History Recap / StarTrekDeepSpaceNineS04E17Accession

* TimeyWimeyBall: Kira has no idea how she can remember Akorem's poem as being unfinished when it's actually completed. Sisko's response: [[HandWave "The Prophets work in mysterious ways."]]

* TheChosenOne: This episode is all about Sisko finally stepping up and owning his distinction as Emissary of The Prophets. Before, he was [[ItSucksToBeTheChosenOne uneasy]] about being a religious icon to the Bajorans and feels relieved when Akorem Laan takes up the mantle, but after he witnesses Akorem's reactionary intentions and their logical progression (namely the event detailed in the DarkSheherd trope below), he steps up.

* TheChosenOne: This episode is all about Sisko finally stepping up and owning his distinction as Emissary of The Prophets. Before, he was [[ItSucksToBeTheChosenOne uneasy]] about being a religious icon to the Bajorans and feels relieved when Akorem Laan takes up the mantle, but after he witnesses Akorem's reactionary intentions and their logical progression (namely the event detailed in the DarkShepard trope below), he steps up.

* TheChosenOne: This episode is all about Sisko finally stepping up and owning his distinction as Emissary of The Prophets. Before, he was [[ItSucksToBeTheChosenOne uneasy]] about being a religious icon to the Bajorans and feels relieved when Akorem Laan takes up the mantle, but after he witnesses Akorem's reactionary intentions, he steps up.

* TheChosenOne: This episode is all about Sisko finally stepping up and owning his distinction as Emissary of The Prophets. Before, he was uneasy about being a religious icon to the Bajorans and feels relieved when Akorem Laan takes up the mantle, but after he witnesses Akorem's reactionary intentions, he steps up.

* TheChosenOne: This episode is all about Sisko finally stepping up and owning his distinction as Emissary of The Prophets. Before, he was uneasy about being a religious icon to the Bajorans, but after he witnesses Akorem Laan's reactionary intentions when Akorem takes the mantle, he steps up.

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Worf makes some preemptive plans to be ''far'' away from [=DS9=] when the O'Brien's baby #2 is due.

* TheChosenOne: This episode is all about Sisko finally stepping up and owning his distinction as Emissary of The Prophets.

* TheChosenOne:

* NeglectfulPrecursors: It's never explained why the Prophets sent Akorem to ''[[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine [=DS9=]]]'''s time (200 years in the future from his perspective), rather than sending him back to his own era (which they ultimately do anyway, but apparently only after being reminded).
** Their intention is to make Sisko get off his behind and accept his role as the Emissary, which he does by the end of the episode.

* RealLifeWritesThePlot: Nana Visitor had become pregnant, thus, the writers started a plotline about a Keiko O'Brien pregnancy, then, once Nana became visibly pregnant, the in-universe child was implanted into Kira later this season in "Body Parts".

* NeglectfulPrecursors: It's never explained why the Prophets sent Akorem to DS9's time (200 years in the future from his perspective), rather than sending him back to his own era (which they ultimately do anyway, but apparently only after being reminded).

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Worf makes some preemptive plans to be ''far'' away from DS9 when the O'Brien's baby #2 is due.

* CallBack: When Quark tells Worf that Keiko's going to have a baby, Worf exclaims "Now?!?". In the Next Gen episode [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS5E5Disaster "Disaster"]], Worf delivered the O'Briens first child Molly during an emergency.

* RealLifeWritesThePlot: Nana Visitor had become pregnant, thus, the writers started a plotline about a Keiko O'Brien pregnancy, then, once Nana became visibly pregnant, the in-universe child was implanted into Kira in "Body Parts" towards the season's end.

A 200 year old Bajorian flies through the wormhole, claiming to be the chosen Emissary. Meanwhile, O'Brien finds out Keiko's pregnant again.

* TyrantTakesTheHelm: To the bajorans who didn't care for the return to the D'jarra castes, Akorem as Emissary could be construed as this.

* FantasticCasteSystem: This episode reveals that Bajor had one of these before the Cardassian Occupation. Akorem tries to bring it back, but the results are less than pleasant until Sisko puts a stop to it. You can see the schism it would cause to Bajoran society immediately: Some bajorans are enraptured by their new Emissary's mission, while others are disconcerted (like Kira).

* TyrantTakesTheHelm: To the bajorans who didn't care for the return to the D'jarra castes, Akorem as Emissary could be construed as this.

* TyrantTakesTheHelm: To the bajorans who didn't care for the return to the D'jarra castes, Akorem could be construed as this.

* FantasticCasteSystem: This episode reveals that Bajor had one of these before the Cardassian Occupation. Akorem tries to bring it back, but the results are less than pleasant until Sisko puts a stop to it.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodSandwich: Bashir and O'Brien never finish any of the beers they order.

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Worf makes some preemptive plans to be ''far'' away from DS9 when baby #2 is due.

A 200 year old Bajorian flys through the wormhole, claiming to be the chosen Emissary. Meanwhile, O'brien finds out Keiko's pregnant again.

* CallBack: When Quark tells Worf that Keiko's going to have a baby, Worf exclaims "Now?!?". In the Next Gen episode "Disaster", Worf delivered the O'Briens first child Molly during an emergency.

* FantasticCasteSystem: This episode reveals that Bajor had one of these before the Cardassian Occupation. Akorem tries to bring it back, but the results are less than pleasant until Sisko puts a stop to it.

* CallBack: When Quark tells Worf that Keiko's going to have a baby, Worf exclaims "Now?!?". In the Next Gen episode "Disaster", Worf delivered the O'Briens first child Molly during an emergency.