Past Tense: Part 2 (9 Jan. 1995)

Sisko is forced to take the place of a key historical figure on Earth in 2024 in order to preserve the timeline.

Director:

Jonathan Frakes

Writers:

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

Stars:

Avery Brooks, Rene Auberjonois, Alexander Siddig

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Avery Brooks	...	Commander Sisko
Rene Auberjonois	...	Odo
Alexander Siddig	...	Doctor Bashir (as Siddig El Fadil)
Terry Farrell	...	Lieutenant Jadzia Dax
Cirroc Lofton	...	Jake Sisko (credit only)
Colm Meaney	...	Chief O'Brien
Armin Shimerman	...	Quark (credit only)
Nana Visitor	...	Major Kira
Jim Metzler	...	Chris Brynner
Frank Military	...	B.C.
Dick Miller	...	Vin
Deborah Van Valkenburgh	...	Preston
Al Rodrigo	...	Bernardo
Clint Howard	...	Grady
Richard Lee Jackson	...	Danny

Storyline

Sisko has taken the place of revolutionary Gabriel Bell to ensure the hostages are kept safe. Not an easy task as he needs to keep both trigger-happy Biddle Coleridge and police officer Vin at bay. Bashir has another concern. He fears for the captain's life as the original Bell died in the riots. When Michael Webb manages to reach the processing center, Sisko asks to look for more sensible gimmes to guard the hostages. Meanwhile Dax watches the news about the riots. She thinks it's time for action and tries to find a way into the Sanctuary District. On the Defiant the crew decides their only option is to send people back into the past. There's just one problem, O'Brien has limited the options to 10, but there are not enough chroniton particles to do them all.

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Plot Keywords:

hippie | 21st century | second part | 2020s | 24th century | 

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Drama | Sci-Fi

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

9 January 1995 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Paramount Television

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Iggy Pop was offered the role of Grady but was unavailable. Pop later guest starred in "The Magnificent Ferengi".

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Quotes

B.C.: When you treat people like animals, you're gonna get bit.

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Soundtracks

"Hey Joe"
Performed by Jimi Hendrix

User Reviews

Fixing the past

The second part if this story starts there the previous episode left off; Sisko and Bashir are still in the Sanctuary processing centre where Sisko is calling himself Bell and trying to make sure none of the hostages get harmed so the time line won't be damaged. Back in the Defiant Kira and O'Brien have decided that since Star Fleet no longer exists they aren't bound by its orders not to return to Earth's past to search for the missing crew members. They only have enough chronoton do check a handful of possible times and when they are down to their last attempt they must make an educated guess as to which it the most likely time to find them.

This episode was a decent conclusion to the story with plenty of tense moments and rather more deaths than I'd come to expect in the later series of Star Trek, these were justified as the event had to be significant enough for us to believe it could change the policy of the day. It wasn't all gloom and doom; the scene where Kira and O'Brien beam up in front of a couple of hippies was pretty funny.