a few words, but Kira says there's nothing left to say, intent on continuing digging. Ultimately, Kira decides she will not do the same thing she did when her father died and won't find a last minute excuse to miss his death. Afterwards, Bashir finishes the paperwork in the infirmary. Kira dwells on the experience, supposes he gave her something she needed instead of the other way around – since she missed her own father's death. She admits she could have stayed with him, but saw a chance to avoid the pain of losing her father and her own strength. After Ghemor passes away, Dukat informs Captain Sisko that he intends to tell the general public that Ghemor decided on his deathbed to embrace the Dominion and insists on having the body brought back to Cardassia so he can be buried with full military honors. Sisko informs him that the funeral arrangements have already been taken care of. Kira has Ghemor buried on Bajor, right beside her father, under the same tree. Memorable quotes "Cardassian politics are very complex." "I think they like it that way." - Worf and Dax "Major Kira – friends with a Cardassian. It seems wrong." "You should have known her five years ago. Back then, I never thought she'd be friends with anyone." - Worf and Dax, on Kira's relationship with Tekeny Ghemor "I have Yarim Fel Syndrome. It's terminal, Nerys. I'm dying." - Ghemor "Still calling yourself gul? I'm surprised you haven't promoted yourself back to legate by now." "I prefer the title 'gul'; so much more hands-on than legate. And less pretentious than the other alternatives: president, emperor, chancellor, first minister… emissary." "How about Dominion puppet?" - Sisko and Dukat "'Wha…" "Oh, my… that is quite toxic, isn't it?" "Are you… insane?" "Oh, Vorta are immune to most forms of poison; it comes in handy when you are a diplomat." - Dukat and Weyoun (knowingly drinking a glass of poisoned kanar) "DABO! That is dabo, isn't it?" "I don't see why you insist on playing this ridiculous game." "I like games." - Weyoun and Dukat "You are really enjoying this, aren't you? Hm? All your sick little games." "I must admit, I do get a certain… perverse pleasure out of it." - Kira and Dukat Background information Story and script This episode introduces Weyoun 5 after his "death" in and reveals that the Vorta clone themselves (a premise which was created specifically so Jeffrey Combs could reprise his role). As Ira Steven Behr explains, "When we first saw Jeff Combs do the role in , we were wishing we could find a different ending to the episode, because we really didn't want the character to die. But we couldn't think of anything. The next thing you know, they're out in Griffith Park, shooting the fight, and he's dead. I knew immediately that he had to come back. There was no way he couldn't." () Production Of the montage sequence, director Avery Brooks says, "There is a suspension of time. Time is kind of irrelevant. Each shot was, for me, like a portrait. I was very interested in creating portraits, in terms of composition and lighting. Still portraits. Not photographs, but paintings." () Reception This episode is a favorite of Nana Visitor's; "I like playing the truth of things. I love that they did this with my character, that they wrote that Kira isn't Miss Perfect Saint. It wasn't about her not loving the person she cared for. It was about 'This is tough.' And that it required more of her than she had at the moment. And it was a learning experience for her." () Lawrence Pressman was impressed by Avery Brooks's direction of the episode. Pressman commented "Avery's a man who keeps to himself, not somebody who chats easily, but as a director he was right there and extraordinarily helpful. Somebody said to me 'Avery talks like jazz'. It's true, he does. What's more, its brilliant jazz, wonderful stuff. He gives you images, and he does it through eye contact with you, so you get the feeling of what he wants. He gave me a lot courage. It would be so easy to go the wrong way with the character. He pushed me constantly in other directions, then pushed me even further in that direction. You can't ask for anything more than that". ("Back for Ghemor", Star Trek Monthly, issue 30) For Robert Hewitt Wolfe, the most important scene in the episode is the scene where Kira introduces Tekeny Ghemor to Kirayoshi O'Brien; "This is her family. The father that is not her father. The baby that is not her baby. That's Kira's family." () Trivia This episode is a sequel of sorts to the third season episode . Since it is the first episode to feature Dukat after Cardassia joined the Dominion, it also clarifies some of the political maneuvering which has taken place on Cardassia since . This episode marked the first obvious appearance of the Jem'Hadar battle cruiser. In the episodes and , the battle cruiser is seen flying through space but is never mentioned. This is the first episode in which Kira is shown wearing her normal uniform since becoming pregnant in . Thomas Kopache also portrayed Kira Taban in the sixth season episode . When Kira first appears in the flashback sequence where her wounded father is brought to her at the Shakaar resistance cell base, another resistance fighter to her right can be seen holding a Jem'Hadar Kar'takin years before the discovery of the wormhole. Cirroc Lofton (Jake Sisko) does not appear in this episode. Remastered version Remastered footage from the episode is featured in the documentary What We Left Behind. Apocrypha It is revealed in the novel Fearful Symmetry that Dukat did in fact know Iliana Ghemor's location, meaning that his offer was at least partially honest. Given his treatment of her, however, it is doubtful that he would have followed through. Video and DVD releases UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 5.10, As part of the DS9 Season 5 DVD collection Links and references Starring Avery Brooks as Captain Sisko Also starring Rene Auberjonois as Odo Michael Dorn as Lt. Commander Worf Terry Farrell as Lt. Commander Dax Cirroc Lofton as Jake Sisko Colm Meaney as Chief O'Brien Armin Shimerman as Quark Alexander Siddig as Doctor Bashir Nana Visitor as Major Kira Guest stars Lawrence Pressman as "Ghemor" Marc Alaimo as "Gul Dukat" Thomas Kopache as Kira Taban William Lucking as Furel Jeffrey Combs as "Weyoun" Co-star Rick Schatz as a Medic Uncredited co-stars Kathleen Demor as a Human female security lieutenant Kevin Grevioux as a Human male security officer Mark Allen Shepherd as Morn Unknown performers as Bolian waiter Dabo girl Dopterian waiter References 2368; accusation; advisor; alien freighter; alliances; Alpha Quadrant; attempted murder; Bajor; Bajorans Bajoran ale; Bajoran vessel (alien transport ship); Bajoran Intelligence; Bajoran Militia; Bajoran Resistance; Bajoran Security; Bajoran temple; barrowbug; ; Bolian; Borven; bracelet; callous; Cardassia Prime; Cardassians; Cardassian Central Archives; Cardassian Central Command; Cardassian dissident movement; Cardassian government; Cardassian military; Cardassian sun; central nervous system; Chief Archon; clone; Constable; counselor; dabo; debriefing; diplomat; Dominion; Dopterian; dose; dozen; Emissary of the Prophets; emperor; Enyak's milk; (starships); exile; Federation; First Minister; Fourth Order; frost; funeral; garden; Ghemor's wife; ; glinn; government; gul; head of state; heart; hexadrin therapy; immortality; incarnation; insanity; Jem'Hadar battle cruiser (Dukat's battle cruiser); kai; kanar; Kiessa Monastery; leader; legate; medic; military installation; ; ; names; neuro-regeneration procedure; Ninth Order; ; ; Occupation of Bajor; pagh; s; poison; political system; postmortem; president; progenitor; Promenade; propaganda; Prophets; prylar; Quark's; Quen; red carpet; Shakaar Edon; science officer; Shri-tal; skimmer; Starfleet Intelligence; strategic operations officer; Supreme Tribunal; surgically altered; Tempasa; terminal condition; toxic; triptacederine; Trepar; uniform code; village; vole; voraxna; Vorta; war record; Winn Adami; cargo management unit (unnamed); Yarim Fel Syndrome Unreferenced mterial Dax, Leyla; mountain climbing External links de:Die Überwindung es:Ties of Blood and Water fr:Ties of Blood and Water (épisode) nl:Ties of Blood and Water DS9 episodes

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Ferengi Love Songs (episode)

Quark discovers that his mother and Grand Nagus Zek have fallen in love with each other. Rom and Leeta's relationship hits a rocky patch. Summary Teaser Quark is depressed because Cardassian voles have made his bar unusable for three days until Chief O'Brien can get rid of them. Quark also feels that he hasn't had any good luck since his Ferengi business license was revoked the previous year by the FCA. Later, a depressed Quark sits moping in his quarters when Rom enters and announces to his brother that he's marrying Leeta, then suggests that Quark visit their mother Ishka on Ferenginar. Quark arrives on Ferenginar, and his Moogie is very surprised that he has come to visit. Act One Rom is learning about Bajoran customs to please Leeta, but Chief O'Brien and Lieutenant Commander Jadzia Dax are teasing him in the replimat about his being "the least Ferengi-like Ferengi" they have ever met. This revelation upsets Rom, despite O'Brien's and Dax' urging that it is a compliment. On Ferenginar, Quark is explaining his distress to his mother since he lost his business license. Ishka asks him why he chose to visit her, when they have never had a very good relationship, due to Ishka's refusal to follow Ferengi traditions concerning the proper roles of females. Quark assures her that he wants to stay until he starts to feel better. When Quark goes to his childhood bedroom, he is surprised to find that his mother has moved all of his personal belongings, including his Marauder Mo action figures, from the room. Quark is even more startled to discover Grand Nagus Zek in the closet when he goes to put his bag away. Quark is afraid that his mother has been illegally earning profit again in violation of FCA rules, but instead Ishka and "Zekkie" proclaim they are in love. Act Two Ishka and Zek announce that they met during an annual tongo tournament, and that they have been seeing each other ever since, although their relationship is not public information. Although he is initially quite startled, Quark begins to surmise that he may be able to use their relationship to his advantage – to reinstate his business license. The Nagus then leaves to attend to the business of running the Ferengi Alliance. On the station, O'Brien appears to have rid Quark's Bar of all the menacing voles. Rom asks Chief O'Brien for an extended lunch break so that he can get Leeta to sign the Ferengi equivalent of a prenuptial agreement – the Waiver of Property and Profit, or WP&P. O'Brien appears extremely doubtful that Leeta will agree to such a thing, but Rom feels that he must have her sign the WP&P to prove that he is still a Ferengi. As O'Brien predicted, Leeta refuses to sign the WP&P, stating that a marriage is all about sharing things, including money. Rom cites Rule of Acquisition #94: "Females and finances don't mix." Rom accuses Leeta of being just like his first wife – only after his profits. Leeta protests, saying that she loves Rom, but he replies that if she really loved him, she would prove it by signing the WP&P. Leeta and Rom decide to call the marriage off. Quark, Ishka, and Zek are having dinner together at Ishka's home. Quark attempts to flatter the Grand Nagus, but Zek sees through his act and bluntly refuses to reinstate Quark's business license; he is not willing to overrule the FCA. Besides, contracts are the foundation of Ferengi civilization and Quark broke a contract with another Ferengi. Ishka agrees with Zek – Quark made a mistake, and now he must suffer the consequences. As Ishka and Zek take a walk around the garden, Quark and Maihar'du clear the dinner table. As Quark returns to his bedroom, Brunt materializes in the closet. Act Three Brunt knows of Ishka and Zek's relationship and is disgusted by it. Quark assures Brunt that he didn't know about it until that day. Nevertheless, Brunt holds Quark responsible for the actions of his mother, a female under his control. Brunt tells Quark that he must put an end to the relationship – privately and quietly. In exchange, Brunt agrees to give Quark a new business license. Quark visits the Nagus ostensibly to pay his respects, but all the while scheming to destroy their relationship by convincing the Nagus that Ishka has not paid back all the latinum she earned and that she is only using the Nagus in her quest to end the male domination of Ferenginar and instate equal rights for Ferengi females. The Nagus falls for Quark's lies and contemplates his relationship with Ishka. Quark whines that his mother doesn't understand how terrible his life is since he is forbidden to do business with Ferengis and earn profit. Irritated, Ishka explains that she knows exactly how it feels – she is denied such rights because she is female. Reluctantly, she agrees to speak to the Nagus on Quark's behalf. Back on DS9, Odo, Captain Sisko, and Lieutenant Commander Worf are discussing on the Promenade the conduct of the Klingons who recently began living on the station. General Martok has been placed in a holding cell for tossing one of his men off the second-floor balcony of the Promenade as a "disciplinary measure." Sisko intervenes, ordering Odo to release Martok and telling Worf to advise the General that if he wants to retain his position on the station, he must abide by station regulations. After Worf leaves to speak to Martok, Sisko and Odo find Rom sobbing while working, and Odo informs Sisko that the wedding has been called off. Rom insists that he is crying tears of joy. Meanwhile, Leeta is trying unsuccessfully to convince Major Kira that calling the wedding off was the best decision that she has ever made, while Kira just tells her she means the opposite of what she says. Quark returns home to find his mother crying. She tells him that the Nagus left her, accusing her of being a profit-hungry female who was only using him in her plot to overthrow the Ferengi government. Quark, obviously pleased with himself for ending their relationship and anticipating the return of his business license, assures her that everything will be fine. However, Ishka tells Quark that it is a disaster – not just for her, but for everyone. Unsure what his mother meant, Quark contacts Brunt, who gives him a valid business license in return for his service to the FCA. Act Four The next morning, Quark tells Ishka that he is returning to DS9. Just then, Quark receives a message from Zek, demanding to see him in the Tower of Commerce immediately. The Nagus asks Quark to be his First Clerk in thanks for warning the Nagus about Ishka's motives. Soon after accepting the position, Quark realizes that the Nagus is having memory problems, and that he will have his work cut out for him as First Clerk. O'Brien visits Rom in his quarters, where Rom is counting his life savings of latinum on a table. Rom is going to offer Leeta a bribe to sign the WP&P. O'Brien points out that a bribe won't work, since if she signs the waiver, she can't keep the money anyway. O'Brien reiterates to Rom that if he wants Leeta back, he must forget about the waiver. Rom then quotes Rule of Acquisition #229: "Latinum lasts longer than lust." O'Brien replies that while that may be true, lust can be a lot more fun. Rom finally admits that he wants Leeta back more than anything. To prove his loyalty to her, Rom gives away all his latinum to the Bajoran War Orphans Fund so that the waiver is no longer necessary, and he and Leeta make up. O'Brien and Bashir watch Rom and Leeta from the second level of the Promenade. Bashir says to O'Brien, "Well done, chief. Or should I call you Cupid?" O'Brien responds by telling Bashir he is just an incurable romantic. Quark tells his mother that the Nagus has made Quark his First Clerk, and she states that he must have had a miserable day then. Ishka tells Quark that the Ferengi markets dropped 199 points that day. Quark realizes that his mother was well aware of Zek's memory problems, and she was helping him keep the markets together during their relationship. Ishka then realizes that Quark caused Zek to end their relationship, and that he was put up to it by none other than Brunt. Ishka admonishes Quark, telling him that she hopes his business license was worth the possible destruction of the entire Ferengi economy. Act Five Brunt visits Quark at the Tower of Commerce, taunting him about the 199-point decline in the markets the day before. Brunt tells Quark that the FCA has called a meeting to discuss the capabilities of the Nagus. Quark then realizes that Brunt knew about Zek's failing memory all along, and that Brunt convinced Quark to end Ishka and Zek's relationship so that Brunt could expose Zek and maneuver himself to be the new Nagus. Back at home, Ishka asks Quark why he hasn't yet returned to DS9 with his new business license, Quark admits his time living among Humans has caused him to develop a conscience and that he is feeling guilty about how Zek was treated and the part he played in Brunt's plan. They agree that Zek's type of greed is good for the people, but Brunt is simply out for himself. Ishka and Quark decide that they have to prevent Brunt from becoming Nagus, so they help Zek pass Brunt's test and retain his position as Nagus. When Zek and Quark and his servant are alone again, Quark suggests that the Nagus contact the Vulcans to see if they can help improve his memory and allow him to stay in power. Zek says he's never liked the Vulcans because they have no interest in profit. But they do make good doctors. He tells his servant to make an appointment for him to see if there's a treatment. Zek goes on to thank Quark for his help, and requests that Quark retain his position as the Nagus's First Clerk. However, Quark instead says he can't. Zek gets mad and says he needs Quark as his financial advisor. Quark offers to introduce Zek to his own financial advisor – and brings in his mother. Zek gets even angrier, but Quark says the Nagus deserves the best financial advisor there is, "and that's my moogie." Ishka steps forward. She says, "I won't lie to you. I believe in equal rights for females, and I hope one day you will, too. But I'd never do anything to hurt you." Quark then admits that he concocted all of the rumors about his mother, and Zek fires Quark. Now that the rumors have been exposed as false, Zek and Ishka get back together. Before Quark returns to DS9, Ishka brings Quark's Marauder Mo action figures to him. She says she kept them in storage for him all these years because she knew he'd want them some day. Quark says they must be worth a lot as collectibles, though she notes that they would have been worth more if he'd kept them in the original packaging, as she'd advised. Quark says that even back then she was giving him good financial advice, and they both smile. Ishka leaves and Quark continues packing. Brunt materializes in Quark's closet again and says he knows he can't defeat Zek now, but Quark is a different matter. Brunt agrees to allow Quark to keep his new business license, if only so he can keep track of Quark's actions and see him fail in the future. After Brunt dematerializes, Quark begins playing with the action figures. Memorable quotes "Who's winning the war?" "It's too early to tell." "It's been three days." "Don't remind me. They found a nest." "That's good." "It's not the main nest." "That's not so good. I thought Chief O'Brien trapped the last vole on the station months ago." "Well, obviously he missed a couple. A married couple. They breed like tribbles." "But they're not as cute." - Dax and Quark "Wait a minute! What's the Nagus doing in my closet?" - Quark "Sometimes the only thing more dangerous than a question is an answer!" - Zek "He said I didn't really love him! That I was just using him! That I was a scheming, profit-hungry fe-male who couldn't keep her clothes off!" - Ishka "Don't you think of anyone but yourself?!" "Of course I do. I just think about myself first." - Ishka and Quark "What are you doing in my closet?" "Conducting official FCA business." "In my closet?" - Quark and Brunt "Congratulations, Quark. You're a Ferengi again." "I always was." - Brunt and Quark "Brunt, FCA." "But for how much longer?" - Brunt and Quark "I hate him." "No, you don't." "All he loves is latinum." "No, he doesn't." "Cancelling that wedding was the best thing that ever happened to me." "No, it isn't." "I am so glad, he's out of my life." "No, you're not." "Major, you haven't been listening to me." "Yes, I have." - Leeta and Kira "I'll never forget what you did for me, Rom." "It's Quark!" - Zek and Quark "Its not over Quark!" "Don't make me come in there after you." - Brunt and Quark "Did you see their faces? They thought they had me, but we showed them. I answered all their questions, didn't I?" "You certainly did." "The state of the trade negotiations with the Breen, why I dumped our lokar bean investments, why I insisted we buy up every bit of jevonite we could get our hands on." "You were brilliant. You know, for a moment there I actually thought that Brunt's head was going to explode with frustration." "By the time I'm finished with him, he'll wish it had. Blam!" - Zek and Quark Background information Story and script According to Ira Steven Behr, the working title of this episode was "How Quark Acquired His Groove Back". () It was later published in many weekly television listings, prior to its first airing, as "Of Love and Profit"; the same name also appeared on script labeled as "final draft". However, the version of the script released on the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion - A Series Guide and Script Library described the correct title, "Ferengi Love Songs". Ishka's comment to Quark about not saving the original packaging of his action figures was written by Hans Beimler as a joke at the expense of Ira Steven Behr. As Beimler explains, "Ira's one of those guys who buys all these toys and never opens them. And God forbid you should open one because it'll make it less valuable." () A shortened scene showed that Zek gave Leck the advice to invest his money in tulaberry vineyards on Seppus III rather than in gouge mining on Feckle Prime. Production Zek's throne was originally built as a Romulan command chair for , although it was not used in that episode. Laura Richarz redressed the prop for this episode. () The Marauder Mo action figures are re-dressed Superpatriot figures from the McFarlane "Spawn" action figure line of the mid-90s. Two of the action figures hold an Energy whip (made from pipe cleaners), seen in and . Reception Ira Steven Behr was unhappy with how this episode turned out, especially in terms of how the humor was handled; "We weren't doing a cartoon. I saw the tone more along the lines of a kind of thing. But we pitched it at too high a level, and I think it's the first time that Zek got away from us. It was a show that worked well in dailies, in little snippets, but put it all together and you're saying 'Enough already!'" () Both actor Armin Shimerman and director Rene Auberjonois, however, disagree with Behr's assessment of the comic tone of the episode. According to Shimerman, "It was very much a cartoon. I mean, the idea that the richest, most powerful man alive is in your bedroom closet boggled my imagination. So my response to it had to be cartoony. How else can you respond to something like that? How could you take that seriously?" Similarly, Auberjonois simply argues, "I've always thought of the Ferengi as cartoon characters." () Wallace Shawn commented soon after the episode aired: "I love what they're doing with Zek. He's losing his memory now and trying to bluff his way through situations. I don't know how they'll deal with it in future episodes, but I look forward to finding out". () Keith DeCandido rated this episode 6\10 in his rewatch of the series. Trivia References Rules of Acquisition numbers eighteen, ("A Ferengi without profit is no Ferengi at all"), ninety-four ("Females and finances don't mix"), two hundred and eight ("Sometimes the only thing more dangerous than a question is an answer"), and two hundred and twenty-nine ("Latinum lasts longer than lust"). This episode introduces Cecily Adams as Ishka. Andrea Martin had previously played the role in the episode , but she found the prosthetics too much and decided not to return to the role. Adams would play Ishka for the duration of the show. This episode introduces the character of Leck in a small role. Leck would return in the sixth season episode in a more prominent role. This is the sixth episode directed by Rene Auberjonois. Quark gets back his business license in this episode, having lost it in for breaking a contract with Brunt. The FCA notices which Brunt placed on the walls of Quark's remained in place for the interval between these two episodes, but they were removed prior to the following episode, . Cirroc Lofton (Jake Sisko) does not appear in this episode. Remastered version Remastered scenes from the episode are featured in the documentary What We Left Behind. Video and DVD releases UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 5.10, As part of the DS9 Season 5 DVD collection Links and references Guest stars Cecily Adams as Ishka Max Grodénchik as Rom Chase Masterson as Leeta Tiny Ron as Maihar'du Hamilton Camp as Leck Jeffrey Combs as Brunt And Wallace Shawn as Zek Uncredited co-stars Michael Bailous as Bajoran security deputy Bill Blair as Klingon officer Brian Demonbreun as sciences officer Anthony Giger as command officer Randy James as Robin Morselli as Bajoran officer Mark Allen Shepherd as Morn Steph Silvestri as operations officer Scott Strozier as Bajoran security deputy Michael Wajacs as Bajoran civilian References 2346; accusation; ambassador; arcybite; assassination; Bajoran prophecy; Bajoran War Orphans Fund; Bolian; blacklisting; Bolian ambassador; breed; Breen; business license; Cardassian vole; centimeter; closet; clothing; Constable; contract; cooking; crime; Cupid; DaiMon; duranium; empire; energy whip; estate; ethics; Ferengi; Ferengi Commerce Authority; Ferengi Futures Exchange; Ferengi Gaming Commission; Ferengi government; Ferengi Market Exchange; Ferenginar; financial advisor; fired; First Clerk;garden; Global Tongo Championship; Gowron; heart; hero worship; Horran's Seventh Prophecy; Hupyrian beetle; Hupyrian beetle snuff; Igel; Jellied gree-worm; jevonite; jumja; K'retok; latinum; Lobekins; lokar bean; Marauder Mo; morality; nest; open market; petitioner; Prinadora; Promenade; Quark's; sense of humor; slug steak; Smeet; Smeet's First Clerk; smile; springwine; stroke; table; thank you note; throne; tone of voice; Tower of Commerce; trade negotiation; trading cycle; tribbles; tricorder; Vulcan; Waiver of Property and Profit; wedding; Writ of Accountability; Zekkie Unreferenced material Feckle Prime; gouge mining; oyster toad; Seppus III; vineyard External links de:Liebe und Profit es:Ferengi Love Songs fr:Ferengi Love Songs (épisode) nl:Ferengi Love Songs DS9 episodes

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Soldiers of the Empire (episode)

After Worf becomes first officer of a Klingon Bird-of-Prey commanded by General Martok, he is caught between loyalty to his commander and loyalty to the crew. Summary Teaser Doctor Bashir treats Klingon General Martok for an injury he claimed he suffered in the holosuite. Bashir chastises him for disabling the Holodeck safety protocol and for refusing to replace his maimed eye with an artificial one. Afterward, Martok visits Worf on the bridge of the . It is clear that the two men have come to have great respect for each other following their imprisonment in Internment Camp 371. Worf apologizes for inconveniencing Martok by causing his injury during a training session. Martok then informs Worf that the Klingon High Council has assigned him a mission, his first since their escape. He offers Worf to be his first officer aboard the , a Bird-of-Prey. Act One The son of Mogh gladly accepts, explaining to Captain Benjamin Sisko in his office that the general had saved his life while imprisoned at Internment Camp 371. He explains that he had been about to let the Jem'Hadar kill him, when he and Martok experienced a moment of tova'dok, which is a "moment of clarity between two warriors on a field of battle." This encouraged him to continue fighting. Worf doubts that a Human could understand this. However, Sisko relieves Worf of his Starfleet duties and places him on detached leave to the Klingon Defense Forces. Their mission is to find the , a battle cruiser that has been missing for three days. Dax, jumping at the opportunity of being on a Klingon ship again, decides to come along, while Kira, Miles O'Brien, and Bashir are assigned Worf's regular duties. Worf chooses not to wear his baldric while aboard the Rotarran; as the House of Mogh no longer exists, he sees no point in displaying its crest. Despite the vessel's string of defeats by the Jem'Hadar in the last several months, Worf accepts the crew's battle records and pledges their lives to General Martok. Martok accepts the crew's lives and orders the helmsman to set a course around the nearby Tong Beak Nebula, claiming that he wishes to avoid a confrontation if there should be Jem'Hadar ships hiding in it. The helmsman objects, but obeys the order. Once they have warped away, Worf starts to sing The Warrior's Anthem. Some of the others join in, but it is a dour unenthused version of the song. Worf and Dax immediately realize that this mission is not off to a good start. Act Two Dax arrives in the Rotarrans mess hall to find Ortikan sitting in her assigned seat. She throws him on the floor and threatens him before sitting down. She then tries to brighten the mood by informing the others that she has brought aboard three barrels of bloodwine from Deep Space 9, which the crew have not had for six months. Meanwhile, Martok and Worf discuss the crew's unsatisfactory combat record and both realize that one defeat after another has taken away the crew's motivation and has even led them to expect it in battle. They both agree that a victory would do much to lift their spirits. They promise each other they will soon make the ship worthy of the Empire. Back in the mess hall, the crew drinks Dax' bloodwine and discusses their previous failures in battle. Kornan claims that the ship is cursed and that they will never be victorious in battle. Just then, a klaxon goes off indicating that they have cloaked, and Worf calls alert status one – a Jem'Hadar patrol has crossed their path. Act Three Despite the ship's and the crew's readiness for battle, Martok decides not to risk attacking the Jem'Hadar ship, claiming that their real mission is to rescue the B'Moth. Even though the crew strongly disagrees with this, Worf refuses to challenge Martok. Dax warns him that a dangerous situation is developing. In the mess hall, the crewmembers get drunk and Leskit begins an analysis of the Jem'Hadar after he speaks admirably of the Cardassians he fought against. He says that the Jem'Hadar have no honor, they have been bred for battle, and that makes them more efficient than Klingons. He even interprets the recent decisions of Martok as a fear of the Jem'Hadar. Suddenly, Kornan goes berserk and attacks Leskit. In the fight, he nearly kills Ortikan who came to the rescue. Dax then ends the combat by shooting Kornan with a phaser. Worf runs into Dax in the corridor and notices the blood stains on her uniform. She informs him what happened and once again warns him that it will only get worse. Act Four A little after, the Rotarran crew picks up a distress call from the B'Moth. It is an automatic transmission indicating they were attacked by the Jem'Hadar, suffered heavy casualties and are in need of assistance. They set a course for the coordinates. Tavana thanks Dax for intervening in the fight and saving Ortakin, her Par'Mach'kai. Worf and Martok discuss the distress call. Martok is convinced that it is a trap, that the Jem'Hadar purposely left survivors aboard the B'Moth in order for someone to come rescue them, or even that they may have faked the distress call. When the Rotarran arrives in visual range, they realize that the battle cruiser has drifted into Cardassian space. The crew is ready to cross the border in order to carry out the rescue, but Martok refuses to take them across, citing strict orders from the High Council and claiming that there must not be survivors anyway. He then leaves the bridge, and Worf decides while talking to Dax that it is time to challenge him for command of the ship. Act Five Leskit, Kornan and several others confront Worf saying that Martok must die for his lack of honor and demanding that Worf and Dax leave the ship. Worf nonchalantly refuses to back down to this threat of mutiny and silently signals Tavana and Dax. Suddenly, Ortikan and a few Klingons arrive on the bridge with disrupters drawn to support Worf. Breaking the tension, Worf orders everyone to battle stations and states his intention to rescue the B'Moth which leads the would-be mutineers to fall back in line. Surprised by the tactical alert, Martok returns to the bridge and Worf challenges him. It is clear that the crew can't stand another defeat and Worf wants his friend to see that. In the following struggle, Martok again feels what it is to be a Klingon and when Worf realizes he has made his point, he lets Martok defeat him by stabbing him with a d'k tahg knife. When a Jem'Hadar ship is detected nearby by Tavana, a re-invigorated Martok promises to make the Jem'Hadar regret crossing them. This time, the crew are fully behind him and sing The Warrior's Anthem much more enthusiastically. Dax carries an injured but much-at-ease Worf to be treated. Later, the ship returns to DS9 on a triumphant note. They had destroyed the Jem'Hadar ship and rescued 35 crewmembers from the B'Moth. The scope of their success allowed the High Council to easily forgive their crossing into Cardassian space; indeed, they commended the crew's bravery. The crew is completely changed by the recent victory, and Martok requests fifteen barrels of bloodwine to celebrate this. He later comes to Worf to thank him for making him remember he is a soldier and a warrior, and Worf admits that when he let Martok defeat him, he wasn't sure he wouldn't kill him. Martok is impressed by the sacrifice Worf was willing to make, and makes his friend an offer. He mentions that Worf still wears the crest for the House of Mogh, and Worf admits that Jadzia considers it a sentimental gesture. Martok offers Worf a new beginning as a member of the House of Martok, telling him he is proud to welcome Worf into his family as a warrior… and as a brother. Worf accepts, and replaces the House of Mogh crest with the one for the House of Martok. The two warriors and brothers clasp hands in victory, signaling a new beginning for Worf. Log entries Combat log, IKS Rotarran Memorable quotes "I-I do not wish to have a lengthy goodbye." "I wasn't planning on having one." "Good." - Worf and Dax at the airlock "I am Worf, son of Mogh. I now take my place as first officer. I serve the captain, but I stand for the crew." - Worf "Two years I spent on the Cardassian border. Two years fighting Guls and Legates and Glinns. They were cunning enemies. Always had us chasing holo-projections and sensor ghosts. Everything was a game with them. Always had a plan within a plan within a plan leading into a trap. It was an honor to kill them." "The Cardassians." "Ah, but you can respect a Cardassian because he fights for his people and he follows a code just like we do. But not the soldiers of the Dominion. Not the Jem'Hadar. No; they don't fight for anything. They fight because they're designed that way, because they're programmed to fight." "They have no honor." "You're right. That's why they're better than us." - Leskit and Ortakin, explaining the difference between the Cardassians and the Jem'Hadar "It is clear to me that none of you are worthy of my blood or my life, but I will stand for you." - Worf "They are soulless creatures, Worf, fighting for no goal, no purpose except to serve the Founders. They take no pleasure in what they do… nothing is glorified, nothing affirmed. To the Jem'Hadar, we are nothing more than targets to be destroyed! I must not allow them to destroy us, Worf. I must… " - Martok "Today would be a bad day to die, son of Mogh. Take your Trill and go!" - Leskit, to Worf Hear! Sons of Kahless. Hear! Daughters too. The blood of battle washes clean The warrior brave and true. We fight, we love, and then we kill. Our lives burn short and bright. Then we die with honor and Join our fathers in the black fleet, Where we battle, forever battling, on Through the eternal fight. - Klingon crew – war song translation Background information Story and script The origins of this episode are to be found in a request Ira Steven Behr made to Ronald D. Moore: "Give me Star Trek: Klingon – a story that we could do as a Star Trek episode, but with all Klingon characters". () Ronald D. Moore's original idea for this episode was for Worf and the crew of the Rotarran to answer a distress call from a Klingon colony. When they arrive, they find all of the inhabitants missing. Nearby is a lake surrounded in a mysterious fog, and when they approach it, a boatman appears and takes them to the entrance to Gre'thor. Once inside, they meet a friend of Martok's, who wants them to take him with them. And then they meet Worf's father, Mogh. There were a number of reasons that this particular story never made it into production. Firstly, Ira Steven Behr felt that the episode was trying to accomplish too much – showing both the realistic day-to-day operations of a Klingon Bird-of-Prey and a mythic journey to the afterlife. Behr also felt it was too late in the season to do such a philosophical show dealing with life, death and hell. () Moore's idea formed the basic plot of the episode , which he also wrote. Of the writing of this show, Ronald D. Moore explains, "It became a show about Martok and Worf on the Bird-of-Prey, going out on a mission. I knew that Dax had to come along because I needed another voice. But what was important to me was giving that ship an inner life, in the sense that you walk in and each of the people there would have his own specific character and backstory and relationships. We'd find out how a Bird-of-Prey works, what the things are that make it run." () Of special importance to Ronald D. Moore in this episode was giving each Klingon an individualized personality and look. Of the characterization of the crew of the Rotarran, Moore says, "One of them thinks they're cursed, and one of them is a female engineer who doesn't want to give up. And then there's the troublemaker who just enjoys making the situation worse and worse in a perverse desire to destroy them all." However, individualized physicality was also of vital importance; "On some of the shows where we've had a lot of Klingons on camera, even I get them confused. So we wanted more visual distinction here, and as a result, one was given short-cropped hair and one had no sleeves. Tavana's hair is red, and there was even a blond Klingon." () Production The episode began shooting on the 24th February 1997. The Warrior's Anthem first heard in the CD-ROM adventure Star Trek: Klingon (which also featured J.G. Hertzler, though not as Martok) enters Star Trek canon in this episode. Of the scene when the Rotarran crew break into song, assistant director B.C. Cameron said, "Everybody sang. All the background players, the extras, the crew. We had big cards with these Klingonese words written on them for the actors to read. For days, that's all you'd hear on stage: people singing this battle song." () There is a short scene of Dax pushing some buttons on a control panel. Ronald D. Moore commented: "Dax was actually sending a message to Ortakin (Tavana's lover) warning him of the impending mutiny. Ortakin shows up on the bridge a few seconds later with two other armed Klingons. The cutaway to Dax didn't read as well on camera as we had hoped and now Ortakin's arrival is a bit mysterious." Reception This episode is a favorite of actor J.G. Hertzler, who sees it as solidifying the character of Martok after his return/debut in . Of Ron Moore, who wrote "Soldiers of the Empire", Hertzler comments "I'm forever in his debt." He also says of the episode, "It had a lot of heart." (Hidden File 09, DS9 Season 5 DVD, Special Features) Although the cast and crew loved this episode and felt it was extremely successful, Ira Steven Behr was unsatisfied with it; "This is an episode that almost made it. LeVar is one of the strongest directors we have when it comes to working with actors. But the casting process was difficult, and I don't think the makeup always helped the actors. None of it went far enough." Behr was especially displeased with how the "toughness" of Martok's crew was handled; "The scene at Quark's really was depressing. They were supposed to be the baddest guys. One of them has teeth around his neck. And people in the bar talk about them like they're bad guys, but they're not badass at all! Throughout the entire show, without a doubt, the toughest man on the ship is Martok. And that totally screwed up the show in my mind." () In 2016, the Hollywood Reporter ranked the episode tenth in their best episodes of the series list. Trivia Worf becomes a member of the House of Martok in this episode, something which has great implications for the future. The IKS Rotarran makes its first appearance in this episode. The Rotarran reappeared as Martok's command ship in before being replaced by the in . The Rotarran reappears In . No stardate is given in this episode, but Worf makes a combat log on the fifty third day of the year of Kahless 999. (Note that Klingon years do not match standard Terran years.) Armin Shimerman (Quark) and Cirroc Lofton (Jake Sisko) do not appear in this episode. Remastered version Remastered scenes from the episode are featured in the documentary What We Left Behind. Video and DVD releases UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 5.11, As part of the DS9 Season 5 DVD collection Links and references Starring Avery Brooks as Captain Sisko Also starring Rene Auberjonois as Odo Michael Dorn as Lt. Commander Worf Terry Farrell as Lt. Commander Dax Cirroc Lofton as Jake Sisko Colm Meaney as Chief O'Brien Alexander Siddig as Doctor Bashir Nana Visitor as Major Kira Guest stars David Graf as Leskit Rick Worthy as Kornan Sandra Nelson as Tavana Aron Eisenberg as Nog J.G. Hertzler as Martok Co-star Scott Leva as Ortikan Uncredited co-stars Ivy Borg as Rita Tannenbaum Tom Demille as Klingon officer Kathleen Demor as Klingon officer Andrew DePalma as Klingon officer Terry Green as operations lieutenant Wade Kelley as Klingon officer Mark Lentry as Klingon officer David B. Levinson as Broik Todd Slayton as Civilian Klingon officer Susie Stillwell as Bajoran deputy Klingon officer Michael Wajacs as Bajoran civilian Stunt doubles Bob Minor as stunt double for Michael Dorn Tom Morga as stunt double for J.G. Hertzler Laurence Rosenthal (unconfirmed) Stand-ins John Lendale Bennett – stand-in for Rick Worthy Uriah Carr – stand-in for J.G. Hertzler Cathy DeBuono – stand-in for Terry Farrell Joe Durrenberger – stand-in for David Graf Randy James – stand-in for Scott Leva James Minor – stand-in for Michael Dorn Robin Morselli – stand-in for Sandra Nelson Brenda Jean Wright – stand-in for Nana Visitor References 999; 2371; active polaron scan; alert status one; Alpha Quadrant; asteroid field; autocrat; autosuture; Bajoran interceptor (Bajoran interceptors); barrel; ; battle simulation; battle stations; bearing; Black Fleet; blood; bloodwine; ; boarding party; bok-rat; bow thruster; brachial artery; Cardassian; Cardassian border; Cardassian territory; carpet; centimeter; commendation; computer core; crew roster; d'k tahg; ; ; dereliction of duty; detached service; disability; distress call; docking clamp; duty roster; emergency power; emitter stage; engineering officer; engineering team; Federation starship; Ferengi; field of battle; first officer; fleet liaison officer; garbage scow; Glinn; Great House; Gul; heart; holo-projection; holosuite; House of Martok; House of Mogh; Human; Internment Camp 371; Imperial Klingon Defense Forces; intelligence officer; Jem'Hadar; Jem'Hadar patrol ship (unnamed); ; Kahless the Unforgettable; kellicam; kilometer; Klingon Bird-of-Prey; Klingon Empire; Klingon High Council; Klingon warrior's anthem; Klingonese; leader; leadership; leave; Legate; medical ward; mind; mission report; Mogh; mooring; neckbone; ocular implant; operating system; par'Mach'kai; personnel report; phaser relay; phaser rifle; pirate; polaron scan; prefire chamber; priority message; prison record; Qo'noS; Quark's; reconnaissance mission; record of battle/battle record; ; science officer; sector (unnamed); security clearance; sensor ghost; severed; Shovak; small arms recalibration; spitting; stewed bok-rat liver; Tavana's mother; Tong Beak Nebula; tova'dok; training exercise; warrior; weapons officer; weep; word; Year of Kahless External links de:Martoks Ehre es:Soldiers of the Empire fr:Soldiers of the Empire (épisode) nl:Soldiers of the Empire DS9 episodes

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Children of Time (episode)

Investigating a planet surrounded by a powerful energy field, the crew of the Defiant discovers their own descendants, and learns that in two days they will crash two hundred years in the past. Summary Teaser "Captain's log, stardate 50814.2. The Defiant is returning to Deep Space 9 after a week-long reconnaissance mission in the Gamma Quadrant." Odo, Kira Nerys, and Jadzia Dax sit having breakfast in the mess hall of the . Lieutenant Commander Dax states that she can't wait to sleep in her own bed, remarking on the uncomfortable bunks on the Defiant. Major Kira says that she could use a visit to the Golian Spa. Dax comments that Kira and Shakaar should both go, to which Kira says that she and Shakaar aren't seeing each other anymore. Odo, who has had feelings for Kira for a long time, asks about the breakup. Kira says that she and Shakaar went to the Kenda Shrine on Bajor to ask the Prophets if they were meant to walk the same path. Upon hearing that the Prophets said no, Dax remarks that Kira makes it sound so cut and dried. Kira responds that people are either meant to be together or not. Dax states that any relationship can work if the partners really work at it. Odo, still contemplating the ramifications of the conversation, says that he has no opinion on the subject and hastily leaves. Kira wonders if he is all right and Dax reminds her that the subject of relationships has always made Odo uncomfortable. Odo stands outside the mess hall alone and absorbs what Kira just said. Later, on the bridge of the Defiant, mugs of raktajino are being passed around to everyone. Captain Benjamin Sisko declines, saying that he is trying to cut down. Chief Miles O'Brien then begins talking about a doll house he is making for Molly's birthday, lamenting the fact that even with a micro-lathe he might not get it done in time. Commander Dax then begins to get some readings on her console. An energy barrier of some kind is encasing the fourth planet of a nearby star system. Major Kira begins scanning and states that there could be lifeforms on the surface of the planet, but the interference from the energy barrier is making it difficult to be certain. Dax seems more interested, wanting to know how the lifeforms adapted to the quantum fluctuations in the barrier. While it is an intriguing scientific possibility, O'Brien wants to push off an investigation until the next time they go by this planet. Dax says that the interference is intensifying so that in a few weeks, a probe would not make it through the barrier. Dax knows that everyone wants to go home, but this is the only chance to make a survey. After ordering modifications to the shields, Sisko gives the go ahead. As the Defiant enters the barrier, the ship starts to shake. Dax tries to adjust the shields, but the shaking gets more violent. Energy begins to arc across the bridge consoles and Major Kira is struck by a discharge. While caught in the energy, it appears as if there were two Kiras, slightly out of phase with each other. After a moment, the energy dissipates and the ship is through the barrier. Sisko calls Dr. Julian Bashir to the bridge to check on Kira. O'Brien then tells the captain that the inertial dampers are off-line and the gyromagnetic stabilizers have depolarized, stranding the Defiant in orbit for a few days. Suddenly, Lieutenant Commander Worf says that they are being hailed from the surface. Upon scanning the surface he also reports that there are several settlements on the planet, with approximately eight thousand inhabitants – Human inhabitants. Stunned, Sisko answers the hail. On the viewscreen, a Human woman and a Trill man welcome them to Gaia, calling Captain Sisko by name. The woman says that they have been expecting them. The man speaks up, saying it is a long story. He invites them to beam down and talk about it over some raktajino, and then catches himself. "I forgot. You're trying to cut down." Sisko, Dax, Worf, and O'Brien beam down into a cluster of adobe-like buildings, surrounded by farmland. Children who were playing a game with a ball stop and stare at the newcomers. The two people who made the hail introduce themselves as Miranda O'Brien and Yedrin Dax. Sisko asks for an explanation. Miranda tells them that the settlement was founded by the crew of a Starfleet vessel that crashed on the planet two centuries prior. She reveals that the ship that crashed was the USS Defiant. In two days, when Captain Sisko tries to leave orbit, Miranda says that they will be thrown back two hundred years into the past. The people they see now are the crew's descendants. Act One Yedrin sees that the Starfleet officers are skeptical and tells Jadzia to scan him. With her tricorder, she finds the symbiont in Yedrin. It was passed down to Jadzia's descendants for three generations. He also tells her to scan Miranda. Jadzia finds that Miranda's DNA is similar to Miles', making her an O'Brien. Miranda also states that she is also a Tannenbaum, a descendant of Rita Tannenbaum, an ensign on the Defiants engineering crew. Miranda then relates to Miles that they were trapped two hundred years in the past without any chance of seeing their families or friends. Yedrin says that Miles was the last to give up hope, but he eventually married Rita ten years after the Defiant crashed. Yedrin still sees doubt on Sisko's face and offers to tell him something that only Curzon would know. He begins a story about a dancer on Pelios Station, but Sisko cuts him off as both Yedrin and Jadzia smile knowingly. A young boy named Gabriel asks Worf if he is the son of Mogh and if he can kill someone just by looking at them. Worf responds "Only when I am angry." The boy's eyes get wide and he runs off. Miranda then directs them into a nearby structure. As they enter, two girls are sitting at a table near a viewscreen, salvaged from the bridge of the Defiant. The girls are doing schoolwork with the help of the image of Quark. Yedrin says that Jadzia designed the educational program, saying she thought Quark would make a great math teacher. Jadzia comments on one of the girl's spots. says that most people don't have them as most of their ancestors were Human. She says that they make her special. The other girl, , says it is just genetics, like 's cranial ridges. Miles is taken aback at the name of the girl and Yedrin says that the name was passed down through the O'Brien line. Worf asks if they ever tried to send out a distress call. However, being two hundred years in the past, the Bajoran wormhole undiscovered, and in the Gamma Quadrant, it was never done. Lisa then says that their ancestors decided to make the planet their new home, naming it Gaia. Molly gets in on the story saying that their ancestors needed to build a shelter quickly before winter came. The structure they are in was built and all forty-eight crewmen had to sleep in it. Sisko seizes on the number and confronts Yedrin. Yedrin explains that the energy discharge that struck Kira damaged her neural pathways. The Defiant doesn't have advanced enough medical equipment that Bashir needs to repair the damage, and therefore Kira died a few weeks after the crash. Miranda tells the girls to leave, to spare them from an adult conversation, and sends them to their parents to help with the planting. Sisko states that they need to get Kira back to the station as soon as the Defiant is repaired. Yedrin agrees. Worf says that if they escape from the planet, the inhabitants' timeline will collapse and everything will cease to exist. Yedrin, however, says that he has a plan. The key was Kira. The energy discharge caused a subspace doubling effect. He says that for an instant, every molecule in Kira's body had a corresponding quantum duplicate. If certain modifications to the Defiants systems were made, they could amplify the doubling effect and duplicate the entire ship. One ship would be sent back in time and one would pass through the barrier unaffected. From the logs he retrieved, Yedrin says that the Defiant encountered a temporal anomaly thirty-nine hours after arriving in orbit. Yedrin says that there are eight thousand people on the planet and this plan is their only choice. Sisko orders Jadzia to evaluate the plan and, if it is sound, begin the modifications. Yedrin thanks Sisko, to which Sisko says "Anything for you… Old man." Back aboard the Defiant, Kira is resting on a bio-bed in sickbay while Bashir is scanning a vat containing Odo. He puts Odo into a stasis device, telling Kira that because of the quantum fluctuations in the barrier, Odo can't hold his shape. Bashir says that Odo will be fine, but Kira needs to undergo a complete neural pathway induction when they get back to the station. Kira says that she feels fine. As he turns to leave, Kira asks where he is going. Bashir states that he wants to go down to the planet and meet his descendants. Kira looks at the stasis device, and turns when the doors open to admit a person who looks like Odo. He is dressed like the colonists and his facial features are more defined, but it is Odo, two hundred years older than the one sitting in the device. Odo explains that he learned to counter the barrier's effects and that he has gotten better at shape-shifting over the years. Odo then says that she is as beautiful as he remembered. Kira is somewhat shocked by this, and is even more shocked when Odo says that he loves her and has always loved her. Act Two Kira begins questioning Odo about this revelation, saying that she never knew. Odo did everything he could to make sure she didn't find out. Kira begins saying how hard it must have been for him every time she came to him for advice about Bareil and Shakaar. Odo says that he wanted to be a good friend. He has been waiting two hundred years to say this, and all he wants is for Kira to spend some time with him on Gaia. Back on the planet, Sisko is meeting some of his descendants, holding a baby. Miranda says that the child has Sisko's eyes. Jadzia then calls Sisko with good news: she has gone over the sensor logs and Yedrin's plan will work. Sisko then holds the baby over his head and talks to her "Everything's going to be all right." Nearby, Worf is inspecting the town well as Bashir walks up to him. Worf is making a survey of the settlement's infrastructure at the captain's request so that they can leave behind supplies. Bashir says that he was doing the same at the clinic. Bashir appears overly pleased with himself. He has met one of his descendants, his great-great-great-great-granddaughter – the doctor of the settlement. Suddenly, Gabriel comes running up to them shouting that "They're here!" The Klingons have arrived. Three people are standing in the street, holding spears and wearing knives. Two of the Klingons appear Human, while the other only has faint forehead ridges. Brota greets Worf and states that they are the Sons of Mogh. They are Worf's descendants, some by blood and some by choice. They live as warriors. Gabriel then says that he wants to become a Son of Mogh, to which Parell says that when he is older, he can prove himself and take a Klingon name. Brota says that the Sons of Mogh are gathering to celebrate Worf's return. Worf honors them by saying he will feast with them when they return to fetch him for the evening celebration. In engineering, Jadzia and Yedrin are working on modifying the Defiants systems. Yedrin smiles as Jadzia adjusts her hair, remembering that the summer after the crash, Jadzia cut it short and that Worf hated it. Yedrin then remembers promising to grow it back for the wedding, which Sisko performed. As they talk about the wedding, Jadzia asks if they were happy. Yedrin says that Worf is a good man, and that in time she will learn to handle him. Back on Gaia, Miles is installing a new pump for the town well as Bashir stands talking with him. People from the Defiant are talking with their descendants, which disturbs him. Bashir is going on about his descendants and says that he ends up with Ensign Angie Kirby, a new crewman who just transferred aboard. Bashir then begins to talk about Miles and Rita Tannenbaum. Miles rounds on Bashir and states he doesn't want to talk about it. "I have a wife and kids back home." Seeing that he has touched on a sensitive subject, Bashir leaves Miles to his work, while Lisa and Molly look and laugh at him nearby. Elsewhere on Gaia, Kira is praying over her own grave while Odo looks on. As Kira finishes, she comments "Praying over your own grave… that's got to be a new one." Odo says that if the Prophets were listening, they might be confused. Kira then talks about Yedrin's plan, saying that it is a little strange. She has always believed that people have one path to follow and now, they are using technology to circumvent that. Odo says that he is in favor of the plan, Kira would get her treatment and the Gaia's timeline would get preserved. He then goes on to say that even though the plan won't change anything for him, the Odo on the Defiant won't have to lose her. Kira is touched by this. He helps her up and they walk off from the grave, hand in hand. Back at the settlement, Sisko and some children are tossing a around. Jadzia walks up with a PADD and doesn't look happy. She presents evidence to Sisko that Yedrin faked the logs so that the crew would think that his plan would work. There was never going to be a duplicate Defiant, just one. If Jadzia hadn't figured it out, they would have been stranded and Kira would have died. Act Three In the meeting hall, Sisko and Jadzia have confronted Yedrin. Jadzia accuses Yedrin of betraying them. Yedrin asks what they will do. When Sisko tells him, Yedrin pleads with him saying that if the Defiant doesn't go back in time, eight thousand people will simply cease to exist. Sisko explains that he can't deliberately maroon his crew. Yedrin tells Sisko to look around, see all of the things that his crew and their descendants will build. Jadzia asks about Kira, to which Yedrin asks if one life is too much to ask if it would mean saving eight thousand. Sisko explodes at Yedrin, demanding to know how he can make that decision. Yedrin replies saying that he is responsible, and looks to Jadzia. She was the one that insisted that the Defiant investigate the planet. She knew that she should have been more careful, but she wanted to make a huge discovery. And because of that, the Defiant was sent to the past, Kira died, and forty-eight people were stranded. Yedrin tells of guilt that has been passed down through Dax. He says that the community is his responsibility, and that for two centuries he has watched it grow. Sisko is moved by Yedrin's plight, but says that his people have a right to go home to their families and no one has the right to ask anyone to die. Later that night, Worf and Kira are sitting near a fire pit. They both do not like what is going to happen. Although the colonists are milling around, the mood is somber. Only the children seem unaffected. Kira comments that everyone is going to die because she has to get treated for something she can't even tell she has. Worf tells her not to blame herself and Kira moves off to return to the Defiant. Nearby, Miranda is tending some plantings and seedlings. Gabriel mentions that everyone is quiet and asks what is wrong. Miranda tells him it is nothing to worry about, not able to tell him the truth. As Gabriel leaves, the Klingons approach Worf and tell him that there will be no feast. Worf asks them to join him at the fire. He tells them of the honor to know that his legacy has thrived. Brota tells of a beast that he killed with Worf's own mek'leth. They then tell him that their ceasing to exist will not earn them a place in Sto-vo-kor. They all then unsheathe their daggers and ask Worf to kill them. Worf hesitates, but then tells them that he will do what they ask tomorrow. Kira is back at her grave. Odo finds her and asks her why she came back. She wanted to be sure that this was where she belonged. As she looks at him, she says that the path the Prophets have laid out for her ends on Gaia. Odo protests, but Kira stops him. She can't let the captain go through with his plan if it means that eight thousand people will cease to exist, even if she has to. Act Four Sisko, Jadzia, Worf, Bashir, and Miles are sitting in the Defiants mess hall, hearing what Kira has said. Bashir reminds her that if she doesn't go back to the station for treatment soon, she will die. Kira says that she has accepted this and if they don't take the Defiant back in time, they would be cheating fate. Miles dismisses this, saying he has a wife and children back on the station who need him. Kira states that the Prophets will take care of them, but Miles responds that with all due respect to Bajoran beliefs, he doesn't believe in them. Worf then comments that their families will survive either way, but the colonists will not. He says that if Kira is willing to sacrifice her life, he would be willing to remain on Gaia. Miles still refuses to consider staying and tells Worf that it would be easy for him, he never sees his son. Worf bristles as he tells Miles that he is afraid to face his destiny. As Miles continues to get exasperated, he turns to Jadzia, Bashir, and Sisko. He tells them that no one has the right to tell him that he can't go home to his family. When Sisko says that he is hearing what everyone has to say, Miles asks if they are actually considering going back in time. Sisko seems unsettled by the arguments, but finally turns to Kira to say that they are not. Kira protests, but Sisko is adamant as he dismisses them. As Jadzia and Worf are walking through the settlement on Gaia, they contemplate what they are going to do. They come upon Sisko who is getting one last look around. Suddenly Gabriel comes running around the corner, almost hitting Sisko. When asked where he is going, Gabriel tells them that he is going to the fields for the planting. As the three Starfleet officers round the next corner, they see several colonists getting ready to go to the fields. Yedrin sees them and says that planting day was always important. Out in the fields, the colonists and most of the Defiants crew are working at the various tasks of farming; plowing, fertilizing, planting and watering. Miles walks up, not doing any of the work, to give Sisko a status report. He says that the Defiant is ready to leave orbit. Molly, who is nearby, asks Miles if he is going to help. Miles says that he is busy, to which Molly says that he doesn't look busy. Sisko hands Miles a farming tool and tells him to get to work. People all around then notice that Worf is leading some of the Klingons towards them. Parell and Brota say that they do not see any enemy to fight, as Worf had told them. Worf says that they are trying to plant their fields before the sun sets and that time is their enemy. The Klingons exchange a look, and realize that Worf is offering them a challenge. The Klingons then join the colonists in their toil. As Miles is working, he tells Molly that he has a little girl with the same name. When Molly asks if she can meet her, Miles looks sad knowing it can never happen. Moved by Molly, Miles goes to find Sisko and Kira. Miles tells them that they can't leave, they can't let all these people die. Sisko nods in agreement after a moment while Kira smiles sadly. Act Five After their labors in the field, Sisko and Jadzia have told Yedrin and Miranda about their decision. Yedrin hands Jadzia a PADD which contains the navigational logs from the original crash. All Jadzia has to do is download them into the ship's auto-pilot and it should send the Defiant back to the right point in time. On the Defiant, Odo is saying goodbye to Kira. Odo is trying to talk Kira out of her decision. She says that her decision isn't based on her, it is about all of the colonists and their descendants. Odo asks about the descendants that won't be born if the Defiant doesn't return to DS9 but seeing he can't change her mind, asks that if Kira knew about his feelings years ago would she do things differently. As Kira says that it maybe would have, she kisses him and turns to leave. On the bridge, the crew is at their posts. Sisko asks if everyone has had a chance to record a message to their families. Everyone nods and Miles says that he has downloaded the recordings into a class 4 probe that will start transmitting a locating signal as soon as it clears the barrier. As the probe launches, Sisko orders helm control to be transferred to auto-pilot. The shields are raised as the Defiant breaks orbit. Scans show an unusual temporal signature, the anomaly that will take them back in time. The seconds count down as the Defiant heads towards impact when suddenly the ship veers away. The auto-pilot can't be overridden and the ship clears the barrier, emerging in normal space with the planet and the barrier behind the ship. Miles consults his console and reports that someone changed their flight plan, and that he didn't do it. Sisko orders a scan of the surface and Kira reports that there is no sign of the settlement or the inhabitants. Everything is gone. Sisko and Jadzia are walking down a corridor as they discuss what happened. Whoever changed the flight plan knew their way around the Defiants security systems. Jadzia says that it must have been one of the crew. Sisko then says that it could be someone who used to be part of the crew. This leads to them suspecting Yedrin, but Jadzia states that all he cared about was the settlement. Sisko supposes that he could have changed his mind. Perhaps seeing everyone again made him decide not to let them go through with the plan, Sisko says. When Jadzia voices her lament that everyone they had met never existed, Sisko corrects her saying "They existed. And as long as we remember them, they always will." An upset Kira is lying on her bed in her quarters when the door chimes. In walks Odo, who says that the other Odo came up to the ship and linked with him. Now he knows everything that the other Odo had told Kira. She remarks on his reactions from earlier when she talked of Shakaar. Odo had come to accept the fact that Kira was involved with someone else when suddenly all of that changed. Odo then tells her something else that the other Odo wanted her to know. He was responsible for changing the flight plan so that Kira didn't have to die. Kira is shocked by this and Odo says that the other Odo did it because he loved her. When she asks if that makes it right, he replies that he doesn't know but the other Odo thought so. Odo leaves her quarters as she considers everything that has happened. Memorable quotes "I've always thought Quark would make a great math teacher." - Yedrin Dax "Praying over your own grave. That's got to be a new one." - Kira, standing over her gravesite on Gaia "Are you the son of Mogh?" "Yes, I am." "Is it true you can kill someone just by looking at them?" "Only when I am angry." - Gabriel and Worf, at their first meeting "They existed. As long as we remember them, they always will." - Sisko, to Dax "You said there was an enemy for us to fight." "They are attempting to plant their fields before the sun sets. Time is their enemy. We should help them defeat it." - Brota and Worf "There's something else the other Odo wanted you to know: he was responsible for changing the Defiants flight plan." "Why?" "So that you wouldn't have to die." "I can't believe it! Eight thousand people!" "He did it for you, Nerys, he loved you." "That makes it right?!?" "I don't know. He thought so." - the present day Odo and Kira "Alright we'll make a quick survey, but if all we detect is some fungus, we're not beaming down." "What if it's smart fungus?" - Sisko and Dax Background information Story and script Writer Gary Holland got the idea for this show after seeing the second season episode , which he also wrote. In that episode, when Kira tells Odo that she is in love with Vedek Bareil, Odo reacts a little strangely. In the episode itself, he says it is because he is surprised that it has taken Kira so long to realize her true feelings, but many viewers felt it to be the first indication of Odo's love for Kira. That is exactly how Holland interpreted the scene, and he decided that he wanted to write a story about their relationship, but he knew it couldn't just be a straightforward narrative; "We have no idea how old Odo is, so if he's in his early development, it might be a long time before he can admit to those kind of feelings. So I wondered, 'How can I get an older Odo into the story?" Holland's answer was time travel. () Interestingly, before his Odo/Kira love story went into production, there were numerous other developments: in the third season episode , Lwaxana Troi guessed that Odo was in love with Kira, and in , Odo openly acknowledged it. However, he came to terms with the fact that she would never feel for him what he felt for her in , and apparently confirmed that he had moved on. It was at this point in the story arc where Holland's pitch was picked up. Gary Holland originally pitched this episode in , during the third season of . Both Ira Steven Behr and Ronald D. Moore liked the idea, but they felt the time wasn't right for the show – and had screened not so long ago, and had been green-lit for early in the fourth season, so they weren't keen on doing another time-traveling show so soon. In then, René Echevarria called Holland and told him that they had received a very similar story pitch from writer Ethan H. Calk. The serendipity of this event convinced everyone it was time to do the show, so the producers purchased both ideas and had each writer do up a story proposal independently of one another. Robert Hewitt Wolfe describes the outcome of this: "There were elements of each that we liked, so we combined them in a blender, mixed well, and René wrote a really nice script." () Originally, it was supposed to be Yedrin who caused the destruction of the colony, but Ira Steven Behr felt this was a missed opportunity, that it didn't create any kind of conflict between any of the characters, and as such, he suggested that it be Odo instead. Some of the writers felt that this was too "dark" a thing for a regular to do, especially the morally rigid Odo, but Behr argued that that sense of unexpected darkness was exactly the point; Behr was always keen to take any opportunity to darken the show and the characters in un-Star Trek like ways (such as Kira refusing to apologize to Silaran Prin in for example, or Worf actually fulfilling Kurn's request to impale him with a dagger in ), and this was simply another example of that ideology. Behr states, "On The Original Series or The Next Generation, they probably would have made it the scientist and there'd be no harm, no foul. Everyone's hands would have remained clean. But that wasn't a consideration here." () The writing staff chose to end Kira's relationship with Shakaar Edon via an off-screen break-up in this episode. While this was motivated in part due to budgetary and scheduling difficulties that had limited actor Duncan Regehr to only being able to appear three times in as many seasons, Ira Steven Behr subsequently admitted that by having Shakaar become head of the Bajoran Republic in his first appearance and then begin a relationship with Kira in his second, the writers had left themselves with nowhere else to take the character, short of having him come into conflict with Sisko, a role which they felt was better-served by Kai Winn Adami. () Production The planting scenes were filmed at Ahmanson Ranch, near Ventura, California, but on the day of the shoot, there were gale force winds, and equipment trucks had to be used as wind blocks. It was so cold, that the crew were all wearing snow jackets, but the actors had to wear shirt-sleeves because it was supposed to be a beautiful day. Between takes, the actors had to be sprayed down to make it look like they were sweating. () This episode is the first episode of Star Trek to feature the use of a freestanding ladder. () Paul Baillargeon composed the music for the episode. Referring to the score of the scene where the Defiant crew help the Gaians to farm; Baillargeon commented: "I did something where I did a whole cue where I got into a fugue-type thing that's nearly a jig. That's a perfect example of something I'd never heard on a Star Trek show. So I tried it and they said hey, that's very nice. But that could have been a no-no. I didn't know what to expect. The worst thing that could happen is they'd tell me you're really going overboard and it sounds like an ancient fair. It's not medieval but it's like Prokofiev stuff, a lot of flutes, a lot of violins". (The Music of Star Trek, p 194) Reception Mark A. Altman ranked the episode among the best of the series. (Cinefantastique volume 36, 2003) Jamahl Epsicokhan gave it four stars out of four and described it as, "An excellent, original science fiction story with hard choices and well-realized arguments. Very, very intriguing and powerful." while Tor.com rated the episode 8 out of 10. Neither Nana Visitor nor Rene Auberjonois were overly happy with how their characters were written in this episode. According to Visitor, "I'm not a huge fan of that whole romantic storyline. I think it's much more interesting to have a real deep friendship without it becoming physical. I would have liked Odo and Kira to stay like that. I did think this episode was brilliant. But it isn't one of my favorites, because I just wasn't crazy about my part in it." Auberjonois was also a little displeased with his part; "He allows an entire civilization to just disappear in a blink. He could rationalize it because of his love, but it's a big thing. It's tricky. I'm still not sure about it, or what kind of message it sent to the audience." Ronald D. Moore, however, has the answer; "It tells the audience how deeply this man can love. He can love to the point that he will sacrifice an entire world for a woman." () Trivia The stasis chamber into which Dr. Bashir places the present-day Odo (in his liquid state) for safe-keeping is a simple 20th century breadmaker, redressed with LEDs and other props attached to it. The episode bears a strong resemblance to this one. This is the last episode to feature the Gamma Quadrant, until the series finale . Yedrin Dax's tendency to speak with his hands behind his back recalls the episode , which revealed that the habit was inherited from Lela, a previous host. Cirroc Lofton (Jake Sisko) does not appear in this episode. This is the fourth and final DS9 episode not to feature any scenes based on Deep Space 9, with the exception of the regular opening credits. The others are , , and . This episode aired the same day as Armin Shimerman's first appearance on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, on which he continued as a recurring character for the next two seasons. Shimerman has said that on at least three occasions he worked on both shows on the same day, getting into the makeup chair before dawn to shoot his scenes for DS9 in the morning, then getting out of makeup in the early afternoon and driving an hour across town to shoot scenes for Buffy late into the night. This episode presents a paradox: if Odo had been infected with the morphogenic virus previously, then he could not have grown two hundred years older on the surface of the planet. He would have died of the virus a few years later. However it could be that the barrier somehow eliminated the virus, though ultimately it was never explained. It is possible that Odo was cured when he had his shapeshifting abilities taken away in and was then infected again in , where he links with the female Founder. An additional paradox is present. In the first iteration of the Defiant going into the past the crew were not aware of the planet's civilization, having never encountered it, because it didn't yet exist. If the second iteration occurred they would have been aware, so a simple repetition of the circumstances leading to the Children of Time was never possible. So, it was never possible to maintain the timeline in the first place unless they also received some sort of memory wipe (at least) in the second iteration of the return. Remastered version Remastered footage from the episode is featured in the documentary What We Left Behind. Apocrypha To convince Sisko that he is who he claims to be, Yedrin mentions a particular dancer that both Ben and Curzon Dax met on Pelios Station, which was previously alluded to in . The short story "The Music Between the Notes", from The Lives of Dax compilation, tells the full story of Sisko, Dax and the dancer. Video and DVD releases UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 5.11, As part of the DS9 Season 5 DVD collection Links and references Starring Avery Brooks as Captain Sisko Also starring Rene Auberjonois as Odo Michael Dorn as Lt. Commander Worf Terry Farrell as Lt. Commander Dax Colm Meaney as Chief O'Brien Armin Shimerman as Quark Alexander Siddig as Doctor Bashir Nana Visitor as Major Kira Guest stars Gary Frank as Yedrin Dax Jennifer S. Parsons as Miranda O'Brien Davida Williams as Doren Fein as Co-stars Brian Evaret Chandler as Brota Marybeth Massett as Parell Jesse Littlejohn as Gabriel Uncredited co-stars Ivy Borg as Rita Tannenbaum Brian Demonbreun as Human science officer Randy James as David R. Maier as Klingon descendant Angus McClellan as Human operations ensign Dan Magee as Human operations lieutenant Chuck Shanks as Human operations officer Douglas Tait as Human descendant Unknown performers as Human nurse Trill descendant Twenty Human descendants References 22nd century; 23rd century; 2372; Alpha Quadrant; auto-pilot; Bajor; Bajoran wormhole; Bareil Antos; beast; blood; chattel; class 4 probe; clinic; dancer; ; DNA; dollhouse; fall; farm animal; ; flight plan; ; fungus; furniture; Gaia; Gaia's system; Gamma Quadrant; generation; gelm bread; gift; Golian Spa; grandfather's great-great-great-grandfather; gyromagnetic stabilizer; heart; honor; inertial damper; infrastructure; Kenda Shrine; kerripate; Klingon; ; maimed; marooning; marriage; mek'leth; meter; micro-lathe; milking; Mogh; navigational log; neural pathway; neural pathway induction; neural tissue; ; ; ; "Old Man"; operating table; path; Pelios Station; portable generator; Prophets; quantum duplicate; quantum fluctuation; raktajino; replicator; ; security protocol; Shakaar Edon; shape-shift; shield generator; shield harmonics; ; Sons of Mogh; southern peninsula; Southern peninsula settlements; Sto-vo-kor; summer; sunset; tessipate; torga; tricorder; ; warrior; wedding; winter; yar-bear; yelg melon External links de:Kinder der Zeit es:Children of Time fr:Children of Time (épisode) nl:Children of Time DS9 episodes

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Blaze of Glory (episode)

To prevent a Maquis missile attack from reaching Cardassia, Sisko must force Starfleet traitor Eddington to lead him to the launch site. Summary Teaser Captain Benjamin Sisko, Jake Sisko, and Nog are having dinner together – squid, Nog's favorite Human dish. Jake also likes it until Benjamin reveals that the sauce is puree of tube grubs, saying its only fair they try Ferengi food since Nog is trying Human food. Sisko turns to Nog to ask about his job with security. Jake whispers something and it is revealed that Nog has problems with the Klingons who ignore him because he is a Ferengi. Then, General Martok enters the room, interrupting the dinner and demanding to talk to Sisko alone. He explains to Sisko that his ship was patrolling the Cardassian border and has intercepted an encrypted message from the Maquis. This is a surprise to both men, who believed they were completely wiped out by the Dominion. A woman in the message states that missiles have been launched heading for Cardassia and should reach their intended target in 13 days. Although Martok couldn't find any missiles, he explains that the Klingon Empire had provided the Maquis with class 4 cloaking devices to aid them against Cardassia. Sisko knows that if Cardassian citizens are killed by Human terrorists, the Dominion will launch a counter strike that will surely start a war that could destroy them all. Act One Commanders Worf and Jadzia Dax report back from a mission searching for signs of the missiles in the Badlands. They had problems hiding there, and Miles O'Brien explains that the warp drive of the is too powerful and that it ionizes the gases in the Badlands nebula. Worf states they need more information to narrow the search, and Sisko says he has an idea. Captain Sisko visits ex-commander Michael Eddington in a Federation prison. Eddington denies that the message about the missiles involves him. He says he has nothing to do with the Maquis anymore, as they are all dead, and they cannot be reborn. Eddington insists that the missiles are completely undetectable, and that nothing can be done to stop them. Sisko offers Eddington a path to eventual freedom if he will help find and destroy the missiles, but Eddington insists that he will be perfectly happy to wait in his cell until the missiles hit their target and the Dominion destroys his prison in their inevitable counter-strike. Back on the station, Quark is in the infirmary being treated by Dr. Julian Bashir and questioned by Kira Nerys and Odo. It appears that Morn attacked Quark with a barstool. Quark first claims it was unprovoked, but Kira and Odo persist and Quark admits telling Morn that Deep Space 9 is the first target if the Dominion attacks – and if that happens, there is no chance of survival. Morn responded with panic by running down the Promenade screaming "We're all doomed!" Later, Sisko contacts Kira on DS9 explaining that he is going to the Badlands. Kira wants to send the Defiant, but Sisko tells her he is not alone, and he reveals Eddington is on board the runabout with him. Act Two On the way to the Badlands, Eddington philosophizes about replicated food and Maquis morals. He suggests that Sisko's fight against the Maquis is personally driven. Eddington says that Sisko's former old friend Cal Hudson was killed in a skirmish with the Cardassians. Sisko feels regret, and Eddington presses the point by saying that Cal thought Sisko was wrong about the Maquis, but he didn't hold that against Sisko. Eddington taunts Sisko by saying the captain doesn't blame the Maquis for their philosophy but he blames the Starfleet officers who betrayed their oaths by joining the Maquis in the first place, telling Sisko that the Maquis were no threat to Starfleet – only a threat to Sisko's record. Sisko is quickly able to counter by saying that Eddington's leadership of the Maquis was so effective against the Cardassians that it forced them to ally with the Dominion, setting the stage for a war between the Federation and the Dominion that could lead to the deaths of millions. Eddington is clearly affected by this, and sits down with his back to Sisko in a contemplative mood. Back on DS9, Nog and Jake are sitting in Quark's. Two Klingons are trading head blows for fun, with Martok watching and calling for more wine. Nog waits for the Klingons to get louder so he can send them to the brig for disturbance. When they exceed seventy decibels, Nog laughs and prepares to arrest them, but he falls from his chair and the Klingons laugh at him. Sisko and Eddington enter the Badlands, and Sisko wakes Eddington up when they are approached by Jem'Hadar fighters. Sisko tests Eddington's death wish, calling his bluff. He takes off his handcuffs and leaves him piloting the ship while he gets a raktajino. Surprised, Eddington objects but then takes the helm and is able to shake the Jem'Hadar off. Eddington doesn't appreciate the trick and finally promises to take Sisko to the launch site and deactivate the missiles;he also adds to Sisko that later when He and Sisko have it out it wont be a fight-he vows his intention to kill Sisko. Act Three Eddington continues his jovial conversation to pass the time, asking about his lucky loonie he left behind on Deep Space 9 when he joined the Maquis. Soon, the Jem'Hadar return. This time, Eddington plans a Maquis trick to realign the impulse flow regulators while the engine is active. Sisko is alarmed, since this is a dangerous procedure, but Eddington says the plasma exhaust can be ignited and either destroy the enemy ships or at least mask their trail. Sisko agrees and gets in the crawlspace. The ship is rocked and fired upon, but, fortunately, Sisko finishes and Eddington ignites the plasma, destroying the Jem'Hadar. Sisko, now with a head wound, comes out and berates Eddington for not keeping the ship steady, then orders him to proceed to the missile base. On the station, Jake insists to Nog that, if he has a girl over, he must call before entering their quarters. Nog doesn't care, as he knows they were only talking. Then, Nog sees Martok and two of his aides lingering on the upper level of the Promenade in his and Jake's "favorite spot." For Nog, this is the last straw. To Jake's incredulity, Nog marches up to the Klingons and orders them to move on, or else he will be forced to arrest them for loitering, which is strictly prohibited by station rules. Martok bellows that the young Ferengi is either courageous or a fool to threaten him with arrest. Nog trembles, but stands his ground. Martok begins to laugh, acknowledging the young Ferengi's gumption, and he instructs his aides to move on. Eddington pilots the runabout to Athos IV, where the launch pad is well hidden by interference, and lands the runabout on a nearby landing pad. After walking a few kilometers through tunnels and going to a upper level through an old well opening, they find someone's there – a Jem'Hadar patrol. Act Four Sisko and Eddington soon come under fire, and Sisko decides to draw their attention with a piece of pipe while Eddington fires at them. They're successful and hide the bodies in the well. As they proceed, however, they find nearly twenty dead Maquis members who were friends of Eddington. Eddington is both shocked [the Maquis were winning and going to declare their independence] and filled with guilt and remorse, feeling that he should have done more to help his followers and friends. Sisko sadly notes that perhaps it was the Federation who truly failed the Maquis, and maybe something could have been done to prevent this tragedy. Regardless, Sisko insists on disarming the missiles, and convinces him it's not over, and this is just the beginning. Eddington gets angry and considers killing Sisko on the spot, but isn't sure it'll make him feel better, so he continues on instead. Coming to a seemingly empty area, Sisko stops Eddington and fires blindly, knowing that the Jem'Hadar could be invisible. Indeed, he kills two and Eddington tells Sisko he is glad the captain remembered that they could do that. Eddington is briefly impressed and breaks into the next room, where they find nearly a dozen imprisoned Maquis. Eddington introduces Sisko to Rebecca Sullivan, his wife. Act Five Eddington immediately leads the people out, telling them there is a runabout. It is revealed that no missiles actually exist, that the encoded message just said that the Maquis arrived safely at the meeting point. It was all a ruse to get Eddington out of jail and to trick Sisko into bringing him to the chosen destination. Sisko is relieved that an all-out war is no longer imminent, but still punches Eddington for deceiving him before Sullivan breaks up their fight, intent on getting out of there. As they leave, Sisko also finds out the Jem'Hadar weren't supposed to be able to find them. Soon, they're attacked. Sisko and Eddington buy time for the others going down the well to the tunnels, but then Eddington is hit. More Jem'Hadar troops arrive. Eddington tells Sisko to save the people, and he stays behind to fight off the oncoming troops. He is killed in the attacks, but his sacrifice gives Sisko and the Maquis followers time enough to safely escape. The runabout leaves the Badlands, and Rebecca sits distraught at the loss of her husband. Back on the station, Nog brings Major Kira her lost earring loop, which he found after an exhaustive search of the areas she was working on the day before. The young Ferengi's industriousness and ingenuity continue to astound his superiors; Kira congratulates him on it, and he replies, "just doing my job." Entering a turbolift, they run into Martok stepping off. Looking up from his PADD, he greets Nog, "Cadet," and Nog replies with an equally brief "General." Nog beams as he and Kira step onto the turbolift. Dax and Sisko talk about Eddington and the Maquis. Sisko admits that Eddington is not a traitor but was loyal to what he believed in until the very end. Dax asks if that's what it is, the end of the Maquis. Sisko is unsure about that, as there may be others out there escaped the Dominion, biding their time and waiting for their chance to strike. And besides, Sisko muses, there's always something romantic about a lost cause. Dax tells Sisko that he almost sounds hopeful and leaves. Sisko then stares out of the window, thinking about Eddington. Memorable quotes "Witnesses say you were talking to him [Morn] right up to the second he went berserk." "Of course I was talking to him. That's what bartenders are supposed to do. Talk to their customers." "And what exactly was it that you were talking to him about?" "All I said was that the military personnel on this station were starting to look a little nervous. And when they get nervous, I get nervous." "That's all you said?" "Basically… I might've done a little harmless theorizing." "About what?" "Oh… something like… it was only a matter of time before the Dominion launched a full-scale assault on the Federation and that when that happened the station would undoubtedly be their first target… and I might've idly suggested that there wasn't a hope in hell of any of us getting out of here alive." "And that's when he hit you with the barstool and ran out onto the Promenade screaming 'We're all doomed'." "Some people just don't react well to stress." - Odo, Kira Nerys, Julian Bashir, and Quark "Warning, attempting to access impulse flow regulators while engines are engaged is not recommended." "Tell me something I don't know. Disengage safeties, authorization Sisko A-471." - Runabout computer and Benjamin Sisko "You are either very brave, or very stupid, Ferengi!" "Probably a little of both." (Laughing) "Indeed. Courage comes in all sizes. (Pointing to his missing eye) But don't tempt fate." - Martok and Nog "This wasn't supposed to happen. We were winning. The Cardassian Empire was falling into chaos. The Maquis colonies were going to declare themselves an independent nation." - Eddington "I can barely see two meters in front of me. How will I know what I'm aiming at?" "I'll be the one holding the pipe." "Attacking two Jem'Hadar soldiers with a pipe? That's a brilliant plan." "It could be worse." "I know. It could be me holding the pipe." "Exactly." - Michael Eddington and Benjamin Sisko "You have sharp eyes." "Not really. I just waited to see which of you was knocked down first and then I shot the one still standing." "Thank you for your vote of confidence." - Sisko and Eddington "Rebecca…" - Michael Eddington's last words Background information Story and script Ira Steven Behr decided to end the Michael Eddington/Maquis story arc because he felt that there were too many open threads leading into the sixth season, and he wanted to get some closure on at least one of them. Behr explains, "We were just desperate to finish something off. We had to finish a thread. It was necessary. We just had so many things. So I told them, 'We are going to end something and then not hear about it again'!" Indeed, Behr wanted to officially kill off every single member of the Maquis, but Rick Berman wouldn't allow him to do this in case wanted to use them at some stage in the future. As far as the writers were concerned however, the Maquis story arc was over. () The B-story of this episode was created to reassure viewers that General Martok was still on the station after the events of . () Behr based Michael Eddington's death scene on 's death scene in the 1966 Robert Wise movie . () The way Nog rocks his bar chair in the scene in Quark's with Martok was a homage to 's character in . (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion - A Series Guide and Script Library) Production To construct the Maquis base in this episode, production designer Herman Zimmerman used the same set as had been used in the previous episode, . () The establishing shot of the starbase where Eddington is being held is re-used stock footage of the Regula I space station from . The holding cell where Sisko visits Eddington is a re-dress of the brig set, moving the cell from a point to frame right of the door to directly across from it. This version of the set would be seen again in the episode , this time with a stretch of corridor erected outside to serve as the interior of the , and again in as the brig of a starbase where was being held for vagrancy. Reception After this episode aired, and the Eddington story arc officially ended, many fans found the character of Eddington a little difficult to pin down; some loved him, some hated him, many others were a little unsure of him. This sense of uncertainty is shared by Ira Steven Behr himself, "I still haven't figured him out. Do we like him? Do you not like him? Was he good? Bad? A pain in the ass? I'm not sure." Even Sisko appears to have trouble reaching a conclusion as regards the essence of Eddington's character. The final scene in the episode, between himself and Dax as he tried to come to terms with who Eddington was and what he stood for, was written precisely to try to get to the core of Eddington's raison d'être, not just for Sisko, but for the audience and the writers as well. According to Behr, "I felt it was very important to try to make sense of the man Eddington was. We owed it to Sisko to give him some kind of closure, some kind of understanding. On top of everything else, he let the guy die, basically." () Trivia This episode marks the death of Michael Eddington (Kenneth Marshall) and the final appearance and mention of the Maquis on the series. Eddington also states that Cal Hudson, played by Bernie Casey in and , has been killed by the Cardassians, thus providing a degree of closure for Sisko. In regard to the fate of the last dozen of the Maquis still alive… no ending is given as to whether they still resolve to continue their cause; if Starfleet imprisoned them or if they were resettled. News of the destruction of the Maquis at the hands of the Dominion was later sent to former Maquis member Chakotay in , when Starfleet used a Hirogen communications network to transmit personal letters to the crew of the in the Delta Quadrant. Based on averaging the differences of the stardates from and , the initial events of should have occurred between this episode and the next, . However, Sisko's mention of "the recent Borg attack" in , actually places First Contact before that episode. What Morn screams, "We're all doomed," is a tribute to the 1991 The Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear movie when Lloyd Boucher screams in panic "It's a cookbook… it's a cookbook" {which in itself is a parody of Boucher's role in the classic Twilight Zone episode "To Serve Man"). When Martok remarks Nog is either very brave or very foolish, this is tribute to the classic 1960s movie The Blue Max in which that line was first spoken. Video and DVD releases UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 5.12, As part of the DS9 Season 5 DVD collection Links and references Starring Avery Brooks as Captain Sisko Also starring Rene Auberjonois as Odo Michael Dorn as Lt. Commander Worf Terry Farrell as Lt. Commander Dax Cirroc Lofton as Jake Sisko Colm Meaney as Chief O'Brien Armin Shimerman as Quark Alexander Siddig as Doctor Bashir Nana Visitor as Major Kira Guest stars Kenneth Marshall as Michael Eddington J.G. Hertzler as Martok Aron Eisenberg as Nog Gretchen German as Rebecca Sullivan Co-star Majel Barrett as Computer Voice Uncredited co-stars Patti Begley as Bajoran officer Uriah Carr George Colucci as Maquis member Kathleen Demor Elliot Durant III Randy James as David B. Levinson as Broik Dennis Madalone as Jem'Hadar soldier Dan Magee as operations lieutenant Tom Morga as Jem'Hadar soldier Chuck Shanks Todd Slayton Pablo Soriano as Starbase brig guard James Lee Stanley as Bajoran security deputy Chester E. Tripp III Debra Waters as Maquis member Unknown performers as Alien visitor Benzite civilian Maquis survivors Maquis casualties Starbase brig guard 2 Vance References 22nd century; 2372; adrenaline; Alpha Quadrant; antimatter warheads; assay office; astronomical unit; Athos IV; authorization code; Badlands; Bajoran shrine; barstool; biogenic components; biogenic weapons; boron; carbohydrates; carrots; Canada; Cardassia; Cardassians; Cardassian border; Cardassian Empire; carrot; central core; class 4 cloaking device; corn; counseling; court martial; Crenshaw; curried chicken; death toll; death wish; decibel; Deep Space 9 station regulation 82/7B; ; ; deflector grid; Dimitris; disturbing the peace; duridium; Earth; entree 103; ; ; Federation; Ferengi; firing range; fog; food critic; freedom; handcuffs; haystack; holosuite; honeymoon; ; hydroponic garden; impulse flow regulators; Jefferies tube; Jem'Hadar fighter (unnamed); kilometer; Klingon Empire; Klingonese; Klingon High Council; leader; leadership; looney; Ligorian mastodon; loitering; loon; Maquis; maintenance conduit; marriage; meter; Morn; needle; nightmare; pardon; Plan B; plasma filament; plasma wake; Promenade; Prophets; protein; psychological evaluation; Quark's; raktajino; rehabilitation seminar; rice; runabout; saber bear; shuttle pad; shuttle pilot; sin; spiral course; squid; station regulation; Starfleet Academy; ; stuffing; tarragon; Thanksgiving; "To the bitter end"; tomato; traitor; tricobalt explosives; tricorder; tube grub; vote of confidence; warp signature; ; ; Yuen External links de:Glanz des Ruhms es:Blaze of Glory nl:Blaze of Glory DS9 episodes

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Empok Nor (episode)

Scavenging an abandoned Cardassian space station identical to DS9 for equipment, O'Brien's team discovers that the station may not be completely abandoned. Summary Teaser Kira, Dax, and Worf enter Quark's to find it strangely empty – and the reason soon becomes apparent. No one is able to hear themselves think over the horrible noise resulting from Chief O'Brien and Nog doing some conduit repairs. The repairs are heavy and O'Brien soon realizes that he will need an entirely new plasma distribution manifold. Unfortunately, the manifolds are of Cardassian manufacture and cannot be replicated due to a beta-matrix compositor. A team is assembled to scavenge manifolds from the abandoned station of Empok Nor, which is identical in design to Deep Space 9 in the Trivas system. Because it is standard for Cardassians to plant booby traps whenever they abandon an area, and that they're specifically keyed to attack non-Cardassians, Captain Sisko recruits an outside resource to join the mission as the minesweeper: Elim Garak. The rest of the crew comprises O'Brien, Nog and four other Starfleet crewmembers: Pechetti, Boq'ta, Stolzoff, and Amaro. Act One In the runabout traveling to the station, Nog and Garak play the Cardassian board game Kotra. Garak scolds Nog for playing too defensively, he explains that this is an un-Cardassian style, and that the game is about bold maneuvers and sweeping attacks. While en route to the station, Garak brings up O'Brien's past as a soldier in the Federation-Cardassian War, specifically his tour of duty on Setlik III which O'Brien is hesitant to discuss. They soon arrive at Empok Nor. After Garak disarms the airlock booby trap and restores emergency power to the station, O'Brien quickly dispatches his teams for the salvage operation. Nevertheless, tension slowly begins to build when two Cardassians left on the abandoned station wake up in their stasis tubes as emergency power is restored. A little while after, Garak and Boq'ta find the stasis tubes in the infirmary – two are empty, and one contains the skeleton of a Cardassian who died approximately one year before. The stasis tubes are partly filled with an unknown blue biogenic substance. Boq'ta picks up a regimental badge, which Garak quickly recognizes as the Third Battalion of the First Order. He then alarms the crewman that the other tubes have opened recently. Regarding the discovery, Garak contacts the O'Brien team to have him come down to the infirmary. Nog goes back to the runabout to get a flux coupler, however, he instead witnesses it detached from the airlock, adrift in space and then exploding. Act Two The group concludes that the former occupants of the cells are loose on the station with unfriendly intentions. Pechetti grimly announces that the regimental badge motto is "Death To All". When a dampening field hindering subspace communication is suddenly activated, they understand that their new priority is to contact DS9 for evacuation. It is decided to use the deflector grid to send a series of covariant pulses. For efficiency, they split again into three teams. The first team, composed of Stolzoff and Pechetti, is ordered to the habitat ring to bring the microfusion generator back online. Boq'ta and Amaro are to realign the magnetic flow field, and O'Brien will activate a signal generator in Cargo Bay 4 with Garak and Nog. In the cargo bay, Garak suspects something else is going on, for the lengths the Cardassians went to for an abandoned station don't make sense to him. As he and O'Brien talk, however, Nog sneaks around on guard, and doesn't see the Cardassian lurking in the shadows. He's ready to make a move on Nog when O'Brien calls him back. Meanwhile, Pechetti and Stolzoff are working on the Promenade when they hear a door close upstairs. The turbolift descends, and they stand ready with their phaser rifles when the doors open, but no one is there. Soon, though, they're distracted and are both killed. When O'Brien arrives on the death scene, he realizes they had the time to do a pretty complete job. Act Three O'Brien needs to finish Pechetti's job and then get back to the cargo bay. He orders Boq'ta and Amaro to reconfigure the pulse generator in Auxiliary Control. Boq'ta is very reluctant to split up, so O'Brien convinces him by having Garak go with him. Garak, however, announces he intends to go after the Cardassians. O'Brien agrees, since he seems confidant, and stands Amaro down from holding his rifle on Garak. Garak strangely prods O'Brien a bit more about being a soldier, insisting on inviting the "hero of Setlik III" (O'Brien) to join his fight. O'Brien sends him off. Boq'ta then feels all right to split up now, since Garak is now going after the Cardassians. Garak, at a computer terminal, finds he cannot access it. He senses someone close, and keeps pretending to access it. Hiding in the broken stasis chamber, he succeeds in disabling a Cardassian, though he oddly says to himself it felt good. After running an analysis on the body, he learns that the soldier had been given a massive dose of a psychotropic drug. Garak opines that it appears to be a failed experiment to enhance Cardassians' xenophobic tendencies, turning already-fanatical soldiers into unstable killing machines. He informs O'Brien of his discovery, but his strange behavior causes O'Brien to observe that Garak doesn't have the face of a tailor anymore. Garak leaves to go after the other Cardassian. Garak goes on with his task and finds the other Cardassian stalking Boq'ta and Amaro, but is unable to prevent the death of Boq'ta when Amaro's back is turned. Amaro sees Garak kill him and is relieved, however, Garak finally loses control and succumbs to the effects of the psychotropic drug. Garak stabs Amaro with a flux coupler. Act Four O'Brien finishes his task and tries to contact the others through his combadge but gets no response. He finds Amaro just in time, sitting on the floor bleeding for him to say Garak stabbed him and then dies. Nog gets nervous as O'Brien immediately goes on guard. He realizes Garak is under the influence of the drug. Since Garak knows their objective of contacting DS9, O'Brien doesn't see a choice other than going after him, killing him if that's what it takes. Insane, Garak turns his attention towards the only other remaining members of the salvage party: O'Brien and Nog. He comes across a Kotra board in the station commander's office and, also finding a combadge, signals for O'Brien. He reflects over to O'Brien on the relevance of Kotra's aggressive play style to their current predicament. A cat-and-mouse (or Kotra) game follows. O'Brien sneaks into the commander's office while Nog enters Ops. However, O'Brien is soon trapped in the office and Garak jumps on Nog, grabbing the cadet's phaser rifle and capturing him. He tells O'Brien he'll have to come get Nog from him. Act Five O'Brien tries to find a way out of the office, but then the door opens, allowing him into Ops. Garak taunts him over the communicator, excited by the "game" while O'Brien tries to reason with him. Garak continues to push O'Brien on his experience on Setlik III, saying he enjoyed killing Cardassians and wants to recapture that feeling. O'Brien finally proposes a hand-to-hand duel, and Garak readily agrees. O'Brien makes his way through the Promenade, finding his crew's bodies hanging from the second level. He soon finds Garak holding Nog with a rifle, and they both disarm in a tense situation. O'Brien also puts down his tricorder. They begin fighting, and Garak is winning and taunting him. Garak is partly blinded by the drug, but the chief incapacitates him using a simple trap (a tricorder-phaser bomb). O'Brien finds that it did not kill Garak. Later, in the infirmary on DS9, Garak's system has been purged of the drug. Garak expresses extreme regret for his actions and asks O'Brien to personally apologize on his behalf to Amaro's wife. O'Brien agrees, then says that there will have to be an inquest, but O'Brien will make sure that the board knows Garak wasn't responsible for his actions. Memorable quotes "Welcome to Empok Nor." "Thanks for having us…'" "Take whatever you need… my house is your house." - Garak and O'Brien "He asked me to get a coil spanner for him, I just turned my back for a second." "That's a shame. And the worst part of it is, this isn't a coil spanner." (stabs Amaro) "It's a flux coupler." - Amaro and Garak "If he thinks he can neutralize the Cardassians, let him try. He'll be doing us all a favor." "That's the spirit!" - O'Brien and Garak "Looking for me? Oh, that felt – good." - Garak, after killing a Cardassian soldier "Asking a Ferengi to play a Cardassian game is like asking a Klingon to chew with his mouth closed." - Garak, playing kotra with Nog "You look different. That's not the face of a tailor." "I'm not a tailor. Not for the moment anyway." - O'Brien and Garak "Maybe it's true. Maybe you're not a soldier anymore." "You're right. I'm an engineer." - Garak and O'Brien, right before O'Brien remote detonates his tricorder-phaser bomb "Julian tells me the blast broke a couple of your ribs." "Well, it could have been worse. If I'd been any closer to that phaser, it would have killed me.""Well, don't take this the wrong way, but… that was the plan." "I understand." - O'Brien and Garak, discussing the aftermath of the bomb Background information Story and script In Bryan Fuller's original pitch for this episode, the story involved Worf and Garak. They are in a runabout and come across a derelict ship adrift. They board it, and it turns out to be a vessel which belonged to the Obsidian Order. It is littered with bodies, and as they attempt to work out what happened, Garak turns on Worf and sets out to kill him. Fuller compared this idea to the 1978 film . () Hans Beimler's first draft of the teleplay for this episode did not feature any of the various exchanges between O'Brien and Garak. There were no mentions of Setlik III, and no sense of rivalry between the two. This draft was not popular with either the cast or crew. According to Andrew J. Robinson, "After I finished the first draft, I thought, 'Ugh.' I felt like the writers were intruding on Garak. I never could have done that first script. We were vacuums. There was nothing in my character. It made no sense." Similarly unimpressed was Ira Steven Behr; "I told Hans, 'This doesn't work. Not even close. There's no character, no meaning. It's just a series of events and none of it makes any sense.'" Beimler returned to the script and composed another draft, this time adding much more depth to the relationship between Garak and O'Brien, and also bringing O'Brien's background as a soldier into play. As Beimler himself acknowledges, "I thought it was there after I did the first draft, but there was no bottom to the story. The second draft got into the relationship with O'Brien and Garak, and that really gave it some substance and content." () Reception Although Andrew Robinson was a lot happier with the episode after Hans Beimler's rewrite, he still wasn't thrilled with the project; "It turned out okay, but it made me uneasy to do that character." Robinson's breakout performance had been as the Scorpio killer in the 1971 film . For some years after that performance, Robinson had fought against being typecast as a psychopathic killer, and he was a little disappointed to see that now, 25 years later, he was presented with a script which depicted him as just such a psychopathic killer. () This episode was quite controversial amongst the producers because of a racial slur made by a member of Starfleet, something with which Gene Roddenberry would have been aghast. When Amaro is talking about Stolzoff, he comments that he wants to kill the "spoon head" who killed her. According to René Echevarria, this line hadn't been scripted and hadn't been approved by the producers. This was because it was considered background dialogue, which isn't written into the script. All background dialogue is created on the ADR looping stage after the episode has been shot and it isn't approved by either Ira Steven Behr or Rick Berman. Usually, this is because such dialogue is barely audible, if audible at all. In this particular case however, the line could clearly be heard. The term 'spoonhead' had been introduced in , but there it was spoken by a member of the Bajoran Resistance, a slightly different matter. As Echevarria explains, "here was a Starfleet officer basically making a racist slur, without it being commented on or corrected." One of Roddenberry's most important maxims was that there was no racism in Starfleet, so the worry was that this line was going against one of the basic principles of Star Trek. However, when Ira Behr and Rick Berman did finally hear the line, they chose to leave it in, as they felt it illustrated the pressure of the situation, and was appropriate given the circumstances. As Echevarria says, "it was racist. But it was also very real." () Beimler would later recollect on the episode: "I really liked 'Empok Nor'; I fought tooth and nail for that one, and it was worth it for nothing else than to reset the clock on Garak. I thought we could make a great ghost story and do a really scary episode. There are some things in the script that didn't make it to the final show that I miss, but I thought the creepy factor was there." () Continuity The type of suit worn by Garak in this episode was designed for , and made several later appearances in . In addition, the new type 3 phaser rifle, also designed for First Contact, made its only appearance on Deep Space Nine in this episode. Sisko, Odo, Worf, Dax, Quark, and Kira only appear in the teaser. Additionally, Bashir only appears during the last scene. With its focus on the lower ranked members of the away team, this episode bears some resemblance to the episode . Garak's conduct during the episode would stick with Nog – a few months later, after the outbreak of open warfare, the two would be sent out to find food and water on the unknown planet where their stolen Jem'Hadar fighter had crashed. As they walked, Nog made absolutely sure to stay behind the Cardassian, or at worst side-by-side. When Garak caught on to this and confronted him about it, correctly assuming it was related to the previous "unfortunate business" between them, Nog insisted that he would never turn his back on him again – to which an impressed Garak responded that "there may be hope for you yet". () Empok Nor itself would later be revisited in the episodes and . Several items from this episode were sold off on the It's A Wrap! sale and auction on eBay, including a Cardassian Terok Nor soldier metal badge and a Cardassian cryo computer. Apocrypha In the novel Station Rage by Diane Carey, published eighteen months before this episode aired, Odo and Miles O'Brien accidentally discover a room of Cardassian soldiers in stasis, and Elim Garak later awakens them. Video and DVD releases UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 5.12, As part of the UK VHS collection Star Trek - Greatest Battles: As part of the DS9 Season 5 DVD collection Links and references Starring Avery Brooks as Captain Sisko Also starring Rene Auberjonois as Odo Michael Dorn as Lt. Commander Worf Terry Farrell as Lt. Commander Dax Colm Meaney as Chief O'Brien Armin Shimerman as Quark Alexander Siddig as Doctor Bashir Nana Visitor as Major Kira Guest stars Andrew J. Robinson as Garak Aron Eisenberg as Nog Tom Hodges as Pechetti Andy Milder as Boq'ta Marjean Holden as Stolzoff Jeffrey King as Amaro Uncredited co-stars Cathy DeBuono as M'Pella Chris Doyle as a Cardassian soldier David B. Levinson as Broik Tom Morga as a Cardassian soldier Mark Allen Shepherd as Morn Chester E. Tripp III (stunt actor'') References 2372; accusation; airlock; Amaro's wife; Barrica encampment; beta-matrix compositor; biogenic compound; "bloody"; booby trap; bypass displacer; Cardassians; Cardassian vole; Cardassian High Command; Cardie; category; coil spanner; covariant pulse; credo; dampening field; (runabout); deflector grid; DNA; docking clamp; dozen; Dukat; emblems; Empok Nor; ; EPS matrix converter; Federation; Federation-Cardassian War; Ferengi; field coils; fighter pilots; First Order; flattery; flux coupler; heart; holosuite; hyper spanner; infirmary; inquest; insignia; Klingon restaurant; kotra; microfusion reactor; month; motto; nag; nervous system; optronic coupler; pattern scrambler; phase decompiler; phase discriminator; plasma distribution manifold; plasma recoiler; ; polarity maximizer; Promenade; pulse generator; psychotropic drug; pylon; Quark's; regimental badge; ; ribs; Rom; root beer; runabout; salvage team; Setlik III; signal generator; smoke signals; SOS; sparring partner; spoon head; Starfleet Academy; stasis tube; strangulation; subspace transceiver; telegraph; Third Battalion; Til'amin froth; tissue sample; tricorder; Trivas system; war record; wish list; ; xenophobic External links cs:Empok Nor (epizoda) de:Empok Nor (Episode) es:Empok Nor fr:Empok Nor (épisode) nl:Empok Nor (aflevering) DS9 episodes

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In the Cards (episode)

Jake and Nog get into trouble while trying to cheer up Sisko by acquiring a mint-condition 1951 Willie Mays rookie baseball card; the Dominion offers to sign a nonaggression pact with Bajor. Summary Teaser The mood aboard Deep Space 9 has grown dark as the Dominion threat has intensified. Three ships, including the , have disappeared along the Cardassian border in just the last three weeks, Odo has canceled a vacation to Bajor due to an 75% increase in thefts of food rations and medical supplies, and the crew is generally gloomy – Captain Sisko most of all. What's more, Kai Winn Adami announces she'll be visiting the station. Fortunately, Jake Sisko has a plan to lift his father's spirits – Quark has invited him to an auction at which a mint-condition Willie Mays rookie year baseball card will be available. He'll show up, purchase the card, and make a gift of it. "How hard can that be?" Jake asks. Act One Jake convinces Nog to let him use some of the gold-pressed latinum he's saved up over his lifetime so he can purchase this gift for the captain, by guilting him through a reminder that the captain made it possible for Nog to attend Starfleet Academy. Meanwhile, Kai Winn meets with Captain Sisko and reveals that the Dominion has requested a meeting with her. Kai Winn requests that Sisko take a walk with her on the Promenade. Both Sisko and the Kai are concerned about how Bajor will be able to cope with a pending Dominion invasion. The Kai tells Sisko that she is concerned that, with the conflict between the Dominion and the Federation quickly escalating, Bajor could get caught in the middle and would result in the destruction of her world. Sisko promises that he will do whatever it takes to safeguard Bajor. Meanwhile, at the auction, the baseball card Jake desires comes up for auction. It is included in an Andorian chest along with a pre-Surak Vulcan bracelet, a 6th century Bajoran mandala, and a 23rd century ion-transtator. Bidding begins on the contents of the chest but Nog's entire life savings isn't enough to out-bid a mysterious man at the back of the room. He bids 10 bars of latinum (twice what Nog has saved) and then disappears out the back. Act Two Nog tries to convince Jake they've lost the card, but Jake is determined to come through for his father. They intercept the man as he leaves the auction in Quark's but he mutters something about refusing to get involved with any "soulless minions of orthodoxy" and disappears into a turbolift. Meanwhile, Weyoun arrives on the station to meet with Kai Winn and exchanges insults with Sisko. Finally, the man who bought the baseball card – Dr. Elias Giger – requests a meeting with Jake and Nog after learning of their relationships to Captain Sisko and Quark. It seems he needs some supplies he believes they're in a position to obtain, and he's willing to trade the baseball card, minus the original packaging and chewing gum, for those supplies. Jake agrees, even after learning that Dr. Giger plans to use the supplies in the construction of his cellular regeneration and entertainment chamber – a device designed to keep the cells of the body from getting bored, thus prolonging life indefinitely. Jake and Nog agree that the man is crazy, but since he has the baseball card they have little choice but to acquiesce to his demands. Act Three Giger provides a lengthy list, and Jake and Nog go straight to work. For a neodymium power cell from a Cardassian phase-coil inverter they visit Chief O'Brien, but he's too busy re-calibrating EPS regulators to help. Nog, always a Ferengi, strikes a deal: Jake and Nog will do the work while the Chief visits a holosuite for a chance to go kayaking for the first time in weeks. In exchange, O'Brien will find the power cell. For five liters of anaerobic metabolites suspended in a hydrosaline solution, they call on Doctor Bashir, who's not only busy but is doing something he wants to do (so they can't strike a deal like they did with Chief O'Brien). However, through additional probing, Nog gets Bashir to admit that he'd be much happier if he had Kukalaka – his teddy bear. When he was still dating Leeta, Bashir let her borrow Kukalaka and she never gave it back. Nog manages to retrieve the bear from Leeta while she's sleeping. While Jake and Nog are running errands, Kai Winn discusses Weyoun's proposal with Sisko. The Dominion wants to sign a nonaggression treaty with Bajor. She recognizes that Starfleet can't possibly protect Bajor from the full strength of the Dominion, but also knows that allying with the Dominion could make Bajor the next world conquered. Sisko advises that she stall for time and keep Bajor's options open. He tells her she needs to trust him this time. She puts her hand on his ear to read his pagh, then agrees. Meanwhile, Jake delivers a batch of Dr. Giger's requested items to his quarters. Giger then removes a chip from one of the devices just delivered, and uses it to activate a console panel on his wall, which then begins making a humming sound. The view then pans up, to the quarters above, where Weyoun is being accommodated; the sound has alerted him and his two Jem'Hadar guards that something is going on below him. Later, Nog agreed to filter out subharmonic distortions from Worf's Klingon opera recordings while Jake helps Kira with an upcoming speech to the Bajoran Agricultural Ministry. When they've collected the last of the supplies, however, they find that Giger and his equipment are no longer in his quarters. Act Four Jake and Nog visit Odo, who insists there never was such a person in those quarters. When he hears about the "Cellular Regeneration and Entertainment Chamber," he reads them a list of charges including making a false report and wasting police time and scares them out of his office. On their way out, Jake witnesses Kai Winn talking to a vedek on the upper level of the Promenade who had also bid on the lot containing the baseball card during the auction. Thinking that she was after the Bajoran mandala that was auctioned in the same lot as the baseball card, he deduces that she kidnapped Giger as a result of losing the bid. Weyoun meets again with Kai Winn, and she tells him he'll have to wait until she's given a report to the First Minister. He says he understands, and that he and she are very much alike. She puts a hand on his ear as she did with Sisko, then says, "No, we are nothing alike," and leaves. Shortly afterward, she is accosted in a nearby corridor by Jake and Nog. Sisko is furious when he finds out that they have essentially accused the religious leader of Bajor of burglary and kidnapping, but Jake, still wanting to surprise his father, lies and insists that he and Nog got drunk at Quark's before approaching the Kai. Naturally, this makes Captain Sisko even angrier, and he tells them that he was wrong to place so much trust in them. He confines both of them to quarters and angrily dismisses them. As the two argue on a turbolift after they leave Sisko's office, they're suddenly beamed onto Weyoun's ship. Act Five Weyoun inquires about their connection to Dr. Giger. Jake explains that they were only trying to acquire a baseball card, but Weyoun doesn't believe him. He tells them that he knows about the polarized particles coming from Giger's room, that Jake and Nog have been holding secret meetings with the senior staff of the station (to acquire the requested items for Giger), and the fact that they met with Kai Winn immediately after she left him. The Jem'Hadar bring Giger into the room, carrying the auctioned box, and revealing that it was Weyoun who had kidnapped him. Giger, seeing Jake and Nog, accuse them of betraying him to the soulless minions of orthodoxy, before he is relieved of the box. Weyoun then begins to examine its contents, telling Jake he would like them to be friends, but they must be truthful with each other. Seeing no other option, Jake says he and Nog were working for Starfleet Intelligence, and concocts an absurd story about hunting for a mysterious man from the future named Willie Mays. Weyoun realizes their original story was truthful. Weyoun turns to Giger and asks for an explanation of his machinery. Nog dismisses Giger, quipping that he is working on a way to become immortal. Weyoun, who himself is a recipient of "immortality," immediately becomes interested in Giger's work. Giger says it will take some time to explain his theories. As Giger starts to explain the chamber, Weyoun allows Jake and Nog to leave… with the baseball card. "Captain's log: Stardate 50929.4. Two days ago, this station felt like a tomb. I'd never seen so many of my crew depressed at the same time. But for some reason, it now seems as though a new spirit has swept through the station … as if someone had opened a door and let a gust of fresh air blow through a musty old house. "Why this is happening is frankly a mystery to me. After all, nothing has really changed. The Dominion is still a threat, the Cardassians are still threatening to retake the station, and I can still see the clouds of war gathering on the horizon. "So why do I sense a newfound sense of optimism in the air? But maybe I'm over thinking this. Maybe the real explanation is as simple as something my father taught me a long time ago. Even in the darkest moments, you can always find something that'll make you smile." Due to unintentional benefits of Jake's and Nog's trades, Chief O'Brien had time to go kayaking in the holosuite, Dr. Bashir has Kukalaka back (though Leeta is confused about losing him), Major Kira's speech was well received, and Worf is able to listen to his opera collection on the 's bridge again. Weyoun even takes an interest in Giger's work on immortality. But most importantly, Captain Sisko has a mint-condition Willie Mays rookie baseball card from Earth, 1951. The whole station feels happier. Log entries Captain's log, Deep Space 9, 2373 Memorable quotes "Mr. Worf, you've been paroled. The party's over." - Sisko "It's my money, Jake! If you want to bid at the auction, use your own money." "I'm Human, I don't have any money." "It's not my fault that your species decided to abandon currency-based economics in favor of some philosophy of self-enhancement." "Hey, watch it. There's nothing wrong with our philosophy. We work to better ourselves and the rest of Humanity." "What does that mean exactly?" "It means… it means we don't need money!""Well, if you don't need money, then you certainly don't need mine!" - Nog and Jake "Sold… to the blue man… in the good shoes." - Quark "Do you want to die?" - Giger, to both Jake Sisko and Weyoun, introducing his cellular regeneration and entertainment chamber "Let's come up with something else to cheer up your dad, like a new pair of shoes." "Shoes?" "What's wrong with shoes?" "Nothing, except it's stupid." - Nog and Jake "I'm not crazy… I'm just a little obsessed." "A little?" - Jake and Nog "I have some experience in that area as well." - Kai Winn, referring to political intrigues "Maybe the soulless minions of orthodoxy finally caught up with him." "The who?" - Nog and Odo, on Giger's disappearance "You accused the Kai of burglary and kidnapping?!" "We didn't really accuse her of anything." "Oh, I see, you just implied it." "Exactly." - Sisko, Jake, and Nog "I see that my faith in the two of you has been sadly misplaced. You both are confined to quarters until further notice! DISMISSED!!!" - Sisko, to Jake and Nog "Lions and Gigers and bears." "Oh, my." - Nog and Jake "The entire future of the galaxy may depend on us tracking down Willie Mays… and stopping him." - Jake, to Weyoun "He's harmless, he's just working on a way to become immortal." "Really? I have a background in, shall we say, creative genetics. I'd be most interested in hearing your theories." - Nog and Weyoun Background information Story and script This episode was conceived as a bottle show. As Ronald D. Moore explains, "We had a very simple premise for a show. Jake and Nog chase a card around the station, trying to give it to Sisko. That's really just where we started. We figured we could do the show right before the season finale and it would be fun and funny and contained and cheap and after that we'd send them out on this big war story." () In the original version of the teleplay, Elias Giger was trying to resurrect his dead wife, using just her ear to genetically recreate her. This particular idea was Ira Steven Behr's, but Ronald D. Moore was having trouble getting it to work. Eventually, René Echevarria pointed out that the reason it wasn't working was because Giger is not supposed to be a character to be taken seriously, but if he's trying to get back his wife, the audience is going to want him to succeed, which undermines the reason the character exists in the first place. Echevarria suggested that he be searching for immortality, but Moore wasn't keen on the idea. Behr then proposed that Giger should be trying to achieve something that initially sounds very interesting and plausible, but quickly begins to sound crazy. After Behr's suggestion, Moore came up with idea of "cellular ennui" and the theory that you could literally be bored to death. Behr and Echevarria both loved it, and so Moore began to write a new draft of the teleplay. () Ronald D. Moore commented: "Basically we reverse the normal structure in this show, so that the A-story is the comedy and the B-story is serious. It's a fun show". This episode is unique in insofar as it is the only show with a light-hearted, humorous A-story and a serious and important B-story. Usually, the positions are reversed, a serious A-story is often offset with a lighter B-story (the third season episode is a good example: the A-story is about the death of Vedek Bareil and the signing of the Bajoran-Cardassian Treaty, while the B-story is about Jake and Nog going on a double date). In the case of this episode, the A-story is about Jake and Nog obtaining a baseball card, while the B-story is about Bajor's involvement in the inevitable Dominion War. ("In Pursuit of Happiness", ) Jake quotes Captain Picard from when he says "we work to better ourselves and the rest of Humanity." Moore commented, "I take great glee at mocking my own work." Nog's line "Lions and Gigers and bears" is an obvious reference to the 1939 film where Dorothy says "Lions and tigers and bears." Indeed, the character of Elias Giger was named specifically so the Oz allusion would make sense. "Lions" refers to Jake's line "We're going to beard the lion in its den." "Bears" refers to Kukalaka. So Ronald D. Moore needed something rhyming with "tiger". After he came up with Giger, he then completed the reference by having Jake add "Oh, my!", as Dorothy adds in the film. () Production Ron Moore handed in his script for this episode on and it began filming . Reception This episode proved to be a big hit with the fans, and was also popular with the producers. According to Ira Steven Behr, "All the plot machinations, all the humor, all the tech talk, everything, it ultimately comes down to simple Human emotion of trying to make someone you care about feel better. It's very simple and very nice." Similarly, Ronald D. Moore states, "The father and son are really tight, and they really do love each other. It's a family that works, and that's important to us. In this particular episode, Jake's feelings ground everything, and it makes you actually care about all the ridiculous stuff. There's heart to it." () Trivia The computer system Doctor Giger uses in this episode appears to be the same system we see on the and in . Morn can be seen leaving the bar with the painting Quark offered for auction just after the baseball card. According to Quark, it is acrylic on black velvet. This is the same painting Quark would inherit in , and which would ultimately end up being smashed over his head. The layout of the A-story of this episode, Jake and Nog trying to buy a baseball card but continually being forced to get something in lieu of the card, is similar in design to the B-story of the first season episode , where they are trying to earn latinum, but keep on ending up with commodities rather than profit. Nog continues this tradition on his own in the seventh season episode , where he describes this process to Chief O'Brien as sailing the river of the Great Material Continuum. This episode introduces the possibility of a non-aggression pact between Bajor and the Dominion. In the following episode, , that pact would be signed. Despite going missing in this episode, the would at some point be recovered by Starfleet, taking part in the First Battle of Chin'toka a year later. Following on from , this episode continues to add ambiguity to the usually villainous character of Kai Winn, in much the same way as the writers had added ambiguity to the character of Gul Dukat throughout the third and fourth seasons. In particular, we see in this episode that her relationship with Sisko is improving, and that their respect for one another is growing. We also see Winn tell Weyoun to his face that she is nothing like him. This is the first episode of Star Trek to be directed by Michael Dorn. Some events from are referenced, specifically Sisko's insistence that Bajor should not join the Federation, as of yet. According to Kai Winn, this episode is set six months after the events of . Terry Farrell (Jadzia Dax) does not appear in this episode. Quark had previously held an auction of items from the Gamma Quadrant in his bar with Vash in . Although the established conversion of Latinum is twenty strips are equal to one bar (), during the auction Quark raises the price of the chest containing the baseball card to one bar, twenty-five strips before Dr. Giger bids 2 bars. Since there are only twenty strips in a bar, this bid is in fact less than the previous bid. The Willie Mays baseball card is from the 1951 Bowman Baseball set, with a value of $4,000 as of 2014. Video and DVD releases UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 5.13, As part of the DS9 Season 5 DVD collection Links and references Starring Avery Brooks as Captain Sisko Also starring Rene Auberjonois as Odo Michael Dorn as Lt. Commander Worf Cirroc Lofton as Jake Sisko Colm Meaney as Chief O'Brien Armin Shimerman as Quark Alexander Siddig as Doctor Bashir Nana Visitor as Major Kira Guest stars Jeffrey Combs as Weyoun Brian Markinson as Elias Giger Aron Eisenberg as Nog Chase Masterson as Leeta Special guest star Louise Fletcher as Winn Adami Uncredited co-stars Bill Blair as alien visitor Uriah Carr as operations officer Tory Christopher as sciences officer Robert Coffee Cathy DeBuono as Klingon bidder Brian Demonbreun Anthony Giger as civilian Dorothy Hack Randy James as Charlie-Olisa Kaine as David B. 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Call to Arms (episode)

