My Favorite Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Episodes
Deep Space Nine is possibly my favorite Star Trek show and these are my favorite episodes. It's not a list of the best or the most important ones. These are the ones that I personally had the most fun with.
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- DirectorDavid CarsonStarsAvery BrooksRene AuberjonoisAlexander SiddigWhen the troubled Commander Sisko takes command of a surrendered space station, he learns that it borders a unique stable wormhole.Top 5
- DirectorWinrich KolbeStarsAvery BrooksRene AuberjonoisAlexander SiddigTahna Los, a former Bajoran terrorist during the Occupation, asks Sisko for asylum on DS9. Meanwhile, the station's last Cardassian inhabitant, Garak, possibly a former spy for the Cardassian government, proves an interesting mystery to Dr. Bashir.
- 1993–199946mTV-PG6.4 (2.3K)TV EpisodeDirectorRobert LegatoStarsAvery BrooksRene AuberjonoisAlexander SiddigWhile Dax investigates an unusual energy reading near DS9 to see if it's dangerous for the station, people's imaginations suddenly come alive, causing chaos.Top 5
- DirectorJames L. ConwayStarsAvery BrooksRene AuberjonoisAlexander SiddigA Cardassian suffering from Kalla-Nohra, a disease that indicates he served in a labor camp, visits DS9. Kira is determined to convict him as a war criminal.Top 5
- DirectorJames L. ConwayStarsAvery BrooksRene AuberjonoisAlexander SiddigOdo relives some terrible and tragic memories of a past investigation when he was the constable on Cardassian-occupied Deep Space Nine, then named Terok Nor.
- DirectorAlexander SingerStarsAvery BrooksRene AuberjonoisAlexander SiddigWhile noted scientist Gideon Seyetik is preparing for an ambitious project, re-igniting a star, Sisko is intrigued by a woman who keeps disappearing.
- DirectorRobert ScheererStarsAvery BrooksRene AuberjonoisAlexander SiddigOdo and Dax investigate the mysterious disappearance of people from a village. Kira tries to keep a close eye on Quark, while Vedek Bareil unexpectedly visits.
- DirectorDavid LivingstonStarsAvery BrooksRene AuberjonoisAlexander SiddigThe destruction of a Cardassian ship leads Sisko, Dukat, and Sisko's old friend Cal Hudson to the fact that there is an unofficial war between the Maquis and the Cardassians.
- 1993–199946mTV-PG7.8 (2.2K)TV EpisodeDirectorCorey AllenStarsAvery BrooksRene AuberjonoisAlexander SiddigSisko tries to resolve the Maquis crisis by preventing a war, freeing Gul Dukat and offering the defected Hudson the chance to return.
- DirectorReza BadiyiStarsAvery BrooksRene AuberjonoisAlexander SiddigThe station goes into lockdown and the crew is endangered when an old Cardassian security program is accidentally activated.This is my favorite episode of Deep Space Nine. It might actually be my favorite episode in all of Star Trek. I just love the premise and all its twists and turns. Gul Dukat failing to leave the station is possibly my favorite moment in all of Star Trek.
- 1993–199946mTV-PG7.8 (2.4K)TV EpisodeDirectorReza BadiyiStarsAvery BrooksRene AuberjonoisAlexander SiddigSisko, Bashir and Dax are accidentally sent to San Francisco in the 21st century due to a transporter malfunction, and must figure out how to get back to return without changing the time line.
- 1993–199946mTV-PG7.9 (2.4K)TV EpisodeDirectorReza BadiyiJonathan FrakesStarsAvery BrooksRene AuberjonoisAlexander SiddigSisko is forced to take the place of a key historical figure on Earth in 2024 in order to preserve the timeline.
- DirectorLes LandauStarsAvery BrooksRene AuberjonoisAlexander SiddigSisko faces a conflict between his Starfleet duties and his role as the Bajoran Emissary when an ancient Bajoran prophecy predicts a joint Federation-Cardassian project will lead to the destruction of the wormhole.
- 1993–199945mTV-PG7.4 (2.1K)TV EpisodeDirectorWinrich KolbeStarsAvery BrooksRene AuberjonoisAlexander SiddigSisko is kidnapped and forced to impersonate his deceased mirror universe counterpart in order to convince Jennifer Sisko to defect to the Terran Rebellion.
- DirectorLeVar BurtonStarsAvery BrooksRene AuberjonoisMichael DornKira and Gul Dukat go after the lost prison ship Ravinok. Dukat has a secret. Meanwhile Kasidy Yates tries to find work near Bajor, leaving Sisko uncomfortable.
