The Forsaken (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)

"The Forsaken"
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode
Episode no.Season 1
Episode 17
Directed byLes Landau
Story byJim Trombetta
Teleplay by
Featured musicDennis McCarthy
Production code417
Original air dateMay 24, 1993 (1993-05-24)
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"The Forsaken" is the 17th episode of the American science fiction television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.

Set in the 24th century, the series follows the adventures on Deep Space Nine, a space station located near a stable wormhole between the Alpha and Gamma quadrants of the Milky Way Galaxy, in orbit of the planet Bajor. In this episode, Dr. Julian Bashir is assigned "babysitting" duty for four visiting ambassadors, Chief Miles O'Brien deals with an alien computer program downloaded from a probe, and Odo copes with a deeply infatuated Lwaxana Troi.

This episode aired in broadcast syndication on May 24, 1993.