List of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episodes

Season 2 DVD Set (R1)

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine is the third live-action television series in the Star Trek franchise and aired in syndication from January 1993 through June 1999. There were a total of 176 episodes over the show's seven seasons, which are listed here in chronological order by original air, which match the episode order in each season's DVD set.

The pilot episode, "Emissary", the episode "The Way of the Warrior", as well as the series finale, "What You Leave Behind", originally aired as two-hour presentations, but were subsequently aired as sets of two one-hour episodes in rerun. This list also includes the stardate on which the events of each episode take place within the fictional Star Trek universe.

Deep Space Nine was the most commercially successful Star Trek series made to date^{[citation needed]}, with a record 11 million DVDs and VHS tapes sold worldwide, as well as being translated into at least 12 different languages. It was also the most expensive Star Trek, with total production costs exceeding $66,000,000.^{[citation needed]} Prior series in the Star Trek franchise were Star Trek: The Original Series, Star Trek: The Animated Series and Star Trek: The Next Generation.

Season		Episodes	Originally aired	DVD release
				Region 1	Region 2
	1	20	1993	February 25, 2003	March 24, 2003
	2	26	1993–1994	April 1, 2003	April 28, 2003
	3	26	1994–1995	June 3, 2003	June 23, 2003
	4	26	1995–1996	August 5, 2003	August 25, 2003
	5	26	1996–1997	October 7, 2003	October 27, 2003
	6	26	1997–1998	November 4, 2003	December 8, 2003
	7	26	1998–1999	December 2, 2003	December 22, 2003

Episodes

Season 1 (1993)

#	#	Title	Stardate	Directed by	Written by	Featured character(s)	Original airdate	Production number
1&2	101-102	"Emissary"	46379.1	David Carson	Teleplay: Michael Piller Story: Rick Berman and Michael Piller	Sisko	Sunday, January 3, 1993 (1993-01-03)	401
A new crew is assigned to a former Cardassian space station: Deep Space Nine. It is a joint Federation/Bajoran force, with Commander Sisko in charge, but his life is dramatically changed when he is declared the Emissary to the Prophets by a Bajoran priest.
3	103	"Past Prologue"	Unknown	Winrich Kolbe	Katharyn Powers	Kira, Garak	Sunday, January 10, 1993 (1993-01-10)	404
A Bajoran terrorist with ties to Kira arrives on Deep Space Nine, however he is pursued by the Cardassians. Garak is introduced.
4	104	"A Man Alone"	46421.5	Paul Lynch	Teleplay: Michael Piller Story: Gerald Sanford & Michael Piller	Odo	Sunday, January 17, 1993 (1993-01-17)	403
Odo is accused of the murder of a Bajoran murderer.
5	105	"Babel"	46423.7	Paul Lynch	Teleplay: Michael McGreevey & Naren Shankar Story: Sally Caves & Ira Steven Behr	Various	Sunday, January 24, 1993 (1993-01-24)	405
A mysterious virus plagues the station, causing speech distortions and eventually death.
6	106	"Captive Pursuit"	Unknown	Corey Allen	Teleplay: Jill Sherman Donner and Michael Piller Story: Jill Sherman Donner	O'Brien	Sunday, January 31, 1993 (1993-01-31)	406
O'Brien befriends an alien from the Gamma Quadrant who has been bred to be hunted.
7	107	"Q-Less"	46531.2	Paul Lynch	Teleplay: Robert Hewitt Wolfe Story: Hannah Louise Shearer	Q, Vash	Sunday, February 7, 1993 (1993-02-07)	407
Q and Vash arrive on Deep Space Nine. However Vash has realized the annoyance of Q and wants him to leave her alone.
8	108	"Dax"	46910.1	David Carson	Teleplay: D. C. Fontana and Peter Allan Fields Story: Peter Allan Fields	Dax	Sunday, February 14, 1993 (1993-02-14)	408
Jadzia Dax is accused of a murder committed by her symbiont in another lifetime.
9	109	"The Passenger"	Unknown	Paul Lynch	Teleplay: Morgan Gendel & Robert Hewitt Wolfe and Michael Piller Story: Morgan Gendel	Bashir	Sunday, February 21, 1993 (1993-02-21)	409
A sinister criminal is hiding in the mind of someone on Deep Space Nine, but Bashir struggles to understand how it works.
10	110	"Move Along Home"	Unknown	David Carson	Teleplay: Frederick Rappaport and Lisa Rich & Jeanne Carrigan-Fauci Story: Michael Piller	Various	Sunday, March 14, 1993 (1993-03-14)	410
Quark is forced to play a game by the Wadi, a newly encountered species, and the lives of the crew depend on the outcome.
11	111	"The Nagus"	Unknown	David Livingston	Teleplay: Ira Steven Behr Story: David Livingston	Quark	Sunday, March 21, 1993 (1993-03-21)	411
Quark is named as the head of the Ferengi Alliance by Grand Nagus Zek, but he is now surrounded by enemies.
12	112	"Vortex"	Unknown	Winrich Kolbe	Sam Rolfe	Odo	Sunday, April 18, 1993 (1993-04-18)	412
Odo discovers he may not be the only one of his kind when a visitor from the Gamma Quadrant claims he can contact Odo's people.
13	113	"Battle Lines"	Unknown	Paul Lynch	Teleplay: Richard Danus and Evan Carlos Somers Story: Hilary J. Bader	Sisko, Kira	Sunday, April 25, 1993 (1993-04-25)	413
The spiritual leader of Bajor, Kai Opaka, travels with Sisko on a trip to the Gamma Quadrant but is stranded with him on a world where the dead are resurrected.
14	114	"The Storyteller"	46729.1	David Livingston	Teleplay: Kurt Michael Bensmiller and Ira Steven Behr Story: Kurt Michael Bensmiller	O'Brien, Jake Sisko	Sunday, May 2, 1993 (1993-05-02)	414
O'Brien is recruited to save a Bajoran village from destruction by a mysterious cloud creature.
15	115	"Progress"	46844.3	Les Landau	Peter Allan Fields	Kira	Sunday, May 9, 1993 (1993-05-09)	415
Kira has to deal with a stubborn farmer (Brian Keith) who refuses to leave his home even though it is slated for destruction.
16	116	"If Wishes Were Horses"	46853.2	Robert Legato	Teleplay: Nell McCue Crawford & William L. Crawford and Michael Piller Story: Nell McCue Crawford & William L. Crawford	Various	Sunday, May 16, 1993 (1993-05-16)	416
Deep Space Nine is put in jeopardy when the crew's thoughts manifest themselves, and such figures as Rumpelstiltskin appear, but they turn out to be aliens making first contact.
17	117	"The Forsaken"	46925.1	Les Landau	Teleplay: Don Carlos Dunaway and Michael Piller Story: Jim Trombetta	Odo	Sunday, May 23, 1993 (1993-05-23)	417
The Federation ambassador from Betazed, Lwaxana Troi, visits the station, but develops an affection for Odo.
18	118	"Dramatis Personae"	46922.3	Cliff Bole	Joe Menosky	Various	Sunday, May 30, 1993 (1993-05-30)	418
A Klingon ship comes through the wormhole and explodes bringing a psychic entity. After this, a mutiny begins, with Kira leading the way.
19	119	"Duet"	Unknown	James L. Conway	Teleplay: Peter Allan Fields Story: Lisa Rich & Jeanne Carrigan-Fauci	Kira	Sunday, June 13, 1993 (1993-06-13)	419
A visiting Cardassian, Marritza may in fact be a notorious war criminal Gul Darhe'el, butcher of Gallitep Labor camp, and Kira is determined to bring him down.
20	120	"In the Hands of the Prophets"	Unknown	David Livingston	Robert Hewitt Wolfe	Sisko, Kira	Sunday, June 20, 1993 (1993-06-20)	420
Friction escalates when Vedek Winn arrives on Deep Space Nine and discovers schoolteacher Keiko O'Brien is teaching about aliens in the Bajoran wormhole.

Season 2 (1993–94)

