1:[3,#b],4:[3,#i]@1“Man Alone, A”@2Deep Space Nine episode #3
Teleplay by Michael Piller
Story by Gerald Sanford and Michael Piller
Directed by Paul Lynch
Stardate 46421.5
First aired in 1993
GUEST STARS
Keiko ROSALIND CHAO
Zayra EDWARD LAURENCE ALBERT
Rom MAX GRODENCHIK
Bajoran Man #1 PETER VOGT
Nog ARON EISENERG
Ibundan STEPHEN JAMES CARVER
Old Man TOM KLUNIS
Security Chief Odo’s character is questioned when he is implicated in the murder of a shady Bajoran.
The adjustment period aboard Deep Space Nine continues as transplants from across the galaxy attempt to come to terms with their new life and each other. O’Brien’s wife Keiko misses the Enterprise and her career as a botanist. Sisko’s son Jake, plagued by loneliness, eases his boredom by befriending a rowdy Ferengi boy named Nog. Meanwhile, Odo is faced with a more pressing problem when he spies Ibudan, a Bajoran he once arrested for murder, gambling in Quark’s. He attempts to rid the station of the criminal, first by ordering him to leave and later by asking Sisko to throw him off the station, but neither effort proves successful. However, Odo soon gets his wish despite this lack of cooperation when Ibudan is found stabbed to death in a Holosuite.
Sisko orders an investigation of the killing, only to find his son Jake is also in trouble for playing pranks around the station with Nog. Strangely, this awkward situation between father and son creates an opportunity for Keiko, who volunteers to supervise the children of Deep Space Nine by starting a school. Later, Odo becomes the prime suspect in the murder investigation when mounting evidence, including the fact that the killer was most likely a shape-shifter, points to him.
Deep Space Nine’s residents soon become suspicious of Odo, and although many officers believe their colleague’s claims of innocence, Sisko relieves him of duty as Chief of Security. Keiko also faces trouble in her own endeavors when members of the diverse space station community resist the idea of sending their children to a Federation school. While she tries to recruit students, Bashir works to prove Odo’s innocence, experimenting with DNA fragments that were found in the dead Bajoran’s Holosuite.
Discouraged by the public’s response to her school, Keiko considers abandoning her plans but is encouraged to press on by her husband. Meanwhile, Odo finds himself ostracized by the public, as angry residents vandalize his office and threaten his well-being. Bashir continues his investigation of the DNA patterns found in Ibudan’s Holosuite, hoping to solve the mystery by causing them to replicate into the form of the being it belongs to.
Responding to the tension aboard ship, Sisko and Kira order more security to protect Odo. As they confront an angry mob’s demands for justice, Bashir provides a more definite solution to Odo’s problem when he reveals the result of his experiment. The murdered man was not Ibudan, but a clone he created and killed in order to frame Odo for his murder. His rank restored, Odo soon finds the real Ibudan aboard his ship, and since murdering a clone is still a crime, he is finally able to arrest his man.
~1: [4,#b],5:[3,#i]@1“The Maquis, Part I”@2Deep Space Nine episode # 40
Teleplay by James Crocker
Story by Rick Berman & Michael Piller & Jeri Taylor and James Crocker
Directed by David Livingston
No stardate given
First aired in 1994
GUEST STARS
Amaros TONY PLANA
Sakonna BERTILA DAMAS
Gul Evek RICHARD POE
Samuels MICHAEL A. KRAWIC
Kobb AMANDA CARLIN
Gul Dukat MARC ALAIMO
Special Appearance by
Cal Hudson BERNIE CASEY
Sisko uncovers a Federation terrorist group whose actions could start another war with the Cardassians.
Sisko returns to his quarters to find Gul Dukat waiting for him, insisting he is there to talk with Sisko privately, without the Cardassian government’s knowledge. He says certain Federation members are responsible for the destruction of the Bok’Nor, and insists Sisko accompany him to the Volan Colonies in the Demilitarized Zone. Sisko, intrigued, agrees, and the two set off in a Runabout. When they reach the area, they encounter a Federation ship under attack by Cardassians – a clear violation of the treaty. Surprised, Dukat orders his own people to stand down and threatens to fire, but another Federation ship arrives and destroys both Cardassian vessels. A war appears to be breaking out.
The two leaders join a meeting at one of the colonies, where Cal Hudson, his Cardassian counterpart Gul Evek, and a few colonists are present. Evek insists the colonists are engaging in organized terrorist activities, and tells Sisko he can prove this because they have the confession of the man who destroyed the Bok’Nor. He then shows the recorded confession of William Samuels, a colonist who Evek says was apprehended on Deep Space Nine. When it is asked to talk to Samuels, Evek reveals his body – an apparent suicide – which infuriates the colonists.
