The Chief's daughter gets caught in a time displacement and when they get her back, she is considerably older.The Chief's daughter gets caught in a time displacement and when they get her back, she is considerably older.The Chief's daughter gets caught in a time displacement and when they get her back, she is considerably older.
Cirroc Lofton
- Jake Sisko
- (credit only)
Clara Bravo
- Kirayoshi O'Brien
- (uncredited)
Cathy DeBuono
- M'Pella
- (uncredited)
Dorothy Hack
- Bajoran Woman
- (uncredited)
Leslie Hoffman
- Bar Patron
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaAll of the crying and vocalizations for the baby character "Yoshi" was actually the voice of lead dialogue editor Ashley Harvey's 18 month old daughter (also named Ashley), recorded and cut by him for this episode. Asked what he did to get her to scream and cry so loudly and horribly, his answer was: "She crys after her nap to let us know she is ready to get up. I just didn't go get her right away - and she was not amused."
- GoofsIn the Season 5 episode In Purgatory's Shadow (1997), Kira tells Jadzia that Kirayoshi spent seven months in her belly; however, in this episode she tells Odo that she had him inside of her for five months.
- Quotes
Lt. Commander Worf: I am a Klingon warrior, and a Starfleet officer. I've piloted starships through Dominion minefields; I've 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!
Lt. Commander Jadzia Dax: Talk about losing perspective.
- ConnectionsReferences Doctor Who (1963)
- SoundtracksStar Trek: Deep Space Nine - Main Title
(uncredited)
Written by Dennis McCarthy
Performed by Dennis McCarthy
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Good concept badly executed.
Every shows hits its weak phase - and Deep Space Nine started struggling around this time. The previous (very weak) comic Ferengi episode was followed by this very serious Molly O'Brien episode.
So much of it is rushed and shallow. The O'Brien's give up on getting back "their" Molly after a 20 second existential discussion on the nature of being - which they adjust to with little emotional consequence. Ultimately they decide to send her back to her primitive world 300 years previous, alone, with little or no discussion of whether they should all go as a family, or if they could settle on another uninhabited planet s a family. Just send her back to her cavewoman life - end of discussion.
All the while, Worf's inferiority complex about being a good father is thrust upon the viewer as a subplot with very little setup or explanation. At first it seems like it is going to be for comic relief - then it turns very soap opera like.
DSN is a great show, and had more great story lines subsequent - but there is a string of episodes at this time that show how dry the creative well had run.
So much of it is rushed and shallow. The O'Brien's give up on getting back "their" Molly after a 20 second existential discussion on the nature of being - which they adjust to with little emotional consequence. Ultimately they decide to send her back to her primitive world 300 years previous, alone, with little or no discussion of whether they should all go as a family, or if they could settle on another uninhabited planet s a family. Just send her back to her cavewoman life - end of discussion.
All the while, Worf's inferiority complex about being a good father is thrust upon the viewer as a subplot with very little setup or explanation. At first it seems like it is going to be for comic relief - then it turns very soap opera like.
DSN is a great show, and had more great story lines subsequent - but there is a string of episodes at this time that show how dry the creative well had run.
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- Island-Publius
- Aug 10, 2010
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