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The Best Episodes of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 4

Every episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 4 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 4!

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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Season 4 Ratings Summary

"The Way of the Warrior (1)" is the best rated episode of "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" season 4. It scored 9/10 based on 3146 votes. Directed by James L. Conway and written by Robert Hewitt Wolfe, Ira Steven Behr, it aired on 10/2/1995. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "The Way of the Warrior (2)".

  • The Way of the Warrior (1)
    9.0/103,146 votes

    #1 - The Way of the Warrior (1)

    Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 10/2/1995

    Stardate: 49011.4. When the Klingons bring a task force to DS9, Captain Sisko sends for Starfleet's lone Klingon officer, Worf, to uncover the mysterious intentions of their presence.

    Director: James L. Conway

    Writer: Robert Hewitt Wolfe, Ira Steven Behr

  • The Way of the Warrior (2)
    9.1/104,525 votes

    #2 - The Way of the Warrior (2)

    Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 10/2/1995

    Stardate: 49011.4. Sisko becomes uncomfortable when the Klingons station a task force to help defend against the Dominion. Worf is summoned to find out their true intentions.

    Director: James L. Conway

    Writer: Robert Hewitt Wolfe, Ira Steven Behr

  • The Visitor
    7.6/102,299 votes

    #3 - The Visitor

    Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 10/9/1995

    Stardate: Unknown. Melanie, an aspiring writer, wants to know why Jake Sisko stopped writing at 40. Jake tells how his father died in an accident and then suddenly reappeared.

    Director: David Livingston

    Writer: Michael Taylor

  • Hippocratic Oath
    7.7/102,272 votes

    #4 - Hippocratic Oath

    Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 10/16/1995

    Stardate: 49066.5. Bashir is asked to help a group of renegade Jem'Hadar break their addiction to ketracel white. Meanwhile Worf is dissatisfied with the way Odo runs security.

    Director: René Auberjonois

    Writer: Lisa Klink

  • Indiscretion
    7.0/102,418 votes

    #5 - Indiscretion

    Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 10/23/1995

    Stardate: Unknown. Kira and Gul Dukat go after the lost prison ship Ravinok. Dukat has a secret. Meanwhile Kasidy Yates tries to find work near Bajor, leaving Sisko uncomfortable.

    Director: LeVar Burton

    Writer: N/A

  • Rejoined
    8.4/102,874 votes

    #6 - Rejoined

    Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 10/30/1995

    Stardate: 49195.5. Lenara Kahn, the new host of the wife of Dax's former host Torias, comes to the station. While they're not allowed to renew their relation, there's still a spark.

    Director: Avery Brooks

    Writer: René Echevarria

  • Starship Down
    7.7/102,285 votes

    #7 - Starship Down

    Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 11/6/1995

    Stardate: 49263.5. A damaged Defiant must play a dangerous game of cat-and-mouse with two Jem'hadar ships inside a gas giant.

    Director: Alexander Singer

    Writer: David Mack, John J. Ordover

  • Little Green Men
    6.9/102,190 votes

    #8 - Little Green Men

    Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 11/13/1995

    Stardate: Unknown. Quark and Rom take Nog to Earth and Starfleet Academy, but a malfunction with the ship takes the crew back in time, to Roswell New Mexico in 1947.

    Director: James L. Conway

    Writer: N/A

  • The Sword of Kahless
    7.9/102,504 votes

    #9 - The Sword of Kahless

    Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 11/20/1995

    Stardate: Unknown. Worf, Dax and the Klingon Dahar master Kor set out to find an ancient lost relic: the Sword of Kahless.

    Director: LeVar Burton

    Writer: N/A

  • Our Man Bashir
    8.2/102,415 votes

    #10 - Our Man Bashir

    Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 11/27/1995

    Stardate: Unknown. When an transporter emergency turns the command crew into holosuite characters, Bashir's James Bond fantasy takes on a deadly reality.

    Director: Winrich Kolbe

    Writer: N/A

  • Homefront (1)
    8.3/102,390 votes

    #11 - Homefront (1)

    Season 4 Episode 11 - Aired 1/1/1996

    Stardate: 49170.65. Sisko travels to Earth when a bombing at a Federation conference is determined to be the work of Changelings.

    Director: David Livingston

    Writer: Robert Hewitt Wolfe, Ira Steven Behr

  • Paradise Lost (2)
    7.1/102,126 votes

    #12 - Paradise Lost (2)

    Season 4 Episode 12 - Aired 1/8/1996

    Stardate: Unknown. When Starfleet institutes martial law to combat the Changeling Menace, Sisko begins to question if the Dominion is the real threat.

