Memory Alpha
Register
Memory Alpha
m (robot Adding: fr:The Storyteller)
Tag: VE
(48 intermediate revisions by 20 users not shown)
Line 37: Line 37:
 
:"''Station log: [[Stardate]] 46729.1. The [[Bajoran Provisional Government|Bajoran government]] has asked me to mediate a disagreement between two rival factions: the [[Paqu]] and the [[Navot]]. At issue is a land dispute, which could trigger a [[civil war]].''"
 
:"''Station log: [[Stardate]] 46729.1. The [[Bajoran Provisional Government|Bajoran government]] has asked me to mediate a disagreement between two rival factions: the [[Paqu]] and the [[Navot]]. At issue is a land dispute, which could trigger a [[civil war]].''"
   
[[Benjamin Sisko|Sisko]] is busy preparing to receive the Paqu and Navot delegations, but another issue has come up with [[Miles O'Brien|O'Brien]]. The chief has been assigned to pilot a [[runabout]] ''en route'' to [[Bajor]], but he casually tries to find an excuse to get out of it. When his travel companion, [[Physician|Dr.]] [[Julian Bashir|Bashir]], enters, it is obvious why O'Brien does not want to go: he does not like Julian, who is oblivious to this fact. They have been told there is a medical emergency on [[Bajor]], although the nature of the emergency is uncertain. Sisko leaves O'Brien stuck with Bashir, leaving them in the [[turbolift]] to greet the newly arrived leader of the Paqu. When they get there, they meet [[Tetrarch]] [[Varis Sul]] – a fifteen-year-old girl.
+
[[Benjamin Sisko|Sisko]] is busy preparing to receive the Paqu and Navot delegations, but another issue has come up with [[Miles O'Brien|O'Brien]]. The chief has been assigned to pilot a [[runabout]] to [[Bajor]], but he casually tries to find an excuse to get out of it. When his travel companion, [[Physician|Dr.]] [[Julian Bashir|Bashir]], enters, it is obvious why O'Brien does not want to go: he does not like Bashir, who is oblivious to this fact. They have been told there is a medical emergency on [[Bajor]], although the nature of the emergency is uncertain. Sisko leaves O'Brien stuck with Bashir, leaving them in the [[turbolift]] to greet the newly-arrived leader of the Paqu. When they get there, they meet [[Tetrarch]] [[Varis Sul]] – a fifteen-year-old girl.
   
 
===Act One===
 
===Act One===
During the trip to Bajor, Bashir tries to make small talk, but O'Brien gives him the cold shoulder. Bashir does ask O'Brien not to call him "Sir", but to use his first name, "Julian". They [[beam]] to the surface but find no signs of disease, despite the claim that the village is in danger of extinction. A man called the [[Sirah (title)|Sirah]] is dying, and the village leader believes they will all die with him. When Bashir and O'Brien visit the Sirah, he proclaims the [[Prophets]] have sent O'Brien to save the village. Something called the [[Dal'Rok]] threatens the village, however, and the villagers fear only the Sirah can save them.
+
During the trip to Bajor, Bashir tries to make small talk, but O'Brien gives him the cold shoulder. Bashir does ask O'Brien not to call him "sir", but to use his first name, "Julian". They [[beam]] to the surface but find no signs of disease, despite the claim that the village is in danger of extinction. A man called the [[Sirah (title)|Sirah]] is dying, and the village leader believes they will all die with him. When Bashir and O'Brien visit the Sirah, he proclaims the [[Prophet]]s have sent O'Brien to save the village. Something called the [[Dal'Rok]] threatens the village, however, and the villagers fear only the Sirah can save them.
   
Meanwhile, Varis and the Navot leader, [[Woban]] meet with Sisko and Kira. They explain that they have had a treaty for ninety years and that it declares the boundary between their people a designated a river, the [[Glyrhond River|Glyrhond]]. However, during the [[Occupation of Bajor|Occupation]], the [[Cardassian]]s diverted the river for their [[mining]] operations and caused twenty kilometers of land to shift from Navot to Paqu control. While Woban claims the land is still his, Varis believes the original boundary — the river — still stands. They break temporarily, and as Varis passes by a bored [[Jake Sisko|Jake]] and [[Nog]] on the [[Promenade]], Nog is lovestruck.
+
Meanwhile, Varis and the Navot leader, [[Woban]], meet with Sisko and Kira. They explain that they have had a treaty for ninety years and that it declares the boundary between their people a designated river, the [[Glyrhond River|Glyrhond]]. However, during the [[Occupation of Bajor|Occupation]], the [[Cardassian]]s diverted the river for their [[mining]] operations and caused twenty [[kilometer]]s of land to shift from Navot to Paqu control. While Woban claims the land is still his, Varis believes the original boundary – the river – still stands. They break temporarily, and as Varis passes by a bored [[Jake Sisko|Jake]] and [[Nog]] on the [[Promenade]], Nog is lovestruck.
   
  +
[[File:Carraya IV surface.jpg|thumb|[[Faren Kag]]'s village on Bajor]]
O'Brien and Bashir check on the Sirah, who is obviously the leader of the village. He is dying of natural causes, so there is nothing Bashir can do for him; however, the Sirah seems drawn somehow to O'Brien, calling him closer. He looks relieved, claiming the [[Prophets]] have sent O'Brien to him before he sends them both out.
+
O'Brien and Bashir check on the Sirah, who is obviously the leader of the village. He is dying of natural causes, so there is nothing Bashir can do for him; however, the Sirah seems drawn somehow to O'Brien, calling him closer. He looks relieved, claiming the Prophets have sent O'Brien to him before he sends them both out.
   
 
===Act Two===
 
===Act Two===
Back on the station, Nog takes Jake to Varis' [[quarters]], where they nervously stumble over their words to offer a tour of the station, mentioning that a [[Klingon]] freighter leaving for the [[Gamma Quadrant]] through the [[Bajoran wormhole|wormhole]]. She accepts with a hint of a smile.
+
Back on the station, Nog takes Jake to Varis' [[quarters]], where they nervously stumble over their words to offer her a tour of the station, mentioning that a [[Klingon freighter]] is leaving for the [[Gamma Quadrant]] through the [[Bajoran wormhole|wormhole]]. She accepts with a hint of a smile.
   
