Star Trek: Deep Space Nine s06e24 Episode Script
Time's Orphan
Wake up.
It's time to go.
Hmm? Hi, honey.
It's almost 7 :00,|time to get ready.
Time to get ready for what? The picnic.
What picnic? Is that today? Yes, don't you remember? Oh, well, we better|get going then.
I'm going to wear|my blue jumper.
Oh, good idea, sweetie.
I can't believe|how much she's grown since I saw her last.
Mm.
Look who's talking.
What? What have you been eating|since we've been gone? Well, the usual.
Well, say good-bye|to the usual.
I'm back and you're going|to start eating right.
Can't it wait|till after the picnic? No.
Mommy can you help me put this on? Of course, sweetie.
Where's the sunscreen? I've already packed it.
This is where we're going,|Yoshi.
See? Last time we went to Golana,|you were inside Mommy's tummy.
Better get down to the airlock.
The shuttle leaves|in 20 minutes.
Can we bring Chester? I don't think that would be|a good idea, sweetie.
He might get lost.
On second thought All right, let's go.
Come on, Lupi.
No sausages? I know what I'm going|to be when I grow up.
You do? Mm-hmm.
I'm going to be an exo-bologist.
An exo-bologist? What's that? Someone who studies animals|from other planets.
Like Chester.
Daddy, if you send us away again can we take Chester? Honey, I'm not going|to send you away again.
You're not? No, I'm not.
I only did it because it wasn't safe for you -to be on the station.
|-I know.
We're never going|to be apart again.
Promise? I promise.
You want to see me|do some cartwheels? You bet! Wow! Yay! Good one! Whoa! Ah! And what about you,|little fella, huh? What do you say? I couldn't have said|it better myself.
Ah, real sunshine.
Fresh air.
You and the kids.
Life doesn't get|any better than this.
That was a pretty big promise you made Molly|just a second ago.
I meant it.
What if the war heats up and the station|isn't safe anymore? I'll put in for a transfer.
I never want us|to be apart again.
Molly?! Molly! Molly! Molly! Molly! Molly?! Daddy! Help! Molly! Daddy! Help! Molly, I'm coming! Daddy! Hold on, Molly.
Hold on.
Daddy's coming.
Come on.
Daddy, help.
Take my hand.
Come on, just take my hand.
Keiko.
Have you figured out|what this thing is yet? It's some sort of time portal.
From the chroniton signature we think it sent Molly back about 300 years|into the past.
Ah.
I wonder|what this place was like three centuries ago.
Odo contacted the Bajoran|Archaeological Institute to see what he could find out.
Well, how do we get Molly back? Well, first we have to find a way|to reactivate the portal.
It's been abandoned a long time and it was destabilized|when Molly fell through.
The problem is, we're not sure|how this technology works.
Well, something tells me|the Chief isn't going to stop until he figures it out.
Something tells me you're right.
Assuming you get this|back on line, what then? We punch|a transport scanning beam through the portal,|and then we try to lock on to Molly's DNA signature.
And pull her back|into the present.
That's the idea.
Oh! Oh, bollocks! Shh, it's all right, sweetie.
Shh.
It's all right.
Maybe you should take|him up to the Defiant.
It might be too cold|in here for him.
I'm not going anywhere.
I'll take him.
Yeah, come on.
It's going to be all right,|Yoshi.
It's going to be all right.
You're okay, sweetie.
Come on.
Give me a hand here.
Okay.
Oh, yes, oh, yes, I know.
Mm-hmm.
You're very good with him.
He knows me.
I had him inside of me|for five months.
Oh, ooh, ooh, ooh.
Oh, I know.
I think I think I might want to have|one of my own someday.
According to the archaeologists|I talked to the portal was built|by a civilization that vanished 2000 years ago.
Which means if Molly survived the fall she would have found herself|all alone.
You're saying that the planet|was uninhabited 300 years ago? The first Bajoran colonists|didn't arrive till the turn of the century.
An eight-year-old girl stranded alone|on a deserted planet.
Poor Molly.
With any luck the Chief will be able|to beam her out a few minutes after she fell.
She'll hardly know she was gone.
Miles I'm getting scared.
You've been at it all day.
Just tell me you're|getting closer.
I think I've found|a way to modulate the temporal field generators.
If it works Molly'll be home in a few hours.
She's just been looking forward to coming out here|ever since I told her we were coming|back to the station.
Where's our baby? Shh shh Dear, come on.
Come on.
We're going to get her back.
Everything's going|to be all right.
Dax to O'Brien.
Go ahead.
The power converter|you asked me to reconfigure-- it's ready to go on line.
What? What's that mean? It means Molly's coming home.
Come on.
Transporter interface link.
DNA acquisition sensors.
Locked in.
We're as ready as we're|ever going to be, Chief.
