This makes riveting drama, especially when applying it to a character that the audience has grown to care about over the years of two television series. I think the reason this episode works so well is because it is, in essence, a very simple concept: A man rebuilding a life he hasn't known, while simultaneously burying a dark secret. It's not too often that O'Brien gets a story all to himself, and it's a wonder why not-Colm Meaney is a terrific actor, which is demonstrated in full force by "Hard Time," a powerful, engrossing tale about a man trying to cope with the psychological effects of an agonizing mental punishment. He wakes up after a few hours of "therapy" (torture would be a better word) to return to a life he hasn't known for a perceptual eternity. O'Brien is wrongfully charged with espionage by the Argrathi government and sentenced to submit to an artificial memory implant that makes him believe he has been incarcerated in a cell for 20 years. Nutshell: Intense and pulling few punches, this is one of the most powerful dramas in the history of the franchise. Review by Jamahl Epsicokhan "When I had the chance to show that no matter what anyone did to me I was still an evolved, human being, I failed.
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