Season Guide
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine — Season 1
Season 1 Review
Season 1 of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine premiered 1993-01-03 and ran 20 episodes through 1993-06-20.
Episodes
1
SummaryIn 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 station…
2
SummaryIn 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 station…
3
SummaryA Bajoran terrorist tests Major Kira's loyalties to the Federation when he attempts to rid Bajor of the Federation for good.Our TakeFine. Just fine. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine has…
4
SummaryOdo, 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 the station's…
5
SummaryDuring refurbishment, Miles O'Brien unknowingly triggers a formerly dormant Bajoran underground booby trap that releases a potentially fatal virus throughout the station.Our TakeServiceable television — it advances the story without…
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 —…
8
SummaryNew evidence reopens a thirty-year-old murder case and Jadzia Dax's previous host, Curzon, is the prime suspect.Our TakeA transition episode that sets up more than it delivers. Necessary, not thrilling.
9
SummaryAn alien criminal, attempting to prolong his life, hides his consciousness inside the mind of a station crew member.Our TakeA transition episode that sets up more than it delivers. Necessary,…
10
SummaryAfter being swindled by Quark, the Wadi, a visiting delegation from the Gamma Quadrant turns four crew members into 'pieces' for a bizarre game.Our TakeA mixed bag: some good moves,…
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
SummaryA fugitive from the Gamma Quadrant attempts to trade evidence about Odo's people for freedom.Our TakeA strong episode with a couple of wobbles, but Star Trek: Deep Space Nine keeps…
13
SummaryA 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 is…
14
SummaryChief 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 TakeServiceable television —…
15
SummaryWhile 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 an…
16
SummaryDS9 residents suddenly find their imaginations are manifested in physical form, and a spatial rift threatens to destroy the Bajoran system.Our TakeA mixed bag: some good moves, some filler. Star…
17
SummaryA 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 systems.Our…
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-road. Watchable, but…
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…