Production Number: 510
Written by: René Echevarria
Guest Stars:
Notes:
Original air week: 1/27/97
Directed by: Jesús Salvador Treviño
Spellings: ???
The Author's Keyboard:
Kira has finally gone into labor, but Odo is uninterested, dealing with
his own "baby." The former Changeling has purchased an ailing infant
Changeling from Quark, and, after Bashir treats the creature, begins
the task of trying to teach his "child" to shapeshift from its natural
state of goo. He is clearly displeased when Dr. Mora, the Bajoran
scientist who "raised" Odo, arrives on the station to help. To Odo's
horror and disgust, Mora insists on probing and measuring the creature,
and the two clash over how to teach the infant.
[About the baby being named "Sean", which in Bajoran means "swamp"]
But it would suck growing up surrounded by people who think your
name sounds kinda gross. I knew a kid named Dung in college and
believe me, he wasn't exactly thrilled about his name (which was
perfectly fine in his own culture). In any case, the O'Brien's
gave their baby a good traditional Japanese name... Kirayoshi.
While Kira gives birth to the O'Brien's baby, Odo raises an infant
Changeling.

