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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. Background image for Trials and Tribble-ations
    9.4/10(4.6k votes)

    #1 - 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.

    Director:Jonathan West
    Writer:Unknown
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  2. Background image for The Visitor
    9.1/10(4.8k votes)

    #2 - The Visitor

    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.

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  3. Background image for The Way of the Warrior
    9.0/10(3.4k votes)

    #3 - The Way of the Warrior

    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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  4. Background image for Call to Arms
    9.0/10(2.6k votes)

    #4 - 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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  5. Background image for The Die Is Cast (2)
    8.9/10(2.9k votes)

    #5 - 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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  6. Background image for What You Leave Behind (2)
    8.9/10(8 votes)

    #6 - 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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  8. Background image for By Inferno's Light (2)
    8.8/10(2.6k votes)

    #7 - By Inferno's Light (2)

    S5:E15

    Stardate: 50564.2. The station readies for a Dominion attack. Worf and Garak meet some unexpected friends in a Dominion Prison camp.

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  9. Background image for In Purgatory's Shadow (1)
    8.7/10(2.6k votes)

    #8 - In Purgatory's Shadow (1)

    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.

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  10. Background image for Sacrifice of Angels (2)
    8.7/10(28 votes)

    #9 - Sacrifice of Angels (2)

    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.

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  11. Background image for Far Beyond the Stars
    8.7/10(25 votes)

    #10 - 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.

    Director:Avery Brooks
    Writer:Unknown
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  12. Background image for Improbable Cause (1)
    8.5/10(2.7k votes)

    #11 - 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.

    Director:Avery Brooks
    Writer:Unknown
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  13. Background image for Starship Down
    8.5/10(3.1k votes)

    #12 - Starship Down

    S4:E6

    Stardate: 49263.5. A damaged Defiant must play a dangerous game of cat-and-mouse with two Jem'hadar ships inside a gas giant.

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  14. Background image for In the Pale Moonlight
    8.5/10(31 votes)

    #13 - 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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  15. Background image for The Jem'Hadar
    8.4/10(2.7k votes)

    #14 - 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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  16. Background image for The Search (1)
    8.3/10(2.7k votes)

    #15 - 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.

    Director:Kim Friedman
    Writer:Unknown
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  17. Background image for Paradise Lost (2)
    8.3/10(2.5k votes)

    #16 - Paradise Lost (2)

    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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  18. Background image for What You Leave Behind (1)
    8.3/10(23 votes)

    #17 - What You Leave Behind (1)

    S7:E25

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

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  19. Background image for The Wire
    8.2/10(2.7k votes)

    #18 - 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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  20. Background image for The Search (2)
    8.2/10(2.6k votes)

    #19 - 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.

    Writer:Unknown
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  21. Background image for The Adversary
    8.2/10(2.4k votes)

    #20 - The Adversary

    S3:E26

    Stardate: 48959.1. The Defiant is off to show the Federation's presence to the new Tzenkethi government. While underway the ship malfunctions and Bashir is suspected of sabotage.

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  22. Background image for Homefront (1)
    8.2/10(2.6k votes)

    #21 - Homefront (1)

    S4:E10

    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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  23. Background image for Hard Time
    8.2/10(2.7k votes)

    #22 - Hard Time

    S4:E18

    Stardate: Unknown. O'Brien tries to re-integrate to life on the station after serving 20 years in a virtual prison.

    Writer:Unknown
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  24. Background image for Broken Link
    8.2/10(2.3k votes)

    #23 - Broken Link

    S4:E25

    Stardate: 49962.4. Odo is suddenly struck by illness. He is barely able to hold shape. Bashir and Odo see no other alternative then going to the Founders. Garak wants to come along.

    Director:Les Landau
    Writer:Unknown
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  25. Background image for Apocalypse Rising
    8.2/10(2.5k votes)

    #24 - Apocalypse Rising

    S5:E1

    Stardate: Unknown. With the war between Klingons and Federation intensifying, Sisko must make a plan to expose Gowron as a changeling. Odo is still having trouble with becoming a solid.

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  26. Background image for Duet
    8.1/10(39 votes)

    #25 - Duet

    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.

    Writer:Unknown
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Best Episodes Summary

"Trials and Tribble-ations" is the best rated episode of "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine". It scored 9.4/10 based on 4612 votes. Directed by Jonathan West and written by Unknown, it aired on 11/4/1996. This episode scored 0.3 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Visitor".