S3.E6

The Abandoned

Episode aired Oct 31, 1994
TV-PG
46m

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

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Trivia
The infant Jem'Hadar appears quite human, and only develops the traditional scaly appearance as he matures. In an interview, make-up artist Michael Westmore explained that was because there were restrictions that forbid applying glue or makeup to an infant. A small prosthetic was applied to the infant actor's forehead with KY jelly, which was easily removed after filming.

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: First rule of dabo is, "Watch the wheel, not the girl".

Connections
Featured in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: What You Leave Behind (1999)

Soundtracks
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Main Title
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Written by Dennis McCarthy
Performed by Dennis McCarthy

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8/10

Godspeed, Jake

A young Jem'Hadar finds himself on DS9 and Odo tries to civilise him.

This is a solid episode that explores the mentality of Jem'Hadar and has some good character moments.

The plot is DS9's answer to 'I Borg' but with a quite different twist in its tale. I think the story is good, and reading that Avery Brooks' wanted to capture the mentality of youth gang culture with this episode, it works well for that theme.

Rene Auberjonois is on great form and his performance is one of the strongest aspects of it, along with how it firmly establishes the Jem'Hadar as a credible threat.

There is a subplot involving Jake and Dabo girlfriend that has some quite good banter that works for developing his character. I also like the scene with Chief O'Brien that relates to this.

For me it's a 7.5/10 but I round upwards.