Season Three
Episode Details
Sisko returns to
the station after a long debriefing at Star Fleet, newly promoted to
Captain, and bringing with him the USS Defiant, a prototype
gunship designed to deal with the Borg menace, now reassigned to DS9 to help in
the fight against the Dominion, and equipped with a cloaking device, loaned by
the Romulan Empire. Sisko and the crew set off in the new ship to find the
mysterious founders of The Dominion. All too soon they encounter the Jem'Hadar
and Dax and O'Brien are captured.
Press Release: Hoping to
avert an invasion, Sisko takes his officers into the Gamma Quadrant to find the
leaders of the Dominion.
Production Code: 447, stardate 48212.4, US
airdate: 24 Sep 94
Guest Stars: Salome Jens (Founder), Martha
Hackett (T'Rul), Kenneth Marshall (Lt Cmdr Eddington).
While Odo
comes to terms with an amazing discovery about his past, Kira attempts to
contact Sisko and the others. Meantime Sisko returns to the station to discover
that things are changing at an extremely fast rate; the more he discovers the
more concerned he becomes. In the end, he decides to take matters into his own
hands ...
Production Code: 448, stardate not given, US
airdate: 1 Oct 94
After
Quark accidentally kills a drunk Klingon in a brawl in his bar, Quark claims he
fought the Klingon and won. His tall tale helps rebuild the dwindling clientel
at his bar, and all seems to be going well until the family of the dead Klingon
arrive on the Station. Soon Quark is kidnapped, taken back to the Klingon home
world, and forced to marry the widow of the Klingon he killed. He then finds
that he is embroiled in a bitter feud between two Klingon houses.
Press Release: In order
to boost his business and gain respect, Quark lies about killing a Klingon, then
winds up forced to marry the dead man's window.
Production Code: 449, stardate not given, US
airdate: 8 Oct 94
Guest Stars: Rosalind Chao (Keiko), Mary Kay
Adams (Grilka), Robert O'Reilly (Gowron).
Dax starts
suffering from a severe hallucinations and keeps on blacking out. Concerned,
Sisko and Bashir take her back to the Trill homeworld where they hope to find an
answer to her plight. Soon it becomes apparent that the Trill authorities are
hidding something and are prepared to sacrifice Jadzia's life to stop the truth
coming out.
Press Release: A deadly
secret from Dax's past could mean the end of Jadzia's life.
Production Code: 450, stardate not given, US
airdate: 15 Oct 94
Guest Stars: Lisa Banes (Dr Renhol), Jeff
Magnus McBride (Joran Belar), Nicholas Cascone (Timor).
Kira comes across
a record that implies that she spent time in a Cardassian prisoner of war camp
on Bajor, and when she investigates she discovers other people who were there
claim to know her. She heads down to Bajor to investigate, but never reaches her
destination. She wakes up to find herself on Cardassia, apparently a Cardassian
and is told that she was a Cardassian spy who has been working on Bajor for the
last ten years. She refuses to believe but they show her a range of evidence
including apparently dead body of her truely Bajoran alterego. She appears to be
the daughter of an important man, a Legate in the Cardassian senate.
Press Release: Kira is
kidnapped by the Cardassians, who try to prove to her that she is really one of
their people.
Production Code: 451, stardate not given, US
airdate: 22 Oct 94
Guest Stars: Andrew Robinson (Garak), Gregory
Sierra (Entek), Cindy Katz (Yteppa), Lawrence Pressman (Ghemor).
Press Release: Odo tries
to convince a young, violent Jem'Hadar that there is more to life than fighting
and killing.
Production Code: 452, stardate not given, US
airdate: 29 Oct 94
Guest Stars: Jill Sayre (Marta), Bumper
Robinson (Teenager), Leslie Bevis (Boslic Captain).
Press Release: A trapped
crew fights to save the station from self-destruction when an automated
Cardassian security program is accidently activated.
Production Code: 453, stardate not given, US
airdate: 7 Nov 94
Guest Stars: Andrew Robinson (Garak), Marc
Alaimo (Gul Dukat), Danny Goldring (Legate Kell).
Press Release: Dax falls
in love with a man who will soon disappear with his planet into another
dimension for sixty years.
Production Code: 454, stardate 48423.2, US
airdate: 14 Nov 94
Guest Stars: Brett Cullen (Deral), Christine
Healy (Seltin), Jeffrey Combs (Tiron).
Directed by: Jonathan Frakes.