That night, the Sirah insists that he be allowed to "tell the story" as a dark cloud forms over the village (although no atmospheric disturbances or energy discharges can be found with [[tricorder]]s). He stands on a rock where all the village can look at him as his back is to the cloud. He begins to give an inspirational speech, which lifts the hearts of the villagers and causes some sort of energy beam to rise from the village. This seems to push the ominously close cloud back, but the Sirah collapses. As he does so, the beam stops and the villagers panic. Without his help, the cloud - the "Dal'Rok" of their legend - fires a lightning-like beam and injures several people.
+
That night, the Sirah insists that he be allowed to "tell the story" as a dark cloud forms over the village (although no atmospheric disturbances or energy discharges can be found with [[tricorder]]s). He stands on a rock where all the village can look at him as his back is to the cloud. He begins to give an inspirational speech, which lifts the hearts of the villagers and causes some sort of energy beam to rise from the village. This seems to push the ominously close cloud back, but the Sirah collapses. As he does so, the beam stops and the villagers panic. Without his help, the cloud – the "Dal'Rok" of their legend – fires a lightning-like beam and injures several people.
   
 
===Act Three===
 
===Act Three===
  +
[[File:Hovath.jpg|thumb|[[Hovath]], former apprentice of the Sirah]]
Bashir and O'Brien help the Sirah to his feet and he asks for his successor, but not [[Hovath]], his prior apprentice. He wants O'Brien. Urgently, the Sirah dictates what O'Brien should say and has him tell the story of how the village is stronger than the Dal'Rok. The villagers rejoice as the cloud-like formation is pushed away and disappears; immediately thereafter, the Sirah collapses and O'Brien is proclaimed the new Sirah by one of the villagers, [[Faren Kag]].
+
Bashir and O'Brien help the Sirah to his feet and he asks for his successor, but not [[Hovath]], his prior apprentice. He wants O'Brien. Urgently, the Sirah dictates what O'Brien should say and has him tell the story of how the village is stronger than the Dal'Rok. The villagers rejoice as the cloud-like formation is pushed away and disappears; immediately thereafter, the Sirah collapses and O'Brien is proclaimed the new Sirah by one of the villagers, [[Faren Kag]].
   
 
In Sisko's office, he asks Varis whether she is there to talk or to start a war, since she has been wasting everyone's time to this point. She insists that the land belongs to the Paqu, despite claims otherwise. He asks if her people are as ready to die for the land as she seems to be. She heads out to the Promenade where she encounters Nog and Jake. She tells the two of them about her land negotiations, but in a circumspect way and Nog suggests that this could be an opportunity instead of a problem. Both Jake and Nog suggest talking to her parents, but they were killed by the Cardassians during the occupation.
 
In Sisko's office, he asks Varis whether she is there to talk or to start a war, since she has been wasting everyone's time to this point. She insists that the land belongs to the Paqu, despite claims otherwise. He asks if her people are as ready to die for the land as she seems to be. She heads out to the Promenade where she encounters Nog and Jake. She tells the two of them about her land negotiations, but in a circumspect way and Nog suggests that this could be an opportunity instead of a problem. Both Jake and Nog suggest talking to her parents, but they were killed by the Cardassians during the occupation.
Line 60: Line 62:
 
===Act Four===
 
===Act Four===
 
:"''Station log, supplemental. We have completed a second day of talks between the Paqu and the Navot. So far, we're no closer to finding a solution than we were when negotiations began.''"
 
:"''Station log, supplemental. We have completed a second day of talks between the Paqu and the Navot. So far, we're no closer to finding a solution than we were when negotiations began.''"
  +
[[File:Varis Sul and Jake with oatmeal.jpg|thumb|[[Varis Sul]] and Jake, who is being covered in oatmeal by Nog]]
 
Jake and Nog visit Varis again, but she is preoccupied with the negotiations. Just as the two boys make to leave, she asks how you can "be sure that an opportunity is worth the risk." Nog quotes the ninth [[Rules of Acquisition|Rule of Acquisition]] to her: "Opportunity plus instinct equals profit." The three decide to celebrate and head to Odo's office to swipe his [[Odo's bucket|bucket]] with a Cardassian [[isolinear rod|security rod]] that Nog has. In the office, Nog tells them to watch the front door and then heads to look for the bucket. After a moment, he comes running out, trips and the contents of the bucket spill onto Jake. Nog begins to laugh at the [[joke]] because the contents were [[oatmeal]]. The three join in the laughter, just as Odo walks into the office and takes the bucket from Nog, who, in attempting to escape, runs headlong into Sisko.
   
 
Bashir and O'Brien continue to search for any hints of what the Dal'Rok might be when they are approached by a woman wanting her baby blessed by the Sirah. O'Brien leaves Bashir to distract the crowd and heads back to the Sirah's home. There, Hovath approaches O'Brien, and while O'Brien continues to search, draws a [[dagger]] and lunges at O'Brien. Instinct saves him and they struggle for a moment until Bashir enters the room and gets between the combatants. Hovath tells O'Brien that he is not the "true Sirah" and that Hovath is.
Jake and Nog visit Varis again, but she is preoccupied with the negotiations. Just as the two boys make to leave, she asks how you can "be sure that an opportunity is worth the risk." Nog quotes the ninth [[Rules of Acquisition|Rule of Acquisition]] to her: "Opportunity plus instinct equals profit." The three decide to celebrate and head to Odo's office to swipe his [[Odo's bucket|bucket]] with a Cardassian [[isolinear rod|security rod]] that Nog has. In the office, Nog tells them to watch the front door and then heads to look for the bucket. After a moment, he comes running out, trips and the contents of the bucket spill onto Jake. Nog begins to laugh at the [[joke]] because the contents were [[oatmeal]]. The three join in the laughter, just as Odo walks into the office and takes the bucket from Nog, who, in attempting to escape, runs headlong into Sisko.
 
 
Bashir and O'Brien continue to search for any hints of what the Dal'Rok might be when they are approached by a woman wanting her baby blessed by the Sirah. O'Brien leaves Bashir to distract the crowd and heads back to the Sirah's home. There, Hovath approaches O'Brien, and while O'Brien continues to search, draws a dagger and lunges at O'Brien. Instinct saves him and they struggle for a moment until Bashir enters the room and gets between the combatants. Hovath tells O'Brien that he is not the "true Sirah" and that Hovath is.
 
