Favorite Episodes of "STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE" Season Six (1997-1998)

 

Below is a list of my favorite episodes from Season Six of "STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE". Created by Rick Berman and Michael Piller; the series starred Avery Brooks as Captain Benjamin Sisko:

FAVORITE EPISODES OF "STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE" SEASON SIX (1997-1998)



1. (6.19) "In the Pale Moonlight" - In an effort to acquire more allies for the Federation's war against the Dominion, Captain Benjamin Sisko recruits former Cardassian spy Garak's help to manipulate the Romulans into joining the war effort. Stephen McHattie guest starred.





2. (6.07) "You Are Cordially Invited" - Lieutenant Commander Worf and Lieutenant Commander Jadzia Dax endure a week of Klingon trials that include a four-day bachelor party and dealing with a potentially hostile "mother-in-law" in preparation for their rushed wedding.





3. (6.13) "Far Beyond the Stars" - Sisko experiences a full sensory vision from the Prophets in which he is science-fiction writer who struggles with civil rights, inequality and his own demons in 1950s New York City.





4. (6.26) "Tears Of The Prophets" - Sisko ignores a warning from the Prophets and leads a Federation invasion into Cardassian territory with fatal consequences.





5. (6.20) "His Way" - Deep Space Nine's Security Chief Odo seeks advice on how to romance Major Kira Nerys from a holographic lounge singer from the 1960s named Vic Fontaine. James Darren guest-starred.

R.I.P. James Darren (1936-2024)

Favorite Episodes of "STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE" Season Five (1996-1997)

 

Below is a list of my favorite episodes from Season Five of "STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE". Created by Rick Berman and Michael Piller; the series starred Avery Brooks as Captain Benjamin Sisko:



FAVORITE EPISODES OF "STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE" SEASON FIVE (1996-1997)



1. (5.10) "Rapture" - While Bajor prepares to join the Federation, Captain Benjamin Sisko begins having visions that may show him how to best help that planet in the near future, but they are killing him. Penny Johnson and Ernest Perry, Jr. guest-starred.

2. (5.13) "For the Uniform" - When former Starfleet officer-turned-Maquis leader Michael Eddington returns, Sisko will go to any lengths to capture him. Ken Marshall guest-starred.

3. (5.06) "Tribbles and Tribble-ations" - During a visit from two offices of the Temporal Investigations, Sisko reveals how he and the U.S.S. Defiant crew went back in time to when Captain James Kirk of the second U.S.S. Enterprise had exposed a Klingon spy with the help of Tribbles. William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy guest-starred.

4. (5.08) "Things Past" - Sisko, Lieutenant Jadzia Dax, security officer Odo and former Cardassian spy Garak find themselves in the past when the Cardassians controlled Deep Space Nine and a younger Odo was knee deep in a curious case. Kurtwood Smith guest-starred.

5. (5.16) "Doctor Bashir, I Presume" - A family secret is exposed when Dr. Julian Bashir is selected to be the model for the next-generation of Emergency Medical Hologram (EMH) and his parents are invited to the station to be interviewed by Starfleet's EMH programmer, Dr. Lewis Zimmerman. Brian George, Fadwa El Guindi and Robert Picardo guest-starred.

Honorable Mention: (5.23) "Blaze of Glory" - Driven to desperation by the Dominion, the Maquis launch a massive bio-weapons strike towards Cardassia. Sisko recruits Eddington to stop them. Ken Marshall and J.G. Hertzler guest-starred.

Favorite Episodes of "STAR TREK DEEP SPACE NINE" Season Four (1995-1996)

Below is a list of my favorite episodes from Season Four of "STAR TREK DEEP SPACE NINE". Created by Rick Berman and Michael Piller; the series starred Avery Brooks as Captain Benjamin Sisko:



FAVORITE EPISODES OF "STAR TREK DEEP SPACE NINE" SEASON FOUR (1995-1996)



1. (4.08) "Little Green Men" - Deep Space Nine's bar owner Quark and his brother Rom take the latter's son Nog to Starfleet Academy on Earth. But a malfunction with the ship sends the crew back in time, to 1947 Roswell, New Mexico. Megan Gallagher, Charles Napier and Conor O'Farrell guest starred.





2. (4.10) "Our Man Bashir" - When a transporter emergency turns the station's command crew into holosuite characters in Dr. Julian Bashir's James Bond program, the situation takes on a deadly reality. Ken Marshall guest-starred.





3. (4.03) "The Visitor" - Sometime in the future, an aspiring writer named Melanie, wants to know why an older Jake Sisko stopped writing at age 40. Jake reveals how his father, Captain Benjamin Sisko, had died in an accident and then suddenly reappeared. Tony Todd guest-starred.





4. (4.20) "For the Cause" - Sisko must face betrayal when evidence surfaces that his girlfriend Kasidy Yates is smuggling for the Maquis. Meanwhile, former spy/tailor Garak makes acquaintance with Gul Dukat's daughter, Ziyal. Penny Johnson and Ken Marshall guest starred.





5. (4.20) "Shattered Mirror" - When the Mirror Universe counterpart of Sisko's deceased wife, Jennifer Sisko, lures Jake to the other side; Sisko must follow and help the Terran resistance against the Alliance forces. Felecia M. Bell guest starred.





Honorable Mention: (4.26) "Broken Link" - Station security chief Odo is suddenly struck by illness and he is barely able to hold shape. Bashir and Odo see no other alternative than going to the Founders. Salome Jens guest starred.