Sisko attempts to prevent more Dominion ships from entering the Alpha Quadrant by mining the wormhole; Gul Dukat responds by launching a massive assault fleet against the station. (Season finale) Summary Teaser In Quark's on Deep Space 9, Rom and Leeta study a PADD with images of various wedding dresses from Tellarite modern to Risian traditional, but dislike all of them. Tora Ziyal persuades them to let Elim Garak design one for them. Garak tells her that he finds her adoration both "flattering and disturbing". Rom and Leeta see Captain Benjamin Sisko walking along the Promenade and approach him. Miles O'Brien is telling Sisko that his wife Keiko and children Molly and Kirayoshi have left for Earth due to the dangers of being on the front line. Rom and Leeta ask Sisko to officiate at their wedding that is to be held in two weeks' time, to which Sisko agrees. After they leave, Sisko and O'Brien move to one of the Promenade windows where a large crowd has gathered. O'Brien states that "maybe they're not coming", to which Sisko replies "that would be a nice surprise". Suddenly, the wormhole opens and several dozen Dominion starships enter the Alpha Quadrant on their way to Cardassia. O'Brien notes that's the fifth Dominion convoy to enter in the last five weeks and wishes that they would just attack already, to which Sisko predicts his wish will occur very soon. Act One Jake Sisko arrives at his father's quarters for his first home-cooked meal since the last time he visited his father. Sisko curtly hands Jake a PADD, telling him to read the headline. It reads "Bajorans Continue Negotiations with the Dominion", "station commander opposes nonaggression pact", and the by-line reads "by Jake Sisko". Jake reveals that this is his first article for the Federation News Service. Sisko wishes that Jake had warned him about the article ahead of time before it was published. Sisko asks his son if he is still working on his novel and Jake says he is but this way, he gets to see his work in print. Sisko responds that everything he says will be in print now too. Meanwhile Jadzia Dax, Kira Nerys, and Odo are in a cargo bay checking several crates. The crates hold several thousand wrappages of yamok sauce, a condiment popular among Cardassians. Kira realizes that Quark has smuggled them in, believing the Cardassians will soon retake the station. Odo asks what they want to do with it, to which Kira makes no reply. Dax tells him to dump it and Odo promptly leaves. Dax asks her what is going on between her and Odo, to which Kira reveals that Odo has feelings for her and that she only found out about a month previously. As Nog brings Sisko his morning beverage, he asks if the rumors about the Romulans are true. Sisko has no idea what he is talking about and inquires further. Nog explains that he was talking to several Orion free traders at Quark's the previous night and they said they heard from a Vulcan diplomat that the Romulan Star Empire had signed a nonaggression pact with the Dominion. Sisko tells Nog not to believe the rumors and to remember the one hundred and ninetieth Rule of Acquisition – "Hear all, trust nothing." However, after Nog leaves, Sisko contacts Dax and tells her to put him through to Starfleet Intelligence. Later, in the wardroom, Sisko reveals that the Romulans have indeed signed a nonaggression pact with the Dominion the day before, joining the Tholians and the Miradorn who have already done so. The Bajorans are still debating the pact as they were also recently offered it, but Kira assures everyone that they will never sign it or any form of agreement with the Dominion. Sisko also reveals that Starfleet Command has decided no more Dominion ships can be allowed into the Alpha Quadrant. A minefield will be deployed at the mouth of the wormhole to stop the Dominion convoys. Odo comments that by doing so they could start a war, to which Sisko replies that "Maybe so. But one thing's for certain: we're losing the peace, which means a war could be our only hope." Act Two In Dax's quarters, Dax, O'Brien, and Rom are trying to come up with the best type of mine to deploy in the minefield. O'Brien suggests using pulse mines, but the Dominion ships could simply wait at the mouth of the wormhole and destroy them. He then suggests cloaking them, but it would weaken the mines. Rom, while in the midst of complaining about his upcoming wedding, then realizes that if the mines are to be small, they will need a lot of power and a way to replace them. Each mine could be equipped with a replicator unit and would swarm detonate, with at least twenty mines homing in on one ship. The main drawback is that the entire minefield will have to be deployed before it can be activated, or premature detonation could occur. Sisko talks with Starfleet Command and relays their judgment to Kira and Worf that Starfleet's forces are needed elsewhere and will be unable to assist in the deployment of the minefield. Their orders are to deploy the minefield and prepare for a Dominion attack. DS9 will also have to defend the , as she will be alone while deploying the minefield. Kira meets with Odo and agrees to his plan of stopping all outgoing communications. They also decide to put their personal feelings for each other aside until the crisis has abated. "Captain's log, Stardate 50975.2. The next Jem'Hadar convoy is due in five days, but our efforts to mine the wormhole have already provoked a response from the Dominion, who have sent their Vorta Ambassador, Weyoun, to speak with me." The Defiant begins to deploy the mines but the Dominion becomes aware of it almost immediately. A Dominion battle crusier arrives with Weyoun aboard. He leaves behind all of the false pleasantness that he has always used before in his meetings with Sisko, and bluntly issues an ultimatum – remove the mines, or the Dominion will take control of Deep Space 9 and remove them themselves. Act Three Sisko stubbornly tells Weyoun that the mines will stay, and he will not allow any more ships through the wormhole. Weyoun then returns to his old ways – a mask of reasonableness and sincerity. Weyoun tells Sisko that it is the Cardassians who are pushing for the convoys, saying that they want the security that the Dominion brings, as well as a boost to their economy after their costly war with the Klingons. Weyoun then offers to limit the convoys to cargo ships, construction units, and civilian aid if Sisko will remove the mines. Later, Sisko tells his senior officers and General Martok that the Dominion will attack as early as tomorrow. He tells them that his conversation with Weyoun was all words and an attempt to lull the other side into a "false sense of security". Sisko did not believe it and is sure Weyoun didn't either. Sisko asks Martok to take the to the Cardassian border and watch for the Dominion fleet. Sisko also tells Kira to contact the Council of Ministers for an immediate meeting, as he plans to use his position as Emissary of the Prophets to endorse the signing of the nonaggression pact. Kira doesn't understand why he would want the Bajorans to sign the pact, so Sisko tells her that the only way Bajor will survive the war will be to do what the Romulans did and sign the pact to keep them out of the fighting. He is convinced that by not doing so, the past five years of their hard work to rebuild Bajor from the Occupation will be undone. "Captain's log, supplemental. Bajor has signed the nonaggression pact with the Dominion. All Bajoran personnel have been ordered to evacuate the station. As someone once said, 'These are the times that try men's souls." The Bajorans sign the pact and First Minister Shakaar orders all Bajorans to leave Deep Space 9 for their own safety. Kira arranges for Ziyal to stay with several of her friends. Later, Sisko marries Rom and Leeta in a traditional Bajoran ceremony. Rom then tells her to go to Bajor, and not look back while he stays to help Chief O'Brien. As Sisko prepares Program Sisko 197, General Martok contacts the station with a report of a large Dominion fleet heading their way. However, his transmission is jammed by the Dominion and Dukat, Weyoun, and Damar appear on the station's viewscreen. Dukat asks Sisko if he wants to surrender and avoid "unnecessary bloodshed". Sisko tells him no, to which Dukat happily replies that he was hoping Sisko would say that. Sisko orders his crew to battle stations. Act Four The Dominion fleet will enter weapons range in twenty minutes. Unfortunately, the Defiant still has an hour of work left before the minefield can be activated. In the infirmary, Jake helps Doctor Bashir and his medical staff with medkits. He tells Bashir that he promised the Federation News Service a firsthand account of the battle, and his father won't let him stay in Ops. Bashir tells him he will get it and that his name is spelled with an "I". Garak meets Odo on the Promenade, praising his composure and calling him "an island of tranquility in a sea of chaos." Odo's entire Bajoran staff has been evacuated to Bajor. Garak tells Odo that during the Klingon attack on the station, almost two years previously, when he and Dukat were defending the members of the Detapa Council, Dukat turned his back to him. Garak considered killing him but realized he could not fight the Klingons by himself. He tells Odo that by the time this day is over, everyone on the station will regret his failure to kill Dukat. The Rotarran approaches Deep Space 9 and Sisko tells Martok to protect the Defiant. Worf then activates the weapons array. Kira arrives in Ops and offers a perfunctory protest to Starfleet's refusal to turn the station over to her government. Sisko notes her protest and Kira reports for duty. The Dominion fleet approaches the station. On the flagship, Dukat tells Damar he has been waiting for this moment for the last five years. Damar tells him that they will reclaim both Terok Nor and Bajor. Weyoun chastises them, reminding them of the nonaggression pact. The fleet enters weapons range and Dukat gives the order to fire. The battle begins and the station manages to destroy several Dominion ships plus several that were closing on the Defiant. Damar and Weyoun are surprised that Deep Space 9's shields are still holding to which Dukat tells them he has found it wise never to underestimate the Federation's technical skill or Captain Sisko's resourcefulness. In all, it turned out that the Dominion-Cardassian fleet lost 50 ships taking the station. The Defiant comes under attack but is saved by the Rotarran. The enemy fleet targets their weapons on the outer docking ring, penetrating the station's shields. Main power to the shields is lost and the auxiliary power will not last long. However, the Defiant reports in, telling Sisko the minefield has been deployed. Dax activates the field and returns to the station. The Dominion fleet prepares for a final assault on the station, with Dukat calling the activation of the minefield just a "minor setback". Sisko decides there is nothing more they can do and orders all Federation personnel to evacuate. Act Five As the evacuation begins, Dax says goodbye to Worf, who has been assigned to the Rotarran and agrees to marry him when the war is over. In front of the Bajoran temple, Sisko addresses the station population who are remaining behind. He tells them that although the station has been lost, the attack on Deep Space 9 allowed the Federation and the Klingons to attack and destroy the Dominion shipyards on Torros III. He also tells them that no victory can make this moment any easier for him and promises he will not rest until he stands with them again. Sisko taps his combadge to be beamed out and is then transported to the Defiant. Garak is already aboard and asks Captain Sisko for permission to remain and for once tells the very simple truth — he has nowhere else to go. Captain Sisko agrees, and heads for the bridge. The Defiant and the Rotarran leave the station, fire a few last shots, and cloak before they can be destroyed. Kira and Odo arrive in Ops and transmit a message to the Dominion fleet, welcoming them to Deep Space 9. Kira then activates Program Sisko 197, which sets off a series of explosive system overloads that cripple the station. Quark, removing all aspects of the Federation's presence, tells his staff to break out the kanar and find some yamok sauce. Rom reports for duty in his old job as Assistant Manager of Policy and Clientele. He claims he is now a spy for Starfleet. As Rom starts work, he finds Jake, sitting nearby the dabo table and ask why he's not on the Defiant. Jake explains he has chosen to stay behind to report on the Dominion occupation. Rom is concerned for his safety, but Jake assures him that if Dominion harms him, the son of the Emissary, they risk alienating their new Bajoran friends. On the Defiant, Sisko finds out and is naturally angry. O'Brien asks if they should go back for him, but Sisko says he cannot risk the entire crew of the Defiant for one man, even if it's his own son. And whether he likes it or not, Jake is a grown man and capable of making his own decisions. The Defiant and the Rotarran continue on their course to rendezvous with the Federation/Klingon task force. Nog states that now they will make the Dominion "sorry they ever set foot in the Alpha Quadrant." "Cadet, you took the words right out of my mouth," Sisko responds. The Dominion boards what is once again called Terok Nor and Odo, Kira, and Quark arrive to meet them. Weyoun tells Odo he is honored that he remained behind. Dukat and Weyoun visit Ops and the station commander's office where Sisko has removed all of his personal items, except one. Dukat finds Sisko's still on the desk, explaining to Weyoun that it represents a promise from Sisko that he will return to reclaim Deep Space 9. On the Defiant, Sisko sits in contemplation of the impending war that will sweep across the Alpha and Beta Quadrants. The Defiant and the Rotarran de-cloak and move to join the gigantic Federation and Klingon fleet. The Dominion War has begun. Log entries Captain's log, Deep Space 9, 2373 Memorable quotes "The Romulans! I always knew they were without honor. Now they have proven it!" - Worf, about the Romulans signing a nonaggression treaty with the Dominion "I'll make this quick. We know all about the minefield." "I assumed you'd find out sooner or later." "As I see it, you have two choices. Either you remove the mines, or we will take this station from you and remove them ourselves." - Weyoun and Sisko, about the minefield surrounding the entrance to the Bajoran wormhole "I appreciate your directness. Now let me be direct with you. The mines stay. I will not allow any more Dominion reinforcements through the wormhole." "YOU will not allow?!" "You heard me." - Sisko and Weyoun, about refusing to remove the minefield surrounding the entrance to the Bajoran wormhole "It's the Cardassians. Don't get me wrong. I'm pleased to call them allies, but as you know, they've just been through a terrible war with the Klingons. I'm afraid it's left them somewhat jittery. So they're understandably concerned with ensuring the sovereignty of their borders. And since they're now members of the Dominion, their concerns have become our concerns." - Weyoun, to Captain Sisko about the Cardassians "When the Klingons attacked the station, Gul Dukat and I were fighting side by side. At one point, he turned his back to me, and I must admit that, for a moment, he made a very tempting target." "You'd shoot a man in the back?" "Well, it's the safest way, isn't it? But then I thought, 'Well, no, I can't fight all these Klingons by myself.' So I let him live." "And now you regret it." "Ah, my dear Constable, before this day is over, everyone on this station is going to regret it." - Garak and Odo"Rom, I always said you were an idiot, but I never believed it more than I do at this moment." "Brother, if you want to insult me, it's going to have to wait till later. I'm busy." "Busy doing what?" "Preparing perimeter defenses for the attack." "There are dozens of engineers that could be doing that. Starfleet engineers. Hew-mons. You should be on Bajor with your new wife." "That's what Leeta said." "Well, she's right. This is not your fight." "It's not your fight either, but I don't see you leaving." "I have to look out for my bar." "And I have to look out for you." "Me?" "You're my brother. Whatever happens, we belong together." "Well, like I said, you're an idiot." (gives Rom a kiss on the back of his head) - Quark and Rom"Captain, as a major of the Bajoran Militia, I must officially protest Starfleet's refusal to turn this station over to my government." "Your protest is duly noted." "Good. Now that that's over with… Kira Nerys reporting for duty." - Kira Nerys and Benjamin Sisko"I have been waiting for this moment for five years." "First we reclaim Terok Nor, and then onto Bajor." "Let's not get ahead of ourselves. Or must I remind you that the Dominion just signed a nonaggression pact with Bajor?" "The Dominion might have. I never did." "The Dominion will honor its treaty. And as a member of the Dominion, you will honor it as well." "Where the Dominion leads, I will follow." "I never doubted it." - Dukat, Damar, and Weyoun"Sir, the station's shields are holding." "Impossible. Federation shields have always proven useless against our weapons." "I've found it wise to never underestimate the Federation's technical skill or Captain Sisko's resourcefulness." - Damar, Weyoun, and Dukat"You may continue your work, Commander. I will handle the Jem'Hadar." "Who says there's never a Klingon around when you need one?" (Martok chuckles) - Martok and Dax, after the Rotarran defends the Defiant as it mines the wormhole "When I first took command of this post, all I wanted was to be somewhere else. Anywhere but here. But now, five years later, this station has become my home. And you all of you have become my family and leaving this station… leaving you… is one of the hardest things I've ever had to do. But this war isn't over yet. I want you to know that, while we were keeping the Dominion occupied, a Starfleet/Klingon task force crossed the border into Cardassia and destroyed the Dominion shipyards on Torros III. Your sacrifices… our sacrifices, made this victory possible. But no victory can make this moment any easier for me. And I promise, I will not rest until I stand with you again… here… in this place where I belong." - Benjamin Sisko, saying his goodbyes to Deep Space 9's personnel "We should rendezvous with the Federation task force in 48 hours." "And then what?" "And then we make the Dominion sorry they ever set foot in the Alpha Quadrant." "Cadet, you took the words right out of my mouth." - Dax, Bashir, Nog, and Sisko"This is a great victory for Cardassia." "And the Dominion." "Over 50 ships lost, our spacedocks on Torros III destroyed. A victory, perhaps, but a costly one." "We'll discuss the repercussions later. Right now, I'm going to enjoy this moment." - Damar, Dukat and Weyoun"Gentlemen, on behalf of the Bajoran government…" "And the Promenade Merchants' Association…" "I officially welcome you to Deep Space 9.'" "You mean Terok Nor, don't you?" - Kira Nerys, Quark and Dukat "I assume Captain Sisko removed or destroyed everything of value?" "Not everything."" "What is that?" "A message from Sisko." "I don't understand." "He's letting me know… he'll be back." - Weyoun and Dukat, in regards to the baseball Sisko left behind in his office "The Federation must be really desperate." - Quark, after Rom explains that he has become a spy for Starfleet Background information Story and script Ronald D. Moore commented that historical parallels brought up during the story discussions included Napoléon Bonaparte's pyrrhic victory at Moscow, of the to Japan in 1942, and the evacuation of by the in 1940. The idea for Sisko to leave his behind as a message to Dukat that he planned to return was Ronald D. Moore's. () Interestingly, Sisko's baseball played a pivotal role in the final scenes of both Seasons six (where he takes it with him to Earth) and seven (where Kira carries it out into Ops). According to Robert Hewitt Wolfe, the Deep Space Nine writers preferred non-cliffhanger season finales that left things open as to how they could begin the following season, as opposed to cliffhangers which locked the writers into tackling a specific problem. Open-ended non-cliffhangers left the writers free to change things around if they wished come the start of the next season, and the writers liked this sense of freedom; "It's like setting a table for yourself. You're not setting up a cliffhanger where you have to solve a certain problem. You just have to put out some beetlesnuff. You know, something to set up the solution." () Sisko's insistence (under the influence of the Prophets) that Bajor not join the Federation in is finally explained in this episode. If they had signed the Federation treaty at that time, they would not have been in a position to sign a nonaggression pact with the Dominion, and Bajor would have very likely been the first world to fall. The script mentions that the discussion between Jadzia, O'Brien and Rom should be considered to be like the , the attempt to develop atomic bombs during the Second World War. (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion - A Series Guide and Script Library) Production This episode is the last of the series to be co-written by the departing Robert Hewitt Wolfe (although he would also write the seventh season episode as a freelancer). He appears as an injured Starfleet officer boarding the as Dax tells Worf she will marry him, an image of which is seen in the . Also, in the Companion, as well as in (p. 10), is a photo showing the DS9 cast (in character) sitting around a table in the wardroom. They are all looking at the camera and holding little signs that say "(sad)" (except for Michael Dorn, who's holding his upside down). Ronald D. Moore explained: "This was part of a gag we did for Robert Wolfe when he left the show. We re-wrote a scene from the final episode where the entire cast was talking in the Wardroom about Robert leaving the show. The final bit in the scene was each of them holding up a sign saying "(sad)" which is an inside joke having to do with our use of parenthetical instructions to the actors (i.e. (with feeling) or (with humor) or (angry)). They were all supposed to be (sad) about Robert leaving the show." The massive final shot for this episode proved to be exceptionally popular among viewers, who felt that it really set the stage for the upcoming season. The producers however, reacted differently. According to Ira Steven Behr, "What we'd written for that scene was, 'Lots of ships, two little ships coming to join them.' But what the effects people shot was, Lots of ships, two little ships coming, turning around, joining them, and then coming back together. It went much farther than we wanted. It told the audience that we were attacking now, like, 'Okay, we're marshaling our forces and here we are to join up,' which was never the idea. That changed the entire opening to Season 6. We'd already written the opening of the first show, and René said, 'Guys, this doesn't work, because the effects people have made the audience think that something a lot bigger has happened. We have to address that.' Anyway, we changed the opening of Season 6 to have all those ships we saw in "Call to Arms" battered and beaten and leaking plasma." () The mass scene was also one of the last where physical studio models were used in scenes of this kind (the last one occurring in the follow-up episode ) before complete transition to CGI for scenes of this kind. David Stipes, the visual effects supervisor for the episode, has broken down the scene as follows: , Klingon Bird-of-Prey, , , , and , the latter three making their first appearances since (ILM was requested to hand over their CGI models made for that film for remapping, though rumor has it that the model of the was lost during transfer to Digital Muse), were done in CGI; , , , and (the latter three were either AMT/Ertl model kits or Playmates Toys) were still physical models. The fleet scene at the very end of this episode was the very first indication that the had entered production, as two other Defiant-class vessels were seen among the Federation and Klingon vessels – they are, however, definitely not either the , which was caught behind enemy lines, or the , which had not been commissioned at that point in the series. This scene is also the first of three times that more than one Defiant-class vessel appear on-screen together at any one time – the others being the episodes and . In an apparent production error, both of the ships seen at the end of the episode have the registry number NCC-1701-D on the bottom of the saucer section. Reception This is one of Ira Steven Behr's all-time favorite Deep Space Nine episodes. He sums the episode up as being simply about goodbyes, and he wanted to make sure that the audience understood this so that they would be ready for what was to come in Season 6; "It was the big hint to the audience. I knew that we were going to do something very bold the following season, and I wanted to prepare people for it, because we were already thinking of having this multipart episode the next year that was going to turn the show around." () Indeed, the episode contains four major farewell scenes: 1) Sisko's heartfelt farewell to the crew remaining on Deep Space 9, 2) Dax's romantic farewell to Worf, 3) Rom's rushed farewell to Leeta, and 4) Garak's gentle farewell to Ziyal. This episode is also a personal favorite of Ronald D. Moore, who ranks it as his favorite season finale of any Star Trek show, included. () Jeffrey Combs enjoyed filming the scene between Weyoun and Sisko, commenting that the characters "both know, like good diplomats, that what we're saying sounds good but it's complete and utter nonsense and that the exact opposite is true. It takes a lot of bravura to look at someone and appear absolutely genuine in your conviction that you mean them no harm and yet you're just waiting to slip a knife into their ribs when they're not looking. It's honorable yet dishonorable at the same time". (TV Zone, issue 109/TV Zone Special #44 – Villains Special) Erika Lippoldt commented: "A game-changing episode that revealed a whole new facet to a series five seasons in, and created a launching point for the brilliant season six of DS9. Not only did this episode manage to heighten the stakes in an unexpected manner, it gave way to some of the juiciest character moments to date. When Sisko says 'this has become my home, and you have become my family', the emotion behind those words is completely earned – and reminds us that even though the show was taking chances, it was still about family, as all Trek is." Trivia This episode features the Second Battle of Deep Space 9 and the start of the Dominion War. Kira's comments about Odo's feelings establish that this episode takes place about a month after . This episode shows Weyoun clearly overruling Dukat and reminding him that as a member of the Dominion, he has to abide by their rules, the first time it is clearly shown that Cardassia is no longer autonomous. This trend continued and worsened, with Weyoun telling Damar that he can give him orders independently of Dukat in , reminding him that he rules at the Dominion's pleasure in , and finally stating that the Founders own Cardassia in . Cardassia's declining independence serve as a catalyst for the rebellion led by Damar later in the Dominion War in . Some of the damage and battle footage during the Second Battle of Deep Space 9 was re-used from , , and , with different ships or backgrounds. Some shots of the being attacked by Jem'Hadar attack ships was re-used from . In a captain's log entry, Sisko says, "As someone once said, 'These are the times that try men's souls." This quote is from , the revolutionary pamphlet by (after whom the starship was named), published in 1776. In the original mini-series, a character says these same words while comforting another character. Rom's farewell speech to Leeta is a paraphrase of Rick Blaine's () final speech to Ilsa Lund () in the film : "If that plane leaves the ground and you're not with him, you'll regret it. Maybe not today. Maybe not tomorrow, but soon and for the rest of your life .... it doesn't take much to see that the problems of three little people don't amount to a hill of beans in this crazy world. Someday you'll understand that." The non-aggression pact signed between the Romulan Star Empire and the Dominion in this episode would be in place until the sixth season episode , where Sisko would lie to the Romulans about the Dominion's intentions so as to ensure they enter the war on the side of the Federation. Leeta looked at over 150 designs for a wedding dress. She liked #38. Referenced Rules of Acquisition: #190 ("Hear all, trust nothing") The final moments of this episode are ized in book two of Star Trek: The Dominion War. This episode marks the first appearance of ships other than the USS Defiant'', toward the episode's end in the Second Fleet. Video and DVD releases UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 5.13, As part of the DS9 Season 5 DVD collection Links and references Starring Avery Brooks as Captain Sisko Also starring Rene Auberjonois as Odo Michael Dorn as Lt. Commander Worf Terry Farrell as Lt. Commander Dax Cirroc Lofton as Jake Sisko Colm Meaney as Chief O'Brien Armin Shimerman as Quark Alexander Siddig as Doctor Bashir Nana Visitor as Major Kira Guest stars Andrew J. Robinson as Garak Jeffrey Combs as Weyoun Marc Alaimo as Dukat Max Grodénchik as Rom Aron Eisenberg as Nog J.G. Hertzler as Martok Chase Masterson as Leeta Melanie Smith as Tora Ziyal Casey Biggs as Damar Uncredited co-stars Sam Alejan as sciences officer Michael Bailous as Bajoran security deputy Jem'Hadar soldier Faye Barge as Bajoran civilian Scott Barry as Bajoran command officer Patti Begley as Bajoran command officer Bill Blair as Jem'Hadar soldier Paradan visitor Ivy Borg as Rita Tannenbaum Uriah Carr as operations officer Tory Christopher as sciences lieutenant Robert Coffee as Bajoran ops officer Frank Collison as Dolak (display graphic) Cathy DeBuono as M'Pella Brian Demonbreun as sciences officer Kathleen Demor as operations lieutenant Steve Diamond as Bajoran command officer Peggy Donaldson as command lieutenant jg Judi Durand as Deep Space 9 Computer Voice Maria Dykstra as Bajoran security deputy Jasmine Gagnier as operations officer Anthony Giger as command officer Terry Green as operations lieutenant Dorothy Hack as Bajoran civilian Leslie Hoffman as command crewmember Charlie-Olisa Kaine as Wade Kelley as sciences officer Norman Large as Neral (display graphic) David B. 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A Time to Stand (episode)

With the Dominion on track to winning the war against the Federation, Sisko and his crew take a captured Jem'Hadar ship into enemy territory with a mission to cut off the Jem'Hadar's supply of ketracel-white in the Alpha Quadrant. (Season premiere) Summary Teaser A battered Federation and Klingon fleet move through space, attesting to the fact the war is not going well. Three months have passed since the Dominion occupied Deep Space 9 and hostilities began. The has been on the run from the Jem'Hadar for 78 hours. Everyone on board is tense and exhausted. On the Defiants bridge, Nog gets anxious that news of the Seventh Fleet's counterassault has not arrived, while Chief Miles O'Brien is sick and tired of running from the Dominion. In the medical supply room, Doctor Julian Bashir is treating Elim Garak for a small head wound. Bashir estimates their chances of survival at 32.7%. Garak is not impressed with Bashir's calculations, notwithstanding Bashir's recently revealed genetic enhancements. The Defiant and Klingon General Martok's rendezvous and Worf and Jadzia Dax are reunited in the Defiants mess hall. After a joyous hello, Worf reveals that he is upset that Dax has scheduled the ritual sacrifice of the targ to occur after their wedding feast. Dax gives in, saying, "first we'll shed blood, and then we'll feast." When Martok points out that Worf wasn't talking about anything else in days, Dax puns, "He's such a worrier.". As Worf and Dax leave, Captain Benjamin Sisko suggests that they not break any bones, to which Dax only responds with the crossing of her fingers. Bashir enters and says they've been ordered to Starbase 375, and he has word of the Seventh Fleet's engagement in the Tyra system: out of 112 ships, only fourteen ships have returned. "We can't keep taking these kinds of losses sir, not if we expect to win this!" Bashir exclaims to Sisko. Sisko quietly thanks the doctor and tells him that will be all. After Bashir leaves with Martok to treat his arm, an angry Sisko slams his fist on a tabletop, breaking the glass. Act One On the reclaimed Terok Nor, Gul Dukat narrates a log entry, quite pleased with how the war is going. Reports of victories arrive daily and with the enemy retreating on nearly every front, "it is a good time for Cardassia… and the Dominion." Weyoun is happy that life seems to be returning to normal on the station. Kira wants Bajoran security returned to the station, but Dukat is concerned about the implications of allowing armed Bajorans on board. Weyoun is disturbed by the way Dukat seems to be undermining the Dominion's position because of his antipathy towards the Bajorans, but lets the matter rest for the moment. After Kira leaves, Weyoun demands Damar leave and then, to Dukat, to be included in all decisions on station policy henceforth. Further, Weyoun is impatient with Dukat's slow progress on clearing the minefield that is blocking the wormhole, preventing Dominion reinforcements from getting through from the Gamma Quadrant. Dukat complains that destroying these self-replicating mines is difficult because when they attempt to destroy one, its neighbor replicates another, but assures Weyoun that he will eventually get it done. In Quark's, business is looking up again; Cardassians ring the gaming tables, though Quark also has to contend with several tables of Jem'Hadar, who do not eat, drink, or relax, but just sit, looking baleful. At the bar, Quark gives Kira a complimentary drink as she and Odo are discussing the Occupation. Quark says that as occupations go, this one's not so bad. Kira acidly says that must be true for someone concerned solely with profit and monthly balance sheets, but Quark reminds her that all three of them have vivid memories of the horrible conditions for Bajorans on the station during the last occupation, none of which are present this time. Quark admits that he wants the Federation back as much as they do but encourages them to keep in mind that "things could be a lot worse." Odo reluctantly agrees and that the Dominion is (for the moment) treating Bajor as a friend. Kira asks, if that's true, why are there no Bajoran security officers on the station? After the Defiants arrival at Starbase 375, Admiral William Ross surprises Sisko by informing him he has a new office on the starbase and he is relieving him of command of the Defiant. Ross tells Sisko that he'll be informed of his new assignment later. Act Two While waiting, Sisko contacts his father Joseph in New Orleans, Earth. His father is very upset that his grandson Jake is still on Deep Space 9, and a heated argument arises. Sisko says that staying behind was Jake's choice, but the elder Sisko doesn't care about this. Benjamin promises his father that he'll get Jake back soon. Joseph then asks if things are as bad as the news services say. Sisko says they're worse. Joseph wonders how, if space is so infinite and vast why people can't just leave each other alone. Sisko admits that it should work that way, but it just doesn't. Joseph needs to get back to his customers but begs his son to get Jake back and the two convey their love for the other. Meanwhile on Terok Nor, Jake wants an interview with Weyoun, but learns that Weyoun has been censoring his Federation News Service articles by blocking Jake's transmissions. Weyoun explains that he thinks Jake's reporting is biased against the Dominion, using words like "occupying force". Jake objects, but Weyoun refuses the interview for now. However, he invites Jake to keep writing with the bias in mind, and he will continue to read his articles and consider allowing his transmissions to go through. Back at Starbase 375, Ross reveals Sisko's and the Defiant crew's new assignment. They're to destroy the Dominion's main ketracel-white storage facility in the Alpha Quadrant, located deep in Dominion territory. Instead of the Defiant, they're to use the Jem'Hadar attack ship Sisko captured last year to infiltrate Dominion space. "Do you even know how to fly that thing?" Bashir asks Sisko. The captain responds, "Not yet – but I intend to learn." Act Three Two weeks later, while on board preparing for departure, the crew starts to complain about the "design flaws" of the Jem'Hadar ship: no chairs, no food replicators, no viewscreen on the bridge, and no infirmary. Garak joins the crew at Sisko's invitation, as his knowledge of Cardassian space and Cardassian contacts may be useful. They are cleared to leave, and Sisko, putting on the virtual sensory display, orders the ship to be taken out and to head for the Cardassian border at warp six. On Terok Nor, Dukat is ensconced in Captain Sisko's office and is amusing himself by playing with Sisko's . Dukat wants to spend more time with Kira, so calls for her, noting their only interactions have been for station business. Kira is disgusted by Dukat, and tries to leave, but Dukat pulls rank. When asked, she says he betrayed everyone, including his own people by joining the Dominion. He tries to convince her of the dire situation he was faced with, saying Cardassia was a third-rate power. He says he's getting the Alpha Quadrant in return for the high price he's paid, but Kira is skeptical that will happen. Dukat says he's patient with her, and clearly expects an intimate relationship at some point. She soon slaps his hand away when he reaches for her face. Then, he lets her leave and spins Sisko's baseball on the desk. Sisko's Jem'Hadar ship, en route to Dominion space, Sisko is having trouble with the headset. Garak offers to wear the other one, as he noticed Dukat wearing one earlier, so that they can share the burden. Soon, the ship is discovered by the captained by Charlie Reynolds, an officer Sisko is acquainted with. Just as they are about to cross the Cardassian border, the Centaur fires on them. Act Four With the communication system down, Sisko orders Dax to make a run for the border. However, the Centaur is still on them, damaging a guidance thruster. Sisko orders Dax to fire back, targeting the Centaurs weapons array only. Luckily, three Jem'Hadar ships enter the fray and the Centaur warps away. Oddly, they don't acknowledge them, so they continue on. In order to return Bajoran security to the station, Kira urges Odo to take advantage of his god status as a Changeling with Weyoun. Odo is very uncomfortable with this, but reluctantly agrees. When Odo presents his demand to Weyoun, he immediately agrees: "Consider it done." Dukat objects, but Weyoun tells Dukat to keep out of it. It is strictly between Weyoun and Odo. But Weyoun asks Odo for a favor in return: he asks Odo to sit on the station's Ruling Council, along with Weyoun and Dukat. When Odo tells Kira about Weyoun's request, she is concerned that Weyoun may be using Odo to validate the Dominion's occupation. Odo says he thought that we were using them, and besides, he has walked this fine line before. Kira remains uneasy. Meanwhile, Sisko's Jem'Hadar ship arrives at the ketracel-white storage facility, which is built into a small asteroid. After they observe another ship go through the exchange process, Garak requests 84 canisters of ketracel-white. O'Brien says he has 83 empty canisters standing by, and one not-so-empty one which is filled with ninety isotons of enriched ultritium. This should be enough to take out the whole storage facility. Sisko's ship moves inside into the depot's security zone. O'Brien sets the detonator for three minutes. After the exchange of (mostly) empty canisters for canisters full of white takes place, Garak asks the facility for clearance to leave. Instead, the facility raises their security net, trapping Sisko's ship inside, while the bomb is still ticking. Act Five The facility orders Sisko's ship to stand by. The crew concludes that if they stay inside the net the bomb will destroy the ship along with the depot. The explosion will also take out the security net. But if they attempt to escape too early, they'll smash into the inside of the security net before it comes down. Dax and Bashir calculate that if the ship goes to impulse exactly 1.3 seconds before the bomb detonates, they will avoid both the explosion and the security net. Dax programs this into the computer and hands the piloting controls over to it. But the bomb goes off early. Dax takes back helm control and gets the ship out of there. The Jem'Hadar ship barely makes it out, the huge explosion chasing at its tail. But they survive, and the plan worked. The ship suffered heavy damage, however. The core matrix is fried and there is no warp drive. Bashir informs everyone that the closest Federation starbase is "seventeen years, two months, and three days away – give or take an hour." Sisko's crippled Jem'Hadar attack ship, now without warp capacity, starts the long journey back. Log entries Permanent documentation file Memorable quotes "What about freedom of the press?" "Please tell me you're not that naïve." - Jake Sisko and Weyoun "My dear Major Kira, you have no idea how it pleases me to hear you say that. (Dukat and Damar enter) Dukat, the Major has just given me the most wonderful news. Bajorans are returning to the station." "I'm well aware of that." "Then I'm sure you share my delight in knowing that life here is returning to normal. The shops are reopening, the Promenade is abuzz with activity once again, the habitat ring echoes with the laughter of happy children!" "I've doubled security patrols throughout the station." - Weyoun, Dukat, and Damar "You enjoy that, don't you? That constant reminder that you're their master." "The Founders are the masters; I am merely their servant. As are the Jem'Hadar. And you." "That may be, but even amongst servants, someone has to be in charge, hm?" (chuckle) "That is exactly the kind of observation I've come to expect from you, Dukat. Interesting, yet somewhat… petty." - Dukat and Weyoun "How do I explain that I evacuated every Federation citizen off Deep Space 9, except his grandson?" "You'll figure something out." - Benjamin Sisko and Jadzia Dax "I'm sure my head will heal but the way this war is going, I wouldn't bet on any of us living to a ripe, old age." - Garak "What is it, Worf? What's wrong?" "It is about our wedding." "You're getting cold feet?" "You have scheduled the ritual sacrifice of the targ to occur after the wedding feast has been served." "We haven't seen each other in five weeks, and that's the first thing you say to me?" "We agreed it would be a traditional ceremony." (Sighs) "Okay, have it your way. First, we'll shed blood, then we'll feast." "As it should be." - Jadzia and Worf "I have news of the Seventh Fleet." "Go on." "Only fourteen ships made it back to our lines." "Fourteen… out of a hundred and twelve!" "We can't afford to take these kinds of losses, sir, not if we expect to win this!!" "Go on." - Julian Bashir, Benjamin Sisko, and Martok "You're not genetically engineered… you're a Vulcan!" - Elim Garak, to Julian Bashir "Permanent documentation file, Dukat, S.G. Each day brings reports of new victories. The war continues to go well. The enemy is retreating on almost all fronts. It's only a matter of time before the Federation collapses and Earth becomes another conquered planet under Dominion rule. All in all, it's a good time for Cardassia…and the Dominion." - Dukat "I never expected to say this, but as occupations go, this one's not so bad." "No, I suppose that's true if all you're worried about is a monthly balance sheet." "I'm not just concerned with profit, Major. Look around. Do you see any ghetto fences dividing the Promenade? Or exhausted Bajoran slave laborers sprawled on the ground after a grueling day in the ore processing center? Do you hear the cries of starving children? I don't. Now don't get me wrong, I miss the Federation, too. All I'm saying is, things could be a lot worse." - Quark and Major Kira "You know, there's something I just don't understand. You're always telling me that space is big, that it's an endless frontier, filled with infinite wonders." "It's true." "If that's the case, you would think there'd be more than enough room to allow people to leave each other alone." "It just doesn't work that way… It should. But it doesn't." - Joseph and Benjamin Sisko "So… you feel I've betrayed you." "Not just me. Everyone… even your own people." "Cardassia was on the edge of an abyss, Major. The war with the Klingons left us a third-rate power. My people had lost their ways. I've made them strong again." "At what price? You sold Cardassia to the Dominion!" "A high price, to be sure. But look what we're getting in return: the Alpha Quadrant itself." - Dukat and Kira Nerys "I could make things very pleasant for you here, Kira." "You could start by doing something about your breath." "I'm a patient man. I can wait." "Wait for what? What do you think is going to happen here, Dukat? That you're going to wear me down with your charming personality? That I'm going to be swept off my feet by that insincere smile? Are you really so deluded that you actually believe that we're going to have some kind of intimate relationship?" "Oh, we already do." - Dukat and Kira Nerys, friendly as always "I've invited Mr. Garak to join us. Considering we're going into Cardassian territory, he might prove useful." "It's been known to happen." - Sisko and Garak "It's like having a viewscreen inside your brain." - Garak, about the virtual sensory display "I hope whoever is in charge down there hasn't taken a lunch break." - Nog, a few moments before beaming the canisters down, along with a bomb set for three minutes. "Are things really as bad as the news service claims?" "Maybe worse." "Well, you certainly know how to comfort a frightened old man." "You didn't raise me to be a liar." "I raised you to be a chef, for all the good it did me." - Joseph Sisko and Benjamin Sisko "How bad is it, Chief?" "Doesn't look good. Gonna have to switch to auxiliary life support. Deflectors are down, guidance system's shot and…" "And what?" "The core matrix is fried. We don't have warp drive." "Forgive my ignorance, but if we don't have warp drive, how long is it going to take us to reach the closest Federation starbase?" "A long time, Mr. Garak." "How long?" "Seventeen years, two months and three days, give or take an hour." - Sisko, O'Brien, Garak, and Bashir "What happened?" "I was studying some star charts for Captain Sisko during the last assault, when I had a sudden, and rather violent, encounter with a bulkhead." - Julian Bashir and Elim Garak Background information The six-episode arc The original plan for the multi-episode arc was that it would encompass the entirety of the Dominion War; as Ronald D. Moore explains, "The initial thinking was that we would end Season 5 on a cliff-hanger with the Federation plunged into war, and then we would come back and do a multi-episode arc, and the war would last that long." Originally, the arc was going to be four episodes, but Ira Steven Behr extended it to five, and eventually to six. () Of the somewhat controversial decision to have the show go semi-serialized, Rick Berman argues, "I think the potential for the serialization – or near-serialization – of the show was always there. If you're on a spaceship, as in Voyager or The Next Generation or The Original Series, you have your family of people who go off and meet aliens every week. But Deep Space Nine was conceived as a stationary show. It took place on a space station, and we found ourselves developing dozens of ancillary characters, secondary characters, and recurring characters. And because we remained there, those characters kept coming back. So once you have the tapestry of all of these different characters, and you had all of these different stories that were kind of weaving in and out, I think it sort of begged for more of a serialized format. And the fact that the Dominion War became such a major part of the last two seasons really contributed to the feeling of serialization." () Despite the inevitability of the show becoming serialized, the decision to do a multi-episode arc at the beginning of the season was not one that was taken lightly. As Hans Beimler explains, "This was big, a really big thing for us. Because even though we had done some strange things over the course of the show, we never had attempted a six-episode arc. In the history of Star Trek, it never had been done. None of us came from series where you did that, so it was a new experience for all of us. And there was a learning curve. But it showed us the possibilities and the excitement that could be garnered, and in the end, we liked it so much that we decided to do the ten-episode arc at the end of the series." Similarly, Ira Steven Behr says, "There was some hesitation over whether it was a valid direction for us to take, about whether we were pushing the envelope a little too far. But ultimately everyone agreed that it was tremendously successful, and one of the best things the show ever did." () Of the process of writing the six-episode arc, Ronald D. Moore explains, "We broke the six episodes together, but as everybody went off and worked on writing them, things would start to change or shift. It became a much more interactive process than it ever had been before. Because each detail had a domino effect. We'd had that happen before, to a certain extent, but we'd never done this many episodes with this many continuing storylines as a single piece. We weren't used to the rhythm. It was definitely challenging!" Similarly, Hans Beimler points out, "It changed the dynamic of the way we work and it changed the kind of involvement that everybody had. Because René Echevarria or Ronald D. Moore would go away to work on an episode, and discover something in the writing process that was going to change everybody elses script. One of them would be coming back all the time saying, 'You know what guys? We need to rethink.' And then we'd call in all the troops and rethink the storyline." Ira Steven Behr says essentially the same thing; "The guys were coming in saying, 'What are you writing?' 'Are we gonna do this?' 'Where's Kira at right now?' 'What's Odo doing?' There were a lot of phone calls, a lot of running into each other's offices, a lot of 'Should this go before this?' and 'Wait a second – does this track?' The fact is, the show isn't geared to work like that." () "A Time to Stand" The opening shot of "A Time to Stand", featuring the retreating flotilla of Starfleet vessels, was one of the last mass scenes entirely composed of footage of physical studio models, save for the CGI USS Defiant. To beef out the scene, the production staff built several new ships, kitbashing them out of parts from commercially available AMT/Ertl, and Revell-Monogram Star Trek model kits. Regarding the names of the new ship types/classes seen in the scene, Mike Okuda has remarked, "Those kitbashes were pretty much built and labeled at random. The VFX department put in a lot of extra time and effort into assembling those models, and they had a little fun with the names. (A few of us from the art department even lent a hand.) Some of the ships had authentic-sounding names, but most of them had gag names. One might reasonably argue that Starfleet might have named a bunch of their ships after historic figures whose names happened to be the same as several of the Star Trek visual effects department staff members. On the other hand, some of the ships had rather impolite names that Starfleet would (probably) not have approved on any of its ships. In any case, everyone worked so hard that I felt it would not be appropriate to attempt to impose "authentic" names or numbering, especially since there was no chance that any of it would be legible on screen." It was important to the writers during the composition of this episode that it not be all about huge space battles, but that there also be an element of Humanity to it. According to Ira Steven Behr, "We knew that going into the war would make it easy for us to fall into the 'hero' trap, where you concentrate on Star Wars-type heroic space battles and stuff like that. But we really wanted to keep the human aspect of the pain of war. So we included a Human moment: the concerned father talking to his son." () Barry Jenner makes his first appearance as Admiral William Ross in this episode. After Jenner finished shooting, Ira Steven Behr took him aside and said, "We've had other admirals on this show. We're glad we've found you. Sorry it took five years!" () Behr also says of Jenner, "He brings a gravitas to the role, and yet you can see there's a man behind the uniform. I think that Barry Jenner is one of the unsung heroes of the show, one of the pieces of the puzzle that might not be readily apparent to the audience. But he's part of the glue that makes our job easier." () The writers created the short scene between Worf and Jadzia Dax because they were worried that no matter what they did for the seventh episode of the season, it was going to seem weak compared to the multi-episode arc which preceded it. As such, they decided early on to have the wedding in the seventh episode, so they decided to 'remind' viewers of that particular story thread here, and also to indicate to people that things will be happening even when the arc is over. () This episode serves as another chapter in the on-going Kira/Dukat arc which began in the second season episode . After it became apparent that Dukat was attracted to Kira in , they briefly worked together in the episodes and , before Dukat came to blame Kira for Ziyal's friendship with Garak in . In "A Time to Stand", Dukat's seemingly blind attraction to Kira is very much to the fore, but so too is Kira's repulsion towards his advances. Dukat briefly wins her over in , but Kira ultimately comes to the realization that she wants nothing to do with him. The episode is dedicated to the memory of Brandon Tartikoff, the former Chairman of Paramount Pictures, who died in August 1997. It was Tartikoff who originally approached Rick Berman about doing a new Star Trek series, and it was Tartikoff's idea to do a stationary show, as opposed to one on a starship. The Jem'Hadar attack ship in this episode was the one previously captured by the crew in . Ronald D. Moore commented: "There was a line [cut] somewhere that indicated that the captured J'H ship was transmitting a newly updated recognition signal." This is why they were not approached by other Dominion ships. This episode takes place three months after , around Stardate 51225.2. However, three episodes after this episode, takes place on Stardate 51145.3, which is almost a month earlier than the stardate of this episode. Stardate 51225.2 also contradicts the stardate of the immediately following episode, , 51096.2, which was taken from the script, and preserved in closed captioning. This episode has one of the longest teasers in Star Trek, lasting just over seven minutes. Dukat's "Permanent documentation file" represents the first time when some sort of log is kept by the antagonist; in fact, it is the only time, if one doesn't count the mirror universe Maximilian Forrest and in . Filming began on . Remastered version Remastered footage from the episode is featured in the documentary What We Left Behind. Video and DVD releases UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 6.1, With this volume, the layout of the video sleeve changes slightly - the stardates previously included have been dropped, and the two episodes are separated by a horizontal line. As part of the DS9 Season 6 DVD collection Links and references Guest stars Andrew J. Robinson as "Garak" Jeffrey Combs as "Weyoun" Marc Alaimo as "Gul Dukat" Aron Eisenberg as "Nog" J.G. Hertzler as "Martok" Casey Biggs as Damar Barry Jenner as Admiral Ross And Brock Peters as "Joseph Sisko" Uncredited co-stars Sam Alejan as sciences officer Michael Bailous as Bajoran security deputy Faye Barge as Bajoran civilian Majel Barrett as Narrator Bill Blair as operations officer Frank Collison as Dolak Cathy DeBuono as M'Pella Maria Dykstra as Bajoran security deputy Jeffrey Hayenga as Orta Norman Large as Neral Mark Lentry as Jem'Hadar guard David B. Levinson as Broik Dan Magee as operations lieutenant Mary Mascari as Bajoran civilian April Rossi as Ktarian hooker Chuck Shanks as operations lieutenant Mark Allen Shepherd as Morn Steph Silvestri as command officer Michael Wajacs as Bajoran civilian Unknown performers as Buck-toothed criminal Dabo girl Female operations officer Ferengi criminal Ferengi passerby Four Jem'Hadar soldiers in Quark's Jem'Hadar guard Klingon criminal Markalian dabo player Plix Tixiplik Yridian gambler References 47 (47 references); 2373; 2391; Alpha Quadrant; amusement; asteroid; attack pattern omega; Bajor; Bajorans; Bajoran wormhole; balance sheet; bearing; bias; biobed; Cardassia; Cardassians; Cardassian border; Cardassian space/Cardassian territory; chair; cloaking ability; cloaking device; ; dabo; deputy; Dominion history; Dominion territory; Earth; Emissary of the Prophets; evasive maneuvers; Federation; Federation News Service; Federation space; field rations; flattery; freedom of the press; ghetto fence; headache; holo-imager; holosuite; induction stabilizer; intimate relationship; isoton; kilometer; Klingon-Cardassian War; medical facility; Occupation of Bajor; occupying force; "Old Man"; parabolic thruster; poison; power generator; Promenade; propaganda; Quark's; raktajino; replicator; resonance emitter; ; ; ritual sacrifice; sandwich; sarcasm; Sisko's; storage facility; surgical tissue regenerator; "swing for the fences"; targ; terminology; Tyra system; viewscreen; virtual sensory display; Vulcans; wedding; wedding feast Starship references (); (); ; ; (); ; Federation attack fighter (unnamed); ; ; (unnamed); Jem'Hadar fighter (Sisko's attack ship, unnamed 1, 2, and 3); Jem'Hadar battle cruiser (Dukat's battle cruiser); Klingon Bird-of-Prey (unnamed); (unnamed); (unnamed); Raging Queen; Seventh Fleet; Starbase 375 () Unreferenced material ; External links de:Zeit des Widerstands es:A Time to Stand fr:A Time to Stand (épisode) nl:A Time to Stand Time to Stand, A

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Rocks and Shoals (episode)

Sisko's crew crash land their Jem'Hadar ship into the waters of an alien ocean on a world where a group of Jem'Hadar have also crash landed with only one vial of ketracel-white remaining. Meanwhile, on Terok Nor, Kira finds she cannot live with herself working side by side with the Dominion. Summary Teaser "Captain's log, supplemental. O'Brien needed three days to restore main power to our commandeered Dominion ship, but he's not going to get them. Sensors have detected two Jem'Hadar fighters heading our way, and without main power our chances of survival are slim to none." Benjamin Sisko and crew are stranded deep in Dominion-held space on a captured Jem'Hadar ship with a disabled warp drive. Chief Miles O'Brien and Nog are busy making repairs. Two Jem'Hadar fighters approach Sisko's ship and attack. Their only option is to make a run for an uncharted dark matter nebula. Before they can get inside it, Jadzia Dax is injured when a Jem'Hadar volley rocks the ship. Doctor Julian Bashir thinks the symbiont has been injured too. All ship functions disabled, they begin to descend towards an unknown class M planet. Act One The ship crash lands into a sea just off a coast but everyone escapes with their lives. A Vorta named Keevan and a group of Jem'Hadar had crashed onto the planet two days earlier. The Jem'Hadar and are dead, Keevan is badly wounded, they are running out of ketracel-white, and they cannot establish communications with any Dominion forces off-planet. Crawling onto shore with what few items from the ship they could take with them, Sisko and the others have a much-needed laugh when O'Brien frets, absurdly, over his torn pant leg. Back on Dominion-controlled Deep Space 9, once again referred to as Terok Nor, Major Kira Nerys wakes up at 0500 for another day of duty working with the Dominion and their Cardassian allies. She boards the turbolift, already filled with Jem'Hadar and Cardassians. Arriving at her station in ops, she thanks , a Cardassian, for her raktajino and begins her duties. In a cave on the planet, Keevan discusses their dire situation with Remata'Klan. It will be ten days before they can even attempt to establish communications. Keevan distributes a very limited dose of white to the Jem'Hadar soldiers. Meanwhile Sisko and the crew set up camp in another cave where Bashir can stabilize Dax's condition. Nog and Elim Garak go on a survey mission to find water and food. Nog is apprehensive around Garak ever since he tied him up and threatened to kill him. Garak recalls that there were extenuating circumstances but Nog declares that he won't ever turn his back on him again. Garak tells Nog "there may be hope for you yet." Then, several Jem'Hadar soldiers appear around them and they are taken prisoner. Act Two Nog and Garak are being interrogated in the Jem'Hadar camp. Nog refuses to give more than his name and Starfleet serial number, and the Jem'Hadar turn their weapons on he and Garak. Garak tells Nog to shut up and Keevan turns to the Cardassian. Garak claims to be one Kamar, one of the Dominion's Cardassian allies who has been captured by the (the ship encountered by Sisko and his crew while infiltrating Cardassian territory). Keevan sees through this lie, holding up the Starfleet combadge Garak was wearing. Keevan says he has only one question: is there a doctor in Garak's unit. Garak, weighing his options carefully, decides for once to tell the truth, and says yes. Nog is furious with him, but Keevan says he just saved both their lives. Keevan sends Third Remata'Klan to assess the Federation group's strength, but firmly orders him not to engage. On Terok Nor, Jake Sisko is interviewing Odo and Kira in the security office about the Dominion's plans to send four hundred Vorta "facilitators" to Bajor despite Weyoun still blocking his transmissions to the Federation News Service. Jake also informs them that Vedek Yassim is planning a demonstration on the Promenade the next day. Jake's pointed questions quickly get under Kira's skin and she along with Odo end the interview. Back on the planet, Sisko and a few others are searching for Nog and Garak. Despite the order from Keevan not to engage, the Jem'Hadar open fire. Act Three After determining who fired the first shot, the Jem'Hadar leader orders a withdrawal from the engagement with the Starfleet party. Running out of ketracel-white, the Jem'Hadar are becoming anxious and none of them can shroud themselves any longer. In the distance, Sisko and O'Brien ponder why the Jem'Hadar cannot camouflage themselves. Sisko notes that it is a good question and hopes the answer lies in their favor. Kira tries to convince Vedek Yassim not to hold her protests. Yassim asks Kira what Kira's doing to fight the Dominion. Kira says that this is different from the Cardassian occupation – fighting isn't the answer here. Yassim accuses Kira of becoming an apologist for the Dominion, "a defender of evil". Kira tells the Vedek that she simply does not understand. Before leaving, Yassim tells Kira that tomorrow, perhaps they will both understand. While Sisko is planning an assault on the Jem'Hadar position, Third Remata'Klan visits the cave to make a deal: exchanging Sisko and Bashir for Nog and Garak. Sisko surprises him by quoting a Jem'Hadar proverb ("Obedience brings victory"). He tries to sow suspicion and resentment in Remata'Klan for his Vorta handler by referring to the joint Dominion-Starfleet operation after which a Vorta was killed by the Jem'Hadar First, and points out that even though Remata'Klan is the senior surviving Jem'Hadar, Keevan has not seen fit to promote him beyond the rank of Third. But Remata'Klan will not have it, and states that he was only instructed to deliver the message. Sisko claims not to trust Vorta, and asks for Remata'Klan's word that the conditions of the exchange will be honored. Remata'Klan vows to carry out his orders, and Sisko accepts the deal. Act Four The prisoner exchange is carried out. Meanwhile, on Terok Nor, Kira waits on the Promenade in front of the Bajoran temple ready to deal with and even arrest Vedek Yassim if she causes any trouble, but everything is quiet. Jake turns up, telling Kira that Yassim asked him to be there at exactly 1400. Just as Kira starts to tell Jake he won't find a story today, they hear someone say "What's she doing?" They look up to see Yassim standing over the railing atop the upper level of the Promenade with a noose around her neck. She yells "Evil must be opposed!" and steps off from the upper level. Kira tries to go stop her, but it was too late as the rope snaps taut just before her feet touch the ground. Arriving at the Jem'Hadar cave, Bashir is asked to perform surgery on Keevan to save his life. The many Jem'Hadar crowd around not to protect Keevan, but because they're curious as to what the inside of a Vorta looks like. The next morning, Kira is already awake when the alarm clock chimes for another day of duty on the Dominion-occupied station. When she boards the turbolift, she starts to feel uneasy around the Dominion troops. Upon reaching Ops, she thanks Mavek for her coffee when she suddenly becomes very much aware that she is now working for and alongside Cardassians and Jem'Hadar, who not very long ago were her sworn enemies. In a daze, Kira hastily leaves. The operation is a success and Keevan is healed. After asking his soldiers to leave, Keevan offers Sisko another deal. With only one vial of white left, Keevan fears that his soldiers will soon go on an uncontrollable rampage, killing everyone, including themselves. Keevan plainly tells Sisko that he plans to send the Jem'Hadar on a suicide attack, so that Sisko and his crew can kill them all, immediately after which Keevan would then surrender himself to Starfleet, providing the crew with a damaged but salvageable com unit with which they can repair and thus signal for a rescue. Keevan makes it clear to Sisko he will be sending the Jem'Hadar to attack regardless of if Sisko agrees or not. Act Five Returning to the cave and informing the crew, the Starfleet officers debate the right course of action. While some of the officers don't like the idea of killing the Jem'Hadar in such an underhanded way, Garak argues that they're in the middle of war, and Lieutenant Neeley states that the Jem'Hadar would not hesitate to kill them were the situation reversed. Just as the argument begins to get heated, Sisko stops the debate, reminding them that it's his decision alone, then declares that Garak is right … they're at war, and if it's a choice between his crew and the Jem'Hadar soldiers, then there is no choice. Everyone heads out to face the Jem'Hadar, while Sisko confides to Dax that he's hoping there's a third choice. Back on the station, Odo finds Kira at the spot where Yassim killed herself. Kira, filled with self-loathing, tells Odo that during the Occupation, as far as she was concerned, you're either fighting the enemy, or helping them. While half the Alpha Quadrant are risking their lives fighting the Dominion for her freedom, she was ready to arrest Vedek Yassim for protesting the station occupation. Since she is not fighting the Dominion, it follows that she is helping them and defending them … which makes her a collaborator. However, Kira vows she will defend the Dominion no longer and its time start fighting back. Odo tries to persuade her not to, reminding her that Sisko wanted Bajor and its people kept out of the war, but Kira makes it clear she won't let anything or anyone stop her. Seeing her determination, Odo instead decides to help her put together a resistance cell to fight the Dominion and their Cardassian allies. In an arid canyon on the planet, before the Jem'Hadar assault, Sisko tells Remata'Klan that the Jem'Hadar were betrayed by the Vorta, but it turns out that Remata'Klan already understood the massive tactical error of approaching the group from this canyon. Despite how it may appear, the Jem'Hadar are often one step ahead of the Vorta. Sisko offers to allow the Jem'Hadar to surrender, but Remata'Klan can't/won't even consider that option. Sisko tells Remata'Klan that Keevan doesn't deserve their loyalty but the Jem'Hadar replies that Keevan doesn't "need" to deserve it. From the day they're created, Jem'Hadar know that they are pledged to follow the Founders' orders without question, and the Vorta are the conduits of those orders – "it is the order of things." Sisko asks him if "the order of things" is worth giving up his life, but Remata'Klan counters that his life has never been his to give up. Seeing that Remata'Klan won't be swayed from his orders, Sisko grimly rejoins the other officers. Telling his men, "our death is glory to the Founders," Remata'Klan leads his men on a futile charge towards the ridge, opening fire. Returning fire, the Starfleet contingent guns them all down, at the cost of . A few seconds later, Keevan arrives, glancing at the soldiers who he gladly sacrificed to save his own life, and offers himself as a prisoner of war, remarking that Sisko and the other officers would all be dead if he'd had two more vials of white. Sisko is driven by the urge to shoot the smug and treacherous Vorta with his phaser rifle there and then, but manages to push past his own disgust to order that Keevan be taken into custody, and tells O'Brien to start repairing the communications system. Sisko then orders a burial detail for Gordon and the dead Jem'Hadar. Memorable quotes "Try it now. Reroute the damn gyrodyne through the damn thruster array." "Got it." "Nog, did you reroute that damn gyrodyne?" "I'm trying, but the damn thruster array won't take the input." "Try the lateral impulse thrusters and watch your mouth!" - Miles O'Brien and Nog, trying to deal with the quirks of the Dominion ship "Hooooold on!" - Elim Garak, just before the crash "Until we re-establish communications, we will hold this world for the Dominion." "And if we can not restore communications?" "Then we will hold this world for the Dominion… until we die." - Remata'Klan and Limara'Son "Oh no!" "What?" "I don't believe it!" "What?" "I tore my pants!" "You… You tore your pants?" "Yeah, I tore my pants. I guess… I guess I'm really in trouble now!" - Miles O'Brien and Benjamin Sisko, laughing uproariously "Lucky for you it ripped on the seam." "Can you fix it?" "Unlucky for you my sewing kit went down with the ship." - Garak, examining O'Brien's trousers "Madame, your pants are ready. Your boots and vest will take a little longer. While you wait, I might suggest that you browse through the hotel's gift shop." "No, thank you. But I would like to lodge a complaint." "Hmm?" "This bed is as hard as a rock." - Sisko trying to make an injured Dax comfortable in a cavern "Does this have anything to do with that unfortunate business between you and me last year?" "You tied me up and threatened to kill me." - Garak, asking why Nog is trying to stand behind him all the time "You can either stand in front of me or walk beside me, but I won't turn my back on you again." "Cadet, there may be hope for you yet." - Nog and Garak, after recalling the events of "Evil must be opposed!" - Vedek Yassim, moments before committing suicide on the Promenade in protest against Dominion occupation of the station "They're not here to protect me. They've just never seen what the inside of a Vorta looks like." - Keevan, as the Jem'Hadar crowd around before Bashir operates on him "I am alive…" "No self-diagnoses, please. I'm the doctor here." - Keevan and Bashir "Why are you doing this?" "That… that's a communications system. It needs repair but I'm willing to bet that you've brought one of those famed Starfleet engineers who can turn rocks into replicators. He should have more success repairing it, than a Jem'Hadar suffering from withdrawal." - Sisko and Keevan "I'm going to order the Jem'Hadar to attack your position tomorrow… regardless of whether you agree to my terms or not. So you can either kill them… or they'll kill you. Either way, they're coming." - Keevan, to Sisko "In case you've forgotten, we're in a war." "There are rules, Garak, even in a war!" "Correction. Humans have rules in war. Rules that make victory a little harder to achieve, in my opinion." - Garak and Miles O'Brien, about ambushing the Jem'Hadar "Despite what Keevan may think, the Jem'Hadar are often one step ahead of the Vorta." "You can still stay one step ahead. Surrender." "I have my orders." "Keevan doesn't deserve the unwavering loyalty you're giving him." "He does not have to earn my loyalty, Captain. He has had it from the moment I was conceived. I am a Jem'Hadar. He is a Vorta. It is the order of things." "Do you really want to give up your life for the 'order of things'?" "It is not my life to give up, Captain – and it never was." - Remata'Klan and Sisko "What did he say?" "All the wrong things." - Miles O'Brien and Sisko, regarding Sisko's talk with Remata'Klan before battle "Our death is glory to the Founders." - Remata'Klan, to his men (his last words) Background information The six-episode arc Although following directly on from , this episode was filmed after part three of the arc, , to accommodate the location shooting. Obviously, this made an already complicated situation worse. As Ronald D. Moore explains, "The station storyline on changed while they were doing it, which meant that my station-based storyline had to reflect that change…We couldn't keep it straight in our heads and we kept stepping on each other. Had something already happened, or was it happening the following week? It became very difficult to get the whole thing under control." () "Rocks and Shoals" Story and script The original idea for this episode came from the 1965 film, , a film about the interactions of the crew of a downed American plane and the Japanese army patrol which finds them. () Commenting on the episode's title, Ronald D. Moore said: "The title seemed thematically right to me, since the episode deals with some characters running up on the "rocks" and others entering "shoal water". I think that the phrase itself actually referred to the Royal Navy's judicial system, but I could be wrong. In any case, the title just came to me as I was working on the script and although later I remembered the judicial connection, it wasn't the initial reason for the title. There are also themes of justice and military order in the script, so I think it's still appropriate." "" was the informal name of the Articles for the Government of the United States Navy. These articles were known for triggering swift and harsh punishment, and were replaced by the in 1951. The episode title refers to the , nicknamed "Rocks and Shoals": "The punishment of death, or such other punishment as a court martial may adjudge, may be inflicted on any person in the naval service…[who] intentionally or willfully suffers any vessel of the Navy to be stranded, or run upon rocks or shoals, or improperly hazarded or maliciously or willfully injures any vessel of the Navy, or any part of her tackle, armament, or equipment, whereby the safety the vessel is hazarded or the lives of the crew exposed to danger."The writers had Dax injured in this episode because Terry Farrell has a skin condition that prevents her exposure to direct sunlight. She later commented this was the reason she did not do much exterior filming, and was teased by crewmembers for walking with a parasol. The stardate is given as "supplemental" in dialogue, but is preserved from the script in closed captioning. Production This episode was filmed at a rock quarry in , north of Los Angeles. This was basically the same location (Soledad Canyon) which had been used for Cardassia IV in , for Dozaria in , and for Torga IV in . Although the quarry contained water, all of the shots with the ocean and the shoreline were digitally created. As with both and , temperature during the shoot for this episode would reach unexpected highs and cause a great deal of discomfort for both cast and crew. During the filming of , temperatures reached as high as 124 °F/51 °C. During the shoot for "Rocks and Shoals", they went even higher; 128 °F/53 °C. It was the hottest period in that part of the country in over ten years; so hot that the makeup was melting on-camera and the rubber soles on Steve Oster's hiking boots melted in the heat. The production team did a weather check on Friday as they were scheduled to start shooting on Monday, and it was 80 °F/28 °C, with a light breeze. They were told it would stay basically the same for a week. On Saturday, it went up to 95 °F/35 °C and on Sunday, it reached 105 °F/40 °C. It then peaked at 128 °F/53 °C on Monday. As Ira Steven Behr acknowledges, if you look at the episode closely, you can see the eyes of the Jem'Hadar are quite red, due to the makeup dripping into the actors' eyes as it ran off their foreheads. () This is the only episode in the "Dominion Invasion" arc in which Marc Alaimo (Gul Dukat) and Casey Biggs (Damar) do not appear. Michael Dorn (Worf) and Armin Shimerman (Quark) do not appear in this episode, although a scene in the script has Worf rescuing the Starfleet crew aboard the . The scene saw the crew burying Gordon and the Jem'Hadar. Worf and two Klingons beam down and Garak tells Worf "for once, Mister Worf it's good to see you." Worf looks at the graves and tells Sisko that "you were outnumbered. It must have been glorious." According to Steve Oster, that scene was not filmed due to the searing temperatures at the time and the lack of light. The writers then realized it was much better to end on a closeup of Sisko. There were only three days of shooting scheduled in the rock quarry, but by the end of the third day, they hadn't got the final scene (Worf's arrival). The writers and producers were extremely unhappy, but director Michael Vejar and editor Steve Tucker looked at the footage and told them that they no longer needed that scene. Instead, they cut the show to end on the close-up of Sisko as Keevan gives himself up. After seeing this new ending, the producers loved it and agreed that it made a perfect ending to the somber episode. () Reception Nana Visitor sees the "station-story" in this episode as extremely important in the development of Kira Nerys: "Kira's maturity had to kick in, because she couldn't just react the way the younger Kira would. There was too much at stake. There was too much to lose. So even though it wasn't as much fun to play, I found it was an important growth point." Ronald D. Moore also saw this episode as important, saying he wanted her "to face that she was becoming a collaborator without realizing it, and how easily that can happen to somebody in that position. She's got Jake asking her very pointed, very legitimate questions about what they're doing, and her getting furious about it, but at the same time allowing things to happen on the station. I knew it would take a fairly dramatic moment to kind of wake her up about what she was doing" – hence the suicide of Vedek Yassim. () There are strong thematic links between the "Starfleet-story" and the "station-story", with Remata'Klan and Vedek Yassim taking parallel actions by pricking the consciences of Sisko and Kira. Of his portrayal of Remata'Klan, Phil Morris says, "I likened him to a samurai warrior who is loyal only to his feudal lord, and that's how I played him. His willingness to die, despite Sisko's offer of an alternative is his most honorable moment." () Remata'Klan seems to follow in the footsteps of Goran'Agar (), Omet'iklan (), and Ikat'ika () in being something of an "honorable" Jem'Hadar. Dan Curry commented: "It touched on the universality of being a soldier, the sympathy that Sisko had for the Jem'Hadar, their fatalistic attitude towards their own existence, and the Jem'Hadar soldiers knowing they were going to die and be betrayed by their leader. The greater conflicts we experience on this planet are basically the children of other people dying to appease the stubbornness of old men in safe places far away from the battle." (Cinefantastique, 146, Vol 30 #9/10, 1998) The authors of Beyond the Final Frontier wrote: "The episode is influenced by the Frank Sinatra movie None But the Brave (1965) in which Japanese and American soldiers, stranded on a Pacific island, are forced to co-operate to survive. Nice small-scale stuff from Ron Moore.''" Continuity Nog walks ahead or beside Garak, and refuses to walk ahead of him because Garak tied him up and threatened to kill him during the events of . Sisko's remarks to Remata'Klan about previous cooperation with the Jem'Hadar and their treacherous Vorta are a reference to the events of . This was Keevan's first of two appearances. The second one was in , where he was released from the Federation and used by the Ferengi to be traded with the Dominion for Ishka. Among the items from this episode which were sold off on the It's A Wrap! sale and auction on eBay, was a costume lot of Avery Brooks. Parts were also worn by stuntman John Lendale Bennett and background actor Randy James. The captured Jem'Hadar attack ship ends its story just as it began in , by crash-landing on a planet. The filming location (Soledad Canyon) is in fact the same. The episodes share some other parallels as well. Both involved the Starfleet crew stranded on a planet and a confrontation between them and the Jem'Hadar. Both episodes also end with the Jem'Hadar all dead, their Vorta surviving, and the casualties of the conflict weighing on Sisko. Video and DVD releases UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 6.1, As part of the DS9 Season 6 DVD collection Links and references Guest Stars Andrew J. Robinson as "Garak" Phil Morris as Remata'Klan Christopher Shea as Keevan Aron Eisenberg as Nog Paul S. 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Sons and Daughters (episode)

Alexander Rozhenko joins the crew of the Rotarran, much to the disappointment of Worf. On Terok Nor, Tora Ziyal returns to the station where Dukat intends to use her to get closer to Major Kira. Summary Teaser Captain Benjamin Sisko and his crew have been rescued from the uncharted planet in a dark matter nebula deep inside Dominion space where they crashed by the which is due to drop them off at Starbase 375. Worf and Jadzia Dax kiss passionately before they separate once again. Dax makes Worf fret when she jokingly tells him she does not want to join the House of Martok which he takes very seriously. On the bridge of the Rotarran, Chief O'Brien and Doctor Bashir are looking forward to getting back to the starbase where the food doesn't move and the officers don't sing loudly long into the night. Before he disembarks, Captain Sisko makes a bet with Klingon General Martok for a barrel of bloodwine that Sisko will set foot on Deep Space 9 before Martok does. With that, the Starfleet crew disembark. A little later, the Rotarran picks up five new crew replacements from the (Martok had asked General Tanas for fifteen, but he could only send five). To Worf's surprise, one of these recruits is his own son, Alexander Rozhenko, having newly joined the KDF. Act One On Terok Nor, Kira Nerys and Odo are still gearing up for their resistance movement, but it is apparently not too much of a secret, since civilians such as Quark and Jake Sisko are well aware of it. Later, Gul Dukat surprises Kira by bringing Tora Ziyal back to the station from Bajor. Kira is happy to see Ziyal, who asks Kira to have dinner with her that night. Kira agrees, but Dukat declares that it will take place in his quarters at 2200 hours. Kira starts to protest, but Dukat and Ziyal quickly run off. On the Rotarran, Martok receives his orders. Their next mission will be to protect a convoy headed to Donatu V. They will be the only ship protecting the convoy and, since the last three convoys headed the same way were destroyed by the Jem'Hadar, they are probably going to see some action. Martok then asks Worf why, after all they've been through together, he never mentioned he had a son. Worf explains that Alexander's mother was half-Human and disdainful of Klingon ways, and that after her death he raised him on the Enterprise for a while before returning the boy to Earth to live with his foster parents, Sergey and Helena Rozhenko. He also mentions that Alexander had never shown interest in becoming a warrior, which was something Worf eventually managed to accept and respect. Now Worf is at a loss to explain why Alexander has joined the Klingon Defense Force, and admits the two have yet to speak. Martok expresses concern for Worf's relationship with his son, but allows his friend to handle it his own way. Later, Worf calls Alexander to his quarters and asks after his parents. Alexander, trying to act every inch the warrior, tells Worf that they weren't happy about him enlisting at first but supported him anyway. Worf wishes them to speak as father and son, but Alexander refuses telling Worf he is here as a warrior and nothing more. Worf accuses Alexander of only enlisting to please him, and when Alexander disputes this Worf harshly tells him that they both know he is not a warrior and warns that he expects twice from him that he does the rest of the crew. Act Two Back on the station, Kira visits Ziyal in her quarters where Kira says that she can't have dinner with Dukat. The conversation moves to why Ziyal left Bajor. She says that everyone was polite, but as the daughter of Gul Dukat, she didn't have any friends. The station is her only true home, and she misses her father. Kira reminds Ziyal that the last time she defied Dukat, he left her on the station to die. Ziyal claims that Dukat has explained to her that he overreacted, and implores Kira to come that night. Kira, caught between her hatred for Dukat and her fondness for Ziyal, reluctantly agrees. On the Rotarran, a fight breaks out in the mess hall when Ch'Targh deliberately provokes Alexander, teasing him about not being used to normal Klingon fare, insisting he have a root beer with ice cream. Alexander is increasingly annoyed and eventually provokes the fight by throwing his bregit lung at him but they can't finish it because Worf interferes to prevent his son from getting hurt when Ch'Targh prepares to stab him with a d'k tahg. Worf seems to have no more confidence in his son's fighting abilities than the last time he saw him and has difficulty controlling his emotions where Alexander is concerned. Act Three On Terok Nor, Ziyal tells Kira and her father that she has found her way. She wants to be an artist and her talent has been recognized by the director of the Cardassian Institute of Art. Dukat thinks that her drawings resemble a Cardassian artist named Nanpart Malor, who was the founder of the Valonnan School on Cardassia Prime, and when Ziyal showed them to the director of the Cardassian Institute of Art he shared Dukat's assessment. Kira thinks that the drawing bares a striking resemblance to a Bajoran artist named Vedek Topek. Ziyal says she wants to use her art to bring people together, to show that both the Bajorans and Cardassians see the universe the same way, but she quickly realizes that that must sound silly to Kira and Dukat. On the Rotarran, Martok is waiting with Worf over some warnog. He casually mentions the fight in the mess hall, and berates Worf for not hearing it from him. Furthermore, that Worf should have not interfered in the fight, and that Ch'Targh would only have harmed him, not killed. It's apparent that Worf should train him a bit. Just then, an alert status one is called from the bridge. There, Alexander reports a Jem'Hadar attack is imminent, however, there's no sign of it on the viewscreen or any hits to the ship. Worf realizes the battle simulation program is still running and states Alexander forgot to erase it from the sensor display. The realization sinks in to everyone there, and a few of the crew start laughing, saying he's keeping them on their toes. Worf wants to interfere, but Martok stops him, saying they've accepted him. Worf, however, knows they consider him the ship's fool. Act Four On Terok Nor, Dukat is giving a speech in the wardroom to a mix of Cardassians and Bajorans to announce a "new era of cooperation and understanding" with a gift of several industrial replicators to Bajor. It seems well-received, but Kira is disgusted. Delighted to leave when he finishes, Dukat calls her over to say that Ziyal's drawings have been accepted for inclusion in the Cardassian Institute's exhibition on Cardassia. Kira's happy for her, and will attend a celebration. Later, Gul Damar arrives at Kira's quarters to bring her a lovely dress as a gift from Dukat. At first, Kira seems thrilled, as she looks at herself in the mirror. Then, she brings herself back to reality, and decides to return the dress. Dukat gives the dress to Ziyal instead. Later, Worf tries to train Alexander in hand-to-hand combat as it would be quite useful if they ever encounter real Jem'Hadar soldiers. Worf is armed with a kar'takin, a hand held weapon favored by the Jem'Hadar and Alexander is wielding a bat'leth. But Worf is not able to be objective and the training session ends in a verbal fight between the father and the son. Alexander asks if Worf is going to send him away again and says that Worf will be happy when Alexander is dead. Martok later finds Alexander in the armory, attempting bat'leth drills; however, the blade leaves Alexander's hand and clatters across the floor, right in front of the general. Martok picks up the weapon and gives it a few experimental swings, commenting on its good balance, but remarking that it is only as effective as the warrior who wields it. He then asks Alexander point-blank why he is there. Alexander answers "to serve the Empire", but Martok dismisses that as a slogan, and demands the real answer. Alexander states that he would rather not say, for it is a personal matter, and asks for a chance to prove himself. Martok replies that he had just given him a chance, and that he failed. He informs Alexander that he will be transferred to a military transport ship, the , per Worf's request; Alexander is incensed, and claims Worf had no right, to which Martok retorts that Worf has every right, both as first officer and as Alexander's father. Outraged, Alexander confronts his father in his quarters; however, they are interrupted by a tactical alert signaling an attack by Jem'Hadar fighters, and quickly report to the bridge. Act Five In the following battle, the Jem'Hadar's fire causes a plasma leak; Alexander immediately volunteers to repair it, and Ch'Targh seconds him, saying it will need two to lock down properly. Worf hesitates for a moment, and then agrees. The Rotarran is able to fend off the Jem'Hadar attack, and the plasma leak is sealed off. However, Alexander managed to lock himself inside the corridor, much to the amusement of the crew. Worf claps Alexander on the shoulder, and asks him to come with him. On Terok Nor, Ziyal is disappointed that Kira didn't turn up to the party earlier. Kira apologizes, but explains she simply cannot bring herself to have anything to do with Dukat. Ziyal begs not to be forced to choose between them, and Kira understands… Dukat is Ziyal's father, so there is no choice. Kira walks away and Ziyal stands in the corridor, saddened. Worf realizes that Alexander is not a child anymore and that he must let him prove himself if he is to become a Klingon warrior. Worf offers to stand by Alexander's side moving forward and Alexander tells his father that they will see if he means it. Worf offers to try (again) for a new start, willing to learn how to be a good father. Alexander joins the House of Martok, as his father did, but in a ritual ceremony. Memorable quotes "All right, I'll be here. But I won't guarantee it'll be any fun!" "I promise my father will behave!" - Kira Nerys and Tora Ziyal "There is a bond between us." "No. Only in your mind. You're an opportunistic, power-hungry dictator and I want nothing more to do with you." - Dukat and Kira Nerys "We keep falling back… the Dominion keeps pushing forward… I tell you, Worf, war is much more fun when you're winning! Defeat makes my wounds ache." - Martok "Or perhaps the son of our illustrious first officer would prefer an Earth beverage. A glass of root beer with a lump of ice cream? Mmm…" - Ch'Targh, teasing Alexander "All I ask, is a chance to prove myself." "I just gave you one! And you failed." - Alexander and Martok "Your father has requested that you be transferred off this ship." "He has no right!" "He has EVERY right! Both as your superior officer and as your father." - Martok and Alexander "I will teach you what you need to know to be a warrior, and you will teach me what I need to know to be a father." - Worf Background information The six-episode arc Although this episode represents part three of the arc, it was actually filmed before part two, . This was because a location shoot was required for the Starfleet-story of , and it made more scheduling sense to leave the shoot until after "Sons and Daughters" had been completed. Obviously, this made an already complicated situation worse. As Ronald D. Moore explains, "The station storyline on "Sons and Daughters" changed while they were doing it, which meant that my station-based storyline had to reflect that change… we couldn't keep it straight in our heads and we kept stepping on each other. Had something already happened, or was it happening the following week? It became very difficult to get the whole thing under control." () "Sons and Daughters" This episode was based on the 1950 film . The film is about a fort commander who discovers that one of his new recruits is his son, whom he hasn't seen since he divorced the boy's mother years ago. The son hates the father, but they must learn to work together. () Many fans felt that Alexander was far older in this episode than he should have been given his age as established in , an inconsistency dubbed "Soap opera rapid aging syndrome". Ira Steven Behr has admitted they took some liberties with his age, but that there were legitimate practical reasons for this. Firstly, there was the issue of time. There are very strict laws about how long actors under eighteen can be kept on-set, laws which dictate that they cannot work past a certain hour and that they can only do so many hours a day without a break. Following these laws, and factoring in the length of time needed for an actor to get into makeup, it was determined that an under eighteen actor would only be on set for a few hours a day, thus prolonging the shoot. As well as this, the producers wanted an older character so that Worf didn't seem too harsh. If the actor was very young, Worf could be seen as abusive, but with an older character, Worf's parenting becomes, at worst, harsh. Bradley Thompson countered this argument by pointing out that it has never been established how fast Klingon children grow. () Of the depiction of the character of Ziyal in this episode, Ira Steven Behr has said, "We set out in this arc to make her the pure innocent, to make the audience invest emotion in that innocence." Similarly, David Weddle says, "We had to get her to the point where her death would matter to the audience." () This episode represents another important stage in the relationship between Kira Nerys and Dukat. Building on the scene between them in , Dukat's efforts to win her over are briefly successful here, until Kira steps back and realizes what she is doing, ultimately deciding that she wants nothing to do with Dukat. From this point onwards, Kira's animosity towards Dukat would never waver and there would be no further ambiguity as to how she feels towards him. Following this episode, they would have only two more significant encounters, and . This relationship, as well as that between Kira and Damar, were the subject of a deleted scene from this episode, filmed but cut for time. After Kira calls Dukat an interstellar despot, Dukat retorts that he prefers the term "tyrant". Dukat proposes to assign Damar to escort Ziyal to the opening of her exhibit. Kira points out that "He's a self-righteous sycophant who despises everything Bajoran," and notes that Damar sneers whenever he says "Bajoran". Dukat denies this just as Damar walks in, giving a report and sneering whenever Bajorans are mentioned. Kira can't help but laugh. Damar glares at Kira, but continues his report and leaves. Dukat then imitates Damar, causing Dukat and Kira to laugh together. The script for this episode, including the deleted scene, can be reviewed . The scene also appears in the novelization of this episode. Casey Biggs commented: "There was a scene originally in one of the scripts in which Kira tells Gul Dukat, 'Damar hates me, he hates Bajorans. Every time he says "Bajoran" he sneers'. So I had to figure out how I was going to do this in order for it to look somewhat real. I decided to give it my best Jack Nicholson impression of a Cardassian. I continued to play that for the next two or three episodes. What I didn't know was that because of time they ended up cutting out that whole scene between Dukat and Kira. Here I was playing out this nice little character piece for the show and no one knew what I was doing." ("Damar's Attacks!, TV Zone special #34, p. 27) Ron Moore commented, "You may argue that we should've cut more from the Worf/Alexander story, but if you look at the show objectively you'll see that there's not a lot of extra material in that story to chop." This episode marks Alexander's first appearance since the seventh season episode . Marc Worden reprises the role in . Benjamin Sisko later wins his bet with Martok to be the first one on to Deep Space 9. However, he tells Martok they will drink the bloodwine together. () Katogh appears to be the son of Ch'Pok, the Klingon advocate who attempted to extradite Worf in . Although it is not widely known, the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) cut this episode by approximately 25 seconds. In the last scene, as Martok initiates Alexander Rozhenko into the House of Martok, there is a ritual performed which involves Martok placing the insignia of his house into a chalice. He then slides a knife across his palm and lets the blood drip into the chalice. In the UK version of the episode, he then pours in some bloodwine and sets the mixture alight, but in the uncut version, he hands the knife to Alexander and Worf, whom both also cut their palm and let their own blood drip into the chalice. Although, visually, there is no evidence of the edit, if you listen closely, you can hear a slight jump in the music key at the moment of the cut. The reason given by the BBFC for the censorship was that because the show was aimed primarily at teenagers, they felt that a scene in which two characters mix blood could encourage viewers to do likewise, hence increasing the risk of HIV transfer. Strangely, an almost identical scene involving Martok and Gowron occurs in the seventh season episode , but this scene was passed uncut by the BBFC. 2016 airings of the episode on CBS Action have reinstated the scene. As for the ceremony itself, it is far different from the R'uustai seen in , not the least because the ceremony here involved an adult Alexander cutting his hand, whereas the R'uustai involved a then-12 year old Jeremy Aster simply lighting candles. Video and DVD releases UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 6.2, As part of the DS9 Season 6 DVD collection The Region 2 release of this episode has approximately 25 seconds cut from the final scene. Links and references Starring Avery Brooks as Captain Sisko Also starring Rene Auberjonois as Odo Michael Dorn as Lt. Commander Worf Terry Farrell as Lt. Commander Dax Cirroc Lofton as Jake Sisko Colm Meaney as Chief O'Brien Armin Shimerman as Quark Alexander Siddig as Doctor Bashir Nana Visitor as Major Kira Guest stars Marc Worden as Alexander Rozhenko Marc Alaimo as Dukat J.G. Hertzler as Martok Melanie Smith as Ziyal Casey Biggs as Damar Sam Zeller as Ch'Targh Gabrielle Union as N'Garen Uncredited co-stars Bill Blair as Klingon officer Cathy DeBuono as M'Pella Kathleen Demor as Klingon officer Maria Dykstra as Bajoran deputy Wade Kelley as Klingon officer David B. Levinson as Broik Mary Mascari as Bajoran civilian Susie Stillwell as Klingon officer Unknown performers as Alexander Rozhenko Doran, daughter of W'mar Katogh Koth Markalian resident Starbase 375 officer Yridian resident Stunt doubles Brennan Dyson as stunt double for Michael Dorn Dennis Madalone as stunt double for Marc Worden Tom Morga as stunt double for Sam Zeller Stand-ins John Lendale Bennett – stand-in for Avery Brooks Uriah Carr – stand-in for Casey Biggs Cathy DeBuono – stand-in for Terry Farrell Mark Lentry – stand-in for Marc Alaimo James Minor – stand-in for Michael Dorn Robin Morselli – stand-in for Melanie Smith Randy Pflug – stand-in for Colm Meaney Brenda Jean Wright – stand-in for Nana Visitor References 2369; alert status one; applause; Bajor; Bajorans; bat'leth; battle drill; battle simulation; battle stations; bearing; bekk; bloodwine; bregit lung; Cardassia; Cardassians; Cardassian Institute of Art; Cardassian Institute of Art director; carrot; Ch'Pok; conference room; convoy duty; d'k tahg; debriefing; despot; Donatu V; drawing; Drex; Dukat's shuttle; Earth; Earth beverage; emergency lockdown; Emissary of the Prophets; ; evasive action; (unnamed); Ferengi; foster parent; ; freeze drying; gagh; (unnamed); grapok sauce; grip; heart; holosuite; ice cream; impulse injector; industrial replicator; Internment Camp 371; Jem'Hadar; Jem'Hadar fighter (unnamed 1 and 2); K'Ehleyr; kar'takin; Klingon; Klingon Defense Force; Klingon Empire; Klingon High Council; Klingonese; Larna; ; medical ward; mek'leth; Nane; Norpin falcon; Par'tok, IKS; Par'tok type; path; peach; plasma leak; Quark's; Qu'vatlh; ramufta; resistance cell; root beer; ; ; ; ; Sabbatical; ship's fool; slogan; Starbase 375 (); Tanas; temperature; Topek; Tse'Dek; Valonnan School; vedek; ; ; W'mar; warnog; weapons control; wedding; Yridian Unreferenced material Worf (Colonel) External links de:Söhne und Töchter es:Sons and Daughters fr:Sons and Daughters (épisode) nl:Sons and Daughters DS9 episodes

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Behind the Lines (episode)

When Kira's resistance cell learns that the Dominion will soon be bringing down the Federation's minefield, they plot to hinder the enemy's progress. But matters are complicated when the Female Changeling arrives on Terok Nor and pays Odo a visit. Meanwhile, Captain Sisko is relieved of command of the Defiant while Jadzia commands it on a mission. Summary Teaser The and her crew are now operating out of Starbase 375 conducting short-range missions into Dominion space. In a ritual that's evolved over time, Captain Benjamin Sisko takes a discharged power cell that had been used in the phaser array and lays it on a rack on the mess hall wall and makes a short speech. Everyone applauds. Admiral William Ross arrives in the mess hall and interrupts to tell Sisko that Starfleet Intelligence has discovered a massive sensor array near the Argolis Cluster which explains the Dominion's uncanny ability to always know where Federation starships are. It can detect ships from five sectors away. Ross orders Sisko to come up with an attack plan and have it on his desk by 0800 the next morning. On Terok Nor, the Dominion-occupation name for Deep Space 9, Rom and Major Kira have arranged to put Cardassian officer Damar's PADD into the possession of the Jem'Hadar. In it, Damar proposes poisoning the last ration of ketracel-white, because if the Dominion lines through the Gamma Quadrant don't open up, the Jem'Hadar will run amok after all the white is gone. While Kira and Rom observe from the second level of the bar, some Jem'Hadar confront Damar in Quark's and a riot breaks out, which is more than what Kira and Rom had hoped. Act One In the aftermath of the bar fight, which has left some fatalities, Gul Dukat and Weyoun argue about how the unfortunate situation arose, with each defending his own. Weyoun tells Dukat that the two of them must look like allies in front of their subordinates. Odo suggests getting everyone out of the bar. Weyoun agrees. Odo continues to look around himself alertly. On Starbase 375 at 0800, Sisko notes that the Dominion's Argolis Array can detect cloaked ships up to two light years away and proposes approaching the array through the Argolis Cluster itself. With the gravimetric distortions and Gravimetric shear it will be difficult, but he is confident that the Defiants crew can manage it, given that Jadzia Dax has experience studying protostar clusters and knows what to look for. Admiral Ross approves the plan. The Defiant will leave as soon as current repairs are complete. Back on the station, Odo confronts Kira over the Damar PADD operation. He reminds her that at the last resistance meeting he vetoed the idea to give Damar's PADD to the Jem'Hadar, but Kira tells him that after he'd immediately dismissed the idea and walked out, she, Jake and Rom discussed it further and decided it was worth doing, and Kira is pleased that it worked even better than expected. Odo reminds her that if Dukat found out that she was behind it, he'd use it as an excuse to throw all the Bajorans off the station when he's doing what he can to make sure Bajor survives the war which the Federation Alliance is losing. Kira accuses Odo of taking his role on the station's Ruling Council too seriously, as if he were genuinely more interested in the smooth operation of the station than in defeating the Dominion, but when asked tells him she isn't questioning his loyalty. The Female Changeling enters and asks Kira to leave. Odo asks what she is doing so far from . Act Two The Female Changeling explains that she became trapped in the Alpha Quadrant because of the minefield which has been blocking the wormhole and that she needs to see others of her kind. She and Odo argue over their past and Odo specifically mentions the punishment he received from her over a year earlier. She replies that the past is over. Odo asks about the present, given that she and the Dominion are currently waging a war against his home. The Female Changeling bluntly tells Odo that the Alpha Quadrant is not his home and that he belongs with his own kind. Back on Starbase 375, Admiral Ross informs Sisko that Captain has been promoted to command of the Seventh Tactical Wing and that Sisko is to replace her immediately as his adjutant. Accordingly, Jadzia Dax will now captain the Defiant. Ross orders Sisko to review some tactical reports and present an opinion on the Bolian operation at 0600. After a meeting of the Ruling Council concludes, the Female Changeling enters. She is most concerned about the minefield, and this is the first thing she says to Dukat. Weyoun, of course supports her and adds his own opinion on the matter, saying thousands of ships are waiting. Dukat brushes it off, saying that even without reinforcements from the Gamma Quadrant they're still winning the war. She demands it be brought down, and Weyoun instantly submits and removes himself from her presence. The Female Changeling turns to Odo, asking to walk with him back to his quarters. She talks to him about their first discussion on the and asks the strange solid behavior that he has to put up with all the time. They go to Odo's quarters and with probing questions, she manages to get Odo to admit that he's in love with Kira and she concludes that that is the reason that Odo remains with the solids. He unburdens himself of the torture of his unrequited love. The Female Changeling is sympathetic, and she offers to link, saying that that is what Odo really needs. They link. Act Three Some time later, Kira finds Odo in his quarters. He seems to be in another world but at peace. He admits to linking with the Female Changeling to Kira, who becomes quite angry. Odo tries to reassure her and tells her that linking is not about information exchange (which might give away her resistance cell). It is about thought and form and feeling. Kira says that it is about manipulation. She tells Odo that the Female Changeling is not trustworthy. Odo thinks that perhaps he can convince her to call off the war. He admits that he is mostly just curious about himself and his people. Kira understands this but says that now is not the time for self-reflection. Odo promises not to link with her again, at least not until the war is over. Sisko visits the bridge of the Defiant and has an uncomfortable conversation with Dax who is sitting in the captain's chair overseeing the repairs. Later, after he leaves the ship and returns to the starbase, Sisko watches through a window, as the Defiant leaves without him. Damar, acting more full of himself than he usually does, orders a bottle of 2327 Kanar from Quark. He can afford it now that he's been promoted to Gul. Quark knows that Damar knows something important and manages, eventually, to ferret it out with free drinks. Later, an obviously drunk Quark intrudes on Kira's resistance cell meeting. Jake, Rom and Odo are also there. Quark says that he's had enough of the Dominion and Cardassians. In tears, he says he wants the Federation back; he wants to sell root beer again. When he's done with the self-pity, Quark says that Damar has found a way to deactivate the self-replicating mines and Dukat wants to start field tests right away. Act Four Sobering up, Quark says that the way to deactivate the mines has something to do with the deflector array. Rom figures that the secret is an anti-graviton beam, which the deflector array could be reconfigured to generate. There's one way to disable the deflector array: by accessing the electro-plasma system feed and overloading the waveguide. But getting to the EPS feed will set off an alarm, as it is in a secured conduit. So they plan for Odo to take the alarms offline for five minutes during a security diagnostic. They schedule this for exactly 0800 the next morning. The Defiant has been gone over 16 hours. Back on Starbase 375, Sisko, who is unable to get some sleep, speaks through a communications terminal in his office to Worf, who is currently aboard the . Worf is anxious also to hear of the status of the Defiant, given that his fiancé, Dax, is captaining the ship. Sisko reassures Worf that she will bring the ship home and adds that there is no way Dax would miss her own wedding. After terminating communications with Worf, Admiral Ross stops by Sisko's office, imploring him to get some sleep. Sisko states that he will not be able to sleep, so long as the Defiant is still out there. Ross tells him to get some rest as Sisko is going to have to get used to this assignment. The Defiant will be going on a lot of missions without him and he will have to get used to it. On Terok Nor, Odo has a lot of questions for the Female Changeling. She repeats that words are insufficient and clumsy. She urges Odo to link with her. He resists at first but eventually succumbs. Act Five Kira goes to check on Odo in his office, but he's not there. She frantically tries to reach Odo via combadge, but he is entering the link with the Female Changeling and doesn't answer. The time is 0759 hours, so Kira then attempts to warn Rom to abort the plan, but Damar interrupts wanting to go over a personnel report. Kira quickly makes her excuses and rushes out of the security office and tries to warn Rom not to open the panel, but she is an instant too late. Rom has opened the hatch to the secure conduit and set off the security alarms. Kira tells him to get out of there as she sees Damar and a security force scramble to investigate the security breach. The Ferengi crawls back to where he came from and opens the outer hatch, only to be pulled out of the conduit by Damar and placed under arrest. The Defiant returns to Starbase 375 triumphantly. Ross and Sisko come aboard in order to congratulate the crew. As acting captain of the mission, Dax now performs the power cell ritual just like Sisko had earlier. Sisko realizes that they're a good crew and that they don't really need him to command them. Kira storms down a corridor and bangs on Odo's door panel, beyond furious. In his quarters she yells to Odo that he let everyone down. She asks him if he forgot but he says no – it just didn't seem to matter. Kira furiously tells her former friend that Rom is in a holding cell being interrogated, they were both counting on him but instead Odo has just handed the Alpha Quadrant to the Dominion. What does he have to say for himself? But Odo is elsewhere, mentally and emotionally. In the link, he says, nothing else matters. Things mattered to him once but not any longer. Kira can never understand – she's a solid. Kira, realizing that she's lost Odo to the link, leaves. When she's gone, the Female Changeling appears from behind a wall. She notices that Odo looks troubled and asks "Did she upset you?" Odo thinks for a moment, looking at the doorway, "No, not really." Satisfied, the Female Changeling remarks, "Ah." Memorable quotes "You love her." "I wish I didn't. I'm so vulnerable to her. All she has to do is smile at me and I am happy beyond reason. A minor disagreement between us and I am devastated. It's absurd. Sometimes I wish that I could reach inside myself and tear out my feelings for her, but I can't." - The Female Changeling and Odo "I just shared a bottle of kanar with Damar. Hahaha, that rhymes." - An inebriated Quark, after a drinking binge with the Cardassian officer "Take a good look at this, people. It says something about this ship. It says that we will fight, and we will keep on fighting, until we can't fight any more." "Yes, sir!" "You don't just throw something like this away." "No, sir!" - Captain Sisko and his crew, upon receipt of a spent phaser array power cell "The Federation is losing this war. We can't sit by and do nothing." "There are limits to what we can do." "I'm beginning to think you shouldn't have agreed to sit on that council. It's as if you're so invested in making sure the station runs smoothly you've forgotten there's a war going on." "Are you questioning my loyalties, Major?" - Kira and Odo "What are you doing here, Damar? Did Dukat demote you to security detail?" "What can I do for you, Major?" "I'm looking for Odo." (looks around)"He's not here." "Do you know where he is? "Yes." "That's good. It's always good to know where your boss is." "He's in his quarters–with the other shapeshifter. Jealous, Major?" "Try to stay out of trouble, Damar, you don't want to end up on sanitation duty." - Kira and Damar "I tried. I tried my best to run my establishment under this occupation. But you know what? It's no fun. I don't like Cardassians – they're mean and arrogant. And I can't stand the Jem'Hadar. They're creepy. They just stand there like statues, staring at you. That's it. I don't want to spend the rest of my life doing business with these people. I want the Federation back. I want to sell root beer again!" - Quark, to Kira "It's an old naval tradition. Whoever's in command of a ship, regardless of rank, is referred to as 'Captain.' " "You mean if I had to take command, I would be called 'Captain,' too?" "Cadet, by the time you took command, there'd be nobody left to call you anything." "Good point." - O'Brien and Nog "When you return to The Link, what will become of the entity I'm talking to right now?" "The drop becomes the ocean." "And if you choose to take solid form again?" "The ocean becomes a drop." - Odo and the Female Changeling "They're a good crew." "The best." - Ross and Sisko, on the crew of the Defiant "Do you realize what you just did? You just handed the Alpha Quadrant to the Dominion." "I was in The Link." "Are you saying you forgot?" "I didn't forget– it just didn't seem to matter." "A lot of people are going to die. Don't you care?!" "It has nothing to do with me." - Kira and Odo Background information The six-episode arc This episode was considered the most difficult of the six to put together. As Ronald D. Moore explains, "by the time they got around to shooting , René Echevarria was working on the next episode, "Behind the Lines", and that's where we all got really confused." Similarly, Ira Steven Behr points out, "Poor René. He was really behind the eight ball on that one, going around to each of us, asking 'What are you doing?' 'What are you doing?' 'What are you doing?' He was suffering, and it was a very painful experience, but ultimately, the show worked. It's amazing that it turned out as good as it did because usually, when shows have that painful a birth, they usually show it on-screen." () "Behind the Lines" The original title for the episode was "Life During Wartime". Originally, the B-story of this episode was based on the 1930 film . A major theme of the movie is that of a reluctant commander being forced to send untrained troops into the field, and the moral turmoil it causes him. However, when Ira Steven Behr read Echevarria's script, he felt that it didn't work, because the B-story had become too important and felt like it should be the A-story. As such, Echevarria dropped the story entirely, and replaced it with a B-story involving Dax. She is given command of the and discovers that she loves combat. According to Echevarria, "she gets into it too far and becomes ." Neither Behr nor Echevarria himself were happy with this story, however. Ultimately, "we reinvented it yet again, making it a much smaller, quieter little story, where you're just asked to put yourself into Sisko's shoes and see how hard it must be for him to have to sit back and send his friends to war." () Odo's original role in this episode was also quite different from how it ultimately turned out. In Echevarria's first draft, Odo becomes so involved with the Female Changeling that he allows his need for order to consume and blind him, and he actively tries to end the resistance movement. Indeed, he is the one who arrests Rom. Neither Echevarria nor Behr were happy with this turn in Odo's character however, and ultimately, Echevarria decided to alter the script so that Odo commits "a sin of omission, not a sin of commission. The old Catholic maxim. A sin of omission. Out of Odo's carelessness and his obsession with the female shape-shifter, he doesn't deliver on what he's supposed to do. And when he's confronted with it, he realizes that he doesn't really care that much. It doesn't seem important." () It is the first time we see the new admiralty uniforms. They now match the regular uniforms and thus, the transition to a more militarized Starfleet is completed. The reason the writers introduced Damar's fondness for kanar in this episode is because they wanted to hint to the audience that something is wrong with him under the surface. As Hans Beimler explains, "He's become a real bad guy, but he's drinking, and you want to know why. He's not drinking because he's an alcoholic, he's drinking because he has a conscience. There's something he doesn't want to deal with. He knows Dukat's deal with the Dominion is wrong, wrong, wrong. And so he's drinking." () During the seventh season, the writers would develop Damar's character in a similar manner to how they developed the character of Dukat during the third and fourth seasons, and how they developed Kai Winn towards the end of the fifth season, i.e. his role as villain would be rendered more ambiguous and he would seemingly be on the path to redemption. Unlike both Dukat and Winn however, Damar would complete the journey to redemption, and would ultimately become one of the most important figures in ensuring the Federation's victory in the Dominion War. While the writers didn't intend for the interaction between Odo and the Female Changeling to be sexual in nature, Behr later conceded "it makes a certain amount of sense". Director LeVar Burton commented, "Those are love scenes. She was seducing him. Straight up. Plain and simple." Also, according to Rene Auberjonois, "I think it has some kind of sexual implications. It is definitely a very sensual experience. For Odo, it is absolutely the consummation of a kind of peace that he can't have." () Armin Shimerman considers this to be an important episode in the development of Quark. Concerning his speech in , where he points out that the presence of the Dominion isn't all bad, Shimerman says, "Quark is one of those deluded people who thought, 'This is fine – we all get to do what we want to do,' and didn't realize that liberty was more important than creature comforts. But he learns, and I was very appreciative for that aspect of the arc. Like any Everyman character, Quark has to go though some turmoil before he realizes the truth." () Salome Jens makes her first appearance as the Female Changeling since the Season 4 finale . In that episode, Odo infected the Great Link with the morphogenic virus he was infected with by Section 31 in . If the virus was 'de-activated' when Odo became a solid in , then it seems likely that the Female Changeling reinfects him when they link. This would explain why she begins to exhibit symptoms earlier than he. Damar is promoted from the rank of glinn to gul in this episode. When Rom tries to sabotage the deflector array, he opens an alarmed hatch to a secure conduit. The hatch is labeled "A51: Restricted Area", in a likely nod to the "" US Air Force Flight Test Center at Groom Lake, Nevada. Video and DVD releases UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 6.2, As part of the DS9 Season 6 DVD collection Links and references Starring Avery Brooks as Captain Sisko Also starring Rene Auberjonois as Odo Michael Dorn as Lt. Commander Worf Terry Farrell as Lt. Commander Dax Cirroc Lofton as Jake Sisko Colm Meaney as Chief O'Brien Armin Shimerman as Quark Alexander Siddig as Doctor Bashir Nana Visitor as Major Kira Guest stars Jeffrey Combs as Weyoun Marc Alaimo as Gul Dukat Max Grodénchik as Rom Aron Eisenberg as Nog Casey Biggs as Damar Barry Jenner as William Ross And Salome Jens as the Female Changeling Uncredited co-stars Sam Alejan as sciences officer Bill Blair as Cardassian officer Uriah Carr as operations officer Cathy DeBuono as Command officer M'Pella Steve Diamond as Bajoran civilian Judi Durand as Deep Space 9 computer voice Maria Dykstra as Bajoran deputy Terry Green as operations lieutenant Randy James as Norman Large as Neral David B. Levinson as Broik Irving Lewis as Cardassian officer Dan Magee as operations lieutenant Mark Major as Cardassian officer Mary Mascari as Bajoran civilian Angus McClellan as operations ensign James Minor as operations officer Sherry O'Keefe as Bajoran civilian Max Omega as operations officer Chuck Shanks as operations lieutenant Mark Allen Shepherd as Morn Steph Silvestri as command officer Todd Slayton as Alien in corridor Vulcan operations officer James Lee Stanley as Bajoran deputy Susie Stillwell as Bajoran deputy Chester E. Tripp III Brian J. Williams as Cardassian officer Unknown performers as Alien with long face Angie Kirby Corvallen visitor Ferengi criminal Klingon criminal Paradan visitor Pelian female Pelian male Plix Tixiplik Taal visitor Stunt doubles Unknown stunt performers as Stunt double for Casey Biggs Stunt double for Armin Shimerman Stand-ins Mark Lentry – stand-in for Rene Auberjonois David B. Levinson – stand-in for Max Grodénchik Robin Morselli – stand-in for Salome Jens Brenda Jean Wright – stand-in for Nana Visitor References 2327; 2369; ability; accusation; adjutant; Alpha Quadrant; antigraviton; Argolis Cluster; Bajor; Bajorans; Bajoran wormhole; ; businessman; captain; Cardassians; cloaking device; commanding officer; confined to quarters; demotion; Dominion; Dominion War; Dominion-controlled space; dozen; drink; eat; Federation; Ferengi; field generator; field test; Founders; Founders' homeworld (2371); Founders' homeworld (2372); gamble; Gamma Quadrant; gravimetric distortion; gravimetric shear; Great Link; ; handkerchief; holding cell; intimacy; Jem'Hadar; kanar; ; leader; memorandum; naval tradition; "Old Man"; phaser array; poison; power cell; Promenade; promotion; protostar; Quark's; renovation; resistance cell; root beer; sanitation duty; Saurian brandy; security detail; self-replicating mine; sensor array; Seventh Tactical Wing (aka Seventh Tac-Wing); Starfleet; Starfleet Intelligence; stealing; strategy; Taal; tactical wing; warlord; waveguide; wedding; yamok sauce Starship references ; ; ; ; (unnamed); (unnamed); Jem'Hadar attack ship (unnamed); Jem'Hadar battle cruiser; Klingon Bird-of-Prey; (unnamed); ; Starbase 375 () External links de:Hinter der Linie es:Behind the Lines fr:Behind the Lines (épisode) nl:Behind the Lines DS9 episodes

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Favor the Bold (episode)

Tired of being on the losing end of the war, Captain Sisko convinces Starfleet Command to launch a fleet of starships to retake Deep Space 9. Meanwhile, time may be running out for Rom. Summary Teaser Somewhere in space, the is venting plasma. Her weapons are off-line and her shields are at 30%. Two Dominion ships approach and attack. A Klingon Bird-of-Prey decloaks and destroys one of the Jem'Hadar ships. The Defiant brings its weapons online and destroys the other. The Klingon ship is the . The Rotarran and the Defiant have been playing this game for a while. Just then they receive new orders from Starfleet to fall back. The crew complains that it seems that all they've been doing lately is retreating. According to Chief Miles O'Brien, engage, retreat, engage, retreat is becoming the Federation's favorite tune. Julian Bashir adds on that they might end up singing "Hail the Conquering Dominion". Lieutenant Commander Jadzia Dax, captaining the Defiant, and her fiance, Lieutenant Commander Worf, captaining the Rotarran, agree to meet at Starbase 375. Once there Dax, echoing her crew's sentiments, confronts Captain Benjamin Sisko about Starfleet's strategy in his office, which has left morale so low that even the Klingons have begun to doubt the certainty of victory. When Sisko tells Dax that he's in complete agreement, she forcefully tells him to do something about it, at which point he already has and reveals his plan to retake Deep Space 9. Act One The next day, Sisko describes his plan to Admirals Sitak and Cobum. Elements from the Second, Fifth, and Ninth Fleets will be peeled off the front lines and sent to retake Deep Space 9. Admiral Sitak tells Sisko that the Dominion will send a large fleet to stop them, but Sisko counters that it will slow their advance into Federation territory. Admiral Cobum objects that the plan leaves Earth extremely vulnerable. Admiral William Ross responds that the Third Fleet will still be there to protect Earth. Cobum still isn't convinced, but Sisko states confidently that the Dominion will not attack Earth because Earth isn't the key to the Alpha Quadrant; the wormhole is. And whoever controls Deep Space 9 controls the wormhole. On Terok Nor, the Dominion/Cardassian name for Deep Space 9, Quark and Major Kira Nerys attempt to see Odo about releasing Rom from his Dominion holding cell. But Odo's quarters are guarded by Bajoran and Jem'Hadar security, and Odo won't see anyone. The Bajoran informs them that Odo has been with the Female Changeling for three days. Quark starts a fight with the Jem'Hadar guard and Major Kira breaks it up. The Bajoran deputy tells them it would be best if they left and promises to tell Odo they were there. Inside, the Female Changeling and Odo sit back to back, fully clothed on the opposite sides of an only slightly rumpled bed. They are discussing sex in the manner of solids. The Female Changeling thanks Odo for giving her new insight, observing that the solids' version of intimacy pales in comparison to the Changelings' linking. They discuss Odo's previous experiences with sex. The Female Changeling guesses that Odo regrets not having had it with Kira. But Odo doesn't want to talk about Kira. He says that he has a Ruling Council meeting to attend. The Female Changeling says that that meeting took place three days ago. Odo is shocked at the passage of time. The Female Changeling tells him not to worry anymore about solids' meetings and schedules: "we're Changelings; we're timeless". They link. Act Two Kira next goes to see Weyoun about Rom. He's in the wardroom examining a gift given to him by Gul Dukat: a prize-winning painting on Cardassia by Dukat's daughter Tora Ziyal. But as the Founders made the Vorta without a sense of aesthetics, Weyoun cannot appreciate it and insists on asking Kira if it is "any good." Then, Weyoun tells Kira that the Dominion is planning to execute Rom on charges of terrorism for attempting to sabotage the Dominion's move to bring down the minefield. He also notes that Rom is the "diabolical genius" who came up with the self-replicating mines in the first place. Seeing that Weyoun won't be of any help, Kira threatens to involve the Bajoran government since Rom is married to a Bajoran citizen, but Weyoun is not impressed. He does, though, say he won't consider her to be a co-conspirator. Rom, his wife Leeta, and his brother Quark discuss Rom's future, or lack of one, from his Dominion holding cell. After Rom shoots down the possibility that the Bajoran government can arrange his release, or that Grand Nagus Zek can buy his freedom from the Dominion, Quark pledges to do whatever it takes to get him out. But Rom is much more interested in having Quark take out the anti-graviton beam, to finish what Rom started. Quark protests at first, because he doesn't want to die, but he knows that he has no choice. As Rom tells him, the fate of the entire Alpha Quadrant is now in Quark's hands. Kira next appeals to Ziyal to speak to her father Dukat about Rom. Ziyal goes to Dukat, but he says he can't do anything. Ziyal appeals to his vanity; this is Dukat's opportunity to show the people of Bajor, especially Major Kira what a forgiving, compassionate, great man he is. Dukat briefly suspects that Ziyal was involved in the attempted sabotage. Ziyal says that if Dukat truly regrets the Cardassian occupation of Bajor, then this is his chance to prove it to everyone, including her. He again refuses, as Rom is now an enemy of the state, and Ziyal, angry, says that Dukat is a true Cardassian. She storms out. In Quark's, Kira and Quark finish a discussion about a possible scheme to free Rom. Quark suggests bringing Nausicaans aboard the station, breaking his brother out of his holding cell, and making a fast getaway. Kira quickly shoots down that idea, telling Quark freeing Rom is going to take precise planning and that things could get out of control with Nausicaans. "Think I can get my money back?" Quark asks. At the bar, Damar is feeling quite pleased with himself. Finding Kira at the bar, he orders her to prepare to receive a freighter and takes her seat. As she reluctantly leaves, he objects to her attitude. Kira responds he's welcome to try and change it. Damar later tells Quark that his field tests on the anti-graviton beam were successful and deactivation of the mines has already begun. Quark asks how long it'll take, and is horrified to find out that the minefield will be ready to be destroyed within the week. Act Three On Starbase 375, General Martok tells Sisko and Admiral Ross that Klingon Chancellor Gowron doesn't like Sisko's plan. Gowron is concerned that it will leave the Klingon Empire exposed to Dominion attack. Martok and Worf agree to see Gowron in person to convince him that the plan is worth it. As Martok says, if Gowron's most trusted ally and his worst enemy tell him the same thing, he will have no choice but to agree. Quark tells Kira about Damar's estimate that the minefield will be down in a week, and suggests letting Odo know in case he can help. Kira reminds him they can't get to Odo, and feels certain he wouldn't help even if he were asked. Therefore they have to find a way to warn Starfleet, however no-one has a clue on how to actually do that. Jake then arrives and tells the two that he's able to get a message out to his father thanks to a courier, Morn, who is going away for his mother's birthday (the message being hidden on a ribbon that is used to tie her present). Sisko receives the message, letting him and Admiral Ross know the minefield will be down in three days – one day less than it will take for the Ninth Fleet and the Klingons to arrive and join Sisko's task force. Sisko says they have no choice but to launch the operation immediately – even if not enough ships survive to re-take the station, they have a slender hope of destroying the graviton emitter and keeping the minefield intact. After a moment's pause, Ross agrees, knowing that if the Dominion's reinforcements are allowed to come through the wormhole, then all is lost. Act Four In the wardroom, Dukat and Weyoun observe the slow, but steady deactivation of the mines. As the graviton beam strikes a mine, a brief flash is visible as its replication unit fails. Weyoun comments that he is unable to see them, as the Vorta have very poor eyesight, but is assured by Dukat that he will most certainly see the final destruction of the minefield. Damar enters with the latest movement of the Federation Fleet: the Second and Fifth Fleets have disengaged from the Kotanka system and Vulcan border respectively and have converged at Starbase 375. But they don't know what the Federation is up to. Weyoun demands an answer to this and leaves. Dukat then asks Damar to talk to Ziyal to convince her to talk to Dukat again. Damar, looking uncomfortable, tries to back out, but Dukat says that it is important to him, so Damar agrees. In a cargo bay, Damar confronts Ziyal, who is speaking with Kira. Damar tries to convince her to come with him, to no avail. He explains that Dukat knows their alliance with the Dominion is a dangerous one and thus cannot afford to show weakness. When she still refuses, he grabs her. Kira objects and knocks Damar unconscious. Ziyal is shocked. On Starbase 375, Ross stops by Sisko's office to see him off and wish him good luck. Sisko is reviewing ancient Bajoran texts and the two start to discuss Bajor. When Ross comments that he hears that it's "nice", Sisko tells him that hardly describes Bajor's beauty and talks eloquently about some of the planet's natural wonders. Ross assures Sisko that he's convinced and notes that the captain will have a hard time saying goodbye when his mission ends and Bajor is welcomed into the Federation. Sisko responds that he has no intention of saying goodbye, as he intends to build a house on Bajor. Although he will always go to wherever Starfleet assigns him, Bajor is where he'll return to when it's time to go home. On the Defiant, Nog and O'Brien talk about Nog's promotion to ensign. Sisko takes command of the Defiant from Dax. The fleet departs for Deep Space 9. Act Five Back on Terok Nor, Dukat tells Weyoun that the Federation fleet is on the move and headed towards the station. Weyoun isn't concerned, as he's sure the Dominion will crush them. They arrange to have ships taken off the front lines and repositioned at Terok Nor; once the wormhole is reopened, there will be more than enough ships to take their place. Damar enters, with his face bruised, demanding that Major Kira be arrested for assault. He tries to explain what happened with Ziyal to Dukat, but Weyoun overhears their conversation (the Vorta's poor eyesight is compensated by excellent hearing), chiming in that family squabbles can wait until the enemy has been crushed. He reminds Dukat of their immediate priorities, and is told that enough ships will be redeployed to halt the Federation fleet. Weyoun leaves to inform the Female Changeling. While Damar is shocked that the Federation is making a move against them, Dukat demands to know exactly what happened between him and Kira. Elsewhere on the station, Odo and the Female Changeling are observing the solids from the upper deck of the Promenade. Odo pities the limits of the solids, but the Female Changeling states that the Founders must guide the solids, not pity them. The Female Changeling says that the solids must be broken of their love for freedom for their own good. Odo is taken aback. His eyes are beginning to open again to what the Founders really are. He leaves as Weyoun interrupts. Odo spots Kira and chases her down. He tries to explain that he's been "occupied." Kira says she knows; while he's been occupied, the minefield's coming down, the Federation is about to lose the war, and Rom has been sentenced to death. He tries to apologize, but Kira won't have it. She says "we are way, way past 'sorry'." The Federation task force, en route to DS9, detects 1,254 Dominion ships ahead. The Federation is outnumbered two to one. On the Defiants bridge, everyone is quiet. Sisko breaks the silence by activating the comm-system and ordering the fleet into Delta-Two Attack Formation. He recalls the old saying "Fortune favors the bold", and comments that they are about to find out if that's true. TO BE CONTINUED… Memorable quotes "Can you believe it? They made me an ensign." "I didn't realize that things were going so bad." "Scary, isn't it?" - Nog and O'Brien discussing the sad state of the Federation "I don't know what all you brass hats in Starfleet Command are thinking, but take it from a simple field officer – we're not going to win this war by running away from the enemy." "I know that." "Benjamin, troop morale is at an all-time low. Even the Klingons are starting to wonder if we can defeat the Dominion. We need a victory – a big victory – and we need it soon." "I couldn't agree with you more." "Then do something about it!" "I already have. In fact, I'm presenting a plan to Starfleet Command at 0800 tomorrow." "What plan?" "We're going to retake Deep Space 9." - Dax and Sisko "What if you're wrong, and the Dominion doesn't commit its forces to protect Deep Space 9? What if instead they launch a full-scale assault on Earth? If we follow the plan you're proposing, we'll never be able to get reinforcements there in time!" "The Dominion won't attack Earth." "How can you be sure?" "Because Earth isn't the key to the Alpha Quadrant; the wormhole is – and whoever controls Deep Space 9 controls the wormhole." - Admiral Cobum, Sisko, and Admiral Sitak "It should be obvious, even to you, Damar, that I am not a true daughter of Cardassia!" "What's obvious to me is that your father should've left you to rot in that Breen prison camp. But he didn't. He took pity on you, and it's your duty to repay him. Now come with me!" "Let her go!" "And if I don't? What happens then?" "I was hoping you'd ask!" - Ziyal, Damar, and Kira (who proceeds to knock Damar out) "Don't you think resolving family squabbles can wait until after we've won the war?" (Dukat and Damar look at him in disbelief.) "Weak eyes, good ears." - Weyoun, after hearing Dukat and Damar's conversation "One week… and the Alpha Quadrant is ours!" - Damar "What if I get caught?" "Then we'll die together, brother." - Quark and Rom, on having Quark stopping the deactivation of the minefield. "Would this be more aesthetically pleasing if it were blue?" - Weyoun "I don't want you to try to save me." "What are you talking about?! They must have done something to his mind!" "What mind?" - Rom, Leeta, and Quark "General… perhaps you should return to Qo'noS and make your plea in person. The chancellor has great respect for you – if you cannot convince him, no one can." "I will go to see Gowron… and you will come with me!" "No – the chancellor no longer considers me a friend." "I know. But what could be better? An ally and an enemy both telling him the same thing; he'll have no other choice but to agree!" - Worf and Martok "If those Dominion reinforcements come through the wormhole we will have lost everything." "Then we take the ships we have, fight our way to Deep Space 9 and destroy the anti-graviton emitter. It's our only hope." "…Do it!" - Ross and Sisko "I must say, you're doing a wonderful job with Odo." "Meaning what?!" "Meaning that he's always posed a potential threat to our plans, but you seem to have neutralized him quite nicely." "Neutralize Odo?! Is that why you think I'm here?! Odo is a Changeling – bringing him home, returning him to the Great Link means more to us than the Alpha Quadrant itself. Is that clear?" - Weyoun and the Female Changeling"Rom is an enemy of the state and enemies of the state do not deserve mercy." "Spoken like a true Cardassian." "I am a Cardassian! And so are you." "No, I'm not!! I could never be like you!" - Dukat and Ziyal"You're sorry?! That's what you wanted to tell me? You're sorry?! Well, let me tell you something, Odo. We are way, way past 'sorry'." - Kira to Odo"I always hope for the best. Experience, unfortunately, has taught me to expect the worst." - Garak"There's an old saying: Fortune favors the bold. Well, I guess we're about to find out." - Sisko''', on Operation Return (last line of the episode) Background information The six-episode arc When the multi-episode arc was originally conceived, it was four episodes long, but once the writers started to develop ideas and decide where specific plot points needed to go and how things needed to develop, Ira Steven Behr changed it to a five-episode arc. For a considerable amount of time it remained a five-episode narrative, even getting to the stage where titles were being assigned. At that point, "Favor the Bold" was the final episode, and encompassed the final space battle, the rebellion on Deep Space 9 and the Federation's re-acquisition of the station. After Behr and co-writer Hans Beimler began to run into trouble trying to fit everything into forty-four minutes however, Behr realized that one episode simply could not contain all that was needed to finish off such a large narrative arc. As such, he and Beimler basically split the last episode into two, and began to fill it out, thus creating a mini two-parter to conclude the overall six-parter. () "Favor the Bold" The title of this episode is a paraphrase of a line from the narrative poem The Aeneid, written by Virgil in Ancient Rome. The poem is a 'sequel' to by and it describes how the wanderings of the Trojan soldier bring him to Italy, and ultimately to lay the foundations of Rome itself. The actual quote, as spoken by Sisko in the episode, is "Fortune favors the bold" ("audentes fortuna iuvat") and is found in Book 10, line 284 of the poem. The phrase would show up again in as the motto of the Columbia NX-02, Earth's second Warp 5 vessel, captained by Hernandez. Sisko's Yoruba mask, introduced in , is seen hanging on a wall in his office during his briefing with Admirals Sitak and Cobum. James T. Kirk utters a similar line in , "May fortune favor the foolish," before launching the on a time warp; in the , Spock catches the reference shortly before the ship's warp drive is engaged. This episode began life as based on the 1961 film , a film about a mission behind enemy lines to destroy a German weapons depot. Originally, the plot of the episode was to involve a covert mission to destroy a ketracel-white facility deep in Cardassian space. However, during the early stage of rewrites, that mission was relocated to , and "Favor the Bold" was reformulated. Admiral Cobum's character is similar to 's character in the film Midway, where his character tells not to go through with his plan of attack because it would leave Hawaii open to attack. Sisko's passionate speech to Admiral Ross about the beauties of Bajor indicates the first time that he has openly revealed his love for the planet. However, it is not the first time he has spoken passionately about Bajor. In the third season episode , Sisko vehemently declares that he will not allow Bajor to fall at the hands of the Dominion. Dax even comments in that episode that she hasn't seen him so passionate about anything since Jennifer died. His plan to live there however, represents a new stage in his affection for the planet. He would put his plan into action in the seventh season episode , where he designs a model for the house and purchases land in the Kendra Province on which to begin building. The above scene was added "at the last minute" when the episode was running short. Ronald D. Moore stated: "Sisko's desire to build a home on Bajor was something we'd been talking about within the writing staff for quite some time.''" In this episode, Nog is promoted to Ensign. Supposedly, the . a Federation starship built by Adam Buckner, was filmed for this episode. This ship was positioned in the background in shots of Starbase 375. Video and DVD releases UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 6.3, As part of the DS9 Season 6 DVD collection Links and references Guest stars Andrew J. Robinson as "Garak" Jeffrey Combs as "Weyoun" Marc Alaimo as "Gul Dukat" Max Grodénchik as "Rom" Aron Eisenberg as "Nog" J.G. Hertzler as "Martok" Melanie Smith as Ziyal Casey Biggs as Damar Chase Masterson as Leeta Barry Jenner as Admiral Ross And Salome Jens as Female Changeling Co-stars William Wellman Jr. as Bajoran Officer Bart McCarthy as Admiral Cobum Ericka Klein as Admiral Sitak Andrew Palmer as Jem'Hadar Soldier Uncredited co-stars Bill Blair as Alien visitor Cardassian officer Cathy DeBuono as M'Pella Brian Demonbreun as sciences officer Kathleen Demor as operations lieutenant Steve Diamond as Bajoran civilian Maria Dykstra as Bajoran deputy Dorothy Hack as Bajoran civilian David B. 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Sacrifice of Angels (episode)

