9.0/103,135 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
9.1/104,503 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
7.6/102,286 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
7.7/102,261 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
7.0/102,405 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
8.4/102,859 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
7.7/102,278 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
6.9/102,181 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
7.9/102,493 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
8.2/102,405 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
8.3/102,381 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
7.1/102,116 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
7.7/102,138 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
7.2/102,108 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
7.4/102,219 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
7.1/102,060 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
7.3/102,192 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
8.2/102,508 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
7.1/102,068 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
5.6/102,125 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
7.7/102,151 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
8.0/102,240 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
7.6/102,156 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
7.4/102,134 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
8.2/102,162 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
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 3135 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)".