- DirectorAlexander SingerStarsAvery BrooksRene AuberjonoisMichael DornA damaged Defiant must play a dangerous game of cat-and-mouse with two Jem'Hadar ships inside a gas giant.
- DirectorWinrich KolbeStarsAvery BrooksRene AuberjonoisMichael DornWhen a transporter emergency turns the command crew into holosuite characters, Bashir's James Bond fantasy takes on a deadly reality.
- DirectorJames L. ConwayStarsAvery BrooksRene AuberjonoisMichael DornSisko must face betrayal when evidence surfaces that Kasidy is smuggling for the Maquis. Meanwhile Garak makes acquaintance with Ziyal.
- 1993–199946mTV-PG8.7 (2.3K)TV EpisodeDirectorGabrielle BeaumontStarsAvery BrooksRene AuberjonoisMichael DornA 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.
- 1993–199945mTV-PG8.8 (2.4K)TV EpisodeDirectorLes LandauStarsAvery BrooksRene AuberjonoisMichael DornThe station readies for a Dominion attack. Worf and Garak meet some unexpected friends in a Dominion Prison camp.
- DirectorAllan KroekerStarsAvery BrooksRene AuberjonoisMichael DornThe DS9 crew discovers a small colony on a remote world that was originally populated by them 200 years earlier due to a time-travel accident with the Defiant. The current colonists lives depend on making sure that accident happens again, even though they've now forwarned the crew that it will happen. Each crew member needs to decide if they are willing to give up their lives on DS9 in order to preserve the history of the colony.
- DirectorMichael DornStarsAvery BrooksRene AuberjonoisMichael DornJake and Nog go through hell and high water, from participating in an auction to dealing with the Dominion, to receiving a Willie Mays baseball card, all in order to cheer up the war-fatigued Captain Sisko.
- DirectorAllan KroekerStarsAvery BrooksRene AuberjonoisMichael DornWith Dominion warships continuing to enter the Alpha Quadrant, Deep Space Nine prepares for a confrontation with the Dominion and Cardassia.
- 1993–199946mTV-PG9.0 (2.5K)TV EpisodeDirectorAllan KroekerStarsAvery BrooksRene AuberjonoisMichael DornThe Federation attacks DS9 in hopes of keeping the mine field at the wormhole intact, while the Dominion waits entrance to the Alpha Quadrant from the other side.
- 1993–199946mTV-PG8.1 (2.4K)TV EpisodeDirectorChip ChalmersStarsAvery BrooksRene AuberjonoisMichael DornAt the request of the Grand Nagus, Quark puts together a mission to rescue Quark's mother, who is in the hands of the Dominion.
- DirectorRene AuberjonoisStarsAvery BrooksRene AuberjonoisMichael DornAfter being attacked by Cardassian forces, Sisko gets stranded with a very psychotic Gul Dukat, who was being transported to his trial. Meanwhile the crew of the Defiant races to rescue survivors.
- 1993–199947mTV-PG8.9 (3.8K)TV EpisodeDirectorAvery BrooksStarsAvery BrooksRene AuberjonoisMichael DornCaptain Sisko has a full sensory vision of himself as an under-appreciated science fiction magazine writer in 1950s America.Top 5
- DirectorAllan KroekerStarsAvery BrooksRene AuberjonoisMichael DornA Dominion attack on the Defiant endangers Dax, Bashir and O'Brien aboard the runabout U.S.S. Rubicon as they enter an anomaly that shrinks them to a very minute size. Unfortunately, they were being held stable by the Defiant within a tractor beam, which was discontinued during the attack.
- 1993–199946mTV-PG9.4 (4.3K)TV EpisodeDirectorVictor LoblStarsAvery BrooksRene AuberjonoisMichael DornTo save the Federation in a critical scheme, Sisko comes to realize that he must violate its fundamental principles to do so.
- 1993–199946mTV-PG7.4 (2K)TV EpisodeDirectorWinrich KolbeStarsAvery BrooksRene AuberjonoisMichael DornAs the Defiant races to a shipwrecked officer who is days away, the crew keeps in contact with her. Meanwhile, Jake follows Quark's latest scheme for story research.
- 1993–199946mTV-PG7.6 (2.2K)TV EpisodeDirectorMichael VejarStarsAvery BrooksRene AuberjonoisNicole de BoerWhen a programming glitch won't go away, mobsters take over Vic's and open for business, but the DS9 gang takes it personal when their favorite hangout is no longer their favorite, and they plan to get the new management ousted.
- DirectorStephen L. PoseyStarsAvery BrooksRene AuberjonoisNicole de BoerDr. Bashir and Chief O'Brien go to some pretty extreme measures to try and track down a cure for Odo.