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The Way Of The Warrior

Star Trek: Deep Space NineStardate 49011.4: As the crew of Deep Space 9 try to prepare for a possible invasion by the Dominion, a fleet of Klingon ships decloak and take “shore leave” on the station. The Cardassians have sealed their borders after a rumored coup on their homeworld, and Klingon ships are stopping ships leaving Bajoran space to search them for Changelings. To get answers, Sisko calls on the aid of Lt. Commander Worf, who has been among the Klingon clerics on Boreth following the Enterprise’s destruction, and is considering resigning Starfleet. Worf learns that the Klingons plan to invade Cardassia on the suspicion that the new civilian government is run by the Founders. Sisko uses Garak to warn the Cardassians, and Gul Dukat manages to save the Detepa Council as the Klingon fleet advances. But the Defiant is needed to get them to safety – and its aid will have far-reaching consequences for the Federation and the Klingon Empire.

Season 4 Regular Cast: Avery Brooks (Captain Sisko), Michael Dorn (Lt. Commander Worf), Rene Auberjonois (Odo), Terry Farrell (Lt. Commander Dax), Cirroc Lofton (Jake Sisko), Colm Meaney (Chief O’Brien), Armin Shimerman (Quark), Alexander Siddig (Dr. Bashir), Nana Visitor (Major Kira)

Order the DVDsDownload this episode via Amazonwritten by Ira Steven Behr & Robert Hewitt Wolfe
directed by James L. Conway
music by Dennis McCarthy

Guest Cast: Andrew Robinson (Garak), Penny Johnson (Kasidy Yates), Marc Alaimo (Gul Dukat), Deep Space NineRobert O’Reilly (Gowron), J.G. Hertzler (General Martok), Obi Ndefo (Drex), Christopher Darga (Kaybok), William Dennis Hunt (Huraga), Patricia Tallman (Weapons Officer), Judi Durand (Station Computer Voice)

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The Visitor

Star Trek: Deep Space NineStardate not given: It’s several decades in the future. Jake Sisko is an old man, living in his grandfather’s house on the Louisiana bayou. On a rainy night, a visitor arrives – a young woman who aspires to be a writer. Jake tells her the story of why he hasn’t written in years. Long ago, he was on a trip with his father in the Defiant when an accident in the engine room caused his father to disappear before his eyes. Yet when Ben Sisko began appearing to him in the flesh, for a few minutes at a time, with years between appearances, it became clear that he was not dead, but trapped in subspace. Jake went on with his life, married, became a famous writer – but was forever haunted by his father’s disappearance, and became obsessed with rescuing him. Now, Jake has finally found a solution…but what will it cost him?

Order the DVDsDownload this episode via Amazonwritten by Michael Taylor
directed by David Livingston
music by Dennis McCarthy

Guest Cast: Tony Todd (Jake Sisko), Galyn Gorg (Korena), Aron Eisenberg (Nog), Rachel Robinson (Melanie)

Notes: Rachel Robinson is the daughter of Andrew J. Robinson, who frequently guest stars as Garak and has directed numerous Star Trek episodes.

LogBook entry by Tracy Hemenover with notes by Earl Green

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Hippocratic Oath

Star Trek: Deep Space NineStardate 49066.5: Bashir and O’Brien, in the runabout Rubicon, are on their way home to the station after a routine biosurvey in the Gamma Quadrant when O’Brien detects a subspace magneton pulse which could indicate a ship in trouble. They track it to a planet thought to be uninhabited, where the runabout hits a plasma field and is forced to crash-land. The two are captured by a group of Jem’Hadar. But these Jem’Hadar are different – their leader, Goran’Agar, is actually free of their race’s genetic addiction to the enzyme known as Ketracel-white, and has brought the others here in hopes of freeing them as well from the “white” and the Dominion. Goran’Agar forces Bashir to work on a cure for the addiction, while O’Brien tries to convince the doctor to escape with him. Meanwhile, on the station, Worf finds he has a lot to learn about the way things are done in his new home, as he clashes with Odo over a smuggling investigation.

