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The Best Episodes of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 6

Every episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 6 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 6!

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 6 Ratings Summary

"A Time to Stand" is the best rated episode of "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" season 6. It scored 8.5/10 based on 2272 votes. Directed by Allan Kroeker and written by Ira Steven Behr, Hans Beimler, it aired on 9/29/1997. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Rocks and Shoals".

  • A Time to Stand
    8.5/102,272 votes

    #1 - A Time to Stand

    Season 6 Episode 1 - Aired 9/29/1997

    Stardate: Unknown. Borrowing a captured Jem'Hadar attack ship, Sisko and crew embark on a mission to destroy the hidden base where all of the ketracel-white is stored for the entire Alpha Quadrant.

    Director: Allan Kroeker

    Writer: Ira Steven Behr, Hans Beimler

  • Rocks and Shoals
    8.5/102,437 votes

    #2 - Rocks and Shoals

    Season 6 Episode 2 - Aired 10/6/1997

    Stardate: Unknown. Sisko and his crew crash on a barren world when their commandeered Jem'Hadar ship is shot down. They encounter Jem'Hadar who crashed there earlier, and have taken Nog and Garak hostage in exchange for medical aid for their Vorta overseer.

    Director: Michael Vejar

    Writer: Ronald D. Moore

  • Sons and Daughters
    7.0/102,062 votes

    #3 - Sons and Daughters

    Season 6 Episode 3 - Aired 10/13/1997

    Stardate: Unknown. Serving with his recruit son aboard a Klingon vessel, Worf finds his relationship with his son strained. Meanwhile, strained relationships abound on DS9 between Major Kira and Gul Dukat.

    Director: Jesús Salvador Treviño

    Writer: Bradley Thompson, David Weddle

  • Behind the Lines
    7.8/102,092 votes

    #4 - Behind the Lines

    Season 6 Episode 4 - Aired 10/20/1997

    Stardate: 51145.3. After forming an attack plan on the Dominion, Sisko relinquishes command of the Defiant to Dax after accepting a promotion. On DS9, the resistance faces discovery when Odo links with another changeling.

    Director: LeVar Burton

    Writer: René Echevarria

  • Favor the Bold (1)
    8.5/102,265 votes

    #5 - Favor the Bold (1)

    Season 6 Episode 5 - Aired 10/27/1997

    Stardate: Unknown. Sisko mounts an attack to re-take DS9, while Rom faces charges as an enemy of the Dominion state.

    Director: Winrich Kolbe

    Writer: Ira Steven Behr, Hans Beimler

  • Sacrifice of Angels (2)
    9.0/102,637 votes

    #6 - Sacrifice of Angels (2)

    Season 6 Episode 6 - Aired 11/3/1997

    Stardate: Unknown. The Federation attacks DS9 in hopes of keeping the mine field in the wormhole intact, while the Dominion waits entrance to the Alpha Quadrant from the other side.

    Director: Allan Kroeker

    Writer: Ira Steven Behr, Hans Beimler

  • You Are Cordially Invited
    7.3/102,183 votes

    #7 - You Are Cordially Invited

    Season 6 Episode 7 - Aired 11/10/1997

    Stardate: 51247.5. Suddenly desiring to wed within the week on DS9, Worf and Jadzia go through their own Klingon rituals: Worf on a four day bachelor party with the male members of the crew & Jadzia deals with her prospective mother-in-law, who totally opposes the idea of "an alien" marrying into her Klingon household.

    Director: David Livingston

    Writer: Ronald D. Moore

  • Resurrection
    5.7/102,015 votes

    #8 - Resurrection

    Season 6 Episode 8 - Aired 11/17/1997

    Stardate: Unknown. Major Kira takes a romantic interest in a Bajoran radical from the other universe who transports himself into her universe and onto DS9.

    Director: LeVar Burton

    Writer: Michael Taylor

  • Statistical Probabilities
    7.5/102,237 votes

    #9 - Statistical Probabilities

    Season 6 Episode 9 - Aired 11/24/1997

    Stardate: Unknown. A group of genetically engineered humans are brought to Dr. Bashir on DS9 in hopes of integrating them with the rest of the universe.

    Director: Anson Williams

    Writer: N/A

  • The Magnificent Ferengi
    8.1/102,492 votes

    #10 - The Magnificent Ferengi

    Season 6 Episode 10 - Aired 1/1/1998

    Stardate: Unknown. At the request of the Grand Nagus, Quark puts together a mission to rescue Quark's mother, who is in the hands of the Dominion.

    Director: Chip Chalmers

    Writer: Ira Steven Behr, Hans Beimler

  • Waltz
    7.8/102,217 votes

    #11 - Waltz

    Season 6 Episode 11 - Aired 1/8/1998

    Stardate: 51408.6. After being attacked by Cardassian forces, Sisko gets stranded with a very psychotic Gul Dukat, who was being transported to his trial. Meanwhile the crew of the Defiant races to rescue survivors.

    Director: René Auberjonois

    Writer: Ronald D. Moore

  • Who Mourns for Morn?
    7.6/102,236 votes

    #12 - Who Mourns for Morn?

    Season 6 Episode 12 - Aired 2/4/1998

    Stardate: Unknown. A former patron of Quark's bequeaths everything to him.

