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"**Time's Orphan**"
"Time's Orphan"
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode
Episode no.	Season 6; Episode 24
Directed by	Allan Kroeker
Story by	Joe Menosky
Teleplay by	Bradley Thompson; David Weddle;
Featured music	Jay Chattaway
Cinematography by	Jonathan West
Production code	548
Original air date	May 18, 1998
Guest appearances
	Rosalind Chao as Keiko O'Brien; Hana Hatae as Molly O'Brien; Michelle Krusiec as 18-year-old Molly;
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"Time's Orphan" is the 148th episode of the syndicated American science fiction television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, the 24th episode of the sixth season.

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 this episode, young Molly O'Brien (Hana Hatae) falls into an alien time portal and is rescued ten years older as a feral 18-year-old. Michelle Krusiec guest stars as time-portal Molly.

Aired on television the week of May 18, 1998, it received Nielsen ratings of 4.6 points corresponding to about 4.5 million viewers.^[1]

Plot

Miles and Keiko O'Brien (Colm Meaney and Rosalind Chao) take their children to the planet Golana for a picnic. While playing, eight-year-old Molly (Hana Hatae) falls into an abandoned time portal, which closes after Molly passes through. It sends her 300 years into the past, to a time when the planet was uninhabited. The crew of Deep Space Nine helps the O'Briens recover Molly, using transporter technology to lock onto her signal once they are able to open the portal again. However, they find the portal has opened at a different time, and the Molly they rescue is now 18 years old and feral after having survived on her own for ten years in the planet's past. Molly is brought back to the station, and placed in a special habitat made to resemble the planet, to allow the O'Briens to try to reconnect with their daughter.

Molly slowly comes to remember her parents, but still is barely controllable and confined to the boundaries of the habitat. She asks her parents to take her "home", but when they bring her back to their apartment she makes it clear that she means she wants to be returned to Golana. Her parents take her to a simulation of Golana in a holosuite, to which she responds positively; but when the simulation is deactivated, Molly becomes violent. Starfleet informs the O'Briens that it plans to put Molly into a mental institution, a situation that neither Miles nor Keiko believes is ideal for Molly. With help from a sympathetic Odo (René Auberjonois), Miles and Keiko return Molly to the portal on Golana, with the intention of destroying it to prevent Starfleet from finding her. After Miles and Keiko say their goodbyes, Molly returns through the portal but encounters her younger self, only a short time after she had fallen through. The older Molly points her younger self back through the portal; as soon as the younger Molly passes through, the older Molly disappears. Molly reappears moments before Miles is about to destroy the portal, and the family happily reunites.

In a side plot, Jadzia Dax (Terry Farrell) offers to look after Molly's one-year-old brother Yoshi; her husband Worf (Michael Dorn) volunteers to care for the child, hoping to prove his parenting skills to Dax. When Yoshi bumps his head, Worf condemns himself as an unfit parent, but he is mollified when Dax tells him that the O'Briens said that Yoshi has bumped his head many times before and later tells him that Yoshi has happily learned one of the Klingon games Worf taught him.

Production

The outdoor shots of the exoplanet the O'Brien's visit, later recreated in the holosuite, were filmed at Malibu Creek State Park in California.^[2]^[3] The nature park is in the Santa Monica Mountains of that region, on the west coast of the continental United States.^[4] According to the Deep Space Nine Companion the rocks for the "stonehenge" were fiberglass props.^[5]

The melon from Golana that the O'Briens feed Molly was an actual fruit, the kiwano (Cucumis metuliferus) which has a yellowish exterior and green interior.^[6]^[7]

Special effects are used for a Danube-class Runabout above Golana.

