The Begotten story
When Quark discovers an infant Changeling, it has a profound effect on Odo. Meanwhile, Kira goes into labor. Directed by: Jesús Salvador Treviño. Story by: René Echevarria.
19 total · 4 choice · 10 major · 5 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| coming to terms with one's past | choice | Odo had resented his de facto father's treatment of him when he was young, but came to understand his father's actions |
| father and son | choice | Mora Pol and Odo reconcile after years of resentment |
| human parenting | choice | Kira, Miles, and Keiko took joy in the arrival of their baby; Odo taking an infant Changeling under his wing |
| parent and child rivalry | choice | Mora Pol and Odo wangling over their past |
| alien point of view | major | The infant Changeling was learning to understand the solids, and Odo wondered what it might be like to have a human body. |
| foreign point of view | major | Miles and Kieko participated in a Bajoran birthing. |
| giving birth | major | Kira gives birth to Keiko and Miles's baby |
| guardian and child | major | Odo takes a baby shapeshifter under his wing; Mola Pol fancied himself a guardian-like figure to Odo during Odo's formative period |
| male stereotype | major | Miles behaved how a stereotypically awkward expecting father would when the surrogate mother of his child went into labor. |
| mentor and protégé | major | Mora Pol advocated performing unethical experiments infant Changeling; Odo meets his old mentor Mora Pol |