Later, Sisko wonders if Cardassian fears about organized terrorism are true, and while Hudson says he is aware of no such campaign, he also admits he wouldn’t blame the colonists. Sisko and Dukat then return to the station, and Dukat admits he knew Samuels had been apprehended, but denies knowledge of his suspicious death. Soon afterward, O’Brien approaches Sisko with bad news – the device that destroyed the Bok’Nor was a Federation device, apparently proving the colonists are responsible. Then, Gul Dukat is kidnapped from the station.
While the crew works to determine where the kidnappers have gone, they receive a transmission from the Demilitarized Zone, where a group called the Maquis is claiming to have abducted Dukat. Sisko, Kira, and Bashir follow the kidnappers to a stretch along the Cardassian border known as the Badlands, where they detect life on a large asteroid. They transport to the surface and are taken prisoner by a band of armed Federation colonists led by Cal Hudson.
~1:[4,#B],5:[3,#I]@1“The Maquis, Part II”@2Deep Space Nine episode #41
Teleplay by Ira Steven Behr
Story by Rick Berman & Michael Piller & Jeri Taylor and Ira Steven Behr
Directed by Corey Allen
No stardate given
First aired in 1994
GUEST STARS
Amaros TONY PLANA
Legate Parn JOHN SCHUCK
Admiral Necheyev NATALIJA NOGULICH
Sakonna BERTILA DAMAS
Xepolite MICHAEL BELL
Kobb AMANDA CARLIN
Gul Dukat MARC ALAIMO
Special Appearance by
Cal Hudson BERNIE CASEY
Sisko and Gul Dukat join forces in an effort to avert a war between the Cardassians and a group of Federation colonists led by Sisko’s old friend.
Sisko, Kira, and Bashir are held in a Maquis camp, but Gul Dukat is not there. Cal Hudson then tells Sisko he is leaving Starfleet to work with the rebels, certain Cardassia is violating the Federation treaty by smuggling weapons into the Demilitarized Zone, and insisting he and the Maquis will do anything to stop them. Sisko offers to help his friend use more peaceful methods, but Hudson refuses, then stuns Sisko and his comrades in order to slip away. Back on Deep Space Nine, Sisko receives little help from Admiral Necheyev, who insists the treaty be upheld. Unwilling to give up on Hudson, Sisko does not report his friend’s betrayal, then meets with Cardassian Legate Parn, who blames Dukat for the weapons smuggling. The encounter convinces Sisko that Cardassia is definitely smuggling weapons – but not through Dukat.
The crew finds Gul Dukat and the Maquis hidden on a small planet, and Sisko, Bashir, and Odo take a Runabout to bring him back. A tense standoff ensues, and when one of the Maquis opens fire, Sisko is able to gain control, rescue Dukat, and take prisoners. However, Sisko leaves one Maquis member behind, asking him to tell Hudson that Starfleet knows nothing about his betrayal and he still has time to change his mind.
Upon their return to the station, Sisko tells Dukat that the Cardassians have turned against him. Not surprised, Dukat joins forces with Sisko, offering to help stop the smuggling if Sisko will help him stop the Maquis. Later, Quark, who has been arrested for helping sell weapons to the Maquis, reveals a list of what the group has. Dukat believes the Xepolites are transporting the weapons for the Cardassians, so they soon locate a Xepolite ship and prepare to board it.
Locked in Odo’s holding cell with Sakonna, the Maquis’ Vulcan liaison, Quark convinces her to reveal the rebels’ next step – a plan to attack a weapons depot hidden in a Cardassian civilian population center. Sisko tries to talk to the Maquis one last time, warning them that he will stop their plan. Hudson then arrives, and when Sisko tells him he will be able to stop the Cardassian weapons shipments, Hudson replies that he is determined to fight this war and win anyway, ultimately rejecting Sisko’s offer to return to Starfleet.
Dukat learns that the targeted weapons depot is located in the Bryma Colony, then joins Sisko and the senior officers for one last stand against the imminent Maquis attack, taking three Runabouts to stop the group before it gets to the planet. When the Maquis ships finally appear, the initial skirmish results in damage on both sides, leaving only Sisko and Hudson in a final face-off . Sisko successfully stops his friend, then allows him to escape. Sisko returns to Deep Space Nine a hero, but wonders if he has really stopped a war, or merely delayed the inevitable.
