Hard Time

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine  Season 4 Episode 19

Air Date: 4/15/1996

After twenty years of incarceration, Miles O'Brien is released by his Argrathi overseers into the hands of the Federation. However, nothing has changed much. The Argrathi means of punishment is to implant their prisoners with memories of being incarcerated for a length of time. In truth, the prisoner is only held for a while, but the prisoner remembers everything about their long time behind bars. With O'Brien released, his healing can begin...but only if he wants it to.