The Most Generic DS9 Episode...

[Discofan]

PAST PROLOGUE
DAX
THE NAGUS
VORTEX
THE STORYTELLER
PROGRESS
IF WISHES WERE HORSES
THE FORSAKEN
IN THE HANDS OF THE PROPHETS

THE CIRCLE
THE SIEGE
INVASIVE PROCEDURES
CARDASSIANS
MELORA
RULES OF ACQUISITION
NECESSARY EVIL
SECOND SIGHT
SANCTUARY
RIVALS
THE ALTERNATE
ARMAGEDDON GAME
PARADISE
SHADOWPLAY
PLAYING GOD
PROFIT AND LOSS
BLOOD OATH
THE MAQUIS, PART II
THE WIRE
CROSSOVER
THE COLLABORATOR

THE SEARCH, PART I
THE SEARCH, PART II
THE HOUSE OF QUARK
EQUILIBRIUM
SECOND SKIN
THE ABANDONED
CIVIL DEFENSE
MERIDIAN
DEFIANT
PAST TENSE, PART I
PAST TENSE, PART II
LIFE SUPPORT
HEART OF STONE
DESTINY
PROPHET MOTIVE
VISIONARY
DISTANT VOICES
IMPROBABLE CAUSE
THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS
THE DIE IS CAST
EXPLORERS
FAMILY BUSINESS
SHAKAAR
FACETS
THE ADVERSARY

HIPPOCRATIC OATH
INDISCRETION
REJOINED
STARSHIP DOWN
THE SWORD OF KAHLESS
HOMEFRONT
PARADISE LOST
CROSSFIRE
RETURN TO GRACE
SONS OF MOGH
ACCESSION
RULES OF ENGAGEMENT
SHATTERED MIRROR
FOR THE CAUSE
THE QUICKENING
BROKEN LINK

APOCALYPSE RISING
THE ASSIGNMENT
LET HE WHO IS WITHOUT SIN...
THINGS PAST
THE ASCENT
RAPTURE
THE DARKNESS AND THE LIGHT
THE BEGOTTEN
IN PURGATORY'S SHADOW
BY INFERNO'S LIGHT
DOCTOR BASHIR, I PRESUME
A SIMPLE INVESTIGATION
BUSINESS AS USUAL
TIES OF BLOOD AND WATER
FERENGI LOVE SONGS
SOLDIERS OF THE EMPIRE
CHILDREN OF TIME
BLAZE OF GLORY
EMPOK NOR
IN THE CARDS

A TIME TO STAND
ROCKS AND SHOALS
BEHIND THE LINES
FAVOR THE BOLD
SACRIFICE OF ANGELS
YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED
RESURRECTION
STATISTICAL PROBABILITIES
FAR BEYOND THE STARS
HONOR AMONG THIEVES
CHANGE OF HEART
WRONGS DARKER THAN DEATH OR NIGHT
TIME'S ORPHAN

IMAGE IN THE SAND
SHADOWS AND SYMBOLS
AFTERIMAGE
CHRYSALIS
TREACHERY, FAITH AND THE GREAT RIVER
PRODIGAL DAUGHTER
THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOAK
CHIMERA
PENUMBRA
'TIL DEATH DO US PART
WHEN IT RAINS...
TACKING INTO THE WIND

"THE SOUND OF HER VOICE" is muted. An episode where we never get to see the star and main focus. The idea of a collective psychoanalysis of the main crew by a "voice in the dark" is quite new and IMO the episode was very good.

 

[sekundant]

PAST PROLOGUE
DAX
THE NAGUS
VORTEX
THE STORYTELLER
PROGRESS
IF WISHES WERE HORSES
THE FORSAKEN
IN THE HANDS OF THE PROPHETS

THE CIRCLE
THE SIEGE
INVASIVE PROCEDURES
CARDASSIANS
RULES OF ACQUISITION
NECESSARY EVIL
SECOND SIGHT
SANCTUARY
RIVALS
THE ALTERNATE
ARMAGEDDON GAME
PARADISE
SHADOWPLAY
PLAYING GOD
PROFIT AND LOSS
BLOOD OATH
THE MAQUIS, PART II
THE WIRE
CROSSOVER
THE COLLABORATOR

THE SEARCH, PART I
THE SEARCH, PART II
THE HOUSE OF QUARK
EQUILIBRIUM
SECOND SKIN
THE ABANDONED
CIVIL DEFENSE
MERIDIAN
DEFIANT
PAST TENSE, PART I
PAST TENSE, PART II
LIFE SUPPORT
HEART OF STONE
DESTINY
PROPHET MOTIVE
VISIONARY
DISTANT VOICES
IMPROBABLE CAUSE
THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS
THE DIE IS CAST
EXPLORERS
FAMILY BUSINESS
SHAKAAR
FACETS
THE ADVERSARY

HIPPOCRATIC OATH
INDISCRETION
REJOINED
STARSHIP DOWN
THE SWORD OF KAHLESS
HOMEFRONT
PARADISE LOST
CROSSFIRE
RETURN TO GRACE
SONS OF MOGH
ACCESSION
RULES OF ENGAGEMENT
SHATTERED MIRROR
FOR THE CAUSE
THE QUICKENING
BROKEN LINK

APOCALYPSE RISING
THE ASSIGNMENT
LET HE WHO IS WITHOUT SIN...
THINGS PAST
THE ASCENT
RAPTURE
THE DARKNESS AND THE LIGHT
THE BEGOTTEN
IN PURGATORY'S SHADOW
BY INFERNO'S LIGHT
DOCTOR BASHIR, I PRESUME
A SIMPLE INVESTIGATION
BUSINESS AS USUAL
TIES OF BLOOD AND WATER
FERENGI LOVE SONGS
SOLDIERS OF THE EMPIRE
CHILDREN OF TIME
BLAZE OF GLORY
EMPOK NOR
IN THE CARDS

A TIME TO STAND
ROCKS AND SHOALS
BEHIND THE LINES
FAVOR THE BOLD
SACRIFICE OF ANGELS
YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED
RESURRECTION
STATISTICAL PROBABILITIES
FAR BEYOND THE STARS
HONOR AMONG THIEVES
CHANGE OF HEART
WRONGS DARKER THAN DEATH OR NIGHT
TIME'S ORPHAN

IMAGE IN THE SAND
SHADOWS AND SYMBOLS
AFTERIMAGE
CHRYSALIS
TREACHERY, FAITH AND THE GREAT RIVER
PRODIGAL DAUGHTER
THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOAK
CHIMERA
PENUMBRA
'TIL DEATH DO US PART
WHEN IT RAINS...
TACKING INTO THE WIND

Probably, one the most asked question about ST universe is " When emergency case occurs and life support at the ship/station does not function why gravity still works?" And except very few planets so far we know, "why all Minshara class planets have same gravity and atmosphere density like earth?" Answer is production costs . Well, MELORA goes another way, even on the wheelchair and through the Klingon restaurant. I have read somewhere a similar "handicapped" figure should planned for the main cast and the idea is rush forgotten, while.. production costs. Nevertheless, even for one episode we have the figure.

