| "The Begotten" | |
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| Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode | |
.jpg) The baby changeling greets Odo and Mora | |
| Episode no. | Season 5 Episode 12 |
| Directed by | Jesús Salvador Treviño |
| Written by | René Echevarria |
| Featured music | Jay Chattaway |
| Production code | 511 |
| Original air date | January 27, 1997 |
| Guest appearances | |
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"The Begotten" is the 110th episode of the television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, the 12th episode of the fifth season.
Set in the 24th century, the series follows the adventures on the Starfleet-managed space station Deep Space Nine near the planet Bajor; later seasons depict a conflict with a hostile alien empire known as the Dominion, ruled by the shapeshifting Changelings. In this episode, Deep Space Nine's security chief Odo, a former Changeling who has been stripped of his powers because he killed another Changeling, attempts to raise an infant Changeling while contending with the scientist who mistreated him when he was an infant shapeshifter himself; meanwhile Major Kira Nerys gives birth to Keiko and Miles O'Brien's baby.
This episode is the second appearance of Dr. Mora Pol, the scientist who studied Odo, introduced in the second season's "The Alternate". Actor James Sloyan reprises the role.