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Star Trek: Deep Space Nine


“Doctor Bashir, I Presume”

Episode Number114 (5.16)
Production Number514
Season5
Stardate
Original Airdate24-Feb-1997
StoryJimmy Diggs
TeleplayRonald D. Moore
DirectorDavid Livingston
Dr. Zimmerman models the new EMH after Bashir
Synopsis

When Dr. Bashir is chosen as the model for Starfleet's long-term medical holographic program, the process threatens to expose a dark secret from his past. During Dr. Zimmerman's research, he finds Julian's parents, who he discovers had Julian genetically enhanced at a young age because he didn't fit their standards, which is against Federation law.

Guest Cast

Chase Masterson (Leeta)
Max Grodénchik (Rom)
Brian George (Richard Bashir)
Fadwa El Guindi (Amsha Bashir)
J. Patrick McCormack (Admiral Bennett)

Notes
  • Dr. Zimmerman offers Leeta a job as cafe manager on Jupiter Station, but Rom finally tells Leeta that he loves her and she tells him that she also loves him.
  • Admiral Bennett agrees that if Richard Bashir goes to prison on the New Zealand penal colony for two years, that Julian can keep his commission in Starfleet.
  • Julian's parents call him Jules.