List of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episodes

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 airdate, which match the episode order in each season's DVD and Blu-ray 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 syndication. This list also includes the stardate on which the events of each episode take place within the fictional Star Trek universe.

Series overview

Season		Episodes	Originally aired
			First aired	Last aired
	1	20	January 3, 1993 (1993-01-03)	June 20, 1993 (1993-06-20)
	2	26	September 26, 1993 (1993-09-26)	June 12, 1994 (1994-06-12)
	3	26	September 26, 1994 (1994-09-26)	June 19, 1995 (1995-06-19)
	4	26	October 2, 1995 (1995-10-02)	June 17, 1996 (1996-06-17)
	5	26	September 30, 1996 (1996-09-30)	June 16, 1997 (1997-06-16)
	6	26	September 29, 1997 (1997-09-29)	June 17, 1998 (1998-06-17)
	7	26	September 30, 1998 (1998-09-30)	June 2, 1999 (1999-06-02)

Episodes

Season 1 (1993)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Stardate	Directed by	Written by	Featured character(s)	Original air date	Prod. code
1/2	101/102	"Emissary"	46379.1	David Carson	Teleplay: Michael Piller Story: Rick Berman and Michael Piller	Sisko	January 3, 1993 (1993-01-03)	40510-721 (401-402)
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"	46397.3	Winrich Kolbe	Katharyn Powers	Kira, Garak	January 10, 1993 (1993-01-10)	40510-404
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	January 17, 1993 (1993-01-17)	40510-403
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	January 24, 1993 (1993-01-24)	40510-405
A mysterious virus plagues the station, causing speech distortions and eventually death.
6	106	"Captive Pursuit"	46477.5	Corey Allen	Teleplay: Jill Sherman Donner and Michael Piller Story: Jill Sherman Donner	O'Brien	January 31, 1993 (1993-01-31)	40510-406
O'Brien befriends an alien from the Gamma Quadrant who is being hunted.
7	107	"Q-Less"	46531.2	Paul Lynch	Teleplay: Robert Hewitt Wolfe Story: Hannah Louise Shearer	Q, Vash	February 7, 1993 (1993-02-07)	40510-407
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	February 14, 1993 (1993-02-14)	40510-408
Jadzia Dax is accused of a murder committed by her symbiont in another lifetime.
9	109	"The Passenger"	465570.8	Paul Lynch	Teleplay: Morgan Gendel & Robert Hewitt Wolfe and Michael Piller Story: Morgan Gendel	Bashir	February 21, 1993 (1993-02-21)	40510-409
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"	46612.4	David Carson	Teleplay: Frederick Rappaport and Lisa Rich & Jeanne Carrigan-Fauci Story: Michael Piller	Various	March 14, 1993 (1993-03-14)	40510-410
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"	46657.0	David Livingston	Teleplay: Ira Steven Behr Story: David Livingston	Quark	March 21, 1993 (1993-03-21)	40510-411
Quark is named as the head of the Ferengi Alliance by Grand Nagus Zek, but he is now surrounded by enemies.
12	112	"Vortex"	46689.6	Winrich Kolbe	Sam Rolfe	Odo	April 18, 1993 (1993-04-18)	40510-412
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"	46715.2	Paul Lynch	Teleplay: Richard Danus and Evan Carlos Somers Story: Hilary J. Bader	Sisko, Kira	April 25, 1993 (1993-04-25)	40510-413
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	May 2, 1993 (1993-05-02)	40510-414
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	May 9, 1993 (1993-05-09)	40510-415
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	May 16, 1993 (1993-05-16)	40510-416
Deep Space Nine is put in jeopardy when the crew's thoughts manifest themselves, and such figures as Rumpelstiltskin appear.
17	117	"The Forsaken"	46925.1	Les Landau	Teleplay: Don Carlos Dunaway and Michael Piller Story: Jim Trombetta	Odo	May 23, 1993 (1993-05-23)	40510-417
The Federation ambassador from Betazed, Lwaxana Troi, visits the station, and develops an affection for Odo.
18	118	"Dramatis Personae"	46922.3	Cliff Bole	Joe Menosky	Various	May 30, 1993 (1993-05-30)	40510-418
A Klingon ship comes through the wormhole and explodes. A mutiny is considered.
19	119	"Duet"	46933.4	James L. Conway	Teleplay: Peter Allan Fields Story: Lisa Rich & Jeanne Carrigan-Fauci	Kira	June 13, 1993 (1993-06-13)	40510-419
A visiting Cardassian, Marritza, may in fact be the 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"	46951.7	David Livingston	Robert Hewitt Wolfe	Sisko, Kira	June 20, 1993 (1993-06-20)	40510-420
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)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Stardate	Directed by	Written by	Featured character(s)	Original air date	Prod. code
21	201	"The Homecoming"	47101.2	Winrich Kolbe	Teleplay: Ira Steven Behr Story: Jeri Taylor and Ira Steven Behr	Sisko, Kira	September 26, 1993 (1993-09-26)	40510-421
Quark gives Kira a Bajoran earring he claims was sent as a message from a Cardassian mining planet.
22	202	"The Circle"	47125.7	Corey Allen	Peter Allan Fields	Sisko, Kira	October 3, 1993 (1993-10-03)	40510-422
The Circle attempts to topple the Bajoran government, but there is more to the situation than meets the eye.
23	203	"The Siege"	47143.9	Winrich Kolbe	Michael Piller	Sisko, Kira	October 10, 1993 (1993-10-10)	40510-423
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.
24	204	"Invasive Procedures"	47182.1	Les Landau	Teleplay: John Whelpley and Robert Hewitt Wolfe Story: John Whelpley	Dax	October 17, 1993 (1993-10-17)	40510-424
A plasma storm leads to the evacuation of most of the station, but a Trill refugee has his own plans.
