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The Best Episodes of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

Every episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine!

The Best Episodes of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

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...

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  1. 9.4/10(4.7k votes)

    #1 - In the Pale Moonlight

    S6:E19

    Stardate: 51721.3. To save the Federation in a critical scheme, Sisko comes to realize that he must violate its fundamental principles to do so.

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  2. 9.1/10(4.6k votes)

    #2 - The Way of the Warrior (2)

    S4:E2

    Stardate: 49011.4. Sisko becomes uncomfortable when the Klingons station a task force to help defend against the Dominion. Worf is summoned to find out their true intentions.

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  3. 9.0/10(4.1k votes)

    #3 - Duet

    S1:E19

    A 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.

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    Writer:N/A
  4. 9.0/10(3.2k votes)

    #4 - The Way of the Warrior (1)

    S4:E1

    Stardate: 49011.4. When the Klingons bring a task force to DS9, Captain Sisko sends for Starfleet's lone Klingon officer, Worf, to uncover the mysterious intentions of their presence.

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  5. 9.0/10(2.7k votes)

    #5 - Sacrifice of Angels (2)

    S6:E6

    Stardate: Unknown. The Federation attacks DS9 in hopes of keeping the mine field in the wormhole intact, while the Dominion waits entrance to the Alpha Quadrant from the other side.

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  6. 8.9/10(2.8k votes)

    #6 - The Die Is Cast (2)

    S3:E21

    Stardate: Unknown. Now rejoined with his former mentor, Garak is ordered to interrogate Odo about the secrets of his people, while the joined Romulan/Cardassian attack fleet moves towards the Founders' home world on a mission of destruction.

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  8. 8.9/10(4.1k votes)

    #7 - Far Beyond the Stars

    S6:E13

    Stardate: Unknown. Captain Sisko has a full sensory vision of himself as an under-appreciated science fiction magazine writer in 1950s America.

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    Director:Avery Brooks
    Writer:N/A
  9. 8.9/10(2.9k votes)

    #8 - What You Leave Behind (1)

    S7:E25

    Stardate: Unknown. Sisko leads, what he hopes will be, a final all-out assault on Cardassia Prime. Kira and Garak mount a suicidal assault on the Cardassian headquarters occupied by the Dominion, who in turn kill innocent women and children village by village in retaliation for the Resistance's attacks.

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  10. 8.9/10(8 votes)

    #9 - What You Leave Behind (2)

    S7:E26

    Stardate: Unknown. Sisko leads, what he hopes will be, a final all-out assault on Cardassia Prime. Kira and Garak mount a suicidal assault on the Cardassian headquarters occupied by the Dominion, who in turn kill innocent women and children village by village in retaliation for the Resistance's attacks.

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  11. 8.7/10(2.1k votes)

    #10 - Tacking Into the Wind

    S7:E22

    Stardate: Unknown. Odo is affected by the disease threatening to eliminate his race more than he lets on. Kira has to deal with the Cardassian's dislike of her. Even though General Martok sees Chancellor Gowron's move as part of a political vendetta, he does nothing about it.

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  12. 8.6/10(2.7k votes)

    #11 - The Siege of AR-558

    S7:E8

    Stardate: Unknown. Capt. Sisko and his away team volunteer to stay with a besieged unit at an isolate outpost.

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  13. 8.5/10(2.6k votes)

    #12 - Improbable Cause (1)

    S3:E20

    Stardate: Unknown. After an attempt is made on Garak's life, Odo conducts the investigation on who tried to murder the Cardassian tailor - and why.

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    Director:Avery Brooks
    Writer:N/A
  14. 8.5/10(2.4k votes)

    #13 - A Time to Stand

    S6:E1

    Stardate: Unknown. Borrowing a captured Jem'Hadar attack ship, Sisko and crew embark on a mission to destroy the hidden base where all of the ketracel-white is stored for the entire Alpha Quadrant.

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  15. 8.5/10(2.5k votes)

    #14 - Rocks and Shoals

    S6:E2

    Stardate: Unknown. Sisko and his crew crash on a barren world when their commandeered Jem'Hadar ship is shot down. They encounter Jem'Hadar who crashed there earlier, and have taken Nog and Garak hostage in exchange for medical aid for their Vorta overseer.

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  16. 8.5/10(2.3k votes)

    #15 - Favor the Bold (1)

    S6:E5

    Stardate: Unknown. Sisko mounts an attack to re-take DS9, while Rom faces charges as an enemy of the Dominion state.

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  17. 8.4/10(2.6k votes)

    #16 - The Jem'Hadar

    S2:E26

    Stardate: Unknown. Sisko and Quark and a strange telepathic woman are arrested by Jem'Hadar, soldiers of the Dominion.

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  18. 8.4/10(3.0k votes)

    #17 - Rejoined

    S4:E6

    Stardate: 49195.5. Lenara Kahn, the new host of the wife of Dax's former host Torias, comes to the station. While they're not allowed to renew their relation, there's still a spark.

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  19. 8.4/10(20 votes)

    #18 - Call to Arms

    S5:E26

    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.

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  20. 8.3/10(2.6k votes)

    #19 - The Search (1)

    S3:E1

    Stardate: 48213.1. 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.

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    Director:Kim Friedman
    Writer:N/A
  21. 8.3/10(2.5k votes)

    #20 - Homefront (1)

    S4:E11

    Stardate: 49170.65. Sisko travels to Earth when a bombing at a Federation conference is determined to be the work of Changelings.

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  22. 8.3/10(30 votes)

    #21 - Trials and Tribble-ations

    S5:E6

    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.

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    Director:Jonathan West
    Writer:N/A
  23. 8.3/10(2.6k votes)

    #22 - It's Only a Paper Moon

    S7:E10

    Stardate: Unknown. Severely depressed at his serious war wound, Nog retreats into Vic Fontaine's holosuite program while the singer tries to help him.

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    Writer:N/A
  24. 8.3/10(2.0k votes)

    #23 - The Changing Face of Evil

    S7:E20

    Stardate: Unknown. After the Breen attack Earth there are mixed emotions abound on DS9. Having revealed her secret regarding the Prophets to the disguised Dukat, Kai Winn turns her back on them, only to be convinced by Dukat to embrace the Pah Wraiths. On the home world of Cardassia, Legate Damar mounts a resistance to the Dominion.

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  25. 8.2/10(2.6k votes)

    #24 - The Wire

    S2:E22

    Stardate: Unknown. Dr. Bashir fights to save Garak's life when a malfunctioning Cardassian brain implant threatens to kill him.

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  26. 8.2/10(2.5k votes)

    #25 - The Search (2)

    S3:E2

    Stardate: 48213.1. Odo has found his home and is introduced. Meanwhile Sisko finds out peace talks between the Dominion and the Federation have already started.

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    Writer:N/A

Best Episodes Summary

"In the Pale Moonlight" is the best rated episode of "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine". It scored 9.4/10 based on 4698 votes. Directed by Victor Lobl and written by Peter Allan Fields, it aired on 4/15/1998. This episode scored 0.3 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Way of the Warrior (2)".