Doctor Bashir, I Presume

Episode aired Feb 24, 1997
TV-PG
46m

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7.7/10

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Brian George, Alexander Siddig, and Fadwa El Guindi in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993)

Action Adventure Drama Sci-Fi Thriller

Dr. Bashir is selected to be the model for the next-generation of Emergency Medical Hologram (EMH). But he balks when his parents are invited to the station to be interviewed by the EMH prog... Read allDr. Bashir is selected to be the model for the next-generation of Emergency Medical Hologram (EMH). But he balks when his parents are invited to the station to be interviewed by the EMH programmer, Dr. Zimmerman. There is a dark secret in his family that he's afraid that his pare... Read allDr. Bashir is selected to be the model for the next-generation of Emergency Medical Hologram (EMH). But he balks when his parents are invited to the station to be interviewed by the EMH programmer, Dr. Zimmerman. There is a dark secret in his family that he's afraid that his parents will reveal.

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IMDb RATING

7.7/10

2.2K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Trivia
This episode is the first to provide any details whatsoever about Nog's mother, Prinadora. Indeed, it is the only episode to do so. She would be mentioned again in "Ferengi Love Songs", but no new information would be presented.

Goofs
In the prologue when Julian and Miles are playing darts, Julian compliments Miles on a triple twenty shot after Miles throws the dart. Seconds later Miles, followed by the camera, retrieves his darts, none of which are anywhere near the triple twenty.

Quotes
Admiral Bennett: [39:30] Two hundred years ago, we tried to improve the species through DNA resequencing. And what did we get for our troubles? The Eugenics Wars. For every Julian Bashir that can be created, there's a Khan Singh waiting in the wings, a superhuman, whose ambition and thirst for power have been enhanced along with his intellect. The law against genetic engineering provided a firewall against such men. And it's my job to keep that firewall intact.

Connections
Featured in What We Left Behind: Looking Back at Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (2018)

Soundtracks
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Main Title
(uncredited)
Written by Dennis McCarthy
Performed by Dennis McCarthy

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8/10

Federation Slaves

I found it odd that Bashir never seems to have been given a choice of whether he wanted to be copied as a computer program to be used and manipulated far longer than decades.

Zimmerman arrives and tells him and the captain what is going to happen and that seems to be the end of it. (Odd the captain is first learning of this when Zimmerman waltzes in). It's not like Zimmerman was a charming salesman. He was off-putting from the first and became worse as the episode progressed.

Are Federation personnel obligated to forever give their skills, personality, and likeness to the Federation? It started with TNG and became clearer in DS9 that the Federation is not a benevolent organization. As was said by the guy who defected to the Maquis, the Federation can be as bad as the Borg.