25	205	"Cardassians"	47177.2	Cliff Bole	Teleplay: James Crocker Story: Gene Wolande & John Wright	Garak, Bashir	October 24, 1993 (1993-10-24)	40510-425
Garak investigates the identity of a Cardassian boy, Rugal, abandoned on Bajor, who has been raised by a Bajoran.
26	206	"Melora"	47229.1	Winrich Kolbe	Teleplay: Evan Carlos Somers and Steven Baum and Michael Piller & James Crocker Story: Evan Carlos Somers	Bashir	October 31, 1993 (1993-10-31)	40510-426
Bashir tries to help Ensign Melora Pazlar, the first Elaysian to join Starfleet, adjust to "normal" gravity.
27	207	"Rules of Acquisition"	47261.7	David Livingston	Teleplay: Ira Steven Behr Story: Hilary J. Bader	Quark	November 7, 1993 (1993-11-07)	40510-427
Quark represents Grand Nagus Zek in a plot to establish a Ferengi business presence in the Gamma Quadrant. Pel, a young 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	November 14, 1993 (1993-11-14)	40510-428
When Quark is shot, Odo re-opens a five-year-old murder case of Mr. Vaatrik who was a Cardassian collaborator.
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	November 21, 1993 (1993-11-21)	40510-429
A mysterious woman, Fenna, catches Sisko's eye during their fleeting meetings.
30	210	"Sanctuary"	47391.2	Les Landau	Teleplay: Frederick Rappaport Story: Gabe Essoe & Kelley Miles	Kira	November 28, 1993 (1993-11-28)	40510-430
The Skrreea, displaced humanoid farmers from the Gamma Quadrant, claim Bajor as Kentanna, their legendary homeland.
31	211	"Rivals"	47349.2	David Livingston	Teleplay: Joe Menosky Story: Jim Trombetta & Michael Piller	Quark	January 2, 1994 (1994-01-02)	40510-431
Quark feels threatened when a charming swindler, Martus Mazur, opens a competing bar (Club Martus).
32	212	"The Alternate"	47352.1	David Carson	Teleplay: Bill Dial Story: Jim Trombetta and Bill Dial	Odo	January 9, 1994 (1994-01-09)	40510-432
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"	47444.8	Winrich Kolbe	Morgan Gendel	Bashir, O'Brien	January 30, 1994 (1994-01-30)	40510-433
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.
34	214	"Whispers"	47581.2	Les Landau	Paul Robert Coyle	O'Brien	February 6, 1994 (1994-02-06)	40510-434
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. O'Brien begins to suspect everyone on the station is gradually being altered or replaced by an unknown force.
35	215	"Paradise"	47573.1	Corey Allen	Teleplay: Jeff King and Richard Manning & Hans Beimler Story: Jim Trombetta and James Crocker	Sisko	February 13, 1994 (1994-02-13)	40510-435
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.
36	216	"Shadowplay"	47603.3	Robert Scheerer	Robert Hewitt Wolfe	Odo, Kira, Jake Sisko	February 20, 1994 (1994-02-20)	40510-436
Odo and Dax investigate why a city's residents are disappearing.
37	217	"Playing God"	47678.3	David Livingston	Teleplay: Jim Trombetta and Michael Piller Story: Jim Trombetta	Dax	February 27, 1994 (1994-02-27)	40510-437
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"	47701.5	Robert Wiemer	Flip Kobler and Cindy Marcus	Quark, Garak	March 20, 1994 (1994-03-20)	40510-438
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.
39	219	"Blood Oath"	47789.8	Winrich Kolbe	Teleplay and Television Story: Peter Allan Fields Idea: Andrea Moore Alton	Dax	March 27, 1994 (1994-03-27)	40510-439
Jadzia Dax honors an oath made by Curzon Dax to three Klingons (Kor, 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"	47802.3	David Livingston	Teleplay: James Crocker Story: Rick Berman and Michael Piller & Jeri Taylor and James Crocker	Sisko	April 24, 1994 (1994-04-24)	40510-440
Federation colonists reject a treaty with Cardassia and take matters into their own hands, forming a terrorist group called 'The Maquis'.
41	221	"The Maquis, Part II"	47805.1	Corey Allen	Teleplay: Ira Steven Behr Story: Rick Berman and Michael Piller & Jeri Taylor and Ira Steven Behr	Sisko	May 1, 1994 (1994-05-01)	40510-441
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.
42	222	"The Wire"	47849.8	Kim Friedman	Robert Hewitt Wolfe	Bashir, Garak	May 8, 1994 (1994-05-08)	40510-442
In order to save Garak's life, Bashir must unravel some of the secrets in the Cardassian's past.
43	223	"Crossover"	47879.2	David Livingston	Teleplay: Peter Allan Fields and Michael Piller Story: Peter Allan Fields	Kira, Bashir	May 15, 1994 (1994-05-15)	40510-443
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"	47921.5	Cliff Bole	Teleplay: Gary Holland & Ira Steven Behr and Robert Hewitt Wolfe Story: Gary Holland	Kira	May 22, 1994 (1994-05-22)	40510-444
A Bajoran secretary named 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.
45	225	"Tribunal"	47944.2	Avery Brooks	Bill Dial	O'Brien	June 5, 1994 (1994-06-05)	40510-445
O'Brien is declared guilty of an unspecified crime and later "tried" at a tribunal held on Cardassia Prime.
46	226	"The Jem'Hadar"	47987.5	Kim Friedman	Ira Steven Behr	Sisko, Quark, Jake Sisko	June 12, 1994 (1994-06-12)	40510-446
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.

