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            DEEP SPACE: "Explorers" - 02/27/95 - ACT FOUR           45.

38   CONTINUED:	(5)

	Sisko reacts to this unexpected statement.

					SISKO
			I see...

					JAKE
			The thing is... you haven't had a 
			date in over a year.  A year, Dad...

	What can Sisko say?  It's true.  Sisko finds himself 
	responding as he would to a friend, a peer... he's forgotten 
	for the moment that this is his son.

					SISKO
			I guess I've been too busy...

					JAKE
			You've got to make time for these 
			things...

					SISKO
			You're right...

	Suddenly Sisko smiles to himself...

					SISKO
			I can't believe this... I'm getting 
			advice about women from my son...

					JAKE
			Don't think of me as your son right 
			now.  Just think of me as another 
			guy.
				(a beat)
			Another guy who happens to know a 
			very attractive lady who wants to 
			meet you.

	Sisko can't believe his ears.

					SISKO
			Are you trying to set me up?

					JAKE
			Why not?

	Before Sisko can reply the cabin lurches violently...

					JAKE
			What was that... ?

	Sisko rushes to the forward porthole to check the sails...