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Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Season 2

26 episodes Premiered Sep 26, 1993 Updated Sep 25, 2026

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 2 continues the overarching saga across 26 episodes. The series is set on an old alien space station rather than a traditional starship, operating at the edge of the final frontier where the universe's greatest mystery is about to unfold. The show falls into the science fiction, fantasy, action, adventure, and drama genres, and originally began airing in 1993.

Previously on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

Season 2 Lore Primer

Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.

  • ⚡ The series takes place on an old alien space station known as Deep Space Nine, distinguishing it from other Star Trek shows set on starships.
  • ⚡ The setting is located at the edge of the final frontier.
  • ⚡ The narrative involves the universe's greatest mystery.
  • ⚡ The overarching saga is broadcast as part of the Star Trek television franchise that began in 1993.
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Season overview

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 2 continues the overarching saga across 26 episodes. The series is set on an old alien space station rather than a traditional starship, operating at the edge of the final frontier where the universe's greatest mystery is about to unfold. The show falls into the science fiction, fantasy, action, adventure, and drama genres, and originally began airing in 1993.

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Season 2 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 2: Filler vs. Essential Canon

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Mytharc (4): Crucial lore & season climaxes
Core (21): Character development & subplots
Side Quest (1): Standalone / filler
S2·E1 Mytharc

The Homecoming (1)

Sep 26, 1993 · 45 min

Stardate: Unknown. Word that a previously thought dead Bajoran resistance legend is still alive sends Kira and Chief O'Brien to Cardassia IV to rescue him; meanwhile "The Circle",

S2·E2 Core

The Circle (2)

Oct 3, 1993 · 45 min

Stardate: Unknown. Kira spends time with Vedek Bareil on Bajor just as "The Circle" begins arming themselves from a mysterious source.

S2·E3 Core

The Siege (3)

Oct 10, 1993 · 45 min

Stardate: Unknown. As a "Circle"-led Bajoran military tries to occupy the station, a skeleton crew led by Sisko fight to reveal "The Circle's" big secret before they are forced to

S2·E4 Core

Invasive Procedures

Oct 17, 1993 · 45 min

Stardate: 47182.1. A jealous Trill, who had waited his entire life to receive a symbiont but never had, decides to steal one. . . Dax's!

S2·E5 Core

Cardassians

Oct 24, 1993 · 45 min

Stardate: 47177.2. Political heat rises on the station as Bajorans enter the station with orphaned Cardassians they have adopted.

S2·E6 Core

Melora

Oct 31, 1993 · 45 min

Stardate: 47229.1. A new arrival to the station with a special gravity-based disability appeals to Bashir's heart; meanwhile an old associate of Quark's comes to the station to kil

S2·E7 Core

Rules of Acquisition

Nov 7, 1993 · 45 min

Stardate: Unknown. A female Ferengi, posing as a male to be available to participate in business (a rule STRICTLY forbidden by the Ferengi government), falls for Quark during very

S2·E8 Core

Necessary Evil

Nov 14, 1993 · 45 min

Stardate: 47282.5. Odo relives some terrible and tragic memories of a past investigation when he was the constable on Cardassian-occupied Deep Space Nine, then named Terok Nor.

S2·E9 Core

Second Sight

Nov 21, 1993 · 45 min

Stardate: 47329.4. While noted scientist Gideon Seyetik is preparing for an ambitious project, re-igniting a star, Sisko is intrigued by a woman who keeps disappearing.

S2·E10 Core

Sanctuary

Nov 28, 1993 · 45 min

Stardate: 47391.2. A race that has been conquered twice over, one of the conquerors being the mysterious Dominion, comes to the station seeking aid and a new home.

S2·E11 Core

Rivals

Jan 2, 1994 · 45 min

Stardate: Unknown. Quark meets his match when a new rival opens a casino opposite Quark's Bar on the Promenade; meanwhile the station is suffering issues of high improbability.

S2·E12 Core

The Alternate

Jan 9, 1994 · 45 min

Stardate: 47391.7. Odo and Dr. Mora Pol, Odo's 'father', discover a life form similar to Odo on a Gamma Quadrant planet.

S2·E13 Filler

Armageddon Game

Jan 30, 1994 · 45 min

Stardate: 47529.4. Chief O'Brien, who still doesn't like the good Doctor Bashir, must rely on him when the two are stranded on a planet and O'Brien is infected with a deadly, fast

S2·E14 Core

Whispers

Feb 6, 1994 · 45 min

Stardate: 47581.2. Chief O'Brien's world is turned upside down when for no reason whatsoever he is being ignored by his family and friends and is being closed out of every essentia

S2·E15 Core

Paradise

Feb 13, 1994 · 45 min

Stardate: 47573.1. Sisko and Chief O'Brien discover a colony that lives without technology.

S2·E16 Core

Shadowplay

Feb 20, 1994 · 45 min

Stardate: 47603.3. Odo and Dax investigate the mysterious disappearance of people from a village. Kira tries to keep a close eye on Quark, while Vedek Bareil unexpectedly visits.

S2·E17 Core

Playing God

Feb 27, 1994 · 45 min

Stardate: Unknown. A Trill named Arjin comes to DS9 to learn what it is to be a Trill with a symbiont but finds his teacher, Dax, to be less than he expected.

S2·E18 Core

Profit and Loss

Mar 20, 1994 · 45 min

Stardate: Unknown. A Cardassian woman, who was once a former flame of Quark's, visits the station under dubious circumstances.

S2·E19 Core

Blood Oath

Mar 27, 1994 · 45 min

Stardate: Unknown. Three legendary Klingons come to DS9 to see if Jadzia Dax will participate in a Blood Oath they made with Jadzia's previous host Curzon.

S2·E20 Core

The Maquis (1)

Apr 24, 1994 · 45 min

Stardate: Unknown. The destruction of a Cardassian ship leads Sisko, Dukat, and Sisko's old friend Cal Hudson to the fact that there is an unofficial war between the Maquis and the

S2·E21 Core

The Maquis (2)

May 1, 1994 · 45 min

Stardate: Unknown. Sisko tries to resolve the Maquis crisis by preventing a war, freeing Gul Dukat and offering the defected Hudson the chance to return.

S2·E22 Mytharc

The Wire

May 8, 1994 · 45 min

Stardate: Unknown. Dr. Bashir fights to save Garak's life when a malfunctioning Cardassian brain implant threatens to kill him.

S2·E23 Core

Crossover

May 15, 1994 · 45 min

Stardate: 47879.2. Kira and Bashir find themselves in an alternate universe.

S2·E24 Core

The Collaborator

May 22, 1994 · 45 min

Stardate: Unknown. Vedek Bareil is accused of having betrayed his people to the Cardassians during the occupation, and Major Kira is desperate to prove his innocence.

S2·E25 Mytharc

Tribunal

Jun 5, 1994 · 45 min

Stardate: 47944.2. Chief O'Brien goes through the horrific Cardassian judicial system when he is charged for an unknown crime.

S2·E26 Mytharc

The Jem'Hadar

Jun 12, 1994 · 45 min

Stardate: Unknown. Sisko and Quark and a strange telepathic woman are arrested by Jem'Hadar, soldiers of the Dominion.

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