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Deep Space Nine Season 06 Star Trek

The Reckoning

Star Trek: Deep Space NineStardate not given: A tablet is found under the ruins of B’Hala, and Sisko brings it to the station for translation. This brings him into conflict once again with Kai Winn, who demands that the tablet be returned. The sudden instability of the wormhole is a sign to the Kai that the Prophets are angry. Sisko agrees to return the tablet, but later he smashes it, releasing two energy discharges. They are a Prophet and a pagh wraith, who will battle it out in “the Reckoning” to determine Bajor’s future.

Order the DVDsDownload this episode via Amazonteleplay by David Weddle & Bradley Thompson
story by Harry M. Werksman & Gabrielle Stanton
directed by Jesus Salvador Trevino
music by Jay Chattaway

Guest Cast: James Greene (Koral), Louise Fletcher (Kai Winn), Judi Durand (Station Computer Voice)

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Season 04 Star Trek Voyager

Living Witness

Star Trek: VoyagerStardate not given: The Doctor is activated several centuries after Voyager became involved in a war between two planets. Though Voyager and her crew are long gone, the Doctor’s recollections are sought by one historian – and condemned by others. The Doctor has become just one part of a museum which serves as a testament to one world’s holocaust and another world’s conquest, and not everyone wants to hear the hologram’s version of the story – a story which, in the museum exhibit, portrays Captain Janeway and her crew as bloodthirsty warmongers who took sides in the conflict.

Order the DVDsteleplay by Bryan Fuller and Brannon Braga & Joe Menosky
story by Brannon Braga
directed by Tim Russ
music by Dennis McCarthy

Guest Cast: Henry Woronicz (Quarren), Rod Arrants (Ambassador Dailith), Craig Richard Nelson (Tedran), Marie Chambers (Kyrian Commissioner), Brian Fitzpatrick (Vaskan Commissioner), Morgan H. Margolis (Vaskan Museum Visitor), Mary Anne McGarry (Tabris), Timothy Davis-Reed (Kyrian Spectator)

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Deep Space Nine Season 06 Star Trek

The Valiant

Star Trek: Deep Space NineStardate 51825.4: Just after leaving a starbase with a diplomatic message for the Grand Nagus, a runabout carrying Nog and Jake is attacked by Jem’Hadar fighters, but the two are rescued by the USS Valiant, a Defiant-class ship manned by a crew of Red Squad cadets who were out on a training cruise when the war broke out. Nog is made Chief Engineer by Captain Watters, who plans to complete the Valiant’s mission of obtaining technical data on a Dominion battleship. Once this is accomplished, however, Watters decides to destroy the battleship – which may be a fatal mistake.

Order the DVDsDownload this episode via Amazonwritten by Ronald D. Moore
directed by Michael Vejar
music by Paul Baillargeon

Guest Cast: Aron Eisenberg (Nog), Paul Popowich (Watters), Courtney Peldon (Farris), David Drew Gallagher (Shepard), Ashley Brianne McDonogh (Dorian), Scott Hamm (Parton), Majel Barrett (Computer Voice)

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Season 04 Star Trek Voyager

Demon

Star Trek: VoyagerStardate not given: Depleted of resources, Voyager limps into the vicinity of a class Y planet, known informally as a “demon” class planet. Though standard Starfleet procedure calls for total avoidance of the hostile environment of these planets, Janeway and the crew are left with no choice but to try to improvise a way to adapt the planet’s natural resources to power Voyager. Tom and Harry are the first away team to visit the planet, and they fail to report back. But the rescue team commanded by Chakotay finds both of them in perfect health – and capable of breathing freely in the deadly atmosphere of the planet. However, transporting the two back to Voyager almost proves fatal, leading the Doctor to believe that anyone who has visited this class Y planet can never leave it again.

