9.5/104,535 votesLoading...#1 - In the Pale Moonlight
Season 6 Episode 19 - Aired 4/15/1998
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.
Director: Victor Lobl
Writer: Peter Allan Fields
9.3/104,334 votesLoading...#2 - Trials and Tribble-ations
Season 5 Episode 6 - Aired 11/4/1996
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.
Director: Jonathan West
Writer: N/A
9.1/104,502 votesLoading...#3 - The Way of the Warrior (2)
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 10/2/1995
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.
Director: James L. Conway
Writer: Robert Hewitt Wolfe, Ira Steven Behr
9.0/103,911 votesLoading...#4 - Duet
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 6/13/1993
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.
Director: James L. Conway
Writer: N/A
9.0/103,134 votesLoading...#5 - The Way of the Warrior (1)
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 10/2/1995
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.
Director: James L. Conway
Writer: Robert Hewitt Wolfe, Ira Steven Behr
9.0/102,449 votesLoading...#6 - Call to Arms
Season 5 Episode 26 - Aired 6/16/1997
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.
Director: Allan Kroeker
Writer: Robert Hewitt Wolfe, Ira Steven Behr
9.0/102,636 votesLoading...#7 - Sacrifice of Angels (2)
Season 6 Episode 6 - Aired 11/3/1997
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.
Director: Allan Kroeker
Writer: Ira Steven Behr, Hans Beimler
8.9/102,684 votesLoading...#8 - The Die Is Cast (2)
Season 3 Episode 21 - Aired 5/1/1995
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.
Director: David Livingston
Writer: Ronald D. Moore
8.9/103,976 votesLoading...#9 - Far Beyond the Stars
Season 6 Episode 13 - Aired 2/11/1998
Stardate: Unknown. Captain Sisko has a full sensory vision of himself as an under-appreciated science fiction magazine writer in 1950s America.
Director: Avery Brooks
Writer: N/A
8.9/102,777 votesLoading...#10 - What You Leave Behind (1)
Season 7 Episode 25 - Aired 6/2/1999
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.
Director: Allan Kroeker
Writer: Ira Steven Behr, Hans Beimler
8.9/108 votesLoading...#11 - What You Leave Behind (2)
Season 7 Episode 26 - Aired 6/2/1999
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.
Director: Allan Kroeker
Writer: Ira Steven Behr, Hans Beimler
8.8/102,468 votesLoading...#12 - By Inferno's Light (2)
Season 5 Episode 15 - Aired 2/17/1997
Stardate: 50564.2. The station readies for a Dominion attack. Worf and Garak meet some unexpected friends in a Dominion Prison camp.
Director: Les Landau
Writer: Robert Hewitt Wolfe, Ira Steven Behr
8.7/102,448 votesLoading...#13 - In Purgatory's Shadow (1)
Season 5 Episode 14 - Aired 2/10/1997
Stardate: Unknown. A 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.
Director: Gabrielle Beaumont
Writer: Robert Hewitt Wolfe, Ira Steven Behr
8.7/102,029 votesLoading...#14 - Tacking Into the Wind
Season 7 Episode 22 - Aired 5/12/1999
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.
Director: Michael Vejar
Writer: Ronald D. Moore
8.6/102,606 votesLoading...#15 - The Siege of AR-558
Season 7 Episode 8 - Aired 11/18/1998
Stardate: Unknown. Capt. Sisko and his away team volunteer to stay with a besieged unit at an isolate outpost.
Director: Winrich Kolbe
Writer: Ira Steven Behr, Hans Beimler
8.5/102,492 votesLoading...#16 - Improbable Cause (1)
Season 3 Episode 20 - Aired 4/24/1995
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.
Director: Avery Brooks
Writer: N/A
8.5/102,272 votesLoading...#17 - A Time to Stand
Season 6 Episode 1 - Aired 9/29/1997
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.
Director: Allan Kroeker
Writer: Ira Steven Behr, Hans Beimler
8.5/102,437 votesLoading...#18 - Rocks and Shoals
Season 6 Episode 2 - Aired 10/6/1997
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.
Director: Michael Vejar
Writer: Ronald D. Moore
8.5/102,265 votesLoading...#19 - Favor the Bold (1)
Season 6 Episode 5 - Aired 10/27/1997
Stardate: Unknown. Sisko mounts an attack to re-take DS9, while Rom faces charges as an enemy of the Dominion state.
Director: Winrich Kolbe
Writer: Ira Steven Behr, Hans Beimler
8.4/102,496 votesLoading...#20 - The Jem'Hadar
Season 2 Episode 26 - Aired 6/12/1994
Stardate: Unknown. Sisko and Quark and a strange telepathic woman are arrested by Jem'Hadar, soldiers of the Dominion.
Director: Kim Friedman
Writer: Ira Steven Behr
8.4/102,859 votesLoading...#21 - Rejoined
Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 10/30/1995
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.
Director: Avery Brooks
Writer: René Echevarria
8.3/102,490 votesLoading...#22 - The Search (1)
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 9/26/1994
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.
Director: Kim Friedman
Writer: N/A
8.3/102,380 votesLoading...#23 - Homefront (1)
Season 4 Episode 11 - Aired 1/1/1996
Stardate: 49170.65. Sisko travels to Earth when a bombing at a Federation conference is determined to be the work of Changelings.
Director: David Livingston
Writer: Robert Hewitt Wolfe, Ira Steven Behr
8.3/102,534 votesLoading...#24 - It's Only a Paper Moon
Season 7 Episode 10 - Aired 12/30/1998
Stardate: Unknown. Severely depressed at his serious war wound, Nog retreats into Vic Fontaine's holosuite program while the singer tries to help him.
Director: Anson Williams
Writer: N/A
8.3/102,190 votesLoading...#25 - Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges
Season 7 Episode 16 - Aired 3/3/1999
Stardate: Unknown. Dr. Bashir is contacted again by Sloan of Section 31, who wants him to gather intel at an upcoming Romulan medical conference. Sisko agrees to send him, in order to learn more about Section 31 themselves.
Director: David Livingston
Writer: Ronald D. Moore
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!
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...
Genres:Sci-Fi & FantasyAction & AdventureDrama
Network:Syndication
Best Episodes Summary
"In the Pale Moonlight" is the best rated episode of "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine". It scored 9.5/10 based on 4535 votes. Directed by Victor Lobl and written by Peter Allan Fields, it aired on 4/15/1998. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "Trials and Tribble-ations".