While visiting Deep Space 9, a Yridian tells Worf his father lives, and a discharge from an alien device puts Data in a dream state where he meets his own father.While visiting Deep Space 9, a Yridian tells Worf his father lives, and a discharge from an alien device puts Data in a dream state where he meets his own father.While visiting Deep Space 9, a Yridian tells Worf his father lives, and a discharge from an alien device puts Data in a dream state where he meets his own father.
- Doctor Julian Bashir
- (as Siddig El Fadil)
- Starfleet Ensign
- (uncredited)
- Crewman Martinez
- (uncredited)
- Ensign Russell
- (uncredited)
- DS9 Science Division Officer
- (uncredited)
- Bajoran Officer
- (uncredited)
- Klingon
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaTerry Farrell was supposed to appear as Jadzia Dax but was busy filming Move Along Home (1993), so Alexander Siddig was asked to appear instead as Dr. Julian Bashir.
- GoofsJust before Dr. Bashir leaves the Enterprise, he and Data walk down a corridor chatting, and it is clearly seen that Dr. Bashir wears Starfleet Style black boots/shoes. Moments later, after he and Data part company, Bashir's shoes are now white.
- Quotes
Lieutenant Worf: [to Data, but really more to himself] In the Klingon MajQa ritual, there is nothing more important than receiving a revelation about your father. Your father is a part of you. Always. Learning about him teaches you about yourself. That is why no matter... where he is or what he has done... you must find him!
- ConnectionsFeatured in Star Trek: The Next Generation: Birthright, Part II (1993)
- SoundtracksStar Trek: The Next Generation Main Title
Composed by Jerry Goldsmith and Alexander Courage
When I first saw Picard and Crusher walk into the Promenade, I was expecting more interaction with the DS9 cast.
It didn't happen.
Oh, we did get Alexander Siddig El Fadil onto the Enterprise, but there would have been:
Picard arguing with "The Sisko" about Aqueducts
Worf and Odo catching Quark in some crooked "enterprise"
Riker getting Fleeced by Quark and Rom the first time he ever plays Dabo...
And Howlin Mad Broccoli screwing up the Holosuites, he gets trapped in one with Geordi.
That's what could have happened.
I really don't know why there were not more Crossover eps like this, of course the first DS9 ep was a crossover, involving Picard, O'Brien, and The Sisko.
But there was a real opportunity here, to totally merge the casts of both shows. I have always wondered why it never happened. It could have even happened in the TNG Movies, while DS9 was still on the air.
But all we got was this meager episode.
As an episode, important things happen for Data and Worf and Data did get to spend time with Bashir. Even though Bashir forgot to put his shoes back on for his last walk down the Corridor.
Within the parallel Data/Worf stories there is an internal continuity. The Data story is rather interesting, but the Worf story, that's another missed opportunity.
And of course this is one of James Cromwell's 3 TNG Appearances, this time, well, see if you can guess who he is? It took me a few viewings for me to figure out who he was in this.
Look also for Tom Paris' "father" Richard Herd. And Harry Kim's fiance from "Non Sequitur".
It's not that this pair of episodes were not good, But a huge missed opportunity: TNG and DS9 were the most watched shows from this time period, they could have done so much with this.
- XweAponX
- May 17, 2018
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- Runtime46 minutes
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- 1.33 : 1