8.3/102,508 votes#1 - The Search (1)
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 9/26/1994
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: N/A
8.2/102,458 votes#2 - The Search (2)
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 10/3/1994
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: N/A
8.1/102,592 votes#3 - The House of Quark
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 10/10/1994
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: N/A
6.7/102,188 votes#4 - Equilibrium
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 10/17/1994
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: N/A
7.9/102,439 votes#5 - Second Skin
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 10/24/1994
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
6.9/102,182 votes#6 - The Abandoned
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 10/31/1994
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
Writer: D. Thomas Maio, Steve Warnek
7.9/102,452 votes#7 - Civil Defense
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 11/7/1994
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
5.6/102,291 votes#8 - Meridian
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 11/14/1994
Stardate: 48423.2. Dax falls in love with one of the residents of a multi-dimensional planet, while on DS9 an alien requests a holosuite program of Kira from Quark.
Director: Jonathan Frakes
Writer: N/A
7.9/102,461 votes#9 - Defiant
Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 11/21/1994
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
6.2/102,227 votes#10 - Fascination
Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 11/28/1994
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: N/A
7.8/102,559 votes#11 - Past Tense (1)
Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 1/2/1995
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
7.9/102,501 votes#12 - Past Tense (2)
Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 1/9/1995
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
Writer: René Echevarria, Ira Steven Behr
6.6/102,127 votes#13 - Life Support
Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 1/30/1995
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: N/A
7.3/102,214 votes#14 - Heart of Stone
Season 3 Episode 14 - Aired 2/6/1995
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
Writer: Robert Hewitt Wolfe, Ira Steven Behr
7.4/102,182 votes#15 - Destiny
Season 3 Episode 15 - Aired 2/13/1995
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
6.7/102,099 votes#16 - Prophet Motive
Season 3 Episode 16 - Aired 2/20/1995
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
Writer: Robert Hewitt Wolfe, Ira Steven Behr
7.8/102,231 votes#17 - Visionary
Season 3 Episode 17 - Aired 2/27/1995
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: N/A
6.4/102,187 votes#18 - Distant Voices
Season 3 Episode 18 - Aired 4/10/1995
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: N/A
7.4/102,171 votes#19 - Through the Looking Glass
Season 3 Episode 19 - Aired 4/17/1995
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
Writer: Robert Hewitt Wolfe, Ira Steven Behr
8.5/102,506 votes#20 - Improbable Cause (1)
Season 3 Episode 20 - Aired 4/24/1995
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: N/A
8.9/102,699 votes#21 - The Die Is Cast (2)
Season 3 Episode 21 - Aired 5/1/1995
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
7.2/102,274 votes#22 - Explorers
Season 3 Episode 22 - Aired 5/8/1995
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
7.2/102,162 votes#23 - Family Business
Season 3 Episode 23 - Aired 5/15/1995
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
Writer: Robert Hewitt Wolfe, Ira Steven Behr
6.9/102,058 votes#24 - Shakaar
Season 3 Episode 24 - Aired 5/22/1995
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
7.1/102,122 votes#25 - Facets
Season 3 Episode 25 - Aired 6/12/1995
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
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!
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...
Genres:Sci-Fi & FantasyAction & AdventureDrama
Network:Syndication
Season 3 Ratings Summary
"The Search (1)" is the best rated episode of "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" season 3. It scored 8.3/10 based on 2508 votes. Directed by Kim Friedman and written by N/A, it aired on 9/26/1994. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "The Search (2)".