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The Way of the Warrior

Episode

73

Director:

James L. Conway

Written by:

Ira Steven Behr & Robert Hewitt Wolfe

Stardate:

49011.4

Synopsis:

The Klingons invade Cardassia, believing that Founders have infiltrated the Cardassian civilian government. The Federation refuses to be involved, and the Klingons withdraw from the Khitomer accords, the peace treaty between the Federation and the Klingon empire. The Klingons attack Deep Space Nine, in an attempt to capture the Cardassian government council members, and take control of Cardassia.

Rating:

B+

Notes:

Michael Dorn joins the cast in this episode, as Lieutenant Worf, previously seen in Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek Generations.

The Visitor

Episode

75

Director:

David Livingston

Written by:

Michael Taylor

Stardate:

Not Given

Synopsis:

A warp core accident traps Captain Sisko in subspace, and Jake spends the rest of his life trying to get his father back. The story is told in the future: Jake is an old, retired writer, telling the story to a young writer.

Rating:

A+

Notes:

Hippocratic Oath

Episode

76

Director:

René Auberjonois

Written by:

Lisa Klink

Stardate:

49066.5

Synopsis:

Bashir and O'Brien are captured by Jem'Hadar soldiers who have crashed on a planet and whose supply of Ketracel white, the narcotic drug to which they are addicted, is running out. The Jem'Hadar threaten to kill them unless they are cured of their addiction. Bashir sets about finding a cure, while O'Brien tries to find a way to escape.

Rating:

D

Notes:

This is the third episode directed by René Auberjonois

Indiscretion

Episode

77

Director:

LeVar Burton

Teleplay by:

Nicholas Corea

Story by:

Toni Marberry & Jack Treviño

Stardate:

Not Given

Synopsis:

When Dukat asks to accompany Kira on a journey to track down long-lost Bajoran prisoners of war, Kira discovers that his motives are not as innocent as they first appeared - he is out to kill his half-Bajoran, half-Cardassian daughter, born during the occupation when he had a secret love affair with a Bajoran woman named Tora Naprem.

Rating:

C

Notes:

Rejoined

Episode

78

Director:

Avery Brooks

Written by:

Ronald D. Moore & René Echevarria

Story by:

René Echevarria

Stardate:

49195.5

Synopsis:

Jadzia faces exile from the Trill homeworld and the death of the Dax symbiont when she meets a husband from one of her previous lifetimes

Rating:

B+

Notes:

Little Green Men

Episode

79

Director:

James L. Conway

Written by:

Ira Steven Behr & Robert Hewitt Wolfe

Story by:

Tony Marberry & Jack Treviño

Stardate:

Not Given

Synopsis:

While travelling to Starfleet Academy in Quark's new ship, Quark, Rom and Nog are transported back in time, and forced to land at Roswell in 1947, where they are mistaken for Martian invaders. However, there was a stowaway onboard the ship as well...

Rating:

A+

Notes:

Rule of Acquisition No. 203: New customers are like razor-toothed Greenworms. They can be succulent, but sometimes they bite back.

Starship Down

Episode

80

Director:

Alexander Singer

Written by:

David Mack & John J. Ordover

Stardate:

49263.5

Synopsis:

A Jem'Hadar attack injures Sisko, and cripples the Defiant, leaving it in a remote planet's atmosphere with an unexploded torpedo lodged in the hull.

Rating:

E

Notes:

James Cromwell, who plays Karemma trader Hanok, returns as Zefram Cochrane in Star Trek First Contact. Morn has 17 brothers and sisters.

The Sword of Kahless

Episode

81

Director:

LeVar Burton

Written by:

Hans Beimler

Story by:

Richard Danus

Stardate:

Not Given

Synopsis:

Worf and Jadzia accompany legendary Klingon warrior Kor in search of a mythical sword said to have been carried by Emperor Kahless more than 1 500 years ago.

Rating:

B

Notes:

Our Man Bashir

Episode

82

Director:

Winrich Kolbe

Written by:

Ronald D. Moore

Story by:

Robert Gillan

Stardate:

Not Given

Synopsis:

A bomb is discovered on a runabout, but it explodes while transporting Sisko, Kira, Dax and O'Brien out. The transporter system is damaged, but the computer is able to save their patterns in the computer memory. They appear as characters in Bashir's Bond-like secret agent holo-program - but if he ends the program, their patterns may be erased. He must finish the program, without letting any of them be killed...

Rating:

A-

Notes:

Homefront

Episode

83

Director:

David Livingston

Written by:

Ira Steven Behr & Robert Hewitt Wolfe

Stardate:

49170.6

Synopsis:

Sisko and Odo are asked to take command of Earth planetary security after the Federation suspects that Changelings may have invaded Earth.

Rating:

B+

Notes:

Paradise Lost

Episode

84

Director:

Reza Badiyi

Written by:

Ira Steven Behr & Robert Hewitt Wolfe

Story by:

Ronald D. Moore

Stardate:

Not Given

Synopsis:

With Earth under martial law, and Starfleet Troops stationed around the planet, anticipating a Dominion invasion, its up to Sisko, Odo and the crew of the Defiant to find out what's really going on.