~1:[1,#B],2:[3,#I]@1“Melora”@2Deep Space Nine episode #26
Teleplay by Evan Carlos Somers and Steven Baum and Michael Piller & James Crocker
Story by Evan Carlos Somers
Directed by Winrich Kolbe
Stardate 47229.1
First aired in 1993
GUEST STARS
Melora DAPHNE ASHBROOK
Fallit Kot PETER CROMBIE
Ashrock DON STARK
After falling in love with a woman whose species is unable to walk in “normal” gravity, Bashir develops a technology that could free her of her wheelchair forever.
The crew welcomes Ensign Melora Pazlar, a cartographer on a mission to chart the Gamma Quadrant. Melora is an Elaysian, a species from a planet with very low gravity, and because of this, she must use a wheelchair and braces to get around in “normal” conditions. Bashir has prepared the station with special ramps to give her access, but she makes it very clear that she does not need or want special treatment and hates being regarded as a person with a “problem.” Meanwhile, Quark welcomes his own visitor, Fallit Kot, an old acquaintance who announces that he has come to the station to seek revenge against the Ferengi by killing him. Later, despite the obvious strain gravity puts on her, Melora meets with Sisko and tries to convince him to let her pilot a Runabout around the Gamma Quadrant on her own. Sisko is understanding, but insists that Dax accompany her, leaving Melora stung. Bashir then visits her in her quarters, which he has equipped with a special device that reduces gravity and lets her “fly” around. He asks her to join him for dinner, and she agrees.
Back at the bar, Quark prepares a sumptuous feast for Kot, but is unsuccessful in convincing his enemy to spare him. At the same time, Bashir and Melora enjoy their own meal, and the two begin to feel a strong attraction. Later, while preparing for her mission, Melora trips and falls in a doorway and is unable to get up. Dax finds her there and summons Bashir, then helps her to the Infirmary. This incident has obviously humiliated Melora, but Bashir is understanding and reminds her that in space, everyone needs help now and then. This helps Melora feel comfortable with her new friend, so she turns down the gravity in her room and shows him how he can “fly” around with her. The two are soon caught up in the moment and share a passionate kiss.
En route to the Gamma Quadrant, Melora shares her concern over her feelings for Bashir with Dax. Dax encourages her to enjoy the romance rather than worry about any potential problems. Back at the station, a worried Quark tells Odo about Kot’s plan to kill him – but this seems to please Odo more than it concerns him. Still, he promises to do his job. Later, Melora returns and seeks out Bashir, who has a surprise. He has been doing research on a neuromuscular adaptation theory that could possibly help her walk without a wheelchair, or her servo controls.
In the Infirmary, Bashir tries the new technology out on Melora, and is thrilled when she is suddenly able to lift her leg and is soon walking with just a little help from Bashir. Back in her quarters, he advises her not to use the low-gravity field actuator because it will “confuse”, her motor cortex. She readily agrees to refrain, but, once he leaves, can’t help missing her ability to fly. Meanwhile, Odo summons Fallit Kot to the security office and tells him that, while he sympathizes with his dislike of Quark, he cannot allow Kot to kill him. Kot feigns innocence, claiming that he never threatened Quark’s life, but Odo later warns Quark to carry a combadge at all times and to be prepared to contact him. Sure enough, Kot appears In Quark’s quarters that night and attacks him. Quark strikes a bargain for his life, offering Kot 199 bars of gold-press latinum he will receive through a trade with an alien named Ashrock.
The next day, Melora reveals to Bashir that she is feeling some apprehension about the fact that the effects of his treatment will soon be permanent. Not wanting to delude her, Bashir reminds her that she must give up her ability to fly if she wants to be able to walk. Meanwhile, Quark and Kot conduct their trade with Ashrock, after which Kot blasts Ashrock with a phaser and takes Quark hostage. They flee into a Runabout, trapping Dax and Melora inside, and Kot orders Dax to pilot the ship away from the station. Sisko, Kira, and O’Brien latch onto the Runabout with the tractor beam, but Kot responds by firing a phaser at Melora and knocking her to the floor, leaving her helpless. Moving fast, Sisko, O’Brien, and Bashir transport to another Runabout and Kira releases the tractor beam, letting Kot take off into the wormhole with the others in hot pursuit. Soon, Kot realizes he is being followed and orders Dax to fire on Sisko’s ship. Before she can, Melora crawls across the floor unnoticed and reaches a switch that disengages the ship’s gravity. Back in her “normal” state, she disables Kot, saving the day. Later, back at the station, she tells Bashir that she has decided against continuing the treatments. While he is obviously disappointed, he understands her decision, and is happy to simply be able to continue to get to know this remarkable woman.
