...The only redeeming aspect of the scene, as mentioned above, was the promise that he would return.
The scene got sort of bizarre and confusing for people living in my area.
The TV station that carried DS9 decided to keep carrying it as a rerun series, and chose to show it in the very same timeslot once a week.
Ben says something to Cassidy about 'I might be back tomorrow, or even yesterday.'
After part two of WYLB ran for the second time and the season ended, the very next week we saw the "new series" of repeat episodes begin with the first episode of the series...and Ben arriving on the station "yesterday".