Okay.
Let's do it.
The field's destabilizing.
We're losing power! Temporal field established.
We've got a DNA lock.
|It's her.
Molly? It's all right.
There's nothing to be afraid-- Well, there's no doubt about it.
The DNA sequences match.
This is definitely Molly.
My readings suggest|that she's 18 years old.
We pulled her out|10 years too late.
It's a miracle you managed|to get her back at all, Miles.
Maybe if you tried again you could pull her out when|she was still a little girl.
If you do that,|there'll be no one to grow up and become this Molly.
You'll be erasing|her existence.
Yes, but we'd have|our Molly back.
Miles, this is our Molly.
Just because we missed the last ten years of her life,|doesn't give us the right to take those|ten years away from her.
She's been deprived of human contact|for a long time.
It's not going to be easy|for her to reassimilate.
Her language skills are rusty.
In fact, you two|are the best hope we have of helping her recover them.
She doesn't remember us.
She was so scared I doubt she even got|a good look at us.
It's possible|that she's blocked out all memories of her early life in order to cope|with her isolation.
So what do we do? Well, I'm going to keep her|under sedation until we get back|to Deep Space 9.
I've asked Captain Sisko to create a safe environment|for her.
He's having one|of the cargo bays converted.
I want you two to be there|with her when she wakes up.
What happens then? Uh, a case like this,|there are no rules.
We'll just have to feel our way|through the process.
Hi!|We have a little visitor.
Oh, come here.
And what exactly is this infant|doing in my home? Well, I offered to watch him so that the O'Briens could spend|some time with Molly.
I thought you said you were|going to be working tonight.
I was going to run|a spectral scan of the comet that's passing|through the Denorios Belt but if I did that,|who'd watch you? Me.
That's all right.
l-I want to stay with him.
Jadzia, you have been waiting|for this comet to come into sensor range|for weeks.
There'll be other comets.
Go.
I will take care of Yoshi.
Worf, that's very sweet but let's face it,|you're not good with babies.
I raised Alexander.
That's different.
He was four years old|when he moved in with you.
You didn't|have to change diapers.
Babies are a handful.
I should know--|I've had nine of them.
I know-- five as a mother,|four as a father.
I can handle|a 14-month-old child.
I didn't say you can't-- Fine.
Go run your sensor scans.
Mmm Oh You're holding him wrong.
Leave us.
All right, all right.
I'm leaving.
aH bom-beH mish,|aH bom-beH mish Hello, Molly.
It's all right, Molly.
We're not going to hurt you.
Would you like|something to eat? I bet you're hungry.
Golana melon.
Mmm it's delicious.
It's for you.
It's good, isn't it? Hi, Molly.
Remember me? Mommy? What is she doing? I think she's trying|to figure out who we are.
Maybe she remembers|looking up at us when she was little.
Ma That's right.
Mommy and Daddy.
Ma.
Show it to her.
I brought you something.
It's Lupi.
She used to sleep right next to|you on your pillow every night.
She's missed you.
Go on, take her.
You remember Lupi, don't you? This is a ball, Molly.
May I have the ball? Would you like the ball, Molly? Molly? Give me the ball.
Julian said|it would take a while.
Yeah, well, I hope|she catches on soon.
We're running out.
This is a ball, Molly.
Would you like the ball? I'll give you the ball then you give me the ball, huh? Give me the ball, Molly.
Molly? Give me the ball.
Please? Yes! That's it! Yeah! Good girl.
Good girl!|That's it.
That's my girl.
|That's my Molly.
Is he all right? He is fine.
He just will not go to sleep.
Did you change him? I changed him.
Did you feed him? I fed him.
Did you read him a story? I read him a story.
Did you sing to him? Till my throat was raw.
Oh, sounds like|you tried everything.
I'll take over from here.
That is not necessary.
Worf, you're exhausted.
Get some sleep.
No.
I am a Klingon warrior|and a Starfleet officer.
I have piloted starships|through Dominion minefields.
I have stood in battle|against Kelvans twice my size.
I courted and won the heart|of the magnificent Jadzia Dax.
If I can do these things I can make this child|go to sleep.
Talk about losing perspective.
Listen to yourself.
Why is this baby-sitting thing so important all of a sudden? It is not important to me.
It is important to you.
What are you talking about? You are judging me on my|fitness to be a parent.
Don't deny it, Jadzia.
I can see it in your eyes.
I have proven myself to be|a worthy husband to you but you are not convinced I would be a good parent|to your children.
Who said anything|about having children? Go to sleep.
I have work to do.
Sorry I'm late.
Oh, hi.
She went to sleep|a couple of hours ago.
How does she keep from falling? You got me.
Dax said she'd look after Yoshi|until your shift's over.
Oh, good.
I've fallen behind|in my repair schedule the last couple of days.