#	#	Title	Stardate	Directed by	Written by	Featured character(s)	Original airdate	Production #
21	201	"The Homecoming"	Unknown	Winrich Kolbe	Teleplay: Ira Steven Behr Story: Jeri Taylor and Ira Steven Behr	Sisko, Kira	Sunday, September 26, 1993 (1993-09-26)	421
Kira rescues a Bajoran prisoner of war Li Nalas; meanwhile, an extremist reactionary group called The Alliance for Global Unity, or "the Circle", begins to take control of Bajor. Li reveals that he killed an unarmed Gul, but the retelling of the story made him into a legendary hero. Kira is recalled to Bajor.
22	202	"The Circle"	Unknown	Corey Allen	Peter Allan Fields	Sisko, Kira	Sunday, October 3, 1993 (1993-10-03)	422
The Circle attempts to topple the Bajoran government, but there is more to the situation than meets the eye. Li Nalas is appointed the Liaison officer to DS9. Quark is deputized. It is revealed that the Circle led by Minister Jaro is armed by the Kressari as a proxy for Cardassians. Admiral Chekote gives the order to evacuate DS9.
23	203	"The Siege"	Unknown	Winrich Kolbe	Michael Piller	Sisko, Kira	Sunday, October 10, 1993 (1993-10-10)	423
Sisko and Li Nalas help stop Deep Space Nine from being commandeered by the Bajorans, while Kira and Dax try to put an end to the Circle by presenting evidence that Minister Jaro is being backed by the Cardassians. Li Nalas gives his life to save Sisko.
24	204	"Invasive Procedures"	47182.1	Les Landau	Teleplay: John Whelpley and Robert Hewitt Wolfe Story: John Whelpley	Dax	Sunday, October 17, 1993 (1993-10-17)	424
With all but essential personnel evacuated from DS9, a bitter unjoined Trill, Verad, and his crew take over the station posing as storm victims on the cargo ship Ekina. They capture Odo and attempt to steal the Dax symbiont from Jadzia. Quark feigns injury allowing Odo to be freed and Sisko to stop Verad Dax.
25	205	"Cardassians"	47177.2	Cliff Bole	Teleplay: James Crocker Story: Gene Wolande & John Wright	Garak, Bashir	Sunday, October 24, 1993 (1993-10-24)	425
Garak investigates the identity of a Cardassian boy, Rugal, abandoned on Bajor, who has been brought up by Bajorans, Proka Migdal. It is an elaborate plot by Gul Dukat to end the political career of Kotran Pa'Dar, Rugal's father. The plot is uncovered by Bashir and Garak.
26	206	"Melora"	47229.1	Cliff Bole	Teleplay: Evan Carlos Somers and Steven Baum and Michael Piller & James Crocker Story: Evan Carlos Somers	Bashir	Sunday, October 31, 1993 (1993-10-31)	426
Bashir tries to help Ensign Melora Pazlar, the first Elaysian to join Starfleet, adjust to "normal" gravity. However, in order to do so she must give up low-gravity movement a defining attribute of Elaysians. She stops a plot to kill Quark by Fallit Kot.
27	207	"Rules of Acquisition"	Unknown	David Livingston	Teleplay: Ira Steven Behr Story: Hilary J. Bader	Quark	Sunday, November 7, 1993 (1993-11-07)	427
Quark represents Grand Nagus Zek in a plot to establish a Ferengi business presence in the Gamma Quadrant. Pel, a female ferengi, teams up with Quark and they learn that to do business in the Gamma Quadrant they must contact the Keremma, a member race of the Dominion.
28	208	"Necessary Evil"	47282.5	James L. Conway	Peter Allan Fields	Odo, Kira	Sunday, November 14, 1993 (1993-11-14)	428
When Quark is shot, Odo re-opens a five-year-old murder case of Mr. Vaatrik who was a Cardassian collaborator. He hid a list of eight other co-conspirators in a wall panel on DS9. It is revealed that Kira concealed the fact that she murdered Mr. Vaatrik while she was working for the Bajoran resistance.
29	209	"Second Sight"	47329.4	Alexander Singer	Teleplay: Mark Gehred-O'Connell & Ira Steven Behr and Robert Hewitt Wolfe Story: Mark Gehred-O'Connell	Sisko	Sunday, November 21, 1993 (1993-11-21)	429
A mysterious woman, Fenna, catches Sisko's eye during their fleeting meetings. Gideon Seyetik is a scientist. It is revealed that Nidell, Seyetik's wife, is a Hallanan psychoprojective telepath creating Fenna. Seyetik commits suicide to free Nidell for his stellar reignition experiment which is a success.
30	210	"Sanctuary"	47391.2	Les Landau	Teleplay: Frederick Rappaport Story: Gabe Essoe & Kelley Miles	Kira	Sunday, November 28, 1993 (1993-11-28)	430
The Skrreea, displaced humanoid farmers from the Gamma Quadrant, claim Bajor as Kentanna, their legendary homeland, but are offered Daylon II. Their matriarch leader Haneek's son is killed trying to reach Bajor when the faulty ship he takes is destroyed by a single phaser blast from Bajoran defences. The Skrreea agree to settle Draylon II.
31	211	"Rivals"	Unknown	David Livingston	Teleplay: Joe Menosky Story: Jim Trombetta & Michael Piller	Quark	Sunday, January 2, 1994 (1994-01-02)	431
Quark feels threatened when a charming swindler, Martus Mazur, opens a competing bar (Club Martus), helped by a device that brings him good luck. But the probability altering machines are fickle and causing chaos on DS9; Sisko destroys them.
32	212	"The Alternate"	47391.7	David Carson	Teleplay: Bill Dial Story: Jim Trombetta and Bill Dial	Odo	Sunday, January 9, 1994 (1994-01-09)	432
A scientist, Dr. Mora Pol of the Bajoran Science Institute, finds a life-form in the Gamma Quadrant that may be related to Odo.
33	213	"Armageddon Game"	47529.4	Winrich Kolbe	Morgan Gendel	Bashir, O'Brien	Sunday, January 30, 1994 (1994-01-30)	433
O'Brien and Bashir help two warring races, the Kellerans and T'lani, erase all knowledge of a deadly biological weapon, but are not trusted to keep what they have learned a secret. It is revealed that they also collaborated to murder O'Brien and Bashir who are rescued at the last minute.
34	214	"Whispers"	47552.1	Les Landau	Paul Robert Coyle	O'Brien	Sunday, February 6, 1994 (1994-02-06)	434
While preparing the station for upcoming peace talks, O'Brien discovers that the crew have been hiding information from him and giving orders behind his back. It is revealed that he is a synthetic "replicant" robot a nearly perfect duplicate of the real O'Brien.
35	215	"Paradise"	47573.1	Corey Allen	Teleplay: Jeff King and Richard Manning & Hans Beimler Story: Jim Trombetta and James Crocker	Sisko	Sunday, February 13, 1994 (1994-02-13)	435
Commander Sisko and Chief O'Brien are stranded on a planet, Aurelius, where their leader, Alixus, rejects technology, even when it means the death of others. It is revealed that Alixus has been protecting a duonetic field device which inhibits the use of technology. When rescued by Kira, Sisko arrests Alixus for their casualties, while the other colonists decide to stay.
36	216	"Shadowplay"	47603.3	Robert Scheerer	Robert Hewitt Wolfe	Odo, Kira, Jake Sisko	Sunday, February 20, 1994 (1994-02-20)	436
Odo and Dax investigate why a city's residents are disappearing. They discover that the entire city is a holographic projection run by a computer created by a lone survivor of a Dominion attack.
37	217	"Playing God"	Unknown	David Livingston	Teleplay: Jim Trombetta and Michael Piller Story: Jim Trombetta	Dax	Sunday, February 27, 1994 (1994-02-27)	437
A proto-universe threatens to destroy the station and Bajor. Dax has a field docent (a trill candidate initiate), named Arjin, whom she helps find his voice — to discover what he wants from life and from joining.
38	218	"Profit and Loss"	Unknown	Robert Wiemer	Flip Kobler and Cindy Marcus	Quark	Sunday, March 20, 1994 (1994-03-20)	438
Quark is reunited with his former Cardassian lover, Natima Lang, but she is engaged in dangerous political intrigue with her students Rekela and Hogue: they want to reduce the political power of the Cardassian military. They are arrested after the Bajoran government agrees to a prisoner exchange. Garak, having informed on their presence, is bribed to kill them.
39	219	"Blood Oath"	Unknown	Winrich Kolbe	Teleplay and Television Story: Peter Allan Fields Idea: Andrea Moore Alton	Dax	Sunday, March 27, 1994 (1994-03-27)	439
Jadzia Dax honors an oath made by Curzon Dax to a three Klingons (Kol, Koloth, and Kang), and goes with them on a crusade against their sworn enemy "the Albino" who murdered their firstborn children as revenge for stopping his raid on a Klingon colony.
40	220	"The Maquis, Part I"	Unknown	David Livingston	Teleplay: James Crocker Story: Rick Berman and Michael Piller & Jeri Taylor and James Crocker	Sisko	Sunday, April 24, 1994 (1994-04-24)	440
Federation colonists reject a treaty with Cardassia and take matters into their own hands, forming a terrorist group called 'The Maquis'. It is revealed that Commander Calvin Hudson the federation attache is actually the Maquis leader. Quark works with Sakonna, a vulcan, to arm the Maquis.
41	221	"The Maquis, Part II"	Unknown	Corey Allen	Teleplay: Ira Steven Behr Story: Rick Berman and Michael Piller & Jeri Taylor and Ira Steven Behr	Sisko	Sunday, May 1, 1994 (1994-05-01)	441
Federation colonists reject a treaty with Cardassia and take matters into their own hands by planning to destroy a weapons depot at the Cardassian Bryma colony. They are stopped by Sisko.
42	222	"The Wire"	Unknown	Kim Friedman	Robert Hewitt Wolfe	Bashir, Garak	Sunday, May 8, 1994 (1994-05-08)	442
In order to save Garak's life, Bashir must unravel some of the secrets in the Cardassian's past. It is revealed that Garak has an anti-torture implant making him immune to pain but is killing him because it wasn't intended for continuous use. Bashir saves him by meeting with Enabran Tain, former head of the Obsidian Order, the Cardassian secret police.
43	223	"Crossover"	47879.2	David Livingston	Teleplay: Peter Allan Fields and Michael Piller Story: Peter Allan Fields	Kira, Bashir	Sunday, May 15, 1994 (1994-05-15)	443
Kira and Bashir accidentally cross to the Mirror Universe, where a Klingon-Cardassian alliance rules. A century before, James T. Kirk had made a similar crossover, affecting human and galactic history. Terrans are slaves on the station.
44	224	"The Collaborator"	Unknown	Cliff Bole	Teleplay: Gary Holland & Ira Steven Behr and Robert Hewitt Wolfe Story: Gary Holland	Kira	Sunday, May 22, 1994 (1994-05-22)	444
A Bajoran, secretary Kubus, who aided the Cardassian occupation forces wants to return home from exile. Vedek Winn engages in a power play to become kai against Vedek Bareil. Bareil withdraws his candidacy when Kira reveals that he has covered up information about the Kendra valley massacre.
45	225	"Tribunal"	47944.2	Avery Brooks	Bill Dial	O'Brien	Sunday, June 5, 1994 (1994-06-05)	445
O'Brien is declared guilty of an unspecified crime and later "tried" at a tribunal held on Cardassia Prime. Odo becomes the Nestor but just as O'Brien is to be sentenced to death, Sisko reveals a Cardassian plot to plant Raymond Boone, a spy, into Federation society and frame O'Brien.
46	226	"The Jem'Hadar"	Unknown	Kim Friedman	Ira Steven Behr	Sisko, Quark, Jake Sisko	Sunday, June 12, 1994 (1994-06-12)	446
Sisko, Jake, Nog, and Quark go camping on a Gamma Quadrant world, but are captured by mysterious soldiers called the Jem'Hadar and meet a force, the Dominion, to rival the Federation. the USS Odyssey is destroyed as they escape back to DS9.

