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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 Duet
    9.0/10(4.1k votes)

    #1 - 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:Unknown
  2. Background image for The Die Is Cast (2)
    8.9/10(2.8k votes)

    #2 - 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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    8.9/10(2.9k votes)

    #3 - 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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    8.9/10(8 votes)

    #4 - 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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    8.7/10(27 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. Background image for Tacking Into the Wind
    8.7/10(2.1k votes)

    #6 - 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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  8. Background image for Far Beyond the Stars
    8.6/10(24 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:Unknown
  9. Background image for The Siege of AR-558
    8.6/10(2.7k votes)

    #8 - 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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  10. Background image for Improbable Cause (1)
    8.5/10(2.6k votes)

    #9 - 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:Unknown
  11. Background image for Call to Arms
    8.5/10(21 votes)

    #10 - 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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    8.4/10(31 votes)

    #11 - 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:Unknown
  13. Background image for In the Pale Moonlight
    8.4/10(30 votes)

    #12 - 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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    8.3/10(2.6k votes)

    #13 - 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:Unknown
  15. Background image for It's Only a Paper Moon
    8.3/10(2.7k votes)

    #14 - 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:Unknown
  16. Background image for The Changing Face of Evil
    8.3/10(2.1k votes)

    #15 - 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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    8.2/10(2.6k votes)

    #16 - 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:Unknown
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    8.2/10(2.3k votes)

    #17 - 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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    8.2/10(18 votes)

    #18 - Broken Link

    S4:E26

    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.

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    Director:Les Landau
    Writer:Unknown
  20. Background image for In Purgatory's Shadow (1)
    8.2/10(24 votes)

    #19 - 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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  21. Background image for By Inferno's Light (2)
    8.2/10(26 votes)

    #20 - 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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    8.2/10(26 votes)

    #21 - 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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  23. Background image for Treachery, Faith, and the Great River
    8.2/10(2.2k votes)

    #22 - Treachery, Faith, and the Great River

    S7:E6

    Stardate: Unknown. A Vorta offers Odo valuable information on the Dominion in exchange for asylum. Meanwhile, Nog tries his Ferengi knowledge as he wheels and deals for a valuable piece of equipment for Chief O'Brien.

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    Writer:Unknown
  24. Background image for Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges
    8.2/10(2.3k votes)

    #23 - Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges

    S7:E16

    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.

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  25. Background image for The Dogs of War
    8.2/10(2.0k votes)

    #24 - The Dogs of War

    S7:E24

    Stardate: 52861.3. Odo begins his recovery from the deadly disease as Dr. Bashir informs him of Section 31's intentions of wiping out his race. A resistance mission goes bad for Kira and Garak and they end up hiding in the basement of the house that Garak grew up in, where they learned that Legate Damar has apparently become a casualty of war, despite him also hiding with them. Quark is chosen by the Grand Nagas as his successor upon his impending retirement to Risa.

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    Director:Avery Brooks
    Writer:Unknown
  26. Background image for Emissary (2)
    8.1/10(17 votes)

    #25 - Emissary (2)

    S1:E2

    Stardate: 46379.1. A new crew is assigned to a former Cardassian space station: Deep Space Nine. It is a joint Federation/Bajoran force, with Commander Sisko in charge, but his life is dramatically changed when he is declared the Emissary to the Prophets by a Bajoran priest.

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    Director:David Carson

Best Episodes Summary

"Duet" is the best rated episode of "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine". It scored 9/10 based on 4110 votes. Directed by James L. Conway and written by Unknown, it aired on 6/13/1993. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Die Is Cast (2)".