"Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" The Search: Part 1 (1994)

Director:

Kim Friedman

Writers:

Gene Roddenberry (creator: "Star Trek")
Rick Berman (creator) ...
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TV Series:

"Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" (1993)

Original Air Date:

26 September 1994 (Season 3, Episode 1)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Drama | Sci-Fi

Plot:

Instead of waiting for the Jem'Hadar to attack, Sisko wants to try a different approach. He wants to take a new class starship to try to find the Founders.

Plot Keywords:

24th Century | Wormhole | Prophet | Space Station | Emissary

Cast

Avery Brooks	...	Commander Sisko
Rene Auberjonois	...	Odo
Alexander Siddig	...	Doctor Bashir (as Siddig El Fadil)
Terry Farrell	...	Lieutenant Jadzia Dax
Cirroc Lofton	...	Jake Sisko
Colm Meaney	...	Chief O'Brien
Armin Shimerman	...	Quark
Nana Visitor	...	Major Kira
Salome Jens	...	Female Shapeshifter
Martha Hackett	...	T'Rul
John Fleck	...	Ornithar
Ken Marshall	...	Lt. Commander Michael Eddington (as Kenneth Marshall)

Directed by
Kim Friedman

Writing credits
Gene Roddenberry		(creator: "Star Trek")
Rick Berman		(creator) &
Michael Piller		(creator)
Ronald D. Moore		(teleplay)
Ira Steven Behr		(story) &
Robert Hewitt Wolfe		(story)

Produced by
Ira Steven Behr	....	co-executive producer
Rick Berman	....	executive producer
Robert Della Santina	....	line producer
René Echevarria	....	producer
Peter Lauritson	....	producer
David Livingston	....	supervising producer
Ronald D. Moore	....	supervising producer
Steve Oster	....	co-producer
Michael Piller	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Jay Chattaway

Cinematography by
Jonathan West		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
J.P. Farrell

Casting by
Junie Lowry-Johnson
Ron Surma

Production Design by
Herman F. Zimmerman		(as Herman Zimmerman)

Art Direction by
Randall McIlvain		(as Randy McIlvain)

Set Decoration by
Laura Richarz

Costume Design by
Robert Blackman

Makeup Department
Camille Calvet	....	makeup artist
Dean Gates	....	makeup artist
Josée Normand	....	hair designer
Ronald W. Smith	....	hair stylist
Gerald Solomon	....	hair stylist
Karen Westerfield	....	makeup artist (as Karen J. Westerfield)
Michael Westmore	....	makeup designer and supervisor

Production Management
Robert Della Santina	....	unit production manager
Terri Potts	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Bea Ellen Cameron	....	first assistant director (as B.E.Cameron)
Paul Lawrence	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Thomas J. Arp	....	construction coordinator
David Galvan	....	stand by painter
Joe Longo	....	property master
Jim Martin	....	illustrator (as James Martin)
Denise Okuda	....	scenic artist
Michael Okuda	....	scenic art supervisor
Rick Sternbach	....	senior illustrator
Ron Wilkinson	....	set designer
Frank Leasure	....	propmaker foreman (uncredited)
Ed Miarecki	....	props (uncredited)

Sound Department
Ruth Adelman	....	sound editor
Sean Callery	....	sound editor
William Gocke	....	sound mixer (as Bill Gocke)
Ashley Harvey	....	sound editor (as T. Ashley Harvey)
Todd Overton	....	boom operator
Guy Tsujimoto	....	sound editor
Bill Wistrom	....	supervising sound editor
Daryl Lathrop	....	adr recordist (uncredited)
Chris Trent	....	foley mixer (uncredited)
Jerry Trent	....	foley artist (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Gary Monak	....	special effects

Visual Effects by
Philip Barberio	....	visual effects series coordinator
Dan Curry	....	visual effects producer
Judy Elkins	....	visual effects coordinator
Gary Hutzel	....	visual effects supervisor
Laura Lang	....	visual effects associate (as Laura Lang-Matz)
Adam Howard	....	digital compositor (uncredited)

Stunts
George B. Colucci Jr.	....	stunt double
Dennis Madalone	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Steve Gausche	....	first company grip
R.D. Knox	....	chief lighting technician
Kris Krosskove	....	camera operator
Jim Unsinn	....	computer/video engineer (uncredited)

Casting Department
Helen Mossler	....	casting executive

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Mary Ellen Bosché	....	key costumer (as Mary Ellen Bosche)
Carol Kunz	....	wardrobe supervisor
Len Levitt	....	key costumer

Editorial Department
J.P. Farrell	....	supervising editor
Cheryl Gluckstern	....	post-production coordinator
Larry Field	....	telecine colorist (uncredited)

Music Department
Dennis McCarthy	....	composer: theme music
Dennis McCarthy	....	composer: title theme
Gerry Sackman	....	music editor

Other crew
André Bormanis	....	science consultant
Judi Brown	....	script supervisor
Dan Curry	....	title designer: main titles
Lolita Fatjo	....	pre-production coordinator
Kristine Fernandez	....	production associate (as Kristine Fernandes)
Kim Fitzgerald	....	production associate
Michael Okuda	....	technical consultant
Heidi Smothers	....	production coordinator
Rick Sternbach	....	technical consultant
Robert Hewitt Wolfe	....	executive story editor