Order the DVDsDownload this episode via Amazonteleplay by Lisa Klink
story by Nick Corea and Lisa Klink
directed by Rene Auberjonois
music by Jay Chattaway

Guest Cast: Scott MacDonald (Goran’Agar), Stephen Davies (Arak’Taral), Jerry Roberts (Meso’Clan), Marshall Teague (Temo’Zuma), Roderick Garr (Shady Alien), Michael H. Bailous (Jem’Hadar #1)

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Rejoined

Star Trek: Deep Space NineStardate 49195.5: A Trill science team arrives on Deep Space 9 to conduct field tests on experimental techniques for creating artificial wormholes. The leader of the team is Dr. Lenara Kahn, a joined Trill whose symbiont was once borne by the wife of one of Dax’s former hosts, Torias. Trill society has a strict taboo against “reassociation” with past lovers, for which the penalty is exile – meaning that both symbionts will die with their current hosts. Therefore Dax and Lenara must be careful about interacting…but despite their best efforts they find themselves reawakening old emotional ties. What will Dax risk in order to be with her former love?

Order the DVDsDownload this episode via Amazonteleplay by Ronald D. Moore & Renè Echavarria
story by Renè Echavarria
directed by Avery Brooks
music by Jay Chattaway

Guest Cast: Susanna Thompson (Dr. Lenara Kahn), Tim Ryan (Bejal Kahn), James Deep Space NineNoah (Pren), Kenneth Marshall (Eddington)

Notes: Susanna Thompson would later win a recurring role in Star Trek: Voyager; for much of that show’s last four seasons, she appeared numerous times as the Borg Queen, a role originated by Alice Krige in Star Trek: First Contact.

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Little Green Men

Star Trek: Deep Space NineStardate not given: As Nog prepares to leave at last for Starfleet Academy, Quark receives a long-awaited payment from his cousin Gaila (the one with the moon): a shuttle of his very own. He offers to take Nog to Earth in it, with Rom piloting – but of course Quark has ulterior motives: smuggling illegal kemosite to Orion on the way back. However, due to the ship’s having been sabotaged by Gaila, the three Ferengi (plus one stowaway) end up going through a time warp to Roswell, New Mexico in 1947. But far from trying to go home while leaving the timeline intact, Quark has other plans …to stay and take over the Earth.

Order the DVDsDownload this episode via Amazonteleplay by Ira Steven Behr & Robert Hewitt Wolfe
story by Toni Marberry and Jack Trevino
directed by James L. Conway
music by Paul Baillargeon

Guest Cast: Max Grodenchik (Rom), Aron Eisenberg (Rom), Megan Gallagher (Nurse Garland), Charles Napier (Denning), Conor O’Farrell (Carlson), James G. MacDonald (Wainwright)

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Starship Down

Star Trek: Deep Space NineStardate 49263.5: The Defiant is on a mission into the Gamma Quadrant to meet with a representative from the Karemma, who have been trading with the Federation, using the Ferengi as intermediaries, and who protest the exorbitant fees and taxes, which are actually the result of a misunderstanding perpetuated by Quark. But then two Jem’Hadar ships arrive to punish the Karemma for meeting with the Federation. When the Defiant goes after the Jem’Hadar, who pursue the Karemma ship into the atmosphere of a gas giant, it is attacked and heavily damaged. Bashir and Dax are sealed into a turbolift shaft, Kira cares for a gravely injured Sisko, Worf learns a thing or two about command, and Quark and the Karemma representative must defuse an unexploded torpedo that has struck the ship.

Order the DVDsDownload this episode via Amazonwritten by David Mack & John J. Ordover
directed by Alexander Singer
music by Jay Chattaway

Guest Cast: James Cromwell (Hanok), F. J. Rio (Muniz), Jay Baker (Stevens), Sara Mornell (Carson)

Notes: According to the original story outline, the Defiant was supposed to be stranded underwater rather than in the atmosphere of a giant gas planet.

LogBook entry by Tracy Hemenover with notes by Earl Green

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The Sword of Kahless

Star Trek: Deep Space NineNo stardate given: An elderly Klingon, Kor, who is an old friend of Dax, has returned to the station. Dax introduces him to Worf, whom Kor invites along on a quest: he has obtained a cloth found on a planet in the Gamma Quadrant – a cloth which was used to wrap the legendary Sword of Kahless. The Sword is a relic of Klingon history, stolen over 1000 years ago by the Hurk. Together, Kor, Dax, and Worf go to the planet where the cloth was found, and manage to find the Sword. But they have been followed there by Toral, the last member of the House of Duras, who once tried to seize power, and whose life was spared at the time by Worf. Kor, Dax, and Worf must journey through the caverns to escape, as ambition begins to turn Kor and Worf against each other.

