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Deep Space Nine Episode Guide

Season One Emissary: Parts 1 & 2 Rating: 4 – Watch Past Prologue  Rating: 3 – Watch  A Man Alone  Rating: 3 – Watch  Babel  Rating: 2 – Skippable Captive Pursuit Rating: 2 – Skippable Q-Less  Rating: 2 – Skippable Dax  Rating: 2 – Skippable The Passenger  Rating: 1 – Skip Move Along Home  Rating: 1 – Skip The Nagus  Rating: 2 – Skippable Vortex  Rating: 2 – Skippable Battle Lines  Rating: 2 – Watch for continuity The Storyteller  Rating: 1 – Skip Progress  Rating: 1 – Skip If Wishes Were Horses  Rating: 1 – Skip The Forsaken  Rating: 2 – Skippable Dramatis Personae  Rating: 1 – Skip Duet  Rating: 4 – Watch In the Hands of Prophets  Rating: 2 – Watch for continuity

Season Two The Homecoming Rating: 3 – Watch The Circle Rating: 3 – Watch The Siege Rating: 3 – Watch Invasive Procedures Rating: 3 – Watch Cardassians Rating: 3 – Watch Melora Rating: 2 – Skippable Rules of Acquisition Rating: 2 – Skippable Necessary Evil Rating: 4 – Watch Second Sight Rating: 1 – Skip Sanctuary Rating: 2 – Skippable Rivals Rating: 2 – Skippable The Alternate Rating: 2 – Skippable Armageddon Game Rating: 3 – Watch Whispers Rating: 2 – Skippable Paradise Rating: 3 – Watch Shadowplay Rating: 2 – Skippable Playing God Rating: 2 – Skippable Profit and Loss Rating: 3 – Watch Blood Oath Rating: 4 – Watch The Maquis, Part I Rating: 3 – Watch The Maquis, Part II Rating: 4 – Watch The Wire Rating: 4 – Watch Crossover Rating: 3 – Watch The Collaborator Rating: 2 – Watch for continuity Tribunal Rating: 2 – Skippable The Jem’Hadar Rating: 4 – Watch

Season Three The Search Part I Rating: 4 – Watch The Search Part II Rating: 3 – Watch The House of Quark Rating: 3 – Watch Equilibrium Rating: 2 – Skippable Second Skin Rating: 2 – Skippable The Abandoned Rating: 3 – Watch Civil Defense Rating: 3 – Watch Meridian Rating: 1 – Skip Defiant Rating: 3 – Watch Fascination Rating: 1 – Skip Past Tense, Part I Rating: 3 – Watch Past Tense, Part II Rating: 3 – Watch Life Support Rating: 2 – Watch for continuity Heart of Stone Rating: 2 – Watch for continuity Destiny Rating: 2 – Skippable Prophet Motive Rating: 2 – Skippable Visionary Rating: 2 – Skippable Distant Voices Rating: 1 – Skip Through the Looking Glass Rating: 3 – Watch Improbable Cause Rating: 3 – Watch The Die is Cast Rating: 3 – Watch Explorers Rating: 2 – Watch for continuity Family Business Rating: 1 – Watch for continuity Shakaar Rating: 2 – Watch for continuity Facets Rating: 2 – Skippable The Adversary Rating: 4 – Watch

Season Four The Way of the Warrior Rating: 4 – Watch The Visitor Rating: 4 – Watch Hippocratic Oath Rating: 3 – Watch Indiscretion Rating: 2 – Watch for continuity Rejoined Rating: 2 – Skippable Starship Down Rating: 3 – Watch Little Green Men Rating: 3 – Watch The Sword of Kahless Rating: 2 – Skip Our Man Bashir Rating: 2 – Skip Homefront Rating: 3 – Watch Crossfire Rating: 1 – Skip Return to Grace Rating: 4 – Watch Sons of Mogh Rating: 3 – Watch Bar Association Rating: 2 – Watch for continuity Accession Rating: 2 – Skippable Rules of Engagement Rating: 2 – Skippable Hard Time Rating: 2 – Skippable Shattered Mirror Rating: 2 – Skippable The Muse Rating: 2 – Skippable For The Cause Rating: 3 – Watch To The Death Rating: 3 – Watch The Quickening Rating: 3 – Watch Body Parts Rating: 3 – Watch Broken Link Rating: 3 – Watch

Season Five Apocalypse Rising : 4 – Watch The Ship : 2 – Skippable Looking for par’Mach in All the Wrong Places : 3 – Watch Nor the Battle to the Strong : 3 – Watch The Assignment : 3 – Watch Trials and Tribble-ations : 5 – Watch Let He Who Is Without Sin… : 1 – Skip Things Past : 3 – Watch The Ascent : 1 – Skip Rapture : 2 – Skippable The Darkness and the Light : 3 – Watch The Begotten : 2 – Watch for continuity For the Uniform : 4 – Watch In Purgatory’s Shadow: 4 – Watch By Inferno’s Light: 4 – Watch Doctor Bashir, I Presume: 2 – Watch for continuity A Simple Investigation: 1 – Skip Business as Usual: 2 – Skippable Ties of Blood and Water: 3 – Watch Ferengi Love Songs: 2 – Skippable Soldiers of the Empire: 4 – Watch Children of Time: 2 – Skippable Blaze of Glory: 4 – Watch Empok Nor: 2 – Skippable In the Cards: 2 – Watch for continuity Call to Arms: 5 – Watch

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WIRED Binge-Watching Guide: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

When it debuted in 1993, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine seemed like an odd proposition. After all, Star Trek: The Next Generation was still going strong, so the idea of a second series set in the same time period seemed superfluous, and the revelation that it wouldn't be set on a starship, but instead a space station, felt ludicrous. How good could a Star Trek be if the characters weren't boldly going anywhere?