Season 3 (1994–95)

#	#	Title	Stardate	Directed by	Written by	Featured character(s)	Original airdate	Production #
47	301	"The Search, Part I"	48213.1	Kim Friedman	Teleplay: Ronald D. Moore Story by: Ira Steven Behr and Robert Hewitt Wolfe	Various	Monday, September 26, 1994 (1994-09-26)	447
Sisko takes the new USS Defiant into the Gamma Quadrant to find the mysterious leaders of the Dominion and avert a war, while Odo is drawn by instinct towards his home planet in the Omarion Nebular. Commander Michael Eddington of Starfleet security joins. Odo finds the changeling lake and meets another shape-shifter.
48	302	"The Search, Part II"	48213.1	Jonathan Frakes	Teleplay: Ira Steven Behr Story: Ira Steven Behr and Robert Hewitt Wolfe	Various	Monday, October 3, 1994 (1994-10-03)	448
Odo begins to connect with his fellow Changelings as Sisko attempts to negotiate peace with the Dominion. The Defiant and their crew are mentally probed but escape with Odo's help. Odo rejects the philosophy of the Dominion to command and conquer.
49	303	"The House of Quark"	48224.2	Les Landau	Teleplay: Ronald D. Moore Story: Tom Benko	Quark	Monday, October 10, 1994 (1994-10-10)	449
Quark lies about killing a Klingon, Kozak, and is then forced to marry the widow, Grilka, founding his own 'House of Quark'. Quark discovers that D'Ghor has been plotting and scheming against Kozak dishonorably. D'Ghor challenges Quark to battle, but is dishonored when he reveals that he would kill an unarmed and weak opponent. Keiko joins an agrobiology expedition in the Janitza mountains on Bajor.
50	304	"Equilibrium"	48231.7	Cliff Bole	Teleplay: René Echevarria Story: Christopher Teague	Dax	Monday, October 17, 1994 (1994-10-17)	450
A secret from Dax's past could mean the end of the current host's life. Joran Belar, an unworthy initiate, had joined with the Dax symbiote for 30 days which overturns one of the fundamental pillars of Trill society: that only the worthy candidates should be allowed to join with symbiotes. The Trill consider terminating Dax's existence to keep the secret covered up until Sisko threatened to reveal the secret.
51	305	"Second Skin"	48244.5	Les Landau	Robert Hewitt Wolfe	Kira	Monday, October 24, 1994 (1994-10-24)	451
Kira is kidnapped by Cardassians, surgically altered to look Cardassian and told she is actually an undercover Cardassian agent. It is revealed that the entire scheme is a plot by the Obsidian order to expose Legate Ghemor as a traitor. Kira, altered to look like Illyana, Ghemor's daughter, is used to get Ghemor to spring the Obsidian order's trap.
52	306	"The Abandoned"	48301.1	Avery Brooks	D. Thomas Maio and Steve Warnek	Odo	Monday, October 31, 1994 (1994-10-31)	452
A Jem'Hadar infant is found in salvaged spaceship wreckage and Odo strives to teach the rapidly maturing soldier to think for himself. Bashir discovers that the Jem'Hadar are dependent upon an isogenic enzyme. Sisko meets Mardah, Jake's girlfriend, a Dabo girl.
53	307	"Civil Defense"	48388.8	Reza Badiyi	Mike Krohn	Various	Monday, November 7, 1994 (1994-11-07)	453
Deep Space Nine is progressively locked down after O'Brien, Jake and Sisko accidentally activate an automated Cardassian security program. The program's counter-insurgency measures keep escalating until it initiates an auto-destruct. Gul Dukat beams on-board but is unable to stop the self-destruct sequence.
54	308	"Meridian"	48423.2	Jonathan Frakes	Teleplay: Mark Gehred-O'Connell Story: Hilary J. Bader and Evan Carlos Somers	Dax	Monday, November 14, 1994 (1994-11-14)	454
Dax falls in love with Deral who will soon disappear because he is a member of Meridian, a planet that phases between dimensions every 60 years. Dax is prepared to join the Meridians but is transported out because she is destabilizing the quantum matrix of Meridian.
55	309	"Defiant"	48467.3	Cliff Bole	Ronald D. Moore	Sisko, Kira, Tom Riker	Monday, November 21, 1994 (1994-11-21)	455
Tom Riker, posing as Commander William Riker, shows up unannounced and uses Kira's interest in him to steal the USS Defiant and take it on a mission for the Maquis. Sisko works with the Cardassians to stop Tom. Tom reveals a secret Obsidian order base in the Orias system. Sisko plea bargains a deal for Tom trading the Defiant's sensor logs for a way to break the stalemate.
56	310	"Fascination"	48441.6	Avery Brooks	Teleplay: Philip Lazebnik Story: Ira Steven Behr and James Crocker	Various	Monday, November 28, 1994 (1994-11-28)	456
Lwaxana Troi pursues Odo during the Bajoran Gratitude Festival as members of the crew suddenly become infatuated with one another because Lwaxana has contracted a Zanthi virus which is causing her to project telepathic feelings of love to people near her.
57	311	"Past Tense, Part I"	48481.2	Reza Badiyi	Teleplay: Robert Hewitt Wolfe Story: Ira Steven Behr and Robert Hewitt Wolfe	Sisko, Bashir	Monday, January 2, 1995 (1995-01-02)	457
A transporter accident sends Sisko, Bashir, and Dax three centuries into Earth's dark past to a time just before the Bell riots, a violent civil disturbance in opposition to Sanctuaries which are controlled ghettos for the dispossessed. It is a pivotal moment in Federation history because Bell's death changes public opinion about the Sancutaries. But Sisko meets Bell and he dies in an accident.
58	312	"Past Tense, Part II"	48481.2	Jonathan Frakes	Teleplay: Ira Steven Behr and René Echevarria Story: Ira Steven Behr and Robert Hewitt Wolfe	Sisko, Bashir	Monday, January 9, 1995 (1995-01-09)	458
Sisko assumes the role of a pivotal historic-figure, Gabriel Bell, in order to restore the timeline. Dax sneaks into the Sanctuary and is able to break the communications net lock allowing the people in the Sanctuary to get their point of view heard, the first step to getting the Sanctuaries closed and the federal employment act reinstated.
59	313	"Life Support"	48498.4	Reza Badiyi	Teleplay: Ronald D. Moore Story: Christian Ford and Roger Soffer	Kira, Bashir	Tuesday, January 31, 1995 (1995-01-31)	459
Bashir's ethics are put to the test as he keeps Vedek Bareil alive long enough to help Kai Winn complete negotiations for a peace treaty with Cardassia. In the end Bashir refuses to replace the rest of Bareil's brain with a positronic one, which might keep him alive, but would turn him into more of a machine than a man.
60	314	"Heart of Stone"	48521.5	Alexander Singer	Ira Steven Behr and Robert Hewitt Wolfe	Odo, Kira	Monday, February 6, 1995 (1995-02-06)	460
When Kira's life is put in jeopardy Odo expresses the depth of his feelings for her. He reveals that he got his name because Dr. Mora called him Odo'ital, which means "nothing" in Cardassian. Eventually it is revealed that Kira is actually a changeling posing as Kira testing Odo to see how and why he has an allegiance to the solids.
61	315	"Destiny"	48543.2	Les Landau	David S. Cohen and Martin A. Winer	Sisko	Monday, February 13, 1995 (1995-02-13)	461
Despite Trakor's Bajoran prophecy of destruction, Sisko assists in a joint scientific venture with the Cardassians to open communications through the Bajoran wormhole. A rogue comet crashes into the wormhole, but Sisko is able to use the slithium fragments from the comet to stabilize a communication pathway through the wormhole, and in the process successfully reinterpreting Trakor's prophecy.
62	316	"Prophet Motive"	48555.5	René Auberjonois	Ira Steven Behr and Robert Hewitt Wolfe	Quark	Monday, February 20, 1995 (1995-02-20)	462
Quark discovers that Grand Nagus Zek has written a new virtuous and benevolent set of the Rules of Acquisition, which would put an end to the traditional Ferengi ways. But it is revealed that Zek has stared into an Orb of the Prophets who altered his mind. Quark convinces them to reverse what they did. Julian is nominated for the Carrington medical award but Henri Roget wins it.
63	317	"Visionary"	48576.7	Reza Badiyi	Teleplay: John Shirley Story: Ethan H. Calk	O'Brien	Monday, February 27, 1995 (1995-02-27)	463
Exposure to radiation causes O'Brien to jump five hours into the future for brief periods, as Deep Space Nine hosts Romulan and Klingon delegations. Miles uncovers a plot by the Romulans to destroy DS9 and the wormhole in order to close contact with the Dominion, who then leave in disgrace.
64	318	"Distant Voices"	48592.2	Alexander Singer	Teleplay: Ira Steven Behr & Robert Hewitt Wolfe Story: Joe Menosky	Bashir	Monday, April 10, 1995 (1995-04-10)	464
Julian Bashir is subjected to a telepathic attack by Altovar, a Lethean, in which the station represents his mind, the crew represent aspects of his personality and he is aging rapidly. He eventually breaks the telepathic attack by finding his way to the station's infirmary.
65	319	"Through the Looking Glass"	48601.1	Winrich Kolbe	Ira Steven Behr and Robert Hewitt Wolfe	Sisko	Monday, April 17, 1995 (1995-04-17)	466
Sisko is convinced by "Smiley" O'Brien from a parallel universe to assume the role of the dead Captain Sisko, and convince Jennifer Sisko to defect to the Terran side. He gets onboard the station and convinces Jennifer to join the Rebels. They are cornered with no escape route but are able to negotiate their release by triggering the station's auto-destruct sequence.
66	320	"Improbable Cause"	48620.3	Avery Brooks	Teleplay: René Echevarria Story: Robert Lederman & David R. Long	Odo, Garak	Monday, April 24, 1995 (1995-04-24)	465
Garak's tailor shop is bombed, forcing Odo to investigate who is trying to kill the Cardassian exile – and why. It is revealed that Garak destroyed his own shop! They are captured by the Romulans where Enabran Tain, former head of the Obsidian order is onboard. Tain asks Garak to rejoin the order and end his exile. The Cardassians are working with the Romulans to stage a preemptive strike against the Dominion founder home-world.
67	321	"The Die is Cast"	48622.5	David Livingston	Ronald D. Moore	Odo, Garak	Monday, May 1, 1995 (1995-05-01)	467
Garak reluctantly tortures Odo for information to prove his loyalty to his former mentor, Enabran Tain, as a joint Tal Shiar/Obsidian Order attack on the Founders in the Omarian Nebula is underway, without Starfleet's involvement. It is revealed that Lovok, a changeling posing as a Romulan, tricked them all and lured them into the trap. The entire combined Romulan and Cardassian fleet is cornered and destroyed. The Defiant rescues Odo and Garak.
68	322	"Explorers"	48699.9	Cliff Bole	Teleplay: René Echevarria Story: Hilary J. Bader	Sisko, Jake Sisko	Monday, May 8, 1995 (1995-05-08)	468
Sisko builds a replica of an ancient Bajoran space vessel and with Jake attempts to prove that the Bajorans developed interstellar travel before Cardassians. They catch a tachyon eddy and are flung past the Denorius belt and end up at Cardassia prime where they are welcomed by Gul Dukat with fireworks.
69	323	"Family Business"	48731.2	René Auberjonois	Ira Steven Behr and Robert Hewitt Wolfe	Quark	Monday, May 15, 1995 (1995-05-15)	469
Quark returns to his home planet to confront his mother after hearing from the Ferengi Commerce Authority that she broke the law by earning profit. Moogie eventually signs the confession and seemingly turns over all her misbegotten profits. In the end, it is revealed that she only turned over a third of her profits.
70	324	"Shakaar"	48764.8	Jonathan West	Gordon Dawson	Kira	Monday, May 22, 1995 (1995-05-22)	470
Kai Winn needs Kira to convince her former resistance leader, Shakaar, now a farmer on Bajor, to return soil reclamators needed elsewhere in Rakantha, which used to be Bajor's most productive agricultural region. Shakaar refuses to give up the reclamators, and Winn orders martial law. Shakaar confronts Colonel Lenaris Holem, sent to stop him. Together they oust Winn in order to avert a civil war on Bajor.
71	325	"Facets"	48959.1	Cliff Bole	René Echevarria	Dax	Monday, June 12, 1995 (1995-06-12)	471
Jadzia Dax deals with feelings of inferiority as she encounters past hosts in a Trill Zhian'tara ceremony which is able to transfer the memories of former hosts into another recipient. Lela gave Dax her gesturing; Tobin her mathematical aptitude; Torias her coordination and grace; and Joran her musical skills. It is revealed that Curzon was shamefully in love with Jadzia.
72	326	"The Adversary"	48962.5	Alexander Singer	Ira Steven Behr and Robert Hewitt Wolfe	Various	Monday, June 19, 1995 (1995-06-19)	472
A Changeling posing as Ambassador Krajensky sabotages the USS Defiant as it attempts to start a war in the Alpha Quadrant between the Federation and the Tzenkethi, making it easy for the Dominion to invade. When Odo kills the changeling during their struggle, it tells Odo that you are too late, we are everywhere.