Season 3 (1994–95)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Stardate	Directed by	Written by	Featured character(s)	Original air date	Prod. code
47	301	"The Search, Part I"	48213.1	Kim Friedman	Teleplay: Ronald D. Moore Story by: Ira Steven Behr and Robert Hewitt Wolfe	Various	September 26, 1994 (1994-09-26)	40510-447
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 Nebula.
48	302	"The Search, Part II"	48213.1	Jonathan Frakes	Teleplay: Ira Steven Behr Story: Ira Steven Behr and Robert Hewitt Wolfe	Various	October 3, 1994 (1994-10-03)	40510-448
Odo begins to connect with his fellow Changelings as Sisko attempts to negotiate peace with the Dominion.
49	303	"The House of Quark"	48224.2	Les Landau	Teleplay: Ronald D. Moore Story: Tom Benko	Quark	October 10, 1994 (1994-10-10)	40510-449
Quark lies about killing a Klingon, Kozak, and is then forced to marry the widow, Grilka, founding his own 'House of Quark'.
50	304	"Equilibrium"	48231.7	Cliff Bole	Teleplay: René Echevarria Story: Christopher Teague	Dax	October 17, 1994 (1994-10-17)	40510-450
A secret from Dax's past could mean the end of the current host's life.
51	305	"Second Skin"	48244.5	Les Landau	Robert Hewitt Wolfe	Kira	October 24, 1994 (1994-10-24)	40510-451
Kira is kidnapped by Cardassians, surgically altered to look Cardassian and told she is actually an undercover Cardassian agent.
52	306	"The Abandoned"	48301.1	Avery Brooks	D. Thomas Maio and Steve Warnek	Odo	October 31, 1994 (1994-10-31)	40510-452
Quark purchases a salvaged ship from the Gamma Quadrant and discovers an infant on board.
53	307	"Civil Defense"	48388.8	Reza Badiyi	Mike Krohn	Various	November 7, 1994 (1994-11-07)	40510-453
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	November 14, 1994 (1994-11-14)	40510-454
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.
55	309	"Defiant"	48467.3	Cliff Bole	Ronald D. Moore	Sisko, Kira, Tom Riker	November 21, 1994 (1994-11-21)	40510-455
Commander William Riker shows up unannounced and Kira shows him the Defiant, where he reveals his true motives for coming to Deep Space Nine.
56	310	"Fascination"	48441.6	Avery Brooks	Teleplay: Philip Lazebnik Story: Ira Steven Behr and James Crocker	Various	November 28, 1994 (1994-11-28)	40510-456
Lwaxana Troi pursues Odo during the Bajoran Gratitude Festival as members of the crew suddenly become infatuated with one another.
57	311	"Past Tense, Part I"	48481.2	Reza Badiyi	Teleplay: Robert Hewitt Wolfe Story: Ira Steven Behr and Robert Hewitt Wolfe	Sisko, Bashir	January 2, 1995 (1995-01-02)	40510-457
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.
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	January 9, 1995 (1995-01-09)	40510-458
Sisko assumes the role of a pivotal historical figure, Gabriel Bell, in order to restore the timeline.
59	313	"Life Support"	48498.4	Reza Badiyi	Teleplay: Ronald D. Moore Story: Christian Ford and Roger Soffer	Kira, Bashir	January 31, 1995 (1995-01-31)	40510-459
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.
60	314	"Heart of Stone"	48521.5	Alexander Singer	Ira Steven Behr and Robert Hewitt Wolfe	Odo, Kira, Nog	February 6, 1995 (1995-02-06)	40510-460
When Kira's life is put in jeopardy Odo expresses the depth of his feelings for her. Meanwhile, back on the station, Nog requests a letter of recommendation to Starfleet.
61	315	"Destiny"	48543.2	Les Landau	David S. Cohen and Martin A. Winer	Sisko	February 13, 1995 (1995-02-13)	40510-461
Despite Trakor's Bajoran prophecy of destruction, Sisko assists in a joint scientific venture with the Cardassians to open communications through the Bajoran wormhole.
62	316	"Prophet Motive"	48555.5	René Auberjonois	Ira Steven Behr and Robert Hewitt Wolfe	Quark	February 20, 1995 (1995-02-20)	40510-462
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.
63	317	"Visionary"	48576.7	Reza Badiyi	Teleplay: John Shirley Story: Ethan H. Calk	O'Brien	February 27, 1995 (1995-02-27)	40510-463
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.
64	318	"Distant Voices"	48592.2	Alexander Singer	Teleplay: Ira Steven Behr & Robert Hewitt Wolfe Story: Joe Menosky	Bashir	April 10, 1995 (1995-04-10)	40510-464
Julian Bashir is subjected to a telepathic attack by an alien seeking a restricted substance.
65	319	"Through the Looking Glass"	48601.1	Winrich Kolbe	Ira Steven Behr and Robert Hewitt Wolfe	Sisko	April 17, 1995 (1995-04-17)	40510-466
Sisko is convinced by "Smiley" O'Brien from a parallel universe to assume the role of the dead Captain Sisko.
66	320	"Improbable Cause"	48620.3	Avery Brooks	Teleplay: René Echevarria Story: Robert Lederman & David R. Long	Odo, Garak	April 24, 1995 (1995-04-24)	40510-465
Garak's tailor shop is bombed, forcing Odo to investigate who is trying to kill the Cardassian exile – and why.
67	321	"The Die is Cast"	48622.5	David Livingston	Ronald D. Moore	Odo, Garak	May 1, 1995 (1995-05-01)	40510-467
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.