The answer turned out to be "pretty good, actually." Deep Space Nine (or DS9 for short) wasn't the same kind of Star Trek that audiences had enjoyed before, but instead something that took the ideas behind the earlier series in different directions. It remained true to the ideals behind the franchise while breaking new ground, and in the process, setting the stage for the great sci-fi that followed (looking at you, Battlestar Galactica remake).

Despite that, it remains a show that a lot of people haven't managed to discover just yet. If you're one of those people, cancel all your evening plans for the next few months. It's time to visit the Gamma Quadrant.

Number of Seasons: 7 (176 episodes)

Time Requirements: Prepare yourself for a three-month stay on board the Federation space station, with a base intake of two episodes a day. Of course, chances are you'll race through the series even faster, especially as the show picks up speed.

Where to Get Your Fix: Netflix, Amazon Prime, Google Play, iTunes

Best Character to Follow: While DS9 has an embarrassment of riches when it comes to enjoyable characters worth paying attention to—Snarky Ferengi bartender Quark (Armin Shimerman)! Conflicted war veteran turned reluctant peacekeeper Kira Nerys (Nana Visitor)! Featureless authoritarian Odo (Rene Auberjonois)! Cheerfully harassed engineer Miles O'Brien (Colm Meaney)! etc.—the series revolves around Benjamin Sisko (Avery Brooks), as complicated and compelling a lead as Star Trek has ever came up with. Even if you don't buy into the quasi-spiritual savior role that he's thrust into in the show's pilot, the character's arc across the entire series from traumatized survivor of a war that killed his wife to a confident leader of two separate but equal communities is something that should pull in any viewer. The clear joy with which Brooks delivers some of Sisko's dialogue helps a lot, as well.

Seasons/Episodes You Can Skip:

Unlike other Star Trek series, Deep Space Nine embraces long-form storytelling, with arcs and plots that thread through a number of episodes at a time. As a result, it's difficult to convincingly argue for skipping episodes in the same way that can be done for, say, Star Trek: The Next Generation . (It helps that even *DS9'*s worst episode has a level of quality that's above the worst of TNG or other Star Trek s.) That said, if you're really pressed for time, you could consider avoiding the following:

Season 1: Episode 10, "Move Along Home" The crew of the space station become pawns in a cosmic game they don't understand in this clumsy, but not unenjoyable episode. And, yes, that "pawns in a game" thing is literal; they're forced to take part in a game where the penalty is... death ! Because, of course they are.

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Season 4: Episode 21, "The Muse" Where do ideas come from? In this episode that appears to be allergic to subtlety, the answer is "from an alien who'll help turn you into a masterful writer while killing you in the process." Don't you understand, viewers? It's so hard to come up with good ideas and you're just sitting there and watching passively!

Season 5: Episode 7, "Let He Who Is Without Sin..." Continuing a proud tradition of Star Trek episodes that try to show how evolved and, like, with it future humanity is when it comes to morality, but only succeeds in showing how very much those responsible for said episodes are products of their time, "Let He..." doubles down with the revelation that, hey, did you know that events in your childhood can shape the person you become as an adult? It's true!

Season 6: Episode 23, "Profit and Lace" You might have thought that Tootsie , a movie from 1982, put an end to the tradition that men dressed up as women were inherently funny, but this 1998 episode (that genuinely is trying to offer a feminist message at its core) proves otherwise.

Season 6: Episode 24, "Time's Orphan" Every parent goes through what O'Brien has to deal with in this episode: the feeling that his child is growing up too quickly. Fewer parents have to watch as a sci-fi MacGuffin immediately ages said child into a feral adult.

Seasons/Episodes You Can't Skip:

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine is an impressively strong show from its very start, lacking the shaky beginnings that both The Next Generation and Voyager suffer from, meaning that you're guaranteed a pretty good ride right from the beginning. If possible, consider everything from the pilot recommended (well, with the few exceptions listed above), but here are some episodes that you can call essential.

Season 1: Episode 1, "Emissary" The series starts off with a bang with an opening that takes place during one of the best stories from Star Trek: The Next Generation . But things only get better as the crew of the space station get introduced to the audience and each other—and that's before Sisko meets some aliens who are going to change everything for the next seven years and beyond...

Season 1: Episode 19, "Duet" Kira becomes convinced that one of the visitors to the station is actually a war criminal responsible for an infamous slaughter of prisoners at a labor camp, and sets out to break him in order to find the truth. Tense and unwilling to take the easy route, "Duet" was an early hint at the future direction of the series.

Season 2: Episode 23, "Crossover" The choice to bring back the Mirror Universe of the original Trek was one that could easily have backfired, but thanks to a quick-moving story—and the decision to turn one of the show's regular characters into a semi-dominatrix villainess in the alternate timeline—"Crossover" turned out to be successful enough to turn Mirror Universe episodes into a regular occurrence for the rest of the show's run.