Season 4 (1995–96)

#	#	Title	Stardate	Directed by	Written by	Featured character(s)	Original airdate	Production #
73&74	401-402	"The Way of the Warrior"	49011.4	James L. Conway	Ira Steven Behr and Robert Hewitt Wolfe	Worf	Monday, October 2, 1995 (1995-10-02)	473
A Klingon fleet arrives on its way to expand the Klingon Empire at the expense of the Cardassians in the face of the Dominion threat, and Worf is brought to DS9 to negotiate. The Defiant goes to Cardassia and rescues Gul Dukat and the Detapa council from the Klingons. The Klingons follow the Defiant and attack DS9. Worf joins DS9 as the new Strategic Operations Officer.
75	403	"The Visitor"	49037.7	David Livingston	Michael Taylor	Sisko, Jake Sisko	Monday, October 9, 1995 (1995-10-09)	476
An elderly Jake Sisko relates the story of how he lost his father to a temporal displacement accident. The story follows Jake from his teenage years through his entire life, the publication of Anslem, Collected Stories; his marriage and separation with Korena. Jake becomes a scientist and eventually figures out that he himself is causing his father to jump in time.
76	404	"Hippocratic Oath"	49066.5	René Auberjonois	Teleplay: Lisa Klink Story: Nicholas Corea and Lisa Klink	Bashir, O'Brien	Monday, October 16, 1995 (1995-10-16)	475
Bashir assists a rogue group of Jem'Hadar led by Goran'Agar attempting to overcome their genetic addiction to Ketracel White. Goran'Agar is able to survive without the White and enlists the aid of Bashir to try to understand why.
77	405	"Indiscretion"	49122.4	LeVar Burton	Teleplay: Nicholas Corea Story: Toni Marberry & Jack Treviño	Kira, Dukat	Monday, October 23, 1995 (1995-10-23)	477
Forced to bring along Dukat on a personal mission to investigate the fate of the Ravinok, Kira discovers the real reason her old enemy wants to accompany her. Dukat wants to find out what happened to his mistress Tora Naprem. He finds and adopts his illegitimate daughter Ziyal.
78	406	"Rejoined"	49195.5	Avery Brooks	Teleplay: Ronald D. Moore and René Echevarria Story: René Echevarria	Dax	Monday, October 30, 1995 (1995-10-30)	478
Dax is reunited with Lenara Kahn, the widow of one of her former hosts, Torias Dax, and the two struggle with their feelings for one another. According to Trill law former relatives are not allowed to reassociate upon penalty of exile. In the end, Dax is willing to sacrifice everything to rekindle a relationship; but Lenara is not.
79	407	"Starship Down"	49263.5	Alexander Singer	David Mack and John J. Ordover	Various	Monday, November 6, 1995 (1995-11-06)	479
The USS Defiant becomes trapped in a planet's volatile atmosphere after battling with the Jem'Hadar. Quark has cheated Hanok of the Karemma empire but later makes amends by saving the Defiant with Hanok by disarming an unexploded torpedo.
80	408	"Little Green Men"	49201.3	James L. Conway	Teleplay: Ira Steven Behr & Robert Hewitt Wolfe Story: Toni Marberry & Jack Treviño	Quark, Rom, Nog	Monday, November 13, 1995 (1995-11-13)	480
Quark, Rom, Nog, and Odo are accidentally thrust back in time to Roswell, New Mexico, Earth, in 1947. Gaila has given Quark a defective shuttle which he uses to smuggle Kemacite (contraband) to Earth while delivering Nog to Starfleet Academy.
81	409	"The Sword of Kahless"	49263.5	LeVar Burton	Teleplay: Hans Beimler Story: Richard Danus	Worf	Monday, November 20, 1995 (1995-11-20)	481
Worf, Dax and a revered Klingon Dahar master, Kor, search for the Sword of Kahless to unite the Klingon Empire. Their rival Toral, hires a Lethean to read their thoughts, and follow them to the Hur'q site where the Sword is hidden. But visions of grandeur turn Worf against Kor and they realize that it would also tear the Empire apart and decide to beam the Sword out into space.
82	410	"Our Man Bashir"	49300.7	Winrich Kolbe	Teleplay: Ronald D. Moore Story: Robert Gillan	Bashir	Monday, November 27, 1995 (1995-11-27)	482
Bashir plays a 1960s secret agent in a holosuite, but when it is used in an emergency to store the transporter patterns of some of the crew, he must make life or death decisions. Bashir is forced to follow the holosuite program to its conclusion while trying to keep everyone alive. Eventually Rom is able to interface with the stations systems to recover the trapped crew members.
83	411	"Homefront"	49170	David Livingston	Ira Steven Behr and Robert Hewitt Wolfe	Sisko	Monday, January 1, 1996 (1996-01-01)	483
Sisko and Odo are brought to Earth when it's suspected Changelings are infiltrating Starfleet. It is revealed that four shape shifters are on Earth.
84	412	"Paradise Lost"	49482.3	Reza Badiyi	Teleplay: Ira Steven Behr and Hans Beimler Story: Ronald D. Moore	Sisko	Monday, January 8, 1996 (1996-01-08)	484
As Sisko and Odo prepare for a Dominion invasion they discover a plot to place the Federation under military control. Federation president Jaresh-Inyo places the Earth under military control. Lieutenant Arriaga has evidence to show that the Dominion have caused the chaos but Admiral Leyton tries to stop him.
85	413	"Crossfire"	49517.3	Les Landau	René Echevarria	Odo	Monday, January 29, 1996 (1996-01-29)	485
Odo's hidden feelings for Kira surface when the visiting Bajoran First Minister, Edon Shakaar, begins to court her. Odo is jealous but unable to profess his love and feelings for Kira; in the end he estranges himself from Kira.
86	414	"Return to Grace"	49534.2	Jonathan West	Teleplay: Hans Beimler Story: Tom Benko	Kira, Dukat	Monday, February 5, 1996 (1996-02-05)	486
Dukat seeks Kira's help in regaining his rank in the Cardassian Empire. With Kira's help Dukat is able to trade his Cardassian Freighter for a Klingon Bird of Prey. Dukat leaves Ziyal on DS9 as he goes off to take on the Klingon fleet. The Cardassian council are unwilling to engage the Klingons are seek a diplomatic solution to their conflict.
87	415	"Sons of Mogh"	49556.2	David Livingston	Ronald D. Moore	Worf	Monday, February 12, 1996 (1996-02-12)	487
Cast out of Klingon society because of Worf's dishonor, his outcast brother, Kurn, asks Worf to kill him. Meanwhile, it is discovered that the Klingons have deployed a cloaked minefield at the wormhole entrance. Worf and Kurn sneak onboard a Klingon ship and acquire the secret detonation security codes for the minefield. Bashir erases Kurn's memory and he starts his new life as Rodek, son of Noggra.
88	416	"Bar Association"	49565.1	LeVar Burton	Teleplay: Robert Hewitt Wolfe and Ira Steven Behr Story: Barbara J. Lee & Jenifer A. Lee	Quark, Rom	Monday, February 19, 1996 (1996-02-19)	488
Rom creates a union for Quark's employees and goes on strike. Liquidator Brunt from the Ferengi empire is sent to investigate and stop the union. Quark eventually concedes to the union's demands if they agree to publicly disband the union.
89	417	"Accession"	49600.7	Les Landau	Jane Espenson	Sisko	Monday, February 26, 1996 (1996-02-26)	489
A famous Bajoran poet, Akorem Laan, who disappeared over 200 years ago appears from the wormhole and convinces Sisko that he is the true Emissary. Sisko gladly gives up the position. But to his dismay, Akorem asks the Bajoran people to return to their D'jarras a caste-like system which causes havoc. Sisko and Akorem travel into the wormhole and the prophets return Akorem back to his own time.
90	418	"Rules of Engagement"	49665.3	LeVar Burton	Teleplay: Ronald D. Moore Story: David Weddle & Bradley Thompson	Worf	Monday, April 8, 1996 (1996-04-08)	490
Worf accidentally destroys a civilian ship during battle and faces a hearing to determine whether he should be extradited to the Klingon Empire. Odo and Sisko discover that this is an elaborate Klingon plot to get the Federation to withdraw. Sisko finds out that the passengers aboard the civilian ship were faked.
91	419	"Hard Time"	49680.5	Alexander Singer	Teleplay: Robert Hewitt Wolfe Story: Daniel Keys Moran and Lynn Barker	O'Brien	Monday, April 15, 1996 (1996-04-15)	491
O'Brien is incarcerated for 20 years on an alien world on charges of espionage and sedition. However, he awakens to find the experience was implanted into his mind, and must then struggle to re-adjust to station life. He becomes more and more irritable and distraught, and eventually Bashir must talk O'Brien out of committing suicide. O'Brien admits to Bashir that he killed his (fictional) cellmate, which allows him to truly start the healing process.
92	420	"Shattered Mirror"	49699.1	James L. Conway	Ira Steven Behr and Hans Beimler	Sisko, Jake Sisko	Monday, April 22, 1996 (1996-04-22)	492
Sisko attempts to rescue Jake after he is lured into a war-torn mirror universe by his mother's living counterpart. Smiley has created the Defiant and Sisko makes it space-worthy and leads it into a battle.
93	421	"The Muse"	49702.2	David Livingston	Teleplay: René Echevarria Story: René Echevarria and Majel Barrett-Roddenberry	Odo, Jake Sisko	Monday, April 29, 1996 (1996-04-29)	493
While Odo assists a pregnant Lwaxana Troi, Jake falls under the spell of a mysterious woman, Onaya, who is actually a psionic entity that feeds off of creativity. She serves as a muse for Jake who starts writing Anslem. Odo marries Lwaxana in a Tavnian ceremony which they plan to annul later.
94	422	"For the Cause"	49729.8	James L. Conway	Teleplay: Ronald D. Moore Story: Mark Gehred-O'Connell	Sisko	Monday, May 6, 1996 (1996-05-06)	494
Sisko learns that his girlfriend Kasidy may be a Maquis smuggler. He catches Kasidy commanding the Xhosa red-handed in the Badlands. Meanwhile it is revealed that Commander Eddington is working with the Maquis and he steals the shipment of CFI replicators.
95	423	"To the Death"	49904.2	LeVar Burton	Ira Steven Behr and Robert Hewitt Wolfe	Various	Monday, May 13, 1996 (1996-05-13)	495
Sisko and the Defiant crew join forces with the Jem'Hadar to stop a group of Jem'Hadar renegades from gaining power. They are made aware of an Iconian gateway which they destroy.
96	424	"The Quickening"	49909.7	René Auberjonois	Naren Shankar	Bashir	Monday, May 20, 1996 (1996-05-20)	496
Bashir tries to free the population of a Gamma Quadrant world in the Teplan system of an engineered disease left by the Dominion 200 years ago. Bashir successfully cures a pregnant woman's baby of the Blight. Bashir meets Trevean who is a doctor who is actually someone who performs euthanasia.
97	425	"Body Parts"	49930.3	Avery Brooks	Teleplay: Hans Beimler Story: Louis P. DeSantis & Robert J. Bolivar	Quark	Monday, June 10, 1996 (1996-06-10)	497
Quark is diagnosed with a terminal disease, Dorek's Syndrome, and sells his body parts on the Ferengi Futures Exchange. But when he learns that he is not dying and sold his remains to his nemesis Brunt, Quark is faced with a dilemma: should he kill himself, or go against the most sacred Ferengi rules and break a contract? And Keiko's unborn child is transferred to Major Kira when Keiko is seriously injured, saving the child's life. Quark, in the end, decides to break his contract and Brunt exiles Quark from Ferengi society. However, Sisko reestablishes Quark's bar after all of his assets are confiscated.
98	426	"Broken Link"	49962.4	Les Landau	Teleplay: Ira Steven Behr and Robert Hewitt Wolfe Story: George A. Brozak	Odo	Monday, June 17, 1996 (1996-06-17)	498
Odo is forced to return to his people, the Changelings, to face judgment for killing one of his own. Odo is permanently changed into a solid as punishment. Garak is imprisoned for trying to start a war with the Dominion. At the end of the episode, Odo is able to identify that Gowron, the head of the Klingon empire, is a changling because of the time he has spent in the Great Link.

