Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

Original title : The Homecoming (1/3)
First Aired : 26.09.1993 (USA) 09.03.1999 (FRANCE)
Director : Winrich Kolbe
Writing credits : Ira Steven Behr From a Story by Jeri Taylor & Ira Steven Behr
Cast : Richard Beymer (Li Nalas), Max Grodénchik (Rom), Michael Bell (Borum), Marc Alaimo (Gul Dukat), Leslie Bevis (Freighter Captain), Paul Nakauchi (Tygarian Officer)

The Story : Kira is intrigued when Quark presents her with an earring he claims was delivered from Cardassia Four. She immediately recognizes the earring as that of Li Nalas, who according to legend is the greatest Bajoran resistance fighter ever. Li has been missing and presumed dead, but the earring indicates that he is alive, and Kira believes it was smuggled out as a cry for help. She asks Sisko for a Runabout to rescue Li, telling him that Li is exactly the sort of leader the increasingly factionalized Bajoran people need. Sisko agrees to let Kira have the Runabout on one condition -- O'Brien must accompany her on her mission into Cardassian territory.

Original title : The Circle (2/3)
First Aired : 03.10.1993 (USA) 16.03.1999 (FRANCE)
Director : Corey Allen
Writing credits : Peter Allan Fields
Cast : Richard Beymer (Li Nalas), Stephen Macht (Krim), Bruce Gray (Admiral Chekote), Philip Anglim (Vedek Bareil), Louise Fletcher (Vedek Winn), Mike Genovese (Zef'No), Eric Server (Peace Officer), Anthony Guidera (Cardassian)

The Story : After Minister Jaro dismisses Major Kira and sends her back to Bajor, Sisko angrily confronts him about his actions. Jaro is surprised that Sisko is not happy to be rid of his troublesome officer, and reminds Sisko that he couldn't have a better replacement than war hero Li Nalas. Kira, meanwhile, is not happy about leaving, a fact she discusses with the rest of the crew as they stop by her quarters to see her off. Odo encourages her to fight for her job, but Kira is resigned to her fate. Then, Bajoran spiritual leader Vedek Bareil arrives unexpectedly. Although he starts out talking about the proliferation of weapons on Bajor, he ends up changing the subject and inviting Kira to spend some time at his monastery. She accepts, but before she leaves, Sisko promises to fight to have her reinstated.

Original title : The Siege (3/3)
First Aired : 10.10.1993 (USA) 23.03.1999 (FRANCE)
Director : Winrich Kolbe
Writing credits : Michael Piller
Cast : Rosalind Chao (Keiko O’Brien), Steven Weber (Day), Richard Beymer (Li Nalas), Stephen Macht (Krim), Max Grodénchik (Rom), Aron Eisenberg (Nog), Philip Anglim (Vedek Bariel), Louise Fletcher (Vedek Winn), Katrina Carlson (Bajoran Officer), Hana Hatae (Molly O’Brien)

The Story : With less than five hours remaining before Bajoran forces are due to arrive, Sisko continues to evacuate Deep Space Nine. He elects to remain aboard to delay the station takeover, and is pleased when his officers choose to stay with him. Kira maintains that the only real hope of stopping The Circle is to get evidence of the secret Cardassian involvement to Bajor's Chamber of Ministers. With communications jammed and all Runabouts involved in the evacuation, she and Dax arrange to get taken to the Lunar-Five base, where ancient Bajoran raiders -- the only transportation available -- await them.

Original title : Invasive Procedures
First Aired : 17.10.1993 (USA) 30.03.1999 (FRANCE)
Director : Les Landau
Writing credits : John Whepley, Rbert Hewitt Wolfe From a Story by John Whelpley
Cast : John Glover (Verad), Megan Gallagher (Mareel), Tim Russ (T'Kar), Steve Rankin (Yeto)

The Story : Stardate 47182.1. A violent plasma storm leads to the evacuation of Deep Space Nine, leaving a skeleton crew behind to maintain the station. The crew picks up a distress signal from a cargo ship that has been damaged and needs assistance. O'Brien and Odo meet the ship at a docking bay, where the "victims", a humanoid female named Mareel, Klingon mercenaries T'Kar and Yeto, and a nervous male Trill named Verad, pull weapons on the pair and force Odo to assume liquid form and get into a small box. The group then forces Bashir to put Odo in stasis, and finally winds up in Ops, taking everyone hostage. O'Brien deduces that Quark is connected to their plight, unaware that, at that very moment, Yeto is revealing to the Ferengi that, what Quark thought was commerce, was really a trick to get the group aboard. T'Kar reveals the reason for the takeover -- the timid Verad is actually the leader and has come to steal Jadzia's symbiont.