Miles.
You want the brush, Molly? You can have it.
More and more when I look at her I can see the little|girl she used to be.
Has she spoken yet? No but I can tell she understands|what we're saying.
Has she responded to her name? Oh, absolutely.
Look at this.
Interesting.
She drew it.
Not bad, eh? She's anthropomorphized|the landscape.
Yeah, she loves to draw.
Oh, did I tell you? She began eating with a spoon.
At this rate she'll be reading and writing|in a few weeks.
Well, just be careful|not to push her too hard, Miles.
If she gets frustrated,|she might withdraw and relapse into her|old behavior patterns.
Oh, don't worry.
I'm not going to push her.
I don't have to.
She's doing fine on her own.
wa-TacH doo-GA-ya gung-gung-gung.
Gung-gung-gung? I was instructing your son|in hehh-duHpp.
hehh-duHpp? It's a Klingon exercise designed to teach children|hand-eye coordination so they will grow up|to become warriors.
Oh, I get it--|the rattle is like the baby's first bat'leth|kind of thing? How'd he do? Ah, he acquitted himself well.
Thanks for watching him.
Oh, Worf? Um, you might want|to leave the rattle just in case Yoshi|wants to practice his hehh-duHpping.
Molly, come on.
|Molly Molly, please.
What's going on? She's been like this|for over an hour.
Molly I'll try to calm her down.
I have to go.
I have to pick up Yoshi|and take him home.
Owe-muh! Did you hear that? Hoe-muh.
Molly, what are you|trying to say? Ho-muh.
-Home!|-Home.
Mol-ly.
That's right!|Molly! Molly home.
Do you want us|to take you home with us? Daddy, home, Molly.
All right, we'll take you home.
Mommy, home.
Mommy and Daddy|will take you home.
Home, Molly.
This is home.
Starry stars.
They're pretty, aren't they? Home? That's right.
Would you like|to see your room? Molly Molly.
Home! Home.
No, this is your home.
Miles I know you lived|there a long time but this is home, too.
Molly, home.
I know, sweetie.
We can't go there right now.
Maybe we can.
Look, Miles.
She's so happy.
She has no idea|it's a holosuite.
It must be confusing to her.
One minute, she's|on a space station the next minute, she's|running around outside.
Well, there's no reason|we can't take her here for an hour or two every day.
I'll talk to Quark about|scheduling some regular time.
Mommy Mommy.
Daddy.
Whoa! Whoa!|That's my girl! I'll be right back.
Okay.
Look at this.
Sorry to interrupt,|Chief, but, uh your time is up.
These gentlemen have|a reservation.
Well, I'll pay for their time if they can wait|another half hour.
Yaplosh daQ.
They seem to have|their heart set on some afternoon carnage now.
All right.
Give me a minute.
Let me buy you gentlemen|a drink.
Oh, pretty Molly.
Molly, honey, we've got to go.
Molly.
Computer, end program.
We'll come back tomorrow.
Home! We have to go, honey.
It's okay, it's okay.
Sweetie, we'll come back|another day.
I promise.
I'm sorry, little lady.
Molly! Molly! On stun.
Molly? Odo to Dr.
Bashir.
We have a medical emergency|in Quark's.
The Tarkalean she attacked|is recovering in the Infirmary.
Dr.
Bashir tells me he should be on his feet|in a few days.
He's filed charges against her-- assault with a deadly weapon.
She wasn't trying to hurt him.
She was just trying|to get away.
I tried to tell him that but he wasn't interested|in hearing "excuses.
" As far as he's concerned she's dangerous|and should be incarcerated.
Incarcerated? I've talked|to the Federation Magistrate and explained the situation.
She wants Molly|taken to a special care center on Dalvos Prime for evaluation.
They're going to keep her|there, aren't they? We might be looking|at a long-term situation, yes.
But it's the best facility|of its kind.
Molly belongs with Keiko and me.
If she's going|to make a connection with anybody, it's|going to be with us not some therapist|she doesn't even know.
I'm sorry, Chief.
I wish there was another way.
Captain, please.
Don't let them take her away.
Her body's flooded|with adrenaline.
I'm not sure how long|she can tolerate being confined like this.
It might send her into shock.
We have to find a way|to calm her down.
Molly.
Molly.
Daddy.
Molly, don't! No! Miles! Turn it off, damn it! Molly, Molly.
Molly.
What are we going to do? It won't do any good|to keep sedating her like this.
The bottom line is she needs open spaces|and plenty of it.
Is she going to get that|at a special care center? I'll talk to the Captain|about putting her back in a holosuite|for the time being.
Well, what happens when they put her|on a transport, huh? What happens then? Oh, what a day.
I can't wait to get|out of my uniform.
Where's Kirayoshi? I thought you were going|to watch him this afternoon.