Season 5 (1996–97)

#	#	Title	Stardate	Directed by	Written by	Featured character(s)	Original airdate	Production #
99	501	"Apocalypse Rising"	Unknown	James L. Conway	Ira Steven Behr and Robert Hewitt Wolfe	Sisko, Odo, O'Brien	Monday, September 30, 1996 (1996-09-30)	499
Starfleet turns to Sisko to expose the Changeling infiltrator in the Klingon Empire. Gowron is at Ty'gokor one of the most heavily fortified installations in the Klingon empire. They are surgically altered to look like Klingons and they participate in the Order of the Bat'leth ceremony. Odo recognizes General Martok as the changeling just as they are about to eliminate Gowron.
100	502	"The Ship"	50049.3	Kim Friedman	Teleplay: Hans Beimler Story: Pam Wigginton & Rick Cason	Sisko, Dax, O'Brien	Monday, October 7, 1996 (1996-10-07)	500
Sisko claims salvage rights to a crashed Jem'Hadar ship. The Jem'Hadar arrive and Sisko refuses to hand the ship over to Kilana, a Vorta. The Jem'Hadar will not attack the ship because there is something on-board they want. The thing they want is revealed to be a changeling who dies, and eventually Sisko is able to tow the Jem'Hadar ship back to DS9.
101	503	"Looking for par'Mach in All the Wrong Places"	Unknown	Andrew J. Robinson	Ronald D. Moore	Worf, Dax, Quark	Monday, October 14, 1996 (1996-10-14)	501
Worf falls for Quark's ex-wife, but is surprised to learn that Dax has her eyes on him. Worf helps Quark learn of Klingon customs and rituals, but eventually must answer the challenge of Topok to win the favor of Grilka. In the end Dax and Worf begin to court each other, Klingon style.
102	504	"...Nor the Battle to the Strong"	Unknown	Kim Friedman	Teleplay: René Echevarria Story: Brice R. Parker	Jake Sisko, Bashir	Monday, October 21, 1996 (1996-10-21)	502
Looking for the romance of the battle field to pep-up an article he is writing, Jake Sisko learns about the horrors of war first-hand on Agilon prime. The Federation are fighting the Klingons. In the end the compound is evacuated, and Jake saves the day by collapsing a tunnel accidentally.
103	505	"The Assignment"	Unknown	Allan Kroeker	Teleplay: David Weddle & Bradley Thompson Story: David R. Long & Robert Lederman	O'Brien	Monday, October 28, 1996 (1996-10-28)	504
Keiko is possessed by an evil Pah-wraith with an agenda. The Pah-wraith coerces Miles to turn DS9 into a massive Chroniton array with the intent of killing the wormhole aliens. It is revealed that Pah-Wraiths used to live in the wormhole and were exiled to Bajor. Miles completes the array but at the last moment uses it on the Pah-wraith cum Keiko, freeing Keiko and killing the wraith.
104	506	"Trials and Tribble-ations"	4523.7	Jonathan West	Teleplay: Ronald D. Moore & René Echevarria Story: Ira Steven Behr and Hans Beimler & Robert Hewitt Wolfe	Various	Monday, November 4, 1996 (1996-11-04)	503
Sisko and his crew go back to the time of Captain Kirk to find a bomb disguised as a tribble. Arne Darvin has acquired the Orb of Time to time travel back to DS-7. Sisko finds the bomb and beams it into space and arrests Darvin.
105	507	"Let He Who Is Without Sin..."	Unknown	René Auberjonois	Robert Hewitt Wolfe and Ira Steven Behr	Worf, Dax	Monday, November 11, 1996 (1996-11-11)	505
A fundamentalist leader, Pascal Fullerton, preaches that Risa is corrupting the Federation with self-indulgence and eroding the foundations of Federation society. Worf helps Pascal disable the weather control grid causing torrential rains on Risa.
106	508	"Things Past"	Unknown	LeVar Burton	Michael Taylor	Sisko, Odo, Dax, Garak	Monday, November 18, 1996 (1996-11-18)	506
Sisko, Odo, Dax and Garak find themselves on Terok Nor during the Cardassian occupation of Bajor as Timor, Ishan, and Jillur who will be executed by Gul Dukat. The entire incident is a telepathic link created by Odo who is reliving his guilt that he condemned three innocent men to death.
107	509	"The Ascent"	Unknown	Allan Kroeker	Ira Steven Behr and Robert Hewitt Wolfe	Odo, Quark	Monday, November 25, 1996 (1996-11-25)	507
After crash-landing on a planet, Quark and Odo must climb a mountain to signal for help. Just as Odo is about to give up an is making his final log entry in his private journal he is beamed to safety because Quark successfully got the subspace transmitter working.
108	510	"Rapture"	Unknown	Jonathan West	Teleplay: Hans Beimler Story: L.J. Strom	Sisko	Monday, December 30, 1996 (1996-12-30)	508
An accident causes Sisko to have prophetic visions. Sisko successfully find the lost city of B'hala by studying the bantaca spire that has stellar coordinate symbols which when deciphered reveal its location. The Bajorans hold him in high regard because they have been looking for B'hala for 10,000 years.
109	511	"The Darkness and the Light"	50416.2	Mike Vejar	Teleplay: Ronald D. Moore Story: Bryan Fuller	Kira	Monday, January 6, 1997 (1997-01-06)	509
Someone is killing Kira's friends off and she might be next. Trentin Fala dies in a transporter accident, Mobara is killed by a small ear explosive, Lupaza and Furel are killed by a hunter probe. Kira confronts the killer, Silarin Prim, a Cardassian and kills him.
110	512	"The Begotten"	Unknown	Jesús Salvador Treviño	René Echevarria	Odo	Monday, January 27, 1997 (1997-01-27)	510
When Quark discovers an infant Changeling, it has a profound effect on Odo. Meanwhile, Kira gives birth to a healthy boy. Odo works with Dr. Mora to get the Changeling infant to begin to explore shape-shifting. But in the end, the changeling infant dies in Odo's hands; he merges with Odo, who is able to shape-shift again afterwards.
111	513	"For the Uniform"	50485.2	Victor Lobl	Peter Allan Fields	Sisko	Monday, February 3, 1997 (1997-02-03)	511
Michael Eddington returns and Sisko becomes obsessed with catching him. Eddington has the Maquis use biogenic chemical weapons making planets uninhabitable to the Cardassians. Eddington is always one step ahead of Sisko. But, Sisko responds by using a trilithium resin on Solosos III making that Maquis settlement uninhabitable to humans. After this, Eddington gives himself up.
112	514	"In Purgatory's Shadow"	Unknown	Gabrielle Beaumont	Robert Hewitt Wolfe and Ira Steven Behr	Various	Monday, February 10, 1997 (1997-02-10)	512
Worf and Garak journey to the Gamma Quadrant to investigate a coded Cardassian message. They are brought to a Dominion interment camp where General Martok, and Bashir are. Worf spars the Jem'Hadar in a fighting arena.
113	515	"By Inferno's Light"	50564.2	Les Landau	Ira Steven Behr and Robert Hewitt Wolfe	Various	Monday, February 17, 1997 (1997-02-17)	513
Gul Dukat aligns the Cardassians with the Dominion. The station must deal with a Changeling infiltrator. The changeling impersonating Bashir plans to induce Bajor's star to go Supernova but is stopped at the last minute. Garak completes the circuit which allows the other prisoners to escape.
114	516	"Doctor Bashir, I Presume?"	Unknown	David Livingston	Teleplay: Ronald D. Moore Story: Jimmy Diggs	Bashir	Monday, February 24, 1997 (1997-02-24)	514
Julian Bashir is selected to become the model for a Long-term Medical Hologram, until a family secret is revealed. Amsha and Richard Bashir are tricked into revealing that Julian has been genetically enhanced, which is illegal in Federation society after the Eugenics war. Rear Admiral Bennet, the Judge Advocate General allows Julian to continue in Starfleet but his father Richard must go to prison.
115	517	"A Simple Investigation"	Unknown	John T. Kretchmer	René Echevarria	Odo	Monday, March 31, 1997 (1997-03-31)	515
Odo falls in love with a woman, Arissa, involved in the Orion Syndicate. Arissa is trying to leave the Syndicate, and Odo assists her. In the end it is revealed that she is actually a intelligence officer to infiltrate Draim's organization in the Syndicate. She has spent two years undercover, and had her memories transferred to a data chip to evade mental scans. In the end she is restored and tells Odo that she is already married.
116	518	"Business as Usual"	Unknown	Siddig El Fadil	Bradley Thompson and David Weddle	Quark	Monday, April 7, 1997 (1997-04-07)	516
Quark becomes involved with a group of arms dealers, led by Hagath, but realizes that he has a conscience after all. Gaila, Quark's cousin, wants to retire. Hagath is going to sell weapons to the Regent to get back at Nassur which will result in 28 million deaths. Quark plays the Regent off of Nassuc.
117	519	"Ties of Blood and Water"	50712.5	Avery Brooks	Teleplay: Robert Hewitt Wolfe Story: Edmund Newton & Robbin L. Slocum	Kira	Monday, April 14, 1997 (1997-04-14)	517
Tekeny Ghemor arrives on Deep Space Nine and reveals that he is dying. Ghemor tells Kira that she is the only family he has, and as part of Cardassian tradition, he will give her all that he knows about his political enemies. Gul Dukat wants Ghemor extradited back to Cardassia and reveals to Kira that Ghemor's role in the Kiessa monastery massacre.
118	520	"Ferengi Love Songs"	Unknown	René Auberjonois	Ira Steven Behr and Hans Beimler	Quark	Monday, April 21, 1997 (1997-04-21)	518
At the end of his rope, Quark returns home and discovers Moogie has a secret lover, Grand Nagus Zek. Brunt, who had earlier revoked Quarks Ferengi license offers to reinstate it if he will break up her mother's love affair with Zek. Quark does so, but then turns Zek on Brunt and hooks up Zek with his mother again.
119	521	"Soldiers of the Empire"	Unknown	LeVar Burton	Ronald D. Moore	Worf, Dax	Monday, April 28, 1997 (1997-04-28)	519
Martok, Worf, and Dax go on a mission aboard a Klingon ship to search for the B'moth. The IKS Rotarran has had a series of defeats against the Jem'Hadar and Martok seems afraid to engage in combat. They find the B'moth save the people and General Martok adopts Worf into the house of Martok.
120	522	"Children of Time"	50814.2	Allan Kroeker	Teleplay: René Echevarria Story: Gary Holland and Ethan H. Calk	Various	Monday, May 5, 1997 (1997-05-05)	520
An accident causes the crew to meet their own descendants - and presents them with an ethical dilemma. It is revealed to them that the Defiant and her crew will crash on the planet, killing Kira in the process. If they find a way to successfully leave however, all 8,000 in the settlement will cease to exist. The crew decide to sacrifice themselves to preserve the timeline, however the alternate-Odo reprograms their ship to return to their own timeline just at the last moment.
121	523	"Blaze of Glory"	Unknown	Kim Friedman	Robert Hewitt Wolfe and Ira Steven Behr	Sisko	Monday, May 12, 1997 (1997-05-12)	521
An act of desperation by the Maquis could plunge the Federation into war. The Maquis have 30 cloaked missiles headed to Cardassia which will cause an outbreak of war in the alpha quadrant. Sisko enlists Eddington to stop the missiles. They travel to Athos IV only to find out it was all an elaborate ploy to get Sisko to help Eddington save his wife Rebecca Sullivan. Eddington is killed fighting the Jem'Hadar.
122	524	"Empok Nor"	Unknown	Mike Vejar	Teleplay: Hans Beimler Story: Bryan Fuller	O'Brien, Garak	Monday, May 19, 1997 (1997-05-19)	522
The crew goes to Deep Space Nine's abandoned sister space station, Empok Nor, to salvage components. However, they discover that two psychotropically enhanced soldiers are guarding the station and start killing off Mile's away team. Garak kills the soldiers but falls prey to the drug and Miles stops Garak.
123	525	"In the Cards"	50929.4	Michael Dorn	Teleplay: Ronald D. Moore Story by: Truly Barr Clark & Scott J. Neal	Jake Sisko	Monday, June 9, 1997 (1997-06-09)	523
Jake wants to give his father a present to cheer him up, a 1951 Willi Mays baseball card, but runs into complications with a mysterious geneticist, Dr. Giger and a Dominion ambassador group. Dr. Giger is willing to trade the card for equipment for his immortality experiment. While getting the equipment Jake and Nog improve the lives of the other station members by bartering them their services.
124	526	"Call to Arms"	50975.2	Allan Kroeker	Ira Steven Behr and Robert Hewitt Wolfe	Various	Monday, June 16, 1997 (1997-06-16)	524
Faced with the realization that the Dominion are taking over the Alpha Quadrant, Sisko decides to mine the entrance to the wormhole with self-replicating cloaked mines. He advises Bajor to make a non-aggression treaty with the Dominion. After the minefield is activated, while DS9 is under fire, he gives the order to evacuate. The Defiant joins a large fleet of Federation ships ready for a counter-assault.