Original title : Cardassians
First Aired : 24.10.1993 (USA) 06.04.1999 (FRANCE)
Director : Cliff Bole
Writing credits : James Crocker From a Story by Gene Wolande & John Wright
Cast : Rosalind Chao (Keiko O’Brien), Andrew Robinson (Garak), Robert Mandan (Kotan Pa'Dar), Terrence Evans (Proka), Vidal Peterson (), Dion Anderson (Zolan), Marc Alaimo (Gul Dukat), Sharon Conley (Jomat Luson), Karen Hensel (Deela), Jillian Ziesmer (Asha)

The Story : Stardate 47177.2. Bashir is surprised when his "friend" Garak, a Cardassian tailor, is attacked and bitten by a Cardassian boy who is visiting the station with his Bajoran father. The boy, Rugal, is an orphan abandoned after the war who was adopted by a Bajoran family. No sooner does Bashir tell the crew about the incident than Cardassian leader Gul Dukat contacts Sisko asking him to investigate. He claims any information will help in his quest to bring the Cardassian war orphans back home. Sisko begins by speaking to Proka, the boy's Bajoran father, who tells him that, while he has been honest with Rugal about the Cardassians and their atrocities, he loves Rugal as if he were his own child. Later, Bashir discusses the situation with Garak while tending to his wounded hand. Garak laughs when he learns that Gul Dukat is claiming to want to save Cardassian war orphans and implies that Dukat is lying, indicating that he was in charge of the very operation that left those orphans behind.

Original title : Melora
First Aired : 31.10.1993 (USA) 13.04.1999 (FRANCE)
Director : Winrich Kolbe
Writing credits : Evan Carlos Somers, Steven Baum, Michael Piller, James Crocker From a Story by Evan Carlos Somers
Cast : Daphne Ashbrook (Ensign Melora Pazlar), Peter Crombie (Fallit Kot), Don Stark (Ashrock), Ron Taylor (Klingon Chef)

The Story : Stardate 47229.1. The crew welcomes Ensign Melora Pazlar, a cartographer on a mission to chart the Gamma Quadrant. Melora is an Elaysian, a species from a planet with very low gravity, and because of this, she must use a wheelchair and braces to get around in "normal" conditions. Bashir has prepared the station with special ramps to give her access, but she makes it very clear that she does not need or want special treatment and hates being regarded as a person with a "problem." Meanwhile, Quark welcomes his own visitor, Fallit Kot, an old acquaintance who announces that he has come to the station to seek revenge against the Ferengi by killing him.

Original title : Rules Of Acquisition
First Aired : 07.11.1993 (USA) 20.04.1999 (FRANCE)
Director : David Livingston
Writing credits : Ira Steven Behr From a Story by Hilary Bader
Cast : Hélène Udy (Pel), Brian Thompson (Inglatu), Max Grodénchik (Rom), Emilia Crow (Zyree), Tiny Ron (Maihar'du), Wallace Shawn (Grand Nagus Zek)

The Story : While engaging in a game of Tongo with Rom, Dax, and a young Ferengi waiter named Pel, Quark is hailed by his leader, Grand Nagus Zek, who has good news for him -- Zek has chosen him to act as his chief negotiator in the Ferengi expansion into the Gamma Quadrant. Soon afterward, Zek meets with Sisko and Kira, hoping they will let him use the station for a business conference with the Dosi, a race from the Gamma Quadrant, and they reluctantly agree. Zek then goes to Quark's quarters and instructs him to purchase ten thousand vats of tulaberry wine from the Dosi, a move he feels will establish a strong Ferengi presence. Quark later brags about his profitable assignment to Rom, but Pel, who overhears them, warns him to be wary of Zek's motives, since Zek will be credited for success but Quark will almost certainly be blamed for any failure. Impressed, Quark asks Pel to serve as his assistant, leaving Rom stung. Pel then returns to his quarters, removing his false earlobes and revealing that he is actually a female.

Original title : Necessary Evil
First Aired : 14.11.1993 (USA) 27.04.1999 (FRANCE)
Director : James L. Conway
Writing credits : Peter Allan Fields
Cast : Katherine Moffat (Pallra), Max Grodénchik (Rom), Marc Alaimo (Gul Dukat), Robert MacKenzie (Trazko)

The Story : Stardate 47282.5. A beautiful Bajoran woman, Pallra, calls Quark to Bajor and persuades him to retrieve a strongbox her late husband kept hidden on Deep Space Nine. Later that night, Quark and Rom sneak around the Promenade until they find the hidden panel that conceals the strongbox. Quark opens the box and sees that it only contains a list of Bajoran names. Suddenly, a man named Trazko appears and Quark realizes that Pallra probably sent him. Trazko takes the list from Quark and shoots him with a phaser. While Bashir works frantically to save Quark, Odo questions Rom about the robbery and attack. When Rom tells Odo the box was found on the site where the station's old chemist's shop used to be, Odo flashes back to a conversation he had with Gul Dukat five years earlier when Odo investigated the murder of the owner of the shop. A murder of which Kira was a suspect. Odo realizes that the attack on Quark could be related to this still-unsolved murder.