Reception

Keith DeCandido of Tor.com rated the episode 4 out of 10.^[8]

A 2015 binge-watching guide for Star Trek: Deep Space Nine by Wired recommended skipping this episode.^[9]

References

^ "WebTrek - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine * SEASON 6 NIELSEN RATINGS". users.telenet.be. Archived from the original on April 23, 2018. Retrieved April 24, 2018.
^ "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Time's Orphan (Rewatch)". fanfare.metafilter.com.
^ "Molly O'Brien Is All Grown Up: Hana Hatae Interview". www.startrek.com. Retrieved June 25, 2019.
^ "California State Park System Statistical Report: Fiscal Year 2009/10" (PDF). California State Parks: 16. Retrieved December 10, 2013. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
^ Erdmann, Terry J.; Block, Paula M. (2000). Deep Space Nine Companion. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 9780671501068.
^ "Weird Ingredient Wednesday: The Alien Melon from Star Trek « Food Hacks". wonderhowto.com. June 10, 2015.
^ Lowe, Lindsay (August 14, 2013). "What the Heck is a Kiwano Melon and How Do You Eat It?". Parade: Entertainment, Recipes, Health, Life, Holidays.
^ DeCandido, Keith R. A. (November 7, 2014). "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Rewatch: "Time's Orphan"". Tor.com.
^ McMillan, Graeme (May 13, 2015). "WIRED Binge-Watching Guide: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine". Wired. ISSN 1059-1028. Retrieved July 23, 2019.

External links

"Time's Orphan" at IMDb
"Time's Orphan" at Memory Alpha
"Time's Orphan" at Wayback Machine (archived from the original at StarTrek.com)

[1] "WebTrek - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine * SEASON 6 NIELSEN RATINGS". users.telenet.be. Archived from the original on April 23, 2018. Retrieved April 24, 2018.

[2] "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Time's Orphan (Rewatch)". fanfare.metafilter.com.

[auto-3] "Molly O'Brien Is All Grown Up: Hana Hatae Interview". www.startrek.com. Retrieved June 25, 2019.

[4] "California State Park System Statistical Report: Fiscal Year 2009/10" (PDF). California State Parks: 16. Retrieved December 10, 2013. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

[5] Erdmann, Terry J.; Block, Paula M. (2000). Deep Space Nine Companion. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 9780671501068.

[6] "Weird Ingredient Wednesday: The Alien Melon from Star Trek « Food Hacks". wonderhowto.com. June 10, 2015.

[7] Lowe, Lindsay (August 14, 2013). "What the Heck is a Kiwano Melon and How Do You Eat It?". Parade: Entertainment, Recipes, Health, Life, Holidays.

[8] DeCandido, Keith R. A. (November 7, 2014). "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Rewatch: "Time's Orphan"". Tor.com.

[9] McMillan, Graeme (May 13, 2015). "WIRED Binge-Watching Guide: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine". Wired. ISSN 1059-1028. Retrieved July 23, 2019.