Season 4: Episode 3, "The Visitor" An accident sends Sisko out of phase with his regular timeline, but instead of following him as he leaps into the future without any control, the episode sticks with his son as he comes to terms with becoming an orphan even though his father is still, technically, alive. Sentimental in all the best ways, and more than a little touching as a result.

Season 4: Episode 9, "Our Man Bashir" The Next Generation had Sherlock Holmes and Dixon Hill as regular Holodeck fantasies, but Deep Space Nine was more interested in the Swinging Sixties, leading to this James Bond parody in which the station's doctor, Julian Bashir (Alexander Siddig), gets to live out his secret agent fantasies. Even more fun than the retro-parody is watching Bashir slowly realize that his friend Garak (Andrew Robinson) is a far better spy than he ever imagined.

Season 5: Episode 6, "Trials and Tribble-ations" Speaking of the show's love of the 1960s, the 30th anniversary of *Star Trek'*s debut gave the show a chance to go back in time literally, with the crew of the station traveling back to the era of James T. Kirk and (thanks to some inventive camerawork and some faithful recreations of sets, costumes, and props of the time) appear in the background of an episode of the original series. It's silly, it's shameless fan-service, and it's amazingly fun.

Season 5: Episode 26 and Season 6: Episodes 1-6, "Call to Arms," "A Time to Stand," "Rocks and Shoals," "Sons and Daughters," "Behind the Lines," "Favor the Bold," and "Sacrifice of Angels" A seven-episode sequence that bridges the end of the show's fifth year and the start of its sixth, war is declared throughout the galaxy as Sisko takes it upon himself to save the station from being overrun by a collective of aliens known as the Dominion... and fails. Well, at least, he does to begin with. The story took seven episodes, after all.

Season 6: Episode 13, "Far Beyond the Stars" Probably the best episode of Deep Space Nine , and definitely the best example of the "What if all of the series is a hallucination and this is the truth?" trope that's popped up on countless series throughout the years, the audience is introduced to Benny Russell, a sci-fi writer in 1950s New York who has to deal with racism, censorship, and police brutality. That he and his colleagues all look like the crew of Deep Space Nine isn't a coincidence.

Season 7: Episode 10, "It's Only a Paper Moon" In a series that centers around a man coming to terms with losing his wife as the result of an alien attack, it's surprising that its most clear commentary on post-traumatic stress comes in relation to another character altogether, but no less surprising than the fact that said commentary includes the presence of a faux Rat Pack-er in a virtual Las Vegas from the middle of the 20th century. Deep Space Nine didn't always take the obvious route, as you might be realizing by now.

Season 7: Episode 25, "What You Leave Behind" Everything from the past seven years comes to a head in a series finale that brings the show to a satisfying close, if not necessarily a happy ending. Be warned.

Why You Should Binge:

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine is, in many ways, a midway point between the sincerity and procedural nature of Star Trek: The Next Generation and the messier, more ambitious Battlestar Galactica . (Ronald D. Moore, a writer and producer on DS9 , got his start on ST:TNG and created and served as showrunner on BSG .) As a result, it's able to pull strengths from both, while having an appeal all of its own. Much of the show's DNA is true to the more cerebral, philosophical elements of earlier Treks , but there's also an embrace of ideas and concepts that the franchise had previously shied away from—including spirituality, race, and Starfleet being a quasi-military organization. Thinking of it as the "dark side" of Star Trek is too reductive—not least because it's a show that flirts with darkness but purposefully doesn't embrace it—but maybe "the Star Trek that's not uncomfortable feeling weird" would fit, instead. It's the Star Trek for people who don't think they like Star Trek , and the Star Trek for people who do, as well.

Best Scene—"Just Like the Federation" As much as we're tempted to suggest that the sight of Avery Brooks in full-on monologue mode "celebrating" something that, as he says, might be the turning point in the Dominion War that dominates the majority of the second half of the series, there's another scene that deserves the honor of being declared *Deep Space Nine'*s best. But before we get to that one, let's enjoy Brooks' fourth-wall-breaking performance, shall we?

With that out of the way, the best scene from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine comes from the show's fourth season opener, "The Way of the Warrior," in which Quark and Garak talk politics and put the appeal of the Federation in a whole new light:

The Takeaway: After 30 years, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine showed that there were new places left for the franchise to boldly go, and it did so for seven years with style. That there are also lots of bad guys to hiss at from the safety of your own sofa amongst the social and political metacommentary in the series just shows how well the whole thing was put together.

If You Liked Star Trek: Deep Space Nine You'll Love: Both the reboot of Battlestar Galactica and J. Michael Straczynski's Babylon 5 spring to mind as further viewing options for those who love Deep Space Nine , in addition to the obvious suggestions of Star Trek: The Next Generation , which shares characters and sets up concepts that blossom in DS9 , and Star Trek: Voyager . (Spoilers: There are those who prefer Babylon 5 to Deep Space Nine . Those people are wrong.)

The best suggestion, however, isn't another TV show at all; for those who fall for the mix of politics, science fiction, and derring-do that Deep Space Nine serves up, the ideal follow-up is actually the Star Trek: Vanguard series of novels, which pretty much takes the DS9 approach and applies it to the original series' era with just a little bit more of a bloodthirsty edge. Highly recommended.

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Sam: For the past 9 years, I’ve been trying to convince Terri that Deep Space Nine is the best of all Star Trek s. When Liz released Andreanna Ditton’s Farscape guide , I started thinking we could probably come up with a Season Two guide ourselves, with opinions from a longtime fan and a newcomer to balance things out.

