Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
(1993–1999)
Sisko must risk his son's life to fulfill his role as the Emissary.
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Title: The Reckoning (29 Apr 1998)
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Cast
| Episode complete credited cast: | |||
| 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 (credit only) | |
| Armin Shimerman | ... | Quark | |
| Alexander Siddig | ... | Doctor Bashir | |
| Nana Visitor | ... | Major Kira | |
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James Greene | ... | Koral |
| Louise Fletcher | ... | Kai Winn | |
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Judi M. Durand | ... | Station Computer (voice) (as Judi Durand) |
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Spiritualists on Bajor summon Captain Sisko to the planet surface, where they show him a stone tablet with some unknown inscriptions. Once on DS9, the inscription reveals an ancient prophecy of coming disasters surrounding the wormhole, Bajor, and DS9, as those around him voice their uneasiness about Sisko being an Emissary for the planet. Written by Moviedude1
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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.
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(uncredited)
Written by Dennis McCarthy
Performed by Dennis McCarthy
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Colm Meaney (Miles O'Brien) does not appear in this episode. See more »Quotes
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.
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Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Main Title(uncredited)
Written by Dennis McCarthy
Performed by Dennis McCarthy
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Another boring episode featuring Bajoran religious fanaticism at work. No doubt this episode was tailored to accommodate the American obsession with religion. It's a wonder that Bajor manages to be a space-faring culture with such backwards mentality. Hear this: to them, it's perfectly logical that a weird space phenomenon (the gate), as well as their planet's meteorology and geology, could be severely upset depending on the particular location of an archaeological artefact.
Something funny about Bajor, but also about most other Star Trek "races", is the fact that they achieve global unity in such eminently polarising subjects as religion or ideology. Look at human religions, and see how they're prone to split into rival branches, over trivial, petty details, and with such intensity that their members are not above killing people from the other side at the slightest "provocation". Religion has never been a unifying force: it's been one of the main dividers within humankind, and a willing originator of death, suffering, intolerance.
The fact that this is a work of science fiction does not mean that shoddy plot designs should be acceptable, when they breach the credibility of a universe based on progress.