   
 
===Act Five===
 
===Act Five===
Line 70: Line 72:
 
In his office, Sisko listens to Varis as she takes responsibility for the actions of Jake and Nog in the security office earlier, telling him that they were just trying to impress her. She tells him that she was trying to learn more about him and that Jake thought very highly of his father. Her father had been feared by the Navot and was unwilling to make any concessions, and Varis had been trying to do the same since "you don't lose by saying no". However, she has seen an opportunity that may allow both sides to say yes. Walking with Sisko, Varis is nervous about the compromise she is going to suggest; giving the Navot their land, but allowing free access to the river for the Paqu. They encounter Jake and Nog, watched by Odo of course, and she thanks them both, giving Nog a kiss on the cheek. Odo walks the two boys to the security office to clean up the mess they left.
 
In his office, Sisko listens to Varis as she takes responsibility for the actions of Jake and Nog in the security office earlier, telling him that they were just trying to impress her. She tells him that she was trying to learn more about him and that Jake thought very highly of his father. Her father had been feared by the Navot and was unwilling to make any concessions, and Varis had been trying to do the same since "you don't lose by saying no". However, she has seen an opportunity that may allow both sides to say yes. Walking with Sisko, Varis is nervous about the compromise she is going to suggest; giving the Navot their land, but allowing free access to the river for the Paqu. They encounter Jake and Nog, watched by Odo of course, and she thanks them both, giving Nog a kiss on the cheek. Odo walks the two boys to the security office to clean up the mess they left.
   
  +
[[File:DalRok.jpg|thumb|The [[Dal'Rok]] attacks again]]
 
In the village, O'Brien is getting ready to tell the story. The crowd urges him on as he reaches the platform, but he is obviously not comfortable. He begins to tell the story, poorly, as the Dal'Rok makes its appearance. There is no sign of the sparkling lights to fight off the Dal'Rok though. Meanwhile, Bashir encourages Hovath to step up to his true role and that the prior Sirah had likely chosen O'Brien so that Hovath could rescue him, and thus regain the confidence of the villagers. As the Dal'Rok comes in for the final attack, Hovath rushes onto the platform, grabs the bracelet from O'Brien and begins to tell the story, brimming with confidence. The lights appear, and the Dal'Rok is driven off and defeated once again. Bashir and O'Brien quietly make their escape. Back on the station, O'Brien tells Bashir that he's had enough of storytelling for a while, and Bashir informs him that he is not required to call him "Julian".
 
In the village, O'Brien is getting ready to tell the story. The crowd urges him on as he reaches the platform, but he is obviously not comfortable. He begins to tell the story, poorly, as the Dal'Rok makes its appearance. There is no sign of the sparkling lights to fight off the Dal'Rok though. Meanwhile, Bashir encourages Hovath to step up to his true role and that the prior Sirah had likely chosen O'Brien so that Hovath could rescue him, and thus regain the confidence of the villagers. As the Dal'Rok comes in for the final attack, Hovath rushes onto the platform, grabs the bracelet from O'Brien and begins to tell the story, brimming with confidence. The lights appear, and the Dal'Rok is driven off and defeated once again. Bashir and O'Brien quietly make their escape. Back on the station, O'Brien tells Bashir that he's had enough of storytelling for a while, and Bashir informs him that he is not required to call him "Julian".
   
Line 84: Line 87:
   
 
"''Once... upon a time... there was a Dal'Rok!''"
 
"''Once... upon a time... there was a Dal'Rok!''"
: - '''O'Brien''', trying to fill in as Sirrah
+
: - '''O'Brien''', trying to fill in as Sirah
  +
  +
  +
"''I mean, for all we know, you really were sent by the Prophets.''"<br />
  +
"''I was sent ''by'' Commander Sisko!''"
  +
: - '''Bashir''' when '''O'Brien''' is selected as the new Sirah
   
   
 
"''All right now... let's really focus!''"
 
"''All right now... let's really focus!''"
 
: - '''O'Brien''', still trying
 
: - '''O'Brien''', still trying
  +
  +
  +
"''I believe in people working together to find reasonable solutions to their problems. I hope you do as well.''"
  +
: - '''Benjamin Sisko,''' to '''Varis Sul'''
   
 
==Background Information==
 
==Background Information==
===Production===
+
===Story and script===
*[[Kurt Michael Bensmiller]] originally pitched the story for this episode during the [[TNG Season 1|first season]] of [[Star Trek: The Next Generation|''The Next Generation'']]. The producers didn't purchase the show, but the script remained in the ''Star Trek'' offices at Paramount, and when [[Michael Piller]] joined the staff in the [[TNG Season 3|third season]], he read it and liked it a great deal. It never got made for ''TNG'' but as soon as ''DS9'' went into production, Piller contacted Bensmiller and told him to adapt the story for the new show. Indeed, this was so early in ''DS9'''s development that Bensmiller had to write the story during [[Christmas]] of {{y|1992}}, several weeks before ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]''{{'}}s {{m|January|1993}} debut. (''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion]]'')
+
*[[Kurt Michael Bensmiller]] originally pitched the story for this episode during the [[TNG Season 1|first season]] of ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation|The Next Generation]]''. The producers didn't purchase the show, but the script remained in the ''Star Trek'' offices at Paramount, and when [[Michael Piller]] joined the staff in the [[TNG Season 3|third season]], he read it and liked it a great deal. It never got made for TNG but as soon as DS9 went into production, Piller contacted Bensmiller and told him to adapt the story for the new show. Indeed, this was so early in DS9's development that Bensmiller had to write the story during Christmas of {{y|1992}}, several weeks before ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]''{{'}}s {{m|January|1993}} debut. (''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion]]'')
  +
*Piller commented: "''It was a script that was written for ''Next Generation'' on space by a writer named [[Kurt Michael Bensmiller]], who wrote {{e|Time Squared}}. I had the script in my desk for three years and I bring out out every season and I say should we do this script this year? Everybody reads it and they say let's not do it. They just didn't like it. I needed some shows and I needed to put some things into development''". (''[[Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages]]'', p 33)
 
*This episode was based on {{w|Rudyard Kipling}}'s short story, "{{w|The Man Who Would Be King}}". (''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion]]'')
 
*This episode was based on {{w|Rudyard Kipling}}'s short story, "{{w|The Man Who Would Be King}}". (''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion]]'')
*[[Rick Berman]] commented "''It was very difficult to shoot, and we were way over budget on the opticals on this show because of the complexity of this thing that appears in the sky. It was a little fanciful, but I like the [[science fiction]] element involving a creature created by the collective imagination of this village as a way of bringing them closer together. The story's having to do with a little piece of one of the orbs that is held by the storyteller was a very interesting concept as well''." (''[[Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages]]'')
 
*[[Michael Piller]] commented "''One of the really big problems with this script, which is why it didn't appeal to anybody, is because it was not about any of our characters. We were just watching the events occur by putting O'Brien in the middle, saying you have to solve it. What really appealed to me was the great theme that that sometimes we create our own monsters so that we can defeat them and feel secure in our power. I was always in love with that theme, and finally we made it work. Ira did a lot of work on that script. (''[[Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages]]'')
 
*The Sirah's village was constructed on [[Paramount Stage 18]]. (''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion]]'')
 
*The exterior shots of the village are reused from the [[TNG]] two-parter {{e|Birthright, Part I}} and {{e|Birthright, Part II}}, where the model was used for a [[Romulan]] prison camp.
 
