Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (TV Series)

The Assignment (1996)

Colm Meaney: Chief Miles O'Brien

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• [O'Brien prepares Rom for a secret mission and urges him to talk to no one about it] 

  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!

  O'Brien : Rom - everybody on the station knows your name.

  Rom : [reflecting]  Right... But I won't confirm it!

• O'Brien : [O'Brien and Keiko are at an Upper Pylon where through a window there's a view of the wormhole closing and O'Brien is trying to explain the death of Keiko's beloved bonsai trees while she was away on Bajor]  It was Julian. He was trying to be helpful. He overwatered them. It's not his fault but you know how he is. Sometimes he doesn't even know what he's doing. I'm sorry, sweetheart. We'll buy some new ones.

  Keiko O'Brien/Pah-wraith : [Keiko is munching away on some chocolates O'Brien gave her and seems oddly disinterested in this conversation]  Forget it, Miles. They're just plants.

  O'Brien : [pleasantly surprised]  Exactly!

  Keiko O'Brien/Pah-wraith : It's not as if something happened to Molly or the baby.

  O'Brien : [getting more surprised by the minute]  Right! Right! Everybody's fine! No problems!

  Keiko O'Brien/Pah-wraith : Good. What about Kira? Is she back yet?

  O'Brien : No, she's still with Shakaar. They're traveling around Dahkur Province. I thought you were going to visit them.

  Keiko O'Brien/Pah-wraith : I didn't get a chance.

  O'Brien : So, how were the Fire Caves?

  Keiko O'Brien/Pah-wraith : Fine. And now it's time for me to tell you some news.

  [there's now a strange look in Keiko's eyes] 

  Keiko O'Brien/Pah-wraith : I'm not Keiko.

  O'Brien : [thinks she's teasing]  Oh, who are you?

  Keiko O'Brien/Pah-wraith : [takes his arm and starts walking down the corridor]  Listen carefully, Miles. I have taken possession of your wife's body. I will hold it hostage until you do everything I tell you to... accurately, and without question.

  O'Brien : Hmm, everything?

  [moves in to kiss her] 

  Keiko O'Brien/Pah-wraith : If you don't do precisely what I ask I'll kill your wife.

  O'Brien : [frowning at the turn this conversation has taken]  Are you alright?

  [feels her head for a temperature] 

  O'Brien : Maybe there's been an outbreak of Rudellian brain fever on Bajor? We should go see Julian...

  Keiko O'Brien/Pah-wraith : [sighs and dumps her travel bag on the floor]  I see I'm going to have to give you a demonstration of my sincerity.

  [Keiko suddenly has a seizure, cries out in pain and collapses] 

  O'Brien : Keiko! Keiko!

  [her eyes wide open... totally unresponsive... dead] 

  O'Brien : No!

  Keiko O'Brien/Pah-wraith : [O'Brien is about to tap his combadge when Keiko suddenly recovers]  No Miles, you're not telling anyone. If you do, I'll stop her heart forever.

• Rom : Captain Sisko, Odo, they don't know about any of this, do they?

  O'Brien : No. No, they don't. And I want you to help me keep it that way for a little while longer.

  Rom : I have to stay here and play the idiot?

  O'Brien : I'm afraid so. And no matter what Odo asks you...

  Rom : I'm Quark's brother. I know the role.

• [Bashir has accidentally killed Keiko's plants, but refuses O'Brien's request that he come along to apologize to her for it] 

  Doctor Bashir : You don't need me there. I've seen you handle your wife thousands of times. Just say you're sorry and that you take full responsibility; you'll be fine! Besides, I, er, have to be in surgery - operating.

  O'Brien : On who?

  Doctor Bashir : I'll find someone.

• [the station crew have found out that certain systems on the station have been manipulated] 

  O'Brien : So far, these alterations don't seem to pose any threat to the station.

  Captain Sisko : So far. But this might be just the tip of a very large and dangerous iceberg.

• Lt. Commander Jadzia Dax : I couldn't sleep, so I got up and decided to scan the wormhole for radiometric anomalies.

  O'Brien : At three in the morning?

  Lt. Commander Jadzia Dax : I've always found anomalies to be very relaxing; it's a curse.

• O'Brien : God help me.

• Lt. Commander Jadzia Dax : You're cleared for departure. But before you go, there's one thing I'd like to ask you.

  O'Brien : What's that?

  Lt. Commander Jadzia Dax : Did you enjoy your birthday?

  O'Brien : Well, it was full of surprises.

• O'Brien : [a Pah-wraith possessed Keiko wants O'Brien to target the wormhole and destroy the Prophets]  Let's get on with it!

  Keiko O'Brien/Pah-wraith : Miles, you have a lot to learn about patience.