| Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode | |
| "Broken Link" | |
The Female Shapeshifter wants to take Odo home |
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| Episode no. | 97 |
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| Prod. code | 498 |
| Airdate | June 17, 1996 |
| Writer(s) | George A. Events 1462 - Vlad III the Impaler attempts to assassinate Mehmed II ( The Night Attack) forcing him to retreat Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Screenwriters or scenarists are Scriptwriters who write the Screenplays from which Films and Television programs are made Brozak Robert Hewitt Wolfe Ira Steven Behr |
| Director | Les Landau |
| Guest star(s) | Andrew J. Robinson as Garak Salome Jens as Female Shapeshifter Robert O'Reilly as Gowron Jill Jacobson as Aroya Leslie Bevis as Freighter Captain |
| Year | 2372 |
| Stardate | 49962. Robert Hewitt Wolfe is an American Television producer and Scriptwriter. Ira Steven Behr is an American Television producer and Scriptwriter. A television director directs the activities involved in making a Television Episode. Les Landau is a Television director, Film director and Film producer best known for his work in Star Trek The Next Generation, Andrew Jordt Robinson (born February 14 1942 is an American Film, stage, and Television actor Salome Jens (born May 8, 1935 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is an American actress Robert O'Reilly (born 1950 is an American film television and stage actor who has appeared in a variety of roles Jill Jacobson is an American actress best known for her performances on Television. Leslie Bevis (born February 13, 1957) is an American character actress Stardates are a means of specifying absolute dates in the fictional Star Trek universe. 4 |
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| Previous | "Body Parts" |
| Next | "Apocalypse Rising" |
"Broken Link" is an episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, the final episode of the fourth season. The following is a complete list of episode descriptions for Star Trek Deep Space Nine, in broadcast order " Body Parts " is an episode of Star Trek Deep Space Nine, the 25th episode of the fourth season
Quick Overview: Odo contracts a mysterious illness and returns to the Great Link.
Plot
Aboard Deep Space Nine, Odo suddenly collapses, and is taken to the Infirmary. Odo, played by René Auberjonois, is a main character on the science fiction television series Star Trek Deep Space Nine. Dr. Bashir performs an exam, and determines that Odo can no longer maintain a solid form, but Bashir can't find an explanation as to what is happening to Odo. Dr Julian Subatoi Bashir, played by Alexander Siddig, is a main character in Star Trek Deep Space Nine. The only thing Bashir can do is to give Odo medical orders to remain under observation and to take a rest from his duties. Odo is reluctant do so, but decides to obey the doctor's orders for the time being. Kira stops by, and brings him a report of the day's criminal activities. She hopes that this will take his mind off what is happening to him. While reading the report, he notices something that catches his eye. He then attempts to leave the Infirmary to investigate. He doesn't make it far, and loses his shape and collapses into a puddle on the floor.
Odo then comes to the realization that the only people that can help him are the Founders. Changelings are an alien race from the Star Trek universe Members of this race have the unique ability to Shapeshift. With the help of Sisko, Worf, Bashir, Dax, and Garak; Odo is taken to the Gamma Quadrant aboard the Defiant. Benjamin Lafayette Sisko, played by Avery Brooks, is the main character of the Television series Star Trek Deep Space Nine. Worf, played by Michael Dorn, is a Main character in both Star Trek The Next Generation and Star Trek Deep Space Nine Dr Julian Subatoi Bashir, played by Alexander Siddig, is a main character in Star Trek Deep Space Nine. Jadzia Dax, played by Terry Farrell, was a main character during the first six seasons of the science fiction Television series Star Trek Deep Space Elim Garak is a Fictional character in the television series Star Trek Deep Space Nine, in which he is portrayed by Andrew J In the television series Star Trek and its spin-offs Galactic quadrant refers to an area of the Milky Way Galaxy (although it's apparently no longer called The USS Defiant (NX-74205 is a fictional Starship in the television series Star Trek Deep Space Nine (DS9 and the Feature film They are met by the Female Shapeshifter and three Jem'Hadar soldiers. The Female Changeling (also known as the Founder Leader in spin-off texts no actual name for her is ever given played by Salome Jens, is a Fictional character In the fictional Star Trek universe the Jem'Hadar are the Shock troops of the powerful Dominion located in the Gamma Quadrant. The Female Shapeshifter tells Odo that the only way he can be helped is by coming with them to the Great Link. Changelings are an alien race from the Star Trek universe Members of this race have the unique ability to Shapeshift. The Jem'Hadar soldiers then pilot the Defiant to the location of the Great Link, using a device to keep the location of the Great Link a secret. Later on in his quarters, the Female Shapeshifter visits him, and by linking with him she is able to temporarily stabilize his condition. Odo quickly comes to the conclusion that he was somehow infected by the Shapeshifters in order to force him into returning to the Great Link. Changelings are an alien race from the Star Trek universe Members of this race have the unique ability to Shapeshift. He also learns he is to be judged by the Great Link, as he is the only changeling to have killed another of his kind. Changelings are an alien race from the Star Trek universe Members of this race have the unique ability to Shapeshift.
The Female Shapeshifter tells Odo that he must join the Great Link not only to be cured, but to also let the other changelings know why he killed another of his kind. While in the Great Link, Odo is also told that he will be judged by the other changelings, and that at the same time his punishment will be determined. Sisko and his crew try to protect Odo, but he tells them he wants to be judged. As a man of justice all his life, he feels that he is not above justice himself. Sisko and Bashir then accompany Odo and the Female Shapeshifter to the surface of the planet they are orbiting. Once on the surface, a small island in a sea of Changelings, they realize how many Changelings there are. And as far as they can see it is a sea of Changelings in their liquid form, even from orbit the planet appears to be covered by Changelings in their liquid form. Odo and the Female Shapeshifter then walk into the sea, leaving Bashir and Sisko to wait for them.
On the Defiant, Worf catches Garak attempting to fire the ship's weapons on the planet, and stops him from committing genocide on the Founders and killing Sisko, Bashir, and Odo in the process. Changelings are an alien race from the Star Trek universe Members of this race have the unique ability to Shapeshift. Back on the surface, time goes slowly and Bashir in his boredom nearly throws a rock into the Great Link, but is stopped just in time by Sisko. Later, Odo is expelled from the Great Link — as a human. The Female Shapeshifter explains that this is Odo's punishment, but the Founders left Odo's face as it was to remind him of what he lost. Soon after returning to the station, a message from Gowron, leader of the Klingon Empire, is received. Gowron was a Fictional character of the Star Trek universe. He was played by Robert O'Reilly and featured in the TV series As the crew watches what borders on a declaration of war against the Federation, Odo reaches a startling realization. The United Federation of Planets, (also known as the "The Federation" or UFP) is a fictional interplanetary state depicted in the Star Trek Gowron is not a Klingon at all. He is a Changeling.
External links
- Broken Link article at Memory Alpha, a Star Trek wiki
- Broken Link article at STARTREK.COM, the official Star Trek website
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