Original title : Second Sight
First Aired : 21.11.1993 (USA) 04.05.1999 (FRANCE)
Director : Alexander Singer
Writing credits : Mark Gehred-O'Connell, Ira Steven Behr, Robert Hewitt Wolfe From a Story by Mark Gehred-O'Connell
Cast : Salli Elise Richardson (Fenna/Nidell), Richard Kiley (Professor Seyetik)

The Story : Stardate 47329.4. On the fourth anniversary of his wife's death, Sisko takes a melancholy late-night stroll along the Promenade, where a lovely alien woman named Fenna engages him in conversation. Strangely, however, Fenna disappears almost as quickly as she appeared. The next day, Sisko and Dax meet with Professor Seyetik, an expert in bringing dead planets back to life, who has come to re-ignite the dead sun of solar system Epsilon One-Nineteen. That night, he, Dax and the rest of the senior staff join Seyetik on the science vessel Prometheus for dinner, where the professor bores them all with endless accounts of his intellectual escapades. Finally, he introduces his wife, Nidell -- and Sisko and Dax are shocked that the woman looks exactly like Fenna. Strangely, she doesn't seem to recognize Sisko at all.

Original title : Sanctuary
First Aired : 28.11.1993 (USA) 11.05.1999 (FRANCE)
Director : Les Landau
Writing credits : Frederick Rappaport From a Story by Gabe Essoe & Kelley Miles
Cast : William Schallert (Varani), Andrew Koenig (Tumak), Aron Eisenberg (Nog), Michael Durrell (General Hazar), Betty McGuire (Vayna), Robert Curtis-Brown (Vedek Sorad), Kitty Swink (Rozahn), Deborah May (Haneek), Leland Orser (Gai), Nicholas Shaffer (Cowl)

The Story : Stardate 47391.2. When a ramshackle alien vessel is detected making its way through the wormhole, the ship's four passengers are transported to Deep Space Nine. After the universal translator is able to make sense of Haneek's words, Kira discovers that Haneek's people, the Skrreeans, need help immediately. Haneek communicates that there are three million of them on the other side of the wormhole who must be brought through. Haneek meets with the crew to discuss her problem, and explains that she is the first of her people to find the legendary "Eye" (the wormhole) that supposedly leads to Kentanna, the mythical home of her race. Sisko promises to help the displaced Skrreeans find a homeland and finds a planet, Draylon Two, that will make a good home for the aliens. But Haneek has found her Kentanna: Bajor.

Original title : Rivals
First Aired : 02.01.1994 (USA) 18.05.1999 (FRANCE)
Director : David Livingston
Writing credits : Joe Menosky From a Story by Jim Trombetta & Michael Piller
Cast : Rosalind Chao (Keiko O’Brien), Barbara Bosson (Roana), K Callan (Alsia), Max Grodénchik (Rom), Albert Henderson (Cos), Chris Sarandon (Martus)

The Story : Over a drink at Quark's, a middle-aged alien widow, Alsia, tells an alien man, Martus, how she plans to invest her life savings in a large mining concession. Just as Martus offers to become her partner, Odo arrives and arrests him -- for swindling a couple on the station. Martus is locked in a holding cell and meets a sickly alien named Cos, who laments that he lost everything he ever had because of a gambling device that always brought him bad luck. He activates the device and exclaims with surprise that he won -- and then dies without warning. Meanwhile, O'Brien worries to Keiko that he is getting old after Bashir literally destroys him in a racquetball game. Bashir also talks about the game with Dax, concerned that if he gives O'Brien the rematch he has demanded, O'Brien will have a heart attack. Later, Martus is released from his cell and heads straight for Quark's with the gambling device, with which he has been playing and winning consistently. Quark feigns disinterest in the device, but offers to buy it for a pittance. This is all Martus needs to realize it has value, and he heads for the Promenade with the machine. Within minutes, he has convinced a widow named Roana to let him turn her shop, which she is vacating, into Club Martus -- Deep Space Nine's newest bar.