*Several of the Bajorans in the Sirah's village have the forehead ridge that was seen in episodes of ''Star Trek: The Next Generation'' and several earlier ''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'' episodes.
 
===Firsts===
 
 
*This was the first episode to show the beginnings of friendship between [[Julian Bashir]] and [[Miles O'Brien]]. While they had had scenes together in {{e|Emissary}} and {{e|Q-Less}}, the idea to pair these two characters up was [[Ira Steven Behr]]'s. (''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion]]'')
 
*This was the first episode to show the beginnings of friendship between [[Julian Bashir]] and [[Miles O'Brien]]. While they had had scenes together in {{e|Emissary}} and {{e|Q-Less}}, the idea to pair these two characters up was [[Ira Steven Behr]]'s. (''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion]]'')
  +
===Production===
*Jake and Nog are seen sitting on the upper level of the Promenade with their legs dangling over the side for the first time in the episode.
 
 
*The Sirah's village was constructed on [[Paramount Stage 18]]. (''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion]]'')
  +
*On the filming of the scenes where the villagers face the Dal'rok, [[David Livingston]] commented "''We had thirty extras, wind, and lightning. They were really difficult working conditions. I had to use a bullhorn in order to communicate since I had lost my voice. It's physically very demanding on everybody to work on Stage 18. The actors had to have big wind machines blowing in their faces and it was very debilitating, but we got through it. It was fun. Screaming through a bullhorn is a real power trip''". (''[[Cinefantastique]]'', Vol. 24, No. 3/4, p. 93)
  +
*The exterior shots of the village are reused from the [[TNG]] two-parter {{e|Birthright, Part I}} and {{e|Birthright, Part II}}, where the model was used for a [[Romulan]] prison camp on [[Carraya IV]]. The exterior view of the prison camp was designed by [[Richard James]] and [[James Magdaleno]], from which a miniature [[studio model|model]] was built. [[Dan Curry]] created the final scene by inserting shots of the miniature into jungle photographs he had taken in Laos in the 1960s. (''[[Star Trek Encyclopedia]]'')
 
*Several of the Bajorans in the Sirah's village have the forehead ridge that was seen on [[Ro Laren]] in episodes of ''Star Trek: The Next Generation'' and several earlier ''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'' episodes.
  +
* The episode's score, composed by [[Dennis McCarthy]], was recorded on {{d|6|April|1993}} at [[Paramount Stage M]] (''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Collection]]'' liner notes). Cues from the score, totaling 9 minutes 12 seconds, appear on the first disc of the ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Collection]]''.
  +
===Reception===
  +
*[[Colm Meaney]] commented "''Siddig and I had a good time doing that episode. It was the first episode in which O'Brien and Bashir - and Siddig and I - had many scenes together. It sort of established our relationship, made us much closer as characters. Bashir relished that I was in trouble there with those people. I had to bluff my way through it''". ("Colm Meaney - Miles O'Brien", ''[[The Official Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Magazine]]'' Vol. 5, p. 8)
  +
*[[Ira Steven Behr]] commented "''I like 'The Storyteller' a lot because it gave us a chance to do Bashir and O'Brien, and that's the core of that show. It also gives a nice little feel for the Bajorans and shows that Bajor is indeed a strange place. There are things happening in those little hamlets and villages that are certainly not your average Federation attitude toward life, religion and spirituality. What I wanted to do was a show that explored the fact that you have two guys working together and one, Bashir, wants to have have really close relationship, and other other one, O'Brien, is saying back off. This was a chance for them to get together. Colm's quite good. It's basically ''The Man Who Would Be King'', and he's a wonderful person to make king''". (''[[Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages]]'' p 33)
 
*[[Michael Piller]] commented "''One of the really big problems with this script, which is why it didn't appeal to anybody, is because it was not about any of our characters. We were just watching the events occur by putting O'Brien in the middle, saying you have to solve it. What really appealed to me was the great theme that sometimes we create our own monsters so that we can defeat them and feel secure in our power. I was always in love with that theme, and finally we made it work. Ira did a lot of work on that script.''" (''[[Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages]]'')
 
*[[Rick Berman]] commented "''It was very difficult to shoot, and we were way over budget on the opticals on this show because of the complexity of this thing that appears in the sky. It was a little fanciful, but I like the [[science fiction]] element involving a creature created by the collective imagination of this village as a way of bringing them closer together. The story's having to do with a little piece of one of the orbs that is held by the storyteller was a very interesting concept as well''." (''[[Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages]]'')
  +
===Continuity===
 
*This episode marks the first appearance of [[Odo's bucket]].
 
*This episode marks the first appearance of [[Odo's bucket]].
 
*[[Buck Bokai]] is also mentioned for the first time in this episode. He appears (or at least an [[alien]] posing as him) several episodes later in {{e|If Wishes Were Horses}}.
 
*[[Buck Bokai]] is also mentioned for the first time in this episode. He appears (or at least an [[alien]] posing as him) several episodes later in {{e|If Wishes Were Horses}}.
 
*Referenced [[Rules of Acquisition]]: #9 ("Opportunity plus instinct equals profit")
 
*Referenced [[Rules of Acquisition]]: #9 ("Opportunity plus instinct equals profit")
  +
*This is the second episode in which we see Odo smile. The first was two episodes prior in {{e|Vortex}}. In both cases, Odo smiles as a result of interacting with children.
 
