Fascination (28 Nov. 1994)

As Lwaxanna Troi visits the station for a Bajoran festival, the crew is stricken with intense romantic attractions to one another.

Director:

Avery Brooks

Writers:

Gene Roddenberry (creator), Rick Berman (creator),

Stars:

Avery Brooks, Rene Auberjonois, Alexander Siddig

Cast

Episode cast overview:
Avery Brooks	...	Commander Sisko
Rene Auberjonois	...	Odo
Alexander Siddig	...	Doctor Bashir (as Siddig El Fadil)
Terry Farrell	...	Lieutenant Jadzia Dax
Cirroc Lofton	...	Jake Sisko
Colm Meaney	...	Chief O'Brien
Armin Shimerman	...	Quark
Nana Visitor	...	Major Kira
Majel Barrett	...	Lwaxana Troi
Philip Anglim	...	Vedek Bareil
Rosalind Chao	...	Keiko O'Brien
Hana Hatae	...	Molly O'Brien

Storyline

It's the time of the The Bajoran Gratitude Festival and presider Kira is making preparations. She's expecting Vedek Bareil and chief O'Brien is anxiously awaiting the arrival of his wife and daughter. Odo is less happy. He had hoped to spend the festival with Kira, Jake is experiencing love sickness. His girlfriend Mardah left for an university 300 light years away. When Bareil and O'Brien's family arrive, the Betazoid ambassador Lwaxana Troi is also in their shuttle. She has one goal: start a romantic relationship with Odo. When the festival starts some more unusual attractions pop up; Jake suddenly falls in love with Kira and Bareil abandons Kira to pursue Dax. Meanwhile O'Brien's love life isn't too well. The two days he has to spent with Keiko start off on the wrong foot.

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Plot Keywords:

festival | love | directed by star | 24th century

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Drama | Sci-Fi

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

28 November 1994 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Paramount Television

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Quotes

Doctor Bashir: Nervous, Chief?
Chief Miles Edward O'Brien: What are you talking about?
Doctor Bashir: That's your fifth cup of coffee in twenty minutes.
Chief Miles Edward O'Brien: I didn't realize you were keeping track.
Doctor Bashir: Oh, nervous and irascible.
Chief Miles Edward O'Brien: If you hadn't seen your wife and child for two months, you'd be irascible too.
Doctor Bashir: Well, believe me, I'm looking forward to Keiko and Molly's visit as much as you are.
Chief Miles Edward O'Brien: Ha, I doubt that.
Doctor Bashir: How many games of raquetball have we played in the last two months?
Chief Miles Edward O'Brien: I don't know. Fifteen, maybe twenty.
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User Reviews

Midsummer's Night Star Trek

This one's a little hard to watch at first, but if you yield to the premise, as I finally did after fifteen minutes of being irritated, you might find it enjoyable. Otherwise, it's a pretty far departure from the show's norm. The story is about a big festival day with a lot of lovers reuniting. But for some funny reason, love runs amuck, and many unusual crushes and flirtations appear. I chose to watch this episode for Majel Barrett, who proves she is still one of the best TV actresses from 1960's, if you like that exaggerated style. Majel's character (Counselor Troi's vampy mother) has a romantic fixation on Oto. Many other characters get fixations, too, and things get topsy-turvy as love goes out in all directions. Love, love, love—too much love, and none of it quite right. There are a lot of fun twists in this Midsummer's Night Star Trek, and some viewers will like it while others will hate it. I will say this, Nana Visitor never looked prettier.