Season Four
Episode Details
Sisko is rather shocked when a major Klingon fleet appear at
the station and ask for shore leave. The combination of their unusually quiet
state and their harassment of ships in the area leads Sisko to seek help in the
form of Lt Worf, formerly of the Enterprise. Arriving on the station, Worf
discovers the purpose of the Klingon mission and agonises over whether to tell
Starfleet or not. With their plan discovered the Klingons leave and begin an
invasion of Cardassia in an attempt to secure a foothold near the Wormhole and a
forward base against a possible invasion by The Dominion. After a conversation
with Gul Dukat, who is now a leading figure in the new Cardassian civilian
government, Sisko agrees to rescue the Cardassian government leaders from the
invading Klingon forces. The Klingons retaliate and attack Deep Space Nine in
force.
Press Release: When the
Klingon Empire ends its peace treaty with the Federation, Sisko must help
Klingon Starfleet officer Worf decide where his loyalties lie.
Production
Code: 718 & 473/474, stardate 49011.4, US airdate: 30 Sep 95
Guest Stars: Mark Alaimo (Gul Dukat), Robert
O'Reilly (Gowron)
Jake Sisko as an
old man recieves a visit from a young woman who hopes to become a writer and he
tells her the story of how his father disappeared and of his quest to find him
again. During a mission to examine a shift in the wormhole, Captain Sisko is
apparently killed by a plasma leak from the warp core of the defiant in front of
his son's eyes. Jake takes it very badly and hangs around on the station. One
night his father appears in his room and stays for only a moment or two. No one
can find a trace of his visit and no further progress can be made; a year or so
later he reappears and stays for longer during which time he is examined by Dax,
Bashir and Worf. When he disappears again, Jake finally gets on with his own
life back on Earth. When his father reappears yet again he starts on a search to
understand where his father is and on how to bring him back. He reveals that his
is dying but that he has finally found a way to bring his father back, but at a
terrible price.
Press Release: When a
tragic accident causes Sisko to vanish before his son's eyes, young Jake begins
a life-long obsession to bring him back.
Production Code: 476, stardate not given, US
airdate: 7 Oct 95
Held
prisoner by a group of rebel Jem'Hadar, Bashir and O'Brien clash over Bashir's
desire to help their captors escape Dominion rule.
Production Code: 475, stardate 49066.5, US
airdate: 14 Oct 95
Forced to bring
Dukat along on a personal mission, Kira discovers the real reason her nemesis
wants to accompany her.
Production Code: 477, stardate not given, US
airdate: 21 Oct 95
Guest Star: Mark Alaimo (Gul Dukat)
Jadzia Dax must
choose between her feelings and the rules of Trill society when she is reunited
with the wife of one of Dax's previous hosts.
Production Code: 478, stardate 49195.5, US
airdate: 28 Oct 95
Guest Star: Susanna Thompson (Lenara Kahn)
A Mishap
sends Quark, Rom, and Nog back in time to Earth of 1947 in Roswell, New Mexico,
where military forces mistake them for alien invaders.
Production Code: 480, stardate not given, US
airdate: 4 Nov 95
A fierce battle
with the Jem'Hadar leaves the Defiant trapped in a planet's volatile atmosphere.
Production Code: 479, stardate 49263.5, US
airdate: 11 Nov 95
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine reaches the 79 episode
mark, the number of episodes in the original Star Trek series.
Kor, a
revered Klingon warrior, set out with Worf and Dax in search of a mythical,
ancient artifact they believe has the power to unite the Klingon Empire.
Production Code: 481, stardate not given, US
airdate: 18 Nov 95
Posing as a
1960s secret agent in a malfunctioning holosuite program, Bashir is all that
stands between his trapped fellow officers and certain death.
Production Code: 482, stardate not given, US
airdate: 25 Nov 95
Guest Stars: Andrew Robinson (Garak).
Evidence that
Changelings are targeting Earth sends Sisko back to his home planet, where he
and Odo must prevent - or prepare for - war with the Dominion.
Production Code: 483, stardate 49170.65, US
airdate: 30 Dec 95
Preparing Earth
for war with the Dominion, Sisko and Odo discover evidence of a Starfleet plot
to seize control of the planet from the Federation.
Production Code: 484, stardate not given, US
airdate: 6 Jan 96
While First
Minister Shaakar visits the station, Odo finds his feelings for Kira
compromising his work while trying to deal with a death threat against Shaakar.
Production Code: 485, stardate not given, US
airdate: 27 Jan 96
A demoted
Dukat enlists Kira's aid in regaining his former status in the Cardassian
Empire.
Production Code: 486, stardate not given, US
airdate: 3 Feb 96
Cast out of
Klingon society because of Worf's dishonor, his outcast brother asks Worf to
kill him.
Production Code: 487, stardate 49556.2, US
airdate: 10 Feb 96
Tired of
workplace mistreatment at the hands of his brother, Rom organizes all of Quark's
employees into a union and goes on strike against the bar.
Production Code: 488, stardate ?, US airdate: 17
Feb 96
A legendary Bajoran
appears mysteriously after more than 200 years and challenges Sisko's claim to
be the Emissary. At first relieved, Sisko gradually realises that the new
Emissary is trying to take Bajor back to the bad old days of caste-based
discrimination, and is willing to sacrifice Bajor's chances of joining the
Federation to do so!
But is the new Emissary truly speaking for the prophets (the wormhole's
inhabitants) or is he misguided?
Production Code: 489, stardate ?, US airdate: 24
Feb 96
Worf is
put on trial for destroying a Klingon freighter carrying 400 civilians. Did he
give the order to open fire in a blind rage, to prove himself a truely vicious
Klingon warrior? If so, the Federation will have to extradite him to the Klingon
homeworld to face a full trial.
Production Code: 490, stardate 49665.3, US
airdate: 6 Apr 96
Chief O'Brien is
sentenced to serve a prison sentance for a crime he did not commit, and has to
try to readjust to life after his incarceration. Visions of a mysterious figure
haunt him...
Production Code: 491, stardate ?, US airdate: 13
Apr 96
Sisko
follows his son into a war-torn alternate universe after Jake is lured there by
the living counterpart of his late mother.
Production Code: 492, stardate ?, US airdate: 20
Apr 96
While Odo provides
shelter for a pregnant Lwaxana Troi, Jake Sisko falls under the spell of a
mysterious woman.
Production Code: 493, stardate ?, US airdate: 27
Apr 96
Sisko is
shocked to learn that his girlfriend, Kasidy Yates, may be a Maquis smuggler.
Production Code: 494, stardate ?, US airdate: 4
May 96
Attempting to
stop a group of Jem'Hadar renegades from gaining power, Sisko and the Defiant
crew must join forces with deadly Jem'Hadar soldiers.
Production Code: 496, stardate ?, US airdate: 11
May 96
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Production Code: 495, stardate ?, US airdate: 18
May 96
Misdiagnosed with
a terminal disease, Quark sells his body parts on the Ferengi market to pay off
his debts, then finds himself unable to break the contract.
Production Code: 497, stardate ?, US airdate: 8
June 96
Odo is forced to
return to the homeworld of his people and face judgment for killing one of his
own.
Production Code: 498, stardate ?, US airdate: 15
June 96
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