Order the DVDsteleplay by Kenneth Biller
story by Andrè Bormanis
directed by Anson Williams
music by David Bell

Guest Cast: Alexander Enberg (Ensign Vorik), Susan Lewis (Transporter Technician), Majel Barrett (Computer Voice)

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Deep Space Nine Season 06 Star Trek

Profit And Lace

Star Trek: Deep Space NineStardate not given: Zek returns to DS9, accompanied by Quark’s mother, Ishka. His amendment of the Ferengi Bill of Opportunities to give females the right to wear clothing has resulted in planetary chaos on Ferenginar and Zek’s removal from office. Brunt is now Acting Grand Nagus, a position which will become permanent in three days unless Zek can persuade the FCA to reinstate him. The plan is for the FCA commissioners to come to DS9 to meet Ishka, but only one, Nilva, agrees. However, Ishka has a heart attack during an argument with Quark, who is obliged to pose as Zek’s “other” female advisor.

Order the DVDsDownload this episode via Amazonwritten by Ira Steven Behr & Hans Beimler
directed by Alexander Siddig
music by David Bell

Guest Cast: Henry Gibson (Nilva), Jeffrey Combs (Brunt), Max Grodenchik (Rom), Aron Eisenberg (Nog), Cecily Adams (Ishka), Chase Masterson (Leeta), Tiny Ron (Maihar’du), Sylvain Cecile (Uri’Lash), Wallace Shawn (Zek)

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Season 04 Star Trek Voyager

One

Star Trek: VoyagerStardate 51929.3: Voyager arrives at a vast nebula, and trying to go around the gaseous structure would add months to the ship’s journey. But Janeway’s command to proceed into the nebula nearly meets with disaster as the crew begins suffering radiation poisoning. Janeway is forced to consider putting the entire crew in stasis and leaving Voyager in the hands of the Doctor and Seven of Nine, whose Borg shielding renders her immune to the radiation poisoning. Though Seven is undaunted by the exhaustive schedule of duties she must perform as the ship’s sole pilot and engineer for an entire month, she may be unprepared for the sense of isolation that she must endure – but is she really alone, or has someone else boarded Voyager?

Order the DVDswritten by Jeri Taylor
directed by Kenneth Biller
music by Jay Chattaway

Guest Cast: Wade Williams (Trajis Lo-Tarik), Ron Ostrow (Borg Drone), Majel Barrett (Computer Voice)

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Deep Space Nine Season 06 Star Trek

Time’s Orphan

Star Trek: Deep Space NineStardate not given: Keiko, Molly, and Kirayoshi have returned to the station, and to celebrate, Miles takes them on a picnic to Golana. While there, however, Molly falls into a heretofore undiscovered time portal left behind by an ancient civilization. Miles is finally able to retrieve her, but the calculations are off, and Molly is beamed back as an 18-year-old who has survived for ten years and has turned savage in the process. The O’Briens do their best to help her re-socialize, but Starfleet wants to institutionalize her. Can her parents make the choice to give her the only home she knows?

Order the DVDsDownload this episode via Amazonteleplay by Bradley Thompson & David Weddle
story by Joe Menosky
directed by Allan Kroeker
music by Jay Chattaway

Guest Cast: Rosalind Chao (Keiko), Michelle Krusiec (Molly, 18), Hana Hatae (Molly, 8), Shaun Bieniek (Deputy), Randy James (Security)

Original title: Out Of Time

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Season 04 Star Trek Voyager

Hope and Fear

Star Trek: VoyagerStardate 51978.2: On a routine supply stop, Paris and Neelix meet Arturis, an alien with a gift for translation. As Arturis hitches a brief ride aboard Voyager, Janeway decides to let Arturis try to decipher the encrypted message Starfleet sent through the Hirogen communications array several months earlier. Arturis makes quick work of the message, revealing a set of coordinates and a slightly garbled message from Admiral Hayes of Starfleet, detailing a new hope for Voyager’s crew to return home. But it is only when a wary Janeway tries deciphering the message on her own, while trying to convince Seven of Nine to return to the Alpha Quadrant with the crew, that the origins of the mysterious Starfleet experimental ship Dauntless are uncovered. This new ship, left unmanned for Voyager’s crew to use, is not on a mission of mercy, but a mission of vengeance.