~1:[1,#B],2:[3,#I]@1“Meridian”@2Deep Space Nine episode #54
Teleplay by Mark Gehred-O’Connel
Story by Hilary Bader and Evan Carlos Somers
Directed by Jonathan Frakes
Stardate 48423.2
First aired in 1994
GUEST STARS
Deral BRETT CULLEN
Seltin CHRISTINE HEALY
Tiron JEFFREY COMBS
Dax falls in love with a man who will soon disappear with his planet into another dimension for sixty years.
While exploring the Gamma Quadrant in the Defiant, Sisko, Dax, Bashir, and O’Brien are shocked when a planet appears where none existed before. They are contacted by a woman named Seltin, who invites them to join her people on their world for a meal. During the feast, Seltin explains that the planet, Meridian, shifts between this dimension and another, where they exist as pure consciousness. When they return to this dimension, it is as if no time has passed for them, even though decades have gone by in reality. Dax is intrigued by a Meridian named Deral, who explains to her that the periods when his planet exists in this dimension are getting shorter – this time, they will only be visible for twelve days, after which Meridian will shift back into its non-corporeal state for sixty years. Those intervals returning to Dax’s dimension will soon be cut to a matter of minutes, after which the planet will become too unstable and simply cease to exist.
Sisko volunteers to help find a way to stabilize Meridian’s dimensional shifts. Dax notices a possible anomaly in the sun’s fusion cycle, and a probe is sent to investigate. While awaiting the readings, Dax and Deral take a long walk through Meridian’s landscape, during which they give in to their growing attraction and kiss.
Dax soon discovers an imbalance in the sun’s core is triggering the dimensional shifts. Unfortunately, while it is possible to equalize the time between shifts, it cannot be accomplished before the five days Meridian has left remaining in this dimension. Dax and Deral realize they will not see each other again until his planet returns in sixty years. Unwilling to lose her, Deral decides to leave Meridian and his people in order to go with Dax to the Alpha Quadrant.
Seltin is thrilled to hear that the next time Meridian returns to this dimension, it will remain for thirty years, allowing the group to have families and expand the settlement. But she is less than thrilled with Deral’s announcement that he is leaving with Dax. He knows that the small society can’t afford to lose a member, but remains determined to be with the woman he loves. Noticing Deral is torn, Dax presents an alternative – having her molecular structure altered in order to survive the dimensional shift. Realizing it’s the only way they can be together, Dax decides to do this so she can remain on Meridian with Deral.
As the shift of Meridian begins, Dax’s presence interferes with the process, making the planet unable to completely enter the other dimension. Trapped, Dax is left unable to breathe, but is then beamed aboard the Defiant. Sisko informs her that Meridian shifted successfully after her disappearance, letting Dax know that Deral is alive, but lost from her life for the next sixty years.
~1:[3,#b],4:[3,#i]@1“Move Along Home”@2Deep Space Nine episode #10
Teleplay by Frederick Rappaport and Lisa Rich & Jeanne Carrigan-Fauci
Story by Michael Piller
Directed by David Carson
No stardate given
First aired in 1993
GUEST STARS
Falow JOEL BROOKS
Lt. George Primmin JAMES LASHLY
Quark’s attempt at deception toward a newly-encountered alien race places the space station’s senior officers in a labyrinth of danger.
Commander Sisko, in dress uniform, prepares to receive the first formal alien delegation from the Gamma Quadrant – a group from a newly discovered species known as the Wadi. He, Kira, Dax, and Bashir greet the new representatives from this race at one of the docking bays, after the Wadi’s arrival through the wormhole. But the leader of the group, a humanoid male named Falow, dispenses quickly with the pleasantries. He and his companions want to be taken immediately to Quark’s, where they have heard they will find games to play. The disappointed officers escort the delegation.
