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Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Season 1

19 episodes Premiered Jan 3, 1993 Updated Jul 18, 2026

The Provisional Government of Bajor invites Starfleet to help them rebuild after the Cardassian Occupation. Commander Benjamin Sisko is selected to take command of their space station, formerly known as Terok Nor that is then designated by Starfleet as Deep Space 9. As part of the agreement between the Federation and Bajor, Starfleet will help them to become a member of the Federation.

Season overview

The Provisional Government of Bajor invites Starfleet to help them rebuild after the Cardassian Occupation. Commander Benjamin Sisko is selected to take command of their space station, formerly known as Terok Nor that is then designated by Starfleet as Deep Space 9. As part of the agreement between the Federation and Bajor, Starfleet will help them to become a member of the Federation.

Episodes

S1·E1

Emissary

Jan 3, 1993 · 90 min

Stardate: 46379.1. Commander Benjamin Sisko and a new crew of Starfleet and Bajoran officers take command of an abandoned Cardassian space station and make an incredible discovery

S1·E2

Past Prologue

Jan 10, 1993 · 45 min

Stardate: Unknown. Kira finds her loyalties divided when a Bajoran extremist wanted by the Cardassians comes to the station with questionable intentions.

S1·E3

A Man Alone

Jan 17, 1993 · 45 min

Stardate: 46421.5. When the return of a man Odo sent to prison years earlier leads to his murder aboard the station, Odo becomes the prime suspect and a target for harassment.

S1·E4

Babel

Jan 24, 1993 · 45 min

Stardate: 46423.7. A deadly virus created by the Bajorans 18 years earlier inadvertently breaks loose aboard the station, and prompts a race against the clock to find a cure.

S1·E5

Captive Pursuit

Jan 31, 1993 · 45 min

Stardate: Unknown. When O'Brien befriends the station's first visitor from the Gamma Quadrant, he learns that the mysterious alien is on the run from determined pursuers.

S1·E6

Q-Less

Feb 7, 1993 · 45 min

Stardate: 46531.2. Vash arrives from the Gamma Quadrant as Q plagues the station and an unknown force threatens to destroy it.

S1·E7

Dax

Feb 14, 1993 · 45 min

Stardate: 46910.1. Jadzia Dax is charged with a murder that her symbiont's previous host Curzon allegedly committed. Now an extradition hearing may decide whether Jadzia can be he

S1·E8

The Passenger

Feb 21, 1993 · 45 min

Stardate: Unknown. A dangerous killer dies in an apparent accident, but the security officer providing his transport to prison believes the criminal's consciousness may have yet s

S1·E9

Move Along Home

Mar 14, 1993 · 45 min

The Wadi from the Gamma Quadrant are to make first contact and decide to visit DS9. When they catch Quark cheating they let him off by playing a special game.

S1·E10

The Nagus

Mar 21, 1993 · 45 min

Stardate: Unknown. Grand Nagus Zek, the leader of Ferengi society, comes to DS9 to oversee the introduction of a Ferengi business presence in the Gamma Quadrant and announce Quark

S1·E11

Vortex

Apr 18, 1993 · 45 min

Stardate: Unknown. A wanted man from the Gamma Quadrant with questionable motives reveals to Odo stories about other "Changelings," which may hold clues to Odo's mysterious origin

S1·E12

Battle Lines

Apr 25, 1993 · 45 min

Stardate: Unknown. Sisko, Kira, and Bashir take Kai Opaka through the wormhole for a brief excursion in the Gamma Quadrant. But when they crash-land on a desolate planet, they fin

S1·E13

The Storyteller

May 2, 1993 · 45 min

Stardate: 46729.1. When O'Brien and Bashir beam down to a Bajoran village, the community selects O'Brien as their next Sirah - expecting him to save them from a menacing entity.

S1·E14

Progress

May 9, 1993 · 45 min

Stardate: 46844.3. Kira finds herself in a difficult moral situation when her job demands she force an adamant Bajoran man from his home in the name of progress.

S1·E15

If Wishes Were Horses

May 16, 1993 · 45 min

Stardate: 46853.2. The DS9 crew's own imaginations cause mysterious beings with unknown intentions to appear on the station.

S1·E16

The Forsaken

May 23, 1993 · 45 min

Stardate: 46925.1. Odo and Lwaxanna Troi come to a mutual understanding when a computer malfunction causes them to become trapped in a turbolift.

S1·E17

Dramatis Personae

May 30, 1993 · 45 min

Stardate: 46922.3. An alien "telepathic matrix" causes the DS9 crew to re-enact an ancient power struggle, leading Kira to attempt mutiny and overthrow Sisko.

S1·E18

Duet

Jun 13, 1993 · 45 min

A Cardassian suffering from Kalla-Nohra, a disease that indicates he served in a labor camp, visits DS9. Kira is determined to convict him as a war criminal.

S1·E19

In the Hands of the Prophets

Jun 20, 1993 · 43 min

Stardate: Unknown. The Federation and Bajoran people of DS9 fall into conflict when a Bajoran religious extremist comes to the station and challenges the secular teachings of Keik