===Apocrypha===
 
===Apocrypha===
*Aspects of this episode later became crucial in the post-{{e|What You Leave Behind}} [[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (Pocket)#Relaunch|"relaunch" novels]], such as "Fragments and Omens" in the [[Worlds of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Volume 2|second volume]] of ''[[Worlds of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'', as well as in ''[[Warpath]]'', ''[[Fearful Symmetry]]'' and ''[[The Soul Key]]'' . The village seen in this episode is called Sidau in the [[novels]] and the orb fragment is called the paghvaram.
+
*Aspects of this episode later became crucial in the post-{{e|What You Leave Behind}} [[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (Pocket)#Relaunch|"relaunch" novels]], such as "Fragments and Omens" in the [[Worlds of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Volume 2|second volume]] of ''[[Worlds of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'', as well as in ''[[Warpath]]'', ''[[Fearful Symmetry]]'', and ''[[The Soul Key]]'' . The village seen in this episode is called Sidau in the [[novels]] and the orb fragment is called the paghvaram.
  +
 
===Video and DVD releases===
 
===Video and DVD releases===
*UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, [[CIC Video]]): Volume 7, <!--catalog number x, -->{{d|8|November|1993}}.
+
*UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, [[CIC Video]]): Volume 7, <!--catalog number x, -->{{d|8|November|1993}}
*As part of the [[DS9 Season 1 DVD]] collection.
+
*As part of the [[DS9 Season 1 DVD]] collection
   
 
== Links and references ==
 
== Links and references ==
Line 115: Line 135:
 
*[[Avery Brooks]] as [[Commander]] [[Benjamin Sisko]]
 
*[[Avery Brooks]] as [[Commander]] [[Benjamin Sisko]]
   
=== Also Starring ===
+
=== Also starring ===
 
*[[Rene Auberjonois]] as [[Constable]] [[Odo]]
 
*[[Rene Auberjonois]] as [[Constable]] [[Odo]]
 
*[[Siddig El Fadil]] as [[Doctor|Dr.]] [[Julian Bashir]]
 
*[[Siddig El Fadil]] as [[Doctor|Dr.]] [[Julian Bashir]]
Line 124: Line 144:
 
*[[Nana Visitor]] as [[Major]] [[Kira Nerys]]
 
*[[Nana Visitor]] as [[Major]] [[Kira Nerys]]
   
=== Guest Stars ===
+
=== Guest stars ===
 
*[[Lawrence Monoson]] as [[Hovath]]
 
*[[Lawrence Monoson]] as [[Hovath]]
 
*[[Kay E. Kuter]] as [[Unnamed Bajorans#Sirah (2369)|The Sirah]]
 
*[[Kay E. Kuter]] as [[Unnamed Bajorans#Sirah (2369)|The Sirah]]
Line 132: Line 152:
 
*[[Jordan Lund]] as [[Woban]]
 
*[[Jordan Lund]] as [[Woban]]
   
=== Co-Star ===
+
=== Co-star ===
 
*[[Amy Benedict]] as a [[Unnamed Bajorans#Female Bajoran villager (2369)|Woman]]
 
*[[Amy Benedict]] as a [[Unnamed Bajorans#Female Bajoran villager (2369)|Woman]]
   
=== Uncredited Co-Stars ===
+
=== Uncredited co-stars ===
 
*[[Sam Alejan]] as a [[Unnamed Bajorans#Villagers (2369)|Bajoran villager]]
 
*[[Sam Alejan]] as a [[Unnamed Bajorans#Villagers (2369)|Bajoran villager]]
 
*[[Scott Barry]] as a [[Unnamed Bajoran Militia personnel#Bajoran command division officer|Bajoran officer]]
 
*[[Scott Barry]] as a [[Unnamed Bajoran Militia personnel#Bajoran command division officer|Bajoran officer]]
 
*[[Christine Anne Baur]] as a [[Unnamed Bajorans#Villagers (2369)|Bajoran villager]]
 
*[[Christine Anne Baur]] as a [[Unnamed Bajorans#Villagers (2369)|Bajoran villager]]
 
* [[Robert Coffee]] as a [[Unnamed Bajoran Militia personnel#Bajoran officer (2369-2375)|Bajoran civilian]]
 
* [[Jeannie Dreams]] as an [[Unnamed Deep Space 9 personnel#Female operations division ensign|operations division ensign]]
 
*[[Holiday Freeman]] as a [[Unnamed Deep Space 9 residents#Female Human resident (2369)|Human DS9 resident]]
 
*[[Holiday Freeman]] as a [[Unnamed Deep Space 9 residents#Female Human resident (2369)|Human DS9 resident]]
 
*[[Randy James]] as [[Lieutenant]] [[Jones (Lieutenant)|Jones]]
 
*[[Randy James]] as [[Lieutenant]] [[Jones (Lieutenant)|Jones]]
Line 152: Line 174:
 
**[[Unnamed humanoids (24th century)#Yellow Dabo girl's race|Alien dabo girl]]
 
**[[Unnamed humanoids (24th century)#Yellow Dabo girl's race|Alien dabo girl]]
 
**[[Unnamed Bajorans#Blessed child|Bajoran baby]]
 
**[[Unnamed Bajorans#Blessed child|Bajoran baby]]
**[[Unnamed Bajoran Militia personnel#Bajoran officer (2369-2375)|Bajoran civilian]]
 
**[[Unnamed Deep Space 9 personnel#Female operations division ensign|Female operations division ensign]]
 
 
**[[Unnamed Deep Space 9 personnel#Ensign|Operations division ensign]]
 
**[[Unnamed Deep Space 9 personnel#Ensign|Operations division ensign]]
 
**[[Unnamed Deep Space 9 personnel#Operations Ensign|Operations ensign]]
 
**[[Unnamed Deep Space 9 personnel#Operations Ensign|Operations ensign]]
 
**[[Unnamed Bajorans#Paqu advisor|Paqu advisor]]
 
**[[Unnamed Bajorans#Paqu advisor|Paqu advisor]]
**[[Peliar Zel natives#Quark's bar patron (2369)|Peliar Zel native]]
+
**[[Peliar Zel natives#Quark's Bar patron (2369)|Peliar Zel native]]
 
