Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, episode guide

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"The Search" (Part 1)

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Sisko returns to Deep Space Nine after a long meeting in Starfleet headquarters on Earth and has with him the USS Defiant, prototype warship designed to protect against the borg menace, but now redirected to Deep Space Nine and the battle against the Dominion. The USS Defiant have aboard a cloaking device borrowed from the romulan empire. Sisko and his crew set out in the new ship to find the mysteriously founders of the Dominion.
US Air Date: 26 September 1994

"The Search" (Part 2)

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While Odo has to put up with an unbelievable discovery about his origin, Kira attempts to contact Sisko and the others. Meanwhile, Sisko arrives at the station to realize that everything changes in raging pace. The more he discovers the more worried he becomes. At the end he decides to take action himself.
US Air Date: 3 October 1994
Directed by: Jonathan Frakes

"The House of Quark"

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After attacking Quark a drunk klingon is killed by his own weapon during the scuffle between the two at the bar. Quark claims, that he fought the klingon and won. That makes the customers to flock to the place and everything goes well until the family of the killed klingon arrives the station. Quark is kidnapped to the klingon empire and compelled to marry himself with the widow of the klingon, he killed. He then finds himself entangled into a bitter feud between two klingon families.
US Air Date: 10 October 1994

"Equilibrium"

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Dax starts to suffer from severe hallucinations, so Sisko and Bashir takes her back to the world of the trill's, where they hope to find the cause of her state of mind. But it seems that the trill rulers cover something up and are prepared to sacrifice Jadzia's life to prevent the truth to get out.
US Air Date: 17 October 1994

"Second Skin"

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Kira finds a report that indicates, that she was in the cardassian prisoner of war camp on Bajor, and when she dig further she discovers other people, who claims that they know her. She goes down to Bajor to examine the matter further but abruptly wakes up on Cardassia and is told, that she was the cardassians' spy on Bajor for ten years.
US Air Date: 24 October 1994

"The Abandoned"

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Odo tries to convince a young violent Jem'Hadar, that the life is so much more than war and destruction.
US Air Date: 31 October 1994
Directed by: Avery Brooks

"Civil Defense"

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A trapped crew fights to save the station against self destruction, when an automatic cardassian security program mistakenly is activated.
US Air Date: 7 November 1994

"Meridian"

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Dax falls in love with a man, who soon will disappear with his planet into another dimension for the next 60 years.
US Air Date: 14 November 1994
Directed by: Jonathan Frakes

"Defiant"

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William Riker's double (watch the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Second Chances" (150)) steals the USS Defiant and attacks the cardassian territory, which compels Sisko, along with gul Dukat, to stop him.
US Air Date: 21 November 1994

"Fascination"

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A bajoran celebration on Deep Space Nine is the cause of an inexplicable love among the crew.
US Air Date: 28 November 1994
Directed by: Avery Brooks

"Past Tense" (Part 1)

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The officers on DS9 journey to Earth in the USS Defiant to brief Starfleet about the situation in the Gamma Quadrant. But when Sisko, Bashir, and Dax beam down something goes wrong with the transporter and do not arrive at the headquarters. While O'Brien and Kira tries to find out, what has gone wrong, Sisko and Bashir are arrested as ramblers outside the underground railway in year 2024. Dax is more fortunate to be rescued by a passing but is now to save the other two from the sector, they are cordon off in.
US Air Date: 2 January 1995

"Past Tense" (Part 2)

(58:176)
When the Starfleet all of a sudden cease to exist, Kira and O'Brien takes on a time travel to get Sisko, Bashir, and Dax.
US Air Date: 9 January 1995
Directed by: Jonathan Frakes

"Life Support"

(59:176)
Bashir is to take advantage of dubiously methods to keep vedek Bareil alive long enough, to have signed a peace agreement with the cardassians. While Kira faces the suffering of her lover the negotiator vedek Winn sees it as an advantage. Meanwhile, cultural differences is the reason the friendship between Jake and Nog is tested to the limit.
US Air Date: 30 January 1995

"Heart of Stone"

(60:176)
A desperat situation, that can cost Kira her life, forces Odo to stand face to face with his feelings for her. On Deep Space Nine Nog - to the big surprise of Benjamin Sisko - asks to become a member of Starfleet.
US Air Date: 6 February 1995

"Destiny"

