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- Episode 03x11

Episode: 03x11
Title: Past Tense, Part I
Type: Regular Episode
Production Code: 457
First Aired: Jan. 08, 1995

Season 3 » Episode #11 - Past Tense, Part I

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - 03x11 Past Tense, Part I

Summary: Stardate 48481.2: The crew of Deep Space Nine proceed on the Defiant to Earth to attend a Starfleet symposium on the Gamma Quadrant. As Commander Sisko, Doctor Bashir, and Lieutenant Dax beam down, they are caught in a temporal fluxuation. They do make it to San Francisco, but they wind up there in the year 2024.

Who appeared in this episode?

Guest Stars:

Commander Sisko	played by Avery Brooks
Odo	played by Rene Auberjonois
Doctor Bashir	played by Alexander Siddig
Lieutenant Jadzia Dax	played by Terry Farrell
Chief O'Brien	played by Colm Meaney
Major Kira	played by Nana Visitor
Chris Brynner	played by Jim Metzler
B.C.	played by Frank Military
Vin	played by Dick Miller

Season 3 / Episode 11: - Past Tense, Part I

Dr. Julian Bashir: Causing people to suffer because you hate them... is terrible. But causing people to suffer because you have forgotten how to care... that's really hard to understand.

Season 3 / Episode 11: - Past Tense, Part I

Commander Sisko: By the early 2020s, there was a place like this in every major city in the United States.
Dr. Julian Bashir: Why are these people in here? Are they criminals?
Commander Sisko: No, people with criminal records weren't allowed in the Sanctuary Districts.
Dr. Julian Bashir: Then what did they do to deserve this?
Commander Sisko: Nothing. Just people, without jobs or places to live.
Dr. Julian Bashir: Ah, so they get put in here?
Commander Sisko: Welcome to the 21st century, Doctor.

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TRIVIA

On the clock on the wall of the Processing Center, the date reads: Friday, 8/30/24. August 30, 2024, will in fact, be a Friday!
According to Ira Steven Behr, this episode was inspired by a proposal by the City of Los Angeles to create an area in the Downtown area just for homeless people.

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