A large fleet of Federation ships head towards Deep Space 9 to stop the Dominion destroying the Wormhole minefield. A Dominion fleet meets them in battle. Can the Defiant make it in time? Summary Teaser Operation Return has begun: the Federation attack fleet, commanded by Captain Benjamin Sisko, has encountered a massive Dominion blockade force – outnumbering the Starfleet vessels two-to-one. Sitting at the 's science station, Elim Garak remarks wryly that the absent Klingons will be sorry they missed "a very interesting fight", while O'Brien says it is more likely that the fight will miss the Klingons. As the Defiant crew survey the task ahead of them, Sisko prepares his strategy: groups of Federation attack fighters will make strafing runs at the blockade, focusing their fire only on the Cardassian starships. Ensign Nog is at a loss, and Garak explains that Sisko is hoping to provoke the Cardassians into breaking formation and opening a hole in the Dominion lines, something the Jem'Hadar ships will not do, no matter the provocation. It is the only chance the Federation has of reaching Deep Space 9 before the minefield is taken down. As they prepare to attack, O'Brien and Bashir quote from Tennyson's "The Charge of the Light Brigade", something which only makes an already nervous Nog even more agitated. Finally, Sisko orders the attack fighters forward and to fire at will. With that, the battle is joined. Act One The Cardassians stand their ground after the fighters' first run, so Sisko orders the second and third waves forward. On the station, safely back from the front line, Dukat, Damar, Weyoun, and the Female Changeling survey the developing battle in Ops. Dukat recognizes Sisko's strategy almost immediately, but instead of holding their ground, he explains to the Female Changeling that he plans to give Sisko his opening, and then use it to envelop him. As for the minefield, Dukat promises that it will be down in eight hours, something Weyoun says he will hold Dukat to. As the Founder and her Vorta commander leave, Damar sneers at their arrogance and egotism. Dukat chides him that the Dominion are their allies – for now. Damar then raises his concern that Federation-loyal elements may seek to sabotage the station again, hoping to damage or disable Terok Nor before the minefield is deactivated. Damar suggests that they be arrested until the battle is over. Rather than agitate the Bajorans, Dukat suggests that if anyone asks why they are under arrest, to tell them that they are merely being "held for questioning." However, Dukat firmly rejects Damar's suggestion that Ziyal be likewise detained, insisting that she is loyal to him and to Cardassia. In Quark's, said "elements" – Kira, Jake, and Leeta – are discussing the battle. Contradicting reports range from the two fleets slugging it out to the Federation fleet being completely annihilated. Kira suggests cutting off power to the main computer with a bomb, but before they can fully flesh out their plan – with unhelpful remarks from Quark – Damar arrives to take them to the security office, leaving only Quark behind, uncertain as to what to do. Act Two Sisko continues to press the Cardassians – the ninth wave of fighters proves just as ineffective as the previous eight. But Dukat is now prepared to spring his trap. He orders half a dozen squadrons to pursue the next group of attacking ships, pulling them out of formation. As O'Brien and Garak note that a hole in the Dominion lines has been opened, Dax and Sisko note the position of two starships moving into cross-fire positions, and realize that Dukat is luring them into a trap. But Sisko says this may be their only opportunity to break through, and orders the fleet to advance, detailing two wings of starships to engage the Galors, and "All other ships, head for that opening. Anyone who gets through doesn't stop until they reach Deep Space 9." The Federation fleet leaps forward, weapons blazing, and the two Galors are quickly dispatched. The Defiant, flanked by two starships, heads into the heart of the blockade fleet, taking multiple hits. The battle descends into a frantic melee as Dominion starships close around the Starfleet vessels and begin jamming fleet communications with a rotating EM pulse. O'Brien rushes to try to clear the signal. For now, Sisko's orders cannot get out to their intended recipients. Back on the station, Dukat is already pouring a toast in his office to what he considers their inevitable victory, and begins musing aloud on how best to administer the conquered systems of the Federation and the Klingons. Weyoun is much more pessimistic – noting that there are still five hours remaining before the Dominion reinforcements can come through the wormhole. He is likewise preoccupied with the formidable logistical task of occupying such a large swath of conquered territory as Dukat is considering. He concludes that the center of the inevitable resistance against Dominion occupation will be Earth, which is why it makes sense to eradicate its entire population. Dukat objects to such a measure as unnecessary; in his mind, the truest form of victory is to leave your enemy alive, so that they can see the error of their ways in resisting in the first place – "to force them to acknowledge your greatness." Weyoun asks, "Then you kill them?" and Dukat concedes, "only if it's necessary." Savoring his drink, Dukat's thoughts turn to the Occupation of Bajor and he says his one regret is that the Bajorans never saw him for what he really was: a protector, not a dictator, who shepherded them, rather than oppressed them. Dukat adds that Sisko, for all his perceptiveness, shares this unjust lack of respect for Dukat. Weyoun, contemplating that Dukat actually believes what he's saying, is both amused and fascinated by his egotism and self-delusion. The Female Changeling talks to Odo, regaling him with their success in the battle so far. He cannot share her sense of vindication, when people he used to consider his friends are fighting and dying. She retorts that they are only Solids, and that the Link means more, much more. Odo isn't sure, and she realizes the reason behind his indecision – Kira and his feelings for her. The Female Changeling mentions Kira's arrest, and that she is to be put to death, so that Odo can regain the clarity she had attempted to provide. Odo is horrified, and turns away from her. She notes that Odo cannot help her, or any of his friends. It is too late for them. The Defiant remains in the center of the battle, as its two Miranda escorts ( and ) are blown away by a concerted assault. O'Brien reports that communications have been restored, but the enemy numbers are simply too great. Garak wonders if it's time to cloak and run, but O'Brien says the cloaking device is fried. Seeing four Jem'Hadar attack ships directly ahead, Sisko orders the Defiant to fight its way through. Act Three Destroying one fighter, the Defiant is pursued by the remaining three. Aft shields are down, forward shields are failing, and the cloaking device is off-line. Sisko orders all power to weapons. Just then, a fleet of Klingon starships emerges from the blinding light of the system's sun, hammering into the Dominion fleet. Worf contacts the Defiant and apologizes for being late – convincing Gowron to spare ships for the mission was not easy. With the Klingons reinforcing the assault, a real opening has appeared in the enemy lines, and the Defiant weaves its way through the battle, emerging alone in the wake of an exploding Jem'Hadar battle cruiser. With the rest of the fleet pinned down and three hours remaining before the detonation of the minefield, Sisko gives the command to set a course for Terok Nor at maximum warp. Aboard the station, Weyoun orders pursuit, but Dukat notes that the station's defenses are more than enough to deal with one small starship, and Sisko's attack is nothing less than suicidal. Meanwhile, Quark grabs Ziyal in her quarters, and asks her if she knows how to make hasperat soufflé. Ziyal is intrigued. The two then go to the security office, and attempt to take the soufflé to Kira. The Cardassian on guard is suspicious, and begins to disassemble the meal – only to be stopped by a hypospray wielded by Ziyal. In the holding cells, Rom contemplates his imminent execution – with only ninety minutes remaining, he expects to be dead two hours after (following a lengthy speech by Dukat and a victory party with cake and raktajino). Just then, Quark and Ziyal enter, Quark armed with a pair of Cardassian phase-disruptor rifles. He tells the two Jem'Hadar guards not to move, then demands they open the cells. Ziyal points out the flaw in his request, and as Quark restates his order, the Jem'Hadar raise their weapons. Acting on instinct, Quark fires first, killing both soldiers. Stunned, Quark can only stand and watch as Ziyal takes down the force field, and frees the Resistance members. Grabbing the guards' weapons, Kira and Rom plan to sabotage the main computer, and tell the rest of them to hide. Jake grabs the still stunned Quark by the arm and he escapes with them. The Female Changeling continues to try and persuade Odo to link with her, only to be interrupted by Weyoun informing them of the escape. He recommends they go to Ops, where they will be safer, but Odo states he will remain behind in his quarters. Kira and Rom head for the main computer and attempt to shut down the power systems, pursued by Dominion forces. Pinned down in a cargo bay, Rom reacts in surprise at the sound of Bajoran phaser fire. Kira is at a loss to explain why Dominion forces would use Bajoran weapons, but when the shooting stops seconds later, she looks out and sees who had actually been using them – Odo has assembled his security force, and outflanked the enemy. As he escorts them to an access conduit, Kira asks why he changed his mind – Odo notes that the Link was paradise, but he isn't quite ready for paradise yet. The Defiant is closing on the station – a mere eleven minutes away, cutting it a little close, O'Brien notes. Rom works frantically at the main computer core, Kira sitting helplessly watching. As she asks how the work is going, Rom realizes he won't make it in time. Kira suggests cutting power to the station's weapons array instead – without weapons, the minefield cannot be detonated, at least not before the Defiant can get there. Rom resumes his work. In space, the battle has begun to turn the way of the Allies. The Klingons have outflanked the Dominion blockade fleet, and their lines are starting to crumble. Dukat is undeterred – with the minefield about to be taken down, thousands of ships wait on the other side to reinforce their position. His only hope is that the Defiant arrives in time for Sisko to see it. And his wish may be coming true. Dax suggests to Sisko that he might want to come up with an alternate plan. Rom is severing the final connections to the ODN relays just as Damar neutralizes the last mine leaving the field ready for detonation. Dukat gives the order just as Rom severs the last connection. With a brilliant flash, the array of mines is wiped out. Rom was too late, and the Defiant too. Sisko and his crew watch in horror as the shock wave from the detonations blossoms around the station. He orders Dax to enter the wormhole – one last hopeless stand against the Dominion fleet. As the Female Changeling communicates to the Dominion reinforcements, Damar detects the approaching Defiant, and Weyoun gives the order to destroy her. But Rom's work has been successful, and the station's weapons are off-line. The Defiant enters the wormhole. Act Four Sisko orders the ship to a halt – all power diverted to weapons and forward shields – as the Jem'Hadar fleet is seen on the viewscreen. The crew silently prepare themselves for the inevitable, when Sisko is suddenly pulled into the realm of the Prophets. They challenge his decision to end "the game" – they cannot allow him to die. Sisko tells them that the only way for them to save his life is to prevent the Jem'Hadar fleet from entering the Alpha Quadrant. The Prophets dismiss his demands – they are not concerned with corporeal matters, but Sisko rounds on them. What about Bajor? Their influence over that world is entirely a corporeal matter – and Bajor will be destroyed if the Dominion reinforcements arrive. "You want to be gods? Then be gods! I need a miracle – Bajor needs a miracle. Stop those ships!" The Prophets finally agree, but note that a penance must be exacted for Sisko's interference. The Sisko is of Bajor, as the Prophets are, but he will find no rest there – he will follow a different path. Before he can find out what they mean, Sisko is returned to the bridge of the Defiant, as the Dominion fleet enters weapons range. Act Five On the Defiant, the crew brace themselves for their last hopeless stand against the Dominion armada. Before anything can happen though, the Jem'Hadar vessels are enveloped in waves of energy, and disappear completely. At first, O'Brien believes that all of the ships have cloaked, but Dax cannot detect any neutrino emissions. The ships are just– gone. Sisko tells his crew that wherever they've gone to, he's certain they won't be coming back. On Terok Nor, the Dominion and Cardassians prepare to enjoy their victory. The Defiant emerges from the wormhole, and everyone waits for the fleet that should be just behind it. However, the wormhole closes again, leaving everyone agape with none more so than Dukat. Damar, checking the surrounding space and the Dominion's Gamma Quadrant listening posts, reports, stunned, that the reinforcements are nowhere to be found. The Defiant opens fire on the still-defenseless station. With weapons still offline, Damar announces that two hundred Allied ships have broken through their lines and are heading for the station; Weyoun orders an evacuation. The Female Changeling orders the Dominion forces to fall back to Cardassian space, noting the war will apparently take longer than expected. Dukat remains completely aghast at his sudden change in fortune, and his slim grasp on reality begins to crumble. As Damar organizes the evacuation, Dukat's sole thought is with Ziyal – he must find her. Sisko lets the Dominion forces evacuate – the Defiant is in no shape to stop them. Bashir relays a message from the – the Dominion forces are in full retreat. Smiling, Sisko gives the order for the fleet to rendezvous – at Deep Space 9. The captain triumphantly returns to his chair. A disheveled and distraught Dukat wanders the Promenade, searching for Ziyal. Weyoun and the Female Changeling depart the station – Weyoun asks if Odo will be joining them; the Female Changeling says no, but it is only a matter of time until he does. With one final look at his lost prize, Weyoun enters the airlock. Dukat has reached the habitat ring, and finds Ziyal looking for him. Dukat wants her to come back to Cardassia with him – she's all he cares about, all he has. But Ziyal doesn't want to leave. Dukat is insistent, the enemy is on its way; Ziyal says that they aren't her enemy – she's one of them, she helped Kira and the others escape. She belongs here on the station, and bids him goodbye. As she leaves, she turns back to tell Dukat she loves him – only to be shot by an overhearing Damar. Shattered by grief, Dukat runs to his dying daughter and tells her he forgives her, angrily shoving aside Damar as he tries to get him to leave. The last Dominion ship has been routed, Starfleet has returned to Deep Space 9, and Sisko sets foot upon his home once more to a cheering crowd of Bajorans and happily reunites with Jake. Martok arrives just afterward, noting that Sisko has won his wager with him – a barrel of bloodwine for the first of them to step aboard the station. Sisko tells the general they will drink it together. Worf and Dax are reunited, and O'Brien and Bashir are too – with Quark's holosuites. Nog relates his promotion to his father and Leeta, remarking that this now makes him Rom's superior officer. As Garak searches the Promenade, Sisko asks after Kira. The Major is in the Infirmary – with Ziyal. Garak reacts, and heads for the medical facility, finding Kira standing over the young woman's body. He remarks that he could never figure out why she loved him, and now he never will. Dukat is still aboard the station, a shattered wreck of a man. Babbling to himself and an illusory Ziyal, he is helped out of a holding cell by Odo, handing Sisko's to him as he does. Sisko regards the object for a moment, as Dukat is led away by Odo. Memorable quotes "Cannon to the right of them, Cannon to the left of them, Cannon in front of them, Volley'd and thunder'd." "Storm'd at with shot and shell, Boldly they rode and well, Into the jaws of death, Into the mouth of hell– Rode the six hundred." "Whatever it is you two are reciting, I wish you'd stop!" - O'Brien, Bashir, and Nog, after quoting from "The Charge of the Light Brigade" "To the conquerors of the Federation." - Dukat, raising a glass "We didn't defeat the Federation by being cautious." "We haven't defeated it yet. And even if we do, it's only the beginning. Holding onto a prize as vast as the Federation isn't going to be easy. It's going to require an enormous number of ships, a massive occupation army, and constant vigilance." "I look forward to it!" - Dukat and Weyoun "A true victory is to make your enemies see they were wrong to oppose you in the first place. To force them to acknowledge your greatness!" "Then you kill them?" "Only if it's necessary." - Dukat and Weyoun "There are people out there– fighting, dying– people who used to be my friends." "They're Solids, Odo – you must remember that." "I know– but they still mean something to me!" "The Link means more." "That's what I keep telling myself– but somehow I can't quite believe it!" - Odo and the Female Changeling "Any other ships make it?" "No, sir." - Sisko and Nog, on the Defiants bridge after it broke through the front lines "Uh, Chief? How does that poem end?" "You don't want to know." - Garak and O'Brien, as Sisko orders the Defiant to enter the wormhole to confront the Dominion reinforcements alone "Any questions?" "I could ask why?" "I don't think there's time to explain it – besides, I– think you know the answer." "What about the link?" "The link– was paradise. But it appears I'm not ready for paradise." - Odo and Kira, after Odo and his men ambush the Jem'Hadar "What about Bajor? You can't tell me Bajor doesn't concern you. You've sent the Bajorans Orbs, and Emissaries– you've even encouraged them to create an entire religion around you! You even told me once that you were 'of Bajor' – so don't you tell me, you're not concerned with corporeal matters! I don't want to see Bajor destroyed. Neither do you – but we all know that's exactly what's going to happen if the Dominion takes over the Alpha Quadrant! You say you don't want me to sacrifice my life – well FINE! Neither do I. You want to be gods? Then BE gods! I need a miracle. Bajor needs a miracle– STOP THOSE SHIPS!!!" - Sisko, convincing the Prophets to stop the Dominion "The Sisko is of Bajor, but he will find no rest there. His pagh will follow another path." - The Prophets, explaining that Sisko must pay a penance "Victory was within our grasp–! (–) Bajor– The Federation– The Alpha Quadrant– All lost!" - Dukat, starting to break down "Time to start packing!" "Contact our forces in the Alpha Quadrant. Tell them to fall back to Cardassian territory. It appears this war is going to take longer than expected." - Weyoun and the Female Changeling, when the Federation fleet begins to retake Terok Nor "She loved you." "I could never figure out why. I guess I never will." - Kira and Garak, regarding Ziyal "What about Odo – is he coming with us?" (Sadly)"No– but he will join us one day – it's only a matter of time." - Weyoun and the Female Changeling, as they leave the station "I forgive you too." - Dukat, as he hands Sisko back his baseball Background information The six-episode arc When the multi-episode arc was originally conceived, it was four episodes long, but once the writers started to develop ideas and decide where specific plot points needed to go and how things needed to develop, Ira Steven Behr changed it to a five-episode arc. For a considerable amount of time it remained a five-episode narrative, even getting to the stage where titles were being assigned. At that point, "Favor the Bold" was the final episode, and encompassed the final space battle, the rebellion on Deep Space 9 and the Federation's re-acquisition of the station. After Behr and co-writer Hans Beimler began to run into trouble trying to fit everything into forty-four minutes however, Behr realized that one episode simply could not contain all that was needed to finish off such a large narrative arc. As such, he and Beimler basically split the last episode into two, and began to fill it out, thus creating a mini two-parter to conclude the overall six-parter. () That the six-episode arc was extremely successful is illustrated by Ira Steven Behr; "ultimately everyone agreed that it was tremendously successful, and one of the best things the show ever did." Similarly, that it marked an important turning point for the show is hinted at by Hans Beimler, "It showed us the possibilities and the excitement that could be garnered, and in the end, we liked it so much that we decided to do the ten-episode arc at the end of the series." () "Sacrifice of Angels" This episode contains the largest battle ever seen in Star Trek, topping , which itself had topped . It is also the first Star Trek episode where is used exclusively. Being the first episode where the battle scenes were entirely done in CGI, the producers realized that this was a massive project for television and quickly decided to split the workload between Digital Muse and Foundation Imaging. The latter was tasked with digitizing the alien ships, while the former would handle those Federation ships that were not digitized yet. The animation of the battle itself was for the first half handled by Digital Muse; Foundation did the second half (with the breaking through the lines and the arrival of the Klingons). Visual effects supervisor David Stipes explains that traditionally, scenes like this were done on the sound stage with models via motion-control rigs, but that was not an option this time, due to the immensity of the battle; "the problem is that motion control is about shooting one ship at a time, one pass at a time. There was just no way we could have done it. We just didn't have enough time or money." () Dan Curry and Bradley Thompson, who was once a pilot, both consulted on the battle sequence because the producers wanted to do something with specific military tactics as opposed to just two fleets shooting at one another. () This episode marks the death of Tora Ziyal (Melanie Smith) and the onset of Gul Dukat's descent into madness, however, Ira Steven Behr maintains that Dukat was well on his way to madness long before Ziyal's death: "The difference between Dukat and someone like Sisko – it's one of the ultimate differences of this show. A healthy Human being like Sisko knows himself. That doesn't mean he doesn't have limitations. It doesn't mean he doesn't make mistakes. But he knows himself. Dukat is a totally self-deluded person. He's a deeply, deeply screwed up Cardassian who doesn't understand his own motives. He loved Ziyal, but like the true sociopathic personality he is, he wasn't above using her, or lying to her." () Dukat's motives, his madness and his delusions would next be addressed in the episode . Of the death of Ziyal itself, Hans Beimler says, "We understood the ramifications on all the characters. We'd built up her relationship with Garak. The girl who always told the truth had fallen in love with the guy who never tells the truth – or all of the truth. It made for a nice tragic love story, and her death served to motivate Garak in his future actions." () The Prophets' description of Sisko's life as "the game" is a reference back to . There, Sisko explains linear existence to the Prophets using a baseball game as a metaphor. They also referred to 'the game' when explaining to Quark why they had taken away Zek's greed in the third season episode – because he wanted to know the outcome of the game before it was over. When Sisko says to the Prophets, "You once told me you were of Bajor", he is referring to the fourth season episode . After and , this episode represents Sisko's third visit to the Prophets. At the end of the episode, Sisko gets the Prophets to help him, but there is a price to pay; an idea with many mythic and biblical precursors. Hans Beimler says, "It's tragic hero stuff. A hero takes on things for others, but doesn't necessarily find any peace himself in the result." In relation to this, Ira Steven Behr compares Sisko to (who guides his people to the Promised Land, but who isn't allowed to enter himself) and Ethan Edwards (the character in the 1956 film who reunites his family but cannot enter the house with them). () Both the Prophets' assertion that although Sisko is "of Bajor", he will find no peace there, and the Female Changeling's claim that Odo will one day join the Great Link ("it's only a matter of time") will prove to be true, with both coming to pass in the series finale . When this show aired, there were some criticisms of it having a ending, something which infuriated Ira Steven Behr; "I felt it was the perfect next step in the evolution of the relationship between Sisko and the Prophets that began in the pilot. Hearing people refer to it as some dopey deus ex machina is really annoying because I would think they'd give us more credit for being on the ball. We didn't have to end it like that, we chose to end it like that. Because we wanted to say that there was something going on here. And ultimately, that would lead to our finding out that Sisko is part-Prophet. They wouldn't have done this for just anyone. This was the man going out into the wilderness and demanding God to interfere, to do something for crying out loud. The corporeal characters had done so much in the episode; surely they'd earned the help of the gods." () Ronald D. Moore commented on the Prophets intervention: "The intervention of the Prophets was something we discussed at length during the development of the six episode arc – the Sisko/Prophets story is something we consider to be a key element of the series itself. To us, the finale of "Sacrifice" was something that came organically out of the overall story of DS9 and that's why we did it. The journey that Sisko has made from to "Sacrifice" is a profound one – he's gone from a man who questioned the very existence of the Prophets to asking them to behave like gods and save their "children" down on Bajor. There will be a price exacted from Sisko for daring to bring the Prophets into this conflict and we'll play that out as the series continues". The poem quoted by O'Brien and Bashir on the bridge before the battle is "", a narrative poem by about the , written in 1854. Quark's amusingly contradictory orders to the Jem'Hadar during the holding cell breakout are reminiscent of a bank heist scene involving in the 1987 film . The story document for this episode was distributed around Paramount with a typo on the cover – instead of being entitled "Sacrifice of Angels", it was entitled "Sacrifice of Angles". Ira Steven Behr has jokingly said that he prefers the 'Angles' title. () The footage of Federation starships docked and flying around Deep Space 9 after it has been successfully recaptured was previously used in and . Dukat's strategy – deliberately opening a hole in the Dominion-Cardassian lines, hoping to draw the enemy in and then envelop them – is similar to the successful strategy used by Hannibal at the on Earth in the third century BC. It is interesting that Bashir is the one to point out the trap; Alexander Siddig later portrayed Hannibal in a made-for-TV film. Weyoun's assumption that any resistance against a Dominion occupation of the Federation would begin on Earth was later reiterated in , where , Lauren, and Patrick predicted that after five generations of Dominion rule a rebellion would form, centered on Earth. Remastered version Remastered scenes from the episode are featured in the documentary What We Left Behind. This includes a lengthy space battle sequence. Apocrypha In the novel , the Jem'Hadar soldiers of the missing fleet attack the parasitic being mother creature. In Star Trek Online, the missing Dominion fleet plays a critical role in the Featured Episode series, "The 2800", where it is returned to the Alpha Quadrant 34 years after the war ended, and proceeds to capture Deep Space 9. Video and DVD releases UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 6.3, As part of the DS9 Season 6 DVD collection Links and references Starring Avery Brooks as Captain Sisko Also starring Rene Auberjonois as Odo / Odo Alien Michael Dorn as Lt. Commander Worf Terry Farrell as Lt. Commander Dax Cirroc Lofton as Jake Sisko / Jake Alien Colm Meaney as Chief O'Brien Armin Shimerman as Quark Alexander Siddig as Doctor Bashir Nana Visitor as Major Kira / Kira Alien Guest stars Andrew J. Robinson as Garak Jeffrey Combs as Weyoun / Weyoun Alien Marc Alaimo as Dukat / Dukat Alien Max Grodénchik as Rom Aron Eisenberg as Nog J.G. Hertzler as Martok Melanie Smith as Ziyal Casey Biggs as Damar / Damar Alien Chase Masterson as Leeta And Salome Jens as the Female Changeling Co-star Darin Cooper as a Cardassian officer Uncredited co-stars Sam Alejan as sciences officer Michael Bailous as Bajoran deputy Majel Barrett as Narrator Patti Begley as Bajoran civilian Bill Blair as Alien resident Cardassian officer Uriah Carr as operations officer Robert Coffee as Bajoran civilian Frank Collison as Dolak Cathy DeBuono as M'Pella Tom Demille as Klingon officer Brian Demonbreun as sciences officer Kathleen Demor as Klingon officer Steve Diamond as Bajoran civilian Judi Durand as Deep Space 9 computer voice Elliot Durant III as Bajoran civilian Maria Dykstra as Bajoran deputy Anthony Giger as command officer Terry Green as operations lieutenant Dorothy Hack as Bajoran civilian Jeffrey Hayenga as Orta Norman Large as Neral David B. 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You Are Cordially Invited (episode)

The matriarch of the House of Martok challenges Worf and Dax's marriage. Summary Teaser "Captain's Personal Log, Stardate 51247.5. It's been a week since our return to Deep Space 9, but the mood of celebration continues. We're still at war, and the station has been designated headquarters for the Ninth Fleet. That, plus our strategic position guarding the wormhole, makes DS9 one of the most tempting targets in the entire Quadrant. But for now at least, the war seems very far away." Captain Sisko looks out on the second level of the Promenade with satisfaction as the flags of the Federation, the Klingon Empire, and Bajor are unfurled side by side from a rail, and the commerce of the Promenade resumes heartily, populated by the station's civilian population, and a mix of officers from Starfleet, the Bajoran Militia, and the Klingon Defense Force. Even though the Federation is still at war with the Dominion, the celebrations over Starfleet's return to the station are continuing and the atmosphere on the station is that of a happy one. In Ops, Sisko arrives for work and he and Major Kira warmly wish each other a good morning, noting how happy they are to be working together again. However the captain has a lot of work in front on him, beginning with General Martok waiting in his office. Martok, who has just been appointed Supreme Commander of the Ninth Fleet, is more angry than honored, ranting about the amount of paperwork that comes with the position. Sisko, who recommended him for the position, smiles and offers his congratulations, and offers to arrange quarters for the general aboard his new headquarters. Martok declines, preferring to keep his cramped berth aboard the Rotarran, so that he can at least feel like he's still "in the war." He requests Sisko's permission to have Worf continue serving as his principal intelligence officer, and Sisko agrees, noting that Worf seems to be the only officer he's met who can never have enough work. The conversation then drifts to Worf's son Alexander, whom Sisko hasn't met before. Martok, choosing his words carefully, calls Alexander a fine boy with "the heart of his father," but admits he isn't much of a warrior. In Quark's, Alexander is sharing a drink of bloodwine with his father and Jadzia Dax, telling her about one of his memorable screw-ups aboard the Rotarran (flooding an entire deck with superheated hydraulic fluid). He says that, despite his clumsiness, he has become surprisingly popular among the Rotarrans crew, who have come to see him as a sort of "good luck charm." He then surprises his father by mentioning that he has received new orders to transfer to the cruiser at the end of the week, since they took heavy casualties in an engagement and most of the Rotarrans crew will be transferring. When Alexander leaves to get more blood wine, Quark approaches the two and asks if they have reconsidered having their wedding in Quark's. Worf tells Quark firmly that the wedding will be held on Qo'noS after the war is over, however Dax, after looking thoughtful during the conversation, suddenly jumps in and agrees to Quark's request. Worf is surprised, but Dax explains that this way Alexander can attend the wedding before he leaves. When Alexander returns, Worf informs him of their change in plans and asks Alexander to be his Tawi'Yan ("swordbearer"), the Klingon equivalent of a best man. Alexander is so happy about this that he accidentally knocks over a tray of drinks. Act One In a turbolift, Dax and Kira are discussing the wedding, with Dax mentioning Worf has been planning everything for three months. Kira comments the wedding seems to be dominated by what Worf wants, but Dax is all right with that knowing it's what Worf has wanted since he was a boy, and she's already had several weddings. As they talk, they almost run into Odo in a corridor but he sees them and abruptly changes direction to avoid meeting them. Kira tells her it is because of what happened during the occupation of the station, of which Dax has no idea, but she doesn't feel like getting into it at the moment. Later, Worf meets with Sisko, Martok, Miles O'Brien, and Julian Bashir. He asks them to join Martok and himself in Kal'Hyah, a mental and spiritual journey that lasts for four nights before a Klingon wedding. Martok advises the four to get a good night's sleep before entering. "Four nights at a Klingon bachelor party. Just think of the possibilities," Bashir tells O'Brien as they leave. O'Brien tells the doctor that he is glad his wife Keiko isn't currently at the station. Later, Sisko and Martok go to one of the upper pylons to greet Martok's wife Sirella, who has arrived on a ship. By marrying Worf, Jadzia will become a member of the House of Martok. As a of a Great House, Sirella approves all the weddings conducted by its members. Sirella greets Martok by telling him he has put on weight – and his hair is going gray. After Sirella tells him she expected him to be in his grave, he tells her he will attempt to die soon – before the year is out if possible. After being introduced to Sisko, she asks where Dax is and goes alone. Martok is in awe of her, though Sisko a tad confused. Worf is with Dax as she prepares to meet Sirella. He's a bit concerned about the var'Hama candles being replicated, but Dax responds that he is just criticizing and that the meeting will go fine. Then Sirella enters. Dax gives a Klingon greeting, but she responds immediately asking Worf to leave. Then, she continues to be hostile. Sirella tells her that it would be difficult for a Klingon female to impress her and that for an alien it will almost be impossible. Dax says she enjoys a challenge. Sirella demands she prepare the appropriate meal for the following day, and finally, comments on the candles being fake before abruptly leaving. Act Two Aboard the Rotarran, Worf confronts Martok asking him why he never told him Sirella was opposed to his marriage to Jadzia. Martok tells him Sirella believes that by allowing aliens into the House of Martok, they risk losing their Klingon identity. Martok does not want to interfere in Sirella's affairs, either. Worf wants to talk to her, but Martok reveals that Sirella does not like Worf either. Martok mentions that it was his decision to allow Worf into the House of Martok, he had every right to do so, and Sirella has accepted that there is nothing she can do about it. Worf sarcastically tells Martok that he finds that fact comforting. "And they say that you have no sense of humor!", Martok laughs while Worf scowls at him. Meanwhile, Sisko, O'Brien, Bashir, and Alexander begin the Kal'Hyah in one of Quark's holosuites, all eager for what they assume will be four days of Klingon debauchery. Worf shows them the Ma'Stakas, that are to be used at the conclusion of the wedding in a ceremonial "attack" on Worf and Dax. This tradition stems from Kahless and Lukara's wedding when they were nearly killed by Molor's troops. Worf also mentions that the food sitting nearby is not to be eaten, it is there to tempt them to break their fast. This is the first trial on the path to Kal'Hyah – deprivation (with the other trials being blood, pain, sacrifice, anguish and death). Everyone realizes that they are in for four days of hell. At the same time, Dax is undergoing a trial of her own. She is holding two braziers and lifts them onto a column, conducting a recitation. Sirella is unimpressed and orders her to do it again. Dax is frustrated, since it has been the third time. Sirella then tells her to end her attempt as she believes the House will not tolerate her weakness and she will always be considered an outsider, clearly expressing her opinion to her. Dax reacts angrily to this and lifts the braziers again. Act Three Dax's next trial is to recite the history of all the women in Sirella's family. Dax is recounting the end of the Second Dynasty, but then tells her that one of Sirella's ancestors who was apparently the daughter of the Klingon emperor was in fact a concubine through a little-known fact. This infuriates Sirella, who orders Dax to continue with the "correct" history. While this is happening, Kira congratulates Jake Sisko on having his stories of life under the Dominion occupation published by the Federation News Service. Odo approaches but once again avoids Kira, who then has Jake ignore it. Kira and Jake then see Sisko, Bashir, O'Brien, and Alexander enter the holosuites again, on the second night of their path to Kal'Hyah, appearing quite serious. This trial is the shedding of blood. Sisko, O'Brien, and Alexander quietly take a step back before Worf and Martok turn around. Although Worf is surprised to see that Bashir has "volunteered" to go first, Bashir is even more surprised. Worf tells the doctor not to worry, as the pain only lasts a few seconds, and approaches him with the knife. Act Four Meanwhile Dax is hosting a raucous party in her quarters with many people including Kira, Nog, Quark, Rom, Leeta, Morn, and Jake. She's invited Lieutenant Manuele Atoa from the to perform a fire dance. It's a big hit with everyone. Meanwhile, Bashir and O'Brien are chained to the ceiling above a floor covered with hot coals. Bashir tells O'Brien he is having a vision – he is going to kill Worf. O'Brien agrees with him. Odo arrives at the party with two Bajoran deputies after receiving complaints about the noise and that he also heard there was a fight. Kira is first at the door, and now he is forced to talk to her. Kira tells Odo the fight was between Morn and a Bolian, but the two are getting along fine now and that she is authorizing the party to continue under her authority as first officer of the station. Odo turns to leave but he and Kira finally realize they have to talk about what happened during the occupation. Allowing his deputies the rest of the night off to enjoy the party, Odo and Kira leave to talk in private as Dax begins to flirt with Atoa following his act. Soon, Sirella arrives, ignoring everyone there, and tells Dax it is time for the Bre'Nan ritual. Fed up with her, Dax sternly tells her she is busy. Sirella insults her, calling her a Risian slut. Sirella orders her to come with her, or she will cancel the wedding. After Dax refuses, Sirella pulls a d'k tahg. Dax disarms her and punches her in the face. Sirella leaves and Dax forces the party to resume. The next morning, Dax wakes up with a monumental hangover and, after kicking out the party-goers (Morn and Atoa) who ended up crashing for the night sluggishly orders a raktajino from the replicator. Worf arrives and tells Dax they have to talk; Sirella has canceled the wedding. Dax tries to sleep instead, but is prodded. She begins to explain what happened when the two hear voices coming from the adjoining room. Opening the door, they find Odo and Kira, who are still talking. Dax tells the two that it's 10:30, and the two quickly leave as they're both meant to be on duty. Worf tells Dax to go to Sirella and beg for forgiveness, to which she reacts angrily and tells Worf that all they should do is go to Captain Sisko and he can marry them instead. Worf is upset that Dax has so little regard for his traditions and feelings and sadly leaves, telling her that Sirella was right – there should be no wedding. Act Five O'Brien and Bashir enter Quark's bar where they see the Klingon banners being removed. Quark tells them that the wedding has been canceled. The two are sorry for Worf and Dax for a couple of seconds… then immediately order dinner. Martok goes to speak with Worf who is brooding in his quarters aboard the and tells his friend he has made a mistake. Worf can't help but feel that Martok is right, but recent events have made it clear just how different he and Dax are – he is serious while she is fun, she has many marriages behind her while he is preparing for his first, he can't stand Quark while she plays Tongo with him, among many other things. As a result, Worf feels that love may not be enough in this case. Martok admits that Sirella is nothing like the woman he imagined he would marry; she has too much pride and vanity for his tastes, and yet he loves her with all his heart. Martok reminds Worf that honor and glory, things that Klingons prize above everything else, are worth nothing without someone to share it with. O'Brien and Bashir are just about to eat a huge meal, when Sisko, Martok, and Alexander enter, telling them that the wedding is back on as Worf is apologizing to Dax. Sisko tells Quark to remove the food, that there should be no food for those on the path to Kal'Hyah. Quark tells them there are no refunds for those on the path to Kal'Hyah either, much to O'Brien and Bashir's dismay. However, Worf enters and tells them that Dax has refused to be married so the wedding is still off. Sisko decides to go and talk to his friend, telling the others to make sure Bashir and O'Brien don't eat anything. Sisko goes to Dax's quarters where she is rearranging her items angrily. Dax finds the notion of apologizing to Sirella insulting, as she says she was once the Federation ambassador to the Klingon Empire and that she negotiated the Khitomer Accords before Worf was born. Sisko, determined to snap Dax out of her stubbornness, sternly reminds his friend it was Curzon who negotiated the accords, not her, and that she should go to Sirella and do whatever it takes to be forgiven, even if it involves grovelling. Sisko also tells Dax that if she cares so little for Klingon traditions she should never have fallen in love with Worf in the first place. Jadzia tells Sisko that her life was completely mapped out; friends, a career, but then one day a certain Klingon came aboard the station and all of a sudden she found herself falling in love with him. Dax realizes she has to apologize to Sirella, and thanks her old friend asking him whatever happened to the ensign she used to know. Sisko simply tells her he grew up. Dax responds by saying that she must as well. In Quark's, several Klingons begin to beat Klingon drums. The marriage service is almost operatic. It relates the creation of the Klingons by the gods, who were later killed by their own creations. After Worf and Dax recite their vows, swearing to join with each other against all that oppose them, Sirella pronounces them married, and they kiss. Dax makes a gesture of respect to Sirella. Sirella then embraces Dax, welcoming her to the House of Martok and calling her "my daughter." Bashir and O'Brien, still smarting after their grueling march on the path to Kal'hyah, have been hovering anxiously with their Ma'Stakas. Martok gives the word as soon as Sirella hugs Dax, and they bellow hearty war cries and charge the altar with their Ma'Stakas held high. Memorable quotes "Handsome young man… he must get his looks from his mother's side." - Quark, musing to Worf and Jadzia about Alexander Rozhenko "As you probably know by now, Jadzia and I will be married here on the station in six days." "There's nothing more romantic than a wedding on DS9 in springtime." "…when the neutrinos are in bloom." - Worf, Bashir, and O'Brien "You've put on weight… and your hair is going grey." "My… deterioration is proceeding apace." "I thought you would be in your grave by now." (laughing) "I shall endeavor to die, this year, if possible." - Sirella and Martok, upon Sirella's arrival at Deep Space 9 "Sirella is a woman of strong convictions. She believes that by bringing aliens into our families we risk losing our identity as Klingons." "That is a prejudiced, xenophobic view." "We are Klingons, Worf. We don't embrace other cultures, we conquer them." - Martok and Worf, about Worf's marriage to Jadzia "I had every right to bring you into the family, and she's accepted the fact that there's nothing she can do about it!" "How comforting." "(bellowing with laughter) And they say you have no sense of humor!" - Martok and Worf "We now begin a fast that will continue until the day of the wedding." "That's four days away!" "It is a short time, I know, but we must make the best of it." - Worf, Bashir and Martok at the start of Kal'Hyah "I sold my first book today." "Really? How much did you get for it?" "It's just a figure of speech. The Federation News Service is going to publish a book of my stories about life on the station under Dominion rule." "And they're not paying you?" "No." "Well, then you have my sympathies, and the first round of drinks is on the house." "Really?" "No. It's a figure of speech." - Jake and Quark "Miles… it's working. I've had a vision, about the future. I can see it so clearly." "What is it?" "I'm gonna kill Worf. I'm gonna kill Worf. That's what I'm gonna do. I can see it clearly now, I'm going to kill… him…" "Kill Worf?" "Kill Worf." "Kill Worf… Kill Worf!" - Bashir and O'Brien, on the path to Kal'Hyah "We are not accorded the luxury of choosing the women we fall in love with. Do you think Sirella is anything like the woman I thought that I'd marry? She is a prideful, arrogant, mercurial woman who shares my bed far too infrequently for my taste. And yet… I love her deeply. We Klingons often tout our prowess in battle, our desire for glory and honor above all else… but how hollow is the sound of victory without someone to share it with? Honor gives little comfort to a man alone in his home… and in his heart." - Martok, to Worf discussing marriage "This is Worf's fault! Worf and his traditional Klingon wedding!" "Well, he may have let this wedding business go to his head, but you are 356 years old. Compared to you, Worf is just a kid. And if you can't abide by Klingon traditions, then you never should have let yourself fall in love with him in the first place! And you are in love with him." "I wasn't looking to fall in love. I was perfectly happy with myself. I had friends, a career, adventure. Then one day this Klingon with a bad attitude walked into my life and the next thing I know, I'm getting married. After 356 years and 7 lifetimes, I still lead with my heart." - Jadzia Dax and Benjamin Sisko "To this very day, no one can oppose the beating of two Klingon hearts… Not even me." - Sirella, officiating Worf and Jadzia's wedding ceremony Background information Story and script The working title of this episode was "Once Upon a Wedding". (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion - A Series Guide and Script Library) Ronald D. Moore saw this as an episode which would allow him to correct an inaccurate impression of Klingon society which he himself had created. After , Moore felt that he had (unintentionally) shoved Klingon women into the background, promoting the view that they were unimportant to the proper functioning of society. This dates back to TNG fourth season episode in which it is revealed that women cannot sit on the Klingon High Council. In subsequent Klingon episodes, women had virtually no role, and the whole society ended up appearing to be completely male dominated, almost like Ferengi society. This was something Moore was keen to rectify in this episode, and as such, he determined that if men rule the Council, then women rule the Houses, and that the mistress of a great House wields unchallenged power in terms of the functioning of that house, thus restoring a degree of balance to Klingon gender roles. () A question that does not seem to be addressed in this episode is where either the crew of the or Worf's foster family are during Worf's wedding. The absence of the Enterprise crew would indeed be unusual considering the eight years Worf served with them and the personal connections they established. However, one possible explanation is that the Enterprise was too busy with a war-related task, and it may not have been safe enough for the Rozhenkos to travel to DS9 at such a volatile time. The wedding had also been abruptly rescheduled, giving potential guests only seven days notice. In reality, the producers had wanted the Enterprise crew to appear (albeit in non-speaking roles), but only LeVar Burton and Jonathan Frakes could be secured, mainly due to their having offices on the Paramount lot, and it was decided that it had to be all or nothing, so the plan was scrapped. () The was the ship that Lt. Commander Data captained in . Ronald D. Moore had originally intended that the Sutherland be established in "You Are Cordially Invited" as something of a "party ship", and that whenever it came to the station, something wild would ensue. However, this aspect was dropped from the teleplay for time reasons. () Ronald D. Moore has speculated that Dax may have slept with Lieutenant Atoa had Sirella not interrupted the party. (24th Century Wedding, DS9 Season 6 DVD special features) In this episode, the captain of the Sutherland is named as Captain Shelby. About this reference, Ronald D. Moore stated: "My intent when I wrote the line was that this was indeed the same Shelby from BOBW. I thought it was a cool reference to throw in for the fans, but I had completely forgotten that John Ordover and Co. [of Pocket Books] had very specifically and very politely asked us if we had any intention of ever using this character again and we (including me) had said, "No way – do what you want with her." This very salient fact was pointed out to me after the show had aired and I had a rather sheepish conversation with Paula Block over in licensing and with John via e-mail explaining what had happened. Since I only used Shelby's last name in the episode, you're free to look at this either way – it's really her or it's someone else with the same last name (it's a big fleet, after all)." The script provides the following Klingon translations : Dax to Sirella: Tuq son bosh mok A'Beh Sirella koh. E'Gagh vet moh – "Enter my home and be welcome, Mistress Sirella. May you find it worthy." Sirella to Dax: Eck'taH roh masa qee'Plok – "May this be the first of many visits." Dax to Sirella: Toruk-DOH! – [A particularly vile Klingon curse] Sirella to Dax: Mok'Ta vor, kash a'VEH! – "You are an enemy of my House!" A scene in the script, but not in the final episode, involved the Starfleet members clearing out their quarters, which had been occupied by various members of the Dominion. Doctor Bashir's quarters were occupied by Weyoun who was apparently fond of collecting various items and studying them in his quarters. The items included shoes, coasters, bits of string, broken bottles, power cells, picture frames, and chair legs. Nog's quarters were in an even worse state and had been occupied by Jake Sisko. (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion - A Series Guide and Script Library) Production To ensure the right level of energy for the party scenes, director David Livingston literally staged an actual party, including live music. He did this because it meant the actors had to shout on-set to be heard, which added an air of realism to the scene. As he explains, "With that drumming in the background, they had to be more active, they had to deal with it. If I'd have had them stop playing, the people would have toned down their performances." () Of the party scene in general, David Livingston comments, "The party scene I think everybody was afraid of, because it was so daunting, and I went into it saying, 'This is a great challenge.' Traditionally, party sequences on Star Trek end up not being very interesting; it's just people ending up standing around talking. But the writers infused it in the writing with a certain amount of energy by having a fire dancer, and I said to myself, 'I've got to bring that same kind of visual energy and excitement that they put on the page, otherwise it's going to be like a lot of the other Star Trek parties that aren't compelling and don't have any energy to them. My template was starring , filmed from the sixties, which just had this frenetic kind of energy, with people moving around all the time, and having somebody that walks bringing you to another scene that takes place there, so it's all continuous, you're not just cutting from one part of the room to the other, something brings you to the other scene that's occurring." (24th Century Wedding, DS9 Season 6 DVD special features) The dance performed by Aron Eisenberg (Nog) was completely improvised on-set. David Livingston simply told Eisenberg to dance "as goofy as you want." Terry Farrell joining in was also completely improvised. () Eisenberg has claimed that in his seven years on the show, this was the only time for him that a piece of improvisation made it into the final episode. (24th Century Wedding, DS9 Season 6 DVD special features) Director David Livingston had originally intended that the scene where Bashir and O'Brien discuss killing Worf was to be shot entirely in one long take that would start on their feet, then tilt upwards, before finally moving in for a two-shot. He ultimately decided against it because it meant that that the actors would genuinely have to hang from the rail for the duration of the take. () J.G. Hertzler (Martok) and Shannon Cochran (Sirella) based their performances in their scene together on Benedick and Beatrice in Shakespeare's . () During the second take of the scene where Dax punches Sirella, Terry Farrell accidentally punched Shannon Cochran for real. (24th Century Wedding, DS9 Season 6 DVD special features) On filming the Kal'Hyah scenes, J.G. Hertzler commented: "That was another hoot. There was like a five thousand degree fire going on, it was a hot day outside, we were standing next to this fire pretending not to feel it because we're Klingons. Those other guys complained, those wimps, Colm and Sid, hanging from their little fingers over the fire, wimpy boys!" J.G. Hertzler considers the scene where he considers picking up Sisko's baseball one of his favorite moments while working on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Hertzler commented: "That little moment was one of my favorites on the show. Its really about two actors playing with each other and has little if anything to do with the show. Technically, it could be called "secondary action" in terms of the method… but in this case, it was merely Avery and I having some fun with the world around us. Surely, Martok had never seen a baseball before and may have correctly identified the covering of the ball as the hide of some kind of animal. For all he knew it could be Targ. But Martok was very curious about the markings on the ball and the way it was made, meanwhile they were discussing an attack on Cardassia or some such monumental topic, and distracted by a baseball. Sisko may have been afraid Martok might have thought it to be food and taken a bite out of it… or some such action. So, we toyed with each other a bit and that is what we ended up with. Thanks for noticing the by-play. That's the story". Reception Terry Farrell commented "I felt like a queen for a day in that dress. I have to tell you, I never thought that I'd feel so great in red leather, even though it was 104 degrees on the set. I'm 34 years old, I have never been married and I sometimes wonder if I ever will be. So it was cool to wear that dress and to pretend with a good friend like Michael, who's also not married, that I was getting married. It was like being a little girl again and playing Barbie. Michael was my Klingon Ken and I was his leather-clad Barbie! ("Farrell's Fate", ) Terry Farrell hates the shot where she enters Quark's and walks up to the altar, because she feels that she looks "a bit like a truck driver walking up in this wedding dress." The reason for this is that the Klingon boots she had to wear were too big for her, and she didn't have time to rehearse with them. During the shoot, she thought she had covered up her discomfort, but when she saw the completed show she realized that she hadn't. In 2002, when discussing the scene, she said simply, "yeah, that wasn't so good." (24th Century Wedding, DS9 Season 6 DVD special features) Neither Nana Visitor nor Rene Auberjonois were happy with how the resolution between Kira and Odo was presented, i.e. off-screen. Ira Steven Behr was also unhappy with it and he has admitted, "that was a bad mistake." The reason the scene was written that way was because of a last minute rewrite and no time to come up with anything else. As Ronald D. Moore explains, "We had originally planned that in this episode we were going to start having Odo lock himself away, refusing to mingle with anyone else on the station. The events of and had really shaken him and made him wonder, 'What am I doing, where do I belong, look at what I almost did.' So he was going to show up at the wedding and make an unexpected announcement. He would say, 'I've decided I can't be friends with any of you anymore, because clearly you can't trust me, so I need to go my own way. I'll do my job but that's it and that's all that's ever going to be.' And then he would walk out again. And the people there were going to go 'Whoa, what does this mean?' Then we were going to play Odo completely different for the rest of the season." At the last minute however, Behr, Hans Beimler and Auberjonois came to Moore to inquire where the character was ultimately going to end up. Auberjonois in particular felt strongly about this new development, feeling that Odo was being alienated, and they wondered what Moore's ultimate plan was, how was he going to get Odo back into the fold. Unfortunately, he didn't have one, he hadn't thought that far ahead, so the plan was dropped at the last minute. As Moore says, "It felt wrong to take him out of the mix and alienate him from everybody without a clear idea in our heads about why we were doing it." This change in plans however, left no time for Moore to write a deep scene of resolution between Odo and Kira. He does acknowledge however, that his off-screen solution wasn't entirely successful; "I know Nana and Rene don't like it, and some of the fans don't like it, and I don't like it. It's just one of those things that we had to do because we were out of time, and I felt that I had to do something so that it didn't seem as if we hadn't even touched on it." () Collin Kelly commented: "Now, call me a hopeless romantic, but 'You Are Cordially Invited' – the marriage of Jadzia and Worf – is an amazing and passionate celebration of inclusivity and respect that thrills me to my toes every time". (Star Trek: Waypoint Special) A Swedish couple were inspired to have a Klingon-themed wedding by the episode. Trivia This episode marks the final appearance of Alexander Rozhenko on Star Trek. In this episode, it's revealed that Jadzia Dax's father's name is Kela, and that the is 356 years old. It is also revealed that Curzon Dax negotiated the Khitomer Accords (which is not to be confused with Khitomer Conference of 2293, although fans often try to marry the two things together despite no onscreen evidence to support the supposition). The chime to Worf's room is the same as Picard's chime to his ready room in TNG. O'Brien wonders why Worf and Dax's wedding is abruptly canceled when Quark tells him. His wedding to Keiko was also briefly called off at the beginning of . This episode marks the first and only appearance of the modified TNG dress uniform before the adoption of the dress whites introduced in . In the party scene, Kira can be seen wearing the bracelet given to her by Tekeny Ghemor. Remastered version Remastered footage from the episode is featured in the documentary What We Left Behind. Apocrypha The conversation that Kira and Odo have in this episode is revealed in a series of flashbacks in the Olympus Descending novella in the Worlds of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Reference is made to the absence of the Enterprise crew in the Star Trek/ crossover , when Worf, visiting the Enterprise, apologizes for not waiting for them, saying that there was no time due to Alexander needing to leave in a short time. Captain Picard, however, assures Worf that he understands, and the entire senior staff toasts Worf's marriage in a private celebration of their own shortly before the arrival of the X-Men. Video and DVD releases UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 6.4, As part of the DS9 Season 6 DVD collection Links and references Starring Avery Brooks as Captain Sisko Also starring Rene Auberjonois as Odo Michael Dorn as Lt. Commander Worf Terry Farrell as Lt. Commander Dax Cirroc Lofton as Jake Sisko Colm Meaney as Chief O'Brien Armin Shimerman as Quark Alexander Siddig as Doctor Bashir Nana Visitor as Major Kira Guest stars J.G. Hertzler as Martok Marc Worden as Alexander Rozhenko Shannon Cochran as Sirella Chase Masterson as Leeta Aron Eisenberg as Nog Max Grodénchik as Rom Co-star Sidney Liufau as Manuele Atoa Uncredited co-stars Sam Alejan Ivy Borg as Rita Tannenbaum Cathy DeBuono as M'Pella Terry Green as operations lieutenant Randy James as Dan Magee as operations lieutenant Robin Morselli as Bajoran officer Mark Allen Shepherd as Morn James Lee Stanley as Bajoran security deputy Chester E. 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Statistical Probabilities (episode)

Bashir helps a group of eccentric fellow genetically engineered Humans try to make a useful contribution to the Federation; the Dominion offers to sign a truce with the Federation. Summary Teaser Lieutenant Karen Loews, a Starfleet psychiatrist, brings four genetically-engineered Humans to Deep Space 9 looking for help from Dr. Bashir. The group hasn't been as lucky as Bashir, and every one has strong social disabilities (mania, bipolar disorder, catatonia, etc.). The group consists of the hostile and hyperactive , the seductive Lauren, the child-like Patrick, and the completely unresponsive Sarina. Loews tries to calm them down, as she's leaving for the three weeks they are spending there, but they are nervous. Jack breaks a PADD Lauren is using to read about Bashir's personnel file and angrily slams it into Loews' hand, cutting her. She, however, calmly says he's not to do things like that, and leaves. Loews comes out to meet Bashir, shaking off her bleeding hand and wishing him luck. Act One Bashir spends a few moments meeting the group. They've turned out the lights, leaving him to be observed without being seen, but his eyes adjust soon enough. Jack is adversarial, criticizing Singh el Bashir, a distant relative poet of his, performing a full-body flip and asking if he can also do that, and asking for the cube root of 329. Lauren, however, is intrigued with him and asks about his genetic background and how he hid it from everyone. Jack interjects, saying he's different, however, and was able to "cut a deal" with Starfleet when his status as a genetically enhanced person was revealed; Jack is angry that Bashir didn't have to spend his days like they did in an institute. Bashir points out it's still possible to be a productive member of society even if the Eugenics Wars gave a good reason why people like them have been barred from certain professions. Jack has clearly never accepted that argument and will never forget what's been done to him. Bashir thinks that's enough for now, and simply ends the conversation saying he has dinner plans. After he leaves, Lauren chides Jack for "scaring him off." During a dinner party hosted by Captain Sisko, Bashir discusses with the rest of the station's senior staff the group as well as the issues surrounding genetic engineering and his wish to help the group become normal members of society. The feedback he receives is divided: while the others agree that while they shouldn't be blamed for what their parents had done to them, it is felt by Worf and O'Brien that they should indeed be limited in what they are allowed to do, such as joining Starfleet, lest other people be encouraged to do the same thing. Sensing an uneasy mood, Sisko brings up Damar's upcoming speech, and the officers all agree that, whatever he says, it'll likely be bad news for the Federation. They are interrupted when Jack breaks into the com system to contact their new friend about an annoying high-pitched noise. Back in their quarters, Bashir confirms what nobody else can hear. Then, quickly, Jack grabs Sarina and threatens to snap her neck if he doesn't fix it. Act Two Bashir, unfazed and not worried, calls Chief O'Brien and asks Jack to let Sarina go. He eventually submits and soon O'Brien arrives to fix the problem. He avoids the eccentricities of the others in the room and goes to the other side. With some unexpected help from Patrick, who can diagnose that the plasma flow is out of sync with his ears, he confirms the problem with his tricorder and quickly fixes it, much to the others' relief. While Bashir and O'Brien are in the room, they hear Gul Damar, now leader of the Cardassian Union, broadcast a speech, and not wanting to miss it they watch it on the room's viewscreen. Damar is calling for negotiations for peace with the Federation. The transmission captures the group's attention, and they are quickly enthralled by it. Interestingly, they start making very accurate guesses about who Damar is even though they know nothing about him. Bashir and O'Brien are astonished at the speed with which the group is able to deduce much of Damar's story based on only the one speech. They become very interested in the matter and quickly go through all the database material about Cardassia and the Dominion. Bashir goes to Ops and tells the others about the remarkable observations. When he hears that the Dominion has insisted that the negotiations be recorded, he enthusiastically intends to let the group see it, thinking they can assist the peace talks between the Dominion and Starfleet on the next day. They are thrilled. Act Three While viewing a holographic program of the negotiation talks, the group proves very useful at uncovering a move by the Dominion to acquire a strategic planet in the Kabrel system that would allow them to produce ketracel-white. Bashir happily takes the information to Sisko and he even agrees to send the information along, and the analysis behind it, to Starfleet Intelligence. The group celebrates with a party. In the meantime, Bashir goes to Quark's with O'Brien after the group notices that the chief seems to miss his friend, especially since his wife is off-station. Bashir proves difficult, walking the wrong side of the thin line between super-intelligent Humans and "uncomplicated" (as he qualifies O'Brien), "slow" people. Later, back with the group, Bashir attempts to cheer them up by announcing that Starfleet has granted them access to classified information including battle readiness but he is welcomed by a new and devastating projection. According to them, the Federation will be defeated despite many different likely scenarios happening. Bashir checks all the statistical analyses, but he cannot find any errors. The Federation will have to surrender to the Dominion. Act Four Bashir tries to convince Sisko of the new information. The group is confident that, even though the Federation will be conquered and enslaved for five generations, the next generation will form a rebellion against the Dominion starting on Earth and eventually overthrow it. Since it seems inescapable, the best move would be to surrender immediately to prevent the loss of life. The captain refuses point-blank to accept this and passes on the projections to Starfleet without his endorsement knowing they'll be immediately rejected. Bashir can't believe it. Bashir goes to Quark's and tried to explain the analysis to O'Brien, but the chief agrees with Sisko. He can't understand why they don't agree with the analysis, and O'Brien starts to take offense, seeing the implication he can't understand it. Quark tries to point out at a dabo table that even when the odds are against you, you can still win, and you can enjoy the hope of winning. Bashir, glum and very negative, tells Quark that no matter how perfectly he plays or hedges his bets, he will eventually lose. Quark tells Bashir to leave the bar with his winnings, and Bashir tells him he is just trying to prove a point. After he loses at the wheel, Bashir storms out and says loudly, "We're all as good as dead!" Quark reminds Bashir it is just a game and Bashir retorts that he's right – it's not as if 900 billion lives are at stake. Bashir explains the situation to the others, and tells them Starfleet has rejected the recommendation to surrender. Jack, however, won't sit by and do nothing. He suggests they can save billions of lives by contacting the Dominion by themselves and giving them the classified information on Starfleet battle plans, ending the war far earlier than it should. Bashir strenuously objects, saying they don't have the right to decide that. Jack immediately knocks him out and they get to work. Act Five During negotiations, Damar is complaining about the peace talks' lack of progress. Weyoun tells him he has just received a communication from an anonymous Federation source promising them some very valuable information. Back in Jack, Lauren, Patrick, and Sarina's quarters, Bashir regains consciousness. He is tied up. Everyone but Sarina is gone, and Bashir realizes they have probably gone to meet the Dominion representatives. Fortunately, he is able to convince Sarina to help him prevent them from committing treason, pointing out they'll be arrested and she'll never see Jack again. He catches up with the group on the way to the secret meeting and takes back the classified information. Meanwhile, Damar and Weyoun are waiting in Cargo bay 2 for the meeting when Odo walks in. He tells them no one else is coming, and offers to escort them back to their quarters. In the group's quarters, Bashir tells the group Sisko has decided not to press charges, but they will have to go back to the Institute. Jack is still furious. Bashir then explains that even when probability is not on your side, one person can still change the course of history. He uses the example of Sarina's helping him – as one person, she changed the course of history in a way that Jack hadn't predicted. There's always an element of uncertainty. As such, the Federation is willing to bet nine hundred billion lives. Bashir and O'Brien meet in the bar, and the chief says it must have been a hard decision for him. That wanting to save lives is what makes him such a good doctor. Bashir says he feels the whole thing was his fault – he just wanted to prove the group could make a contribution. O'Brien assures him they did and then leaves to go on duty. Bashir starts playing dabo, making risky bets – and wins. Just then, O'Brien calls to let him know that a certain group of passengers is refusing to board their transport unless the doctor comes to see them. In the guest quarters, Bashir says he didn't think they'd want to see him again. Lauren kisses him. Patrick asks if Bashir will come visit them. Bashir says yes, he'd like that. He tells Sarina she did the right thing. Jack asks if he will listen if they do come up with a way to defeat the Dominion. Bashir says yes, he can't think of anything he'd like better. Jack says, "Good, good. Let's go then." Bashir calls O'Brien to beam the four to their transport. Memorable quotes "They don't put people away for being genetically engineered." "No, no, no, no they just won't let us do anything that's worth doing. No, no. They are afraid that people like us are going to take over." "It happened before. People like us did try and take over." "Oh, no, no. I knew you were going to do that. I knew you were going to trot out the Eugenics Wars." "I'm not trotting anything out. All I'm saying is there's a reason we've been barred from certain professions. But that doesn't mean we can't be productive members of society." "Here it comes. The we can still contribute speech. No. No, no, no, no. I will not forget what was done to me. I will not be part of a society that put me away for being too smart. No, no." - Jack and Bashir "Did you hear that? He used the passive voice transitive." "Since when can you speak Dominionese?" "Since this morning." - Jack and Bashir "Fellow citizens, these are great days for Cardassia. Together, with our Dominion allies, we have given our enemies cause to fear us once more. The war with the Federation accomplished all of our goals. Cardassia is strong again, an empire to be feared. We are safe behind secure borders, and no one will ever dare attack us again. From this position of strength, we are poised to take another bold step to ensure our future—peace. It is time to bring an end to this war with the Federation. It is time for us to rebuild on the foundation of strength we have laid. The sons of Cardassia shed their blood to defend our home. Their sacrifice must not be in vain. The peace we seek will honor their memory, and preserve the gains for which they gave their lives. I challenge the Federation to answer my call for peace. I am ready at any time to meet with its representatives to discuss how we can bring an end to hostilities. As your leader, I pledge that I will do everything in my power to protect Cardassia and allow us to move forward into a new era. This I vow with my life's blood, for my sons, for all our sons." - Damar "Surrender to the Dominion. Not on my watch!" - Sisko, when Bashir, Jack, Patrick, Lauren, and Sarina come up with casualty projections for the current war "It was amazing. They pieced together the entire story of how Damar came to power. Weyoun is the dark prince, Gul Dukat is the deposed king, Damar is the pretender to the throne, and Ziyal is the innocent princess he murdered. And now the pretender is wracked with guilt over what he's done." "And they got all this just from watching Damar's speech?" "Well, they were fascinated by the whole thing. They kept bombarding me with questions about Cardassia and the war. I've never seen them so engaged." - Bashir and Kira, about Damar "You're welcome to play your little "we're all friends here" act with me. But I wouldn't try it on Captain Sisko. He's not in the mood." "We're on a mission of peace, Major. Maybe he should get in the mood." - Kira and Damar "Well, I'd love to stay and chat about our impending doom but…" - Bashir, when he is called away from dinner to deal with Jack Background information Story and script This episode originated in Ira Steven Behr's desire to probe deeper into Bashir's genetic enhancements, not his 'abilities' per se, but the implications of those abilities; "I was never totally comfortable with our discovery of Julian's genetic engineering. It was one of those revelations that did not seem quite authentic to me. We'd had to work backward to get it. So I felt we needed to do something to help that idea along." () The story line was based on Isaac Asimov's classic . Asimov based his work on issues raised in 's , and the basic plot involves a scientist () who develops a branch of mathematics known as which he uses to calculate that galactic civilization is doomed to fall, leading to 30,000 years of darkness and barbarism. Seldon, terrified at this prospect, takes to attempt to minimize the oncoming "dark ages" to only 1,000 years, but his plan fails to foresee that the actions of a single individual could render his predictions invalid. Psychohistory is based upon , and it can only predict the future when dealing with large groups, predicting trends in large masses of people, which is why Seldon is unable to take into account the actions of individuals – when it gets down to individual people, the variables become so vast as to be impossible to calculate, so the predictions become unstable. In the novels, a character called , who has psychic abilities, becomes intimately involved in events, and directly influences their outcome, something which Seldon's psychohistory could never have predicted. This is exactly what happens in the episode: the savants make large scale predictions based upon mass action, but they fail to take into account the actions of one single individual, who comes to directly affect everything they have predicted. () In René Echevarria's first draft of this episode, the savants were a think-tank that had been recruited and trained by Starfleet Intelligence. They had been sent on an intelligence mission to Deep Space 9 and they were to operate under the supervision of Bashir. However, because the story called for the characters to be somewhat neurotic, the idea that Starfleet had entrusted these people with such sensitive information quickly became absurd, and Echevarria changed the plot so they were sent to Deep Space 9 not as intelligence consultants, but simply for counseling. () Echevarria's second draft had the episode begin before the savants arrive, and featured a lengthy scene where Bashir finds out about the personality of each one, but Echevarria realized it was better to introduce the characters by showing their idiosyncrasies in action as opposed to telling the audience about those idiosyncrasies. () The character of is based upon Dean Moriarty (who was based on Neal Cassady), one of the main characters of the 1951 novel , a wannabe philosopher who talks a mile a minute. () Production Of her performance as Sarina, actress Faith C. Salie says "I was told to behave pretty much catatonic. Anson told me, 'There's a lot going on in your mind, because you're genetically enhanced, and you're brilliant, but you can't facilitate it because your body doesn't know how.' I created a switch in my brain that I could turn on and off to make everything become hazy around me, so that it seemed as if an amalgam of voices and sense were coming at me and that it was overwhelming." () Of his performance as Jack actor Tim Ransom says "I figured he's the equivalent of a guy who drinks forty cups of coffee a day." () Of her performance as Lauren, actress Hilary Shepard-Turner said, "She was described as being obsessed with Bashir, and very va-va-voom, but I decided to make her a little Hannibal Lecter-ish as well. It was director Anson Williams' idea to never have Lauren stand up. The only time I ever stood was when I danced with Bashir." () Of his performance as Patrick, actor Michael Keenan says, "He's essentially a child, so I just played him that way. Children have instant access to their emotions and they don't filter anything, so that's what I did." () Of his scene speaking the Vorta language, Jeffrey Combs commented "That was very strange. I had to work hard too for that very tiny little bit. It's very hard to speak a language that's totally made up, and yet keep the cadence and sensibility of an actual line in English. Because what they did is they played it once in English and then they replayed it in Vortanese (or whatever it is), and I had to really concentrate to get that the way I worded it. They gave me syllabic words, and it was up to me to break it down into the phraseology that I did. It's interesting how the brain works. I really, really had to hang in there and run it by rote. It's easy to memorize words and phrases and strings of thought when it's your native language, but when it's a nonsensical group of syllables, it takes a lot more brain juice to make it seem very easy and conversational". ("Double Act", ) The music played at the "party" is Johann Strauss the Younger's An der schönen blauen Donau, more commonly known in English as "The Blue Danube", a waltz written in 1867, and later featured in . The dance sequence was originally supposed to be far more elaborate than that seen in the final episode, and was to include a lengthy crane shot, but neither Alexander Siddig nor Hilary Shepard-Turner were able to dance properly, and in the end, the shot was scrapped. The dance sequence was choreographed by Laura Behr. () During pre-production of this episode, there was a great deal of discussion as to where to set it, i.e. where to have the savants. The script specified that they were to be in the wardroom, but from a practical point of view, shooting several scenes with five characters in a such a relatively small location was not desirable, so it was agreed to move the scenes to somewhere else. It was Steve Oster who suggested the cargo bay, because "we thought we might be saying something about Starfleet's treatment of these people if we put them in the cargo bay." () Reception This is one of Alexander Siddig's favorite episodes; "People ask, 'Was that a comedy or a drama?' "Statistical Probabilities" was like that, not quite one thing or the other. The humor came out of the misery and angst captured by those wonderful actors. And I enjoyed the fact that Bashir served as a kind of pinball throughout that show. He was just battered about." () Siddig also admires the episode for its political engagement; "The episode touched on a couple of political issues in terms of whether or not you can incarcerate people like this. I think the commentary that came out of Bashir's mouth was right and called attention to the fact that double standards happen in society. We do put good people away, like the Japanese-Americans placed in internment camps during World War II. The group in this episode seemed like lovely people, and Bashir showed some vulnerability in the fact that he understood their plight. They might not have been misfits if they had not been put away for such a long time." () Trivia This is the first of two episodes to be directed by Anson Williams. The second is . Jack, Lauren, Patrick, and Sarina reappear in the seventh season episode . Indeed, the writers only conceived of that episode because Sarina never spoke in "Statistical Probabilities", and they were interested in developing her character a little more. Originally, she was supposed to have a few lines in this episode, but the scene in which she spoke (when she untied Bashir) was cut for time. Observing Gul Damar's broadcast, Jack references William Shakespeare's plays Henry IV, Part II ("Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown.") and Macbeth ("Methought I heard a voice cry 'Sleep no more!' Damar does murder sleep.") Luther Sloan references the events of this episode in and again in . Damar becomes leader of the Cardassian Union in this episode. Interestingly enough, the group's predictions about the Romulans entering the war and the Cardassian Rebellion would later come true. However, the Romulans were brought into the war through the action of just two individuals, Sisko with the assistance of Garak. It could also be argued that their predictions about the war may have come true if not for the Founders being infected with the Morphogenic virus by Section 31, which was not revealed until Season 7. Cirroc Lofton (Jake Sisko) does not appear in this episode. Video and DVD releases UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 6.5, As part of the DS9 Season 6 DVD collection Links and references Starring Avery Brooks as Captain Sisko Also starring Rene Auberjonois as Odo Michael Dorn as Lt. Commander Worf Terry Farrell as Lt. Commander Dax Cirroc Lofton as Jake Sisko Colm Meaney as Chief O'Brien Armin Shimerman as Quark Alexander Siddig as Doctor Bashir Nana Visitor as Major Kira Guest stars Jeffrey Combs as Weyoun / Tim Ransom as Jeannetta Arnette as Karen Loews Hilary Shepard-Turner as Lauren Michael Keenan as Patrick Casey Biggs as Damar / Faith C. Salie as Sarina Douglas Uncredited co-stars Sam Alejan Scott Barry Bill Blair as Alien with head tendrils and facial spines Ivy Borg as Rita Tannenbaum Cathy DeBuono as M'Pella Dorothy Hack as Bajoran woman David B. Levinson as Broik Angus McClellan Chuck Shanks Mark Allen Shepherd as Morn Steph Silvestri as command officer Susie Stillwell Unknown actor as Cardassian soldier Stunt double Brian Hite as the stunt double for Tim Ransom References 15th century; 2369; 2373; 2375; 26th century; adjutant; advisor; (unnamed); Alpha Quadrant; analysis mode; Bajoran interceptor (Bajoran interceptors); Bajoran sector; ; ; ; Bashir's doctor; binary system; ; boyfriend; Cardassia; Cardassians; Cardassian Empire; Cardassian space; cart; classified information; common people; cormaline; coup; cube root; dabo; Damar's son; darts; DNA resequencing; Dominion; Dominionese; dozen; Dukat; Earth; Eugenics Wars; Federation; Federation-Cardassian border; freedom; generation; genetic engineering; hand-eye coordination; Holna IV; "Institute"; Institute doctors; Institute patients; Institute patient's parents; Jem'Hadar; Kabrel system; Kabrel I; Kabrel II; Kandora champagne; ketracel-white; knight; leader; mental ability; mizinite; mole people; murder; mutant; neck; nonlinear dynamics; ; Obsidian Order; passive voice transitive; phrasing; plagiarism; power coupling; pretender; Quark's; red carpet; reflex; "ringside seats"; Romulans; (unnamed); ; shorthand; s; Starfleet; Starfleet Command; Starfleet Intelligence; statistical analysis; statistics; (unnamed); surrender; sympathetic vibration; "There's a Hole in the Bucket"; three-dimensional chess; Tora Ziyal; treason; tricorder; vision; vote; white flag; yridium bicantizine External links de:Statistische Wahrscheinlichkeiten es:Statistical Probabilities fr:Statistical Probabilities (épisode) nl:Statistical Probabilities DS9 episodes

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The Magnificent Ferengi (episode)

When Quark's mother Ishka is captured by the Dominion, Quark, Rom, and Nog lead a team of Ferengi into a meeting on Empok Nor with Keevan as their payment. Summary Teaser In Quark's, Quark observes an incoming shipment of syrup of squill. It had been previously thought to be nearly unavailable for the last year due to a drought on the planet Balancar. Quark explains to his customers how he had learned there was in fact no drought and that it was merely a ruse to drive up prices. Quark had then demanded a shipment of syrup or he would "expose their deception to the entire quadrant". Quark's customers are impressed, though his moment of glory is short-lived. Dax, Doctor Bashir, and Chief O' Brien enter, having just returned from taking the on a mission behind enemy lines in Cardassian space, the first reconnaissance mission into the area since the Dominion's retreat. Quark complains to Constable Odo about the Starfleet officers stealing away his audience. Odo points out they're not just Starfleet officers, they're heroes. Quark is then interrupted by Broik who comes with a message from Grand Nagus Zek from Ferenginar. Quark finds Rom working in an access tube and gives him troubling news: Their mother Ishka has been captured by the Dominion. What's worse, Zek wants Quark to rescue her. Act One Quark explains that Moogie was returning home from a lobe-lift on when her transport was attacked by Dominion forces, taking her prisoner. He says the Nagus offered a reward of fifty s of gold-pressed latinum, which Quark will share with Rom for his participation: thirty bars for himself and twenty for Rom, the difference representing his finder's fee. Rom suggests they hire the toughest mercenaries they can find: Nausicaans, Breen, Klingons. Quark has another idea, however: the rescue team will be made up only of Ferengi. Rom is nervous but Quark believes Ferengi can be just as tough as Klingons with the right incentive. Being a typical Ferengi himself, however, they'll say the reward the group will share is only twenty bars of latinum. With that, they seek out their first recruit. Nog immediately declines, explaining that he's now a Starfleet officer and has duties to perform. Quark, however, points out that he could be the team's Strategic operations officer, just like Worf. They suggest he could train the team for combat. Nog finally agrees, with the team becoming three. Before contacting their next recruit, Quark tells Rom that Leck is not a typical Ferengi: his priorities are different. When the two reach Leck on a secure subspace channel, Rom learns that Leck is an "Eliminator". He initially has no interest in joining the team or even in earning latinum. He does, however, enjoy testing his abilities with a challenge and agrees to join when he learns they'll be facing the Dominion. The team is now four. Next they travel to a starbase to pick up their cousin , who has fallen on hard times since they last met. The weapons dealer who was once so wealthy, he owned his own moon was recently arrested on Thalos VI for vagrancy. Gaila blames his misfortune entirely on Quark. When he learns Quark paid for his release and his offer to earn some latinum, Gaila's vengeance is overcome by greed and he too agrees to join. The team is now five. Back at the bar on Deep Space 9, Nog attempts to show them a schematic of a Dominion internment center, but soon gets into an argument with Leck over Leck's refusal to call him "sir" and finally quits. As Quark urges him to stay, Gaila asks how they're supposed to get to the internment center anyway, since they have no ship. As Quark tries to soothe things over, a loud clapping is heard and Brunt emerges from the other end of the bar. Brunt initially mocks the group but quickly announces his intention to sign up as well. Having lost his job as a Liquidator for the FCA after trying to usurp Zek, () he hopes that by helping to save Ishka, the Nagus would give him his job back. None of the others want him on board though; none of them like liquidators and it would mean smaller shares of the "twenty bar reward". "Fine," Brunt says, innocently. "I'll just get in my ship and leave." The team is now six. Act Two In a holosuite simulation, Nog has the team engage a group of three Jem'Hadar soldiers guarding Ishka with disastrous results: Quark is shot in the leg, Gaila drops his weapon and runs away, Rom runs into a wall, Brunt tries to surrender but is shot as well. The only one to get off a shot is Leck, who instead shoots Ishka! "I saw we weren't going to rescue her so I put her out of her misery," he says. Brunt suggests starting off with something simpler like ambushing Bolians, but a frustrated Quark simply sends them all away. Back down in the bar, Quark tells Rom they don't have a chance of rescuing their mother. As he reminisces about his impressive deal acquiring squill a few days earlier, Rom suggests perhaps instead of trying to fight the Dominion, they should negotiate instead. Quark agrees, deciding a trade is better since everyone goes home happy and alive. The two think about what they have to trade. Quark later thanks Captain Sisko and Major Kira for talking to Starfleet on his behalf and giving him a prisoner to exchange. Kira tells him it is payback for freeing her from the Dominion. Kira also warns Quark not to turn his back on this prisoner; he's not to be trusted. "Neither am I," Quark says confidently. Aboard Brunt's shuttle, Gaila questions why Quark still needs any of them now that the rescue mission has become a simple prisoner exchange. "Because he doesn't trust the Dominion, and neither do I," Leck says. Nog mentions that he has been at Empok Nor before and tells them Quark chose the deserted Cardassian space station as the location for the trade because it is the same design as Deep Space 9, therefore they know the layout. Quark then enters with their prisoner: Keevan (the Vorta captured by Captain Sisko months earlier). Keevan urges them all to send final messages to their loved ones and make sure their wills are in order "because the moment we leave the station you'll have signed your death warrants." Act Three The shuttle arrives at Empok Nor and Nog confirms the station being empty with his tricorder. He tells the others to set up base camp in the station's infirmary, though they're slow to respond until Quark offers two slips of latinum for the first man who makes it to the door. Nog tells Quark that one does not pay soldiers to do their duty. "You do if they're Ferengi," Quark responds. Leck grumbles about the small size of the infirmary while Gaila complains about an upset stomach. Leck, noticing Keevan's glib responses, points out the Vorta doesn't seem happy at the prospect of rejoining his people. Keevan sourly informs them that, since Vorta are expected to commit suicide rather than be captured, the only things he has to look forward to upon rejoining his people are "a most unpleasant debriefing," followed by summary execution. Hours later, five of the Ferengi are awaken by Gaila's screaming. During his shift to guard Keevan, Gaila had fallen asleep and let him escape. The Ferengi quickly rush back to the shuttle where Keevan is unsuccessfully trying to start it. Fortunately, Quark had Rom disengage the induction matrix after they arrived. He still ran, however, because "sometimes my brother gets things wrong." Moments later, an alarm sounds, stating that a Dominion ship is approaching. The Ferengi, along with Keevan, hurry back to the infirmary and hide. After a few moments, Nog volunteers to take a look outside. Peeking out the door, he sees a legion of Jem'Hadar, their weapons all aimed at the infirmary. Immediately Nog shuts the door. Quark comes around the corner and asks if anybody's there. Nog tells his uncle that he could say that. Act Four Nog finally asks the other Ferengi, still cowering in the corner why they're hiding from the Jem'Hadar. They did ask them to come, after all. Brunt agrees and tells Quark all he needs to do is negotiate the prisoner exchange. Keevan tells them their only hope to is to get back to the ship and escape, but Nog tells him they're not going anywhere without their Moogie. Quark then heads out onto the Promenade with Rom and Nog in tow. As they three step out, they see Ishka, guarded by another Vorta named Yelgrun and flanked by two Jem'Hadar guards. Quark tells them, he's willing to arrange the trade, but needs some assurance first. He wants all the Jem'Hadar off the station, though he concedes to letting Yelgrun's two guards stay. Then, he'll have their ship head back to Dominion territory at warp nine. This will leave Yelgrun stranded on the station for a few days, giving the Ferengi more than enough time to get away safely before they return. Yelgrun threatens to have the Jem'Hadar storm the infirmary and kill them all, but Quark tells him that Keevan would be the first to die. His fate may be sealed either way but Yelgrun likely wants to know what Dominion secrets Keevan revealed to the Federation first. Yelgrun is impressed with Quark's cunning and agrees to the deal, telling them to be ready in thirty minutes. Before they leave, however, Nog wants to know how they know it is really Ishka and not a Changeling impostor. Nog cuts her hand with a knife, proving it is her, and getting a few angry cuffs from his grandmother in the process. Back in the infirmary, the Ferengi are in good spirits over the success of the deal. They reminisce about going home to Ferenginar, with its torrential rains, rotting vegetation, dampness, and rivers of muck, much to Keevan's disgust. Their good mood is interrupted, however, when Rom accidentally reveals the reward money is fifty bars instead of the twenty they were promised. This infuriates Brunt, Gaila, and even Leck, who may not care about latinum but doesn't like being cheated. An enraged Gaila raises his weapon and shoots at Quark. Quark and the others duck out of the way and the blast hits Keevan instead. With a smoking hole in his chest, the fatally wounded Vorta says "I hate Ferengi" before falling to the floor, dead. The Ferengi all gather around the dead Keevan before looking back up at Gaila. "You idiot," Leck finally grumbles. Act Five The Ferengi sit around lamenting their situation: they'll likely be killed when Yelgrun learns the truth. Gaila suggests surrendering, Brunt suggests trying to escape in his ship, and Rom suggests hiding. Quark is offended by this, reminding them of the Battle of Prexnak, the most important battle in Ferengi history, when ten Ferengi stood alone against two hundred seventy-three Lytasians. Gaila, however, points out that all ten Ferengi were slaughtered. Quark, unswayed, tell them this is their chance to prove that Ferengi are as tough as any species in the galaxy. Leck soundly agrees, though Brunt and Gaila only join in on a condition of equal shares of the fifty bars of latinum. "Fifty bars it is, Quark says, "minus my usual finder's fee." During all this, Nog has been examining Keevan's body, finally deciding that he can't be revived. As he places a neural stimulator on Keevan's head, Keevan's right arm swings around and hits Nog. Nog explains that the neural stimulator caused a reflexive impulse in his cerebellum. "If you think about it, medicine isn't that different from engineering," he says. "It's all about keeping things running, fixing broken parts." As the six Ferengi begin to form a plan, Yelgrun announces it is time for the exchange. Nog tells Quark to stall for time until he can get more neural stimulators. Quark hurries out and tells them he'll need a few more minutes for Rom to do a sensor scan of the station to confirm the Jem'Hadar are gone. Yelgrun is furious at this latest delay and threatens to have Ishka killed. Quark begs him not to. "And I thought the Breen were annoying," Yelgrun says. Quark also asks if they can make the exchange at the docking bay since that's where his ship is. Yelgrun has no choice but to agree. Quark hurries back in, where Nog is using the stimulators to animate Keevan's corpse. With a signal from his tricorder, the dead Vorta suddenly sits up and opens his eyes. In a corridor at the docking bay, Ishka and Yelgrun are discussing investing in hypicate roots when Quark arrives with the upright Keevan. They each send their prisoners walking (Keevan with help from Nog, who is off to the side, sending signals from his tricorder). Yelgrun watches Keevan's stiff movements as he walks towards him. "What have they done to him?" he asks. Ishka makes it safely into Quark's arms, but Keevan walks into a wall and keeps walking into it again and again. Quark and Ishka rush to find cover. Yelgrun yells for his Jem'Hadar to stop them, but before they can, a door goes up, revealing Leck and Gaila. Leck flicks his knife into the chest of one of the Jem'Hadar, killing him. As Yelgrun ducks, and the remaining Jem'Hadar soldier turns on Leck and Gaila, Rom and Brunt appear at the other end of the corridor and blast him with their phaser rifles. Ishka tells Quark the Grand Nagus will be proud of him, as she is. Quark tells them they'll take Yelgrun with them. "He'll be our gift to Starfleet. They gave us a Vorta, we'll give them one." Leck notes this was the sloppiest, most amateurish operation he'd ever seen, then adds, "If you ever do something like this again," he says, "count me in." Rom asks his brother how it feels to be a hero. "You tell me," Quark says. "It feels good?" Rom suggests. Quark smiles. "You bet it does!" With that, they board the shuttle and head out, leaving Keevan's body still walking into the wall. Memorable quotes "You see, I once did business with the nephew of the cousin of the stepsister of a friend of the secretary to the Consortium's chief accountant. (to himself) Um… nephew-cousin-stepsister-friend… yeah, that's right." - Quark "Who do you want eliminated?" "It's not that kind of job." "Then why call an eliminator?" "What's an eliminator?" - Leck, Quark, and Rom "I'm a weapons dealer, not a soldier!" - Gaila "Something wrong, Quark?" "Yes, something's wrong. A bunch of self-satisfied Starfleet officers just stole my audience." "They're not just Starfleet officers, they're heroes. Let's face it, Quark, there's nothing heroic about earning profit." "There is on Ferenginar." "We're not on Ferenginar." - Odo and Quark "A child… a moron… a failure… and a psychopath. Quite a little team you've put together!" "What do you want, Brunt?" "I'm here to sign up!" - Brunt and Quark "May I help you gentlemen?" "Must've taken a wrong turn." "It looks that way." - Sisko and Quark, after which Quark is stared out of Sisko's office "We'll just use Ferengi." "Then we'll all die!" - Quark and Rom "Two slips of latinum for the first man who makes it to the infirmary. I mean base camp." "You don't pay your soldiers to do their duty!" "You do if they're Ferengi!" - Quark to Nog, on motivating their team members "My son, the soldier." "They've ruined him!" - A proud Rom, talking about his son, and Quark rebuffing him "(Waving his hand) Hi, I'm Rom. This is Nog, Brunt…" "Rom, he doesn't care." "Truer words have never been spoken." - Rom, Quark, and Keevan, upon the latter's arrival on the Ferengi shuttle "I hate Ferengi…" - Keevan (his last words) "You idiot." - Leck, to Gaila, after the latter shoots Keevan "Family. You understand." "Not really. I was cloned." - Quark and Yelgrun "This isn't a ship, it's a closet!" - Leck, about Brunt's shuttle "Oh, to stand once more in those rivers of muck." "Oh, I only wish I could be there with you." - Leck, eager to return to Ferenginar, and Keevan wishing he wasn't there "According to these readings, this man is dead." "Thank you, Doctor Nog." - Nog and Quark, at least five minutes after Keevan was shot "Say you'll join us. Please!" "I'm a Starfleet Officer, I can't go running off with you on some half-baked rescue mission! I have duties to perform." "But you know how to fire a phaser!" - Rom and Nog "(Quietly) Straighten him out. Straighten him out." "I'm trying!" - Quark and Nog, trying to move Keevan's dead body with neural stimulators during the trade-off "[Sigh], I thought the Breen were annoying." - Yelgrun, negotiating with Quark "(Angry) Ferengi…" "I know, I know. You hate us." - Yelgrun and Quark, after Yelgrun is captured "How do we know that's really Moogie and not a Changeling?" "I think that uniform is too tight on you, Nog. It's cutting off circulation to your brain." "Sounds like Moogie." - Nog, Ishka and Rom "Seventy-five hundred lots of hipecat futures?" "The hipecat root is very versatile. It's used in certain medicines, defractive optics, and even some beauty supplies. Here, feel how smooth my head is. (After he feels her head) Cream of hipecat. I apply it twice a day. You see a diversified financial portfolio can mean greater profits and healthier looking skin." "Fascinating! I'd love to hear more. But, if your son doesn't show up soon, I'm gonna have to kill you." - Yelgrun and Ishka, while they're waiting in the corridor for Quark and Keevan "You couldn't ambush a Bolian if he were blindfolded and tied to a tree!" - Nog "Just be careful you don't turn your back on him, Quark. He's not to be trusted." "Neither am I." - Kira and Quark "This is the sloppiest, most amateurish operation I've ever seen. If you ever do something like this again, count me in." - Leck Background information Story and script Although the episode title and the use of counting fingers to count up the number of team members are obvious references to the classic 1960 ' film , in which a small village hires seven gunmen to protect them from bandits (The Magnificent Seven is itself a remake of 's seminal 1954 film, ), the writers say that any similarities between the film and the episode are coincidental; "We never really thought about The Magnificent Seven at all when we were writing. It has nothing to do with the film in terms of plot or structure. Nothing." () All of the Ferengi seen in this episode have been featured on the series before; aside from the obvious recurring characters, appeared in , while Leck was an unnamed Ferengi who was seen exiting the chamber of the Grand Nagus in . Zek is the only Ferengi recurring character not to appear in this episode. This was due to Wallace Shawn's unavailability. This changed the identity of the person who was kidnapped by the Dominion, as it was originally to be Zek, not Ishka. () According to Ira Steven Behr, although this episode is primarily a comedy, like the episode , it was an attempt to do something a little more serious with the Ferengi; "The whole thing about heroism in this episode, the questions of 'What is a hero?' and 'What value does that have?' basically had to do with the fact that the Ferengi needed to show that they could be heroes." () The phrases 'syrup of squill' and 'hipecat root futures' are taken from the 1934 movie , starring comedian . () Production Iggy Pop's role as Yelgrun was the realization of a personal goal of Ira Steven Behr, who is a fan of the musician. Behr had tried to cast Pop as Grady in , but their conflicting schedules had made it impossible. Although Behr was thrilled to work with Pop, he was a little annoyed with himself for casting him as a Vorta; "His physicality is certainly part of who he is, and unfortunately we cast him as a Vorta, one of the most immobile of characters." Ultimately however, Behr felt that Pop brought something wonderful to the role; "He really got that demented quality the Vorta have, like Weyoun has – think ! He was just a delight." () Despite the writers' claim that the episode had nothing to do with The Seven Samurai or The Magnificent Seven, both Armin Shimerman and Max Grodénchik studied the films prior to shooting their scenes. From The Magnificent Seven, Grodénchik saw Rom as a "wimpy ", with Shimerman seeing Quark in the role. (). They inserted a bit of business from the movie -- the showing of the number of recruits to their cause, as each one was added, by the showing of that number of fingers. This was the first episode of the series that Chip Chalmers directed. He watched past Ferengi episodes to get up to speed with the differences between the Ferengi of and those in . He also read The Ferengi Rules of Acquisition and Legends of the Ferengi. () Dennis McCarthy composed the score of the episode. Author Jeff Bond praised the music. (The Music of Star Trek, p 213) Reception Armin Shimerman commented "["The Magnificent Ferengi"] was a hoot. We were surrounded by these wonderfully comedic actors playing the other Ferengi – Jeff Combs, Josh Pais, Hamilton Camp, and Cecily Adams. I stood back half-a-step and let them do their stuff and just responded to their antics because they were so funny. I can't tell you what a treat it was to watch each of these truly talented performers chew up more scenery than I'd ever seen chewed before and make it all work beautifully". ("A Profitable Venture", TV Zone special #34) Jeff Combs also enjoyed working on the episode: "As far as behind the scenes, I would say that one was the most fun. because you had seven character actors in this Ferengi makeup. Some of the things that we were doing just sitting around, or waiting for the camera to roll, some of the dialogue was really cool. It was great fun. I made some friends on that show. Josh Pais, and Hamilton Camp. I thought those guys would come back. They just ran out of time in terms of doing everything they wanted to do. I’m sure they would have loved to have ‘The Magnificent Ferengi’ return". (Cinefantastique, Volume 29 Number 6/7) Trivia This is Nog's second visit to Empok Nor, the first occasion was in an episode of the same name in season 5, when Nog and O'Brien were hunted by a chemically deranged Garak. The station would again be seen in the seventh season episode , where Kira would discover that Dukat has established a Cult of the Pah-wraiths there. Kira helps Quark's operation in gratitude for rescuing her earlier, in the events of the episode . Christopher Shea returns to the role of the Vorta Keevan, who he had first played earlier in the season in . In that episode he surrendered himself to the Federation, and he had been kept as a prisoner after that. Yelgrun's comment about the Breen could be an extemporaneous remark in relation to pre-alliance negotiations between the Breen and Dominion. This is the only episode in which Rom kills someone (in this case a Jem'Hadar). This is the second episode of the series whose title is an homage to a classic film starring . The first was and the film in question was . Michael Dorn does not appear in this episode, though Worf is mentioned briefly. Other than Quark and Sisko, none of the regular cast are in more than one scene, with Dax, Bashir, O'Brien, and Odo seen only in the teaser. Cirroc Lofton (Jake Sisko) does not appear either. This is the first episode in which Quark, Rom, Nog and Ishka all appear. The alarm sound programmed by Nog is a higher-pitched variant of the red alert sound used aboard starships. Remastered version Remastered footage from the episode is featured in the ending credits of the documentary What We Left Behind. Video and DVD releases UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 6.5, As part of the DS9 Season 6 DVD collection Links and references Starring Avery Brooks as Captain Sisko Also starring Rene Auberjonois as Odo Terry Farrell as Lt. Commander Dax Cirroc Lofton as Jake Sisko Colm Meaney as Chief O'Brien Armin Shimerman as Quark Alexander Siddig as Doctor Bashir Nana Visitor as Major Kira Guest stars Jeffrey Combs as Brunt Max Grodénchik as Rom Aron Eisenberg as Nog Cecily Adams as Ishka Josh Pais as Christopher Shea as Keevan Hamilton Camp as Leck Chase Masterson as Leeta And Iggy Pop as Yelgrun Uncredited co-stars Patti Begley as Bajoran officer Terry Green as operations lieutenant David B. Levinson as Broik Chuck Shanks Mark Allen Shepherd as Morn Chester E. 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Waltz (episode)

Following the destruction of the starship Honshu, Sisko is severely injured and trapped alone on a deserted planet with Dukat, who becomes increasingly unstable. Summary Teaser "Captain's log, stardate 51408.6. I've been aboard the Honshu for two days now and I still haven't spoken to him, although the doctors have assured me that he's made a full recovery. Maybe that's what I'm afraid of. Maybe I prefer to think of him as a crazy man… a broken man. He'd be less dangerous that way. As terrible as it sounds, there's a part of me that wishes he were dead. But that's a thought unworthy of a Starfleet officer. He lost an empire, he lost his daughter, and he nearly lost his mind. Whatever his crimes… isn't that enough punishment for one lifetime?" Aboard the , Captain Benjamin Sisko thinks about the man he is on his way to visit in the ship's brig. When he arrives, the man inside the brig is Gul Dukat. After some small talk, Dukat engages Sisko in a discussion regarding the appearance that Sisko will be making before a special Federation Grand Jury. Sisko tries to assure Dukat by explaining that, in the Federation, he is presumed innocent until proven guilty. Dukat then asks Sisko his opinion on Dukat's innocence, but Sisko ducks the question by saying that he has not read all the charges. Dukat then points out that it is not like him to equivocate. Sisko informs Dukat that he will not be tried until the end of the Dominion War and that his appearance before the special jury is just a formality. Still suspicious, Dukat reminds Sisko that he is going to be the prosecution's witness. Sisko tells him, "I'll tell them what I know." Sisko then offers his sympathies over the recent death of Dukat's daughter, Tora Ziyal. Still suspicious of Sisko's motives, Dukat then asks, "Do I detect the fine hand of Dr. Cox at work once again?" Sisko explains that he just wanted to offer his condolences, with Dr. Cox's permission. Dukat realizes Sisko is sincere and apologizes. Dukat explains that Dr. Cox has encouraged him to speak of Ziyal whenever possible, since it was her death that led to his momentary instability. Sisko then informs Dukat that they will reach Starbase 621 tomorrow, and he'll see him at the arraignment. As Sisko leaves, Dukat thanks Sisko, as well as Major Kira Nerys, for caring for Ziyal over the past two years. Sisko responds that it was a pleasure to have Ziyal with them and she was a wonderful young woman. Sisko then asks Dukat if he can get him anything, and Dukat jokingly asks for one bottle of Kanar and an Orion slave girl. Suddenly, the ship shakes and a red alert is sounded. Act One Kira walks out of Sisko's office with Odo on Deep Space 9 and informs the rest of the senior staff that the Honshu was just destroyed by a wing of Cardassian destroyers. She also tells them that so far Starfleet has picked up the distress beacons from three escape pods and one shuttlecraft. But because of Dominion activity along the border, the only available ships to search for survivors will be the and the . Additionally, the Defiant is needed to guard a troop convoy near the Badlands in fifty-two hours which, including travel time to the Honshus coordinates and the Badlands, doesn't leave much time for a search. Despite objections from the senior staff, Starfleet's orders stand. Worf orders an immediate departure, but before he departs, Kira reminds him that there are tens of thousands of troops aboard the convoy so the Defiant must make the deadline. Sisko awakens and finds himself lying by a campfire in a cavern, with Dukat. Dukat tells Sisko of how they arrived on the planet in the first place – ironically, it seems that Cardassian destroyers shot them down. Sisko was heading to engineering when a plasma conduit exploded fifteen meters down the corridor from the brig, resulting in plasma burns on the left side of his body. Dukat then informs Sisko that he and Lieutenant McConnell found Sisko when the order came to abandon ship. When Sisko asks where McConnell was, Dukat says he died when a piece of shrapnel hit him in the head just as they were carrying Sisko into the shuttle. Sisko is told that the engines for the shuttle were damaged from the shock waves and it is grounded indefinitely. Dukat sets up a beacon in the cave, which broadcasts a general distress call. Which of them is the prisoner of the other will be decided by which side detects it first. Sisko agrees this is fair. He finds that his broken arm is held together by an improvised cast that Dukat has made, since he does not know how to use the bone regenerator in the medkit. Dukat excuses himself to search for food, since they only have a week's worth of rations from the shuttle. "What are you planning to do with him?" inquires Weyoun, to which Dukat replies that he and Benjamin Sisko have a lot to talk about. Weyoun then reminds Dukat about the time spent in the hospital, where he was curled into a ball, screaming and crying so hard that he had to be sedated. This recounting enrages Dukat, and he fires a phaser at Weyoun, only to leave a smoldering hole in the rock wall behind him: Weyoun is just a hallucination. Act Two Sisko wakes up to find Dukat preparing soup. The two discuss what happened the previous night and Sisko's bout with nausea, for which he apologizes. Dukat assures him the mess was nothing compared to his days as a newly minted Glinn aboard the Kornaire, reminiscing about an incident involving three men in an compartment that had gone through an explosive decompression. Uncomfortable, Sisko tells Dukat to change the subject and in turn, Dukat sarcastically proclaims "the has spoken." Dukat insists that Sisko should have a sense of humor about their predicament, pointing out the possibility they'll be rescued by the Dominion and commenting on how their universe can be amusing when it allows for radical shifts in fortune. Sisko refuses to see any humor in their situation, but asks Dukat why he was looking around. Dukat claims it must have been the wind that he heard, offering Sisko a sip of his soup. As the two work on improving the flavor of the meal, they have another conversation regarding Deep Space 9. Dukat asks about Kira, Odo, and Quark, attempting to convince Sisko that they never gave him a chance and that his policies toward the Bajorans were actually quite generous this time. Dukat continues to press, claiming it was his intention to rectify the mistakes between Cardassia and Bajor. Sisko casually side-steps him by inquiring about the next ingredient for their soup. While Dukat adds salt to the soup, he questions Sisko whether or not he'll give him the benefit of the doubt. Sisko responds with a question of his own, asking Dukat if he really does care about what he thinks. Dukat counters with another question, asking him if he cares about what his friends think of him. Sisko realizes Dukat is implying that they are friends, and makes clear that they are not friends and even though he is grateful for Dukat's saving his life, that's as friendly as they can be, and no more. Again, something catches Dukat's attention with Sisko asking him whether he's sure nothing's out there. Dukat assures him that it was the wind, but goes out to the caverns to double-check. Somewhere deeper in the caverns, Dukat now takes to arguing with a hallucination of Damar, who attempts to convince Dukat to kill Sisko now and escape to assist Cardassia in its victory. While Dukat converses with Damar, Sisko checks the transmitter and discovers that though the outside display indicates the system is online, its secondary display on the inside reveals it has been offline the whole time. When Dukat returns, Sisko tells him there may be something wrong with the com system. Dukat first checks the outside display, reporting the unit to be fine. Sisko suggests that the casing should be taken off and they should run a full diagnostic just to be sure. Dukat complies and checks the inside of the transmitter but pretends to run a diagnostic, assuring Sisko that there is nothing to worry about and the unit is working. Sisko then realizes Dukat has quite intentionally been leaving it turned off. Act Three "Ship's log, supplemental. We have picked up a total of twelve Honshu survivors so far, but there is still no sign of Captain Sisko. We have less than twelve hours before we must abandon the search." Alone in the cave, Sisko works on the transmitter with one of the tines he has broken off from his fork. After some tinkering, Sisko manages to reset the unit systems and actually bring the distress signal online. The Defiant then picks up a distress signal and sets course toward it. Meanwhile, hearing Dukat's approach, Sisko carefully covers up his work and hides his altered fork underneath his sheet. Dukat returns with a couple of cushions salvaged from the shuttle, shining his flashlight on Sisko, who appears to have just woken up. As Dukat helps Sisko get settled against his new cushion, the captain comments that it appears he is planning a long stay. Dukat explains that he only wants the both of them to be comfortable as they await their rescuers. Once Dukat settles on his own cushion, he tells Sisko about an idea that occurred to him while he was out at the shuttle. Dukat muses about how confused the Bajorans would be if they found both of them sharing the same hardships, calling himself the evil Gul Dukat, and Sisko the Emissary of the Prophets. Dukat points out that it is just the two of them, all alone, that no one is there to judge them, insisting that they both be honest with one another. He presses Sisko for his opinion on him, but is interrupted by another hallucination in the form of Kira who whispers a rather contrary opinion of her own over his shoulder. She tells him that she thinks he is an evil, sadistic man who should have been tried as a war criminal years ago – put up against a wall and shot. This opinion prompts Dukat to question Sisko whether he agrees with Kira on how she feels about him. Sisko tells Dukat that he doesn't see any reason for discussing the matter any further. Dukat disagrees and continues, telling Sisko that his name and reputation have been slandered and twisted for the last six years after the Occupation of Bajor. He states he has been wrongfully vilified throughout the Alpha Quadrant and wonders out loud if Sisko is one of his detractors. Sisko insists that he cannot really pass judgment on him because he was not there during the Occupation, nor did he witness the matters with which Dukat had to struggle day after day. The Kira hallucination warns Dukat that Sisko does not want to tell him the truth because it would upset him. Sisko watches as Dukat talks over his shoulder at the air, realizing that Dukat is delusional and hallucinating. Dukat believes that Sisko is not being entirely honest, pointing out that he's not a man who hesitates to make snap judgments when the situation calls for it. Sisko tells Dukat he is right about being judged unfairly, that he himself judged Dukat unfairly, and that he probably had good reasons for everything he did on Bajor. Dukat agrees with Sisko, and claims that some of his harsher acts were forced upon on him by Central Command. He then explains to Sisko that he wanted to use entirely different tactics with the Bajorans, that he wished to have ruled with "a softer hand." Sisko assures Dukat that he understands, stating that he was a soldier and was only carrying out orders. Dukat eagerly agrees with this assessment only to be laughed at by Kira, who calls him a fool and tells him he is being patronized, for which Dukat yells at her. Sisko manages to return Dukat's attention to himself, suggesting that they ignore Kira and pretend she is not there. As Dukat wildly fires his phaser at his hallucination of Kira, the Defiant beams up two Honshu survivors, but they are not Sisko and Dukat. Dukat begins to sit back down when he discovers Sisko's hidden fork and notices one of its missing tines, concluding after he checks the transmitter that Sisko must have repaired the unit behind his back. Outraged, Dukat destroys the transmitter, cutting the signal the Defiant had just picked up moments earlier. From the debris of the transmitter he dislodges a metal bar, which he uses to attack Sisko. Act Four Despite subspace interference over the viewscreen, Kira reminds Worf he must follow his original orders to end their search soon so they can assist the troop convoy in the Badlands. Both Doctor Bashir and Miles O'Brien disagree with the Major's orders, trying to pretend they are unable to understand the message through the interference. Worf and Dax however know full well what Kira was trying to tell them, and Worf feels that ignoring the orders would be dishonorable. When Bashir openly remarks that he doesn't consider Worf's honor to be worth Captain Sisko's life, Worf dismisses him from the bridge and orders helm to lay in a course for the third planet and continue their search for the remaining time. Sisko awakens with his head bleeding to see Dukat standing over him carefully wiping blood away from a metal pole in his grasp. Dukat tells Sisko that he brought the damage upon himself, with the groggy captain making a mention of victims that must have suffered as he has. Dukat begins to name all the things he has been called, sarcastically calling Sisko the "supreme arbiter of right and wrong in the universe." A frustrated Sisko demands what Dukat wants from him and Dukat explains that he wants no further pretenses, only their expression of their true thoughts. Sisko takes Dukat up on his challenge and begins a fierce barrage of questions – true and false, of Dukat's role in the Occupation. The murder of over five million Bajorans on his watch is Dukat's responsibility. Dukat adamantly claims otherwise, explaining that he tried to save lives during his administration. Sisko then demands evidence. Dukat says the Occupation had already been going on for almost 40 years, but the planet was not ready for full-scale colonization. He tells Sisko that Central Command wanted the situation resolved and they didn't care how it was done. Dukat reminds Sisko that he wanted to use "a gentler hand" when dealing with the Bajorans – reducing the output quotas by fifty percent. Dukat begins to list admirable orders he gave during his tenure, for acts such as reorganizing the camps, abolishing child labor, improving medical care, and increasing food rations, for which as a result the death rate decreased by twenty percent. Dukat also explains that he had reason to punish the Bajorans as well: on his anniversary, an orbital drydock was blown up, killing over two hundred Cardassians. He explains that he then rounded up two hundred Bajoran Resistance members and executed them, claiming this retaliation was for the sake of justice rather malevolence. He goes on to mention that he also executed several more Bajorans in retaliation for a failed assassination attempt. As Dukat continues his stories, his hallucinations of Weyoun, Damar, and Kira each support every statement in their own sardonic manner. When Dukat asks Sisko if he understands what he's saying, Sisko pretends to have been moved by his stories and posits that what happened to the Bajorans was not Dukat's fault but their own. Dukat eagerly agrees with Sisko's empty revelation as Sisko plays along, asking Dukat why the Bajorans failed to appreciate the kinder and gentler oversight he offered them. Dukat insists that the Bajorans were small-minded, ignorant fools, that the Cardassians were clearly the superior race, and they did not choose to be so – fate handed them that role. At the height of his furious insanity, Dukat now confesses his hatred for the Bajorans and everything about them, from their religion and their Bajoran earrings to their "broken, wrinkled noses." He is most infuriated by their wishes for equality to the Cardassians. Sisko, still playing along, suggests to Dukat that maybe he should have killed them all. Dukat agrees with this assessment, proclaiming he should have "turned their planet into a graveyard the likes of which the galaxy has never seen!" Suddenly, Sisko strikes Dukat from behind with the same metal pole Dukat used on him and declares, "And that is why you're not an evil man." Sisko gets up and makes his way out of the cavern, leaving Dukat unconscious. Act Five Sisko finds his way to the shuttle through a sandstorm, discovering that it is still operational. As Sisko is about to depart, however, Dukat attacks Sisko and a fight ensues. Dukat then forces Sisko out into the sandstorm while brandishing a phaser. Before Dukat departs, he thanks Sisko for their time together, promising they will not be seeing each other for awhile, and vowing "from this day forward, Bajor is dead! All of Bajor!" As the aft door to the shuttle slowly closes, Dukat with his hallucinations of Weyoun, Kira, and Damar all keeping him company, smiles over an unconscious Sisko lying in the sandstorm. It is finally time for the Defiant to leave the system in order to rendezvous with the troop convoy. As Worf orders the course set, the ship suddenly receives a hail from Gul Dukat, who lets the crew know where Captain Sisko is located. "Ship's log, stardate 51413.6. We have rescued Captain Sisko, but we did not have time to locate Gul Dukat's shuttle. We are en route to our rendezvous with the troop convoy near the Badlands and the captain is recovering in sickbay." Dax awakens Sisko, reporting that she notified Starfleet of Dukat's last known position and insisting that they'll find him. Sisko disagrees about the possibility of his capture and begins to discuss life, about how it seems so complicated and that it sometimes appears everything is a shade of gray, that there is nothing truly good or evil. He then explains to Dax that after spending some time with Dukat, he has come to realize that there is such a thing as truly unambiguous evil. Dax points out that realizing the truth is one thing, but doing something about it is another. Sisko then makes clear what he is going to do about it; he makes a vow to stop Dukat from destroying Bajor. "From now on, it's him – or me," Sisko says before closing his eyes. Log entries Captain's log, Deep Space 9, 2374 Ship's log, USS Defiant (NX-74205) Memorable quotes "You and Major Kira took care of her for almost a year. I want to thank you for that; it was very generous." "Ziyal was a very special young woman. It was a pleasure to have her with us, even if it was only a short time." "A short time was all she ever had." - Dukat and Sisko "Whose signal are you transmitting? Starfleet's, or the Dominion's?" "I'm sending out a general distress call. Whoever gets here first will find one comrade in arms, and one prisoner. That's fair, isn't it?" - Sisko and Dukat "The Emissary has spoken." - Dukat "Benjamin, just a few hours ago I was a prisoner on my way to trial and you were my dear old friend come to visit me in my cell. Now look at us. I'm free, and you're a prisoner of your own battered body and there's a good chance we'll be rescued by the Dominion. You've got to laugh at a universe that allows such radical shifts in fortune, Benjamin." "I will laugh when a Federation starship arrives and puts you back in a cell." - Dukat and Sisko "You brought it on yourself, you know." "Just like all your victims." "All my victims. It always comes back to that, doesn't it? All my crimes. I'm such a monster, such an evil man. Behold… Benjamin Sisko: supreme arbiter of right and wrong in the universe. A man of such high moral caliber that he can sit in judgment on all the rest of us." - Dukat and Benjamin Sisko "What the hell do you want from me?! My approval? Is that what this is all about? You want me to give you my permission to cause more suffering and death? Well, if that's what you're after, you might as well pull out that phaser and end this right now because I will never give it to you!" "Good!! Good; I like this. No more pretense, no games. Just you, me and the truth." "What do you know about the truth? You bend the truth into whatever shape suits you." - Sisko and Dukat "The Bajorans understand a clenched fist, not an open hand." "Being reasonable only made us bolder." "The Dominion would've killed every man, woman and child on Bajor long ago." - Damar, Kira, and Weyoun "From the moment we arrived on Bajor it was clear that we were the superior race, but they couldn't accept that. They wanted to be treated as equals, when they most certainly were not. Militarily, technologically, culturally – we were almost a century ahead of them in every way. We did not choose to be the superior race. Fate handed us that role and it would have been so much easier on everyone if the Bajorans had simply accepted their role. But no… day after day they clustered in their temples and prayed for deliverance and night after night they planted bombs outside of our homes. Pride… stubborn, unyielding pride. From the servant girl that cleaned my quarters, to the condemned man toiling in a labor camp, to the terrorist skulking through the hills of Dahkur Province… they all wore their pride like some… twisted badge of honor." "And you hated them for it." "Of course I hated them! I hated everything about them! Their superstitions and their cries for sympathy, their treachery and their lies, their smug superiority and their stiff-necked obstinacy, their earrings, and their broken, wrinkled noses!" "You should have killed them all, hm?" "Yes! Yes!! That's right, isn't it?! I knew it. I've always known it. I should've killed every last one of them! I should've turned their planet into a graveyard the likes of which the galaxy had never seen! I should've killed them all." "And that is why you're not an evil man." - Dukat and Sisko "I'm so glad we had this time together, Benjamin, because we won't be seeing each other for a while. I have unfinished business on Bajor. They thought I was their enemy? They don't know what it is to be my enemy, but they will. From this day forward, Bajor is dead! All of Bajor!! And this time, even their Emissary won't be able to save them!" - Dukat "Sometimes life seems so complicated, nothing is truly good or truly evil. Everything seems to be a shade of grey. And then you spend some time with a man like Dukat, and you realize that there is such a thing as truly evil." "To realize that is one thing. To do something about it is another. So what are you going to do?" "I'll tell you what I'm not going to do, I'm not going to let him destroy Bajor. I fear no evil. From now on, it's him or me." - Sisko and Dax Background information Story and script This episode sets the stage for the showdown between Sisko and Dukat in the series finale . Indeed, after this episode, they would not see one another again until their confrontation in the Fire Caves in the finale. Originally, this episode was to be structured similarly to the third season episode , with the regular crew appearing as different aspects of Dukat's personality. According to Ronald D. Moore, "Waltz" began life as a story we called "Dukat's Head" around the office. The notion was for Sisko to go visit Dukat in the mental hospital and while Sisko was trying to engage the catatonic Cardassian in conversation, we would push in on Dukat's face and then go inside his head and show us the fantasy life he was living. The story would've gone into the past, dealt with his Bajoran mistress, his rise to power, his treatment of the Bajorans and even the fantasy life he was trying to construct for himself on Terok Nor with Kira as his wife and himself as beloved leader of Cardassia and Bajor. We struggled with the storyline for quite a while, but never found a way to make it compelling. Eventually, we noticed that the scenes we liked the best were the ones in the hospital room between Sisko and Dukat and we decided to toss out everything but that. However, some of the character dynamics we had envisioned for the fantasy sequences eventually were realized in the phantom images of Weyoun, Damar, and Kira as they appeared in Dukat's hallucinations." Of the idea behind doing the episode, Moore explains, "The intention was to dig down and reveal something in Dukat, both to the audience and to the character himself. He really did hate the Bajorans and he really does wish he'd killed them all. That's the dirty little secret he's tried not to confront head-on all these years, and now finally, he's said it out loud and accepted it about himself." Ira Steven Behr echoes Moore when he says of this episode, "I wanted us to come away from this show with Dukat finally having faced who the hell he is and what he's done. To get him to finally admit that he hates the Bajorans and he wishes to kill them all. And he does. Evil may be an unclear concept in this day and age. But Dukat certainly has done evil things. And since he refuses to admit to them, we then have to simplify things, deconstruct things, until we get to the most simplistic level. Which is: 'He does evil things, therefore, he is evil'''." () By the time this episode aired, the character of Gul Dukat had become exceptionally popular among fans of the show, far more popular than any of the writers had ever intended. This was primarily attributed to Marc Alaimo's superbly charismatic performances as Dukat. Alaimo's portrayal had presented the audience with a character possessed of a very real pathos and sense of humor, a character with many different aspects composing his psychological make-up. The writers however were not entirely happy with how popular Dukat had become. He was supposed to be the villain of the show, and while they were proud to have created such a multi-dimensional villain, they were shocked when they saw fans online actually defending Dukat's behavior during the Occupation. Despite the writers' attempts to make Dukat the epitome of evil in subsequent shows however, his popularity would remain undiminished until the end of the series. Indeed, in relation to "Waltz", some Dukat fans were unhappy with how quickly Sisko denounces him after he tells Sisko about his initial actions as Prefect of Bajor. () Of the character of Dukat, Moore comments, "Dukat is the hero of his own story. He definitely thinks that he's on the side of the angels, and he doesn't understand why everyone else doesn't see that." (). Furthermore, he explains, "I don't see anything incompatible in the idea that Dukat wanted to be loved by those he despised. This seems to me like a complex, yet very believable, dynamic. I think you could find many, many instances where a person both loves and hates another person for very complex reasons. Dukat's egotistical need to be loved doesn't seem to be in conflict with his need to dominate and rule. In fact, one could argue that it was the Bajorans' refusal to love him (in his somewhat twisted view of reality) that prompted him to hate them." This episode originally ended with Dukat saying to Sisko, "You too will learn what it's like to lose a child," but the writers abandoned this idea because it was too specific and it locked them into one path in terms of where to next take the character. They also didn't like the prospect of having to work into every single scene involving Jake that he was living his life under a death threat. () Damar and Weyoun appear in this episode only as hallucinations witnessed by Dukat. Indeed, because this episode proved so popular with fans, the writers considered bringing the chorus back for the next episode involving Dukat, but they ultimately abandoned the concept as they felt the technique carried more dramatic weight by being used only once. () Reception This is the eighth episode directed by Rene Auberjonois. Of this episode he says, "It was a stage piece, and it dealt with acting, acting, acting all the time. The challenging part was to keep it visually interesting." () Of Marc Alaimo's performance in this episode, director Rene Auberjonois comments, "He was in touch with where it was coming from in his own psychology and where it was going. And that's the way a good actor plays a villain, by finding ways to rationalize what he's doing." () Auberjonois also commented "Right now, I am most proud of "Waltz". If you talk to me after each episode I direct, I'll probably say to you that episode is my favorite, the best I've done, the most well-directed. But just the experience of working with Avery and Marc on "Waltz" was wonderful. It was a challenge to do what was basically a two character show. On the one hand, it was simple because I didn't have a lot of special effects with which to deal. We didn't have 100 extras, but it was a challenge too of another kind to make two people talking exciting television". ("The Shape of Things to Come", ) Marc Alaimo commented "That is a really terrific piece. Stories like that are usually reserved for the regulars and I was flattered that they wrote it for me. They gave me a lot of responsibility so I was glad to see that everything actually worked when it was all put together. They allow me to take a lot of chances with a character like Dukat. I get to express so many different aspects of myself in him, that I don't always get a chance to in real life. I'm very grateful that they trust me enough to write an episode like that for me. It means they like and respect my work and that makes a huge difference". (TV Zone, issue 105 & Special 44) Trivia This episode references an attempt on Dukat's life on Terok Nor within the first month of his administration where someone placed a bomb outside his quarters. This might well be the attempt on the life of Kira Meru as seen in the episode When the attack on the USS Honshu begins, the officer's voice heard over the comm orders the crew to battle stations and for damage control teams to report to "level 5-J". This is an unusual statement as it is customary aboard Federation starships of this era for the various "levels" of the ship to be referred to as "Deck", followed by its numerical position within the superstructure and its comparative location amongst the other "Decks" – i.e. "Deck 5" would be located 4 levels below "Deck 1". One possible explanation for the term "5-J" could be that the officer was referring to an area within the upper pod seen on Nebula-class starships. As this pod is located upward of the bridge (usually referred to as Deck 1), alternative designations may have been assigned to the interiors of this section of the ship. This is the second DS9 episode in a row to use a light redress of the brig set. It appears as the brig of the USS Honshu after appearing as a brig on a Federation starbase in the previous episode . Armin Shimerman (Quark) and Cirroc Lofton (Jake Sisko) do not appear in this episode. The Type 6 shuttlecraft makes its first DS9 appearance in this episode. Apocrypha The Kornaire appears in the Star Trek: Terok Nor novel Day of the Vipers. Video and DVD releases UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 6.6, As part of the DS9 Season 6 DVD collection Links and references Starring Avery Brooks as Captain Sisko Also starring Rene Auberjonois as Constable Odo Michael Dorn as Lt. Commander Worf Terry Farrell as Lt. Commander Dax Colm Meaney as Chief O'Brien Alexander Siddig as Doctor Bashir Nana Visitor as Major Kira Guest stars Jeffrey Combs as Weyoun Marc Alaimo as Dukat Casey Biggs as Damar Uncredited co-stars Chuck Shanks Unknown performers as McConnell Honshu survivor ensign Honshu survivor lieutenant References 2368; 2373; adversary; Alpha Quadrant; arbiter; assassination; Badlands; Bajor; Bajorans; Bajoran Resistance; bone regenerator; brig; caliber; Cardassia; Cardassians; Cardassian border; Cardassian Central Command; Cardassian destroyer; Cardassian Empire; Cardassian orbital drydock; ; child labor; cold-blooded; ; cooking; Cox; Dahkur Province; death rate; ; distress beacon; distress call; dizziness; Dominion; drydock; Emissary of the Prophets; escape pod; explosive decompression; Federation; Federation Special Jury; Federation troop convoy; field rations; Glinn; heart; ; Honshu shuttlecraft; kanar; kindling; Kornaire''; leader; madman; medical care; medkit; meter; Milky Way Galaxy; murder; Occupation of Bajor; "Old Man"; Orion slave girl; pepper; planets searched for USS Honshu survivors; plasma conduit; plasma fields; Prefect; Prophets; radio silence; ration packs; sadism; salt; sense of humor; Shakaar government; shrapnel; slander; ; soup; spitting; Starbase 621; temperature; Tora Ziyal; tricorder; Type 6 shuttlecraft; universe; war criminal; wind; worker; External links de:Das Gute und das Böse es:Waltz fr:Waltz (épisode) ja:不滅の悪意（エピソード） nl:Waltz DS9 episodes