Press Release: Wil
Riker's renegade duplicate steals the Defiant and attacks Cardassian territory,
forcing Sisko to assist Gul Dukat in stopping him.
Production Code: 455, stardate ?, US airdate: 21
Nov 94
Guest Stars: Jonathan Frakes (Riker), Marc Alaimo (Gul
Dukat), Tricia O'Neil (Korinas), Shannon Cochran (Kalita), Michael Canavan
(Tamal).
Press Release: A Bajoran
celebration on the station serves as the backdrop for an epidemic of
inexplicable romantic attractions among the crew.
Production Code: 456, stardate ?, US airdate: 28
Nov 94
Guest Stars: Majel Barrett (Lwaxana Troi), Philip Anglim
(Vedek Bareil), Rosalind Chao (Keiko).
Directed by: Avery Brooks.
The
command officers of Deep Space Nine return to Earth in the Defiant to brief
Starfleet on the situation in the Gamma Quadrant. As Sisko, Bashir and Dax beam
down something goes wrong with the transporter and they never arrive at
Starfleet Headquarters. While O'Brien and Kira try to figure out where they
went, Bashir and Sisko are arrested as vagrants outside a metro station in the
year 2024. Dax is luckier and is rescued by a passer by and given assistance in
obtaining credentials. Bashir and Sisko are taken to a compound where the
unemployed and mentally ill are kept, only to realise that they've arrived at
the location of a famous riot only a few days before it's due to start. Things
take a turn for the worse when the man due to be the ringleader of the riot is
stabbed while trying to stop Sisko and Bashir being attacked.
Production Code: 457, stardate 48481.2, US
airdate: 31 Dec 94
When
Starfleet suddenly ceases to exist, Kira and O'Brien set off on journeys through
time trying to recover Sisko, Bashir and Dax. Meantime, Sisko decides to pose as
the dead man and becomes a major player in the riot ringleaders. However they
soon find out just how difficult it is to follow the pre-ordained path needed to
restore their version of the past, for in their history the leader of the
rioters, Gabriel Bell, is shot in the final few minutes of the riot. Since Sisko
is now possing as Bell, it is he who will have to die.
Production Code: 458, stardate not given, US
airdate: 7 Jan 95
Press Release: Bashir
musr use questionable methods in order to keep Vedek Bareil alive long enough to
help bring about a Bajoran peace treaty with Cardassia.
Production Code: 459, stardate 48498.4, US
airdate: 28 Jan 95
Guest Stars: Louise Fletcher (Kai Winn),
Philip Anglim (Vedek Bareil)
Press Release: A
desperate situation that could cost Kira her life forces Odo to face the depth
of his feelings for her.
Production Code: 460, stardate 48521.5, US
airdate: 4 Feb 95
Guest Stars: Max Grodenchick (Rom), Aron
Eisenberg (Nog).
Press Release: Sisko
ignores an ancient Bajoran prophecy of doom in order to undertake a joint
scientific venture with the Cardassians.
Production Code: 461, stardate 48543.2, US
airdate: 11 Feb 95
Guest Stars: Tracy Scoggins (Gilora), Wendy
Robie (Ulani), Erick Avari (Vedek Yarka), Jessica Hendra (Dejar).
Press Release: When the
Ferengi leader suddenly decides to abolish his race's greedy ways, Quark is
determined to find out the truth behind his actions.
Production Code: 462, stardate not given, US
airdate: 18 Feb 95
Guest Stars: Wallace Shawn (Zek), Max
Grodenchik (Rom), Juliana Donald (Emi), Tiny Ron (Maihar'du).
Directed
by: Rene Auberjonois
Press Release: An
accident causes O'Brien to inadvertently jump into the near future, where he
witnesses his own death... and worse.
Production Code: 463, stardate ?, US airdate: 25
Feb 95
Guest Stars: Jack Shearer (Ruwon), Annette Helde (Karina).
After an
encounter with a dubious acquaintance of Quarks, Dr Bashir finds himself trapped
in a bizzare dreamworld where each member of the DS9 crew seems to play a role.
He begins to age rapidly and realises that he has to find the answer before he
dies of old age.
Production Code: 464, stardate ?, US airdate: 8
Apr 95
Guest Stars: Andrew Robinson (Garak).
Press Release: In a
parallel universe, Sisko must assume the role of his dead counterpart in order
to save the mirror version of his late wife.
Production Code: 466, stardate ?, US airdate: 15
Apr 95
Guest Stars: Tim Russ (Tuvok), Andrew Robinson (Garak),
Felecia M Bell (Jennifer), Max Grodenchik (Rom).
