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The Worst Episodes of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

Every episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine!

Worst episode
S5E7 Let He Who Is Without Sin...
5.52,628 votes
Best episode
S6E19 In the Pale Moonlight
9.55,204 votes
Top season
Season 4
7.7avg
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5d 11h
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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 5 Episode 7 - Let He Who Is Without Sin...
    5.5/10(2628 votes)

    S5:E7

    Stardate: Unknown. While vacationing on Risa, Worf and Dax meet a group of fundamentalist protesters who claim that the Federation has gone soft.

    Director:René Auberjonois
    Writers:Robert Hewitt Wolfe, Ira Steven Behr

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  2. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 3 Episode 8 - Meridian
    5.6/10(2638 votes)

    S3:E8

    Stardate: 48423.2. Dax falls in love with one of the residents of a multi-dimensional planet, while on DS9 an alien requests a holosuite program of Kira from Quark.

    Director:Jonathan Frakes
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 4 Episode 20 - The Muse
    5.7/10(2461 votes)

    S4:E20

    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

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  4. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 6 Episode 8 - Resurrection
    5.7/10(2347 votes)

    S6:E8

    Stardate: Unknown. Kira finds herself falling in love with the mirror-universe version of Bareil, who has crossed the reality plane to begin a new life.

    Director:LeVar Burton
    Writer:Michael Taylor

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  5. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 1 Episode 9 - Move Along Home
    5.8/10(3164 votes)

    S1:E9

    The Wadi from the Gamma Quadrant are to make first contact and decide to visit DS9. When they catch Quark cheating they let him off by playing a special game.

    Director:David Carson
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 6 Episode 23 - Profit and Lace
    5.8/10(2552 votes)

    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.

    Director:Alexander Siddig
    Writers:Ira Steven Behr, Hans Beimler

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  7. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 1 Episode 13 - The Storyteller
    6.0/10(2835 votes)

    S1:E13

    Stardate: 46729.1. When O'Brien and Bashir beam down to a Bajoran village, the community selects O'Brien as their next Sirah - expecting him to save them from a menacing entity.

    Director:David Livingston
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 6 Episode 24 - Time's Orphan
    6.1/10(2471 votes)

    S6:E24

    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:Unknown

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  9. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 2 Episode 9 - Second Sight
    6.2/10(2608 votes)

    S2:E9

    Stardate: 47329.4. While noted scientist Gideon Seyetik is preparing for an ambitious project, re-igniting a star, Sisko is intrigued by a woman who keeps disappearing.

    Director:Alexander Singer
    Writer:Mark O'Connell

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  10. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 3 Episode 10 - Fascination
    6.2/10(2561 votes)

    S3:E10

    Stardate: Unknown. As Lwaxanna Troi visits the station for a Bajoran festival, the crew is stricken with intense romantic attractions to one another.

    Director:Avery Brooks
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 7 Episode 11 - Prodigal Daughter
    6.3/10(2210 votes)

    S7:E11

    Stardate: Unknown. A search for O'Brien, who has gone missing somewhere near Ezri's home world, reunites Ezri with her family and their troubles.

    Director:Victor Lobl
    Writers:Bradley Thompson, David Weddle

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  12. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 7 Episode 12 - The Emperor's New Cloak
    6.3/10(2187 votes)

    S7:E12

    Stardate: Unknown. The Grand Nagus goes missing in the mirror universe, leading Quark and Rom on a mission to track him down.

    Director:LeVar Burton
    Writers:Ira Steven Behr, Hans Beimler

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  13. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 1 Episode 8 - The Passenger
    6.4/10(2871 votes)

    S1:E8

    Stardate: Unknown. A dangerous killer dies in an apparent accident, but the security officer providing his transport to prison believes the criminal's consciousness may have yet survived.

    Director:Paul Lynch
    Writer:Morgan Gendel

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  14. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 2 Episode 6 - Melora
    6.4/10(2729 votes)

    S2:E6

    Stardate: 47229.1. A new arrival to the station with a special gravity-based disability appeals to Bashir's heart; meanwhile an old associate of Quark's comes to the station to kill the barkeep.

    Director:Winrich Kolbe
    Writer:Evan Somers

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  15. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 2 Episode 10 - Sanctuary
    6.4/10(2639 votes)

    S2:E10

    Stardate: 47391.2. A race that has been conquered twice over, one of the conquerors being the mysterious Dominion, comes to the station seeking aid and a new home.

    Director:Les Landau
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 2 Episode 11 - Rivals
    6.4/10(2544 votes)

    S2:E11

    Stardate: Unknown. Quark meets his match when a new rival opens a casino opposite Quark's Bar on the Promenade; meanwhile the station is suffering issues of high improbability.

    Director:David Livingston
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 3 Episode 18 - Distant Voices
    6.4/10(2520 votes)

    S3:E18

    Stardate: Unknown. After being attacked in the infirmary, Dr. Bashir has a dual mystery on his hands: what has happened to the station while he was out and why is he aging so rapidly now?

    Director:Alexander Singer
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 2 Episode 17 - Playing God
    6.4/10(2465 votes)

    S2:E17

    Stardate: Unknown. A Trill named Arjin comes to DS9 to learn what it is to be a Trill with a symbiont but finds his teacher, Dax, to be less than he expected.

    Director:David Livingston
    Writer:Jim Trombetta

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  19. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 1 Episode 15 - If Wishes Were Horses
    6.5/10(2757 votes)

    S1:E15

    Stardate: 46853.2. The DS9 crew's own imaginations cause mysterious beings with unknown intentions to appear on the station.

    Director:Robert Legato
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 1 Episode 12 - Battle Lines
    6.6/10(2831 votes)

    S1:E12

    Stardate: Unknown. Sisko, Kira, and Bashir take Kai Opaka through the wormhole for a brief excursion in the Gamma Quadrant. But when they crash-land on a desolate planet, they find a divided, warring penal colony where no one ever dies.

    Director:Paul Lynch
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 2 Episode 15 - Paradise
    6.6/10(2821 votes)

    S2:E15

    Stardate: 47573.1. Sisko and Chief O'Brien discover a colony that lives without technology.

    Director:Corey Allen
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 3 Episode 13 - Life Support
    6.6/10(2460 votes)

    S3:E13

    Stardate: 48498.4. Dr. Bashir must use extraordinary measures to prolong Vedek Bareil's life long enough to allow Bareil to complete sensitive peace negotiations between the Bajorans and the Cardassians.

    Director:Reza Badiyi
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 5 Episode 17 - A Simple Investigation
    6.6/10(2345 votes)

    S5:E17

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

    Director:John T. Kretchmer
    Writer:René Echevarria

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  24. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 7 Episode 13 - Field of Fire
    6.6/10(2224 votes)

    S7:E13

    Stardate: Unknown. A murder investigation prompts Ezri to confront the repressed memories of Joran, a former Dax host who had killed three people.

    Director:Tony Dow
    Writer:Robert Hewitt Wolfe

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  25. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 1 Episode 6 - Q-Less
    6.7/10(3128 votes)

    S1:E6

    Stardate: 46531.2. Vash arrives from the Gamma Quadrant as Q plagues the station and an unknown force threatens to destroy it.

    Director:Paul Lynch
    Writer:Hannah Louise Shearer

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Let He Who Is Without Sin..." is the worst rated episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. It scored 5.5/10 from 2,628 votes. Directed by René Auberjonois and written by Robert Hewitt Wolfe, Ira Steven Behr, it aired on November 11, 1996. This episode scored 0.1 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Meridian".

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