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Who Mourns for Morn? (episode)

Morn dies, leaving his entire estate to Quark, but some of Morn's old acquaintances want a piece of the action. Summary Teaser Odo enters Quark's to inform Morn that his cargo of his Livanian beets is starting to spoil in the cargo bay and needs to be moved immediately. When Morn doesn't respond, Odo reaches out to touch Morn's shoulder, only to find "Morn" is a hologram. Quark informs him that Morn has been away from the station for the past two weeks. Odo is confused, and Quark explains that Morn is such a regular fixture in his bar, that business inevitably falls off when he's not there – the last time he was away, business dropped five percent. As if to prove his point, as they are talking, Chief O'Brien and Dr. Bashir enter the bar and greet "Morn" as they pass by, not noticing it's a hologram. Odo asks why the hologram doesn't talk, and Quark complains about the high cost of an interactive hologram generator; besides which, he prefers the company of the hologram to the real Morn, who "never shuts up." Just then, Lt. Commander Dax and Captain Sisko enter and freeze in their tracks when they see "Morn" at the bar. Finding out it is only a hologram, Sisko tells Quark to shut it off. Sisko and Dax inform everyone that Morn died when his ship hit an ion storm. Act One A funeral is held at Quark's according to Lurian traditions, including gifts of food and drink for the deceased so they will have something to sustain them in the afterlife. The funeral is attended by almost everyone on the station, and there are many genuine outpourings of grief. Quark, of course, attempts to capitalize on this, selling off overstocked Yridian ale by labeling it "Morn's favorite", and delivering a eulogy that ends by encouraging everyone to "keep Morn's seat warm" for eternity by spending their time in the bar. Odo is skeptical, guessing that, when all is said and done, the Ferengi didn't know anything about Morn, and is unaffected by his death. In private, Quark confides that he is deeply grieved: Morn failed to pay his last month's tab before inconsiderately dying. Captain Sisko unseals Morn's will and discovers that he left everything to Quark. In accordance with station procedure, Odo inspects the contents of the bequest, and delightedly tells Quark that Morn's bank accounts are empty, and his only "assets" are his most recent cargo – the now-spoiled beets – and the contents of his quarters – which turn out to consist only of a large mud bath (Morn's "bed") and a painting of a matador. Quark is baffled – Morn was one of his best customers, and must have had money somewhere. Odo leaves Quark to mope in Morn's quarters, and after he leaves a nude woman appears out of the mud. The woman identifies herself as Morn's ex-wife Larell, who has come to claim her share of Morn's estate. Quark is amazed when Larell confides that Morn won one thousand bricks of gold-pressed latinum in the Lissepian Lottery. He's glad she came by. Act Two Quark starts searching for the latinum by emptying the tub of mud. Larell realizes he doesn't know where it is, and neither does she, but says it must be on the station somewhere. She starts to regret that Morn couldn't enjoy the latinum while stroking Quark's lobes, but he knows what she's doing – getting to his good graces so she can share in the latinum. Even though the latinum is Quark's, Larell threatens to tie Quark up in court for years if he doesn't cut her in. Besides, it's a lot of money and she promises to take a vacation with him. He's satisfied for the moment. Over a game of tongo, Quark has told Dax about the whole thing, and that he's cut Larell in for 10%, but Dax is suspicious, saying he needs to watch his back. Quark understands, but is willing to keep her hanging for now. Later, Quark finds two alien brothers (race unknown), Krit and Nahsk, have invaded his quarters. They claim they were business associates of Morn who had money owed to them. They then threaten Quark if he doesn't pay them, and break the matador painting over Quark's head when he tries to haggle them for a lower percentage. After they leave, however, Quark discovers there was an access chip hidden inside the painting that gave access to a storage locker in the Assay office. Quark is immediately excited and shouts out to Morn, thanking him wherever he is. Act Three Bajoran security brings a small container to Odo's security office, but it contains only a single brick of latinum. Quark isn't worried, as he notices Morn wrote a bank account number on it, for the Bank of Bolias. He excuses himself to arrange delivery of Morn's savings. On the way, he encounters Larell again, who steals the brick from Quark; however Quark remembers the account number and knows the bank will only deliver it to him. Still on the way, he encounters the brothers, who deliver a thinly-veiled threat before letting him go. Just as Quark is about to contact the bank in his quarters, however, a disruptor is held to his head by a Human named Hain. Act Four Hain carefully has Quark leave the terminal to escort him to a holding cell. When Quark asks, he identifies himself as working with Lurian Security and said Morn was the crown prince and that his riches belonged to the Royal Family of Luria. When Hain learned about Larell, though, he pauses to think. Hain then says she'd been trying to blackmail the family for years. Instead of arresting Quark, Hain would ensure Quark got a sizable reward for helping capture Larell. He leaves Quark to continue calling the bank and telling him to leave the rest to him. Meanwhile, back in the bar, Morn's absence is keenly felt. O'Brien is fixing an optronic relay while sitting in his chair, "keeping Morn's chair warm." Bashir comes by as well, and learns Quark is indisposed. After a quick exchange, O'Brien has to leave, so Bashir takes over sitting in the chair for awhile. Later, Quark finds Larell in his quarters to discuss when the latinum will arrive when someone tries to pick the lock. Larell hides while Krit and Nahsk bypass the lock and threaten Quark. Quark's doorbell goes off, so Krit and Nahsk hide when Quark answers the door. Hain enters and Quark attempts to warn him of Quark's "guests" but he doesn't catch on while everyone in hiding comes out. It is revealed that Hain, Larell, Krit and Nahsk were all lying to Quark, and they (along with Morn) had been the ones behind the infamous Lissepian Mother's Day Heist nine years previously. It turns out that Morn had betrayed them all and left with all one thousand bricks of gold-pressed latinum they had stolen, and they knew he was waiting for the statute of limitations to expire – which it did just two weeks previously. Then, the group realizes they don't need Quark any more. Act Five At first they decide to kill Quark, but he reminds them that he's the only one who can take delivery of the latinum. Nahsk has the "bright" idea of severing Quark's thumb (the only piece they need), but Hain steps in and vetoes the idea – since they can't very well walk into the cargo bay with a severed thumb without attracting suspicion. Since they were going to split it five ways anyway, they agree to let Quark take Morn's place. Refusing to leave Quark alone, they all go to Quark's Bar for a drink. Odo arrives and asks why the bar is closed at that hour. Quark indicates his new "partners," and introduces them as friends of Morn, with whom Quark has been "commiserating" in private. Quickly catching on, Odo asks how much longer they will be commiserating, and Quark says, until 1600 hours the next day – the time the shipment of latinum will arrive. After accepting the shipment, Quark goes to count the bricks only to find Hain, Larell, Krit and Nahsk have all drawn weapons on each other. Krit says Hain is outgunned, as his brother may be "slow," but he'll get Hain in the end. Nahsk takes offense at being called slow, and turns on his brother. A firefight breaks out, so Quark jumps into the cargo container. Odo and his deputies arrive and apprehend the four robbers – Larell, being the only one unhurt, is taken to a holding cell, while the rest are taken to the infirmary. When Odo assures Quark that the four will be put in jail for a long time, Quark is ecstatic to be the sole owner of the bricks. But when he knocks two together, they crumble in his hands. Quark, aghast, says that someone has extracted all the latinum from the bricks, leaving only "worthless gold." "And it's all yours," Odo chuckles gleefully while leaving an upset Quark moaning loudly over the worthless gold. That evening, Quark is fuming behind the bar and attempts to rip Morn's stool from the floor. Odo arrives and says someone's here to see him – and in walks a very alive Morn, who takes his usual stool. Quark demands an explanation. Morn starts to open his mouth, but Quark cuts him off, saying he doesn't want to hear it, he's already figured it out: Morn knew that his former associates would come after him as soon as the statute of limitations expired, so he faked his death and pretended to leave his property to Quark, knowing the Ferengi would do whatever it took to get the latinum, and succeed in holding off his four partners until they turned on each other. Morn nods guiltily, confirming Quark's story. Quark angrily says he could have been killed, and demands to know what really happened to the latinum. Instead of replying, Morn picks up a small glass and regurgitates a small quantity of liquid latinum – about 100 bricks' worth – into it. Amazed, Quark realizes that Morn swallowed the latinum and has been carrying it around in his second stomach all these years (which also explains why his hair fell out). Morn pushes the glass to Quark, as fair reward for his help. Quark is more than satisfied, and, intrigued by this scheming, under-handed side of Morn he didn't suspect before, starts to discuss possible joint ventures for the future, such as selling Morn's gold dust, since some primitive cultures still consider it valuable. Memorable quotes "You know Morn, he never shuts up." - Quark "Morn slept in… mud?" "Hmm. I'm told it's excellent for the skin." - Quark and Odo "I wonder who came up with the idea of suspending liquid latinum inside worthless bits of gold." "Probably someone who got tired of making change with an eyedropper." - Quark and Dax "I'll unload everything and use the profits to… (Sniffs) what is that smell?" "Your inheritance: Livanian beets. Very ripe." - Quark and Odo "Oh, that-that can't be! There's-there's no latinum in these bricks!" "What?" "Someone's extracted ALL THE LATINUM! There's nothing here but worthless gold!" "And it's all yours." "NO! NOOO!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!" - Quark and Odo "Most men don't know how to defer gratification." "You don't make it easy." - Larell after stroking Quarks lobes "Take that gold dust of yours. It doesn't have to be a total loss. I hear there are some primitive cultures who consider it quite valuable…" - Quark to Morn Background information Story and script As most fans know, the main concept of the character of Morn is that he never speaks on-camera, whereas off-camera he allegedly never shuts up. Ira Steven Behr has likened this to the character of Maris on the show Frasier; a character whose physical appearance is constantly described as being unique, but whom viewers never see. This silent aspect of the character however proved to be a stumbling block for writers wishing to do a 'Morn episode', and it wasn't until Mark Gehred-O'Connell came up with the idea of doing a Morn episode which barely features Morn that the producers found something they were willing to make. () Mark Gehred-O'Connell's original idea for this show involved Morn mysteriously disappearing from the station, and the rest of the cast trying to hunt him down. Then during their search, they realize that although they have all known him for six years (apart from Worf), none of them actually know very much about him. René Echevarria removed the detective aspect from the story, and introduced the characters of Hain, Krit, Larell and Nahsk. () According to Mark Allen Shepherd, the original story saw Morn actually die, but Penny L. Juday advised the writers not to go do down that route. Sheperd commented. "Penny told me, in confidence, that it was during a production meeting where the writers and producers were discussing the making of "Who Mourns for Morn?" that the subject of possibly killing Morn off in the episode was discussed. Penny told me that it was she who spoke up on Morn’s behalf and that it was somehow because of this that the storyline changed from Morn being killed off in the episode to Morn faking his own death. What she told me about the production meeting went something like this: Penny said, “You can't kill Morn off. If you do that, you would be killing off your mascot. The fans love Morn!". Production The noise Morn makes when he regurgitates the latinum at the end of the episode took supervising sound editor Mace Matiosian several days of foley recording and over six hours of editing to complete. () The latinum expressed into the glass was a CG effect. The painting of the matador that is smashed over Quark's head was purchased by Morn in the fifth season episode . John Eaves painted ten duplicates of the original painting. They were then scored so they would rip when smashed over Quark's head. () Reception and awards This episode was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Makeup for a Series for Michael Westmore. For the makeup of Krit and Nahsk, Westmore commented "We did this bony ridge that went all around the head and right down the back, and then had them on their hands too". For Larell, Westmore commented "The other character, Larell, is all forehead with widow peaks on". ("Aliens Resurrected", ) Rene Echevarria commented "Mark [Gehred-O'Connell] did a good job, but the comedy was too broad. Ultimately, it wasn't a Morn episode; it was a story about Quark. And the most common mistake people make in writing Quark is to make him transparently greedy. On paper, that's very funny, but Armin doesn't play Quark that way. Armin plays it real". () Armin Shimerman was not fond of the episode, commenting "That's one of the inequities about Mark [Allen Shepherd] still being an extra. Here's a whole episode around someone who's basically a background performer, and that's ridiculous. The definition of a background performer is someone you don't pay attention to. They're someone in the background, so how can you have an entire episode based around them? It shows one of the inequities of what's happening over at the show that the producers are still treating Mark as though he's an extra. Rene [Auberjonois] often says I've created a monster in Mark because I was very solicitous about him in the beginning, and so was David Livingston, who was not only a director but also our line producer. Between the two of us, we got a lot of coverage for Mark, so it's taken off from there". ("Quantifiably Quark", ) Mark Allen Shepherd commented "I had a lot of fun with "Who Mourns for Morn?" Most people wouldn't have known that that was actually me when Quark brings me out of the crowd to sit in Morn's chair. Sure, people that came to conventions know, but the people just laughed, I was told, which I thought was really cool… it was kind of an inside joke! The writers went into more detail than they have ever gone into about Morn's background – – who Morn is and what he has done, as well as characters that are involved with him outside of the station. The fact that he sleeps in a pool of mud really surprised me, and that he also has two stomachs and that he keeps latinum in his second stomach. No wonder I sit all day at Quark's and do nothing. I'm rich! ("Voice of the Barfly", ) In their review of the episode, authors Mark Jones and Lance Parkin commented "There are a few episodes this season that could be set in previous seasons, and they tend to stick out a bit. This is one of them, a fun little romp that feels strange among all the madness, war and death of the rest of the season". (Beyond the Final Frontier, p. 249) Trivia The wardrobe worn by an attendant at Morn's memorial service at Quark's is a reuse of Minister Kray's outfit from . The title of the episode is a pun that plays on the title of the Original Series episode The soundtrack bears resemblance to Gustav Holst's "Mars" from The Planets. A Latinum brick from this episode was sold off on the It's A Wrap! sale and auction on eBay. Cirroc Lofton (Jake Sisko) does not appear in this episode. Video and DVD releases UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 6.6, As part of the DS9 Season 6 DVD collection Links and references Starring Avery Brooks as Captain Sisko Also starring Rene Auberjonois as Odo Michael Dorn as Lt. Commander Worf Terry Farrell as Lt. Commander Dax Cirroc Lofton as Jake Sisko Colm Meaney as Chief O'Brien Armin Shimerman as Quark Alexander Siddig as Doctor Bashir Nana Visitor as Major Kira Guest stars Gregory Itzin as Hain Brad Greenquist as Krit Bridget Ann White as Larell Cyril O'Reilly as Nahsk Uncredited co-stars Cathy DeBuono as M'Pella Brian Demonbreun as sciences officer Judi Durand as Cardassian Computer Voice Terry Green as operations lieutenant David B. Levinson as Broik Dan Magee as operations lieutenant Mary Mascari as Bajoran woman Karlotta Nelson as Bajoran woman Chuck Shanks Mark Allen Shepherd as Morn Bajoran funeral attendee Brian Simpson Todd Slayton Susie Stillwell as Klingon warrioress Bajoran security deputy Unknown performers as Dabo girl Risian woman Klingon mourner Funeral attendees Taal visitor Stand-ins Randy Pflug – stand-in for Colm Meaney and Gregory Itzin References 2364; 2365; 47; appetite; assault; assay office; Bank of Bolias (Bolarus IX); bar bill; bequest; Bolians; Bolian transport; bottle opener; business associate (aka business partner); cargo bay; Central Bank of Lissepia; Lissepia; court; creditor; crown prince; Deep Space 9 levels; diligence; eye dropper; furnishing; gold; handwriting; hair loss; hologram; holosuite; inheritance; interactive holoprojector; ion storm; latinum; Lissepia; Lissepians; Lissepian Lottery; Lissepian Mother's Day Heist; Livanian beets; living tissue; Luria; Lurians; Lurian Security; mascot; matador; ; memorial service; Milky Way Galaxy; money; Morn (hologram); Morn's cargo ship; mud bath; mud tub; oo-mox; optronic relay; primitive culture; Promenade; Quark's; retirement fund; ripeness; robbery; Rom; rot; royal family; Royal Family of Luria; security agent; separation; sparring partner; statute of limitations; stomach; storage locker; Taal; tab; Til'amin froth; tongo; year; Yridian ale External links de:Wer trauert um Morn? es:Who Mourns for Morn? fr:Who Mourns for Morn? 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Far Beyond the Stars (episode)

Experiencing a vision from the Prophets, Sisko sees himself as Benny Russell, a science-fiction writer in the 1950s, who struggles with civil rights and inequality when he writes the story of Captain Benjamin Sisko, a black commander of a futuristic space station. Summary Teaser Joseph Sisko, Captain Benjamin Sisko's father, has left Earth for the first time to visit his son and grandson on Deep Space 9, but his timing couldn't be worse. Although the Federation is in firm control of the station, the Cardassian border is still a risky place for Federation ships to patrol. In particular, the has recently been destroyed, and even a six-hour search by the failed to discover any survivors. That means Captain Quentin Swofford – a man Sisko knew well – is dead, and Sisko is distraught, given that he introduced Swofford to his wife. He is beginning to despair of making any kind of difference in the war effort at all, and is seriously considering stepping down and letting someone else make the tough decisions. Joseph promises to support his son no matter what decision he makes, but warns him to think carefully before he does anything. As he discusses the news with his father, Sisko is distracted and puzzled when he sees a strange man walk past his office dressed in 1950s Earth clothing. Dax, standing right outside in ops, insists she didn't see anyone, which only makes it a greater puzzle. Later, when walking down a corridor with Kasidy Yates, Sisko is again confused when a baseball player walks past and calls, "Hey, Benny! Catch the game?" Again, Yates is sure she didn't see anyone. When Sisko follows the man through a door, he finds himself suddenly in the middle of a busy New York street and is immediately hit by a taxi. Doctor Bashir examines him in the infirmary and finds unusual synaptic potentials – his neural patterns look like they did when Sisko was having visions the year before. When Sisko takes a PADD to examine the data for himself, he finds himself instead looking at a copy of at a New York newsstand. What's more, Sisko – or rather, Benny Russell – feels completely at home on this street, and when Albert Macklin comes around the corner they walk off together to the office. Act One The people Russell knows at the office and meets on the street are similar to the people Sisko knows on the station. They sound the same, and look at least somewhat similar, but they are not the same people. The news is not Nog, Macklin is not Miles O'Brien, and Kay Eaton is not Kira Nerys. They are merely characters in a dream created from the likeness of his real-world friends. From this point until Sisko wakes up, the story is told from Benny Russell's perspective (as though the 1950s setting is the "real" world). When Russell and Macklin arrive at Incredible Tales – the science fiction magazine for which they work – they find writer Herbert Rossoff (Quark) and editor Douglas Pabst (Odo) engaged in "The Battle of the Doughnuts, Round 28" (as Eaton describes it). Eaton herself has been experimenting with White Rose Redi-Tea ("A pitcher of plain water becomes a pitcher of iced tea") – a concept her husband, Julius (Julian Bashir), as a "self-respecting Englishman," finds appalling. Macklin is, as always, looking for matches to light his pipe, even though Russell just gave them to him. When the bickering and general bustle ebbs enough, Pabst calls the meeting to order. The magazine's illustrator, Roy Ritterhouse (Martok) comes in bearing a stack of science fiction sketches to distribute to the pool of writers for the next month's stories. Russell is particularly taken with a drawing of a space station – basically a circle with pylons at 120 degree intervals, and "USAF DS/9" stenciled around the edge. He takes the sketch and offers to create an appropriate story to accompany it. Trouble starts, however, when Pabst announces that their publisher wants a group photo of the writing staff for the next issue, and Pabst "suggests" that Eaton and Russell "sleep late" the morning it is taken – the public needn't know that women and blacks are writing for Incredible Tales along with the white men. Rossoff sarcastically quips about the dangers of "a Negro with a typewriter" and Russell is angry, but Pabst holds firm. There will be no picture of Eaton and no picture of Russell. "It's not personal Benny, but as far as our readers are concerned, Benny Russell is as white as they are. Let's just keep it that way," Pabst states, matter-of-factly. That evening, as Russell leaves the office (Incredible Tales is located in the Arthur Trill Building), the space station sketch is caught in a breeze and lands under the shoe of Burt Ryan (Dukat) – an NYPD detective with an attitude. He and his partner, Kevin Mulkahey (Weyoun) are suspicious of a janitor (as they perceive Russell) dressed in a nice suit, but give back the drawing with "This time you're getting off with a warning. Next time you won't be so lucky." Then, as he's almost home, Russell hears a preacher (Joseph Sisko) on a street corner who seems to be speaking directly to Benny. "Write those words, Brother Benny!" the preacher advises – write the words of the "God of the spirits of the prophets." With all these events fresh in his mind, Benny Russell sits down in his apartment before his typewriter with the space station picture in front of him and begins to write. "Captain Benjamin Sisko sat looking out the window…" Even as he writes the words Benny sees his reflection in his own window – only he has on a curious uniform instead of a shirt and tie and his glasses are gone. He presses on with his story well into the night. Act Two When the story is finally finished some days later he shows it to his fiancee, Cassie (Yates) at the diner where she waits tables. While he is sipping coffee at the counter, famous baseball player Willie Hawkins (Worf) comes in and flirts, only half-jokingly, with Cassie while saying hello to Russell. Russell also encounters Jimmy (Jake Sisko), a street kid. Fresh after hearing Hawkins tell how white people wouldn't want him living in their neighborhoods, Russell hears Jimmy's skepticism about the new story. What's more, Jimmy is trying to pawn a watch he "found" and Russell's cautions about him getting in trouble don't seem to do any good. On the other hand, the entire writing staff of Incredible Tales loves the story, which Russell has titled "Deep Space Nine." In fact, it is the best thing Pabst's secretary Darlene Kursky (Jadzia Dax) has ever read. Russell, exhausted from lack of sleep, is worried that he's hallucinating – while Kay Eaton is complimenting the "strong female character" in his story, he takes off his glasses for a moment and sees her wearing a red uniform and strange ridges on her nose. Unfortunately, Pabst himself is unwilling to print the story. "It's not believable," he insists, since it features a Negro space station captain for a hero. Pabst tells Russell to make the captain white, but he angrily tells him that's not what he wrote. Pabst tells Russell that it is his call. Act Three Russell is sitting at the restaurant with a cigarette in his hand telling about his story and Jimmy isn't remotely surprised, and Cassie suggests it may be a sign he should stop writing and go into the restaurant business with her – owning and running the diner. When Hawkins comes in and grabs Russell by the shoulder, he's surprised to see ridges on his forehead and strange clothing. He jumps off the stool in surprise, but when he looks up again it is just Hawkins, asking if Russell had seen the game. Russell leaves, troubled by the vision. That evening, he encounters the same preacher again. "Walk with the prophets, Brother Benny!" he insists. "Write the words that will lead us out of the darkness and onto the path of righteousness." Russell rushes home and sits down before his typewriter once again, concentrating so hard he even forgets about his date with Cassie. She finds him sleeping with a stack of pages in his hand – a new Ben Sisko story – and tries to get him to relax by taking a "spin around the dance floor" in the living room. He's startled once again when he instead sees himself dancing in a strange room and to hear "Cassie" talking about "the Dominion." He flashes back and forth between his living room and the space station – seeing things from his own story. Act Four As Russell questions his own sanity, Pabst insists he's certifiable – he's written six sequels to the "Deep Space Nine" story Pabst already refused to publish. Macklin makes a suggestion that could salvage everything though: make the story (at least the first story) a dream. If a poor Negro were dreaming of such a future, the story might work, Pabst grudgingly admits, and Russell agrees that anything would be better than not publishing the story at all. Even as Russell and Cassie are celebrating getting the story published, however, another tragedy strikes. They encounter the preacher, who warns, "the path of the Prophets sometimes leads into darkness and pain", just as gunshots ring through the air. Russell rushes forward and finds that Ryan and Mulkahey have shot and killed Jimmy. When Russell tries to fight his way to him, the two cops begin to beat him up, and Russell sees ridges on Ryan's neck and long thin ears on Mulkahey's face. Act Five Russell has been badly beaten and is walking with a cane, but a few weeks later on the day his story is finally published, he makes his way to the office anyway (with Cassie's encouragement). The staff are happy to see Russell for the first time since his beating. They also reveal that Macklin has sold a novel, and Russell is very happy for his friend. Then Pabst arrives… but with no magazine. Pabst explains that there's not going to be an edition of Incredible Tales that month; apparently the entire run was pulped because the publisher, Mr. , felt the issue didn't meet their "usual high standards". Russell, already knowing the truth, asks what the publishers didn't like. The artwork? The layout? But Russell, already starting to break down, answers his own question: the magazine was pulped because the hero of "Deep Space Nine" is a colored man. Pabst tells Russell that he knows it isn't right, but he furiously defends the decision, saying that "it's not about what's right, it's about what is." This leads into further bad news – the publishers have decided that Russell's services are no longer required. The rest of the staff recoil in shock, and even the normally unflappable Julius Eaton is horrified. Russell tells Pabst that he can't be fired, because he quits, before sweeping the contents of a nearby table on the floor in anger as he begins to have a nervous breakdown. He is devastated that everyone is attempting to deny both himself and Ben Sisko, that the publishers are attempting to destroy the story. But he says, sobbing, that they cannot destroy the idea. Ben Sisko, "Deep Space Nine", and all the people from the story, they exist inside his head, and in the heads of everyone who read it. "You can pulp a story, but you cannot destroy an idea! Don't you understand, that's ancient knowledge. You cannot destroy an idea! That future, I created it, and it's real! Don't you understand? It is REAL! I created it and IT'S REAL!" Russell finally collapses, sobbing and cradled by his former co-workers. As he's carted away in an ambulance, Benny Russell finds the preacher sitting beside him and sees himself in a strange uniform. "Who am I?" he asks quietly. "You're the dreamer," the preacher answers him, "and the dream." Captain Benjamin Sisko wakes up in the infirmary with Kasidy, Jake, Joseph, and Dr. Bashir standing over him, happy to see him awake. He was unconscious for only a few minutes, and Bashir reports that his neural patterns are returning to normal. As Joseph gets ready to leave, Sisko, sitting on a couch in his quarters, says that his dream has encouraged him to stay on DS9 and keep fighting "the good fight." He also confides to his father that he wonders whether their world really is "the real world," or just a vision, and somewhere far beyond the stars Benny Russell really exists. He stares out the window, and sees a reflection of himself wearing Benny's clothes. Memorable quotes "Wishing never changed a damn thing." - Benny Russell (Benjamin Sisko) "Oh! She's got a worm in her belly!… oh that's disgusting. It's interestin', but disgusting." - Darlene (Jadzia Dax) "Calm down, dear boy. We're writers, not Vikings." - Julius Eaton (Julian Bashir; see also I'm a doctor, not a...) "You are the dreamer… and the dream." - Preacher (Joseph Sisko) "Hey! You gonna buy that or not?!" - Newspaper vendor (Nog), to Benny Russell on an issue of Galaxy magazine he was reading "All right, friends and neighbors, let's see what Uncle Roy brought you today." - Roy (Martok) "Well I got news for you… today or a hundred years from now don't make a bit of difference – as far as they're concerned, we'll always be s." - Jimmy (Jake Sisko) "If the world's not ready for a woman writer – imagine what would happen if it learned about a Negro with a typewriter – run for the hills! It's the end of civilization!" - Herbert Rossoff (Quark) "Herb's been angry ever since the day Joseph Stalin died…" - Douglas Pabst (Odo) "I like robots." - Albert Macklin (Miles O'Brien) "Call anybody you want, they can't do anything to me, not any more, and nor can any of you. I am a Human being, dammit! You can deny me all you want but you can't deny Ben Sisko – He exists! That future, that space station, all those people – they exist in here! (pointing to his head) In my mind. I created it. And everyone of you knew it, you read it. It's here. (pointing to his head again) Do you hear what I'm telling you? You can pulp a story but you cannot destroy an idea, don't you understand, that's ancient knowledge, you cannot destroy an idea. (becoming hysterical) That future – I created it, and it's real! Don't you understand? It is real. I created it. And it's real! IT'S REAL! Oh God!" (he collapses, sobbing hysterically) - Benny Russell (Benjamin Sisko) "I have fought the good fight. I have finished the course. I have kept the faith." - Joseph Sisko, quoting from the Bible (2 Timothy 4:7) "For all we know, at this very moment, somewhere far beyond all those distant stars, Benny Russell is dreaming of us." - Benjamin Sisko Background information Title, story, and script A working title of this episode was "The Cold and Distant Stars", virtually the same working title as was used for . Marc Scott Zicree's original pitch focused on Jake Sisko, and rather than actually experiencing a vision, he travelled through time, back to the 1950s, and met a group of struggling science fiction writers. However, at the end of the episode, it was revealed that he never time-traveled at all; it was all part of a trick played on him by an alien who wanted to find out something about Humanity. Ira Steven Behr didn't like the idea, saying, "It felt a little bit like a gimmick. There was no bottom to the story," and he turned it down. However, Behr liked the backdrop concerning science fiction writers in a 1950s setting, so he kept that in mind, and several months later, he decided to switch the protagonist from Jake to his father and introduce the theme of racism. In an unusual break in protocol, Behr then pitched his idea to Zicree and asked him to write a story based upon it. Zicree did this, then Behr took Zicree's story outline, and, along with Hans Beimler, composed the script. () In Zicree's outline, Michael Dorn's character was a boxer, not a baseball player. He was romantically involved with a white woman, which was discovered by the racist policemen, who subsequently beat him to death; this killing was replaced with the shooting of Jimmy in the finished episode. Also, in Zicree's version, Armin Shimerman's character got encouraged by Russell's breakdown to go ahead and publish his Benjamin Sisko story. The drawing titled "Honeymoon on Andoris" did not have a title in the original script. Cast and characters Originally, Casey Biggs was supposed to appear in this episode (probably in a different role than his usual character of Damar), but he was in New York City at the time and couldn't spare time for making it. Despite the fact that he made a total of 282 Star Trek appearances, this is the only time that Michael Dorn appears on Star Trek as a Human. However, he did appear, without his Klingon makeup, as a Boraalan in , which also featured Penny Johnson. This is the only Deep Space Nine episode in which Armin Shimerman (Quark) and Rene Auberjonois (Odo) appear without make-up. (Auberjonois had appeared as a Human, Colonel West, in and later as the Kantare Ezral in .) Aron Eisenberg (Nog) and Jeffrey Combs (Weyoun) appear again without makeup, in series finale , as holosuite guests at a farewell party on Deep Space 9 in late 2375. Although Rene Auberjonois, Armin Shimerman, and Colm Meaney appear in this episode, their regular characters of Odo, Quark, and Miles O'Brien do not, nor are Aron Eisenberg and J.G. Hertzler seen in their regular roles of Nog and Martok. For this episode, Avery Brooks not only portrayed the dual role of Sisko and Benny Russell but also directed the installment, consequently endeavoring to capture, in the episode, the performances of his fellow actors. Regarding his interest in depicting the entire collective of 1950s characters, he commented, "The people we saw in that office each had a very specific identity. I wanted to see who those people were, in order to investigate one of the most oppressive times of the twentieth century. They were living with and the atomic bomb and the . I mean, that was a very interesting period." () The characters were used to highlight the episode's inherent theme of racism. Avery Brooks commented, "If we had changed the people's clothes, this story could be about right now. What's insidious about racism is that it is unconscious. Even among these very bright and enlightened characters – a group that includes a woman writer who has to use a man's name to get her work published, and who is married to a brown man with a British accent in 1953 – it's perfectly reasonable to coexist with someone like Pabst. It's in the culture, it's the way people think. So that was the approach we took. I never talked about racism. I just showed how these intelligent people think, and it all came out of them." () Avery Brooks also commented, however, that the episode is not exclusively about racism; "The people thought it was about racism, well maybe so, maybe not […] But the fact of the matter in 'Far Beyond the Stars' is that you have a man who essentially was conceiving of something far beyond what people around him had ever imagined, and therefore they thought he was crazy." (Mission Inquiry: Far Beyond the Stars, DS9 Season 6 DVD special features) This episode was Avery Brooks' personal favorite, and it was his episode of choice for the Star Trek: Fan Collective - Captain's Log collection. Brooks stated, "I'd have to say, it was the most important moment for me in the entire seven years." (Mission Inquiry: Far Beyond the Stars, DS9 Season 6 DVD special features) He appreciated the episode so much that, when asked to sum up his feelings about it, Brooks smiled and said, "It should have been a two-parter." () Apart from Avery Brooks himself, this episode is also a favorite of several members of the cast. (Mission Inquiry: Far Beyond the Stars, DS9 Season 6 DVD special features) Rene Auberjonois, for example, commented, "Brilliant episode. One of the best of the whole series and Avery did a fabulous job of directing it." Michael Dorn said, "It was wonderfully shot." Penny Johnson commented, "This was beautifully handled and beautifully shot. But it still, in the heart, it got me." (Mission Inquiry: Far Beyond the Stars, DS9 Season 6 DVD special features) J.G. Hertzler commented, "I thought ['Far Beyond the Stars'] was one you could have built an entire series from." Of Brooks' performance in the episode, Jeffrey Combs commented, "Avery was spectacular. There was a scene toward the end where he falls apart with the camera right in front of his nose. It was just riveting." () The same scene was also extremely memorable for Nana Visitor. (What We Left Behind) Armin Shimerman enjoyed the installment, too. He said, "Far Beyond the Stars" is without question my favorite episode. It is perfect science fiction." Shimerman specifically thought highly of how the installment serves as a reminder of prejudice, especially racism, the actor commenting, "That's what that episode does terrifically well." (Mission Inquiry: Far Beyond the Stars, DS9 Season 6 DVD special features) He also remarked, "Obviously ['Far Beyond the Stars'] is not a Quark episode, but the reason I like that one so much is that it's perfect science fiction. I think it really stretches the imagination of the viewer and breaks down the fourth wall to talk about the real heroes of any TV shows, which are the writers. I loved what our writers did with it. It was one of the most creative TV episodes I've ever seen or been in. I do tend to watch it again whenever it's on because it was just a terrific episode." ("Boom and Bust", ) Armin Shimerman's enjoyment of the episode was despite the fact that he found appearing sans make-up was a challenge to adjust to. He commented, "Being out of makeup was slightly off-putting. I've grown accustomed to the Quark mask being a mechanism for support. That face describes who I am as an alien character. And also, while many actors worry about how they look on camera, I don't, because my face isn't on camera. So it was bizarre to be bare-faced on a Star Trek show. I never had been before." () Production For the art department, working on this episode was a thrilling experience. "The art department was very excited about what we were going to be doing for 'Far Beyond the Stars'," reminisced John Eaves. "We had all grown up with the wacky science fiction stories and movies of the Fifties and it was great to have the opportunity to pay homage to the past." ("Far Beyond the Drawing Board", ) "Far Beyond the Stars" was a particularly different episode for Star Trek: Deep Space Nine to work on, necessitating a lot of collaborative effort. John Eaves remembered, "Doug Drexler, Mike and Denise Okuda, and Anthony Fredickson were all very busy working on the magazine covers and background art. Jim Van Over created the Fifties style version of the Deep Space Nine station. Fritz Zimmerman and Tony Bro designed these fabulous office sets representing Fifties New York City. Laura Richarz had a field day finding circa Fifties decor, and Herman Zimmerman and Randy McIlvain were busy doing the production design on the whole project. I got the task of doing the pack of drawings that the stories were to be written from." ("Far Beyond the Drawing Board", ) The silver item on Herbert Rossoff's desk (which he places in a case as he threatens to quit) is an actual Hugo Award. It was loaned to the production by Rick Sternbach, who had won it for "Best Professional Artist". In terms of why Avery Brooks was chosen to direct this episode, Supervising Producer Steve Oster explained, "Ira Steven Behr and I discussed the possibility of Avery directing, knowing that he was going to be in every frame of film. We don't like that combination, because it's very hard to direct yourself. However, this was a story about racism and prejudice and we felt very strongly that it would be wrong if it came from a bunch of people who didn't necessarily know about that experience. We knew that it was imperative to the story and imperative to the integrity of television for it to be done right." () Additionally, Oster reflected, "Originally, on our director's schedule for that season, Avery wasn't scheduled to direct 'Far Beyond the Stars', and I think as we talked about it more, it became clear, we can't not have Avery direct that episode, because it's all about representing this struggle in our country's past and, in some instances, the present." Regarding how the invitation itself was given to him, Brooks himself recalled, "Ira Behr came to me. He said, 'I have this idea, and I wanna know whether you are interested, because you will be in front of the camera, but I also wanna know if you wanna direct.' I said, 'Well… okay." (What We Left Behind) Avery Brooks was pleased to be given the assignment of directing this episode. "You know, because of the writing of it, because it talked about 1953, because it talked about who we are or who we were, this idea of this brown man, writing this science fiction, I thought that was incredibly clever," he enthused. (What We Left Behind) Of course, one of the tasks Avery Brooks had in directing this episode was making its 1950s setting appear convincing. Michael Dorn stated, "Avery spent a lot of time and effort to make it look like the fifties." (Mission Inquiry: Far Beyond the Stars, DS9 Season 6 DVD special features) Upon filming the scene in which Benny Russell falls to the ground, Avery Brooks became extraordinarily involved in delivering his performance. Ira Steven Behr commented, "Avery was so deeply into the character that he went down and stayed down." First Assistant Director Lou Race recalled shooting the scene; "He falls to the floor, and I'm saying, 'Well, I gotta say cut. But how long should I let this go on?" Nana Visitor related, "They called cut, and he's… not coming out, and I know what that feels like as an actor. You're gone, and he was… he was gone." Added Lou Race, "If I'd stood there for half an hour, I think he would have kept on. He was very committed to that part and very committed to that scene." (What We Left Behind) Reception Ronald D. Moore said, "In my humble opinion, I think it's one of the best episodes in the entire franchise. (And I wish I was the one who wrote it!) Ira & Hans have written a true classic and when this show is long gone, I hope that people will still remember this one." In particular, Moore singled out the ending. "I always liked the idea that all of DS9 may be nothing more than the fevered imaginings of Benny Russell. I still get a kick out of the ending and think it is one of the key ingredients to elevating the show to something very special." Appropriately, this episode first aired during . According to Ron Moore, this wasn't planned – "Just a happy coincidence." This episode was nominated for three Emmy Awards: Outstanding Art Direction for a Series, Outstanding Costume Design for a Series (Robert Blackman), and Outstanding Hairstyling for a Series. According to the , everyone who worked on the episode felt that Avery Brooks gave an Emmy-award-winning performance, and there was a great deal of disappointment amongst both cast and crew when he wasn't even nominated. Ira Steven Behr reckoned that most fans didn't realize Avery Brooks had gotten as deeply as he did into playing Benny Russell's breakdown. (What We Left Behind) Zicree commented: "I was thrilled at the bravery. It was Ira Behr who was entirely responsible for that story existing because he went to bat for it. He had to convince Rick Berman and Paramount. This was going to be overtly about racism and Jake's character is a teenager who breaks into a car and gets shot by racist cops. And now watching it twenty years later it has amazing resonance, it has more power now than it did then. It was courageous for a major studio to do that on a major science fiction show." In Star Trek 101 (p. 125), Terry J. Erdmann and Paula M. Block list "Far Beyond the Stars" as being one of the "Ten Essential Episodes" from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Cinefantastique ranked "Far Beyond the Stars" as the seventh best episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Cinefantastique honored the episode with a cover image in . (Cinefantastique, Vol. 32, No. 4/5, p. 99-100) Empire Magazine placed "Far Beyond the Stars" third in a list of the top fifty Star Trek episodes. Adam Nimoy, son of Leonard Nimoy, commented, "One of my favourites is 'Far Beyond the Stars' – but, y'know, you've got to know who they are to understand and get that episode. That's absolutely of the best television ever made, but you've got to know […] the history to appreciate what's going on." This episode has been repeatedly screened by Professor John Putman, of San Diego State University, to his students. "Of course in my classroom, using Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, particularly the episode 'Far Beyond the Stars', that is where I really bring in the experiences of the early 90s [concerning racism and social unrest]." (What We Left Behind) Michael Chabon commented: "One of my favorite episodes of any Star Trek ever is the episode of Deep Space Nine, 'Far Beyond the Stars'… [It] squarely takes on the subject of race and racism in America, not in the future, in the past, in a really interesting way, but in a way that also clearly resonates on many levels with science fiction fandom as it currently exists or as it existed when that episode of Deep Space Nine was made. You know, that's what Star Treks for, in addition to all the other things that it may be for." Chabon also described this episode, along with , as "two of my favorite episodes of television, period." Kirsten Beyer commented: "Can't get enough of Benny Russell. 'For all we know he's out there right now dreaming of us'. It feels classic while being entirely meta. I love how it doesn't shy away from the implications of race in the period and the tragedy of Russell's ultimate fate." In 2022, BBC Culture called it, "the most remarkable Star Trek episode ever made." Star Trek and science fiction Of this episode's relationship with the pioneering science fiction of the 1950s, Director Avery Brooks commented, "It presented a page of our history, from a time when science fiction was becoming a part of the mainstream. And when we talk about those writers, we're talking about the reason that we're even here!" () According to an interview in , the Incredible Tales staffers were based on various real-life genre authors. For instance, Albert Macklin was intended as an homage to Isaac Asimov. Indeed, Albert's first novel was to be published by , as was Asimov's debut book in 1950 – a collection of short stories entitled . Kay Eaton, who wrote under the name "K.C. Hunter" to hide her gender, was a version of , who similarly wrote under the name "C.L. Moore", as well as Star Treks own D.C. Fontana, who wrote for . Benny's character caused some fans to be reminded of Samuel R. Delany, an African-American science fiction writer who actually started in the early 1960s, a few years after this episode is set. Delany was friends with most of the real-life analogs of the writers in this story, most of whom are noted elsewhere for supporting the efforts of non-white writers. Delany has recalled that his 1967 novel Nova was rejected by Campbell, due to feeling that SF readers were not ready for a black protagonist, identical to the reason that Benny's story was rejected by Pabst. Nova was ultimately published by Doubleday and received a nomination for the 1969 Hugo Award. Reportedly, some time after this episode, Avery Brooks phoned Delany (whom he had never previously met) and jokingly asked, "Do you know who this is?" Other reports suggest that it was Delany who phoned Brooks. Delany commented in 2001 that, although he hadn't seen the episode, he did meet Avery Brooks in 1998, the same year as the episode, at a publication party for Octavia Butler. They had also spoken by cellphone years earlier. Delany found Brooks pleasant but shy and an impressive actor. (Conversations with Samuel R. Delany, p 95) Brooks said of Delany and Butler, "When you look at ['Far Beyond the Stars'], you have to think about Samuel Delany and Octavia Butler. Octavia Butler, God rest her soul, is one of the most prolifically read writers in the world. Samuel Delany was this trail blazing science fiction writer. Those are not the only two, of course. But you have to think about that. It's not just from this imagination that the episode happened. We go back to 1953 and there it is." The drawing titled "Honeymoon on Andoris" (which depicts a giant praying mantis scaling a skyscraper to find a beautiful woman at the top) is a parody of . This drawing may also be a reference to the novella The Savage Swarm by Harlan Ellison. When Benny Russell enters the office on the day his story is to be published, Kay and Julius Eaton are discussing their story and Kay suggests the title "It Came from Outer Space", to which Julius responds positively, adding, "I wish I'd thought of it!" This is a reference to a 1953 , which was written by famous sci-fi author Ray Bradbury. Although Incredible Tales is a fictional magazine created for the episode, their competitor magazine was an actual science fiction digest magazine published from 1950 to 1995, and it featured writing from such greats as Robert A. Heinlein, Ray Bradbury, and . A memo from Douglas Pabst above Rossoff's desk reads, "No one would believe that a cheerleader could kill vampires" – a reference to , a TV show which featured Armin Shimerman in a recurring role. Buffy returned homage to Star Trek in an episode of its last season, with a Spock lookalike. Star Trek and "Far Beyond the Stars" During a scene where some of the Incredible Tales staff have an argument, Douglas Pabst says that he can't change the world, explaining, "I'm a magazine editor, not a crusader." In a later argument, Julius Eaton tells them to be civilized and adds, "We're writers, not Vikings." These lines are homages to the famous "I'm a doctor, not a..." series of quotes perpetuated by Leonard McCoy. The Galaxy magazine cover art is a matte painting of Starbase 11, which was seen in episode . Additionally, "Court Martial" is the featured story in the magazine, and is shown as being written by Samuel Cogley, who was an attorney defending James T. Kirk in the TOS episode. Similarly, the cover of Astounding Science Fiction, read by K.C. Hunter, features the matte painting of Eminiar VII from . The cover of the March 1953 edition of Incredible Tales shows the surface of Delta Vega from . It also advertises such stories as "" (written by , who is also said to be the writer of "Questor"), "", "", and "" (written by ). The offices of Incredible Stories are found in the "Arthur Trill Building", a reference to both the Trill species and the real-life . The title "Honeymoon on Andoris" is a reference to Andoria. A poster outside the Rendezvous Dance Club can be seen advertising "Phineas Tarbolde and the Nightingale Woman," a reference to Tarbolde's Nightingale Woman mentioned in . The Star Trek Concordance (p. 251) first suggested Tarbolde's first name was "Phineas", later also listed in the . Deep Space Nine in 1953 There was some talk that the final scene of would feature Benny Russell sitting outside a sound stage holding a script that read , essentially making the series, and all of Star Trek, a dream. (; Cinefantastique, Vol. 32, Nos. 4/5, p. 99) Hans Beimler commented, "At one point we were considering ending the series with Benny Russell walking the station, what he imagined. But Benny Russell was something that was introduced in the sixth season. It's important that this series be a seven-year arc, not a two-year arc, so to end on that note I think would have been inappropriate. It's an interesting way to go, [though]." (Cinefantastique, Vol. 32, Nos. 4/5, p. 86) Recalled Ira Steven Behr, "At one point I pitched the idea that at the end of the series everything would have been from the imagination of Benny Russell. Of course they wouldn't let me do that – it would have taken away the entire franchise. But what's so crazy about the idea that DS9 was part of Benny's mind? It's part of Rick Berman's mind and Michael Piller's mind and my mind, Robert [Hewitt Wolfe]'s mind, Hans [Beimler]' mind, René [Echevarria]'s mind, and Ron [D. Moore]'s mind. So of course it's part of someone's mind." (The Fifty-Year Mission: The Next 25 Years, p. 526) Zicree commented: "It would have been very interesting, but it would have screwed up all of Star Treks chronology. Rick Berman is right to say if DS9 is a dream, then what about the original Star Trek, what about Next Gen, what about the shows coming down the pike? Are they all dreams of Benny Russell. Ira said he doesn’t care about the other shows. But, in reality, it would have been a strange, strange, strange oddity. So, I guess Rick was right. It would have been interesting and daring but would have hugely pissed off the fans. I think it would have been interesting and I certainly would have admired Ira’s guts for doing that. I would have got a character payment for Benny, but in retrospect, it is okay that they didn’t do that." Benny is in the office, discussing his story, when his world and that of Sisko begin to merge. This begins with Darlene Kursky (Jadzia Dax) referring to the woman with a worm in her belly, after which K.C. Hunter momentarily becomes Kira Nerys as she compliments "this major of yours," and Roy Ritterhouse (Martok) says he wants to sketch the Cardassians in Benny's story. Furthermore, Michael Dorn (Willie Hawkins and Worf), Jeffrey Combs (Kevin Mulkahey and Weyoun), and Marc Alaimo (Burt Ryan and Dukat) all appear for brief moments, wearing their usual make-up at various points. The rivalry between Douglas Pabst (Odo) and Herbert Rossoff (Quark), Albert Macklin (Miles O'Brien) having an affinity for machinery (Macklin wrote about robots; O'Brien was an engineer), and the depictions of Burt Ryan (Dukat) and Kevin Mulkahey (Weyoun) as villains are parallels of the Deep Space Nine plot. Herbert Rossoff calling Douglas Pabst a "fascist" mirrors Quark calling Odo one in the previous season in . The Benny Russell plot continues in the seventh season episode , although that vision is sent by the Pah-wraiths. Casey Biggs (Damar) appears as Doctor Wykoff at that time, continuing the practice of having characters in the Benny Russell version of the world be parallels of antagonists in the DS9 plot. Other trivia This is the first time Kasidy Yates appears since in early season 5, despite her close bond to the Siskos in that episode (the long gap between that installment and this one was due to Penny Johnson's obligations to ). This is the only episode in Star Trek directed by the episode's lead actor to depict the actor's character heavily; has a similar distinction, being directed by leading actor William Shatner. Similarly, was directed by Leonard Nimoy, though his version of Spock has less screen time than in the also-Nimoy-directed . Usually, when an actor directs, their character has a very small role (such as Brooks' role in , Rene Auberjonois' role in , Alexander Siddig's role in , Patrick Stewart's role in , etc.), rather than, as in this episode, the same person directing also playing a prominent lead role. This is the only Star Trek episode to contain the racial slur "s"; in this episode, it is said by Jake's character, Jimmy, in reference to his belief that black people will never get into space except to shine white people's shoes. Also unique is the utterance "For Christ's sake," by the character Douglas Pabst. Both of these have been censored in re-airings. The song playing over the first Benny scene, the argument with the newspaper boy, is "", written by in 1909. It was recorded in 1952 by the vocal group and reached number one in the pop charts that same year. "Far Beyond the Stars" is most probably referencing the story surrounding the production of the comics "", written by Al Feldstein and drawn by Joe Orlando, in which an astronaut working for the Galactic Republic (an equivalent of the Federation) assesses a planet of robots for joining and ultimately rejects their candidature due to their color-based racism. In the very last panel of the comic, the astronaut is revealed to be black of skin, with the text reading, "And inside the ship, the man removed his space helmet and shook his head, and the instrument light made the beads of perspiration on his dark skin twinkle like distant stars…" The Comic Code Administrator, Judge Murphy, required of the editor, Gaines, to censor the black character. Feldstein reported having replied to the judge, "For God's sakes, Judge Murphy, that's the whole point of the goddamn story!" The story was eventually printed uncensored despite the judge's opposition, but the magazine suffered from this daring act. When Benny lists famous black writers and their works, he mentions the 1940 {Richard Wright novel Native Son. In the same year as "Far Beyond the Stars", Avery Brooks appeared in the film , in which Brooks' character also had a strong affinity for Wright's novel and introduced it into the school curriculum. The quote from the Bible at the end of the episode is from 2 Timothy 4:7. The full passage reads, "For I am already on the point of being sacrificed; the time of my departure has come. I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord the righteous judge, will award me on that day, and not only to me, but also to all who have loved his appearing." Media This episode was adapted in the novelization . Remastered scenes from "Far Beyond the Stars" are featured in the documentary What We Left Behind. Video and DVD releases UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 6.7, As part of the DS9 Season 6 DVD collection As Avery Brooks' episode choice in the Star Trek: Fan Collective - Captain's Log collection Links and references Starring Avery Brooks as Benjamin Sisko and Benny Russell Also starring Rene Auberjonois as Douglas Pabst Michael Dorn as Worf and Willie Hawkins Terry Farrell as Jadzia Dax and Darlene Kursky Cirroc Lofton as Jake Sisko and Jimmy Colm Meaney as Albert Macklin Armin Shimerman as Herbert Rossoff Alexander Siddig as Julian Bashir and Julius Eaton Nana Visitor as Kira Nerys and Kay Eaton (aka "K.C. Hunter") Guest stars Brock Peters as Joseph Sisko and The Preacher Jeffrey Combs as Weyoun and Kevin Mulkahey Marc Alaimo as Gul Dukat and Burt Ryan J.G. Hertzler as Roy Ritterhouse Aron Eisenberg as a News Vendor And Penny Johnson as Kasidy Yates and Cassie Uncredited co-stars Henry Kingi, Jr. as diner patron Angus McClellan Unknown actors as Haredi Jew Ambulance driver Two ambulance paramedics Rendezvous patrons Stunt double John Lendale Bennett as stunt double for Avery Brooks References 1938; 145th and Lennox; 1953; 2373; Alpha Quadrant; amateur; ambulance; Amsterdam News; Arthur Trill Building; artwork; ; attractive; Bajor; Bajoran interceptor (unnamed); ballfield; ballplayer; baseball; Bible; bleacher; blue plate special; bongos; boxing; ; Brooklyn Dodgers; Buick Roadmaster Skylark; Buick Super Sedanet; Cadillac Fleetwood 60 Special; cane; Capitol Cab; ; Cardassia; Cardassians; Cardassian border; Cardassian space; cent; chalk; cheerleader; Chevrolet Bel Air; Chevrolet Suburban; ; color; colored, color blind; Communism; ; ; convict; cover; crowbar; crusader; cruller; curve ball; "Daily News"; deafness; ; delivery boy; DeWaay; dishwasher; distributor; Dodge Luxury Liner Special; Dominion; doorstop; doughnut; dream; dreamer; ; ; editor; Earth; ; ; egg; ; Englishman; Eva's Kitchen; fantasy; fascism; First National; flying saucer; Ford Super De Luxe; ; fridge; From Here to Eternity; Gnome Press; God; ; grand jury; "grand slam"; gun; gutting; H-bomb; Harlem; headline; heart; ; hopscotch; hot dog; Hudson Hornet; ; Hugo award; ; iced tea; imbecile; Incredible Tales readers; indictment; intellectual; , Mrs.; janitor; Japanese Zero; Jem'Hadar; Jem'Hadar fighter (unnamed); ; ; ; lemonade; liberal; Lincoln Capri; Lincoln Continental; ; ; London; machine gun; magazine editor; make-believe; Manhattan; Men from Mars; Mars; mechanical engineer; medical tricorder; mood-o-meter; ; Municipal Bus Lines; Nash Statesman; Native Son; Needy; Negro; neural pattern; New York City; New York Giants; ; New York Yankees; newsstand; novel; novella; nun; outer space; ; Pearl Harbor; pedestrian; ; piano; pie; pinko; potato salad; printer; Prophets; publisher; pulp magazine; pulp; ; quote; race riot; ""; ; reporter; robot; rocket ship; sauerkraut; science fiction; scrambled eggs; ; Selected Poems of Langston Hughes; sequel; shoeshine boy; sidewalk; Sisko's; skin pigmentation; Smith Corona; ; "Solar Odyssey"; soup; "Space Mongoose"; "Space Mutant"; spaceships; Space Voyager; squadron; ; steak and eggs; ; Stone Publications; stop sign; "strike three"; sunbathing; ; surgery; ; Swofford's widow; tater; tea; television set; ; tone of voice; "Top cops"; traffic accident; transport; Tri-Borough Pest Control; True Story; typewriter; United Nations; US Air Force; US Navy; vampire; ; Viking; voila; ; war stories; ; ; white; white people; White Rose Redi-Tea; whites; wholesaler; ; ; writer; Writer's Monthly; Incredible Tales references "1001: First Odyssey"; "Assault on Planet 10"; Astounding Science Fiction; Atomic Adventure; ""; "Bad Day at Red Rock"; ; ; Beyond the Rim of the Starlight; Braga; ""; ; ""; ""; "Dad's Revenge"; ""; ""; ; "Everything I Have Is Yours"; ""; "Federation and Empire"; ""; ; "From the Moon to the Earth"; ; ""; "Hazardous Images"; ; Honest Joe's Used Rockets; Honeymoon on Andoris; "I Have No Voice And I Must Shout"; Incredible Tales; Interstellar Adventure Book Club; "It Came From Outer Space"; ; Lectroid Attack!; ""; ""; "Loner in a Lonely World"; "Lucifer's Chainsaw"; "Me, Android"; ""; "Midnight at the Mill"; ""; Phineas Tarbolde and the Nightingale Women; "Please, Take Me With You" (characters); "Quantity of the Monster"; "Questor"; ; ; ; "Strange Martian"; "Third Foundation"; "This Island Mars"; ""; ""; "Venusian Chronicles"; "Voyage into the Atom" Unreferenced material ; Unearthly Stories External links de:Jenseits der Sterne es:Far Beyond the Stars fr:Far Beyond the Stars (épisode) nl:Far Beyond the Stars DS9 episodes

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One Little Ship (episode)

O'Brien, Dax, Bashir, and their runabout are reduced in size while investigating an anomaly. Meanwhile, the Jem'Hadar attack and commandeer the Defiant, leaving the runabout crew with no choice but to take their miniature ship inside the Defiant and help Sisko and the others recapture the vessel. Summary Teaser "Captain's log, Stardate 51474.2. The Defiant has been ordered to investigate a rare subspace compression phenomenon recently discovered in Federation space. This scientific assignment is a welcome change from months of combat duty against the Dominion. Three of my officers are taking a runabout into the anomaly's vortex. The runabout and its crew will be subjected to severe spatial distortion, so we have activated a tractor beam to minimize the effect." Captain Benjamin Sisko and his crew are taking a break from being on the front lines in the Dominion War. Instead, the is investigating a recently discovered subspace compression anomaly. Unmanned probes sent into the anomaly shrunk in size and gaining an understanding of the principles behind the compression could provide Starfleet with the key to creating transwarp corridors, which would give them a significant tactical advantage over the Dominion. The runabout is being sent into the anomaly, tethered to the Defiant by a tractor beam, to gather data and deliberately be shrunk down to a miniscule size. On the bridge, Major Kira Nerys finds it very hard to keep a straight face at the idea. Before entering the anomaly, Jadzia Dax calls her husband and checks on the progress of his poem, which he promises to read to her when she returns. Off the curious looks of the bridge crew, Worf sheepishly explains that it is a Klingon tradition to commemorate a momentous event by composing verse, and Dax has made him promise to do so on this occasion. A short while after the experiment's start, the Defiant is suddenly attacked by a Jem'Hadar attack ship. The anomaly masked the Jem'Hadar's approach until they were within weapons range, giving them the opening shot, and because the Defiant must remain tractored to the Rubicon, it is unable to raise its shields, and is soon disabled and boarded by a squad of Jem'Hadar. The tractor beam fails, and the Rubicon is lost inside the anomaly. Captain Sisko tries to reach for his phaser but is warned to surrender or be killed. Act One Aboard the Rubicon, Dax, O'Brien, and Bashir are unhurt, but many systems are damaged. On the Defiants bridge, the Jem'Hadar assess the damage to the ship; the impulse engines will be repaired soon, but the warp drive has been heavily damaged, and the vessel is still in enemy space. Kudak'Etan nonetheless declares victory for himself and his men – most of whom are the first generation of a new breed of Jem'Hadar bred to operate in the Alpha Quadrant. Kudak'Etan believes "" superior to the original "" Jem'Hadar, and frequently overrules his Gamma , Ixtana'Rax (despite the latter's status as an Honored Elder, with at least twenty years of combat experience). Kudak'Etan reports to their Vorta supervisor, Gelnon, who congratulates them and orders them to repair the warp drive with all possible speed and make their way to the nearest Dominion outpost. Their attack ship continues on its mission to the Coridan system, to surprise the Federation dilithium miners there as much as they surprised the crew of the Defiant. The Rubicon hones-in on the Defiants transponder signal. When the blast shutters are finally repaired and opened, a surprise is awaiting them: having left the anomaly by a different path, the Rubicon has not returned to its normal size. It is now less than a foot in length, and each of the crew is barely one centimeter tall. Act Two Bashir reassures O'Brien that they should be able to restore themselves by retracing their path, but first they have to reestablish contact with the Defiant. Since their communication system is still down, they decide to enter the Defiant through the aft plasma vent, hoping to have a better chance of drawing attention from the inside of the ship. Kudak'Etan has Sisko brought to the bridge and orders him to help repair the warp drive, but Sisko says he will need help from some of his crew. Ixtana'Rax urges the First to refuse, saying that giving Sisko access to the engine room will only give him the chance to retake the ship, and giving his officers access will only increase the risk. He is overruled again and ordered to take Sisko and four officers to Engineering. In the turbolift, Ixtana'Rax grabs hold of Sisko and warns him not to try anything; Sisko says he is helpless to do anything, but Ixtana'Rax snarls that he is not the fool Kudak'Etan is, and if he were in command, as he was until two days ago, Sisko would already be dead. Sisko asks what happened, and Ixtana'Rax bitterly says that Kudak'Etan and the other "Alphas" have been specially designed to fight in that Quadrant, and the Founders believe that makes them better soldiers than the Gammas, who have been unceremoniously pushed aside, even those of Ixtana'Rax's experience. The tiny Rubicon is navigating the impulse drive conduits, when the Jem'Hadar start up the impulse engines. O'Brien warns that if they don't find a way out of the conduit quickly, they'll be vaporized by superheated plasma. Act Three Speeding ahead of a rush of plasma, the Rubicon nudges its way out of an access hatch near the engine room. From a nook in the engine room, they watch as Sisko, Kira, Worf, and Nog go about making repairs to the warp drive. After O'Brien finishes restoring the visual sensors, he, Dax, and Bashir are able to figure out Captain Sisko's plan: Kira is the only one making actual repairs, albeit slowly, while Sisko and Worf surreptitiously reroute systems to delay the Jem'Hadar, and Nog tries to override the bridge security codes to take control of the ship from the engine room. Nog is smart, O'Brien explains, but under normal circumstances it will take him weeks to override the security codes. So, they can go to the bridge and try to override the controls from there, but first they need to get out of the engine room without being spotted. Ixtana'Rax is keeping a close eye on Sisko and the others, ordering them to instruct the Jem'Hadar engineers as they go along. Kudak'Etan enters the engine room and complains about the delay, ordering Ixtana'Rax to stop interfering and let the Starfleet officers go on working alone. When he exits the engine room, he inadvertently allows the Rubicon to follow him out the door and to the bridge, without him noticing. Bashir compliments Dax on her piloting and she tells him that if he liked that, he is going to love what is coming next. Act Four Back in engineering, Sisko and company are trying to get the job done as best as they can, pressed by time and constant Jem'Hadar surveillance. Ixtana'Rax has assigned several Jem'Hadar troops to help with repairing the warp drive, and Kira warns Sisko that she can only head-fake them for so long. When Nog says that he has still made no progress, Sisko orders Worf to plant a computer virus in the system that will destroy the ship if the warp drive is engaged. In another part of the ship, the Rubicon slips onto the bridge literally right under Kudak'Etan's nose, and the crew considers how best to reroute the bridge codes. O'Brien says he could reroute the encryption subprocessors manually, but he'd have to leave the runabout to do it. He isn't fond of the idea, and Bashir adds that it would be impossible for him to breathe: the oxygen molecules inside the processor housing are far too large to be absorbed by O'Brien's blood. He would just suffocate. Dax has the bright idea of beaming a bubble of the runabout's compressed air into the airtight circuitry compartment, which would allow them to work inside the compartment with a limited air supply for about twenty minutes. O'Brien insists on Bashir coming with him. When they beam inside the processor housing, they look at the size of the computer chips and wiring and conclude that the job might take a little longer than they thought. Act Five At first, O'Brien is lost; he can diagram the circuitry housing in his sleep, but the change in perspective is confusing him. Bashir calms him, telling him to close his eyes and imagine where they are – which works. O'Brien and Bashir barely manage to reroute the processing lines before their air runs out, and they are beamed back to the Rubicon. Just as Nog cracks the security codes (thanks to O'Brien and Bashir), Ixtana'Rax orders their four captive officers to step away from the consoles. Kudak'Etan appears in engineering, and Ixtana'Rax angrily reports that the warp drive has been operational for at least an hour, and the Federation officers have been stalling them. On the bridge, Dax, O'Brien, and Bashir wonder why Sisko hasn't acted yet; seeing that the First has been called to engineering, they realize trouble and fly down. Kudak'Etan orders the officers to be locked up again and orders the bridge to set a course for the Dominion outpost. Yet again, Ixtana'Rax objects, saying they need to check the system for possible sabotage, and yet again, Kudak'Etan overrules him, saying they have lost too much time already. As the warp drive is powered up, Sisko and company's only satisfaction is that they will take the Jem'Hadar with them when the ship blows up. But as Kudak'Etan leaves engineering, the Rubicon flies into the room. The Jem'Hadar are taken by surprise by the tiny ship and open fire, but it is too small and too fast for them to hit, while it fires photon torpedoes, which, though tiny, are still powerful enough to kill two of the soldiers. The rest of the Jem'Hadar are overpowered by the crew – Kudak'Etan is too busy trying to draw a bead on the Rubicon to notice Worf, until the Klingon steps up to his side and snaps his neck. Ixtana'Rax takes aim at Sisko as he wrestles with another Jem'Hadar, but Kira shoots him in the chest with a stolen disruptor pistol. Swiftly rerouting command functions to engineering, Sisko floods the rest of the ship with anesthezine gas to incapacitate the remaining Jem'Hadar, while ordering Kira to disable the virus before someone on the bridge attempts to engage the warp drive. As Ixtana'Rax lies dying, Sisko commiserates: he was right about Sisko, and Kudak'Etan should have listened to him. A loyal Jem'Hadar to the end, Ixtana'Rax asserts that Kudak'Etan was the First, and did not need to listen to anyone: "Obedience brings victory, and victory is…" are his last words, dying before he finishes, "life." The tiny Rubicon hovers in front of the victorious crew, with a miniature Jadzia blowing kisses to her husband through the viewport. With the Defiant back under control, the Rubicon re-enters the anomaly by its original path and returns to normal size. "Captain's log, supplemental. After completing repairs, we were able to return to the anomaly and successfully restore our runabout and its crew to their normal size. The surviving Jem'Hadar have been transferred to a Federation POW camp." Back on Deep Space 9, inside Quark's, Dax asks Worf to read her his poem. He warns her that he is only partly done, and makes her promise not to laugh, since he worked very hard on it. He reads from a datapad, "this is the story of a little ship that took a little trip…" and that is it. Dax struggles for a diplomatic response, then sees a look in her husband's eyes and grabs the pad, which is blank. Worf grins, and she bursts out laughing. At the bar, O'Brien and Bashir are regaling M'Pella and Morn with their recent adventure. Odo gives them a quizzical look and asks them if they're sure they both returned to their normal size; as a shapeshifter, he notices such things, and they both look a couple of centimeters off. Quark confirms this and demonstrates by showing that they are considerably shorter than M'Pella. Exchanging an alarmed look, Bashir and O'Brien rush to the infirmary. Quark and Odo step down from the level of the tables. Quark says to Odo, "and they say you don't have a sense of humor," and the two share a laugh. Log entries Captain's log, Deep Space 9, 2374 Memorable quotes "I don't feel any smaller." - O'Brien "I do not see what is so humorous about being small." "Neither do I." - Worf and Nog "Chief… you're not going to like this." - Bashir, after realizing that the Rubicon is still small "Are you telling me I'm gonna be (holds two fingers up, about five centimeters apart) this bloody tall for the rest of my life?" (Holds two fingers up, about half a centimeter apart) "This bloody tall, actually." - O'Brien and Bashir "This conduit is filthy, chief. Don't you ever clean up in here?" "All right, all right. Let's not badger the chief." "Thank you." "I'm sorry. It was very small of me." - Bashir, Dax, and O'Brien "Don't hit it too hard…you'll shatter the control panel." "Don't worry, I have a light touch." "Not according to Worf." - O'Brien, Dax, and Bashir "(as Bashir starts to sit down) Julian, stop! That chip behind you is carrying twenty microamps of electric current. Now that's not very much…" "…But it's enough to fry every synapse in my tiny body. Thanks for the tip." "All right. Stay right behind me, and don't touch anything without asking first." "Believe me, I won't." - O'Brien and Bashir "Obedience brings victory, and victory is…" - Ixtana'Raxs last words "Mr. Worf, I think your wife is here." - Benjamin Sisko, when the runabout and crew are reunited "This is the story of a little ship, that took a little trip." - The first (and only) line of Worfs poem "Are you sure you've returned to your normal size?" "Of course. Why?" "Well, you both appear to be a couple of centimeters shorter than you were the last time I saw you. A Changeling notices that sort of thing." "I didn't want to say anything, but… you do look a little on the petite side." "Infirmary!" - Odo, Bashir and Quark "And they say you don't have a sense of humor." - Quark, to Odo after they both teased O'Brien and Bashir about appearing shorter since their return Background information Story and script This episode was dubbed "Honey, I Shrunk the Runabout" behind the scenes. The story originated with René Echevarria. When Echevarria was still a freelancer, before he had sold the script for to , he wrote a spec script about a shuttle and its occupants shrinking due to an accident, and then using their newly reduced size to save the from an occupying force. He didn't pitch the script at the time, but several years later, after he'd become a staff writer, during the sixth season of the show, he approached Jeri Taylor about doing it, but she was uninterested. When he joined , he pitched it to Michael Piller, but Piller was also uninterested. Then, when Ira Steven Behr took over as executive producer, Echevarria pitched it again, but, once again, it was rejected. He spent the next several years trying to convince Behr that the show had potential, and eventually Behr capitulated. (). It is revealed in this episode that the Dominion have begun producing Jem'Hadar in the Alpha Quadrant that have a different genetic makeup than the ones produced in the Gamma Quadrant. The 'Alphas', as they are called, are supposed to be better suited for battle in the Alpha Quadrant than their predecessors, the 'Gammas'. There were plans to further develop the differences and animosity between Alpha and Gamma Jem'Hadar in later episodes, but the plotline was abandoned after this episode. No other mention of the two breeds is made. Kira's role in the teaser of this episode was written specifically to act as a surrogate for the audience; according to Ronald D. Moore, "It is an absurd premise, and Kira's reaction acknowledges that. It's like a signal to the audience: 'This is kinda silly folks, and we know it's kinda silly, but try to run with us on this one'''." () Ira Steven Behr says of this episode, "How many shows can do a salute to , to ? We had to do it! We owed it to all the schlock science fiction that had come before us. If we hadn't done it, it would have been a crime – a creative crime, and, dare I say, a crime against humanity itself." Technical adviser André Bormanis, who had to devise a 'plausible' way for it all to happen, was less sure however, "For years I'd been dreading the day the writers would decide to do some version of . I didn't know if whether I'd want to ask for a credit or a disclaimer on the episode." () From David Weddle to reporter Mo Ryan about a scene in a Sci-Fi styled episode written by Weddle and Bradley Thompson: "The scene was inspired by an experience that Brad and I had with Ron Moore [on DS9]. In "One Little Ship", Jem'Hadar board the Defiant and take the crew hostage. Ron wrote a scene in which the Jem'Hadar's leader holds one of Sisko's crew at gun point and demands that Sisko cooperate in the repair of the ship. Sisko refuses and reassures the crewmember, saying 'It's going to be all right.' The Jem'Hadar says, 'No it won't.' then blows the crew member's head off. Brad and I LOVED the audacity of that scene and the way it defied all the expectations of a 'Star Trek' episode. Ultimately, it was decided that this was inappropriate for a comedic episode. At a production meeting, Ron sadly announced he'd been forced by his superiors to take it out of the show. Brad and I always remembered that scene, and mourned its loss." In the , Ira Steven Behr and René Echevarria both note that they wished they had used more comedic characters than the Jem'Hadar. Echevarria later said they should have used the Pakleds, while Behr thought they should have used Harry Mudd. Production This episode went into production before , but it aired the week after, presumably due to the lengthy post-production special effects work. Reception Colm Meaney found "One Little Ship" a highlight of the season. Meaney commented: "It gave us a chance to fool around. We love to do comedy. There are some very good comic actors here. Terry is wonderful at comedy and of course René is a wonderful comic actor, so we enjoy it. Frequently in rehearsal we'll play the comedy for a bit, but it's not something that's encouraged". (Cinefantastique, volume 30, issue 9/10) Ronald D. Moore regretted that the conflict between the Alpha Quadrant Jem'Hadar and the Gamma Quadrant Jem'Hadar was never revisited: "We dropped the ball on that one. It sounded like a cool idea at the time and we kept telling each other that we'd follow it up eventually, but it just kinda got away from us". ("More from Moore", ) Trivia The crew of the were shrunk to similar proportions as that of the crew in the episode . Gelnon would also appear in the subsequent episode, . Cirroc Lofton (Jake Sisko) does not appear in this episode. This episode is somewhat ironic, since in Nog makes a remark about how he'd like to put a Jem'Hadar on the Defiant, then the Defiant'' ends up being captured by Jem'Hadar. Several mentions had been made about the runabout having photon torpedo launchers, but this is the only episode in which a runabout is seen firing torpedos. Awards This episode was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Visual Effects for a Series. Video and DVD releases UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 6.7, As part of the DS9 Season 6 DVD collection Links and references Starring Avery Brooks as Captain Sisko Also starring Rene Auberjonois as Odo Michael Dorn as Lt. Commander Worf Terry Farrell as Lt. Commander Dax Colm Meaney as Chief O'Brien Armin Shimerman as Quark Alexander Siddig as Doctor Bashir Nana Visitor as Major Kira Guest stars Aron Eisenberg as Nog Scott Thompson Baker as Kudak'Etan Fritz Sperberg as Ixtana'Rax Leland Crooke as Gelnon Christian Zimmerman as Lamat'Ukan Uncredited co-stars Cathy DeBuono as M'Pella Dorothy Hack as Bajoran woman David B. Levinson Mary Mascari as Bajoran woman Angus McClellan Mark Allen Shepherd as Morn Chester E. Tripp III Unknown performers as Duran'Adar Benzite civilian Caatati female Klingon visitor Stunt double Tom Morga as stunt double for Fritz Sperberg References accretion disk; airtight; s; Alpha Quadrant; anesthezine; auto-destruct; auxiliary control; backup plan; Bajorans; Bajoran wormhole; Benzites; bipolar flow junction; blast shutters; bloodwine; "bloody"; boarding party; career; centimeter; circuit housing; class-7 warp drive; coffee cup; combat duty; command and control systems; Coridan; dabo girl; ; Defiant class decks; ; distribution manifold; DNA; Dominion; dozen; Emissary of the Prophets; engineering team; engineering theory; ; eyeball; ; Federation; Federation space; Founder; fry; gamma ray flux; s; Gamma Quadrant; hemoglobin; heuristic subprocessor; Honored Elder; humor; hypoxia; Immelmann turn; interlink shunt; isolinear chip; Jem'Hadar; Jem'Hadar attack ship; ketracel-white; Klingons; landmark; lateral microbrace; leader; magnetic plasma guide; meter; microamp; miniaturization; molecule; month; "Old Man"; Operation Return; operations console; optronic circuit; oxygen; phenomenon; plasma; plasma relay; plasma vent; poetry (poem); postcard; psychological profile; Quark's; reconnaissance probe; rectilinear expansion module; ; runabout; scientific assignment; sense of humor; shield generator; Seltan carnosaur; spatial distortion; subspace compression anomaly; suffocation; tesla; tracking subroutine; tractor beam; transponder; transwarp corridor; tricorder; vortex; warp signature; Unreferenced materials ; Point Barrow External links de:Das winzige Raumschiff es:One Little Ship fr:One Little Ship (épisode) nl:One Little Ship DS9 episodes

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Honor Among Thieves (episode)

O'Brien, working undercover for Starfleet Intelligence, infiltrates the Orion Syndicate, the Alpha Quadrant's main organized crime ring, and befriends the man he will have to betray. Summary Teaser In a rundown bar on Farius Prime, there are several customers, including a Dopterian and a Farian that seems to be inhaling a drug product, playing tongo with a Human. The Bolian bartender, Graife, refreshes their drinks. Miles O'Brien, unshaven and in civilian clothing, sits at the bar and listens to some customers in the background. They are discussing how Raimus will be unhappy about the acquisition of faulty merchandise. They decide to order some food; Flith suggests Krellan food, but Liam Bilby says it always gives him heartburn. They joke about how his appetite will kill him some day; he says "don't get your hopes up." The Dopterian is about to use a com booth on the wall, but Bilby yells at him that they're about to use it, and sends Krole. He puts a small device on a mechanical implant on his neck, and a similar device on the com booth's screen, and interfaces with the computer. They continue listing what they want to order, and Krole asks who to bill for their dinner. They suggest the police department on Farius, but they billed them for yesterday's meal. So they decide on the municipal sanitation department. As he tries to access their account code, O'Brien covertly activates a small device in his hand, making the com booth begin to shock Krole. O'Brien jumps up, and tells the others not to touch him, that he's being "spiked". He then goes to the panel, and begins entering commands. The electric shock stops, and they help him to a chair. They complain that they spiked him just for trying to use their account code. Krole pulls off the dataport, and finds that it is fused. They wonder what to do, since it would be too expensive to ask Raimus to pay for a replacement, but O'Brien offers to fix it for him… for a price. They ask O'Brien his name, and he replies "Connelly". They give him the datalink, and tell him to have it fixed and polished by tomorrow morning. In a dark and steamy alley, O'Brien walks up to meet a man. O'Brien explains what happens, and the man says that nobody has ever made contact with the Orion Syndicate so quickly. It turns out that five undercover Starfleet operatives have recently been killed by the Orion Syndicate in just the last year, and O'Brien is working for Starfleet Intelligence to find out who their informant in Starfleet is (as they couldn't risk recruiting from within the organisation). Once he is able to find out who has been passing on information, he can return to Deep Space 9. Bilby will find information on O'Brien's alias, that he's a "fix-it man down on his luck". Chadwick, O'Brien's handler, tells him to get as close as he can, and not to take any unnecessary risks, because if they find out who he really is, they will kill him. Act One Meanwhile on Deep Space 9, Quark and Odo enter Ops at the same time and complain simultaneously to report several technical problems, such as the internal security sensors and the fire suppression system in Quark's. Doctor Bashir comes into Ops, and also complains about a malfunction in the infirmary. Dax and Worf are on a turbolift coming into Ops, when it stops short, forcing them to climb out. Major Kira explains that it happens every time Chief O'Brien goes on leave, since no one really knows how he manages to keep the Starfleet and Cardassian technology working together. Dr. Bashir goes to Captain Sisko in his office about the problems, but the captain believes he is just worried about his friend. The captain explains that he cannot reveal the whereabouts of the chief, but assures Bashir that O'Brien can take care of himself. Back in Graife's bar on Farius, Krole, Flith, and Bilby are playing tongo when the chief comes in. O'Brien hands the fixed neural interface to Krole, who tries it on to test for feedback. Bilby is impressed with O'Brien's work, and has looked into "Connelly"'s background, knowing that he lives on Jinami Street, and his work history. O'Brien asks how he knows so much about the identity he's taken, still undercover, and Bilby doesn't respond. Instead, he takes him for a walk. In Bilby's apartment (which he shares with his cat Chester) he unlocks a safe, and pulls out three Klingon type-3 disruptors. O'Brien sits up, suspicious, and Bilby says he didn't bring him here to kill him. Apparently, the Orion Syndicate was looking for people who can fix things on Farius Prime, as Bilby shows him that the disruptors he needed to procure don't work, O'Brien diagnoses that the induction coils are burnt out, and says he can fix them. Bilby offers him some cake his wife made, and shows him a picture of his family, who live on New Sydney. Bilby inquires about O'Brien's family, to which he says that he doesn't have any. Bilby, in not so many words, asks if he would like to work for him in the Syndicate. Act Two In the dark alley, Chadwick hands O'Brien the Klingon induction coils he asked for, courtesy of the Klingon ambassador to Farius. Chadwick asks why Raimus, Bilby's boss, wants the disruptors. O'Brien says he doesn't know, neither does Bilby, and asks if he can contact his wife. Chadwick says they can't risk it, and O'Brien leaves to give the disruptors to Bilby. Back in Graife's Bar, O'Brien gives them the disruptors, which they inspect. Flith asks where he got the replacement parts, which are hard to come by on Farius. O'Brien doesn't tell them who his supplier is, to the point they get angry, and he says he stole them from a warehouse on Degora Street, and he didn't want them to get implicated if he got caught. Bilby believes it, and decides to do something about Connelly's clothes. So, Bilby takes him to the same tailor he uses, to buy a new suit. Later in Graife's Bar, Yint, who sold Bilby the malfunctioning disruptors, comes in asking what they want. Bilby says he wants his money back, but Yint refuses. Bilby decides to demonstrate by shooting Yint in the leg. O'Brien tries to stop him, but Bilby fires again and kills Yint. Back in Bilby's apartment, Bilby confides in O'Brien to the point of revealing that there's an Orion Syndicate operative in Starfleet. He asks Connelly to remind him to buy a birthday present for his daughter, and then if he'd like to go to New Sydney to meet his family. O'Brien agrees, and inquires more about the Starfleet officer. Bilby says Raimus met him on Risa a year prior, and that he worked at the planet's weather control system. The Syndicate offered him a substantial amount of money, and he revealed the names of the undercover operatives in the Orion Syndicate. Bilby receives a message from Krole, saying Raimus wants to see him, so they go to Graife's Bar. Raimus and his guards beam in, and shows him that their new client is a Vorta, Gelnon, and that they are working for the Dominion. Raimus asks who O'Brien is, and Bilby witnesses for him, saying he's trustworthy. Gelnon says he wants them to do something else for them, and that he'll contact him when it is time, and they transport out. Bilby explains to O'Brien that anything he does wrong, he's accountable for. O'Brien meets with Chadwick in the dark alley, and tells him who the informer is as well as the fact a Vorta was meeting with the Syndicate. Left with some very disturbing possibilities that could result from the Orion Syndicate working with the Dominion, Chadwick immediately extends O'Brien's assignment to find out what is going on before leaving to inform his superiors. Act Three Quickly becoming a valuable member of their team, O'Brien assists his new associates in an attempt to rob the Bank of Bolias. Using the dataport, Krole and O'Brien are quickly able to navigate around the bank's three-tier security protocol, and the isolation matrix protecting the data. Afterwards, Bilby books a Farian call girl for O'Brien as a gift, but he politely refuses claiming he has just got together with a girlfriend a few days ago called "Kimiko". Bilby encourages him to settle down and have a family telling him "that's the most important thing", and tells him that he considers "Connolly" a friend and to him a friend is like family. O'Brien realizes that he is beginning to worry about Bilby, and what will become of him after his assignment ends. O'Brien expresses this during his next meeting with Chadwick. He is reminded that Bilby made his choice when he joined the Syndicate, but also tells O'Brien that if they can build enough of a case against him then he'll be sent to a Federation prison where he'll be safe. This does little to help O'Brien, still troubled by what may lay ahead for Bilby, but even more by the fact that he will have to betray a man he now considers his friend. Act Four The next day Bilby's group enters the bar only to find Raimus and Gelnon waiting, having discovered there is a traitor among them. Gelnon identifies O'Brien to Bilby's horror, but it is Flith who Graife shoots dead - Raimus explains that Flith had conducted some extra business without informing the syndicate or paying them their required cut and notes to Bilby that had he witnessed for Flith then he'd be dead too. It now becomes clear what the Dominion wants from the Syndicate; Raimus and the Vorta instruct Bilby and his team to execute the Klingon ambassador to Farius (who is strongly against the Klingon-Federation alliance) using the disruptors that O'Brien repaired in order to imply that the ambassador was killed in a dispute with his fellow countrymen. It is the hope of the Dominion that the ambassador will become a martyr and this will lead to a diplomatic breakdown between the Klingons and the Federation, ending their alliance and ensuring the Dominion certain victory in the war. O'Brien passes the information about the upcoming assassination attempt and the method Bilby will be using to penetrate the Klingon embassy's security on to Chadwick, who leaves to warn the ambassador. O'Brien realizes that he has committed Bilby and his men to death at the hands of the Klingons, and tries to stop Chadwick, but is told that all he is going to do is warn the Klingons about the assassination attempt and it's up to them how they respond. Chadwick states that he won't shed any tears about members of the Orion Syndicate being killed. Chadwick then tells O'Brien that it's clear he's sympathizing with Bilby, but it's no longer a problem as his assignment is now over and he can return to Deep Space 9. O'Brien, however, cannot simply allow his new friend to walk into certain death and knocks out Chadwick before rushing to Bilby's apartment. Bilby greets O'Brien on his door step and lets him in. He's getting ready to leave when O'Brien tells him it's a trap. Act Five O'Brien tries his best to talk Bilby out of the mission, first by claiming that his signal was traced when he infiltrated Klingon security, but when this story doesn't work he tells the truth that he is working for Starfleet. At first Bilby refuses to believe this, but O'Brien reasserts himself, and Bilby realizes the truth. Bilby is devastated that his new friend was actually a spy, reminding O'Brien that, as he witnessed for him, the wrath of the Syndicate will fall on him once the truth is known. O'Brien encourages Bilby to hide or turn himself in to the Federation. Bilby however decides that the only way to protect his wife and children from the Syndicate's retribution is to carry out his mission even knowing that he will be killed. Before he leaves on his doomed mission, Bilby makes a final request of O'Brien – to make sure Chester is cared for once he is gone. The last thing he asks is if O'Brien has a family, and when O'Brien confirms he does, Bilby is a little satisfied knowing family is the most important thing in the world. With that, Bilby leaves for the last time as O'Brien sadly watches. O'Brien returns to Deep Space 9 (Chadwick having decided not to report O'Brien's assault) and tells Bashir everything that happened, and can't help but feel upset over his friend's death and guilty for his own indirect part in it. Bashir assures O'Brien that there was nothing he could have done except for his duty. O'Brien doesn't feel any better, and Bashir tells his friend that doesn't have all the answers for him he wants, but what he does know is that he's glad he's back. Bashir leaves, but O'Brien is not totally alone having brought Chester back to the station with him. The cat goes to him and as O'Brien strokes his new pet, he can't help but feel weighed down by recent events. Memorable quotes "If they find out who you are, they'll kill you." - Chadwick, to O'Brien when he infiltrates Bilby's crew "Major, there is something wrong with the turbolift." "I can see that." - Worf to Kira, when he and Jadzia enter Ops through a malfunctioning turbolift "I do not understand why his staff cannot keep the station running in his absence." "Must have left my idiot brother in charge." - Worf and Quark, on the numerous glitches Deep Space 9 is experiencing while O'Brien is working undercover "The chief can take care of himself as well as anyone I know." "You're right about that, sir. You're right about that." - Sisko to Bashir, when he asks about O'Brien's whereabouts "Hey, what do you make of that, Chester? I've found me an honest man. Must be my lucky day." - Bilby, to his cat while talking to O'Brien in his apartment "You're telling me that the Orion Syndicate is working for the Dominion?" "Opens up a lot of possibilities, doesn't it?" "None of them very pleasant." - Chadwick, when O'Brien tells him Raimus is working with Gelnon, a Vorta "Back home, wherever that is – you have a family?" "Yeah." "Heh, good. That's the most important thing." - Bilbys last words to O'Brien before he is killed by the Klingons Background information Story and script Philip Kim's original idea for this episode was a comic story involving Jake saving the life of the daughter of the Orion Syndicate's leader, and, due to his actions, Jake is befriended by a number of high-ranking Syndicate members. At first, he loves it, with his new friends able to get him anything he wants whenever he wants. However, Jake and Nog have a small argument on the Promenade and the next day, Jake discovers that Nog is in the Infirmary after suffering a nasty beating. At this point, Jake realizes he's into something he can't control, and he goes to his father for help. The comic element of the story was to come from the fact that while Jake is trying to extricate himself from the Syndicate, Quark is trying to work his way into it, so he decides to become Jake's new best friend. Ultimately however, it turns out that the whole situation with the daughter had been set up by a member of the organization trying to usurp power for himself. () Production Charles Hallahan was originally cast in the role of Liam Bilby, but sadly passed away several days before principal photography began. Nick Tate, who initially lost the role to Hallahan, agreed to do it in his memory. However, despite Tate's excellent performance, the loss of Hallahan was something which Ira Steven Behr feels hurt the episode; "We wanted to put Colm Meaney against another actor and just let them hold the screen for forty-two minutes, and within this science fiction setting make you care about the humanity of these people. That was the intent. It was a fragile thing. The episode's success was totally dependent on that relationship. If the relationship sinks, then the whole episode sinks. If the relationship is okay, then the whole episode is okay. And I think that's what we had. We had okay." Behr's comments stem from the fact that when Hallahan was in the role, the Bilby/O'Brien relationship was going to be very much a father/son relationship, mainly due to the physical similarities between Hallahan and Meaney (same build, same height, same color hair etc.) but with Tate, it was felt such that a relationship wouldn't work (no one could imagine Tate as Meaney's father), so it was changed to a simple friendship, which Behr feels damaged the emotional core of the narrative; "I still have trouble watching the show because I still always see Charlie in it. As a character, O'Brien is so genuine and so trustworthy, and there's no guile in him. And for me, Charlie was the perfect guy to play Bilby, because he had what O'Brien has. It would have been reflections of two guys who were a lot alike, and Charlie would have broken your heart." () Reception René Echevarria was a little disappointed with how this show turned out; "I'm not sure we found a level to this that made it truly an O'Brien show, or even truly a Deep Space Nine show. The story's a little familiar. Every television detective series has done a story about a crime fighter going undercover, getting involved, and coming to respect the code of the bad guy. So it wasn't a resounding success for me. But O'Brien is our Everyman, and if O'Brien can find himself sympathizing with a gangster-thug-killer, then anyone should be able to." () Colm Meaney commented "It was a very good show but it was not a big acting challenge for me in the way that was. "Honor Among Thieves" was more low-key, more subtle, but it was nonetheless very interesting for me to play. I thought Nick did a wonderful job as Bilby, and I enjoyed working with him a great deal. It's fun to do those shows where it's just two guys playing out interesting, well-written scenes. I'm glad that particular episode came my way". () Nick Tate commented "I really jumped at the chance to do the episode. It was one of those roles that I just loved. I thought Bilby was a wonderful character and the script was very, very clever. It's quite a different kind of a Star Trek episode. It's not the usual sort of space adventure. I've not seen a lot of ST:DS9, but I do know the shows tend to be very dark and sombre, with a lot of background tension. Well, this show has a great deal of tension. It's a very aggressive show. The ST:DS9 experience was very intense. It was hard work and the episode's storyline was very aggressive, but it was still a very enjoyable experience. I simply loved working with Colm Meaney and everyone else on the show. Colm was actually the only member of the show's regular cast I worked with, but I did get to meet everyone else in the make-up van one day, and we all shook hands. I thought the episode itself was excellent. It's got a lot of heart and it's very interesting, so it should be very popular with the fans. I thought Allan Eastman did a great job and I was very pleased to be a part of the show". ("Deep Space Pirate", ) The A.V. Club awarded the episode a "B" grade, comparing it negatively to the film Donnie Brasco, saying "events are so detached from the parts of the show we really care about that the whole thing comes off like an odd, unnecessary detour. When it comes to fiction, steal if you need to; but if you steal, you better make sure to make what you take your own." Jammer gave the episode three stars out of four. Trivia The story of Morica Bilby and the Orion Syndicate is continued in , a seventh season episode. The Syndicate itself had previously been mentioned in (where it planted a bomb on and crippled the runabout carrying Quark and Odo to a trial where Quark was scheduled to testify against it) and (where Arissa is working as an undercover agent in an attempt to infiltrate it). Farius Prime, which was mentioned in as a side note, is the major location in this episode. Though Worf, Dax, Bashir, Leeta, and Quark visited Risa (in Season Five's ) around the same time Bilby claims Raimus persuaded a Starfleet officer working at Risa's weather control station to become an operative for the Syndicate, there is no indication that this character was ever seen on-screen in the earlier episode. Gelnon was the Vorta who commanded the Jem'Hadar team who commandeered the in the previous episode . A new transporter effect was designed for the episode for the scene where Raimus and Gelnon transport in. Although the Syndicate failed in their the attempt to make it look as though a Klingon Ambassador who advocated a policy useful to the Dominion was killed by a political opponent, Garak later used a similar tactic to bring the Romulans into the war on the side of the Federation. Cirroc Lofton (Jake Sisko) does not appear in this episode. Video and DVD releases UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 6.8, As part of the DS9 Season 6 DVD collection Links and references Starring Avery Brooks as Captain Sisko Also starring Rene Auberjonois as Odo Michael Dorn as Lieutenant Commander Worf Terry Farrell as Lieutenant Commander Dax Colm Meaney as Chief O'Brien Armin Shimerman as Quark Alexander Siddig as Doctor Bashir Nana Visitor as Major Kira Guest stars Michael Harney as Chadwick Carlos Carrasco as Krole John Chandler as Flith Leland Crooke as Gelnon Joseph Culp as Raimus And Nick Tate as Bilby Co-star Brad Blaisdell as Yint Uncredited co-stars Bill Blair as Farian gambler Angus McClellan Brian Simpson (stunt actor) Delilah Stombs as Farian woman Chester E. Tripp III (stunt actor) Unknown performers as Chester Farian Dopterian patron Farian gambler Graife Morica Bilby and children (photo) Nasari References 2373; account code; alcohol; Alpha Quadrant; backup generator; Bilby family; Bank of Bolias (Bolarus IX); bar; Bolians; cake; Cardassian; Chester; cocktail; com booth; Connelly; criminal organization; dataport; Dayos IV; Degora Street; disruptor; Dopterians; Earth; eye; Farius; Federation; fire suppression system; flower shop; girlfriend; Gowron; Graife; Graife's Bar; heart; heartburn; induction coil; interfacing; Jem'Hadar; Jinami Street; Kimiko; Klingons; Klingon Ambassador; Klingon Empire; Krellan food; minute; Municipal Sanitation; murder; New Sydney; nozala sandwich; Orion Syndicate; power grid; Quark's; Risa; robbed; spiking; Starfleet; Starfleet Intelligence; Starfleet Intelligence operatives; tongo; traitor; undercover operative; vilm sauce; Vorta; warehouse; weather control system; witnessing; External links de:Ehre unter Dieben es:Honor Among Thieves fr:Honor Among Thieves (épisode) nl:Honor Among Thieves DS9 episodes

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Change of Heart (episode)

On a mission to recover a Federation informant on the Dominion world of Soukara, Dax is injured and Worf must choose between completing the mission or saving his wife. Meanwhile, O'Brien enlists Bashir's help to defeat Quark in a game of tongo. Summary Teaser On Deep Space 9, tongo has recently been going well for Quark. He has won two hundred and six straight games in the last month. This night, Jadzia Dax is playing at Quark's bar, with Worf and Miles O'Brien watching from above on the second floor. The two make a bet on Dax, though she barely loses against Quark. Worf now owes O'Brien a bottle of Scotch whisky, though he doesn't feel bad. When he goes down to see her, he tells her he would rather lose betting on his wife than win betting on someone else. In the middle of the following night, Kira calls for Worf and Dax to come to the captain's office regarding an emergency transmission from a Cardassian Starfleet operative. Since most of the runabouts and the are off on exercises with the Ninth Fleet, the couple must embark on a trip into the Badlands (where they will be able to contact the Cardassian) aboard the . Act One On their way to the Badlands, Worf and Dax discuss plans about their honeymoon. Worf suggests Vulcan's Forge as a suitable location, however Dax shoots it down instantly as she doesn't want to spend her honeymoon in the Forge during 's summer. Worf then brings up a mountain climbing expedition on Andor, but Dax instead demands a relaxing vacation on Casperia Prime, arguing that Worf got to plan the wedding so she should get to choose the honeymoon… and is surprised when Worf accepts her argument and instantly agrees. After that, the conversation orients itself around a discussion about Worf's sense of humor and various habits and tolerance to change of the two of them – nothing very deep, but there's a sense of the bond that has developed between the two of them. Back on the station, Julian Bashir arrives promptly at O'Brien's quarters in a tuxedo for another of their holosuite adventures, but O'Brien is occupied. Ignoring it, Bashir briefs O'Brien on their mission, however, he realizes O'Brien isn't paying attention and sits down, disappointed. Due to Quark's long running streak, the chief has been inspired to set his mind to a new challenge: to end Quark's winning streak. When Bashir realizes that he won't be able to get O'Brien up, the doctor accepts helping his friend practice the game for a bit. Soon after they arrive at the coordinates in the Badlands, Worf and Dax receive a transmission from the Cardassian operative, Lasaran. The spy, disappointed to see a Klingon, informs them that he has information on every single Founder in the Alpha Quadrant. In return, he wants out immediately, as he is not secure any more. Furthermore, he can't wait, so demands the two come immediately, sending them extensive data about a rendezvous point near a Dominion base on Soukara, complete with instructions on avoiding its sensors. Worf and Dax will need to land in Soukara's jungle, due to the Dominion's transporter scramblers, to recover the informant. The two agree, and, with a regret on trusting the word of a Klingon, Lasaran ends the communication. Act Two After a while practicing, it's clear O'Brien isn't getting the hang of the game and Bashir is able to defeat him handily, though he just learned the game himself. Bashir tries to persuade him that he has no aptitude for tongo. O'Brien is determined to keep practicing, noting the challenge of it (and Keiko's six month absence), but he soon decides to change his plan; instead, Bashir, with his genetically-enhanced brain, should be able to easily beat Quark. Bashir clearly doesn't care about the game or the latinum, but is convinced when the look on Quark's face at being beaten by a Human is offered as a reward. Meanwhile, Dax successfully pilots the Shenandoah through an asteroid field, where the sensor grid has its gaps, with her usual teasing since she's going fairly quickly. Worf is not nervous, though. She then evades detection from the planet's sensors and takes to finding a landing point. They'll need to land 20 km north of the rendezvous to keep away from ground sensors, and have only two days to cover the distance. They land on Soukara and head out with their gear, including phaser rifles. Act Three Dax and Worf successfully mask their lifesigns from sensors on the ground. They have some banter as they set out, as Worf comments they can't use their Starfleet tricorders while it masks their lifesigns, but he is looking forward to not knowing what lies ahead. Meanwhile, Bashir and O'Brien are finally ready to challenge Quark. Even though the Ferengi are reluctant to admit Humans to their table at first, they eventually accept. Eventually, there is only Bashir and Quark left at the tongo table, the bartender congratulating the doctor on his fast learning. Nevertheless, Quark has another card in his sleeve and soon begins a conversation about Bashir's past feelings for Dax and is able to distract the doctor long enough to drag him into a ruining confrontation against what finally reveals to be a total monopoly. Dax and Worf carefully progress through the grueling jungle without incident. They camp that evening, listening to the indigenous wildlife and Worf relating his childhood trips to the Ural Mountains with his adoptive father and brother Nikolai and the joy of listening to the wildlife. However, soon, Worf senses something coming from the changing noises of the wild. They hide as a patrol of three Jem'Hadar approaches. They kill all three, but Dax has been hurt by a disruptor burst which leaves an anti-coagulant in her system leaving her at the risk of bleeding to death. Despite this, the two of them push onward, as the patrol's absence will be noticed. Act Four The two continue through the jungle, but it becomes increasingly clear that Dax will not be able to make the rendezvous with the Cardassian operative as she continues to lose blood rapidly. She is determined to go as far as she can while making light of the situation, however, she's frustrated when Worf doesn't reciprocate. He's in the seriousness of the moment, regretting letting his guard down earlier and not staying vigilant. Dax is determined to go as far as she can, waving off Worf's help in walking. She eventually can't walk and sits down. With four bandages changed in two hours, her wound is hard to ignore. With another light comment to get Worf to smile, she tries to settle herself. Worf responds he will smile all she wants when the mission is over. Worf says they have three kilometers left and Dax tries again to stand, but, finally, Dax is unable to stand, even with a hypo. Act Five Dax's medical readings are becoming increasingly erratic and it's clear she requires surgery as soon as possible at a starbase if she is to have any chance of surviving. The two agree that the information Lasaran has is invaluable and they both have a duty as Starfleet officers to ensure it gets delivered. However now Worf has to leave Dax behind in order to continue the mission, telling her he can return with Lasaren and get her into the runabout's stasis chamber within 45 hours although they both know she will likely be dead by the time he returns. They share a heartfelt goodbye as Worf leaves. As he heads towards the rendezvous, the sounds of the jungle and animals are drowned out as Worf can only hear the sound of his own heart beating. Eventually it gets to the point where Worf cannot proceed any further knowing his wife is dying. He decides to abort the mission, turns around and heads back to Dax. By the time he gets to her she's unconscious, so he carries her on his back and begins the trek back to the runabout. Back on Deep Space 9, Dax gets the health care she needs. However, things do not go as well for her husband: his actions have led to Lasaran's death. Captain Sisko demands an explanation, and Worf tells him that as he went further and further into the jungle, he knew that he there was no way he could leave his wife behind, even knowing that he would almost certainly be ending his career as well as costing Starfleet the intelligence that could have saved millions of lives. Sisko tells Worf that the secrecy of the operation and Starfleet's desire to keep their intelligence activities under wraps will save him a court martial, but there will be a permanent note in his service record. As a result, Worf will almost certainly never be offered a command of his own after the incident. Sisko also issues orders that Worf and Dax are to be never sent on a mission alone again. However, off the record, the captain tells Worf that as a man who once had a wife, that if it had been Jennifer lying there in the clearing, he would have made the same choice. Worf visits the recovering Dax in her bed in the infirmary and tells her that he didn't complete the mission. Dax is sorry that he hurt his career because of her, but Worf tells his wife that he isn't sorry as she is what matters, above his career and everything else and that if the situation arose again he would do exactly the same again. The two then reaffirm their love for each other. Log entries Shenandoah log Memorable quotes "Esh'ta par'Mach'kai!!" - Worf, cheering Jadzia's tongo hand "I didn't expect you to surrender so quickly." "Surrender?!" "Bad word." "Very bad." - Dax and Worf "Worf, you're practically easygoing. What's next? A sense of humor?" "I have a sense of humor! On the Enterprise I was considered to be quite amusing." "That must have been one dull ship." "That is a joke. I get it… it is not funny, but I get it." - Dax and Worf "A Klingon. Why do they have to send a Klingon?" "I'm a Trill, does that make you feel any better?" "Are you trying to be funny?" "Not at all, he's the funny one." - Lasaran and Dax "Think of it as a challenge." "That's your obsession, Miles, not mine." "Do it for the latinum." "Nice try." "Do it for the satisfaction of the look on Quark's face when he's beaten at a game of tongo by a lowly hew-mon." "Deal the cards." - O'Brien and Bashir "How are you enjoying your honeymoon? Are you suffering enough?" "Almost." "Anything I can get for you?" "More pain, less cold." - Dax and Worf "Genetically enhanced or not, you're only hew-mon." - O'Brien, to Bashir after his loss to Quark "You were at my wedding. You heard the story of the first two Klingon hearts and how nothing could stand against them, and how they even destroyed the gods that created them. I have heard that story since I was a boy, but I never understood it, I mean really understood it, until I was standing in the jungle with my heart pounding in my chest and I found that even I could not stand against my own heart. I had to go back… and it did not matter what Starfleet thought or what the consequences were. She was my wife and I could not leave her." "As your captain, it is my duty to inform you that you made the wrong choice. I don't think Starfleet will file any formal charges. Even a secret court-martial would run the risk of revealing too much about their intelligence operations. But this will go in to your service record… and to be completely honest, you probably won't be offered a command on your own after this." "I understand." "I have also issued new orders. You and Jadzia are not to be assigned to a mission on your own ever again. And one last thing. As a man who had a wife, if Jennifer had been lying in that clearing, I wouldn't have left her either." - Worf and Benjamin Sisko Background information Story and script The basic story of this episode, the idea of two officers journeying into a jungle behind enemy lines, was inspired by the 1968 and movie , which also starred George Takei. () After reading the script for this episode, Terry Farrell requested that Dax be killed now if she was going to be killed at all. At the time of production, she had already decided to leave the show following the end of season 6, as contract talks had failed to bring about a new contract for season 7, and she felt that having Worf complete the mission and leave Dax to die would create a very interesting character arc for him in the final season. According to Farrell, "I knew I wasn't coming back for the seventh season, so it was really written well, and it was the controversy of whether Worf should come back and save my life and not complete the mission, or complete the mission. But he decides to save his wife's life, and I remember thinking, 'Ah, this would be the perfect one to just end it'. I had asked not to be killed, but if you need to kill me because that's what you need to do, that would have been the perfect episode to do it because it would have been so much more for Worf's character to play in the long run, because he would have let his wife die, but completed the mission. Oh my God, what an awful thing to live with." (Crew Dossier: Jadzia Dax, DS9 Season 2 DVD special features) Jadzia was ultimately killed in the sixth season finale by a Pah-wraith-possessed Gul Dukat. As with such incidents as Worf's decision to kill Kurn in , Kira's refusal to apologize to Silaran Prin in and Odo's decision to allow an entire society disappear in , the writers saw this as another chance to take a character on an unexpectedly dark journey which would surprise the viewers. According to Ronald D. Moore, "I felt very strongly that we shouldn't let Worf off the hook when he's faced with a tough choice. So often in a story like this a character will get to have it both ways – his wife lives and he accomplishes the mission. They always cheat it somehow. But Worf was just not going to let Jadzia die out there in the jungle, so we decided to let him fail, to let that guy die and to let Worf take that hit. It represented a more interesting choice, and an unexpected decision on the part of the character." () This episode's narrative structure is unique in Deep Space Nine insofar as the B-story (Bashir and O'Brien attempting to defeat Quark at tongo) ends just after the halfway point of the episode, and then the A-story takes over completely. Usually, A and B stories run concurrently for an entire episode. The reason writer Ronald D. Moore wrote the show this way was because he had been deeply unsatisfied with the results the last time he mixed a dark and serious A-story with a light-weight and inconsequential B-story; in the third season episode . According to Moore, "After Jadzia gets hurt, it gets so intense that we didn't want to break out and be cutting back." In , Moore had mixed an A-story involving the slow death of Vedek Bareil, with a B-story involving Jake and Nog on a disastrous double-date, and after the episode was completed, he came to feel that the farcical B-story really hurt the serious A-story. As such, he was determined not to make the same mistake again, so he purposely kept the B-story short and non-intrusive. () The B-story for this episode originally involved Rom, Nog, and Prinadora. The plot involved Prinadora arriving on the station and claiming that she has come to reconcile with Rom and get to know Nog, but it turns out she's actually there to hood-wink Rom all over again. () Max Grodénchik, Aron Eisenberg, Chase Masterson, and Lolita Fatjo have performed the unfilmed B-plot at conventions. Production The jungle of Soukara was created by the Greens Department on Stage 5 on the Paramount lot. Because there were so many walking shots, the jungle was built as a large circle so that the actors and crew didn't have to keep stopping and switching sides every time they reached the 'end'. However, during shooting, the general consensus was that the Greens people did too good a job in constructing the oppressive jungle. According to art director Randy McIlvain, "We had designed small platforms to put all these trees on, so that the filmmakers could move the platforms out and get into the jungle area to shoot. But they added more and more plants, until we couldn't move the platforms! The plants and vines were all intertwined." As Steve Oster points out, "It got so difficult that we might as well have been on location." () The episode features Jadzia piloting the Shenandoah through an asteroid belt to get to Soukara. Commented David Stipes: "I thought the asteroids were really nice. We were initially [thinking] about using the asteroids from which was a Voyager episode that we had done some years ago. You can wind up copying yourself if you're not careful, and all of a sudden you wind up doing your own shots over and over, and you're not 'pushing your own envelope' so to speak. I've been working with the idea of finding new ways to be creative. It would be very easy to fall until this trap of, 'We've done that before. What did we do before? Let's do the same thing.' It's much more fun and challenging to say, 'How can we make this asteroid field look a little different?' The guys at Digital Muse were just great. They just kept pushing at it, and tweaking, looking at textures, painting and showing things. I would share ideas, and Adam would share ideas. It's a wonderful collaborative effort, and I really enjoy this process a lot." (Cinefantastique, 146, Vol 30 #9/10, 1998) Reception Ira Steven Behr says of this episode, "This was the episode that was going to show that the love Worf has for Dax goes beyond his Klingon upbringing, and even beyond his Starfleet training. That was a bold step to take with a character who had previously been defined by these very two elements." () Trivia This was the 500th episode of Star Trek to air. This episode reintroduces the notion that Bashir is still madly in love with Dax, something which has its origins in the very first episode of the series, . Bashir's realization here that he still loves her however would finally pay off in the series finale, , albeit with Ezri Dax as opposed to Jadzia Dax. This episode marks the first appearance of Deep Space 9's newest runabout, the , and the Dominion-held planet of Soukara, which is later referred to in . This episode contains the only reference to Worf's adopted brother Nikolai Rozhenko since his appearance in . When they are in their quarters getting ready for bed, Dax tells Worf that the will be docking at the station. This is the same ship that was at the station during the episode and aboard which Manuele Atoa serves as a lieutenant. This is also the same ship commanded by Data during the Klingon Civil War in . Casperia Prime is mentioned for the first time in this episode as Dax's intended honeymoon destination. Rene Auberjonois (Odo) and Cirroc Lofton (Jake Sisko) do not appear in this episode. Remastered version Remastered scenes from the episode are featured in the documentary What We Left Behind. Apocrypha The events of this episode are an important part of the novel , when Worf rejects Captain Picard's decision to make him the new first officer of the – following Commander Riker's promotion and Data's death – because he feels that he does not deserve the command after his actions here. However, when Picard is briefly re-assimilated by the Borg, Worf nevertheless takes command, successfully destroying the Borg drones on the enemy cube and rescuing Picard, Doctor Crusher simultaneously managing to "infect" the Borg Queen with a "virus" that will prevent the Collective from creating a new one. The events of this episode are referenced when Worf meets Ezri Dax – Jadzia's "successor" as the Dax host – during the Star Trek: Destiny trilogy; with Ezri now a captain and Worf a first officer, she expresses concern that Worf's lower rank is the result of him saving Jadzia, but Worf assures her that she does great honor to Jadzia's memory with her career and that he has nothing but respect for her. The events are also briefly referenced in the Star Trek: Picard novel The Last Best Hope, raised as a token objection before Worf is promoted to captain of the Enterprise-E. Video and DVD releases UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 6.8, As part of the DS9 Season 6 DVD collection Links and references Starring Avery Brooks as Captain Sisko Also starring Rene Auberjonois as Odo Michael Dorn as Lieutenant Commander Worf Terry Farrell as Lieutenant Commander Dax Colm Meaney as Chief O'Brien Armin Shimerman as Quark Alexander Siddig as Doctor Bashir Nana Visitor as Major Kira Guest star Todd Waring as Lasaran Uncredited co-stars David B. Levinson as Broik Tom Morga as Jem'Hadar soldier Chester E. 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Wrongs Darker Than Death or Night (episode)

