Season Guide
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine — Season 3
Season 3 Review
Season 3 of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine premiered 1994-09-26 and ran 26 episodes through 1995-06-25.
Episodes
1
SummaryAfter their violent confrontation with the Jem'Hadar, Sisko takes an untested Starfleet ship, the Defiant, into the Gamma Quadrant in an attempt to make peaceful contact with the Founders of…
2
SummaryOn his newly discovered homeworld, Odo learns to connect with his fellow Changelings. Back on DS9, Sisko grows concerned that the price the Federation is willing to pay for peace…
3
SummaryWhen Quark lies about killing a Klingon in his bar, he is pulled into a power struggle between rival Klingon families on Qo'noS and forced to marry the dead man's…
4
SummaryWhen Jadzia begins experiencing violent mood swings and hallucinations, a disturbing secret from Dax's symbiont history reveals a much larger deception.Our TakeConfident and engaging. The plot moves, the stakes feel…
5
SummaryAs she travels to Bajor in search of answers about her past, Kira is abducted by Cardassians, surgically altered, and told she is the missing Obsidian Order deep-cover operative, Iliana…
6
SummaryWhen a Jem'Hadar infant is found in salvaged spaceship wreckage from the Gamma Quadrant, Odo strives to teach the rapidly maturing soldier to think for himself.Our TakeA well-built episode with…
7
SummarySisko, Jake, and O'Brien accidentally trigger an old Cardassian security system that believes DS9 has been taken over in a Bajoran workers' revolt and puts the entire station in lockdown.Our…
8
SummaryOn an exploration mission to the Gamma Quadrant, the Defiant encounters a unique planet that shifts between corporeal and non-corporeal dimensions. Back on DS9, Quark attempts to create a new…
9
SummaryWhen William Riker from the Enterprise unexpectedly arrives on DS9 on vacation, he takes a liking to Kira, who has also been ordered to take some time off. However, when…
10
SummaryWhen Ambassador Lwaxana Troi and Keiko O'Brien return to DS9 for the Bajoran Gratitude Festival, residents of the station suddenly become uncontrollably infatuated with one another.Our TakeA mixed bag: some…
11
SummaryAfter a transporter malfunction aboard the Defiant, Sisko, Bashir, and Dax find themselves thrown back three hundred years into Earth's dark past without any means of getting home.Our TakeA strong…
12
SummaryWith history itself at stake, Sisko assumes the role of a pivotal historical figure in order to restore the timeline, even if it means sacrificing his own life.Our TakeSolid, satisfying…
13
SummaryAfter a serious accident aboard a Bajoran shuttle, Dr. Bashir struggles to save Vedek Bareil's life while Kai Winn concludes a peace treaty with Cardassia, putting his ethics to the…
14
SummaryPursuing a Maquis raider to an unstable moon, Kira becomes trapped within an expanding crystal formation that threatens to engulf her. Meanwhile, Nog attempts to persuade a skeptical Commander Sisko…
15
SummaryAn ancient Bajoran prophecy complicates the first joint Bajoran, Cardassian, and Federation science mission: an attempt to establish a permanent communications link through the wormhole.Our TakeVery good — not the…
16
SummaryWhen Grand Nagus Zek revises The Rules of Acquisition to be more philanthropic, Quark and Rom start to question whether their leader has gone insane. Meanwhile, when Dr. Bashir is…
17
SummaryAfter receiving a minor dose of radiation poisoning, Chief O'Brien inexplicably begins experiencing a series of jumps into the future. Meanwhile, a Romulan delegation arrives on DS9 expecting an intelligence…
18
SummaryAfter being assaulted by an alien thief in the infirmary, Dr. Bashir wakes to discover he has a dual mystery on his hands: what happened to the station while he…
19
SummarySmiley O'Brien from the mirror universe kidnaps Commander Sisko and convines him to impersonate his deceased, mirror universe self in order to persuade the alternate version of his dead wife,…
20
SummaryWhen a bomb destroys Garak's tailor shop, Odo begins an investigation into who might want the exiled Cardassian killed and why.Our TakeAn all-timer. If you sample one episode of Star…
21
SummaryWhen the covertly assembled Romulan-Cardassian attack fleet enters the Gamma Quadrant on a mission of destruction, Garak is forced to interrogate Odo for information on the Founders. Meanwhile, Sisko goes…
22
SummaryAn invigorated Sisko returns from Bajor and decides to build a replica of an eight hundred-year-old Bajoran lightship, hoping to use it to prove that ancient Bajoran explorers could have…
23
SummaryWhen Quark's mother breaks Ferengi law by wearing clothes and earning profit, Quark and Rom are forced to return home to Ferenginar in order to convince her to confess and…
24
SummaryWhen Kai Winn is appointed Bajoran First Minister, Kira becomes concerned about Winn's growing grip on power. However, when the Kai orders Kira to convince her old Resistance leader to…
25
SummaryWhile Jadzia performs the Trill zhian'tara ritual and meets with the previous Dax hosts, Nog undergoes his stress reaction test in preparation for entrance into Starfleet Academy.Our TakeVery good —…
26
SummaryWhen a destabilizing coup takes places on the Tzenkethi homeworld, a newly promoted Captain Sisko is ordered to take the Defiant on a border patrol to evaluate the situation. However,…