Worf, what's wrong? Kirayoshi took a little fall.
Is he all right? Oh, yes, just a small|bump on the forehead.
Happens all the time,|children his age.
A little sleep, he'll|be as right as rain.
Thanks.
Well, I've got to get|back to the Infirmary.
You want to tell me|what happened? We were playing.
I was pretending to be|a grint hound and chased him.
He was laughing so hard he did not look to see|where he was going and fell against the edge|of the table.
It was an accident.
It could have|happened to anyone.
I was too rough with him.
I was careless.
You were right to question|my fitness as a father.
Worf, I never questioned|your fitness as a father.
Don't put words into my mouth.
I failed Alexander,|I failed Kirayoshi and I would have failed|our children as well.
Where are you going? I should not be here|when he wakes up.
Worf Jadzia I am sorry I failed|to prove myself to you.
We've got to do something.
We can't let them take her away.
We don't have any choice.
We just have to hope|Molly can adjust.
How can you say that? How can you just give up? You're planning something.
What are you talking about? Miles, I've known you|a long time.
You are planning something and you want|to keep me out of it.
The less you know, the better.
Why? Because there's going|to be consequences.
So we'll face them together.
She's my daughter, too.
Keiko, listen to me.
Don't argue with me.
I am as stubborn as you.
Now, what are we going to do? We're going to steal a runabout and take Molly back to Golana.
But that's the first place|they'll look for her.
They'll find her unle unless we send her back through|the portal into the past? Yeah.
Once she's through,|we can destroy it.
That way,|no one will ever find her.
But we'll never see her again.
I wish there was some other way.
Golana's been her home|for ten years.
She knows how to survive there.
She'll be all right.
How is she? Dr.
Bashir said|she'd be unconscious for a few more hours.
We'll transfer her|to a holosuite before she wakes up.
There are|no holosuites available.
Odo said we should move her|back to the cargo bay.
He didn't mention it to me.
Well, check the log.
He said he made a note of it.
Did you get everything? It's all in here.
Chief.
Jones to Security.
I found them.
They were trying to steal|a runabout.
Find out if Deputy Pinar|has regained consciousness.
I'm going to need|his statement.
Odo, please let us go.
l-lf you put her back|in a holding cell she'll die.
I'm disappointed in you, Chief.
If anyone could break a prisoner|out of a holding cell and get them off the station I'd have thought|it would have been you.
On your way.
Thank you.
|Thank you.
Go.
There's a knife and a blanket Ah, Lupi.
Yes, that's right, sweetie.
Everything's ready to go.
I've recalibrated|the temporal field generator.
We should be able|to put her back at the same moment in time|when we took her out.
Molly, honey? Can I show you something? You're going home now, Molly.
Home is right through there.
Home? Mommy loves you, sweetie.
I love you, too.
Go on, honey.
Home.
Stars.
Your home.
That's right.
When you look up at the stars,|that's where we'll be watching you.
Go on, honey.
Molly loves you.
Shh It's okay.
Molly? I want my mommy and daddy.
There.
Mommy Daddy-- there.
Molly home.
Molly? Mommy.
-Oh, look at you!|-Hey, sweetie.
You okay? Hi.
You can come in.
|He's gone.
I dropped him off at the|O'Briens' a few minutes ago.
You should have seen his face|when he saw his sister again.
Did you apologize|to them for me? Yes, and they said|not to worry about it.
It isn't the first time|he's bumped his head.
They invited us|to dinner tonight to thank us for watching him.
What did you tell them? Well, I told them that we had|a holosuite reservation and that I'd check with you.
By the way what does|"gung-gung-gung" mean? Why do you ask? Well, it was|the strangest thing.
I was taking Yoshi home,|and he kept shaking his rattle saying, "gung-gung-gung.
" He did? He seemed to get|a big kick out of it.
So what does it mean? That is between Yoshi and me.
Oh, I see.
Well, you made|a big impression on him.
Maybe you're not as bad|with children as you thought.
Or as you thought.
All right, maybe|I had my doubts but I've never been happier|to be proven wrong.
Oh, we'd better get going|if we're going to make that holosuite reservation.
Holosuite? And insult the O'Briens? Yeah, we wouldn't|want to do that.
He really said,|"gung-gung-gung"? Over and over again.
The Captain's volunteered|to represent me at the hearing.
If anyone can make|Starfleet understand what you did, it's him.
Mommy? Yes, sweetie? The girl who found me--|can I see her again? Not for a while, honey.
She was so nice.
According to Dax the recalibration didn't hold so the portal sent her back|to the same point in time it sent little Molly.
I wonder if she realized that the little girl|she was looking at was herself.
I hope so.
I hope she realized|that, in a way she was going home, too.
Look.
It's where we had the picnic.
Don't you like it? It's beautiful.