Kira uses the Orb of Time to travel into the past after Dukat claims that her mother was once his lover during the Occupation. Summary Teaser In Quark's, Jadzia Dax unsuccessfully tries to convince Worf to let her throw a party with the crew of the in their quarters. She almost has him convinced, when he bolts at the last moment. Quark saves them from an awkward silence by informing Worf that the holosuite is ready; once the Klingon is gone, he asks about the party. Dismayed at Dax's answer, Quark goes about his business and delivers a bouquet of Bajoran lilacs to a nearby Kira. This immediately catches Dax's interest, so she follows Kira out of the bar and onto the Promenade. Kira has ordered the flowers for herself, despite the fact that she doesn't like flowers, to commemorate her late mother's 60th birthday. While she never knew her mother, as she was only three years old when she died at the refugee camp, Kira knows Bajoran lilacs were her mother's favorites. She tells Dax how proud she has always been of her mother for what she did and who, according to her father, was the bravest woman he ever met. Later that night, Kira receives an encoded transmission from Dukat in her quarters. In a bout of wanting to come clean with his emotions and himself, he smugly claims to have known Kira's mother and that they were lovers until the day she died. Rather than what Kira believes – namely that her mother died at the Singha refugee camp on Bajor – Dukat claims that her father told her a lie because he couldn't bear to tell his children that their mother had left him for Dukat. Kira cannot believe her ears and is disgusted at what Dukat tells her, but at the same time she is shaken at the amount of detail Dukat appears to know about her mother and becomes uneasy. Act One While Kira doesn't want to believe Dukat, too many things he claimed to know about her mother were true, and there is now significant doubt in her mind after she does some research of her own. She has a hard time confronting the issue, however, and takes her frustration with the situation out on the people around her, such as Doctor Bashir and Chief O'Brien who are discussing their next holo adventure involving the Alamo while on duty. She eventually decides to do something about her situation after talking with Odo so she asks Captain Sisko for permission to use the Orb of Time down on Bajor at the Temple of Iponu to find out for herself, because she knows the Vedek Assembly will allow her access to the Orb if the approves it. He is ambivalent about Kira's idea due to Starfleet's temporal displacement policy, but Kira insists that this matter has nothing to do with the Federation, firmly believing that the Prophets will protect and guide her to do the right thing (that is, not disturb the timeline). Sisko eventually agrees to let her try. In the temple, Kira opens the Orb casing. In a flash she is sent back in time and finds herself at a refugee camp during the occupation, surrounded by starving Bajorans. After a few seconds she finds herself face to face with her own family; her father, Taban, and her mother Meru, along with herself and her brothers, Reon and Pohl. Act Two A couple of Bajoran men try to force Taban to give them food, but Nerys intervenes by forcefully telling the men to go stand in line like everyone else and get their own food. They refuse so Nerys is forced to fight them to get them to leave. Grateful for Kira's efforts, Meru introduces herself, her husband, her sons Reon and Pohl, and her daughter Nerys. The little Nerys wants to know the name of the woman who helped her family, so, pressed for a name, the older Nerys claims her name is Luma Rahl. Shortly thereafter, Basso, a Bajoran collaborator, and two Cardassian soldiers come and collect various women, including Meru and Nerys, as "comfort women" for the Cardassian soldiers. Having received the orders from their Prefect Gul Dukat, they hand pick the women and drag them away from their families. Meru screams out to her husband who is shaking and is in tears, telling him that she loves him, asking him to tell her children to not forget her. Nerys, Meru and the others are taken to the nearly completed station Terok Nor, where they are given quarters, plenty of food, fine dresses and told to clean up and linger in the station's sonic showers so they can look their best the next day. While Nerys tries to console Meru, telling her that everything will be fine and that they would get out of there soon, Meru is distracted by all the wonderful foods she finds on the table in their quarters, such as fresh moba, katterpod beans, hasperat and more. Meru eagerly begins to eat, not having seen many of these dishes in ages, but Nerys is not as enthused and in fact wants no part of it. She wants to try to contact the Bajoran Resistance, which likely has a cell somewhere on the station when Meru, amid her indulgence, begins to cry, as she misses her family and wonders about her children. Sobbing, she says that she wants to believe that the Cardassians were telling the truth when they said that they would take care of her family, but Nerys tells her to not count on it. She insists they find a way to get out of the station and then join a resistance cell somewhere. She comforts Meru and as she embraces her face, she notices the scar on her cheek from where she failed to show a Cardassian officer proper respect. Nerys continues to embrace her face lovingly, telling her that the scar does not look so bad after all. Meru wonders why Nerys keeps helping her; Nerys replies that she doesn't have many friends and Meru tells her she definitely has one now. The next day Basso commends them on their hard work of transforming themselves into beautiful new women. He tells them that their former lives have ended, that their pasts have been erased, and that they have one purpose – and one purpose only: to provide comfort and care to the Cardassian officers stationed on Terok Nor. He warns them that failure to comply would result in their families being sent to labor camps for the rest of their lives. While he carries on with his threats and the long list of consequences that will follow disobedience, Dukat interrupts him. He welcomes the women and seems quite compassionate. He assures them that the picture they have of Cardassians as a cruel and heartless peoples is wrong, and he hopes to be able to show these women the extent to which Cardassians are capable of great kindness. When Meru dares to ask what will happen to their families, rather than have her removed, he approaches her and kindly tells her that they will be taken care of. Before turning away from her, however, he discovers the scar on her face. He immediately orders Basso to retrieve a dermal regenerator and fixes the scar, calling it an unfortunate reminder of the gulf that exists between their peoples. Much to Nerys' dismay, Meru seems a bit too taken away by Dukat's act of kindness. Act Three The women are taken to what will later become the wardroom on Deep Space 9, where various Cardassian officers are seen forcing themselves on the Bajoran women. Meru and Nerys stand in a corner with Meru smiling; still somewhat disturbed at Meru's earlier attitude toward Dukat, Nerys asks her what she is smiling about. Meru says that she is laughing at the Prophets' apparent sense of humor as she always dreamed about having enough food to eat and pretty clothes to wear but now that she has them, she feels horrible. Before she knows, she is dragged away by a sleazy, drunken Cardassian. Meanwhile, a middle-aged Cardassian man has Nerys sit on his lap and seems drunkenly amused by her visible hatred toward his kind. When Dukat enters, he finds the younger officer forcing himself on Meru and intervenes, apologizing profusely and having Meru sent back to her quarters. Despite the apparent compassion, the officer with Nerys has seen this act before and is able to predict precisely the line Dukat feeds Meru, who – he says – is now "off limits" to the other Cardassians. Meru is gone when Nerys returns to their quarters, but Basso and two guards are there retrieving her belongings. Nerys demands to see Meru and gets into a fistfight, which she inevitably loses when a Cardassian officer violently strikes her down with the butt of his rifle. They take her to the fenced-off area of Terok Nor's Promenade, which is reserved for Bajoran slave laborers. Act Four A few weeks later, Nerys is getting her soup from the server, a man named Halb Daier, who has heard word of Meru's whereabouts. He follows her to a table and claims Meru has been on vacation with Dukat from which she just returned. To the man, Meru is nothing but a collaborator and Nerys has no reason to care for her, but Nerys insists otherwise. He tries to get her to join the Resistance, but as she could affect the course of history, she does her best to stay out of such things. Their conversation is interrupted when Basso and a pair of guards arrive to take Nerys away. They take her hrough a security scanner and to Dukat's and Meru's quarters, where Meru is waiting for her. She is seen relaxed and fully rested, wearing a beautiful dress and smiling as Dukat walks into the room with a vase full of the Bajoran lilacs she loves so much. Nerys is beside herself with both astonishment and disgust when she sees Meru's and Dukat's interaction with one another as lovers. It turns out that Meru is the one who sent for Nerys, as she is her only friend and she is lonely. Dukat senses that Nerys doesn't like him and assures her that he has been treating Meru with the utmost respect and consideration. He then kisses Meru goodbye and leaves. Meru turns to Nerys and tells her that he is in fact very different from what she expected. She insists that Dukat is not a monster, making up excuses and repeating the ones he has given her about the occupation. As disgusted as Nerys is when Meru talks about Dukat's kindness, Meru insists that things are not so simple and that Nerys does not know what she has been through. Nerys tries to open Meru's eyes, telling her that while she is sitting in the room sipping tea and playing parlor games, Dukat is carrying out the extermination of their people. When Meru keeps defending Dukat and continues regurgitating his lies, Nerys becomes furious, telling her that he has taken her away from her children and husband, wondering how she can forget him so quickly. Meru once again insists that Dukat is helping them out with food and medication, but Nerys cannot believe what she is hearing as, in her eyes, nothing excuses what Meru is doing. Nerys says that she is using the "I am doing it for my children" line as an excuse and that in fact she is there for herself only, as she is a collaborator not because she is sharing Dukat's bed but because she allowed herself to start enjoying it. She storms off the quarters, telling Meru that she is going back where she belongs. Back in the ghetto area, Nerys talks with the Resistance member again and gets a Bajoran earring with an explosive built into it. It has a three minute fuse and cannot be disarmed once it has been activated. Halb tells her to not tell Dukat's Bajoran mistress about what she is doing, even if it is to save her life, and Nerys replies that he need not worry, because as a coward and collaborator, she ultimately deserves what she gets. Act Five Kira goes to the guards and tells them that she has decided which side of the fence she wants to be on. She asks to be taken to Meru so she can apologize to her. When Basso returns her, Nerys, as expected, finds Meru with Dukat, sitting at the table, laughing and having a good time. She tells Meru that she has changed her mind and wants to be friends again. Meru accepts her apology and asks Dukat to get her some quarters close-by. Before leaving, Dukat hands a transmission encoded in a data rod to Meru. As he goes to an adjacent study room and Meru prepares to watch the message, Nerys casually activates and then slips the bomb into a flower vase. While she waits for the right moment to leave the room, she suddenly hears the message which turns out to be from her father, who talks about how well they have been treated since Meru was taken from them, how much the children are thriving now that they are back home again and how much he misses her. He praises her for having saved all of their lives and he cries for the sacrifice she is making. As he talks, Meru begins to cry, touching the screen from which her husband speaks. That is when Nerys realizes that maybe her mother is not the heartless traitor and collaborator she thought she was. Nerys yells for Dukat and takes him and Meru out into the corridor, where they narrowly escape the detonation of the bomb (though two of Dukat's guards are killed). As they are escaping, Dukat calls out for Meru and tries to shield her from the blast, showing that he does have some true affection for her. Suddenly, the orb experience ends and Nerys finds herself back in her own time again. She discusses her experiences with Sisko, telling him that until this day, the line between a collaborator and a devoted Bajoran was very clear to her; she always believed her mother to be a hero who died for the cause while she despised collaborators as the traitors they were. Sisko tells her that Meru did what she had to do to save her family, but Nerys insists that it does not make it right. Sisko agrees but notes that it was her mother's decision to make. She tells Sisko that her mother died seven years later in a Cardassian hospital, wondering if he knows just how many Bajorans died while her mother was comfortably sipping Kanar with a genocidal murderer. She is heartbroken and disappointed. When Sisko asks her why she saved her mother's life despite her newfound hatred for her, she replies that while there is a part of her that wishes she hadn't, in the end – no matter what Meru did – she was still her mother. Memorable quotes "Let me get this straight. You want to travel back in time to see if Gul Dukat and your mother were lovers?" - Sisko, to Kira "I only hope you won't condemn us all for the boorish behavior of one man." - Cardassian legate to Kira Nerys and Gul Dukat to Kira Meru "Mind telling me what you're smiling about?" "The Prophets – I never realized they had such a sense of humor. When I was a child, I dreamed of having food to eat and pretty clothes to wear, and now look at me – I have everything I ever wanted and I feel horrible." "That is pretty funny in a horrible way." - Kira Nerys and Kira Meru "I know what you're thinking – you can't wait to get us all drunk so you can kill us in our sleep." "Are you sure you're not part Betazoid?" - Cardassian legate and Kira "You Bajoran women are so bony." "That's because you Cardassians eat all our food." "I could have you executed for that kind of remark." "And that's why we hate you all so much." - Cardassian legate and Kira "Meru, I hope the Cardassians aren't lying to me, and that they really will send this message to you. I know it's only been a few weeks that we've been back home, but you should see the children. It's like they've been transformed. Reon and Pohl are laughing and playing together; they've never been happier, and I swear little Nerys must have gained five pounds. Of course, they keep asking for you. I've told them that you're still at the refugee center. I think that's best, at least for the time being. I can't believe how much I miss you. I think about you all the time. You've saved all our lives. I hope you realize that. Never forget it, not even for an instant. Every day, I pray to the Prophets that you'll find some peace in this new life of yours. I believe that even in the worst of times we can still find moments of joy, and kindness. If you can find that kindness, hold onto it. And remember, no matter what happens, I love you Meru. I'll always love you." - Kira Taban "Tell me something, Nerys… if you hate her that much, why did you save her life?" "Believe me, there's a part of me that wishes I hadn't. But the fact is, no matter what she did… she was still my mother." - Captain Benjamin Sisko and Kira Background information Story and script This episode began life as a very different type of story than the one it ended up becoming. The original idea was to do a show based on the Nazi doctor , who was notorious for performing bizarre and barbaric on inmates during World War II. In the episode, the ghosts of Bajoran children were to begin appearing on the station, and the crew would come to believe that they are the ghosts of children killed by a Cardassian scientist during the Occupation who carried out research on them. However, it turns out that they aren't ghosts at all – the doctor was in fact sending the children into the future to gather information for the Obsidian Order. However, the writers couldn't make the story work, and it was abandoned at the last minute. () However, the idea of an infamous Cardassian doctor experimenting on Bajorans was later reused in . The part of the story dealing with the ghosts of the dead those killed by the Cardassians during the occupation on then Terok Nor where covered previously in the In the 1996 Star Trek Deep space nine Harbinger written by: Ken Ecklund and Sarah Stocker, Hilary J. Bader was the story consultant, the story was apart of a the spirits of those that were murdered on Terok Nor were rising, In the game “The Borhya” (spirits) were the souls of the murdered that still roamed the station in the same pattern in life unable to ascend to the prophets because they were denied the Bjorn death chant by the Cardassians The writers next decided to do a show about Kira and the Occupation, which they hadn't touched on in some time, but they wanted to do something original, not just a flashback episode showing her activities during the Occupation (à la ), or a show where she meets up with some old acquaintances (à la ), or a show where her actions are brought to the fore (à la ) but something completely different. At the same time, Ira Steven Behr hadn't been entirely happy with how the Kira/Dukat relationship had ended in , and he began asking himself "How can we take Gul Dukat and bond him close to Kira in a way that would just make her insane." These two ideas coalesced when Bradley Thompson suggested "What if Dukat was making it with Kira's mother?" They now had a show about Terok Nor and about Kira, but from a completely new perspective. () This episode continues the complicated arc dealing with the relationship between Dukat and Kira. This arc began in the second season episode , and continued through episodes such as , , , , and . As she has always done however, Nana Visitor remains steadfast in her belief that Dukat can never earn Kira's trust or respect; "Kira can never forgive Dukat. I think it's been made very clear in the show that she's past the racist aspects of hating Cardassians. This is truly about Dukat, the individual. He's like Hitler to Kira, and there's no forgiving. She can never let go." () Dukat and Kira would interact once more, in the seventh season episode . Reception This show is a favorite among the writers and producers, not least because of the subtle ambiguity of the dénouement; the episode's refusal to 'push' the viewer towards a particular moral position as regards Kira Meru, the viewer is left to form their own views of her actions. According to David Weddle, "It was a muddy issue – did Kira's mother do the right thing or not? Or was it just a choice of survival for a Bajoran?" In the original version of the screenplay, there was no moral ambiguity at the end of the episode, with Kira clearly forgiving her mother and the viewers being encouraged to do likewise, but Nana Visitor argued that this wasn't true to the character of Kira, that there was no way she would be so clear about how she felt. As Visitor explains, "The writers originally had Kira feeling much more sympathetic toward her mother in the last scene of the show. Maybe Kira could be sympathetic about the subject in twenty years. But at the time, it was hard for her to deal with the fact that she hadn't killed her. In the end it is her mother. And Kira believed that the Prophets were guiding her, so I imagine she believes not killing her mother was in response to the Prophets telling her it was wrong." () In the documentary What We Left Behind, Nana Visitor attested that, initially, Ira Steven Behr approached her and advised her to prepare for the next script because it would feature her character of Kira Nerys having an affair with Gul Dukat. Visitor pleaded with Behr that it couldn't be Dukat whom Kira had an affair with, though Behr very much wanted the affair to happen. When the script was issued, Behr told Visitor, "Okay, it's not you. It's your mother." Behr, in the documentary, at first disputed this account, however, based on the fact that no version of such an affair was ever written, although he then assured Visitor that he could remember her coming to him, incredibly upset. Continuity and trivia The title of this episode is a quotation from the 1820 lyrical drama . The full quotation reads "To suffer woes which Hope thinks infinite;/To forgive wrongs darker than death or night;/To defy power which seems omnipotent;/To love, and bear; to hope till Hope creates/From its own wreck the thing it contemplates;/Neither to change, nor falter, nor repent;/This, like thy glory, Titan, is to be/Good, great and joyous, beautiful and free;/This is alone Life, Joy, Empire, and Victory." It comes from Act IV, lines 572-580, serving as the epilogue of the play as spoken by . It is revealed in this episode that Deep Space 9/Terok Nor was built in 2346. This contradicts Odo's statement in that it was built in 2351. The difference of five years could be that Odo is just being wrong. Or, instead, that 2346 is the beginning of the building and 2351 the ending. When Dukat tells Kira that Sisko allowed him to see behind the lies and face the truth about himself, he is referring to the episode , where Dukat comes to realize that he truly hates the Bajoran people and he admits that he feels he should have exterminated them all during the Occupation. During Dukat's transmission to Kira, Federation LCARS style interfaces are just barely visible on the wall behind him, indicating he is still using the shuttlecraft he stole in . The assassination attempt to which Dukat refers in could be the one seen in this episode. He says it occurred on his one month anniversary, and, given the chronology established in this episode, that would seem to fit. Kira's two brothers were previously mentioned in the second season episode , although not by name. This episode is the first in which O'Brien and Bashir mention the Battle of the Alamo. Their holosuite recreation of this famous battle would become more important over the course of the following season. Thomas Kopache also played Kira Taban in the fifth season episode . Cirroc Lofton (Jake Sisko) does not appear in this episode. Among the costumes and items from this episode which were sold off on the It's A Wrap! sale and auction on eBay was the uniform worn by Wayne Grace , a Nana Visitor costume lot , a Kira Meru costume lot worn by Leslie Hope and J. Suzanne Rampe , and several Bajoran comfort women costumes. The latter costume was later worn by Debra Lamb Bailleaux (misspelled as Debra Mileaux) in a deleted scene in the pilot episode . The doll held by young Kira Nerys appears to be Lupi, a doll belonging to Molly O'Brien. Apocrypha The Star Trek: Terok Nor novel Night of the Wolves goes into further detail about Dukat and Meru's relationship and the circumstances of the latter's death. In 2353, Basso informed Meru that Dukat had another Bajoran mistress, Tora Naprem, who was expecting a baby, namely Tora Ziyal. The Bajoran collaborator then falsely intimated to Dukat that Meru had spoken to his wife. In order to prevent Meru from embarrassing him in the eyes of the Cardassian Central Command, Dukat had Crell Moset infect her with the Fostossa virus, leading to her death shortly thereafter. Basso engineered Meru's death as he had grown tired of dealing with her husband Taban and seeing to the needs of their children on Bajor. The novel also reveals that Damar was serving on Terok Nor as a third tier gil, the lowest commissioned rank in the Cardassian military, at the time of Meru's arrival on the station. Video and DVD releases UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 6.9, As part of the DS9 Season 6 DVD collection Links and references Starring Avery Brooks as Captain Benjamin Sisko Also starring Rene Auberjonois as Constable Odo Michael Dorn as Lieutenant Commander Worf Terry Farrell as Lieutenant Commander Jadzia Dax Colm Meaney as Chief Miles O'Brien Armin Shimerman as Quark Alexander Siddig as Doctor Julian Bashir Nana Visitor as Major Kira Nerys/Luma Rahl Guest stars Leslie Hope as Kira Meru Marc Alaimo as Gul Dukat David Bowe as Basso Wayne Grace as a Cardassian Legate Tim deZarn as Halb Daier Thomas Kopache as Kira Taban Co-stars John Marzilli as a Scavenger Marc Marosi as a Gul Judi Durand as the Station Computer Voice Uncredited co-stars Linda Ashton as Bajoran comfort woman Bill Blair as Cardassian guard Jeff Cadiente as Cardassian guard Uriah Carr as operations officer Caprice Crawford as Bajoran comfort woman Cathy DeBuono as M'Pella Brian Demonbreun as sciences officer Glenn Goldstein as Bajoran slave laborer Erika Guillory as Bajoran woman Mark Lentry as command lieutenant commander Ken Lesco as Bajoran scavenger David B. Levinson as Broik Dennis Madalone as Cardassian guard Tom Morga as Cardassian guard Karlotta Nelson as Bajoran woman Mark Allen Shepherd as Morn Todd Slayton as Cardassian guard Operations officer Susie Stillwell as Bajoran security deputy Unknown performers as Seven Bajoran slave laborers Six Bajoran comfort women Four Cardassian guards Corvallen visitor Kira Nerys (young) Kira Pohl Kira Reon Paradan Stunt doubles J. Suzanne Rampe as stunt double for Leslie Hope Denise Lynne Roberts as stunt double for Nana Visitor Unknown stunt performer as stunt double for Marc Alaimo References 2314; 2346; 2353; Alamo; Bajor; Bajorans; Bajoran earring; Bajoran lilacs; Bajoran interceptor (Bajoran interceptors); Bajoran Resistance; Battle of the Alamo; Betazoid; blast radius; bony; Cardassia; Cardassians; Cardassian Central Command; coil bracket; collaborator; comfort woman; cup; deka tea; dermal regenerator; Emissary of the Prophets; exercise; Federation; hasperat; holodeck programs; holosuite; induction modulator; kanar; katterpod bean; labor camp; melodrama; meter; ; moba fruit; murder; nightstand; Occupation of Bajor; ore processing center; Orb of Time; Prefect; Promenade; Prophets; Quark's; raktajino; ration; refugee; Replimat; resistance cell; ; scar; sense of humor; Singha; sonic shower; soup; "spoon head"; Temple of Iponu; tour of duty; traitor; ultritium; veklava; work detail External links de:Tiefes Unrecht es:Wrongs Darker than Death or Night fr:Wrongs Darker Than Death or Night (épisode) nl:Wrongs Darker Than Death or Night DS9 episodes

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His Way (episode)

Odo consults a holographic lounge singer about his relationship with Kira. Summary Teaser Odo, Kira, Doctor Bashir, Chief O'Brien, Dax, and Worf are in a holosuite, enjoying the performance of Vic Fontaine, the doctor's latest holoprogram. He is singing "You're Nobody 'til Somebody Loves You" and everybody is enjoying themselves. After his performance, he joins the entourage where Bashir introduces him to everyone. Fontaine cracks a few jokes and uses some 20th century jargon that most of the crew don't understand. It turns out that, thanks to , he is a self-aware hologram and a very astute and insightful one on top of that. He is immediately able to tell that Worf and Dax have not been married for a long time and that O'Brien misses his wife. But he stops before saying anything about Kira and Odo, understanding that it is best to not talk about it for the moment. Before they leave, he advises them to dress fancy the next time for the occasion as currently they all look like a "trapeze act". After the group leaves the holosuite and go into Quark's, they continue on about how impressed they are with the program and Fontaine in particular. Bashir suggests meeting up again the next evening to hit the casinos and play a little blackjack and roulette after Vic's performance. Dax is rather enthused about going back again while her husband Worf tells her that he still prefers Klingon opera and Kira says that she is leaving for Bajor in the morning. Dax slips and tells her to say hi to Shakaar Edon for her, before realizing that she might have said too much. Odo becomes somewhat irritated when he hears what Kira is up to. After she leaves, Bashir carries on about Fontaine, telling O'Brien that if it wasn't for his pointers, he would not be dating Ensign now. He says that Fontaine knows quite a lot about life, love and women, the three things – O'Brien jokes – Bashir apparently knows nothing about. Odo, who is standing right there, hears all of this and is suddenly intrigued. Act One The next day, the constable is having a conversation with Quark in his office. Quark tells him that it's been over a year since Kira broke up with Shakaar and that in all this time, Odo has done nothing about it. Odo says that it is not that simple, but for Quark it is quite simple: Odo had plenty of opportunities and he let them all slip away. When Odo dismisses Quark's advice, Quark tells him that Odo is in fact not a very lovable person, as he is cold, rigid and remote. Before he leaves, however, Odo comes around and asks him for a favor: access to Dr. Bashir's new holosuite program. The constable returns to the holosuite to talk to Vic about his situation with Major Kira. Vic states his accurate assessment that Odo loves Kira but she considers him a friend. Vic adds that women have been known to change their minds and that it is really not that hard to get through to them, especially if they already like you. Odo says that Kira is aware of his feelings for her but that she prefers another man with great charisma. Vic replies that it is not the other man he has to worry about but himself. He asks him to lose his frozen-solid appearance and to allow those feelings he has inside of him to bubble to the surface. He tells him that if he wants to win the girl, they have to thaw him up a little bit and that it was time they had some fun – a concept which is quite unknown to Odo and which Vic points out is precisely the problem. So a long learning process begins for Odo. He immediately changes into a tuxedo and Vic puts him behind a piano and together they perform a song that exhilarates Odo. Vic's goal is to have the Constable become less shy and more socially at ease every day so that in the end he can win over his heart's desire. Act Two After the show, Odo and Vic are in Vic's apartment, discussing Odo's experience on stage. Odo is visibly relaxed, until he admits to Vic that he is grateful that his friends did not witness the act. Vic advises Odo to take deep breaths right there to simply relax. Odo is skeptical, but tries it. He is just beginning to enjoy this when there is a knock on the door. Vic has invited two women to his apartment to interact with Odo. One of the women named Melissa admires Odo's "artistic hands" and speaks with him about music, having seen the piano act at the club. Odo is uncomfortable with all the attention, especially when Melissa starts hitting on him. Vic sees his discomfort, and invites the women and Odo to a restaurant at the Dunes. Odo declines the invitation, being more interested in Major Kira than the holosuite woman, but Vic convinces him that he needs to practice with other women in order to pursue Major Kira. They go off for the night. Later, Odo makes a report to Captain Sisko. Interestingly, while he reads the report, he hears his chief of security humming a song in his office, a change he is happy to see. Sisko joins along in singing with Odo and snaps his fingers to the tune. Odo stops when he realizes that, unaware he was singing out loud. Meanwhile, traveling to Ops together in a turbolift, Bashir and Dax are talking about Kira's visit. She lengthened her stay on Bajor with Shakaar, which makes them grow curious about the state of her relationship with the First Minister. Dax mentions Odo isn't doing anything about it, which is part of the problem. During another lesson in the holosuite, Odo is at the piano when Vic announces a special guest, Lola Chrystal. She, however, has Kira's likeness. Odo, a little stunned, watches Chrystal as she sings the next tune while spending time close to him on the piano. Act Three Vic invites Chrystal to the hotel room with Odo, celebrating with a drink and then leaves them alone. Odo plays along with the situation for a bit, expressing his feelings for Kira, but then stops and has a little confrontation with Vic about it. He's convinced that he will never be able act normally, knowing she is not the real Kira. Vic promises Odo that he will work on the hologram's personality, but Odo is done. Later, Kira's back on the station. She catches up with Odo on the Promenade but, not ready yet to have a long hello, he is politely short with her, to her confusion. However, without Odo's knowledge, Vic goes to Kira while she's meditating in a holosuite, having transferred his matrix from another holosuite. He invites Kira to a date in the holosuite on the constable's behalf. She's annoyed that he interrupted her, and says Odo should have asked her, but Vic is persistent and Kira agrees. Act Four While Odo is in his office, Vic contacts him to get him to the holosuite, promising a more realistic Kira program. Again, he's very persistent. During dinner, Odo is really at ease with the Major, daring to show her his real personality since he believes she is merely a hologram. He admits that in the past, he has let his work be an excuse for not living his life, to which Kira understands. The music starts and Odo suggests to dance, even insisting when Kira says she's not sure how. As the two gaze into each others eyes, Kira suddenly sees Odo in a whole new light and suggests a second date outside of the holosuite. Odo tells Kira that she can't leave the holosuite since she's just a hologram, but Kira refutes this and Vic admits that Odo has actually spent the evening with the actual Kira. Both are furious with Vic for the deception, and the walls instantly go up for an embarrassed Odo as he quickly excuses himself and leaves the holosuite. As Kira turns to face Vic, he realises the night is over and shuts down the program himself.. Act Five On the next day, Vic contacts Odo again to apologise, insistent that it was time to talk to Kira for real and and that the night was worthwhile. Embarrassed, Odo says he can't imagine what Kira thinks of him now, and shuts off the communication. Meanwhile, Kira is distracted as she thinks about the previous evening and asks Dax if she's ever experienced a moment of true clarity. Dax admits she has twice, but that's across all seven of her lifetimes and warns Kira that true clarity is rare and fleeting; it must be acted on straight away before confusion and doubt can begin to cloud it. At this moment, Kira sees Odo emerge from his office and experiences another moment of clarity. This time, she decides to act on it immediately. Kira approaches Odo, more distant and cold than ever and determined to forget the previous evening, but Kira demands the chance to talk about what happened but over dinner (insisting they go anywhere but a holosuite). Odo asks about her relationship with Shakaar, and Kira insists there is no relationship; her visit was purely to update him on the war and the two are nothing more than friends. The conversation seems increasingly angry to everyone around as Kira asks again about dinner, Odo sarcastically asks what will happen afterward, and Kira suggests dancing. Odo goes for broke and suggests Kira might expect him to kiss her after a date, and Kira replies that perhaps she would. Odo then wonders aloud why they don't dispense with the pleasantries and kiss right there, to which Kira doesn't object. Suddenly, Odo grabs her and they have a first kiss right there and then bringing the Promenade to a standstill as everyone, including Dax, Quark, and Morn watch on in pleasant surprise. The two continue, despite the onlookers. Following this incident, Odo goes back in the holosuite to thank Vic about all the things he has done, even if some looked like mistakes at first. Before leaving, Vic asks Odo to leave the program running for a few minutes, as he feels like singing. Vic gets up on stage and sings "Come Fly with Me" and Odo snaps his fingers while he exits the holosuite. Memorable quotes "A square – You know what a square is, right?" "One side of a cube?" "I guess that answers my question." - Vic Fontaine and O'Brien "By the way, this is a high-class joint. That means coats and ties for the gents, dresses for the ladies. You guys look like a trapeze act." - Vic Fontaine, to the uniformed DS9 staff as they leave his club "You're not exactly the most lovable person in the galaxy. You're not even the most lovable person in this sector… or on the station… or even in this room." - Quark, to Odo"Well, she's aware of my feelings towards her but the truth is, she prefers Shakaar." "Who?" "The First Minister of Bajor. He's a leader, a hero, a man with great charisma." "I don't care if he's JFK, it's not the other guy you have to worry about, it's you!" "Me?" "That's right! I mean, for starters, you have to lose this whole 'Nanook Of The North' thing." - Odo and Vic Fontaine"Hit it, Nanook." "No, I don't play the piano." "You wanna bet?" (points to piano that begins playing) - Vic Fontaine and Odo"Look, pally, you want to win the girl, we've got to thaw you out a little… It's time to have some fun!" "What does fun have to do with Major Kira?" "I'll pretend I didn't hear that." - Vic and Odo"Oh, actually… uh, Vic taught me everything I know." "Is he a good student?" "Head of his class." "Maybe I can help you get your diploma." - Odo, Melissa and Vic"Tell me something. How do you get to Carnegie Hall?" "I have no idea." "Practice, practice, practice. Get it?" "No." - Vic and Odo"I wonder… should you ask Kira about Shakaar or shall I?" "Why don't you do the honors? But you'll have to wait, she's staying on Bajor for two more days." "She and Shakaar must be having a good time." "That would be my guess." "Poor Odo." "Odo? What's he got to do with it?" "Not a thing. That's the problem." - Jadzia Dax and Julian Bashir"Talk about your cranky aliens…" - Vic Fontaine, after Kira tells him to leave her holoprogram "How'd you like being in the spotlight?" "Very bright." - Vic Fontaine and Odo"You're right. Who needs dinner?" - Kira, after Odo's kiss "The only chick he wants to swing with is you." "I take it that's a good thing." - Vic Fontaine and Kira Nerys"You've been dancin' with the real McCoy." - Vic Fontaine'Background information Story and script The main reason this episode was made was to finally get Odo and Kira together as a couple. That Odo had feelings for Kira had first been hinted at in the second season episode . This was confirmed in the third season episode when Lwaxana Troi realizes it. Odo himself admitted to it four episodes later, in , albeit to the Female Changeling, who he thought was Kira. However, in the fourth season episode , Odo comes to accept that Kira is in love with Shakaar and so he decides to bury his feelings for her. The fifth season episode seemed to confirm that Odo had indeed gotten over Kira, but a few episodes later, in , Kira herself discovers his feelings for her, and it is revealed that he is still madly in love with her. Then, in , Odo decides not to pursue her or ask her out until the current crisis was over. However, his love for her remained unabated, and it was the strength of his feelings for her that prevented him from siding with the Dominion in the episode . It is at this stage in the arc where "His Way" takes place. In terms of the writing of this episode, Ira Steven Behr explains, " basically gave us the impetus to do. We'd pulled on that thread for so long without really doing anything with it, and we were running out of time. I already knew that at the end of the series Odo would be going back to the Founders to become goo. And even though I didn't know the title "What You Leave Behind" yet, I knew that Odo had to leave something behind of real value. And it just seemed to me that Kira was that value." () The title of this episode is a reference to the Frank Sinatra hit song "." This episode marks the first appearance of James Darren as Vic Fontaine on the series. Ira Steven Behr had been planning a character like this for several years; a type guy who would dispense advice on love and life to the crew of Deep Space 9. He originally tried to introduce the character during the fourth season, where he would be played by Behr and Robert Hewitt Wolfe wrote a sample scene and casting director Ron Surma brought it to Sinatra, but he was only interested in playing an alien – he didn't want to play a Human, and he certainly didn't want to play a character partly based on his own father. During the fifth season then, Behr and René Echevarria decided to introduce the character in the episode . This time, a proper scene was written, and the character was given the name Vic Fontaine. Behr wanted to play the role, but when the first draft of the script ran long, and Lawrence proved unavailable, the scene was dropped altogether. Over the course of the following year, the role was offered to , and , all of whom turned it down. Then, Behr and his close friend Frederick Rappaport ran into James Darren at a memorabilia sale in Beverly Hills. Neither of them knew him, but Rappaport went up to him and started chatting like they were old friends. According to Behr, "I see this guy is handling Fred so well, and is so smooth, and so friendly, and so likable, and looks so good." As such, Behr decided to offer Darren the role. The next day, Surma sent the script of "His Way" to Darren, and Darren agreed to come in for a talk, although he emphasized he wasn't going to audition or do a reading, he was just coming in for a conversation. When he came in, he began to discuss how he owns a pair of 's shoes, and, as Behr explains, "Suddenly, he starts talking about him and Frank and Dean and gambling and making all this money, and suddenly, we realize that he's doing the part. It catches us totally by surprise. We're sitting there with the script pages and don't even realize it. He had gone right from being Jimmy to being Vic – without a beat." () Neither Nana Visitor nor Rene Auberjonois wanted Kira and Odo to become romantically involved, with both of them feeling that the characters should remain just close friends. According to Visitor, "I'm not much of a fan of Odo and Kira being together, but they found a way to make it all make sense. I've always felt I have to open my mouth and pick my fights. And even though I know there's a certain amount of fights I'm going to lose, I always do it anyway. That was one I lost." () Production Although the first take of the kiss between Odo and Kira was the one seen in the finished episode, the experience of acting in the scene was not particularly enjoyable. As Auberjonois explains, "We started the scene and when we got to the mark, boom, we kissed each other. When they yelled cut, we stopped. I looked at Nana, and her face was sort of orange, and weird, and Dean Jones, my makeup artist, looked at me and went, 'Oh God.' We had been so anxious about it we just sort of went 'Khuh,' and kissed, and my makeup got all over her face and I tore my mask! Now when people ask, 'Well, what was it like to kiss Nana?' I say, 'The definition of safe-sex is this latex mask. It was the most unsensual kiss I'd ever had. I didn't feel anything'." () Nana Visitor herself chose the song "" because of her mother's friendship with , a socialite and patron of the arts, and one of the richest women in the world. When Visitor was a child, she and her mother would visit Duke's mansion in New Jersey, and Duke would play piano and sing for them. On one particular visit, Duke sang "Fever", and the way she sang the song had a huge impact on Visitor, who was nine at the time. As Visitor explains, "She did "Fever" with this very breathy quality to her voice, and I remember thinking, 'Oh, that's a real sophisticated woman.' That was a personal connection for me. It was a memory from when I was a little girl of what I thought a woman should be like – and I got to be that woman." () The large mural behind the bar was designed by Andrew Reeder and Anthony Fredrickson. They based the images of the musicians and champagne glasses on fifties-style cocktail napkins, and Fredrickson designed the shapes, which he describes as looking "like livers." () Of the music for this episode, Jay Chattaway explains, "We were still picking tunes on the way to the recording studio because so many of them were cleared at the last minute, I couldn't really do full arrangements of them in advance, so I only wrote generic intros and endings. I didn't know what the rhythm was going to be, or the key, but when the tune did get cleared, I'd just say, 'Okay, we're going to use intro number two,' and I would quickly rearrange it for the tune in the studio. If I would have written the music out too much, maybe it wouldn't have had the magic of a lounge band. Our musicians were improvising as if they really were combo players." () Hans Beimler commented: "I think of 'His Way' as the first musical on Deep Space Nine. Musicals are very difficult to make work, and I know that because Ira and I did Fame together, the television series. It was a learning experience in terms of how difficult it is to tell a good story in a musical. When you hit it, it feels great, because it combines all the elements. There’s nothing like a musical to make it happen". (Cinefantastique, 1998) Reception This episode is a personal favorite of Ira Steven Behr, who is exceptionally proud of it; "To do a nice romantic comedy without a lot of clichés, to be clever, to not over-do it, and to have emotion rather than sentimentality, empathy rather than sentimentality, is incredibly difficult. Especially in a series like Star Trek that isn't geared to that kind of stuff." () This episode was not entirely well received by some fans, something which bitterly disappointed Behr; "The quality of the show is not apparent to everyone, and that's really, really sad. Because that show is as perfect an episode as we ever did. You would be hard-pressed to find moments that don't work. It does exactly what it's supposed to. As loony as the show might seem, it's a real triumph. I'm not saying it's the only triumph by any means, but it's the one that's most masked, I guess, the one that's toughest for the audience to recognize." () Behr also commented "I don't think the fans of Star Trek realize just how difficult a show like "His Way" or is. They think that , , a very socially conscious show or a show of a very sensitive drama, those are the shows that are the toughest to do. But in a series like this, to do light, successful humor, romance, is incredibly hard on every level. Not just the writing, but just production-wise and everything. I think part of the reason that we love them so much is because we know just what kind of sweat and blood went into them, to make them seem so fluffy, and so light and clever, whenever they are working, those qualities". (Cinefantastique, Vol. 32, No. 162 #4/5, p. 55) Behr added, "To suddenly in year six bring in this Vegas holosuite and Vic Fontaine, there’s just some fans who don't tune in for that and are never going to get it. weren’t prepared for it, and haven't had their little minds, their brain muscles massaged and worked out so that they would be able to go for it. Then there are others who can." (Cinefantastique, Vol. 29, No. 6/7) This show is one of director Allan Kroeker's personal favorites; "I had a marvelous time on "His Way". It probably should be illegal to have that much fun." Ira Steven Behr says of Kroeker's involvement with this episode, "Allan has to take a lot of the responsibility for the success of the show, because he understood it, and he gave it a wonderful, wonderful, wonderful, wonderful look and feel." () Rene Auberjonois commented "When I got the script for "His Way", I resisted it the first time I read it. I thought, 'oh, this is silly'. I thought that because I was so into the painful aspects of Odo, the tortured hidden love aspect of his relationship with Major Kira, I could feel myself sort of going into the place of 'my character wouldn't do that'. I then did what I always try to do. I took a deep breath and I sat down, then read the script right through again. By the time I read the script for the second time I was convinced that it was the right way to go and I really looked forward to doing it. It turned out to be one of the most enjoyable experiences I've had so far on the show". ("The Shape of Things to Come", ) Cinefantastique ranked "His Way" as the ninth best episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. (Cinefantastique, Vol. 32, No. 4/5, p. 100) Ronald D. Moore was also pleased with the episode. Moore commented: "I got just a kickout of 'His Way', and the whole crew did too. The crew and cast just really love him [Darren]. It’s such a different place. When they put up that Vegas lounge and Jimmy is up there singing, everyone is really in a good mood. It changes the whole ambiance. 'His Way' I think is a really good show. It’s fun. I’m glad to use all of the music. It set a different note. I think it was the most romantic show that we have done. A lot of times the romances on 'Star Trek have just been unsatisfying. I haven’t liked a lot of the romances that I’ve worked on or been involved with on TNG or DS9. That was one where I did feel it. When Odo and Kira are out at dinner, and Jimmy appears and starts singing, 'I’ve Got You Under My Skin', to me that’s a movie moment, that’s magic. They get up, and they dance. It’s a great song, and the setting is perfect, and the mood is right. The two characters have been moving towards this moment for a few years, it’s just a great show". (Cinefantastique, 1998) Terry J. Erdmann remarked, "I loved that episode!" (What We Left Behind) Trivia In discussing the creation of the Lola Chrystal hologram, Vic refers to the events of ("Do you know how difficult it was to for me get a holographic image of Major Kira? Lucky for you, Julian used her image in one of his spy programs – though it did take me an hour to get rid of the Russian accent." – Vic to Odo). Lola's query of "who's Kira?" is reminiscent of Anastasia Komananov's questions "who is this Nerys Kira?" and "who is Dax?" This line is also a reference to in which Quark has extreme difficulty obtaining Kira's image in order to fulfill Tiron's request for a "personalized" holosuite program. When Quark tells Odo that it has been over a year since Kira and Shakaar broke up, he is referring to the fifth season episode . The scene of Odo and Kira's dinner in the holosuite is something of a twist on the Cyrano de Bergerac-type story. The reference to "Shecky" which confuses Odo is most likely referring to , a comedian who headlined in Vegas for over thirty years. , the other name Odo is unfamiliar with, was a Danish comedian, musician, author and actor, who often performed in Vegas under the moniker "The Great Dane". When Vic Fontaine says "I remember that weekend with Frank," there is a slight wink to the audience; actor James Darren was good friends with Frank Sinatra Jr. and he knew both Frank and well. This episode aired less than a month before Frank Sinatra's death. The warp core breach drink had been created for the Star Trek: The Experience. Among the group of people who watch Odo and Kira kiss on the Promenade is a Venturi from the computer game. Music The following songs are featured in this episode: "You're Nobody 'til Somebody Loves You" (introduction of Vic Fontaine in teaser) "Come Fly with Me" (sung by Vic, with Odo "playing" the piano; reprised at end of episode) "They Can't Take That Away from Me" (sung by Odo and Sisko in Sisko's office) "" (sung by Lola Chrystal) "I've Got You Under My Skin" (sung by Vic during Odo and Kira's holosuite date, reprised as incidental music under Odo and Kira's kiss on the Promenade) Awards This episode was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Direction (Jay Chattaway). This is the only episode of Trek to receive a nomination in this category. Remastered version Remastered scenes from the episode are featured in the documentary What We Left Behind. Unlike the other episodes, however, this episode has noticeable changes, namely, the lighting in the first scene where Odo is playing the piano being turned red (previously blue), much like the scene where he is playing with Lola Chrystal. In addition to this, there are a couple of seconds of new footage, allowing the viewer a perspective of the beginning of the show from a new point of view. This might also be a different take altogether, whose footage was easier to find and remaster. Video and DVD releases UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 6.10, Star Trek - Music Box VHS collection As part of the DS9 Season 6 DVD collection Links and references Starring Avery Brooks as Captain Sisko Also starring Rene Auberjonois as Odo Michael Dorn as Lieutenant Commander Worf Terry Farrell as Lieutenant Commander Dax Colm Meaney as Chief O'Brien Armin Shimerman as Quark Alexander Siddig as Doctor Bashir Nana Visitor as Major Kira Lola Chrystal (uncredited) Guest stars Debi A. Monahan as Melissa Cyndi Pass as Special guest star James Darren as Vic Fontaine Uncredited co-stars Sam Alejan as civilian Ivy Borg as Pelian Harry Boykoff as holographic lounge guest Stuart Coleman as holographic lounge guest Amy Kate Connolly as holographic lounge guest Brian Demonbreun as civilian Andrew DePalma as Bajoran officer Holiday Freeman as holographic lounge guest Luther Hughes as holographic bass player Charlie-Olisa Kaine as Paul Kreibich as holographic drummer David B. Levinson as Broik Dan Magee as operations lieutenant Mary Mascari as Bajoran woman James Minor as operations crewman Rick Rossi as holographic saxophone player Chuck Shanks Mark Allen Shepherd as Morn Todd Slayton James Lee Stanley as Bajoran security deputy Unknown performers as Three of Vic's Lounge band members Holographic lounge guest Reptilian alien Tailhead References 20th century; 1955; 1958; 1960s; 2373; Acapulco; accent; angel; applause; arm; artistic; authorities; Bajor; Bajoran sector; bar; ; black and whites; blackjack; body temperature; Bombay; bon appétit; ; booze; buzz; Caesar salad; Carnegie Hall; casino; champagne; chateaubriand''; cherries jubilee; charisma; clapping; classically trained; Clyde; coat; "Come Fly with Me"; craps table; criminal activities report; cube; dance; dimple; diploma; doll face; Dom Pérignon; Dominion War; dress; ; ear; Earth; ; ensign; entourage; "feel like a million bucks"; ; fever; ""; fink; First Minister; flute; fly; force field; fountain; French; gents; ; groat; hat; hand; ; heart; heuristic; holodeck characters; hologram; holosuite programs; holosuite; honeymoon; Human; "I've Got You Under My Skin"; icicle; ; JFK; Julian Bashir, Secret Agent; kiss; Klingon opera; knife; ; lady; Las Vegas (aka Vegas); leader; Liberace; light bulb; llama; love; lovebirds; mademoiselle; marriage; ; matrix; meditate; merger; Milky Way Galaxy; moon; Nanook of the North; negotiations; ; obituary column; Oysters Rockefeller; Peru; photon; piano player; pigeon; pipes; pit boss; plane; poetry; Promenade; propellers; Quark's; real McCoy, the; Reno; road; Romeo; roulette; Russian; Sands Hotel; sense of humor; Shakaar Edon; ; skin; smile; spotlight; square; (slang); smuggling ring; "stick in the mud"; student; sun; tea; "They Can't Take That Away from Me"; tie; toast; tongo; trapeze act; trial run; tuxedo (aka tux); uncle; Vic's piano player; voila; ; ; weather; "You're Nobody 'til Somebody Loves You"; Zevians Starship references alien freighter; cargo management unit (unnamed) External links de:Auf seine Art es:His Way fr:His Way (épisode) nl:His Way DS9 episodes

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The Reckoning (episode)

The discovery of a thirty-thousand-year-old Bajoran tablet buried under the holy city of B'hala announces the Reckoning, the time when the future of Bajor will be decided. Summary Teaser At their regular staff meeting in the wardroom, the crew of Deep Space 9 review the state of the Dominion War. It is a time of great uncertainty as the threat of a Dominion attack on looms overhead, and while the Romulans have retaken Benzar (home to the Benzites), there is no way to be certain they will relinquish control after the war. For now, Sisko, Kira and Jake are taking a trip to Bajor to visit a new discovery in the remains of B'hala. Although Dax observes how trivial such things seem in the midst of a war, the archaeologists have specifically requested Sisko's presence. Ranjen leads the trio through the ruins, where numerous tunnels have been dug and excavations have taken place since Sisko's last visit. Kira notices Jake is less than enthused, and Jake admits that he's concerned how seriously his father takes his role as now. Kira reminds him that, at the very least, it'll be a relief for the captain not to have to think about the war for a little while. The leads them to a pedestal underneath the old temple, thus older than B'hala, with some "interesting" writing in Ancient Bajoran; part of the text reads, "Welcome Emissary". As Sisko touches it, he is thrown across the room. He loses consciousness as the Prophets send him a vision in which they mention the end and the beginning and claim that the Reckoning is at hand. Act One Awakening, Sisko is adamant in discovering what the tablet says and takes it back to DS9, where he and Dax study it in a science lab to translate it. In the meantime, he greets Kai Winn at the airlock. She is visibly troubled by the removal of the tablet from Bajor. In her usual, subtle manner, she compares his actions to the plundering of historical treasures the Cardassians did during the Occupation. After refusing, Winn lodges a formal complaint with Starfleet Command, and Admiral Ross tells Sisko to stop meddling in Bajoran affairs and return the tablet. Sisko discusses the situation with Dax, who muses about the time when Sisko thought of the Prophets as nothing more than aliens who lived in the wormhole. Sisko reminds her that, regardless of if they're Prophets or not, they have a relationship with Bajor which they proved when they stopped the Dominion fleet from reaching the Alpha Quadrant. Dax reminds him that he had to persuade the Prophets to help, and that they promised they would exact a penance. The conversation is halted when Dax discovers the meaning of the words on the tablet which say that, among other things, the Prophets will weep and the gateway to the Celestial Temple – DS9 – will burn. Act Two Dr. Bashir, Odo, and Worf are sitting idly on the second level of Quark's, considering the repercussions. As Quark himself walks by, he complains about how bad business has been because of talk about the Reckoning, but their conversation is cut short as the station trembles and the wormhole begins to behave erratically. Meanwhile, Sisko and Winn have met in his office, where she informs him of flooding in Rakantha Province, earthquakes in the Kendra Valley and the like taking place on Bajor as they speak as a result of the shifts in the wormhole. She believes he has angered the Prophets by taking the tablet, and she has a written request from First Minister Shakaar stating as much with a warning that if Sisko keeps the tablet any longer, it will harm relations between Bajor and the Federation. With no other choice, Sisko agrees to return the tablet on the first transport to Bajor the next morning. He tells Dax she'll have to work off holo-recordings of the tablet, as she reveals more words have been translated. It's clear the Emissary will play a major part during the Reckoning; however, his role is left unclear due to damage on the tablet. Later, Sisko discusses the situation with Kira in Ops, and they note their mutual dislike of Winn. Kira admits to feeling a little sorry for her in that she spent her whole life in service to the Prophets and was finally rewarded for her efforts by becoming Kai, only to be forced to share the role of spiritual leader with a non-Bajoran. She also admits that, like Winn, she is jealous of Sisko's relationship with the Prophets; however, unlike Winn, she doesn't resent him for it. Late that night, Sisko is visited in his quarters by Jake who wanted to check up on his father. He admits that he worries a lot about his father's role as the Emissary, due to the fact that twice before in the past year, he has been rendered unconscious by visions and Jake has been called to the infirmary by Dr. Bashir on both occasions finding his father unconscious on a biobed. Ben reminds Jake that he didn't ask to be Emissary, it is just what he is, but comforts his son by reminding him he's also his dad. Late at night, Sisko is unable to sleep and finally heads for the science lab. He angrily tells the Prophets that he's had enough of their mysteries and riddles and wants a straight explanation for once. After no response, he picks up the tablet and throws it against the wall in a rage, smashing it. As he looks down at its shattered remains shocked at what he just did, two energy discharges: one red, one blue, emerge from it and disappear through the ceiling. Act Three Dax and Odo investigate the science lab, as Sisko explains he got an uncontrollable urge to smash the tablet. Dax sarcastically remarks that she gets feelings like that but does not act on them. They find no signs of such a discharge, although there is an unexplained energy drain soon reported on the station. Unfortunately, now Sisko has to explain it to Winn. She believes Sisko smashed the tablet just to spite her. He is emphatic that he is acting with the will of the Prophets, and that it isn't always easy to see the path that they lay before them. Winn notes again the hardships being experienced on Bajor, and that it must be clear the tablet should have been returned. As he tries to reassure her, he is called to the Promenade. Upon arriving in the Promenade. Sisko steps out of the turbolift and finds Odo and station security gathered around the Bajoran Shrine, and Kira standing in the doorway. However, her body has been inhabited by one of the Prophets, with a blue glow and an electrical discharge flowing out of her hands. When the Prophet sees Sisko, it slowly walks toward him, causing damage to glassware and other breakable objects as it walks. She addresses him, and informs him it is time for the Reckoning. Act Four Sisko tries to have it explain what the Reckoning is, but not much response. It says it awaits Kosst Amojan. Winn recognizes the Prophet's words and explains that Kosst Amojan is the evil one, a Pah-wraith that was banished from the Celestial Temple. She also realizes that this pertains to a prophecy. If the Prophet wins the upcoming battle, then Bajor will enter its Golden Age of a thousand years of peace. Sisko turns to the Prophet and asks what he's to do, but it replies he has "completed his task." Winn tries to talk to it directly, but it turns away without focusing on her. It simply stands, unresponsive, as Winn offers herself to the Prophet as its humble servant but is ignored. Sisko tells the senior staff that DS9 is to be evacuated. Bashir balks at this idea, but Sisko knows the battle could destroy the station. However, Dax suggests not letting it be fought on the station. She suggests that they slowly, but gradually flood the Promenade with chroniton particles, which are fatal to the Prophets, which would force it to leave. Given what the Prophets have done for him and Bajor, Sisko refuses, saying that this is the Prophets' price for destroying the fleet of Dominion ships that would have most certainly overrun the Alpha Quadrant. Although they are worried for Kira's safety, Odo reassures Sisko that Kira would have been willing to surrender herself to the Prophets no matter what the consequences, even if it meant her death. Worf and Odo find one another near the airlock as they oversee the evacuation of the civilian population. Worf admires Odo's devotion after what the constable said about Kira letting the Prophet take her, and he is unsure that he could have done the same if it had been Dax. With Kira on their side, Odo assures Worf the Prophets will be victorious. Sisko is able to persuade Starfleet that DS9 must be abandoned given the Prophets are the only thing preventing the Dominion fleet from coming through the wormhole. Suddenly, Sisko is called by Odo to the Promenade as a group of Bajorans, led by Winn, refuse to leave the Promenade as they pray for the Prophets' victory. Sisko confronts Winn and threatens to personally order the people to leave as their Emissary. As Odo leads the group of Bajorans to the transports, Sisko and Winn begin to verbally spar once more when they're interrupted by Kira. The Prophet announces that Kosst Amojan has chosen his vessel. Sisko looks up to the second floor to see that it is Jake. Act Five Sisko screams for the Pah-wraith to leave Jake and take him instead, but the Pah-wraith is simply amused and throws Sisko across the Promenade. Kira and Jake face off and energy beams, red from Jake and blue from Kira, come out of their chests and meet at the center. The spectacle continues as sparks fly and the energy buildup reaches critical levels. As the buildup could trigger an explosion at any second, Dax and Winn in an unusual state of agreement urge Sisko to leave the station; however, he is determined to stay and see the Reckoning through and also refuses to leave his son behind. He angrily orders them both to abandon the station. Dax contacts Worf in Ops and tells him they're leaving. Dax hurries to ensure that everyone is evacuated, and the final people are taken away in the station's runabouts; however, Kai Winn sneaks away in the confusion. The final runabouts leave and the station is empty save for Sisko, Jake, Kira and Winn. The Prophet is winning the celestial battle and is on the verge of killing the Pah-wraith when she suddenly screams out in protest… Kai Winn is in Ops and has triggered the chroniton release herself. Both spirits are forced to leave the station, causing both Kira and Jake to collapse. Sisko immediately runs to an unconscious Jake's side. "Captain's log, supplemental. The station's population has returned, and repairs are underway. Major Kira has recovered from her experience, but my son is still in the infirmary." Sisko visits his son in the infirmary, where Jake is still weak but will recover eventually. He tries but does not know what to say to his son to explain the incident, but no explanation is necessary. Sisko emotionally buries his face in his hands while Jake explains that he was able to feel the Pah-wraith's hatred and knew it had to be destroyed, even if it meant his death. He and his father embrace each other warmly. As Odo and Kira walk together on the Promenade, she thanks him for his confidence in her and willingness to let her go if the Prophet's victory meant her death. His ability to let her die for her faith is flattering, although he reassures her that he still would have been happier if the Prophets had chosen someone else. Kira then escorts Kai Winn to the airlock, where Winn claims Sisko should be grateful to her as her actions saved their lives and the station from destruction, as well as stopping the disasters on Bajor. However, Kira isn't fooled and knows Winn's true motive was not the good of Bajor but chose to stop the Reckoning due to not being able to handle the fact that Sisko has a stronger faith in the Prophets, to the point he was willing to sacrifice his own son. Winn refutes this and claims her faith is just as strong as Sisko's, but Kira knows that it's not Winn's faith that drives her but ambition. As the Reckoning was stopped, the evil still exists, and Kira warns that it's possible not even the Prophets know what is to come now. Log entries Captain's log, Deep Space 9, 2374 Memorable quotes "During the Reckoning, the Bajorans will either suffer horribly or… eat fruit." "… Eat fruit?" "Given the tone of the rest of the inscriptions, I would bet on the horrible suffering." - Dax and Sisko "Long day?" "They seem to get longer." "You'll feel better in the morning. Once the Kai is off the station." "She may be the spiritual leader of millions of Bajorans, but she is not an easy woman to like." "Well, if it's any comfort, I don't think she likes you either." "I've known that for a while. I guess I should have consulted her before I brought the artefact up to the station." "She would've tried to stop you." "Ah. That's why I didn't ask her." "In a way, I feel sorry for her. She spends her whole life in service to the Prophets, and then one day, after years of self-sacrifice and commitment, she gets her reward – she's elected Kai. It should've been the greatest moment of her life." "But my being the Emissary spoiled it for her." "The Kai has always been the spiritual leader of Bajor, but Winn has to share that role with you. And to make matters worse, you're an outsider, a non-Bajoran – that's something she can never forgive you for." "I guess that's why she made such an issue of the whole thing." - Kira and Sisko, on Kai Winn "Who knows? The rest of the tablet probably says "Go to Quark's. It's happy hour."" "I like the way you think, Doctor." - Bashir and Quark "I just had this uncontrollable urge to smash the tablet." "Oh, I get those urges all the time." - Sisko and Dax "May the Prophets forgive me." - Winn, when she drives off the Prophets and the Pah-wraiths with chroniton radiation "I heard that you told the captain I was willing to give my life to serve the Prophets. I appreciate that you respect my beliefs." "Just the same, I wouldn't have minded if the Prophets had chosen someone else." - Kira and Odo Background information Story and script According to Ira Steven Behr, this show came about because the writers felt they had tapped into something interesting with the creation of the Pah-wraiths, and they wanted to explore it further; "our feeling after was that we had dealt with the Pah-wraiths way too easily. We thought there was more juice that we could get out of them, but we were juggling a lot of balls in the air, and sometimes balls don't drop for a long time." () "The Reckoning" reintroduces the Pah-wraiths into Deep Space Nine, and from this point forward, they would go on to have ever greater significance, as seen in episodes such as , , , and the series finale . Bradley Thompson describes his and David Weddle's initial idea for the show as being quite simple; "We were looking for the ultimate battle between good and evil. We thought, 'Let's put a Prophet up against a Pah-wraith and deal with some deep stuff'." When they pitched this idea to the producers, they were told that a similar story had already been pitched by writing team Harry Werksman and Gabrielle G. Stanton, so the producers purchased the Werskman/Stanton idea, and assigned Thompson and Weddle to compose the script. () Initially, Thompson and Weddle felt that the story should be handled very much like a horror movie, and when they told Behr the direction they were heading in, he loved it and told them "It's versus , with a movie opening." They took this to heart and wrote an elaborate opening sequence involving a vedek discovering a casket in a hidden chamber in the walls of B'hala. When he opens it, two entities escape, and the vedek has a heart attack and dies. The entities then disappear into the ceiling, and the camera pans upwards to reveal a large bird sitting on a wall looking down at the dead body. This opening was scrapped because it was felt to be too schlock-horror like. As Thompson explains, "It was way too mummy movielike." () Another idea found in Thompson and Weddle's script but not in the final episode was that it is Sisko who stops the battle by flooding the Promenade with chroniton radiation, choosing to protect the station and the people rather than respect the wishes of the Gods. However, after taking over the writing of the script, Echevarria was having a hard time getting this dénouement to work. As he explains it, "But then it hit us that this was exactly the opposite of what should have been. It wasn't that Sisko should put a stop to it, it was that Sisko should be the last man of faith. And if that was the case, then the combatants were wrong. Jake should be one of them, because Sisko would be like , being asked to sacrifice his own son." () Production In the first few drafts of the script, Kira is possessed by the Prophet and Winn by the Pah-wraith, and their battle aboard Deep Space 9 was far more elaborate than that seen in the finished episode. Weddle and Thompson wrote them as having a running battle all over the station, throwing fireballs at one another and completely destroying the Promenade. The whole idea, however, became far too complicated from a logistical point of view, and René Echevarria was brought on board by Ira Behr to try to smooth things out and simplify the script without losing the essence of the plot. Apparently, when Steve Oster first saw Thompson and Weddle's draft he responded by proclaiming that it would be a fifteen-day shoot (a normal DS9 shoot is 6 days). () The battle between the Prophet and the Pah-wraith as seen in the final episode was devised by Director Jesús Salvador Treviño. He saw it as a battle of wills rather than an all-action shoot-out, and the script was rewritten accordingly. However, while Treviño's solution might have made for some excellent television for viewers seeing the completed episode, with all the post-production effects work added, during the shoot itself, it all looked rather silly. As Dennis McCarthy, who scores an episode with a cut from raw footage, testifies, "They were just standing there, looking weird, like they were at the dentist's office, thinking of their upcoming root canals." Indeed, during the shoot of this super-serious battle, both Nana Visitor and Cirroc Lofton had great difficulty keeping straight faces long enough to get complete takes. () Footage of Jake and Benjamin Sisko lying on the floor of the Promenade was shot by A-camera on . Multiple takes needed to be filmed, as Cirroc Lofton kept breaking into laughter. (What We Left Behind) Kai Winn This episode undoes the recent modifications in the character of Winn Adami, as seen in the fifth season episodes and . While it seemed as if her role as villain was being rendered more ambiguous, in much the same way as the writers had done with Dukat throughout the third and fourth seasons, and her relationship with Sisko was improving, this episode relocates her in her more familiar role of antagonist, a role she has occupied since her introduction in the first season episode . However, as some fans have pointed out, her sudden return to an antagonistic stance as regards to Sisko is somewhat unexplained; there is never any reason given for why she suddenly feels so much antipathy towards him again, when there was every indication the last two times we saw her that she was becoming more accepting of him. René Echevarria has acknowledged this discrepancy; however, he doesn't try to fill in the blanks; "In , she seemed to be coming around to Sisko's side a little bit. But here she just cannot stand to see that once again he's going to steal her thunder. That was the biggest dodge we did, because we didn't really explain why she had a change of heart again." () Indeed, in relation to Winn, the events of "The Reckoning" foreshadow her ultimate betrayal of the Prophets in the final arc of the series, and in any case, Ira Steven Behr was much happier with the antagonistic Winn than the conciliatory one; "The episode gave us a more multidimensional Kai Winn. We had lost sight of what to do with her for a while. We loved having her as a villain, but this really made her a tragic figure. It made her a totally screwed-up figure, and we now understood her." () Reception Bernhard Janzen, a German who was writing a dissertation about religious symbolism in Star Trek, compared Sisko's smashing of the Reckoning Tablet in this episode to Moses smashing the in the Book of Exodus. Trivia Louise Fletcher is not credited as "special guest star" for this episode as is typical. This episode represents the first time the Prophets are seen outside the wormhole, and it also represents their fifth appearance in the show (after , , and ) and Sisko's fourth encounter with them (all previous mentioned, except ). Worf's line "The Prophets are the only thing keeping the Dominion from coming through the wormhole" establishes that the Dominion has still not brought any reinforcements from the Gamma Quadrant. In , Jake said he always wanted to see a Pah-wraith; in this episode, he is possessed by one. Dax states that the tablet says "The Bajorans will suffer horribly… or eat fruit." In the scene between Kira and Odo near the beginning of the episode, Kira is indeed eating fruit salad. The phrase "Eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow we die," quoted by Quark and Bashir, is a common conflation of two quotations from the Bible: "Eat, drink and be merry" from Ecclesiastes 8:15, and "Eat and drink, for tomorrow we die" in both Isaiah 22:13 and 1 Corinthians 15:32. This episode contains a great number of references to previous episodes: There are numerous references to the blossoming relationship between Kira and Odo, which began in the previous episode, . Sisko's claim that the Dominion "has solidified its hold on the Kalandra sector. They're trying to establish a supply line running through Betazoid space into the Argolis Cluster," refers to the episode , where Betazed fell to the Dominion. Similarly, his claim that "The Romulans have forced the Dominion to retreat from the Benzite System" also refers to that episode, where the Romulan Star Empire joined Starfleet and the Klingon Defense Force in the Dominion War. The visit to the ruins of B'hala recalls the fifth season episode , where Sisko first discovered them, and excavation began. The phrase "Of Bajor" is once again heard in relation to both the Prophets and Sisko, recalling the episodes (where the Prophets say they are of Bajor) and (where they tell Sisko that he too is of Bajor). Sisko's claims that he is no longer uncomfortable in his position as Emissary of the Prophets refers to the 'Emissary Trilogy' (, and ), which charted his gradual acceptance of his position. Indeed, "The Reckoning" could be seen as something of a sequel to the trilogy insofar as it is the first episode to show just how deep his newfound faith has become. The 'penance' mentioned by Jadzia Dax refers to , where the Prophets tell Sisko that they will destroy the Dominion fleet in return for an as yet undisclosed penance. Sisko's comment that Winn and Shakaar have never agreed about anything before refers to the third season episode , where Shakaar defeats Winn to become First Minister of Bajor, and the two are shown as being diametrically opposed in their ideologies. Jake's reference to twice seeing his father lying in the infirmary because of visions sent by the Prophets refers to the episodes and . Kira's comment at the end of the episode, "The evil still exists. And I'm not sure even the Prophets know what that means for Bajor," has great implications for the future, something which will be confirmed in the sixth season finale, . Indeed, Kosst Amojan will return in that episode (although that the Pah-wraith seen in is in fact Kosst Amojan will not be confirmed until ) and will go on to play a large role throughout the seventh season, especially in the series finale, . While Keiko had been possessed by a Pah-wraith in , this is the first time the glowing red eyes and metallic, echoing voice effects were used. Colm Meaney (Miles O'Brien) does not appear in this episode. Video and DVD releases UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 6.11, As part of the DS9 Season 6 DVD collection Links and references Starring Avery Brooks as Captain Sisko Also starring Rene Auberjonois as Odo Michael Dorn as Lt. Commander Worf Terry Farrell as Lt. Commander Dax Cirroc Lofton as Jake Sisko / Jake Alien / Jake/Pah-wraith Armin Shimerman as Quark Alexander Siddig as Doctor Bashir Nana Visitor as Major Kira / Kira Alien / Kira/Prophet Guest stars James Greene as / Koral Alien Louise Fletcher as Kai Winn Co-star Judi Durand as Computer Voice Uncredited co-stars Patti Begley as Bajoran officer Dorothy Hack as Bajoran woman Karlotta Nelson as Bajoran woman Mark Allen Shepherd as Morn James Lee Stanley as Bajoran deputy Michael Wajacs as Bajoran civilian Unknown performers as Bajoran ranjen Corvallen visitor References 30,000 years ago; 25,000 years ago; 20,000 years ago; Alpha Quadrant; ancient Bajoran; ancient texts; archaeological site; archaeologist; Argolis Cluster; Bajor; Bajoran; Bajoran bat; Bajoran city; Bajoran history; Bajoran language; Bajoran prophecy; Bajoran wormhole; banishment; Benzar; Benzite system; Betazed; Betazoid space; B'hala; biobed; blindness; Bolian; Cardassian; century; chroniton radiation; chroniton generator; circle; civic duty; constable; corporeal; dad; Deep Space 9; defense perimeter; dictionary; Dominion; Dominion fleet; Dorala system; earthquake; Eminence; Emissary of the Prophets (aka "Emissary"); energy discharge; evacuation; Evil One; excavating; faith; Federation; First Minister; flood; fool; formal protest; fruit; future; Gateway to the Temple; generation; Golden Age; happy hour; harvest; holo-recording; holy city; homeless; humble; icon; ideogram; infirmary; infidel; inscription; internal sensor; Jake-o; kai; Kalandra sector; Kendra Valley; "laid eyes on"; leap of faith; Martok; modern Bajoran; ; Occupation of Bajor; "off the hook"; "Old Man"; ; outsider; Pah-wraith; path; penance; possession;prayer service; priceless; Promenade; Prophets (aka wormhole alien); Quark's; Rakantha Province; Ranjen; rebirth; Reckoning; Reckoning Tablet; religious artifact; Romulan; root; ; ruins; sacrilege; scholar; servant; services; Seventh Fleet; Shabren; Shabren's Fifth Prophecy; Shakaar Edon; skeleton crew; slab; space; spiritual leader; ; supply line; Sybaron; syntax; Tamulna; Temple of B'hala; Tibor Nebula; time; tornado; translation; tricorder; translation program; turbolift; vacation; vedek; Vedek Assembly; (aka "instrument"); vision; ; wall; war; weep; wheat; worrier; worst case scenario; writing Starship references (unnamed); Bajoran interceptor (unnamed); Bajoran vessel (unnamed); ; ; ; (unnamed); Klingon attack cruisers; (unnamed); runabout; transport; ; Unused script references Bolian system External links de:Zeit der Abrechnung (Episode) es:The Reckoning fr:The Reckoning (épisode) ja:DS9:善と悪の叫び nl:The Reckoning Reckoning, The

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Valiant (episode)

Fleeing a Jem'Hadar attack aboard a runabout, Jake and Nog are rescued by a Defiant-class ship crewed by over-eager Red Squad cadets who are biting off more than they can chew. Summary Teaser It is a hectic day in the bar, as Quark is grousing about the backup in his drink orders because of a drink replicator malfunction. He says his maintenance request has been put off by an overworked Chief O'Brien, who had promised to send Rom who in turn promised to send Nog. As Quark complains, Jadzia Dax arrives offering to repair his replicator, explaining that Nog was given the chance to go to Ferenginar and she is doing this to repay a favor to him. Quark insists that such a job is "beneath" her, and Odo, listening, wryly observes that the Ferengi has some tender feelings for the Trill and teases that it must irritate him that she's married. Quark tells Odo that that is the most ridiculous thing he has said this past year and tells him to leave since he is not ordering anything. After Odo leaves, Quark stares longingly at Dax while her back is turned to him. Meanwhile, Nog and Jake are departing Starbase 257 in the runabout , to deliver an official message from the Federation Council to Grand Nagus Zek. Even if Nog won't say anything about its contents, Jake suspects it is about something big, maybe even an alliance. Nog is put out when he discovers that Jake told the editor of the Federation News Service that he could get an exclusive interview with Zek despite promising he wasn't coming on the trip as a reporter and tells Jake that he won't even be getting anywhere near the Grand Nagus. Their discussion is cut short when they encounter a wing of six Jem'Hadar fighters on their way to attack the base. Even though they weren't the original objective, one fighter breaks formation and comes after them. Act One Nog makes an emergency warp jump, despite Jake's warnings that their course is taking them further into Cardassian territory. When Nog drops to impulse speed to engage the Jem'Hadar ship in real space, the runabout takes a heavy beating from its weapons, but then they are miraculously saved by a ship they first believe to be the , but which turns out to be a different ship, the . While the ship engages the enemy fighter, the two friends are beamed aboard and are surprised to be greeted by "Acting Chief Petty Officer" Dorian Collins – a young woman in a cadet uniform but wearing a chief's rank insignia. Escorted to the bridge, they see that the entire crew is composed of cadets. Nog recognizes them as Red Squad, the elite cadet cadre within Starfleet Academy that he so fervently wanted to join two years earlier. After the fighter is taken out, they meet "Captain" Tim Watters, the ship's CO, who explains that he was given a battlefield commission by the previous captain, , and he has used that authority to promote other cadets as needed to fill vacant positions. Watters orders Chief Collins to take Jake to sickbay to see to some minor burns he has suffered. When the ship's first officer, "Commander" Karen Farris, reports that the warp drive is still functioning below warp 3.2, Nog volunteers a suggestion, and Watters is happy to accept the advice of a trained engineer. With Jake in sickbay and Nog in Captain Watters's ready room, Chief Collins and Watters explain their unique situation to Jake while treating him in the ship's sickbay; the Valiant departed on a shakedown cruise eight months ago, crewed by seven regular officers and thirty-five cadets, on a three-month training mission to circumnavigate the entire Federation before returning home. Although such cruises are standard for senior cadets, Jake notes that it is unusual for them to be entrusted with a state-of-the-art warship, or for such a large group of cadets to be given a mission of such complexity. Collins proudly explains that they are Red Squad and considered anything but usual. In the Valiants ready room, Watters explains that the ship was transitioning through the Kepla sector when the war broke out and a Dominion invasion force swept through the sector on the first day, so they were caught behind enemy lines. They tried to make it back to Federation space when they encountered a Cardassian battle cruiser near El-Gatark, and in the ensuing battle, both ships lost main power becoming adrift and all the Valiants senior officers were killed or critically wounded, including Captain Ramirez. Despite having a punctured lung and massive internal injuries, Ramirez refused to go to sickbay and instead, stayed on the bridge to direct the entire damage control effort and the cadets were able to get the Valiants systems back online in three hours and destroy the Cardassian ship. Just before he died the next day, Ramirez gave Watters command of the ship. Nog is awestruck at the tale and how Red Squad has spent eight months behind enemy lines, and Watters offers him a post as chief engineering officer. Nog is a little hesitant to take on such a responsibility, but Watters tells him that the undermanned ship needs him. Nog accepts and is given a Red Squad pin for his collar. Watters then explain that with Nog's help, they can fix their warp drive problems and get on with their mission: when the war broke out, Starfleet Command (unaware that command of the ship had passed to a cadet) transmitted new orders to the Valiant to collect technical data on a new Dominion battleship being deployed in their sector. Since they were ordered to maintain radio silence, the ship had been cut off from the rest of Starfleet since the outbreak of the war. Undaunted, the young captain is determined to carry on the Valiants mission, or die trying. Act Two Chief Collins takes Jake to the mess hall, where he draws more than a few stares from the rest of the thirty three-man crew (being the only civilian on board). They converse amiably, and Collins starts to tell him about her home of Tycho City on Luna. As she remembers growing up on Luna, she starts to get emotional and excuses herself saying she's on duty. In engineering, Nog makes some modifications that Farris objects are unsafe, but Watters is willing to try anything, and the ship succeeds in getting to warp 4. Collins is in sickbay looking at a PADD and crying a little when Watters comes in and, despite Collins's disapproval, grabs some pills from a cabinet and swallows them. He notices she's been crying, and she admits that she has been feeling a little homesick. The next thing Jake knows, he has been summoned to the ready room for an "interrogation" by Watters and Farris. They remind him of the extreme urgency of their mission and say that his presence is upsetting the delicate morale of their shipmates. They dismiss Jake, and Watters tells Farris to keep a close eye on him. Before she is dismissed, Farris remarks that Watters spent another double shift on the bridge, and she is concerned that he is not getting enough sleep. Watters assures her that he is fine – before swallowing another handful of pills after she has left. Act Three Still smarting, Jake runs into Nog, and is surprised to see that he has now joined the crew, with a brevet rank of lieutenant commander. Nog is stung when Jake echoes his own earlier doubts about whether he is ready to be chief engineer of a starship. Before they can argue further, red alert is sounded and all hands are ordered to report to battle stations. Jake and Nog run to the bridge. The Valiant has located the objective of its mission. While hovering outside its sensor range, the ship launches a class 3 probe to gather the intelligence needed and shadows the ship for several hours. Between an overzealous crew and an almost inhuman dynamic, the mission finally comes to a successful end. "Captain's log, Stardate 51825.4. We've been shadowing the Dominion battleship for three hours. The data our probe has gathered so far has not only been interesting, but it may have given us a golden opportunity to strike a blow for the Federation." In the mess hall, Watters announces that their mission is a success: they have gathered the required intelligence without being detected, and they are now free to return home to Federation space. But he says that the Jem'Hadar battleship is a direct threat to every Federation outpost and colony within fifty light years and that it must be destroyed, and it can. Farris then explains that their scans indicate a major design flaw in the battleship – the primary support braces of its antimatter storage system is composed of viterium which is ordinarily resilient but becomes extremely unstable when exposed to delta radiation. A direct hit with a specially modified quantum torpedo should be able to cause the entire antimatter storage system to tear itself apart and destroy the entire ship. Nog immediately sees a problem: the modified torpedo will need to have its guidance system all but removed, which means the Valiant will need to fire at extremely close range – approximately three hundred meters and remain there while the torpedo is guided in manually. Captain Watters says it may be dangerous, but it is better that they take the risk than have "some other ship, with some other crew" be asked to take it later and that he thinks they can do it, and they should do it. This gets the crew excited, but Jake, having had enough speaks out and attempts to appeal to the common sense of the crew and convince them to leave the area with the new information. He explains that his father has a well-deserved reputation as one of the best combat officers in the fleet and not even he would attempt this mission with a single ship (even were that ship the Defiant with a full crew complement of his veteran officers). And if he can't do it, it can't be done. Watters dismisses his objections, deciding that the reward outweighs the risk and that they are Red Squad, and they can do anything. The crew begin cheering and start chanting "Red Squad", including Nog, which shocks Jake. Act Four Alone in engineering, Jake tries to talk some sense into Nog while he is modifying the torpedo. The Jem'Hadar battleship they are going up against is twice as large as a starship, with three times the armament, yet Watters wants to try and combat it with a single escort vessel. Nog says that the captain knows what he's doing, something Jake would understand if he was an officer and not just a reporter. Angrily, Jake tells Nog about Watters' addiction to cordafin stimulants, which he learned from talking with Collins despite being ordered to stay away from her, but Nog refuses to listen. Jake says that Watters is going to get them all killed, and Nog orders Jake, "get out!" Unknown to Jake and Nog, Watters happened to be monitoring their conversation from his ready room, and summons help right as Jake said that Collins told him of Watters' drug-taking. As soon as Jake leaves engineering, he is apprehended by Cadet Shepard and another cadet with phasers and thrown in the brig. The Valiant prepares for its mission: the sickbay crew is drilled, and Collins issues phaser rifles to the security teams in case they have to repel boarders (or perhaps even board the vessel themselves). Watters addresses all hands with an inspirational speech, reminding them to keep their minds on their duty. The ship accelerates to warp 6. Act Five When the Jem'Hadar warship spots the Valiant, it drops out of warp and turns to face them. There is a moment of nervousness, as the bridge crew starts to fully appreciate what they are up against. Watters remains undaunted and orders the helm to take the ship on a head-to-head attack run at close range to avoid its weapons. The Jem'Hadar open fire, and Valiant begins to take damage. The torpedoes are launched, and Farris guides them to the battleship's perceived weak spot. The torpedoes score a direct hit, and the bridge crew cheers as there is an explosion of flame, and the battleship begins to flounder… before emerging intact from the fireball. Watters asks if they missed the target, and Farris confirms they scored a direct hit – except their tactic simply "didn't work." As the reality of their situation becomes clear, the normally arrogant and overzealous Red Squad is replaced by a group of very frightened youths, trapped deep in enemy space and massively outgunned at close range by an invulnerable enemy ship five times the size of their escort. The battleship begins hammering the Valiant with its own torpedoes. Watters starts to order evasive maneuvers when a console explodes, ripping the captain's chair off its support and killing him. The Valiant loses main power, propulsion, weapons, and shields. Farris starts to repeat the evasion order, before more explosions kill her and the rest of the bridge crew, except Nog and Collins. Collins asks Nog for orders since he is now ranking officer, saying their phaser banks are still partially functional, but after a moment's pause, Nog knows the battle's outcome is now a foregone conclusion. After he triggers the evacuation alert, Nog grabs Collins' hand and leads her off the bridge. In the brig, most of the security crew has been killed when Nog and Collins run down to free Jake from the holding cell. Together, they make their way to the escape pods. Only four pods are launched from the Valiant; two are destroyed by the battleship, and one is caught in an explosion as the Valiant is destroyed. The listing, rupturing hull of the Valiant hides from the battleship's view the one pod that gets away, carrying Nog, Jake, and Collins. In a nearby sector of space, the Defiant is searching for Nog and Jake's missing runabout, when Major Kira picks up the pod's distress signal, identifying it with the Valiant. Worf warns that the Valiant officially went missing eight months ago, and it may be a Dominion trap. But Sisko says the signal may be legitimate and therefore, they have to check it out anyway. The pod is rescued, though Sisko grimly informs Jake that no others were found in the area. They enter sickbay where Dr. Bashir treats Collins and Nog's injuries, and Jake goes to comfort a somber Nog. He asks Jake if he plans to write a story about the incident, and Jake says he probably will. Nog then asks Jake about what he is going to say, to which Jake asks what he should say. Nog tells Jake to say that the Valiant was a good ship, with a good crew, whose only mistake was blindly following Captain Watters as he led them "over a cliff." From her sickbed, Collins objects, saying that Watters was a great man, and if the mission failed, it was the crew that ultimately failed him. Nog tells Jake to include both opinions, and let people decide for themselves. Nog himself, however, has reached his own judgment: gently taking Collins' hands in his own, he returns his Red Squad insignia pin, telling her that while Watters might very well have been a hero and even a great man, in the end, he was a bad captain. Log entries Captain's log, USS Valiant Memorable quotes "You're in love!" - Odo, realizing Quark has feelings for Jadzia Dax "If we keep going in this direction, we'll run into Cardassia Prime. And that won't be any fun at all." - Jake Sisko "You all probably know who my father is. Benjamin Sisko. So you know I'm not exaggerating when I say that he's considered to be one of the best combat officers in the fleet. And I'm telling you right now that even with the entire crew of the Defiant with him, my father would never try to pull off something like this. And if he can't do it, it can't be done." "We're Red Squad and we can do anything!" - Jake Sisko and Tim Watters "You don't understand because you've never put on one of these uniforms. You don't know anything about sacrifice or honor or duty or any of the things that make up a soldier's life! I'm part of something larger than myself. All you care about is you." "That's right. All I care about is Jake Sisko and whether or not he's going to be killed by a bunch of delusional fanatics looking for martyrdom!" - Nog and Jake Sisko "This is the captain. We are about to engage the enemy. For eight months, I've told you to stay focused on one thing. Your duty. But now, I want you to step back from your duty. Take a look around. And I don't mean look at the walls. I want you to look at this moment in your life. Take it in. Appreciate the fact that you are on this ship, with this group of people, at this point in history. But understand one thing above all else. This moment will never come again. Hold on to it. Savor it for as long as you can. You're Starfleet, you're Red Squad, and you're the best. Now, let's get that battleship and we can all go home. Captain out." - Tim Watters, to the crew of the Valiant "We scanned the area for any other escape pods, but it doesn't look like anyone else made it." "It was a long shot. I just thought maybe…" - Benjamin Sisko and Jake Sisko, on the news that there were no other survivors from the Valiant "We let ourselves blindly follow Captain Watters, and he led us over a cliff." "That's not true. Captain Watters was a great man." "Dorian, he got everyone killed." "If he failed, it's because we failed him." (To Jake) "Put that in your story, too. Let people read it and decide for themselves." (To Collins) "He may have been a hero. He may even have been a great man. But in the end, he was a bad captain." - Nog, Dorian Collins, and Jake Sisko, about Tim Watters Background information Story and script This episode originated in a discussion between Ronald D. Moore and Ira Steven Behr about "a ship that's been behind the lines since the beginning of the war, with a crew that has gotten rowdier and more ragged and embittered – a wild-eyed bunch of crazies that have been lost and out of contact for a long time." Moore then suggested that the crew be composed entirely of cadets, and Behr suggested that they use Red Squad. () In Moore's original draft of the script, the was discovered by Jake and Kira. The plot was predominantly the same, but as Moore later explained, "It didn't work because you couldn't believe that Kira wouldn't kick every one of their asses and take back the ship single-handedly. It occurred to us that if we put Nog in there we'd have a character who could buy into what Red Squad was doing. And Jake was a character who could stand back from it. That worked a lot better." () Ronald D. Moore had originally wanted to name the Defiant "Valiant", after the from . Due to the development of , however (which was happening at the same time as the development of the design of the Defiant), he was forbidden to use any name beginning with the letter "V". While he relented and settled for the name of the ship from (the ), he was finally able to reuse the "Valiant" name here. () Reception This episode was a favorite of Aron Eisenberg's, who saw it as critical in the development of the character of Nog; "Nog's dilemma in the episode was, 'Should I do the right thing? Or should I grab the opportunity to do what I've always wanted?' which is to become an officer. When a Ferengi sees what he wants, he doesn't let anything get in his way. He has all these rules for obtaining money, and that's the center of his life. Nothing really deters him from that goal. Nothing clouds that vision. A Ferengi won't allow it. So I applied that same mentality, those same philosophical ideas to Nog's desire to be a Starfleet officer. After he joined Starfleet, I turned all that attention to the one goal of succeeding in Starfleet and not failing, not letting anything deter him from that goal. So I started to play Nog as very, very straight-laced, a perfect military guy. In "Valiant", somebody was offering Nog a chance to be an officer and he could justify it, even if those justifications weren't correct, as Jake pointed out. He wasn't going to listen to anybody except for his captain. That's what made that show so powerful for me – the fact that Nog realizes when it's almost too late that he's made a horrible, horrible mistake. I thought it was great that the writers let him make the wrong decision. But then he was man enough to admit it too. And in the end scene, he gives back his prized possession, the Red Squad pin, which symbolizes what he wanted so badly. I think Nog grew tremendously in this show." () Trivia Red Squad was introduced in the fourth season two-parter /, where David Drew Gallagher also appeared as Riley Shepard. The new Starfleet Cadet uniforms are introduced. The Jem'Hadar battleship was next seen in , and also featured prominently in the Battle of Cardassia, as seen in the series finale, . While Nog was brevetted to a lieutenant commander, he appears to be wearing a lieutenant junior grade insignia during his time on the Valiant. The LCARS computer displays on the Valiant are seen in reverse order, with the main screen on top and the shorter portion on the bottom. This episode marked the final appearance of the runabout . In modern naval protocol, Nog, a commissioned officer, would have immediately outranked the entire crew of the Valiant, all of whom were cadets. However, writer Ronald D. Moore has stated that he based the premise on an 18th and 19th century naval tradition that an acting captain can only be removed from command by a flag officer. In the opening battle sequence aboard the runabout, several camera moves (in particular the sweep where the camera banks sharply to reflect the motion of the runabout) inadvertently disclose the fact that the forward windows have been removed to make filming the scene possible; in the most visible example, a sizable hole can be seen in the center of the piloting console, where the ceiling support strut between the windows usually was. Dorian reminisces about going outside in a spacesuit to watch the sunrise from the surface of the Moon. Writer Ronald D. Moore would go on to depict such a scene in the season 2 premiere of , in 2021. Colm Meaney (Miles O'Brien) does not appear in this episode, although he is mentioned by Quark, Jadzia Dax and Nog. Several costumes and props from this episode were sold off on the It's A Wrap! sale and auction on eBay, including Grace Bustos' costume. This episode is comparable to episodes such as and in the way that it features an officer (Nog) in contact (during a tense situation) with a group of lower ranking members of Starfleet and because it depicts an onscreen story that follows below command level ranks and shows much of the story from their perspective as was achieved in "Lower Decks". It is worth noting that Ronald D. Moore also wrote which focused on Nova Squadron and therefore this could be a reason for the similarities. This episode also bears a strong resemblance to the film . Both feature a crew that is largely made up of cadets and eventually forced to take command of the ship after the senior staff is killed or captured. Also, in both cases, a young energetic and arrogant cadet becomes commanding officer and orders the ship on a high-risk mission against an enemy ship that is much larger and far outguns the Starfleet ship. Of course, in the case of Star Trek, the crew succeeds in its mission and returns home safely and the cadet in command doesn't succumb to his own arrogance. Apocrypha The short story "Dorian's Diary" in the anthology book Strange New Worlds III established that Collins returned to Tycho City following the destruction of the Valiant, where she received counseling from Deanna Troi and a visit from Nilz Baris, the great-great grandfather of Karen Farris. In 2374, she was awarded the Drakon Cluster of Courage, and the rest of the deceased Red Squad members were also awarded posthumously. Internal Affairs also launched an investigation into the actions of the cadets and criticized the decisions they made, but the public perception of them as heroes of the Dominion War made them overlook the actions of Red Squad. In 2375, Collins was assigned to the USS Wyandotte as part of a cadet assignment. She kept a diary of her life in which she documented her experiences during her recovery. Video and DVD releases UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 6.11, As part of the DS9 Season 6 DVD collection Links and references Starring Avery Brooks as Captain Sisko Also starring Rene Auberjonois as Odo Michael Dorn as Lieutenant Commander Worf Terry Farrell as Lieutenant Commander Dax Cirroc Lofton as Jake Sisko Armin Shimerman as Quark Alexander Siddig as Doctor Bashir Nana Visitor as Major Kira Guest stars Aron Eisenberg as Nog Paul Popowich as Tim Watters Courtney Peldon as Karen Farris David Drew Gallagher as Riley Aldrin Shepard Ashley Brianne McDonogh as Dorian Collins Co-stars Scott Hamm as Parton Majel Barrett as Computer Voice Uncredited co-stars Chris Beanes as Valiant cadet Patti Begley as Bajoran officer Lukas Behnken as Valiant cadet Tate Bradford as Valiant cadet Grace Bustos as Valiant cadet Annika Hays Nao Hosaka as Valiant cadet Robin Morselli as Bajoran officer Charlie Price as Valiant cadet Chuck Shanks Mark Allen Shepherd as Morn Adam Shoshan as Valiant cadet Simon Stotler as Trill Valiant cadet Rene Veloz Shannon Watson as male Vulcan Valiant cadet Unknown actress as female Vulcan Valiant cadet Stunt doubles Leslie Hoffman as stunt double for Ashley Brianne McDonogh Dennis Madalone as stunt double for Paul Popowich Nancy Thurston as stunt double for Courtney Peldon References 2324; 2357; Acting; "all hands"; alloy; antimatter storage system; auxiliary power; battle cruiser; battle stations; battlefield commission; bearing; boulder; Cardassia; Cardassians; Cardassian battle cruiser; casualty report; circumnavigate; class 3 probe; Collin's father; commanding officer; commission; cordafin; damage report; day; defense perimeter; ; ; Defiant class decks; delta radiation; design flaw; deuterium injector; Dominion War; Dominion-held space; drink replicator; Earth; editor; El-Gatark; engineer; evacuation alert; evasive maneuvers; Federation; Federation Council; Federation News Service; FNS editor; Ferengi; Ferenginar; flux moderator; ; Grand Nagus; granddad; Guidance system; impulse control system (impulse system); interview; invasion force; Jem'Hadar battleship (unnamed); Jem'Hadar fighter (unnamed); Kepla sector; lucidity; lunar schooner; lung; mechanic; meter; outer marker; phaser control; plasma intercooler; pressure control system; promotion; Quark's; radio silence; raktajino; ; red alert; Red Squad; repairman; ; ; sensor range; rise to the occasion; Rom; runabout; Sea of Clouds; sector (unnamed); Sector 22757; ; shuttlecraft; silken sunrise; silven surprise; ; Sol; Starbase 257; ; Starfleet Academy; "steady as she goes"; stimulant; strafing; tourist; training cruise; training ship; Tycho City; ; warp core assembly; ; Zek Dedication plaque references ; Antares Ship Yards; Bajor sector; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; Chief of Staff; ; ; ; ; ; Fleet Ops; ; ; ; : ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; Research and Development; ; ; ; Science Ops; Starfleet Command ; Tactical Ops; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; Yard Engineer; ; Unreferenced material Battle of Axanar External links de:Valiant (Episode) es:Valiant fr:Valiant (épisode) nl:Valiant (aflevering) DS9 episodes

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Profit and Lace (episode)

Grand Nagus Zek is deposed after he begins to promote female rights; Quark changes his sex temporarily to prevent Brunt from becoming the new Grand Nagus. Summary Teaser Quark is in the bar talking to Aluura, one of his dabo girls, encouraging her to learn oo-mox by reading Oo-mox for Fun and Profit. Rom bursts in to warn his brother that he can't contact anyone on Ferenginar. He tries to brush him off, but later the two begin to believe that the Dominion has invaded their home planet. They rush to Ops to warn the crew, who don't believe it. Shortly afterward, Dax reports that the shuttle of Grand Nagus Zek has requested permission to dock at Deep Space 9 and they're relieved. At the airlock, Quark and Rom greet the Nagus and Ishka, the mother of Quark and Rom. They explain they had to flee Ferenginar because Zek was deposed by the FCA Commissioners for granting females the right to wear clothes with an amendment to the Ferengi Bill of Opportunities. Zek is to be replaced by Brunt, who has taken over the government as Acting Grand Nagus after financial chaos shook the entire Ferengi Alliance. Zek is convinced his move makes good business sense, and wants their help to "reconquer an empire, or die in the attempt." Quark and Rom share a look and then rush after the former Grand Nagus. Act One Zek declares Quark's quarters as "the headquarters of the sole legitimate government of Ferenginar" as they walk in. He explains that their plan is for Ishka to convince the Commissioners that Ferengi females are, indeed, intelligent, and that a more prosperous Ferengi economy will result. He's convinced she can win them over. It's clear, though, that Ishka is driving the plan, as she has to remind him of it. She then goes further, saying she envisions a female Grand Nagus in the future. This confuses even Zek, but the moment passes. Quark, Rom, and Nog agree to help Zek by sending messages to all 432 FCA Commissioners, requesting a conference for Ishka's "demonstration." However, it doesn't go well. Many have choice words for Zek and some even thought he died. All the Commissioners decline – save Nilva, chairman of Slug-o-Cola, who is a conservative man with a lot of influence. After a long session of calls, the group reconvenes in the bar. Zek can't believe it, thinking he would have had better response due to all the business he's had with the Commissioners. Ishka is somewhat optimistic, but just then Brunt walks in, jeopardizing the plan. Act Two Brunt coldly orders an Eelwasser from Quark and proceeds to gloat over his newfound . The group asks him why he's there, but Brunt continues berating them. Zek says he should never have reinstated him. Quark brings his drink, but Brunt says he's changed his mind and wants a Slug-o-Cola, referring to Nilva's expected appearance on the station. He plans to bribe him, but Quark kicks him out. After he leaves, Quark has to lie down. Quark doesn't rest for too long before his mother comes to talk to him. Saying he's feeling sorry for himself, she tries to cheer him up, but he's not in the mood. He says she has been manipulating Zek ever since she met him, without caring for the consequences of her motives. She is offended, and retorts that Quark can always go crawling back to Brunt, but Quark wants things back the way it was. The argument gets more heated as he exclaims she's the worst thing to happen to all of them. She now berates him, but then, tries to call him something, but can't get it out. After Quark screams at her to say what she wants to him, she abruptly falls to the floor. In the infirmary, Bashir determines she had a heart attack and needed a new heart, but she will live after a few days rest. Glaring at Quark, Bashir says she needs to be kept away from him, having overhead Ishka saying "it's all Quark's fault" over and over. The group stares at him, already suspicious at his cover story for what happened. He comes clean to Zek and Rom in the bar and apologizes. Zek says they can't postpone the meeting. Brunt and his servant, Uri'lash, step in to ridicule them. After he leaves, Zek is determined to hold the meeting, as Ishka wouldn't give up. He comes to the conclusion that Quark should impersonate her. Act Three Bashir successfully changes Quark to be more feminine, and he's now fully dressed up, though very uncomfortable and critical of his looks. Zek gives him his mother's notes, full of facts and figures. Leeta also helps him with his walk, but Rom oddly chimes in with several good pointers. Quark quickly wants Rom to take his place, but Zek reminds him he's better with the business. Nog bursts in and announces Nilva has arrived early. Zek tells him to expect his other female advisor, Lumba, tomorrow. The group reminds Quark all the things he needs to study before tomorrow. Act Four Nog greets Nilva at the airlock. He's an energetic Ferengi who immediately gives Nog a Slug-o-Cola and is insistent on meeting Ishka right away. He leads himself there while Nog trails behind. He runs into Brunt, who insists on a meeting afterward, and Nilva agrees. Brunt attempts to thwart the meeting, saying Ishka is in the infirmary, but Nog is able to tell them both about Lumba, much to Brunt's confusion. Nilva is unphased, and now is intent to meet her instead. While the group is critiquing Quark, Nilva arrives with a whole bag of Slug-o-Cola. Nilva is excited to see Lumba, and suggests to have dinner with her that night, as he's due back to Ferenginar the next night. The plan is very rushed, and nervous excitement is everywhere. During dinner with Lumba, Nilva is convinced of the opportunities that Zek's feminist approach presents. The main argument of this approach being that clothing includes pockets, and females will thus want to make more money in order to have something to put in those pockets. Lumba further notes that Nilva's sales (which have suffered recently) can be improved if he markets to females. In the process of all the talk, however, Nilva falls in love with Quark. Nilva says it's time for dessert, and invites Lumba to his quarters. Act Five Nilva is very forward, starting to undress Quark and chasing him around the table. He says he needs her and wants to marry her. Quark is increasingly unable to brush Nilva off when Brunt bursts in to announce the truth. Quark then tries to convince Nilva, rubbing his lobes and even taking off his clothes for both of them to see that he is a indeed a female. Nilva is now convinced and agrees to go with Lumba to tell Zek he'll do everything he can for him "because that is what Lumba wants." Brunt can't believe it, shouting out as they leave, "his name's Quark!" Bashir later restores Quark to normal, though he mans the bar fairly early on in his recovery, as he's still thinking about Nilva. He's holding a ring Nilva gave Lumba. Odo comes by as he usually does to ask about it, however, Quark's hormones get the better of him and he has to cry on Odo's shoulder. Odo lets it happen until he realizes Morn is watching. Zek's group come by to thank Quark and say goodbye before they leave. Ishka forgives him as well, noting Quark made a good daughter. After Zek and Ishka leave, Aluura also comes to Quark to tell him she has been studying oo-mox. Quark immediately tells her it was wrong of him to make her do that, and instead gives her a raise. Aluura, however, thought it sounded like fun, but Quark still insists it is wrong. As she leaves, though, he comes to his senses and goes after her. Memorable quotes "A Dominion invasion of Ferenginar?" "Think of the terrible repercussions to the Alpha Quadrant." "I cannot think of any." - Sisko, Rom, and Worf "Boys, together we're going to reconquer an empire or die in the attempt!" - Zek, to Rom and Quark "Now, tell me something. Doesn't wearing all those clothes make you feel like a deviant?" "Not really. And I'll tell you why. Because under all these clothes, I know I'm totally naked." - Nilva and Quark "That female happens to be my mother!" - Quark "They're ALIVE!'" - Rom, when Ishka and Zek's shuttle arrives at Deep Space 9 "Moogie! I was so worried." "You're a good son." "I was worried too." "And you're a good liar." - Rom, Ishka and Quark"Nagus, you remember my son, Nog, don't you? He's the first Ferengi to join Starfleet." "I'll try not to hold that against him." - Rom and Zek"His name is Quark!" - Brunt, to Nilva who is smitten with Lumba "And when you sit, make sure your knees are touching, and don't forget to relax your shoulders, but keep your bottom tight." (Everyone stares.) "What?" "He's the one that should be wearing the dress." - Rom and Quark, on the former's imitation at how a "female" walks. "It's these earrings, they're killing me. Do I have to wear them?" "No woman is complete without earrings. (Everyone stares.) Why does everyone keep looking at me?" - Quark and Rom"Marry me!" "Uh, I don't think your wife would approve." "Who cares. She hasn't touched my lobes in months." "I can tell." - Nilva and Lumba (Quark') Background information Story and script The original idea for this episode came from René Echevarria. "We were all at lunch, talking about doing an episode about Moogie, the feminist movement, and giving Ferengi women the right to vote," Echevarria recalled. "It was a very preliminary discussion, and I said, 'I have this feeling that Quark ends up in a dress. I don't know why, but I think somehow Quark and Rom have to masquerade as women in order to pull something off." () Echevarria's idea was seized upon by Ira Steven Behr, although he knew that the proposed episode carried risks. "The idea was to do a character comedy," he remembered. "We wanted to take this misogynist character and make him into a woman. But it's very difficult, for a lot of reasons, to get people on board with stuff like this, and when they do get on board they tend to go too far, or too broad, or they lose the reality, or they're not comfortable with it. And if any of those things are true, it won't work." () The writers imbued this installment with a couple of elements that Ira Steven Behr and Robert Hewitt Wolfe had originally created for the book Legends of the Ferengi; these were Slug-o-Cola and Eelwasser. The production staff had high hopes for this episode during its pre-production; indeed, after Ira Behr sent the script to Michael Piller, Piller returned it with a memo reading, "This is going to be a classic." () Cast and characters Armin Shimerman watched both the 1959 film and the 1982 film for inspiration on how to play a woman. "The difference between those two films," he observed, "is that was always winking at the camera, as if to say, 'I'm, playing a woman, but you know I'm really a man.' 's performance in Tootsie was, 'I'm playing a woman and I believe it.' And I decided I wanted to do the latter. I tried to be as feminine as I could." () Armin Shimerman reportedly hated the script for this episode, as he felt Quark did not learn anything from his experience as a woman. Indeed, the original script had Lumba crying a great deal, but Shimerman refused to play it that way as he felt it was a negative stereotype against women. () Shimerman commented, "I just don't think Quark learned anything in ['Profit and Lace']. That was disappointing. I didn't mind Quark's sex change, I minded that nothing came of it." ("Boom and Bust", ) Shimerman elaborated, "Quark has been a chauvinistic pig all of his life. He becomes a woman. Should he not learn or realize something from that experience? That would have been a great episode, to see Quark begin to realize the error of his whole culture's ways." ("The Once and Future Ferengi: Armin Shimerman Reflects on Quark", ) Shimerman believed that, ultimately, the episode failed because it was half serious/half comic, and the two halves didn't gel; "It could have been a more serious dramatic piece or it could have been funnier. But it was neither one nor the other." () Chase Masterson, on the other hand, enjoyed participating in this episode. She commented, "I have to tell you, I had the most fun in 'Profit and Lace'. Teaching Quark how to be a woman – how much more fun does it get than that? ("Leave it to Leeta", ) Colm Meaney (Miles O'Brien) and Cirroc Lofton (Jake Sisko) do not appear in this episode. Production Director Alexander Siddig endeavored to accentuate serious undertones in this otherwise comic episode. As Armin Shimerman said of Siddig, "He wanted to make it less of a comedy and more of an exploration of the relationship between a bickering mother and son. He tried to push the envelope and take Quark into an area that Quark isn't used to going in. I applaud him for it, although we reshot some of the scenes, like the heart attack, because he had a much darker vision than the writers had imagined." Cecily Adams also referred to the heart attack scene when discussing the episode; "Sid wanted to explore how people who love each other really can hurt one another […] The first time we shot the heart attack scene, it was very dark and the pace was slow. It was actually disturbing. We wouldn't have played it any differently had we not been wearing rubber masks. Armin and Sid really liked it, but when I watched it in dailies, I didn't like it. Even though it was an interesting exploration of the dark side, I didn't think it was exciting enough. And apparently the producers felt that way too. They wanted it more humorous." () Reception In the end, this episode garnered terrible reviews. In fact, a poll run in 1999 by Sci-Fi Entertainment (which saw voted as s best show) voted "Profit and Lace" its worst, followed by and . It is generally accepted amongst the writers and cast that the main problem with the episode is that, whereas the writers wrote it as high-farce, Alexander Siddig, in his directing of the installment, and Armin Shimerman saw it as a much more serious piece, thus creating a mismatch of styles. () In retrospect, Ira Steven Behr considered this episode the biggest disappointment of his entire time at Star Trek. () "The comedy's too broad," he complained. "We should've played it for drama." (What We Left Behind) This episode received Star Trek 101's Award for Worst Episode of Deep Space Nine. Luke Snailham, an editor who worked on the documentary What We Left Behind, commented about this episode, "It actually airs better today than when it originally aired." (What We Left Behind) Trivia The title of this episode may be a play on words referencing the second season episode . The way Armin Shimerman and Alexander Siddig regarded this episode while it was in development (i.e., as effectively a comedic installment with more serious undertones) was much in the tradition of the season three episode . This installment continues a multi-episode arc that features Zek, Ishka, and Brunt and can be seen in the episodes "Family Business", , and . In "Family Business", Ishka is introduced as a female keen on earning profit, and Brunt is the FCA liquidator sent to investigate her. Then, in "Body Parts", Brunt takes Quark's business license away from him for backing out of a contract. In "Ferengi Love Songs", it is revealed that Zek and Ishka are seeing each other, and Ishka is actually helping him run the Empire. At the same time, Brunt tries to expose Zek with Quark's help, and he returns Quark's license in an attempt to get his support. Brunt's plan fails, however, and he is subsequently fired from the FCA. A year later, in "The Magnificent Ferengi", Brunt helps Quark rescue Ishka from the clutches of the Dominion, and is rewarded by Zek with his old FCA job. The events of "The Magnificent Ferengi" are mentioned in this episode. Leck and are also both mentioned. Referenced Rules of Acquisition: #94 ("Females and finances don't mix") Ira Steven Behr considered this to be the final "Ferengi show", commenting, "If you look through the list, 'Profit and Lace' was really the last Ferengi show. '' is a mirror universe show, and the Ferengi portion of '' is only the A-story or the B-story, depending on how you look at it. So this was the nail in that coffin." () Video and DVD releases UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 6.12, As part of the DS9 Season 6 DVD collection Links and references Starring Avery Brooks as Captain Sisko Also starring Rene Auberjonois as Odo Michael Dorn as Lieutenant Commander Worf Terry Farrell as Lieutenant Commander Dax Colm Meaney as Chief O'Brien Armin Shimerman as Quark Alexander Siddig as Doctor Bashir Nana Visitor as Major Kira Guest stars Henry Gibson as Nilva Jeffrey Combs as Brunt Max Grodénchik as Rom Aron Eisenberg as Nog Cecily Adams as Ishka Chase Masterson as Leeta Tiny Ron as Maihar'du Sylvain Cecile as Uri'lash Special guest star Wallace Shawn as Zek Co-star Symba Smith as Aluura Uncredited co-stars Cathy DeBuono as M'Pella Steve Diamond Jasmine Gagnier Dorothy Hack as Bajoran woman Charlie-Olisa Kaine as David B. 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Time's Orphan (episode)