68	322	"Explorers"	48699.9	Cliff Bole	Teleplay: René Echevarria Story: Hilary J. Bader	Sisko, Jake Sisko	May 8, 1995 (1995-05-08)	40510-468
Sisko builds a replica of an ancient Bajoran space vessel and with Jake attempts to prove that the Bajorans developed interstellar travel before Cardassians.
69	323	"Family Business"	48731.2	René Auberjonois	Ira Steven Behr and Robert Hewitt Wolfe	Quark	May 15, 1995 (1995-05-15)	40510-469
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.
70	324	"Shakaar"	48764.8	Jonathan West	Gordon Dawson	Kira	May 22, 1995 (1995-05-22)	40510-470
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.
71	325	"Facets"	48959.1	Cliff Bole	René Echevarria	Dax	June 12, 1995 (1995-06-12)	40510-471
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.
72	326	"The Adversary"	48962.5	Alexander Singer	Ira Steven Behr and Robert Hewitt Wolfe	Various	June 19, 1995 (1995-06-19)	40510-472
Ambassador Krajensky informs newly promoted Captain Sisko that there has been a coup on Tzenketh.

Season 4 (1995–96)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Stardate	Directed by	Written by	Featured character(s)	Original air date	Prod. code
73/74	401/402	"The Way of the Warrior"	49011.4	James L. Conway	Ira Steven Behr and Robert Hewitt Wolfe	Worf	October 2, 1995 (1995-10-02)	40510-718 (473-474)
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.
75	403	"The Visitor"	49037.7	David Livingston	Michael Taylor	Sisko, Jake Sisko	October 9, 1995 (1995-10-09)	40510-476
An elderly Jake Sisko relates the story of how he lost his father to a temporal displacement accident.
76	404	"Hippocratic Oath"	49066.5	René Auberjonois	Teleplay: Lisa Klink Story: Nicholas Corea and Lisa Klink	Bashir, O'Brien	October 16, 1995 (1995-10-16)	40510-475
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	October 23, 1995 (1995-10-23)	40510-477
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.
78	406	"Rejoined"	49195.5	Avery Brooks	Teleplay: Ronald D. Moore and René Echevarria Story: René Echevarria	Dax	October 30, 1995 (1995-10-30)	40510-478
Dax is reunited with Lenara Kahn, whose previous host was the widow of one of Dax's former hosts, Torias Dax, and the two struggle with their feelings for one another.
79	407	"Starship Down"	49263.5	Alexander Singer	David Mack and John J. Ordover	Various	November 6, 1995 (1995-11-06)	40510-479
The USS Defiant becomes trapped in a planet's volatile atmosphere after battling with the Jem'Hadar.
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	November 13, 1995 (1995-11-13)	40510-480
Quark, Rom, Nog, and Odo are accidentally thrust back in time to Roswell, New Mexico, Earth, in 1947.
81	409	"The Sword of Kahless"	49263.5	LeVar Burton	Teleplay: Hans Beimler Story: Richard Danus	Worf	November 20, 1995 (1995-11-20)	40510-481
Worf, Dax and a revered Klingon Dahar master, Kor, search for the Sword of Kahless to unite the Klingon Empire.
82	410	"Our Man Bashir"	49300.7	Winrich Kolbe	Teleplay: Ronald D. Moore Story: Robert Gillan	Bashir	November 27, 1995 (1995-11-27)	40510-482
Bashir plays a 1960s secret agent in a holosuite, when Garak arrives unexpectedly.
83	411	"Homefront"	49370.0	David Livingston	Ira Steven Behr and Robert Hewitt Wolfe	Sisko	January 1, 1996 (1996-01-01)	40510-483
Sisko and Odo are brought to Earth when it's suspected Changelings are infiltrating Starfleet.
84	412	"Paradise Lost"	49482.3	Reza Badiyi	Teleplay: Ira Steven Behr and Hans Beimler Story: Ronald D. Moore	Sisko	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.
85	413	"Crossfire"	49517.3	Les Landau	René Echevarria	Odo	January 29, 1996 (1996-01-29)	40510-485
Odo's hidden feelings for Kira surface when the visiting Bajoran First Minister, Shakaar Edon, begins to court her.
86	414	"Return to Grace"	49534.2	Jonathan West	Teleplay: Hans Beimler Story: Tom Benko	Kira, Dukat	February 5, 1996 (1996-02-05)	40510-486
Dukat seeks Kira's help in regaining his rank in the Cardassian Empire.
87	415	"Sons of Mogh"	49556.2	David Livingston	Ronald D. Moore	Worf	February 12, 1996 (1996-02-12)	40510-487
Cast out of Klingon society because of Worf's dishonor, his outcast brother, Kurn, asks Worf to kill him.
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	February 19, 1996 (1996-02-19)	40510-488
Rom creates a union for Quark's employees and goes on strike.
89	417	"Accession"	49600.7	Les Landau	Jane Espenson	Sisko	February 26, 1996 (1996-02-26)	40510-489
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.
90	418	"Rules of Engagement"	49665.3	LeVar Burton	Teleplay: Ronald D. Moore Story: David Weddle & Bradley Thompson	Worf	April 8, 1996 (1996-04-08)	40510-490
Worf accidentally destroys a civilian ship during battle and faces a hearing to determine whether he should be extradited to the Klingon Empire.
91	419	"Hard Time"	49680.5	Alexander Singer	Teleplay: Robert Hewitt Wolfe Story: Daniel Keys Moran and Lynn Barker	O'Brien	April 15, 1996 (1996-04-15)	40510-491
O'Brien's mind has been altered to create memories of being incarcerated for 20 years on an alien world on charges of espionage and sedition.
