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9.3/10 (4403 votes)
#1

Trials and Tribble-ations

S5:E6

Stardate: 4523.7. In this celebration of the 30th anniversary of The Original Series, the disgraced Klingon spy Darvin travels back in time to undo his century-old defeat by James Kirk. The DS9 crew must track him down and stop him, while blending in with the crew of the original Enterprise NCC-1701.

8.8/10 (2511 votes)
#2

By Inferno's Light (2)

S5:E15

Stardate: 50564.2. The station readies for a Dominion attack. Worf and Garak meet some unexpected friends in a Dominion Prison camp.

8.7/10 (2491 votes)
#3

In Purgatory's Shadow (1)

S5:E14

Stardate: Unknown. A coded message from the Gamma Quadrant leads Garak to believe his mentor, Enabran Tain, is still alive. He and Worf seek him out, only to discover something much worse: a Dominion invasion fleet poised to attack the Alpha Quadrant.

8.2/10 (2344 votes)
#4

Apocalypse Rising

S5:E1

Stardate: Unknown. With the war between Klingons and Federation intensifying, Sisko must make a plan to expose Gowron as a changeling. Odo is still having trouble with becoming a solid.

8.1/10 (2471 votes)
#5

Children of Time

S5:E22

Stardate: 50814.2. The DS9 crew discovers a colony that, due to a time travel accident, turns out to be inhabited by the crew's own descendants.

7.9/10 (2388 votes)
#6

The Ship

S5:E2

Stardate: 50049.3. The crew find a crashed Jem’Hadar ship and work to repair it and capture it for the Federation, but are confronted by a Dominion force determined to recover the ship’s cargo.

7.8/10 (2243 votes)
#7

The Begotten

S5:E12

Stardate: Unknown. The discovery of an infant Changeling gives Odo a chance to put right the trauma of his own upbringing, while his “father” Dr. Mora insists on a more clinical approach.

7.8/10 (2307 votes)
#8

For the Uniform

S5:E13

Stardate: 50485.2. When the traitorous Eddington returns, Sisko will go to any lengths to capture him.

7.7/10 (2280 votes)
#9

Doctor Bashir, I Presume?

S5:E16

Stardate: Unknown. Dr. Bashir is selected to be the model for the next-generation of Emergency Medical Hologram (EMH). But he balks when his parents are invited to the station to be interviewed by the EMH programmer, Dr. Zimmerman. There is a dark secret in his family that he's afraid that his parents will reveal.

7.7/10 (2176 votes)
#10

Empok Nor

S5:E24

Stardate: Unknown. While salvaging components from DS9's sister station, the crew run afoul of a "surprise" left behind by the Cardassians.

7.6/10 (2323 votes)
#11

Looking for par'Mach in All the Wrong Places

S5:E3

Stardate: Unknown. While Worf helps Quark to pursue his former wife Grilka, O'Brien and Kira grow uncomfortably close to each other.

7.6/10 (2135 votes)
#12

Soldiers of the Empire

S5:E21

Stardate: Unknown. Dax and Worf accompany Martok on his first command since being held by the Dominion. But the ship they are given hasn't seen victory in months and the crew is near mutinous.

7.6/10 (2207 votes)
#13

In the Cards

S5:E25

Stardate: 50929.4. Jake has his heart set on a vintage Willie Mays baseball card as a present to cheer up his father, whose spirits are flagging from the ongoing conflict.

7.5/10 (2238 votes)
#14

Nor the Battle to the Strong

S5:E4

Stardate: Unknown. Jake, reporting from the front lines, sees what war truly is.

7.5/10 (2041 votes)
#15

Blaze of Glory

S5:E23

Stardate: Unknown. Sisko learns that the Maquis are planning a devastating attack on Cardassia, and must rely on the traitor Eddington to help him prevent it.

7.4/10 (2163 votes)
#16

Things Past

S5:E8

Stardate: Unknown. Sisko, Dax, Odo and Garak find themselves in the past when the Cardassians controlled the station, and a crime that Odo investigated may be the key.

7.4/10 (2219 votes)
#17

The Ascent

S5:E9

Stardate: Unknown. When Odo and Quark crash land, they must put aside their differences to climb a mountain to signal for help. Jake and Nog try to be roommates, but their different styles clash.

7.3/10 (2103 votes)
#18

The Assignment

S5:E5

Stardate: Unknown. An alien entity has possessed Keiko's body and is holding it hostage until O'Brien completes an assignment for it.

7.2/10 (2049 votes)
#19

Business as Usual

S5:E18

Stardate: Unknown. Quark must wrestle with his conscience when he becomes involved with arms merchants.

