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The Best Episodes of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 1

Every episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 1!

The Best Episodes of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 1

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. 9.0/10(4.0k votes)

    #1 - Duet

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    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
  2. 8.1/10(17 votes)

    #2 - Emissary (2)

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    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
  3. 7.7/10(2.6k votes)

    #3 - In the Hands of the Prophets

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    S1:E20

    Stardate: Unknown. The Federation and Bajoran people of DS9 fall into conflict when a Bajoran religious extremist comes to the station and challenges the secular teachings of Keiko O'Brien's school.

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  4. 7.6/10(4.9k votes)

    #4 - Emissary (1)

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    S1:E1

    Stardate: 46379.1. Commander Benjamin Sisko and a new crew of Starfleet and Bajoran officers take command of an abandoned Cardassian space station and make an incredible discovery that will change the galaxy and Sisko's future.

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  5. 7.6/10(2.9k votes)

    #5 - Captive Pursuit

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    S1:E6

    Stardate: Unknown. When O'Brien befriends the station's first visitor from the Gamma Quadrant, he learns that the mysterious alien is on the run from determined pursuers.

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    Director:Corey Allen
  6. 7.1/10(2.9k votes)

    #6 - Past Prologue

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    S1:E3

    Stardate: Unknown. Kira finds her loyalties divided when a Bajoran extremist wanted by the Cardassians comes to the station with questionable intentions.

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  8. 7.1/10(2.8k votes)

    #7 - Dax

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    S1:E8

    Stardate: 46910.1. Jadzia Dax is charged with a murder that her symbiont's previous host Curzon allegedly committed. Now an extradition hearing may decide whether Jadzia can be held responsible for the actions of a previous life.

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  9. 7.0/10(2.8k votes)

    #8 - Babel

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    S1:E5

    Stardate: 46423.7. A deadly virus created by the Bajorans 18 years earlier inadvertently breaks loose aboard the station, and prompts a race against the clock to find a cure.

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  10. 7.0/10(2.6k votes)

    #9 - The Nagus

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    S1:E11

    Stardate: Unknown. Grand Nagus Zek, the leader of Ferengi society, comes to DS9 to oversee the introduction of a Ferengi business presence in the Gamma Quadrant and announce Quark as his successor.

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    Writer:N/A
  11. 7.0/10(2.6k votes)

    #10 - Vortex

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    S1:E12

    Stardate: Unknown. A wanted man from the Gamma Quadrant with questionable motives reveals to Odo stories about other "Changelings," which may hold clues to Odo's mysterious origin.

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    Director:Winrich Kolbe
    Writer:Sam Rolfe
  12. 7.0/10(2.4k votes)

    #11 - Dramatis Personae

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    S1:E18

    Stardate: 46922.3. An alien "telepathic matrix" causes the DS9 crew to re-enact an ancient power struggle, leading Kira to attempt mutiny and overthrow Sisko.

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    Director:Cliff Bole
  13. 6.9/10(2.5k votes)

    #12 - The Forsaken

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    S1:E17

    Stardate: 46925.1. Odo and Lwaxanna Troi come to a mutual understanding when a computer malfunction causes them to become trapped in a turbolift.

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    Director:Les Landau
    Writer:N/A
  14. 6.8/10(2.8k votes)

    #13 - A Man Alone

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    S1:E4

    Stardate: 46421.5. When the return of a man Odo sent to prison years earlier leads to his murder aboard the station, Odo becomes the prime suspect and a target for harassment.

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    Director:Paul Lynch
  15. 6.8/10(2.6k votes)

    #14 - Progress

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    S1:E15

    Stardate: 46844.3. Kira finds herself in a difficult moral situation when her job demands she force an adamant Bajoran man from his home in the name of progress.

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  16. 6.7/10(2.8k votes)

    #15 - Q-Less

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    S1:E7

    Stardate: 46531.2. Vash arrives from the Gamma Quadrant as Q plagues the station and an unknown force threatens to destroy it.

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  17. 6.6/10(2.5k votes)

    #16 - Battle Lines

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    S1:E13

    Stardate: Unknown. Sisko, Kira, and Bashir take Kai Opaka through the wormhole for a brief excursion in the Gamma Quadrant. But when they crash-land on a desolate planet, they find a divided, warring penal colony where no one ever dies.

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    Director:Paul Lynch
    Writer:N/A
  18. 6.4/10(2.6k votes)

    #17 - The Passenger

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    S1:E9

    Stardate: Unknown. A dangerous killer dies in an apparent accident, but the security officer providing his transport to prison believes the criminal's consciousness may have yet survived.

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    Director:Paul Lynch
  19. 6.4/10(2.5k votes)

    #18 - If Wishes Were Horses

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    S1:E16

    Stardate: 46853.2. The DS9 crew's own imaginations cause mysterious beings with unknown intentions to appear on the station.

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    Director:Robert Legato
    Writer:N/A
  20. 6.0/10(2.5k votes)

    #19 - The Storyteller

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    S1:E14

    Stardate: 46729.1. When O'Brien and Bashir beam down to a Bajoran village, the community selects O'Brien as their next Sirah - expecting him to save them from a menacing entity.

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    Writer:N/A
  21. 5.8/10(2.8k votes)

    #20 - Move Along Home

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    S1:E10

    The Wadi from the Gamma Quadrant are to make first contact and decide to visit DS9. When they catch Quark cheating they let him off by playing a special game.

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    Director:David Carson
    Writer:N/A

Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Duet" is the best rated episode of "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" season 1. It scored 9/10 based on 4038 votes. Directed by James L. Conway and written by N/A, it aired on 6/13/1993. This episode is rated 0.9 points higher than the second-best, "Emissary (2)".