Original title : The Alternate
First Aired : 09.01.1994 (USA) 25.05.1999 (FRANCE)
Director : David Carson
Writing credits : Bill Dial From a Story by Jim Trombetta & Bill Dial
Cast : James Sloyan (Dr. Mora Pol), Matt McKenzie (Dr. Weld Ram)

The Story : Stardate 47391.7. Dr. Mora Pol, the Bajoran scientist who studied Odo after he was discovered, arrives on Deep Space Nine with the announcement that he may have a clue to Odo's origins. The scientist's presence makes Odo, who did not relish his life as a "living experiment," somewhat uncomfortable, but he cannot resist the prospect of possibly finding others like him. With this in mind, he asks Sisko for a Runabout to take to the Gamma Quadrant, where Mora has discovered some unique DNA patterns that resemble Odo's. Odo, Mora, Dax, and another scientist, Dr. Weld, head for the Gamma Quadrant and transport to the surface of the planet where the DNA was discovered. There, the group explores some stone ruins until Weld discovers a tiny lifeform that may be related to Odo. They prepare to transport back to the Runabout, but at that moment, the planet is rocked by tremors and clouds of a volcanic gas are released. Mora, Dax, and Weld are all incapacitated by the fumes, but Odo is seemingly unaffected and transports them all back to the ship.

Original title : Armageddon Game
First Aired : 30.01.1994 (USA) 01.06.1999 (FRANCE)
Director : Winrich Kolbe
Writing credits : Morgan Gendel
Cast : Rosalind Chao (Keiko O’Brien), Darleen Carr (E'Tyshra), Peter White (Sharat), Larry Cedar (Nydrom), Bill Mondy (Jakin)

The Story : Bashir and O'Brien travel to a lab orbiting T'Lani Three in an effort to eliminate the Harvesters -- a deadly bio-mechanical weapon used in the centuries-long war between the Kellerun and T'Lani societies. Working with scientists from both races, they finally find a solution, and the Kellerun Ambassador, Sharat, orders the group to destroy the entire remaining supply. However, just as their mission is about to be accomplished, two armed Kellerun soldiers enter the lab and start firing. Bashir and O'Brien manage to kill their assailants, but fail to notice that during the fighting, a small amount of Harvester material spilled onto O'Brien. As more Kellerun soldiers arrive, the pair attempt to transport to their Runabout, but are unable. Instead, they beam to the surface of T'Lani Three. Ambassador Sharat and T'Lani Ambassador E'Tyshra inform Sisko that O'Brien and Bashir were killed when O'Brien accidentally activated a hidden security device that emitted a deadly pulse of radiation. They hail the pair as heroes and give Sisko a video recording of the tragedy. Sisko, Dax, Odo and Kira later view the recording, and, not realizing it has been altered, accept that their crewmates are dead. Back on T'Lani Three, however, Bashir and O'Brien are alive, and have set up a base in a deserted military command center in hopes of finding a way to communicate with the space station. O'Brien begins to work to repair an old companel, but suddenly feels feverish. Bashir examines him, and reveals that O'Brien has been infected by the Harvesters.

Original title : Whispers
First Aired : 06.02.1994 (USA) 08.06.1999 (FRANCE)
Director : Les Landau
Writing credits : Paul Robert Coyle
Cast : Rosalind Chao (Keiko O’Brien), Todd Waring (DeCurtis), Susan Bay (Admiral), Philip LeStrange (Coutu), Hana Hatae (Molly O’Brien), Majel Barrett (Computer Voice)

The Story : Stardate 47581.2. After returning from an assignment in the Paradas system, O'Brien notices that everyone on the station is treating him differently. His wife, Keiko, acts strangely distant towards him and meets secretly with Sisko, while Ensign DeCurtis has been ordered to realign the station's security net without O'Brien's knowledge. Things get stranger when Bashir insists on giving O'Brien a physical, and Sisko orders him to submit to the examination. O'Brien then meets with Sisko in his office, and Sisko questions him about his experiences with the Paradas, who are preparing to arrive on Deep Space Nine for peace talks. He is surprised when, instead of having him work to prepare the station for the Paradas arrival, Sisko orders him to repair the upper pylons, which O'Brien had fixed just before he left. Later, Ensign DeCurtis refuses to allow O'Brien to check the quarters assigned to the Paradas, explaining that only Kira has the access codes. Sisko orders O'Brien back to the upper pylons. Suspicious, O'Brien pretends to leave, but secretly watches as DeCurtis enters the quarters without Kira's help. He then returns to his quarters for dinner, where he is overcome with the unsettling feeling that Keiko is not really his wife.

