The Abandoned 

Odo tries to change the nature of a rapidly maturing Jem'Hadar infant, Quark finds, whilst Sisko tries to break his son's relationship with a 20 year old Dabo girl.

Director:

Avery Brooks

Writers:

Gene Roddenberry (based upon "Star Trek" created by), Rick Berman (created by)

Stars:

Avery Brooks, Rene Auberjonois, Alexander Siddig

Cast

Episode complete credited cast:
Avery Brooks	...	Cmdr. Benjamin Sisko
Rene Auberjonois	...	Odo
Alexander Siddig	...	Doctor Bashir (as Siddig El Fadil)
Terry Farrell	...	Lt. Jadzia Dax
Cirroc Lofton	...	Jake Sisko
Colm Meaney	...	Chief Miles O'Brien
Armin Shimerman	...	Quark
Nana Visitor	...	Major Kira
Bumper Robinson	...	Jem'Hadar Teenager
Jill Sayre	...	Mardah
Leslie Bevis	...	Rionoj
Matthew Kimbrough	...	Alien High Roller
Hassan Nicholas	...	Jem'Hadar Boy

Storyline

For 3 bars of latinum, Quark buys the rights to salvage a stranded ship from the Gamma Quadrant. Apart from a crying baby, he doesn't find anything of value. Bashir notices the boy has a very fast metabolic rate, and is growing at an accelerated rate. Before the crew knows it, he's a teen, who starts fighting on the promenade. Only Odo's able to calm him down, and Jadzia realises he's Jem'Hadar. When Odo hears the boy's to be examined in a Federation laboratory, he convinces Sisko he should take charge of the young man. Odo wants to try to change his nature, so he could live on Deep Space Nine as a normal humanoid. Meanwhile, Sisko invites Jake's girlfriend, Mardah for dinner. She's 4 years older than Jake, and a Dabo girl at Quark's. Sisko's very opposed to their relationship.

---

Plot Keywords:

rapid growth | older woman teenage boy relationship | meeting boyfriend's father | jem'hadar | 24th century | 

---

Genres:

Action | Adventure | Drama | Sci-Fi

---

Certificate:

TV-PG

Did You Know?

Trivia

The weapon used by the Jem'Hadar was based by Dan Curry on a Tibetan fighting cleaver.

---

Goofs

In the infirmary, when Bashier is administering the ketracel white, he first says he will start with 2 milligrams and then bumps it up to 3 cc's. These are not the same measurements. Milligram is a mass and a cc is a volume. Assuming the density of the white is the same as water, a cc would equal 1 gram of white or 1000 milligrams.

---

Quotes

Mardah: Jake seemed like just another teenage boy at first. But there's more to him than that.
Commander Sisko: I'm beginning to realize that myself...

---

Connections

Referenced in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Hippocratic Oath (1995)

---

Soundtracks

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Main Title
(uncredited)
Written by Dennis McCarthy
Performed by Dennis McCarthy

User Reviews

Collateral Damage

Quark purchases a destroyed ship for a pittance. Unfortunately, on board, in a kind stasis pod, is a baby. When brought on board, it grows at an alarming rate. It turns out it is a biologically developed Jem'Hadar, a killing machine. Odo, knowing what it is like to be an outcast, does what he can to teach the young monster. Unfortunately, he has been programmed to do what he wants. We are getting more and more examples of what these awful beings are like, that they can genetically produce their own kind with predisposed abilities.

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

31 October 1994 (USA)

Filming Locations:

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

Company Credits

Production Co:

Paramount Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

46 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1