Favorite Episodes of "STAR TREK DEEP SPACE NINE" Season Three (1994-1995)

Below is a list of my favorite episodes from Season Three of "STAR TREK DEEP SPACE NINE". Created by Rick Berman and Michael Piller; the series starred Avery Brooks as Commander Benjamin Siesko:

FAVORITE EPISODES OF "STAR TREK DEEP SPACE NINE" SEASON THREE (1994-1995)

1. (3.26) "The Adversary" - The Federation's Ambassador Krajensky informs newly promoted Captain Benjamin Sisko that there has been a coup on Tzenketh. During the journey to Tzenketh, Sisko and the crew discover that a Changeling from the Dominion may be hiding aboard and sabotaging Deep Space Nine's only ship, the U.S.S. Defiant. Lawrence Pressman guest starred.

2. (3.09) "The Defiant" - Commander William Riker of the U.S.S. Enterprise shows up unannounced and the station's second-in-command, Major Kira Nerys shows him the Defiant, where he reveals his true motives for coming to Deep Space Nine. Jonathan Frakes and Tricia O'Neil guest starred.

3. (3.21) "The Die is Cast" - Former Cardassian spy-turned-tailor Elim 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. Paul Dooley and Leland Orser guest starred.

4. (3.11-3.12) "Past Tense" - A transporter accident sends Sisko, Dr. Julian Bashir, and Lieutenant Jadzia Dax back to Earth's dark past in the 21st century, a time just before the Bell riots, a violent civil disturbance in opposition to Sanctuaries which are controlled ghettos for the dispossessed. Bill Smitrovitch, Jim Metzler and Clint Howard guest starred.

5. (3.19) "Through the Looking Glass" - Sisko is kidnapped and forced to impersonate his deceased mirror universe counterpart in order to convince Jennifer Sisko to defect to the Terran Rebellion. Felecia M. Bell and Tim Russ guest starred.

Honorable Mention: (3.24) "Shakaar" - Vedek Kai Winn, who has become a political leader on Bajor, needs Kira to convince the former resistance leader Shakaar, now a farmer, to return soil reclamators needed elsewhere in Rakantha, which used to be Bajor's most productive agricultural region. Duncan Regehr and William Lucking guest starred.

R.I.P. René Auberjonois (1940-2019)

Five Favorite Episodes of "STAR TREK DEEP SPACE NINE" Season Two (1993-1994)

Below is a list of my five favorite episodes from Season Two of "STAR TREK DEEP SPACE NINE". Created by Rick Berman and Michael Piller; the series starred Avery Brooks as Commander Benjamin Siesko: 




FIVE FAVORITE EPISODES OF "STAR TREK DEEP SPACE NINE" SEASON TWO (1993-1994)



1. (2.23) "Crossover" - First Officer Major Kira Nerys and Dr. Julian Bashir accidentally cross into an alternate world known as the Mirror Universe, where a Klingon-Cardassian alliance rules over the quadrant's former rulers, Terrans (Humans), who are now the enslaved.





2. (2.24) "The Collaborator" - When a Bajoran collaborator named Kubus Oak announces his intentions to return home from exile and is denied passage by Kira Nerys; he contacts Vedek Winn, who is engaged in a power play to become Kai against Vedek Bareil, with evidence that the latter may have been partially responsible for a Cardassian massacre during the latter's occupation of Bajor. 





3. (2.10) "Sanctuary" - The Skrreea, displaced humanoid farmers and political refugees from the Gamma Quadrant, seek to make Bajor their new home, despite opposition from the Bajoran government.





4. (2.22) "The Wire" - Dr. Bashir fights to save the life of former Cardassian spy-turned-tailor when a device implanted in the latter's brain, designed to alleviate pain in the event of torture, begins to malfunction and slowly kill him.





5. (2.08) "Necessary Evil" - When Deep Space Nine's local bar owner Quark is shot, the station's constable Odo relives memories of a five year-old investigation when he served under the Cardassians.

Five Favorite Episodes of "STAR TREK DEEP SPACE NINE" Season One (1993)

Below is a list of my five favorite episodes from Season One of "STAR TREK DEEP SPACE NINE". Created by Rick Berman and Michael Piller; the series starred Avery Brooks as Commander Benjamin Siesko: 




FIVE FAVORITE EPISODES OF "STAR TREK DEEP SPACE NINE" SEASON ONE (1993)



1. (1.19) "Duet" - Deep Space Nine's executive officer and former Bajoran freedom fighter, Major Kira Nerys, suspects a visiting Cardassian to be the notorious war criminal Gul Darhe'el, butcher of Gallitep Labor camp.





2. (1.01-1.02) "Emissary" - Starfleet officer, Commander Benjamin Sisko arrives at the newly freed Deep Space Nine station to command a joint Federation/Bajoran force. His life is changed when a wormhole is discovered near the station and he is declared the Emissary to the Prophets by a Bajoran priest.





3. (1.20) "In the Hands of the Prophets" - In this charged season finale, friction escalates on the station when the Federation and Bajoran inhabitants clash over Federation schoolteacher Keiko O'Brien's lessons that the aliens in the newly discovered wormhole are aliens - a topic that the Bajorans find blasphemous.





4. (1.08) "Dax" - The station's science officer Lieutenant Jadzia Dax finds herself accused of a murder committed by her symbiont in another lifetime.





5. (1.05) "Babel" - A mysterious virus plagues Deep Space Nine, causing speech distortions and death.