 

[Farscape One]

PAST PROLOGUE
DAX
THE NAGUS
VORTEX
THE STORYTELLER
PROGRESS
IF WISHES WERE HORSES
THE FORSAKEN
IN THE HANDS OF THE PROPHETS

THE CIRCLE
THE SIEGE
INVASIVE PROCEDURES
CARDASSIANS
RULES OF ACQUISITION
NECESSARY EVIL
SECOND SIGHT
SANCTUARY
RIVALS
THE ALTERNATE
ARMAGEDDON GAME
PARADISE
SHADOWPLAY
PLAYING GOD
PROFIT AND LOSS
BLOOD OATH
THE MAQUIS, PART II
THE WIRE
CROSSOVER
THE COLLABORATOR

THE SEARCH, PART I
THE SEARCH, PART II
THE HOUSE OF QUARK
EQUILIBRIUM
SECOND SKIN
THE ABANDONED
CIVIL DEFENSE
MERIDIAN
DEFIANT
PAST TENSE, PART I
PAST TENSE, PART II
LIFE SUPPORT
HEART OF STONE
DESTINY
PROPHET MOTIVE
VISIONARY
DISTANT VOICES
IMPROBABLE CAUSE
THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS
THE DIE IS CAST
FAMILY BUSINESS
SHAKAAR
FACETS
THE ADVERSARY

HIPPOCRATIC OATH
INDISCRETION
REJOINED
STARSHIP DOWN
THE SWORD OF KAHLESS
HOMEFRONT
PARADISE LOST
CROSSFIRE
RETURN TO GRACE
SONS OF MOGH
ACCESSION
RULES OF ENGAGEMENT
SHATTERED MIRROR
FOR THE CAUSE
THE QUICKENING
BROKEN LINK

APOCALYPSE RISING
THE ASSIGNMENT
LET HE WHO IS WITHOUT SIN...
THINGS PAST
THE ASCENT
RAPTURE
THE DARKNESS AND THE LIGHT
THE BEGOTTEN
IN PURGATORY'S SHADOW
BY INFERNO'S LIGHT
DOCTOR BASHIR, I PRESUME
A SIMPLE INVESTIGATION
BUSINESS AS USUAL
TIES OF BLOOD AND WATER
FERENGI LOVE SONGS
SOLDIERS OF THE EMPIRE
CHILDREN OF TIME
BLAZE OF GLORY
EMPOK NOR
IN THE CARDS

A TIME TO STAND
ROCKS AND SHOALS
BEHIND THE LINES
FAVOR THE BOLD
SACRIFICE OF ANGELS
YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED
RESURRECTION
STATISTICAL PROBABILITIES
FAR BEYOND THE STARS
HONOR AMONG THIEVES
CHANGE OF HEART
WRONGS DARKER THAN DEATH OR NIGHT
TIME'S ORPHAN

IMAGE IN THE SAND
SHADOWS AND SYMBOLS
AFTERIMAGE
CHRYSALIS
TREACHERY, FAITH AND THE GREAT RIVER
PRODIGAL DAUGHTER
THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOAK
CHIMERA
PENUMBRA
'TIL DEATH DO US PART
WHEN IT RAINS...
TACKING INTO THE WIND

"EXPLORERS" has found a new land. One of my favorite episodes, it features a true father/son adventure, as well as a great best friends drinking scene, both scenarios are not common.

 

[Sakonna]

PAST PROLOGUE
DAX
THE NAGUS
VORTEX
THE STORYTELLER
PROGRESS
IF WISHES WERE HORSES
THE FORSAKEN
IN THE HANDS OF THE PROPHETS

THE CIRCLE
THE SIEGE
INVASIVE PROCEDURES
CARDASSIANS
RULES OF ACQUISITION
NECESSARY EVIL
SECOND SIGHT
SANCTUARY
RIVALS
THE ALTERNATE
ARMAGEDDON GAME
PARADISE
SHADOWPLAY
PLAYING GOD
PROFIT AND LOSS
BLOOD OATH
THE MAQUIS, PART II
THE WIRE
CROSSOVER
THE COLLABORATOR

THE SEARCH, PART I
THE SEARCH, PART II
THE HOUSE OF QUARK
EQUILIBRIUM
SECOND SKIN
THE ABANDONED
CIVIL DEFENSE
MERIDIAN
DEFIANT
PAST TENSE, PART I
PAST TENSE, PART II
LIFE SUPPORT
HEART OF STONE
DESTINY
PROPHET MOTIVE
VISIONARY
DISTANT VOICES
IMPROBABLE CAUSE
THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS
THE DIE IS CAST
FAMILY BUSINESS
SHAKAAR
FACETS
THE ADVERSARY

HIPPOCRATIC OATH
INDISCRETION
STARSHIP DOWN
THE SWORD OF KAHLESS
HOMEFRONT
PARADISE LOST
CROSSFIRE
RETURN TO GRACE
SONS OF MOGH
ACCESSION
RULES OF ENGAGEMENT
SHATTERED MIRROR
FOR THE CAUSE
THE QUICKENING
BROKEN LINK

APOCALYPSE RISING
THE ASSIGNMENT
LET HE WHO IS WITHOUT SIN...
THINGS PAST
THE ASCENT
RAPTURE
THE DARKNESS AND THE LIGHT
THE BEGOTTEN
IN PURGATORY'S SHADOW
BY INFERNO'S LIGHT
DOCTOR BASHIR, I PRESUME
A SIMPLE INVESTIGATION
BUSINESS AS USUAL
TIES OF BLOOD AND WATER
FERENGI LOVE SONGS
SOLDIERS OF THE EMPIRE
CHILDREN OF TIME
BLAZE OF GLORY
EMPOK NOR
IN THE CARDS

A TIME TO STAND
ROCKS AND SHOALS
BEHIND THE LINES
FAVOR THE BOLD
SACRIFICE OF ANGELS
YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED
RESURRECTION
STATISTICAL PROBABILITIES
FAR BEYOND THE STARS
HONOR AMONG THIEVES
CHANGE OF HEART
WRONGS DARKER THAN DEATH OR NIGHT
TIME'S ORPHAN

IMAGE IN THE SAND
SHADOWS AND SYMBOLS
AFTERIMAGE
CHRYSALIS
TREACHERY, FAITH AND THE GREAT RIVER
PRODIGAL DAUGHTER
THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOAK
CHIMERA
PENUMBRA
'TIL DEATH DO US PART
WHEN IT RAINS...
TACKING INTO THE WIND

"REJOINED" The single occasion DS9 attempted LGBT issues. And the single occasion in all of Berman-era Trek in which LGBT issues were handled well!

 

[DonIago]

PAST PROLOGUE
DAX
THE NAGUS
VORTEX
THE STORYTELLER
PROGRESS
IF WISHES WERE HORSES
THE FORSAKEN
IN THE HANDS OF THE PROPHETS

THE CIRCLE
THE SIEGE
INVASIVE PROCEDURES
CARDASSIANS
RULES OF ACQUISITION
NECESSARY EVIL
SECOND SIGHT
SANCTUARY
RIVALS
THE ALTERNATE
ARMAGEDDON GAME
PARADISE
SHADOWPLAY
PLAYING GOD
PROFIT AND LOSS
BLOOD OATH
THE MAQUIS, PART II
THE WIRE
CROSSOVER
THE COLLABORATOR

THE SEARCH, PART I
THE SEARCH, PART II
THE HOUSE OF QUARK
EQUILIBRIUM
SECOND SKIN
THE ABANDONED
MERIDIAN
DEFIANT
PAST TENSE, PART I
PAST TENSE, PART II
LIFE SUPPORT
HEART OF STONE
DESTINY
PROPHET MOTIVE
VISIONARY
DISTANT VOICES
IMPROBABLE CAUSE
THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS
THE DIE IS CAST
FAMILY BUSINESS
SHAKAAR
FACETS
THE ADVERSARY

HIPPOCRATIC OATH
INDISCRETION
STARSHIP DOWN
THE SWORD OF KAHLESS
HOMEFRONT
PARADISE LOST
CROSSFIRE
RETURN TO GRACE
SONS OF MOGH
ACCESSION
RULES OF ENGAGEMENT
SHATTERED MIRROR
FOR THE CAUSE
THE QUICKENING
BROKEN LINK