Aw, sweetie, it's lovely.
Just lovely.
It's time to go.
Hmm? Hi, honey.
It's almost 7 :00,|time to get ready.
Time to get ready for what? The picnic.
What picnic? Is that today? Yes, don't you remember? Oh, well, we better|get going then.
I'm going to wear|my blue jumper.
Oh, good idea, sweetie.
I can't believe|how much she's grown since I saw her last.
Mm.
Look who's talking.
What? What have you been eating|since we've been gone? Well, the usual.
Well, say good-bye|to the usual.
I'm back and you're going|to start eating right.
Can't it wait|till after the picnic? No.
Mommy can you help me put this on? Of course, sweetie.
Where's the sunscreen? I've already packed it.
This is where we're going,|Yoshi.
See? Last time we went to Golana,|you were inside Mommy's tummy.
Better get down to the airlock.
The shuttle leaves|in 20 minutes.
Can we bring Chester? I don't think that would be|a good idea, sweetie.
He might get lost.
On second thought All right, let's go.
Come on, Lupi.
No sausages? I know what I'm going|to be when I grow up.
You do? Mm-hmm.
I'm going to be an exo-bologist.
An exo-bologist? What's that? Someone who studies animals|from other planets.
Like Chester.
Daddy, if you send us away again can we take Chester? Honey, I'm not going|to send you away again.
You're not? No, I'm not.
I only did it because it wasn't safe for you -to be on the station.
|-I know.
We're never going|to be apart again.
Promise? I promise.
You want to see me|do some cartwheels? You bet! Wow! Yay! Good one! Whoa! Ah! And what about you,|little fella, huh? What do you say? I couldn't have said|it better myself.
Ah, real sunshine.
Fresh air.
You and the kids.
Life doesn't get|any better than this.
That was a pretty big promise you made Molly|just a second ago.
I meant it.
What if the war heats up and the station|isn't safe anymore? I'll put in for a transfer.
I never want us|to be apart again.
Molly?! Molly! Molly! Molly! Molly! Molly?! Daddy! Help! Molly! Daddy! Help! Molly, I'm coming! Daddy! Hold on, Molly.
Hold on.
Daddy's coming.
Come on.
Daddy, help.
Take my hand.
Come on, just take my hand.
Keiko.
Have you figured out|what this thing is yet? It's some sort of time portal.
From the chroniton signature we think it sent Molly back about 300 years|into the past.
Ah.
I wonder|what this place was like three centuries ago.
Odo contacted the Bajoran|Archaeological Institute to see what he could find out.
Well, how do we get Molly back? Well, first we have to find a way|to reactivate the portal.
It's been abandoned a long time and it was destabilized|when Molly fell through.
The problem is, we're not sure|how this technology works.
Well, something tells me|the Chief isn't going to stop until he figures it out.
Something tells me you're right.
Assuming you get this|back on line, what then? We punch|a transport scanning beam through the portal,|and then we try to lock on to Molly's DNA signature.
And pull her back|into the present.
That's the idea.
Oh! Oh, bollocks! Shh, it's all right, sweetie.
Shh.
It's all right.
Maybe you should take|him up to the Defiant.
It might be too cold|in here for him.
I'm not going anywhere.
I'll take him.
Yeah, come on.
It's going to be all right,|Yoshi.
It's going to be all right.
You're okay, sweetie.
Come on.
Give me a hand here.
Okay.
Oh, yes, oh, yes, I know.
Mm-hmm.
You're very good with him.
He knows me.
I had him inside of me|for five months.
Oh, ooh, ooh, ooh.
Oh, I know.
I think I think I might want to have|one of my own someday.
According to the archaeologists|I talked to the portal was built|by a civilization that vanished 2000 years ago.
Which means if Molly survived the fall she would have found herself|all alone.
You're saying that the planet|was uninhabited 300 years ago? The first Bajoran colonists|didn't arrive till the turn of the century.
An eight-year-old girl stranded alone|on a deserted planet.
Poor Molly.
With any luck the Chief will be able|to beam her out a few minutes after she fell.
She'll hardly know she was gone.
Miles I'm getting scared.
You've been at it all day.
Just tell me you're|getting closer.
I think I've found|a way to modulate the temporal field generators.
If it works Molly'll be home in a few hours.
She's just been looking forward to coming out here|ever since I told her we were coming|back to the station.
Where's our baby? Shh shh Dear, come on.
Come on.
We're going to get her back.
Everything's going|to be all right.
Dax to O'Brien.
Go ahead.
The power converter|you asked me to reconfigure-- it's ready to go on line.
What? What's that mean? It means Molly's coming home.
Come on.
Transporter interface link.
DNA acquisition sensors.
Locked in.
We're as ready as we're|ever going to be, Chief.
Okay.
Let's do it.
The field's destabilizing.
