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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. 5.5/10(2.4k votes)

    #1 - 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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  2. 5.6/10(2.4k 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:N/A
  3. 5.6/10(2.2k votes)

    #3 - Shattered Mirror

    S4:E20

    Stardate: Unknown. When the Mirror Universe counterpart of Sisko's deceased wife lures Jake to the other side, Sisko must follow and help the human resistance against the Alliance's forces.

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  4. 5.7/10(2.1k votes)

    #4 - 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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  5. 5.8/10(2.8k votes)

    #5 - 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:N/A
  6. 5.8/10(2.3k 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.

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  8. 6.0/10(2.5k 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:N/A
  9. 6.1/10(2.2k votes)

    #8 - 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
  10. 6.2/10(2.3k votes)

    #9 - 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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  11. 6.2/10(2.3k votes)

    #10 - 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:N/A
  12. 6.3/10(2.0k votes)

    #11 - Prodigal Daughter

    S7:E11

    Stardate: Unknown. Ezri travels to her family home in search of Chief O'Brien who has discovered a murdered woman connected with the family and the Orion Syndicate.

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  13. 6.3/10(2.0k votes)

    #12 - 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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  14. 6.4/10(2.6k votes)

    #13 - 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
  15. 6.4/10(2.5k votes)

    #14 - 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:N/A
  16. 6.4/10(2.4k votes)

    #15 - 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
  17. 6.4/10(2.4k votes)

    #16 - 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:N/A
  18. 6.4/10(2.3k votes)

    #17 - 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:N/A
  19. 6.4/10(2.2k votes)

    #18 - 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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  20. 6.4/10(2.3k votes)

    #19 - 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:N/A
  21. 6.6/10(2.5k votes)

    #20 - Battle Lines

    S1:E13

    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.

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    Director:Paul Lynch
    Writer:N/A
  22. 6.6/10(2.5k votes)

    #21 - 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:N/A
  23. 6.6/10(2.2k votes)

    #22 - 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:N/A
  24. 6.6/10(2.1k votes)

    #23 - A Simple Investigation

    S5:E17

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

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  25. 6.6/10(2.0k votes)

    #24 - 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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  26. 6.6/10(2.0k votes)

    #25 - 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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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 based on 2356 votes. Directed by René Auberjonois and written by Robert Hewitt Wolfe, Ira Steven Behr, it aired on 11/11/1996. This episode scored 0.1 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Meridian".