"The Assignment" | |
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Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode | |
Episode no. | Season 5 Episode 5 |
Directed by | Allan Kroeker |
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Featured music | Gregory Darryl Smith |
Production code | 504 |
Original air date | October 28, 1996 |
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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]
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