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Time’s Orphan – Ft. Clay

While picnicking on an alien world, Molly O’Brien falls into a time portal. She is rescued but has spent the past decade of her life alone on an alien planet and has become feral and unfortunately stabby!

Meanwhile, Worf tries to prove to Dax that he can be a successful father and that Alexander was just a one-off mistake.

Wes and Clay discuss “Time’s Orphan” and try to determine if it’s worse than “Profit and Lace”! Plus! The guys discuss the fine line between a good and bad setup, the hatred that festers within the O’Brien family, and Odo abandoning his principles!

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Time’s Orphan – Ft. Clay

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Meanwhile, Worf is eager to prove to Dax that he is capable of raising a child (and that Alexander was just an unfortunate one-off mistake). While the O’Briens tend to Old Molly, Worf agrees to care for the infant O’Brien, Kirayoshi. But he soon begins to doubt himself as even a proud Klingon warrior sometimes allows a baby to bump their head. Does he have what it takes to build a family with Dax?

Time’s Orphan continues to slide the end of the sixth season into a dark abyss. It’s an episode that doesn’t really seem to be about anything and reverts back to one of DS9’s weaknesses: the science fiction episode with no character stakes.

The O’Briens have hardly been one of the show’s successes, and an episode focusing on their pain and suffering lacks the charm that the main cast actors have developed. Insert into this stew a semi-mute character who likes to stab people, and you’ve got a recipe for disaster.

Wes and Clay spend some time analyzing the end of the sixth season, and try to determine if they’d rather have a season of highs and lows or a season of neither!

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