92	420	"Shattered Mirror"	49699.1	James L. Conway	Ira Steven Behr and Hans Beimler	Sisko, Jake Sisko	April 22, 1996 (1996-04-22)	40510-492
Sisko attempts to rescue Jake after he is lured into a war-torn mirror universe by his mother's living counterpart.
93	421	"The Muse"	49702.2	David Livingston	Teleplay: René Echevarria Story: René Echevarria and Majel Barrett-Roddenberry	Odo, Jake Sisko	April 29, 1996 (1996-04-29)	40510-493
While Odo assists a pregnant Lwaxana Troi, Jake falls under the spell of a mysterious woman, Onaya.
94	422	"For the Cause"	49729.8	James L. Conway	Teleplay: Ronald D. Moore Story: Mark Gehred-O'Connell	Sisko	May 6, 1996 (1996-05-06)	40510-494
Sisko learns that his girlfriend Kasidy may be a Maquis smuggler.
95	423	"To the Death"	49904.2	LeVar Burton	Ira Steven Behr and Robert Hewitt Wolfe	Various	May 13, 1996 (1996-05-13)	40510-495
Sisko and the Defiant crew join forces with the Jem'Hadar to stop a group of Jem'Hadar renegades from gaining power.
96	424	"The Quickening"	49909.7	René Auberjonois	Naren Shankar	Bashir	May 20, 1996 (1996-05-20)	40510-496
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.
97	425	"Body Parts"	49930.3	Avery Brooks	Teleplay: Hans Beimler Story: Louis P. DeSantis & Robert J. Bolivar	Quark	June 10, 1996 (1996-06-10)	40510-497
Quark is diagnosed with a terminal disease, Dorek's Syndrome, and given a week to live.
98	426	"Broken Link"	49962.4	Les Landau	Teleplay: Ira Steven Behr and Robert Hewitt Wolfe Story: George A. Brozak	Odo	June 17, 1996 (1996-06-17)	40510-498
Odo collapses and is taken to the Infirmary. The doctor discovers Odo is losing his ability to maintain solid form.

Season 5 (1996–97)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Stardate	Directed by	Written by	Featured character(s)	Original air date	Prod. code
99	501	"Apocalypse Rising"	Unknown	James L. Conway	Ira Steven Behr and Robert Hewitt Wolfe	Sisko, Odo, O'Brien	September 30, 1996 (1996-09-30)	40510-499
Starfleet assigns Sisko to expose the Changeling infiltrator in the Klingon Empire.
100	502	"The Ship"	50049.3	Kim Friedman	Teleplay: Hans Beimler Story: Pam Wigginton & Rick Cason	Sisko, Dax, O'Brien	October 7, 1996 (1996-10-07)	40510-500
While exploring in the Gamma Quadrant, Sisko, Dax, Worf, and O'Brien see a Jem'Hadar warship crash on a planet's surface.
101	503	"Looking for par'Mach in All the Wrong Places"	Unknown	Andrew J. Robinson	Ronald D. Moore	Worf, Dax, Quark	October 14, 1996 (1996-10-14)	40510-501
Worf finds himself attracted to Grilka, Quark's ex wife, when she visits the station.
102	504	"...Nor the Battle to the Strong"	Unknown	Kim Friedman	Teleplay: René Echevarria Story: Brice R. Parker	Jake Sisko, Bashir	October 21, 1996 (1996-10-21)	40510-502
Dr. Bashir has been away at a conference and Jake Sisko has accompanied him to research a profile he is writing about the doctor. Returning in a runabout, they get a distress call from a federation colony under Klingon attack.
103	505	"The Assignment"	Unknown	Allan Kroeker	Teleplay: David Weddle & Bradley Thompson Story: David R. Long & Robert Lederman	O'Brien	October 28, 1996 (1996-10-28)	40510-504
Keiko returns from a journey and informs O'Brien that she is really an entity that has taken possession of his wife's body.
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	November 4, 1996 (1996-11-04)	40510-503
Darvin, a disgraced Klingon spy, travels back in time. The DS9 crew must prevent him from altering the timeline.
105	507	"Let He Who Is Without Sin..."	Unknown	René Auberjonois	Robert Hewitt Wolfe and Ira Steven Behr	Worf, Dax	November 11, 1996 (1996-11-11)	40510-505
Worf and Dax vacation on the pleasure planet, Risa, and encounter unexpected dangers.
106	508	"Things Past"	Unknown	LeVar Burton	Michael Taylor	Sisko, Odo, Dax, Garak	November 18, 1996 (1996-11-18)	40510-506
Sisko, Odo, Dax and Garak are found unconscious. While Bashir attempts to revive their bodies, the four wake up during the Cardassian occupation of Bajor several years earlier.
107	509	"The Ascent"	Unknown	Allan Kroeker	Ira Steven Behr and Robert Hewitt Wolfe	Odo, Quark	November 25, 1996 (1996-11-25)	40510-507
Forced to crash land on a desolate planet, Odo and Quark learn they lost their communications system, replicator, and most rations in an explosion.
108	510	"Rapture"	Unknown	Jonathan West	Teleplay: Hans Beimler Story: L.J. Strom	Sisko	December 30, 1996 (1996-12-30)	40510-508
An accident causes Sisko to have prophetic visions.
109	511	"The Darkness and the Light"	50416.2	Mike Vejar	Teleplay: Ronald D. Moore Story: Bryan Fuller	Kira	January 6, 1997 (1997-01-06)	509
Someone is killing Kira's friends off and she might be next.
110	512	"The Begotten"	Unknown	Jesús Salvador Treviño	René Echevarria	Odo	January 27, 1997 (1997-01-27)	40510-510
When Quark discovers an infant Changeling, it has a profound effect on Odo. Meanwhile, Kira goes into labor.
