Star Trek Deep Space Nine first season

Deep Space Nine season 1

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Emissary (1) / season 1 - episode 1
teleplay by Michael Piller
story by Rick Berman & Michael Piller
directed by David Carson
music by Dennis McCarthy
After the death of his wife, Jennifer Sisko, at Wolf 359, Commander Benjamin Sisko is transfered to the Deep Space Nine Space Station where he is to watch over the citizens of Bajor, keep them safe and help prepare them for entrance into the Federation. The current spiritual leader of Bajor, Kai O'Paka, calls upon Cmdr. Sisko as the Emissary, a title he is reluctant to assume, to help find the Celestial Temple. The Cardassians had stolen all but ONE of the 9 orbs sent to the Bajorans by the prophets.

Emissary (2) / season 1 - episode 2
teleplay by Michael Piller
story by Rick Berman & Michael Piller
directed by David Carson
music by Dennis McCarthy
Cmdr. Sisko must use the final orb to find the Celestial Temple before the Cardassians do. He and Lt. Cmdr. Dax decide to go to the Denarious Belt, where most of the orbs had been found. They discover a very interesting thing, a stable Wormhole that leads to the unexplored Gamma quardrant. All hell breaks loose when Sisko and Dax and the Cardassian ship that followed ALL get trapped on the other side.

Past Prologue / season 1 - episode 3
written by Kathryn Powers
directed by Winrich Kolbe
music by Jay Chattaway
A member of the Bajoran terrorist group, Kohn Ma, comes on board the space station and Major Kira's loyalties are divided between her old loyalties to the Kohn Ma and her new loyalties to Bajor and the Federation. Tahna Los has a plan to obtain a bomb to destroy the wormhole in the belief that if the wormhole is destroyed, neither the Cardassians or the Federation would be interested in Bajor or the station any longer.

A Man Alone / season 1 - episode 4
teleplay by Michael Piller
story by Gerald Sanford and Michael Piller
directed by Paul Lynch
music by Jay Chattaway
During routine banter with Quark on the Promenade, Odo spots Ibundan, a Bajoran man he jailed months ago for murder, and the old enemies get into a fight almost immediately. Not long afterward, Ibundan is found dead in one of the Promenade's holosuites, and evidence has been carefully placed to lead a trail to Odo, a suspicion which spreads among the station's populace along with rumors of Odo being a Cardassian agent and a growing paranoia.

Babel / season 1 - episode 5
teleplay by Michael McGreevey and Naren Shankar
story by Sally Caves and Ira Steven Behr
directed by Paul Lynch
music by Dennis McCarthy
After O'Brien (Colm Meaney) services the food replicators, Deep Space Nine falls victim to a strange virus that renders its victims unable to communicate with others.

Captive Pursuit / season 1 - episode 6
teleplay by Jill Sherman Donner and Michael Piller
story by Jill Sherman Donner
directed by Corey Allen
music by Dennis McCarthy
When a damaged alien vessel docks at the station, O'Brien befriends the mysterious pilot — who is being pursued by a predatory hunter.

Q-Less / season 1 - episode 7
teleplay by Robert Hewitt Wolfe
story by Hannah Louise Shearer
directed by Paul Lynch
music by Dennis McCarthy
Dax picks up the adventuress Vash in the Gamma quadrant and brings her to the station. After two years of wandering around with "Q", Vash intends to settle down on Earth and sell the artifacts she collected. At the same time, the station undergoes heavy problems with it's power-supply, and after an explosion it is driven towards the wormhole. O'Brien thinks "Q" is responsible for the stations problems, but he is neither admitting anything, nor willing to help.

Dax / season 1 - episode 8
teleplay by D.C. Fontana and Peter Allan Fields
story by Peter Allan Fields
directed by David Carson
music by Jay Chattaway
A small group of Klaestrons try to kidnap Lt. Dax from the station, but Sisko snags their ship in the station's tractor beam before they can escape with their hostage. The leader of the Klaestron party, Ilon Tandro, claims to be carrying out the extradition of Dax on charges of treason and the murder of Tandro's military father 30 years before, when Dax inhabited the host body Curzon.

The Passenger / season 1 - episode 9
teleplay by Morgan Gendel, Robert Hewitt Wolfe and Michael Piller
story by Morgan Gendel
directed by Paul Lynch
music by Dennis McCarthy
A criminal captured on his way to DS9 to steal a shipment of diridium dies in a fire aboard his ship. Or does he? His captor, Ty Kajada who's spent a large portion of her life tracking Vantika doesn't think so even though Dr. Bashir certifies him dead.