Order the DVDsteleplay by Brannon Braga & Joe Menosky
story by Rick Berman & Brannon Braga & Joe Menosky
directed by Winrich Kolbe
music by Dennis McCarthy

Guest Cast: Ray Wise (Arturis), Jack Shearer (Admiral Hayes), Majel Barrett (Computer Voice)

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Deep Space Nine Season 06 Star Trek

The Sound Of Her Voice

Star Trek: Deep Space NineStardate 51948.3: The Defiant is returning from convoy duty when it picks up a distress call from a Starfleet captain, Lisa Cusack, who was marooned on a class L world in the Rutharian sector when her ship crashed there. She is alone, with only a limited supply of tri-ox to help her breathe. After a two-way link is finally established, the Defiant officers take turns keeping Captain Cusack company while they speed to the rescue. They end up revealing some of their deepest thoughts and fears to her, as she gives them counsel. Meanwhile, Quark contrives to ensure that Odo is distracted during an important smuggle.

Order the DVDsDownload this episode via Amazonteleplay by Ronald D. Moore
story by Pam Pietroforte
directed by Winrich Kolbe
music by Dennis McCarthy

Guest Cast: Debra Wilson (voice of Lisa Cusack), Penny Johnson (Kasidy Yates)

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Deep Space Nine Season 06 Star Trek

The Tears Of The Prophets

Star Trek: Deep Space NineStardate not given: Starfleet has finally decided to go on the offensive in the war against the Dominion, and Sisko is chosen to lead the task force that will be sent to attack the Chin’taka system, a “weak spot” in Cardassian space. This he does, despite a warning vision from the Prophets. Meanwhile, Dukat has returned to Cardassia with what he claims is the key to victory. He breaks an ancient Bajoran relic, and becomes possessed by the pagh wraith inside. The results will be devastating to the Federation and Dominion alike, as well as to the crew of Deep Space Nine, who will lose someone very dear to them.

Order the DVDsDownload this episode via Amazonwritten by Ira Steven Behr & Hans Beimler
directed by Allan Kroeker
music by Jay Chattaway

Guest Cast: Andrew J. Robinson (Garak), Jeffrey Combs (Weyoun), Marc Alaimo (Dukat), David Birney (Letant), J.G. Hertzler (Martok), Aron Eisenberg (Nog), Casey Biggs (Damar), Barry Jenner (Admiral Ross), James Darren (Vic Fontaine), Michelle Horn (Saghi), Bob Kirsh (Glinn)

Notes: This was Terry Farrell’s final episode as a member of Deep Space Nine’s regular cast. As with Next Generation, Deep Space Nine’s cast was originally contracted for a six-year run with the option to renegotiate their contracts between the sixth and seventh seasons. Farrell opted not to return when she felt that the offered salary was not commensurate with her years of experience on the show, and tried to persuade the writers to reassign Dax to a new mission rather than killing the character off.

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Deep Space Nine Season 07 Star Trek

Image In The Sand

Star Trek: Deep Space NineStardate not given: On Earth, three months after the wormhole closed and the Orbs went dark, Sisko has a vision of uncovering a woman’s face in the sands of Tyree. He learns that the woman was his real mother, Sarah, and that she had left behind a locket with ancient Bajoran writing on the back, which reads “Orb of the Emissary.” Despite an attempt on his life by a member of the Cult of the Pah-Wraith, Sisko resolves to seek the Orb on Tyree, accompanied by his father and Jake. Meanwhile, on DS9, a Romulan military presence is established, but when they take over a Bajoran moon in order to build a hospital complex which also serves as a weapon storage facility, the Bajoran government wants them out; and Worf, Bashir, and O’Brien decide to undertake a dangerous mission in Jadzia’s name.

Season 7 Regular Cast: Avery Brooks (Captain Sisko), Nicole de Boer (Ezri Dax), Michael Dorn (Lt. Commander Worf), Rene Auberjonois (Odo), Cirroc Lofton (Jake Sisko), Colm Meaney (Chief O’Brien), Armin Shimerman (Quark), Alexander Siddig (Dr. Bashir), Nana Visitor (Colonel Kira)

Order the DVDsDownload this episode via Amazonwritten by Ira Steven Behr & Hans Beimler
directed by Les Landau
music by Dennis McCarthy

