Melora
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Melora
This Story: Season 2 Episode 6 (production code 426)
DS9 Overall: Episode 26
Trek Overall: Story 292, Episode 306
Airdate: 1 Nov 1993
Story by Evan Carlos Somers
Teleplay by Evan Carlos Somers, Steven Baum, Michael Piller, & James Crocker
Directed by Winrich Kolbe
Notes
- The titular Melora is played by Daphne Ashbrook. I know her best as Grace Holloway, the primary “companion” from the 1996 Doctor Who TV movie starring Paul McGann.
- The writer of this episode (Evan Somers) wanted to write this because he was put off by the plot of the TNG episode “Ethics” where Worf becomes crippled and wants to kill himself due to him perceiving himself as worthless. Somers is in a wheelchair all the time.
- Jake Sisko doesn’t appear again.
- Rule of Acquisition mentioned – #16: “A Deal is a deal”)
- The first appearance of the Klingon restaurant on the promenade.
- There were a ton of rewrites, hence all the names on the credits. There’s a lot of detail on those on the Memory Alpha page for this episode, linked below.
Links
[ Wikipedia | Memory Alpha | IMDB | Amazon US DVD ]#StarTrekMarathon #StarTrek Deep Space Nine Ep 26 - Melora - 1 Nov 1993 1/2 This ep deals with disabled folks - specifically the titular Melora, a Starfleet officer in a wheelchair. Bashir gets all horndog over her (as he always does). He then goes and devises a way for her to leave the chair. This
— Joe Siegler (@joesiegler.blog) June 4, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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#StarTrekMarathon #StarTrek Deep Space Nine Ep 26 - Melora - 1 Nov 1993 2/2 brings up a life decision for her. Not being handicapped myself I don't know how authentic this is to those who are. There's a B plot with Quark which is "meh". Melora is Daphne Ashbrook who I know from #DoctorWho.
— Joe Siegler (@joesiegler.blog) June 4, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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