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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!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    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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  2. 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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  3. 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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  4. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 3 Episode 2 - The Search (2)
    8.2/10(2802 votes)

    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.

    Director:Jonathan Frakes
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 3 Episode 26 - The Adversary
    8.2/10(2563 votes)

    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.

    Director:Alexander Singer
    Writers:Robert Hewitt Wolfe, Ira Steven Behr

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  6. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 3 Episode 3 - The House of Quark
    8.1/10(2979 votes)

    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.

    Director:Les Landau
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 3 Episode 5 - Second Skin
    7.9/10(2809 votes)

    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.

    Director:Les Landau
    Writer:Robert Hewitt Wolfe

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  8. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 3 Episode 7 - Civil Defense
    7.9/10(2828 votes)

    S3:E7

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

    Director:Reza Badiyi
    Writer:Mike Krohn

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  9. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 3 Episode 9 - Defiant
    7.9/10(2832 votes)

    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.

    Director:Cliff Bole
    Writer:Ronald D. Moore

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  10. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 3 Episode 12 - Past Tense (2)
    7.9/10(2877 votes)

    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.

    Director:Jonathan Frakes
    Writers:René Echevarria, Ira Steven Behr

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  11. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 3 Episode 11 - Past Tense (1)
    7.8/10(2946 votes)

    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.

    Director:Reza Badiyi
    Writer:Ira Steven Behr

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  12. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 3 Episode 17 - Visionary
    7.8/10(2576 votes)

    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.

    Director:Reza Badiyi
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 3 Episode 14 - Heart of Stone
    7.4/10(2565 votes)

    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.

    Director:Alexander Singer
    Writers:Robert Hewitt Wolfe, Ira Steven Behr

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  14. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 3 Episode 15 - Destiny
    7.4/10(2513 votes)

    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.

    Director:Les Landau
    Writer:Martin A. Winer

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  15. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 3 Episode 19 - Through the Looking Glass
    7.4/10(2512 votes)

    S3:E19

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

    Director:Winrich Kolbe
    Writers:Robert Hewitt Wolfe, Ira Steven Behr

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  16. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 3 Episode 22 - Explorers
    7.2/10(2629 votes)

    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.

    Director:Cliff Bole
    Writer:René Echevarria

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  17. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 3 Episode 23 - Family Business
    7.2/10(2506 votes)

    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.

    Director:René Auberjonois
    Writers:Robert Hewitt Wolfe, Ira Steven Behr

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  18. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 3 Episode 25 - Facets
    7.1/10(2445 votes)

    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.

    Director:Cliff Bole
    Writer:René Echevarria

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  19. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 3 Episode 6 - The Abandoned
    6.9/10(2507 votes)

    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.

    Director:Avery Brooks
    Writers:Steve Warnek, D. Thomas Maio

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  20. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 3 Episode 24 - Shakaar
    6.9/10(2390 votes)

    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.

    Director:Jonathan West
    Writer:Gordon T. Dawson

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  21. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 3 Episode 4 - Equilibrium
    6.7/10(2518 votes)

    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.

    Director:Cliff Bole
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 3 Episode 16 - Prophet Motive
    6.7/10(2439 votes)

    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.

    Director:René Auberjonois
    Writers:Robert Hewitt Wolfe, Ira Steven Behr

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  23. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 3 Episode 13 - Life Support
    6.6/10(2460 votes)

    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.

    Director:Reza Badiyi
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 3 Episode 18 - Distant Voices
    6.4/10(2520 votes)

    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?

    Director:Alexander Singer
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 3 Episode 10 - Fascination
    6.2/10(2561 votes)

    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.

    Director:Avery Brooks
    Writer:Unknown

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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 from 3,071 votes. Directed by David Livingston and written by Ronald D. Moore, it aired on May 1, 1995. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "Improbable Cause (1)".