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Sisko disregards an old bajoran prophecy about bad luck in his attempts with Cardassia to make a communication link through the wormhole. According to the plan two cardassians arrives DS9 but as a third appeares Kira starts to get worried. Meanwhile, O'Brien has his tows with a female cardassian...
US Air Date: 13 February 1995

"Prophet Motive"

(62:176)
When the ferengi leader, Zek, turn up on DS9 determined to abolish his race's greediness way of living, Quark is obsessed to find out why this sudden personality change. Bashir has by Dax entered the highest acknowledgment in medicin, The Carrington Award, which he do not think he can win. Even O'Brien is of that believe and constantly gives him snide remarks...
US Air Date: 20 February 1995
Directed by: Rene Auberjonois

"Visionary"

(63:176)
The price for lending a cloaking device to the USS Defiant is information about the Dominion, and now the romulans arrives to claim their right. But they behave suspicious, paranoid and is clearly not to be satisfied. With intervals O'Brien finds himself jumping into the nearest future, where he is witness to his own death!
US Air Date: 27 February 1995

"Distant Voices"

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Bashir is lightly depressed nearly to be 30 years old, but soon something else get that off his mind. After refusing to sell a dangerous medicament to a doubtful acquaintance of Quark, Bashir surprises him in sick bay. Bashir looses consciousness and as he wakes up everybody is gone - nearly all, and those who are not behave highly irrational. On top of that Bashir is slowly aging...
US Air Date: 10 April 1995

"Through the Looking Glass"

(65:176)
In a parallel universe ("Crossover" (43)) Sisko is to take on the part as his dead counterpart in order to save the mirror version of his dead wife.
US Air Date: 17 April 1995

"Improbable Cause" (Part 1)

(66:176)
Garak's shop explodes suddenly in a mysteriously manner and Odo intervenes to find out, who has interest in killing the defected cardassian.
US Air Date: 24 April 1995
Directed by: Avery Brooks

"The Die is Cast" (Part 2)

(67:176)
An alliance between the romulan security, Tal Shiar, and the cardassian, the Obsidian Order, has passed the wormhole to attack the Dominion. To prove his loyality towards his former leader, Garak has to question Odo. Meanwhile, Sisko is against the Starfleets orders on a rescue mission in the Defiant, which during the run is sabotaged by a crew member!
US Air Date: 1 May 1995

"Explorers"

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Sisko is obsessed by a bajoran legend of an old bajoran space ship sailing on solar winds arriving Cardassia several hundred years ago. He puts himself to build a copy of the ship and when that is done he and Jake sets sail. Bashir tries to get the attention of an old school mate but she seems not to notice him.
US Air Date: 8 May 1995

"Family Business"

(69:176)
Quark receives a visit from the Ferengi Commerce Authority (FCA), the supervisor of ferengi businesses, who confiscates goods from the bar. They tell him, that that it is reasonable penance for his mothers illegal activities. Quark returns to his home planet to get to the bottom of the matter. It turns out, that she has broken herself against the ferengi law, that prohibits women to make profit. On DS9 Sisko meets the girl, the son Jake has arranged for him!
US Air Date: 15 May 1995
Directed by: Rene Auberjonois

"Shakaar"

(70:176)
To Kira's big frustration kai Winn is by the provisionally government placed as the leader of Bajor. Kira is asked to help confiscate farmer tools used to clean polluted land from her former mates in the resistance movement, who refuse to hand them over. As soon she arrives, she learns their needs are genuine and a lot of promises has been broken. On DS9 O'Brien is pulling full house in the bar of Quark with his luck in the game of dart.
US Air Date: 22 May 1995

"Facets"

(71:176)
It is Jadzia's turn to meet her former hosts through a trill ceremony, where a former host takes over another person, so that Jadzia can talk to them as a separate one. Nog is taking the entrance examination for Starfleet Academy which Quark dislikes...
US Air Date: 12 June 1995
Nog takes the entrance examination for Starfleet Academy.

"The Adversary"

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Sisko is promoted to captain and an ambassador tells about a coup d'état in the Gamma Quadrant that threatens members of the Federation. He suggests to send the USS Defiant through the wormhole to show the strenght of the Federation but too late they learn a shape shifter is aboard...
US Air Date: 19 June 1995
Benjamin Sisko is promoted to the rank of captain, and Odo is told that the shape shifters are everywhere.