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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!

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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  1. 9.4/10(4.7k votes)

    #1 - In the Pale Moonlight

    S6:E19

    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.

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  2. 9.0/10(2.7k votes)

    #2 - Sacrifice of Angels (2)

    S6:E6

    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.

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  3. 8.9/10(4.1k votes)

    #3 - Far Beyond the Stars

    S6:E13

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

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    Director:Avery Brooks
    Writer:N/A
  4. 8.5/10(2.4k votes)

    #4 - A Time to Stand

    S6:E1

    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.

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  5. 8.5/10(2.5k votes)

    #5 - Rocks and Shoals

    S6:E2

    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.

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  6. 8.5/10(2.3k votes)

    #6 - Favor the Bold (1)

    S6:E5

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

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  8. 8.2/10(2.4k votes)

    #7 - Inquisition

    S6:E18

    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.

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  9. 8.2/10(2.2k votes)

    #8 - Tears of the Prophets

    S6:E26

    Stardate: Unknown. When Sisko is picked to head up an attack on the Cardassian homeworld, the Prophets appear to him in a vision, warning him of impending doom if he leaves the station.

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  10. 8.1/10(2.6k votes)

    #9 - The Magnificent Ferengi

    S6:E10

    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.

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  11. 7.8/10(2.2k votes)

    #10 - Behind the Lines

    S6:E4

    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.

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  12. 7.8/10(2.3k votes)

    #11 - Waltz

    S6:E11

    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.

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  13. 7.6/10(2.3k votes)

    #12 - Who Mourns for Morn?

    S6:E12

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

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  14. 7.6/10(2.3k votes)

    #13 - One Little Ship

    S6:E14

    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.

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  15. 7.5/10(2.3k votes)

    #14 - Statistical Probabilities

    S6:E9

    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.

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    Writer:N/A
  16. 7.4/10(2.5k votes)

    #15 - His Way

    S6:E20

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

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  17. 7.4/10(2.2k votes)

    #16 - The Sound of Her Voice

    S6:E25

    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.

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    Director:Winrich Kolbe
    Writer:N/A
  18. 7.3/10(2.3k votes)

    #17 - You Are Cordially Invited

    S6:E7

    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.

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  19. 7.3/10(2.2k votes)

    #18 - Honor Among Thieves

    S6:E15

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

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    Director:Allan Eastman
    Writer:N/A
  20. 7.1/10(2.1k votes)

    #19 - Change of Heart

    S6:E16

    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.

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  21. 7.0/10(2.1k votes)

    #20 - Sons and Daughters

    S6:E3

    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.

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  22. 7.0/10(2.1k votes)

    #21 - The Reckoning

    S6:E21

    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.

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    Writer:N/A
  23. 6.9/10(2.3k votes)

    #22 - Valiant

    S6:E22

    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.

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  24. 6.8/10(2.1k votes)

    #23 - Wrongs Darker Than Death or Night

    S6:E17

    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.

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  25. 6.1/10(2.2k votes)

    #24 - Time's Orphan

    S6:E24

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

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    Director:Allan Kroeker
    Writer:N/A
  26. 5.8/10(2.3k votes)

    #25 - Profit and Lace

    S6:E23

    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.

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Season 6 Ratings Summary

"In the Pale Moonlight" is the best rated episode of "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" season 6. It scored 9.4/10 based on 4699 votes. Directed by Victor Lobl and written by Peter Allan Fields, it aired on 4/15/1998. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "Sacrifice of Angels (2)".