111	513	"For the Uniform"	50485.2	Victor Lobl	Peter Allan Fields	Sisko	February 3, 1997 (1997-02-03)	40510-511
Michael Eddington returns and Sisko becomes obsessed with catching him.
112	514	"In Purgatory's Shadow"	Unknown	Gabrielle Beaumont	Robert Hewitt Wolfe and Ira Steven Behr	Various	February 10, 1997 (1997-02-10)	512
Worf and Garak journey to the Gamma Quadrant to investigate a coded Cardassian message.
113	515	"By Inferno's Light"	50564.2	Les Landau	Ira Steven Behr and Robert Hewitt Wolfe	Various	February 17, 1997 (1997-02-17)	40510-513
Gul Dukat aligns the Cardassians with the Dominion. The station must deal with a Changeling infiltrator.
114	516	"Doctor Bashir, I Presume?"	Unknown	David Livingston	Teleplay: Ronald D. Moore Story: Jimmy Diggs	Bashir	February 24, 1997 (1997-02-24)	40510-514
Julian Bashir is selected to become the model for a Long-term Medical Hologram, until a family secret is revealed.
115	517	"A Simple Investigation"	Unknown	John T. Kretchmer	René Echevarria	Odo	March 31, 1997 (1997-03-31)	515
Odo falls in love with a woman, Arissa, involved in the Orion Syndicate.
116	518	"Business as Usual"	Unknown	Siddig El Fadil	Bradley Thompson and David Weddle	Quark	April 7, 1997 (1997-04-07)	40510-516
Quark becomes involved with a group of arms dealers, led by his cousin Gaila.
117	519	"Ties of Blood and Water"	50712.5	Avery Brooks	Teleplay: Robert Hewitt Wolfe Story: Edmund Newton & Robbin L. Slocum	Kira	April 14, 1997 (1997-04-14)	40510-517
Tekeny Ghemor arrives on Deep Space Nine and reveals that he is dying.
118	520	"Ferengi Love Songs"	Unknown	René Auberjonois	Ira Steven Behr and Hans Beimler	Quark	April 21, 1997 (1997-04-21)	40510-518
At the end of his rope, Quark returns home and discovers Moogie has a secret lover.
119	521	"Soldiers of the Empire"	Unknown	LeVar Burton	Ronald D. Moore	Worf, Dax	April 28, 1997 (1997-04-28)	40510-519
Martok, Worf, and Dax go on a mission aboard a Klingon ship to search for the B'moth.
120	522	"Children of Time"	50814.2	Allan Kroeker	Teleplay: René Echevarria Story: Gary Holland and Ethan H. Calk	Various	May 5, 1997 (1997-05-05)	40510-520
An accident causes the crew to meet their own descendants - and presents them with an ethical dilemma.
121	523	"Blaze of Glory"	Unknown	Kim Friedman	Robert Hewitt Wolfe and Ira Steven Behr	Sisko	May 12, 1997 (1997-05-12)	40510-521
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.
122	524	"Empok Nor"	Unknown	Mike Vejar	Teleplay: Hans Beimler Story: Bryan Fuller	O'Brien, Garak	May 19, 1997 (1997-05-19)	40510-522
O'Brien, Garak, Nog and an engineering team go to Deep Space Nine's abandoned sister space station, Empok Nor, to salvage components. The away team soon discover that all is not as it seems.
123	525	"In the Cards"	50929.4	Michael Dorn	Teleplay: Ronald D. Moore Story by: Truly Barr Clark & Scott J. Neal	Jake Sisko	June 9, 1997 (1997-06-09)	523
Jake wants to give his father a present to cheer him up, a 1951 Willie Mays baseball card, but runs into complications with a mysterious geneticist, Dr. Giger, and a Dominion ambassador group.
124	526	"Call to Arms"	50975.2	Allan Kroeker	Ira Steven Behr and Robert Hewitt Wolfe	Various	June 16, 1997 (1997-06-16)	40510-524
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, thus beginning the Dominion War.

Season 6 (1997–98)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Stardate	Directed by	Written by	Featured character(s)	Original air date	Prod. code
125	601	"A Time to Stand"	Unknown	Allan Kroeker	Ira Steven Behr & Hans Beimler	Various	September 29, 1997 (1997-09-29)	40510-525
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	October 6, 1997 (1997-10-06)	40510-527
Sisko and his tired crew crash on a planet where they encounter a band of Jem'Hadar.
127	603	"Sons and Daughters"	Unknown	Jesús Salvador Treviño	Bradley Thompson & David Weddle	Worf, Kira	October 13, 1997 (1997-10-13)	40510-526
While on General Martok's ship Worf is reunited with his estranged son, Alexander.
128	604	"Behind the Lines"	51149.5	LeVar Burton	René Echevarria	Sisko, Odo, Kira	October 20, 1997 (1997-10-20)	40510-528
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.
129	605	"Favor the Bold"	Unknown	Winrich Kolbe	Ira Steven Behr & Hans Beimler	Various	October 27, 1997 (1997-10-27)	40510-529
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.
130	606	"Sacrifice of Angels"	Unknown	Allan Kroeker	Ira Steven Behr & Hans Beimler	Various	November 3, 1997 (1997-11-03)	40510-530
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.
131	607	"You are Cordially Invited..."	51247.5	David Livingston	Ronald D. Moore	Dax, Worf	November 10, 1997 (1997-11-10)	40510-531
Worf's plans for a traditional Klingon wedding hinge on Martok's demanding wife, Sirella, accepting Dax into their family.
132	608	"Resurrection"	Unknown	LeVar Burton	Michael Taylor	Kira	November 17, 1997 (1997-11-17)	40510-532
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.
