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
Featured review
A stain on the white vest of Starfleet
As others already pointed out, this episode is full of questionable actions and situations.
When Miles and Keiko lose Molly in a time portal, they luckily are able to get her back, but she has aged by 10 years. She spent those 10 years alone on a planet and had to survive without any contacts to other species. Back on the station she of course has a hard time to fit in again. Her language skills have deteriorated and she acts like a wild animal being caged.
The worst parts of this episode are, that everyone seems to just give up on her. Miles and Keiko try for about a week to socialize her again but fail. Miles seems to be more worried about being behind repairs on the station because he has to spend time with his daughter than to actually care for her. Keiko also is very cold and distanced towards her own daughter. Which real parents would act like this in such a situation? Even today, most parents would rather quit their jobs to be with her daughters that need help. And in the time of Star Trek where money means nothing, quitting a job would even be easier!
Also, where is the help of Starfleet? Aren't there any psychiatrists and specialists? I mean, Starfleet constantly fights wars and people get trapped in all sorts of anomalies all the time. Treating traumas should be a daily business for Starfleet and there should be experts in masses to help Molly finding her way back into life again.
But the only idea Miles and Keiko come up with is dumping her daughter on that lonely planet again and destroy the time portal so she will be trapped there forever! Wow, who does not want to have parents like that! Dooming her child to a life full of loneliness and despair. Without the chance to ever fall in love or having a family on her own.
It is very unlikely anyhow that an 8 year old child, growing up on a space station where food comes from replicators, would have been able to survive alone on a lonely planet. She would have had no clue how to find food, how to harvest crops, go hunting etc. Most likely she would have poisoned herself by eating something dangerous. Even adults that know in theory how to make a fire, struggle when they are on a survival training in the wild.
And then an 8 year old could would have managed to survive alone? Also, she had no tools, no medicine. The slightest scratch could have caused an infection and without antibiotics she would have propably died. We know from our own history that people died to infections caused by simple wounds. And it is amazing, how smooth her skin, silky her hair and perfectly pristine her teeth are. Living in the wild without access to doctors, she would have looked a lot differently. Just compare this to people on earth, that live a poor life as farmers in some remote regions without electricity or tap water.
When Miles and Keiko lose Molly in a time portal, they luckily are able to get her back, but she has aged by 10 years. She spent those 10 years alone on a planet and had to survive without any contacts to other species. Back on the station she of course has a hard time to fit in again. Her language skills have deteriorated and she acts like a wild animal being caged.
The worst parts of this episode are, that everyone seems to just give up on her. Miles and Keiko try for about a week to socialize her again but fail. Miles seems to be more worried about being behind repairs on the station because he has to spend time with his daughter than to actually care for her. Keiko also is very cold and distanced towards her own daughter. Which real parents would act like this in such a situation? Even today, most parents would rather quit their jobs to be with her daughters that need help. And in the time of Star Trek where money means nothing, quitting a job would even be easier!
Also, where is the help of Starfleet? Aren't there any psychiatrists and specialists? I mean, Starfleet constantly fights wars and people get trapped in all sorts of anomalies all the time. Treating traumas should be a daily business for Starfleet and there should be experts in masses to help Molly finding her way back into life again.
But the only idea Miles and Keiko come up with is dumping her daughter on that lonely planet again and destroy the time portal so she will be trapped there forever! Wow, who does not want to have parents like that! Dooming her child to a life full of loneliness and despair. Without the chance to ever fall in love or having a family on her own.
It is very unlikely anyhow that an 8 year old child, growing up on a space station where food comes from replicators, would have been able to survive alone on a lonely planet. She would have had no clue how to find food, how to harvest crops, go hunting etc. Most likely she would have poisoned herself by eating something dangerous. Even adults that know in theory how to make a fire, struggle when they are on a survival training in the wild.
And then an 8 year old could would have managed to survive alone? Also, she had no tools, no medicine. The slightest scratch could have caused an infection and without antibiotics she would have propably died. We know from our own history that people died to infections caused by simple wounds. And it is amazing, how smooth her skin, silky her hair and perfectly pristine her teeth are. Living in the wild without access to doctors, she would have looked a lot differently. Just compare this to people on earth, that live a poor life as farmers in some remote regions without electricity or tap water.
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