Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (TV Series)

The Reckoning (1998)

Avery Brooks: Captain Benjamin 'Ben' Sisko

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• Lt. Commander Jadzia Dax : [trying to translate a Bajoran inscription]  The computer has given me two possibilities.

  Captain Sisko : They are?

  Lt. Commander Jadzia Dax : During the Reckoning, the Bajorans will either "suffer horribly" or "eat fruit".

  Captain Sisko : "Eat fruit?"

  Lt. Commander Jadzia Dax : Given the tone of the rest of the inscriptions, I would bet on horrible suffering.

• Major Kira : [possessed by a Prophet]  The Reckoning. It is time.

  Captain Sisko : The Reckoning - what is it?

  Major Kira : The end, or the beginning.

• Captain Sisko : [to Jake]  You know, I didn't ask to be the Emissary. But for better or worse, I guess, that's what I am - except for being your dad.

• Captain Sisko : I just had this uncontrollable urge to smash the tablet.

  Lt. Commander Jadzia Dax : Oh, I get those urges all the time. Of course, I never act on them.

• Captain Sisko : She may be the spiritual leader of millions of Bajorans, but she is not an easy woman to like.

• Captain Sisko : [to Winn]  You and I haven't always seen things eye to eye. But we have one thing in common: we both believe that the Prophets have a plan for Bajor. Sometimes, it's not easy to see the path they've laid out for us. Right now, I don't know what they want from me; but I'm willing to take a leap of faith and trust that they're guiding me, and I'm asking you to take that leap with me.

• Captain Sisko : I want to explain what happened. But I'm not sure that I can.

  Jake Sisko : You don't have to explain. When the Pah-wraith was inside me, I could feel its hatred. And I knew that no matter what, it couldn't be allowed to win - even if it meant I had to die. You did the right thing.

• Captain Sisko : [reading the Bajoran prophecy]  "The time of Reckoning is at hand. The Prophets will weep. Their sorrow will consume... the Gateway to the Temple."