7.1/10 (2119 votes)
#20

Rapture

S5:E10

Stardate: Unknown. After a brain injury, Sisko begins experiencing powerful visions through time. He dives fully into the role of the Emissary, while becoming obsessed with finding a legendary Bajoran ruin.

7.1/10 (2015 votes)
#21

Ties of Blood and Water

S5:E19

Stardate: 50712.2. When a Cardassian official that thinks of Kira as his daughter is dying, he agrees to reveal all he knows to her. But the experience dredges up Kira's memories of her own father's death.

6.9/10 (2105 votes)
#22

The Darkness and the Light

S5:E11

Stardate: 50416.2. A mysterious assassin begins wiping out all the members of Kira's old resistance cell.

6.7/10 (2012 votes)
#23

Ferengi Love Songs

S5:E20

Stardate: Unknown. Quark doesn't know whether to be panicked or overjoyed when he learns that his mother is the new lover of the Grand Nagus.

6.6/10 (2053 votes)
#24

A Simple Investigation

S5:E17

Odo helps a woman hiding on the station from organized criminals, but quickly develops a personal interest in the case.

5.5/10 (2312 votes)
#25

Let He Who Is Without Sin...

S5:E7

Stardate: Unknown. While vacationing on Risa, Worf and Dax meet a group of fundamentalist protesters who claim that the Federation has gone soft.

5.5/10 (2312 votes)
#1

Let He Who Is Without Sin...

S5:E7

Stardate: Unknown. While vacationing on Risa, Worf and Dax meet a group of fundamentalist protesters who claim that the Federation has gone soft.

6.6/10 (2053 votes)
#2

A Simple Investigation

S5:E17

Odo helps a woman hiding on the station from organized criminals, but quickly develops a personal interest in the case.

6.7/10 (2012 votes)
#3

Ferengi Love Songs

S5:E20

Stardate: Unknown. Quark doesn't know whether to be panicked or overjoyed when he learns that his mother is the new lover of the Grand Nagus.

6.9/10 (2105 votes)
#4

The Darkness and the Light

S5:E11

Stardate: 50416.2. A mysterious assassin begins wiping out all the members of Kira's old resistance cell.

7.1/10 (2119 votes)
#5

Rapture

S5:E10

Stardate: Unknown. After a brain injury, Sisko begins experiencing powerful visions through time. He dives fully into the role of the Emissary, while becoming obsessed with finding a legendary Bajoran ruin.

7.1/10 (2015 votes)
#6

Ties of Blood and Water

S5:E19

Stardate: 50712.2. When a Cardassian official that thinks of Kira as his daughter is dying, he agrees to reveal all he knows to her. But the experience dredges up Kira's memories of her own father's death.

7.2/10 (2049 votes)
#7

Business as Usual

S5:E18

Stardate: Unknown. Quark must wrestle with his conscience when he becomes involved with arms merchants.

7.3/10 (2103 votes)
#8

The Assignment

S5:E5

Stardate: Unknown. An alien entity has possessed Keiko's body and is holding it hostage until O'Brien completes an assignment for it.

7.4/10 (2163 votes)
#9

Things Past

S5:E8

Stardate: Unknown. Sisko, Dax, Odo and Garak find themselves in the past when the Cardassians controlled the station, and a crime that Odo investigated may be the key.

7.4/10 (2219 votes)
#10

The Ascent

S5:E9

Stardate: Unknown. When Odo and Quark crash land, they must put aside their differences to climb a mountain to signal for help. Jake and Nog try to be roommates, but their different styles clash.

7.5/10 (2238 votes)
#11

Nor the Battle to the Strong

S5:E4

Stardate: Unknown. Jake, reporting from the front lines, sees what war truly is.

7.5/10 (2041 votes)
#12

Blaze of Glory

S5:E23

Stardate: Unknown. Sisko learns that the Maquis are planning a devastating attack on Cardassia, and must rely on the traitor Eddington to help him prevent it.

7.6/10 (2323 votes)
#13

Looking for par'Mach in All the Wrong Places

S5:E3

Stardate: Unknown. While Worf helps Quark to pursue his former wife Grilka, O'Brien and Kira grow uncomfortably close to each other.

7.6/10 (2135 votes)
#14

Soldiers of the Empire

S5:E21

Stardate: Unknown. Dax and Worf accompany Martok on his first command since being held by the Dominion. But the ship they are given hasn't seen victory in months and the crew is near mutinous.

7.6/10 (2207 votes)
#15

In the Cards

S5:E25

Stardate: 50929.4. Jake has his heart set on a vintage Willie Mays baseball card as a present to cheer up his father, whose spirits are flagging from the ongoing conflict.