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-"'''Time's Orphan'''" is the 148th episode of the [[first-run syndication|syndicated]] American [[science fiction]] television series ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'', the 24th episode of the [[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (season 6)|sixth season]].
+"'''Time's Orphan'''" is the 148th episode of the [[first-run syndication|syndicated]] American [[science fiction]] television series ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'', the 24th episode of the [[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine season 6|sixth season]].
 Set in the 24th century, the series follows the adventures on ''[[Deep Space Nine (space station)|Deep Space Nine]]'', a space station located near a stable [[wormhole]] between the [[Galactic quadrant (Star Trek)|Alpha and Gamma quadrants]] of the Milky Way Galaxy. In this episode, young [[Molly O'Brien]] (Hana Hatae) falls into an alien time portal and is rescued ten years older as a feral 18-year-old. [[Michelle Krusiec]] guest stars as time-portal Molly.
-Aired on television the week of May 18, 1998, it received Nielsen ratings of 4.6 points corresponding to about 4.5 million viewers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://users.telenet.be/WebTrek/Ds9/Ratings/ratings6.html|title=WebTrek - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine * SEASON 6 NIELSEN RATINGS|website=users.telenet.be}}</ref>
+Aired on television the week of May 18, 1998, it received Nielsen ratings of 4.6 points corresponding to about 4.5 million viewers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://users.telenet.be/WebTrek/Ds9/Ratings/ratings6.html|title=WebTrek - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine * SEASON 6 NIELSEN RATINGS|website=users.telenet.be|access-date=April 24, 2018|archive-date=April 23, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180423034159/http://users.telenet.be/WebTrek/Ds9/Ratings/ratings6.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
 ==Plot==
+{{Long plot|date=December 2022}}<!--- bloated 430 word "synopsis" versus 400 word max for episode standalone articles per [[MOS:TVPLOT]] --->
 [[Miles O'Brien (Star Trek)|Miles]] and [[Keiko O'Brien]] ([[Colm Meaney]] and [[Rosalind Chao]]) take their children to the planet Golana for a picnic. While playing, eight-year-old [[Molly O'Brien|Molly]] (Hana Hatae) falls into an abandoned time portal, which closes after Molly passes through. It sends her 300 years into the past, to a time when the planet was uninhabited. The crew of [[Deep Space Nine (space station)|Deep Space Nine]] helps the O'Briens recover Molly, using [[transporter (Star Trek)|transporter]] technology to lock onto her signal once they are able to open the portal again. However, they find the portal has opened at a different time, and the Molly they rescue is now 18 years old and [[Feral child|feral]] after having survived on her own for ten years in the planet's past. Molly is brought back to the station, and placed in a special habitat made to resemble the planet, to allow the O'Briens to try to reconnect with their daughter.
 Molly slowly comes to remember her parents, but still is barely controllable and confined to the boundaries of the habitat. She asks her parents to take her "home", but when they bring her back to their apartment she makes it clear that she means she wants to be returned to Golana. Her parents take her to a simulation of Golana in a [[holodeck|holosuite]], to which she responds positively; but when the simulation is deactivated, Molly becomes violent. [[Starfleet]] informs the O'Briens that it plans to put Molly into a mental institution, a situation that neither Miles nor Keiko believes is ideal for Molly. With help from a sympathetic [[Odo (Star Trek)|Odo]] ([[René Auberjonois]]), Miles and Keiko return Molly to the portal on Golana, with the intention of destroying it to prevent Starfleet from finding her. After Miles and Keiko say their goodbyes, Molly returns through the portal but encounters her younger self, only a short time after she had fallen through. The older Molly points her younger self back through the portal; as soon as the younger Molly passes through, the older Molly disappears. Molly reappears moments before Miles is about to destroy the portal, and the family happily reunites.
-In a side plot, [[Jadzia Dax]] ([[Terry Farrell (actress)|Terry Farrell]]) offers to look after Molly's one-year-old brother Yoshi; her husband [[Worf]] ([[Michael Dorn]]) volunteers to care for the child, hoping to prove his parenting skills to Dax. When Yoshi bumps his head, Worf condemns himself as an unfit parent, but he is mollified when Dax tells him Yoshi learned one of the [[Klingon]] games Worf taught him.
