History Recap / StarTrekDeepSpaceNineS03E12PastTensePartII

* NiceHat: B.C. is very proud of his hat and asks Sisko his advice on whether it looks better with the brim up or down. Just before the building is stormed, he gives it to Webb's son.

* RubberForeheadAlien: Made particularly noticeable in this episode, where Kira is able to disguise herself as a human simply by putting a little bandage over her nose.

* TakingTheBullet: Sisko saves the hostages from the trigger-happy National Guard by jumping in front of them, though his wound isn't fatal.

Meanwhile, the ''Defiant'' crew, having to rely on their own resources, have to TechnoBabble a way to send Kira and O'Brien into the past to find Sisko and the others. O'Brien has narrowed down their year of arrival to ten different possibilities. With Kira disguising herself as a human by means of a bandage over her nose, the pair begin hopping from time period to time period putting a call out to their lost comrades. After finding now luck in 1930, 1967, they try 2048 and realize that the CrapSackWorld is different from what it's supposed to be, proving that the trio were sent to some time prior to that year. They nail it down to three options, but can only take one more shot before they can't use that method anymore, and they luck out by hitting 2024 and successfully hailing Dax.

* TechnologyMarchesOn: The fact that people in the sanctuary need internet access from the one available terminal in order to contact the world outside feels really dated in the era of social networks and ubiquitous smartphones.

Meanwhile, Dax and her new friend Chris Brynner work to find a way to reach Sisko. She eventually manages to sneak inside District A, where he tells her that they have to find a way to get the residents' stories out to the public - it was one of the key components of the Bell Riots that led to the welfare reforms needed to end the sanctuaries. Despite the legal risk to Chris, she convinces him to open up a network line to the inside so Webb and the other gimmes can tell their stories.

Meanwhile, the ''Defiant'' crew, having to rely on their own resources, have to TechnoBabble a way to send Kira and O'Brien into the past to find Sisko and the others. They fail to reach them in 1930 and 1967, and determine that the divergence came sometime before 2048, as their visit to that year reveals an Earth is in far worse shape than even the WorldWarIII of their own timeline. They nail it down to three options, but can only take one more shot before they can't use that method anymore, and they luck out by hitting 2024 and successfully hailing Dax.

Sisko and Webb attempt to negotiate with the police, but Sisko knows the SWAT raid is coming, and has to prepare for it. Webb sends his son away, and B.C. (showing a brief semblance of humanity) gives Danny his hat. Shortly, the office is stormed, and both Webb and B.C. are killed, while Sisko takes a bullet protecting Vin. Sisko survives, and Vin agrees to let him go and tell the true story of the riot. He agrees to place Bell's ID on a body, thus allowing the world to believe that Gabriel Bell died protecting the hostages - thus restoring the 24th century for Sisko and company.

Back aboard the ''Defiant'', Bashir treats Sisko's wound, and asks him how things could've been allowed to get so bad back then in the first place, but Sisko, to his regret, doesn't have an answer.

* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: This exchange.
-->'''Sisko:''' You get on my nerves... and I don't like your hat.

* ContinuityNod: The boxing poster from the 30's beam-in is for a followup to the same match advertised in "The City At the Edge of Forever," an extremely subtle hint that Kira and O'Brien are in the same era as Kirk and Spock in that episode (who ''also'' had to save the Federation from not existing).
* CrazyHomelessPeople: Grady in particular (played by Creator/ClintHoward, no less). He genuinely believes he can turn himself invisible. Though he correctly figures Dax for an alien, and a good one at that.

* YouAlreadyChangedThePast: Not confirmed, but implied. Sisko doesn't recognize the real Gabriel Bell in person and only realizes who he is by looking at his ID card after he's dead. This implies that Sisko had never actually seen a picture of Bell before and had only read about him. The picture of Sisko as Bell was only found after returning to the present, and it is also implied that it took Bashir awhile to locate a picture of him in the historical database. Also, it's VERY unlikely the real Bell would've been able to get access to the interface as history records, as it took help from Chris Brynner via Dax to accomplish it. If you ignore the SanDimasTime elements (which don't make sense either way), this is the most likely explanation. Out of universe, the actor playing Bell was Avery Brooks' stunt double so they looked similar anyway. The alternative explanation is CloseEnoughTimeline but the first makes more sense.
** In defense of the idea that the 'real' Gabriel Bell was the one responsible for the original events, he may have had some knowledge of the existing computer systems of the time that Sisko and Bashir lacked, or had some kind of access based on a past job or something that he was able to exploit.

* NotSoDifferent:
** As the hostage situation wears on, they eventually engage in some small talk about sports. Sisko, Vin, and Bernardo debate baseball.
** According to history, the Sanctuary policy collapsed when the inmates were able to broadcast their stories on the national network and prove that they were people just like the viewers who just happened to have had some bad luck.

** According to history, the Sanctuary policy collapsed when the inmates were able to broadcast their stories on the national network and prove that they were good people wrongly imprisoned.

** In defense of the idea that the 'real' Gabriel Bell was the one responsible for the original events, he may have had some knowledge of the existing computer systems of the time that Sisko and Bashir lacked.

* DeathFakedForYou: Vin switches Sisko's and Bashir's IDs with two of the casualties to let them walk free.

* GoodCopBadCop: An accidental version, with B.C. being so aggressive and violent that everyone around him (Webb, Sisko, and Bashir) come off as more palatable and

* GuileHero: In order to save the situation, Sisko has to be violent and threatening so that B.C. will respect him enough to listen, but also reasonable and clear-thinking enough for Webb, Preston, and the hostages to trust him. It's a hell of a tightrope but Sisko walks it skillfully.

** In defence of the idea that the 'real' Gabriel Bell was the one responsible for the original events, he may have had some knowledge of the existing computer systems of the time that Sisko and Bashir lacked.

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: The police chief tries to be one, but she's hamstrung by orders from above.

* DeweyDefeatsTruman: Averted! Vin's offhand remark about the 1999 Yankees would prove true when they won the World Series in that year, after having one of the best regular-season records in baseball history the previous year. Played straight with the [[FamousFamousFictional 2015 London Kings]],[[note]]Hard to win when you're a non-existent fictional team...[[/note]] though it is kind of hilarous in hindsight that a "regal" team, the Kansas City Royals, won that year and so they did somewhat elliptically get it semi-right.

* ContinuityNod: The boxing poster from the 30's beam-in is for the same match advertised in "The City At the Edge of Forever," an extremely subtle hint that Kira and O'Brien are in the city at the same time as Kirk and Spock (who ''also'' had to save the Federation from not existing)[[note]]Problem is, Kira and O'Brien are beaming into San Francisco in different time periods whereas Kirk and Spock were in New York..[[/note]].