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The Best Episodes of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 3

Every episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 3 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 3!

The Best Episodes of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 3

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. 8.9/10(2.8k votes)

    #1 - The Die Is Cast (2)

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    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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  2. 8.5/10(2.6k votes)

    #2 - Improbable Cause (1)

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    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:N/A
  3. 8.3/10(2.6k votes)

    #3 - The Search (1)

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    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:N/A
  4. 8.2/10(2.5k votes)

    #4 - The Search (2)

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    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:N/A
  5. 8.2/10(2.3k votes)

    #5 - The Adversary

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    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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  6. 8.1/10(2.7k votes)

    #6 - The House of Quark

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    S3:E3

    Stardate: Unknown. Quark tries to boost his reputation by taking credit for the accidental death of a Klingon in his bar, but lands himself in the middle of a Klingon political struggle.

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    Director:Les Landau
    Writer:N/A
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  8. 7.9/10(2.5k votes)

    #7 - Second Skin

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    S3:E5

    Stardate: Unknown. Kira finds herself on Cardassia as a Cardassian. She is told she is called Iliana Ghemor and was a Cardassian spy.

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  9. 7.9/10(2.5k votes)

    #8 - Civil Defense

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    S3:E7

    Stardate: Unknown. The station goes into lockdown and the crew is endangered when an old Cardassian security program is accidentally activated.

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    Director:Reza Badiyi
    Writer:Mike Krohn
  10. 7.9/10(2.5k votes)

    #9 - Defiant

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    S3:E9

    Stardate: 48467.3. The DS9 crew welcomes a visit from William Riker of the Enterprise, but the lieutenant’s hidden agenda leads to a tense standoff deep in Cardassian space.

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  11. 7.9/10(2.6k votes)

    #10 - Past Tense (2)

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    S3:E12

    Stardate: 48481.2. Sisko is forced to take the place of a key historical figure on Earth in 2024 in order to preserve the timeline.

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  12. 7.8/10(2.6k votes)

    #11 - Past Tense (1)

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    S3:E11

    Stardate: 48481.2. Sisko, Bashir and Dax are accidentally sent to San Francisco in the 21st century due to a transporter malfunction, and must figure out how to get back without changing the time line.

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  13. 7.8/10(2.3k votes)

    #12 - Visionary

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    S3:E17

    Stardate: Unknown. While a Romulan delegation tries to get information about the Dominion, O'Brien gets visions of unpleasant things that are about to happen in the future.

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    Director:Reza Badiyi
    Writer:N/A
  14. 7.4/10(2.3k votes)

    #13 - Destiny

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    S3:E15

    Stardate: 48543.2. Sisko faces a conflict between his Starfleet duties and his role as the Bajoran Emissary when an ancient Bajoran prophecy predicts that a joint Federation-Cardassian project will lead to the destruction of the wormhole.

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  15. 7.4/10(2.2k votes)

    #14 - Through the Looking Glass

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    S3:E19

    Stardate: Unknown. Sisko is kidnapped to impersonate his deceased, mirror universe self to gain Jennifer Sisko's loyalty in the Rebel Alliance.

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  16. 7.3/10(2.3k votes)

    #15 - Heart of Stone

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    S3:E14

    Stardate: 48521.5. After chasing a fugitive into a cave, Kira gets stuck and is slowly encapsulated by a growing crystal stone while Odo tries to figure out how to free her.

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  17. 7.2/10(2.3k votes)

    #16 - Explorers

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    S3:E22

    Stardate: Unknown. Sisko rebuilds an ancient Bajoran space vessel from the blueprints, and he and Jake take the ship on a trip, attempting to prove that the ancient Bajorans went beyond their solar system without warp drive.

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  18. 7.2/10(2.2k votes)

    #17 - Family Business

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    S3:E23

    Stardate: Unknown. Quark and Rom return to the Ferengi home world because their mother has broken the law - by wearing clothes and earning profits, forbidden for women in Ferengi society.

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  19. 7.1/10(2.2k votes)

    #18 - Facets

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    S3:E25

    Stardate: Unknown. Dax asks the crew to join her Zhian'tara ritual. The memories of her former hosts will take over their bodies. Nog is preparing for Starfleet Academy.

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  20. 6.9/10(2.2k votes)

    #19 - The Abandoned

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    S3:E6

    Stardate: Unknown. Odo tries to bond with an alien child Quark finds in a load of salvage, while Sisko tries to break his son's relationship with a 20 year old Dabo girl.

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  21. 6.9/10(2.1k votes)

    #20 - Shakaar

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    S3:E24

    Stardate: Unknown. News arrives that Kai Winn has also become Bajor's political leader. She asks Kira to negotiate with an old resistance friend about returning soil reclamators.

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  22. 6.7/10(2.2k votes)

    #21 - Equilibrium

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    S3:E4

    Stardate: Unknown. The Trill homeworld is the setting, as Sisko and Bashir take Jadzia home for treatment when she begins experiencing hallucinations after playing a tune she can't recall.

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    Director:Cliff Bole
    Writer:N/A
  23. 6.7/10(2.2k votes)

    #22 - Prophet Motive

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    S3:E16

    Stardate: Unknown. Grand Nagus Zek is acting bizarre by giving away money and rewriting the Rules of Acquisition. Quark attempts to get the old Nagus back.

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  24. 6.6/10(2.2k votes)

    #23 - Life Support

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    S3:E13

    Stardate: 48498.4. Dr. Bashir must use extraordinary measures to prolong Vedek Bareil's life long enough to allow Bareil to complete sensitive peace negotiations between the Bajorans and the Cardassians.

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    Director:Reza Badiyi
    Writer:N/A
  25. 6.4/10(2.3k votes)

    #24 - Distant Voices

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    S3:E18

    Stardate: Unknown. After being attacked in the infirmary, Dr. Bashir has a dual mystery on his hands: what has happened to the station while he was out and why is he aging so rapidly now?

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    Writer:N/A
  26. 6.2/10(2.3k votes)

    #25 - Fascination

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    S3:E10

    Stardate: Unknown. As Lwaxanna Troi visits the station for a Bajoran festival, the crew is stricken with intense romantic attractions to one another.

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    Director:Avery Brooks
    Writer:N/A

Season 3 Ratings Summary

"The Die Is Cast (2)" is the best rated episode of "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" season 3. It scored 8.9/10 based on 2773 votes. Directed by David Livingston and written by Ronald D. Moore, it aired on 5/1/1995. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "Improbable Cause (1)".