Order the DVDsDownload this episode via Amazonteleplay by Hans Beimler
story by Richard Danus
directed by LeVar Burton
music by David Bell

Guest Cast: John Colicos (Kor), Rick Pasqualone (Toral), Tom Morga (Soto)

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Our Man Bashir

Star Trek: Deep Space NineStardate not given: Bashir is indulging in a holosuite program in which he is a glamorous British superspy on 1960’s Earth, when he is joined by an uninvited guest – Garak. Meanwhile, the Runabout Orinoco is returning from a conference, with Sisko, Kira, Dax, Worf, and O’Brien aboard, when it explodes due to sabotage. The Ops transporter is damaged while beaming them off, but Odo and Eddington manage to store the patterns…in Bashir’s holo- program, it turns out, where Bashir is startled to find the characters replaced by the images of the missing officers. While Eddington, Odo, and Rom figure out how to reintegrate their physical and neural patterns, Bashir must make sure the holosuite computer doesn’t kill them off as part of his fantasy.

Order the DVDsDownload this episode via Amazonteleplay by Ronald D. Moore
story by Robert Gillan
directed by Winrich Kolbe
music by Jay Chattaway

Guest Cast: Max Grodenchik (Rom), Kenneth Marshall (Eddington), Andrew Robinson (Garak), Melissa Young (Caprice), Marci Brickhouse (Mona Luvsitt)

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Homefront

Star Trek: Deep Space NineStardate not given: As Dax observes that the wormhole has been opening and closing for no apparent reason lately, news comes that an important Federation/Romulan conference on Earth has been bombed, and security cameras have recorded a Changeling in the room at the time. Sisko and Odo go to Earth, where Sisko is made the acting head of Starfleet security, as well as visiting his father with Jake. With the help of Sisko’s old CO, Admiral Leyton, Sisko and Odo convince the Federation President to authorize stringent security measures. But it may be too late, as Earth’s power relays are sabotaged and Sisko is forced to institute martial law.

Order the DVDsDownload this episode via Amazonwritten by Ira Steven Behr & Robert Hewitt Wolfe
directed by David Livingston
music by Dennis McCarthy

Deep Space NineGuest Cast: Robert Foxworth (Admiral Leyton), Herschel Sparber (Jaresh-Inyo), Susan Gibney (Benteen), Aron Eisenberg (Nog), Brock Peters (Joseph Sisko), Dylan Chalfy (Head Officer)

Notes: Susan Gibney had previously played the part of Dr. Leah Brahms, one of the designers of the Galaxy class starship, in two episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation (Booby Trap, Galaxy’s Child) and was even under consideration for the role of Voyager’s Captain Janeway.

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Paradise Lost

Star Trek: Deep Space NineStardate not given: A state of emergency has been declared on Earth, and armed Starfleet security officers are on the streets. But the activities of an elite cadre of Academy cadets on the night of the power outage arouse Sisko’s suspicions. He and Odo investigate, and learn that the sabotage was caused not by Changelings but by “Red Squad” under orders from Admiral Leyton, whose goal is to oust the President and take over Earth to fortify it against the Dominion. And Leyton is willing to do anything, even order one Starfleet ship to destroy another, to carry out his plans.

Order the DVDsDownload this episode via Amazonteleplay by Ira Steven Behr & Robert Hewitt Wolfe
story by Ronald D. Moore
directed by Reza Badiyi
music by Jay Chattaway

Guest Cast: Robert Foxworth (Admiral Leyton), Herschel Sparber (Jaresh-Inyo), Susan Gibney (Benteen), Aron Eisenberg (Nog), David Drew Gallagher (Riley Shepard), Mina Badie (Security Officer), Rudolph Willrich (Academy Commandant), Brock Peters (Joseph Sisko), Bobby C. King (Security Chief)

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Crossfire

Star Trek: Deep Space NineStardate not given: Bajor’s new First Minister – Shakaar, Kira’s old friend and the head of her former resistance cell – arrives on the station for negotiations with Federation delegates concerning speeding up Bajor’s admission. No sooner is Shakaar aboard than there are threats on his life, and Odo must guard him around the clock, a task made especially difficult when Shakaar and Kira start getting close…very close. Odo, who is himself secretly in love with Kira, is caught up in emotional turmoil that starts to affect his ability to do his job, to the point of endangering Kira’s and Shakaar’s lives.

