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The Worst Episodes of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 4 Episode 20 - The Muse
    5.3/10(22 votes)

    #1 - The Muse

    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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  2. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 3 Episode 8 - Meridian
    5.6/10(29 votes)

    #2 - Meridian

    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 6 Episode 8 - Resurrection
    5.6/10(24 votes)

    #3 - Resurrection

    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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  4. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 1 Episode 9 - Move Along Home
    5.7/10(39 votes)

    #4 - Move Along Home

    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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  5. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 5 Episode 7 - Let He Who Is Without Sin...
    5.7/10(25 votes)

    #5 - Let He Who Is Without Sin...

    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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  6. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 6 Episode 23 - Profit and Lace
    5.7/10(29 votes)

    #6 - 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.

    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
    5.9/10(31 votes)

    #7 - The Storyteller

    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 7 Episode 12 - The Emperor's New Cloak
    5.9/10(27 votes)

    #8 - The Emperor's New Cloak

    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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  9. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 3 Episode 13 - Life Support
    6.0/10(30 votes)

    #9 - Life Support

    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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  10. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 1 Episode 15 - If Wishes Were Horses
    6.1/10(32 votes)

    #10 - If Wishes Were Horses

    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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  11. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 2 Episode 6 - Melora
    6.1/10(29 votes)

    #11 - Melora

    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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  12. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 2 Episode 11 - Rivals
    6.1/10(32 votes)

    #12 - Rivals

    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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  13. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 3 Episode 10 - Fascination
    6.1/10(27 votes)

    #13 - Fascination

    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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  14. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 6 Episode 17 - Wrongs Darker Than Death or Night
    6.1/10(27 votes)

    #14 - 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.

    Director:Jonathan West
    Writers:Ira Steven Behr, Hans Beimler

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  15. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 6 Episode 24 - Time's Orphan
    6.1/10(25 votes)

    #15 - 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.

    Director:Allan Kroeker
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 7 Episode 9 - Covenant
    6.1/10(28 votes)

    #16 - Covenant

    S7:E9

    Stardate: Unknown. Kira is kidnapped by a Bajoran Pah-wraith cult led by Dukat.

    Director:John T. Kretchmer
    Writer:René Echevarria

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  17. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 1 Episode 8 - The Passenger
    6.2/10(40 votes)

    #17 - The Passenger

    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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  18. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 2 Episode 10 - Sanctuary
    6.2/10(30 votes)

    #18 - Sanctuary

    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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  19. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 2 Episode 15 - Paradise
    6.2/10(36 votes)

    #19 - Paradise

    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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  20. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 2 Episode 17 - Playing God
    6.2/10(33 votes)

    #20 - Playing God

    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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  21. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 3 Episode 23 - Family Business
    6.3/10(28 votes)

    #21 - Family Business

    S3:E23

    Stardate: Unknown. Quark and Rom return to the Ferengi home world because their mother has broken the law - by wearing clothes and earning profits, forbidden for women in Ferengi society.

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

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  22. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 4 Episode 5 - Rejoined
    6.3/10(29 votes)

    #22 - Rejoined

    S4:E5

    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

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  23. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 6 Episode 3 - Sons and Daughters
    6.3/10(28 votes)

    #23 - Sons and Daughters

    S6:E3

    Stardate: Unknown. Worf and his son Alexander must come to terms with one another when Alexander is assigned to the Rotarran and voices his intentions to become a warrior. Meanwhile, Kira finds herself between friend and foe when Ziyal returns to the station and reconciles with her father.

    Director:Jesús Salvador Treviño
    Writers:Bradley Thompson, David Weddle

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  24. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 1 Episode 14 - Progress
    6.4/10(32 votes)

    #24 - Progress

    S1:E14

    Stardate: 46844.3. Kira finds herself in a difficult moral situation when her job demands she force an adamant Bajoran man from his home in the name of progress.

    Director:Les Landau
    Writer:Peter Allan Fields

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  25. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 2 Episode 24 - The Collaborator
    6.4/10(35 votes)

    #25 - The Collaborator

    S2:E24

    Stardate: Unknown. Vedek Bareil is accused of having betrayed his people to the Cardassians during the occupation, and Major Kira is desperate to prove his innocence.

    Director:Cliff Bole
    Writer:Gary Holland

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Worst Episodes Summary

"The Muse" is the worst rated episode of "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine". It scored 5.3/10 based on 22 votes. Directed by David Livingston and written by René Echevarria, it aired on 4/29/1996. This episode scored 0.3 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Meridian".