The Abandoned

This Story: Season 3 Episode 6 (production code 452)
DS9 Overall: Episode 52
Trek Overall: Story 316, Episode 332
Airdate: 31 Oct 1994
Written by D Thomas Maio & Steve Warnek
Directed by Avery Brooks

Notes

• I liked this quote from Avery Brooks about this episode..  “for me, it was very much a story about young brown men, and, to some extent, a story about a society that is responsible for the creation of a generation of young men who are feared, who are addicted, who are potential killers.”.  It comes from the excellent “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion” book, which is sadly out of print now.
• Speaking of Brooks, this was his second episode of DS9 he directed.
• The fact that the Jem’Hadar ar bred to be addicted to a drug is first mentioned here, although the name of said drug isn’t – that comes later (Ketracel White).
• This episode follows up on a story line from “Playing God” where Jake said he was dating a Dabo girl.  We get to see said girl in this episode.
• Odo’s new quarters make their first appearance in this episode.
• The first episode to give us an indication of the writer that Jake will become later.
• The events of the Voyager pilot take place in-between this episode and the next one (in universe).

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