We're losing power! Temporal field established.
We've got a DNA lock.
|It's her.
Molly? It's all right.
There's nothing to be afraid-- Well, there's no doubt about it.
The DNA sequences match.
This is definitely Molly.
My readings suggest|that she's 18 years old.
We pulled her out|10 years too late.
It's a miracle you managed|to get her back at all, Miles.
Maybe if you tried again you could pull her out when|she was still a little girl.
If you do that,|there'll be no one to grow up and become this Molly.
You'll be erasing|her existence.
Yes, but we'd have|our Molly back.
Miles, this is our Molly.
Just because we missed the last ten years of her life,|doesn't give us the right to take those|ten years away from her.
She's been deprived of human contact|for a long time.
It's not going to be easy|for her to reassimilate.
Her language skills are rusty.
In fact, you two|are the best hope we have of helping her recover them.
She doesn't remember us.
She was so scared I doubt she even got|a good look at us.
It's possible|that she's blocked out all memories of her early life in order to cope|with her isolation.
So what do we do? Well, I'm going to keep her|under sedation until we get back|to Deep Space 9.
I've asked Captain Sisko to create a safe environment|for her.
He's having one|of the cargo bays converted.
I want you two to be there|with her when she wakes up.
What happens then? Uh, a case like this,|there are no rules.
We'll just have to feel our way|through the process.
Hi!|We have a little visitor.
Oh, come here.
And what exactly is this infant|doing in my home? Well, I offered to watch him so that the O'Briens could spend|some time with Molly.
I thought you said you were|going to be working tonight.
I was going to run|a spectral scan of the comet that's passing|through the Denorios Belt but if I did that,|who'd watch you? Me.
That's all right.
l-I want to stay with him.
Jadzia, you have been waiting|for this comet to come into sensor range|for weeks.
There'll be other comets.
Go.
I will take care of Yoshi.
Worf, that's very sweet but let's face it,|you're not good with babies.
I raised Alexander.
That's different.
He was four years old|when he moved in with you.
You didn't|have to change diapers.
Babies are a handful.
I should know--|I've had nine of them.
I know-- five as a mother,|four as a father.
I can handle|a 14-month-old child.
I didn't say you can't-- Fine.
Go run your sensor scans.
Mmm Oh You're holding him wrong.
Leave us.
All right, all right.
I'm leaving.
aH bom-beH mish,|aH bom-beH mish Hello, Molly.
It's all right, Molly.
We're not going to hurt you.
Would you like|something to eat? I bet you're hungry.
Golana melon.
Mmm it's delicious.
It's for you.
It's good, isn't it? Hi, Molly.
Remember me? Mommy? What is she doing? I think she's trying|to figure out who we are.
Maybe she remembers|looking up at us when she was little.
Ma That's right.
Mommy and Daddy.
Ma.
Show it to her.
I brought you something.
It's Lupi.
She used to sleep right next to|you on your pillow every night.
She's missed you.
Go on, take her.
You remember Lupi, don't you? This is a ball, Molly.
May I have the ball? Would you like the ball, Molly? Molly? Give me the ball.
Julian said|it would take a while.
Yeah, well, I hope|she catches on soon.
We're running out.
This is a ball, Molly.
Would you like the ball? I'll give you the ball then you give me the ball, huh? Give me the ball, Molly.
Molly? Give me the ball.
Please? Yes! That's it! Yeah! Good girl.
Good girl!|That's it.
That's my girl.
|That's my Molly.
Is he all right? He is fine.
He just will not go to sleep.
Did you change him? I changed him.
Did you feed him? I fed him.
Did you read him a story? I read him a story.
Did you sing to him? Till my throat was raw.
Oh, sounds like|you tried everything.
I'll take over from here.
That is not necessary.
Worf, you're exhausted.
Get some sleep.
No.
I am a Klingon warrior|and a Starfleet officer.
I have piloted starships|through Dominion minefields.
I have stood in battle|against Kelvans twice my size.
I courted and won the heart|of the magnificent Jadzia Dax.
If I can do these things I can make this child|go to sleep.
Talk about losing perspective.
Listen to yourself.
Why is this baby-sitting thing so important all of a sudden? It is not important to me.
It is important to you.
What are you talking about? You are judging me on my|fitness to be a parent.
Don't deny it, Jadzia.
I can see it in your eyes.
I have proven myself to be|a worthy husband to you but you are not convinced I would be a good parent|to your children.
Who said anything|about having children? Go to sleep.
I have work to do.
Sorry I'm late.
Oh, hi.
She went to sleep|a couple of hours ago.
How does she keep from falling? You got me.
Dax said she'd look after Yoshi|until your shift's over.
Oh, good.
I've fallen behind|in my repair schedule the last couple of days.
Miles.
You want the brush, Molly? You can have it.