Deep Space Nine is somewhat of a strange beast, especially two decades later when the special effects look wonky and the acting can get cringey, but it’s also a precursor to serial, huge-ass-arc storytelling in sci-fi (as well as television altogether). It’s Star Trek with deeply flawed characters that change over time. It’s Star Trek with villains that make you stare evil right in the face without being half as formidable as, say, the Borg.

What I’m getting at here is that as the show progresses, you’ll see the line between “good guys” and “bad guys” get blurrier as the characters fall deeper and deeper into chaos and despair and their victories become exponentially more hollow. Enjoy!

Terri: I was kicking and screaming at the idea for nine years. Believe it or not, for some reason the fact that my mom gets into DS9 convinced me I should watch it. My mother got me into old, grainy, cheesy horror and sci fi, as well as the original Star Trek (I also love Doctor Who, ancient special effects technology be damned!). Her instincts were spot on as far as my initial foray into the genre, so she couldn’t be wrong this time around. So I was led as docile as a dairy cow, in the end. Moo.

1. “The Homecoming”: Must see

Terri: The first episode of any season is a must see, and this one sets the tone for the rest of the season. Sam: If this is a rewatch for you, you might be tempted to think Bajoran politics isn’t that important in the grand scheme of things. You would be wrong (plus it’s a good 3-parter. Just watch it, ok?)

2. “The Circle”: Must see.

Terri: This episode is a continuation of the first episode, and boy they don’t waste time making sure shit goes down. Sam: Do I even need to add anything? Folks, this isn’t just the first 3-parter on DS9 . It’s the first one in all of Star Trek . Why are you even reading this? Just let Netflix autoload the next episode, dammit.

3. “The Siege”: Must see.

Terri: Part three of the “Jeez they just started this season and shit is getting real!” series of episodes. Sam: “And now, the conclusion.” Enjoy the semi-restored status-quo, kids. It won’t last.

4. “Invasive Procedures”: Watch it.

Terri: Especially if you’re into finding out more about Jadzia Dax, the Trill, and that whole freaky symbiote thing. Sam: I’m teetering on “must see” for this one. There’s a lot of new information about Trill Joining, but if Dax ain’t your thing, you don’t have to watch it.

5. “Cardassians”: Skip it.

Terri: I literally fell asleep during this episode and missed nothing. Sam: This is a Skip It episode masquerading as a Must See. Bajoran-Cardassian politics! Bashir and Garak! Post-war Mayhem! Nature vs Nurture! And yet: yawn.

6. “Melora”: Skip it/Watch it.

Terri: Skip it. Unless you want to see Doctor Bashir finally receive a return on investment from turning on the charm at a female. Sam: Watch it. Bashir’s charm is part of his appeal this episode, but he also has a moment of nift when he calls over-defensive characters on their bullshit. Fun fact: Melora was originally supposed to be in the DS9 cast in season 1, but the studio realized the wirework would cost too much money.

7. “Rules of Acquisition”: Must see.

Terri: I know that Liz would perhaps argue this point with me since it’s very much a Ferengi episode, BUT — I find the Ferengi fascinating, I like Quark quite a bit, and you get to learn a lot more about the Ferengi during this episode. [It’s only Ferengi episodes after Season 2 that I feel you have to avoid, just for the record. –Liz] Plus, there is the first mention of the Dominion, and the first hint that they’re going to be a major problem. Sam: This is the anti-”Cardassians.” It’s a Ferengi Episode WITH a romantic subplot, which should make it the Skippiest of Skip-its, and yet there’s the Dominion and character building and Wallace Shawn. Damn you, Wallace Shawn.

8. “Necessary Evil”: Must see.

Terri: It goes into a lot of the station’s old history, as well as the history of the relationship between Odo and Major Kira. Sam: Pretty much anything that delves into station history is a must see. Plus it’s a good primer on why Odo’s chief of security in the first place.

9. “Second Sight”: Skip it.

Terri: I fell asleep about three quarters through and didn’t feel like I missed anything. It’s a bad sign when my Give-A-Damn ™ gets broken. Sam: Look, just because “Rules of Acquisition” was good doesn’t mean that romance-based episodes early in the series aren’t generally full of meh.

10. “Sanctuary”: Must see.

Terri: I think this is really the episode where, as they say in the industry, things begin to really heat up for this show, as a whole. It also gives a not-so-attractive look into Bajoran politics. Sam: Nobody is squeaky-clean in DS9 . Nobody. This is one of the earliest moments you get to learn that.

11. “Rivals”: Watch it.

Terri: Again, I know Liz would probably take issue with my opinion on this episode since it centers on Quark, BUT Chris Sarandon plays a con man who opens a competing night club to Quark’s. Watching Sarandon is extremely entertaining, and the way the episode unfolds is pretty charming. Sam: It’s a fun episode and it has Chris Sarandon in it. There’s also more development on Bashir/O’Brien’s budding bromance, which automatically gives it points.

12. “The Alternate”: Watch it/Must see.

Terri: Watch it. I would maybe even hedge on skip it on this one. However, by this point, I had become a solid fan of Odo, and this episode begins to hint at how important it is to him to find his origins. Sam: Must see. Odo’s background may seem optional this early in the show, but boy does it lead to some serious shit later on.