7.7/10 (2280 votes)
#16

Doctor Bashir, I Presume?

S5:E16

Stardate: Unknown. Dr. Bashir is selected to be the model for the next-generation of Emergency Medical Hologram (EMH). But he balks when his parents are invited to the station to be interviewed by the EMH programmer, Dr. Zimmerman. There is a dark secret in his family that he's afraid that his parents will reveal.

7.7/10 (2176 votes)
#17

Empok Nor

S5:E24

Stardate: Unknown. While salvaging components from DS9's sister station, the crew run afoul of a "surprise" left behind by the Cardassians.

7.8/10 (2243 votes)
#18

The Begotten

S5:E12

Stardate: Unknown. The discovery of an infant Changeling gives Odo a chance to put right the trauma of his own upbringing, while his “father” Dr. Mora insists on a more clinical approach.

7.8/10 (2307 votes)
#19

For the Uniform

S5:E13

Stardate: 50485.2. When the traitorous Eddington returns, Sisko will go to any lengths to capture him.

7.9/10 (2388 votes)
#20

The Ship

S5:E2

Stardate: 50049.3. The crew find a crashed Jem’Hadar ship and work to repair it and capture it for the Federation, but are confronted by a Dominion force determined to recover the ship’s cargo.

8.1/10 (2471 votes)
#21

Children of Time

S5:E22

Stardate: 50814.2. The DS9 crew discovers a colony that, due to a time travel accident, turns out to be inhabited by the crew's own descendants.

8.2/10 (2344 votes)
#22

Apocalypse Rising

S5:E1

Stardate: Unknown. With the war between Klingons and Federation intensifying, Sisko must make a plan to expose Gowron as a changeling. Odo is still having trouble with becoming a solid.

8.7/10 (2491 votes)
#23

In Purgatory's Shadow (1)

S5:E14

Stardate: Unknown. A coded message from the Gamma Quadrant leads Garak to believe his mentor, Enabran Tain, is still alive. He and Worf seek him out, only to discover something much worse: a Dominion invasion fleet poised to attack the Alpha Quadrant.

8.8/10 (2511 votes)
#24

By Inferno's Light (2)

S5:E15

Stardate: 50564.2. The station readies for a Dominion attack. Worf and Garak meet some unexpected friends in a Dominion Prison camp.

9.3/10 (4403 votes)
#25

Trials and Tribble-ations

S5:E6

Stardate: 4523.7. In this celebration of the 30th anniversary of The Original Series, the disgraced Klingon spy Darvin travels back in time to undo his century-old defeat by James Kirk. The DS9 crew must track him down and stop him, while blending in with the crew of the original Enterprise NCC-1701.

8.2/10 (2344 votes)

Apocalypse Rising

S5:E1

Stardate: Unknown. With the war between Klingons and Federation intensifying, Sisko must make a plan to expose Gowron as a changeling. Odo is still having trouble with becoming a solid.

7.9/10 (2388 votes)

The Ship

S5:E2

Stardate: 50049.3. The crew find a crashed Jem’Hadar ship and work to repair it and capture it for the Federation, but are confronted by a Dominion force determined to recover the ship’s cargo.

7.6/10 (2323 votes)

Looking for par'Mach in All the Wrong Places

S5:E3

Stardate: Unknown. While Worf helps Quark to pursue his former wife Grilka, O'Brien and Kira grow uncomfortably close to each other.

7.5/10 (2238 votes)

Nor the Battle to the Strong

S5:E4

Stardate: Unknown. Jake, reporting from the front lines, sees what war truly is.

7.3/10 (2103 votes)

The Assignment

S5:E5

Stardate: Unknown. An alien entity has possessed Keiko's body and is holding it hostage until O'Brien completes an assignment for it.

9.3/10 (4403 votes)

Trials and Tribble-ations

S5:E6

Stardate: 4523.7. In this celebration of the 30th anniversary of The Original Series, the disgraced Klingon spy Darvin travels back in time to undo his century-old defeat by James Kirk. The DS9 crew must track him down and stop him, while blending in with the crew of the original Enterprise NCC-1701.

5.5/10 (2312 votes)

Let He Who Is Without Sin...

S5:E7

Stardate: Unknown. While vacationing on Risa, Worf and Dax meet a group of fundamentalist protesters who claim that the Federation has gone soft.

7.4/10 (2163 votes)

Things Past

S5:E8

Stardate: Unknown. Sisko, Dax, Odo and Garak find themselves in the past when the Cardassians controlled the station, and a crime that Odo investigated may be the key.