+In a side plot, [[Jadzia Dax]] ([[Terry Farrell (actress)|Terry Farrell]]) offers to look after Molly's one-year-old brother Yoshi; her husband [[Worf]] ([[Michael Dorn]]) volunteers to care for the child, hoping to prove his parenting skills to Dax. When Yoshi bumps his head, Worf condemns himself as an unfit parent, but he is mollified when Dax tells him that the O'Briens said that Yoshi has bumped his head many times before and later tells him that Yoshi has happily learned one of the [[Klingon]] games Worf taught him.
 ==Production==
 [[File:Kiwano 2009.jpg|thumb|A [[Cucumis metuliferus|kiwano]], which plays the role of a Golanan fruit in this episode.]]
-The outdoor shots of the exoplanet the O'Brien visits, later recreated in the holosuite were filmed at [[Malibu Creek State Park]] in California.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://fanfare.metafilter.com/7696/Star-Trek-Deep-Space-Nine-Times-Orphan-Rewatch|title=Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Time's Orphan (Rewatch)|website=fanfare.metafilter.com}}</ref><ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.startrek.com/article/molly-obrien-is-all-grown-up-hana-hatae-interview|title=Molly O'Brien Is All Grown Up: Hana Hatae Interview|website=www.startrek.com|language=en|access-date=2019-06-25}}</ref>  The nature park is in the [[Santa Monica Mountains]] of that region, on the west coast of the continental United States.<ref>{{cite journal |title=California State Park System Statistical Report: Fiscal Year 2009/10 |url=http://www.parks.ca.gov/pages/795/files/09-10%20statistical%20report%20final%20online.pdf |publisher=California State Parks |page=16 |accessdate=2013-12-10}}</ref>  According to the ''Deep Space Nine Companion'' the rocks for the "stonehenge" were fiberglass props.<ref>{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kDe3VS07YSMC&q=%22deep+space+nine%22+%22time%27s+orphan%22+production&pg=PA577 |title = Deep Space Nine Companion|isbn = 9780671501068|last1 = Erdmann|first1 = Terry J.|last2 = Block|first2 = Paula M.|year = 2000}}</ref>
+The outdoor shots of the exoplanet the O'Brien's visit, later recreated in the holosuite, were filmed at [[Malibu Creek State Park]] in California.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://fanfare.metafilter.com/7696/Star-Trek-Deep-Space-Nine-Times-Orphan-Rewatch|title=Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Time's Orphan (Rewatch)|website=fanfare.metafilter.com}}</ref><ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.startrek.com/article/molly-obrien-is-all-grown-up-hana-hatae-interview|title=Molly O'Brien Is All Grown Up: Hana Hatae Interview|website=www.startrek.com|language=en|access-date=2019-06-25}}</ref>  The nature park is in the [[Santa Monica Mountains]] of that region, on the west coast of the continental United States.<ref>{{cite journal |title=California State Park System Statistical Report: Fiscal Year 2009/10 |url=http://www.parks.ca.gov/pages/795/files/09-10%20statistical%20report%20final%20online.pdf |publisher=California State Parks |page=16 |access-date=2013-12-10}}</ref>  According to the ''Deep Space Nine Companion'' the rocks for the "stonehenge" were fiberglass props.<ref>{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kDe3VS07YSMC&q=%22deep+space+nine%22+%22time%27s+orphan%22+production&pg=PA577 |title = Deep Space Nine Companion|isbn = 9780671501068|last1 = Erdmann|first1 = Terry J.|last2 = Block|first2 = Paula M.|year = 2000| publisher=Simon and Schuster }}</ref>
-The melon from Golana that the O'Briens feed Molly was an actual fruit, the ''kiwano'' ([[Cucumis metuliferus]]) which has a yellowish exterior and green interior.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://food-hacks.wonderhowto.com/news/weird-ingredient-wednesday-alien-melon-from-star-trek-0162394/|title=Weird Ingredient Wednesday: The Alien Melon from Star Trek « Food Hacks|website=wonderhowto.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://parade.com/64398/linzlowe/what-the-heck-is-a-kiwano-melon-and-how-do-you-eat-it/|title=What the Heck is a Kiwano Melon and How Do You Eat It?|first=Lindsay|last=Lowe|date=August 14, 2013|website=Parade}}</ref>
