At the edge of the Final Frontier, the Universe's greatest mystery is about to unfold.
At Deep Space Nine, a space station located next to a wormhole in the vicinity of the liberated planet of Bajor, Commander Sisko and crew welcome alien visitors, root out evildoers and solve all types of unexpected problems that come their way.
Apocalypse Rising (Episode 1) 7.1
Writer: Robert Hewitt Wolfe
Air date: 1996-09-30
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Stardate: Unknown. With the war between Klingons and Federation intensifying, Sisko must make a plan to expose Gowron as a changeling. Odo is still having trouble with becoming a solid.
The Ship (Episode 2) 7.3
Air date: 1996-10-07
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Stardate: 50049.3. The crew find a crashed Jem’Hadar ship and work to repair it and capture it for the Federation, but are confronted by a Dominion force determined to recover the ship’s cargo.
Looking for par'Mach in All the Wrong Places (Episode 3) 6.7
Writer: Ronald D. Moore
Air date: 1996-10-14
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Stardate: Unknown. While Worf helps Quark to pursue his former wife Grilka, O'Brien and Kira grow uncomfortably close to each other.
Nor the Battle to the Strong (Episode 4) 6.8
Air date: 1996-10-21
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Stardate: Unknown. Jake, reporting from the front lines, sees what war truly is.
The Assignment (Episode 5) 6.6
Air date: 1996-10-28
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Stardate: Unknown. An alien entity has possessed Keiko's body and is holding it hostage until O'Brien completes an assignment for it.
Trials and Tribble-ations (Episode 6) 8.3
Air date: 1996-11-04
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Stardate: 4523.7. In this celebration of the 30th anniversary of The Original Series, the disgraced Klingon spy Darvin travels back in time to undo his century-old defeat by James Kirk. The DS9 crew must track him down and stop him, while blending in with the crew of the original Enterprise NCC-1701.
Let He Who Is Without Sin... (Episode 7) 5.5
Writer: Robert Hewitt Wolfe
Air date: 1996-11-11
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Stardate: Unknown. While vacationing on Risa, Worf and Dax meet a group of fundamentalist protesters who claim that the Federation has gone soft.
Things Past (Episode 8) 7.2
Writer: Michael Taylor
Air date: 1996-11-18
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Stardate: Unknown. Sisko, Dax, Odo and Garak find themselves in the past when the Cardassians controlled the station, and a crime that Odo investigated may be the key.
The Ascent (Episode 9) 7.3
Writer: Robert Hewitt Wolfe
Air date: 1996-11-25
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Stardate: Unknown. When Odo and Quark crash land, they must put aside their differences to climb a mountain to signal for help. Jake and Nog try to be roommates, but their different styles clash.
Rapture (Episode 10) 6.8
Air date: 1996-12-30
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Stardate: Unknown. After a brain injury, Sisko begins experiencing powerful visions through time. He dives fully into the role of the Emissary, while becoming obsessed with finding a legendary Bajoran ruin.
The Darkness and the Light (Episode 11) 6.5
Air date: 1997-01-06
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Stardate: 50416.2. A mysterious assassin begins wiping out all the members of Kira's old resistance cell.
The Begotten (Episode 12) 7.3
Writer: René Echevarria
Air date: 1997-01-27
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Stardate: Unknown. The discovery of an infant Changeling gives Odo a chance to put right the trauma of his own upbringing, while his “father” Dr. Mora insists on a more clinical approach.
For the Uniform (Episode 13) 7.3
Writer: Peter Allan Fields
Air date: 1997-02-03
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Stardate: 50485.2. When the traitorous Eddington returns, Sisko will go to any lengths to capture him.
In Purgatory's Shadow (1) (Episode 14) 8.1
Writer: Robert Hewitt Wolfe
Air date: 1997-02-10
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Stardate: Unknown. A coded message from the Gamma Quadrant leads Garak to believe his mentor, Enabran Tain, is still alive. He and Worf seek him out, only to discover something much worse: a Dominion invasion fleet poised to attack the Alpha Quadrant.
By Inferno's Light (2) (Episode 15) 8.1
Writer: Robert Hewitt Wolfe
Air date: 1997-02-17
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Stardate: 50564.2. The station readies for a Dominion attack. Worf and Garak meet some unexpected friends in a Dominion Prison camp.
Doctor Bashir, I Presume? (Episode 16) 7.1
Air date: 1997-02-24
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Stardate: Unknown. Dr. Bashir is selected to be the model for the next-generation of Emergency Medical Hologram (EMH). But he balks when his parents are invited to the station to be interviewed by the EMH programmer, Dr. Zimmerman. There is a dark secret in his family that he's afraid that his parents will reveal.
A Simple Investigation (Episode 17) 6.4
Writer: René Echevarria
Air date: 1997-03-31
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Odo helps a woman hiding on the station from organized criminals, but quickly develops a personal interest in the case.
Business as Usual (Episode 18) 6.6
Writer: Bradley Thompson
Air date: 1997-04-07
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Stardate: Unknown. Quark must wrestle with his conscience when he becomes involved with arms merchants.
Ties of Blood and Water (Episode 19) 6.7
Air date: 1997-04-14
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Stardate: 50712.2. When a Cardassian official that thinks of Kira as his daughter is dying, he agrees to reveal all he knows to her. But the experience dredges up Kira's memories of her own father's death.
Ferengi Love Songs (Episode 20) 6.3
Writer: Ira Steven Behr
Air date: 1997-04-21
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Stardate: Unknown. Quark doesn't know whether to be panicked or overjoyed when he learns that his mother is the new lover of the Grand Nagus.
Soldiers of the Empire (Episode 21) 7.1
Writer: Ronald D. Moore
Air date: 1997-04-28
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Stardate: Unknown. Dax and Worf accompany Martok on his first command since being held by the Dominion. But the ship they are given hasn't seen victory in months and the crew is near mutinous.
Children of Time (Episode 22) 7.7
Air date: 1997-05-05
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Stardate: 50814.2. The DS9 crew discovers a colony that, due to a time travel accident, turns out to be inhabited by the crew's own descendants.
Blaze of Glory (Episode 23) 7.6
Writer: Robert Hewitt Wolfe
Air date: 1997-05-12
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Stardate: Unknown. Sisko learns that the Maquis are planning a devastating attack on Cardassia, and must rely on the traitor Eddington to help him prevent it.
Empok Nor (Episode 24) 7.4
Air date: 1997-05-19
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Stardate: Unknown. While salvaging components from DS9's sister station, the crew run afoul of a "surprise" left behind by the Cardassians.
In the Cards (Episode 25) 7.3
Air date: 1997-06-09
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Stardate: 50929.4. Jake has his heart set on a vintage Willie Mays baseball card as a present to cheer up his father, whose spirits are flagging from the ongoing conflict.
Call to Arms (Episode 26) 8.4
Writer: Robert Hewitt Wolfe
Air date: 1997-06-16
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Stardate: 50975.2. Sisko decides to mine the wormhole to prevent further Dominion ships crossing into the Alpha Quadrant. This provokes an attack by the Dominion and the Cardassians, and a desperate last stand on Deep Space Nine.