Things Past (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)
| "Things Past" | |
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| Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 5 Episode 8 |
| Directed by | LeVar Burton |
| Written by | Michael Taylor |
| Featured music | Jay Chattaway |
| Production code | 506 |
| Original air date | November 18, 1996 |
| Guest appearances | |
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"Things Past" is the 106th episode of the television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, the eighth episode of the fifth season. Sisko, Odo, Dax, and Garak are on away mission when something happens. Bashir tries to care for their bodies, in a coma-like state, while we witness a shared experience of Terok Nor- Deep Space Nine during the Cardassian occupation about seven years before.
"Things Past" received a Nielsen rating of 6.0 corresponding to 5,800,000 viewers, when it was shown on television in 1996.[1]
This episode guest stars Kurtwood Smith.
Plot
Sisko, Odo, Dax and Garak find themselves on Terok Nor during the Cardassian Occupation of Bajor after encountering an anomaly on their runabout. They appear to have taken the identities of Bajorans, and are imprisoned after an assassination attempt is made on Gul Dukat. Odo, after acting anxious and suspicious during these events, finally reveals that during the occupation he allowed three Bajorans to be executed after the assassination attempt was made on Gul Dukat's life in order to maintain order on the station. He later found out that the Bajorans were innocent; although he thought he had enough evidence for a conviction, he realized that if he had investigated further, he would have discovered the truth. He admitted that he cared more about the rule of law than justice, and he vowed never to do so again. They then wake in the infirmary, where Doctor Bashir reveals that the anomaly triggered a telepathic experience similar to the Great Link. The episode ends when a disappointed Kira Nerys asks if any other innocent people died under Odo's watch; he replies that he doesn't know and that he hopes not.
Arc significance
- Garak has been released from prison (cf. "Broken Link").
See also
- Quantum Leap (1990s TV show where person from the future leap into identities throughout time)
- Necessary Evil (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) (Has a lot of flashback scenes of the occupation-period on Terok Nor)
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