Season 6 (1997–98)

#	#	Title	Stardate	Directed by	Written by	Featured character(s)	Original airdate	Production #
125	601	"A Time to Stand"	Unknown	Allan Kroeker	Ira Steven Behr & Hans Beimler	Various	Monday, September 29, 1997 (1997-09-29)	525
Three months into the war, DS9 is still under Dominion control. Sisko and his crew are given a mission to destroy a vital Ketracel White facility deep in Dominion space by infiltrating Dominion space with a captured Jem'Hadar ship. Jake is working for the Federation News Service. Odo is head of Terok Nor's security supported by the Vorta Weyoun.
126	602	"Rocks and Shoals"	51107.2	Mike Vejar	Ronald D. Moore	Various	Monday, October 6, 1997 (1997-10-06)	527
Sisko and his tired crew crash on a planet where they encounter a band of Jem'Hadar. The vorta Keevan is injured and only has 1 vial of Ketracel White left; he sends his Jem'Hadar on a suicide mission against Sisko. The Jem'Hadar unit leader, Remata'Klan does as he is ordered and Sisko captures Keevan.
127	603	"Sons and Daughters"	Unknown	Jesús Salvador Treviño	Bradley Thompson & David Weddle	Worf, Kira	Monday, October 13, 1997 (1997-10-13)	526
While on General Martok's ship Worf is reunited with his estranged son, Alexander. Worf and Alexander serve under Gernal Martok on the Rotarran, a ship that has seen a series of losses against the Dominion and morale is poor. Alexander is accepted into the house of Martok.
128	604	"Behind the Lines"	51149.5	LeVar Burton	René Echevarria	Sisko, Odo, Kira	Monday, October 20, 1997 (1997-10-20)	528
Sisko creates a risky plan to disable a critical Dominion sensor array able to see 5 sectors out, while on Terok Nor, Kira, Jake, Rom and Odo seek to undermine the Cardassian/Dominion Alliance. A female founder arrives on Terok Nor. Odo links with the female changeling. The Dominion have a plan to use an anti-graviton beam to disable the cloaked self-replicating minefield guarding the wormhole. Rom tries to disable it but is caught.
129	605	"Favor the Bold"	Unknown	Winrich Kolbe	Ira Steven Behr & Hans Beimler	Various	Monday, October 27, 1997 (1997-10-27)	529
Learning of thousands of Dominion reinforcements gathering in the Gamma Quadrant, Sisko initiates a plan to retake Deep Space Nine and secure the wormhole before the minefield is detonated. Odo's loyalty is caught between the female Changeling and Kira. Rom is to be executed. Federation fleets converge at Starbase 375 preparing to attack Terok Nor. Ziyal begs Gul Dukat for Rom's life. Jake uses Morn to get word to the Federation that the minefield is about to be disabled and they step up plans to attack.
130	606	"Sacrifice of Angels"	Unknown	Allan Kroeker	Ira Steven Behr & Hans Beimler	Various	Monday, November 3, 1997 (1997-11-03)	530
Sisko commands the Defiant and 600 Federation ships against a Dominion/Cardassian armada to retake Deep Space Nine. Damar has Kira, Jake, and Leeta arrested. The minefield comes down, and it appears that the Dominion are about to bring thousands of ships through the wormhole when Sisko enters it and appeals to the wormhole aliens (prophets) to destroy the Dominion fleet. Ziyal and Quark help everyone escape prison. Damar shoots Ziyal; upon which Dukat crumples in grief.
131	607	"You are Cordially Invited..."	51247.5	David Livingston	Ronald D. Moore	Dax, Worf	Monday, November 10, 1997 (1997-11-10)	531
Worf's plans for a traditional Klingon wedding hinge on Martok's demanding wife, Sirella, accepting Dax into their family. Worf has a "bachelor party" which is actually a grueling set of six trials: deprivation, blood, pain, sacrifice, anguish, and death. Worf appeals to Sirella after Dax punches her and eventually Dax is accepted into the Martok family.
132	608	"Resurrection"	Unknown	LeVar Burton	Michael Taylor	Kira	Monday, November 17, 1997 (1997-11-17)	532
The mirror universe counterpart of Kira's dead love, Vedek Bareil, takes her hostage on Deep Space Nine as he is running from the evil Alliance of his universe. He tries to steal an Orb from Bajor after he seduces Kira.
133	609	"Statistical Probabilities"	Unknown	Anson Williams	Teleplay: René Echevarria Story: Pam Pietroforte	Bashir	Monday, November 24, 1997 (1997-11-24)	533
Bashir attempts to reintegrate genetically-engineered misfits into society, but they are asked by Starfleet to become a think tank when they provide insightful analysis of upcoming Dominion peace talks. They conclude that there is no way to win against the Dominion and ask Bashir to appeal to Sisko to surrender the Federation to them potentially saving 900 billion lives in the process. The think tank composed of Jack, Sarina, Lauren are intent on contacting the Dominion, however they are stopped by Bashir who has a change of heart at the last minute.
134	610	"The Magnificent Ferengi"	Unknown	Chip Chalmers	Ira Steven Behr & Hans Beimler	Quark	Thursday, January 1, 1998 (1998-01-01)	534
Quark mounts a rescue mission when his mother, Ishka, is captured by the Dominion and Grand Nagus Zek offers a reward for her return. Quark gathers Nog, Leck (an assassin), Gaila (cousin, weapons dealer), and Brunt (ex-liquidator) and setup a prisoner exchange on Empok Nor. They intend to exchange the vorta Keevan for Ishka. However plans go awry when Gaila shoots Keevan!
135	611	"Waltz"	51413.6	René Auberjonois	Ronald D. Moore	Sisko, Dukat	Thursday, January 8, 1998 (1998-01-08)	535
Sisko meets with the former Cardassian leader Gul Dukat, now a prisoner, as he awaits a war crimes investigation. They are onboard the Honshu when it is attacked and destroyed; Dukat and Sisko escape but are marooned. Eventually, Dukat escapes in a shuttlecraft while Sisko is rescued by the Defiant.
136	612	"Who Mourns for Morn?"	Unknown	Victor Lobl	Mark Gehred-O'Connell	Quark	Wednesday, February 4, 1998 (1998-02-04)	536
Morn is killed in an ion storm and Sisko informs Quark that Morn left his entire estate to him. But Quark has a little competition. It is revealed that Larell, Hain, Krit, and Nahsk had robbed the Bolian bank with Morn and seek to divide the 1,000 bricks of Latinum from their heist. But it was all an elaborate plot by Morn, who faked his own death to get Quark to expose the criminals.
137	613	"Far Beyond the Stars"	Unknown	Avery Brooks	Teleplay: Ira Steven Behr & Hans Beimler Story: Marc Scott Zicree	Sisko	Wednesday, February 11, 1998 (1998-02-11)	538
After Captain Swofford's ship, the Cortez, is destroyed, Sisko considers leaving Starfleet. Visions of himself as a science fiction writer in 1950s America affect his decision. In his visions, he writes a story about DS9 but is rejected because of the racial overtones in the story. Sisko, in the end, decides to stay on.
