Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (TV Series)

Past Tense, Part II (1995)

Avery Brooks: Commander Benjamin 'Ben' Sisko, Gabriel Bell

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Quotes 

• [Sisko has taken over the role of Gabriel Bell] 

  Doctor Bashir : Didn't you say Gabriel Bell died when the police stormed the building?

  Sisko : Right. But I'm not Bell.

  Doctor Bashir : No. But we're the only ones who know that.

• [last lines] 

  Doctor Bashir : You know, Commander... having seen a little of the 21st century, there is one thing I don't understand: how could they have let things get so bad?

  Commander Sisko : That's a good question. I wish I had an answer.

• B.C. : You really gonna shoot me, Bell? I don't think so.

  Sisko : Think again.

  B.C. : I thought we were on the same side here!

  Sisko : We are. But you get on my nerves, and I don't like your hat!

• Preston : Change takes time.

  Sisko : You've run out of time.

• Commander Sisko : [on seeing his picture in the historical database of the 21st century]  I'm not looking forward to explaining this to Starfleet Command.

• B.C. : [about his demands]  It's simple: we trade the hostages for our freedom. We get amnesty, a handful of credit chips, and a flight to anywhere we want. Personally, I'm thinking Tasmania.

  Sisko : Tasmania...

  B.C. : Errol Flynn was born in Tasmania!