Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
(1993–1999)
An alien entity has possessed Keiko's body and is holding it hostage until O'Brien completes an assignment for it.
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Title: The Assignment (28 Oct 1996)
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Cast
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| Avery Brooks | ... | Capt. Benjamin Sisko | |
| Rene Auberjonois | ... | Odo | |
| Michael Dorn | ... | Lt. Cmdr. Worf | |
| Terry Farrell | ... | Lt. Cmdr. Jadzia Dax | |
| Cirroc Lofton | ... | Jake Sisko | |
| Colm Meaney | ... | Chief Miles O'Brien | |
| Armin Shimerman | ... | Quark | |
| Alexander Siddig | ... | Doctor Bashir | |
| Nana Visitor | ... | Major Kira (credit only) | |
| Rosalind Chao | ... | Keiko O'Brien | |
| Max Grodénchik | ... | Rom | |
| Hana Hatae | ... | Molly O'Brien | |
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Patrick Egan | ... | Jiyar (as Patrick B. Egan) |
| Rosie Malek-Yonan | ... | Tekoa | |
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Judi M. Durand | ... | Station Computer Voice (voice) (as Judi Durand) |
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An alien entity has possessed Keiko's body and is holding it hostage until O'Brien completes an assignment for it.
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Quark: You know, Morn... There's nothing more invigorating than breakfast in a bar. Where else can you get raw slug liver first thing in the morning?
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(uncredited)
Written by Dennis McCarthy
Performed by Dennis McCarthy
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This was Allan Kroeker's first Star Trek directing job. Kroeker would go on to direct almost forty episodes across DS9, Star Trek: Voyager and Star Trek: Enterprise including the finales of the fifth, sixth and seventh seasons of DS9, the finales of the sixth and seventh seasons of VOY, and the finales of all four seasons of ENT. See more »Goofs
Bashir says that Keiko has a "hairline fracture of the right parietal lobe." The parietal lobe is part of the brain; he meant to say "parietal bone", part of the skull. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Quark: You know, Morn... There's nothing more invigorating than breakfast in a bar. Where else can you get raw slug liver first thing in the morning?
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Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Main Title(uncredited)
Written by Dennis McCarthy
Performed by Dennis McCarthy
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If any man has ever been on a short leash with his wife or lived under fear of what she could do to him in a divorce, do not watch this episode or you will have PTSD trauma. This is nightmarish for abused men who have survived such marital treatment. Keiko is the wife from h*ll who everyone thinks is the sweetest thing. She has Miles jumping, and tells him when to jump and how high. Or else...