APOCALYPSE RISING
THE ASSIGNMENT
LET HE WHO IS WITHOUT SIN...
THINGS PAST
THE ASCENT
RAPTURE
THE DARKNESS AND THE LIGHT
THE BEGOTTEN
IN PURGATORY'S SHADOW
BY INFERNO'S LIGHT
DOCTOR BASHIR, I PRESUME
A SIMPLE INVESTIGATION
BUSINESS AS USUAL
TIES OF BLOOD AND WATER
FERENGI LOVE SONGS
SOLDIERS OF THE EMPIRE
CHILDREN OF TIME
BLAZE OF GLORY
EMPOK NOR
IN THE CARDS

A TIME TO STAND
ROCKS AND SHOALS
BEHIND THE LINES
FAVOR THE BOLD
SACRIFICE OF ANGELS
YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED
RESURRECTION
STATISTICAL PROBABILITIES
FAR BEYOND THE STARS
HONOR AMONG THIEVES
CHANGE OF HEART
WRONGS DARKER THAN DEATH OR NIGHT
TIME'S ORPHAN

IMAGE IN THE SAND
SHADOWS AND SYMBOLS
AFTERIMAGE
CHRYSALIS
TREACHERY, FAITH AND THE GREAT RIVER
PRODIGAL DAUGHTER
THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOAK
CHIMERA
PENUMBRA
'TIL DEATH DO US PART
WHEN IT RAINS...
TACKING INTO THE WIND

I've disabled the "Civil Defense" program. Star Trek doesn't really do episodes where the ships turn against their crew as comprehensively as this one does, and the fact that Our Heroes inherited the station is rarely brought home harder than it is here. Bonus points for the clever twist of having Dukat's program have a trapdoor that causes it to turn on him as well, and I still love Replicator Surprise. I believe this is also one of the earliest episodes to lampshade Dukat's tendency toward long-windedness as well as his distaste for Garak.

 

[Discofan]

PAST PROLOGUE
DAX
THE NAGUS
VORTEX
THE STORYTELLER
PROGRESS
IF WISHES WERE HORSES
THE FORSAKEN
IN THE HANDS OF THE PROPHETS

THE CIRCLE
THE SIEGE
INVASIVE PROCEDURES
CARDASSIANS
RULES OF ACQUISITION
NECESSARY EVIL
SECOND SIGHT
SANCTUARY
RIVALS
THE ALTERNATE
ARMAGEDDON GAME
PARADISE
SHADOWPLAY
PLAYING GOD
PROFIT AND LOSS
BLOOD OATH
THE MAQUIS, PART II
THE WIRE
CROSSOVER
THE COLLABORATOR

THE SEARCH, PART I
THE SEARCH, PART II
THE HOUSE OF QUARK
EQUILIBRIUM
SECOND SKIN
THE ABANDONED
MERIDIAN
DEFIANT
PAST TENSE, PART I
PAST TENSE, PART II
LIFE SUPPORT
HEART OF STONE
DESTINY
PROPHET MOTIVE
VISIONARY
DISTANT VOICES
IMPROBABLE CAUSE
THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS
THE DIE IS CAST
FAMILY BUSINESS
SHAKAAR
FACETS
THE ADVERSARY

HIPPOCRATIC OATH
INDISCRETION
STARSHIP DOWN
THE SWORD OF KAHLESS
HOMEFRONT
PARADISE LOST
CROSSFIRE
RETURN TO GRACE
SONS OF MOGH
ACCESSION
RULES OF ENGAGEMENT
SHATTERED MIRROR
FOR THE CAUSE
THE QUICKENING
BROKEN LINK

APOCALYPSE RISING
THE ASSIGNMENT
LET HE WHO IS WITHOUT SIN...
THINGS PAST
THE ASCENT
RAPTURE
THE DARKNESS AND THE LIGHT
THE BEGOTTEN
IN PURGATORY'S SHADOW
BY INFERNO'S LIGHT
DOCTOR BASHIR, I PRESUME
A SIMPLE INVESTIGATION
BUSINESS AS USUAL
TIES OF BLOOD AND WATER
FERENGI LOVE SONGS
SOLDIERS OF THE EMPIRE
CHILDREN OF TIME
BLAZE OF GLORY
EMPOK NOR
IN THE CARDS

A TIME TO STAND
ROCKS AND SHOALS
BEHIND THE LINES
FAVOR THE BOLD
SACRIFICE OF ANGELS
YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED
RESURRECTION
STATISTICAL PROBABILITIES
FAR BEYOND THE STARS
HONOR AMONG THIEVES
CHANGE OF HEART
WRONGS DARKER THAN DEATH OR NIGHT

IMAGE IN THE SAND
SHADOWS AND SYMBOLS
AFTERIMAGE
CHRYSALIS
TREACHERY, FAITH AND THE GREAT RIVER
PRODIGAL DAUGHTER
THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOAK
CHIMERA
PENUMBRA
'TIL DEATH DO US PART
WHEN IT RAINS...
TACKING INTO THE WIND

"TIME'S ORPHAN" is adopted. Apart from the reset button hit at the end which was disappointing as well as trite, the episode was quite novel and it's execution well done. The re-education of a wild child (Cf. Francois Truffaut's movie ) made retarded by a defective life.

 

[JirinPanthosa]

PAST PROLOGUE
DAX
THE NAGUS
VORTEX
THE STORYTELLER
PROGRESS
IF WISHES WERE HORSES
THE FORSAKEN
IN THE HANDS OF THE PROPHETS

THE CIRCLE
THE SIEGE
INVASIVE PROCEDURES
CARDASSIANS
RULES OF ACQUISITION
NECESSARY EVIL
SECOND SIGHT
SANCTUARY
RIVALS
THE ALTERNATE
ARMAGEDDON GAME
PARADISE
SHADOWPLAY
PLAYING GOD
PROFIT AND LOSS
BLOOD OATH
THE MAQUIS, PART II
THE WIRE
CROSSOVER
THE COLLABORATOR

THE SEARCH, PART I
THE SEARCH, PART II
THE HOUSE OF QUARK
EQUILIBRIUM
SECOND SKIN
THE ABANDONED
MERIDIAN
DEFIANT
PAST TENSE, PART I
PAST TENSE, PART II
LIFE SUPPORT
HEART OF STONE
DESTINY
PROPHET MOTIVE
VISIONARY
DISTANT VOICES
IMPROBABLE CAUSE
THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS
THE DIE IS CAST
FAMILY BUSINESS
SHAKAAR
FACETS
THE ADVERSARY

HIPPOCRATIC OATH
INDISCRETION
STARSHIP DOWN
THE SWORD OF KAHLESS
HOMEFRONT
PARADISE LOST
CROSSFIRE
RETURN TO GRACE
SONS OF MOGH
ACCESSION
RULES OF ENGAGEMENT
SHATTERED MIRROR
FOR THE CAUSE
THE QUICKENING
BROKEN LINK

APOCALYPSE RISING
THE ASSIGNMENT
LET HE WHO IS WITHOUT SIN...
THINGS PAST
THE ASCENT
RAPTURE
THE DARKNESS AND THE LIGHT
THE BEGOTTEN
IN PURGATORY'S SHADOW
BY INFERNO'S LIGHT
DOCTOR BASHIR, I PRESUME
A SIMPLE INVESTIGATION
BUSINESS AS USUAL
TIES OF BLOOD AND WATER
FERENGI LOVE SONGS
SOLDIERS OF THE EMPIRE
CHILDREN OF TIME
BLAZE OF GLORY
EMPOK NOR

A TIME TO STAND
ROCKS AND SHOALS
BEHIND THE LINES
FAVOR THE BOLD
SACRIFICE OF ANGELS
YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED
RESURRECTION
STATISTICAL PROBABILITIES
FAR BEYOND THE STARS
HONOR AMONG THIEVES
CHANGE OF HEART
WRONGS DARKER THAN DEATH OR NIGHT

IMAGE IN THE SAND
SHADOWS AND SYMBOLS
AFTERIMAGE
CHRYSALIS
TREACHERY, FAITH AND THE GREAT RIVER
PRODIGAL DAUGHTER
THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOAK
CHIMERA
PENUMBRA
'TIL DEATH DO US PART
WHEN IT RAINS...
TACKING INTO THE WIND

Removing In The Cards. A pure comedy episode with several unique aspects. A guy who tries to live forever by entertaining cells, a tower of lies built to get a baseball card, ending up in claiming Willy Mays is an evil time traveler.

