Time's Orphan (20 May 1998)

The Chief's daughter gets caught in a time displacement and when they get her back, she is considerably older.

Director:

Allan Kroeker

Writers:

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

Stars:

Avery Brooks, Rene Auberjonois, Michael Dorn

Cast

Episode credited cast:
Avery Brooks	...	Captain Sisko
Rene Auberjonois	...	Odo
Michael Dorn	...	Lt. Commander Worf
Terry Farrell	...	Lt. Commander Jadzia Dax
Cirroc Lofton	...	Jake Sisko (credit only)
Colm Meaney	...	Chief O'Brien
Armin Shimerman	...	Quark
Alexander Siddig	...	Doctor Bashir
Nana Visitor	...	Major Kira
Rosalind Chao	...	Keiko O'Brien
Michelle Krusiec	...	Older Molly O'Brien
Hana Hatae	...	Molly O'Brien
Shaun Bieniek	...	Deputy
Randy James	...	Security
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Alex Revan	...	Ensign Krane

Storyline

The Chief's daughter gets caught in a time displacement and when they get her back, she is considerably older.

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Plot Keywords:

feral child | 24th century | apostrophe in title | punctuation in title

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Drama | Sci-Fi

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

20 May 1998 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Paramount Television

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Chief O'Brien uses the expletive "Bollocks" at one point. This word is edited out for daytime viewing.

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Goofs

When O'Brian tries to show Molly that the melon is safe to eat, he takes a bite of the it, but there are no bite marks in the fruit.

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Quotes

Lt. Commander Jadzia Dax: By the way, what does 'gung-gung-gung' mean?
Lt. Commander Worf: Why do you ask?
Lt. Commander Jadzia Dax: Well, it was the strangest thing. I was taking Yoshi home, and he kept shaking his rattle saying "Gung-gung-gung!"
Lt. Commander Worf: He did?
Lt. Commander Jadzia Dax: He seemed to get a big kick out of it. So what does it mean?
Lt. Commander Worf: That is between Yoshi and me.

User Reviews

Good concept badly executed.

Every shows hits its weak phase - and Deep Space Nine started struggling around this time. The previous (very weak) comic Ferengi episode was followed by this very serious Molly O'Brien episode.

So much of it is rushed and shallow. The O'Brien's give up on getting back "their" Molly after a 20 second existential discussion on the nature of being - which they adjust to with little emotional consequence. Ultimately they decide to send her back to her primitive world 300 years previous, alone, with little or no discussion of whether they should all go as a family, or if they could settle on another uninhabited planet s a family. Just send her back to her cavewoman life - end of discussion.

All the while, Worf's inferiority complex about being a good father is thrust upon the viewer as a subplot with very little setup or explanation. At first it seems like it is going to be for comic relief

• then it turns very soap opera like.

DSN is a great show, and had more great story lines subsequent - but there is a string of episodes at this time that show how dry the creative well had run.