Plot

The O'Briens, reunited after Deep Space Nine

Deep Space Nine (space station)

Deep Space Nine is a fictitious space station, and is the eponymous primary setting of the science fiction television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. It serves as a base for the exploration of the Gamma Quadrant via the Bajoran wormhole, and is a hub of trade and travel for the sector's denizens...

 has been reclaimed, take a family trip to Golana IV. While playing, eight-year-old Molly falls into an abandoned time portal despite Miles

Miles O'Brien (Star Trek)

Miles Edward O'Brien, played by Colm Meaney, is Chief of Operations in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Before DS9, he appeared as a recurring transporter chief in Star Trek: The Next Generation...

's efforts to save her; the portal closes after Molly passes through. The station's staff quickly comes to the O'Briens' help to try to recover Molly, using transporter technology to lock onto her signal once they are able to open the portal again. However, they find the portal opened at a different time, and the Molly they rescued is now 18 years old and feral

Feral

A feral organism is one that has changed from being domesticated to being wild or untamed. In the case of plants it is a movement from cultivated to uncultivated or controlled to volunteer. The introduction of feral animals or plants to their non-native regions, like any introduced species, may...

 after having to survive on her own for the last 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. During this time, Jadzia Dax

Jadzia Dax

Jadzia Dax , played by Terry Farrell, was a main character during the first six seasons of the science fiction television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine....

 offers to look after infant Yoshi O'Brien, but when this interrupts her planned scientific ventures, Worf

Worf

Worf, played by Michael Dorn, is a main character in Star Trek: The Next Generation and in seasons four to seven of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. He also appears in the films based on The Next Generation. Worf is the first Klingon main character to appear in Star Trek, and has appeared in more Star...

 offers to watch the child.

Molly slowly comes to remember her parents, but still is barely controllable and confined to the boundaries of the habitat. The O'Briens take her to a holosuite

Holodeck

A holodeck, in the fictional Star Trek universe, is a simulated reality facility located on starships and starbases. The first use of a "holodeck" by that name in the Star Trek universe was in the pilot episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation, "Encounter at Farpoint", although a conceptually...

 to give her the appearance of more space, to which she responds positively. However, when two Klingon

Klingon

Klingons are a fictional warrior race in the Star Trek universe.Klingons are recurring villains in the 1960s television show Star Trek: The Original Series, and have appeared in all five spin-off series and eight feature films...

s demand the scheduled use of the holosuite, 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 believe is ideal for Molly. With help from a sympathetic Odo, Miles works to secretly return Molly to the portal on Golana IV, 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. Back aboard the station, they find that while Worf had a difficult time caring for Yoshi, the infant managed to learn one of the Klingon games Worf taught him, making Worf proud of himself.

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