Season Guide
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 1
Season 1 Review
⚠ Spoiler alert Season notes below reveal how the story develops.
Season 1 of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine premiered 1993-01-03 and ran 20 episodes through 1993-06-20.
Episodes
1
Summary In 2369, Cardassian forces finally withdraw from 70 years of Bajoran occupation — on the edge of explored space, a new crew takes command of a former Cardassian space…
2
Summary In 2369, Cardassian forces finally withdraw from 70 years of Bajoran occupation — on the edge of explored space, a new crew takes command of a former Cardassian space…
3
Summary A Bajoran terrorist tests Major Kira’s loyalties to the Federation when he attempts to rid Bajor of the Federation for good. Our Take This one leans hard on Bajoran…
4
Summary Odo, the station’s mysterious, gruff and yet incredibly fair shape shifter Constable, falls under suspicion for a Bajoran’s baffling murder — and xenophobic hatred rears its ugly head in…
5
Summary During refurbishment, Miles O’Brien unknowingly triggers a formerly dormant Bajoran underground booby trap that releases a potentially fatal virus throughout the station. Our Take A decent plague-of-the-week hour that…
6
SummaryAs visitors from the Gamma Quadrant start to arrive through the wormhole, Chief O'Brien befriends an unusual alien, Tosk, as hunters descend on the station searching for their humanoid preyOur…
7
SummaryQ arrives on DS9 fresh from exploring the Gamma Quadrant with archaeologist Vash. Soon afterwards, unexplained power fluctuations begin to plague the station, threatening to destroy it.Our TakeVery good, not…
8
Summary New evidence reopens a thirty year-old murder case and Jadzia Dax’s previous host, Curzon, is the prime suspect. Our Take A solid early spotlight for Jadzia that finally digs…
9
Summary An alien criminal, attempting to prolong his life, hides his consciousness inside the mind of a station crew member. Our Take A serviceable sci-fi mystery that never quite clicks.…
10
Summary After being swindled by Quark, the Wadi, a visiting delegation from the Gamma Quadrant turns four crew members into ‘pieces’ for a bizarre game. Our Take A weird Trek…
11
SummaryGrand Nagus Zek, the leader of the Ferengi Alliance, pays a surprise visit to lowly Quark's Bar to host a conference on exploiting the Gamma Quadrant -- and names Quark,…
12
Summary A fugitive from the Gamma Quadrant attempts to trade evidence about Odo’s people for freedom. Our Take A solid midseason episode that finally gives Odo some real backstory to…
13
Summary A glimpse of the wormhole and Gamma Quadrant turns tragic, when a runabout carrying Kai Opaka, Sisko, Bashir, and Kira crashes on a planet of eternal war, where it…
14
Summary Chief O’Brien is appointed spiritual leader of a Bajoran village. Meanwhile, Nog and Jake try to help their new friend settle a struggle between two Bajoran villages. Our Take…
15
Summary While overseeing an evacuation mission, Kira must try to persuade a stubborn old farmer to leave his home. Back on the station, Jake and Nog set out to turn…
16
Summary DS9 residents suddenly find their imaginations are manifested in physical form, and a spatial rift threatens to destroy the Bajoran system. Our Take A goofy premise that mostly plays…
17
Summary A visiting Lwaxana Troi becomes enamoured with Odo after he retrieves a stolen item of hers from a thief. Meanwhile, an alien computer program wreaks havoc with the station’s…
18
SummaryActing out roles both melodramatic and deadly, the DS9 command staff are infected by a viral historical incident archive from an alien culture within the Gamma Quadrant.Our TakeMiddle of the…
19
SummaryAfter a Cardassian man arrives on the station suffering from an illness that he could only have contracted at a Bajoran labor camp during the Occupation, Major Kira leads an…
20
SummaryOrthodox Bajorans voice objections to secular teachings about the wormhole in the station's school, causing violent tensions to erupt between DS9's crew and an increasingly popular fundamentalist faction of the…