 

[Sakonna]

PAST PROLOGUE
DAX
THE NAGUS
VORTEX
THE STORYTELLER
PROGRESS
IF WISHES WERE HORSES
THE FORSAKEN
IN THE HANDS OF THE PROPHETS

THE CIRCLE
THE SIEGE
INVASIVE PROCEDURES
CARDASSIANS
RULES OF ACQUISITION
NECESSARY EVIL
SECOND SIGHT
SANCTUARY
RIVALS
THE ALTERNATE
ARMAGEDDON GAME
PARADISE
SHADOWPLAY
PLAYING GOD
PROFIT AND LOSS
BLOOD OATH
THE MAQUIS, PART II
THE WIRE
CROSSOVER
THE COLLABORATOR

THE SEARCH, PART I
THE SEARCH, PART II
THE HOUSE OF QUARK
EQUILIBRIUM
SECOND SKIN
THE ABANDONED
MERIDIAN
DEFIANT
PAST TENSE, PART I
PAST TENSE, PART II
HEART OF STONE
DESTINY
PROPHET MOTIVE
VISIONARY
DISTANT VOICES
IMPROBABLE CAUSE
THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS
THE DIE IS CAST
FAMILY BUSINESS
SHAKAAR
FACETS
THE ADVERSARY

HIPPOCRATIC OATH
INDISCRETION
STARSHIP DOWN
THE SWORD OF KAHLESS
HOMEFRONT
PARADISE LOST
CROSSFIRE
RETURN TO GRACE
SONS OF MOGH
ACCESSION
RULES OF ENGAGEMENT
SHATTERED MIRROR
FOR THE CAUSE
THE QUICKENING
BROKEN LINK

APOCALYPSE RISING
THE ASSIGNMENT
LET HE WHO IS WITHOUT SIN...
THINGS PAST
THE ASCENT
RAPTURE
THE DARKNESS AND THE LIGHT
THE BEGOTTEN
IN PURGATORY'S SHADOW
BY INFERNO'S LIGHT
DOCTOR BASHIR, I PRESUME
A SIMPLE INVESTIGATION
BUSINESS AS USUAL
TIES OF BLOOD AND WATER
FERENGI LOVE SONGS
SOLDIERS OF THE EMPIRE
CHILDREN OF TIME
BLAZE OF GLORY
EMPOK NOR

A TIME TO STAND
ROCKS AND SHOALS
BEHIND THE LINES
FAVOR THE BOLD
SACRIFICE OF ANGELS
YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED
RESURRECTION
STATISTICAL PROBABILITIES
FAR BEYOND THE STARS
HONOR AMONG THIEVES
CHANGE OF HEART
WRONGS DARKER THAN DEATH OR NIGHT

IMAGE IN THE SAND
SHADOWS AND SYMBOLS
AFTERIMAGE
CHRYSALIS
TREACHERY, FAITH AND THE GREAT RIVER
PRODIGAL DAUGHTER
THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOAK
CHIMERA
PENUMBRA
'TIL DEATH DO US PART
WHEN IT RAINS...
TACKING INTO THE WIND

Tossing "LIFE SUPPORT", for it's uniquely nauseating pairing of a heavy tragedy A story with a broad sitcom B story. This is another one that stands out throughout Trek for me, and not just DS9 -- those hard cuts from the Jake/Nog slapstick wackiness to a man screaming in pain as he dies, just ghastly. And quite unlike anything they attempted before or after.

(Though "In The Cards" somewhat inverts this structure, and that episodes success and it's masterful manipulation of tone really show how well they learned from the "Life Support" failure. Also "Change Of Heart", and it's silly B story that vanishes mid-way thru when the A story intensity dials up)

 

[Farscape One]

And each of those 3 episodes, Ronald D. Moore did... teleplay for "LIFE SUPPORT" and "IN THE CARDS" and wrote "CHANGE OF HEART". He learned well.

(I still greatly enjoy "LIFE SUPPORT", but "IN THE CARDS" is simply a superior episode to me.)

 

[Farscape One]

PAST PROLOGUE
DAX
THE NAGUS
VORTEX
THE STORYTELLER
PROGRESS
THE FORSAKEN
IN THE HANDS OF THE PROPHETS

THE CIRCLE
THE SIEGE
INVASIVE PROCEDURES
CARDASSIANS
RULES OF ACQUISITION
NECESSARY EVIL
SECOND SIGHT
SANCTUARY
RIVALS
THE ALTERNATE
ARMAGEDDON GAME
PARADISE
SHADOWPLAY
PLAYING GOD
PROFIT AND LOSS
BLOOD OATH
THE MAQUIS, PART II
THE WIRE
CROSSOVER
THE COLLABORATOR

THE SEARCH, PART I
THE SEARCH, PART II
THE HOUSE OF QUARK
EQUILIBRIUM
SECOND SKIN
THE ABANDONED
MERIDIAN
DEFIANT
PAST TENSE, PART I
PAST TENSE, PART II
HEART OF STONE
DESTINY
PROPHET MOTIVE
VISIONARY
DISTANT VOICES
IMPROBABLE CAUSE
THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS
THE DIE IS CAST
FAMILY BUSINESS
SHAKAAR
FACETS
THE ADVERSARY

HIPPOCRATIC OATH
INDISCRETION
STARSHIP DOWN
THE SWORD OF KAHLESS
HOMEFRONT
PARADISE LOST
CROSSFIRE
RETURN TO GRACE
SONS OF MOGH
ACCESSION
RULES OF ENGAGEMENT
SHATTERED MIRROR
FOR THE CAUSE
THE QUICKENING
BROKEN LINK

APOCALYPSE RISING
THE ASSIGNMENT
LET HE WHO IS WITHOUT SIN...
THINGS PAST
THE ASCENT
RAPTURE
THE DARKNESS AND THE LIGHT
THE BEGOTTEN
IN PURGATORY'S SHADOW
BY INFERNO'S LIGHT
DOCTOR BASHIR, I PRESUME
A SIMPLE INVESTIGATION
BUSINESS AS USUAL
TIES OF BLOOD AND WATER
FERENGI LOVE SONGS
SOLDIERS OF THE EMPIRE
CHILDREN OF TIME
BLAZE OF GLORY
EMPOK NOR

A TIME TO STAND
ROCKS AND SHOALS
BEHIND THE LINES
FAVOR THE BOLD
SACRIFICE OF ANGELS
YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED
RESURRECTION
STATISTICAL PROBABILITIES
FAR BEYOND THE STARS
HONOR AMONG THIEVES
CHANGE OF HEART
WRONGS DARKER THAN DEATH OR NIGHT

IMAGE IN THE SAND
SHADOWS AND SYMBOLS
AFTERIMAGE
CHRYSALIS
TREACHERY, FAITH AND THE GREAT RIVER
PRODIGAL DAUGHTER
THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOAK
CHIMERA
PENUMBRA
'TIL DEATH DO US PART
WHEN IT RAINS...
TACKING INTO THE WIND

"IF WISHES WERE HORSES" are wished off this list. The idea of aliens who have no sense of imagination and learnjng about it by basically using OTHER races imaginations was very clever, and quite unique.

