Max Grodenchik

In 2369, Cardassian forces finally withdraw from 70 years of Bajoran occupation -- leaving the planet, the people and an old orbiting mine station stripped and depleted.

Newly transferred to Chief of Emergency Medicine--and furious about it--disabled former surgeon Romano expresses his disdain and lack of detailed knowledge of emergency room procedure, angering almost everyone around him and endangering a patient's life. Carter unsuccessfully confronts the bitter Romano. Now performing his job, Weaver sympathizes with Romano but is not immune to his attacks. Meanwhile, a visitor to the emergency room reveals Lewis' surprising secret. Lewis also underestimates a deceptively healthy-looking woman's condition. An automobile accident victim claims that his children were with him in the car, but the police cannot find them. Kovac pleads with Weaver to allow a Croatian boy to come to Chicago for treatment. Corday's end-stage cancer patient must choose her life or that of her unborn baby. And Pratt desperately searches for a gift for Chen after pretending he knew it is her birthday.

While on vacation on Risa, Captain Picard encounters two Vorgons from the 27th Century.

Odo, the station's mysterious, gruff and yet incredibly fair shape-shifter constable, falls under suspicion for a Bajoran's baffling murder -- and xenophobic hatred rears its ugly head in the station's rush to judgment. Meanwhile, Chief O'Brien's wife Keiko opens a school for the station's youth, and convinces Quark's brother Rom to send his own son, Nog.

Sisko faces thousands of Dominion warships alone in an attempt to regain Deep Space Nine.