Order the DVDsDownload this episode via Amazonwritten by Renè Echavarria
directed by Les Landau
music by Dennis McCarthy

Guest Cast: Duncan Regehr (Shakaar), Bruce Wright (Sarish), Charles Tentindo (Jimenez)

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Return To Grace

Star Trek: Deep Space NineStardate not given: Kira leaves for a Cardassian outpost to attend a conference, escorted by Gul Dukat, who, after bringing his half-Bajoran daughter Ziyal home, has been reduced to commanding a freighter. When they arrive at the outpost, they find it destroyed by a Klingon Bird of Prey, which ignores Dukat’s freighter. At Kira’s suggestion, Dukat adapts a disruptor from the outpost and goes after the Klingons. When he succeeds in capturing the Bird of Prey, Dukat has the choice of returning to his old position – or striking out as a freedom fighter against the Klingons.

Order the DVDsDownload this episode via Amazonteleplay by Hans Beimler
story by Tom Benko
directed by Jonathan West
music by Jay Chattaway

Star Trek: Deep Space NineGuest Cast: Marc Alaimo (Gul Dukat), Cyia Batten (Tora Ziyal), Casey Biggs (Damar), John Kenton Shull (K’Temang)

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The Sons Of Mogh

Star Trek: Deep Space NineStardate 49556.2: Worf’s younger brother Kurn arrives on DS9, a broken, drunken outcast who has lost his seat on the Klingon High Council due to Worf’s having sided against the Empire. Kurn demands that Worf perform the Mauk-to’Vor, a ritual in which by killing Kurn Worf can restore Kurn’s lost honor. Meanwhile, Kira and O’Brien investigate mysterious explosions and Klingon activity near Bajoran space.

Order the DVDsDownload this episode via Amazonwritten by Ronald D. Moore
directed by David Livingston
music by David Bell

Guest Cast: Tony Todd (Kurn), Robert DoQui (Noggra), Dell Yount (Tilikia), Elliot Woods (Klingon Officer)

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The Bar Association

Star Trek: Deep Space NineStardate not given: After Rom nearly dies from an ear infection due to Quark’s refusal to give him time off to seek medical attention, and when Quark announces a pay cut for his employees to make up for losses incurred during the Bajoran Time of Cleansing, Rom decides he has had enough of his brother’s heavy-handed management. He forms a union of all the bar and casino workers, to demand increased pay, shorter hours, and paid sick leave. When Quark laughs in their faces, the union promptly goes on strike. Meanwhile, Worf continues to have trouble adjusting to station life.

Order the DVDsDownload this episode via Amazonteleplay by Robert Hewitt Wolfe & Ira Steven Behr
story by Barbara J. Lee & Jenifer A. Lee
directed by LeVar Burton
music by Jay Chattaway

Guest Cast: Max Grodenchik (Rom), Chase Masterson (Leeta), Jason Marsden (Grimp), Emilio Borelli (Frool), Jeffrey Combs (Brunt)

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Accession

Star Trek: Deep Space NineStardate not given: A battered old-style Bajoran lightship emerges from the wormhole with one passenger: Akorem Laan, a famous poet who left Bajor 200 years ago. Since he was the first person to meet the Prophets, and since they healed him, Akorem believes himself to be the Emissary, a role that Sisko is all too happy to relinquish to him. Akorem begins trying to lead Bajor back to the old days, when their caste system, the d’jarras, determined the careers people followed. Confusion results, and Sisko can only conclude that his mission to bring Bajor into the Federation has failed. Meanwhile, O’Brien tries to readjust his life when Keiko returns, pregnant with their second child.

Order the DVDsDownload this episode via Amazonwritten by Jane Espenson
directed by Les Landau
music by Dennis McCarthy

Guest Cast: Rosalind Chao (Keiko), Robert Symonds (Vedek Porta), Camille Saviola (Kai Opaka), Hana Hatae (Molly), Richard Libertini (Akorem), David Carpenter (Onara), Grace Zandarski (Latara), Laura Jane Salvato (Gia)

Original title: The Other Emissary

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