**[[Unnamed Bajorans#Villagers (2369)|Thirty-four Bajoran villagers]]
 
**[[Unnamed Bajorans#Villagers (2369)|Thirty-four Bajoran villagers]]
 
**[[Unnamed Bajorans#Village gift girls|Two Bajoran gift girls]]
 
**[[Unnamed Bajorans#Village gift girls|Two Bajoran gift girls]]
Line 163: Line 183:
   
 
=== References ===
 
=== References ===
[[2279]]; [[afternoon]]; [[airborne infection]]; [[apprentice]]; [[bacterial contamination]]; [[Bajor]]; [[Bajoran Provisional Government|Bajoran government]]; [[Bajoran wormhole]]; [[baseball]]; [[baseball glove]]; [[bed]]; [[Buck Bokai|Bokai, Buck]]; [[border]]; [[Borg]]; [[Boyer]]; [[bracelet]]; [[bridge (structure)|bridge]]; [[Cardassian]]s; [[celestial temple]]; [[cellular decay]]; [[chauffeur]]; [[civil war]]; [[creature]]; [[crossover bridge]]; [[curve ball]]; [[dagger]]; [[Dal'Rok]]; [[docking bay]]; [[docking port]]; [[door bell]]; [[father]]; [[Gamma Quadrant]]; [[Gamzian wine]]; [[Glyrhond River]]; [[harvest]]; [[hitter]]; [[holographic image]]; [[holosuite]]; [[Unnamed food (24th century)#Hors d'œuvres|''hors d'œuvres'']]; [[hour]]; [[Human]]; [[kilometer]]; [[Klingon freighter]]; [[larish pie]]; [[level 1 diagnostic]]; [[magistrate]]; [[mediator]]; [[medical emergency]]; [[mining]]; [[mirror]]; [[Navot]]; [[neutrino]]; [[night]]; [[oatmeal]]; [[Keiko O'Brien|O'Brien, Keiko]]; [[Molly O'Brien|O'Brien, Molly]]; [[Occupation of Bajor]]; [[Odo's bucket]]; [[orb]]; [[orbit]]; [[PADD]]; [[Paqu]]; [[Paqu-Navot Treaty]]; [[phase coil generator]]; [[plate]]; [[pollutant]]; [[promenade]]; [[Prophets]]; [[quarters]]; [[replicator]]; [[Rom]]; [[Rules of Acquisition]]; [[runabout]]; [[security office]]; [[security rod]]; [[shapeshifter]]; [[sir]]; [[Sirah (title)|Sirah]]; [[Jennifer Sisko|Sisko, Jennifer]]; [[soil]]; [[stardrifter]]; [[Station log, Deep Space 9, 2369|station log]]; [[superior officer]]; [[synthale]]; [[systemic organ failure]]; [[table]]; [[tetrarch]]; [[treaty]]; [[Trixian bubble juice]]; [[uncle]]; [[Unnamed Bajorans#Varis Sul's father|Varis Sul's father]]; [[village]]; [[water]]; [[woods]]; [[year]]
+
[[2279]]; [[afternoon]]; [[airborne infection]]; [[apprentice]]; [[bacterial contamination]]; [[Bajor]]; [[Bajoran Provisional Government]]; [[Bajoran wormhole]]; [[baseball]]; [[baseball glove]]; [[Battle of Wolf 359]]; [[bed]]; [[Buck Bokai|Bokai, Buck]]; [[border]]; [[Borg]]; [[Boyer]]; [[bracelet]]; [[bridge (structure)|bridge]]; [[Cardassian]]s; [[celestial temple]]; [[cellular decay]]; [[chauffeur]]; [[civil war]]; [[creature]]; [[curve ball]]; [[dagger]]; [[Dal'Rok]]; [[docking bay]]; [[docking port]]; [[door bell]]; [[father]]; [[Gamma Quadrant]]; [[Gamzian wine]]; [[Glyrhond River]]; [[harvest]]; [[hitter]]; [[holographic image]]; [[holosuite]]; [[Unnamed food (24th century)#Hors d'œuvres|''hors d'œuvres'']]; [[hour]]; [[Human]]; [[kilometer]]; [[Klingon]]; [[Klingon freighter]]; [[larish pie]]; [[level 1 diagnostic]]; [[magistrate]]; [[mediator]]; [[medical emergency]]; [[medical tricorder]]; [[mining]]; [[mirror]]; [[Navot]]; [[neutrino]]; [[night]]; [[oatmeal]]; [[Keiko O'Brien|O'Brien, Keiko]]; [[Molly O'Brien|O'Brien, Molly]]; [[Occupation of Bajor]]; [[Odo's bucket]]; [[orb]]; [[orbit]]; [[PADD]]; [[Paqu]]; [[Paqu-Navot Treaty]]; [[phase coil generator]]; [[plate]]; [[pollutant]]; [[promenade]]; [[Prophet]]s; [[quarters]]; [[replicator]]; [[Rom]]; [[Rules of Acquisition]]; [[runabout]]; [[security office]]; [[security rod]]; [[shapeshifter]]; [[sir]]; [[Sirah (title)|Sirah]]; [[Jennifer Sisko|Sisko, Jennifer]]; [[soil]]; [[stardrifter]]; [[Station log, Deep Space 9, 2369|station log]]; [[superior officer]]; [[synthale]]; [[systemic organ failure]]; [[table]]; [[targ]]; [[tetrarch]]; [[treaty]]; [[tricorder]]; [[Trixian bubble juice]]; [[uncle]]; [[Unnamed Bajorans#Varis Sul's father|Varis Sul's father]]; [[village]]; [[water]]; [[woods]]; [[year]]
   
=== External links ===
+
===External links===
* {{NCwiki|The Storyteller}}
+
*{{NCwiki|The Storyteller}}
* {{wikipedia|The Storyteller (DS9 episode)}}
+
*{{wikipedia|The Storyteller (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)}}
   
 
{{DS9 nav|season=1|last={{e|Battle Lines}}|next={{e|Progress}}}}
 
{{DS9 nav|season=1|last={{e|Battle Lines}}|next={{e|Progress}}}}
 
   
 
[[Category:DS9 episodes|Storyteller, The]]
 
[[Category:DS9 episodes|Storyteller, The]]
   
  +
[[cs:The Storyteller]]
 
[[de:Die Legende von Dal'Rok]]
 
[[de:Die Legende von Dal'Rok]]
 
[[es:The Storyteller]]
 
[[es:The Storyteller]]
[[fr:The Storyteller]]
+
[[fr:The Storyteller (épisode)]]
 
[[nl:The Storyteller]]
 
[[nl:The Storyteller]]
 
[[pl:The Storyteller]]
 
[[pl:The Storyteller]]

Revision as of 23:26, 4 February 2015

Template:Realworld

Chief O'Brien is appointed spiritual leader of a Bajoran village. Meanwhile, Nog and Jake try to help their new friend settle a struggle between two Bajoran villages.