An accident on the planet Golana sends Molly O'Brien through a time portal three hundred years into the past into an uninhabited world. Beamed back too late, Molly returns to the present eighteen years old with no immediate recollection of her life or her family. Summary Teaser Miles O'Brien wakes up with his wife Keiko one morning, happy that both his wife and two children have returned to Deep Space 9 (having left when the Dominion War was inevitable). The two talk about what he's been up to while they've been away, as Keiko warns she intends to get Miles back in shape. Later that morning the couple get ready for a family picnic on Golana, a planet in the Bajoran sector. Their daughter Molly is very excited as she tells her baby brother Kirayoshi that the last time they went was when Keiko was pregnant with him. Later, as Keiko brushes Molly's hair, Molly tells her father that she wants to be an exobologist [sic] when she grows up and asks if they can take Chester (the family's pet cat) if they have to be sent away again. Miles, living a moment of true happiness, promises he won't send them away again. Molly goes to play and begins doing cartwheels in the meadow. Keiko tells Miles he made Molly a big promise, as the war might heat up again and the station won't be safe. Miles tells her that he'll put in for a transfer if that happens; he doesn't intend for the family to be separated any more. As he plays with Kirayoshi, Molly drifts closer to a nearby cavern. The picnic is cut short when they hear Molly screaming not far away. When Miles arrives in the cavern she was playing in, he finds his daughter hanging from a cliff over a mysterious device, which is active and producing a strange energy field. He is not able to grab her hand in time, and the little girl falls into the phenomenon and vanishes. Act One A science and engineering team is called from Deep Space 9 to investigate the device. Major Kira climbs down a ladder into the area below and asks Dax what exactly the mysterious object is. Dax tells her they have established that the device is some kind of time portal left behind by an ancient civilization that may have transported Molly about three centuries into the past. O'Brien is furiously working with the engineers from the to get the portal working again, but it suffers a power overload and O'Brien yells out "Oh, bollocks!" in frustration. Kirayoshi begins to cry so Kira offers to take him up to the Defiant so Keiko can stay with Miles until he gets the portal up and running. In Captain Sisko's ready room, Kira holds Kirayoshi and feels that the infant knows her intimately, given that Kira carried him to term for five months. Kira tells Odo, who is sitting nearby, that she might want to have children of her own someday. Odo, visibly uncomfortable, changes the subject and informs Kira that he has learned from the Bajoran Archaeological Institute that, as Bajoran settlers only arrived on Golana less than a century ago, wherever or whenever Molly is, she's going to be all alone. Soon the crew makes a plan to open the portal and try to lock on to Molly's DNA to beam her back. Although the plan initially works, to everyone's surprise the Molly that materializes in front of them is ten years older. She becomes frightened and bites O'Brien and starts to run wild before Bashir sedates her with a hypospray as her parents watch horrified. Act Two In sickbay on the Defiant, Bashir confirms through medical scans that the DNA matches and the girl they have is indeed Molly. Miles wants to try again, to get young Molly back. Bashir points out that if they do, the 18-year-old Molly will disappear. Keiko says this girl is their Molly; even if they haven't spent the last ten years with her, they don't have the right to take those years away from her. Bashir says it will not be easy for her to re-assimilate; she may even have blocked out all memories of her early life to cope with her prolonged isolation. He believes time with the O'Briens will be her best hope for recovering. They plan to return to Deep Space 9 where a cargo bay is being converted to provide a safe environment for her. Bashir says they'll just have to "feel their way through" her recovery process. Back on the station, Worf returns to his and Dax's quarters and is surprised to find that she has offered to watch Yoshi while Miles and Keiko spend time with Molly. Worf recalls that Dax has been eagerly waiting to run spectral scans on a comet that will pass through the Denorios belt that night, but Dax tells him that she's decided to miss it because if she leaves there would be no one to watch Yoshi. Suddenly eager to prove himself, Worf offers to watch the baby so she can work her shift. Dax mentions that she has had nine children (five as a mother, four as a father). She's not sure Worf understands how much work babies are, since he did not begin caring for his own son until Alexander was 4. Worf says they will be fine and tells Dax to go to work, only for Yoshi to start crying as soon as she leaves leaving the Klingon trying to settle him down. Molly wakes up in a grassy area which has been set up in the middle of the cargo bay. When the O'Briens enter, she becomes frightened and climbs the tree in the grassy area. Miles shows her a plate of fruit from Golana and tries to tempt her. Wary, she comes down and begins eating at a distance from them. Molly tries saying "mommy", but is still afraid. Keiko shows Molly her doll, Lupi. Molly takes the doll and stares at it intently. Act Three As time passes, the O'Briens continue working with Molly on language skills and socialization. They try playing games with balls. Molly likes the balls, but each time Miles tosses one to her, instead of tossing it back, she takes it and hoards it. Finally, they achieve a breakthrough when Molly is just about to hide another ball and Miles says, "Please" and she rolls the ball back to him. All three O'Briens smile. In Worf and Dax's quarters, the couple are trying to sleep, but Yoshi is crying continuously. Worf complains that nothing he does helps Yoshi fall asleep. Dax offers to take over, but Worf makes an impassioned speech saying that after all he has accomplished in his life and career, he will succeed in helping a crying baby to sleep. Dax asks him why "this babysitting thing is so important all of a sudden?" Worf replies that Dax is judging him on his fitness to parent her future children. He tells her to go back to sleep, "I have work to do." In the cargo bay, Molly is asleep in the tree and O'Brien is asleep on a nearby couch. Keiko enters and says Dax has agreed to watch Yoshi so Miles can get some work done. While she is sitting next to O'Brien on the couch, Keiko begins brushing her hair. Molly wakes and watched her, then comes close, hand out for the brush. Keiko starts to give her the brush, but Molly leaves Keiko's hand on it and kneels down, pushing Keiko's hand to brush Molly's hair as she used to do when Molly was little. As O'Brien and Bashir walk through a corridor, Bashir asks several questions about Molly. O'Brien says she's not talking yet, but she clearly understands what they're saying to her and responds to her name. More and more she reminds him of the little girl she used to be. He shows Bashir a picture she drew and says she's started to eat with a spoon. Bashir mentions how Molly has "anthropomorphized the environment" and cautions O'Brien against pushing her too hard, but O'Brien says she's doing great on her own. They reach the O'Brien quarters, where Worf is seated on the floor speaking Klingon to Yoshi and playing with a rattle. Worf is saying, "gung, gung, gung" and Yoshi is laughing. Worf explains that he was instructing Yoshi in a Klingon hand eye exercise designed to build a foundation for future warriors. Bashir is amused. O'Brien asks seriously how Yoshi did in the exercise, and Worf says, "He acquitted himself well." When O'Brien returns to the cargo bay, Molly is in a panic, grunting and running from one side to the other. Keiko says she has been like this for over an hour. Keiko has to leave to pick up Yoshi and take him home… upon which Molly has another language breakthrough, saying her first actual word since being rescued as she repeats "Home," clearly understanding its meaning as well as saying her name. The O'Briens are delighted, responding yes, they will take her home. They take her to their quarters. Molly looks around timidly, responding to the "starry stars" outside the view port. But when they take her to her room she becomes agitated. She grabs a picture of them all on a picnic, and keeps saying "Molly home." The O'Briens realize that to her 'home' is Golana. The planet is off-limits, but Miles realizes there is a way to take her there. Miles and Keiko decide to take Molly to a holosuite which is simulating Golana to cheer her up and the idea proves to be a good one. Molly calls them "mommy" and "daddy" and begins doing cartwheels as she did on their picnic. Miles thinks they can probably schedule the holosuite for an hour or two every day, as Molly continues to play happily. Then a call comes in from Quark, as a couple of Klingons have reserved the holosuite for some "afternoon carnage" and refuse Miles' offer to reimburse their time. Quark apologizes to the O'Briens as there's nothing more he can do, but Miles says he understands and thanks him for being so accommodating. Miles tries to tell Molly the bad news, but when she completely ignores him, he is forced to end the program. The planet disappears, and Molly is stunned to find herself now in the small, confined room but the confusion soon gives way to anger, and Molly leaves the holosuite in a feral rage, and starts to tear Quark's apart. After assaulting a few people, a Markalian named Madrat approaches her, to which she responds by stabbing him in the gut with a broken bottle. Just then, Odo and his deputies arrive and stun Molly, but the damage is done. Act Four The Markalian survives but presses assault with a deadly weapon charges. Captain Sisko tells O'Brien that the Federation magistrate has decided that Molly should be taken to a special care center on Dalvos Prime for evaluation; O'Brien is certain they'll end up keeping her there. O'Brien argues that Molly needs to stay with their family to make progress. Sisko tells the chief that he's sorry as there's no other way. Down in the holding cell, as Molly paces, Bashir reports that her body is flooded with adrenaline due to her confinement, and that there's a risk of her going into shock. Molly then notices her parents and starts to continually throw herself into the force field to reach her father, regardless of the pain. The deputy is forced to turn the force field off, after which Molly starts to get wild again and is sedated. Bashir gives Miles a simple fact; Molly needs open spaces all the time. Bashir will recommend she be put into a holosuite for the time being, but this is just a short-term solution as eventually they'll have to put her on a transport. In Worf's quarters, Dax arrives to find Bashir has just finished examining Yoshi, who has fallen and has a small bump on his head. The doctor assures Dax and Worf that it's nothing serious and that it happens all the time with toddlers. He leaves to return to the infirmary. Worf explains to Dax what happened. He had been pretending to be a beast and chased Yoshi. The baby was laughing so hard he didn't look where he was going and fell against the table. Worf berates himself for playing too rough, but Dax says it was just an accident. Worf says Dax was right to question his fitness as a father; Dax protests she never said anything like that. He says he failed Alexander, he failed Yoshi, and he would have failed their children as well. Depressed, Worf leaves. Later, the O'Briens debate what to do, knowing Molly will never cope at a special care center. Keiko realizes Miles is up to something, and he finally admits he is planning to steal a runabout and take Molly back to Golana. Keiko says that's the first place they'll look for her, but then realizes he also plans to send her back through the portal. He says he'll destroy the portal after they send her through. He wishes there were some other way, but he believes she can survive there and be happy. Keiko reluctantly agrees. Miles goes to security, where Molly is sedated in a holding cell. The deputy tells him Bashir plans to move her to a holosuite before she wakes up. Miles tells him plans have changed, there are no holosuites available and Odo wants her moved to the cargo bay instead. The deputy says he wasn't notified of any change. Miles tells him to check the log and then when the deputy turns away, sedates him. Miles takes Molly to a runabout, where Keiko has everything prepared. Before they can board, security officer Lieutenant finds them and calls Odo. Act Five Molly is still asleep. Odo sends Jones to go check on the deputy Pinar that Miles sedated and take a statement. The O'Briens beg Odo for help, saying Molly will die if she's returned to the holding cell. Odo says he's very disappointed… because he thought that if anyone could break a prisoner out of a cell and get them off the station it would be Miles. He then opens the door and tells them to get on their way. Keiko hugs him. Odo watches as they board. In the cavern, Keiko has packed a bag with a knife, a blanket, and Molly's doll. O'Brien reactivates the portal, and Molly smiles. Her parents, happy she's going to survive but still devastated that they're losing their daughter, hug her and then tell her to go home. Molly looks up and says that the stars are the O'Briens' home. They tell her they will be watching her from the stars. She says "Molly loves you" and goes through the portal, holding the bag Keiko gave her. Miles draws his phaser and prepares to destroy the portal. Once Molly is through, she finds a little girl crying… it is herself as a little girl, just minutes after she'd originally fallen through the portal. Older Molly takes her by the hand and tells her "Mommy, Daddy, there," pointing to the portal. She gives little girl Molly the doll from the bag, and urges her through. Then she smiles and says, "Molly, home" and disappears as her younger self returns to her own time. A moment before Miles fires his phaser at the device, Molly emerges from the portal and is reunited with her overjoyed parents. Back on DS9, Worf re-enters his quarters. Dax says it's safe to come in; she dropped Yoshi off at the O'Briens a few minutes ago. She says he was really happy to see his sister. Dax tells Worf they understand the head bump was an accident and they invited Dax and Worf to dinner to thank them for all the babysitting. Worf nervously asks what she replied and she said she told them she'd have to check with him. Then she asks Worf, "What does 'gung, gung, gung' mean?" She says Yoshi kept shaking his rattle and saying it. Worf is pleased. Dax tells him he obviously made a big impression on the toddler. "Maybe you're not as bad with children as you thought," she tells him. Worf says not as bad as she thought, and she admits that she had doubts but has never been so glad to be proven wrong and they hug. Worf says they had better get to dinner with the O'Briens. Later that night, Keiko and Miles are talking while Molly is drawing a picture. Miles says Captain Sisko is going to represent him at the Starfleet inquiry, and Keiko says if anyone can make them understand, Sisko can. Molly asks if she can see the girl who found her again. Keiko says not for a while. Miles says Dax explained the recalibration didn't hold, which is why older Molly ended up going through to the same point in time. Keiko wonders if she realized the little girl was herself. Miles says he hopes so. Molly shows them her picture; it is strikingly similar to the one older Molly drew. Molly says it's where they had the picnic. The O'Briens are startled, but then tell her it's lovely. Memorable quotes "Oh, bollocks!" - Miles O'Brien "And what exactly is this infant doing in my home?" - Worf, to Dax about Kirayoshi "Baby's first bat'leth?" - Dax, to Worf about Kirayoshi "By the way, what does… "gung-gung-gung" mean?" "Why do you ask?" "Well, it was the strangest thing. I was taking Yoshi home, and he kept shaking his rattle and saying gung-gung-gung!" "He did?" "He seemed to get a big kick out of it. So what does it mean?" "That is between Yoshi and me." - Dax and Worf "I can handle a fourteen month-old child." - Worf "I am a Klingon warrior and a Starfleet officer. I have piloted starships through Dominion minefields. I have stood in battle against Kelvans twice my size. I courted and won the heart of the magnificent Jadzia Dax. If I can do these things, I can make this child go to sleep." "Talk about losing perspective." - Worf and Dax "I wonder if she realized that the little girl she was looking at was herself." - Keiko O'Brien, on older Molly seeing herself as a child "I'm disappointed in you, chief… If anyone could break a prisoner out of a holding cell and get them off the station I'd have thought it would have been you. On your way." - Odo, as he opens the airlock for the O'Briens Background information Story and script The working title of this episode was "Out of Time". () The basic premise of this episode was originally conceived by Joe Menosky for as a way to write Alexander Rozhenko out of the series (as René Echevarria explains it, Menosky came up with the story "as a way to get rid of Alexander, who he really disliked!"). In the original story, Worf and Alexander are on a hunting trip, and Worf loses sight of his son for moment, at which time Alexander falls into a time portal and is retrieved fifteen years later as an embittered Klingon warrior who hates his father for having abandoned him. The episode was never green-lit because Michael Piller was not keen on killing off the character (again, as Echevarria explains, "Alexander was Michael Piller's mother's favorite character!"). () However, the idea of an older Alexander from the future did form the basis of the episode . () Although René Echevarria had pitched Menosky's story (with Molly O'Brien instead of Alexander) several times to Ira Steven Behr over the years, Behr had always said no to the episode. Finally, as the sixth season drew to a close, Behr relented, claiming there were three reasons to make the show at the time; "It had been a long time since we'd done a science fiction episode, we'd wanted to do another O'Brien show, and we needed to do something that would be pretty much a bottle show." () In the first draft of Bradley Thompson and David Weddle's script, Molly spends ten years in another culture, where she is raised in a farming community, by people who treat her really well. When she returns to Deep Space 9, she is shy and confused, but most of all resentful of her parents, but this idea was scrapped because, as Thompson explains, "It came across as if she had been sent to a bad summer school." Similarly, Echevarria points out, "It was full of all this teen angst emotional stuff and she sounded so damned American." () The idea to alter the story so that Molly was a was Ira Behr's. When composing the script, Thompson and Weddle interviewed a number of psychologists and clinical social workers, and much of the behavior exhibited by Molly in the episode is realistic for someone cut off from Human contact from the ages of 8 to 18. For example, her loss of linguistic skills is based on the fact that she's simply forgotten how to speak because she hasn't needed to for ten years, or her tendency to anthropomorphize objects such as trees and rocks, is based upon an innate need, especially in children, for company and companionship. () According to the writers, Molly's fear of captivity is based upon a real syndrome suffered by dolphins known as "capture shock"; when a dolphin is trapped, there is a fifty-fifty chance that it will die simply from the act of being trapped – the mere concept of confinement literally kills it. This is why Bashir is so quick to sedate Molly, because he is worried that her reaction to captivity could literally harm her in and of itself. () In the original script, there was no B-story in this episode. However, after filming was completed, it became apparent that the A-story was running about nine minutes short. When the producers were trying to conceive of a short B-story, they came to a realization about something; " represented the last time we would ever see Jadzia Dax, and the last time we'd see the Worf/Jadzia relationship. So we realized that whatever juice we were going to get out of it, we'd better get out of it now." As things turned out, Behr was especially delighted with the B-story, as he felt it has a great level of poignancy, considering what happens in ; "It seemed like it'd be nice to show Worf and Dax talking about a future, a future that was never going to be." () The writers considered establishing that the time portals were Iconian in origin, before deciding not to focus on the workings of the portal. Production All of the exteriors for this episode were shot in . During the filming of the picnic scene, Rosalind Chao heard some of the crew whispering during her dialogue, which is an unheard of occurrence; however, she didn't pay any attention and continued on with the scene. After cut had been called, Steve Oster slowly approached the cast and said, "Now Rosalind, don't panic, but…." As Oster explains, "We were in a big open field shooting the master shot with Keiko and Miles and the two children, when we saw something moving in the grass. It was a rattlesnake working its way towards the shot. We didn't want to alarm the actors and cause a bigger problem. There were two small children there, and we didn't want to freak them out. Allan was unaware of what we were seeing because he was concentrating on the performances, so he didn't call 'Cut'!" Oster and the camera crew quickly discussed what to do (which was the whispering heard by Chao), but decided to play it cool, so as soon as Kroeker did say cut, Oster very calmly asked all the cast to walk slowly towards him, which they did. The snake then proceeded through the shot, closely followed by a park ranger. () Jay Chattaway's composition for the episode included a first for a Star Trek episode with a child's singing voice being used as part of the musical score. () Reception Hana Hatae commented: "["Time's Orphan"]… was so much fun to film. The outdoor scene was filmed at Malibu Creek, which is one of my favorite places to hike and explore. My family and I used to go there all the time when I was growing up. There was a rattlesnake in the bushes right next to where we were filming, so we had to take a break until the park rangers came and removed the snake. The next scene, where I'm falling into the time portal, was awesome to film because I was strapped to a harness and got to swing in front of a green screen. It was pretty much like my own personal little roller coaster". Leslie Hoffman was Hana Hatae stunt safety on the beginning of the swing, holding on to her hands just before the camera rolled. Tom Morga was her safety at the end of the swing, catching her. Trivia In one scene, after a piece of equipment in the background explodes, Chief O'Brien shouts "Bollocks"; this is an Irish and British expletive referring to the testicles. When the episode was first screened by the BBC in the United Kingdom the word was removed; however, when RTÉ screened the episode in Ireland it was left on the soundtrack. Syfy also cut the word when rebroadcasting in the UK in 2014. Continuity This episode marks the second and final appearance of Chester, Miles' cat, which was given to him by Liam Bilby in the episode . The console Chief O'Brien uses to operate the time portal is a re-use of the console he and Dr. Bashir used to deactivate the Harvester bio-weapons from the second season episode . It also bears a vague similarity to the console from . Molly mentions to Yoshi that "last time they went to Golana" he was unborn and being carried by Keiko. Since Miles appeared in every episode depicting Keiko's pregnancy (before Yoshi was moved to Kira's womb), this trip must have occurred in between episodes, possibly even before Keiko announced her pregnancy. Odo says he believed that if anyone could break a prisoner out of a cell and get them off the station it would be O'Brien. This may have been a reference of when O'Brien assisted Tosk in escaping and evading the Hunters in . This is the second time that the show has shown someone being erased from time as a result of their past being altered in order to save an individual. This had previously occurred in . Also in , O'Brien mentions that he's building a dollhouse for Molly. In this episode, Chester is seen lounging on the roof of the dollhouse in Molly's room. This is the second time that Miles and Keiko have to deal with the difference in Keiko's and Molly's respective biological ages being narrowed. The first time, Keiko was physically transformed into a child by a transporter accident in , though she retained her adult memories and mental faculties. Video and DVD releases UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 6.12, As part of the DS9 Season 6 DVD collection Links and references Starring Avery Brooks as Captain Sisko Also starring Rene Auberjonois as Odo Michael Dorn as Lieutenant Commander Worf Terry Farrell as Lieutenant Commander Dax Colm Meaney as Chief O'Brien Armin Shimerman as Quark Alexander Siddig as Doctor Bashir Nana Visitor as Major Kira Guest stars Rosalind Chao as Keiko O'Brien Michelle Krusiec as adult Molly O'Brien Hana Hatae as Molly O'Brien Co-stars Shaun Bieniek as Deputy Randy James as Uncredited co-stars Ivy Borg as Rita Tannenbaum Clara Bravo as Kirayoshi O'Brien Uriah Carr as civilian Cathy DeBuono as M'Pella Kathleen Demor as operations officer Dorothy Hack as Bajoran woman Leslie Hoffman as bar patron Irving Lewis as bar patron Dennis Madalone as Bajoran man Linda Madalone as Bajoran woman Mary Mascari as Bajoran woman Angus McClellan as operations ensign Tom Morga as Madrat Mark Allen Shepherd as Morn William Steinfeldt as Bajoran ops officer Chester E. Tripp III as bar patron Unknown performer as Alien with sagittal crest Reptilian alien Stunt double Simone Boisseree as stunt double for Michelle Krusiec References 4th century; 2368; 2074; 2084; adrenaline; afternoon; air; airlock; animal; anthropomorphize; archaeologist; assault with a deadly weapon; babysitter; ball; Bajorans; Bajoran Archaeological Institute; bat'leth; blanket; bollocks; bracelet; cargo bay; cartwheel; Chester; children; chroniton; colonist; comet; Constable; courted; daughter; ; ; Dalvos Prime; Denorios belt; diaper; dinner; DNA; DNA acquisition sensor; DNA sequence; Dominion; drawing; drink; eating; exobiologist; father; Federation; Federation magistrate; forehead; Golana; Golana melon; Golanan; grint hound; hairbrush; hand-eye coordination; ; heart; hehh-duHpp; Hey! Hey! Little Ship!; holding cell; holosuite; husband; infant; infirmary; ; Kelvan; kiss; Klingon; Klingonese; knife; language skills; laughter; Lupi; magistrate; minute; "Mr. Froggy"; minefield; month; mother; officer; parent; picnic; picnic basket; pillow; planet; power converter; Quark's; rattle; reading; repair schedule; ; runabout; sausages; sedative; sensor; sensor range; shock; sister; sleep; song; space station; special care center; spectral scan; spoon; star; Starfleet; Starfleet uniform (2370s-early 2380s); story; sunscreen; sunshine; table; Tarkalean; temporal field; temporal field generator; theft; therapist; throat; time portal; time travel; transfer; transport; transport scanning beam; tree; tummy; warrior; week; writing Unreferenced material Child's Garden of Lifeforms in Our Galaxy, A External links de:Das Zeitportal (DS9) es:Time's Orphan fr:Time's Orphan (épisode) nl:Time's Orphan DS9 episodes

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The Sound of Her Voice (episode)

The Defiant receives a distress call from a Starfleet captain stranded on an inhospitable planet. Summary Teaser On Deep Space 9, Odo is busy with one of his favorite activities… making Quark's life a misery, this time over some new barstools residing in Quark's. With Jake Sisko watching, Quark tries to reason with Odo, but naturally the shapeshifter isn't very receptive and orders them removed immediately, citing them as a danger to public safety. He then turns his attention to the dabo wheel, however then Major Kira Nerys walks in asking him if he fancies lunch at the Klingon restaurant on the Promenade. Odo, having suddenly transformed from the hard-nosed policeman to the attentive lover, forgets all about Quark and happily leaves with her. This hasn't gone unnoticed by Quark, who tells Jake that as far as he's concerned, love is a distraction, and a distracted policeman… an opportunity. Meanwhile the has successfully escorted the PQ-1 convoy to the Vegan system and is on its way home from its long mission with a very tired and irritable crew. Accompanying them on the mission is Kasidy Yates, who was acting as convoy liaison officer for Starfleet Command. She and Benjamin Sisko are discussing the mission (and the large number of reports she's had to fill out for Starfleet) when Doctor Bashir arrives; however, Bashir is too tired to have a conversation with the two. Yates remembers a time when he couldn't keep quiet, and Sisko jokes that he likes him better this way. Yates doesn't like the remark, calling it mean and doesn't believe Sisko when he tells her he's kidding. The awkward moment is interrupted when Worf calls from the bridge telling Captain Sisko that a distress call has been picked up from the Rutharian sector. In the distress call, the crew hear a female Starfleet officer's voice. "…and Commander Gatsby's dead too. I didn't see any other escape pods leave before the ship was destroyed so I may be the only survivor. My pod was torn open on impact and the rain is pouring in. I'll take the radio and a survival kit with me, but the environmental suits were damaged in the crash, so I'll have to rough it. This is an L-class world and the atmosphere is barely breathable out there. Repeat, This is a general distress call. I am a citizen of the United Federation of Planets and a Starfleet officer. If you can hear me, please respond. My government will reward you for any assistance you can offer… and most of all, you'll be my personal heroes." Sisko tells Chief O'Brien to cut off the line, the words weighing heavy on him. The location is six days away at maximum warp, and no other ships are in the area. Despite his weariness, the decision is made; the Defiant will head to the sector. Sisko tells O'Brien to try and establish two-way contact and when he does, to tell the woman that her heroes are on the way. Act One Later, in main engineering, O'Brien is busy trying to establish the two-way com line and has left the channel open, meaning he can hear the woman (who is now known to be called Lisa) as she talks about her surroundings and plead for help. Bashir arrives to see how O'Brien is getting on. The answer is not well, as he is unable to send the return signal due to the rotating subspace frequency she is transmitting the message on. Bashir then asks O'Brien why he keeps her voice on. O'Brien tells him it doesn't bother him, and that as she's all alone he might as well listen to her even if she doesn't know he is. Also he points out that sometimes it seems that Lisa is talking to him, especially when she talks about her family. O'Brien tells Bashir that she reminds him of his cousin. Bashir decides to leave the two of them alone and O'Brien continues on his work, pausing for a moment as Lisa talks about her seemingly hopeless situation. On Deep Space 9, Odo has just finished making sure Quark has replaced the bar stools and is about to leave, when Quark asks Odo what he has planned for Saturday, the one-month anniversary of his and Kira's first date. Odo at first thinks that Quark is trying to sell him something, but Quark tells Odo not to involve him and buy something off the Promenade. Quark leaves, and Odo asks Jake jokingly if he'd ever heard anything as ridiculous as a one-month anniversary, but when Jake's expression says that he doesn't find it so ridiculous, Odo suddenly isn't so sure of himself and goes onto the Promenade to find something to buy for Kira. Jake has had enough of observing the situation and asks Quark what's going on. Jake is in the midst of writing a crime novel but has hit a wall, as his characters are not believable and thinks following Quark around and observing his illegal activities would help him out. Quark is at first reluctant, but finally agrees to let Jake in on the plan on the condition that nothing ends up in print or finding its way back to Captain Sisko. Quark then tells Jake that he has his own plans for Saturday night. O'Brien is still working on the com line with Lisa talking in the background. Kasidy Yates arrives and asks O'Brien if he's uncomfortable with her being on the Defiant, given that she's a civilian and the Defiant is a warship. O'Brien tells her he isn't, and that they've had civilians aboard before. Yates tells him she was worried about that, but before the conversation can go any further, the two suddenly catch on that Lisa is shouting for their attention, as she was able to hear the two talking. O'Brien is able to fully clear up the line, and shouts back that they can hear her. Lisa tells him that, whoever he is, she loves him. O'Brien and Yates smile at Lisa's obvious happiness that her call was picked up. Act Two A short while later, Captain Sisko and Doctor Bashir are present as Lisa tells the crew she is Captain Lisa Cusak, commanding officer of the , which was returning from an eight-year long exploration of the Beta Quadrant when they passed by an unusual energy barrier surrounding a planet. Scanning the planet triggered a reaction which destroyed the ship. Cusak's final memory after giving the order to abandon ship was a console exploding in her face, only to find herself in an escape pod on the planet. Doctor Bashir asks Lisa to confirm she's on an L-Class planet, which she does, and answers his next question by telling him she has been injecting herself with tri-ox to compensate for the excess carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. After ascertaining her supplies of the drug, he makes her ration it so she will last until the Defiant arrives, but even so it's going to be a close call. Cusak has a request for Captain Sisko: the tri-ox is keeping her awake and she hasn't had anyone to talk to… so Captain Sisko agrees to have an officer stay on the com line at all times. Sisko then decides that he'd better start, and decides to tell her all that's happened in the Alpha Quadrant since she's been gone. Later in his ready room, Sisko is telling Cusak of the recent developments in the war, and Cusak hates hearing about the Federation's recent struggles. Wishing to change the conversation, Cusak asks Sisko if he's seeing anyone, and he tells her about Yates, but it's clear he's not enjoying the subject, and Cusak notes he sounded happier going on about the war. Cusak starts to tell Sisko about the time she was posted at the Federation embassy on Andor as an attaché and was seeing an Andorian man with the Agricultural Ministry, who kept pointing his antennae at her when she walked past. Sisko can't help but smile as she tells the story in her upbeat manner. On the station, Odo shows Quark the present he has bought for Kira, and Quark offers Odo the use of a holosuite for the night. Odo at first refuses, but quickly sees Quark's point of view and decides to peruse the programs offered. When he leaves, Quark tells Jake that it seems the constable will be busy the coming Saturday night, and therefore won't be able to watch the airlocks for criminals or illegal merchandise. Quark can get around deputies, but Odo is his biggest obstacle and now that he's going to be out of the way Quark is able to go after a massive deal he's got brewing. It's Bashir's turn to talk to Cusak, but it's Cusak doing all the talking, as Bashir is so caught up in his work that he gives short and quick answers, clearly not really listening to her. Cusak realizes this and begins to question him on it, when suddenly she tells him she can see something moving in the distance. She gets very scared as it comes closer, and Bashir realizes something is wrong and can only listen as Cusak lets out a scream. Act Three A worried Bashir calls for Cusak and a deep, growling voice tells Bashir that it has eaten her, but what difference did it make as he wasn't really listening to her. Bashir realizes that it was Cusak's way of getting his attention and gives her his sincerest apologies. Agreeing that she is his patient and that he should be listening to her, he puts his work to the side and gives her his full attention; however, Cusak is all talked out, and asks him about his life. He tells her he graduated medical school second in his class. Cusak tells Bashir that he's just talked himself into a situation and it's going to take days to talk himself out. On Deep Space 9, Quark finalizes the meeting he is due to have with a Nausicaan on the coming Saturday night. Odo arrives having chosen the program (Paris, 1928) he wants for himself and Kira and books the holosuite for Sunday night. Quark is horrified when Odo explains that as his and Kira's first date ended badly he's instead decided to celebrate the anniversary of their first kiss. He happily leaves, and Quark tries furiously to get in touch with his contact to tell him about the change of plans, but it's no use, as the Nausicaan has already changed his com system protocols. Quark is horrified and explains to Jake he has no way to get in touch with contact before he arrives on the station on Saturday and the second he sets foot on board the station Odo will arrest him, and eventually Quark. Aboard the Defiant, O'Brien is lying on the top bunk bed in his quarters telling Cusak about the growing distance between himself and his friends since the war started, which surprised him as it isn't the first war he's fought in. He can't help but keep a distance, as he thinks that any of them could be gone the next day. Realizing the grim tone of his conversation, he apologizes to Cusak telling her he's meant to be cheering her up, but Cusak tells him it's ok, as he clearly needs to talk to someone about this. The conversation drifts onto their dislike of the notion of a ship's counselor but two agree that as O'Brien can't talk to his friends or his wife about his feelings, then who else is there to talk to. Bashir interrupts, as it's his turn to talk to Cusak. The two warmly bid each other goodnight, and she tells O'Brien to think about what she's said. Bashir is free to talk to Cusak for the night, as he caught up with all his work that afternoon. Bashir can tell that Cusak is in her usual good mood, but she is forced to correct him as she isn't feeling too well at all. The last tri-ox injection didn't help her, and she is starting to grow weak. Bashir reports this to Captain Sisko. Cusak is starting to feel the effects of CO2, as the final vial of tri-ox must have been tainted in the crash. Without it, Cusak has less than two days left which is a massive problem as the Defiant is still three days away. Act Four On the bridge, Sisko, Bashir, Worf, and O'Brien discuss the situation. O'Brien tells the captain that while he can increase the ship's speed to warp 9.5 and save almost a day's travel, the problem is the Defiants structural integrity, as the ship starts to shake itself apart when it goes above warp 9. While the chief can reinforce the structural integrity field to protect the Defiant once it goes to warp 9.5, he needs to take the power from the phaser reserves. Worf strongly advises against it, as the Defiant would be at an extreme disadvantage should they encounter a Dominion ship. Bashir argues that they are a long way from the front lines and the chance of an encounter are extremely low, but Worf feels they shouldn't chance it. Sisko decides to take the risk and orders the power from the phaser reserves transferred to the structural integrity field so the ship can speed up. Yates arrives on the bridge to see what's happening, and Sisko grows far more tense when he realizes she's there. Sitting in his command chair, He brusquely tells her they're increasing speed and she picks up on his discomfort and leaves, and Sisko can't help but be relieved when she's gone, which leaves him troubled. Sisko finds himself talking to Cusak about what happened, and by now she is sounding far weaker than before, but she still is full of advice and good humor, and tells Sisko that the problem is that Yates is part of his personal life and the Defiant is part of his professional life and the two can't be mixed regardless of how good she was as convoy liaison officer. She talks about the time she served on a starbase with her sister, and what a nightmare it was, eliciting another smile from him, despite the grim situation. Sisko tells Cusak that he's looking forward to meeting her, and he knows he's not the only person on the ship who feels the same. Cusak tells him it sounds like the whole crew needs some rest. In one of Deep Space 9's cargo holds, Quark shows Jake the Denevan crystals he was going to sell on Saturday for a lot of latinum and now he won't. He tells Jake that when Odo needed him, when he was pining over Kira when she was seeing Shakaar and didn't know what to do, he was there for him, and yet Odo shows no gratitude and would still love to see him go to prison. The two leave, however, it turns out Odo was listening to the entire conversation and it seems to have had an effect on him. Saturday night has come and Quark, knowing his contact is about to arrive and start the chain of events that will land Quark on the wrong side of a holding cell within half an hour, has poured a drink for himself and Jake and toasts to failure, despite Jake's objections that he won't drink to that. Quark asks Jake to humor him, and the two clink glasses miserably. Suddenly, Odo and Kira arrive in full period garb, and Odo tells Quark that Kira preferred his suggestion that they celebrate their first date instead of their first kiss. Quark literally cannot believe his luck, and in a shocked state tells Odo the holosuite is still available and gives him the program. The two head to the second level, and Quark and Jake are amazed and pleased at the sudden lucky turn of events. Quark is overjoyed that not only is he going to make money, but he can also be happy in the fact that he beat Odo. Odo and Kira watch the two leave and head to the Cargo Hold, and Kira can't believe that Odo is willing to let Quark get away with such a serious offense as smuggling Denevan crystals. Odo tells Kira that he owes Quark one… so he'll give him this one, and only this one. Kira tells Odo that every time she thinks she worked him out he surprised her, and asks him where he got the wonderful idea to celebrate their one-month anniversary. Odo tells her that some mysteries are best left unsolved, and two lovers head off to a wonderful evening. The Defiant arrives at the L-Class planet, and Captain Sisko orders a passive scan of the barrier surrounding it, reminding everyone an active scan is what triggered the Olympias destruction. Bashir arrives and tells the crew that Cusak has just lost consciousness and the crew only has around 45 minutes to get to her. The scan reports that the planet is surrounded by subspace metreon radiation and O'Brien surmises if the Defiant approaches the barrier, the dilithium matrix will collapse and the ship will certainly be dragged down to the planet and be destroyed. Act Five Beaming through the barrier is out of the question. Because of the nature of the barrier they can't get close enough to use the transporters. While the Defiant can't get close, a shuttlepod could make it, as they don't use dilithium, although the actual chances of a shuttle making it are unlikely. "Unlikely – but not impossible," Bashir says. Sisko decides they have come too far to give up and decides to head down to the planet with Doctor Bashir and Chief O'Brien, and leaves Worf in command. Shuttlepod Chaffee leaves the Defiant and heads through the barrier. Although the ride is bumpy, the shuttlepod makes it. Scans show no life signs on the surface, but the crash site is found. The shuttle lands and the three head into the nearby cave, and go in the only direction Cusak could have headed. Bashir calls everyone over, and finds a body of a woman wearing an out-of-date Starfleet uniform clutching a hypospray near a com unit. The crew is confused, as the body lying at their feet has clearly been dead for years, but the age, cause of death and the fact the body is that of a Starfleet captain means it can only be Cusak. The scans from the medical tricorder show she's been dead for over three years. Sisko asks, if Cusak has been dead for three years, then who has the crew been talking to all this time? O'Brien theorizes that the unusual composition of the barrier must have time-shifted Cusak's signal forward in time, and as a result, the return signal was shifted back in time. She was dead long before they ever received her distress signal; they never had a chance to save her. This leads to the issue of what to do now. O'Brien feels they should bury her, but Sisko disagrees and decides rather than leave her buried in a desolate cave on an isolated planet, they should take Cusak's body back with them so she can have a proper send-off among friends. The Defiant has returned to the station, and the crew holds an Irish wake for Cusak in the wardroom. Dax explains the concept of a wake to Worf, he comments that it sounds like a very Klingon tradition. Sisko arranges dinner with Yates that night so he can explain his recent behavior. Bashir then speaks to everyone in the room about how much he cared about Cusak despite the fact he didn't know her for very long, and he also tells his friends that despite his manner sometimes that he does care deeply about his friends. Then O'Brien tells everyone that while he never shook her hand or saw her face, Cusak made him laugh and cry, and while she was by herself and he was surrounded by his friends, he felt more alone than she did. He tells everyone that he didn't mean to pull himself away from everyone else, and that he wants his friends in his life, because one day one of them will be gone and the others shouldn't have to mourn alone. Everyone raises their glasses and drinks a toast… "To Lisa, and the sweet sound of her voice." Log entries Captain's log, Deep Space 9, 2374 Memorable quotes "Chief, I want you to establish a two-way comlink with this woman and when you do tell her – tell her her heroes are on the way." - Sisko, to O'Brien "With Odo out of the way, my biggest problem will be deciding… what to do with all the money I'm gonna make!" - Quark, to Jake Sisko "Please, stay back. No, don't! No!" "Captain Cusak, can you hear me? Hello? Hello? God." "She's gone." "Who is this? What have you done?" "I have eaten her." "What?" "I've eaten her! What difference does it make to you? You weren't even listening to her!" - Captain Lisa Cusak impersonates an alien monster to get the attention of Bashir, who, distracted by his work, has been ignoring her "You're not doomed." "I feel better already." - Bashir talks to Captain Lisa Cusak through the Defiants com system "Well… he looks happy." "He should be… he's about to make his biggest profit of the year." - Kira and Odo, about Quark "The war changed us – pulled us apart… I want my friends in my life, because someday we're going to wake up and we're going to find that someone is missing from this circle. On that day, we're going to mourn, and we shouldn't have to mourn alone." - O'Brien "It's called an Irish wake. It's a way to memorialize death, but celebrate life at the same time." "What are we supposed to do?" "Well, drink, sing songs. Laugh, cry, talk about the deceased." "It sounds… almost Klingon." - Jadzia Dax and Worf "To Lisa and the sweet sound of her voice." - O'Brien, raising a glass to the late Captain Lisa Cusak Background information Story and script The working title of this episode was "Voice in the Darkness". (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion - A Series Guide and Script Library) Pam Pietroforte's original idea for this episode involved Sisko playing around with a subspace radio and accidentally picking up a transmission from a woman in 1940. Over time, they develop a relationship, although she doesn't know he's from the future, and eventually, they fall in love. As Ronald D. Moore explains, "It became a sweet, interesting story, but none of us could quite get a handle on how to make it work. Sisko already was involved with Kasidy, which complicated it, and we never found a way to do it." () A deleted or unfilmed portion of Quark and Jake's final scene saw Quark recall events from the past season. In the script, Quark recalls that he "almost made a fortune by overcharging Weyoun during the Dominion occupation", that he "almost made a fortune by helping the Grand Nagus regain his throne" () and that he "almost found a thousand bricks of gold-pressed latinum, before I realized it was in Morn's stomach" (). Quark continues to look negatively back at the recent events of his life, telling Jake "Let me tell you something about "the war" – everyone's had a victory in this conflict except me". Jake pointed out that he rescued his mother Ishka from the Dominion (), although Quark retorts that "she promptly destroyed the entire fabric of Ferengi society by letting women wear clothes (). That's no victory". Quark later tells Jake that he believes he is cursed, saying "I'm cursed. That's what it is. I should change the name of my bar to "Cursed Quark's." I wonder how much it would cost to redo all the signs…" (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion - A Series Guide and Script Library) Production When auditioning women for the role of Lisa Cusak, the producers never actually saw any of the people auditioning, they simply listened to audio recordings of them, and picked Debra Wilson based purely on her voice. Director Winrich Kolbe didn't allow Debra Wilson to meet any of the regular cast until after filming was completed. () Terry Farrell's appearance in this episode is very brief as she was given time off by executive producer Ira Steven Behr to attend auditions for new series pilots, having already announced her intention to leave Deep Space Nine. The dialogue about missing old friends was intentionally written to foreshadow her departure. Reception Director Winrich Kolbe is extremely proud of this episode and what it reveals about the central characters: "How do you see the moon? You see it because something else, the sun, puts out light that illuminates it. And in "The Sound of Her Voice", a voice illuminates the characters on the . They go into themselves and bring out their own problems, their own baggage, and present them to the other person, so we see their reflections. To me, that's fascinating. It was a very deeply psychological show, because the characters don't know the person they're talking to. I wanted them to bare their souls, to have them tell us their inner feelings through this device of talking to an unknown, unseen person." () Ira Behr and Ron Moore were disappointed with how this episode turned out, both feeling that it lacked a strong central crux. According to Behr, "It was an interesting idea. Originally, this woman was going to affect our people and help them figure out their lives, kind of like Vic Fontaine, but that got diluted a bit and never really made it through the script." Similarly, Moore says, "It's ironic, but when we watched the finished episode it seems to us that the twist, that she was back in time, was just thrown in to make the ending different. But that was the core concept of the pitch!" () Trivia Odo mentions to Quark that his first date with Kira was a disappointing experience, but nonetheless they exchanged their first kiss the very next day, describing events seen in . It is also mentioned that one month has passed since "His Way". In O'Brien's speech at the end of this episode, when he says "Someday we're going to wake up and we're going to find that someone's missing from this circle," the camera immediately cuts to Jadzia Dax and Worf, seemingly foreshadowing Dax's death in the very next episode, . The stardate given in Sisko's log and the time lapses mentioned by Cusak and Bashir put the USS Olympias departure to their mission in the Beta Quadrant around 2363/stardate 40759.5 (roughly three months before Jean-Luc Picard was given command of the at the beginning of ) and Cusak's death around 2371 (the year the Dominion was discovered by the Alpha and Beta Quadrants' powers in DS9 Season 3, the flung the to the other side of the Galaxy in VOY Season 1 and the USS Enterprise-D's crew saved Veridian IV from destruction, but lost their ship to an attack by the Duras sisters in ). Referenced Rules of Acquisition #285: "No good deed ever goes unpunished". The rule was first given in Legends of the Ferengi. The first mention, in a Star Trek episode, of the Andorians' ability to maneuver their antennae, depending on their mood (specifically, their habit of pointing their antennae at another person when angry). This is the only episode to show the Defiants shuttlebay. The Beta Quadrant is mentioned in this episode, one of very few to do so. Sisko tells Lisa Cusak that Betazed is still under the Dominion's control. A very similar premise was explored in the 1996 The Outer Limits episode "Worlds Apart" (which co-starred Robert Ito). The 1982 French animated science fiction film Time Masters also dealt with a similar concept. Another antecedent, although it involved time-shifting of images rather than sounds, is the short story "Light of Other Days" (1966) by Bob Shaw. The 1987 movie "84 Charing Cross Road" similarly explores a long-distance relationship between a wise-cracking woman and the owner of a bookstore who dies before they finally meet. Video and DVD releases UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 6.13, catalog number VHR 4614, As part of the DS9 Season 6 DVD collection Links and references Main cast Avery Brooks as Benjamin Sisko Rene Auberjonois as Odo Michael Dorn as Worf Terry Farrell as Jadzia Dax Cirroc Lofton as Jake Sisko Colm Meaney as Miles O'Brien Armin Shimerman as Quark Alexander Siddig as Julian Bashir Nana Visitor as Kira Nerys Guest stars Debra Wilson as Lisa Cusak (voice) Penny Johnson as Kasidy Yates Uncredited co-stars Patti Begley as Bajoran officer Cathy DeBuono as M'Pella Andrew DePalma as Bajoran officer David B. 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Sisko tries to regain contact with the Prophets. (Part One of Two) (Season premiere) Summary Teaser Three months have passed since Jadzia's death and Captain Benjamin Sisko departed from Deep Space 9. On the Promenade, newly promoted Colonel Kira and Odo worry that he won't be coming back as they observe members of the cult of the Pah-wraiths chanting in front of the Bajoran temple, identified by red armbands. The cult has become very influential since the Prophets became disconnected from Bajor by turning the orbs black and locking the wormhole entrance. Meanwhile, the returns to the station from convoy duty, which is now becoming a regular mission for the ship. When Ensign Nog comments that he'd rather be on convoy duty than in battle as it is safer, Worf, who is frustrated at having to protect shipments of stem bolts as well as the fact the Federation's invasion of Cardassian space has made no progress since the First Battle of Chin'toka, takes offense and angrily leaves the bridge. Bashir and O'Brien assure Nog it wasn't personal, and that Worf is hoping that some combat might help him get over his wife's death. On Earth, at Joseph Sisko's restaurant/home in New Orleans, Jake watches his father play piano and tells his grandfather that he is worried because Sisko has been doing nothing and going nowhere since they arrived. Joseph is concerned but suggests that they just leave him alone. Suddenly, the sitting on top of the piano (the one Sisko took from his desk on DS9), rolls off and lands on the floor. Moving over to reach for it on the floor, Benjamin has a vision of the desert planet , where he digs in the sand with a shovel to uncover a woman's face. Coming out of his vision, Sisko tells Jake that he knows why he has come to Earth; he has to find this woman. Act One Admiral Ross informs Kira that the Romulans will be setting up an office on DS9 led by Senator Cretak. Kira is concerned about Romulan soldiers on the station, but Ross assures her that Cretak is cooperative and fully supportive of the Alliance. The Federation needs to do all they can to support her in turn. Furthermore, only twelve Romulans at most would be on the station. Kira is still uneasy, but Ross pulls rank, stating he doesn't need her acceptance. Ross compliments Kira on taking over for Sisko, but Kira obviously thinks it's temporary, telling the admiral that she is merely keeping Sisko's chair warm. On Cardassia Prime, Weyoun and Legate Damar discuss the war effort. Further advances into Cardassian space have been halted, and they plan to contain the Alliance in the Chin'toka system. Damar is pleased, so he celebrates with a drink of kanar, knowing that Weyoun won't join in. They note that the closing of the wormhole has somehow shifted the war in their favor. Nevertheless, Weyoun expresses worry about Damar's constant drinking. Back on Earth, Sisko recreates the woman's face on a PADD, and Jake recognizes it from a photo he found while cleaning up a storage space. Joseph is in it, so they show the photo to him and ask who she is. He reacts angrily, refusing to tell them who she is before storming out. Act Two In his quarters, Worf is in his and Jadzia's bed and finds himself unable to sleep, his mind full of thoughts of his late wife. After looking at a photo from their wedding, he gets up and goes to the holosuite and activates the Vic Fontaine program asking the singer to perform "All the Way". Vic attempts to refuse, but Worf orders him to sing. As Vic reluctantly sings the sad song, Worf listens, the expression on his face a mixture of raging fury and extreme sorrow. Halfway through, he slowly stands and then, with a roar of anguish, begins to trash the lounge. Later, Kira goes to the office set up for the Romulans to greet Cretak. She's cautious in her greeting, but Cretak is surprisingly cordial, acknowledging Romulans' reputation for being arrogant and looking forward to the common goal of defeating the Dominion. Kira agrees. In Vic's trashed lounge, Bashir and Quark talk about the hard time Worf is having coming to terms with losing Jadzia. Bashir realizes something must be bothering him, since Klingons usually have an easier time accepting death. Sisko asks his father about the woman again, and when Joseph stonewalls Ben again, the captain gets frustrated and shocks his old father by grabbing and shaking him. Joseph explains that her name was Sarah, and the two met in Jackson Square in June of 2331 and were married two months later. Sisko is shocked that Joseph had a wife before his mother, but a bigger shock is in store as Joseph reveals Sarah was Ben's mother. Act Three Joseph tells Ben that he and Sarah were together for two years and he thought they were happy. However, she suddenly left Joseph two days after Ben's first birthday. Joseph still doesn't know why she left and explains that he tracked her down in Australia after three years working as a holophotographer only to find she had died in an hovercraft accident. Joseph admits his guilt that he never told Ben the truth but couldn't do it as he was so close to his stepmother (despite her belief that he should know the truth). As for why the Prophets sent Sisko the vision of Sarah, he concludes that finding out the truth about his mother may be the first step to recovering from recent events. Kira, on the Promenade, curiously observes Cretak buying a jumja stick, finding it unexpected. Cretak sees her and they pleasantly exchange their opinions on it, Cretak suggesting she try a tart osol twist. To business, Cretak informs her of a squadron of warbirds coming, but also asks about building a hospital facility on Bajor's fourth moon, Derna. Kira promises to ask the Council of Ministers. Cretak is impressed with the efficiency and accommodation being shown. Kira smiles after Cretak leaves, pleased with having such a cordial conversation. In Quark's O'Brien, Bashir and Quark discuss finding out what is wrong with Worf. O'Brien plans to visit Worf with some vintage bloodwine from 2301 to try and get him talking. Bashir tells him not to mention Jadzia until Worf does, knowing Worf needs to talk about her even if he doesn't realize it. O'Brien approaches a reluctant Worf in his quarters for some conversation and bloodwine. Although Worf originally tries to get O'Brien to leave, he eventually falls into a conversation about their time serving together on the , recalling Reginald Barclay. Later, while nursing a hangover, he informs Bashir and Quark that after talking about several unrelated subjects such as Worf's son Alexander and growing up in Russia, it was while finishing off the third bottle at around 0400 hours that he finally found out why Worf is so upset; Jadzia will not enter Sto-vo-kor because, beside the fact that she never ate the heart of an enemy ("She always was a little squeamish," Quark notes), she was murdered instead of dying in combat. In order to get her there, Worf must win a great battle in her name. With the Defiant mired in convoy duty they decide to ask General Martok for help, who is scheduled to arrive at the station the next morning. Sisko is washing clams behind the restaurant when Joseph gives him a necklace that belonged to Sarah, which Sisko is surprised to discover is engraved with ancient Bajoran text. Act Four Sisko is able to translate the necklace's writing as the words "Orb of the Emissary." There is no such orb mentioned in Bajoran religious texts, but he guesses that it exists, and is buried on Tyree and that it may not have gone dark along with all the others. On the station, the casualty reports come in from the counterattack on the Chin'toka system. The Alliance successfully fended it off, but the price was high. Cretak takes comfort in the victory, and also praises Kira for helping approve the hospital, saying Romulus owes her a debt of gratitude. Kira is again impressed with her, but later, Odo informs Kira that a Starfleet ship was turned away from the hospital. Kira thinks it is because the hospital wasn't equipped to deal with non-Romulans, but Odo points out that most of the wounded were Vulcans who share a common biology with the Romulans. Kira suggests that the centuries of distrust between the two species is a factor, before Odo shows her a scan indicating high trilithium levels. It appears there was some deception. Meanwhile, Martok stealthily enters a holosuite where Worf is practicing bat'leth form and attacks him. He asks Worf to be his first officer on a very dangerous combat mission, promising the victory will ensure Jadzia gets into Sto-vo-kor. Later, again in the dark alley behind the restaurant, Sisko is approached by a young Bajoran man wearing a red hood who praises him and mentions the Orb. Sisko is polite and turns away before the man pulls a knife and stabs him, claiming he will never find it. Jake drops the attacker with a heavy sack of clams he was bringing out to be washed. He runs over to his bleeding father and yells at Joseph for help. Act Five Sisko recovers and comes back to the restaurant, but not before reporting the incident to Starfleet Security. He explains that the man was a member of the Pah-wraith cult and declares his intention to go to Tyree and find the Orb. Joseph is worried, not because of the cult, but because of the Pah-wraiths; if the cult knew about the orb, chances are the Pah-wraiths know as well and that worries him. At Quark's, O'Brien tells Quark and Bashir that Martok's lone ship will try to destroy a Dominion shipyard located at Monac IV. Bashir declares he will accompany Worf to honor Jadzia's memory, and O'Brien decides to go for Bashir's protection. Quark thinks both of them are crazy. Kira barges in on Ross and Cretak in the wardroom with proof that the Romulans have armed the hospital with 7,000 plasma torpedoes. Cretak claims it is for defense, but the Bajoran government will not allow the Romulans to have weapons on its moon and have ordered them to leave Derna immediately. The news reaches Dominion Headquarters on Cardassia Prime. Having halted the Federation's advance into their territory, Damar and Weyoun revel upon hearing of the Romulans' treacherous action, the kind of action that could destroy the Alliance. The morning he is about to leave for Tyree, Sisko finds the restaurant closed and Joseph and Jake packed and ready to go. He agrees to let them accompany him when there is a knock at the door. A young female Trill Starfleet ensign enters and happily greets Sisko, who does not recognize her, and introduces herself as Dax. Memorable quotes "A lot of people feel abandoned by the Prophets." "Believe me, I know how they feel. It's no excuse to turn to hate and fear." "In times of trouble, some people find comfort in hate and fear." - Odo and Kira "Romulans. So predictably treacherous!" - Weyoun "Sing the song." "I don't think that's such a good idea." "Sing the song." "C'mon, pallie, why rub salt in an open wound?" "You are a hologram. You are programmed to do exactly as I say. Sing the song." - Worf and Vic Fontaine, about the song "All the Way" "I just never thought I'd see a Romulan eating a jumja stick." - Kira "Who better than a Klingon to help a Klingon?" - Bashir "Worf did this?!" "With his own two bare hands. And it's not the first time he's busted up the joint. I don't care how much he threatens me; that's the last time I ever sing 'All the Way'. If he wants to hear it again, let him buy a Sinatra album." "'All the Way'? That was Jadzia's favorite song! I'm sorry, Vic, but you're going to have to forgive him. He's having a hard time accepting her death." "So am I, but you don't see me busting up the joint." - Julian Bashir, Vic Fontaine and Quark, on Worf "I had to give a report to Starfleet Security." "And the Bajoran that attacked you, who was he?" "He was a member of a cult that worships the Pah-wraiths. They believe the disappearance of the Prophets will herald a new era for Bajor." - Benjamin Sisko and Joseph Sisko "So, what'd you find out?" "That you should never try to match drinks with a Klingon." - Quark and O'Brien "Then what makes him think she's not in Sto-vo-kor?" "Well for one thing, she never ate the heart of one of her enemies." "She always was a little squeamish." "And secondly, she did not die in glorious battle." "You mean being murdered by a Pah-wraith in cold blood doesn't count?" - Bashir, O'Brien and Quark, on Worf's determination of Jadzia's status with Sto-vo-kor "So… how do you like convoy duty?" "I don't." "Good, I was afraid you might be getting soft!" - Martok and Worf "Miles, I don't know what to say. I'm touched." "You're both touched!" - Bashir and Quark "You wanna get Jadzia to Sto-vo-kor fine, fine, go for it. But can't you do something more sensible? Make a donation in her name! Or bribe someone!" "It doesn't work that way, Quark." "It'd be nice if it did." - Quark, Bashir, and O'Brien "Emissary, I've come a long way to see you. This moment is sacred, one that will be long remembered. Meeh rak dorah pah wran. Ee toi velah slah. Pah wran amar. Pah wran evak to." "That's ancient Bajoran." "The Emissary is wise." - Bajoran man and Benjamin Sisko "I don't suppose I can talk you out of going to Tyree." "If you're worried about the Cult…" "I figure you can handle them. But if the Cult knows you're looking for the Orb of the Emissary, chances are the Pah-wraiths do as well. And that does worry me." - Joseph Sisko and Benjamin Sisko, about the Cult of the Pah-wraiths "Hello, Benjamin." "Do I know you?" "It's me… Dax." - Ezri Dax and Ben Sisko Background information Story and script When it came to write this episode, Ira Steven Behr and Hans Beimler tried to achieve something very specific with it. "As we started the final season, we made a very bold and perhaps stupid choice, although I'd do it again," commented Behr. "We wrote the quietest opening episode we've ever done on the show […] This time, we decided we were going to play with the audience's expectations and give them something smaller, more intimate, quieter. A reflective breath, so to speak." () With the writing staff having taken a hard emotional blow due to the departure of Jadzia Dax actress Terry Farrell, the writers proceeded to fill the vacuum that had been left in the ensemble of main characters by creating a new role, that of Ezri Dax. As René Echevarria recalled, "Once we knew for certain that [Terry Farrell] wasn't going to return, we decided to take the opportunity to create a new Dax." Ira Behr continued, "We knew we needed a female. We couldn't have Kira Nerys be the only female regular character." () With genuine enthusiasm, Hans Beimler added, "We were introducing a new character, which was really fun to write." (What We Left Behind) In this episode, the writers wrote Kira as having been promoted to the rank of colonel, inspired by Nana Visitor's input. "I asked for it to happen," she explained. "I thought it was high time for it after six years of good service. Everyone around her had been promoted – Sisko, Bashir, Jadzia, and even Nog – so why not?" () The idea behind the Cult of the Pah-wraiths was to show that not every Bajoran was a disciple of the Prophets; as Ira Behr explained, "We wanted to show that, like war, religion can be a dangerous thing. We'd spent six years portraying the Bajoran religion, celebrating it, in a way, and establishing that there is something greater than technology. And that's good. But faith can be subverted very easily. It's what you put your faith in that ultimately matters. A lack of faith, I think, is bad. But unthinking religion is also bad." () was named after the character, Benjamin Tyreen, in the 1965 film . () The Monac shipyard were named after Special Effects Supervisor Gary Monak. () Cast and characters Casting the newly created Ezri Dax role was not an easy process. Remembered Ira Steven Behr, "We started the casting process, and all I saw was a lot of people who couldn't play the part. There was absolutely no one in the running." René Echevarria picked up the story; "Initially, Ira was looking for someone who had a kind of spooky quality. We talked about it several times as a group, and I wasn't quite getting what he was going for." When the group redefined the character as a neurotic Trill who had a complex personality and hadn't been prepared for joining, the casting process became much more focused. "We wanted someone vulnerable," explained Echevarria, "because Jadzia, as the show went on, became a stronger and stronger character. And someone young." Hans Beimler had worked with Nicole de Boer (who was eventually cast in the part) on and , and he called and asked her to send an audition tape to the producers. She did so, and they invited her to Los Angeles to audition in person. Of her audition, Behr commented, "We got a good vibe off her. She knew the part. She got it. And that was it." () De Boer herself remarked, "It makes so much sense that it be someone who continues on one of your loved characters. You know, you now get to still see how everybody feels about losing Jadzia through Ezri." (What We Left Behind) Actress Deborah Lacey was highly impressed by the work done on the scene where the face of her character, Sarah Sisko, appears in the sand, Lacey discovering the finalized effect looked "amazing." She further remarked, "Pretty cool. I was blown away when I saw it. It felt so real, and it really helped set me up for the performance of a celestial being. I loved it, and it was spooky at the same time." In the scene in which Ben Sisko returns to his father's restaurant after the stabbing, David B. Levinson can be seen as a waiter emerging from the kitchen, carrying two plates. Levinson more regularly appeared in Ferengi make-up as Broik, a waiter in Quark's. Production For the scene with Sarah Sisko's face in the sand, a couple of elaborate clay masks were crafted. Deborah Lacey commented, "This experience was so exciting for me. There was a clay mask made of my face. I had to go to the makeup department at Paramount and sit in a chair with my hair covered, eyes closed and straws through my nose so I could breathe. They placed the clay over my face and I sat for a little while until it hardened. I don't think it was very long. They made two of them. The masks were clay colored, so they had to apply makeup to match my skin tone and makeup for masks to make them look like my face. They looked like a sculpture of my face… pretty amazing. I still have one of two that were made. These masks were used to create the special effect of seeing my face appear in the sand […] The masks look exactly like me, like seeing myself in a quiet peace." After the masks were created, the filming of the face-in-the-sand scene began. "So, on a sound stage on the lot, they made a medium sandbox and they first filmed the masks in the sandbox," continued Deborah Lacey. "They had both masks to work with where my eyes were closed. After they shot the mask in the sand, I was then asked to lay down face up in the sandbox, and they shot my face in a very tight closeup, just to get my eyes to open. So, I did a few takes of opening my eyes, with the direction that I was opening them to speak for the first time." In post-production, the footage of the pair of Sarah Sisko masks was dissolved into the footage of Deborah Lacey opening her eyes. "The special effects (team) […] interchanged the opening of my eyes with the shots of the masks in the sand to make it look like there was a face in the sand that opened its eyes," she explained. Reception writer Ian Spelling approved of this episode's ending, commenting, "When Ezri came along, I thought that was a smart addition… you know, out of necessity, and to make her a follow-up Dax was brilliant as well, because you still had the essence of what the audience knew, yet it's something new and different." (What We Left Behind) Trivia One of the reasons given by Worf as to why Jadzia Dax cannot enter Sto-Vo-Kor is that she never consumed the heart of an enemy. Jadzia did vow to kill The Albino and eat his heart. She succeeded in the first part, but evidently never followed through with the second. () This is the first episode to establish that Admiral Ross' first name is "Bill". This confused actor Barry Jenner because diploma and award props that, though illegible on screen, had been made for Ross' office on Starbase 375 listed his first name as "Cliff". () This is the first appearance of Ezri Dax, the ninth host of the , as well as the first appearance of Sarah Sisko, Benjamin Sisko's birth mother. This is the first episode in which Kira is characterized as a colonel, which took place in the interim between the end of the sixth season and the start of the seventh. Kira also sports a considerably different hairstyle from the previous season. This episode is the first to mention the Cult of the Pah-wraiths. The same cult was subsequently revisited in the episode . () In addition to being the name of a planet in this episode, Tyree was also the name of a main character in , but that appears just to be a coincidence. The show's opening credits are once more changed to include "Nicole de Boer as Ensign Ezri Dax", placing her alphabetically right after "René Auberjonois as Odo". Ezri Dax's rank is changed later to lieutenant in the opening credits of the episode , after her promotion at the end of the episode . Nana Visitor's character now appears as "Colonel Kira". The typeface on the credits has also been modified slightly. Early in this episode, Admiral Ross informs Kira that there is to be a permanent Romulan presence on the station. When it seems as if Kira is about to protest, Ross says, "Let's get one thing straight, Colonel. I came here as a courtesy to you. This decision has already been made," to which Kira responds, "And I have to live with it." This would imply that the decision to have Romulans come aboard Deep Space 9 was a Starfleet decision and not something discussed with the Bajoran government (something which is confirmed in the following episode, ). However, as has been clearly established numerous times, Deep Space 9 is a Bajoran station, and the Chamber of Ministers has the final say in terms of what does and doesn't happen on the station. This issue is clarified in such early episodes as , , and and is also seen in the episode , when all Starfleet personnel have to leave the station because the Bajorans have signed a nonaggression pact with the Dominion. As such, it remains unexplained how Starfleet could take such an important decision without first getting the approval of the Bajoran government. It maybe means that Bajor implicitly gave carte blanche to the Federation and Starfleet (after all, they have reconquered DS9). Kira, though being promoted to colonel, is just acting commander of the station while Sisko is on leave, so she cannot dispute political choices, and being a friend and confidant of both Sisko and Garak, she should have at least a glimpse of how it was difficult to gain Romulan alliance. The events of are referred to in this episode by Worf and Miles O'Brien. Geordi La Forge and Reginald Barclay are also both mentioned by name. It is the only time that O'Brien refers to Geordi by his first name. The song Sisko plays in the restaurant before his vision is "Round Midnight", by . This episode has one of the longest teasers in Star Trek, lasting just over eight minutes. A part of the scene at Quark's, involving Bashir, O'Brien, and Quark, was used in a 2001 Dutch PSA to raise awareness for dyslexia by . The footage is overlayed with increasingly garbled subtitles (basically correct translations but spelled wrong). It then cuts to a spoof of the DS9 intro, with messages like "trouble reading?" and "People with dyslexia have trouble on a daily basis" styled like the actors' credits. Remastered version Remastered footage from the episode is featured in the documentary What We Left Behind. Video and DVD releases UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 7.1, catalog number VHR 4811, A significant redesign of the video sleeve is seen from this volume on. The traditional "character-in-the-wormhole" image is replaced with episode-specific art, with the episode titles contained in a gold surround, with images of Sisko, Kira and Worf. As part of the DS9 Season 7 DVD collection Links and references Starring Avery Brooks as Captain Sisko Also starring Rene Auberjonois as Odo Nicole deBoer as Ensign Ezri Dax Michael Dorn as Lt. Commander Worf Cirroc Lofton as Jake Sisko Colm Meaney as Chief O'Brien Armin Shimerman as Quark Alexander Siddig as Doctor Bashir Nana Visitor as Colonel Kira Guest stars Jeffrey Combs as Weyoun Casey Biggs as Damar Barry Jenner as Admiral Ross J.G. Hertzler as Martok Megan Cole as Kimara Cretak Aron Eisenberg as Nog Special guest stars James Darren as Vic Fontaine And Brock Peters as Joseph Sisko Co-star Johnny Moran as Bajoran Man Uncredited co-stars Majel Barrett as Narrator Ivy Borg as Pelian Rita Tannenbaum Uriah Carr as operations crewman Amy Kate Connolly as civilian Brian Demonbreun as sciences officer Kathleen Demor as operations lieutenant Steve Diamond Terry Farrell as Jadzia Dax (photography) Jasmine Gagnier Lisa M. Getto as restaurant patron W. Gordon as restaurant patron Dorothy Hack Luther Hughes as holographic band member Randy James as Paul Kreibich Deborah Lacey as Sarah Sisko Mark Lentry as civilian David B. Levinson as Broik Sisko's waiter Dan Magee as operations lieutenant Mary Mascari as Bajoran woman Angus McClellan as operations ensign James Minor as civilian Robin Morselli as Bajoran officer Mark Newsom as Bajoran pah-wraith follower Chuck Shanks as operations lieutenant Mark Allen Shepherd as Morn James Lee Stanley as Bajoran security deputy Susie Stillwell Michael Wajacs as Bajoran civilian Unknown performers as Female Bajoran Cretak's five staffers Four of Vic's band members Sisko's Creole Kitchen customers Two Vulcan Starfleet officers Tygarian Young Joseph Sisko (photography) Stunt doubles George Colucci as stunt double for Johnny Moran Brennan Dyson as stunt double for Michael Dorn Tom Morga as stunt double for J.G. Hertzler Stand-ins John Lendale Bennett – stand-in for Avery Brooks Uriah Carr – stand-in for Alexander Siddig Amy Kate Connolly – stand-in for Nana Visitor Dominique – stand-in for Nicole de Boer W. 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Shadows and Symbols (episode)

Sisko searches for the mysterious Orb of the Emissary. Worf, Martok, Bashir, O'Brien, and Quark attack a Dominion shipyard in orbit around Monac IV. Kira confronts the Romulans over their arming of their hospital base. Deep Space 9 also receives a new resident who has a very familiar name. (Part Two of Two) Summary Teaser In Joseph Sisko's restaurant, the young woman claiming to be introduces herself as Ezri and explains to Benjamin Sisko how she got the symbiont. Ezri was serving on the , which was en route to the when the Dax symbiont took a turn for the worse. It needed to be joined immediately and since Ezri was the only Trill on board, she received the symbiont. Ezri has been on leave and has come to Earth to seek help from Sisko on how to cope with her new situation. Despite Sisko's promise to do all he can, he tells her that he, Jake, and Joseph are on their way to to seek the Orb of the Emissary. Ezri quickly volunteers to come along, saying that "it'll be just like old times, except… different." Act One On the , Worf, Martok, Julian Bashir, and Miles O'Brien are preparing for their mission to destroy the Monac shipyard, in honor of Worf's late wife, Jadzia Dax. As they complete the necessary Klingon rituals, Quark arrives and pledges his life to the mission's cause – to get Jadzia into Sto-vo-kor. An impressed Martok remarks that "perhaps there is some Klingon in you after all," though Quark says that he wouldn't go that far. After the completion of the ritual (which included the contribution of the participants' blood, much to Quark's distress), the Rotarran departs Deep Space 9. Aboard the runabout , Sisko is finishing treating an embarrassed Ezri for space sickness. Talking to Ezri near the replicator and away from Sisko, Jake confides in Ezri how happy he is that she came along on the trip, noting the seemingly positive influence her presence is having on his father. Ezri assures Jake that his father will be fine and goes on to say that she is an assistant ship's counselor. Jake is shocked by this; "You're a therapist?" Ezri tells Jake that she wasn't always so confused. She orders and takes a sip of Raktajino, before recoiling in disgust and remembering how much she hates Raktajino. When Jake asks why she ordered it, Ezri responds that Curzon liked it; Jake adds that Jadzia did, too. Ezri tells Jake that she is going to have to start controlling her urges. On Deep Space 9, Admiral Ross tells Colonel Kira Nerys that he shares her outrage about the Romulans placing weapons on Bajor's moon Derna. Kira asks Ross what the Federation plans to do about the situation, and Ross says that the Federation Council has sent an official protest to the Romulan Senate – who have already sent a protest back. "Politics," the admiral spits. Despite Kira pressing Ross to do better, he can only tell her that the Romulans will eventually remove the weapons and adds that the Federation will not help the Bajorans remove the weapons by force; they are not as important to the war effort as the Romulans. Kira tells Ross that the weapons are missing launch sequencers, and that she intends to set up a blockade around Derna to see that the Romulans do not get them to the moon. Ross warns her that if she does, she will have a fight on her hands – a fight she cannot win. The Rio Grande arrives in orbit of Tyree and Sisko tells everyone to prepare to beam down. As Sisko makes sure his elderly father is sure he wants to beam down to the hot planet below, he suddenly hears a voice asking for a Doctor Wykoff to report to isolation ward four. When Sisko asks if anyone else heard the voice, Ezri responds in the negative. Sisko dismisses it and the four beam down to the planet to begin their search. Act Two As the Rotarran cloaks, O'Brien and Worf explain the plan. When the Rotarran gets close enough to the Monac sun, the ship will fire an EM pulse at the sun, causing a solar plasma ejection that will destroy everything within a hundred million kilometers; – including the shipyards. "The things we do for love," Quark says. Quark, outraged at the angry glare he received from Worf immediately afterwards, complains to O'Brien and Bashir about Worf's unappreciative attitude that they are risking their lives to get Jadzia into Sto-vo-kor. Despite O'Brien and Bashir's quiet warnings not to force the issue, Quark presses Worf for "two little words." Worf gives them to him: "Be quiet!" Worf bitterly tells Quark that he owes him nothing and goes on to say that Quark, Bashir, and O'Brien are only on the mission to convince themselves that they were "worthy" of Jadzia – not to get her into Sto-vo-kor. Worf says that it is Quark who should be thanking him for allowing him to come on the mission, and storms off the bridge. On Tyree, Ezri asks Sisko if they are getting any closer, to which Sisko replies that he doesn't know, and that he's not even sure if they're going in the right direction. Dax reminisces about one of her previous hosts, Audrid, and how she loved to walk – in shady glens. Sisko asks why Ezri is telling him this, and Ezri tells Sisko of the fast pace he has kept up and that they may want to let Joseph and Jake catch up. Sisko stops and asks his father how he's doing. Exhausted and being helped by Jake, Joseph only yells "never better!" In Dominion Headquarters on Cardassia Prime, Damar is gloating to a Cardassian woman named Siana that it is only a matter of time before they can breach enemy lines, thereby driving the Federation Alliance out of the Cardassian Union. As they sip Kanar and toast to victory, Weyoun enters and orders the woman to leave, suggesting that if she were to hear what he has to say to Damar he would be forced to have her executed. After Siana leaves, Weyoun informs Damar of the need to increase production at the Monac shipyards by 15% in order to retake the Chin'toka system. Damar tells Weyoun that accomplishing that will not be easy, but the Vorta administrator has faith in Damar's resourcefulness. Back on Deep Space 9, Kira and Odo are in the colonel's quarters discussing the planned blockade in her quarters. The Bajoran government can only spare twelve impulse ships for Kira's effort. As Odo wonders how those twelve ships would be able to stand up to even one Romulan warbird, Kira confesses that she has no intention of firing on the Romulans and that if the Romulans were to attack, they would jeopardize their relations with the Federation. Kira hopes that this is a risk the Romulans don't want to take, while Odo hopes that the Romulans don't call Kira's bluff. Meanwhile, Sisko and Ezri are still searching for the Orb on Tyree. Benjamin stops to retrieve his from his backpack before continuing on. He stops when he hears the voice asking for Doctor Wykoff again, allowing Ezri to finally catch up. She asks if the spot they are stopped at is where the Orb is buried, and Sisko says that he thinks so. Despite this, Sisko's uncertainty is not enough for Ezri, and she takes his baseball from his hands in frustration and throws it when she realizes that Sisko is barely paying attention to her concerns. Sisko suddenly realizes that the spot where the baseball has landed is where they need to start digging, much to Ezri's disbelief. Act Three "Ship's log, Stardate 52152.6. We've set up a blockade around Derna. So far, no Romulan ships have tried to challenge it." Kira reads the title of the book Odo gives to her, Kiss Me Deadly, a Mike Hammer novel. As they talk about the book, one of the bridge officers reports an incoming hail from Deep Space 9. It is Admiral Ross and Senator Cretak, informing Kira that there are fourteen Romulan warbirds on their way to Derna to deliver medical supplies. Kira smugly asks Cretak why warbirds are needed to deliver medical supplies, a question that interests Ross as well. Cretak says that the Romulans wanted their supplies to arrive safely, but Kira threatens that if the warbirds attempt to run the blockade the supplies will not arrive at all. Despite Ross' warnings that Kira's talk won't help the situation and his pleas for compromise, she maintains that any warbird attempting to reach Derna will be fired upon before ending the transmission. In DS9's wardroom, Cretak tells Ross that she is not concerned; "the colonel is a brave woman but she's not stupid. She's bluffing." As Jake helps his grandfather to some shade, Sisko is becoming increasingly agitated with the voice he has been hearing. "I wish he'd get there!" Sisko says in frustration, leaving Ezri confused. On the Rotarran, Martok angrily rebukes Worf over his treatment of the others, asking if he'd prefer that he hadn't come along either. Worf says that Martok is a different case, since he is a Klingon and Jadzia was a member of his House. Martok stresses that Bashir, O'Brien, and Quark were her friends and that they are honoring her with their presence. As they enter the bridge, Worf approaches them and apologizes for his behavior and says that he is pleased that they came. O'Brien is dumbfounded, as it is the first time he has ever heard Worf apologize to anyone. As the men return to their stations, the ship reaches the Monac system. Martok orders the sun to be displayed on-screen and Quark wonders how close they will need to get to it. Martok chuckles and with a defiant grin on his face, replies; "too close." Back on Tyree, Sisko has finally managed to dig up the Orb of the Emissary. Sisko plans to open it but is interrupted by a voice; "Mr. Russell, put it down." Suddenly, Sisko is no longer on Tyree, he is in a padded cell as Benny Russell, and Doctor Wykoff (who sounds a lot like Damar) is pleading with Benny to put down the pencil. Benny responds that he isn't finished with his story – Captain Sisko has found the Orb of the Emissary, but he hasn't opened it yet. Act Four Wykoff reminds Benny of his promise to not write on the walls, but Benny simply responds that he was not being given any paper. When Wykoff tells Benny that he should be resting, Benny cheerfully says that he doesn't need to rest and just wants to tell his stories. Despite Benny's claims that he is fine and his request to go home, Wykoff says that "people who are fine don't write on walls." Wykoff continues to press Benny to stop writing, but Benny is insistent on continuing. Meanwhile, Ezri tells Sisko to open the box, but Jake realizes that he cannot hear her. When Jake tries to open the box, a burst of energy throws him back a few feet. Only his father can open the box. "Ship's log, supplemental. Senator Cretak said that the Romulan warbirds would be here in eight hours. She was wrong, they're two hours early." Odo reports that the warbirds are eight minutes away from being in weapons range. Kira warns the Romulans that any ship traveling within transporter range will be fired upon, but the warbirds refuse to turn back. Admiral Ross contacts Kira and appeals to her again to end the blockade. Cretak tells Kira that she will use whatever force is necessary to ensure that the "medical supplies" reach their destination, but also that she is willing to compromise. Kira again presses the Bajoran Government's position: As long as there are Romulan weapons on Derna, there will be no negotiation. Despite Ross' and Cretak's pleas to end the blockade, Kira remains defiant. As the Rotarran moves closer to the Monac sun, O'Brien locates a magnetic instability where they can trigger a solar ejection but is unsure if it will have the necessary trajectory to destroy the shipyards. Worf orders the ship to move in closer. Meanwhile, Wykoff tries to persuade Benny to paint over his stories with a paint roller and promises him that if he does so he can walk out of the hospital a free man. Back on Tyree, Sisko is furiously digging a hole so he can bury the Orb. Act Five As Wykoff continues to pressure Benny to paint over the stories, Sisko is covering the Orb with dirt. Despite Ezri's appeals for him to stop and open the box, Sisko pushes her aside and continues. The Romulan fleet approaches Derna and power their weapons. Kira prepares to engage the warbirds. O'Brien reports that they are ready to trigger the solar ejection. The Rotarran de-cloaks and moves in on the Monac sun. Worf gives the order to fire, but nothing happens. As O'Brien begins working on the problem, three Jem'Hadar fighters move in on the Rotarran. On Tyree, Sisko is about to destroy the Orb with his shovel. Ezri moves to stop him and reminds him of his promise to Jadzia to make things right again. As Sisko is about to smash the Orb, he suddenly drops his shovel. Simultaneously, Benny drops his paint roller and assaults Wykoff and the hospital staff, allowing him to write that Sisko opens the box. As Sisko does, a Prophet emerges from the Orb and makes its way to the wormhole, where it forces out and destroys the invading Pah-wraith that had sealed the entrance. On the bridge of Kira's ship, DS9 reports that the wormhole has reappeared. Inspired by this, Kira decides to stand her ground against the Romulans. The Jem'Hadar fighters open fire on the Rotarran. As O'Brien reports that the EM pulse is ready, Martok and Quark order the beam fired. This time it works, and the sun begins swelling to encompass the shipyards and the pursuing Jem'Hadar ships. The Rotarran crew relishes in their victory as Worf says his final prayer in Klingon for Jadzia's memory, knowing her place in Sto-vo-kor is ensured. As the Romulan warbirds turn away, Admiral Ross hails Kira and tells her she has won; Cretak has agreed to remove the weapons. When asked what changed her mind, Ross tells Kira that if Cretak wouldn't remove the weapons, he would, and credits Kira for changing his mind. Back on Tyree, Sisko speaks to the Prophet who has taken the form of Sarah Sisko, Benjamin's real mother. Sisko demands to know why the Prophet took control of his mother, to which she tells him that it was necessary to ensure his birth. Sisko is surprised by this and asks why he had to become the Emissary of the Prophets. The Prophet simply says that "it could be no one else." Sisko's latest orb experience ends, Sisko closes the box and along with Jake, Joseph, and Ezri, returns to the runabout. Sisko and Jake return to Deep Space 9, where Benjamin receives a warm welcome from the Bajoran population for returning the Prophets to Bajor. Ezri happily greets the station's senior staff, who look in fascination at the new Dax after being told who she is by Jake. "Just when you thought things couldn't get more interesting…", Odo observes. Ezri looks upon the Promenade and then over to her "old" friends. Log entries Ship's log, Kira's interceptor Memorable quotes "I can hardly believe it myself, but I'm Dax. I mean, I'm not Jadzia Dax. I'm Ezri Dax. But I have all of Jadzia's memories, not to mention Lela's, Tobin's, Emony's, Audrid's, Joran's and Curzon's. Am I forgetting anyone?" "Torias." "Right. Now, you're probably asking yourself: Who is this person? How did she get the symbiont? Do I even want another Dax in my life? Does she always talk this much? These are all very good questions and I wish I had good answers for you." "The answers can wait. Right now, I'm just glad to see you." - Ezri Dax and Benjamin Sisko "Hi, Jake." "Hi." "You seem taller. Or am I shorter? Oh, you know none of this was my idea. I never wanted to be joined." "Then how did you get the symbiont?" "It was an accident." "Some accident!" "I was on the Destiny when they brought the Dax symbiont aboard to be taken back to Trill. Halfway through the trip, the symbiont took a turn for the worse and it needed to be placed in a host immediately-" "And you were the only Trill onboard." "I laid down on that operating table one person and woke up a completely different person. Well, I should say, eight different people. I was not prepared for this at all. I mean, you're supposed to get years of training and preparation before you get joined, and all I got was a fifteen-minute lecture from the ship's surgeon and he wasn't even a Trill. " - Ezri, Jake Sisko, Joseph Sisko, and Sisko "You're a therapist?" "Is it that surprising?" - Jake Sisko and Ezri "Is it so hard to say thank you?" "Thank you." "Nice try, Doctor, but I want to hear it from him." "Don't do this, Quark." "Do what? All I'm asking for is two little words." "Be quiet!" "That's two words, all right… just not the two I was hoping for." - Quark, Bashir, O'Brien, and Worf "You arranged my birth. I exist because of you?" "The Sisko's path is a difficult one." "But why me? Why did it have to be me?" "Because it could be no one else." - Sisko and Sarah "No!" "Get out of my way!" "Ben, you came here to find the Prophets, remember?" "Move!" "No! Listen to me! You promised Jadzia you would make things right. Well, now is your chance. Open the box, Ben." - Ezri Dax and Benjamin Sisko "EM pulse ready, General." "Then what’re you waiting for?! Fire!" "By all means, Chief. FIRE!" - O'Brien, Quark and Martok "The Sisko has completed his task." "Sarah?" "The Kosst Amojan no longer threatens us." "You mean the Pah-wraith? It is no longer in the wormhole?" "I have cast it out." "Is that why the Prophets sent me to Tyree? To release you from the Orb?" "The Kosst Amojan tried to stop you with a false vision, but you did not waver. You fulfilled your destiny." - Sarah and Benjamin Sisko "The Federation has already sent a strong protest to the Romulan Senate condemning their action." "That's a start. What happens next?" "They've already issued a formal protest of our protest." - Ross and Kira "Are you Sarah Sisko? Are you my mother?" "Sarah Sisko was corporeal. For a time, I shared her existence." "You took over her body, made sure she married my father so that she'd give birth to me." "The Sisko is necessary." "And once you didn't need her anymore, you left her. No wonder she walked out on my father. She didn't choose him. You did." - Benjamin Sisko and Sarah "I hope Jadzia appreciates all this…" "I'm sure she does." - Quark and Bashir, after the shipyards are destroyed "You can blink now, Colonel – you've won. Senator Cretak has agreed to remove the weapons from Derna." "What changed her mind?" "I told her, if she didn't remove them, I would." "And what changed your mind?" "You did…Remind me never to play poker with you." - Ross and Kira, after the Romulans back down Background information Story and script Ezri's uneasiness with adapting to the , established in this episode, was inspired by the difficulty of casting the role. Recalled René Echevarria, "Finally, one day at lunch, I said, 'What if we make the character a little more complicated? What if she wasn't an initiate? What if she wasn't planning to be joined, but she was the only one available because of some circumstance? And she was completely unprepared for it." After hearing this idea, Ira Steven Behr redefined the character; "She's neurotic! She hears voices! She doesn't know which way is up!" () In defending the decision to send seventy-two-year-old Joseph Sisko actor Brock Peters into the desert for the scenes on , Ira Steven Behr explained that "Ben came back home to be with his father, and I just felt that keeping the family together meant something. If it had been my kid off, I'd have gone with my kid. If it had been , Ben Cartwright would have gone with Little Joe and Hoss and even Adam." () Ira Behr referred to the Kira/Romulan story in this episode as the "" story, but it was specifically written in such a way that it was Starfleet who back down, not the Romulans. () Worf's poem to Jadzia reads, "Open your gates, Sto-vo-kor. Welcome Jadzia to your halls. Welcome this honored warrior. Welcome her, Sto-Vo-Kor, for all eternity." () According to René Echevarria, the idea to reveal Sisko as part-Prophet came from a desire to foreground his status as Emissary of the Prophets; "As the show began winding down, we realized that we wanted to be a bit more specific about the whole Emissary thing, which as an arc had been so interesting to us. We settled on this idea that Sisko was, in some way, half man, half god." Not unsurprisingly, in a franchise which rarely engages with religion, having the lead character revealed as part-god was an extremely controversial notion, but Ira Behr claimed that it was actually something of a commentary on the Star Trek mystique itself; "I just felt that all the Starfleet captains are treated like gods by viewers. Clearly, the next step was to actually make one of those captains a god, or godlike." Indeed, the idea that he was only half-Prophet was the very key to the idea. As Behr explained, "If both parents were gods, then you couldn't relate to him. You can't relate to someone who is a god. He's got to be partly human." Similarly, Echevarria pointed out, "We originally thought that Sarah was a Prophet – there was no Human woman involved. But we ultimately nudged the idea into something a bit more oblique, saying the Prophets could take over another person's form. That still had all the right mythic overtones, and it certainly answered the question of why Sisko was the Emissary. We were all very excited by the whole notion." () Cast and characters Sarah Sisko actress Deborah Lacey commented, "Shadows and Symbols' was awesome. My first scenes with Avery, we had so much fun. It started when we met in the makeup trailer. He was so funny and he was so kind to me. We talked about Sarah and the God versus mother relationship I had in store for me, and he really helped me understand the Prophets. I remember being determined that I would perform with him on his level, so I focused on everything he had to say, absorbing it. When we got on set there was a natural rhythm, a dance that seemed to be created between us. I remember the director saying that [….] I remember how intense Avery was. I remember how profound some of my dialogue was, how it stuck with me, how it still sticks to me today, that line that says because there could be no one else so powerful." Production The writing on the wall in Benny Russell's cell was actual genuine handwriting done by the entire art department, under the supervision of Michael Okuda. The writing was supposed to be the history of Deep Space 9, as told by Russell: all the stories as seen by viewers since the pilot episode, . When deciding what to actually write on the walls, Okuda used an early manuscript draft of the , and he had his team copy out the episode summaries from every episode prior to "Shadows and Symbols" – so the writing is literally the history of Deep Space 9. () Nicole de Boer and Director Allan Kroeker knew each other very well from the TV series , where they had shot ten episodes together. They both stated, however, that they were unaware that the other was working on Deep Space Nine until they met on-set, on the first day of shooting this episode. () One of the vessels shown in the Bajoran blockade was evidently a reuse of the Karemma ship from . The computer imagery in the Monac and Bajor sequences was created by Digital Muse. () Reception Director Allan Kroeker was impressed by the natural rhythm that Deborah Lacey and Avery Brooks found in performing their scenes together. "I remember the director saying […] how much he liked it," noted Lacey. Trivia The introduction of Ezri as someone who was unprepared to be a host but became one anyway had been catered for in the third season episode , where it was revealed that being joined wasn't as difficult as previously thought. The Sarah Prophet confirms in this episode that the Pah-wraith released by Dukat in is Kosst Amojan. The Prophets tell Sisko in this episode that he "is necessary;" this recalls the fourth season episode , where they tell him he is "of Bajor," and that they sent Akorem Laan into the future in an effort to get him to accept his role as Emissary of the Prophets. The episode title may be a reference to the expression "types, shadows, and symbols," a term from , referring to hidden or symbolic prophecy rather than explicit foretelling of the future. See or for more details. The Benny Russell vision in this episode is sent to Sisko by the Pah-wraiths to divert him from his efforts to reopen the wormhole; the previous vision, as seen in the episode , was sent to him by the Prophets to help him get over the death of a close friend (Quentin Swofford). This episode's inclusion of Casey Biggs (Damar) as Dr. Wykoff continues the concept of people in Sisko's Benny Russell visions being played by series regulars or recurring guest stars without prosthetic make-up. The technique used by Martok's ship to destroy the shipyard is the same solar fusion eruption technique devised by Ensign Taitt as a strategy against a rogue Borg ship in , as well as Captain Kurn in . The novel given to Kira by Odo is Mickey Spillane's 1952 Mike Hammer novel Kiss Me Deadly. A few months after this episode aired, the desert filming location used for the surface of Tyree was seen again, as the surface of a Delta Quadrant class D planet in the episode . Senator Cretak next appeared in the episode , where she was played by Adrienne Barbeau. This marks the last appearance of Weyoun 5, the fifth in a series of clones of Weyoun, seen in every appearance since in the fifth season. Between this episode and , he died off-screen in a mysterious transporter accident and was replaced with the defective clone Weyoun 6. This episode also marks the final appearance of Joseph Sisko. Admiral Ross' final words to Kira, "Remind me never to play poker with you," echo O'Brien to Kira in , in which he tells her, "Major, remind me never to get into a game of Roladan Wild Draw with you." Sisko's status as part-Prophet went on to have great significance for the rest of the seventh season, especially in the finale, . At 43:05 into the episode, an unknown individual can be seen running across the hill in the background below Avery Brooks' shoulder. Remastered version Remastered scenes from the episode are featured in the documentary What We Left Behind. Video and DVD releases UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 7.1, catalog number VHR 4811, As part of the DS9 Season 7 DVD collection Links and references Starring Avery Brooks as Captain Sisko/Benny Russell Also starring Rene Auberjonois as Odo Nicole deBoer as Ensign Ezri Dax Michael Dorn as Lt. Commander Worf Cirroc Lofton as Jake Sisko Colm Meaney as Chief O'Brien Armin Shimerman as Quark Alexander Siddig as Doctor Bashir Nana Visitor as Colonel Kira Guest stars Jeffrey Combs as Weyoun Casey Biggs as Damar/Wykoff Barry Jenner as Admiral Ross J.G. Hertzler as Martok Deborah Lacey as Sarah Sisko Megan Cole as Cretak Special guest star Brock Peters as Joseph Sisko Co-stars Lori Lively as Siana Cuauhtemoc Sanchez as a Bajoran Crewman Uncredited co-stars Majel Barrett as Narrator Patti Begley as Bajoran officer Elliot Durant III as Bajoran officer Terry Green as operations lieutenant Dorothy Hack as Bajoran woman Dennis Madalone as Klingon officer James Minor as civilian Terry Farrell as Jadzia Dax Mary Mascari as Bajoran woman Tom Morga as asylum orderly Karlotta Nelson as Bajoran woman Mark Newsom as Bajoran officer Todd Slayton as civilian James Lee Stanley as Bajoran security deputy Michael Wajacs as Bajoran civilian Unknown performers as Taal visitor Klingon bridge officer 1 & 2 Stunt doubles Henry Kingi, Jr. as stunt double for Cirroc Lofton Lane Leavitt – stunt safety on location Ken Lesco as stunt double for Casey Biggs Chuck Madalone – stunt safety on location Tom Morga – stunt safety on location Stand-ins John Lendale Bennett – photo double and stand-in for Avery Brooks Jennifer Berlant – photo double for Nicole de Boer Boone – stand-in for Cirroc Lofton Uriah Carr – stand-in for Alexander Siddig and Lori Lively Amy Kate Connolly – stand-in for Nana Visitor Dominique – stand-in for Nicole de Boer W. 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Afterimage (episode)

Ezri Dax has trouble adjusting with the rest of the crew; Garak inexplicably collapses. Summary Teaser On the upper level of Deep Space 9's Promenade, Ezri Dax discusses her feelings about being back on the space station with Morn, who has no idea who she is and promptly leaves. Not soon after, Ezri decides to visit the Bajoran temple, where she runs into Kira Nerys. Ezri, flooded with memories of Jadzia's recent death in that very room, confides to Kira how strange a sensation death is – no matter how many times you go through it. Kira is obviously uncomfortable with the topic, so Ezri leaves her to her prayers. In Quark's, Ezri is served a glass of Klingon bloodwine. Ezri is not enthusiastic about the beverage, despite Quark reminding her that it is the same vintage that was served when Jadzia married Worf, and returns it. She tells Quark that she is planning on returning to the to continue her duties as assistant counselor. "You're a therapist!?" a shocked Quark asks – which makes Ezri wonder why that is so surprising to everyone. Ezri notes that besides Captain Sisko, Quark is the only one of Jadzia's friends she has spoken to who do not appear to be uncomfortable around her, and the two start talking about the late night tongo games "they" used to play together. Their reminiscing is cut short by Worf, who promptly leaves after seeing Ezri in the bar. Act One The next day, Ezri goes to visit Captain Sisko in his office; coming in through the corridor rather than ops so as to avoid seeing Worf. Ezri tells Sisko about her encounter with Worf the previous day at Quark's and that she still plans to return to the Destiny. Despite Sisko's disappointment with the news, he supports his friend's decision, though he tells Dax that he will miss her. Back in Quark's, Julian Bashir and Miles O'Brien, along with Odo, are planning their latest holosuite adventure. Bashir asks Garak about the status of their costumes, to which he replies that his shop is still closed due to him being so busy decoding Cardassian messages for Starfleet Intelligence. Garak becomes agitated with the crowd in the bar, which causes him to snap at them when they come too close while he is sitting at a table. Garak promptly leaves and returns to his shop, where he continues his work. However, as he does so, he begins to have an anxiety attack caused by his claustrophobia. He is discovered by Odo, who promptly calls for medical attention. Act Two In the infirmary, Odo tells Sisko about Garak's attack as Doctor Bashir finishes up his treatment. Sisko is confused about the circumstances of the attack – Garak's shop is a "good sized room," according to Sisko. Garak tells Sisko that the attack will keep him away from his intelligence work for the time being. In the meantime, Garak plans to go back to sewing, as it calms him down. After Garak leaves, Sisko asks Bashir if there is anything he can do for him, but Bashir says there isn't – "Our friend Garak needs his head examined." Taking Bashir's words into mind, Sisko goes to visit Ezri, who is surprised at his request to counsel Garak. Sisko asks her, "What more can you learn in the next few months that you haven't already learned in the last 300 years?" Ezri has a few ideas – like not bursting into tears for no reason and resisting the urge to stand on her head. Sisko asks why she is standing on her head, to which Ezri responds that it was something Emony used to do. Finally, after some reassurance from Sisko, Ezri reluctantly agrees to try to help Garak. Meanwhile, Bashir and Quark are talking about the new Dax in the bar. Quark asks Bashir if he has the same interest in Ezri that he did Jadzia, but Bashir insists that they are not the same woman. Quark asks if Bashir is up for a little competition, much to Bashir's apparent confusion. Quark nonetheless declares his intent to win Ezri's heart. Ezri approaches Garak in his shop and tries to talk to him about his condition. She tries to relate her own struggle with space sickness and suggests that both she and Garak are "punishing themselves" with their respective conditions; Ezri for Torias getting himself killed in a shuttle accident, and Garak for misbehaving as a child and being subsequently locked inside a closet by his father. Ezri's speculation leads to both her and Garak feeling space sick and claustrophobic respectively. They both promise to give Ezri's words some thought, and Ezri leaves, suffering from space sickness since she brought it up. Later, as Ezri is walking to her quarters, she runs into Worf in the habitat ring's corridor who only acknowledges her by her rank. Ezri, insulted by Worf's indifference to her, reminds him that she used to be his wife. Worf does not take kindly to Ezri's words and harshly tells her that she is not his wife, as she is in Sto-vo-kor and that he does not know her, nor does he wish to. Act Three Sisko goes to visit a down Ezri in her quarters, and he tells her that Garak is back on the job analyzing Cardassian transmissions. Ezri talks with Sisko about her earlier encounter with Worf in the corridor and Sisko offers to have a few words with him. Ezri declines, on the grounds that Worf is intimidated by Sisko. After voicing his amusement with this, Sisko offers Ezri a counselor's position on the station – with a promotion to lieutenant junior grade. Ezri is touched by Sisko's offer, but her issues with Worf cause her to decline. Later in the replimat, Ezri meets Bashir, who orders two Fanalian toddies. They sit together and talk, but Ezri quickly realizes his attempts at conversation are simply flirting, and she says she is flattered but asks him to stop. Ezri tells Bashir that Jadzia knew how to handle it but she cannot. She realizes how sad he is over the loss of Jadzia, and he admits that talking to her helps ease the pain a little. She tenderly takes his hand, which Worf notices looking down at them on the upper level of the Promenade and does not look happy about it. Bashir suddenly gets a call from Deputy Talpet saying there is a medical emergency at airlock seven – it's Garak. Arriving on-scene, they find that Garak has entered an airlock and is trying to open the outer door – his claustrophobia has returned, and he so affected by it he does not realize that there is no ship on the other side – he will be killed if he opens the door. Act Four Ezri has taken Garak to a holosuite and the two of them sit on the edge of an outcropping of rock overlooking a vast seascape. Garak knows that it’s just an illusion, however, and is still having problems. Garak says he simply couldn’t breathe and wanted to get out. He knows that he has to get his claustrophobia under control, or he’ll have to leave the station, but he also knows that if he does he’ll have nowhere to go. Ezri offers to tell Quark to leave the holosuite available for 26 hours a day if necessary when Garak feels another attack coming on. Garak simply says he’d like to be alone for a while. Ezri leaves promising to check back on him later. Bashir is treating Quark for an ear infection from a tympanic tickle caused by an amateur when Worf accosts him, saying “We need to talk”. He then violently pins Bashir to the wall, warning him to stay away from Ezri. Bashir says he can be friends with whomever he chooses, but Worf warns him (and Quark too) that if he dishonors Jadzia’s memory he will regret it. He storms out, leaving the other two confused and hurt. Ezri is surprised to find Garak back in his shop instead of the holosuite. He says that work is the answer to his problems, based on what his father used to tell him. Ezri tries to get him to talk about it, but Garak asks her to “spare me your insipid psychobabble”. He tells Ezri she couldn’t possibly understand. She says she’d like to try. He begins to insult her, telling her she is a scared, confused child who has no hope of ever living up to the reputation of her predecessors, especially Jadzia. "Now get out of here, before I say something unkind," Garak sneers at her. Ezri leaves, nearly in tears, and as she heads down the promenade, she walks into the Bajoran temple and slumps against a wall inside, sobbing. Act Five Later, in Sisko’s office, Ezri gives him her resignation from Starfleet, telling him Garak was right. How can she help others when she can’t even help herself? She gets angry when he calls her “Old man”, and says she is not Curzon, or Jadzia. He says she is Ezri, and she’s been given eight lifetimes’ worth of experience, but Ezri refuses to listen. Sisko gets angry at Ezri's indifference, and asks her what it is she plans to do now. He suggests she goes back to and have the symbiont removed, but she says he knows that’s impossible. He says she could become one of the s deep underground where no one would talk to her. After all, her symbiont had eight great lifetimes so who cares if the ninth was a waste? He tells her she doesn’t deserve the symbiont or even the Starfleet uniform and accepts her resignation. Ezri leaves in an even worse mood. O’Brien enters Worf’s quarters with another bottle of bloodwine. Worf says that Bashir needs to realize that Ezri is not Jadzia and treating her like Jadzia dishonors her memory. O’Brien says treating Ezri like a stranger is what is dishonoring Jadzia’s memory. Worf doesn’t know how he can honor Jadzia when she’s not really dead. O’Brien tells him that the best person to ask is the person he’s been avoiding: Ezri. Back in Garak’s shop, Ezri shows up to say she was sorry she couldn’t help him, and that she’ll be leaving for Trill in the morning. She tells him the Destiny, her former ship, is heading to join the Seventh Fleet at Kalandra. She tells him that thanks to the information he got from the messages he decoded, Starfleet was able to determine that the Dominion was weak there. If the offensive there goes well, Starfleet will have him to thank for it. Garak grows agitated by the news. Ezri realizes that the messages he is decoding are leading to the deaths of his people. Garak finally admits to her that instead of helping his people, his actions are leading to the destruction of his race. He then collapses to the floor with another panic attack. Later, in the infirmary, Garak thanks her for finally figuring out what was wrong with him. He says he will continue his intelligence work, because he must even if it means the destruction of Cardassia. He says Sisko should thank her too. He asks if she’s still returning to Trill. She decides not to. She will stay in Starfleet, but then panics when she realizes that she has submitted her resignation! In Sisko’s office, she asks to be reinstated, but he smiles and tells her he never sent her resignation in. She realizes he was simply using reverse psychology to “rattle her cage”, and he replies she used to do it to him often enough. He’s glad it worked. She still won’t stay at Deep Space 9, though. As she is packing, Worf enters her quarters. He admits he has not treated her as Jadzia would have wanted. He loved her, and she says that Jadzia loved him. He is conflicted, with part of him happy she is not completely gone, and part of him wishing she was. He asks her to stay, knowing that is what Jadzia would have wanted. He says he will get used to her, but it will take time, and she agrees to keep her distance. Ezri gets her promotion in the wardroom, and Sisko tells her her new job will not be easy: She will be responsible for the mental health of many people – including everyone in the room. She gets a dinner invitation from Odo and Kira. The others are also friendly to her, but Ezri is still nervous, until she sees Worf in the corner raise his cup to her in a salute. Memorable quotes "These pronouns are going to drive me crazy!" - Ezri Dax "Now wait a minute! You have no right to tell me who I can be friends with!" "If you dishonor Jadzia's memory, you will regret it. And that goes for you, too, Ferengi!" "What did I do?!" - Bashir, Worf, and Quark "It's a strange sensation, dying. No matter how many times it happens to you, you never get used to it." - Ezri Dax "You're a therapist?" "Why does everyone sound so surprised when they hear that?" - Quark and Ezri "These pronouns are going to drive me crazy!" - Ezri Dax "Spare me your insipid psychobabble. I'm not some quivering neurotic who feels sorry for himself because his daddy wasn't nice. You couldn't begin to understand me!" - Elim Garak, responding to Ezri's help "I want someone to help me get back to work. And you, my dear, are not up to this task. I mean, look at you. You're pathetic – a confused child trying to live up to a legacy left by her predecessors. You're not worthy of the name "Dax." I knew Jadzia. She was vital, alive. She owned herself, and you… you don't even know who you are. How dare you presume to help me? You can't even help yourself. Now, get out of here before I say something unkind." - Garak, responding to Ezri's help "Perhaps I should have a talk with him," "Absolutely not. You intimidate him." "Me?" "Don't tell him I told you." "I intimidate Worf?" "You like that, don't you?" - Sisko and Ezri "You are not Jadzia. Jadzia died and went to Sto-vo-kor. I do not know you, nor do I wish to know you." - Worf "Oh, no. Not again." - Worf, when O'Brien enters the Klingon's quarters with bloodwine. "Julian swears there's nothing going on between him and Ezri. There's no reason for you to be jealous." "This has nothing to do with jealousy! I know that Doctor Bashir cared for Jadzia, but this woman is not Jadzia, and treating her as if she were dishonors her memory." "Wrong. Treating Ezri like a stranger dishonors Jadzia's memory." - O'Brien and Worf, about Ezri Dax "She is cute." "She's also about three hundred years too old for you." - Jake Sisko and Benjamin Sisko, about Ezri "Will you come to dinner with us?" "Please, I don't want to intrude…" "Honestly, it's fine. It'll take some pressure off me. All he does is sit and count how many times I chew." - Odo, Ezri and Kira, after Odo asks Ezri to dinner. "Stop it, Benjamin! I thought you of all people would understand." "I do understand. And you're right. You don't deserve the Dax symbiont. Quite frankly, you don't deserve to wear that uniform! I'll pass this on to Starfleet Command. Dismissed!" - Ezri Dax and Benjamin Sisko Background information Story and script Obviously, the primary function of this episode was to introduce Ezri Dax into . As Ira Steven Behr explains, "We knew we had to be bold and not just try to sneak her into the show. Maybe we could have if this had been Season 2 or 3, but by this point, we only had one season, so we just had to go for it." () René Echevarria was scripting this episode before Nicole de Boer had actually shot any scenes for either or . Indeed, Echevarria was half-way through his first draft before he even found out who was going to be playing Ezri (this recalls Kurt Michael Bensmiller's situation when he was composing the teleplay for the first season episode – he was working several weeks before filming even began on the pilot, ). () René Echevarria's original draft of this episode focused more on Garak than it did on Ezri. Garak had gone on a dangerous mission for Starfleet, and at one point, to avoid capture by the Jem'Hadar, he had to lock himself inside a torpedo tube. As a result, when he gets back to Deep Space 9 and is being debriefed, he suffers a breakdown and forgets the information he was sent to retrieve. This is when Ezri comes into the story. The problem with this structure however, as Echevarria explains, was that "Ezri would have to be a very, very effective counselor. And that would make the scenes between her and Garak more about psychotherapy than about Ezri's character. The plotlines were fighting each other. This person who didn't know who she was would not be an effective therapist – and that was a major part of the story. So I radically simplified Garak's problem in my second draft. And by that time, I'd seen Nicole, which gave me more ideas. She became more quirky, standing on her head and stuff like that. We decided to let her almost stumble onto the solution to Garak's problem, and allow her vulnerability to bring it about." () In relation to Garak's role in this episode, Andrew J. Robinson comments, "Garak is Cardassian, and I think of them as really working from the reptilian part of their brain. They're very suspicious when anyone tries to interfere or pry or get inside their very carefully constructed perimeters. So although Garak was suffering this terrible anxiety that was affecting his breathing, he was driven to fence with Ezri, daring her to get inside him, and trying to stop her. But finally his anxiety overwhelms him and he realizes that he does need her help. And in the end, he is grateful." () This is not the first time that Robinson has likened the Cardassian brain to the reptilian brain; see the Background Section for the second season episode . The shooting script ends with Ezri trying to explain to Morn who she is. Production This is the last episode of the series to be directed by Les Landau. Continuity Garak was first revealed to suffer from claustrophobia in the fifth season episode . This episode begins one day after the events of . Julian is surprised at Ezri stating that Jadzia enjoyed Julian's prior flirting with her, although Jadzia herself already told him this three years earlier during their time trapped together aboard the Defiant in . Reception Andrew Robinson commented "["Afterimage"] was a difficult episode because I'm also somewhat claustrophobic and having to go to that place is always tough. It was a very emotional trip but an important one because it shows the passion Garak has for his race and his planet and the agony he's experiencing by having to betray both. The Cardassian military transmissions he's been deciphering for Starfleet have helped its forces destroy even more enemy warships and subconsciously, he blames himself for the deaths of his fellow countrymen. The way in which the writers tied that in with Garak's claustrophobia was superb and it made the episode that much more interesting to do. I also liked how they set up the relationship between the older, experienced spymaster Garak and the young, inexperienced counselor Dax, so that was a lot of fun as well". ("I, Spy", TV Zone special #34) René Echevarria was not entirely happy with how this episode turned out; "Ezri helps Garak sort of by serendipity, and that gives her confidence. That was the intent, although I'm not sure we pulled it off. I talked to some professional therapists after they saw the episode and they told me, 'That was just bunk.' That was disappointing to hear, that we'd missed the mark. But I still think it was a good introduction to Ezri." () Remastered version Remastered scenes from the episode are featured in the documentary What We Left Behind. Video and DVD releases UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 7.2, As part of the DS9 Season 7 DVD collection Links and references Guest star Andrew J. Robinson as "Garak" Uncredited co-stars Sam Alejan as Human medical officer Michael Bailous as Bajoran security deputy Uriah Carr as Human operations crewman Amy Kate Connolly as Human command crewman Terry Green as operations lieutenant Charlie-Olisa Kaine as Randy James as Wade Kelley as alien bar patron Mark Lentry as a Human civilian David B. Levinson as Broik Shauna Lewis as a dabo girl Dan Magee as civilian Angus McClellan as a operations ensign James Minor as a Human civilian Robin Morselli as Bajoran officer Mark Newsom as a Bajoran officer Irving Ross as Bolian command officer Chuck Shanks as a Human operations lieutenant Mark Allen Shepherd as Morn James Lee Stanley as a Bajoran security deputy Unknown performers as Blue-skinned alien with elongated head Paradan Vulcan operations crewman Stand-ins John Lendale Bennett – stand-in for Avery Brooks Jennifer Berlant – stand-in for Nicole de Boer Uriah Carr – stand-in for Alexander Siddig Amy Kate Connolly – stand-in for Nana Visitor Mark Lentry – stand-in for Rene Auberjonois and Andrew J. Robinson David B. Levinson – stand-in for Armin Shimerman James Minor – stand-in for Michael Dorn Robin Morselli – utility stand-in Randy Pflug – stand-in for Colm Meaney and Andrew J. 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Take Me Out to the Holosuite (episode)