 

[Sakonna]

PAST PROLOGUE
DAX
THE NAGUS
VORTEX
THE STORYTELLER
PROGRESS
THE FORSAKEN
IN THE HANDS OF THE PROPHETS

THE CIRCLE
THE SIEGE
INVASIVE PROCEDURES
CARDASSIANS
RULES OF ACQUISITION
NECESSARY EVIL
SECOND SIGHT
SANCTUARY
RIVALS
THE ALTERNATE
ARMAGEDDON GAME
PARADISE
SHADOWPLAY
PLAYING GOD
PROFIT AND LOSS
BLOOD OATH
THE MAQUIS, PART II
THE WIRE
CROSSOVER
THE COLLABORATOR

THE SEARCH, PART I
THE SEARCH, PART II
THE HOUSE OF QUARK
EQUILIBRIUM
SECOND SKIN
THE ABANDONED
MERIDIAN
DEFIANT
PAST TENSE, PART I
PAST TENSE, PART II
HEART OF STONE
DESTINY
PROPHET MOTIVE
VISIONARY
DISTANT VOICES
IMPROBABLE CAUSE
THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS
THE DIE IS CAST
FAMILY BUSINESS
SHAKAAR
FACETS
THE ADVERSARY

HIPPOCRATIC OATH
INDISCRETION
STARSHIP DOWN
THE SWORD OF KAHLESS
HOMEFRONT
PARADISE LOST
CROSSFIRE
RETURN TO GRACE
SONS OF MOGH
ACCESSION
RULES OF ENGAGEMENT
SHATTERED MIRROR
FOR THE CAUSE
THE QUICKENING
BROKEN LINK

APOCALYPSE RISING
THE ASSIGNMENT
LET HE WHO IS WITHOUT SIN...
THINGS PAST
THE ASCENT
RAPTURE
THE DARKNESS AND THE LIGHT
THE BEGOTTEN
IN PURGATORY'S SHADOW
BY INFERNO'S LIGHT
DOCTOR BASHIR, I PRESUME
A SIMPLE INVESTIGATION
BUSINESS AS USUAL
TIES OF BLOOD AND WATER
FERENGI LOVE SONGS
SOLDIERS OF THE EMPIRE
CHILDREN OF TIME
BLAZE OF GLORY
EMPOK NOR

A TIME TO STAND
ROCKS AND SHOALS
BEHIND THE LINES
FAVOR THE BOLD
SACRIFICE OF ANGELS
YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED
RESURRECTION
STATISTICAL PROBABILITIES
FAR BEYOND THE STARS
HONOR AMONG THIEVES
CHANGE OF HEART

IMAGE IN THE SAND
SHADOWS AND SYMBOLS
AFTERIMAGE
CHRYSALIS
TREACHERY, FAITH AND THE GREAT RIVER
PRODIGAL DAUGHTER
THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOAK
CHIMERA
PENUMBRA
'TIL DEATH DO US PART
WHEN IT RAINS...
TACKING INTO THE WIND

"WRONGS DARKER THAN DEATH OR NIGHT", for it's uniquely deranged time travel justification. Kira must travel in time to address her mommy issues! Don't worry, those aliens who don't understand the concept of time will ensure the timeline is not disrupted... we assume, based on nothing.

Trek has some ridiculous justifications for its jaunts through time (and I wouldn't have it any other way), but this is truly the silliest. Just send her to the counselors office, Sisko! Work it out in therapy, instead of with the Orb Of Time!

 

[Farscape One]

PAST PROLOGUE
DAX
THE NAGUS
VORTEX
THE STORYTELLER
PROGRESS
THE FORSAKEN
IN THE HANDS OF THE PROPHETS

THE CIRCLE
THE SIEGE
INVASIVE PROCEDURES
CARDASSIANS
RULES OF ACQUISITION
NECESSARY EVIL
SECOND SIGHT
SANCTUARY
RIVALS
THE ALTERNATE
ARMAGEDDON GAME
PARADISE
SHADOWPLAY
PLAYING GOD
PROFIT AND LOSS
BLOOD OATH
THE MAQUIS, PART II
THE WIRE
CROSSOVER
THE COLLABORATOR

THE SEARCH, PART I
THE SEARCH, PART II
THE HOUSE OF QUARK
EQUILIBRIUM
SECOND SKIN
THE ABANDONED
MERIDIAN
DEFIANT
PAST TENSE, PART I
PAST TENSE, PART II
HEART OF STONE
DESTINY
PROPHET MOTIVE
VISIONARY
DISTANT VOICES
IMPROBABLE CAUSE
THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS
THE DIE IS CAST
FAMILY BUSINESS
SHAKAAR
FACETS
THE ADVERSARY

HIPPOCRATIC OATH
INDISCRETION
STARSHIP DOWN
THE SWORD OF KAHLESS
HOMEFRONT
PARADISE LOST
CROSSFIRE
RETURN TO GRACE
SONS OF MOGH
ACCESSION
RULES OF ENGAGEMENT
SHATTERED MIRROR
FOR THE CAUSE
THE QUICKENING
BROKEN LINK

APOCALYPSE RISING
THE ASSIGNMENT
LET HE WHO IS WITHOUT SIN...
THINGS PAST
THE ASCENT
RAPTURE
THE DARKNESS AND THE LIGHT
THE BEGOTTEN
IN PURGATORY'S SHADOW
BY INFERNO'S LIGHT
DOCTOR BASHIR, I PRESUME
A SIMPLE INVESTIGATION
BUSINESS AS USUAL
TIES OF BLOOD AND WATER
FERENGI LOVE SONGS
SOLDIERS OF THE EMPIRE
CHILDREN OF TIME
BLAZE OF GLORY
EMPOK NOR

A TIME TO STAND
ROCKS AND SHOALS
BEHIND THE LINES
FAVOR THE BOLD
SACRIFICE OF ANGELS
YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED
RESURRECTION
STATISTICAL PROBABILITIES
FAR BEYOND THE STARS
HONOR AMONG THIEVES
CHANGE OF HEART

IMAGE IN THE SAND
SHADOWS AND SYMBOLS
AFTERIMAGE
CHRYSALIS
PRODIGAL DAUGHTER
THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOAK
CHIMERA
PENUMBRA
'TIL DEATH DO US PART
WHEN IT RAINS...
TACKING INTO THE WIND

"TREACHERY, FAITH AND THE GREAT RIVER" is honestly off this list. A rare look at the Vorta themselves, with their eating habits and history. An even rarer look at Ferengi religion, for lack of a better term. I thought it was a fascinating view on life, how everything works itself out materially by an almost barter system.