Rating:

A-

Notes:

Crossfire

Episode

85

Director:

Les Landau

Written by:

René Echevarria

Stardate:

Not Given

Synopsis:

Odo is assigned to protect the Bajoran First Minister Shakaar, but his feelings for Kira start to get in the way when Kira and Shakaar realise that they have a mutual attraction to each other

Rating:

B

Notes:

Return to Grace

Episode

86

Director:

Jonathan West

Written by:

Hans Beimler

Story by:

Tom Benko

Stardate:

Not Given

Synopsis:

To regain his former status in the Cardassian government, a demoted Gul Dukat seeks Kira's help in hunting down the Klingon ship responsible for destroying a Cardassian outpost.

Rating:

C

Notes:

Sons of Mogh

Episode

87

Director:

David Livingston

Written by:

Ronald D. Moore

Stardate:

49556.2

Synopsis:

Because Worf sided with the Federation against the Klingon empire, the House of Mogh has been stripped of its titles, lands and ships. Kurn travels to Deep Space Nine, and asks Worf to give him back his honour, by killing him.

Rating:

B

Notes:

Bar Association

Episode

88

Director:

LeVar Burton

Written by:

Robert Hewitt Wolfe & Ira Steven Behr

Story by:

Barbara A. Lee & Jenifer A. Lee

Stardate:

Not Given

Synopsis:

Exasperated by Quark's abuse of the employees and the terrible working conditions at the bar, Rom organises a union and leads the employees on strike.

Rating:

B+

Notes:

Rule of Acquisition No. 211: Employees are the rungs on the ladder of success - don't hesitate to step on them.

Accession

Episode

89

Director:

Les Landau

Written by:

Jane Espenson

Stardate:

Not Given

Synopsis:

Sisko steps down as the Bajoran Emissary to the Prophets when an ancient poet from Bajor emerges from the wormhole, 200 years after his disappearance, claiming to be the true emissary.

Rating:

B

Notes:

Rules of Engagement

Episode

90

Director:

LeVar Burton

Written by:

Ronald D. Moore

Story by:

Bradley Thompson & David Weddle

Stardate:

Not Given

Synopsis:

Worf faces extradition to the Klingon Homeworld Qo'noS when he accidentally destroys a Klingon transport and kills all 441 passengers.

Rating:

B

Notes:

Hard Time

Episode

91

Director:

Alexander Singer

Written by:

Robert Hewitt Wolfe

Story by:

Daniel Keys Moran & Lynn Baker

Stardate:

Not Given

Synopsis:

Wrongly charged with espionage by the Argrathi, O'Brien suffers from an alien mind implant - which makes him think he's served a 20-year prison sentence.

Rating:

B-

Notes:

Shattered Mirror

Episode

92

Director:

James L. Conway

Written by:

Ira Steven Behr & Hans Beimler

Stardate:

Not Given

Synopsis:

Captain Sisko is kidnapped and taken into the mirror universe, where he is forced to help rebels fight the Klingon-Cardassian alliance when they attack Deep Space Nine.

Rating:

B

Notes:

The Muse

Episode

93

Director:

David Livingston

Written by:

René Echevarria

Story by:

Majel Barrett & René Echevarria

Stardate:

Not Given

Synopsis:

When a pregnant Lwaxana Troi arrives at the station, Odo marries her to prevent her baby from being taken away after birth by the Tavnian father.

Rating:

C

Notes:

For the Cause

Episode

94

Director:

James L. Conway

Written by:

Ronald D. Moore

Story by:

Mark Gehred-O'Connell

Stardate:

Not Given

Synopsis:

Sisko is alarmed to discover that the woman he loves, Kasidy Yates, may actually be a Maquis smuggler.

Rating:

C-

Notes:

Eddington reveals himself as a traitor.

To The Death

Episode

95

Director:

LeVar Burton

Written by:

Ira Steven Behr & Robert Hewitt Wolfe

Stardate:

49904.2

Synopsis:

Jem'Hadar rebels discover an ancient Iconian gateway, which, when fully operational, would allow them to transport to any planet in the galaxy, instantly. The Dominion agree to work with Starfleet to destroy the gateway and prevent the Jem'Hadar from getting it operational.

Rating:

A-

Notes:

The Quickening

Episode

96

Director:

René Auberjonois

Written by:

Naren Shankar

Stardate:

Not Given

Synopsis:

Bashir and Jadzia detect a distress call, and investigate. They find the inhabitants of a Gamma Quadrant planet infected with a disease introduced by the Jem'Hadar. Bashir fails to find a cure, but finds a vaccine that allows children to be born without the disease.

Rating:

A+

Notes:

Body Parts

Episode

97

Written by:

Ira Steven Behr

Stardate:

Not Given

Synopsis:

Quark believes he's dying and, in true Ferengi tradition, sells his body (vacuum-dessicated) in advance for a profit. However, he discovers that he has been misdiagnosed, and that he is not going to die. Now he is faced with breaking a contract - a taboo in Ferengi culture. Meanwhile, Keiko's baby is transferred into Kira's womb after Keiko is injured in a runabout accident.

Rating:

B-

Notes:

Broken Link

Episode

98

Director:

Les Landau

Written by:

Ira Steven Behr & Robert Hewitt Wolfe

Story by:

George A. Brozak

Stardate:

Not Given

Synopsis:

Odo returns to his homeworld to be tried for the murder of another shapeshifter.

Rating:

B

Notes:

Odo is tried for the crime committed in season 3's "The Adversary".

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