The Quickening


Bashir and Dax answer a distress call in the Gamma Quadrant; people on a planet
have a disease and Bashir tries hard to find a cure. The people call the disease " The Quickening", and are very harsh with Bashir because they don't want to get false hope that he can cure them.

He sends Dax back to DS - 9, and is caring for a pregnant woman when she has ehr baby... great news! The baby has antibodies against the Quickening, so, while he has yet to find a cure, he did discover how to make a vaccine from the newborn's blood. The children of these people will be disease free.

This is a wonderful episode. One of the best DS - 9's I have seen.

"I offer you a Vulcan prayer, Mr Suder. May your

death bring you the peace you never found in

life." - Tuvok.