Summary

Teaser

"Station log: Stardate 46729.1. The Bajoran government has asked me to mediate a disagreement between two rival factions: the Paqu and the Navot. At issue is a land dispute, which could trigger a civil war."

Sisko is busy preparing to receive the Paqu and Navot delegations, but another issue has come up with O'Brien. The chief has been assigned to pilot a runabout to Bajor, but he casually tries to find an excuse to get out of it. When his travel companion, Dr. Bashir, enters, it is obvious why O'Brien does not want to go: he does not like Bashir, who is oblivious to this fact. They have been told there is a medical emergency on Bajor, although the nature of the emergency is uncertain. Sisko leaves O'Brien stuck with Bashir, leaving them in the turbolift to greet the newly-arrived leader of the Paqu. When they get there, they meet Tetrarch Varis Sul – a fifteen-year-old girl.

Act One

During the trip to Bajor, Bashir tries to make small talk, but O'Brien gives him the cold shoulder. Bashir does ask O'Brien not to call him "sir", but to use his first name, "Julian". They beam to the surface but find no signs of disease, despite the claim that the village is in danger of extinction. A man called the Sirah is dying, and the village leader believes they will all die with him. When Bashir and O'Brien visit the Sirah, he proclaims the Prophets have sent O'Brien to save the village. Something called the Dal'Rok threatens the village, however, and the villagers fear only the Sirah can save them.

Meanwhile, Varis and the Navot leader, Woban, meet with Sisko and Kira. They explain that they have had a treaty for ninety years and that it declares the boundary between their people a designated river, the Glyrhond. However, during the Occupation, the Cardassians diverted the river for their mining operations and caused twenty kilometers of land to shift from Navot to Paqu control. While Woban claims the land is still his, Varis believes the original boundary – the river – still stands. They break temporarily, and as Varis passes by a bored Jake and Nog on the Promenade, Nog is lovestruck.

Carraya IV surface

Faren Kag's village on Bajor

O'Brien and Bashir check on the Sirah, who is obviously the leader of the village. He is dying of natural causes, so there is nothing Bashir can do for him; however, the Sirah seems drawn somehow to O'Brien, calling him closer. He looks relieved, claiming the Prophets have sent O'Brien to him before he sends them both out.

Act Two

Back on the station, Nog takes Jake to Varis' quarters, where they nervously stumble over their words to offer her a tour of the station, mentioning that a Klingon freighter is leaving for the Gamma Quadrant through the wormhole. She accepts with a hint of a smile.

That night, the Sirah insists that he be allowed to "tell the story" as a dark cloud forms over the village (although no atmospheric disturbances or energy discharges can be found with tricorders). He stands on a rock where all the village can look at him as his back is to the cloud. He begins to give an inspirational speech, which lifts the hearts of the villagers and causes some sort of energy beam to rise from the village. This seems to push the ominously close cloud back, but the Sirah collapses. As he does so, the beam stops and the villagers panic. Without his help, the cloud – the "Dal'Rok" of their legend – fires a lightning-like beam and injures several people.

Act Three

Hovath

Hovath, former apprentice of the Sirah

Bashir and O'Brien help the Sirah to his feet and he asks for his successor, but not Hovath, his prior apprentice. He wants O'Brien. Urgently, the Sirah dictates what O'Brien should say and has him tell the story of how the village is stronger than the Dal'Rok. The villagers rejoice as the cloud-like formation is pushed away and disappears; immediately thereafter, the Sirah collapses and O'Brien is proclaimed the new Sirah by one of the villagers, Faren Kag.

In Sisko's office, he asks Varis whether she is there to talk or to start a war, since she has been wasting everyone's time to this point. She insists that the land belongs to the Paqu, despite claims otherwise. He asks if her people are as ready to die for the land as she seems to be. She heads out to the Promenade where she encounters Nog and Jake. She tells the two of them about her land negotiations, but in a circumspect way and Nog suggests that this could be an opportunity instead of a problem. Both Jake and Nog suggest talking to her parents, but they were killed by the Cardassians during the occupation.

On the planet, neither Bashir nor O'Brien can figure out what the strange creature was, nor how it was controlled. Bashir takes the opportunity to tease O'Brien before some of the villagers arrive bearing gifts and offering services. Faran insists that O'Brien bring his wife and daughter down to the village to live with him. As he exits, the Sirah's previous apprentice, Hovath stares at O'Brien with undisguised hatred.

Act Four

"Station log, supplemental. We have completed a second day of talks between the Paqu and the Navot. So far, we're no closer to finding a solution than we were when negotiations began."
Varis Sul and Jake with oatmeal

Varis Sul and Jake, who is being covered in oatmeal by Nog

Jake and Nog visit Varis again, but she is preoccupied with the negotiations. Just as the two boys make to leave, she asks how you can "be sure that an opportunity is worth the risk." Nog quotes the ninth Rule of Acquisition to her: "Opportunity plus instinct equals profit." The three decide to celebrate and head to Odo's office to swipe his bucket with a Cardassian security rod that Nog has. In the office, Nog tells them to watch the front door and then heads to look for the bucket. After a moment, he comes running out, trips and the contents of the bucket spill onto Jake. Nog begins to laugh at the joke because the contents were oatmeal. The three join in the laughter, just as Odo walks into the office and takes the bucket from Nog, who, in attempting to escape, runs headlong into Sisko.

Bashir and O'Brien continue to search for any hints of what the Dal'Rok might be when they are approached by a woman wanting her baby blessed by the Sirah. O'Brien leaves Bashir to distract the crowd and heads back to the Sirah's home. There, Hovath approaches O'Brien, and while O'Brien continues to search, draws a dagger and lunges at O'Brien. Instinct saves him and they struggle for a moment until Bashir enters the room and gets between the combatants. Hovath tells O'Brien that he is not the "true Sirah" and that Hovath is.