    Director: Reza Badiyi

    Writer: N/A

  • Crossfire
    7.7/102,152 votes

    #13 - Crossfire

    Season 4 Episode 13 - Aired 1/29/1996

    Stardate: Unknown. First Minister Shakaar visits the station, despite a threat of assassination. He falls in love with Kira much to Odo's dismay.

    Director: Les Landau

    Writer: René Echevarria

  • Return to Grace
    7.2/102,120 votes

    #14 - Return to Grace

    Season 4 Episode 14 - Aired 2/5/1996

    Stardate: Unknown. Dukat returns, stripped of his prestige, to escort Kira to a Cardassian conference about the Dominion. But an attack by a Klingon raider may give Dukat a chance to redeem himself in the eyes of his government.

    Director: Jonathan West

    Writer: N/A

  • Sons of Mogh
    7.4/102,229 votes

    #15 - Sons of Mogh

    Season 4 Episode 15 - Aired 2/12/1996

    Stardate: 49556.2. Worf's brother Kurn asks him to perform a death rite to regain his lost honor. Meanwhile Kira and O'Brien investigate Klingon activity near the Bajoran border.

    Director: David Livingston

    Writer: Ronald D. Moore

  • Bar Association
    7.1/102,069 votes

    #16 - Bar Association

    Season 4 Episode 16 - Aired 2/19/1996

    Stardate: Unknown. Unfair working conditions and pay cuts cause Rom to organize a union of the employees of Quark's Bar. Meanwhile Worf still finds it hard to settle on the station.

    Director: LeVar Burton

    Writer: N/A

  • Accession
    7.3/102,204 votes

    #17 - Accession

    Season 4 Episode 17 - Aired 2/26/1996

    Stardate: Unknown. A man claiming to be the emissary comes through the wormhole. Sisko is happy to give up his position. Meanwhile Keiko returns and O'Brien stops spending time with Bashir.

    Director: Les Landau

    Writer: Jane Espenson

  • Rules of Engagement
    8.2/102,518 votes

    #18 - Rules of Engagement

    Season 4 Episode 18 - Aired 4/8/1996

    Stardate: 49665.3. When Worf destroys a civilian shuttle during an engagement with the Klingons, an extradition hearing is held to see if he must face charges.

    Director: LeVar Burton

    Writer: N/A

  • Hard Time
    7.1/102,077 votes

    #19 - Hard Time

    Season 4 Episode 19 - Aired 4/15/1996

    Stardate: Unknown. O'Brien tries to re-integrate to life on the station after serving 20 years in a virtual prison.

    Director: Alexander Singer

    Writer: N/A

  • Shattered Mirror
    5.6/102,134 votes

    #20 - Shattered Mirror

    Season 4 Episode 20 - Aired 4/22/1996

    Stardate: Unknown. When the Mirror Universe counterpart of Sisko's deceased wife lures Jake to the other side, Sisko must follow and help the human resistance against the Alliance's forces.

    Director: James L. Conway

    Writer: Ira Steven Behr, Hans Beimler

  • The Muse
    7.7/102,161 votes

    #21 - The Muse

    Season 4 Episode 21 - Aired 4/29/1996

    Stardate: Unknown. A mysterious woman approaches Jake about his future as a writer. Odo promises to do whatever it takes to help Lwaxana Troi keep her baby over the father's wishes - even if it means marrying her himself.

    Director: David Livingston

    Writer: René Echevarria

  • For the Cause
    8.0/102,253 votes

    #22 - For the Cause

    Season 4 Episode 22 - Aired 5/6/1996

    Stardate: Unknown. Sisko must face betrayal when evidence surfaces that Kasidy is smuggling for the Maquis. Meanwhile Garak makes acquaintance with Ziyal.

    Director: James L. Conway

    Writer: N/A

  • To the Death
    7.6/102,167 votes

    #23 - To the Death

    Season 4 Episode 23 - Aired 5/13/1996

    Stardate: 49904.2. A renegade group of Jem'Hadar plunders Deep Space Nine. Sisko agrees to a combat operation with loyal Jem'Hadar to prevent the renegades completing a planetary gateway.

    Director: LeVar Burton

    Writer: Robert Hewitt Wolfe, Ira Steven Behr

  • The Quickening
    7.4/102,146 votes

    #24 - The Quickening

    Season 4 Episode 24 - Aired 5/20/1996

    Stardate: Unknown. Bashir tries to help a planet in the grips of a Dominion-engineered plague that guarantees a painful death.

    Director: René Auberjonois

    Writer: Naren Shankar

  • Body Parts
    8.2/102,173 votes

    #25 - Body Parts

    Season 4 Episode 25 - Aired 6/10/1996

    Stardate: Unknown. Quarks hears on Ferenginar he is going to die. Rom convinces him to sell his remains. After an accident, Bashir has to move Keiko's baby to Kira's womb.

    Director: Avery Brooks

    Writer: N/A