Selected viewings.

[Autistoid]

Alright pretend you are asked by a coworker to select the best DS9 episodes/the ones most crucial to understand the arc of the series.

Pick 8 episodes from the first season
10 from the second.
12 from the third and so on.


For the sake of how many there are, please try to add a list together.

 

[Bad Thoughts]

Several years ago I have this abridgement to a friend. He eventually decided to watch them all. There are many deeper cuts than what you ask for.

Emmisary
The Nagus
Duet
In the Hands of the Prophets
Cardassians
Necessary Evil
The Maquis I and II
Whispers
The Wire
The Collaborator
The Tribunal
The Jem'hadar
The Search I and II
Second Skin
Defiant
Heart of Stone
Destiny
Improbable Cause/The Die is Cast
The Way of the Warrior
The Visitor
The Sword of Kahless
Homefront/Paradise Lost
Return to Grace
Bar Association
Accession
Hard Time
For the Cause
To the Death
The Quickening
Broken Link
Looking for Par'mach in All the Wrong Places
Nor the Battle to the Strong
Things Past
Rapture
For the Uniform
In Purgatory's Shadow/By Inferno's Light
Blaze of Glory
In the Cards
Call to Arms
A Time to Stand
Rocks and Shoals
Behind the Lines
Favor the Bold
Sacrifice of Angels
Waltz
Who Mourns for Morn?
Far Beyond the Stars
Change of Heart
Inquisition
In the Pale Moonlight
Tears of the Prophet
Image in the Sand
Shadows and Symbols
Treachery, Faith and the Great River
The Siege of AR-558
It's Only a Paper Moon
Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges
Penumbra
Til Death Do Us Part
Strange Bedfellows
Changing Face of Evil
When It Rains
Tacking into the Wind
Extreme Measures
Dogs of War
What You Leave Behind

 

[Autistoid]

Season 1 *
Emmisary part 1
Emmisary part 2
The Nagus
Progress(+1)
Duet
In the Hands of the Prophets

Season 2 *
Cardassians
Necessary Evil
The Maquis I
The maquie II
Whispers
The Wire
The Collaborator
The Tribunal
The Jem'hadar

Season 3 * * *
The Search I
The Search II
Second Skin
Defiant
Heart of Stone
Destiny
Improbable Cause
The Die is Cast

Season 4 * *
The Way of the Warrior
The Visitor
The Sword of Kahless
Homefront Paradise Lost
Return to Grace
Bar Association
Accession
Hard Time
For the Cause
To the Death
The Quickening
Broken Link

Season 5 * * * * * *
Looking for Par'mach in All the Wrong Places
Nor the Battle to the Strong
Things Past
Rapture
For the Uniform
In Purgatory's Shadow
By Inferno's Light
Blaze of Glory
In the Cards
Call to Arms

Season 6 * * * * * *
A Time to Stand
Rocks and Shoals
Behind the Lines
Favor the Bold
Sacrifice of Angels
Waltz
Who Mourns for Morn?
Far Beyond the Stars
Change of Heart
Inquisition
In the Pale Moonlight
Tears of the Prophet

Season 7 * * * * *
Image in the Sand
Shadows and Symbols
Treachery, Faith and the Great River
The Siege of AR-558
It's Only a Paper Moon
Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges
Penumbra
Til Death Do Us Part
Strange Bedfellows
Changing Face of Evil
When It Rains
Tacking into the Wind
Extreme Measures
Dogs of War
What You Leave Behind




Alright I took your list and added seasons as a reference.

Using *'s to denote the number of free slots for each season.

Ironically were pretty consistent in our numberings, your about on average leaving out 4.5 episodes per season less than I mentioned.

When you factor in personal favorites I think we can get a list that is quite clear.