The Best Episodes Written By René Echevarria

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.6/10(40 votes)

   #1 - Trials and Tribble-ations

   S5:E611/4/1996

   Stardate: 4523.7. In this celebration of the 30th anniversary of The Original Series, the disgraced Klingon spy Darvin travels back in time to undo his century-old defeat by James Kirk. The DS9 crew must track him down and stop him, while blending in with the crew of the original Enterprise NCC-1701.

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   8.4/10(61 votes)

   #2 - I, Borg

   S5:E235/11/1992

   Stardate: 45854.2. An injured Borg is discovered and brought back to the Enterprise where he is 'repaired' by Dr. Crusher and befriended by Geordi, who names him 'Hugh.' Soon, Hugh starts showing signs of individuality while Picard must choose between destroying him or returning him to the collective.

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   8.1/10(34 votes)

   #3 - Improbable Cause (1)

   S3:E204/24/1995

   Stardate: Unknown. After an attempt is made on Garak's life, Odo conducts the investigation on who tried to murder the Cardassian tailor - and why.

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   8.0/10(57 votes)

   #4 - Ship in a Bottle

   S6:E121/25/1993

   Stardate: 46424.1. While performing holodeck maintenance, Barclay accesses the stored hologram of Professor Moriarty, who wreaks havoc on board the Enterprise.

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   8.0/10(49 votes)

   #5 - Lower Decks

   S7:E152/7/1994

   Stardate: 47566.7. Four young ensigns compete for a promotion that only one of them will receive. However, they are soon placed on a top secret mission that places some of their lives in danger.

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   7.8/10(61 votes)

   #6 - The Offspring

   S3:E163/12/1990

   Stardate: 43657.0. Data becomes a father when he creates a Soong-type android in the form of a daughter named Lal. Issues are complicated when Lal starts showing signs of a more evolved consciousness, including the ability to feel emotions, which attracts the attention of Starfleet scientists who want to take her away from Data and examine her advanced systems.

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   7.8/10(27 votes)

   #7 - Children of Time

   S5:E225/5/1997

   Stardate: 50814.2. The DS9 crew discovers a colony that, due to a time travel accident, turns out to be inhabited by the crew's own descendants.

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   7.7/10(49 votes)

   #8 - Descent (1)

   S6:E266/21/1993

   Stardate: 46982.1. The Borg return to threaten the Federation under the new leadership of Lore. Data experiences a disturbing facet of human emotions - he feels pleasure after killing a Borg drone.

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   7.6/10(25 votes)

   #9 - Statistical Probabilities

   S6:E911/24/1997

   Stardate: Unknown. Bashir agrees to counsel a group of eccentric, genetically enhanced humans ... and finds himself reevaluating his own enhanced nature when they calculate a disastrous prediction for the outcome of the Dominion War.

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    7.6/10(26 votes)

    #10 - The Dogs of War

    S7:E245/26/1999

    Stardate: 52861.3. With the Cardassian resistance movement crushed, Kira, Damar, and Garak find themselves trapped behind enemy lines. Meanwhile, Grand Nagus Zek announces his retirement and plans to name Quark his successor.

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    7.6/10(27 votes)

    #11 - When It Rains...

    S7:E215/5/1999

    Stardate: Unknown. As Kira leads a mission to help organize Damar's resistance forces, Bashir learns that Odo has been infected with the disease sweeping through the Great Link.

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    7.5/10(27 votes)

    #12 - Behind the Lines

    S6:E410/20/1997

    Stardate: 51145.3. Odo finds his priorities at odds with Kira's resistance efforts when the Female Changeling comes to him and offers to guide him in learning about the Great Link.

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    7.5/10(27 votes)

    #13 - Afterimage

    S7:E310/14/1998

    Stardate: Unknown. Ezri Dax finds difficulty in trying to settle into a new life, as Jadzia's memories and relationships provide her with one emotional challenge after another.

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    7.5/10(32 votes)

    #14 - Past Tense (2)

    S3:E121/9/1995

    Stardate: 48481.2. Sisko is forced to take the place of a key historical figure on Earth in 2024 in order to preserve the timeline.

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    7.4/10(26 votes)

    #15 - When the Bough Breaks

    S2:E510/19/2009

    Castle has a new book agent, Paula Haas, who tells him of an exciting opportunity that may change his career. The downside is that taking the opportunity would mean the end of his relationship with Beckett. Meanwhile, an unidentified woman is found dead in a manhole.

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    7.4/10(42 votes)

    #16 - The World to Come

    S1:E78/29/2019

    Because he withheld evidence from his fellow detectives, Philo is accused of being the man behind the string of murders and is thrown in jail. There, he finds some unexpected help from Vignette. Elsewhere, Ezra takes exception to Imogen’s relationship with Agreus. Sophie offers Jonah a deal.

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    7.4/10(56 votes)

    #17 - Some Dark God Wakes

    S1:E18/29/2019

    Rycroft “Philo” Philostrate investigates “Unseelie Jack”, a mysterious assailant with a grudge against the fae. Vignette Stonemoss barely escapes Tirnanoc with her life and arrives in The Burgue looking for a fresh start. Imogen Spurnrose meets her new neighbor. In Parliament, the fight over the critch heats up.

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    7.4/10(28 votes)

    #18 - The Begotten

    S5:E121/27/1997

    Stardate: Unknown. The discovery of an infant Changeling gives Odo a chance to put right the trauma of his own upbringing, while his “father” Dr. Mora insists on a more clinical approach.

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    7.3/10(52 votes)

    #19 - The Mind's Eye

    S4:E245/27/1991

    Stardate: 44885.5. While en route to Risa for shore leave, Geordi is abducted by the Romulans and brainwashed into becoming an assassin.

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    7.3/10(51 votes)

    #20 - Face of the Enemy

    S6:E142/8/1993

    Stardate: 46519.1. Troi is abducted and surgically altered by the Romulans as part of a ploy to smuggle intelligence operatives into the Federation.

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    7.3/10(48 votes)

    #21 - Descent (2)

    S7:E19/20/1993

    Stardate: 47025.4. Data abducts Picard, Troi and Geordi and holds them prisoners of the Borg, while he derives pleasure from being evil. Dr. Crusher is left in command of the Enterprise as it comes under attack from a Borg vessel.

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    7.3/10(51 votes)

    #22 - Aisling

    S1:E28/29/2019

    Philo investigates the murder of a mysterious fae. Tourmaline introduces Vignette to a new group of faeries. Imogen tries to have Agreus removed from the neighborhood. Jonah disappears.

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    7.2/10(49 votes)

    #23 - Inheritance

    S7:E1011/22/1993

    Stardate: 47410.2. Data is disturbed by the claims of a woman who says she is Noonien Soong's ex-wife.

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    7.2/10(46 votes)

    #24 - Preemptive Strike

    S7:E245/16/1994

    Stardate: 47941.7. Fresh from Starfleet's Advanced Tactical Training course, Ro Laren is assigned to infiltrate the Maquis. However, over time she begins to sympathize with them, which forces her to choose between her loyalty to the Federation, and her new friends in the Maquis.

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    7.1/10(25 votes)

    #25 - Overkill

    S2:E235/10/2010

    A robbery-homicide prompts Beckett to invite Demming to assist on a case, giving Castle a ringside seat to their budding romance. When it becomes clear that the two men have very different ideas about how to proceed, the investigation becomes an unspoken competition for Beckett's attention, one in which each man races to solve the case, as Beckett referees between her two admirers.

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