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Rick Berman		creator
Michael Piller		creator

Makeup Department
Audrey L. Anzures	....	hair stylist
Allan A. Apone	....	makeup artist
Michael F. Blake	....	makeup artist (as Michael Blake)
Lisa Collins	....	makeup artist
Laura Connolly	....	hair stylist
Lee Crawford	....	hair stylist
Earl Ellis	....	makeup artist
Frank Fontaine	....	hair stylist
Virginia Grobeson	....	hair stylist
Angela Gurule	....	hair stylist
Kevin Haney	....	makeup artist
Charlotte Harvey	....	hair stylist
Cynthia Hernandez	....	makeup artist
Tina Hoffman	....	makeup artist (as Tina Kalliongis-Hoffman)
Tim Jones	....	hair stylist (as Timothy Jones)
Nina Kent	....	makeup artist
Michael Key	....	makeup artist
Heather Koontz	....	makeup artist
Nina Kraft	....	makeup artist
Toby Lamm	....	makeup artist
Mark Landon	....	makeup artist
Margie Latinopoulos	....	special makeup effects artist
Brad Look	....	makeup artist (as Bradley M. Look)
James MacKinnon	....	special makeup effects artist
John Maldonado	....	makeup artist
Chris McBee	....	hair stylist
Michael Moore	....	hair stylist
Gilbert A. Mosko	....	makeup artist
Fred B. Phillips	....	makeup artist (1 episode)
Joan Phillips	....	hair stylist
Gloria Ponce	....	hair stylist
Alex Proctor	....	makeup artist
James Rohland	....	makeup artist
Sandra Rowden	....	makeup artist
Linda Leiter Sharp	....	hair stylist (as Linda Sharp)
Francine Shermaine	....	hair stylist
Mark Shostrom	....	makeup artist
Judith Silverman	....	makeup artist (as Judith Silverman-Orr)
Craig Smith	....	makeup artist
Perri Sorel	....	makeup artist
Rick Stratton	....	makeup artist
Thomas E. Surprenant	....	makeup artist
Jennifer Turchi Nigh	....	makeup artist (as Jennifer Turchi)
Lauran Upshaw	....	hair stylist
Patricia Vecchio	....	hair stylist: day player
R. Stephen Weber	....	makeup artist
June Westmore	....	makeup artist
Scott Wheeler	....	makeup artist
Derik Wingo	....	special makeup effects artist
Natalie Wood	....	makeup artist
Leo Corey Castellano	....	special makeup effects artist (uncredited)
Jake Garber	....	special makeup effects artist (uncredited)

Production Management
April Nocifora	....	post-production supervisor (1996-1998) (as April Rossi)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Ron Dempsey	....	second second assistant director
Tony Eng	....	dga trainee
Rusty Mahmood	....	second second assistant director
Karen Reinhart	....	second second assistant director

Art Department
Gary Clark	....	lead paint foreman
Penny Smartt-Juday	....	set buyer
Tom Talley	....	general foreman

Sound Department
Marty Church	....	foley mixer
Wilson Dyer	....	sound editor
Chris Elam	....	sound recordist
Dennis Petersen	....	sound recordist
Dean St. John	....	adr mixer (season 7)

Special Effects by
Edward J. Franklin	....	special effects
Matt Kutcher	....	special effects

Visual Effects by
Eric Alba	....	visual effects associate (as Frederick G. Alba)
Les Bernstien	....	motion control
Kevin Bouchez	....	visual effects animator (as Kevin P. Bouchez)
Steve Bowen	....	visual effects compositor
Kristen Branan	....	visual effects producer
John Campuzano	....	tape operator
Steve Carpenter	....	digital artist
Arthur J. Codron	....	visual effects coordinator
Richard J. Cook	....	digital effects producer: VisonArt
Joshua Cushner	....	visual effects cameraman (as Josh Cushner)
John 'JD' Daniel	....	digital artist
Ted Fay	....	morphing supervisor/artist
Brian Fisher	....	digital effects artist
Steve Fong	....	visual effects compositor
Don Greenberg	....	digital compositor
John F. Gross	....	CGI supervisor
Royce Hager	....	motion control rigger
Paul Hill	....	visual effects compositor
Sherry Hitch	....	digital compositor
Dennis Hoerter	....	prop maker
Simon Holden	....	digital compositor
Jeremy Hunt	....	digital effects artist
Adrian Hurley	....	visual effects cameraman
Gregory Jein	....	model maker
Bruce Jones	....	visual effects producer
Oded Yosef Kassirer	....	digital artist (as Oded Kassirer)
Mark Kochinski	....	3D artist
Mike Leben	....	motion control operator
Don Lee	....	visual effects compositor
Paul Maples	....	motion control operator
Gray Marshall	....	motion control operator
Karl J. Martin	....	digital artist
Fredric Meininger	....	model maker
Enrique Munoz	....	digital artist: series finale
Erik Nash	....	motion control programmer
Kevin Quattro	....	digital artist
Scott Rader	....	visual effects compositor
Gregory Rainoff	....	visual effects animator (as Greg Rainoff)
Laurie Resnick	....	visual effects artist
Jim Rider	....	motion control cameraman
Steven Joseph Rogers	....	digital artist: series finale
Joshua D. Rose	....	model maker (as Joshua Rose)
Barry Safley	....	digital effects artist: VisionArt (multiple episodes)
Steven J. Scott	....	digital compositor
Ka Yaw Tan	....	visual effects
Aristomenis Tsirbas	....	digital artist
Elliot Worman	....	modeler
Larry Younger	....	visual effects artist
Bethany Berndt-Shackelford	....	digital artist (uncredited)
Rob Bonchune	....	digital effects supervisor: Foundation Imaging (uncredited)
Rob Bredow	....	digital artist (uncredited)
Koji Kuramura	....	digital artist: Foundation Imaging (uncredited)
Rodney J. McFall	....	digital artist (uncredited)

