"Molly O'Brien disappears in a vortex and reappears as an 18-year-old woman, but she is now feral, bringing great difficulty for her parents."
Normally a plot like this would be dreadful, but this one works. It ended up having some interesting moments. So the O'Brien's are on a getaway to some planet and Molly falls into a vortex that takes her into the planets past. To a time when no one occupied it. The Enterprise crew devise a plan to get her out of the vortex. It takes only hours to retrieve her but when they get Molly back she is now 18 years old.
Molly is feral because she survived alone on the planet for 8 years. Miles and Keiko go about re-teaching her everything, including who she really is. In the end she understands a good deal, but she really misses "home". Miles and Keiko make the tough decision to send her back to her time.
The end is a good twist though. They send 18 yr old Molly through the vortex and she ends up back in the planets past. She then stumbles upon 10 year old Molly and tells her to go back through the vortex and she will be able to see her parents again. Much to Miles and Keiko's surprise, out of the vortex walks their young daughter again.
There is also a subplot in which Worf babysits Mile's son.
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Another great Miles episode. They're all good, even when they should be awful.
Credit to Star Trek people for not only recognizing that an insignificant transporter guy could be a great character, but also noticing the fantastic acting ability of Colm Meaney.
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