When Captain Solok of the Federation starship T'Kumbra challenges former classmate Sisko and his crew to a game of baseball, Sisko refuses to lose to the arrogant Vulcan and begins to take the game too seriously. Summary Teaser When the docks at Deep Space 9 for repairs, her captain – a Vulcan named – visits Sisko in his office to discuss the maintenance schedule, and apparently to disparage Humans in general. Solok had recently received the Christopher Pike Medal of Valor and makes a point of reminding Sisko it is his second. The T'Kumbra has been in combat in the Dominion War for six months, and Solok makes note that DS9 is well behind Federation lines. Sisko tells Solok that Chief Miles O'Brien and his team can get the T'Kumbras inertial dampers upgraded by the end of the day but overhauling the ship's warp core will take at least a week. Solok disparages the maintenance schedule as "inefficient." Sisko responds, calmly refuting Solok's thinly veiled insults with his own. Then, Solok brings up a final matter that prompts Sisko to call for an immediate assembly of his senior staff in the wardroom the instant the turbolift carries Solok out of Ops. It seems that Solok and his all-Vulcan crew have challenged Sisko and the crew of DS9 to a "contest of teamwork, courage, and sacrifice" that Sisko couldn't turn down – a game of baseball! Act One Deep Space 9's senior staff is skeptical, especially since none of them has ever played the game before, but they accept the challenge and promptly start learning all they can about the game. As they learn the basics and quite a lot of terminology (Bashir is convinced "Fancy Dan" is a phrase Dax invented on the spot until he reads it for himself on a PADD), the excitement spreads to others aboard the station. Leeta and Rom are both interested in trying out for the team as a way to get closer to Nog. Even Quark begrudgingly agrees to try out after some harsh "encouragement" from Leeta. So, an unlikely collection of baseball players, dubbed the "Niners", gathers in one of Quark's holosuites – Benjamin and Jake Sisko (the only two who actually know how to play), Worf, Kira, Ezri, Bashir, O'Brien, Quark, Nog, Rom, and Leeta. After an inspirational speech from Coach Sisko, the players pair off for some easy throw-and-catch to get started. Nog, Worf, O'Brien, and Bashir get off to a good start, but everyone else clearly needs more than a little practice. Quite a few balls go sailing past the target catcher, while others seem to be aimed right for someone's head. Rom has more trouble than anyone, missing balls even as they fly right past him. Sisko tells his son that he does not care how hard it will be to train everyone, he will not lose to Solok in a baseball game. Act Two By the end of the first practice, most of the team is in the infirmary with various injuries. Quark had some bones in the back of his skull repaired (after an incident involving Rom and an errant bat). Ezri is just generally in pain (after thinking she could do all the things Emony Dax once did as an Olympic gymnist). O'Brien, worst of all, has torn his rotator cuff once again and won't be able to play. Disappointed, Benjamin recruits him as the batting, pitching, and first base coach. He also recruits Odo as the umpire – the only person he trusts to be impartial. Unfortunately, that still leaves a hole to fill, so Sisko "pulls a few strings" and brings in Kasidy Yates, a fellow die-hard baseball fan. With her next three cargo runs mysteriously reassigned, she has just enough free time to join the team as third base coach. With the addition of Yates and plenty of practice the team improves a little, though Rom still hasn't actually hit a ball, and isn't especially good at catching either. Nog and Leeta keep encouraging him, but Sisko eventually gets so discouraged by Rom's terrible playing that he kicks him off the team completely. Act Three The other players (except Jake, Worf, and Yates) insist they'll quit the team if Sisko won't let Rom play, but Rom won't hear of it, assuring them that he'll be content to watch from the stands and give his encouragement. With Rom off the team, it seems like they're improving quite a lot. Baseball has even permeated their normal activities. Quark, for instance, has his waiters throw glasses down to him from his second level in his bar so he can practice catching, and Kira is delighted to see Odo practicing umpire signals in the security office. Meanwhile, Yates makes Sisko explain the real reason he's so vehement about winning the game. Sisko tells her that it's not about baseball, it's about Solok. Solok was in Starfleet Academy with him, and he met the Vulcan one weekend at an off campus bar called The Launching Pad where he made disparaging remarks about how Vulcans were superior to Humans and other "emotionally handicapped" species. Already having had a few drinks in him, Sisko challenged Solok to a wrestling match, which, due to Vulcan strength, Sisko naturally lost (and ended up in the infirmary with a separated shoulder, two cracked ribs and a very bruised ego). Yates laughs a bit, and quickly apologizes, telling Sisko that he should have expected that, given that Vulcans are three times stronger than Humans. Sisko admits this, and says that had it ended there, all would have been well, but Solok constantly published papers on it, even after they graduated, using the incident as proof of his viewpoint that Vulcans are superior to Humans. Still, Sisko doesn't want the Niners to know why he's so concerned about the game, and makes Yates promise not to tell anyone either. Despite her promise, she does promptly tell the team, gathered in the wardroom who just take it as further motivation to win the game – for their captain. Act Four So, the Niners face Solok's Logicians on the holosuite field, though the holographic spectators are deleted (per Sisko's wishes, leaving Rom alone in the stands) and start the game with Odo in his umpire's uniform overseeing everything. A Vulcan hits the first pitch completely out of the park, and it doesn't take long for the runs to rack up against the Niners. By the end of the first inning the Logicians already have four runs, while the first three Niners up to bat strike out. They manage to keep the Logicians down to just one run per inning the next three innings, but that's still a score of 7 – 0 to the Vulcans. The Logicians don't score at all in the fifth inning, and Kira actually makes her way to second. With two outs, Worf steps up to bat. Strike. Ball. Ball. Strike. Ball. He prepares himself for the last pitch and when the ball flies by on the outside he steps back, then tosses the bat aside and starts to jog to first even as Odo calls, "Strike three!" Benjamin and Worf are both incensed and scream at Odo while he calmly asserts that the ball "caught the outside corner." Benjamin gets furious at that and pushes Worf aside and argues chin to chin with Odo, going so far to jab Odo's chest as he's shouting. Without hesitation, Odo throws Sisko out of the game, quoting the rule book regarding physical contact with the umpire, and tells him which rule number to look up – in the stands. Act Five Benjamin stalks off to the stands muttering to himself that it was a ball, not a strike, and throws himself into a seat near where Rom has been sitting the whole time. The Niners manage two outs against the Logicians at the top of the ninth inning, and Worf throws the ball to Nog at home plate just as the Vulcan batter steps across and returns to the Logicians dugout. Nog doesn't manage to tag him out, but the runner didn't actually step on the plate. Odo watches silently, and O'Brien realizes what must have happened, but Nog doesn't know which player it was! Failing any better idea, he runs to the Logicians dugout and starts tagging each one, but the last one on the bench runs toward home at the last second. Nog throws to Jake, who tags the Vulcan out as he slides in. They get the third out! Even Benjamin, up in the stands, is overjoyed. "That's what I love about this game – you never know what's going to happen next, every situation is different." With a gleam in his eye, he looks over at Rom. The Niners still haven't scored a single run in the bottom of the ninth, but Nog is on third when Sisko sends Rom to bat in full Niners regalia. He fills the stadium with holographic spectators and even calls upon an announcer to introduce Jake Sisko's pinch hitter, but Rom completely misses the first two pitches. Bashir and O'Brien try to signal that he should bunt the ball down the baseline as the third pitch sails toward the plate. Rom leans forward to try to decipher their signal, bringing his bat right into the ball's path. It glances off and rolls down the first base line. The crowd cheers and Nog takes off, sliding into home just in time. They've scored! The Niners rush onto the field and lift Rom in the air. Solok is confused and angry, and grabs Odo by the shoulder to protest, but Odo just grins and tosses Solok from the game. The Niners have decided to end the game before even a single out in the ninth inning, and Solok can't understand it. The team later celebrates in Quark's and Sisko takes the opportunity to apologize to Rom, an apology Rom is happy to accept. Sisko even asks Rom to teach him sometime how to properly bunt. Solok protests that they're only attempting to "manufacture triumph where none exists," but every one of the Niners is willing to accept that, even going so far as to toast "manufactured triumph". When Solok protests further, they just accuse him of being emotional, irritated, defensive, angry, jealous, and quite bitter. Solok's continued disparaging comments at their "Human" reactions only leads to further mockery by the Niners with Dax and Quark laughing that despite his intelligence he doesn't seem to know what a Human actually is. ("Did I forget to wear my spots today?" – Dax) To top it all off, Kira tosses Sisko a new baseball for his desk – signed by every player on the team. Sisko offers it to Solok, asking "Would you like to sign it?" Solok storms off, amid laughter. Sisko throws the ball up in the air and looks at the signatures of his team on it. Memorable quotes "It's been a long time." "Ten years, two months, five days." "You mean you don't know it to the minute?" "Of course I do… But Humans are often irked by such precision. Especially the more emotional Humans." - Sisko and Solok, upon meeting in Sisko's ready room "Which is why when their captain challenged us to a contest of courage, teamwork, and sacrifice, I accepted on your behalf." "We will destroy them." - Sisko and Worf "I hope you learned your lesson." "Always look behind you before swinging a bat." - Quark and Rom, in the infirmary as Quark is treated for a skull fracture "How many is that?" "Today? I think he's missed ten." - Sisko and Nog, mulling over Rom's misjudged fly ball and overall ineptness in right field "War is an inefficient business." - Sisko "They just… chewed it?" "No, they infused the gum with flavor." "What flavor did you infuse it with?" "Scotch." - Julian Bashir and Miles O'Brien, about chewing gum "I know that look. It's the I'd-really-like-to-smash-something-but-she'll-think-I'm-crazy look. Well, don't let me stop you – they're your quarters. Smash away if it'll make you feel better!" - Kasidy Yates, to Benjamin Sisko "Computer, eliminate the spectators." - Solok, after hearing Benjamin Sisko's request "Alright, Niners, let's hear some chatter." "Hey, batter, batter, batter, batter, batter." "Hey, batter, batter, batter, batter, batter, batter, batter." "Death to the opposition!" - Kasidy, Leeta, and Worf, responding to Benjamin Sisko's instruction "WHAT?! What're you talking about? That ball was at least a half a meter out! How come you called it a strike? Reverse the call! Reverse the call!" "That was low and outside!" "The ball was clearly outside!" "Oh, what the hell were you looking at? You can't tell me that ball was over the plate. What were you doing, regenerating?" - Worf and Sisko, arguing with Odo over the called third strike on Worf "You! YOU'RE OUTTA HERE!" "What?!" "No player shall at any time make contact with the umpire in any manner.' The prescribed penalty for the violation is immediate ejection from the game. Rule number 4.06, subsection A, paragraph 4. Look it up – but do it in the stands. YOU'RE GONE!" - Odo, while ejecting Benjamin Sisko from the game "What do I do?" "Find him and kill him!" - Nog and Worf, upon realizing that the Logician runner didn't touch home plate "Did I forget to wear my spots today?" "All that intelligence and he still doesn't know what a Human looks like!" - Ezri and Quark, after Ezri was called a "Human" by Solok Box score Ejections: Deep Space Niners manager Benjamin Sisko ejected by HP Umpire Odo (5th); T'Kumbra Logicians manager Solok ejected by HP Umpire Odo (9th) Background information Story and script The episode was originally planned to be made in the sixth season. Commented Ronald D. Moore: "I was thinking it would be cool to finally do a baseball show, because baseball has been a theme of the series since the pilot. People liked it, and we had actually slotted it in as episode 24 or 25 of last season. But then as we got closer to doing it, Ira said, 'It’s the wrong time of year to do it.’ So we said, ‘Let’s save it and do it next year.’ As we were plotting out this year, we felt that after , and , and , and the Ezri show, you had all these really heavy duty, angst-driven episodes, that it might be time to lighten up, to do something and just say, ‘Let’s have a good time.’ Let the audience enjoy themselves, put the whole cast back together and enjoy it. I think the cast had a good time doing it. It’s just one of those sit-back-and-relax-and-enjoy-the-ride kind of pieces". (Cinefantastique, Volume 29 Number 6/7) This episode was based on an episode of the TV show , the fourth season episode entitled "The Ol' Ball Game", written by Ira Steven Behr. The plot involved the characters of Morloch and Danny setting up a team that has no talent whatsoever, but who, through luck and perseverance, somehow manage to pull off a big victory. Several scenes in "Take Me Out to the Holosuite" are directly taken from "The Ol' Ball Game", such as the scene where Nog is unsure which player to tag (although Behr says that that particular event was based on a real life incident that happened to him in the little leagues), or the scene involving Rom's fluke at the end (which involved a woman rather than a Ferengi in the original episode). The general plot outline, character development, and burlesque tone of this episode are also very much in the spirit of the classic film , which was also produced by Paramount Pictures. Ira Behr commented "One of the things we wanted to do, and one of the many things that we wanted to do over the years on the series, was bring baseball back into the 24th century. Baseball is Michael Piller's favorite sport, but in the first episode he ever wrote for Star Trek, he killed baseball. Why, we still don't know, but we thought we owed it to him to bring baseball back, even though he had chosen to kill it". ("The Home Stretch, Part Two", ) Behr later said "The only thing I can come up with is, in his own way, [Michael] needed to know that the 24th century was not perfect. That, without baseball, Gene's 24th century had some problems. (…) He killed the thing he loved to get the best job he ever had." (What We Left Behind, extras) Production Max Grodénchik, although he was playing Rom, the worst player on the team, was in fact the best baseball player among all of DS9's regular and recurring cast. Grodénchik was a semi-professional in high school and considered going full professional before deciding to become an actor. In fact, Grodénchik was literally incapable of playing as badly as he was supposed to, which is why Rom plays left-handed; it was the only way the right-handed Grodénchik could avoid looking like a skilled player trying to play like a bad player. Avery Brooks, Cirroc Lofton, Armin Shimerman, are all also talented players, as well as the late Aron Eisenberg. Nana Visitor was by far the worst player of the team. () Joey Banks acted as baseball coach for the cast. Son of the Major League Baseball legend and member of the , Banks is considered one of Hollywood's foremost baseball coaches. Banks also assembled the Vulcan team, which was evidently an extremely accomplished team of players. () All the exterior baseball scenes were filmed at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. David Bell composed the music for the episode. Bell commented: "I tried to reference a turn-of-the-century musical vocabulary, old baseball time with solo cornet flavour and some chromatic passages that were in that turn-of-the-century style that was a blast to write: cute and fun". (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Collection) Captain Sisko wore a San Francisco Giants baseball cap during practice, while Jake wore an Atlanta Braves cap. Cirroc Lofton is the nephew of player , who the season before this episode was filmed () had played for the Braves, and who later played for the Giants. At the time the episode aired, the Giants shared their stadium with the of the – a team often referred to, even in "official" circumstances, as the "Niners". Avery Brooks asked for the same number as . Rom was given the unlucky (or lucky) number of 13. Kasidy Yates wore number 47. Jake is wearing number 78, a possible reference to Cirroc Lofton's birth year. The Niners' baseball uniforms have the word "Niners" written in , the Deep Space Nine/Voyager episode credits typeface, while the players' names are written in Zenon, the DS9/Voyager main title typeface. The Logicians' uniforms have the players' names written on the back of their jerseys in Vulcan script. A score sheet prop used during the episode shows these Vulcan names in their native script clearly. As none of the Vulcan players were named, with the exception of Solok, no translation for these names is available. Only Solok's name is known, shown at the bottom of the list. Kira's uniform reads either "Nerys" or "Kira" at different times during the course of the episode. Leeta's uniform reads simply "Leeta"; her character was never given a full name during the series. Broadcast and reception The original airing of this episode coincided closely with the . Ronald D. Moore commented, "We knew it would air close to the series, but didn't know it would be the same week." Ira Behr was a little disappointed with regards to Sisko's storyline with Solok, stating "If there's anything about the show I don't think was successful, it's that we didn't do enough with the Vulcans. The lead protagonist – who comes in so strong at the beginning – is absent through big chunks of the episode. We didn't realize it until we saw a rough cut of the show, and by then it was too late. So the structure is weird. The thing with Sisko and the Vulcan goes about halfway through the show, and then it becomes Rom's story. And the fact that the show works as well as it does is due to Max, who really makes you care about Rom." () Armin Shimerman commented: "For years, we've seen Sisko's baseball on his desk, and it's a symbol for a lot of things. It's really nice to finally get around to actually having a baseball episode. We all had a wonderful time, the crew especially, because they got to play ball during their lunch break and it was nice to have a week out at the park. The episode was directed by Chip Chalmers, who also directed . As I said to him early in the shooting, the plots of both episodes are relatively similar, so it will be interesting to see if people see the connection". ("Quantifiably Quark", ) Chase Masterson commented: "We all had a huge amount of fun with “Take Me Out to the Holosuite,” partly because it was a drastic change of scene – everybody loved getting out of the studio, into the fresh air, and onto the baseball diamond. And the episode itself was highly spirited, based around the Niners’ “courage, teamwork, and sacrifice,” as Sisko called it. It was an interesting parallel in that, halfway through DS9’s seventh season, we all had that same spirit – partly because we had a sense of how soon the show would come to an end. I remember sensing a cast-wide feeling of appreciation for being together, much like the Niners. As cheesy as that sounds, it was very real". David Bell commented: "["Take Me Out to the Holosuite"] was one of my favourite episodes". (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Collection) Brent Spiner cited DS9's "baseball episode" as one of the more unusual episodes of Star Trek. (The Secrets of Star Trek: Insurrection, p 33) Continuity In the final scene at Quark's, neither Michael Dorn nor Rene Auberjonois are present. Their photo doubles (James Minor and Chuck Shanks) stand in for them. The baseball given to Sisko after the game bears the signatures (in character) of the Niners team members. In Quark's signature, the letter "Q" has big lobes. This episode marks the first time Rom appears not wearing a Ferengi headdress. The Christopher Pike Medal of Valor mentioned by at the start of this episode was awarded to Sisko in . Sisko mentions that he had challenged Solok in wrestling. It was established in previous episodes, like and , that Sisko participated in wrestling matches in his Academy years. This episode marks the first and only time the Anthem of the United Federation of Planets is played on-screen. In the episode , Ezri states that she is left-handed; however, in this episode she both throws and bats right-handed. This could be consistent with her stated difficulty in sorting out her prior lifetimes and when their skills and abilities take over. The episode also featured a Federation starship completely crewed by Vulcans, the , which was destroyed in 2268 by a giant space amoeba. Trivia The tactic that Rom uses to score Nog is known as the "Safety Squeeze". A similar tactic is the "Suicide Squeeze", which would be if Nog were to take off from third base when the pitch was thrown. Worf throws left-handed but bats right-handed. Michael Dorn is left-handed. The rule quoted by Odo to Sisko regarding contact with an umpire was the actual number of the rule in the Major League Baseball rulebook (Rule 4.06, Subsection A, Paragraph 4) at the time the episode was filmed. In 2015, the rules were reorganized. The current rule is 6.04(a)(4). In the top of the 5th inning, Logicians player number 15 utilizes a "takeout slide" at second base to knock over Kira (and thus prevent her from completing a double play with a throw to first base). Nog later asks "Was that slide at second legal?", to which Kasidy Yates replies, "Fraid so." By 2016, Major League Baseball had made such slides illegal due to increasing player injuries, specifically, during the 2015 National League Divisional Series between the Mets and Dodgers. Players in the 24th century would know this, but of course at the time of the episode's production in the late '90s, the move was legal, which means the Niners and Logicians are using late-20th century rules, or a version of baseball rules in which takeout slides are again legal sometime before baseball's demise in the mid-21st century. In the top of the 9th inning, Logicians player number 8 fails to touch home when attempting to score. Rather than return to try and touch home immediately, he returns to the dugout, prompting the Niners to shout to Nog that he needs to be tagged out. In fact, by late-20th century baseball rules, a player who does not touch home plate and returns to the dugout can be out put on an appeal from the defensive team. Such an appeal is made simply by a player touching the plate while holding the ball. It is possible that this is a nuance the majority of the Niners did not learn during their studies, though one might expect at least Sisko to be aware of it. The argument between Sisko and Odo over his called third strike is typical manager/umpire arguments that occurs in baseball games. This is often employed by managers as a way to motivate their team to play harder, which mostly ends up with the manager being ejected from the game. Remastered version Remastered footage from the episode is featured in the documentary What We Left Behind. Video and DVD releases UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 7.2, As part of the DS9 Season 7 DVD collection Links and references Starring Avery Brooks as Captain Benjamin Sisko Also starring Rene Auberjonois as Constable Odo Nicole de Boer as Counselor Ezri Dax Michael Dorn as Lieutenant Commander Worf Cirroc Lofton as Jake Sisko Colm Meaney as Chief Miles O'Brien Armin Shimerman as Quark Alexander Siddig as Doctor Julian Bashir Nana Visitor as Colonel Kira Nerys Guest stars Max Grodénchik as Rom Aron Eisenberg as Nog Gregory Wagrowski as Chase Masterson as Leeta And Penny Johnson as Kasidy Yates Uncredited co-stars Sam Alejan as sciences officer Elle Alexander as Vulcan baseball player Joey Banks as Vulcan baseball player Brett Bartlett as Vulcan baseball player Patti Begley as Bajoran officer Mark Buccola as Vulcan baseball player Uriah Carr as civilian Amy Kate Connolly as command officer Cathy DeBuono as M'Pella Vulcan baseball player Terry Green as operations lieutenant Dorothy Hack as Bajoran woman Wade Kelley as Benzite bar patron David B. Levinson as Broik Civilian on the promenade Shauna Lewis as dabo girl Dan Magee as Vulcan baseball player Mary Mascari as Bajoran woman James Minor as civilian Brandon Molale as baseball spectator Mark Newsom as Bajoran officer Mark Allen Shepherd as Morn Lou Simon as Vulcan baseball player Unknown performers as Baseball spectators Klingon Pelian Vulcan baseball player Stunt doubles Jay Caputo as stunt double for Nicole de Boer George Colucci as stunt double for Max Grodénchik Denise Lynne Roberts as stunt double for Nana Visitor Unknown stunt performer as stunt double for Aron Eisenberg Stand-ins John Lendale Bennett as stand-in and photo double for Avery Brooks Jennifer Berlant as photo double for Nicole de Boer Uriah Carr as photo double and stand-in for Alexander Siddig M. Flaherty as photo double for Chase Masterson Kelly Jackson as photo double for Penny Johnson Randy James as photo double and stand-in for Colm Meaney James Minor as photo double and stand-in for Michael Dorn Bryan Nash as photo double for Max Grodénchik Nancy Paradis as photo double for Nana Visitor Chuck Shanks as photo double and stand-in for Rene Auberjonois Todd Slayton as stand-in and photo double for Cirroc Lofton Darius Toussant as photo double for Cirroc Lofton References 2365; 47; adolescent rivalry; Alpha Quadrant; (Yates' freighter); Anthem of the United Federation of Planets; back; back elbow; ball (object); ball of the foot; bar tab; behind the lines; blowing off steam; bonding ritual; bruise; bureaucrat; butterfly; cadet; campus; cargo run; chewing; Christopher Pike Medal of Valor; chief of operations; Clash of the Titans; clavicular joint; courage; dabo wheel; ; ; ; day; dozen; drunk; Earth; eating; ego; emotionalism; ; family outing; Ferengi; field; flattery; flavor; fleet; fracture; genetically enhanced; gloat; gymnast; heart; holodeck; holosuite; Human; illogic; inertial damper; infirmary; ; kick; knitting (medicine); ; ; ligament; light year; magnetic field; major surgery; marriage; meter; minefield; minute; month; "music to my ears"; ; "Old Man"; out of line; overhaul; photon; player; professionalism; Promenade; psychology paper; Quark's; reconnaissance; repair list; replicator; rhythm; rib; safe harbor; saying; scotch; secret weapon; separated shoulder; senior staff; sense of humor; signature; Sisko's friends; sober; sporting; starbase; spots; Starfleet Academy; ; toast; triumph; weight; wrestling; wrestling match; Vulcan; Vulcan cadets; Vulcan station; war; wardroom; warp core; week; year; zygomatic bone Baseball references athlete; Atlanta Braves; autograph; back swing; ; (1st, 2nd, 3rd) ; baseball; (object); baseball field; baseball game; baseball glove; baseball team; baseline; ; batted ball (aka fly ball; foul ball; ground ball); bunt; catcher; center fielder; chatter; (batting, pitching, first base) coach; coach's box; double play; ejection; errors; eye on the ball; Fancy Dan; fielder; first baseman; game; grand slam; gum; hits; home run; home plate infield fly rule; infielder; left fielder; Logicians; Niners; out; pinch hit; (batting) practice; ; ; right field; right fielder; runs; ; ; San Francisco Giants; second baseman; scouting; shortstop; slide (baseball); ; spectator; stands; strike (baseball); substitution; third baseman; throw and catch; time out; tryouts; umpire External links "Wezen-Ball: Take Me Out to the Holosuite: A Star Trek DS9 Breakdown" by Larry Granillo, an analysis of the game from a baseball perspective, at Baseball Prospectus de:Wettkampf in der Holosuite es:Take Me Out to the Holosuite fr:Take Me Out to the Holosuite (épisode) nl:Take Me Out to the Holosuite DS9 episodes

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Treachery, Faith and the Great River (episode)

Odo is contacted by Weyoun, who reveals that he wants to defect to the Federation. Meanwhile, O'Brien and Nog sail down the Great Material Continuum. Summary Teaser While with Kira, Odo is massaging her in her quarters for a springball injury. During, he says he's going to be leaving soon, having received a message from Gul Russol, who used to be one of his most reliable informants. Russol was presumed executed when Cardassia joined the Dominion, or so Odo thought. Even though he is skeptical, he tells Kira that he owes it to Russol to find out. He sets out for a barren moon on the . Miles O'Brien is under pressure, having been ordered by Captain Sisko to get the 's gravity net up and running in just three days, even though the station already needs far too many repairs… and the needed graviton stabilizer won't be available for three weeks. After he leaves, Ensign Nog offers the chief his help, saying O'Brien needs to form a relationship with the quartermaster who has the stabilizer in order to be put on the top of his list. O'Brien thinks that Nog will only get him in deeper trouble, and tells him he can go ahead and try as long as he doesn't get them both court martialed. At the rendezvous point on a barren moon, Odo instead finds Weyoun, who announces that he wants to defect to the Federation. Act One On the barren moon, Weyoun's offer to trade valuable intelligence about the Dominion in exchange for asylum in the Federation seems too good an offer to pass up. Weyoun insists they hurry as he's being searched for, but Odo waits, forcing him to explain himself. He says he's under pressure because the Dominion War was supposed to be over, with the Alpha Quadrant conquered and now he'll take the blame. Furthermore, he confirms a rumor Odo tells him about a Ketracel-white facility in Sector 507. Odo then agrees to take Weyoun back to Deep Space 9 and they beam up to the Rio Grande. After speaking with the quartermaster, Chief Willoughby, Nog learns he won't get a stabilizer for another week, but the has one now. Nog just needs to know what they need. Nog talks O'Brien into giving him his authorization code for the sake of expediency, and the Ferengi begins wheeling and dealing for the stabilizer in the chief's name. Odo and Weyoun don't get very far when they receive a transmission from Cardassia. Odo is surprised to see that the transmission is from Legate Damar – and Weyoun. Act Two It turns out that the Weyoun with Odo is clone number six (the Weyoun the crew has had the majority of previous dealing was the fifth clone who died after a transporter "accident"), who is apparently defective as he has a lack of faith in the Founders. The Weyoun clone 7, the one with Damar, orders clone 6 to activate his termination implant, a device all Vorta clones have inside their brain stems. When 6 refuses, Damar vows that the runabout will never return to DS9. After the transmission ended, Weyoun 6 admits to Odo the real reason he's defecting is that he felt the war was wrong. Odo is surprised when he hears this, and tells him his opinion makes perfect sense. On Cardassia, Damar tells Weyoun 7 they will have to order the Jem'Hadar to destroy the runabout; however, Weyoun adamantly refuses to harm a Founder. Damar is able to prod him into agreeing, as Odo does not consider himself a Founder and they will not need to tell the Jem'Hadar, or anyone else. On DS9, O'Brien arrives in Ops. As soon as he steps off the turbolift, Dax tells O'Brien that he had better make himself scarce. Before she can elaborate further, O'Brien is ordered by an angry Kira to come into the captain's office. Upon entering the room, Kira shows O'Brien that the captain's desk is missing. O'Brien catches up with Nog at the Replimat and gets the full story. Nog explains that it is on loan to Al Lorenzo, chief of operations on Decos Prime, who wants a holophoto of himself sitting behind it (he collects such photos). Nog has set up a chain of deals: in exchange for the loan of the desk, Lorenzo will give O'Brien an induction modulator, which O'Brien can then trade to the for a phaser emitter. The phaser emitter will then go to the Sentinel which has the extra graviton stabilizer that O'Brien (and the Defiant) needs. As O'Brien panics, seeing disaster ahead, Nog tells the chief to have faith in the Great Material Continuum, which Ferengi believe flows through the universe like a river, bringing people the things they need from those that have, and back again. Meanwhile, on the Rio Grande, Weyoun describes a nightmare, a product of his betrayal. He dreamt that he was being debriefed at Starfleet Headquarters on Earth but could not find the right office. He called out for Odo but he could not find him and then, Weyoun found himself being chased by Jem'Hadar or by Klingons, he cannot quite remember. He finds the nightmare silly but Odo sympathizes with him. Then, a Jem'Hadar fighter appears and tries to shoot down and destroy the runabout. Act Three Weyoun 6 can't believe they're firing on the ship with Odo on board. He gives details to Odo about the weakness of the fighter which allows Odo to destroy it with a sustained twin-Phaser blast. Weyoun is distraught, having now caused the death of loyal Dominion subjects. Odo attempts to probe him, saying his belief in the Founders was built into his genetic code, but he replies that is what gods do. Meanwhile, O'Brien becomes increasingly anxious when Nog disappears from the station (having used the access code to get access to a runabout). Things get worse when General Martok finds his 16 cases of bloodwine missing. Worf promises to find it. At Dominion Headquarters, Damar and Weyoun 7 are astonished that a simple runabout could destroy a Jem'Hadar fighter, and resolve to simply send more ships from a nearby base in the Olmerak system. At that moment, the Female Changeling arrives and inquires what they are sending ships after. They only say that they found a runabout spying on the base and are sending ships to destroy it. However, Damar notices something odd about the Founder: her face is parched with very noticeable wrinkles. She quickly morphs the wrinkles away, insists she is all right, and orders the temperature lowered. As they continue their journey back to the station, Weyoun 6 tells Odo the story of how the Vorta came to be in the service of the Founders. After Odo expresses satisfaction that his people are indeed capable of kindness, and Weyoun suggests Odo cares for his people in spite of their war, Weyoun relates a startling revelation: the Founders are dying. Act Four The entire Great Link is suffering from a strange disease (a morphogenic virus), which Weyoun witnessed from the female changeling. Only Odo, it seems, is not infected. Weyoun suggests it could be an opportunity for Odo to take over the Dominion and stop the war, but then more Jem'Hadar ships show up, so Odo takes the runabout into an ice field and hides it in a large chunk of ice and powers it down. Back on the station, O'Brien plans to make a new desk for Sisko, and asks Bashir for help. He has a plain white desk he plans to paint, but Bashir is sarcastically skeptical, noting that it is the wrong shape, height, and width. Kira comes in not believing what she's seeing, and, soon, Martok comes in and angrily points O'Brien out. He takes O'Brien down to the cargo bay and shows him his authorization code, demanding that the bloodwine be returned in 24 hours. Things are heating up for O'Brien. Within hours, the Jem'Hadar flush them out, and Odo makes a run for it. Act Five Knowing that the situation is hopeless, and to save Odo's life so that at least one Founder survives, Weyoun 6 contacts Weyoun 7 and asks him to call off the attack. Weyoun 7 watches as Weyoun 6 activates his termination device. Satisfied, Weyoun 7 orders the Jem'Hadar ships to stop attacking, over Damar's objections. Meanwhile, Weyoun 6 asks Odo for his blessing before he dies. Although Odo despises the idea that the Vorta see the Founders as gods, he grants Weyoun 6 his wish and the Vorta dies in his arms, content and at peace. Back on DS9, the Great Material Continuum comes through. Nog has returned along with Sisko's desk, looking spiffier than ever, the stabilizer is on hand, and the captain is happy. Even Martok is happy; in place of the bloodwine his wife sent him are 16 cases of 2309 bloodwine: a superior vintage. O'Brien decides to plunge right into the river to get some Saurian Brandy for Captain Sisko. Meanwhile, in his quarters, Odo reflects over the blessing he gave Weyoun and how content the Vorta looked when he died. Kira tells him that Weyoun was lucky, as he died with one of his gods smiling at him. The two then discuss the Founders' disease, and Kira notes that they will get more dangerous if they're desperate to survive. Odo remarks that regardless of who wins the war, it feels like he will lose either way. Memorable quotes "Don't do anything I wouldn't do." "Chief, I can't operate under those kinds of restrictions." - O'Brien and Nog "I don't think the universe is ready for two Weyouns." "I couldn't agree more." - Odo and Weyoun 7 "Clones. Keeping track of them is a full-time job." - Damar, to Weyoun 7 "You have to have faith, chief." "In a rumor?!" "No… in the Great Material Continuum!" (sighs) "Who are they?!" "It's not a 'they', it's the force that binds the universe together." "Oh, I must have missed that class at engineering school." - Nog and O'Brien "On Ferenginar, we learn about the Continuum while we still have our first set of ears." - Nog and O'Brien "Has it ever occurred to you that you believe the Founders are gods because that's what they want you to believe? That they built that into your genetic code?" "Of course they did. That's what gods do. After all, why be a god if there's no one to worship you?" - Odo and Weyoun 6 "Where are my cases of bloodwine?!" "I do not know, general, but I promise you I will find out." - Martok and Worf "We spotted a Federation runabout spying on our base in the Olmerak system." "Surely one ship shouldn't be much of a threat." "We'll have it destroyed within the hour." - Damar, Female Changeling, and Weyoun 7 "Then let's just say I left Cardassia because my life was in danger." "From whom?" "Everyone." "Aren't you being a little paranoid?" "Of course I'm paranoid, everyone's trying to kill me!" - Weyoun 6 and Odo "It's just such an honor to be with a g… (clears throat) a security officer." - Weyoun 6 "All right, you can start by telling me how one runabout is going to survive an assault by four Jem'Hadar ships." "I'm sure you'll think of something." - Odo and Weyoun 6 "This isn't easy for you, but you have to remember, they started this war. You didn't." "That's true. But I know now, whichever side wins, one thing is certain: I'm going to lose." - Kira and Odo "I don't know how you did it, Nog." "I never lost faith in the Great Material Continuum. " "Ah, like you say, the river will provide." "Chief!" "The waters just got choppy again…" - 'O'Brien, Nog, and Martok Background information Story and script Philip Kim's original idea for this episode involved Weyoun coming to Sisko to ask for his help because the Founders are breeding a new race called the Modain, who are to replace the Jem'Hadar. The Modain are far tougher and more aggressive than the Jem'Hadar, and even more loyal to the Founders. Weyoun convinces Sisko that it would be in everybody's best interest to destroy the breeding facility where the Modain are being developed. After destroying the facility however, Sisko discovers that Weyoun was lying – the Modain were not being bred to replace the Jem'Hadar, they were being bred to replace the Vorta. Ira Steven Behr had been looking for a good Weyoun/Odo story since the sixth season, and he believed that Kim's idea could be modified to fit. Consequently he assigned the script to David Weddle and Bradley Thompson, who altered Kim's story into the final episode. () The origins (or possible origins) of the Vorta are revealed in this episode. Ira Steven Behr came up with this story, and of it, he says, "I like to get the audience thinking one way about a character or a race, making them think that these are definitely the bad guys. Then you slip something like this in so they have to reevaluate the opinion you've already given them. These are still the bad guys, but now, at least, you understand something about why. So I just loved that the Vorta, this calculating, race, started out as Hobbit-like cute little creatures who were genetically altered and directed to do these horrible things." () The writers saw Odo's reluctant acceptance that for the Vorta, he truly is a god, as being his first step in deciding to return to the Founders at the end of the series. () Of the B-story, which is based on the 1961 novel , with Nog taking the role of , Aron Eisenberg states, "This was Nog taking the same energy and Ferengi ideals he'd had before he joined Starfleet and incorporating them into his goals in Starfleet. What I love about having an honest Ferengi in Starfleet is that he knows how to manipulate the situation. In Starfleet, you go through certain channels to get things done. It's all very official. Nog just feels that you don't have to. You can do it this way and it works just as easily and it's much faster. He thinks it's perfectly natural to do this. No one else in Starfleet would have done things this way except Nog." () The idea of an officer who wants to sit behind Sisko's desk was Ira Behr's joke about how obsessed Trekkies can become. () Weyoun VI's prediction that Odo will both cure the dying Founders and be their leader on a different path than that of the Female Changeling and the Dominion-Federation War does come true in the last episode of the series "What You Leave Behind." Reception Jeffrey Combs has stated that this was his favorite episode, not only because of the amount of screen time he got, but also because of the opportunity of playing two completely different 'types' of Weyoun in a single episode; "One Weyoun was defective, but that didn't mean that he was weak or that he wasn't manipulative or that he couldn't see what the other Weyoun is doing. Finding the right balance was tricky, so it really was my most challenging show. I would say to myself, 'Okay, now, how would that Weyoun say that line and how would this Weyoun react to it'. I tried to make Weyoun 6 a Weyoun of a different color, a Weyoun who could align himself with the Federation and see the flaws in his leaders. This actually appealed to me. I've always thought that Weyoun had some innate goodness in him somewhere. It's just difficult finding it because the Vorta are genetically designed to be loyal. But one person's defectiveness is another person's enlightenment. He was blind but now he could see. And for that, he was labeled a 'problem.' That was fun to play. I thought of each Weyoun as a different slice of the same pizza. One just didn't have any pepperoni on it." () Cinefantastique ranked "Treachery, Faith and the Great River" as the tenth best episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. (Cinefantastique, Vol. 32, No. 4/5, p. 101) Trivia Like a few other episodes, the final title works equally well for both the A and B stories. Treachery refers to Weyoun 6's defection and to O'Brien's feelings toward Nog midway through the episode; faith to Weyoun's loyalty to Odo and Nog's faith in the Great Material Continuum; and "great river" is both Nog's metaphor for the Great Material Continuum and the literal meaning of the name of the Rio Grande, aboard which the A-story is set. The Female Changeling begins to exhibit the effects of the morphogenic virus in this episode. The virus was created by Section 31, who infected Odo with it in the fourth season episode . Odo in turn infected the Great Link in the season 4 finale . Presumably, he was also "cured" of the virus in that episode when he was made a solid. He was subsequently re-infected by the Female Changeling in the sixth season episode , which explains why Odo and Weyoun believe that Odo is in fact free of the disease even though other Founders have begun to exhibit symptoms, as well as why Odo, who was initially infected long before any other Founder, was the last to exhibit symptoms. It's possible that Gul Russol is the contact to whom Odo speaks in ; he mentions that Russol was one of his most reliable contacts, and in , he obviously places great faith in his informant, so there is a possibility that they are one and the same. This is the first episode in which Damar expresses a strong sense of patriotism, mentioning all that Cardassia has lost in the Dominion War. This would go on to be a major factor in his character turning against the Dominion in the ten-hour, nine episode arc which closes the series. On the runabout, Weyoun was trying to eat a pepperoni pizza with chopsticks. This is the last of three episodes in which Nog creates a long chain of trades of unrelated products to acquire his end goal. In the first season episode , he (as half of the Noh-Jay Consortium) trades commodities for latinum, and in the fifth season episode he helps Jake Sisko trade for a gift for his father. This is the only one of the three in which he does not work with his friend Jake. Referenced Rules of Acquisition: #168 ("Whisper your way to success") It is not clear why air and an appropriate temperature are needed to keep Odo alive; since he does not eat, he presumably has no metabolism that would need oxygen to metabolise fuel, and temperature to maintain metabolic reaction-rates without protein decomposition. He actually seems to stand the freeze without too many problems, as opposed to Weyoun. also sees another changeling having no problem with at least changing into something that can live in space. This is the second of three times after the discovery of the Dominion that Odo is referred to as a "shapeshifter" instead of a Changeling; Damar uses this term when talking to Odo. Drex used it previously in , and Odo himself would later use it in . This was the first named appearance of the Rio Grande since , finally confirming that the ship was salvaged and repaired. Video and DVD releases UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 7.3, As part of the DS9 Season 7 DVD collection Links and references Starring Avery Brooks as Captain Benjamin Sisko Also starring Rene Auberjonois as Constable Odo Nicole de Boer as Counselor Ezri Dax Michael Dorn as Lieutenant Commander Worf Colm Meaney as Chief Miles O'Brien Armin Shimerman as Quark Alexander Siddig as Doctor Julian Bashir Nana Visitor as Colonel Kira Nerys Guest stars Jeffrey Combs as Weyoun 6 and Weyoun 7 Casey Biggs as Damar J.G. Hertzler as Martok Aron Eisenberg as Nog Max Grodénchik as Rom And Salome Jens as the Female Changeling Uncredited co-stars Sam Alejan as sciences officer Michael Bailous as Bajoran security deputy Patti Begley as Bajoran officer Wade Kelley as sciences officer David B. Levinson as Broik Angus McClellan as operations ensign Chuck Shanks as operations lieutenant Susie Stillwell as Bajoran security deputy Unknown actor as Pelian References 2309; 2367; 2370; 2374; Alpha Quadrant; ape-like creature; authorization code; Bajor; battalion; berry; bloodwine; Cardassia; Cardassians; Cardassian Central Command; Cardassian Rebellion; chopstick; clone; comet; court martial; debriefing; Decos Prime; defector; desk; ; Dominion; Dominion War; duonetic field; Earth; empire; Engineering School; fairy tale; faith; Federation; Ferengi; Ferengi Rules of Acquisition; Ferenginar; Gamzian wine; Gant; genetic engineering; gesture; graviton stabilizer; gravity net; Great Material Continuum; ; hour; ice; jaw; kava nut; ketracel-white; kilo; Kuiper belt; ; Milky Way Galaxy; murder; nightmare; nut; Olmerak system; oxygen; PADD; paint; patriotism; ; Pelosa system; phaser emitter; pizza; plasma conductor; Promenade; Promenade Merchants' Association; Prophets; Quark's; quartermaster; queasy; rippleberry; room; runabout; Russol; sailor; sarcasm; Saurian brandy; Sector 507; shipping order; Sirella; springball; squadron; Starfleet Headquarters; storage facility; suicide; temperature; termination implant; waiting list; week; ; ; ; ; wormhole alien; worship Starship references alien freighter; Bajoran interceptor (unnamed); cargo management unit (unnamed); ; ; Jem'Hadar attack ship (unnamed 1 and 2); (unnamed); ; ; External links de:Verrat, Glaube und gewaltiger Fluß es:Treachery, Faith, and the Great River fr:Treachery, Faith, and the Great River (épisode) nl:Treachery, Faith, and the Great River DS9 episodes

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Once More Unto the Breach (episode)

With the Dominion War raging, the old Klingon warrior Kor feels left out of the action, and looks for some way to get his share of the honor of battle. However, his efforts to play a part are stymied by Martok, who holds a grudge against Kor. Summary Teaser Having just relived the Battle of the Alamo in a holosuite at Quark's, Dr. Bashir and Chief O'Brien heatedly discuss the fate of Davy Crockett, a legendary hero who died in the battle. O'Brien expresses his opinion that Crockett was executed by General Santa Anna as a point of pride, while Bashir believes Crockett was tired of living on his reputation and ultimately surrendered with the Mexican Army closing in. Worf joins them and comments that if you believe in the myth of Davy Crockett, then there should be no doubt that he died a hero, but if instead you believe that Davy Crockett was just a man, it does not matter "how he died". Worf gets up and leaves after saying this and Bashir tells O'Brien that that is that. Worf returns to his quarters and is soon visited by Kor. The venerable Dahar master congratulates Worf on his distinguished service in the war, and commiserates on the death of Worf's wife, then admits he is there to beg a favor: Kor has lost whatever influence he once had, so the Klingon Empire has decided that there is no place for him in the war. He pleads Worf to intercede for him so that he may "end my life as I have lived it – as a warrior." Worf approaches General Martok with Kor's request, and is stunned when Martok refuses, violently, warning Worf to cease pursuing this, "or I will forget that we are brothers!" Act One Martok unveils his new battleplan to Captain Sisko: using only a squadron of Birds-of-Prey, he will hit Dominion facilities and create chaos behind their lines, starting with an audacious raid on the heavily-fortified Cardassian starbase on Trelka V, then plans to hit the Manora shipyards, the breeding facilities on Sheva II, and then the supply depots in the Borias Cluster. Sisko likens it to an ancient Earth tactic known as a "cavalry raid" and offers to join him with the . Martok politely declines, saying that the Defiant will be more useful in deterring Jem'Hadar ships that may be following once the Klingons head back to Federation-held territory. Sisko promises to have the ship's phasers charged. Aboard Martok's ship, Worf tries to speak to him again about Kor. After loudly asking the bridge crew to leave, Martok explains his hatred of Kor: Martok's family came from the Ketha lowlands and had little, but had served the Empire for generations as soldiers. However Martok's father had hopes his son would be an officer in the Klingon Defense Force and after much difficulty, eventually found someone to sponsor his application. After passing the exam on the first try, Martok's application rested on the oversight council which should have been nothing more than a formality. Kor, a member of the council, turned him down for no reason other than Martok's common background, much to the shame and embarrassment of Martok and his father. With a black mark on his record from a Dahar Master, Martok couldn't even enlist as a common soldier but was forced to spend five years as a civilian orderly aboard a ship. "Luckily" the ship was attacked by an inept Romulan vessel which allowed the young Klingon to display his courage and military skills, and then earned him a battlefield commission. To Martok though, this all happened too late, as his father had died and could not share in the honor. If Kor had had his way, he concludes, Martok would still be scrubbing decks, instead of playing the vital role in the war he now occupies. Worf said he had used his own authority to appoint Kor as third officer aboard a ship in the Ninth Fleet. He begins to apologize, but Martok waves him down, saying it has been done and warns Worf that he is responsible for Kor. In the Replimat, Kor is enjoying a catch-up meal with Ezri Dax, when Worf appears. He tells Kor the reason for Martok's dislike of him, and Kor does not recall this but admits it is possible. Worf tells Kor that he should not have stopped a man from serving the Klingon Empire for such a trivial reason. Rebuffed, Kor asks if his commission was revoked. Worf confirms that it is not and instructs Kor to report for duty in the morning aboard the and advises him to stay out of Martok's way. Before leaving, Kor asks Worf for a reminder of the ship's name. Hours later, as the squadron is about to deploy, Kor reports for duty on the bridge of the Ch'Tang. With the memories of his humiliation still vivid, Martok is aggravated when every member of the bridge crew is awestruck to have a Dahar Master on board. Act Two In Quark's bar, Ezri talks to Kira about what it was like to see Kor again, an odd experience since it's the first time Kor has seen Ezri and not Jadzia. She does in part wish she could be side-by-side with him once more. Quark overhears this, and confiding in Odo, he assumes she meant Worf. A brief respite of Martok telling war stories in the ship's mess hall is interrupted, when Kor joins them, and the crew is once again in awe. Noticing the tension, Worf attempts to change the subject by asking Martok to announce his plan of attack for Trelka V. Martok lays out his plan, which impresses the crew… only for Kor, in congratulating him, to note that Kor himself had once executed a similar plan against the Federation outpost on Caleb IV, along with his late comrade Kang. As the crew turns their attention back to Kor, Martok leaves the room in disgust. Worf attempts to reassure Martok that the crew are simply not accustomed to serving alongside a Dahar master, when an alert klaxon sounds. As the crew reports to battle stations, Kor appears confused as to where he's supposed to go, before an encounter with Lieutenant Synon, the ship's helmswoman, inadvertently reminds him he's supposed to go to the bridge. Act Three At Trelka IV, Martok orders two of his ships, the and to decloak and fire on the planetary base, before withdrawing. This attracts the attention of a Cardassian cruiser. The Malpara is quickly destroyed, but the Ning'tao manages to lead the larger ship out of the system. Meanwhile, with the base's shields down and repair crews underway, Martok orders the other ships to decloak and open fire. In the heat of battle, Martok and Worf are incapacitated, leaving Kor to assume command. The confused Kor orders the ships to come around for another pass, even as an injured but conscious Martok, who had only intended for one pass, attempts weakly to order his crew to withdraw. The ships are battered by returning fire from the base, with the taking heavy damage and the suffering a hull breach as well as the deaths of its captain and first officer. Kor announced his intention to capture the base, despite Synon's protests that they have a garrison of ten thousand troops. When Kor orders the crew to open a channel to his long-dead comrade Kang, to tell him that Federation outpost on Caleb IV will fall within the hour, it becomes clear that the old Klingon has confused reality with his memories of a century-old battle. The injured Martok attempts to dispose of Kor by throwing a d'k tahg at him. However, Worf, regaining consciousness, manages to catch the knife, knock Kor to the deck, and resume command, ordering an escape course. Martok then orders Kor off his bridge. Act Four While the raid is going on, back on Deep Space 9, Quark decides, while talking to Jake, to declare himself, telling Ezri that Jadzia was too good for Worf, and Ezri most definitely is, and it would be a terrible mistake for her to resume a relationship with Worf just because she feels obligated by Jadzia's commitments. Ezri cuts him off and clears the air, telling him that she and Worf have both moved on and have agreed to just remain friends. They have also agreed not to pursue another relationship. Having said that, she is still charmed by the kind, dear and [for Quark] embarrassing declaration the Ferengi just made to her. Ezri then kisses Quark on the cheek, which amuses Jake and encourages Quark. Kor eats in the mess hall, alone except for Martok's elderly aide, Darok. Martok comes in, along with Synon and weapons officer Kolana, who start needling him mercilessly about his senility. Kor does not respond, but finishes his meal in silence and excuses himself. Martok challenges him to make some kind of response, and Kor simply tells the younger Klingons to enjoy the fruit of life, but not to live too long, since "the taste turns bitter" as one grows old. In the silent, unsettled wake of his absence, Martok clearly doesn't feel the enjoyment of his long-awaited victory over Kor. In Martok's quarters, Worf brings him the new personnel assignments. He has removed Kor from active duty, and concedes that it was a mistake to give him a position in the first place. Worf says that when they return, he will ask Chancellor Gowron to find some sinecure for Kor on Qo'noS that will allow him to feel useful, while keeping him safely out of combat. Martok confesses that he did not take the satisfaction from gloating over Kor that he thought he would; the elderly Klingon is no longer an enemy, just an old man to be pitied. They are interrupted when the bridge alerts Martok that a fleet of ten Jem'Hadar attack ships have been detected, having managed to penetrate their ships' cloaking fields and are gaining on them. Act Five The bridge officers grimly report that the Jem'Hadar will overtake them in about two hours, less time than it will take the Klingons to rendezvous with the Defiant and other Federation reinforcements. Worf devises a plan: one Bird-of-Prey, the Ning'tao with a skeleton crew, drop out of warp and fire a graviton pulse to force the Jem'Hadar to drop out of warp, and then engage them long enough for the rest of the fleet to reach safety. Since the Ning'taos own captain is considered too inexperienced, Worf volunteers to command the doomed ship. Kor is lying in his quarters when Darok drops in and briefs Kor on the plan in secret. Handing Kor a PADD with the details, Darok says the plan is a good one, but its success ultimately hinges on the one ship being able to successfully engage and delay the Jem'Hadar, to prevent them from reentering warp to resume pursuit of the fleet. Kor, despite the recent drubbing his self-confidence has taken, immediately states that the solution would be to confuse the Jem'Hadar sensors in the opening moments, with a spread of torpedoes, and Darok (clearly still a "fan" of Kor) encourages him that the ship must be commanded by a warrior of Kor's great experience – but, even more importantly, such a warrior could not hope to succeed unless he was completely confident in his own abilities. Kor, with new resolve in his heart, replies he would not take on the mission unless he was this confident. Darok bows deeply and tells Kor it has been an honor to serve with him. Soon after, Kor catches up to Worf in the transporter room, where the two say goodbye until they meet again in Sto-vo-kor. Worf, to his surprise, is then asked if he has any message for Jadzia, but before he can respond, Kor renders him unconscious with a hypospray. Kor promises the unconscious Worf that he will convey Worf's undying love to Jadzia, and tells his friend to "live well." Beaming away to the doomed ship, Kor gives one last salute to the world he loves and the Empire he has served for so long. "Long live the Empire!" In space, the Ning'tao de-cloaks as it drops to impulse, then turns about and hurtles back into warp, towards the enemy. Kor's progress is monitored by ship sensors. At this point, it is assumed by Martok and others that Worf is leading the suicide mission. Darok brings a bottle of bloodwine to the bridge, in brazen defiance of regulations. Martok objects, and Darok says that, whether the volunteers fail or succeed, they will deserve to have their courage saluted. The bridge crew keeps a tense vigil as they can only wait and observe through their sensors as the Ning'tao drops out of warp and succeeds in pulling the whole Jem'Hadar squadron out of warp. Martok expresses a hope that Worf will die gloriously – but when Worf himself appears on the bridge and states that this will not happen today, it dawns on him that Kor has taken control of the ship. Kolana reports that the Ning'tao is taking heavy fire, but has succeeded in collapsing the Jem'Hadar formation. Then the battle goes beyond the Ch'tangs sensor range, and they lose contact. Martok ponders that it doesn't seem possible that a single Bird-of-Prey could stall ten Jem'Hadar ships, but Worf is more optimistic about the outcome as it is Kor himself in command. Sometime later, after the whole bridge crew has waited with bated breath, Kolana reports that Kor has succeeded: the Jem'Hadar can no longer overtake the Klingon ships before they rendezvous with the Defiant. Martok is unable to comprehend how Kor could have succeeded. Worf simply replies, "Does it matter?" Martok demands the bottle from Darok and lifts it high in salute to Kor, "a noble warrior to the end!" As the bottle is passed around the bridge, Darok begins to sing. The rest of the bridge crew, with the exception of Martok, joins Darok in honoring the Dahar master who has died in battle as every true Klingon wishes to, as a warrior, and sacrificed himself to save all their lives. Memorable quotes "The only real question is whether you believe in the legend of Davey Crockett or not. If you do, then there should be no doubt in your mind that he died a hero's death. If you do not believe in the legend, then he was just a man, and it does not matter how he died." - Worf "I heard the news about Jadzia." "She died a warrior." "I expected nothing less." "To absent comrades." - Kor and Worf "The way of the warrior is not a humble one. Show some pride in your accomplishments!" "I will try." - Kor and Worf "There will come a day, Darok, when your services as my aide will no longer be required." "I look forward to that day with great anticipation." - Martok and Darok "It's a pity Captain Sisko frowns on summary executions." - Martok, to Worf, referring to his disdain for Darok as he leaves his office "I wish to speak to you about Kor. Now I know you have strong feelings about this, but–" (loudly) "Clear the bridge!" - Worf and Martok "You'd make a pretty good counselor. You wanna trade jobs?" "Oh yeah, people would love to bring their problems to me… 'You dreamed about what? You're crazy! Get out of my office! Next patient!'" - Ezri and Kira "Savor the fruit of life, my young friends. It has a sweet taste when it's fresh from the vine. But don't live too long… The taste turns bitter… after a time." - Kor "I was playing a deep game. I'm not the kind of man who just rushes in and declares himself. I like the chase. But then Mister Today-is-a-good-day-to-die shows up and spoils everything. And now, it's going to happen all over again with Ezri. New body, new personality, but she'll make the same mistake." - Quark, about Ezri Dax "I've hated his name for almost thirty years. I've dreamed of the moment when I would finally see him stripped of his rank and title – when he would suddenly find himself without a friend in the world, without the power of his birthright… Well I've had that moment now – and I took no joy from it." - Martok, after humiliating Kor "We are being pursued by a Jem'Hadar fleet. Worf believes he can stop them – with a single ship." "How?" "(Shows Kor a datapad) It's a good plan, but it has one flaw: it depends entirely on Worf successfully engaging the whole enemy fleet, if only for a short time." "It can be done… the key would be to confuse their sensors in the opening moments, with a spread of torpedoes." "Perhaps, but it would take a warrior with three times the experience to accomplish such a feat. And such a man would have to be certain of his abilities." "Such a man would not take the job… unless he were certain." - Darok and Kor "It has been an honor serving with you… Kor, son of Rynar." - Darok, knowing what Kor is about to do "I look forward to seeing you at the gates to Sto-vo-Kor." "As do I." "Do you have any message you want me to convey to Jadzia?" (Worf falls unconscious before he can respond) - Kor and Worf, before the former takes the latter's place on the suicide mission "When I reach the halls of the hallowed dead, I will find your beloved, and remind her that her husband is a noble warrior… and that he still loves no one but her. Goodbye, my friend – live well." - Kor, to the incapacitated Worf "Long live the Empire!" - Kor, as he beams to the Ning'tao "(re: a bottle of bloodwine) On the bridge?!" "If they succeed, you can drink to their courage. And if they fail, you can still drink to their courage." - Martok and Darok "Die well, Worf." "Today was not my day to die." "Worf?! But then wh…? Kor!" - Martok and Worf "One ship against ten… It doesn't seem possible…" "He will succeed. He is Kor, the Dahar Master." - Martok and Worf "How? How did that pompous old man hold off an entire Jem'Hadar fleet with only one ship?" "Does it matter?" - Martok and Worf "To Kor, a Dahar Master and noble warrior to the end!" - Martok Background information Story and script As is hinted at in the conversation between O'Brien and Bashir in the teaser, Ronald D. Moore based this episode on the legend of and the ; "Did Crockett surrender? Was he executed? Did he die on the walls, swinging his over his head? It depends on whether he's a hero or not, or if he's a legend to you. If he is, then he went out a hero. If you don't think that, then he's just another guy and it doesn't matter how he died. It felt like we could send Kor out the same way. It doesn't really matter how Kor died. It doesn't really matter what he did in those final moments of his life. What matters is the legend." () This notion of the legend being more important than the fact recalls the 1962 movie . It also recalls the second season episode , specifically the character of Li Nalas, who was based on the character from Valance. Moore based the rivalry between Martok and Kor on class issues mainly due to how each actor had portrayed their respective character in the past; "John Colicos always played Kor as an aristocratic and 'to the manor born' Klingon who ruled by 'divine right'. J.G. Hertzler always made Martok seem like a guy, like a common soldier who had worked his way through the ranks. So there was a natural antipathy between the two characters." () Hertzler was able to contribute a line of dialogue in the episode: "And I got to do a tiny bit of writing in that one. I asked Ron (Moore) if I could add a line to a long speech I had at the end of the episode. I added, "Unfortunately, my father did not live to see that day." That, for me, rounded out the character's choice to never forgive, to take his hatred of Kor and his resentment to the grave. It was important to me to not forgive Kor on behalf of my father. They said, "People like Martok. They want to root for him." I said, "You know, it really doesn't matter." As a character, as an actor it’s a lot more exciting to play that “human failure” of never forgiving than it is to forgive. You might be a better angel to forgive, but there aren't that many angels in the Klingon nature." Hertzler named Martok's father Urthog in The Left Hand of Destiny. Armin Shimerman sees this episode as setting up his character for the rest of the season; "For the most part, the season is about Quark either mourning Jadzia or pursuing Ezri. The audience would never accept them as a couple though, so there was never a chance for that. So I spent most of the season crying into my own drinks, rueing the fact that I was getting nowhere with Ezri. Although everybody else on the show seemed to get somewhere with her!" () A deleted scene in this episode involved Quark sitting at the bar and lamenting his failure with Ezri, and Jake attempting to cheer him up by making him a drink. The scene would have gone between the scene where Quark hears Ezri talking about Kor and thinks she is talking about Worf, and the scene where he confronts her about her feelings. In the scene, as Quark pours out his heart to Jake, Jake is getting flustered because he is trying to concentrate on making the drink, but Quark keeps distracting him, and he keeps getting it wrong, pouring it out and having to start again. The scene was cut for time. () An extra part of the opening scene where O'Brien, Bashir and Worf discuss the Alamo was either unfilmed or deleted; in it, Bashir talks about Travis drawing the line in the sand during the battle. (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion - A Series Guide and Script Library) Reception This episode is one of Michael Dorn's two favorite Star Trek installments (the other being ). He characterized them as "Shakespearean and epic" as well as "just beautiful." (What We Left Behind) Dorn elaborated on why he enjoyed the episode so much: "I thought it was fabulous. It was just dramatic and sentimental, and exciting, and heroic. John Colicos was a dream to work with, just a dream. We did one other episode with him, but this one was totally different. This guy was on his way out, and he couldn't do it any more, the Lou Gehrig story or something like that. It was one of my favorites, absolutely." (Cinefantastique, Volume 29 Number 6/7) This episode is also one of J.G. Hertzler's favorites. Talking about it in an interview he said, "To have the amount of profound artistry inherent in John Colicos and Neil Vipond working around you is what you live for. When you get that much experience on stage that still has the juice – that's what made that episode. Plus I had two beautiful Klingon females on either side of me. That didn't hurt!" He also comments, "It's my favorite Deep Space Nine script. It was an actor's dream. I got to really let loose my most venomous, vindictive anger at this old man, and just attack him relentlessly. I think that made some of the viewers uncomfortable, because it was hard to like Martok in those scenes, but we all do things that people don't like. It made my character three-dimensional, so I was happy." Furthermore, "I told the producers that Martok shouldn't join in singing the ballad at the end. They were worried about that, but I said, 'Listen, Martok can give Kor all the due praise, but he cannot sing to him because the hatred is still there, underneath. He does not forgive what that man did.' I thought that was more important for my character than bringing him all the way around. I wanted to leave that show unfallen." () Nancy Youngblut commented: "My work as an actor since 1982 has often meant playing tough, assertive characters, including Captain Kolana of the Ch’Tang, a Klingon commander on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. The episode was called “Once More Unto the Breach.” I had my own ship. I loved flying my own ship". Trivia Kor's toast to Jadzia Dax, "To absent comrades," is reminiscent of Kirk's toast of Spock in and Picard's toast of Data in , "to absent friends," which is the traditional naval toast of the day for Sunday. John Colicos gives his last performance as Kor in this episode. He first appeared in the role thirty-one years previously in . This was Colicos' final acting role before his death on . Kor is seemingly the only person, besides Benjamin and Jake Sisko, to have known Curzon, Jadzia and Ezri. The title for this episode comes from William Shakespeare's Henry V – Act III, Scene I, lines 1-34, as Henry rouses his troops before an attack on a French castle: <blockquote> Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more; Or close the wall up with our English dead. In peace there's nothing so becomes a man/As modest stillness and humility: But when the blast of war blows in our ears, Then imitate the action of the tiger; Stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood, Disguise fair nature with hard-favour'd rage; Then lend the eye a terrible aspect; Let pry through the portage of the head/Like the brass cannon; let the brow o'erwhelm it/As fearfully as doth a galled rock/O'erhang and jutty his confounded base, Swill'd with the wild and wasteful ocean. Now set the teeth and stretch the nostril wide, Hold hard the breath and bend up every spirit/To his full height. On, on, you noblest English. Whose blood is fet from fathers of war-proof! Fathers that, like so many Alexanders, Have in these parts from morn till even fought/And sheathed their swords for lack of argument: Dishonour not your mothers; now attest/That those whom you call'd fathers did beget you. Be copy now to men of grosser blood, And teach them how to war. And you, good yeoman, Whose limbs were made in England, show us here/The mettle of your pasture; let us swear/That you are worth your breeding; which I doubt not; For there is none of you so mean and base, That hath not noble lustre in your eyes. I see you stand like greyhounds in the slips, Straining upon the start. The game's afoot: Follow your spirit, and upon this charge/Cry 'God for Harry, England, and Saint George'!" </blockquote> This speech is generally regarded as the finest battle rousing speech in all of literature. In fact, it was previously quoted by both in , and Bashir in . This episode features the Raid on Trelka V. During the raid, the Klingons use the meter as a unit of measure instead of the usual kellicam. The Dominion long-range tachyon scanner was invented for this episode to "establish a way for them to penetrate their cloak, otherwise there wouldn't have been much jeopardy for most of the show." () A script for this episode was sold off on the It's A Wrap! sale and auction on eBay. Kor's speech to the younger Klingons about the sweet taste of life is reminiscent of what he said to the Organians in his first appearance: "I hope you will continue to savor the sweetness of your life." This episode features the very rare sight of Worf wearing his full Starfleet uniform without his baldric (near the beginning when Kor visits him in his quarters). The blood wine that Kor and Worf drink is "2309," the same vintage that Nog "acquired" for Martok in the previous episode, . Martok later shares the same vintage with Gowron in and with Sisko and Admiral Ross in . Remastered version Remastered footage from the episode is featured in the documentary What We Left Behind. Production history Worf, Martok, Kor, Darok, and two Bajorans film scenes. () Kira, Odo, Worf, Quark film scenes. () Worf, Martok, Kor, Darok, and Kolana film scenes. () Worf, Martok, Kor, Darok, Kolana and Synon film scenes. () Worf, Martok, Kor, Darok, Kolana and Synon film scenes. () Video and DVD releases UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 7.4, As part of the DS9 Season 7 DVD collection Links and references Starring Avery Brooks as Captain Sisko Also Starring Rene Auberjonois as Odo Nicole deBoer as Ezri Dax Michael Dorn as Lt. Commander Worf Cirroc Lofton as Jake Sisko Colm Meaney as Chief O'Brien Armin Shimerman as Quark Alexander Siddig as Doctor Bashir Nana Visitor as Colonel Kira Guest Stars John Colicos as "Kor" J.G. Hertzler as "Martok" Neil Vipond as Darok Nancy Youngblut as Kolana Blake Lindsley as Synon Uncredited Co-Stars Sam Alejan as sciences officer Patti Begley as Bajoran officer Uriah Carr as civilian Cathy DeBuono as M'Pella Brian Demonbreun as sciences officer Anthony Giger as civilian Terry Green as operations lieutenant Wade Kelley as Klingon officer David B. Levinson as Broik Mary Mascari as Bajoran woman Angus McClellan as operations ensign James Minor as civilian Robin Morselli as Bajoran officer Chuck Shanks as operations lieutenant Mark Allen Shepherd as Morn Unknown performers as Corvallen Paradan Klingon officers 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, and 8 Stunt Double Dennis Madalone as stunt double for John Colicos References 1786; 1836; 2309; 2350; 2345; ability; active duty; Alamo; ; ammunition; banner; battlement; bearing; bloodwine; boarding party; Borias Cluster; breeding facility; Caleb IV; ; Cardassians; Cardassian territory; cavalry raid; civilian; cloaking device; common soldier; comrade; congressman; Corvallen; counselor; ; ; ; Dahar Master; Deep Space 9; defense condition one; disruptor; division; Dominion; Dominion War; dozen; Duke; Earth; emergency power; ; execution; experience; ; Federation; Felton Prime; fighter; gag; garrison; Gowron; graviton; guidance system relay; Halls of the Hallowed Dead; harem; heart; House of Kor; House of Martok; humble; humor; hypospray; Imperial Fleet engineers; Indian; inverse graviton burst; Jem'Hadar; Kahless the Unforgettable; Kalandra sector; Kang; Ketha lowlands; Ketha Province; Klingon Empire; Klingon High Council; Klingon Imperial Court; Klingon Imperial Fleet; Klingon Oversight Council; Klingonese; Korma Pass; laborer; lead ship; legend; lifespan; long-range tachyon scanner; Lurkan; main deflector; Manora shipyards; Martok's ancestors; Martok's father; meter; Mexicans; Mexican Army; Mogh; Moscow Mule; Ninth Fleet; outer marker; path; phaser; point of pride; Qo'noS; Quark's; Raid on Trelka V; Renavi; Romulans; rules of war; Rynar; Saltah'na clock; Santa Anna; sensor range; Sheva II; ShiVang; spacedock; sponsor; squadron; Sto-vo-kor''; strafing; supply depot; surrender; T'nag; targeting sensors; third officer; tip; tongo; transporter room; ; Trelka V; Trelka V Starbase; vodka; warp field; warrior Starship references ; ; ; ; (unnamed); ; flagship; (unnamed); Jem'Hadar fighter (unnamed); ; Klingon Bird-of-Prey; ; ; ; ; ShiVang's flagship; ; (unnamed); ; Deleted references Rum External links de:Der Dahar-Meister es:Once More Unto the Breach fr:Once More Unto the Breach (épisode) nl:Once More Unto the Breach DS9 episodes

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The Siege of AR-558 (episode)

During a supply run to AR-558, Sisko finds the defending Starfleet unit with over two thirds of the troops dead and the remaining soldiers' morale extremely low. When the Defiant comes under attack, Sisko, Bashir, Dax, Nog, and Quark choose to remain on the planet, which is about to come under attack by a much larger contingent of Jem'Hadar soldiers. Summary Teaser In Vic's lounge, Rom auditions for a "gig", singing "The Lady is a Tramp" – and not very well. Vic tries to let him down easy, reminding Rom that a singer would be a poor opening act for another singer. Dr. Bashir enters the lounge, and retrieves a recording Vic has made for him to give to the Starfleet soldiers on AR-558. Meanwhile, Odo finds Captain Sisko standing in the wardroom, where Sisko is looking over the ever-growing list of casualties from the Dominion War. He mentions to Odo that at the start of the war, he tried to memorize the names of the fallen, as if to pay tribute to them, but as the list grew, the names seemed to blur together. Odo tells the captain that that is understandable. Colonel Kira interrupts them over the comm to inform Sisko that the is ready. Quark mopes in the mess hall of the Defiant, wondering why Grand Nagus Zek would want him to go on a "fact-finding mission" to the front lines of the war. Ezri tries to comfort him, believing the Nagus wants a Ferengi perspective of the war. Unfortunately, her efforts to cheer him up are in vain, and even more so as the Defiant shakes from Dominion fire. Ezri rushes to the bridge, but Quark follows after her, not wanting to be alone. In the corridor, Quark runs into Worf, who tells him that the Dominion is pushing hard to reclaim the Chin'toka system from Federation control. Quark nervously enters the bridge behind Worf, just as the Defiant succeeds in destroying a Jem'Hadar fighter with quantum torpedoes. Sisko tells Miles O'Brien to keep an eye out for more enemy ships. Once the immediate threat is over, Quark's presence on the bridge becomes rather obvious, and he quickly excuses himself. Embarrassed, Ensign Nog assures Sisko that his uncle will not disrupt their work again. When the Defiant reaches AR-558, Sisko relinquishes command to Worf and he, Ezri, Bashir, Quark, and Nog beam down to the planet's barren surface, armed with phaser rifles. Once there, they come under immediate phaser fire. Act One The phaser fire is Federation, and stops when the ranking Starfleet officer, Lieutenant Nadia Larkin, orders her men to hold their fire. One of them, Vargas, who believes they are all doomed, is a bit of a hothead and mistook Sisko's party for Jem'Hadar. Sisko is surprised at the state of the garrison: the troops have been stranded for five months (when regulations require forces to be rotated off the front line every ninety days), without reinforcements or supplies. Of the original one hundred fifty soldiers, only 43 are left. The other 107, including Captain and the First officer, Commander , have been killed in action, leaving Larkin as the superior officer. After seeing to the garrison's most serious injuries, Bashir treats Vargas for his fever and chest congestion. When he moves to treat Vargas' bandaged arm, the young officer grabs Bashir by the collar of his and pulls a phaser on him, telling him he will not remove the bandage under any circumstance and asks Bashir if he understands. Letting go of the doctor after he says he does, Vargas tells Bashir about McGreevey, who applied the bandage to his arm. Vargas could not stand McGreevey, since he considered himself the foremost authority on everything and talked all the time. While applying the bandage, McGreevey kept talking until he was killed in front of Vargas, shot in the chest. Starting to sob, Vargas tells Bashir that it was so great… McGreevey had finally stopped talking. After his confrontation with Vargas, Bashir pulls Sisko aside and warns the captain that the soldiers' health, not to mention their morale, are both dangerously fragile. In the cave the Starfleet forces are defending, Larkin shows Sisko the object of all the fighting: a captured Dominion communication array which, if the engineers can figure out how it works, would allow the Federation to tap into enemy comm traffic all over the sector. As they talk, a muffled explosion is heard, and Larkin curses as another of her men is claimed by a "Houdini," Dominion anti-personnel mines that hide in subspace and appear at random. They have been trying to find a way to expose or eliminate them, without success. , one of the most hardened soldiers, acerbically tells the others not to waste their breath explaining their situation to Sisko, who will be leaving the planet with his crew shortly. When the Defiant is forced to leave while coming under attack by Jem'Hadar fighters, Sisko's conscience kicks in and he informs Worf that they intend to stay. As the commanding officer on the ground, Sisko now has only one order: hold. Act Two Sisko orders Ezri to work with one of the few surviving engineers, Crewman , to find a way of unmasking the mines. Though she is no longer an engineer or science officer, Ezri has the benefit of her previous hosts' experience. She and Kellin quickly get to like each other. Jem'Hadar soldiers later beam down and attack, but something is wrong; they do not fire, and they seem to walk into the line of enemy volleys, ignorant of their casualties. Sisko orders his men to hold as he realizes the Dominion trickery. Almost immediately, the attackers vanish. The soldiers weren't real; they were holograms intended to assess the enemy strength without firing a shot, and they have just succeeded. Between that and the Houdinis, things are looking grim. Sisko has his hands full trying to shore up the morale of the tired soldiers. Aside, Quark explains to Nog that, for all their civilized ways, Humans can become just as savage as bloodthirsty Klingons, if they go too long without food, sleep, or creature comforts. Sisko decides it is imperative that they discover the location of the Jem'Hadar encampment and assess their strength. He orders Nog (with his superior Ferengi hearing) to accompany Larkin and Reese on the scouting mission, a decision Quark objects strongly to. After the three officers leave, Sisko says that Nog is only doing his duty, and Quark retorts that Sisko wouldn't send his son Jake out there so casually. Sisko responds that his son is not a Starfleet officer, but this argument doesn't convince Quark. Act Three Using his lobes, Nog successfully leads the scout team to the Jem'Hadar camp, where two s of Jem'Hadar are preparing to attack. Hearing the sounds of a patrol, Nog signals for them to withdraw, but as they are returning to camp, they are ambushed by Jem'Hadar. Larkin is killed, and Nog's left leg takes a direct strike below the knee. Meanwhile, Dax successfully modifies a tricorder to cut through the jamming signals, enough to scan the whole compound. Kellin excitedly takes it and states the next step: recalibrating it to find the mines in subspace. When Dax suggests to cross-link its optronic and isodyne relays, Kellin is further impressed and briefly asks about her experience with nine lifetimes of memories to sort through. Dax relates that she remembers battles from past hosts. He reassures her she'll be fine when the time comes. Reese runs back to camp carrying the injured Nog, and Quark is stricken to see his nephew wounded. Reese gives credit to Nog for making it as far as they did. When Captain Sisko tries to check on Nog, Quark reveals that he is going to lose his leg. Act Four Later, Doctor Bashir is able to successfully remove Nog's leg to prevent further injury, but whether it can be regenerated is unclear; he needs to visit a Starfleet Medical facility. Quark takes out his fury on Sisko, accusing him of regarding Nog as expendable "cannon fodder." Sisko, equally furious and getting fed up with Quark, retaliates by saying that he cares deeply about the lives of every person under his command, including Nog. Sisko storms off and leaves Quark. The captain goes to visit Nog in his hospital bed. Nog begins to apologize for falling into the ambush, but Sisko says he has accomplished his mission, and Sisko is very proud of him. He glances at Nog's wound, and Nog reassures him that strangely it doesn't hurt. Then, Nog's confident facade cracks a little bit, and asks Sisko to reassure him that the communications array, for which so many people have died, is really worth it. Sisko says he hopes to God it is. There is some good news for the officers as Ezri and Kellin find a way to reveal the Houdinis' locations. Once it is put into effect, hundreds of the dreaded killers pop out throughout the defenders' positions. But instead of disarming them, Sisko says he plans to use them against the Jem'Hadar. Based on Reese and Nog's report, the Starfleet forces are hopelessly outnumbered, unless they find a way to even the odds. The irony of the situation is not lost on Ezri: a few hours earlier, the Houdinis were an inhuman weapon, the kind only the Dominion would use; now, with their position so desperate, "they seem a whole lot friendlier." Reese reports that the Jem'Hadar will need to approach the Federation camp through a narrow ravine, so that is where the mines are placed. Once this is done, Sisko and his crew take position behind the barricades, phasers ready. Trying to relieve some of the tension, Bashir plays Vic's recording of "I'll Be Seeing You" over the base's sound system. Quark, the only civilian, stays by Nog's side in the makeshift infirmary, doing his best to keep his nephew comfortable. In the distance, they hear muffled explosions as the Jem'Hadar trip the mines – and then nothing. In the tense silence that follows, Vargas nervously wonders whether the Jem'Hadar have all been killed, or else decided to retreat. But then the Jem'Hadar come charging towards the barricades, yelling war cries. Sisko yells for the Starfleet forces to open fire. Act Five Dozens of Jem'Hadar go down under phaser fire, but dozens more jump over the barricades and the battle becomes a desperate melee. Reese is disarmed of his phaser rifle but kills the Jem'Hadar attacking him, then, without bothering to retrieve his rifle, draws his knife and charges at the attackers, roaring like an animal. Vargas is stabbed in the back by a Jem'Hadar and dies. Kellin is shot and killed after saving Ezri. Quark, alone in the infirmary, is the only person available to defend it, and he is forced to kill an enemy soldier with his phaser in defense of Nog. Sisko is knocked out. The last thing he sees is a Jem'Hadar soldier standing over him with a disruptor. When he awakens, Reese is standing over him, asking if he is alive. Sisko gets up and looks around. Many of the officers he knew are now dead, and there are few soldiers left, but as he puts it, "We held." The Defiant returns to AR-558 along with the , which will pick up the survivors and transport the injured officers as well as Nog and Bashir to Starbase 371. Worf tells Sisko that they achieved a great victory, however Sisko can only think of what this victory cost. A fresh batch of officers start beaming down from the Veracruz. Reese notes that the newcomers are young, to which Sisko responds that they'll grow up fast. Back aboard DS9, the next casualty list comes in. When Sisko asks how many, Kira replies the number is 1,730, including those lost on AR-558. Kira states that it's "…a lot of names" but Sisko, feeling the weight of his recent experiences, tells her that behind every name is a person and it's important not to forget them or the sacrifice they've made. Memorable quotes "You know, pally? Some times being a hologram can be a real pain in the asymmetric photons." - Vic Fontaine "Remember the 34th Rule of Acquisition: War is good for business." "Only from a distance! The closer you get to the front lines, the less profitable it gets." - Ezri Dax and Quark "Welcome to paradise, Captain." - Larkin, sarcastically remarking about the situation "Sir, what are your orders?" "There's only one order, Lieutenant. We hold." - Larkin and Benjamin Sisko "Let me tell you something about Hew-mons, nephew. They're a wonderful, friendly people – as long as their bellies are full and their holosuites are working. But take away their creature comforts… deprive them of food, sleep, sonic showers… put their lives in jeopardy over an extended period of time… and those same friendly, intelligent, wonderful people will become as nasty and violent as the most bloodthirsty Klingon. You don't believe me? Look at those faces, look at their eyes…" - Quark to Nog "Well, haven't you got anything to say?" "I feel sorry for the Jem'Hadar." - Quark and Nog "I'm sorry captain, but I'm an engineer, not a magician." - Kellin (See also: I'm a doctor, not a...) "Captain… the kid did all right." - Reese, after bringing a wounded Nog back to camp. "How is he?" "It's a little late for you to care about that, isn't it?" "Quark –" "He's going to lose his leg! …Does that answer your question?" - Benjamin Sisko and Quark "The communications array… it's worth it, right?" "I hope to God it is." - Nog and Benjamin Sisko "We held." "Those were our orders, sir." - Benjamin Sisko and Reese, after the battle "This was a great victory. Worthy of story and song." "It cost enough." - Worf and Sisko "Children." "Not for long." - Reese and Sisko, as the relief troops arrive "They're not just names, it's important we remember that. We have to remember…" - Benjamin Sisko Background information Story and script This episode is loosely based on the which was fought by the and the from August 1942 to February 1943. The battle is generally considered to be a turning point of World War II in the Pacific, as due to its geographical position, the island of had huge strategic significance. David Weddle's father had fought with the during the battle, and according to Weddle, "Those men and women stopped something incredibly evil, and when they came back, there was no talk about post-traumatic stress syndrome or therapy groups. They won, but it changed their whole lives. Ira and Hans really tried to capture the essence of that." () Although episodes such as , , , , and generated a great deal of controversy amongst fans, according to the , "The Siege of AR-558" generated more backstage controversy than any other show. According to Ira Steven Behr, "a lot of people didn't want us to do the episode, and a lot of people were unhappy it was being developed. But I felt that we needed to do it. War sucks. War is intolerable. War is painful, and good people die. You win, but you still lose. And we needed to show that as uncompromisingly as possible. War isn't just exploding ships and special effects." () Beimler added: "You can make what somebody called the Gameboy wars, the Nintendo War, too clean and too cute". The writers specifically chose Nog, Ezri, Quark, and Bashir as the central characters for this episode because they had the least fighting experience. Characters like Kira, Worf, and O'Brien were purposely left out of the fighting, as they all had combat experience and knew how to handle themselves in such a situation. The writers, however, were more keen on seeing the reactions of people who didn't know how to handle themselves. () The characters of and were seen by the writers as extremely important from a thematic point of view; as Behr explains of Reese, "This guy was wearing ketracel-white tubes around his neck, which was about as grisly as we could get on Star Trek. His way of getting through this ordeal was to depend on his knife. At the end of the show we had him throw the knife down. Maybe he doesn't need the crutch anymore, but he's pretty far gone. I think he's going to need some twenty-fourth-century reconditioning. I knew Kellin would provide me with the alternative to Reese. The hard-as-nails guy who gives up his humanity lives, but Kellin, the decent guy, dies. War is very cruel." () Several of the soldiers' names are borrowed from the 1962 film , a favorite film of several of the writers. Reese for example is named after the character and Larkin after the character. () Production Filming Bill Mumy observed that the creative staff was exhausted during the shooting of this episode. "The [production] crew on DS9, by the time I was there, were kind of running on fumes," he said. "There was a lot of hours on that show." (What We Left Behind) Director Winrich Kolbe had fought in the , and he allowed his knowledge of combat to influence his direction of the episode; "The images you see are trenches of churned-up dirt. The battleground always looked like there was absolutely nothing there that anyone could ever want. Yet people were blowing each other to smithereens over this land. I wanted AR-558 to be that type of battleground, a totally nondescript piece of real estate that didn't deserve one drop of blood to be shed for it. It shouldn't say anything to the eye or the mind except that we were there because somebody had decided to put a relay station on this rock." Kolbe goes on to say, "We wanted the siege scene in "AR-558" to convey the psychological impact, and not come across like a shoot-em-up. What I remember from is sitting in a ditch somewhere and waiting. It's the waiting that drives you nuts. You know they're coming. You can hear them. You can feel them. When you have to wait, your mind plays tricks on you, and you hear things and you see things, like Vargas, who's about to explode. Once the battle starts, your adrenaline kicks in and you have an objective. But when you have to wait, time just slows down to a crawl." Kolbe felt that the battle for AR-558 had a great deal of similarity with the 1968 , a battle which was won by the Americans, but the strategic significance of which is still debated to this day. () The episode required not only effects for Starfleet phaser fire and Jem'Hadar phaser fire, but the "Houdini" mines as well. The mines were designed by John Eaves. () In the sequence where the Defiant crew beams to the surface of AR-558, director Kolbe wanted the actors to crouch behind cover, intending them to materialize in that position. Nicole de Boer raised the point that "nobody ever beams in crouched down". Despite Kolbe's desire to shoot the scene as he had planned, de Boer maintained her position, and suggested the production office be contacted. The office subsequently confirmed the precedent, and Kolbe adapted the shot accordingly. () later beams down to the surface of a dying in a crouching position in . Kirk and crew also duck down during transport in (but because of a low ceiling, not because they expect to come under fire). Music Of the music in this episode, associate producer Terri Potts explains, "We wanted to mix the battle sounds under the music, so I went to Rick Berman and told him what we wanted to do. He said, 'Okay, but make it sad.' Paul wrote the music without looking at any footage. It wasn't about hitting any story points in particular, it was about creating a mood." () On the music of the episode, Paul Baillargeon commented "It's a sixteen-bar melodic phrase. I just got up on a Saturday morning, sat down at the piano, and in ten minutes it was done". Ira Behr enjoyed Baillargeon's score, commenting "We thought the music was brilliant. Rather than trying to get everybody's blood boiling with martial music, they went against it with melancholy music". () Music from the episode was included in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Collection released in 2013 by La-La Land Records. Max Grodenchik recalled filming the teaser, where Rom auditions by singing for Vic: "I remember Rom auditioning for Vic Fontaine in the very beginning of 'Siege of AR-358'. I got to sing with a live piano. God bless that piano player, he was great. Usually the hot shower's my only accompaniment, so this was a real treat for me. Rom sings his audition song, but Vic says something like, 'Sorry, two singers on the same bill is a one-way ticket to deadsville'. Then Bashir enters as Rom, dejected, leaves. And on his way out Rom says to Bashir, thinking Bashir's come in to audition as well, Rom says, 'He’s not hiring'. ["The Siege of AR-558" is] an extremely serious episode in which Nog loses a leg in battle. I think the writers wanted the scene there so that the episode would have at least one lighter moment. I don't think that little scene made the heaviness of what was to come any easier to take, but boy, I really got a kick out of them wanting me to sing." The song which Bashir plays while awaiting the Jem'Hadar attack is "", written in 1938 by and , and which became one of the most popular songs during the Second World War. The song went on to have great significance in the episode , which deals with Nog's convalescence, and which also features a scene from just before the final battle on AR-558 not seen in this episode, where Nog asks Bashir what the name of the song is. Music from the episode was included in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Collection released in 2013 by La-La Land Records. Reception Ira Behr was extremely happy with the way the episode ultimately turned out. He was especially pleased with how the Starfleet personnel come to use the weapons of the enemy which they had previously condemned as vile; "We were very passionate about this episode. These horrible Houdini mines, these vicious mines – suddenly we're using them. The whole idea of 'God is on our side' in war is such a strange concept, but it's used all the time. Nobody is clean in war." () Armin Shimerman commented: "I'm very proud of ["The Siege of AR-558"] because it's very un-Star Trek like. Usually in Star Trek our heroes, Starfleet officers in particular, stand up to their enemies and take it like men and women. They never think twice about dying and it can be one individual against and a thousand and nobody ever blinks an eye, which I've always found a little facetious. So I was pleased that our writers took on the opposite point of view, which is that war is a horrible and scary thing and there are consequences to it. The last thing I want is for the younger members of the audience to think that war is easy. It's not, nor is it glamourous. That's the message this story tried to get across and I thank the writers for having the courage to do that. It's episodes such as this that made '''Deep Space Nine special." ("A Profitable Venture", TV Zone special #34, p. 27) One scene in the episode particularly stands out to Shimerman, the scene where Quark describes to Nog what happens when Humans' creature comforts are taken away and which is one of Armin Shimerman's favorite scenes he has ever performed on the show; "The finest moment for Quark was the episode "The Siege of AR-558". They were beautiful comments, and I was honored to make them." (Crew Dossier: Quark, DS9 Season 6 DVD, Special Features) Behr calls Quark "the moral consciousness" of the episode. According to Shimerman, "I'm very proud of this episode. Star Trek is a franchise about people who, for the most part, belong to the Federation, and it's usually the Humans that the show centers on. But in this episode, they allowed me to express an 'other-than-Federation' point of view. I got to do something that was Spock-like, in the sense that Spock, as an outsider, could comment about Humanity." () Hans Beimler commented: "The thing that Ira and I both wanted to do, was to make war as gritty as possible. You can make what somebody called the Gameboy wars, the Nintendo War, too clean and too cute. Nobody pays a price. You see ships blowing up, and that is kind of cool. But you don’t get the feeling of what a war is. Everybody said it was our Saving Private Ryan, but we’d come up with it before we were even aware of what they were doing on Saving Private Ryan. It really wasn’t that for us. It was really much more about Starfleet, and what those guys go through, and what it must be like in that time, and how to make that work on a gritty level. Rick Kolbe did a remarkable job directing it. Avery again did a marvelous performance in terms of being the captain in a very difficult situation, and making all of those difficult choices that you have to make under those circumstances". (Cinefantastique) Nog loses his leg in this episode, thus setting up a future arc for the character. His recovery is depicted in . According to Ronald D. Moore, in the original story, Nog was to lose both his legs, but Rick Berman argued for a less severe loss, which is why Nog lost only one leg. Nevertheless, Aron Eisenberg is a big fan of this episode and the effect it had on the character; "Nog had been a gung-ho soldier who thought nothing could happen to him. He wanted to be Starfleet, and be the best because only the best could become captain. So no matter what he saw, no matter how many people he saw die, he was like a train that just kept going. Then he got hit. I played him as if he were in shock, but the first thought that would come into his head is, 'Oh my God, I could die.'" () In Star Trek 101 (p. 125), Terry J. Erdmann and Paula M. Block list "The Siege of AR-558" as being one of the "Ten Essential Episodes" from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Karen Stoddard-Hayes wrote that "The Siege of AR-558 was: "a gritty study of the daily stresses of battle." (The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy: Themes, Works and Wonders, p. 1256) Trivia AR-558 itself takes its name from the production number of the episode. Bill Mumy, who played Kellin, was one of multiple Babylon 5 regulars who appeared in Deep Space Nine. Mumy, a friend of Ira Steven Behr, had always wanted to appear on the show, but held out until he was allowed to play a Human (he had repeatedly been asked to appear as an alien). His Babylon 5 co-star Patricia Tallman also appears in this episode, as a stunt double for Annette Helde. As a child actor, Mumy portrayed Will Robinson on the TV series , which ran during approximately the same years as TOS. Behr took the time out of his busy schedule to go down to the set to see the scene in which Kellin dies, even though Behr didn't usually get to visit the set. He later humorously attributed the fact he had done so on this occasion to his friendship with Mumy. (What We Left Behind) After filming the scene in which Kellin is killed, an amused Behr announced to the cast and crew on a megaphone that "Star Trek just killed Will Robinson!" Noted Mumy, "I had some very, very interesting, and very memorable experiences on that show […] It was a cool little death scene." (What We Left Behind) The Chin'toka system was captured by the Federation Alliance in the First Battle of Chin'toka, as seen in the episode . This episode acts as culmination of sorts to the exploration of the real horrors of war, as seen in the fifth season episodes and . Both of those episodes deal with the very real consequences of war, acknowledging the real men and women behind the list of names, and they both emphasize the sense of loss inherent in war. "The Siege of AR-558" does likewise, but in perhaps an even darker vein than the two previous episodes. Another episode with this theme is the sixth season episode , where Sisko also finds himself troubled by casualty reports. Reese's necklace of ketracel-white tubes taken from dead Jem'Hadar is similar to the necklace of Cardassian neckbones worn by the Klingon soldier Leskit in . Aron Eisenberg (Nog), Patrick Kilpatrick (Reese), and director Winrich Kolbe had previously worked together in the episode , in which Eisenberg and Kilpatrick played Kazons. Referenced Rules of Acquisition: #34 ("War is good for business") and #125 ("You can't make a deal if you're dead") Cirroc Lofton (Jake Sisko) does not appear in this episode. Rene Auberjonois (Odo) appears only in the first scene, while Nana Visitor (Kira) appears only in the final scene. This episode has one of the longest teasers, coming in at seven minutes. Remastered version Remastered scenes from the episode are featured in the documentary What We Left Behind. Video and DVD releases UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 7.4, As part of the DS9 Season 7 DVD collection Links and references Starring Avery Brooks as Captain Benjamin Sisko Also starring Rene Auberjonois as Constable Odo Nicole de Boer as Counselor Ezri Dax Michael Dorn as Lieutenant Commander Worf Colm Meaney as Chief Miles O'Brien Armin Shimerman as Quark Alexander Siddig as Doctor Julian Bashir Nana Visitor as Colonel Kira Nerys Guest stars Raymond Cruz as Vargas Patrick Kilpatrick as Aron Eisenberg as Nog Annette Helde as Nadia Larkin Max Grodénchik as Rom Special guest stars Bill Mumy as And James Darren as Vic Fontaine Uncredited co-stars Bobby Burns George Colucci Andrew DePalma Brian Hite Ken Lesco Dennis Madalone Dan Magee as operations lieutenant Tom Morga as a Jem'Hadar Denney Pierce as Starfleet officer Laurence Rosenthal as Jem'Hadar Chuck Shanks as operations lieutenant Todd Slayton Chester E. Tripp III as Jem'Hadar Brian J. 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Covenant (episode)

Kira is abducted by a cult that worships the Pah-wraiths and is led by their "Master" – Dukat. Summary Teaser Ezri Dax, Julian Bashir and Odo are sitting in Quark's ordering drinks. Quark comments that Odo doesn't drink and wonders why he ordered Bajoran springwine. Odo explains that he ordered it for Kira who will be joining them as soon as she finishes attending services at the temple. When Kira arrives, the group briefly discusses religion and the concepts of faith and forgiveness when Odo makes a comment he wishes he did believe in the Prophets and Bajoran religion so that they could go to services together. Later, Kira is visited in her quarters by Vedek Fala, one of Kira's teachers from during the Cardassian Occupation of Bajor, and she greets him warmly. The two catch up on old times and Fala presents Kira with a gift. She opens it to find what appears to be an unusual jewel. Suddenly it glows, and Fala watches calmly as Kira is beamed away. A shocked Kira rematerializes to be greeted by a group of Bajorans and welcomed to the previously abandoned outpost of Empok Nor, the jewel actually being a homing transponder which allowed her to be transported over such a long distance. She sees the Bajorans around her are wearing red armbands, marking them as members of the Cult of the Pah-wraiths, and demands to know why she's been brought there. She is told that their leader wishes to talk to her, and their leader turns out to be none other than Dukat. Act One Dukat, also wearing an armband as well as a red Bajoran earring, dismisses the group and proceeds to attempt to convince Kira to believe in the Pah-wraiths, with the argument that the Prophets stood by and did nothing during the Occupation. This doesn't faze Kira, as the Prophets' path is not easy to fathom. Dukat explains that the Pah-wraiths only wanted to take a more active role in the Bajorans' lives, and for that they were cast out and imprisoned. Only wanting to love the people more, they should be considered the true gods. Dukat calls himself the Emissary of the Pah-wraiths and says they speak to him, and "opened his heart." He has pierced his ear as a symbolic gesture of the covenant between himself and the people there. He admits that, when he first allowed himself to be possessed, he only wanted to seek revenge on Benjamin Sisko, but now he's a changed man and regrets the death of Jadzia Dax, stating that the Celestial Temple was at stake and she was simply in the way. He maintains his front that he wasn't responsible for the Occupation, but now, he justifies it by saying he was simply walking the path of the Prophets. Now, he's going to follow the plan for the Pah-wraiths to reclaim the Celestial Temple. Furthermore, he wants Kira to see their community and convince her because he wants her at his side. She blatantly refuses to believe him, responding that the people don't love him; he has some kind of hold over them. Dukat states plainly that Kira and his destinies are entwined – she belongs at his side. Act Two On Deep Space 9, the crew has become aware of Kira's disappearance. With a tricorder, Chief O'Brien has been able to establish how she was abducted, but tells Captain Sisko there is no way to find out where she went. Odo is also unable to establish who Kira met with in her quarters before she disappeared, as her visitor left the station immediately after on a regular transport to Bajor, meaning the crew are left at a dead end. Kira, being kept in quarters, is met by Fala. She is very disappointed in him while he admits that he joined the cult years earlier because he had lost faith in the Prophets. Kira is shaken by her friend's admission, and can't believe he abandoned all the people he helped. Fala defends the "cult," taking issue with each of Kira's characterizations of their group. He also explains that the individual who tried to kill Sisko acted alone from his misguided beliefs. He believes Dukat has bee[n "washed clean" by the Pah-wraiths and has forgiven his past. He then shows her the community they have built to show her she has nothing to fear. During a walk with Fala on Empok Nor's Promenade, Kira meets a young pregnant woman named Mika. She congratulates her, but then oddly finds out she needed permission to have a baby with her husband, Benyan. Fala explains that it is part of their covenant with Dukat to take vows of abstinence, reflective of ancient Bajoran traditions. Kira is skeptical. She meets Benyan while he paints a mural of Dukat along with his Bajoran followers. Benyan doesn't respond to Kira's subtle disagreement. Later, she's taken to a prayer meeting. As everyone else closes their eyes and chants, Kira takes the opportunity to grab a Bajoran phaser from another member of the cult and threatens Dukat. However, several cult members shield Dukat from danger, showing their belief. She tries to back out but someone knocks her unconscious. Act Three Kira awakes to find Dukat taking care of her. She is outraged at his faux concern, since looking at the bruise on her back gave him an opportunity to undress her. After another argument wherein she accuses Dukat of using his follower's religious devotion to build another empire complete with subjects who are devoted to him on the station, she is determined to expose his fraud. Dukat has had a meal prepared for Kira and Kira briefly considers trying to kill him with the cutlery on the meal tray. But, Dukat points out that even if Kira could kill him; there is no way she can escape and Kira would only make a martyr out of him. She cannot believe his followers are willing and that he is as changed as he sounds. He also points out that Kira's mother really loved him, but she responds she convinced herself of that since he had control over her real family. Mika soon goes into labor, so Dukat brings Kira to the infirmary. However, when her child is born, it is half-Cardassian, shocking the two parents. Dukat also feigns shock, but, without a beat, excitedly declares that the Pah-wraiths have sent them a sign of their covenant. Mika's face shows she clearly doesn't believe this "miracle." Kira doesn't believe either, of course, but the rest of the congregation, including Fala, accept Dukat's explanation. He starts to lead them in prayer, and Kira is utterly shocked. Act Four Kira immediately confronts Fala with this turn of events, appealing to his intelligence. Fala defends Dukat's words, arguing that a miracle is a possibility that cannot be ruled out. Indeed, if the Prophets can disappear an entire fleet of Dominion ships, they are capable of anything. Kira, on the other hand, knows Fala too well to believe that he would accept this without question. When Kira pushes him hard enough, he admits to suspect her version of the truth, but he asserts that he has faith in his beliefs and that he wants to follow where his faith leads him. Her further conversations with Benyan make it obvious that Benyan has serious doubts about Dukat's version of events. Meanwhile, Dukat and Mika meet in secret to discuss the situation and Dukat asks her why she didn't tell him her child was his. Dukat apologizes to Mika and it is revealed that he raped her during a prayer session and Dukat at least pretends to feel guilty for raping Mika. After he gets her forgiveness, learns of her husband's disbelief and her unwillingness to lie to him if he asks, he traps her in the airlock they were speaking in and flushes the air out, refusing to make eye contact with her as she goes unconscious. Kira and Fala who are looking for Mika to ask her about the "miracle," save her just in time. Mika is taken to sickbay and treated for her injuries. Dukat claims it was an accident, Kira loudly objects stating the obvious truth. Dukat sends her to her quarters and leads the onlookers in prayer. Benyan looks on skeptically. Later, Dukat prays alone in his quarters and asks for guidance. He states that the truth will come out and the covenant will dissolve. Later, at a sudden prayer meeting, Dukat then makes a great announcement: the Pah-wraiths have asked everyone to shed their corporeal existences to help reclaim the Celestial Temple. To accomplish this, he says that everyone, including him, will commit suicide. Kira listens in her quarters surprised. Act Five Dukat visits Kira and informs her that he has contacted Deep Space 9; they will send a ship to pick her up within a day. Kira does not believe he will die with them. He reassures her that all of their deaths will be painless, thanks to Promazine, a pill used by the Obsidian Order operatives to commit suicide in the event of capture and the bodies become dust in hours and so he does not fear it. He will be with the Pah-wraiths, and that is his salvation. Kira is finally convinced he believes what he's saying. "Goodbye, Nerys…", Dukat says to Kira before walking out. As the ceremony begins, Kira manages to escape from her cell by overloading the door's locking mechanism. She rushes into the hall from the second level, and knocks down Dukat as he holds his tablet, as well as a pedestal containing dozens more. He starts searching in vain for his particular tablet as she is restrained. When Fala hands Dukat another tablet, he cannot accept it. Kira realizes Dukat's original pill was a fake and he never intended to kill himself. When she calls him on his duplicity, and the crowd becomes restless, Dukat protests that he alone must live to show others the light of the Pah-wraiths. None believe him, and the order falls apart; Benyan finally realizes the truth of his child's birth and turns on Dukat. As he loses control, Dukat shouts to them that the covenant is broken, and transports out. Fala, despite all this, sits down and ingests his tablet. Kira holds her friend as he dies and wants to know why he did it, his only answer is "Faith." The arrives and picks up Kira and the other cult members. Kira tells Odo about Fala's last words, not knowing he had lost his faith or still believed in the Pah-wraiths. Also, she admits that while she originally believed that Dukat was only pretending to believe in the Pah-wraiths to get the Bajorans to follow him, she is now convinced he does truly believe in them, despite his continued despotic patterns and that everything he did was in their service. Odo also notes the possibility that Dukat really did receive the suicide order from the Pah-wraiths. Either way, he is far more dangerous now than ever… Memorable quotes "Faith has to come first." "That's too bad. I have a feeling it must be very comforting to believe in something more powerful than yourself." - Kira and Odo "I've always found that when people try to convince others of their beliefs it's because they're really just trying to convince themselves." - Kira "The Prophets are not the true gods of Bajor. The Pah-wraiths are. They were cast out from the Celestial Temple because they only wanted to take an active role in Bajoran life. Their only crime was that they cared about your people. But they were not allowed to help you because they'd lost the battle for heaven and were forced to flee." "So I guess the ancient texts had it all wrong, then." "Oh, come now, Nerys. You know as well as I do that history is written by the victors. But, rest assured, there will be another chapter. The Pah-wraiths are determined to reclaim their place in heaven." - Dukat and Kira "I have been touched by the hand of a god. I'm a changed man. Oh, I admit that when I first allowed myself to become a vessel for the Pah-wraith, it was purely out of self-serving reasons. All I wanted was to help it enter the wormhole so it could force the Prophets out. It was nothing more than a way to exact vengeance on Sisko. But I had no idea of the effect it would have on me. It was only inside of me for a very short time, but it opened my heart." "Would that be before or after you killed Jadzia?" "That was most unfortunate, but it couldn't be helped. The Celestial Temple itself was at stake, and she was in the way." - Dukat and Kira "The Master told us you wouldn't approve of our beliefs. He said we should be patient with you." "Don't go out of your way." - Benyan and Kira "You believe the Prophets are the true gods of Bajor. I believe the Pah-wraiths are. Let's just leave it at that." "I'd be happy to. There's just one problem: we can't both be right." - Fala and Kira "I have faith. I would think you'd understand what that means. Nerys, is it beyond the realm of possibility that the Pah-wraiths have sent us this as a sign? They have powers beyond our understanding. Your Prophets made an entire fleet of Dominion ships vanish into thin air. What's one child compared to a miracle like that?" "You want to know what the miracle is? That Mika didn't break into tears in front of her husband. She was terrified because he wasn't going to believe Dukat's little performance. I could see it in her eyes." - Fala and Kira "This is his child! That's why you tried to kill Mika!!" "The Pah-wraiths have forgiven my sins! They've given me their absolution! Who are you to presume they're wrong?! Who are you to judge me?!! Then it's done! Our covenant is broken! None of you will ever know the love of the Pah-wraiths!! None of you!!" - Benyan and Dukat Background information Story and script This episode came about because the writers felt that since the six-episode arc and they had allowed the character of Dukat to slip too much into the background. As René Echevarria explains, "He's a wonderful character and well-liked by the audience, but he'd become a very peripheral villain after the six-episode arc at the beginning of Season 6. We'd done two shows with him after that ( and ), but now he had no role to play." "Covenant" was created primarily so that Dukat could reclaim the role of 's primary villain. () As well as simply 'reintroducing' Dukat as a villain, the writers also saw this episode as playing an extremely important role in setting up the conflict between Dukat and Sisko which would act as the dénouement of the entire series. As Echevarria says, ""Covenant" brought him back into our story. Somehow it seemed like it was going to help us put him in conflict with Sisko. But we didn't really know much more than that: Pah-wraith versus Prophet, Dukat versus Sisko." Similarly, Ira Steven Behr states, "I always knew that the ultimate challenge would be Dukat, and not the War." Bradley Thompson concurs with this view; "It gave us a chance to ask ourselves, 'What is Dukat's madness and how is it manifesting itself now?' We could touch base with him and show that he's really getting hooked into these Pah-wraiths. And that would help us set up the end of the series." () In this sense then, "Covenant" acts as a sequel of sorts to insofar as it demonstrates that Dukat's relationship with the Pah-wraiths is alive and well, and is not something that he is dabbling in merely for his own good; he has come to genuinely believe in the power of the Pah-wraiths, and this belief is what would form his primary raison d'être in the ten-episode arc which closes the series. Indeed, in relation to just how devout Dukat has become, Echevarria explains, "I came up with the idea of having him pray alone. He's not performing for anybody. In his own twisted, self-aggrandizing way, he genuinely would prefer to send these people to their makers with their faith intact than to allow it all to fall apart." () Dukat has become a true believer, something which would have great repercussions in future episodes. The basic story of this episode came from David Weddle, who had been an investigative reporter and had written about cults for the and . According to Weddle, "I've always been fascinated with cults. I'm interested in that hunger to find something to believe in that's bigger than the viewable reality. The desire to find heaven on earth often ends up leading people down a very twisted, paranoid road. Fundamental Human longing can be twisted by a cult leader, because he can never deliver on his promises of bringing about a golden utopia. Then he has to come up with reason why, and it's always that there's a conspiracy out there, that something or someone is conspiring against the group. That's when paranoia gradually overshadows the whole thing. Vedek Fala is a good example of a typical follower. He's someone who desperately wants to believe. When you study cults, you find a lot of people who were brought up in traditional religions and who had a strong faith when they were young. But they became disillusioned with that faith when they saw hypocrisy. They cast aside the faith they were brought up with, but they still have the need. The hunger is still there. At the end, when Dukat turns out to be a total charlatan, Fala can't handle it. He would rather die still trying to grip the illusion than go on living." () This episode represents the final stage in the complex relationship between Kira and Dukat. In , Kira's attitude towards Dukat is shown to be changing slightly as her previously held antipathy towards him begins to soften. In , Dukat is revealed as being sexually attracted to Kira. and see them forced to team up and fight alongside one another, much to Kira's irritation and Dukat's delight, then sees Dukat blame Kira for his daughter's friendship with Garak. In , Dukat's attraction to Kira is very much to the fore, and is seemingly taking on something of a deranged quality. In then, Dukat briefly wins Kira over due to their shared love of his daughter, but Kira quickly realizes what she's doing and she ends their relationship completely. In , Dukat reveals that he and Kira's mother were lovers. This tangled relationship led director John Kretchmer to state that "Kira and Dukat are locked together like two cats in a bag." () This recalls Dukat's comment in that their lives are "deeply intertwined". When Kira points out that he takes great pleasure from this fact, he tells her, "Why Major, it gives me reason to live." In the original script, Dukat was the leader of a group of aliens. However, this was changed because the Cult of the Pah-wraiths had already been established when the Bajoran wormhole was closed in , and again in , when a member of the cult attempted to murder Sisko. As well as that, the writers felt the message of the episode would be more poignant to both Kira and the audience if Dukat's followers were Bajoran. Additionally, given Dukat's prior dealings with the Pah-wraiths and his love-hate relationship with the Bajoran people, this made sense. Production The first shot of Dukat was purposefully designed by director John Kretchmer and cinematographer Kris Krosskove to give the effect of a halo above Dukat's head. () Initially, the producers wanted the baby to be fairly visible during Dukat's proclamation of a miracle, but the problem was that there are very strict rules as to how much prosthetic makeup can be used on an infant, and how long an infant can be on-set. As such, the producers decided to go with an animatronic baby, and they hired the people who made the doll for the film . However, according to B.C. Cameron, "It looked like Chucky with a Bajoran nose. His eyes were blinking and he was really spooky looking." Ira Behr says that the first shoot of the scene where Dukat holds the baby up for the gathered crowd produced the biggest laugh ever seen in dailies; "This animatronic baby was moving its head, and Marc was holding it up for the camera, playing the scene for all it's worth, even though it looked ludicrous. It looked as if he were proclaiming to the world, Take a look! This is a phony baby! You can get one at Toys "R" Us! Thirty-five dollars and ninety-five cents!' We were howling with laughter and crying in frustration at the same time. The day will live in infamy." Needless to say, the scene was reshot sans animatronic baby. () Reception Commented Echevarria, "I don't think we quite invested enough in the cultists, or saw what they were getting out of it. I don't think the Bajorans came off three-dimensionally enough. You can infer many things about where these people are coming from, hut it was hard to sell that they were broken in some way. Originally Dukat wasn't sincere in his belief. He wanted to use the fact that he had been touched by a Pah-wraith to bring some Bajorans into his life and recreate a fantasy world where he was in charge of Bajorans again. The real discovery in the writing process was deciding that he was indeed sincere, and that he had been touched. He still has a dark twisted soul, and twisted, love-hate relationship with the Bajorans. At the end, when he is sending them to their maker, a part of him is sincere. On the other level, of course, there is some dark need of his to continue to punish these people. I hope that that decision to make him sincere really pays off. On some level he is." (Cinefantastique, Volume 29 Number 6/7) Trivia Specifically, the episode was inspired by the cult led by . The cult was inspired by the , and in March of 1997, Applewhite and thirty-eight other members (including the brother of Nichelle Nichols) committed suicide, believing they were aliens and that their bodies would be transported to a space ship traveling behind the comet. The group has an official website, which is still accessible today. This episode contains numerous references to previous episodes: Kira mentions Dukat's murder of Jadzia in the sixth season finale and the attempted assassination of Sisko on Earth by a member of the Cult of the Pah-wraiths in the Season 7 opener ; Empok Nor was first introduced in the fifth season episode , and was also seen in the sixth season episode ; Dukat mentions Kosst Amojan, the Pah-wraith he released and allowed to possess him in "Tears of the Prophets"; Dukat also mentions his desire for vengeance on Sisko, something which he vowed in the episode ; Kira's mother and her affair with Dukat, as seen in the episode is referred to; the Prophets' destruction of the Dominion fleet in the sixth season episode is mentioned by Fala. When Fala says that Dukat's appetite for "worldly pleasures" has diminished since he felt the kiss of the Pah-wraith, Kira sarcastically says "that was some kiss", the same thing she says to Odo in when he says he became an optimist after their first kiss in front of Quark's. Cirroc Lofton (Jake Sisko) does not appear in this episode. Video and DVD releases UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 7.5, As part of the DS9 Season 7 DVD collection Links and references Starring Avery Brooks as Captain Benjamin Sisko Also starring Rene Auberjonois as Odo Nicole de Boer as Ezri Dax Michael Dorn as Lieutenant Commander Worf Colm Meaney as Chief Miles O'Brien Armin Shimerman as Quark Alexander Siddig as Doctor Julian Bashir Nana Visitor as Colonel Kira Nerys Guest stars Marc Alaimo as Gul Dukat Norman Parker as Fala Jason Leland Adams as Benyan Maureen Flannigan as Mika Miriam Flynn as Midwife Mark Piatelli as Uncredited co-stars Bill Blair as Rotciv visitor Cathy DeBuono as M'Pella Andrew DePalma as Bajoran officer Frank Diresta as Bajoran Pah-wraith follower David B. Levinson as Broik Dan Magee as operations lieutenant James Minor as operations officer Lauren Moore as Bajoran Pah-wraith follower Tom Morga as Bajoran Pah-wraith follower Mark Newsom as Bajoran Pah-wraith follower Sandra Rascon as Bajoran Pah-wraith follower Chuck Shanks as operations lieutenant James Lee Stanley as Bajoran security deputy Michael Wajacs as Bajoran Pah-wraith follower Unknown performers as Eight Bajoran pah-wraith followers Mika's baby Stunt doubles Leslie Hoffman as stunt double for Maureen Flannigan Denise Lynne Roberts as stunt double for Nana Visitor Laurence Rosenthal as stunt double for Marc Alaimo References Absolution; alien freighter; anger; Bajor; Bajoran assassin; Bajorans; Bajoran Ancient Texts; Bajoran earring; Bajoran cargo shuttle; Bajoran transport; Bajoran wormhole; Cardassia; Cardassians; cargo management unit (unnamed); Celestial Temple; covenant; Cult of the Pah-wraiths; ; ; ; Dominion; Dominion space; ear; Emissary of the Prophets; Empok Nor; faith; firstborn; fusion generator; god; heart; homing transponder; hydroponics; Kira Meru; Klingon religion; leader; master; meningeal tissue; murder; Obsidian Order; Occupation of Bajor; operative; orb; Pah-wraith; path; piercing; promazine; Promenade; Prophets; purification; Quark's; ranjen; replicator; Romulan ale; sermon; spiritual retreat; springwine; Sto-vo-kor; Telna; tachyon energy; Til'amin froth; tea; ; transporter; tricorder; unfounded accusation; University of Bajor; vedek; vow of abstinence; welder; worship External links de:Entscheidung auf Empok Nor es:Covenant fr:Covenant (épisode) nl:Covenant DS9 episodes

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It's Only a Paper Moon (episode)

In the aftermath of an injury that left him disabled on AR-558, Nog returns to Deep Space 9, but finds he cannot go on living his uncertain life and seeks shelter within the fictional world of Vic Fontaine and Las Vegas, 1962. Summary Teaser After losing his leg at AR-558, Nog returns home to Deep Space 9 to a hero's welcome. He has undergone extensive medical treatment counseling at Starbase 235. Although his leg has been replaced with a bio-synthetic one, Nog has been placed on indefinite medical leave by Starfleet. Captain Sisko informs him they're due to have a welcome home party for him later in the wardroom, but Nog tells everyone he's very tired and would rather rest. It's clear he is not enthusiastic about seeing everyone again. Act One During counseling sessions with Dax in his quarters, Nog is caught up on events on the station, but he doesn't seem too interested. Nog finds the counseling sessions pointless. He uses a cane, and complains of pain, even though a tricorder scan does not show any nerves firing, leading doctors to conclude it's all psychological. Nog, in his state, finds this ridiculous and takes out his frustration on Dax; the pain is real, he's not making it up. Mentioning the extensive counseling sessions he's had back at starbase, he asks just to be left alone, and so Dax agrees and calls it a day. Later, Sisko notices Nog's lack of participation in physical therapy, but Dax suggests giving him some time since sometimes a patient can make the next move for you. The only solace for Nog is in the recording that Doctor Bashir played during his time in triage on AR-558, "I'll Be Seeing You". He now plays it constantly, enough to drive Jake Sisko crazy. Jake is frustrated that Nog hasn't engaged him at all since he got back, but Nog simply responds that he really has nothing to say. Sick of listening to the same song constantly, Jake insists that Nog go rent a holosuite. Nog does so, and, on the way, he has a sudden flashback on the death of Larkin and getting shot in his leg. In Vic's lounge, he has Vic Fontaine sing the fifteen different versions he knows of "I'll Be Seeing You". He heard about Nog's leg and asks about it casually. He offers to sing more, but Nog wants to sleep. He turns to leave, but can't face his real life. In fact, he asks Vic if he can live with him, as the terms of his medical leave state he can choose to recuperate wherever he wishes. Vic agrees. Act Two The crew gathers together in the wardroom to discuss the situation with Nog living in a holosuite. Dax points out that this could be a good thing since Nog's counseling wasn't progressing, and Bashir agrees. They decide that someone needs to talk to Vic about Nog's emotional and physical condition and Dax volunteers. When she goes to talk to Vic, Vic explains he has a trick or two up his sleeve to let him heal. In Vic's suite, Nog is watching . To give him something to do, Vic complains about his inability to do his own accounting, and how his books are a mess. Nog doesn't take the bait and offers to have the computer put some money in his books instead. Vic declines and says that he needs to go do a performance. As he's about to leave, he asks Nog if he is going to come along. Nog says he will, and in return, Vic gives him a lion's head cane that has a lighter built in, a replica of a cane that Errol Flynn once had. Vic says the cane is fragile and asks Nog not to put his full weight on it. At the show, Jake takes his friend Kesha on a date into the holosuite for Vic's performance. Nog is moody, however, and when the subject of his heroism comes up, Nog becomes irritated. While Jake's getting drinks, Nog is condescending and belligerent to Kesha. When Jake asks Nog what's wrong, the Ferengi becomes angry and starts a fight by throwing the table onto Jake and punching him. Vic has to kick Nog back to their room. Act Three When Vic returns to the suite, he finds Nog watching a movie. He forbids Nog to come back to the show, but Nog promises it'll never happen again. He briefly says he doesn't know what got into him. Vic leaves it and complains about his books again. This time, Nog helps him out so Vic can get some sleep. Later, Dax comes to the holosuite to see how Nog is doing. She finds Vic first, and, when she tries to convince Vic to persuade Nog to leave the holosuite, Vic refuses, citing Starfleet regulations. Nog soon turns up and tells Dax that if she tries to force him to leave he'll resign his Starfleet commission. He quickly changes the subject, informing Vic that he has enough money to build a new casino. Dax is forced to give up and leaves Nog to it, as he soon finds solace in using his Ferengi business instincts to help make Vic's bar a success. Dax looks on, very concerned about Nog. Act Four Nog and Vic spend a lot of time together including drawing up plans for the casino, watching movies, wooing women at the bar, and reading the newspaper. Dax discretely shows up at the bar and sees Nog meeting and greeting customers. Surprisingly, he's walking around holding, but not using, his cane. Leeta and Rom show up to the bar and Nog personally seats them at a table. He's now back to normal, greeting them and excited to see them. Nog learns that Rom has been promoted to Maintenance Engineer, First Class and offers to throw a party, only to be informed that there already was a party thrown by Chief O'Brien the previous evening, making Nog realize what he's missing on the outside. Nog shrugs it off, saying he had business to take care of and leaves when a high-roller enters. Meanwhile, Dax and Vic talk about Nog's progress again, and Dax compliments Vic's treatment. She thinks Nog should return to the real world, and convinces Vic the same thing by tricking him into realizing he is just using Nog if he lets him stay. That night, Vic walks into his apartment to find Nog finishing up the casino plans. Vic puts the plans away and tells Nog it's time to shut down the program. Nog can't understand why Vic is acting like this, and Vic tells Nog that since he turned the program on, he's got to experience real-life and if the experience has taught him anything it's that life is a wonderful thing. Now he intends to do the same and give Nog his life back. Nog pleads for a little more time but Vic is adamant and eventually is forced to shut the program down himself, leaving Nog alone in the empty holosuite. Act Five Nog tries to force the computer to run the program, but to no avail. Chief O'Brien arrives to investigate after noticing in Ops that the holosuite systems were being tampered with. He tells Nog that Vic isn't an average hologram; not only can he shut himself down but can also stop himself from being activated if he doesn't want to be. O'Brien then leaves, telling Nog that everyone misses him in Ops. Soon after, Vic causes himself to reappear, telling Nog again he has to leave. When Nog refuses, Vic asks why he won't and Nog finally begins to open up and tells him through tears what he was holding back from all the counseling sessions. He tells Vic that when the war began, although he wasn't happy about it he was eager for the chance to prove himself to be a good officer and soldier. Although he saw a lot of combat and witnessed many people being wounded or killed, Nog thought he was going to be okay. Then he got injured at AR-558, and now the Ferengi is suffering from an overwhelming fear of his mortality caused by losing his leg, admitting he still can't quite believe what happened to him. Vic talks him out of it, telling him that if he remains in the holosuite then he will die, but it won't be all at once. He'll disappear a little bit at a time until he's just as hollow as as hologram. Vic reminds Nog that everyone takes chances, and sometimes they win or sometimes they lose; what's important is that they're still "in the game". Nog finally understands that now is the time to leave the holosuite and Vic's world behind and he walks out leaving his cane. When Nog comes downstairs, he runs into Leeta, Rom, and Quark and promises them that while he is not fine at the moment, he's going to be all right, in time. Soon after, Nog, back in his Starfleet uniform, visits Vic to tell him he's returned to limited duty. He thanks Vic for his help with good news: Quark will keep Vic's program running 26/7, effectively giving Vic a life of his own. Vic celebrates by singing and performing with a renewed vigor. Memorable quotes "At first, it struck me as a little… peculiar. But after I thought it over, I began to think that maybe this is a good sign after all." "How can hiding in one of Julian's adolescent programs be a good sign?" "Hey…" "It could be worse. He could be hiding in the Alamo program." "Or that ridiculous secret agent program." (amused) "Hey" "Or that stupid Viking program." (outraged) "Hey!" - Ezri, Quark, Jake, Leeta, and Rom teasing Bashir "He's a one legged crazy man!" - Rom, on the new Nog "And who's going to pay for all this holosuite time? (everyone looks at Quark) I guess I am." "And it's very generous of you." - Quark and Sisko "She called you a hero, and for that you slugged your best friend? Remind me never to give you a compliment." - Vic after the incident in the lounge "(About Shane movie) I like The Searchers better!" "Yeah, who doesn't?" - Nog and Vic "Is there anything I can do?" "You know anything about bookkeeping?" "I'm a Ferengi, it's in our blood." "Be my guest." (hands Nog the account books) "Where's your computer?" "Right here." (holds up a pencil) (Nog gives him a look) "It's 1962, what do you want from me?" - Nog and Vic Fontaine "You all right?" "Yeah, I'm fine." "And you, take a hike." "What?!" "You heard me. You don't come into my club and start hitting customers like that. Now get out before I throw you out." - Vic Fontaine, Jake Sisko and Nog "Vic's matrix is a little different than your standard photokinetic hologram. He can turn himself off and if he doesn't want to appear he doesn't appear." "You mean he has free will?" "I'm an engineer, not a philosopher!" - Miles O'Brien and Nog "When the war began… I wasn't happy or anything, but I was eager. I wanted to test myself. I wanted to prove I had what it took to be a soldier and I saw a lot of combat. I saw a lot of people get hurt. I saw a lot of people die. But I didn't think anything was going to happen to me. And then, suddenly Dr. Bashir is telling me he has to cut my leg off. I couldn't believe it. I still can't believe it. If I could get shot, if I could lose my leg, anything can happen to me, Vic. I could die tomorrow. I don't know if I'm ready to face that. If I stay here, at least I know what the future is going to be like." "You stay here, you're going to die. Not all at once, but little by little. Eventually, you'll become as hollow as I am." - Nog and Vic Fontaine "Look kid, I don't know what's going to happen to you out there. All I can tell you is that you've got to play the cards life deals you. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, but at least you're in the game." - Vic Fontaine "Are you okay? "No, but I will be." - Leeta and Nog Background information Story and script This episode is unique in Star Trek insofar as it focuses almost entirely on two non-regular characters, although this was not the original conception of the episode. It began as an A, B, C story, with three concurrent plotlines (like the second season episode ) all taking place in Vic's, and the Nog story was simply one of them. In fact the original pitch for the episode didn't even feature the Nog story at all, because it was pitched long before Nog lost his leg. In John J. Ordover and David Mack came up with a unique idea, which they pitched to Ronald D. Moore. According to Ordover, "Our notion was that the most attractive pitch would be something that was as cheap for them to produce as possible. Well, that would be an entire episode that had no visual effects, very little makeup, and only one set to light." The original idea involved a Bajoran holiday and everything on the Promenade closed except Quark's, which is where the episode would be set. Ordover and Mack dubbed their idea "Everybody Goes to Quark's". The writing team tried to build an episode from the idea, but they were unable to at the time, and the concept was shelved. It was only with the introduction of the character of Vic Fontaine in Season 6 that Ira Steven Behr suggested revisiting the idea, and setting it at Vic's instead of Quark's. The writers decided to have two comic plots and one serious plot, and it was decided early on that the serious plot would involve Nog's recuperation after losing his leg in . However, when it came time to actually compose the teleplay, Moore found that the Nog plot, because it was so heavy, was dominating the other two just-for-kicks plots. Soon, Ira Behr realized that the show had become about Nog and Vic, and he told Moore to jettison the other two stories and concentrate on the serious plot. () Ron Moore commented: "The show that was originally pitched to us was called 'Everyone Comes to Quark's'. It was one of those intriguing ideas that everybody liked, but nobody knew how to make it work. It was a high concept show, where you just do an entire episode set completely in Quark's, and you tell all the stories only in Quark's. You do a whole day, from Quark opening the bar in the morning to Quark closing it down at night. We could never really make it work, but none of us really wanted to give up on it, especially me. We said, 'Let's do that goddamn show this year'. I think I said, or it might have been Ira, one of us said: 'If we set the show in Vic's and you did the whole episode in the holosuite at Vic's, maybe it would come off a little easier'. We all sparked to that idea, and we decided to weave in a bunch of different stories. Ira said, 'we need a real strong one. We don't have a heavy one, and one that will give a spine to the episode'. This was around the time that they were working on , and they were having this big to-do about Nog's leg, these creepy internal discussions that you have, 'Is it one leg or both legs? No, if it's both legs it's too much'. Once that had gone into motion we said, that can be the spine of ["It's Only a Paper Moon"]. Nog dealing with the loss of his leg will be the heavy storyline that will give meaning to everything else within this fun show that we are going to do. Then as we started structuring that episode, the Nog story became so strong, and we realized that it was hard to cut away from that, while Nog is going through this major ordeal in his life. It felt like all the characters should be concerned about him. This is really a Nog show, and we should just lose all the rest of this concept and just do it. Just tell the story of Nog listening to that song in 'AR-558' and that drawing him back to the holosuite, and let him lose himself in there for an episode. By that point, we were so far down the line, that we weren't really saying, you know, it's two guest stars. It wasn't really until we got into the nitty-gritty of writing the episode that everybody said, 'I can't believe we are doing a show about Vic and Nog'. It was just not something we set out to do". (Cinefantastique, Vol. 32, No. 4/5, pp 61-62) David Mack commented: "…the major force on 'Paper Moon' was Ron Moore. John Ordover and I had pitched a story years before that bore only a passing resemblance to the episode that it became. By the time the DS9 writing staff had finished 'revising' our original pitch, the basic idea was in place. Ron asked us to draft a full outline based on the premise of Nog coming home after "The Siege of AR-558" with a cybernetic leg, and seeking solace in the Vic Fontaine holoprogram. What John and I added to that premise was the reason why Nog was in the holosuite: PTSD – post-traumatic stress disorder. Essentially, Nog had confronted the truth of his own mortality, and it had destroyed his youthful illusions about being invulnerable and about the 'glory' or 'heroism' of warfare. But the truth is that it was Ron Moore who took that idea and put it into words and images, giving it such resonance and honesty. It was also Ron’s courage as a writer that enabled two supporting cast-members to become the leads for an episode. I am simply honoured to have been part of the process." Production James Darren recorded his performances at Capitol Records, which was a memorable experience for Anson Williams and Ron Moore. (Cinefantastique; ) This episode contains a scene from just before the final battle on AR-558 which wasn't actually seen in the episode ; after Bashir puts on "", he goes to check on Nog, who inquires as to the name of the song. James Darren sings four songs in this episode: "I'll Be Seeing You" (which was already heard in "The Siege of AR-558"), "I've Got the World on a String", "It's Only a Paper Moon", and "Just in Time" (which is heard in the background during the scene with Jake and his girlfriend). Reception Obviously, the show is also a personal favorite of Aron Eisenberg's; "I was honored. It was my biggest episode in all seven seasons. I was working every day, and I was in almost every scene. I had a ball. They trusted that James Darren and I could carry an episode, and I gave it everything I had. I played Nog differently than I had before, because he was in a different place in his mind. He wasn't the gung-ho soldier anymore. Now his goals were blurred, and he was on this downward spiral because of fear." His favorite scene is when Nog breaks into tears; "It wasn't written that way. The script just said that Nog gets emotional. When we were ready to shoot, I realized that I had to cry. It was the defining moment of what the episode was all about. You finally see what's inside that's gotten Nog to this point. Up until then, you didn't know why he was behaving that way. I grew that day as an actor." () After this episode aired, Eisenberg was contacted by a number of combat veterans who told him that his performance was extremely true to life, and who complimented him on his work. () According to Ronald Moore, this is one of his favorite episodes that he worked on. () Anson Williams described the episode as a top-5 episode of the series. It's Only a Paper Moon" was selected by the authors of Star Trek: The Book of Lists as one of the best DS9 episodes. Trivia Although speculative, the events of (which was released between and "It's Only a Paper Moon") could have occurred during this episode. This is due to the fact that Worf is only in the opening scenes of the episode, an episode which spans a fair period of time, and he does not appear at all in either of the next two episodes, and (only the mirror appears in the latter episode). The apparently large period of absence in his appearances would allow him enough time to assist in the security upgrade of the Manzar colony and join the crew during its mission to the Briar Patch before returning to the station by the time of . The 1956 movie is cited as a better movie than the 1953 movie ; along with John Wayne, the protagonist of The Searchers was played by Jeffrey Hunter, who played Captain Christopher Pike in the very first episode of Star Trek, . The movie Shane was produced in color, but Nog watches it in black and white. This is appropriate for the holosuite simulation, as most households didn't have a color TV in 1962. In the scene in the wardroom, Ezri's collar pips are reversed in some shots, suggesting a temporary wardrobe slip-up as other shots in the scene show the same pips the correct way around. Remastered version Remastered scenes from the episode are featured in the documentary What We Left Behind. Video and DVD releases UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 7.5, As part of the DS9 Season 7 DVD collection Links and references Starring Avery Brooks as Captain Benjamin Sisko Also starring Rene Auberjonois as Constable Odo Nicole de Boer as Counselor Ezri Dax Michael Dorn as Lieutenant Commander Worf Cirroc Lofton as Jake Sisko Colm Meaney as Chief Miles O'Brien Armin Shimerman as Quark Alexander Siddig as Doctor Julian Bashir Nana Visitor as Colonel Kira Nerys Guest stars Aron Eisenberg as Nog Max Grodénchik as Rom Chase Masterson as Leeta Special guest star James Darren as Vic Fontaine Co-star Tami-Adrian George as Kesha Uncredited co-stars Patti Begley Judi Durand as Deep Space 9 computer voice Holiday Freeman as holographic lounge guest Luther Hughes as holographic bass player Dan Rose Chuck Shanks as operations lieutenant Todd Slayton Unknown performers as Five holographic lounge guests Four holographic band members Uncredited archive footage Annette Helde as Nadia Larkin Brandon De Wilde as Joey Starrett Alan Ladd as Shane Jack Palance as Jack Wilson Stunt double Unknown stunt performer as stunt double for Cirroc Lofton Photo doubles John Lendale Bennett as photo double for Avery Brooks Randy Pflug as photo double for Colm Meaney Stand-ins Patti Begley – stand-in for Aron Eisenberg John Lendale Bennett – stand-in for Avery Brooks Jennifer Berlant – stand-in for Nicole de Boer Uriah Carr – stand-in for Alexander Siddig Amy Kate Connolly – stand-in for Nana Visitor David B. 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Prodigal Daughter (episode)