138	614	"One Little Ship"	51474.2	Allan Kroeker	David Weddle & Bradley Thompson	Various	Wednesday, February 18, 1998 (1998-02-18)	537
Dax, O'Brien, and Bashir board a Runabout, which is shrunken to four inches long as they investigate a rare subspace compression phenomenon. The jem'Hadar are breeding in the Alpha Quadrant. They capture the Defiant but are saved by the miniaturized Rubicon runabout.
139	615	"Honor Among Thieves"	Unknown	Allan Eastman	Teleplay: René Echevarria Story: Philip Kim	O'Brien	Wednesday, February 25, 1998 (1998-02-25)	539
Starfleet Intelligence recruits Chief O'Brien to infiltrate the Orion Syndicate to find a Starfleet informant. Miles befriends Bilby who works for Ramus. Miles uncovers a plot to assassinate the Klingon ambassador to Farius to make it look like Gowron had ordered the hit in order to get the Klingons to withdraw from the war against the Dominion.
140	616	"Change of Heart"	51597.2	David Livingston	Ronald D. Moore	Worf, Dax	Wednesday, March 4, 1998 (1998-03-04)	540
When Jadzia Dax is critically injured on an away mission, Worf must choose between saving his wife and completing their assignment. Lasaran, a cardassian, is an informant who has the names, locations, and missions of all of the changelings in the alpha quadrant. He must be extracted by Dax and Worf, but Dax is severely injured in a firefight with a Jem'Hadar patrol.
141	617	"Wrongs Darker Than Death or Night"	Unknown	Jonathan West	Ira Steven Behr & Hans Beimler	Kira	Wednesday, April 1, 1998 (1998-04-01)	541
When Dukat reveals to Kira her mother, Kira Meru, did not die when she was three, but was actually his lover, Kira goes into the past using the Bajoran Orb of Time to find the truth. She confirms Dukat's story and comes to realizes that Meru did not have much choice in becoming a Cardassian "comfort woman". Kira plants a bomb to kill Dukat and Meru but see Meru crying at a video of her husband Taban and saves them both.
142	618	"Inquisition"	Unknown	Michael Dorn	Bradley Thompson & David Weddle	Bashir	Wednesday, April 8, 1998 (1998-04-08)	542
Bashir is accused of unknowingly spying for the Dominion. Deputy Director Sloan of Internal Affairs is actually working for Section 31, a secret organization within the Federation responsible for identifying threats to the Federation and dealing with them. They eventually confirm that Bashir was not brainwashed by the Dominion while he was in their prison camp and ask Bashir to join Section 31.
143	619	"In the Pale Moonlight"	51721.3	Victor Lobl	Teleplay: Michael Taylor Story: Peter Allan Fields	Sisko, Garak	Wednesday, April 15, 1998 (1998-04-15)	543
Sisko asks Garak to help him get the Romulans to join the war against the Dominion. Sisko tries to fake a holo-program which shows that the Dominion plan to attack the Romulans. Senator Vreenax, a Romulan, is invited to view the holo-program designed by Grathon Tolar. Tolar is released from Klingon prison by Sisko. In the end, Garak sabotages Vreenax's ship making it look like the Dominion tried to kill him as he was trying to relay information that the Dominion were planning a preemptive strike against Romulus.
144	620	"His Way"	Unknown	Allan Kroeker	Ira Steven Behr & Hans Beimler	Odo	Wednesday, April 22, 1998 (1998-04-22)	544
Bashir shows off a new Holosuite program of a martini lounge with the 1960s Vegas singer named Vic Fontaine who is very perceptive; and gives advice to Odo when Kira visits her ex-lover Shakaar. Vic tricks Odo and Kira into a date on the holo-suite.
145	621	"The Reckoning"	Unknown	Jesús Salvador Treviño	Teleplay: David Weddle & Bradley Thompson Story: Harry M. Werksman & Gabrielle Stanton	Sisko	Wednesday, April 29, 1998 (1998-04-29)	545
Sisko is called to Bajor when an ancient tablet addressing the Emissary is discovered at B'hala. Sisko takes the ancient tablet for decoding. Kai Winn, jealous of the Emissary, seeks to redress the situation and demands the tablet back. Sisko breaks the tablet releasing Kosst Amojan who inhabits Jake Sisko, a Pah-Wraith who is destined to fight the Prophets who have commandeered Kira's body.
146	622	"Valiant"	51825.4	Mike Vejar	Ronald D. Moore	Jake Sisko, Nog	Wednesday, May 6, 1998 (1998-05-06)	546
Jake and Nog come under attack by the Jem'Hadar and are rescued by a rogue Defiant class starship, the Valiant, under the command of Starfleet Red Squadron cadets. Captain Tim Watters has a mission to find a Dominion battleship; but plunges the Valiant to its doom by trying to take on the battleship alone.
147	623	"Profit and Lace"	Unknown	Alexander Siddig	Ira Steven Behr & Hans Beimler	Quark	Wednesday, May 13, 1998 (1998-05-13)	547
Quark helps out when Zek's status as the Ferengi Grand Nagus is put in jeopardy by proposing equal rights for Ferengi females. He is able to convince the chair of Slug-o-coloa to their cause.
148	624	"Time's Orphan"	Unknown	Allan Kroeker	Teleplay: David Weddle & Bradley Thompson Story: Joe Menosky	O'Brien	Wednesday, May 20, 1998 (1998-05-20)	548
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. In the end Miles decides to return Molly back to the portal; but their own Molly is on the other side and is thus reunited again.
149	625	"The Sound of Her Voice"	51948.3	Winrich Kolbe	Teleplay: Ronald D. Moore Story: Pam Pietroforte	Various	Wednesday, June 10, 1998 (1998-06-10)	549
The Defiant picks up a distress call from Captain Lisa Cusak, whose escape pod has crashed on a remote planet following the destruction of her ship, the Olympia. She makes friends with everyone on the Defiant through wisdom and sage advice. However, when they reach her they find out she has been dead for three years and her messages were getting thrown into the future.
150	626	"Tears of the Prophets"	Unknown	Allan Kroeker	Ira Steven Behr & Hans Beimler	Sisko, Dax, Quark, Bashir	Wednesday, June 17, 1998 (1998-06-17)	550
Starfleet Command begins an offensive against the Dominion, and Sisko is chosen to lead the invasion of Cardassia, but the Cardassian/Dominion Alliance has secretly reinforced their borders with unmanned orbital weapons platforms. Dukat returns to Cardassia with his latest murderous plot to cripple the Federation war effort through the use of a Pah-Wraith. The Federation fleet invades Chin'toka and defeat the defenses there. Jadzia Dax is killed confronting Dukat. Sisko leaves DS9.

Season 7 (1998–99)