More and more when I look at her I can see the little|girl she used to be.
Has she spoken yet? No but I can tell she understands|what we're saying.
Has she responded to her name? Oh, absolutely.
Look at this.
Interesting.
She drew it.
Not bad, eh? She's anthropomorphized|the landscape.
Yeah, she loves to draw.
Oh, did I tell you? She began eating with a spoon.
At this rate she'll be reading and writing|in a few weeks.
Well, just be careful|not to push her too hard, Miles.
If she gets frustrated,|she might withdraw and relapse into her|old behavior patterns.
Oh, don't worry.
I'm not going to push her.
I don't have to.
She's doing fine on her own.
wa-TacH doo-GA-ya gung-gung-gung.
Gung-gung-gung? I was instructing your son|in hehh-duHpp.
hehh-duHpp? It's a Klingon exercise designed to teach children|hand-eye coordination so they will grow up|to become warriors.
Oh, I get it--|the rattle is like the baby's first bat'leth|kind of thing? How'd he do? Ah, he acquitted himself well.
Thanks for watching him.
Oh, Worf? Um, you might want|to leave the rattle just in case Yoshi|wants to practice his hehh-duHpping.
Molly, come on.
|Molly Molly, please.
What's going on? She's been like this|for over an hour.
Molly I'll try to calm her down.
I have to go.
I have to pick up Yoshi|and take him home.
Owe-muh! Did you hear that? Hoe-muh.
Molly, what are you|trying to say? Ho-muh.
-Home!|-Home.
Mol-ly.
That's right!|Molly! Molly home.
Do you want us|to take you home with us? Daddy, home, Molly.
All right, we'll take you home.
Mommy, home.
Mommy and Daddy|will take you home.
Home, Molly.
This is home.
Starry stars.
They're pretty, aren't they? Home? That's right.
Would you like|to see your room? Molly Molly.
Home! Home.
No, this is your home.
Miles I know you lived|there a long time but this is home, too.
Molly, home.
I know, sweetie.
We can't go there right now.
Maybe we can.
Look, Miles.
She's so happy.
She has no idea|it's a holosuite.
It must be confusing to her.
One minute, she's|on a space station the next minute, she's|running around outside.
Well, there's no reason|we can't take her here for an hour or two every day.
I'll talk to Quark about|scheduling some regular time.
Mommy Mommy.
Daddy.
Whoa! Whoa!|That's my girl! I'll be right back.
Okay.
Look at this.
Sorry to interrupt,|Chief, but, uh your time is up.
These gentlemen have|a reservation.
Well, I'll pay for their time if they can wait|another half hour.
Yaplosh daQ.
They seem to have|their heart set on some afternoon carnage now.
All right.
Give me a minute.
Let me buy you gentlemen|a drink.
Oh, pretty Molly.
Molly, honey, we've got to go.
Molly.
Computer, end program.
We'll come back tomorrow.
Home! We have to go, honey.
It's okay, it's okay.
Sweetie, we'll come back|another day.
I promise.
I'm sorry, little lady.
Molly! Molly! On stun.
Molly? Odo to Dr.
Bashir.
We have a medical emergency|in Quark's.
The Tarkalean she attacked|is recovering in the Infirmary.
Dr.
Bashir tells me he should be on his feet|in a few days.
He's filed charges against her-- assault with a deadly weapon.
She wasn't trying to hurt him.
She was just trying|to get away.
I tried to tell him that but he wasn't interested|in hearing "excuses.
" As far as he's concerned she's dangerous|and should be incarcerated.
Incarcerated? I've talked|to the Federation Magistrate and explained the situation.
She wants Molly|taken to a special care center on Dalvos Prime for evaluation.
They're going to keep her|there, aren't they? We might be looking|at a long-term situation, yes.
But it's the best facility|of its kind.
Molly belongs with Keiko and me.
If she's going|to make a connection with anybody, it's|going to be with us not some therapist|she doesn't even know.
I'm sorry, Chief.
I wish there was another way.
Captain, please.
Don't let them take her away.
Her body's flooded|with adrenaline.
I'm not sure how long|she can tolerate being confined like this.
It might send her into shock.
We have to find a way|to calm her down.
Molly.
Molly.
Daddy.
Molly, don't! No! Miles! Turn it off, damn it! Molly, Molly.
Molly.
What are we going to do? It won't do any good|to keep sedating her like this.
The bottom line is she needs open spaces|and plenty of it.
Is she going to get that|at a special care center? I'll talk to the Captain|about putting her back in a holosuite|for the time being.
Well, what happens when they put her|on a transport, huh? What happens then? Oh, what a day.
I can't wait to get|out of my uniform.
Where's Kirayoshi? I thought you were going|to watch him this afternoon.
Worf, what's wrong? Kirayoshi took a little fall.