133	609	"Statistical Probabilities"	Unknown	Anson Williams	Teleplay: René Echevarria Story: Pam Pietroforte	Bashir	November 24, 1997 (1997-11-24)	40510-533
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.
134	610	"The Magnificent Ferengi"	Unknown	Chip Chalmers	Ira Steven Behr & Hans Beimler	Quark	January 1, 1998 (1998-01-01)	40510-534
Quark mounts a rescue mission when his mother, Ishka, is captured by the Dominion and Grand Nagus Zek offers a reward for her return.
135	611	"Waltz"	51413.6	René Auberjonois	Ronald D. Moore	Sisko, Dukat	January 8, 1998 (1998-01-08)	40510-535
Sisko meets with the former Cardassian leader Gul Dukat, now a prisoner, as he awaits a war crimes investigation.
136	612	"Who Mourns for Morn?"	Unknown	Victor Lobl	Mark Gehred-O'Connell	Quark	February 4, 1998 (1998-02-04)	40510-536
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.
137	613	"Far Beyond the Stars"	Unknown	Avery Brooks	Teleplay: Ira Steven Behr & Hans Beimler Story: Marc Scott Zicree	Sisko	February 11, 1998 (1998-02-11)	40510-538
After Captain Swofford's ship, the Cortez, is destroyed, Sisko considers leaving Starfleet.
138	614	"One Little Ship"	51474.2	Allan Kroeker	David Weddle & Bradley Thompson	Various	February 18, 1998 (1998-02-18)	40510-537
Dax, O'Brien, and Bashir board a Runabout, which is shrunken to four inches long as they investigate a rare subspace compression phenomenon.
139	615	"Honor Among Thieves"	Unknown	Allan Eastman	Teleplay: René Echevarria Story: Philip Kim	O'Brien	February 25, 1998 (1998-02-25)	40510-539
Starfleet Intelligence recruits Chief O'Brien to infiltrate the Orion Syndicate to find a Starfleet informant.
140	616	"Change of Heart"	51597.2	David Livingston	Ronald D. Moore	Worf, Dax	March 4, 1998 (1998-03-04)	40510-540
When Jadzia Dax is critically injured on an away mission, Worf must choose between saving his wife and completing their assignment.
141	617	"Wrongs Darker Than Death or Night"	Unknown	Jonathan West	Ira Steven Behr & Hans Beimler	Kira	April 1, 1998 (1998-04-01)	40510-541
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.
142	618	"Inquisition"	Unknown	Michael Dorn	Bradley Thompson & David Weddle	Bashir	April 8, 1998 (1998-04-08)	40510-542
Bashir is accused of unknowingly spying for the Dominion.
143	619	"In the Pale Moonlight"	51721.3	Victor Lobl	Teleplay: Michael Taylor Story: Peter Allan Fields	Sisko, Garak	April 15, 1998 (1998-04-15)	40510-543
Sisko asks Garak to help him get the Romulans to join the war against the Dominion.
144	620	"His Way"	Unknown	Allan Kroeker	Ira Steven Behr & Hans Beimler	Odo	April 22, 1998 (1998-04-22)	40510-544
Bashir shows off a new Holosuite program of a martini lounge with a 1960s Vegas singer named Vic Fontaine who is very perceptive; and gives advice to Odo when Kira visits her ex-lover Shakaar.
145	621	"The Reckoning"	Unknown	Jesús Salvador Treviño	Teleplay: David Weddle & Bradley Thompson Story: Harry M. Werksman & Gabrielle Stanton	Sisko	April 29, 1998 (1998-04-29)	40510-545
Sisko is called to Bajor when an ancient tablet addressing the Emissary is discovered at B'hala.
146	622	"Valiant"	51825.4	Mike Vejar	Ronald D. Moore	Jake Sisko, Nog	May 6, 1998 (1998-05-06)	40510-546
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.
147	623	"Profit and Lace"	Unknown	Alexander Siddig	Ira Steven Behr & Hans Beimler	Quark	May 13, 1998 (1998-05-13)	40510-547
Quark helps out when Zek's status as the Ferengi Grand Nagus is put in jeopardy by proposing equal rights for Ferengi females.
148	624	"Time's Orphan"	Unknown	Allan Kroeker	Teleplay: David Weddle & Bradley Thompson Story: Joe Menosky	O'Brien	May 20, 1998 (1998-05-20)	40510-548
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.
149	625	"The Sound of Her Voice"	51948.3	Winrich Kolbe	Teleplay: Ronald D. Moore Story: Pam Pietroforte	Various	June 10, 1998 (1998-06-10)	40510-549
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.
150	626	"Tears of the Prophets"	Unknown	Allan Kroeker	Ira Steven Behr & Hans Beimler	Sisko, Dax, Quark, Bashir	June 17, 1998 (1998-06-17)	40510-550
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.

Season 7 (1998–99)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Stardate	Directed by	Written by	Featured character(s)	Original air date	Prod. code
151	701	"Image in the Sand"	Unknown	Les Landau	Ira Steven Behr & Hans Beimler	Sisko, Worf, Kira	September 30, 1998 (1998-09-30)	40510-551
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.
152	702	"Shadows and Symbols"	52152.6	Allan Kroeker	Ira Steven Behr & Hans Beimler	Sisko, Dax, Worf, Kira	October 7, 1998 (1998-10-07)	40510-552
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.
153	703	"Afterimage"	Unknown	Les Landau	René Echevarria	Dax	October 14, 1998 (1998-10-14)	40510-553
Everyone who knew Jadzia Dax reacts strongly to Ezri Dax's presence, particularly Worf. Meanwhile Garak suffers from bad claustrophobic attacks.