Act Five

Hovath explains his apprenticeship to O'Brien and Bashir and told how he was unable to control the Dal'Rok three nights ago. He then shows them a bracelet that apparently contains a fragment of one of the Orbs from the Celestial Temple. Hovath continues his story, telling them of the first Sirah, back when the village was split by hatred and mistrust, and how he used the fragment to create the Dal'Rok, and thus "give their fears a physical form" and force the villagers to work together to defeat it. O'Brien gives the Sirah's robe to Hovath, but Faren enters and tells Hovath that he had failed and would not be allowed to endanger the village again.

In his office, Sisko listens to Varis as she takes responsibility for the actions of Jake and Nog in the security office earlier, telling him that they were just trying to impress her. She tells him that she was trying to learn more about him and that Jake thought very highly of his father. Her father had been feared by the Navot and was unwilling to make any concessions, and Varis had been trying to do the same since "you don't lose by saying no". However, she has seen an opportunity that may allow both sides to say yes. Walking with Sisko, Varis is nervous about the compromise she is going to suggest; giving the Navot their land, but allowing free access to the river for the Paqu. They encounter Jake and Nog, watched by Odo of course, and she thanks them both, giving Nog a kiss on the cheek. Odo walks the two boys to the security office to clean up the mess they left.

File:DalRok.jpg

The Dal'Rok attacks again

In the village, O'Brien is getting ready to tell the story. The crowd urges him on as he reaches the platform, but he is obviously not comfortable. He begins to tell the story, poorly, as the Dal'Rok makes its appearance. There is no sign of the sparkling lights to fight off the Dal'Rok though. Meanwhile, Bashir encourages Hovath to step up to his true role and that the prior Sirah had likely chosen O'Brien so that Hovath could rescue him, and thus regain the confidence of the villagers. As the Dal'Rok comes in for the final attack, Hovath rushes onto the platform, grabs the bracelet from O'Brien and begins to tell the story, brimming with confidence. The lights appear, and the Dal'Rok is driven off and defeated once again. Bashir and O'Brien quietly make their escape. Back on the station, O'Brien tells Bashir that he's had enough of storytelling for a while, and Bashir informs him that he is not required to call him "Julian".

Memorable Quotes

"My dad's a pretty smart guy."
"Mine too! In his own way."

- Jake and Nog


"I'm not a little lady!"
"I'm still charging her for that drink."

- Varis Sul and Quark, when she throws her drink on him and walks off


"Once... upon a time... there was a Dal'Rok!"

- O'Brien, trying to fill in as Sirah


"I mean, for all we know, you really were sent by the Prophets."
"I was sent by Commander Sisko!"

- Bashir when O'Brien is selected as the new Sirah


"All right now... let's really focus!"

- O'Brien, still trying


"I believe in people working together to find reasonable solutions to their problems. I hope you do as well."

- Benjamin Sisko, to Varis Sul

Background Information

Story and script

Production

Reception

  • Colm Meaney commented "Siddig and I had a good time doing that episode. It was the first episode in which O'Brien and Bashir - and Siddig and I - had many scenes together. It sort of established our relationship, made us much closer as characters. Bashir relished that I was in trouble there with those people. I had to bluff my way through it". ("Colm Meaney - Miles O'Brien", The Official Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Magazine Vol. 5, p. 8)
  • Ira Steven Behr commented "I like 'The Storyteller' a lot because it gave us a chance to do Bashir and O'Brien, and that's the core of that show. It also gives a nice little feel for the Bajorans and shows that Bajor is indeed a strange place. There are things happening in those little hamlets and villages that are certainly not your average Federation attitude toward life, religion and spirituality. What I wanted to do was a show that explored the fact that you have two guys working together and one, Bashir, wants to have have really close relationship, and other other one, O'Brien, is saying back off. This was a chance for them to get together. Colm's quite good. It's basically The Man Who Would Be King, and he's a wonderful person to make king". (Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages p 33)
  • Michael Piller commented "One of the really big problems with this script, which is why it didn't appeal to anybody, is because it was not about any of our characters. We were just watching the events occur by putting O'Brien in the middle, saying you have to solve it. What really appealed to me was the great theme that sometimes we create our own monsters so that we can defeat them and feel secure in our power. I was always in love with that theme, and finally we made it work. Ira did a lot of work on that script." (Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages)
  • Rick Berman commented "It was very difficult to shoot, and we were way over budget on the opticals on this show because of the complexity of this thing that appears in the sky. It was a little fanciful, but I like the science fiction element involving a creature created by the collective imagination of this village as a way of bringing them closer together. The story's having to do with a little piece of one of the orbs that is held by the storyteller was a very interesting concept as well." (Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages)

Continuity

  • This episode marks the first appearance of Odo's bucket.
  • Buck Bokai is also mentioned for the first time in this episode. He appears (or at least an alien posing as him) several episodes later in "If Wishes Were Horses".
  • Referenced Rules of Acquisition: #9 ("Opportunity plus instinct equals profit")
  • This is the second episode in which we see Odo smile. The first was two episodes prior in "Vortex". In both cases, Odo smiles as a result of interacting with children.

Apocrypha

Video and DVD releases

Links and references

Starring

Also starring

Guest stars

Co-star

Uncredited co-stars

References

2279; afternoon; airborne infection; apprentice; bacterial contamination; Bajor; Bajoran Provisional Government; Bajoran wormhole; baseball; baseball glove; Battle of Wolf 359; bed; Bokai, Buck; border; Borg; Boyer; bracelet; bridge; Cardassians; celestial temple; cellular decay; chauffeur; civil war; creature; curve ball; dagger; Dal'Rok; docking bay; docking port; door bell; father; Gamma Quadrant; Gamzian wine; Glyrhond River; harvest; hitter; holographic image; holosuite; hors d'œuvres; hour; Human; kilometer; Klingon; Klingon freighter; larish pie; level 1 diagnostic; magistrate; mediator; medical emergency; medical tricorder; mining; mirror; Navot; neutrino; night; oatmeal; O'Brien, Keiko; O'Brien, Molly; Occupation of Bajor; Odo's bucket; orb; orbit; PADD; Paqu; Paqu-Navot Treaty; phase coil generator; plate; pollutant; promenade; Prophets; quarters; replicator; Rom; Rules of Acquisition; runabout; security office; security rod; shapeshifter; sir; Sirah; Sisko, Jennifer; soil; stardrifter; station log; superior officer; synthale; systemic organ failure; table; targ; tetrarch; treaty; tricorder; Trixian bubble juice; uncle; Varis Sul's father; village; water; woods; year

External links

Previous episode:
"Battle Lines"
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Season 1
Next episode:
"Progress"