Quark, upon meeting the Wadi, senses profit in the making. The aliens show Quark they have much to wager in priceless gemstones, and quickly learn how to play the game of Dabo. Hours later, they are still going strong and winning big at the Dabo table. A weary Sisko decides to call it a night, leaving the Wadi with an equally tired Quark. He tries to discourage them into leaving, to no avail. Discreetly, he has one of his assistants rig the Dabo table to make the aliens start losing, hoping that will do the trick. Unfortunately, Quark’s accomplice is caught by the Wadi. The Ferengi fears reprisal from the visitors. But Falow decides instead to have Quark participate in playing a new game – one of Falow’s choosing. He opens a rectangular metallic case, which releases a blinding flash of light. When it clears, the Dabo table is gone – replaced by a strange alien game board. The game is called Chula, explains Falow. Quark’s objective – to move his four oddly shaped onyx figurines around the serpentine downward spiral of the board. Quark watches with apprehension as the board is set up and the Wadi begins placing bets. Meanwhile, Sisko, sound asleep in his quarters, turns over in his bed. He wakes up to find himself dressed in standard uniform, lying on a hard stone floor instead of the bed. He is no longer on the space station, but in an alien corridor, empty but for a series of doors with strange markings – and totally alone.
Determining he is in no Holodeck illusion, Sisko tries each of the doors, looking for escape. He finally gets one to open, only to find Falow on the other side, instructing Sisko cryptically to move along home, after which the door quickly closes. Then a piercing scream leads Sisko down the corridor, where he discovers a terrified Bashir, trying to wake himself up from what he thought was a bad dream. Kira and Dax turn up next. Together, they try to find the way “home.”
Learning from Sisko’s son that the commander has disappeared from the station, Odo soon discovers that the other three senior officers are also gone. Back at Quark’s establishment, the Ferengi is forced to begin play on the new game, even though he does not yet know the rules. He places a minimum bet and rolls the alien dice. Falow states that the combination will cause Quark’s pieces to meet the Chandra.
In the labyrinth, Sisko and the other officers follow a singing voice to discover a young Wadi girl chanting a rhyme while playing an alien game similar to hopscotch. A force field keeps them from getting to a door on the far side of the room, but the girl can pass through it without a problem. Dax determines that only by repeating the rhyme and performing the hopscotch-like moves can they get to the door. The four officers do it, and are able to exit, with the girl telling them they are at the Third Shap. As this happens, the Wadi group in Quark’s goes wild because he has reached the next level. The befuddled Quark wins a nice payoff, not realizing the connection.
Falow proposes to Quark that he can progress faster by taking a shortcut on the board, although it doubles the risk to his game pieces. However, a successful move can also double his winnings. While he thinks, Odo arrives, asking Quark if he might know anything about where Sisko and the others could have gone. A knowing look from Falow causes Quark to make the connection with the four game pieces and the four missing officers. Realizing that the lives of Sisko and the others are literally in his hands, Quark chooses to move the pieces along the safer path. The four officers, meanwhile, continue along the alien corridors, slowly realizing that they may indeed be pawns in one of the Wadi games. A door opens revealing a Wadi party in a smoke-filled room. Falow and other revelers carry drinks. The officers begin to cough violently from the smoke, until Bashir discovers that the drinks are really an antidote. A back door to the room opens, and Falow announces the proclamation of Shap Four. The party vanishes and the officers exit through the door. Back at Quark’s, huge reactions with the success. A larger pile of jewels is shoved toward a happy Quark, while Odo watches with displeasure.
Discovering a strange bipolar current aboard the Wadi vessel, Odo investigates, only to find a room on the ship that emits a blinding light. He enters the chamber, and suddenly appears in Quark’s. Odo tries to break up the game. But Falow, knowing that Odo is putting the pieces together, tells Quark the game must continue or he will lose his players. Quark, with Odo’s prodding, decides to continue his game pieces along the safer path. He rolls the dice. The Wadi gasp, and Falow announces that it is an unfortunate roll. In the maze, the officers hear a weird energy surge building, which becomes an ominous swirling field which they try to elude. But Bashir is caught by it and swept away. Back to the game, the Bashir game piece is placed in a holding area on the board. Quark decides to gamble, despite Odo’s protestations, and take the pieces on a shortcut, hoping to end the game in one move. The chance doesn’t work, though. The resulting dice roll causes Falow to declare that Quark must sacrifice one game piece so that the other two may live. Quark begs to not be forced into picking a piece. Falow leaves it for the board to determine at random. As the final wagers are placed, Sisko, Dax, and Kira continue wandering through the corridors. They hear Bashir, shouting he’s found the way home. Following his voice, they enter a cavern. The ground begins to shake, causing Dax to injure her leg. Falow again appears, telling them to go to Shap Six. Not finding Bashir, the officers try to escape, but massive quakes in the cavern open an abyss into which they fall helplessly. Suddenly, all four of them find themselves back in Quark’s establishment. Falow then informs them that even though Quark lost, they were never in any real danger. It was only a game, after all. Sisko and the others realize this predicament wouldn’t have happened if not for Quark’s cheating. As for whether or not he learned his lesson...