Guest Cast: Jeffrey Combs (Weyoun), Casey Biggs (Damar), Barry Jenner (Admiral Ross), J.G. Hertzler (Martok), Megan Cole (Cretak), Aron Eisenberg (Nog), James Darren (Vic Fontaine), Brock Peters (Joseph Sisko), Johnny Moran (Bajoran Man)

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Deep Space Nine Season 07 Star Trek

Shadows And Symbols

Star Trek: Deep Space NineStardate 52152.6: With Ezri Dax, Jake, and his father, Sisko goes to Tyree to seek the Orb of the Emissary. On the way there, and as he is digging in the desert, he begins having visions again – but are they from the Prophets or their enemies? Meanwhile, Kira leads a blockade against the Romulans in order to stop more weapons from being brought to Durna; and Worf, Bashir, O’Brien, Quark, and Martok go to Monak IV to destroy a Dominion shipyard so that Jadzia’s soul can get into StoVoKor.

Order the DVDsDownload this episode via Amazonwritten by Ira Steven Behr & Hans Beimler
directed by Allan Kroeker
music by Dennis McCarthy

Guest Cast: Jeffrey Combs (Weyoun), Casey Biggs (Damar/Dr. Wyckoff), Barry Jenner (Admiral Ross), J.G. Hertzler (Martok), Deborah Lacey (Sarah Alien), Megan Cole (Cretak), Brock Peters (Joseph Sisko), Lori Lively (Siana), Cuauhtemoc Sanchez (Bajoran Crewman)

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Deep Space Nine Season 07 Star Trek

Afterimage

Star Trek: Deep Space NineStardate not given: On a leave of absence from Starfleet, Ezri Dax reacquaints herself with Jadzia’s old haunts on DS9, while the other officers have difficulty adjusting to the new host. Worf in particular treats Ezri coldly, believing that to be friendly to her would dishonor his wife’s memory. Sisko, however, wants Ezri to stay, and gives her the task of helping Garak when he begins having attacks of claustrophobia.

Order the DVDsDownload this episode via Amazonwritten by Rene Echavarria
directed by Les Landau
music by Jay Chattaway

Guest Cast: Andrew J. Robinson (Garak)

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Season 05 Star Trek Voyager

Night

Star Trek: VoyagerStardate 52081.2: The crew is facing a shipwide case of cabin fever as the ship plunges into a vast, empty, starless expanse, a shortcut that could take two years to complete. Captain Janeway has retreated into seclusion, and tempers are flaring. But the crew’s craving for excitement is more than quenched when a sudden total loss of power is followed by the arrival of seemingly hostile intruders in the darkened corridors of the ship. Another unfamiliar alien vessel arrives to fend off Voyager’s attackers, and it seems that the crew has a new ally…until Janeway is asked to help the Malon captain commit genocide in exchange for an quicker trip home.

Season 5 Regular Cast: Kate Mulgrew (Captain Kathryn Janeway), Robert Beltran (Chakotay), Roxann Biggs-Dawson (B’Elanna Torres), Robert Duncan McNeill (Tom Paris), Ethan Phillips (Neelix), Robert Picardo (The Doctor), Jeri Ryan (Seven of Nine), Tim Russ (Tuvok), Garrett Wang (Ensign Harry Kim)

Order the DVDswritten by Brannon Braga & Joe Menosky
directed by David Livingston
music by Jay Chattaway

Guest Cast: Ken Magee (Emek), Steven Dennis (Alien), Martin Rayner (Dr. Chaotica)

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Deep Space Nine Season 07 Star Trek

Take Me Out To The Holosuite

Star Trek: Deep Space NineStardate not given: Captain Solok of the starship T’Kumbra – an old classmate and rival of Sisko’s – comes to DS9 for repairs to his ship, and casually mentions that he has created a special baseball holosuite program. Incensed, Sisko challenges Solok, pitting a team composed of DS9 officers and residents against one composed of Solok’s all-Vulcan crew. The problem? The Niners are terrible players. Will they be able to get it together before the big game?

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

Guest Cast: Max Grodenchik (Rom), Aron Eisenberg (Nog), Gregory Wagrowski (Solok), Chase Masterson (Leeta), Penny Johnson (Kasidy Yates)

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