Is he all right? Oh, yes, just a small|bump on the forehead.
Happens all the time,|children his age.
A little sleep, he'll|be as right as rain.
Thanks.
Well, I've got to get|back to the Infirmary.
You want to tell me|what happened? We were playing.
I was pretending to be|a grint hound and chased him.
He was laughing so hard he did not look to see|where he was going and fell against the edge|of the table.
It was an accident.
It could have|happened to anyone.
I was too rough with him.
I was careless.
You were right to question|my fitness as a father.
Worf, I never questioned|your fitness as a father.
Don't put words into my mouth.
I failed Alexander,|I failed Kirayoshi and I would have failed|our children as well.
Where are you going? I should not be here|when he wakes up.
Worf Jadzia I am sorry I failed|to prove myself to you.
We've got to do something.
We can't let them take her away.
We don't have any choice.
We just have to hope|Molly can adjust.
How can you say that? How can you just give up? You're planning something.
What are you talking about? Miles, I've known you|a long time.
You are planning something and you want|to keep me out of it.
The less you know, the better.
Why? Because there's going|to be consequences.
So we'll face them together.
She's my daughter, too.
Keiko, listen to me.
Don't argue with me.
I am as stubborn as you.
Now, what are we going to do? We're going to steal a runabout and take Molly back to Golana.
But that's the first place|they'll look for her.
They'll find her unle unless we send her back through|the portal into the past? Yeah.
Once she's through,|we can destroy it.
That way,|no one will ever find her.
But we'll never see her again.
I wish there was some other way.
Golana's been her home|for ten years.
She knows how to survive there.
She'll be all right.
How is she? Dr.
Bashir said|she'd be unconscious for a few more hours.
We'll transfer her|to a holosuite before she wakes up.
There are|no holosuites available.
Odo said we should move her|back to the cargo bay.
He didn't mention it to me.
Well, check the log.
He said he made a note of it.
Did you get everything? It's all in here.
Chief.
Jones to Security.
I found them.
They were trying to steal|a runabout.
Find out if Deputy Pinar|has regained consciousness.
I'm going to need|his statement.
Odo, please let us go.
l-lf you put her back|in a holding cell she'll die.
I'm disappointed in you, Chief.
If anyone could break a prisoner|out of a holding cell and get them off the station I'd have thought|it would have been you.
On your way.
Thank you.
|Thank you.
Go.
There's a knife and a blanket Ah, Lupi.
Yes, that's right, sweetie.
Everything's ready to go.
I've recalibrated|the temporal field generator.
We should be able|to put her back at the same moment in time|when we took her out.
Molly, honey? Can I show you something? You're going home now, Molly.
Home is right through there.
Home? Mommy loves you, sweetie.
I love you, too.
Go on, honey.
Home.
Stars.
Your home.
That's right.
When you look up at the stars,|that's where we'll be watching you.
Go on, honey.
Molly loves you.
Shh It's okay.
Molly? I want my mommy and daddy.
There.
Mommy Daddy-- there.
Molly home.
Molly? Mommy.
-Oh, look at you!|-Hey, sweetie.
You okay? Hi.
You can come in.
|He's gone.
I dropped him off at the|O'Briens' a few minutes ago.
You should have seen his face|when he saw his sister again.
Did you apologize|to them for me? Yes, and they said|not to worry about it.
It isn't the first time|he's bumped his head.
They invited us|to dinner tonight to thank us for watching him.
What did you tell them? Well, I told them that we had|a holosuite reservation and that I'd check with you.
By the way what does|"gung-gung-gung" mean? Why do you ask? Well, it was|the strangest thing.
I was taking Yoshi home,|and he kept shaking his rattle saying, "gung-gung-gung.
" He did? He seemed to get|a big kick out of it.
So what does it mean? That is between Yoshi and me.
Oh, I see.
Well, you made|a big impression on him.
Maybe you're not as bad|with children as you thought.
Or as you thought.
All right, maybe|I had my doubts but I've never been happier|to be proven wrong.
Oh, we'd better get going|if we're going to make that holosuite reservation.
Holosuite? And insult the O'Briens? Yeah, we wouldn't|want to do that.
He really said,|"gung-gung-gung"? Over and over again.
The Captain's volunteered|to represent me at the hearing.
If anyone can make|Starfleet understand what you did, it's him.
Mommy? Yes, sweetie? The girl who found me--|can I see her again? Not for a while, honey.
She was so nice.
According to Dax the recalibration didn't hold so the portal sent her back|to the same point in time it sent little Molly.
I wonder if she realized that the little girl|she was looking at was herself.
I hope so.
I hope she realized|that, in a way she was going home, too.
Look.
It's where we had the picnic.
Don't you like it? It's beautiful.
Aw, sweetie, it's lovely.
Just lovely.