+The melon from Golana that the O'Briens feed Molly was an actual fruit, the ''kiwano'' ([[Cucumis metuliferus]]) which has a yellowish exterior and green interior.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://food-hacks.wonderhowto.com/news/weird-ingredient-wednesday-alien-melon-from-star-trek-0162394/|title=Weird Ingredient Wednesday: The Alien Melon from Star Trek « Food Hacks|website=wonderhowto.com|date=June 10, 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://parade.com/64398/linzlowe/what-the-heck-is-a-kiwano-melon-and-how-do-you-eat-it/|title=What the Heck is a Kiwano Melon and How Do You Eat It?|first=Lindsay|last=Lowe|date=August 14, 2013|newspaper=Parade: Entertainment, Recipes, Health, Life, Holidays}}</ref>
 Special effects are used for a Danube-class [[Runabout (Star Trek)|Runabout]] above Golana.
 ==Reception==
+Keith DeCandido of [[Tor.com]] rated the episode 4 out of 10.<ref>{{cite news |date=7 November 2014 |last1=DeCandido |first1=Keith R. A. |author1-link=Keith R. A. DeCandido |title=Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Rewatch: "Time's Orphan" |url=https://www.tor.com/2014/11/07/star-trek-deep-space-nine-rewatch-qtimes-orphanq/comment-page-1/ |website=[[Tor.com]] }}</ref>
-“Time’s Orphan” has been noted as significant episode featuring the character of Miles O' Brien and his family.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://screenrant.com/best-star-trek-characters-ever/|title=The 20 Best Characters In Star Trek History|date=2016-11-19|website=ScreenRant|language=en-US|access-date=2019-03-20}}</ref> In an interview with an older Hana Hatae, who plays a young Molly O'Brien, she recalled being outdoors during shooting for this episode.<ref name="auto"/>
-A 2015 [[binge-watching]] guide for ''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'' by [[Wired (magazine)|W.I.R.E.D.]] recommended skipping this episode.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.wired.com/2015/05/binge-guide-star-trek-ds9/|title=WIRED Binge-Watching Guide: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine|last=McMillan|first=Graeme|date=2015-05-13|work=Wired|access-date=2019-07-23|issn=1059-1028}}</ref>
+A 2015 [[binge-watching]] guide for ''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'' by ''[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]]'' recommended skipping this episode.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.wired.com/2015/05/binge-guide-star-trek-ds9/|title=WIRED Binge-Watching Guide: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine|last=McMillan|first=Graeme|date=2015-05-13|magazine=Wired|access-date=2019-07-23|issn=1059-1028}}</ref>
-In 2019, ''Higgy Pop'' noted this episode as one of the [[time travel]] stories of the ''Star Trek'' franchise.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.higgypop.com/news/star-trek-time-travel/|title=Complete List Of Time Travel Storylines In Star Trek|last=Higgypop|website=Higgypop|language=en|access-date=2020-01-16}}</ref>
 ==See also==
 {{Portal|Speculative fiction|Television}}
-*[[Disaster (Star Trek: The Next Generation)]] (Molly is born on the Enterprise 1701D)
+* [[Disaster (Star Trek: The Next Generation)]] (Molly is born on the Enterprise 1701D)
-*[[Feral child]]
+* [[Feral child]]
 ==References==
-{{reflist}}
+{{Reflist}}
 ==External links==
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-* {{IMDb episode|0708652}}
+* {{IMDb episode}}
+* {{Memory Alpha|Time's Orphan|"Time's Orphan"}}
-* {{tv.com episode|star-trek-deep-space-nine/times-orphan-20981}}
-{{Memoryalpha|Time's Orphan|"Time's Orphan"}}
+* {{StarTrek.com|times-orphan|"Time's Orphan"}}
-{{StarTrek.com link|DS9|100331|"Time's Orphan"}}
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v t e Star Trek time travel stories
The Original Series	"The Naked Time" "Tomorrow Is Yesterday" "The City on the Edge of Forever" "Assignment: Earth" "All Our Yesterdays"
The Animated Series	"Yesteryear"
The Next Generation	"We'll Always Have Paris" "Time Squared" "Yesterday's Enterprise" "Captain's Holiday" "A Matter of Time" "Cause and Effect" "Time's Arrow" "Timescape" "Parallels" "Firstborn" "All Good Things..."
Deep Space Nine	"Past Tense" "Visionary" "The Visitor" "Little Green Men" "Accession" "Trials and Tribble-ations" "Children of Time" "Wrongs Darker than Death or Night" "Time's Orphan" "The Sound of Her Voice"
Voyager	"Time and Again" "Eye of the Needle" "Non Sequitur" "Death Wish" "Future's End" "Before and After" "Year of Hell" "Timeless" "Relativity" "Fury" "Shattered" "Endgame"
Enterprise	"Cold Front" "Shockwave" "Future Tense" "Twilight" "Carpenter Street" "Azati Prime" "E²" "Zero Hour" "Storm Front" "In a Mirror, Darkly"
Discovery	"Magic to Make the Sanest Man Go Mad"
Picard	"Assimilation" "Watcher"
Strange New Worlds	"A Quality of Mercy" "Those Old Scientists" (crossover with Lower Decks)
Films	Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home Star Trek Generations Star Trek: First Contact Star Trek