Part one
of a two part story known as The Arc
Press Release: Garak's
shop mysteriously explodes, launching Odo on an investigation to determine who
is trying to kill the Cardassian exile -- and why.
Production Code: 465, stardate ?, US airdate: 22
Apr 95
Guest Stars: Andrew Robinson (Garak), Paul Dooley (Enabran
Tain), Carlos LaCamara (Retaya), Julianna McCarthy (Mila).
Directed
by: Avery Brooks.
Part two
of a two part story known as The Arc
Press Release: On the
eve of a Romulan/Cardassian attack against the Dominion, Garak may have to prove
his loyalty to his former mentor by eliminating Odo.
Production Code: 467, stardate ?, US airdate: 29
Apr 95
Guest Star: Andrew Robinson (Garak), Paul Dooley (Enabran
Tain), Leland Orser (Lovok), Kenneth Marshall (Eddington), Leon Russom
(Toddman).
Sisko becomes
obsessed with a Bajoran legend that describes ancient Bajoran spaceship that
sailed on the solar winds and made it call the way to Cardassia. He sets out to
build a replica of the ship, and once built, sets sail in it with the assistance
of his son Jake. Things do not go quite as expected and a miscalculation results
in an extraordinary discovery.
Press Release: Sisko
builds a new version of an ancient Bajoran space vessel in an effort to prove
the truth behind an 800-year-old legend.
Production Code: 468, stardate ?, US airdate: 6
May 95
Guest Star: Marc Alaimo (Gul Dukat), Bari Hochwald (Dr
Elizabeth Lense), Chase Masterson (Leeta).
Quark
receives a visit from the FCA, the all-powerful overseer of Ferengi business who
places a seizure notice on his bar. Informed that the seisure is due to the
illicit activies of his mother, Quark returns to his home planet to confront
her. He discovers that she has broken the Ferengi law prohibiting females from
earning a profit.
Press Release: Quark
returns to his home planet to confront his mother, who has broken the Ferengi
law prohibiting females from earning a profit.
Production Code: 469, stardate ?, US airdate: 13
May 95
Guest Stars: Andrea Martin (Ishka), Penny Johnson (Kasidy
Yates), Max Grodenchik (Rom), Jeffrey Combs (Brunt).
Directed by:
Rene Auberjonois.
Kira is asked to go
an help reclaim some farming equipment from her former comrades in the
resistance who are refusing to release it. Once she gets there she discovers
that their need is very genuine and a string of promises have been broken by Wai
Kinn's government. When Kai Winn sends the troops in, Kira decides to aid her
comrades and finds herself once again a rebel on the run. Soon a minor civil war
has erupted and the struggle is on to gain control of the Bajoran government by
toppling Kai Winn.
Press Release: Sent to
Bajor on a mission against her former leader in the resistance movement, Kira
ends up joining him as a fugitive.
Production Code: 470, stardate ?, US airdate: 20
May 95
Guest Star: Louise Fletcher (Kai Wynn), Duncan Regehr
(Shakaar), Dian Salinger (Lupaza), William Lucking (Furel), Sherman Howard
(Syvar), John Doman (Lenaris).
It is Jadzia's time to
meet her former hosts through a trill ceremony where the personality of a former
host takes over another person so that Jadzia can talk with them as a seperate
person. She selects Kira, O'Brien, Bashir, Quark, Leda, Odo and Sisko as the
hosts for her previous personas. All but Quark, readily accept and she manages
pursuade Quark in the end. The problems start when one of the past hosts refuses
to give up it's new-found body and be returned to Jadzia.
Production Code: 471, stardate ?, US airdate: 10
Jun 95
Guest Star: Chase Masterson (Leeta).
A visiting
ambassador briefs the command personel on a coup d'etat within one of the
Federations newer allies, a former enemy with whom a peace was only recently
found. He recommends that they dispatch the Defiant as a show of Federation
strength to ensure that the new government does not break the treaty. As they
near the territory of the alien race, they realise that they have been tricked
and that the Defiant is now under the control of one of Odo's race who is
determined to start a war. Can they discover who the shape shifter is in time,
or will Sisko have to destroy the Defiant in order to avoid war?
Press Release: One of
Odo's people tricks Sisko and the crew into actions that could start a war in
the Alpha Quadrant.
Production Code: 472, stardate ?, US airdate: 17
Jun 95
Guest Stars: Lawrence Pressman (Krajensky), Kenneth
Marshall (Eddington), Jeff Austin (Bolian).
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