Ezri returns to her home to ask her family's help in finding O'Brien, who disappeared while searching for the widow of a dead friend. Summary Teaser Kira, Odo, Ezri and Julian are at Quark's. Odo mentions to Ezri that her shipment of gagh has arrived, which Jadzia had ordered for Martok's birthday party prior to her death. Ezri wants to get rid of it now that she dislikes gagh but is told she cannot dump it out an airlock due to environmental regulations. Kira asks why she can't just give it to Martok, but Ezri knows Martok would insist on sharing it with her as a point of honor. Kira notices that Bashir is being very quiet. He says he is waiting for O'Brien to arrive on the next transport. Kira teases Bashir about his holosuite adventures at the Alamo with O'Brien, but Bashir remains subdued. The transport arrives, but O'Brien is not aboard. Bashir goes to Captain Sisko, saying he hasn't heard from O'Brien for 3 days and he is concerned that something may have happened to him. Sisko says O'Brien told him he was going home to visit his father. When Bashir reveals that was a misdirection, Sisko becomes angry. Bashir explains O'Brien really went to New Sydney to follow up on some promising leads in his investigation of the recent disappearance of Morica Bilby, the widow of the Orion Syndicate operative he had previously been involved with. Bashir says O'Brien still feels responsible for Bilby's death, and he has kept in touch with Bilby's widow. When she disappeared a few weeks ago, O'Brien left to search for her, and is now himself missing. Bashir explains that O'Brien did try contacting the authorities on New Sydney in the Sappora system first, but since it's not a Federation planet, they weren't very helpful. Sisko tells Bashir to write a detailed report with everything he knows about the case, and to get it to him within the hour. Sisko then asks Dax to contact her mother since she is an influential business woman in the Sappora system, where O'Brien went missing. Ezri says she hasn't talked to her mother for 6 months. Sisko says if there was any other way, he wouldn't ask Ezri to involve her family, but she says she knows it's important. He says, "Thanks, old man," and leaves. Ezri calls her mother. She tells her mother she's feeling better than the last time they saw each other, and that she's been promoted. Ezri tells her mother about O'Brien and asks for her help with local authorities. Yanas interrupts before she can go any further, and says she'll do everything she can, but then uses the opportunity to force a visit from Ezri by stating she won't do anything unless Ezri visits her and then closes the channel. Act One Bashir walks Ezri to her transport, giving her all the reports on the case and some medication for space sickness. He tells her he sympathizes with her since he didn't really get along with his parents either. On Sappora VII, Ezri's brother Norvo Tigan welcomes her home with a big hug, calling her "Zee". The family home is spacious and light, with fine art including a large mountainscape above the table. Ezri asks Norvo if he painted the mountainscape, and he says he did and that their mother insisted on hanging it in here. He says, "I hate it." and criticizes the colors, forms, and technique. Ezri says, "But other than that, it's perfect" and they both smile again. Their older brother Janel Tigan comes in, wearing a miner's overall and carrying his safety helmet. His greeting is more subdued than Norvo's, but still warm. Janel tells Ezri their mother is on her way, and he is supposed to give her the preliminary police report on her friend, but they haven't found out anything yet. They do have a few leads they'll follow up on. Janel says he hopes Ezri appreciates all the trouble their mother is going through, that she had to call in a lot of favors with the city police. Ezri says of course she appreciates it. Norvo asks how long she'll be staying, and Janel says, "Not a minute longer than she has to, you know that." Their mother arrives and greets Ezri, then tells her they're making a special dinner in her honor. Switching to business mode, she first tells Janel he needs to fire an employee named Lorkin for incompetence, then asks Norvo if he's finished a report she asked for a week ago. Janel says he'll take care of it. Norvo says he made some mistakes and has to redo part of the report. Yanas says she knows he hates doing the bookkeeping, but she really needs the report. Then back in mother mode, she starts telling Ezri about the handpainted tiles she got from Andoria for the new solarium, and walks her out to show her. Janel calls the mine to send Mr. Lorkin over. Norvo asks why they have to fire him. Janel says some of his work is costing them 1,000 bars of latinum a day. He says their mother thinks it's just incompetence, but he suspects sabotage. Norvo asks if the Orion Syndicate is behind the sabotage and Janel says yes, they won't take No for an answer. Norvo says they should tell their mother. But Janel says he can deal with Bokar (the Syndicate representative) and Norvo doesn't need to worry. Act Two At dinner, Ezri is telling the family about Deep Space 9 and the others there. Norvo starts to ask another question about the station, but Yanas interrupts to ask about a young man from Ezri's old ship, the , that Ezri used to date. Ezri says she doesn't think the're really right for each other anymore. "He reminds me too much of my son, Gran. It makes me uncomfortable to be around him now." The family look askance at each other and Ezri apologizes, saying she's still sorting out her pronouns. Gran was the son of a previous host, Audrid. She tells Ezri not to worry, the family will take care of her. When Ezri responds that she thinks she's getting things under control, her mother tells her she was always too proud for her own good. After dinner, Ezri goes to visit Norvo in his room, which is cluttered with art, paperwork, and personal items. Ezri asks him how many of the art pieces are his own compositions, and he says, "All the bad ones." She asks him why he has become such a harsh critic of himself. Norvo explains he just been refused admission from the Andorian Academy, the best art school in the sector. Ezri says it doesn't necessarily mean his work is bad and that there are other art schools, but he doesn't accept that. Ezri argues with him, saying those are just their mother's opinions, she's hear them all, too. "but she wasn't right about me and she isn't right about you either." He says he's fine, the family needs him here. Ezri tells him she still believes in him, and they say goodnight. The next day, Yanas tells Ezri she is the one upsetting Norvo. Yanas found him that morning passed out in the entryway drunk, and now he is in bed with a terrible hangover. During the night he had defaced his artwork, including the mountainscape, by drawing stick figures over them. Ezri attempts to defend Norvo but her mother disagrees. Their conversation is interrupted when Janel tells them a police officer has arrived with a handcuffed O'Brien. O'Brien has clearly been in a fight, with torn clothes and bloody marks. She introduces her mother to him, who directs the police officer to uncuff O'Brien. The officer says O'Brien "wasn't very friendly" when they found him, and the chief mutters, "Neither were you." Janel asks to be excused to go to see a problem with a drill in the mine. He leaves. The officer says they only hit O'Brien on the jaw once when they were bringing him in. The other injuries were due to a beating by the Orion syndicate. Ezri asks O'Brien if he found anything out, and he says he found Morica but she was dead. Act Three O'Brien is seated and a house servant brings him and the police officer a hot drink. O'Brien tells Ezri that Morica had been dead almost 6 weeks, but a DNA scan confirmed it was her. He and the police officer, Lieutenant Fuchida, argue over the cause of death, the police officer saying there was no evidence of anything but an accident. O'Brien says he knows it was the Orion Syndicate. Besides, the injury was to the back of her head, "she couldn't have 'accidentally' thrown herself in the river." The police officer says if they hadn't "interfered" O'Brien would be dead. When they found him, he was being beaten up by a pair of Nausicaans. The police officer says the Syndicate would never murder the widow of one of their operatives: it would break their code of loyalty. The police officer then says goodbye to Yanas and leaves. Yanas suggests Ezri take O'Brien to one of their guest rooms so he can get cleaned up and get something to eat. O'Brien thanks her and he and Ezri walk out. Later O'Brien (now healed of his facial injuries) and Ezri are seated at the table where O'Brien has finished a meal. He tells her more about his search for Morica. Yanas and Janel comes in. Yanas decides to take advantage of having a Starfleet engineer in her house to ask him to have a look at a trans-sonic drill problem. Ezri protests that O'Brien needs rest, but he says he feels fine and would be happy to look at it. Ezri apologizes for her mother, calling her "a force of nature," but O'Brien says it will feel good to work on a problem that actually has a solution. He and Janel leave. Ezri goes to Norvo's room, where he has destroyed most of his artwork. She finds him still hungover in bed. He says mother isn't going to be happy about his room, but Ezri says she's too busy torturing Janel and Miles to notice. Norvo is happy that Miles has been found and asks if Ezri will be leaving right away. She says not right away. Ezri tries to get him to talk about destroying his art, but he doesn't wasn't to be analyzed by his sister the counselor. She suggests he come to DS9 with her tomorrow. Just a vacation. Norvo states that he doesn't want to leave Janel to deal with everything. Meanwhile, O'Brien finds the drill problem to be a very strange one, even suggesting sabotage. A part appears to have been deliberately mislabeled. A man named Thadial Bokar arrives. He tells Janel that maybe if he hadn't fired Lorkin there wouldn't be any drill problem. Then he asks who the new mechanic is. He recognizes O'Brien's name as the Starfleet crew member who was recently rescued by the police. Janel thanks the chief for fixing the drill and asks him to excuse them for a private business conversation, and the chief leaves. Janel tells Bokar that sabotage won't change his mind about working with the Syndicate. Bokar says they have more important things to ask about: O'Brien is a Starfleet Intelligence operative and Bokar wants to know why he was trying to infiltrate the Syndicate. Janel says O'Brien was just trying to find some woman. Bokar demands Janel tell him her name. When Janel says he doesn't know it, Bokar says it was Morica Bilby. Janel appears surprised. Bokar says rumor has it she's dead, but he doesn't know anything about that. What he does know is that Chief O'Brien should leave this system quickly – before something happens to him. Act Four O'Brien is seated in the living area, holding another teacup. Janel comes in and asks if O'Brien will be leaving tomorrow. O'Brien explains that it's up to Ezri since she is his superior officer. Janel says this isn't a good time for guests. Ezri comes in and says Janel has been under a lot of pressure. O'Brien asks Ezri if she knows Bokar. She says no, but she doesn't follow the family business. O'Brien says he suspects Bokar is a member of the Orion Syndicate. He says it's just a feeling, but he thinks Janel already knows and that the company is being pressured by the Syndicate. Ezri says that Janel is not easily intimidated and that her mother would burn her house to the ground before she dealt with the syndicate. O'Brien suggests they look at the company records. Down in the mine, Yanas and Norvo, both in mining overalls, are arguing. She doesn't think he should go to DS9, but he says it might help clear his head. She tells him this is a very bad time to take a vacation and tells him to get back to the report she's waiting for. O'Brien finds Morica's name in the company's financial records. He asks Ezri if she came here to find him – or to prevent him finding out the truth. She doesn't know what he's talking about. He tells her that Morica was the connection between the Tigan company and the Syndicate. She was on the company's payroll when she died. She swears she didn't know anything about it. He tells her that since no one has mentioned Morica's connection before now, there's some kind of coverup going on. She needs to face the possibility that someone in her family was involved in Morica's death. Act Five O'Brien and Ezri dig out all the details. Nine months ago, Morica was added to the payroll as a shipping consultant at 5 bars of latinum a week. But there are no cross references, no records of what the work entailed. And her salary kept going up: 10 bars, then 20, then 30. The last payment entry was the day before she was killed. Ezri says her mother has ultimate authority over the payroll, but she's turned over most of the day-to-day operations to Janel. And Norvo does the bookkeeping. Any or all of them could be involved. O'Brien wants to turn over the records to the police, but Ezri orders him to wait until she can find out more and makes it an order. The whole family is together. Yanas asks why this woman was on the payroll. Janel says they were "returning a favor." She asks to whom. He tells her the Orion Syndicate. She asks what the Orion Syndicate had to do with it. Janel admits getting the company involved with the Orion Syndicate to prevent them from going bankrupt when the Ferengi mining operation started and the price of ore dropped 10 points and in the same month a Jem'Hadar raid had destroyed an entire shipment on the way to Rigel IV. The Syndicate came to Janel and offered him a loan as a way out. He says his mother never asked how all their problems had been solved overnight, and she says that's because she trusted him. About a month after the loan, Bokar told Janel about the widow of one of their associates who needed a job without any actual work involved. They needed to provide for her. Morica's "salary" from the company was a way to return the favor to the Syndicate. Janel had asked Norvo to falsify the payroll records, but he never got around to it. Yanas becomes angry that Janel tried to involve Norvo, but he says she's the one who always says there's nothing more important than the company. Janel insists that he saved the company. Ezri interrupts and says right now they have to concentrate on Morica. Why did the payments keep going up? Janel replied that Morica wasn't happy with her salary; that she'd been promised a comfortable life and she needed more money. Ezri asks how she died, and Janel says he doesn't know. Yanas accuses him of being involved. Norvo tries to defend Janel and Yanas tells him to stay out of it. Yanas tells Janel she will get him the very best solicitor in New Sydney, but he has to tell her the truth. He continues to deny any involvement, but she doesn't believe him. Ezri realizes Norvo knows something. Sitting near the house's fireplace, he then admits he went to see Morica, to try to reason with her. He says she was angry at everyone: the Tigans, the syndicate, even her husband for dying. She was yelling they were all the same, liars and cheats. Suddenly he realized if she were dead, all the family's problems would go away. Norvo tells his mother she always thought he was too weak to handle the tough problems, but he proved she was wrong. Sometime afterward, the police arrive and take Norvo away in handcuffs as Janel and Ezri sadly watch. Yanas is not there. Janel starts stammering and talking about the mine, but Ezri interrupts him. She says after Norvo's trial is over, Janel needs to leave the company and make his own life. She promises him he will be happier. Ezri walks in to another room and finds her mother. She tells her the police have taken Norvo, and that after the trial is over, she will return to DS9. Yanas suddenly asks Ezri if everything is all her fault. Ezri just looks sad and walks away. Back at DS9, Ezri and O'Brien have a conversation at Quark's about the recent events, a conversation in which Ezri admits feeling responsible for her brother's fate. Norvo was sentenced to 30 years. O'Brien says he wishes he could say he was sorry, but he believes with the sentence Norvo received, he got off easy for what he did. She understands his position, but says O'Brien didn't know Norvo. He was very gifted. He was the one they thought would be something special. She doesn't understand what happened. She guesses, looking back, that she was just so focused on getting away that she didn't see what her mother's constant criticism was doing to Norvo. His heart was carved up into little pieces. O'Brien tells her not to blame herself, but she says she should have gone home a long time ago. Memorable quotes "There are varieties of gagh?" "Oh, yes. I can remember what each one tastes like… and the way they… move when you swallow them. Torgud gagh wiggles. Filden gagh squirms. Meshta gagh jumps. […] Bithool gagh has feet. […] Wistan gagh is packed in targ blood… I have to go now." - Kira and Ezri "I haven't talked to my mother in almost six months." "Oh?" "Last time I saw her was just after I was joined. She came to visit me on Trill and I was still a little confused… When she walked into my room, I put on a big smile, looked her right in the eye and said: Hi mom, it's me… Curzon…" - Ezri and Sisko "What's wrong with your painting?" "Well, the composition is puerile and obvious, the colors belong on a child's toy, and the technique is laughable." "But other than that?" "It's perfect!" - Ezri Dax and Norvo Tigan "Ezri… You always were too proud for your own good." - Yanas Tigan "Hello mother." "I hate your hair." - Ezri Dax and Yanas Tigan "So, what are you feeling?" "I'm feeling… like I don't want to be analyzed by my sister." - Ezri Dax and Norvo Tigan "You always said that I was too weak… to handle the tough ones. I'm not. I proved it. I handled a problem that you couldn't. I handled it." - Norvo Tigan admitting to his mother Yanas that he murdered Morica Bilby Background information Story and script This episode began life as a Sisko show in which he travels into the future and encounters his own future self, who subsequently warns him that if he follows a particular course of action, there will be dire consequences. David Weddle and Bradley Thompson wrote a teaser which they really liked, but they then found themselves completely stumped as to where to take the rest of the show; "There was nothing to say beyond the fact that these two Siskos have a great struggle. There was no bottom to the show." However, the main problem was that Thompson and Weddle didn't have enough time to work out the kinks, as principal photography began in two weeks. As such, Ira Steven Behr suggested that they abandon the story altogether and do a show about Ezri's backstory, which he himself had been tinkering with for several weeks. Behr's basic idea was that Ezri's family was involved with the Orion Syndicate, with Yanas Tigan being a particularly powerful member of the organization. In this conception of the story, Ezri would be like the character of in the 1972 movie – the son/daughter who has no interest in the family business, who left home to pursue their own dreams, and who now has returned. When Ezri returns home, her mother reveals that it was the Syndicate who "arranged" for Ezri to be given the on the . This idea was dropped however, because, as Thompson explains, "It was a little too sleazy to suggest that Starfleet could be manipulated like that." However, it was now only a couple of days before production began, and the script still had no central crux. The writers wanted to keep Behr's Orion Syndicate plotline to some degree, but they needed a reason for it to be there; why would a story about Ezri's family involve the Syndicate? Eventually, Ira Behr suggested that they bring in O'Brien and the Liam Bilby story from and have O'Brien searching for Bilby's widow. As Ronald D. Moore, who helped compose the final draft of the script, explains, "The show was already in prep, so it was a case of 'First thought, best thought.' Just throw it down and move on, because we've gotta get ten pages out today. So boom! You just blaze through it." () Armin Shimerman (Quark) and Michael Dorn (Worf) do not appear in this episode. It is possible that Worf is involved in the events depicted in . Worf and Quark were to appear in the episode, in a short scene that would have taken place before Ezri returns to Deep Space 9. In the scene, Quark makes Worf pay for a bar bill owed by the House of Martok. (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion - A Series Guide and Script Library) Production An aspect of the show which the producers particularly liked was the Tigan family house on Sappora VII. Designed by matte artist Syd Dutton, the house was based on the work of legendary architect , particularly in Pennsylvania. () The Tigans' living room was a redress of Vic's lounge. () Some of Norvo's paintings, torn up after his night of drinking, were actually painted by Paramount Pictures set security officer Russ English, and duplicated for filming by the production team. () Reception It seems that every season of has an episode which the writers and producers universally regard as the weakest of the season. In Season 1 it was ; in Season 2 it was ; Season 3 was ; Season 4 was ; Season 5 was ; Season 6 was ; and in Season 7 it was "Prodigal Daughter", which is not surprising given the problems getting the script in order. According to Ira Behr, "There's plenty of blame to go around on this one. The script never came together." Ron Moore is more blunt, "It was just a mess." René Echevarria points out, "None of O'Brien's story could happen on-screen, so there was no investigation. The story got so diluted that it felt like a soap opera." According to Nicole de Boer, "Ira apologized to me for the episode afterward." Even director Victor Lobl was unimpressed, "Other than the trappings, it never felt part of Deep Space Nine. It seemed like O'Brien had been brought in just to bear witness to these events more than anything else. But that only got us to a location, and then we just watched things unfold. The feeling across the board was there was nothing very powerful driving it." In fact, the crew became so disillusioned with the show that they dubbed it "Audra Goes Home", a tongue-in-cheek reference to the TV show . () Trivia The title of the episode is a reference to the Biblical parable known as the "", as told by Jesus in the 15:11–32. However, the Prodigal Son wasted all his money and came home penniless. In contrast, Ezri comes home as a commissioned officer on a promising career path. Pergium is pronounced differently in this episode than it was in TOS. In it was pronounced Pur-GEE-um, while here it is pronounced PUR-gee-um. A script for this episode was sold off on the It's A Wrap! sale and auction on eBay. Awards This episode was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Art Direction for a Series. Video and DVD releases UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 7.6, As part of the DS9 Season 7 DVD collection Links and references Starring Avery Brooks as Captain Benjamin Sisko Also starring Rene Auberjonois as Odo Nicole de Boer as Counselor Ezri Dax Colm Meaney as Chief Miles O'Brien Alexander Siddig as Doctor Julian Bashir Nana Visitor as Colonel Kira Nerys Guest stars Kevin Rahm as Norvo Tigan Mikael Salazar as Janel Tigan John Paragon as Thadial Bokar Clayton Landey as Fuchida Special guest star Leigh Taylor-Young as Yanas Tigan Uncredited co-stars Sam Alejan as a Human science division officer Ivy Borg as Vulcan operations lieutenant Amy Kate Connolly as a Human command division officer Brian Demonbreun as a Human science division officer Terry Green as operations lieutenant David B. Levinson as a Human transport passenger Angus McClellan as an Human operations division ensign Daniel Reardon as a humanoid miner Guy Richardson as alien police officer James Lee Stanley as a Bajoran security deputy Unknown performers as Alien servant Benzite Four miners Kressari References 52-J; 52-L; accountant; Alamo; Andoria; Andorian Academy; Andorian tile (Andorians); angel; art critic; artwork; balance sheet; ; ; ; ; bookkeeping; business leader; carpet; chief engineer; commodities broker; contract; ; ; ; defacing; detective; DNA scan; Dominion War; dozen; engineer; Farian; Federation; Ferengi; ; ; force of nature; freedom; gagh; Gran; hamsha; heart; heart attack; House of Martok; hug; humiliation; intoxication; invoice; Jem'Hadar; Korella; latinum; line of fire; Lorkin; Martok; mechanic; milligram; mining engineer; mining facility; murder; ; "Old Man"; Orion Syndicate; Nausicaans (unnamed); New Sydney; New Sydney Police; nightmare; operative; payroll; pergium; personnel file; pronoun; Quark's; Rigel IV; Saltah'na clock; Santa Anna; Sappora VII; Sappora system; Saurian brandy; servant; shipping consultant; shipping order; socks; solarium; solvent; sonic shower; space sickness; Starfleet; Starfleet Intelligence; suicide; symbiont; tantrum; targ; Tigan, Mr.; Tigan home; Tigan pergium mining business; tile; Timor II; trans-sonic drill; transtator; ; Trills; waveguide; week; "with my name on it"; work stoppage; year; Zee Starship references Bajoran vessel (transport vessel); (runabout); ; ; ; ; ; External links de:Die verlorene Tochter es:Prodigal Daughter fr:Prodigal Daughter (épisode) nl:Prodigal Daughter DS9 episodes

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The Emperor's New Cloak (episode)

When Grand Nagus Zek is kidnapped by the Klingon-Cardassian Alliance while on a business trip into the "mirror universe", Quark and Rom follow him there. Summary Teaser Odo and Quark are conversing in Quark's as they observe Dr. Bashir and Ezri. It seems Quark is convinced that Ezri is in love with him, although Bashir – and Ezri as well, according to Odo – is not aware of it. Quark's obsession is interrupted when Rom runs in and anxiously informs him that Grand Nagus Zek has gone missing while on a business trip. He was supposed to return in five days but he has now been gone for twelve. However, Quark is not worried, assuring Rom the Nagus probably stopped on Risa. By the time he gets rid of Rom, Bashir, and Dax have left together holding hands, much to Odo's delight. Quark goes to his quarters to pray (and pay) to the Blessed Exchequer for Bashir to be sent off Deep Space 9 for a few months. He slips the latinum slips into the shrine's lobe in the hope that Ezri will fall for him. Shortly thereafter, the door chime rings; it is , dressed in black and not acting at all like Dax. She assertively forces her way into the room, but as Quark learns in a recorded message from Zek, this is not a Vulcan Love Slave role-play but the mirror universe Ezri. In the message, Zek reveals that he is in the hands of the Klingon-Cardassian Alliance in the alternate universe, not Risa as Quark originally presumed. Apparently the Nagus is being held ransom, and Quark has three days to secure a cloaking device for the Alliance or Zek will die. Act One Quark and Rom exit the airlock carrying the extremely heavy cloaked cloaking device they have stolen off of the , which occasionally gives off faint glimmers of light. They slowly approach the habitat ring when they hear someone coming and put the cloaking device down on the floor. Captain Sisko and General Martok walk by talking about expanding their lines from the Kalandra system, but they do a double-take as they realize Quark and Rom are idly staring at a bulkhead. Although the Ferengi give no particular reason and Sisko is confused as to what they are doing, Martok grows impatient as they do not have time for such things. Once the soldiers are gone, Quark manages to find the invisible device but burns his finger on an induction coil. They bring the cloaking device to Ezri in cargo bay 14, where she has apparently set up the interdimensional transporter needed to travel to the alternate universe. As she gets it ready, Rom observes the striking resemblance to the Ezri he knows but believes that this Ezri is taller, which Quark doubts. However, before she leaves, Quark decides that he and Rom need to go with her to ensure they get Zek back. Ezri does not think doing so is a good idea, but as Martok angrily enters the cargo bay and comes after them, the mirror universe suddenly looks a lot more appealing. The three of them transport across with the cloaking device. Once in the alternate universe, Rom observes how normal the cargo bay on that side looks, while Quark reminds him that Captain Sisko told them once that their counterparts are dead. The similarities soon end when – who is not a hologram – backs into the room, a phaser in each hand, followed closely by and a pair of s. Fontaine, who does not know what a hologram is, is a renegade of some sort, and guns blazing, he is shot dead by Bashir in front of Quark, Rom and Ezri. Act Two With Fontaine dead, the Terrans turn their attention to the newly-arrived trio and the hostile emotions make it clear that Bashir and Ezri know one another. However, contrary to Rom's expectations, the Terrans hold them in no higher regard. They take the Ferengi and the Trill to the brig. Bashir and visit them in their holding cell, and are contemptuous towards Ezri for siding with the Alliance against the Terran Rebellion for money rather than loyalty. Bashir is eager to execute the Ferengi, but O'Brien observes that Quark and Rom's Sisko would not want them in the mirror universe and suggests sending them back where they came from (sans cloaking device). Quark is determined to get the Nagus back though, so they give him until morning to decide. Ezri suggests they take the offer and leave, but the Ferengi firmly refuse despite the hopeless odds. Aboard the Alliance's massive flagship, gently massages Zek's lobes, intent on securing her freedom. Zek has promised Quark and Rom will deliver the cloaking device, and so long as the Intendant believes him, she appears dedicated to pleasing the older Ferengi. That night in the brig, Quark talks about why he wants to save Zek; not because he's married to their mother and is extremely rich, but because of loyalty. Just then, breaks into Terok Nor's brig to rescue Ezri. Unlike the "normal" Brunt, he is incredibly kind and compassionate. He even offers to take Quark and Rom along, offering them food and water on his waiting ship. Act Three During the ride in Brunt's shuttle to meet the Alliance's regent, Rom eagerly feasts on fried tube grubs, but becomes perplexed by the paradoxical logic of the mirror universe. He and Ezri head to bed, leaving Quark and Brunt alone. Brunt then confesses he hates the Alliance, but helps them because Ezri is his closest friend – although he hints that she is "very particular" about men, when Quark inquires about the nature of their relationship. Regent , meanwhile, has discovered the sinus-clearing wonder of beetle snuff and eagerly awaits the cloaking device. His pet is eager to kill Intendant Kira, but Worf remains firm in making his own decisions. When Quark, Rom, Ezri, and Brunt deliver the cloaking device, Worf is quite pleased and orders it operational within the hour. Quark expects the deal to complete with the Nagus' return, but Worf does not. Kira then comes out to seductively greet Ezri and the Regent reneges on his deal with the Ferengi. Worf decided to release the Intendant for coming up with the idea to acquire the cloaking device, much to Garak's dismay. Quark and Rom are then imprisoned, but not killed. Act Four As Zek reveals that he stole the interdimensional transporter schematics from Rom's PADD in the middle of night at their mother's home on Ferenginar and came to the mirror universe to discover new business opportunities, Brunt feels guilty about what he and Ezri have done to the innocent Ferengi. He attempts to convince Ezri to ask the Intendant to get them out of prison, but Kira enters as he is speaking and notes that she does not want to waste a favor from the regent on them. She kills Brunt by stabbing him, claiming she felt he was going to betray her and holding Ezri close. On the bridge, an officer announces that long-range sensors have detected the , so Regent Worf decides to test his new cloaking device. However, it is not yet operational, so he sends Ezri to fetch Rom. Quark claims they have no reason to help someone who has betrayed them, but Rom and Zek are eager to do whatever is necessary, as they believe Rom's help may allow them to survive. Despite her prior treachery, Ezri's motives appear genuine. Rom grows impatient with Garak's inability to serve as his assistant, growing defiant when Garak threatens him; he knows Garak needs him more than he needs Garak. Meanwhile, Kira gets on Worf's good side in order to re-gain control of rather than the Alliance ships destroying it. Once Rom installs the device and the ship cloaks successfully, the satisfied regent allows Garak to "get rid of" the Ferengi as he sees fit. Ever a sadist, Garak relishes the thought, intending to test out a deadly and painful virus on them. Act Five As usual, Quark uses his Ferengi cunning to get him out of a tight spot; when Garak enters the brig with the virus, Quark and the others slyly try to convince him that they have valuable information he should want to know and negatively compare him to "their" Garak. The Terrans meanwhile begin to suspect something is wrong, knowing they should have caught the Ferengi ship by now. Smiley wonders if the regent has the cloaking device already, but Bashir is sure that, even if he does, it could not be functional yet. However, the regent's ship is right behind them, matching the clueless Humans' warp speed in anticipation. Right when the regent's ship decloaks and tries to fire on the Defiant, its power grid shuts down, having been sabotaged by Rom. The Ferengi (and Zek's silent Hupyrian servant, Maihar'du) jump Garak when the force field shuts down. Though he manages to overpower them and is ready to inject Quark with the virus, Ezri steps in and injects Garak instead. At the airlock, Ezri and company find Kira, and both Ezri and Kira are armed. Neither appears to trust the other, but they both lower their phasers slowly. However, Ezri decides not to go with Kira, having developed a conscience. She lets the Intendant go, as she owes her that much. Zek is shocked over the fact that they've mentioned that Brunt is dead but Rom informs him, "wrong Brunt." The Terrans return to Terok Nor triumphantly with the Regent in their custody and Ezri now on their side. After their recent ordeal, Quark offers to take Ezri back to our universe, but she decides to turn over a new leaf with the Terrans. Suddenly shows up, much to Rom's delight; however, it is the mirror Leeta, who has never seen him in her life and has been sent by O'Brien to "debrief" Ezri, as the two look seductively at one another. Rom suddenly wants to go home after seeing this, to which Quark and Zek agree wholeheartedly. Memorable quotes "It looks like Deep Space 9 to me." "I suppose a cargo bay… is a cargo bay, no matter what universe you're in." - Rom and Quark "Doesn't he realize she loves me?" "I don't think he does. To be honest, I don't think she does either." "Thanks for your support." - Quark and Odo, discussing Julian Bashir and Ezri Dax spending time together "Does it have to be so rough the first time?" - Quark, after Mirror Ezri barges into his quarters and slams him against a wall "My name's not Dax!" "Oh, oh, I get it! Your clothes, the knife, this aggressive attitude, it's all role-playing! Call me 'Shmun'!" - Mirror Ezri and Quark "I told you cloaking the cloaking device was a good idea." "Brilliant. But couldn't we've done something about its weight?" "Nope. But if it makes you feel any better, the cloaking device on the Defiant is a lot heavier." "Tell it to my hernia." - Rom and Quark " I can't believe it… Julian just shot Vic Fontaine!" "I thought Vic was his favorite singer. No wonder they call it the alternate universe." - Quark and Rom (After seeing mirror Worf for the first time) "Look who the Regent is!" "So?" "So, who's President of the Federation? Gul Dukat!?" - Rom and Quark "Are you suggesting we go back home?" "It's the smart move." "Do we look smart to you?" - Quark and Mirror Ezri "I still don't understand why you came here in the first place." "It's simple, really: to open new financial opportunities to the Ferengi people." "In the alternate universe!?" "Well, it seemed like a good idea at the time." - Quark, Zek, and Rom "Where do you think you're going?" "With him. He needs my help." "You're a bartender, Quark. What are you going to do, mix him a drink?" "Don't worry brother, I'm not thirsty." - Mirror Ezri, Quark, and Rom "You mean we're going home?" "No. He means you're going to DIE." - Rom and Mirror Garak "I don't understand. Is this Garak of yours an assassin or a tailor?" "Tailor." "Assassin." "Both!" - Mirror Garak and Rom, Quark, and Zek in unison "You shouldn't have killed Brunt." "Isn't it a little late to be developing a conscience?" "I hope not." - Mirror Ezri and Intendant Kira "Brunt's dead?" "Sorry, wrong Brunt." - Zek and Rom "Oh, let her go. There's something about that woman I find intoxicating." - Zek, about Intendant Kira "This is quite a fascinating place! Don't you agree?" "I… wanna go home." - Zek and Rom "Captain O'Brien would like to have a word with you." - Klingon soldier, to Regent Worf Background information Story and script This episode came about because Ira Steven Behr wanted to have a Quark/Rom show before they got into the final arc, and they chose the mirror universe as the setting because "It gave us a chance to present another example of the Ferengi having to face adversity and danger, and Quark having to rise above himself a little bit." () Behr also commented: "We all felt the need, with a small 'n', to revisit the alternate universe one last time. Let's face it, the alternate universe is such a wacky idea, and I don't care what anyone says, was a wacky, silly show. Though we tried in many ways to play it with a straight face, at first, in Deep Space Nine, as time went on it just became tougher for us to not see it as what it was, which was kind of a rather flakey alternative to what we had been doing. So who better to have to have Rom and Quark? Rom is trying to figure out the alternative universe. I just thought Rom stood in for all the fans who want logic and who want it to make sense, and want it to be taken seriously, something that is inherently not that serious. He cracked me up every time he tried to label it, or tried to find a definition of it. To me it spoke a lot about the fans and Star Trek, his little arc in that show, the need for it all to make sense in the most obvious way. To really enjoy the alternate universe episodes, you just have to let go, you have to relax your sphincter a little bit and not be so anal about it, and just try to have some fun. We all love, obviously, the Intendant, and we just had a lot of fun with the characters. It was not an easy show to do, because it is tough to get the tone right. The whole thing was pretty funny". (Cinefantastique, Vol. 32, No. 4/5, p. 72) Production The idea to steal the cloaked cloaking device was René Echevarria's. In order to pull off the scene, Max Grodénchik and Armin Shimerman practiced for three days, because they had to make the object look like it had weight, keep a constant distance from one another and keep their own hands at a set distance apart. In the end, the effects crew decided to have them carry a rectangular transparent filament which would be edited out in post-production. However, the scene didn't play right, and so Echevarria came up with the idea of the occasional fizzle, as seen in the finished episode. () During the design phase of this episode, illustrator John Eaves was given the task of designing the cloaking device. When he presented his final drawing, he handed in two pictures; one of the cloaking device, and one of the cloaking device cloaked. ("Deep Space Nine Sketchbook: John Eaves", DS9 Season 7 DVD, Special Features; ) Reception Ira Behr was extremely happy with how this episode turned out, primarily because, through Rom, "We finally got to question the whole lunatic idea of the mirror universe." () Shimerman was pleased with the episode as well, commenting: "That particular episode was an ensemble piece. Quark and Rom were on a mission, but certainly Ezri was as prominent there as the two of us. Everybody got a chance in some way to strut their stuff in the one last acknowledgement of the mirror universe people. It was a fun episode. Usually our comedic episodes are our Fcrengi episodes, but this was a chance for everybody to do a little bit of comedy, and I think it worked out pretty well". (Cinefantastique, Volume 32 Numbers 4&5( Nicole de Boer had an absolute blast making this episode, and afterwards she asked, "Can I play this character all the time?" Louis Race points out, "Nicole's performance gave me a real appreciation of her skill as an actress. She wasn't just playing 'Cute in Leather'. She became a much more sinister and driven, harder-edged character." de Boer herself says, "After playing sweet Ezri, I thought, 'Yeah! This is gonna be fun!' Not that Ezri was too sweet, but this was just really fun to do." () Like the episode , this episode also contains a kiss between two women: and the . Nana Visitor was not particularly enamored of the scene however; "I never intended for Intendant to be bisexual. I think that was an assumption that everyone, including the writers, made after the character fell for Kira in . But that had been total narcissism on her part. It had nothing to do with sexuality." () One actor who was happy to see an end to his mirror character was Andrew J. Robinson; "I was really, really, really happy about 's death. I never liked those alternate universe shows because that Garak was just a stupid bad guy. The thing that's great about our Garak is that he has subtext. There's a lot going on beneath the surface, and if you don't pay attention, then you're in trouble because he's got you. But the mirror Garak had no subtext. He was just a toady opportunist." () LeVar Burton commented on "The Emperor's New Cloak" that he "loved doing that one. I'd been in the mirror universe before with Bareil, Kira, and the Intendant, so "The Emperor's New Cloak" was a return trip to the alternate universe for me, and a really fun trip". The episode was the tenth and final Deep Space Nine episode to be directed by LeVar Burton; the previous episode he had directed was also a mirror universe episode, . ("Foresight", ) Vic's death scene in this episode was the second time James Darren had died on-screen; the first time was in the 1961 film The Guns of Navarone. Darren commented: "The alternate universe episode was just a lot of fun". Trivia This episode was the last episode to focus on the mirror universe and the episode set furthest into the future in the mirror universe. It is also the first to visit the universe since the fourth season episode (the fifth season had no mirror episode, and the sixth season's episode, , was set in the prime universe). The Intendant is the only mirror universe character to appear in all five Deep Space Nine episodes to deal with that universe. The only other regular characters who appears in all five episodes are Benjamin Sisko and Odo. Furthermore, it marks the death of . It also marks both the introduction and death of the mirror (who only appeared in one scene) and (which continues the theme of a Ferengi dying every time we visit; in , the mirror Quark was killed, in , it was and in it was . Of the , Jeffrey Combs says, "Our Brunt is just out and out tenacious, mischievous, and mean. So for the mirror Brunt, I just decided to be in a good mood. He was this guy who's willing to help out in a pinch and not out to hurt anybody." () In what would seem to be a continuity error, the Grand Nagus tells Quark that the mirror universe does not have cloaking technology, despite the fact that in Alliance ships are seen de-cloaking on screen. In later non-canon novels, this was explained as being the difference between Alliance cloaks and Romulan cloaks. However, in , the possesses a Suliban cloaking device over two hundred years before the Deep Space Nine mirror universe episodes. This episode is dedicated to the memory of Jerome Bixby, who died shortly before the airing of the episode. He is best known for writing the first mirror universe episode, , and Behr felt it to be "a tip of the hat to the origins of the whole thing." () The title of the episode was obviously inspired by the 1837 fairy tale "". The title also contains a pun on the word "Cloak" insofar as it seems to refer to a garment, but in reality it refers to the cloaking device. Cirroc Lofton (Jake Sisko) does not appear in this episode. Kira Nerys, Worf and Miles O'Brien do not appear, only their mirror counterparts do. Remastered version Remastered footage from the episode is featured in the documentary What We Left Behind. Video and DVD releases UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 7.6, As part of the DS9 Season 7 DVD collection Links and references Starring Avery Brooks as Captain Sisko Also starring Rene Auberjonois as Odo Nicole de Boer as Ezri Dax / Ezri Tigan (mirror) Michael Dorn as Regent Worf (mirror) Colm Meaney as Miles O'Brien (mirror) Armin Shimerman as Quark Alexander Siddig as Doctor Bashir / Julian Bashir (mirror) Nana Visitor as Intendant Guest stars Andrew J. Robinson as Elim Garak (mirror) Jeffrey Combs as Brunt (mirror) Max Grodénchik as Rom J.G. Hertzler as Martok Tiny Ron as Maihar'du Chase Masterson as Leeta (mirror) Special guest star Wallace Shawn as Zek Co-star Peter C. Antoniou as Helmsman Uncredited co-stars Ivy Borg as Rita Tannenbaum Uriah Carr as civilian James Darren as Cathy DeBuono as M'Pella Brian Demonbreun as sciences officer Dieter Hornemann as Terran rebel Wade Kelley as Vulcan rebel Shauna Lewis as dabo girl Dennis Madalone as Terran marauder Angus McClellan as operations ensign James Minor Tom Morga as Klingon Alliance officer Chuck Shanks as operations officer Mark Allen Shepherd as Morn Todd Slayton as Klingon Alliance officer James Lee Stanley as Vulcan rebel Susie Stillwell as Terran rebel Unknown performers as Paradan Klingon Alliance officer 1 Klingon Alliance officer 2 Klingon Alliance officer 3 Stunt double Mike Cassidy as stunt double for James Darren References amateur; amusement; assassin; ; Blessed Exchequer; body temperature; boiling; bunk bed; business safari; cc; cloaking device; color; crossover; cup; ; debriefing; debtor; ; Dukat; engineering notebook; escape shuttle; evasive action; Federation; Ferengi; Ferengi Alliance; Ferengi shuttle; fistful; freedom; gesture; Gowron; gray; heart; hernia; hero worship; humble; Hupyrian; Hupyrian beetle snuff; Ishka; internal organ; ionic storm; isodine coupler; latinum; "lining one's pockets"; multidimensional transporter device; ; notebook; organ; paint; Parada; pat on the head; power grid; President of the Federation; ; Quark's; ram; rebel; regent; Regent's flagship; rest and relaxation; Risa; role playing; ; ; Shmun; sinus; ; sympathizer; T'lana; tea; ; Terran Rebellion; Terran Resistance Forces; tone of voice; traitor; troll; Ulcartic virus; unconditional surrender; Vulcan Love Slave, Volume III (); wench External links de:Die Tarnvorrichtung es:The Emperor's New Cloak fr:The Emperor's New Cloak (épisode) ja:DS9:平行世界に消えたゼク nl:The Emperor's New Cloak Emperor's New Cloak, The

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Field of Fire (episode)

After several crew members are murdered, Ezri summons the memories and personality of Joran Dax to help her find the murderer. Summary Teaser Several of the senior staff are gathered in Quark's, toasting young Hector Ilario for his excellent performance at the 's helm in a recent battle. They laugh and drink, toasting Ilario's accomplishments until the wee hours. At around 0300 hours, the party winds down and only Kira Nerys and Ezri Dax are left, having one last drink with the lieutenant. Ilario can barely get up and stumbles from being drunk, so Ezri offers to escort him back, as his quarters are close to hers. When they get back to Ilario's quarters, he shows Ezri a picture of him and his two Starfleet companions, saying he wished they could have been there when he maneuvered the Defiant into battle. After looking at the picture and helping Ilario settle, Ezri wishes him a good night and leaves. At 0600 hours she receives her usual wake up call from the station's computer. As she gets ready and prepares her routine, she hears voices outside her door in the corridor. Everyone is running around nervously, talking about initiating a security alert. Ezri soon discovers what the commotion is all about: Ilario has been found dead in his quarters, having been shot right through the heart. Act One Perplexingly, there is no evidence of a forced entry, nor indeed of any entry at all. Even more mysterious is the fact that he was killed, at close range, with a projectile weapon rather than a directed energy weapon such as a phaser or disruptor. The tritanium bullet is matched to a Federation prototype TR-116 rifle, which was never mass-produced, having been abandoned in favor of regenerative phasers. However, this does not mean that the killer did not have access to the weapon's replication pattern. Chief O'Brien points out that only Starfleet officers have access to those files, a thought Captain Sisko finds very disturbing. Drawing on his knowledge of 20th century crime novels, Odo notes that there are no gunpowder burns on the body, suggesting that the shot was fired from a longer range, even though it appears as if Ilario was shot point blank at close range. All the while the officers are discussing the murder weapon, Ezri is standing in the corner, still in disbelief over what happened. She is disturbed to find out that Ilario was shot only ten minutes after she left his quarters. Sisko wants everyone to find out everything they can about Ilario. The officers mention that there was not much, as he has only been on the station for ten days and in that time was known to be intelligent, dedicated and eager to please. Sisko wants answers, however, and wants whoever is responsible for this caught as soon as possible. At Quark's, Doctor Bashir, Chief O'Brien, and Ezri remember Ilario. The men feel bad about not having taken him to the holosuite with them as he had wanted, while Ezri wishes she had stayed around a bit longer, so that maybe he would be alive now. She feels distressed about the whole situation and cannot believe that Ilario has been murdered like this. The same night, she has a conversation with Dr. Bashir who tells her that the whole concept of someone killing another person in cold blood seems incomprehensible. Ezri replies that to her, it is not a very foreign concept, as she knows exactly what it feels like to have the urge to take a life. She points to the sixth host of the , Joran, who killed three people. She says she tries not to think about Joran and suppress the memories of him, just like Jadzia before her. However, the thought of someone like Joran even being on Deep Space 9 really irks her. She decides to get some rest. Later that night, Ezri has a nightmare about the murdered lieutenant and Joran. In her dream, Joran tells her while playing a piano to stop being afraid of him as if he was a stranger. He points out that after all, the "worm" in her belly used to be in him, which means he is a part of her just as she is a part of him. He tells her to perform the Rite of Emergence already and simply ask him to help her if she wants to find the killer. She is resistant and says that she wants nothing to do with him after what he did, but Joran is smug, saying that there is nowhere else for him to go as he is within her all the time. He beckons her to let him out, saying that he can help because he knows how a murderer thinks. Upon awakening, she is summoned to the site of another murder… Act Two This time the victim is Greta Vanderweg, a Starfleet science officer. Similarly to Ilario, she was killed by a tritanium bullet, apparently fired at close range but without leaving any gun-powder burns. Sisko is still puzzled at the motive and wonders if there is a pattern to this madness or if someone is just killing these officers at random. He asks if Ilario and Vanderweg knew each other, but it's doubtful as Ilario was aboard the Defiant for most of the time he'd been assigned to the station. Odo points out that there are over 900 Starfleet officers on the station and that they need to narrow the field of suspects. Sisko assigns Ezri to assist Odo with her forensic psychology training. At the Replimat, Bashir and O'Brien discuss the issue further. They wonder why you would use a rifle at all if you were going to shoot somebody at close range. Davy Crockett's attachment to a particular weapon comes up, and as Bashir tells an old story about Davy Crockett using frying pans to perform a trick shot, the chief has an epiphany about how the killer has fired from close range without leaving powder burns: displaced targeting. He believes the killer set up an alternate bullet trajectory which did not require a direct line of sight between him and the victim. Quickly arranging a demonstration, O'Brien shows how a micro-transporter could be attached to the muzzle of a TR-116 rifle to beam the bullet close to the target, where it continues its trajectory. With an exographic targeting sensor, the murderer could have scanned through bulkheads, meaning he or she could be firing from anywhere on the station, at anyone. Unfortunately, the micro-transporter does not leave enough of a transporter signature to track back to its point of origin. Ezri redoubles her efforts to find a connection between the two murder victims, but gets nowhere. Alone on the Promenade, she runs into Worf who appears to have followed her out of concern, even though he does not want to admit it. He asks her about the investigation and if he can be of assistance. She says that there is actually someone who could help, but that she does not want to ask him. Worf insists that if that person can help, she should consider it, no matter how unpleasant. He knows that accomplishing a task until it is finished is "Dax's way" after all. Hoping to draw on the memories of Joran, Ezri performs the Trill Rite of Emergence to extract and personify Joran; to interact with him so she can trace the killer's thoughts, actions, motives, and drive. At first she has a bit of a hard time getting through to him, but he finally emerges, telling her that she won't regret having summoned him – the forgotten host, the outcast, the murderer. It seems strange for her to see him separated from all the others, standing in front of her but Joran says he has a lot to offer and that Jadzia and Curzon were wrong to deny him all this time. Ezri is eager to get to work to expose the murderer, so Joran suggests starting with the killer's choice of weapons. Even though Ezri knows what the killer used, Joran says that it means nothing until she herself holds the weapon, looks through its tracking display, picks a target, feels the power when she locks its sensors to the unexpecting prey. Joran encourages her to think like a killer so she can catch him. This thought deeply disturbs Ezri but she is determined. Act Three Ezri takes the TR-116 rifle out of its casing while Joran admires its aesthetic qualities, design and the power as well as sense of danger the rifle alone conveys. He asks her to hold it in her hands so she feels what the killer felt. She puts on the targeting display and holds the weapon as if she was going to use it. He tells her to move to the Habitat ring with her display so she can put herself in the killer's mind. Then, layer by layer, they intrude into peoples' lives. When she finds and targets a young Starfleet engineer in his quarters, Joran wants to know how she feels at this moment. Ezri replies that she feels powerful and in control, like the killer would. The killing is done from a distance, remarks Joran; it is cold and methodical, implying that either a doctor or a scientist are behind it. Ezri wants to know why one would choose a victim like this instead of just going to the Promenade or to Quark's. Joran suggests that she find out by pulling the trigger. Ezri is close and tempted, but at the last moment, pulls herself back together and puts down the rifle. After she puts the weapon down, Joran remarks that the gun wasn't loaded and that he asked her to pull the trigger so she can learn something about the killer. Ezri is irritated. In Quark's, Ezri is still shaken from her experience. Joran apologizes for having pushed her but insists that it was necessary. When Quark approaches Ezri, offering her something to drink, Joran remarks how he would love to slip a knife between Quark's ribs. Ezri pretends she didn't hear that and upon the suggestion of Joran, she decides to go check out the victims' quarters to see if she can find any clues there. She looks around, but she simply cannot get anywhere. In Vanderweg's quarters she notices an animated picture of Vanderweg with her husband, laughing. She compares the two victims and realizes that besides the Starfleet uniform they both wore, they have absolutely nothing in common, leaving her with the conclusion the killer is picking their victims at random, leaving her unable to narrow down the suspects. Later at Quark's, Ezri is deep in thought and Joran knows that she is thinking about giving up. Joran tells her that she is the problem because she refuses to see with the killer's eyes, feel with his hands and think with his mind. She thinks that Joran wants to turn her to a killer, to himself, when he again reminds her that she is him. Suddenly, they find themselves in the middle of a chase: a young Starfleet officer is being chased by the security team. Believing him to be the killer, Ezri jumps on him and, encouraged by Joran, picks up a knife and nearly stabs the man in a violent rage. Odo stops her just in time. Act Four It turns out the man, (Ensign ), was being pursued by security for accessing the TR-116 replicator pattern. However, he has turned out to be a mere weapons collector with a tight alibi: he was on Bajor at the time of the first murder. Sisko cannot believe that she was about to stab the man and wonders what is going on. He almost takes Ezri off the case, but gives her another chance when she assures him that she can find the killer if she has a little more time. On their way out, Joran remarks that he could never understand what Curzon and Jadzia saw in Sisko, as he finds him to be "insufferable and so Starfleet". He jokes, wondering why the killer hasn't targeted him yet. Ezri has had enough, however, and attempts to reverse the ritual to rebury Joran's memories, realizing that he is just too dangerous an influence to be around. But she is interrupted by news of another murder: Zim Brott, a Bolian petty officer, has been found dead, by the same method. While searching the latest victim's quarters for clues, Joran looks at a picture, wondering cynically how someone could be so happy with such unattractive children. And that is when it finally dawns on Ezri: she realizes that the only commonality between the victims is the pictures of them laughing and that therefore, the killer is someone who hates laughter, who hates emotion, such as a Vulcan. Joran notes that all Vulcans dislike emotion but that they don't go out killing people for smiling, but Ezri reasons that a Vulcan, sufficiently traumatized, might see the pictures as an unbearable, frozen display of emotion. When he looks through the targeting sensor and sees those pictures, to Ezri, the laughter seems to mock him. Joran is pleased that she is thinking like the killer now. They find out that there are currently 48 Vulcans serving on DS9 and realize that they need to narrow their list. Joran notes they need to eliminate 47 of them. She comes up with a short list of suspects who fit what she has deduced. In the turbolift and on her way to review her list and shorten it further, she and Joran run into a Vulcan who seems to fit the killer's profile. Joran knows right away that it's him, but Ezri needs further proof. Act Five Checking his personnel file, she discovers that he is a science officer and that his name is Chu'lak. She further discovers that he has indeed suffered a recent emotional trauma: he served on the for ten years until it was destroyed by the Jem'Hadar and he was one of the only six crew members, out of 1250, to survive. That is a painful loss, even for a Vulcan. Ezri has doubts still, however, but Joran urges her to listen to her instincts, to listen to him. Using the TR-116 and exographic scanner, she goes after Chu'lak and finds out that he is looking at her personnel file. She is even more mortified when she sees him go to retrieve the TR-116 rifle and scanner, and begin to aim it at her. Although Joran encourages her to shoot the Vulcan, she hesitates slightly and then only wounds him non-fatally. It is enough, however, to cause Chu'lak's shot to miss its mark, striking the wall behind Ezri and Joran, and the two of them rush to the wounded Vulcan's quarters. Joran tells Ezri he is proud of her. In Chu'lak's quarters, Ezri confronts the Vulcan, wanting to know why he did it. Chu'lak answers that it was because logic demanded it. All the while she is aiming the rifle directly at him with Joran breathing on her neck, encouraging her to finish him off. He keeps telling her that she should just do it, knowing that he deserves to die. Though Ezri is tempted, once again, at the last moment, she pulls herself together and lowers her weapon, much to Joran's dismay. After calling for medical assistance for her would-be killer, Ezri mocks Joran, saying he should at least try to not look too disappointed. Finally, having solved the murders and come to terms with her memories of Joran, Ezri begins the process of sending him back. As she recites her incantation, Joran tells her that from now on she will not be able to forget him and bury him as deeply as Curzon and Jadzia did. He tells her that he is a part of her now, as much as all the other hosts. Ezri understands the change that has taken place and the place Joran will take in her psyche from now. She slowly watches him vanish, knowing that he will never really be gone from her. Memorable quotes "Nice melon." - Odo, to Ezri Dax "Joran – the forgotten host, the outcast." "The murderer." - Joran Dax and Ezri Dax "Now, let's get to work. We have a killer to catch." - Ezri Dax, to Joran "I still can't believe anyone in Starfleet could be doing this." - Bashir, after yet another murder of a Starfleet officer "How can anyone be so happy with such unattractive children?" - Joran Dax "Ezri? I think you need a vacation. You're talking to yourself." - Quark "Tell me, why did you do it?" "Because logic demanded it." - Ezri Dax, confronting the Vulcan murderer Chu'lak Background information Story and script The working title of this episode was "The Killer in Dax". (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion - A Series Guide and Script Library) With David Weddle, Bradley Thompson and Ronald D. Moore all busy trying to salvage , Ira Steven Behr and Hans Beimler working on , and René Echevarria working on , Ira Behr found himself in a situation where he needed an episode, and had no-one to write it. As such, he contacted his old writing partner Robert Hewitt Wolfe and pitched an idea about a serial killer sniper being loose on the station. When Wolfe agreed to do the script, Behr foresaw the episode as an Odo show, but as Wolfe explains, "I felt we'd seen the constable investigate this kind of thing before. I wanted to use a character whom we hadn't seen spearhead an investigation. That gave me a chance to do something with Ezri." Wolfe decided that if Ezri was investigating a murderer, it might bring out her memories of Joran, and she comes to realize that if she embraces these memories, they may help her stop the killer. As such, in Wolfe's first draft, Ezri creates a hologram of Joran, but he quickly realized that this limited the character, and so he decided to go what he refers to as "the Trill mumbo-jumbo route." () According to Wolfe, a Vulcan serial killer was chosen in order to shock viewers. He commented, "What would be the biggest surprise to a regular Star Trek fan? No one's going to be surprised if a Bajoran or a Cardassian or a Romulan is the killer. But a Vulcan serial killer? That'll make you sit up and take notice. I wanted to show the psychological strains of the War are far-reaching. If you've got a Vulcan who's cracking under the battle, that says something." () Production Jeff Magnus McBride, who had portrayed Joran in the third season episode , proved unavailable to reprise the role for "Field of Fire". According to director Tony Dow, the casting process was very specific; "Joran is a pretty complex character. The actor had to play him with a sort of crazed unpredictability, but he couldn't be such a jerk that Ezri would just put him back in the bottle. Leigh didn't have the scariness of appearance that we'd initially anticipated, but he's such a terrific actor that it worked out well." () When prepping this episode, Tony Dow (directing his only episode of the series) was instructed to watch the fifth season episode , as "it had the same sort of mystery feeling, with a renegade who kidnaps Kira. Ira told me that it was really the only other show of this type that they'd done. There isn't much personal violence on this series, so when it does occur, it's something to be reckoned with. My objective was to create an atmosphere of apprehension and a bit of panic about what was going on." () Gregory Smith composed the music of the episode. Smith commented: "The former host Joran was kind of a bad guys so there was a melodramatic feeling to it. He even played the organ, the keyboard – almost a Phantom of the Opera thing – so I had leeway to be more dramatic there. The song that Joran plays in the episode came first – that was something I hadn't experienced before. They wanted me to write 'Joran's Nocturne' before filming – it's a featured moment and they wanted to know what he might be playing at that keyboard". (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Collection) Ian Spelling interviewed Nicole de Boer during the filming of the episode, specifically after the scene where Ezri meets Worf on the Promenade. ("Ezri's Counsel", ) Reception Nicole de Boer enjoyed the episode, commenting: "It was a risky and dangerous move for her, and one she didn't want to share with the others because of how they might react. But it was certainly an unorthodox way of solving the mystery, and we got to see a more serious side of her – and I got to carry the big gun! It was neat to put the story into the technology side of things, and show that some advances can be pretty scary when you think about them". ("Ezri Dax: One of Nine", ) Beimler commented: "The fun of ’Field of Fire’ was finding the hard edge that we knew Ezri had all along. We knew that she had a side of her that had been buried very deep, but she had been playing this kind of confused, fun. intelligent, but ultimately gun-shy person. This allowed us to bring up the side of her that would stay with her from now on. After ‘Field of Fire.’ that woman was not the same. She now had Joran in the forefront, and she was part killer. That was the goal of that episode, to bring that side out of her, so she could keep that for the rest of ihe season. Tony Dow directed it. He did, I thought, a pretty nice job. It’s a very, very tough task to do an action piece like that on a seven day schedule. I also think ’Field of Fire’ had one of the coolest effects that we have done at Star Trek in years, the rifle seeing through things, and you see it go through buildings. That was a contribution Robert Wolfe made from the very beginning, when he pitched us the story and told us what he wanted to do. Usually that stuff works better in concept than execution, but not this time. I thought the effects guys did a terrific job". (Cinefantastique, Volume 29 Number 6/7) Trivia Joran states that Curzon and Jadzia did not know what to do with him, while Ezri states that they buried Joran's memories as deep within them as possible. This appears to contradict , which stated that Joran's memories were blocked by the Symbiosis Commission until the blocks began to deteriorate in 2371, well after Curzon's death, implying that Curzon never knew of Joran's existence (unless he did know and never told anyone). Early in the episode, Hector Ilario tells Ezri that she's very beautiful, to which she responds, "And you're very drunk." He then says, "But in the morning, I'll be sober – and you'll still be beautiful." This is likely a reference to the apocryphal, usually misattributed Winston Churchill conversation with Labour MP . When he was criticized for being drunk, he responded with some version of the famous quote "Bessie, my dear, you are ugly, and, what's more, you are disgustingly ugly. But tomorrow I shall be sober and you will still be disgustingly ugly." Ezri refers to Hector Ilario as an ensign when they are leaving Quark's even though Bashir says he's a lieutenant and he wears the rank insignia of lieutenant junior grade. However, she doesn't specifically call him an Ensign. She comments that she has escorted many drunken ensigns to their quarters in the past and Ilario is a junior officer. This episode represents the third encounter with Joran. As well as , he also featured in the third season episode , where he was 'embodied' by Sisko. Cirroc Lofton (Jake Sisko) does not appear in this episode. The Starfleet cadet uniforms used in make a cameo in the photograph of Ilario and his Academy friends. A script for this episode was sold off on the It's A Wrap! sale and auction on eBay. Remastered version Remastered footage from the episode is featured in the documentary What We Left Behind. Video and DVD releases UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 7.7, As part of the DS9 Season 7 DVD collection Links and references Starring Avery Brooks as Captain Benjamin Sisko Also starring Rene Auberjonois as Odo Nicole de Boer as Counselor Ezri Dax Michael Dorn as Lieutenant Commander Worf Colm Meaney as Chief Miles O'Brien Armin Shimerman as Quark Alexander Siddig as Doctor Julian Bashir Nana Visitor as Colonel Kira Nerys Guest stars Art Chudabala as Hector Ilario Marty Rackham as Chu'lak And Leigh J. McCloskey as Joran Dax Uncredited co-stars John Ames as classmate of Ilario (photography) Michael Bailous as Bajoran security deputy Ivy Borg as Rita Tannenbaum Uriah Carr as civilian Amy Kate Connolly as command officer Brian Demonbreun as sciences officer Kathleen Demor as operations officer Judi Durand as Deep Space 9 computer voice Terry Green as operations lieutenant Chris Kelly as Zim Brott David B. Levinson as Broik Shauna Lewis as dabo girl Johnny Martin as Angus McClellan as operations ensign Dan Magee as Operations lieutenant Vulcan operations officer Valerie Ann Miller as Greta Vanderweg Chuck Shanks as Bajoran security deputy Operations officer Mark Allen Shepherd as Morn James Lee Stanley as Bajoran security deputy William Steinfeldt as Bajoran ops officer Susie Stillwell as Bajoran security deputy Unknown performers as Alien with wrinkly face Brott's children (photography) Classmate of Ilario (photography) Kressari Paradan Vanderweg's husband (photography) Vulcan female lieutenant Vulcan male on promenade Stunt doubles Tom Morga as stunt double for Leigh J. 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Chimera (episode)

Odo meets another of the hundred Changelings who were sent out to explore the galaxy. Summary Teaser O'Brien and Constable Odo are re-entering the Bajoran system in a runabout, having just attended a conference. While they continue on, Odo explains he purchased a "knickknack" for Kira, as well as Rigelian chocolates (her favorite), serving to remind O'Brien that he failed to get anything for Keiko. He half-seriously offers to buy the chocolates, though Odo apologetically refuses. Suddenly, an alarm goes off; something is gaining on the runabout from behind. They two watch with surprise as there appears to be a fish-like creature of some sort in space, but, as it overtakes the vessel, it falls back and seems to disappear, at least from sensors. Odo and O'Brien, with phaser, get up and look behind them, hearing various noises within the ship. Soon, a Changeling oozes out of a vent in the cockpit. Act One It seems the Changeling sensed Odo's presence and came to investigate. While O'Brien assumes the Changeling to be a Founder, Odo realizes he, like himself, is one of the Hundred Changelings, Changelings the Founders sent out to learn more about the Milky Way Galaxy. Nonetheless, the Changeling (who does not trust "mono-forms") allows himself to be taken into custody so long as Odo vouches for his safety. They return to Deep Space 9, where Dr. Bashir confirms that the Changeling's morphogenic matrix is as stable as Odo's rather than infected with the morphogenic virus that has infected the Founders' Great Link. From this, Odo is convinced he is indeed not a Founder and therefore not a threat. Perhaps against Captain Sisko's better judgment, the Changeling is released into Odo's custody after he asks Sisko to trust him in this matter. As the Changeling, Laas, walks along the Promenade with Odo, they have a long talk. Odo describes the Founders, and Odo's disagreement with them, clearly stating that he believes the their war with the Federation is wrong. Interestingly, Laas doesn't agree, either; he simply wishes to avoid humanoids altogether. Laas clearly doesn't trust humanoids, though Odo says the ones on DS9 are different, and have accepted him. Laas is skeptical, though. Seeing that Odo hasn't tried to find the other Hundred and he's only been taking their form for 30 years, Laas sees that it's still new to Odo. He tells of how he was discovered over 200 years prior by the Varalans, alone, as was Odo at first. He too "grew up" around humanoids, but they never really accepted him. He believes they are all intolerant of difference, but Odo disagrees, as the people on DS9 are all different species. Laas sees them all as basically the same, though. Odo leads Laas to his quarters to stay in. When they get to Odo's quarters and Laas sees a picture of Kira, he tells of how he once had a Varalan mate, but having children was very important to her and they ended their relationship. Then Odo links with Laas, allowing the other Changeling to experience the sensation for the first time. However, during the link Odo betrays his true feelings; were he not in love with Kira, he would have returned to the Great Link and become a Founder. Act Two The next day, Kira finds Odo sitting in the security office and is excited to hear about the Changeling, but Odo is still troubled by Laas' revelation about his true feelings. He is awkward in discussing the matter but does reveal that he linked with Laas and assures her that it is not some elaborate deception to make him join the Dominion, like the last time. In any case, Kira expresses interest in meeting Laas, and Odo promises to arrange it. In Quark's, Kira sits with Bashir, O'Brien, and Ezri as they await Odo and Laas' arrival. Unfortunately, Laas' seems to thwart attempts at starting friendly conversation; he seems to think himself somehow superior to "mono-forms" and openly expresses his dislike for humanoids. He describes how Varalans are as disruptive to the balance of nature as any other civilization. A comment about not trusting mono-forms hits a sour note with O'Brien, who does not trust any Changelings except for Odo. In Laas' eyes, O'Brien only trusts Odo because he has convinced him that Odo is a mono-form himself. After an awkward silence, Odo graciously leaves with Laas, while making an exasperated gesture to his friends while Laas' back is turned. Back on the Promenade, Odo expresses frustration at Laas' behavior. Laas clearly doesn't care about the humanoid's opinions and tries to cut off the argument and get Odo to link with him, but Odo refuses. Laas accuses him of being embarrassed about his true nature. In Laas' eyes, Odo's desire to shapeshift only in private is evidence of how intolerant are the creatures around them. He proposes that he and Odo search for others of "the hundred" and form a new link, away from the Founders and their war. The idea obviously appeals to Odo. Act Three In Kira's quarters, Odo tells her about Laas' idea and she begins to worry about his happiness. After all, linking allows one to know a person much more intimately than talking. She fears Laas knows something she does not. Odo tells her he's happy on the station, with her. She expresses that she is sorry that she can't link with him, but Odo reassures her that he loves her. He returns to his quarters to give Laas his answer. He arrives to find a fire in the middle of the room. He panics and almost activates the room's fire suppression system until he realizes it is Laas, who scolds him for not considering the flame could be him. Laas promises to show Odo magnificent things, the likes of which he has never dreamed, but Odo intends to stay on DS9. Rather than leave, he believes Laas might like to stay as well, which Laas agrees to do "as a favor" to Odo. Laas says he's got no interest in the other monoforms; Odo says that after what happened at Quark's, he'll not have an overcrowded social schedule. They then link again. The next day, Bashir and O'Brien arrive on the Promenade to discover a thick layer of fog is covering the ground which leads them to believe that the environmental controls are acting up. Before O'Brien can leave to check the controls, Odo reassures them that everything is fine; the fog is actually Laas, who is relaxing. When they express displeasure, Odo's attitude is markedly different from before as he sees nothing wrong with Laas' actions. The other Changeling returns to his bipedal state, but he has gained the attention of a pair of Klingon officers. One Klingon questions the presence of a Founder on the station. Odo tries to stop the argument, insisting Laas isn't a Founder, but it isn't heard. Laas instead insults them; then the Klingon comes at Laas with a d'k tahg. The attacker's knife goes through Laas, who then uses his shapeshifting nature to create a long sword for himself. The second Klingon makes a move, and Laas immediately kills him before the man can draw his own weapon. Act Four Captain Sisko, Odo, and Worf meet in the captain's office to discuss the matter. In an unusual gesture, the Klingon Empire is pursuing diplomatic avenues to extradite Laas to their jurisdiction in order to prosecute him for killing one of their soldiers. There appears to be no motive for doing so (it is normally not an honorable thing to do) other than Laas' nature as a Changeling. The matter is out of Sisko's hands until the magistrate can determine a rule on it. Odo says it was self-defense; but Sisko maintains that since Laas knew he couldn't be harmed by a knife attack, his use of deadly force was ultimately not justified. Odo continues to defend Laas but starts to turn on Sisko. Sisko cuts it off and informs him that General Martok has expressed concerns about security; he's not sure it's "appropriate" for Odo to be in charge of the prisoner. Odo wonders if it's because he's a Changeling; Sisko says it's because he was a witness to the crime. Odo retorts that he is relieved; he almost thought Sisko was going to say that it was because he is a Changeling. Quark heard what happened and confronts Odo. Odo defends Laas stating that if the Klingons attacked a humanoid instead of a Changeling they would have been the ones arrested. Quark agrees, but he states that Laas' actions didn't help matters and what he did made others uncomfortable. Odo doesn't understand why, since Laas was only doing what comes naturally to his species, but Quark points out that Odo never pulled that kind of stunt and explains to him that humanoids are instinctively frightened and intolerant to beings that do not have two arms and legs. Odo asks Quark if that should excuse the Klingons behavior. Quark replies that he is merely explaining why it happened, not excusing it. As Odo is left to ponder those words, Quark reminds him that most of the Alpha Quadrant is still at war with the Founders, and until that changes the last thing that anyone wants to see is "Changeling Pride" demonstration on the Promenade. At the cells, Odo wants to speak to Laas alone. However, the deputy on duty respectfully tells him he's not to be left alone with Laas. Odo accepts it and then tells Laas he doesn't know what to say. Laas tells him to admit that he doesn't belong with solids. The solids tolerate him because he emulates them. But he fears them, and fear can turn to hate in the blink of an eye. Odo, conflicted, needs to talk to Kira about this. In his quarters, he tells Kira that Laas is going to be extradited because he's a Changeling; if he were humanoid, Sisko would intervene. Kira responds Odo is being unfair to Sisko by accusing him of that bias. Odo tells her he's not just what she sees, that he can become anything or anyone else, but Kira says that form is who he's always chosen to be, a good and honest man, and that's who she loves. Odo isn't sure, saying finally that he's a Changeling, not a humanoid, partly wishing to leave with Laas. Kira knows where this is going and departs in tears, saying maybe he's right. Later, Kira visits Laas in his cell and frees him. She tells him to go to Koralis III, take an orbital tether to the surface, and wait there for Odo. He asks her why she's doing it; she says because she loves Odo. Act Five Sisko demands answers, knowing that Martok is not going to be happy with the escape. Kira says Laas turned into a plasma and got into the vent. Worf suggests he shadowed a Corvallen freighter that was leaving at the time. Odo reminds Worf he probably left because of his distrust of their legal system, and not out of guilt. Worf insists he must be captured. Sisko deploys a search effort, and makes sure Odo agrees with him. In the turbolift, Kira admits to Odo that she released Laas, and tells him to go to an abandoned mining complex on Koralis III to meet him. She wishes him good luck and hopes he finds what he's looking for. Odo is too shocked to respond. He goes to Koralis III, now convinced he would rather stay on DS9, and finds Laas. He tells Laas confidently that he has chosen to stay with Kira and that Laas' perspective on the 'solids' is wrong. Laas questions Odo's decision. Odo tells him that he's been many things, but has never experienced love. Laas begs Odo to travel with him; Odo refuses and wishes him good luck. Odo reaches out his hand for another link, but Laas simply walks away. Returning to Deep Space 9, he goes to Kira, who is praying for Odo's safety. She apologizes if she's ever made him feel as though he couldn't be himself with her, and says she wants to really know him. He transforms himself into an intense golden light that envelops her. She revels in the experience. Memorable quotes "You've given up a great deal to remain here." "Yes I have… But I won't have anything to do with the Founders and their war." "Odo, we linked. I know the truth – you stayed here because of Kira. If it weren't for her, you would be with our people – war or no war, you would be a Founder!" - Laas and Odo "Of course you trust Odo. Look at him. You've convinced him that he is as limited as you are." "Laas…" "You've seen through our evil plan." "Oops, foiled again." - Laas, Odo, Ezri and Bashir "Watch your step, Odo. We're at war with your people. This is no time for a 'Changeling Pride' demonstration on the promenade." - Quark "We humanoids are the product of millions of years of evolution. Our ancestors learned the hard way that what you don't know might kill you. They wouldn't have survived if they hadn't jumped back when they encountered a snake coiled in the muck. And now millions of years later, that instinct is still there." - Quark"What's he [Laas] doing?""Being fog. What does it look like?""Well, can't he 'be fog' somewhere else?" - O'Brien and Odo"They tolerate you, Odo, because you emulate them. What higher flattery is there? 'I, who can be anything, choose to be like you'?" - Laas"The truth is, I prefer the so-called primitive lifeforms. They exist as they were meant to, by following their instincts. No words to get in the way, no lies, no deceptions." - Laas "This is just a form I borrowed. I could just as easily be someone or something else." "I know that. But this is what you have always chosen to be: a man, a good and honest man, a man I fell in love with. Are you trying to tell me he never existed?" "I don't know. I care for you more than anyone I've ever known. These last few months have been the happiest of my life. But, even so, part of me wishes Laas and I were out there right now, searching for the others. Existing as Changelings. Because that's what I am." - Odo and Kira"Mine's bigger." - Laas "Don't be a fool. What are you holding on to? Even she [Kira] knows this is what's best for you. Why else would she have helped me escape?" "You really don't know, do you? You've no idea what it means to love someone enough to let them go." "She let you go so that you could find out where you belong." "I know where I belong." - Laas and Odo "You've done many things, been many things, but you've never known love." "Compared to the Link, it is a pale shadow. A feeble attempt to compensate for the isolation that mono-forms feel because they are trapped within themselves." "Perhaps the fact that it's not easy is what makes it worthwhile." - Odo and Laas Background information Story and script This episode originated in the writers' desire to indicate to viewers, before they got into the final ten-hour, nine-episode arc, that Odo was deeply conflicted about his attitude to the Founders, and that despite all they'd done, he still greatly wished to be with them. René Echevarria felt that Odo's decision to return to the Great Link in would only make sense to viewers if viewers understood that Odo's conception of his people had changed. As Echevarria explains, "It was our sense that because all of the Changelings we'd seen were evil, that it was easy for Odo to say he didn't want to be involved with his people, because they were all bad guys. So it was never a fair choice for Odo. He'd never really faced his own nature. That was the spark: 'What if he meets a Changeling who's had no contact with the Founders? That would throw his life into turmoil." () Echevarria's original version of the story was very different from the finished episode; under the influence of Laas, Odo decides that humanoids are all racists and specie-ists, and decides to leave with Laas and go in search more of the one hundred infant Changelings. In a last ditch attempt to get Odo to stay, Sisko comes to see him, and admits that Odo is right, that all humanoids are racists, and they do fear that which is different – but that it's just the way it is, it's the way humanoids are, and it can't ever change. So impressed is Odo by Sisko's honesty that he decides to stay. Of this version of the story, Echevarria comments, "It was preposterous." () It seems likely, nevertheless, that some of Sisko's dialogue about what is inherent in Humanity may have ended up in Quark's speech about genes. René Echevarria had originally composed the scene where Odo envelops Kira for the fifth season episode , and it was to involve Odo and Arissa. It was abandoned at the time because Ira Steven Behr felt it was important for Odo to make love as a solid. When writing "Chimera", Echevarria was glad that the scene was dropped from the earlier episode, as he felt it carried a great deal more significance in this episode than it would have done in that one. "The scene was just magical. It moved their relationship to a new level, with him trying to be Human like her, and her meeting him halfway. You can see on her face that she is experiencing something special." Special effects supervisor David Stipes calls the scene "a visual expression of love." Rene Auberjonois was on-set when Nana Visitor was filming it, and afterwards he approached her and said, "God, you make me look like such a great lover!" () Production J.G. Hertzler normally portrayed General Martok on the show, although he had also previously appeared in the pilot episode, , as "Saratoga Captain", under the name "John Noah Hertzler". For the role of Laas he was credited as "Garman Hertzler". Hertzler's real name is John Garman Hertzler, but he dislikes the name John. Taking a cue from his friend , Hertzler decided to start going by his initials, J.G. But when shooting , he hadn't hit on this solution yet, so he called himself John Noah (his own name, and his grandfather's name). Amusingly, during production of this episode Hertzler himself started a rumor that Garman was his reclusive brother from New York (something which some fans still think is true, and which some websites continue to claim). The reason the producers cast a recurring actor in the role of Laas was because they wanted someone who could stand up to Rene Auberjonois, and who could pull off what is an extremely complex character. They held auditions for the role, but they found no-one in whom they were even mildly interested. Frustrated, they began to consider the possibility to giving the role to a familiar face. Initially, Ira Behr thought about offering it to Jeffrey Combs, but he was already playing two recurring characters at the time. Next they considered Andrew J. Robinson, but it was decided that his voice was unmistakable, and fans knew Garak too well and were too protective of the character to approve of Robinson playing somebody else. The producers finally decided on Hertzler. () Hertzler has said that he partially based Laas' distinctive way of speaking on William Shatner: "I wanted to find a way to keep this character sort of annoyingly judgmental, because of his politics. He felt that these humanoids were so far beneath him that it was like talking to dogs. His pro-environmentalist point of view, feeling that humanoids ruin things, seemed like almost a passionate adherence to the Prime Directive. And that reminded me of James Kirk. William Shatner has a theatrical way of delivering lines by taking breathing pauses and holding onto the ends of words. I thought, 'That would work for Laas.' So that's where the voice came from. It's me doing my best imitation of Laas doing William Shatner doing Kirk!" () David Stipes based Odo's transformation at the end of the episode on the Aurora Borealis. Stipes commented: "At first the producers wanted to have Odo on the sofa, and when he turns to goo, Kira would snuggle into it. Everybody thought, 'Ugh. That sounds disgusting'. Then they decided to have snow fall on her. Well, that sure sounded warm and reassuring! Nobody knew what the heck to do. Finally, I was talking to my wife, Patricia, and she recounted the story of how she'd first seen the aurora borealis up in Michigan. She said she couldn't believe how beautiful it had been." () Stipes elaborated on his wife's experience) : "She was from the upper peninsula of Michigan, and one day she was walking on the shore on one of the Great Lakes, and she looked up in the sky and saw this great field of color shifting and shimmering. Of course, it was the aurora borealis. As a teenager she was so impressed and shocked in awe, that she fell to her knees and couldn't believe what she was seeing. I remembered that story, and I said, 'What about [Odo] becoming like an aurora borealis with magical color and shimmering iridescence?' And that's what it became. Steve Posey and Nana were able to take that imagery and do a really great job". (Cinefantastique, Vol. 32, No. 4/5, p. 64) With the concept of the scene decided upon, the actual filming of the scene and the development of the visual effects began. Stipes commented: "We wound up with a combination of several approaches, getting together with Steve Posey and Jonathan West who is the director of photography. Steve was involved, of course, in setting up the geography, along with Nana. Jonathan West did some very nice interactive lighting that was like little shimmers of light that danced across Nana and the set. We also had Rene [Auberjonois], who did a nice performance, moving from the two hands together and then up. We were able to segue from that, into computer generated imagery of Odo transforming into his goo state, and then from goo into energy. The transformation from goo into energy was done at Digital Muse, by David Lombardi and Matt Merkovich. It became four shots, and several different angles, finally with a push in. That became quite elaborate, as it needed to have rotoscoping. Laurie Resnick did the rotoscoping. It involved a lot of people's efforts at Digital Muse, also at Pacific Ocean Post. They had to track the environment that Kira was standing in, so that they could have the zoom in. As you zoom in, the effect moves past you. The bands of color were three-dimensional elements that were created in the computer, primarily in LightWave 3-D, that could go in front of and behind Nana. Those elements were brought back over of Pacific Ocean Post to Davy Nethercutt, the editor/compositor and Kevin Bouchez, the digital animator, painter, who also enhanced and created additional elements. We combined various levels of elements, twinkle, sparkles, stretching and shimmering colors to do the whole thing. There were some really wonderful things that Digital Muse did, where some of the textures swooped up gently and stroked across Nana's face. It really became quite lovely. I really wanted it to appeal to women, while the whole idea of snuggling into a gelatinous pile of goo doesn't sound very romantic, doesn't sound warm and cozy. After the sequence was finished, women seemed to respond favorably to it, and that was one of the things I wanted to really try and do". (Cinefantastique, Vol. 32, No. 4/5, pp 65-66) To represent Laas's space-dwelling form, the design team thought about reusing the footage of the computer generated model of the Space-dwelling lifeform from to save on budget. However, the team decided to create a brand new design, which was illustrated by John Eaves. () Laas' creature form was created by Matt Merkovich at Digital Muse. David Stipes commented: "All of the actions of the creature, with the tentacle waving and undulation, are mathematical expressions. It's not frame by frame animation. It's all done by mathematical formulas that Matt was able to come up with and apply in LightWave. The creature really looks wonderful, and undulates, and is very rhythmic. It's just really elegant, all done with mathematics by somebody who is able to think in that abstract way and it is just really brilliant". (Cinefantastique, Vol. 32, No. 4/5, p. 66) Reception Rene Echevarria was very pleased with "Chimera", commenting that it: "is probably one of the five shows that I have done on Star Trek that I am the most proud of. It was a hard row to hoe". Echevarria also remarked: ""Chimera" turned out to be one of my favorite episodes. It's a good example of how we don't guide DS9 so much as it guides us. My assumption when I sat down was that if there was a problem between Odo and Kira, it was Odo's problem. Since he's only pretending to be human, something would be missing in physical intimacy for them. I realized it was the exact opposite. It was really Kira's inability to be with him in way he could be with another Changeling. In the end, Odo transforms and they link in some way". ("DS9 Goes Out Strong and Defiant to the End", ) Quark's comment to Odo in the episode about people's suspicion to Odo and Changelings is one of Armin Shimerman's three speeches in the show that he is most proud of for what it had to say. ("The Once and Future Ferengi: Armin Shimerman Reflects on Quark", )) Trivia The title of the episode is a reference from Greek mythology. The was the daughter of and , and sister to and the . Legend says that she had three heads; the head of a lion, the head of a dragon, and the head of a goat (which could breathe fire). Obviously, the relevance for the episode is to be found in Laas's ability to be anything; similarly, Chimera was no one thing. Interestingly, Chimera was ultimately slain by , riding on the winged horse . The very next episode that went into production after "Chimera", , features the . Given the fact that Odo was actually infected with the morphogenic virus (though he believed himself not to be at the time), it is likely that he spread the virus to Laas when they linked. This issue was something of which the writers were aware, and something they guessed fans might question. According to Ira Behr they seriously toyed with the idea of bringing Laas back into an episode or two of the ten-hour, nine-episode arc so as to deal with his infection, but it proved to be impossible, and his whereabouts have become one of the great unanswered questions of the series, such as what happened to Thomas Riker. This issue was addressed in the novels set after , wherein Laas has joined the Founders in the Gamma Quadrant, and in so doing is cured. This is the second and final time after the discovery of the Dominion that Odo is referred to as a "shapeshifter" instead of a Changeling, following Damar's use in . Odo asks Laas "You've never met another shapeshifter?" When Odo is explaining to Laas what linking is like he says that it is about sharing "thought and form, idea and sensation." This is exactly the same phrase used by the Female Changeling when she is explaining it to him in , an episode also written by René Echevarria. Throughout the episode, Odo never mentions meeting another of the hundred – the first exchange between Odo and Laas in the promenade, in fact, strongly implies he never did. This would suggest Odo believes the infant Changeling shown in was not one of the hundred. Cirroc Lofton (Jake Sisko) does not appear in this episode. Video and DVD releases UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 7.7, As part of the DS9 Season 7 DVD collection Links and references Starring Avery Brooks as Captain Benjamin Sisko Also starring Rene Auberjonois as Odo Nicole de Boer as Counselor Ezri Dax Michael Dorn as Lieutenant Commander Worf Colm Meaney as Chief Miles O'Brien Armin Shimerman as Quark Alexander Siddig as Doctor Julian Bashir Nana Visitor as Colonel Kira Nerys Guest star Garman Hertzler as Laas Co-stars John Eric Bentley as Klingon Joel Goodness as a Deputy Uncredited co-stars Sam Alejan as Human science division officer Michael Bailous as Bajoran security deputy Uriah Carr as Human civilian Kathleen Demor as Human security officer Terry Green as operations lieutenant David B. 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Badda-Bing, Badda-Bang (episode)

When holographic mobsters takeover of Vic Fontaine's lounge, Bashir, O'Brien, and Vic's other friends plot to run Vic's rival out of business and restore the program to normal. Summary Teaser While in Vic Fontaine's holosuite club, Miles O'Brien and Julian Bashir try to convince Vic to join them in their Alamo program. Vic declines, and instead offers to sing a tune to get them into a "Texas state of mind." In the middle of Vic's Alamo rendition, however, there is a flash in the program and he is suddenly booed off the stage, as a new, raunchy act emerges from behind the curtain, stealing Vic's show. Confused and in a state of disbelief, Vic gets shuffled by the crowd; when the crowd parts, he is confronted by Frankie Eyes, a gangster with an axe to grind against Vic. Frankie abruptly informs Vic that he has recently purchased the hotel, casino, and lounge. Vic, who is no longer welcome in the club, is being replaced with a new act. O'Brien requests that the computer remove the two new, offending characters from the program, but nothing happens. So he tries to freeze the entire holosuite program, again to no avail. Frankie is accompanied by a thug, Tony Cicci, who begins to get physical with Vic, as Frankie demands Vic leave the premises. To defuse the situation, Vic agrees to leave peacefully, while Frankie checks out his new casino. Bashir and O'Brien discuss how to fix the errant program, and one solution is to completely reset it but this would also reset Vic and wipe out his memory, making him forget everything he has experienced with the crew since he was activated. They agree to find another, less destructive way to save their holographic friend. Act One Back in Ops, the crew members debate the true value of a holodeck "friend," with Worf arguing that Vic is merely a hologram, and should be treated as such, even if he is a talented entertainer. O'Brien, Nog, and Kira all argue that Vic is much "more than just a program." Bashir soon learns that the new adversarial holosuite character has been implanted purposely by , the designer of the program, as a jack-in-the-box, a character buried very deeply within the program storyline designed to shake things up (in order to keep Bashir's interest), and not easily removed. Felix warns Bashir that the jack-in-the-box is also period-specific, meaning that it must be beaten with 1962 means and methods. In other words, Frankie would need to be shot with a period weapon and not a phaser. However, simply killing the gangster is not an option as the mob could retaliate against Vic, and if Vic were to die his pattern would be wiped from the simulation. Captain Benjamin Sisko emerges from his office and asks what everyone is talking about. The crew explain what's happened to Vic, but are surprised when Sisko isn't at all interested and orders them all back to work. Nog promises O'Brien his help, since Vic's counsel helped him deal with losing his leg and saved his Starfleet career. Kira also promises her support, as well as Odo's, since they both owe Vic for his help in finally bringing them together. Later, Sisko and Kasidy are enjoying a quiet, romantic dinner in the captain's quarters when Kasidy broaches the subject of Vic's dilemma. Sisko is surprised to find Kasidy coming to Vic's defense insisting that Vic is more friend than program, and asks her to change the subject. Kasidy asks Ben why he's never been to Vic's, but he isn't willing to discuss the issue further, and Kasidy decides to drop it. Back on the holosuite, O'Brien and Bashir go to room 107, Vic's room in the hotel, only to find Vic beaten and bruised, and still shaky on his feet. Act Two With three bruised ribs and a sprained wrist, Vic explains how he was roughed up as a warning message to speed up his departure. Frankie is a childhood rival from Vic's youth, whom Vic used to beat mercilessly in street stickball, playing as children. O'Brien and Bashir promise Vic they will hatch a plan to end the jack-in-the-box threat. Kira and Odo begin infiltrating the revamped casino and club, now crawling with gangster clientèle; Vic's band has been replaced by a number of sultry, burlesque dancers and blues musicians. Odo, enchanted by the action on-stage, befriends Cicci and the other gangsters at the bar. Kira, meanwhile, is approached by Frankie, who takes an obvious interest in her. Kira accompanies Frankie to the roulette table to distract him, while Odo endears himself to Cicci by effortlessly stretching his changeling arm, in what appears to be the best bar trick ever concocted. In this way, Odo learns from the henchmen that Frankie is merely a pawn of Carl Zeemo, a big-time gangster who is behind the purchase of the hotel. Back in Vic's hotel room, the gang (which now includes Kasidy and Ezri Dax) begins planning the fall of Frankie Eyes. Vic explains how Frankie's business works by him paying "skim" money to the big boss every month – so the simplest, most effective way to get rid of the gangster is to steal the casino's holdings, and deny Zeemo his payoff. Act Three The main stash of mob money is locked in a safe in the casino countroom, guarded by two countmen and a guard. The gang begins reconnoitering the casino to develop a plan: Frankie shows Kira to the countroom, where large amounts of cash are accumulated and stored in the safe. Kasidy, playing her part as a casino gambler, continually tries to strike up a conversation with the countroom guard, distracting him from his duties. Odo introduces Ezri as someone new in town, whereby Cicci immediately hires her as a cocktail waitress. Vic appears on the casino floor, pleading with Cicci to allow him to see Frankie. Frankie, accompanied by the cool-acting Kira, rebuffs Vic's advances rather insultingly, and leads Kira toward the poker table. Sisko is upset that Kasidy and the majority of his senior staff are involved in the caper, calling the entire affair "nonsense". Kasidy defends their actions as friends helping out friends in need, and Ben tells her that his discomfort has nothing to do with the fact that Vic Fontaine is a hologram. When pressed, Sisko further explains that he feels uncomfortable with the setting (Las Vegas 1962), because the racial strife of the era meant that people of color were never allowed to be customers at a place like Vic's lounge, only as entertainers or janitors. Kasidy responds by explaining that Vic's program is not designed to contain any of the racial tensions of 1960s United States of America and neither she or Jake have ever felt uncomfortable there. Ben tells her that's the lie… the 1960s were a hard time for people of color (a life, as Benny Russell, he personally experienced) with the civil rights movement still in the early stages and he doesn't want to pretend that it wasn't. Kasidy defends this and tells Sisko that she believes they can act out how things could, and should, have been, almost in a Utopian-type environment, where one's only limitations are "the ones we impose on ourselves." This has a noticeable effect on the captain. In the hotel room, the senior staff realize that in order to pull off their plan, they need another person helping. With Worf and Quark most likely unwilling to help them, the gang begin to worry until, to their surprise, Sisko enters the room promising his support, having been swayed by Kasidy's argument. Act Four In Vic's room, the "crew" go over their plan once more: Kira keeps Frankie preoccupied; while he is busy flirting with her, he will become oblivious to what happens on the casino floor — and therefore, the countroom; Vic and Sisko (in the guise of "high rollers") will attract a lot of attention at the gaming tables (and therefore draw attention away from the countroom) by throwing around a wad of cash; At precisely 11:45 pm, one of the countmen (Al) leaves the room to phone his mother, and is gone for exactly eight minutes, while the other countman (Howard) has a martini brought in. Ezri (as the cocktail waitress) delivers a drink to Bashir (sitting at poker table three), who, with some sleight-of-hand while tipping her, slips a few drops of ipecac into the martini meant for Howard. Ezri then delivers the drink tray with the martini on it to the countroom. Once Ezri leaves the countroom, Kasidy runs up to the guard outside the countroom and tells him O'Brien stole her chips. O'Brien plays innocent, and together they create enough of a disturbance to keep the guard away from the door for at least two minutes. As soon as Howard takes a sip of his martini, the ipecac will cause violent nausea, and Howard will come flying out of the countroom "at warp speed"; with Yates and O'Brien keeping the guard distracted, Nog enters the now-empty countroom, dressed as a maintenance worker. Using his superior Ferengi hearing, Nog will crack the safe. As soon as Nog opens the safe, the drink tray Ezri left on the table will shape-shift back into Odo, morphing part of himself into a suitcase. While Odo transfers the contents of the safe to the suitcase, Nog removes his maintenance uniform to reveal a security guard uniform. Finally, Nog and Odo will then carry the million dollars out of the casino, (taking care not to draw attention to themselves) and dump the cash into the garbage cans outside. Without the money, Frankie has no skim money to pay Zeemo his cut, and everything will return to normal. The entire caper should take, by Sisko's estimate, eight minutes; Bashir unabashedly predicts it will take only five. They will need to carry out their plan the following night, as Frankie's big boss Zeemo will arrive the night after to collect his skim money. The crew spend their remaining time practicing their various grifts to cut their execution time down to minimum. The following night, all decked out in 1960s period attire, the eight participants march through the Promenade into a half-empty Quark's into Vic's, turning many an eye in the joint. Quark, who has traditionally viewed Vic as competition, and has never gotten close, remarks, "I'm telling you, Morn… something's going on at Vic's that we don't know about." Their plan underway, Kira enters to distract Frankie. Bashir orders his vodka martini (stirred, not shaken) from Ezri. Vic encourages Sisko to loosen up the purse-strings, so as to appear the part of high-roller; he reluctantly increases his wager from $100 to $2,000. Kira lures Frankie into a private table in the restaurant, away from the action. When a rogue customer accidentally spills Ezri's drink tray, Bashir saves the moment by grabbing another drink, tainting it with ipecac, and handing it to Ezri for delivery. Their plans take another turn for the worse when the regular countman is not there, replaced by an acerbic, insulting man. After a brief repartee, Ezri manages to trick the new countman into gulping down the drink, while Sisko and Vic do their thing at the tables. Yates and O'Brien easily distract the guard (perhaps too easily, as O'Brien will soon discover), so Nog slips into the countroom when the countman scrambles to the restroom. Nog, who was unprepared to find the safe employing an auto-relock tumbler, has a much more difficult time trying to cracking the lock. In the meantime, all the other participants stretch out their parts, so as to give Nog more time. With Kira slowly nursing her drink, Frankie is surprised to have a guest… the big Mr. Zeemo himself, arriving in town a day early to collect his money — the very money Nog and Odo are trying desperately to get their hands onto in the countroom. Kira, stalling for time, exclaims what an honor it is to meet him, to which Mr. Zeemo replies matter-of-factly, "I know." Nog, still struggling with the safe, is informed by Odo that they've expended their allotted eight minutes. Act Five Bashir, folding a winning full house hand, walks away from the poker tables to intercept the second countman, re-routing him away from the countroom by telling him that Frankie is waiting for him outside. Vic causes a scene by pretending familiarity with Mr. Zeemo's escort, a young blond beauty, only to be escorted away himself by Cicci. As a last resort, Sisko begins throwing money around – literally. He casts handfuls of cash into the air here and there, causing a sensation (and quite a disruption) on the casino floor. In the countroom, Nog finally unlocks the door to the safe. Odo begins putting the safe's million dollars into his "briefcase" of an arm, while outside O'Brien, carrying on the act for too long, gets arrested for stealing. Leading O'Brien away to a holding cell, the guard is instructed to perform a strip search on the poor chief. Yates pretends to break down, to keep the 's head turned at the last minute, while Odo and Nog flee the countroom, making their escape. Their flight takes them, with the money, past Mr. Zeemo, astounded at seeing all the money floating around the casino floor. It is a different story in the countroom, however, as there is no money in the safe, much to the shock of Frankie. Not being able to produce the cash, and appearing to have squandered the money like confetti on the casino floor, Frankie is escorted out drearily, past the burlesque show, past the blues band, and right past the co-conspirators, all neatly lined up at the bar in order: Bashir, the drink-doctorer, Nog, the safecracker, Dax, the cocktail waitress, Odo, the bag-man, Kira, the decoy, Sisko, the high-roller, Yates, the victim, and, of course, Vic. (O'Brien, the falsely-accused patsy, is not present as he is being strip-searched) As Frankie is led through the curtains, presumably to meet his doom, the ambiance in Vic's lounge immediately returns to how it was before the Jack-in-the-Box upset everything. Vic offers a glass of the bubbly to each of his co-conspirators (each of his friends) when suddenly O'Brien appears, putting his jacket (and, presumably, clothes) back on after his encounter with the guards. Vic agrees to accompany O'Brien and Bashir on their Alamo program any time they desire – "coonskin cap and all". Vic and Sisko conclude the heist adventure by together crooning the duet "The Best Is Yet to Come" to the delight of all. Memorable quotes "Maybe there's a pointer fault in the holosuite's parameter file." - O'Brien, attempting to explain the sudden changes in Vic's "What's a hollosweets?" - Cicci, trying to understand O'Brien's technobabble "We cannot ignore the truth about the past." "Going to Vic's won't make us forget who we are or where we came from. It reminds us that we are no longer bound by any limitations. Except the ones we impose on ourselves." - Sisko and Kasidy, on historical accuracy "Miles… You thinking what I'm thinking?" "That depends on what you're thinking." - Bashir and O'Brien "Mr. Zeemo, it's an honor to meet you." "I know." - Kira and Zeemo "Robbing casinos isn't part of any Starfleet job description I've ever read." - O'Brien "So, where are you from again?" "Bajor." "That's in Jersey, right?" "Right." - Tony Cicci and Odo "If you guys screw up, I'm the one who gets buried in the desert." - Vic Fontaine "You call this a cheesesteak? I wouldn't feed this to my parole officer." - Tony Cicci "Once he takes a sip of his drink, Howard will come flying out that count room at warp speed." - Bashir "I'm telling you Morn, something going on in Vic's that we don't know about." - Quark, as both he and Morn watch the station staff along with Kasidy Yates walk by "Vodka martini. Stirred, not shaken." - Bashir, a play on the favored drink of James Bond (who took his drink "shaken, not stirred") "Now, that's more like it." - Vic, after his Holosuite resets back to normal "Uh-oh…!" "What do you mean, uh-oh? We don't have time for uh-oh!" - Nog and Odo, after the former discovers opening the safe will take longer than expected "Where have you been?" "I don't want to talk about it." - Bashir and O'Brien, after the latter returns from possibly being strip-searched Background information Story and script The working title of this episode was "Buduh-bing Buduh-bang". (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion - A Series Guide and Script Library) This episode was a pet project for Ira Steven Behr for some time; "I'd wanted to do a caper show for years, but I'd never been able to pull it off. It was now or never – and with Vic Fontaine and a holosuite version of Las Vegas within reach, all the elements seemed to be in place." () The script borrows from (and parodies) the 1960 crooner's film, , starring Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, Jr., Peter Lawford, Joey Bishop, and . () Ira Behr had wanted Avery Brooks to sing on the show for some time, and after shooting this episode, Behr commented, "It's just jaw-dropping how good he is." () Previously, Brooks had briefly sung in the episodes , and . Of Benjamin Sisko's controversial racial commentary in this episode, Behr explains, "We didn't want the audience, especially the younger audience, to think that 1962 Las Vegas was a place where you had a lot of black people sitting in the audience at nightclubs, or enjoying themselves at hotels and casinos. That just didn't happen. So by having someone of Sisko's historical understanding questioning that fact, we could clarify before we got him to Vic's that he's well aware that Vegas was very, very, very white." () By the time this episode aired, Behr was well aware that there had been something of a fan backlash against Vic Fontaine; some fans loved him, but others disliked the concept of the character. Behr specifically wrote Sisko's role to act as a surrogate for the fans who wouldn't accept Vic, with the idea being that if Sisko could be won over, then anyone could be won over. () The Vic/Sisko duet at the end of the episode, "The Best Is Yet to Come", refers to the nine-part series finale. In the production order, the "Final Chapter" commenced right after "Badda-Bing, Badda-Bang" with "Penumbra." () The final draft for the script was completed on . (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion - A Series Guide and Script Library) Production was filmed before this episode, but this episode was broadcast first. As such, this episode was the last standalone episode to be shot. The reason for the switch was that Paramount were very impressed by "Badda-Bing, Badda-Bang", which also cost a lot to film, and wanted it to air during February sweeps. Ronald D. Moore commented "The studio wanted to do 'Badda-Bing" before 'Inter Arma' in the air date schedule because they spent so much money on 'Badda-Bing'. It became just such a handsome show that they wanted it in the February sweeps". (Cinefantastique, Vol. 32, No. 162 #4/5, p. 55) For the role of Carl Zeemo, Ira Behr states, "We wanted an actor who would carry the weight of history to any film buffs who were watching the show. Marc did a million film noir gangster movies. And he was perfect as the character." () Robert O'Reilly (better known for his role as Gowron) portrays the replacement accountant. He was credited here as Bobby Reilly to help hide the fact that it was the same actor. O'Reilly commented "Ira Steven Behr and I talked about it and we thought it would make a fun trivia question for the fans if I showed my face once without the Klingon make-up. I was even billed as Bobby Reilly, which is the name I went by in the early sixties when this episode supposedly takes place. Initially, I wanted my billing to be a goodbye name, you know, and Ira said, 'Well we're not sure whether or not this going to be your last episode'. I thought it would be amusing if I used Cy O'Nara, which would have summed up my farewell nicely, but Ira emphasized, 'Don't do that because you'll probably be back as Gowron'. Good thing I listened to him". ("Hail to the Chief", TV Zone special #34) O'Reilly had in fact played a holographic character out of Klingon make-up before in . Art director Randy McIlvain says he studied both Milestone's and the 1964 movie , starring and , for inspiration in designing the casino. () Despite the fact that the crew would not have been in any actual danger in attempting the caper, the 30-second promotional spot suggested that they would be "history" if they failed. (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion - A Series Guide and Script Library) Music Avery Brooks commented on singing in the episode: "It was the writers idea. They asked "Avery how would you like to sing in an episode?" Fortunately, I was alive and well and doing a myriad of things long before Star Trek ever occurred to me. Even though I grew up living with television (many people have in the world), it certainly wasn't the center of my life. The fact of the matter is that I´ve been a musician, soul. I grew up playing woodwinds. I've performed with some of the greatest musicians in the world, a long line of them. So, this little ditty in 'Badda Bing, Badda Bang' when I went to the studio to record it, well, first of all let me tell you this: The composer called me up and said "We need to talk about keys. We got to talk about which key to do it in.' I said: 'Well, whatever key you want it to be in.' Anyway, he started to play on the piano over the phone and asked 'How is this key?' I was sitting on my own keyboard and I was playing along with him (but that didn't register, by the way). Then we got to the studio, they asked me 'Do you need the lead sheet, do you need the music?', I said 'No, I'm okay.' I could sing this. Yeah. So I guess the people were surprised. That's also the power of television that we sometimes believe that what we see is perhaps the only dimension to a human being. But it wasn't my idea to sing this song. Had it been my idea to sing I would have sung something that had a lot more swing". On , second-take footage of the duet between Avery Brooks and James Darren (as Sisko and Vic respectively) was shot by A-camera. Recalled Darren, "I love the duet with Avery. We're having a good time, and I'm thinking to myself, 'Man, Captain Sisko is singing with me. Is this, like, too much? Where the hell did this come from?" (What We Left Behind) The keyboardist of Vic's band plays a instead of the usual piano during the mob's interregnum, lending a notable change of mood to the music. The music played when the crew walks into Quark's to get to the holosuite casino is a re-orchestrated version of the main theme. Portions of this arrangement can also be heard at various points in the episode. The music played in the casino at the beginning of the episode, after Frankie Eyes takes over, is an arrangement of . Reception and awards Ira Steven Behr commented "It didn't matter to us that the regular characters weren't in jeopardy. None of us wanted to do the old 'Holosuite-is-malfunctioning-and-we're-all-gonna-die' thing. We just wanted to do a show about helping this hologram." In fact, Behr saw the story as something of a commentary on how invested Star Trek fans can become in the characters; "In the same way that viewers have invested in the artifice of Star Trek and care about characters who aren't real, we decided to do a show about our characters caring about Vic." () Behr also commented "I don't think the fans of Star Trek realize just how difficult a show like or "Badda-Bing, Badda-Bang" is. They think that , , a very socially conscious show or a show of a very sensitive drama, those are the shows that are the toughest to do. But in a series like this, to do light, successful humor, romance, is incredibly hard on every level. Not just the writing, but just production-wise and everything. I think part of the reason that we love them so much is because we know just what kind of sweat and blood went into them, to make them seem so fluffy, and so light and clever, whenever they are working, those qualities". (Cinefantastique, Vol. 32, No. 162 #4/5, p. 55) Behr was ultimately very pleased with the episode: "It was one of the best-directed shows we have ever done. Mike Vejar did a spectacular job. I thought it was one of the best-cast shows we ever did. I thought Robert Miami and Mike Starr were fabulous in it too. The extras, the sets and the montage editing were fabulous. It was one of the most expensive shows we have ever done. Just look at the camera work on that show, and look at the production values on that show. Of course there weren't a lot of aliens and a lot of space battles. Don't be fooled. That was a tough show." (Cinefantastique, Volume 29 Number 6/7) Hans Beimler commented: "We don’t always do cool very well in Star Trek. We do thoughtful, we do interesting, but cool, really cool, we don't do that often. Star Trek is more thoughtful, and has more character- driven pieces, and is more science fiction, ultimately, and has more other things to it. That’s one of those moments, where that is as cool, and our cast, and Avery, and everybody, looks as cool as you can possibly be'". (Cinefantastique, Volume 29 Number 6/7) Nana Visitor was a big fan of this show, as she felt that although Kira was acting in a somewhat unusual manner, the role was very much in keeping with Kira's backstory; "She must have done it with so many Cardassians when she was doing terrorist work. I mean, as a terrorist, a woman would have to get used to the fact that using her sexuality to charm men and to trick her way in was one of her strengths. That's a reality." () This would seem to recall the second season episode , where she flirts with a Cardassian guard, causing him to lower his defenses and allowing her to knock him out. James Darren enjoyed the episode, particularly working with Avery Brooks. Darren commented "Avery's so hip. He's a killer actor and terrific singer and he plays the piano like you wouldn't believe. Avery's a neat guy and singing that duet with him in that episode was such a blast. Every time I had something to do on Deep Space Nine, whether it was a single scene or a full episode about Vic, it was a treat. I was hungry for more to do on the series only because I loved it so much". ("Class Act", TV Zone special #34) This episode was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Hairstyling for a Series. De Witt Douglas Kilgore wrote about the scene where Sisko discusses his issues with the Vic Fontaine program: "The situation is remarkable not only as a scene in Star Trek but also in the world of commercial television. Sisko is not explaining himself to a white outsider, human or alien, but to a woman from his own background. He includes her in his historical concerns through his use of the possessive pronoun our. And Yates responds in kind, putting forth a different perspective from within their shared community of concern. Rank and gender introduce complicating dynamics, but the communal rhetoric renders the debate as internal, indicative of how black people position themselves both in the productive reality of the show and in the fictive future of its narrative. Crucially, these black characters are allowed to remember and to speak in a way that was unavailable to Uhura and Sulu two decades earlier. The production environment for racial representation has changed that much at least". ("The Best is Yet to Come: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine as Reform Afrofuturism", Black, Black and Brown Planets: The Politics of Race in Science Fiction) Trivia Cirroc Lofton (Jake Sisko) does not appear in this episode, although his character is mentioned. The comment that Frankie makes to Kira about the fact that there isn't a statue of Bugsy Siegel in Vegas is the same as the comment that makes to in about (the fictional "Siegel"). Unlike the other songs Vic sings on the show, the "Alamo" song he sings near the beginning of this episode is not an old standard; it was written specifically for the show. Vic Fontaine was given a coonskin cap to wear when Bashir and O'Brien tried to get him to join their simulation. He claimed he didn't look good in buckskin (referring to the period clothing that accompanied the Alamo), but later changed his mind and said he'd see them there, "coonskin cap and all." (DS9: "Badda-Bing, Badda-Bang") The coonskin cap seen in this episode was provided by stuntwoman Leslie Hoffman. (source: Leslie Hoffman) O'Brien's role as the innocent patsy, getting strip searched, is another example of how O'Brien must suffer. Production history Final draft script: Premiere airdate: Remastered version Remastered scenes from the episode are featured in the documentary What We Left Behind. Video and DVD releases UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 7.8, This volume uses the production order for this and ; this episode was broadcast first but filmed second. It appears second on the video release. Star Trek - Music Box VHS collection As part of the DS9 Season 7 DVD collection Links and references Starring Avery Brooks as Captain Benjamin Sisko Also starring Rene Auberjonois as Odo Nicole de Boer as Counselor Ezri Dax Michael Dorn as Lieutenant Commander Worf Colm Meaney as Chief Miles O'Brien Armin Shimerman as Quark Alexander Siddig as Doctor Julian Bashir Nana Visitor as Colonel Kira Nerys Guest stars Penny Johnson as Kasidy Yates Marc Lawrence as Mr. Zeemo Mike Starr as Tony Cicci Robert Miano as Frankie Eyes Aron Eisenberg as Nog Bobby Reilly as Replacement Accountant Chip Mayer as James Wellington as Al Special guest star James Darren as Vic Fontaine Co-stars Andrea Robinson as Blonde Sammy Micco as Croupier Jacqueline Case as Dancer Kelly Cooper as Dancer Michelle Johnston as Dancer Michelle Rudy as Dancer Kelly Sheerin as Dancer Uncredited co-stars Patti Begley George Colucci as Amy Kate Connolly as casino patron Brian Demonbreun as sciences officer Steve Diamond Jasmine Gagnier Leslie Hoffman as casino patron Luther Hughes as Vic's bass player Paul Kreibich as Vic's drummer David B. Levinson as Broik Linda Madalone as casino patron Dan Magee as operations lieutenant Jenn Popovec as casino patron Mark Riccardi as casino patron Chuck Shanks as operations officer Mark Allen Shepherd as Morn Unknown performers as Four members of Vic's band Howard Max Twenty casino patrons Charlie Scott Six casino waitresses Two bodyguards References Alamo; ; Asheville; athlete; auto-relock tumbler; Bajor; bandage; barn; Bashir 62; Battle of The Alamo; "beginner's luck"; Big Paulie; bikini; ""; black; blackboard; blackjack; black people; ; bow tie; briefcase; buckskin; bury the hatchet; busboy; capisce; ; career; casino; casino chip; champagne; character deletion algorithm; cheesesteak; chef; Civil Rights Movement; computer; coonskin cap; countman; craps; ; croupier; dealer; desert; D.I.; dice; dog; dollar; Dominion; ; Earth; ; Ferengi; flu; football; football team captain; footsies; .45 automatic; full house; furniture; gangster; garbage can; grandpa; green; hack; ; hatchet; high roller; high school; holodeck programs; hologram; holomatrix; holosuite; holosuite parameter's file; hotel; ice pack; ipecac; jack-in-the-box; jambalaya; janitor; Jersey; junkyard dog; Keno; ; Las Vegas (Vegas); Little Paulie; made man; martini; Miami; ; money; movie; "music to my ears"; Negro; "Night Train"; North Carolina; olive; parole officer; penny; parameter file; performer; phaser; Philadelphia; philosophy; pizza; pointer fault; poker; powder; pretzel; Promenade; Quark's; queen of hearts; rib; robbing; roulette; safe; Saltah'na clock; San Antonio; ; security guard; Seven Wonders of the World; shill; ; ; ; "skim"; skull; slot machine; South Philly; sprain; state of mind; stickball; stirring; ""; strip search; sucker; tax; Texas; tie bar; ; toast; ; visionary; vodka martini; waitress; ; ; wrist; wristwatch Starship references ; ; ; ; ; External links de:Badda-Bing, Badda-Bang es:Badda-Bing, Badda-Bang fr:Badda-Bing, Badda-Bang (épisode) ja:アドリブ作戦で行こう！（エピソード） nl:Badda-Bing, Badda-Bang DS9 episodes