The Assignment story

ds95x05 · 1996-10-28

Keiko returns from a journey and informs O'Brien that she is really an entity that has taken possession of his wife's body. Directed by: Allan Kroeker. Story by: David R. Long & Robert Lederman.

9 total · 4 choice · 2 major · 3 minor

ThemeLevelMotivation
coping with a loved one being in peril choice Miles' wife Keiko possessed by malevolent incorporeal entity
duty vs. love choice Miles doing naughty things on space station to save Keiko
facing a hostage situation choice malevolent entity threatened to kill Keiko and Molly if Miles didn't do what it wanted
what if a loved one became possessed by another being choice Miles' wife Keiko became possessed by a malevolent incorporeal entity.
husband and wife major Keiko returned to the space station to visit Miles
incorporeal being major Miles' wife Keiko possessed by malevolent incorporeal entity
alien point of view minor Pah-wraith in Keiko's body commented on the various demerits of the corporeal form
brother and brother minor Quark expressed disappointment in his brother Rom for adopting human customs
loyalty to a leader minor Rom trusted Miles to the point of taking the fall for Miles' sabotage