13. “Armageddon Game”: Skip it/Watch it.

Terri: Skip it. It’s not a bad episode, but it does not contribute to any ongoing storyline. It does establish a bit of a relationship between Bashir and O’Brien, but it’s not that important to anyone new to the series as far as their understanding of the show. Sam: Watch it. It’s not important for the rest of the show, but it’s a hyuuuge Bashir/O’Brien episode, and I have a soft spot for their bromance. Side note: there is no graceful way to shorthand Bashir/O’Brien, but I write my notes for this guide on my phone, so I eventually settled on “Mulian.” Blech.

14. “Whispers”: Skip it.

Terri: I’m reading the episode list on Wikipedia to refresh my memory and help me write this guide. You can tell it’s not that groundbreaking of an episode in that Wikipedia casually gives the “twist” ending to the episode. Because nobody cares. Sam: Hey, “Whispers,” M. Night Shyamalan called from the future. He says, “No dude, it’s cool, you can keep it.”

15. “Paradise”: Skip it/Watch it.

Terri: Skip it. This episode doesn’t contribute anything to the entire series and the anti-science vs. pro-science theme felt rather manipulative. Sam: Watch it. Or I’d say at least watch it if you have nothing better to do on the way to season 3, because this show gave me a soft spot for episodes where Federation citizens go tribal.

16. “Shadowplay”: Skip it.

Terri: Sort of. There’s a lot of cute things that happen with Odo. So if by now you have a soft spot for him (like I do) and you don’t mind a bit of a fluff episode, watch it. Sam: My favorite thing about DS9 is that they slowly chipped away at Star Trek ’s usual “anomaly of the week” formula. Sadly, every once in awhile something like this happens. It’s not bad if that’s what you’re into, but overall it doesn’t add much.

17. “Playing God”: Watch it/Must see.

Terri: Watch it. There’s more background to the Trill in this episode, if that’s your thing, and you learn more about Jadzia Dax. Sam: Must see. There’s some information about the Trill that comes in handy later on. Trust me, you’ll thank me when you hit season 3.

18. “Profit and Loss”: Watch it/Skip it.

Terri: Watch it. Yes, it’s a Quark episode, but there’s a great deal of Cardassian politics playing out. Sam: Skip it. Yes, there’s a great deal of Cardassian politics playing out, but it’s a Quark episode. With a forced romance subplot.

19. “Blood Oath”: Skip it/Watch it.

Terri: Skip it. Unless you want to want to learn a bit more about Jadzia’s past as Curzon. Sam: Watch it. Dax’s history with Klingons in general sets the stage her character development later on. This episode won’t make or break that for you, but it’s still good background and has Klingons and vengeance. It’s good clean fun.

20. “The Maquis, Part I”: Must see.

Terri: The Maquis are a major part of stuff on Bajor, and as an extension, the station. Sam: You don’t want to miss any episode that adds a new player to the interstellar sociopolitical clusterfuck that is DS9 . Also, if you have any plans to watch Voyager, this is a decent primer. Also, if you have any plans to watch Voyager, don’t.

21. “The Maquis, Part II”: Must see.

Terri: If you watched part one, I don’t need to tell you this. Sam: Um. What she said.

22. “The Wire”: Watch it/Must see.

Terri: Watch it. Leaning more towards must see because it gives some background to Garak, although you won’t get as much satisfaction as you’d like because Garak turns out to be even more of a shadowy bastard than he appears at first. Sam: Must see. There are two fundamentals when it comes to Garak. The first one is “believe nothing Garak says.” This is the best episode for that lesson, and also a pretty pivotal episode when it comes to Bashir’s friendship with Garak.

23. “Crossover”: Must see.

Terri: I was going to lean towards skip it, but my husband has told me there are more episodes that tie back to this one. He tells me pain is involved in following this plot line. I foresee much gnashing of teeth in my future. Sam: This is a must see unless you plan to skip every parallel universe episode from here on out, which, honestly, I wouldn’t hold against you.

24. “The Collaborator”: Must see.

Terri: Although you’ll want to punch everything within striking distance at the end of the episode. That includes puppies. No puppies were harmed in the watching of this episode. Sam: This episode is the worst tragedy to hit Bajor since the occupation. You will yell at your TV. I am so, so Sorry.

25. “Tribunal: Must see.

Terri: O’Brien gets abused by the Cardassians in a way that made me hope the Federation would rake Cardassia over the coals. The Maquis are mentioned again, Cardassian politics and conspiracies. You really don’t want to miss this one. Sam: This episode is especially important if you’ve never seen the TNG episode “Chain of Command” and learned how seriously twisted Cardassian society is. (PS: you should watch Chain of Command to learn how seriously twisted Cardassian society is. It’s on Netflix. Go ahead, we’ll wait)

26. “The Jem’Hadar”: Must see.

Terri: Season finale. You’ll be glad you’re watching this two decades later on Netflix streaming rather than having to wait for the next season. As it was, I had to go to bed and was bitter about it. Sam: You can kind of argue this is DS9 ’s second three-part storyline, as it leads almost directly to next season’s opener, and the conclusion might make you shit several distinct pairs of pants. Liz mentioned on the Season 1 guide that “It takes at least two seasons for the show to really kick into gear”. Well, guess what, fella babies? Those two seasons end here. Strap the fuck in.

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will you be doing the other 5 seasons at all?