154	704	"Take Me Out to the Holosuite"	Unknown	Chip Chalmers	Ronald D. Moore	Various	October 21, 1998 (1998-10-21)	40510-554
Sisko must train his staff to play baseball when the Vulcans, led by Solok, challenge them to a game.
155	705	"Chrysalis"	Unknown	Jonathan West	René Echevarria	Bashir	October 28, 1998 (1998-10-28)	40510-555
Bashir falls for a genetically enhanced patient, Sarina Douglas, that he brought out of a catatonic state using an experimental medical procedure.
156	706	"Treachery, Faith, and the Great River"	Unknown	Steve Posey	Teleplay: David Weddle & Bradley Thompson Story: Philip Kim	Odo, O'Brien, Nog	November 4, 1998 (1998-11-04)	40510-556
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.
157	707	"Once More Unto the Breach"	Unknown	Allan Kroeker	Ronald D. Moore	Worf	November 11, 1998 (1998-11-11)	40510-557
Worf finds a battle assignment for Kor, an aging Klingon hero.
158	708	"The Siege of AR-558"	Unknown	Winrich Kolbe	Ira Steven Behr & Hans Beimler	Sisko, Dax, Quark, Bashir, Nog	November 18, 1998 (1998-11-18)	40510-558
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.
159	709	"Covenant"	Unknown	John Kretchmer	René Echevarria	Kira, Dukat	November 25, 1998 (1998-11-25)	40510-559
Dukat, now a religious leader, holds Kira hostage. Mika, one of Dukat's followers, gives birth to a half-Cardassian child.
160	710	"It's Only a Paper Moon"	52235.7	Anson Williams	Teleplay: Ronald D. Moore Story: David Mack & John J. Ordover	Nog	December 30, 1998 (1998-12-30)	40510-560
Nog struggles with PTSD and begins living with Vic Fontaine.
161	711	"Prodigal Daughter"	Unknown	Victor Lobl	David Weddle & Bradley Thompson	Dax	January 6, 1999 (1999-01-06)	40510-561
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.
162	712	"The Emperor's New Cloak"	Unknown	LeVar Burton	Ira Steven Behr & Hans Beimler	Quark	February 3, 1999 (1999-02-03)	40510-562
Quark and Rom cross into the alternate universe to rescue Grand Nagus Zek.
163	713	"Field of Fire"	Unknown	Tony Dow	Robert Hewitt Wolfe	Dax	February 10, 1999 (1999-02-10)	40510-563
Ezri summons a homicidal Dax, Joran, incarnation to understand the mind of a killer in order to solve recent murders.
164	714	"Chimera"	Unknown	Steve Posey	René Echevarria	Odo	February 17, 1999 (1999-02-17)	40510-564
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.
165	715	"Badda-Bing Badda-Bang"	Unknown	Mike Vejar	Ira Steven Behr & Hans Beimler	Various	February 24, 1999 (1999-02-24)	40510-566
The crew attempt to help Vic Fontaine when Vic's hotel is bought by mobsters Frankie Eyes and Carl Zeemo.
166	716	"Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges"	Unknown	David Livingston	Ronald D. Moore	Bashir	March 3, 1999 (1999-03-03)	40510-565
While attending a diplomatic conference on Romulus, Bashir becomes an unwilling pawn of Section 31.
167	717	"Penumbra"	52576.2	Steve Posey	René Echevarria	Sisko, Dax, Worf	April 7, 1999 (1999-04-07)	40510-567
Ezri searches for a missing Worf and Sisko makes plans to marry Kasidy Yates.
168	718	"'Til Death Do Us Part"	Unknown	Winrich Kolbe	Bradley Thompson & David Weddle	Sisko, Dax, Worf, Dukat, Winn	April 14, 1999 (1999-04-14)	40510-568
Captured by the Breen, Ezri and Worf undergo mental torture. Sisko agonizes over his broken engagement.
169	719	"Strange Bedfellows"	Unknown	René Auberjonois	Ronald D. Moore	Dax, Worf, Dukat, Winn	April 21, 1999 (1999-04-21)	40510-569
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.
170	720	"The Changing Face of Evil"	Unknown	Mike Vejar	Ira Steven Behr & Hans Beimler	Various	April 28, 1999 (1999-04-28)	40510-570
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.
171	721	"When It Rains..."	Unknown	Michael Dorn	Teleplay: René Echevarria Story: René Echevarria & Spike Steingasser	Various	May 5, 1999 (1999-05-05)	40510-571
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.
172	722	"Tacking Into the Wind"	Unknown	Mike Vejar	Ronald D. Moore	Various	May 12, 1999 (1999-05-12)	40510-572
Kira masterminds a plot to steal the Breen energy dampening weapon and Worf instigates a power shift in the Klingon Empire.
173	723	"Extreme Measures"	52645.7	Steve Posey	David Weddle & Bradley Thompson	Bashir, O'Brien	May 19, 1999 (1999-05-19)	40510-573
Bashir and O'Brien must get inside the mind of the man who holds Odo's cure.
174	724	"The Dogs of War"	52861.3	Avery Brooks	Teleplay: René Echevarria & Ronald D. Moore Story: Peter Allan Fields	Various	May 26, 1999 (1999-05-26)	40510-574
Sisko takes command of a new ship; Kira and Garak face a Dominion ambush on Cardassia.
175/176	725/726	"What You Leave Behind"	Unknown	Allan Kroeker	Ira Steven Behr & Hans Beimler	Various	June 2, 1999 (1999-06-02)	40510-749 (575–576)
Sisko leads the Federation/Klingon/Romulan alliance in the 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.

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
• Star Trek: Deep Space Nine at IMDb