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- In The Pale Moonlight. The Dominion War arc was a fascinating means to explore how Starfleet and the Federation's peaceful outlook would hold up against an existential threat like the Founders.
- Far Beyond The Stars. Star Trek: The Original Series was often at its best when examining pertinent political issues of the 1960s through a sci-fi lens.
- The Visitor. The relationship between Sisko and his teenage son Jake (Cirroc Lofton) is the emotional core of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the episode "The Visitor" which shows how tragic Jake's life would be without his father.
- Duet. "Duet" is one of the early standout episodes of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine from its uneven first season. What begins as an episode about Kira's determination to unmask war crimes becomes something far more nuanced.
Benjamin Sisko. The son of a chef with an occasional taste for scenery chewing, Sisko channels Kirk-level righteousness on more than one occasion, but he’s not Kirk. He is, however, the anti-Picard in all the best ways.
Jan 4, 2018 · A ranking of the 15 best Star Trek: Deep Space Nine television episodes in honor of its 25th anniversary.
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- In the Pale Moonlight (season 6, episode 19) Outside of the streaming era, In the Pale Moonlight might be the most divisive piece of Star Trek canon.
- Far Beyond the Stars (season 6, episode 13) Though Deep Space Nine’s more serialized structure allowed for greater complexity in its characters, the series also retained the flexibility offered by weekly episodic television.
- The Visitor (season 4, episode 3) One of the many traits that distinguishes Captain Benjamin Sisko from his peers in the Star Trek franchise is his role as the adoring single father of a teenage son, Jake (Cirroc Lofton).
- Duet (season 1, episode 19) Since Deep Space Nine started airing before the end of The Next Generation, creators Michael Piller and Rick Berman aimed for the new spin-off to have its own unique perspective on the Star Trek universe.
- "Improbable Cause" A windy mystery featuring poisons, explosions and interspecies intrigue, Odo attemps to uncovery who is behind a plot to kill Garak, only to learn the Cardassian merchant knows more than he is saying.
- "Necessary Evil" For anyone still wondering what a departure Deep Space Nine was from Next Generation, those questions were thrown out the window by the conclusion of this murder mystery, which revealed one of the station's beloved characters isn't the spotless type you'd expect from the Enterprise-D crew.
- "Little Green Men" Quark, Rom, and Nog are headed to take the younger Ferengi to Starfleet Academy, when an accident sends them back to 1940s Earth, where they end up being responsible for the famous UFO sighting at Roswell.
- "Trials and Tribble-ations" Doubtlessly, there are those who sought a more serious way to mark Star Trek's 30th anniversary, but "Trials" was a celebration in the most literal sense: a hilarious episode that inserted DS9's crew in the background of a fan-favorite installment of the original series, gently and affectionately poking fun at the design and attitude of the show as-was while reminding everyone who they loved it so.
Jan 3, 2023 · Nearly 25 years have passed since the series finale of "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine." Here, we revisit the dark spin-off sci-fi series' best overall episodes.
May 13, 2015 · Best Character to Follow: While DS9 has an embarrassment of riches when it comes to enjoyable characters worth paying attention to—Snarky Ferengi bartender Quark (Armin Shimerman)!...