I did them! They’re currently available in the LTF SW/WI guidebook: http://www.amazon.com/Liz-Tells-Frank-Guides-Happened-ebook/dp/B00GFEZ8ZM/ref=la_B00ATJLS6W_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1384990642&sr=1-1

well i don’t have the money or a kindle to view it It’s a shame it wasn’t available in other formats

It’s a shame you feel that way, but it’s only $2.99, contains guides to 20 other shows, and you can read it via the free Kindle app available across all PC platforms.

i will find a way. thanks by the way, i am a big fan of your site and it has helped me get into various shows i never thought i would like, so thanks a lot.

Thank you, David! That’s very nice of you to say. 🙂

You are welcome Are there plans for more books like this? I finally got round to downloading and I am loving it Would love a Star trek Next Generation Watch it/skip it guide plus other shows.

Thanks! ST:TNG is definitely a good idea. What other shows would you be interested in?

Thank you I would be interested in Lost Girl, Eureka, Andromeda and Lexx please? I hope that is ok.

This is awesome, Liz! I started DS9 season 2 recently (for the first time, having heard it was the best Trek series for *forever*) and this is invaluable. And now, to purchase Liz Tells Frank!

Thanks so much, Greg!

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S5.E11 ∙ The Darkness and the Light

S5.E12 ∙ The Begotten

S5.E13 ∙ For the Uniform

S5.E14 ∙ In Purgatory's Shadow

S5.E15 ∙ By Inferno's Light

S5.E16 ∙ Doctor Bashir, I Presume

S5.E17 ∙ A Simple Investigation

S5.E18 ∙ Business as Usual

S5.E19 ∙ Ties of Blood and Water

S5.E20 ∙ Ferengi Love Songs

S5.E21 ∙ Soldiers of the Empire

S5.E22 ∙ Children of Time

S5.E23 ∙ Blaze of Glory

S5.E24 ∙ Empok Nor

S5.E25 ∙ In the Cards

S5.E26 ∙ Call to Arms

S6.E1 ∙ A Time to Stand

S6.E2 ∙ Rocks and Shoals

S6.E3 ∙ Sons and Daughters

S6.E4 ∙ Behind the Lines

S6.E5 ∙ Favor the Bold

S6.E6 ∙ Sacrifice of Angels

S6.E7 ∙ You Are Cordially Invited

S6.E8 ∙ Resurrection

S6.E9 ∙ Statistical Probabilities

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ST:DS9 episode guide – Detailing seven seasons of epic sci-fi adventure and intrigue

Once considered the black sheep of the Star Trek universe, Deep Space Nine has earned a repuation as a series far ahead of its time. Indeed, a look at these episode listings shows that DS9 could well have been the first-ever binge-worthy tv show. A few bottle episodes (“The House of Quark”, “Take Me Out to the Holosuite”) may be watched as purely isolated stoies while “Far Beyond the Stars” is set completely outside continuity, but the generally intricate plots and seaon-long story arcs help make DS9 well more popular among the contemporary viewing public…

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine – Season 2 episode guide

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine – The seasons, the key episodes

Season 1 – Like all of the “new” Star Trek series, Deep Space Nine required a warmup period. Through seasons 1 and 2, the “A” listers of the Star Trek writing/production team were assigned to The Next Generation while DS9 was left with the generic sorts of plots that allowed exploration of character: Episodes like “Past Prologue” (Nerys’s loyalties are divided thanks to a terrorist friend), “Babel” (the automatic translator breaks down), “Dax” (The symbiote is accused of a murder she didn’t commit) and “Vortex” (Odo delves into his origins) and more are cookie-cutter stuff designed to flesh out characters and the environment rather than advance the ST mythos.

Season 2 – More warmup? Yes, essentially. The conspiratorial threat of “The Circle” pops up for a few episodes, but is vanquished immediately. Season 2 is perhaps most notable for the increasingly humorous interplay between the hypercapitalist Ferengi and Odo. The evil “mirror universe” concept, from which DS9 got lots of play through the seasons, in “Crossover” (episode #23). The season-closing “Jem-Hadar” introduces those badass killers along with their leaders, the Dominion.

Season 3 – Now things kick into high gear as DS9 becomes the flagship of the Star Trek TV universe with the conclusion of The Next Generation. The station is provided with a sort of mini-starship the Defiant, in order to peruse the Gamma Quadrant. And in the first three episodes of season 3 “The Search” parts 1 and 2; “The House of Quark”) is the potential of DS9 to effortlessly bounce from spacefaring drama to side-splitting sci-fi comedy. O yes, there’s time travel, too, as in “Past Tense” (#s 11-12).

Season 4 – The spectre of war begins haunting the proceedings from the opening two-parter, “Way of the Warrior” with a whole mess of Klingon ships looking to pick a fight with the Cardassians. By “Paradise Lost” (#12), the Federation is prepping for the inevitable cross-quadrant war with the Dominion skirmishes and conflicts break out throughout. This season includes another trip to the mirror universe in “Shattered Mirror” (#20), while “The Visitor” is the first DS9 episode to tell a story basically completely outside standard DS9 continuity.

Season 5 – Head trips abound in this season of DS9; by my count, Sisko, Dax, Worf, O’Brien and Bashir all participate in at least one episode wherein “Things are not as they seem.” The über-highlight of this season, though, is clearly “Trials and Tribble-ations,” the hilarious redux of the original series’ “Trouble with Tribbles.”

