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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!

Best episode
S6E19 In the Pale Moonlight
9.55,204 votes
Worst episode
S5E7 Let He Who Is Without Sin...
5.52,628 votes
Top season
Season 4
7.7avg
Binge time
5d 11h
173 episodes
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Episode Rankings

  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 6 Episode 19 - In the Pale Moonlight
    9.5/10(5204 votes)

    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.

    Director:Victor Lobl
    Writer:Peter Allan Fields

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  2. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 5 Episode 6 - Trials and Tribble-ations
    9.4/10(4911 votes)

    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.

    Director:Jonathan West
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 4 Episode 2 - The Visitor
    9.1/10(5126 votes)

    S4:E2

    Stardate: Unknown. Melanie, an aspiring writer, wants to know why Jake Sisko stopped writing at 40. Jake tells how his father died in an accident and then suddenly reappeared.

    Director:David Livingston
    Writer:Michael Taylor

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  4. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 1 Episode 18 - Duet
    9.0/10(4523 votes)

    S1:E18

    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:Unknown

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  5. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 4 Episode 1 - The Way of the Warrior
    9.0/10(3593 votes)

    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.

    Director:James L. Conway
    Writers:Robert Hewitt Wolfe, Ira Steven Behr

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  6. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 6 Episode 6 - Sacrifice of Angels (2)
    9.0/10(3023 votes)

    S6:E6

    Stardate: Unknown. The Federation's only hope of stopping massive Dominion reinforcements from entering the Alpha Quadrant relies on Sisko's suicide mission to reach DS9 before the minefield is destroyed.

    Director:Allan Kroeker
    Writers:Ira Steven Behr, Hans Beimler

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  7. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 6 Episode 13 - Far Beyond the Stars
    8.9/10(4525 votes)

    S6:E13

    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:Unknown

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  8. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 5 Episode 26 - Call to Arms
    9.0/10(2781 votes)

    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.

    Director:Allan Kroeker
    Writers:Robert Hewitt Wolfe, Ira Steven Behr

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  9. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 7 Episode 25 - What You Leave Behind
    8.9/10(3164 votes)

    S7:E25

    Stardate: 52902.0. As the war careens toward a final showdown on Cardassia, Sisko's definitive action as the Emissary draws near.

    Director:Allan Kroeker
    Writers:Ira Steven Behr, Hans Beimler

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  10. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 3 Episode 21 - The Die Is Cast (2)
    8.9/10(3071 votes)

    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.

    Director:David Livingston
    Writer:Ronald D. Moore

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  11. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 5 Episode 15 - By Inferno's Light (2)
    8.8/10(2818 votes)

    S5:E15

    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
    Writers:Robert Hewitt Wolfe, Ira Steven Behr

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  12. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 5 Episode 14 - In Purgatory's Shadow (1)
    8.7/10(2796 votes)

    S5:E14

    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
    Writers:Robert Hewitt Wolfe, Ira Steven Behr

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  13. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 7 Episode 22 - Tacking Into the Wind
    8.7/10(2304 votes)

    S7:E22

    Stardate: Unknown. As tensions mount within Kira and Damar's resistance cell, Worf realizes he must take action to prevent Gowron from making a key strategic mistake.

    Director:Michael Vejar
    Writer:Ronald D. Moore

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  14. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 7 Episode 8 - The Siege of AR-558
    8.6/10(2970 votes)

    S7:E8

    Stardate: Unknown. Sisko's crew is diverted to the front lines, where, alongside war-torn Starfleet officers, they must make a stand against a Jem'Hadar assault.

    Director:Winrich Kolbe
    Writers:Ira Steven Behr, Hans Beimler

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  15. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 4 Episode 6 - Little Green Men
    8.5/10(3293 votes)

    S4:E6

    Stardate: Unknown. Quark and Rom take Nog to Earth and Starfleet Academy, but a malfunction with the ship takes the crew back in time, to Roswell New Mexico in 1947.

    Director:James L. Conway
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 3 Episode 20 - Improbable Cause (1)
    8.5/10(2873 votes)

    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.

    Director:Avery Brooks
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 6 Episode 2 - Rocks and Shoals
    8.5/10(2785 votes)

    S6:E2

    Stardate: Unknown. Sisko and his crew are marooned on a barren planet with a squadron of Jem'Hadar soldiers and their wounded Vorta overseer. But when the Vorta seeks out Sisko to make a deal, can he be trusted? And should Sisko accept the treacherous proposal?

    Director:Michael Vejar
    Writer:Ronald D. Moore

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  18. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 6 Episode 5 - Favor the Bold (1)
    8.5/10(2599 votes)

    S6:E5

    Stardate: Unknown. On the eve of Dukat successfully disabling the minefield, Sisko coordinates a massive assault to retake Deep Space Nine.

    Director:Winrich Kolbe
    Writers:Ira Steven Behr, Hans Beimler

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  19. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 6 Episode 1 - A Time to Stand
    8.5/10(2595 votes)

    S6:E1

    Stardate: Unknown. As the war between the Federation and the Dominion continues, Sisko and his crew are reassigned from the Defiant, while Kira and Odo cope with the bureaucracy of the station's occupation.

    Director:Allan Kroeker
    Writers:Ira Steven Behr, Hans Beimler

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  20. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 2 Episode 26 - The Jem'Hadar
    8.4/10(2851 votes)

    S2:E26

    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

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  21. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 7 Episode 10 - It's Only a Paper Moon
    8.3/10(2921 votes)

    S7:E10

    Stardate: Unknown. Mentally and emotionally scarred by his combat injuries, Nog seeks comfort in the holographic fantasy world of Vic Fontaine.

    Director:Anson Williams
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 3 Episode 1 - The Search (1)
    8.3/10(2851 votes)

    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.

    Director:Kim Friedman
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 4 Episode 10 - Homefront (1)
    8.3/10(2780 votes)

    S4:E10

    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
    Writers:Robert Hewitt Wolfe, Ira Steven Behr

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  24. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 4 Episode 11 - Paradise Lost (2)
    8.3/10(2746 votes)

    S4:E11

    Stardate: Unknown. When Starfleet institutes martial law to combat the Changeling Menace, Sisko begins to question if the Dominion is the real threat.

    Director:Reza Badiyi
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 7 Episode 16 - Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges
    8.3/10(2488 votes)

    S7:E16

    Stardate: Unknown. When the mysterious Sloan attempts to recruit Bashir for an undercover mission on Romulus, Sisko orders Bashir to go along with the plan, in hopes of learning more about Section 31.

    Director:David Livingston
    Writer:Ronald D. Moore

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Best Episodes Summary

"In the Pale Moonlight" is the best rated episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. It scored 9.5/10 from 5,204 votes. Directed by Victor Lobl and written by Peter Allan Fields, it aired on April 15, 1998. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Trials and Tribble-ations".

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