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The Best Episodes of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 5

Every episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 5 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 5!

The Best Episodes of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 5

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. 9.3/10(4.5k votes)

    #1 - Trials and Tribble-ations

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    S5:E6

    Stardate: 4523.7. In this celebration of the 30th anniversary of The Original Series, the disgraced Klingon spy Darvin travels back in time to undo his century-old defeat by James Kirk. The DS9 crew must track him down and stop him, while blending in with the crew of the original Enterprise NCC-1701.

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    Director:Jonathan West
    Writer:N/A
  2. 9.0/10(2.5k votes)

    #2 - Call to Arms

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    S5:E26

    Stardate: 50975.2. Sisko decides to mine the wormhole to prevent further Dominion ships crossing into the Alpha Quadrant. This provokes an attack by the Dominion and the Cardassians, and a desperate last stand on Deep Space Nine.

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  3. 8.8/10(2.5k votes)

    #3 - By Inferno's Light (2)

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    S5:E15

    Stardate: 50564.2. The station readies for a Dominion attack. Worf and Garak meet some unexpected friends in a Dominion Prison camp.

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  4. 8.7/10(2.5k votes)

    #4 - In Purgatory's Shadow (1)

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    S5:E14

    Stardate: Unknown. A coded message from the Gamma Quadrant leads Garak to believe his mentor, Enabran Tain, is still alive. He and Worf seek him out, only to discover something much worse: a Dominion invasion fleet poised to attack the Alpha Quadrant.

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  5. 8.2/10(2.4k votes)

    #5 - Apocalypse Rising

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    S5:E1

    Stardate: Unknown. With the war between Klingons and Federation intensifying, Sisko must make a plan to expose Gowron as a changeling. Odo is still having trouble with becoming a solid.

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  6. 8.1/10(2.5k votes)

    #6 - Children of Time

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    S5:E22

    Stardate: 50814.2. The DS9 crew discovers a colony that, due to a time travel accident, turns out to be inhabited by the crew's own descendants.

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    Director:Allan Kroeker
    Writer:N/A
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  8. 7.9/10(2.4k votes)

    #7 - The Ship

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    S5:E2

    Stardate: 50049.3. The crew find a crashed Jem’Hadar ship and work to repair it and capture it for the Federation, but are confronted by a Dominion force determined to recover the ship’s cargo.

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    Director:Kim Friedman
    Writer:N/A
  9. 7.8/10(2.3k votes)

    #8 - The Begotten

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    S5:E12

    Stardate: Unknown. The discovery of an infant Changeling gives Odo a chance to put right the trauma of his own upbringing, while his “father” Dr. Mora insists on a more clinical approach.

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  10. 7.8/10(2.3k votes)

    #9 - For the Uniform

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    S5:E13

    Stardate: 50485.2. When the traitorous Eddington returns, Sisko will go to any lengths to capture him.

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  11. 7.7/10(2.3k votes)

    #10 - Doctor Bashir, I Presume?

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    S5:E16

    Stardate: Unknown. Dr. Bashir is selected to be the model for the next-generation of Emergency Medical Hologram (EMH). But he balks when his parents are invited to the station to be interviewed by the EMH programmer, Dr. Zimmerman. There is a dark secret in his family that he's afraid that his parents will reveal.

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    Writer:N/A
  12. 7.7/10(2.2k votes)

    #11 - Empok Nor

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    S5:E24

    Stardate: Unknown. While salvaging components from DS9's sister station, the crew run afoul of a "surprise" left behind by the Cardassians.

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    Director:Michael Vejar
    Writer:N/A
  13. 7.6/10(2.4k votes)

    #12 - Looking for par'Mach in All the Wrong Places

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    S5:E3

    Stardate: Unknown. While Worf helps Quark to pursue his former wife Grilka, O'Brien and Kira grow uncomfortably close to each other.

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  14. 7.6/10(2.2k votes)

    #13 - Soldiers of the Empire

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    S5:E21

    Stardate: Unknown. Dax and Worf accompany Martok on his first command since being held by the Dominion. But the ship they are given hasn't seen victory in months and the crew is near mutinous.

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  15. 7.6/10(2.2k votes)

    #14 - In the Cards

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    S5:E25

    Stardate: 50929.4. Jake has his heart set on a vintage Willie Mays baseball card as a present to cheer up his father, whose spirits are flagging from the ongoing conflict.

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    Director:Michael Dorn
    Writer:N/A
  16. 7.5/10(2.3k votes)

    #15 - Nor the Battle to the Strong

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    S5:E4

    Stardate: Unknown. Jake, reporting from the front lines, sees what war truly is.

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    Director:Kim Friedman
    Writer:N/A
  17. 7.5/10(2.1k votes)

    #16 - Blaze of Glory

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    S5:E23

    Stardate: Unknown. Sisko learns that the Maquis are planning a devastating attack on Cardassia, and must rely on the traitor Eddington to help him prevent it.

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  18. 7.4/10(2.2k votes)

    #17 - Things Past

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    S5:E8

    Stardate: Unknown. Sisko, Dax, Odo and Garak find themselves in the past when the Cardassians controlled the station, and a crime that Odo investigated may be the key.

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  19. 7.4/10(2.2k votes)

    #18 - The Ascent

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    S5:E9

    Stardate: Unknown. When Odo and Quark crash land, they must put aside their differences to climb a mountain to signal for help. Jake and Nog try to be roommates, but their different styles clash.

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  20. 7.3/10(2.1k votes)

    #19 - The Assignment

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    S5:E5

    Stardate: Unknown. An alien entity has possessed Keiko's body and is holding it hostage until O'Brien completes an assignment for it.

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    Director:Allan Kroeker
    Writer:N/A
  21. 7.2/10(2.1k votes)

    #20 - Business as Usual

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    S5:E18

    Stardate: Unknown. Quark must wrestle with his conscience when he becomes involved with arms merchants.

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  22. 7.1/10(2.1k votes)

    #21 - Rapture

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    S5:E10

    Stardate: Unknown. After a brain injury, Sisko begins experiencing powerful visions through time. He dives fully into the role of the Emissary, while becoming obsessed with finding a legendary Bajoran ruin.

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    Director:Jonathan West
    Writer:N/A
  23. 7.1/10(2.0k votes)

    #22 - Ties of Blood and Water

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    S5:E19

    Stardate: 50712.2. When a Cardassian official that thinks of Kira as his daughter is dying, he agrees to reveal all he knows to her. But the experience dredges up Kira's memories of her own father's death.

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    Director:Avery Brooks
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  24. 6.9/10(2.1k votes)

    #23 - The Darkness and the Light

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    S5:E11

    Stardate: 50416.2. A mysterious assassin begins wiping out all the members of Kira's old resistance cell.

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    Director:Michael Vejar
    Writer:N/A
  25. 6.7/10(2.0k votes)

    #24 - Ferengi Love Songs

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    S5:E20

    Stardate: Unknown. Quark doesn't know whether to be panicked or overjoyed when he learns that his mother is the new lover of the Grand Nagus.

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  26. 6.6/10(2.1k votes)

    #25 - A Simple Investigation

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    S5:E17

    Odo helps a woman hiding on the station from organized criminals, but quickly develops a personal interest in the case.

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Season 5 Ratings Summary

"Trials and Tribble-ations" is the best rated episode of "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" season 5. It scored 9.3/10 based on 4454 votes. Directed by Jonathan West and written by N/A, it aired on 11/4/1996. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "Call to Arms".