 

[DonIago]

PAST PROLOGUE
DAX
THE NAGUS
VORTEX
THE STORYTELLER
PROGRESS
THE FORSAKEN

THE CIRCLE
THE SIEGE
INVASIVE PROCEDURES
CARDASSIANS
RULES OF ACQUISITION
NECESSARY EVIL
SECOND SIGHT
SANCTUARY
RIVALS
THE ALTERNATE
ARMAGEDDON GAME
PARADISE
SHADOWPLAY
PLAYING GOD
PROFIT AND LOSS
BLOOD OATH
THE MAQUIS, PART II
THE WIRE
CROSSOVER
THE COLLABORATOR

THE SEARCH, PART I
THE SEARCH, PART II
THE HOUSE OF QUARK
EQUILIBRIUM
SECOND SKIN
THE ABANDONED
MERIDIAN
DEFIANT
PAST TENSE, PART I
PAST TENSE, PART II
HEART OF STONE
DESTINY
PROPHET MOTIVE
VISIONARY
DISTANT VOICES
IMPROBABLE CAUSE
THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS
THE DIE IS CAST
FAMILY BUSINESS
SHAKAAR
FACETS
THE ADVERSARY

HIPPOCRATIC OATH
INDISCRETION
STARSHIP DOWN
THE SWORD OF KAHLESS
HOMEFRONT
PARADISE LOST
CROSSFIRE
RETURN TO GRACE
SONS OF MOGH
ACCESSION
RULES OF ENGAGEMENT
SHATTERED MIRROR
FOR THE CAUSE
THE QUICKENING
BROKEN LINK

APOCALYPSE RISING
THE ASSIGNMENT
LET HE WHO IS WITHOUT SIN...
THINGS PAST
THE ASCENT
RAPTURE
THE DARKNESS AND THE LIGHT
THE BEGOTTEN
IN PURGATORY'S SHADOW
BY INFERNO'S LIGHT
DOCTOR BASHIR, I PRESUME
A SIMPLE INVESTIGATION
BUSINESS AS USUAL
TIES OF BLOOD AND WATER
FERENGI LOVE SONGS
SOLDIERS OF THE EMPIRE
CHILDREN OF TIME
BLAZE OF GLORY
EMPOK NOR

A TIME TO STAND
ROCKS AND SHOALS
BEHIND THE LINES
FAVOR THE BOLD
SACRIFICE OF ANGELS
YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED
RESURRECTION
STATISTICAL PROBABILITIES
FAR BEYOND THE STARS
HONOR AMONG THIEVES
CHANGE OF HEART

IMAGE IN THE SAND
SHADOWS AND SYMBOLS
AFTERIMAGE
CHRYSALIS
PRODIGAL DAUGHTER
THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOAK
CHIMERA
PENUMBRA
'TIL DEATH DO US PART
WHEN IT RAINS...
TACKING INTO THE WIND

Apparently not everything is "In the Hands of the Prophets". We have the introduction of two arc-significant characters who show us two different sides to Bajoran religion. We have a reasonably well-done murder mystery that becomes a bigger mystery over time and involves a third character who has actually appeared on the show previously. There's not a lot of generic elements here (maybe generic to this show, but if so, that's high praise for DS9).

 

[Discofan]

PAST PROLOGUE
DAX
THE NAGUS
VORTEX
THE STORYTELLER
PROGRESS
THE FORSAKEN

THE CIRCLE
THE SIEGE
INVASIVE PROCEDURES
CARDASSIANS
RULES OF ACQUISITION
NECESSARY EVIL
SECOND SIGHT
SANCTUARY
RIVALS
THE ALTERNATE
ARMAGEDDON GAME
PARADISE
SHADOWPLAY
PLAYING GOD
PROFIT AND LOSS
BLOOD OATH
THE MAQUIS, PART II
THE WIRE
CROSSOVER
THE COLLABORATOR

THE SEARCH, PART I
THE SEARCH, PART II
THE HOUSE OF QUARK
EQUILIBRIUM
SECOND SKIN
THE ABANDONED
MERIDIAN
DEFIANT
PAST TENSE, PART I
PAST TENSE, PART II
HEART OF STONE
DESTINY
VISIONARY
DISTANT VOICES
IMPROBABLE CAUSE
THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS
THE DIE IS CAST
FAMILY BUSINESS
SHAKAAR
FACETS
THE ADVERSARY

HIPPOCRATIC OATH
INDISCRETION
STARSHIP DOWN
THE SWORD OF KAHLESS
HOMEFRONT
PARADISE LOST
CROSSFIRE
RETURN TO GRACE
SONS OF MOGH
ACCESSION
RULES OF ENGAGEMENT
SHATTERED MIRROR
FOR THE CAUSE
THE QUICKENING
BROKEN LINK

APOCALYPSE RISING
THE ASSIGNMENT
LET HE WHO IS WITHOUT SIN...
THINGS PAST
THE ASCENT
RAPTURE
THE DARKNESS AND THE LIGHT
THE BEGOTTEN
IN PURGATORY'S SHADOW
BY INFERNO'S LIGHT
DOCTOR BASHIR, I PRESUME
A SIMPLE INVESTIGATION
BUSINESS AS USUAL
TIES OF BLOOD AND WATER
FERENGI LOVE SONGS
SOLDIERS OF THE EMPIRE
CHILDREN OF TIME
BLAZE OF GLORY
EMPOK NOR

A TIME TO STAND
ROCKS AND SHOALS
BEHIND THE LINES
FAVOR THE BOLD
SACRIFICE OF ANGELS
YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED
RESURRECTION
STATISTICAL PROBABILITIES
FAR BEYOND THE STARS
HONOR AMONG THIEVES
CHANGE OF HEART

IMAGE IN THE SAND
SHADOWS AND SYMBOLS
AFTERIMAGE
CHRYSALIS
PRODIGAL DAUGHTER
THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOAK
CHIMERA
PENUMBRA
'TIL DEATH DO US PART
WHEN IT RAINS...
TACKING INTO THE WIND

"PROPHET MOTIVE" is questioned. The Nagus becomes a philanthropist! Of course, such a person can't become the Ferengi head of state, not yet that is. all in all, it was a fun episode. Quark's attempts to see a hidden message in Zek's new rules are hilarious: " If never keep profit a good smile honesty."

 

[JirinPanthosa]

PAST PROLOGUE
DAX
THE NAGUS
VORTEX
THE STORYTELLER
PROGRESS
THE FORSAKEN

THE CIRCLE
THE SIEGE
INVASIVE PROCEDURES
CARDASSIANS
RULES OF ACQUISITION
NECESSARY EVIL
SECOND SIGHT
SANCTUARY
RIVALS
THE ALTERNATE
ARMAGEDDON GAME
PARADISE
SHADOWPLAY
PLAYING GOD
PROFIT AND LOSS
BLOOD OATH
THE MAQUIS, PART II
THE WIRE
CROSSOVER
THE COLLABORATOR

THE SEARCH, PART I
THE SEARCH, PART II
THE HOUSE OF QUARK
EQUILIBRIUM
SECOND SKIN
THE ABANDONED
MERIDIAN
DEFIANT
PAST TENSE, PART I
PAST TENSE, PART II
HEART OF STONE
DESTINY
VISIONARY
DISTANT VOICES
IMPROBABLE CAUSE
THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS
THE DIE IS CAST
FAMILY BUSINESS
SHAKAAR
FACETS
THE ADVERSARY

HIPPOCRATIC OATH
INDISCRETION
STARSHIP DOWN
THE SWORD OF KAHLESS
HOMEFRONT
PARADISE LOST
CROSSFIRE
RETURN TO GRACE
SONS OF MOGH
ACCESSION
RULES OF ENGAGEMENT
SHATTERED MIRROR
FOR THE CAUSE
THE QUICKENING
BROKEN LINK

APOCALYPSE RISING
THE ASSIGNMENT
LET HE WHO IS WITHOUT SIN...
THINGS PAST
THE ASCENT
RAPTURE
THE DARKNESS AND THE LIGHT
THE BEGOTTEN
IN PURGATORY'S SHADOW
BY INFERNO'S LIGHT
DOCTOR BASHIR, I PRESUME
A SIMPLE INVESTIGATION
BUSINESS AS USUAL
TIES OF BLOOD AND WATER
FERENGI LOVE SONGS
SOLDIERS OF THE EMPIRE
CHILDREN OF TIME
BLAZE OF GLORY
EMPOK NOR

A TIME TO STAND
ROCKS AND SHOALS
BEHIND THE LINES
FAVOR THE BOLD
SACRIFICE OF ANGELS
YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED
RESURRECTION
STATISTICAL PROBABILITIES
FAR BEYOND THE STARS
HONOR AMONG THIEVES
CHANGE OF HEART

IMAGE IN THE SAND
AFTERIMAGE
CHRYSALIS
PRODIGAL DAUGHTER
THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOAK
CHIMERA
PENUMBRA
'TIL DEATH DO US PART
WHEN IT RAINS...
TACKING INTO THE WIND

Removing Shadows and Symbols. Sisko's behavior, for a starfleet officer, is just strange. Out there interpreting every little seemingly random thing as a sign.