Stunts
Elle Alexander	....	stunts
Ed Anders	....	stunts
Chris Blackwood	....	stunts
Chuck Borden	....	stunts
Jay Caputo	....	stunts
Ken Clark	....	stunt performer
BJ Davis	....	stunt coordinator (as B.J. Davis)
Brennan Dyson	....	stunt double (1992-1998)
Anita Hart	....	stunt double: Terri Ferrell
Hubie Kerns Jr.	....	stunts
Scott Leva	....	stunts
Dyanna Lynn	....	stunts
Johnny Martin	....	stunts (8 episodes)
Phil O'Dell	....	stunts
Denney Pierce	....	stunts
Steve Rizzo	....	stunts
Rick Sawaya	....	stunt double
Paul E. Short	....	stunts
Lou Simon	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Joe Chess	....	Steadicam operator (1993-1995)
Wren Maloney	....	still photographer
Alvin Simmons	....	dolly grip (season 6)

Casting Department
Mark Scott	....	casting associate (1998-1999)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Brian Cotton	....	costumer (1997-1999)
Lois DeArmond	....	costume illustrator

Editorial Department
April Nocifora	....	post-production coordinator (1993-1996) (as April Rossi)

Music Department
Tim Boyle	....	score mixer
John Debney	....	conductor
Brad Dechter	....	orchestrator
John Rodd	....	orchestral scoring recordist
John Rotondi	....	scoring engineer: Y4
Rick Winquest	....	music scoring engineer

Other crew
Jeff Coopwood	....	adr voice
Hala Gabriel	....	production accountant (1995-1996)
Bob Gillan	....	assistant script coordinator
Mark Allen Shepherd	....	artwork provider
Ryan Van Riper	....	production assistant

Production Companies

• Paramount Television

Distributors

• Paramount Pictures (1993) (USA) (TV)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Filming Locations:

Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Paramount Television

Trivia:

First appearance of the new style of Starfleet combadges.

Goofs:

Plot holes: Before escaping from the Defiant, Odo and Kira get into a heavy fight with the Jem'Hadar. Since the Jem'Hadar have a genetically inbred deference for any Changeling, as established only a few episodes later, it is highly unlikely they would have attacked Odo or even touched him at all.

Quotes:

Ornithar:Our only contact with the Dominion has been through the Vorta. I have no idea who they report to; all I know is that the Vorta say to do something, and you do it.
Commander Sisko:Why?
Ornithar:Because if you do not, they will send in the Jem'Hadar. And then you die.

The arrival of the USS Defiant

*** This review may contain spoilers ***

Series Three of Deep Space Nine opens a few months after the last series ended; most of the senior staff are discussing what they can do to counter the Jem'Hadar threat to the station. None of the options look very promising and to make matters worse a cloaked ship is detected very close to the station. As Major Kira takes the station to red alert the ship decloaks to reveal itself as the USS Defiant, a new Star Fleet warship captained by Commander Sisko. Sisko wastes little time before taking the Defiant through the worm hole to seek out the mysterious and possibly mythical Founders. Talks with aliens Quark has done business with leads them to a relay station. Shortly after finding after learning where the station sends its messages a shield activates and captures O'Brien and Dax. The mission is so important that Sisko abandons them, heading onto the coordinates they found, unfortunately here they are intercepted by the Jem'Hadar despite being protected by a Romulan cloak. As the Jem'Hadar board the Defiant Odo escapes in a shuttle with an injured Major Kira and heads to the Omarion Nebula, somewhere he felt drawn to ever since shown it on charts earlier in the episode. Here they find a planet on which there is a strange lake, a lake made up entirely of beings like Odo.

This episode was a good introduction to the series and a great introduction for the Defiant even though as the episode ends it looks as if the ship might be lost before the mission is over. It was also nice to finally meet Odo's species even though we learn nothing about them at the conclusion of the first part of this two part story. With Dax and O'Brien left at the relay station and the Defiant boarded by the Jem'Hadar I can't wait to see the next episode to learn how the crew extricate themselves from the situation.