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The Worst Episodes of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

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The Worst Episodes of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

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. Background image for The Muse
    5.1/10(20 votes)

    #1 - The Muse

    S4:E21

    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.

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  2. Background image for Meridian
    5.3/10(25 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.

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    Writer:Unknown
  3. Background image for Resurrection
    5.3/10(21 votes)

    #3 - Resurrection

    S6:E8

    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.

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  4. Background image for Let He Who Is Without Sin...
    5.5/10(23 votes)

    #4 - 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.

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  5. Background image for Profit and Lace
    5.6/10(25 votes)

    #5 - 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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  6. Background image for Move Along Home
    5.7/10(35 votes)

    #6 - Move Along Home

    S1:E10

    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.

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    Director:David Carson
    Writer:Unknown
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  8. Background image for The Storyteller
    5.8/10(27 votes)

    #7 - The Storyteller

    S1:E14

    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.

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    Writer:Unknown
  9. Background image for The Emperor's New Cloak
    5.8/10(22 votes)

    #8 - The Emperor's New Cloak

    S7:E12

    Stardate: Unknown. Quark and Rom have to rescue Grand Nagus Zek who is being held captive in the Alternate Universe.

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  10. Background image for If Wishes Were Horses
    5.9/10(28 votes)

    #9 - If Wishes Were Horses

    S1:E16

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

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    Director:Robert Legato
    Writer:Unknown
  11. Background image for Melora
    6.0/10(25 votes)

    #10 - 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.

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    Director:Winrich Kolbe
  12. Background image for Sanctuary
    6.0/10(26 votes)

    #11 - 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.

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    Director:Les Landau
    Writer:Unknown
  13. Background image for Rivals
    6.0/10(28 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.

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    Writer:Unknown
  14. Background image for Playing God
    6.0/10(29 votes)

    #13 - 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.

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  15. Background image for Fascination
    6.0/10(23 votes)

    #14 - 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.

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    Director:Avery Brooks
    Writer:Unknown
  16. Background image for Life Support
    6.0/10(25 votes)

    #15 - 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.

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    Director:Reza Badiyi
    Writer:Unknown
  17. Background image for Wrongs Darker Than Death or Night
    6.0/10(24 votes)

    #16 - 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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  18. Background image for Time's Orphan
    6.0/10(22 votes)

    #17 - 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:Unknown
  19. Background image for The Passenger
    6.1/10(36 votes)

    #18 - The Passenger

    S1:E9

    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.

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    Director:Paul Lynch
  20. Background image for Covenant
    6.1/10(23 votes)

    #19 - Covenant

    S7:E9

    Stardate: Unknown. Kira is kidnapped and taken to Empok Nor by a member of a Pah'Wraith cult and discovers the group leader is Gul Dukat.

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  21. Background image for Paradise
    6.2/10(31 votes)

    #20 - Paradise

    S2:E15

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

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    Director:Corey Allen
    Writer:Unknown
  22. Background image for Distant Voices
    6.2/10(24 votes)

    #21 - Distant Voices

    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?

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    Writer:Unknown
  23. Background image for Field of Fire
    6.2/10(22 votes)

    #22 - Field of Fire

    S7:E13

    Stardate: Unknown. When a murder on the station stumps the crew, Ezri Dax reluctantly seeks help from the residual consciousness of the host she’d rather forget, the murderer Joran.

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  24. Background image for The Nagus
    6.3/10(36 votes)

    #23 - The Nagus

    S1:E11

    Stardate: Unknown. Grand Nagus Zek, the leader of Ferengi society, comes to DS9 to oversee the introduction of a Ferengi business presence in the Gamma Quadrant and announce Quark as his successor.

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    Writer:Unknown
  25. Background image for Progress
    6.3/10(28 votes)

    #24 - Progress

    S1:E15

    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.

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  26. Background image for Second Sight
    6.3/10(26 votes)

    #25 - Second Sight

    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.

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Worst Episodes Summary

"The Muse" is the worst rated episode of "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine". It scored 5.1/10 based on 20 votes. Directed by David Livingston and written by René Echevarria, it aired on 4/29/1996. This episode scored 0.2 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Meridian".