#	#	Title	Stardate	Directed by	Written by	Featured character(s)	Original airdate	Production #
151	701	"Image in the Sand"	Unknown	Les Landau	Ira Steven Behr & Hans Beimler	Sisko, Worf, Kira	Wednesday, September 30, 1998 (1998-09-30)	551
With the Bajoran wormhole collapsed, Sisko struggles for a way to contact the Bajoran Prophets. Kira opens a Romulan military hospital, and a new Dax appears on the scene. Sisko discovers that Sarah Jackson is his illegitimate mother. Worf grieves for Jadzia and General Martok offers him a worthy mission so that he can win a great battle in Jadzia's name so that she may go to Stovokor.
152	702	"Shadows and Symbols"	52152.6	Allan Kroeker	Ira Steven Behr & Hans Beimler	Sisko, Dax, Worf, Kira	Wednesday, October 7, 1998 (1998-10-07)	552
Sisko's quest leads him to the truth about his existence as Kira sets up a blockade of the Bajoran Moon, Derna, against the Romulans. Weyoun orders increased ship production at Montac IV to retake the Chin'toka system. Sisko opens an orb freeing a prophet to reopen the wormhole, destroying the Pah'Wraith.
153	703	"Afterimage"	Unknown	Les Landau	René Echevarria	Dax	Wednesday, October 14, 1998 (1998-10-14)	553
Everyone who knew Jadzia Dax reacts strongly to Ezri Dax's presence, particularly Worf. Meanwhile Garak suffers from bad claustrophobic attacks. Ezri becomes DS9's counselor.
154	704	"Take Me Out to the Holosuite"	Unknown	Chip Chalmers	Ronald D. Moore	Various	Wednesday, October 21, 1998 (1998-10-21)	554
Sisko must train his staff to play baseball when the Vulcans, led by Solok, challenge them to a game. At one point, Sisko is forced to sit out because he touched Odo, the umpire. The crew celebrates that they had a great game even though they lost, leaving Solok miffed.
155	705	"Chrysalis"	Unknown	Jonathan West	René Echevarria	Bashir	Wednesday, October 28, 1998 (1998-10-28)	555
Bashir falls for a genetically enhanced patient, Sarina Douglas, that he brought out of a catatonic state using a experimental medical procedure. Bashir moves the relationship along too quickly and Sarina withdraws back into herself; but eventually recovers and leaves to make a life for herself.
156	706	"Treachery, Faith, and the Great River"	Unknown	Steve Posey	Teleplay: David Weddle & Bradley Thompson Story: Philip Kim	Odo, O'Brien	Wednesday, November 4, 1998 (1998-11-04)	556
A Vorta defector, Weyoun-6, gives Odo valuable information in exchange for asylum. Weyoun-7, the next clone in the series, pursues them. Meanwhile Nog engages in a series of barters to get a Graviton Stabilizer for Miles. At the end, Odo laments that whichever side wins the Dominion war, he is going to lose.
157	707	"Once More Unto the Breach"	Unknown	Allan Kroeker	Ronald D. Moore	Worf	Wednesday, November 11, 1998 (1998-11-11)	557
Worf finds a battle assignment for Kor, an aging Klingon hero. Worf negotiates a position of 3rd on Martok's ship, the Ch'Tang. The others celebrate him as a Dahar Master legend onboard. Kor takes command of the Ning'tao confronting ten Jem'Hadar ships and holds them off long enough for the rest of the fleet to escape. Martok notes that he was a noble warrior to the end!
158	708	"The Siege of AR-558"	Unknown	Winrich Kolbe	Ira Steven Behr & Hans Beimler	Sisko, Dax, Quark, Bashir, Nog	Wednesday, November 18, 1998 (1998-11-18)	558
Sisko and crew relieve Starfleet troops under siege by Jem'Hadar at a key communications outpost, AR-558, the largest dominion communications array in the sector. Beleaguered, and weary, the garrison is down to 43 from 150 from repeated attacks. They usurp Houdinis, subspace anti-personnel mines, into their service. Nog is severely injured in a firefight.
159	709	"Covenant"	Unknown	John Kretchmer	René Echevarria	Kira, Dukat	Wednesday, November 25, 1998 (1998-11-25)	559
Dukat, now a religious leader, holds Kira hostage. Mika, one of Dukat's followers, gives birth to a half-Cardassian child. Dukat tries to Kill Mika. Dukat plans to poison all of his followers while he takes a placebo, but Kira spoils the plot.
160	710	"It's Only a Paper Moon"	52235.7	Anson Williams	Teleplay: Ronald D. Moore Story: David Mack & John J. Ordover	Nog	Wednesday, December 30, 1998 (1998-12-30)	560
Nog struggles with PTSD and begins living with Vic Fontaine. Nog becomes the accountant for Vic's casino. Vic is grateful that he has been able to enjoy the simple pleasures of life and eventually forces himself to shut down so that Nog will return to his life.
161	711	"Prodigal Daughter"	Unknown	Victor Lobl	David Weddle & Bradley Thompson	Dax	Wednesday, January 6, 1999 (1999-01-06)	561
Ezri goes to New Sydney to find O'Brien and uncovers some disturbing family secrets. Miles goes in search of the widow of Liam Bilby, Morica Bilby, whom he befriended in an undercover operation. Ezri discovers that Norvo Tigan, her brother, killed Morica.
162	712	"The Emperor's New Cloak"	Unknown	LeVar Burton	Ira Steven Behr & Hans Beimler	Quark	Wednesday, February 3, 1999 (1999-02-03)	562
Quark and Rom cross into the alternate universe to rescue Grand Nagus Zek. Quark steals a cloaking device to exchange it for Zek. But Nog has actually sabotages the regent's (alternate Worf) ship in under the guise of installing the cloaking device. When they try to activate it; it makes them helpless, and they surrender to Smiley (alternate Miles).
163	713	"Field of Fire"	Unknown	Tony Dow	Robert Hewitt Wolfe	Dax	Wednesday, February 10, 1999 (1999-02-10)	563
Ezri summons a homicidal Dax, Joran, incarnation to understand the mind of a killer in order to solve recent murders. A modified TR116 rifle uses a microtransporter to beam a bullet through bulkheads is used an assassination weapon. Dax catches the culprit in the act and shoot him with her own modified TR116.
164	714	"Chimera"	Unknown	Steve Posey	René Echevarria	Odo	Wednesday, February 17, 1999 (1999-02-17)	564
A Changeling, Laas, asks Odo to leave the station and join his search for other shapeshifters. Laas was with the Varalans and has learned to assume a space-faring creatures form. Laas accidentally kills a provoking Klingon, and is jailed. Odo helps Laas escape. Kira is willing to part with Odo; but Odo returns to Kira in the end.
165	715	"Badda-Bing Badda-Bang"	Unknown	Mike Vejar	Ira Steven Behr & Hans Beimler	Various	Wednesday, February 24, 1999 (1999-02-24)	566
The crew attempt to help Vic Fontaine when a mobster, Zeemo, buys Vic's hotel. Felix, who designed Vic's holo-program, put a jack-in-the-box surprise. Frankie, Vic's antagonist, runs the casino now. But the crew manage to steal the hotel's money disgracing Frankie in Zeemo's eyes returning everything back to normal.
166	716	"Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges"	Unknown	David Livingston	Ronald D. Moore	Bashir	Wednesday, March 3, 1999 (1999-03-03)	565
While attending a diplomatic conference on Romulus, Bashir becomes an unwilling pawn of Section 31. Bashir becomes a double-agent. It is revealed that Koval is a Romulan mole working for Starfleet. Cretak is dismissed and imprisoned, setup by Admiral Ross, quoting Cicero Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges (in times of war the law falls silent)
167	717	"Penumbra"	52576.2	Steve Posey	René Echevarria	Sisko, Dax, Worf	Wednesday, April 7, 1999 (1999-04-07)	567
Ezri searches for a missing Worf and Sisko makes plans to marry Kasidy Yates. Ezri finds Worf, but then the Breen take Ezri and Worf prisoner. The prophets warn that if Sisko marries Kasidy they will know nothing but sorrow.
168	718	"'Til Death Do Us Part"	Unknown	Winrich Kolbe	Bradley Thompson & David Weddle	Sisko, Dax, Worf, Dukat, Winn	Wednesday, April 14, 1999 (1999-04-14)	568
Captured by the Breen, Ezri and Worf undergo mental torture. Sisko agonizes over his broken engagement. Disguised as a Bajoran, Dukat begins to work on converting Kai Winn to worship the evil Pah-Wraiths. Dukat creates an alias, Anjohl Tennan to seduce Kai Winn. Weyoun gives birth to an alliance between the Breen and the Dominion.
169	719	"Strange Bedfellows"	Unknown	René Auberjonois	Ronald D. Moore	Dax, Worf, Dukat, Winn	Wednesday, April 21, 1999 (1999-04-21)	569
An alliance is born between the Dominion and the Breen which will prove devastating for the Federation. Ezri and Worf are sentenced to death on Cardassia. KaiWinn joins the Pah'wraiths. Septimus III (cardassians) are attacked by the Klingons.
170	720	"The Changing Face of Evil"	Unknown	Mike Vejar	Ira Steven Behr & Hans Beimler	Various	Wednesday, April 28, 1999 (1999-04-28)	570
The war reaches a crucial turning point when the Dominion retakes the Chin'Toka system, the only Allied foothold in enemy space. Meanwhile, Winn learns that Dukat plans to release the Pah-Wraiths, and Damar leads a revolt against the Dominion. The Breen unleash a new weapon against the Defiant which drains their power; they abandon the Defiant. Legate Damar (cardassia) announces a Cardassian resistant movement against the dominion. The cloning facility on Rondac III is destroyed.
171	721	"When It Rains…"	Unknown	Michael Dorn	Teleplay: René Echevarria Story: René Echevarria & Spike Steingasser	Various	Wednesday, May 5, 1999 (1999-05-05)	571
Sisko orders Kira to train Cardassians in resistance tactics as Damar's rebellion gains ground; meanwhile, Bashir makes a shocking discovery about the disease that is ravaging the Founders, that Odo was infected at Starfleet medical! It was section 31 that created the Dominion virus, infected Odo and used him as a carrier. Starfleet has been trying to cover-up that they were trying to perform genocide on the founders.
172	722	"Tacking Into the Wind"	Unknown	Mike Vejar	Ronald D. Moore	Various	Wednesday, May 12, 1999 (1999-05-12)	572
Kira masterminds a plot to steal the Breen energy dampening weapon and Worf instigates a power shift in the Klingon Empire. Gowron wants to invade Sarpedion V; Worf challenges the decision and kills Gowron. Martok becomes the new Chancellor of the Klingon empire.
173	723	"Extreme Measures"	52645.7	Steve Posey	David Weddle & Bradley Thompson	Bashir, O'Brien	Wednesday, May 19, 1999 (1999-05-19)	573
Bashir and O'Brien must get inside the mind of the man who holds Odo's cure. The use a mental analyzer and enter Sloan's mind. Sloan offers all of his secrets but Odo must die for it.
174	724	"The Dogs of War"	52861.3	Avery Brooks	Teleplay: René Echevarria & Ronald D. Moore Story: Peter Allan Fields	Various	Wednesday, May 26, 1999 (1999-05-26)	574
The rebellion is destroyed as Kira, Garak and Damar barely escape a Dominion ambush on Cardassia. Grand Nagus Zek tells Quark that Rom will be his successor. Weyoun announces that Damar and the conspirators have been killed. Legate Broca is named the new leader of the Cardassia, a puppet of the Dominion. Kassidy announces that she is pregnant with Sisko's baby.
175&176	725-726	"What You Leave Behind"	Unknown	Allan Kroeker	Ira Steven Behr & Hans Beimler	Various	Wednesday, June 2, 1999 (1999-06-02)	575–576
Sisko leads the Federation/Klingon/Romulan alliance in the final offensive on the Cardassian homeworld. Dukat and Winn journey to the fire caves to release the Pah-Wraiths, and Damar leads his people in a revolution in an attempt to overthrow their Dominion oppressors. Kai Winn poisons Dukat as a sacrifice for the Pah'Wraiths. Odo makes a deal with the Female Founder, and returns to the great link.

See also

• List of Star Trek characters
• List of Star Trek: The Original Series episodes
• List of Star Trek: The Animated Series episodes
• List of Star Trek: The Next Generation episodes
• List of Star Trek: Voyager episodes
• List of Star Trek: Enterprise episodes

External links

• DS9 episode list at Memory Alpha the Star Trek Wiki
• Episode guide at startrek.com
• List of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episodes at the Internet Movie Database