 

[Farscape One]

PAST PROLOGUE
DAX
THE NAGUS
VORTEX
THE STORYTELLER
PROGRESS
THE FORSAKEN

THE CIRCLE
THE SIEGE
INVASIVE PROCEDURES
CARDASSIANS
RULES OF ACQUISITION
NECESSARY EVIL
SECOND SIGHT
SANCTUARY
RIVALS
THE ALTERNATE
ARMAGEDDON GAME
PARADISE
SHADOWPLAY
PLAYING GOD
PROFIT AND LOSS
BLOOD OATH
THE MAQUIS, PART II
THE WIRE
CROSSOVER
THE COLLABORATOR

THE SEARCH, PART I
THE SEARCH, PART II
THE HOUSE OF QUARK
EQUILIBRIUM
SECOND SKIN
THE ABANDONED
MERIDIAN
DEFIANT
PAST TENSE, PART I
PAST TENSE, PART II
HEART OF STONE
DESTINY
VISIONARY
DISTANT VOICES
IMPROBABLE CAUSE
THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS
THE DIE IS CAST
FAMILY BUSINESS
SHAKAAR
FACETS
THE ADVERSARY

HIPPOCRATIC OATH
INDISCRETION
STARSHIP DOWN
THE SWORD OF KAHLESS
HOMEFRONT
PARADISE LOST
CROSSFIRE
RETURN TO GRACE
SONS OF MOGH
ACCESSION
RULES OF ENGAGEMENT
SHATTERED MIRROR
FOR THE CAUSE
THE QUICKENING
BROKEN LINK

APOCALYPSE RISING
THE ASSIGNMENT
LET HE WHO IS WITHOUT SIN...
THINGS PAST
THE ASCENT
RAPTURE
THE DARKNESS AND THE LIGHT
THE BEGOTTEN
IN PURGATORY'S SHADOW
BY INFERNO'S LIGHT
DOCTOR BASHIR, I PRESUME
A SIMPLE INVESTIGATION
BUSINESS AS USUAL
TIES OF BLOOD AND WATER
FERENGI LOVE SONGS
SOLDIERS OF THE EMPIRE
CHILDREN OF TIME
BLAZE OF GLORY
EMPOK NOR

A TIME TO STAND
ROCKS AND SHOALS
BEHIND THE LINES
FAVOR THE BOLD
SACRIFICE OF ANGELS
YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED
RESURRECTION
STATISTICAL PROBABILITIES
FAR BEYOND THE STARS
HONOR AMONG THIEVES
CHANGE OF HEART

AFTERIMAGE
CHRYSALIS
PRODIGAL DAUGHTER
THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOAK
CHIMERA
PENUMBRA
'TIL DEATH DO US PART
WHEN IT RAINS...
TACKING INTO THE WIND

"IMAGE IN THE SAND" is blown away by a desert storm. It's the only final season premiere in the franchise that introduces a new lead character in the main cast. It's also probably the most low key season premiere in all of STAR TREK.

 

[DonIago]

PAST PROLOGUE
DAX
THE NAGUS
VORTEX
THE STORYTELLER
PROGRESS
THE FORSAKEN

THE CIRCLE
THE SIEGE
INVASIVE PROCEDURES
CARDASSIANS
RULES OF ACQUISITION
NECESSARY EVIL
SECOND SIGHT
SANCTUARY
RIVALS
THE ALTERNATE
ARMAGEDDON GAME
PARADISE
SHADOWPLAY
PLAYING GOD
PROFIT AND LOSS
BLOOD OATH
THE MAQUIS, PART II
THE WIRE
CROSSOVER
THE COLLABORATOR

THE SEARCH, PART I
THE SEARCH, PART II
THE HOUSE OF QUARK
EQUILIBRIUM
SECOND SKIN
THE ABANDONED
MERIDIAN
DEFIANT
PAST TENSE, PART I
PAST TENSE, PART II
HEART OF STONE
DESTINY
VISIONARY
DISTANT VOICES
IMPROBABLE CAUSE
THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS
THE DIE IS CAST
FAMILY BUSINESS
SHAKAAR
FACETS
THE ADVERSARY

HIPPOCRATIC OATH
INDISCRETION
STARSHIP DOWN
THE SWORD OF KAHLESS
HOMEFRONT
PARADISE LOST
CROSSFIRE
RETURN TO GRACE
SONS OF MOGH
ACCESSION
RULES OF ENGAGEMENT
SHATTERED MIRROR
FOR THE CAUSE
THE QUICKENING
BROKEN LINK

APOCALYPSE RISING
THE ASSIGNMENT
LET HE WHO IS WITHOUT SIN...
THINGS PAST
THE ASCENT
RAPTURE
THE DARKNESS AND THE LIGHT
THE BEGOTTEN
IN PURGATORY'S SHADOW
BY INFERNO'S LIGHT
DOCTOR BASHIR, I PRESUME
A SIMPLE INVESTIGATION
BUSINESS AS USUAL
TIES OF BLOOD AND WATER
FERENGI LOVE SONGS
SOLDIERS OF THE EMPIRE
CHILDREN OF TIME
BLAZE OF GLORY
EMPOK NOR

A TIME TO STAND
ROCKS AND SHOALS
BEHIND THE LINES
FAVOR THE BOLD
SACRIFICE OF ANGELS
RESURRECTION
STATISTICAL PROBABILITIES
FAR BEYOND THE STARS
HONOR AMONG THIEVES
CHANGE OF HEART

AFTERIMAGE
CHRYSALIS
PRODIGAL DAUGHTER
THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOAK
CHIMERA
PENUMBRA
'TIL DEATH DO US PART
WHEN IT RAINS...
TACKING INTO THE WIND

I've uninvited "You are Cordially Invited".

Two words: Klingon. Wedding.

 

[Discofan]

PAST PROLOGUE
DAX
THE NAGUS
VORTEX
THE STORYTELLER
PROGRESS
THE FORSAKEN

THE CIRCLE
THE SIEGE
INVASIVE PROCEDURES
CARDASSIANS
RULES OF ACQUISITION
NECESSARY EVIL
SECOND SIGHT
SANCTUARY
RIVALS
THE ALTERNATE
ARMAGEDDON GAME
PARADISE
SHADOWPLAY
PLAYING GOD
PROFIT AND LOSS
BLOOD OATH
THE MAQUIS, PART II
THE WIRE
CROSSOVER
THE COLLABORATOR

THE SEARCH, PART I
THE SEARCH, PART II
THE HOUSE OF QUARK
EQUILIBRIUM
SECOND SKIN
THE ABANDONED
MERIDIAN
DEFIANT
PAST TENSE, PART I
PAST TENSE, PART II
HEART OF STONE
DESTINY
VISIONARY
DISTANT VOICES
IMPROBABLE CAUSE
THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS
THE DIE IS CAST
FAMILY BUSINESS
SHAKAAR
FACETS
THE ADVERSARY

