The Assignment (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)

"**The Assignment**"
"The Assignment"
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode
Episode no.	Season 5; Episode 5
Directed by	Allan Kroeker
Story by	David R. Long; Robert Lederman;
Teleplay by	David Weddle; Bradley Thompson;
Featured music	Gregory Darryl Smith
Production code	504
Original air date	October 28, 1996
Guest appearances
	Rosalind Chao as Keiko; Hana Hatae as Molly; Max Grodénchik as Rom; Rosie Malek-Yonan as Tekoa;
Episode chronology
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"The Assignment" is the 103rd episode of the television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, the fifth episode of the fifth season.

Set in the 24th century, the series takes place on Deep Space Nine, a fictional space station near the planet Bajor, guarding a wormhole that leads to the other side of the galaxy. The wormhole is inhabited by the Prophets, powerful alien beings who are worshiped by the Bajorans as gods. This episode introduces the Pah-wraiths, the legendary evil counterparts of the Prophets: one of the Pah-wraiths possesses the body of Keiko O'Brien in order to coerce her husband, station operations chief Miles O'Brien, into carrying out an attack on the Prophets.

The episode's story was written by Robert Lederman and David R. Long, with a script by Bradley Thompson and David Weddle.^[1]^[2] It was directed by Alan Kroeker.^[3]

^ Cite error: The named reference krad was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Gregory, C. (2016-01-26). Star Trek: Parallel Narratives. Springer. p. 208. ISBN 978-0-230-59840-9.
^ McTigue, Maureen (2012-09-25). Star Trek Celebrations: Star Trek All Series. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-1-4711-0678-1.

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[2] Gregory, C. (2016-01-26). Star Trek: Parallel Narratives. Springer. p. 208. ISBN 978-0-230-59840-9.

[3] McTigue, Maureen (2012-09-25). Star Trek Celebrations: Star Trek All Series. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-1-4711-0678-1.

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