Original title : Paradise
First Aired : 13.02.1994 (USA) 15.06.1999 (FRANCE)
Director : Corey Allen
Writing credits : Jeff King, Richard Manning, Hans Beimler From a Story by Jim Trombetta & James Crocker
Cast : Julia Nickson (Cassandra), Steve Vinovich (Joseph), Michael Buchman Silver (Vinod), Erick Weiss (Stephan), Gail Strickland (Alixus), Majel Barrett (Computer Voice)

The Story : Stardate 47573.1. While surveying nearby star systems for M-Class planets, Sisko and O'Brien locate a planet that already supports a colony of humans. They transport to the surface, and learn that none of their equipment functions -- a duonetic field seems to be preventing any E-M activity. They are discovered by two colonists, Joseph and Vinod, who explain they have been stranded on the planet ever since landing ten years ago. None of their technological systems have worked since. Sisko and O'Brien are taken to meet the rest of the group, including Alixus, who is Vinod's mother. Alixus calls their attention to how well the group has done without technology. She expresses pride for their community and confirms that, even if a rescue party arrives, she will never leave. Back on the station, Kira and Dax notice that Sisko's Runabout, the Rio Grande, is not responding to their hails. Meanwhile, Sisko asks for any technological assistance that may help him restore contact with the ship, but Joseph explains that all such materials were thrown away when Alixus recommended they abandon their dependence on technology. Sisko and O'Brien are then asked to the bedside of a woman dying from the bite of a local insect. O'Brien suggests adapting their combadges to the energy of the duonetic field in order to make contact with the Rio Grande. To Sisko's shock, Alixus pulls him aside and tells him she will not allow any talk about technology.

Original title : Shadowplay
First Aired : 20.02.1994 (USA) 22.06.1999 (FRANCE)
Director : Robert Scheerer
Writing credits : Robert Hewitt Wolfe
Cast : Kenneth Mars (Colyus), Kenneth Tobey (Rurigan), Noley Thornton (Taya), Philip Anglim (Vedek Bareil), Trula M. Marcus (Female Villager), Martin Cassidy (Male Villager)

The Story : Stardate 47603.3. In the Gamma Quadrant, Dax and Odo detect an unusual particle field on the surface of an unexplored planet. Transporting to the source, they find an alien village and some kind of reactor emitting the particle field. They are then taken prisoner by Colyus, Protector of an Yaderan colony which settled in a valley there. He explains that Dax and Odo's arrival coincides with the mysterious disappearances of twenty-two people. Odo and Dax are sympathetic to Colyus's plight and offer their help in solving the mystery. They meet Rurigan, an elderly man whose daughter is the most recent victim, and Odo questions Rurigan's young granddaughter, Taya, the last person to see her mother before she vanished. The next day, Odo tries to establish a rapport with the shy Taya, and she opens up to him and talks about her life and her mother. Odo is surprised when she explains that the Yaderans never leave their valley, and reveals Rurigan thinks her mother will never return, but Odo vows to bring back the missing woman.
Note : It is the second episode where are mentionned the Dominions.

Original title : Playing God
First Aired : 27.02.1994 (USA) 27.06.1999 (FRANCE)
Director : David Livingston
Writing credits : Jim Trombetta, Michael Piller From a Story by Jim Trombetta
Cast : Geoffrey Blake (Arjin), Ron Taylor (Klingon Host), Richard Poe (Cardassian), Chris Nelson Norris (Alien Man), Majel Barrett (Computer Voice)

The Story : Arjin, a Trill initiate trying to qualify for joining with a symbiont, is nervous that he must study under Dax, having heard horror stories about the tough-as-nails Curzon and other hard-to-impress Dax hosts. However, when he meets Jadzia Dax in Quark's, it is he who is taken aback by her casual, lighthearted demeanor. Later, Dax and Arjin take a Runabout into the Gamma Quadrant, and she explains that he doesn't have to worry about impressing her. Suddenly, the Runabout gets snagged on a small mass of protoplasm in a subspace pocket -- an unidentifiable mass. The crippled Runabout returns to the station with the matter still attached. While O'Brien prepares a containment chamber for the mass in the Science Lab, Dax takes Arjin to dinner, where she expresses worry that he only seems concerned with meeting other people's expectations, and observes that Arjin has few aspirations or goals beyond being joined. She later reveals to Sisko her reluctance in confronting Arjin about her impressions because Curzon Dax, who trained Jadzia, was hard on her -- to the point of giving her an unfavorable recommendation. Sisko insists that it is her job to be honest with Arjin in order to help him learn.