    Director: Victor Lobl

    Writer: Mark O'Connell

  • Far Beyond the Stars
    8.9/103,981 votes

    #13 - Far Beyond the Stars

    Season 6 Episode 13 - Aired 2/11/1998

    Stardate: Unknown. Captain Sisko has a full sensory vision of himself as an under-appreciated science fiction magazine writer in 1950s America.

    Director: Avery Brooks

    Writer: N/A

  • One Little Ship
    7.6/102,196 votes

    #14 - One Little Ship

    Season 6 Episode 14 - Aired 2/18/1998

    Stardate: 51474.2. An attack by the Dominion on Sisko's ship endangers Dax and her crew aboard as she leads them into an anomaly that shrinks them to a very minute size. Unfortunately, they were being held stable by Sisko within a tractor beam, which was discontinued during the attack.

    Director: Allan Kroeker

    Writer: Bradley Thompson, David Weddle

  • Honor Among Thieves
    7.3/102,104 votes

    #15 - Honor Among Thieves

    Season 6 Episode 15 - Aired 2/25/1998

    Stardate: Unknown. Chief O'Brien goes undercover to infiltrate an Orion crime ring.

    Director: Allan Eastman

    Writer: N/A

  • Change of Heart
    7.1/102,023 votes

    #16 - Change of Heart

    Season 6 Episode 16 - Aired 3/4/1998

    Stardate: 51597.2. Worf and Jadzia travel to the badlands to procure some information on the Dominion from a traitorous Cardassian. Bashir wants to engage in a holo-suite spy simulation, but O'Brien prefers to brush up on his tongo game after watching Jadzia lose to Quark.

    Director: David Livingston

    Writer: Ronald D. Moore

  • Wrongs Darker Than Death or Night
    6.8/101,996 votes

    #17 - Wrongs Darker Than Death or Night

    Season 6 Episode 17 - Aired 4/1/1998

    Stardate: Unknown. After receiving some disturbing information from Gul Dukat, Major Kira seeks Sisko's approval as Emissary to travel back in time to find out the truth about her mother. Meanwhile, Chief O'Brien and Dr. Bashir discuss a holosuite program surrounding the Battle of the Alamo.

    Director: Jonathan West

    Writer: Ira Steven Behr, Hans Beimler

  • Inquisition
    8.2/102,291 votes

    #18 - Inquisition

    Season 6 Episode 18 - Aired 4/8/1998

    Stardate: Unknown. Dr. Bashir's plans to attend a medical conference at a breezy resort are canceled when Starfleet Intelligence boards DS9, suspecting the doctor of treason.

    Director: Michael Dorn

    Writer: Bradley Thompson, David Weddle

  • In the Pale Moonlight
    9.5/104,536 votes

    #19 - In the Pale Moonlight

    Season 6 Episode 19 - Aired 4/15/1998

    Stardate: 51721.3. To save the Federation in a critical scheme, Sisko comes to realize that he must violate its fundamental principles to do so.

    Director: Victor Lobl

    Writer: Peter Allan Fields

  • His Way
    7.4/102,379 votes

    #20 - His Way

    Season 6 Episode 20 - Aired 4/22/1998

    Stardate: Unknown. Odo is schooled in the ways of romance by a holographic programmed lounge singer.

    Director: Allan Kroeker

    Writer: Ira Steven Behr, Hans Beimler

  • The Reckoning
    7.0/102,005 votes

    #21 - The Reckoning

    Season 6 Episode 21 - Aired 4/29/1998

    Stardate: Unknown. Sisko runs afoul of Kai Winn when he removes a Bajoran artifact from an archaeological dig after he receives a vision from the Prophets.

    Director: Jesús Salvador Treviño

    Writer: N/A

  • Valiant
    6.9/102,203 votes

    #22 - Valiant

    Season 6 Episode 22 - Aired 5/6/1998

    Stardate: 51825.4. Jake and Nog's runabout comes under attack from the Jem'Hadar. They are rescued by the Valiant, a ship manned by Red Squad, a elite group of young Starfleet cadets.

    Director: Michael Vejar

    Writer: Ronald D. Moore

  • Profit and Lace
    5.8/102,218 votes

    #23 - Profit and Lace

    Season 6 Episode 23 - Aired 5/13/1998

    Stardate: Unknown. Quark's mother and the Grand Nagus show up on DS9, announcing a new amendment to the Bill of Opportunities he has instituted on the home planet of Ferenganar, and then follows up with the announcement, that, due to the new amendment, chaos has followed and he has been deposed.

    Director: Alexander Siddig

    Writer: Ira Steven Behr, Hans Beimler

  • Time's Orphan
    6.2/102,132 votes

    #24 - Time's Orphan

    Season 6 Episode 24 - Aired 5/20/1998

    Stardate: Unknown. The Chief's daughter gets caught in a time displacement and when they get her back, she is considerably older.

    Director: Allan Kroeker

    Writer: N/A

  • The Sound of Her Voice
    7.4/102,108 votes

    #25 - The Sound of Her Voice

    Season 6 Episode 25 - Aired 6/10/1998

    Stardate: 51948.3. As the Defiant races to a shipwrecked officer who is days away, the crew keeps in contact with her. Meanwhile, Jake follows Quark's latest scheme for story research.

    Director: Winrich Kolbe

    Writer: N/A