Move Along Home / season 1 - episode 10
teleplay by Frederick Rappaport, Lisa Rich and Jeanne Carrigan-Fauci
story by Michael Piller
directed by David Carson
music by Dennis McCarthy
A new alien race from the Gamma quadrant pays a visit to DS9 and catches Quark cheating at games. Their leader, Falow, forces Quark to play a game without knowing the rules... or the real players - Sisko, Kira, Bashir, and Dax.

The Nagus / season 1 - episode 11
teleplay by Ira Steven Behr
story by David Livingston
directed by David Livingston
music by John Debney
A visit from the Grand Nagus Zek (Wallace Shawn) leaves Quark the leader of the Ferengi business empire — a position which may ultimately prove fatal.

Vortex / season 1 - episode 12
written by Sam Rolfe
directed by Winrich Kolbe
music by Dennis McCarthy
A visitor to the station (Kroden) from the Gamma quadrant tries to rob Quark and twin Miradorn's who are trying to fence a valuable item. The robbery attempt is foiled by Odo who takes Kroden prisoner but not before one of the Miradorn is killed. While in custody, Kroden tells Odo that he's encountered other changelings in the Gamma quadrant and a strange necklace he wears may hold the key to Odo's past.

Battle Lines / season 1 - episode 13
teleplay by Richard Danus and Evan Carlos Somers
story by Hilary J. Bader
directed by Paul Lynch
music by Dennis McCarthy
On a routine day at the station, Kai Opaka, the Bajoran spiritual leader who helped lead Sisko to discover the wormhole when he first arrived at DS9, pays a surprise visit. Sisko, Kira and Bashir take Opaka on her first trip through the wormhole. Before they can return to the station, a signal is detected from a series of satellites orbiting a moon in the Gamma Quadrant.

The Storyteller / season 1 - episode 14
teleplay by Kurt Michael Bensmiller & Ira Steven Behr
story by Kurt Michael Bensmiller
directed by David Livingston
music by Dennis McCarthy
Nog and Jake meet the head of a Bajoran diplomatic corps, a 15 year old girl, and show her around the station. The three of them spend lots of time together on the promenade and the company of the boys seems to help Varis during the negotiations. O'Brien and Bashir get in the midst of a ceremonial happening on Bajor. The spiritual leader of a native village, the Sirah, dies and chooses O'Brien as his successor. The people of the village now ask for his help against a mysterious monster that appears by night.

Progress / season 1 - episode 15
written by Peter Allan Fields
directed by Les Landau
music by John Debney
Kira questions her Bajoran heritage as she tries to evacuate a farmer whose home is threatened by a mining project .

If Wishes were Horses / season 1 - episode 16
teleplay by Neil McCue Crawford & William L. Crawford and Michael Piller
story by Neil McCue Crawford & William L. Crawford
directed by Robert Legato
music by Jay Chattaway
The strange behavior of space near the wormhole and the sudden appearance in Chief O'Brien's quarters of a character from a bedtime story read to Molly signal the beginning of an alien study of the station's crew from the vantage point of manifestations of their imaginations.

The Forsaken / season 1 - episode 17
teleplay by Don Carlso Dunaway and Michael Piller
story by Jim Trombetta
directed by Les Landau
music by Dennis McCarthy
A mysterious probe from the Gamma quadrant causes problems for the inhabitants of Deep Space Nine. Meanwhile, Lwaxana Troi causes problems for Odo because he recovered a piece jewelry of hers that had been stolen in Quark's.

Dramatis Personae / season 1 - episode 18
written by Joe Menosky
directed by Cliff Bole
music by Jay Chattaway
A Klingon ship returning from the wormhole explodes but not before the crew of the station are able to transport the captain to the station. The captain dies almost immediately, only able to tell them one word "Victory". After his death, all of the inhabitants, except Odo begin to behave... differently.

Duet / season 1 - episode 19
teleplay by Peter Allan Fields
story by Lisa Rich & Jeanne Carrigan-Fauci
directed by James L. Conway
music by Dennis McCarthy
A Cardassian in need of medical help arrives at the station and is mistaken for a war criminal who commanded a mining camp where many Bajorans were forced to work for the Cardassians and where many of them were killed.

In the Hands of the Prophets / season 1 - episode 20
written by Robert Hewitt Wolfe
directed by David Livingston
music by Dennis McCarthy
In a wonderful parallel to our society, a Bajoran religious leader (Vedek Winn), objects to the things Keiko is teaching in her school on board the space station. In particular, she objects to Keiko not teaching Bajoran religion. Vedek's Winn's complaint, and the reaction of Bajorans on the station, sets Bajor against the Federation and threatens to destroy everything that Commander Sisko and the Federation have done to establish an alliance.

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