Original title : Profit And Loss
First Aired : 20.03.1994 (USA) 03.07.1999 (FRANCE)
Director : Robert Wiemer
Writing credits : Flip Kobler, Cindy Marcus
Cast : Mary Crosby (Natima), Andrew Robinson (Garak), Michael Reilly Burke (Hogue), Heidi Swedberg (Rekelen), Edward Wiley (Gul Toran)

The Story : Sisko and the Ops crew pull in a small, severely damaged Cardassian vessel containing three passengers -- Professor Natima Lang and her students, Hogue and Rekelen. Natima explains that their ship was damaged when they were caught in a meteor swarm, and Sisko says the trio can stay until the vessel is repaired. Meanwhile, Odo tries to confirm a rumor that Quark has obtained a small cloaking device. Quark begins to deny the accusations, but loses his train of thought when he suddenly sees Natima, who happens to be the former love of his life. Quark goes after Natima, hoping to pick up where they left off years before, but Natima insists she wants nothing to do with him. Their interaction is observed by Garak, the lone Cardassian on the station. When Natima sees him, she hurries her students out of the bar, desperate to leave the station immediately. Meanwhile, O'Brien, who has been working on Natima's ship, tells Sisko that it was really damaged by a Cardassian attack. Natima admits this is true, and that her students will be killed if they don't get to safety. Natima explains that her students are leaders of the Cardassian underground movement which is fighting the military establishment to build a non-violent future for their people. Their views have made them fugitives, so Sisko agrees to hurry the repair work on their vessel. Soon afterward, the station is approached by a Cardassian warship which prepares to attack the station. As it does, Garak appears in Ops and tells Sisko they need to talk.

Original title : Blood Oath
First Aired : 27.03.1994 (USA) 10.07.1999 (FRANCE)
Director : Winrich Kolbe
Writing credits : Peter Allan Fields
Cast : John Colicos (Kor), Michael Ansara (Kang), William Campbell (Koloth), Bill Bolender (The Albino), Christopher Collins (Assistant)

The Story : The relative calm of Deep Space Nine is shattered by the arrival of three aged Klingon warriors -- drunken, overweight Kor; warlike Koloth; and their leader, Kang. The three came to find Curzon Dax, and are surprised that he is no longer alive. Kor has no problem adjusting to Dax in her new, female form, while Koloth scoffs at the idea that she was once his old friend Curzon. However, Kang has the most trouble accepting Jadzia, because he has come with a mission. The group's greatest adversary, a man known as the Albino, has been located, and the foursome can now fulfill the blood oath they made decades ago to kill him. Dax is unsure of whether or not she can go through with the oath that Curzon made. Kang reminds her that as a Trill, she has no obligation to fulfill what her symbiont promised. Still, Dax knows that a Klingon blood oath can never be broken, and confused, she seeks Kira's advice, telling her the story of how this began. After the Klingons were victorious over the Albino, he murdered the firstborn sons of Kor, Koloth, and Kang. The three took a blood oath of revenge, and Curzon Dax, as the godfather to Kang's slain son, took one as well. Compelled to keep that oath, Dax visits Koloth in a holosuite and engages in battle with him, successfully holding her own and winning his support. However, Kang still refuses to let Dax participate. Dax meets with Kang and uses Curzon's deep understanding of the Klingon race to force him into changing his mind. However, while Kang agrees to let her go, Sisko, who has learned of Dax's plan from Kira, does not, and reminds her of her duty to Starfleet. Dax tells him that she will still go, and is ready to face the consequences when she returns -- if she returns.

Original title : The Maquis (1/2)
First Aired : 24.04.1994 (USA) 17.07.1999 (FRANCE)
Director : David Livingston, Corey Allen
Writing credits : James Crocker From a Story by Rick Berman & Michael Piller & Jeri Taylor & James Crocker
Cast : Tony Plana (Amaros), Bertila Damas (Sakonna), Richard Poe (Gul Evek), Michael A. Krawic (Samuels), Amanda Carlin (Kobb), Marc Alaimo (Gul Dukat), Bernie Casey (Cal Hudson), Michael Rose (Niles), Steven John Evans (Guard)

The Story : The worst is feared when a Cardassian freighter, the Bok'Nor, explodes while departing the station. Dax determines it was no accident, since it appears an implosive device was placed aboard the ship. Worried how this will affect Federation colonies in the newly-established Demilitarized Zone, Lieutenant Commander Cal Hudson, an old friend of Sisko's who serves as Starfleet's attache to the colonies, is called in to help. He hints that the colonists, who, thanks to the treaty, are suddenly living in Cardassian territory, feel abandoned by the Federation. Sisko returns to his quarters to find Gul Dukat waiting for him, insisting he is there to talk with Sisko privately, without the Cardassian government's knowledge. He says certain Federation members are responsible for the destruction of the Bok'Nor, and insists Sisko accompany him to the Volan Colonies in the Demilitarized Zone. Sisko, intrigued, agrees, and the two set off in a Runabout. When they reach the area, they encounter a Federation ship under attack by Cardassians -- a clear violation of the treaty. Surprised, Dukat orders his own people to stand down and threatens to fire, but another Federation ship arrives and destroys both Cardassian vessels. A war appears to be breaking out.