7.4/10 (2219 votes)

The Ascent

S5:E9

Stardate: Unknown. When Odo and Quark crash land, they must put aside their differences to climb a mountain to signal for help. Jake and Nog try to be roommates, but their different styles clash.

7.1/10 (2119 votes)

Rapture

S5:E10

Stardate: Unknown. After a brain injury, Sisko begins experiencing powerful visions through time. He dives fully into the role of the Emissary, while becoming obsessed with finding a legendary Bajoran ruin.

6.9/10 (2105 votes)

The Darkness and the Light

S5:E11

Stardate: 50416.2. A mysterious assassin begins wiping out all the members of Kira's old resistance cell.

7.8/10 (2243 votes)

The Begotten

S5:E12

Stardate: Unknown. The discovery of an infant Changeling gives Odo a chance to put right the trauma of his own upbringing, while his “father” Dr. Mora insists on a more clinical approach.

7.8/10 (2307 votes)

For the Uniform

S5:E13

Stardate: 50485.2. When the traitorous Eddington returns, Sisko will go to any lengths to capture him.

8.7/10 (2491 votes)

In Purgatory's Shadow (1)

S5:E14

Stardate: Unknown. A coded message from the Gamma Quadrant leads Garak to believe his mentor, Enabran Tain, is still alive. He and Worf seek him out, only to discover something much worse: a Dominion invasion fleet poised to attack the Alpha Quadrant.

8.8/10 (2511 votes)

By Inferno's Light (2)

S5:E15

Stardate: 50564.2. The station readies for a Dominion attack. Worf and Garak meet some unexpected friends in a Dominion Prison camp.

7.7/10 (2280 votes)

Doctor Bashir, I Presume?

S5:E16

Stardate: Unknown. Dr. Bashir is selected to be the model for the next-generation of Emergency Medical Hologram (EMH). But he balks when his parents are invited to the station to be interviewed by the EMH programmer, Dr. Zimmerman. There is a dark secret in his family that he's afraid that his parents will reveal.

6.6/10 (2053 votes)

A Simple Investigation

S5:E17

Odo helps a woman hiding on the station from organized criminals, but quickly develops a personal interest in the case.

7.2/10 (2049 votes)

Business as Usual

S5:E18

Stardate: Unknown. Quark must wrestle with his conscience when he becomes involved with arms merchants.

7.1/10 (2015 votes)

Ties of Blood and Water

S5:E19

Stardate: 50712.2. When a Cardassian official that thinks of Kira as his daughter is dying, he agrees to reveal all he knows to her. But the experience dredges up Kira's memories of her own father's death.

6.7/10 (2012 votes)

Ferengi Love Songs

S5:E20

Stardate: Unknown. Quark doesn't know whether to be panicked or overjoyed when he learns that his mother is the new lover of the Grand Nagus.

7.6/10 (2135 votes)

Soldiers of the Empire

S5:E21

Stardate: Unknown. Dax and Worf accompany Martok on his first command since being held by the Dominion. But the ship they are given hasn't seen victory in months and the crew is near mutinous.

8.1/10 (2471 votes)

Children of Time

S5:E22

Stardate: 50814.2. The DS9 crew discovers a colony that, due to a time travel accident, turns out to be inhabited by the crew's own descendants.

7.5/10 (2041 votes)

Blaze of Glory

S5:E23

Stardate: Unknown. Sisko learns that the Maquis are planning a devastating attack on Cardassia, and must rely on the traitor Eddington to help him prevent it.

7.7/10 (2176 votes)

Empok Nor

S5:E24

Stardate: Unknown. While salvaging components from DS9's sister station, the crew run afoul of a "surprise" left behind by the Cardassians.

7.6/10 (2207 votes)

In the Cards

S5:E25

Stardate: 50929.4. Jake has his heart set on a vintage Willie Mays baseball card as a present to cheer up his father, whose spirits are flagging from the ongoing conflict.

Season Average Rating Episodes Best Episode Worst Episode
7 ★ 7.6 25
★ 8.9 What You Leave Behind (1)
★ 6.3 Prodigal Daughter
4 ★ 7.6 24
★ 9.1 The Visitor
★ 5.6 The Muse
6 ★ 7.6 25
★ 9.4 In the Pale Moonlight
★ 5.7 Resurrection
5 ★ 7.6 25
★ 9.3 Trials and Tribble-ations
★ 5.5 Let He Who Is Without Sin...
3 ★ 7.4 25
★ 8.9 The Die Is Cast (2)
★ 5.6 Meridian
2 ★ 7.3 25
★ 8.2 The Wire
★ 6.2 Second Sight
1 ★ 7.0 19
★ 9.0 Duet
★ 5.8 Move Along Home