Season 6 – By the end of season 5, Dominion ships were creeping into the Alpha Quadrant, prompting Sisko to mine the wormhole to prevent their passage. War is declared, and thus season 6 of DS9 takes the ST universe to places it’s never been. The single darkest of all ST seasons, these 26 episodes are filled with edge-of-your-seat stuff that pushed forward the notion of heavy continuity of American television. Only by episode six (“Sacrifice of Angels”) does the station come back into Federation hands after its capture by Cardissian and Dominion forces in episode 1 (“A Time to Stand”), and the series enjoys its finest hour in the incredible “In the Pale Moonlight” (#19). But as though to show DS9 wasn’t dragging ST into pure wartime thrills, the incredibly deep (and utterly continuity-ignoring) “Far Beyond the Stars” (#13) is a more heartfelt examination of 20th-century racism than nearly anything in TV history.

Season 7 – The symbiote Dax gains a new humanoid body to start the season, setting the table for the wave of departures inevitable in a final season. All the individual stories are wrapped up – no, really, *all* of them, including one hell of a horrible fate for Gul Dukat – as all but Bashir, the new Dax, Quark and poor Jake Sisko leave the station by “All That You Leave Behind.” And check out that heartbreaking, full-circle last shot, with particular reference to the opening scene of the first episode…

Season 8 – Okay, so tehnically, DS9 never got reupped for a season 8; however, an interesting conceit in the 2019 documentary release What We Left Behind has essentially all the key stroy-/scriprtwriters developing a story for DS9 season 8, episode 1. The only negative to the imaginary episode creation is that we sadly shall never see the results. Anyone else miss this show...?

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After 31 years, star trek confirms a deep space 9 in-joke in the most hilarious way.

One of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine's longest running in-jokes finally pays off in the most hilarious way possible in Sons of Star Trek #2.

• Sons of Star Trek #2 confirms a Deep Space Nine in-joke about Morn's lack of speech in a hilarious way after 31 years.
• Morn, the barfly from Deep Space Nine , is revealed to be a highly supportive and competent officer in the alternate universe.
• Morn finally speaks in Sons of Star Trek #2, showing compassion and getting excellent character development.

Warning: contains spoilers for Sons of Star Trek #2!

After 31 years, Star Trek has confirmed a Deep Space Nine in-joke in the most hilarious way possible. Deep Space Nine was noted for its large, sprawling cast of characters. Many of the show’s most fascinating personalities were not part of the main cast, including the barfly Morn. Sons of Star Trek #2 leans into a long-running in-joke about Morn and his (lack) of communication skills.

Sons of Star Trek #2 is written by Morgan Hampton and drawn by Angel Hernandez. Q Jr has sent Jake Sisko, Alexander and Nog into an alternate reality. Stuck aboard the USS Avery as Starfleet officers, the trio find the ship has an interesting crew: the captain is Dukat, Beckett Mariner is a command officer, Tuvix is still alive –and Morn is an officer aboard the ship as well. After fighting off the Breen, Morn pays Jadzia a compliment.

Morn rambles on, prompting Jadzia to shush him, saying she got the point.

Morn Never Said a Word--And Became One of Deep Space Nine's Most Memorable Characters

Morn did not speak even when he got his own episode.

Morn, the Lurian barfly seen at Quark’s in all seven seasons of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine , had a fascinating history. Created as a tribute to the character Norm from the sitcom Cheers, Morn (an anagram for “Norm”) was also the subject of one of the longest running in-jokes in Star Trek history. Whenever Morn was seen on-screen, he never spoke. This gave viewers the impression he never spoke at all. However, this was anything but the case, as many of Morn’s friends described him as a “motormouth” who “never shuts up.”

This running joke was a moment of joy in an otherwise heavy and dark show. Morn became a fan favorite character, and even had an entire episode, “Who Mourns for Morn?” dedicated to him. Even in his own episode, Morn did not talk, and was even largely absent from it. In the alternate universe of Sons of Star Trek , however, fans get to see the true side of Morn. In Deep Space Nine, Morn was just a barfly, but here he is a Starfleet officer. They also get to see him speak for the first time.

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine's "Lost Episode" Lives Up to the Hype

Morn talks for the first time, morn is highly supportive of his friends and a highly competent officer.

When Morn speaks in Sons of Star Trek #2, he talks so much that Jadzia has to tell him to be quiet in a warm and friendly way. Morn is highly supportive of his shipmates , and he gives Jadzia a high compliment, showing him to be compassionate. Morn speaks throughout the first two issues of the series, and shows himself to be a highly competent Starfleet officer. Morn was largely played for laughs on Deep Space Nine , but here he gets some excellent character development. Showing this Star Trek in joke confirms in a hilarious way how great Morn is.

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Star trek: deep space nine - crossroads of time  — guide and walkthrough (gen).

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Version: 1.0 | Updated: 05/04/2021

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Deep Space Nine Was Getting Good Long Before the Dominion War

A lot of Star Trek opinion is based on the paradoxical idea that the series within the franchise simply “get good” at some point. TNG’s not TNG until Riker has a beard , we say, ignoring all the fantastic ideas the series got into before that. The idea of Trek shows usually having a dodgy first season has been thoroughly refuted at this point in the modern renaissance, and was arguably not entirely true even before that.