Original title : The Maquis (2/2)
First Aired : 01.05.1994 (USA) 24.07.1999 (FRANCE)
Director : Corey Allen
Writing credits : Ira Steven Behr From a Story by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor, Ira Steven Behr
Cast : Tony Plana (Amaros), John Schuck (Legate Parn), Natalija Nogulich (Admiral Necheyev), Bertila Damas (Sakonna), Michael Bell (Xepolite), Amanda Carlin (Kobb), Marc Alaimo (Gul Dukat), Bernie Casey (Cal Hudson), Michael Rose (Niles)

The Story : Sisko, Kira, and Bashir are held in a Maquis camp, but Gul Dukat is not there. Cal Hudson then tells Sisko he is leaving Starfleet to work with the rebels, certain Cardassia is violating the Federation treaty by smuggling weapons into the Demilitarized Zone, and insisting he and the Maquis will do anything to stop them. Sisko offers to help his friend use more peaceful methods, but Hudson refuses, then stuns Sisko and his comrades in order to slip away. Back on Deep Space Nine, Sisko receives little help from Admiral Necheyev, who insists the treaty be upheld. Unwilling to give up on Hudson, Sisko does not report his friend's betrayal, then meets with Cardassian Legate Parn, who blames Dukat for the weapons smuggling. The encounter convinces Sisko that Cardassia is definitely smuggling weapons -- but not through Dukat. The crew finds Gul Dukat and the Maquis hidden on a small planet, and Sisko, Bashir, and Odo take a Runabout to bring him back. A tense standoff ensues, and when one of the Maquis opens fire, Sisko is able to gain control, rescue Dukat, and take prisoners. However, Sisko leaves one Maquis member behind, asking him to tell Hudson that Starfleet knows nothing about his betrayal and he still has time to change his mind.

Original title : The Wire
First Aired : 08.05.1994 (USA) 31.07.1999 (FRANCE)
Director : Kim Friedman
Writing credits : Robert Hewitt Wolfe
Cast : Andrew Robinson (Garak), Jimmie F. Skaggs (Glinn Boheeka), Ann Gillespie (Jabara), Paul Dooley (Enabran Tain)

The Story : While having his weekly lunch with Bashir, Garak is suddenly overcome by extreme pain. It subsides just as quickly, but when the worried Bashir attempts to help him, Garak angrily refuses to go to the Infirmary and cuts short their meal. Later, Bashir is suspicious when he overhears Garak asking Quark to order a piece of merchandise for him. Bashir returns to work in the Infirmary, and soon gets a call from Quark asking for help in the bar. He arrives to find Garak, extremely drunk and obviously in pain. Bashir tries again to convince Garak to submit to an examination, but the Cardassian refuses -- until the pain causes him to collapse. An examination reveals that Garak has a small implant in his brain, and Bashir believes Quark may know something he's not telling. He and Odo monitor Quark's transmissions that evening, and they hear him attempt to order a piece of Cardassian biotechnology. However, he is unable to obtain it since the piece is classified by the Obsidian Order -- the eyes and ears of the Cardassian Empire.

Original title : Crossover
First Aired : 15.05.1994 (USA) 07.08.1999 (FRANCE)
Director : David Livingston
Writing credits : Michael Piller, Peter Allan Fields From a Story by Peter Allan Fields
Cast : Andrew Robinson (Garak), John Cothran Jr. (Telok), Stephen Gevedon (Klingon #1), Jack R. Orend (Human), Dennis Madalone (Marauder)

The Story : After experiencing operational difficulties while traveling through the wormhole, Kira and Bashir find themselves in an alternate universe where the space station is populated by exact doubles of Garak and Odo, and is run by Kira's counterpart, Kira II. In this universe, they have no knowledge of the wormhole, and humans have no rights whatsoever. Because of this, Bashir is sentenced to manual labor, working under the sadistic, human-hating Odo II. Later, Kira II tells Kira about the last crossover, which occurred with Captain Kirk a century ago. That incident led to the formation of a powerful alliance between the Klingon and Cardassian empires in which Bajor is also a major player. Kira II tells Kira that she cannot allow Kira and Bashir to live, but Kira convinces her counterpart to spare them and let her try to find a way back. Kira steals a moment with Bashir and tells him what she knows. Since a transporter accident caused the last crossover, he thinks they might be able to escape using another one, and tries to talk O'Brien's counterpart into helping him. Unfortunately, the beaten, put-upon Terran has little interest in risking the wrath of his superiors.

