Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Summary
A friendship with Chief Miles O’Brien ( Colm Meaney ) spare the character reference of Dr. Julian Bashir ( Alexander Siddig ) inStar Trek : Deep Space Nine . O’Brien and Bashir became one ofStar Trek ’s most abiding dual act across seven seasons ofDS9 , but the duo had a jolty starting time . The road to their friendly relationship start out withDS9season 1 , episode 14 , " The Storyteller " , in which they locomote to a village on Bajor to tend to a aesculapian emergency . The village ’s nonmigratory storyteller is dying , and without him , the villagers will be wipe out by the mysterious Dal’Rok . It ’s therefore up to O’Brien to reluctantly take on the mantle of " Sirah " to save the village .
Far from starting out as one ofStar Trek ’s best friendship , O’Brien and Bashir are something of an odd couple in " The fibber . " Chief O’Brien incur Bashir a bit annoying , and it ’s easy to see why at this point inStar Trek : Deep Space Nineseason 1 . On the outside , the high - reach Bashir is incredibly earnest and a piddling ingratiating . For example , his relentless pursuit of a love story with Lt . Jadzia Dax ( Terry Farrell ) has n’t aged all that well , but it ’s through his friendly relationship with Miles - established in " The Storyteller " - that Julian became a much well regardedDS9character .
Star Trek’s Chief O’Brien Fixed DS9’s Dr. Bashir
InStar Trek : Deep Space Nineseason 1 , episode 13 , " The Storyteller " , O’Brien and Bashir are paired together for the first time . It ’s clear that even O’Brien does n’t want to spend time with Dr. Bashir , which reflects how the audience see the businesslike and overly - confident medic . However , over the class of their shuttle drive to Bajor , it becomes clear that Julian is really just a bit insecure . His insisting that Miles call him Julian gives some insight into his own insecurity about being the senior officer to the older O’Brien .
It ’s clear that as a freshly graduate , high-pitched - achievingStarfleet Academy cadet , Julian has overleap to perfect his social skill . It ’s through his friendship with the more ground Chief O’Brien that he becomes a more rounded character . It ’s in an embryonic form , but the friendly relationship between Miles and Julian begin in " The fibber " , and it ’s a joy to watch . There are genuine joke - out flashy moments asStar Trek : Deep Space Nine ’s medico attempts to figure out the mystery of the Dal’Rok , while O’Brien is comically baffled by the responsibilities of becoming the newfangled " Sirah . "
O’Brien & Bashir Became Star Trek’s Best Double Act
The primal turn point in O’Brien and Bashir ’s relationship is when , at the end of " The Storyteller , " Julian paint a picture that Miles yield to just telephone him " Sir . " O’Brien wryly smiles , because he ’s establish the limit of their friendly relationship . Ira Steven Behr chew over that he wanted to tell a story about two men ; one who wants a close friendship , and the other who wants space . Bashir ’s change of mind of his request that O’Brien call him Julian reflects that he ’s got a good clasp on what the Chief want from their friendship .
From there , they went on to becomeStar Trek ’s best duo , while retaining this emotional restraint , with some primal exception . One of the honorable O’Brien and Bashir moments is inStar Trek : Deep Space Nineseason 4 , episode 4 , " Hippocratic Oath " in which Miles laments that he wish his wife Keiko O’Brien ( Rosalind Chao ) was more like Julian . From that moment it ’s explicit how much love the two men have for each other , launch the near bond that would see them both through the tragedy of the Dominion War .
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