And then there’s Deep Space 9 —simply exquisite, remarkable television, perhaps the franchise’s darkest, finest hour ... but only, we’re to believe, once the show begins tackling the Dominion subplot and its eventual escalation into all-out galactic war. Except I’ve been revisiting the show from the beginning recently, and cannot help but think that such a framing does DS9 a huge disservice. While the Dominion War forced open the cracks in Star Trek’s idealized world, those cracks have always been there, and DS9 was prying them open with gleefully gritted teeth from the get-go.

I already got an inkling of this revisiting the debut season of the series last year for its 30th anniversary—and found remarkable gems in a season that most Trek fans tell you is not worth checking out beyond the establishing premise of the show. But season two really picks on up on the threads laid down across season one of the various tensions still at play in the messy story scenario DS9 found itself a home in, where most other Star Trek series simply moved on to the next adventure: what happens when a society is saved from violent oppression, and Starfleet steps in?

From the get-go, we see the tinderbox of the various struggles Bajor’s Provisional Government faced establishing itself in season one—an issue we mostly saw explored through the eyes of Major Kira and her own exasperations with both Starfleet and her past as a resistance fighter—explode in season two, as the machinations of Vedek Winn (the always remarkable Louise Fletcher , lacing every utterance of “My child” with more venom than thought humanly possible) set the stage for a coup attempt that sees Deep Space Nine become a battleground long before the show became the “war show.” Settling the Bajoran coup d’etat early on in season two likewise creates a ripple effect throughout the stories being told, ones we really begin to see reflected in the two-part storyline “The Maquis.”

A fascinating mirror to the tensions of the Bajoran/Starfleet conflict of season one—the idea that people are looking at our heroes and asking them what the point of them being here on the frontier is really worth—“The Maquis” explores the establishment of, and the beginnings of wide-scale dissent with, a guerrilla group of Federation colonists in the demilitarized zone established between the Cardassian Union and the Federation. Starfleet’s diplomacy re-drew lines of territory between the two powers, changing the control of colony worlds in that area of space and uprooting the lives of civilians—not members of Starfleet, just beings from the Federation and from Cardassia alike—without a care in the world. It’s that careless degree of thought and consideration is really what comes through in “The Maquis”—we’ve seen Starfleet officers humbled by hubris before this in Star Trek, but rarely has Starfleet as an entity, and even the Federation, been portrayed as so ignorant as they are in these two episodes.

Commander Sisko and his team investigate reports of conflicts between Cardassian and Federation colonists—including a terrorist attack on DS9 that destroyed a Cardassian ship—with Starfleet’s liaison to the region, Calvin Hudson. As they do so, the terrible plight civilians on both sides are facing, from the Cardassian military commander’s subtle attempts to destabilize the region further and play intra-command politics, to Starfleet’s attempts to police from afar, becomes incredibly clear. But as the revelation of the Maquis’ existence (and the twist that Hudson himself has resigned from Starfleet to aid them) emerges, and tensions begin to ramp up towards open conflict, DS9 bares its fangs directly at Star Trek’s utopia in an absolutely stunning scene in part two of “The Maquis.”

Recieving a meeting in person with Admiral Nechayev in his office on DS9, Sisko, already reeling from his old friend Hudson’s betrayal, can barely contain his disdain when he’s simply told by Starfleet that if he establishes a dialogue with the Maquis, they will remember that they are citizens of the lauded, grand Federation, and the day will be saved—and that because it’s all that simple, he’ll be getting no extra help from Starfleet beyond such sage advice.

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The second Nechayev leaves his office—and crucially, a likeminded Kira enters— Avery Brooks unleashes himself . We’ve known up to this point that Sisko is not a man afraid of throwing a few punches, literally or otherwise, or that he’s willing to keep his sense of justice in check, but even for all the traumatized disdain he had for Jean-Luc Picard in DS9's premiere , we’ve never seen him unload on Starfleet like he does here, blasting the Federation for looking outside its window and nowhere else. “It’s easy to be a saint in paradise,” he rails, “but the Maquis do not live in paradise. Out there, in the demilitarized zone, all the problems haven’t been solved yet. Out there, there are no saints: just people.”

Star Trek has always characterized itself as a series about people—about the best and brightest of ourselves going out into the stars to explore, to defend innocents from justice, to preach and practice the ideals of their post-war, post-scarcity, post-shades-of-grey utopia. But in one stirring speech, DS9 puts forward that these are the people that Star Trek should never have been about: it’s the people on the fringes of that society, shaped by the decisions of its leadership, and never supported to put those decisions into practice, only judged when their world doesn’t match up to the well-maintained gardens of Starfleet Academy, the pristine hallways of its San Francisco command center, or even the plush carpet of a Galaxy-Class’ bridge . What on earth are those people meant to do when things go wrong?

“The Maquis” is a fundamental stepping stone to the stresses Deep Space Nine would explore with the Dominion, starting shortly after in season two’s finale, “The Jem’Hadar.” Already having shown just how good Starfleet Command is at letting down its own people, in giving the Federation a seemingly overwhelming foe in the Dominion’s titular footsoldiers, we see how thoroughly unprepared the Federation has been left. But its hubris and ignorance was not established in its response to the Dominion, and the war that was to come—it was established where Deep Space Nine has always worked best: in the muck of it all, on the edge of the galaxy, with the people trying so hard to do the good work with the little they’ve got. And that was something it was doing from the very beginning .

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