Original title : The Collaborator
First Aired : 22.05.1994 (USA) 14.08.1999 (FRANCE)
Director : Cliff Bole
Writing credits : Gary Holland, Ira Steven Behr, Robert Hewitt Wolfe From a Story by Gary Holland
Cast : Philip Anglim (Vedek Bareil), Bert Remsen (Kubus), Camille Saviola (Kai Opaka), Louise Fletcher (Vedek Winn), Charles Parks (Eblan), Tom Villard (Prylar Bek)

The Story : Bajor is about to elect a new spiritual leader, and Kira's lover, Vedek Bareil, is the leading candidate, having been Kai Opaka's personal choice to succeed her. After spending time with Kira on the station, Bareil prepares to return to Bajor, but the two of them first come across Vedek Winn, who is running against Bareil for Kai. Kira can barely contain her anger toward Winn, as she still blames her for an attempt made on Bareil's life. After this confrontation, Kubus, an older Bajoran, attempts to come onto the station unnoticed, but is spotted by another Bajoran, who recognizes him as a known Cardassian collaborator. As a crowd gathers, Odo arrives and arrests Kubus, while an inconspicuous Winn watches the entire scene. From his cell, Kubus tells Odo and Kira that he wants to return to Bajor, where he can live out his last years, but Kira insists he remain in exile. Later, however, she learns that Vedek Winn has met privately with Kubus and now plans to take him back to Bajor. Kira stops her ship from leaving, then finds out that Winn has been investigating the Kendra Valley Massacre, in which forty-three Bajoran freedom fighters, including Kai Opaka's son, were killed by the Cardassians. A Bajoran monk, Prylar Bek, admitted to betraying the group's location before committing suicide. Winn then reveals to Kira that she has given Kubus sanctuary in exchange for information about the massacre--information that implicates Vedek Bareil as the collaborator who ordered Bek to reveal the location.

Original title : Tribunal
First Aired : 05.06.1994 (USA) 21.08.1999 (FRANCE)
Director : Bill Dial
Writing credits : Avery Brooks
Cast : Rosalind Chao (Keiko O’Brien), Caroline Lagerfelt (Makbar), John Beck (Boone), Richard Poe (Gul Evek), Julian Christopher (Cardassian Voice), Fritz Weaver (Kovat), Majel Barrett (Computer Voice)

The Story : Stardate 47944.2. While leaving for a vacation with Keiko, O'Brien encounters Boone, a former crewmate from the Rutledge. The two exchange pleasantries and O'Brien hurries off, eager to start his trip. In his haste, O'Brien fails to notice that Boone has recorded his voice. Later, as he and Keiko head toward their destination in a Runabout, they are stopped by a Cardassian vessel. To Keiko's horror, Gul Evek beams aboard and arrests O'Brien, taking him back to Cardassia Prime without telling him what he has supposedly done. O'Brien is "interrogated" by his captors until he meets Makbar, who will represent the state in the case against him. However, she refuses to tell O'Brien what charges he faces. Later, on the space station, Sisko is contacted by Makbar, who tells him that, as with all Cardassian trials, O'Brien's serves only a ceremonial function -- he has already been proven guilty and will be executed.

Original title : The Jem'Hadar
First Aired : 12.06.1994 (USA) 28.08.1999 (FRANCE)
Director : Kim Friedman
Writing credits : Ira Steven Behr
Cast : Alan Oppenheimer (Captain Keogh), Aron Eisenberg (Nog), Cress Williams (Talak'talan), Molly Hagan (Eris), Michael Jace (1st Officer), Sandra Grando (2nd Officer), Majel Barrett (Computer Voice)

The Story : Sisko's plans for father-son bonding are ruined when Jake invites Nog to accompany them on a trip to the Gamma Quadrant. Quark insists on coming to escort his nephew, and the not-so-happy foursome wind up camping out on a primitive, uninhabited planet. Quark and Sisko argue, sending an embarrassed Nog off into the woods, with Jake chasing after him. Then, a terrified alien woman runs out of the forest, telling Sisko and Quark that she is running from a group of alien soldiers called the Jem'Hadar, who then suddenly appear and take the trio prisoner. Returning to camp to find Sisko and Quark gone, Jake and Nog set out in search of them. Meanwhile, Sisko, Quark, and the woman, Eris, are taken to a cave where they are imprisoned by a force field. Eris is unable to disable the field telekinetically because of a collar the Jem'Hadar have placed around her neck. She tells Sisko that the Jem'Hadar are soldiers of the Dominion, who rule the Gamma Quadrant, and is resigned to the fact that they are doomed.