HIPPOCRATIC OATH
INDISCRETION
STARSHIP DOWN
THE SWORD OF KAHLESS
HOMEFRONT
PARADISE LOST
CROSSFIRE
RETURN TO GRACE
SONS OF MOGH
ACCESSION
RULES OF ENGAGEMENT
SHATTERED MIRROR
FOR THE CAUSE
THE QUICKENING
BROKEN LINK

APOCALYPSE RISING
THE ASSIGNMENT
LET HE WHO IS WITHOUT SIN...
THINGS PAST
THE ASCENT
RAPTURE
THE DARKNESS AND THE LIGHT
THE BEGOTTEN
IN PURGATORY'S SHADOW
BY INFERNO'S LIGHT
DOCTOR BASHIR, I PRESUME
A SIMPLE INVESTIGATION
BUSINESS AS USUAL
TIES OF BLOOD AND WATER
FERENGI LOVE SONGS
SOLDIERS OF THE EMPIRE
CHILDREN OF TIME
BLAZE OF GLORY
EMPOK NOR

A TIME TO STAND
ROCKS AND SHOALS
BEHIND THE LINES
FAVOR THE BOLD
SACRIFICE OF ANGELS
RESURRECTION
STATISTICAL PROBABILITIES
FAR BEYOND THE STARS
HONOR AMONG THIEVES
CHANGE OF HEART

AFTERIMAGE
CHRYSALIS
PRODIGAL DAUGHTER
THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOAK
PENUMBRA
'TIL DEATH DO US PART
WHEN IT RAINS...
TACKING INTO THE WIND

"CHIMERA" splits. Second time we see another one of the "Hundred" of which Odo is also part. That other "Odo" has spent much more time among solids and he hates them with a passion. So much so that he's a little too quick to kill the Klingon who couldn't really harm him. Kira in a truly unselfish act frees Laas and tells Odo where to find him. That action (probably) confirms Odo's conviction that he belongs with her more than he does with Laas, at least for one half of a season more... then all bets are off.

 

[Sakonna]

PAST PROLOGUE
DAX
THE NAGUS
VORTEX
THE STORYTELLER
PROGRESS
THE FORSAKEN

THE CIRCLE
THE SIEGE
INVASIVE PROCEDURES
CARDASSIANS
RULES OF ACQUISITION
NECESSARY EVIL
SECOND SIGHT
SANCTUARY
RIVALS
THE ALTERNATE
ARMAGEDDON GAME
PARADISE
SHADOWPLAY
PLAYING GOD
PROFIT AND LOSS
BLOOD OATH
THE MAQUIS, PART II
THE WIRE
CROSSOVER
THE COLLABORATOR

THE SEARCH, PART I
THE SEARCH, PART II
THE HOUSE OF QUARK
EQUILIBRIUM
SECOND SKIN
THE ABANDONED
MERIDIAN
DEFIANT
PAST TENSE, PART I
PAST TENSE, PART II
HEART OF STONE
DESTINY
VISIONARY
DISTANT VOICES
IMPROBABLE CAUSE
THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS
THE DIE IS CAST
FAMILY BUSINESS
SHAKAAR
FACETS
THE ADVERSARY

HIPPOCRATIC OATH
INDISCRETION
STARSHIP DOWN
THE SWORD OF KAHLESS
HOMEFRONT
PARADISE LOST
CROSSFIRE
RETURN TO GRACE
SONS OF MOGH
ACCESSION
RULES OF ENGAGEMENT
SHATTERED MIRROR
FOR THE CAUSE
THE QUICKENING
BROKEN LINK

APOCALYPSE RISING
THE ASSIGNMENT
LET HE WHO IS WITHOUT SIN...
THINGS PAST
THE ASCENT
RAPTURE
THE DARKNESS AND THE LIGHT
THE BEGOTTEN
IN PURGATORY'S SHADOW
BY INFERNO'S LIGHT
DOCTOR BASHIR, I PRESUME
A SIMPLE INVESTIGATION
BUSINESS AS USUAL
TIES OF BLOOD AND WATER
FERENGI LOVE SONGS
CHILDREN OF TIME
BLAZE OF GLORY
EMPOK NOR

A TIME TO STAND
ROCKS AND SHOALS
BEHIND THE LINES
FAVOR THE BOLD
SACRIFICE OF ANGELS
RESURRECTION
STATISTICAL PROBABILITIES
FAR BEYOND THE STARS
HONOR AMONG THIEVES
CHANGE OF HEART

AFTERIMAGE
CHRYSALIS
PRODIGAL DAUGHTER
THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOAK
PENUMBRA
'TIL DEATH DO US PART
WHEN IT RAINS...
TACKING INTO THE WIND

"SOLDIERS OF THE EMPIRE", distinct in that it's practically a backdoor pilot for a "Star Trek: Klingon" spin-off.

(Why they didn't return to any of these characters or plot threads in "Sons & Daughters" the following season, I will never know! They had JUST established this great cast of Rotarran characters in "Soldiers Of The Empire"! Do something with them!)

 

[Discofan]

PAST PROLOGUE
DAX
THE NAGUS
VORTEX
THE STORYTELLER
PROGRESS
THE FORSAKEN

THE CIRCLE
THE SIEGE
INVASIVE PROCEDURES
CARDASSIANS
RULES OF ACQUISITION
NECESSARY EVIL
SECOND SIGHT
SANCTUARY
RIVALS
THE ALTERNATE
ARMAGEDDON GAME
PARADISE
SHADOWPLAY
PLAYING GOD
PROFIT AND LOSS
BLOOD OATH
THE MAQUIS, PART II
THE WIRE
CROSSOVER
THE COLLABORATOR

THE SEARCH, PART I
THE SEARCH, PART II
THE HOUSE OF QUARK
EQUILIBRIUM
SECOND SKIN
THE ABANDONED
MERIDIAN
DEFIANT
PAST TENSE, PART I
PAST TENSE, PART II
HEART OF STONE
DESTINY
VISIONARY
DISTANT VOICES
IMPROBABLE CAUSE
THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS
THE DIE IS CAST
FAMILY BUSINESS
SHAKAAR
FACETS
THE ADVERSARY

HIPPOCRATIC OATH
INDISCRETION
STARSHIP DOWN
THE SWORD OF KAHLESS
HOMEFRONT
PARADISE LOST
CROSSFIRE
RETURN TO GRACE
SONS OF MOGH
ACCESSION
RULES OF ENGAGEMENT
SHATTERED MIRROR
FOR THE CAUSE
THE QUICKENING
BROKEN LINK

APOCALYPSE RISING
THE ASSIGNMENT
LET HE WHO IS WITHOUT SIN...
THINGS PAST
THE ASCENT
RAPTURE
THE DARKNESS AND THE LIGHT
THE BEGOTTEN
IN PURGATORY'S SHADOW
BY INFERNO'S LIGHT
DOCTOR BASHIR, I PRESUME
A SIMPLE INVESTIGATION
BUSINESS AS USUAL
TIES OF BLOOD AND WATER
FERENGI LOVE SONGS
CHILDREN OF TIME
BLAZE OF GLORY
EMPOK NOR

A TIME TO STAND
ROCKS AND SHOALS
BEHIND THE LINES
FAVOR THE BOLD
SACRIFICE OF ANGELS
RESURRECTION
STATISTICAL PROBABILITIES
FAR BEYOND THE STARS
HONOR AMONG THIEVES

AFTERIMAGE
CHRYSALIS
PRODIGAL DAUGHTER
THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOAK
PENUMBRA
'TIL DEATH DO US PART
WHEN IT RAINS...
TACKING INTO THE WIND

"CHANGE OF HEART" is attacked (heart attack!). A Klingon chooses love over duty, life over death. (That's pretty unique). Today is a good day to... change your mind!