Babel

"Babel" is the fifth episode of the first season of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Quick Overview: A mysterious virus plagues the station that disrupts one's audio and visual brain processes. Because of this, nobody understands one another. Chief O'Brien is having to deal with numerous malfunctions throughout the station. This includes most of the station's replicators. While fixing one of the replicators, O'Brien unwittingly activates a device that... more

"Babel" is the fifth episode of the first season of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Quick Overview: A mysterious virus plagues the station that disrupts one's audio and visual brain processes. Because of this, nobody understands one another. Chief O'Brien is having to deal with numerous malfunctions throughout the station. This includes most of the station's replicators. While fixing one of the replicators, O'Brien unwittingly activates a device that was placed in one of the replicators. Shortly afterwards, O'Brien begins showing signs of aphasia — he becomes unable to speak coherently and is unable to understand others. At first, Doctor Bashir isn't sure why O'Brien suddenly became aphasic, tests showed no physiological causes. But when Lt. Dax suddenly becomes aphasic right before his eyes, he soon realizes that they are dealing with a virus that only mimics aphasia. He also determines that the virus is in the food that had come from command level replicators, but that the other... less