Star Trek Deep Space Nine second season

Deep Space Nine season 2

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The second season episode guide

The Homecoming / season 2 - episode 1
teleplay by Ira Steven Behr
story by Jeri Taylor and Ira Steven Behr
directed by Winrich Kolbe
music by Dennis McCarthy
The second Season of DS9 begins with a three-part episode. In this, the first part, Major Kira learns that a legendary Bajoran rebel leader (Li) is still held captive in a Cardassian prisoner of war camp and takes a run-about to free him and the other Bajorans still held captive.

The Circle / season 2 - episode 2
written by Peter Allan Fields
directed by Corey Allen
music by Dennis McCarthy
Kira, having been replaced as liaison officer by Li Nalas, spends some time with Vedek Bareil and has an encounter with an orb before being taken captive by the Circle. The station crew mounts a rescue attempt and learns who is behind the Circle, and who is supplying arms to them.

The Siege / season 2 - episode 3
written by Michael Piller
directed by Winrich Kolbe
music by Dennis McCarthy
The Federation is ordered to vacate the station and turn it over to Bajor. Sisko and the crew, unwilling to turn over the sector and the wormhole to the Circle and their arms supplier, stay behind to hold the station long enough to get evidence to the council that would break the rebellion.

Invasive Procedures / season 2 - episode 4
teleplay by John Whelpley and Robert Hewitt Wolfe
story by John Whelpley
directed by Les Landau
music by Dennis McCarthy
While the station is evacuated due to a space storm, a group of mercenaries, led by a Trill named Verad, seize the station and force Dr. Bashir to give Dax's symbiont to Verad.

Cardassians / season 2 - episode 5
teleplay by James Crocker
story by Gene Wolande and John Wright
directed by Cliff Bole
music by Jay Chattaway
A Cardassian boy, left behind when the Cardassians evacuated Bajor and adopted by a Bajoran family is discovered by Dr. Bashir with the prodding of Elim Garak. Their investigation of the matter leads to a political intrigue involving the boy's real father and Gul Dukat.

Melora / season 2 - episode 6
teleplay by Evan Carlos Somers and Steven Baum and Michael Piller & James Crocker
story by Evan Carlos Somers
directed by Winrich Kolbe
music by Dennis McCarthy
A disabled cartographer arrives at DS9 and becomes romantically involved with Dr. Bashir. Meanwhile, Quark runs into an old acquaintance who is out for revenge.

Rules of Acquisition / season 2 - episode 7
teleplay by Ira Steven Behr
story by Hilary J. Bader
directed by David Livingston
music by Dennis McCarthy
The Ferengi Grand Nagus Zek comes to the station to give Quark the opportunity of a lifetime - negotiating on his behalf with the Dozai, a new race in the gamma quadrant with a passion for profit that rivals the Ferengis. Meanwhile, Quark finds himself with a new assistant, Pel, who has a terrible secret.

Necessary Evil / season 2 - episode 8
written by Peter Allan Fields
directed by James L. Conway
music by Jay Chattaway
An assault on Quark is tied to a murder investigation started years ago by Odo when he first became the station's constable while the station was still under Cardassian rule. The episode is well filmed and the story within the story of the old investigation is well integrated into the story of the investigation into Quark's assault.

Second Sight / season 2 - episode 9
teleplay by Mark Gehred O'Connell and Ira Steven Behr & Robert Hewitt Wolfe
story by Mark Gehred O'Connell
directed by Alexander Singer
music by Dennis McCarthy
Sisko falls for a beautiful and mysterious woman who happens to very closely resemble the wife of a scientist visiting the station.

Sanctuary / season 2 - episode 10
teleplay by Frederick Rappaport
story by Gabe Essoe and Kelley Miles
directed by Les Landau
music by Dennis McCarthy
A group of refugees from the other side of the wormhole arrive and the station seeking a mythical planet, which they happen to believe is Bajor.

Rivals / season 2 - episode 11
teleplay by Michael Piller & Jim Trombetta
story by Joe Menosky
directed by David Livingston
music by Jay Chattaway
A con man opens up a new gambling parlor on board Deep Space Nine in direct competition with Quark's and Quark in none too happy about it. Meanwhile, the crew of the station attempt to discover the reason behind the unusual number of odd accidents, and other bad luck experienced by people on board in the last few days.

The Alternate / season 2 - episode 12
teleplay by Bill Dial
story by Jim Trombetta and Bill Dial
directed by David Carson
music by Dennis McCarthy
The scientist who found Odo finds similar DNA traces on another planet and he and Odo bring back a life form with similar shape-changing abilities. But the life form dies on the station and shortly thereafter, strange things begin to happen which indicate that an hostile alien life form is loose on DS9.

Armageddon Game / season 2 - episode 13
written by Morgan Gendel
directed by Winrich Kolbe
music by Jay Chattaway
O'Brien and Dr. Bashir are sent to help the T'Lani and the Kelleran races destroy a biological weapon that was used in their formerly endless war. But, O'Brien gets infected and both are trapped on a desolate planet when the two formerly warring races unite to kill the two of them.

Whispers / season 2 - episode 14
written by Paul Robert Coyle
directed by Les Landau
music by Dennis McCarthy
O'Brien returns to the station after discussing security arrangements with the Paradan's - a race besieged by civil war who are planning a peace conference at the station. However, O'Brien finds everyone on DS9 acting weirdly and begins to suspect they've been taken over by someone or something that wants to destroy the conference.

Paradise / season 2 - episode 15
teleplay by Jeff King and Richard Manning & Hans Beimler
story by Jim Trombetta & James Crocker
directed by Corey Allen
music by Dennis McCarthy
Sisko and O'Brien find a lost colony ruled by a woman who is militantly anti-technology.

Shadowplay / season 2 - episode 16
written by Robert Hewitt Wolfe
directed by Robert Scheerer
music by Jay Chattaway
Dax and Odo find a previously unknown planet whose inhabitants are mysteriously, and literally, disappearing. Meanwhile, Sisko arranges for Jake to be apprenticed to O'Brien in preparation for his attending Starfleet Academy.

Playing God / season 2 - episode 17
teleplay by Jim Trombetta and Michael Piller
story by Jim Trombetta
directed by David Livingston
music by Dennis McCarthy
Before Trills are merged, initiates are evaluated by older, more experienced Trills to determine if they are fit for merging. Dax is assigned an initiate named Arjin for evaluation and neither quite knows what to expect or how to handle the situation. Meanwhile, while flying a runabout through the wormhole, Dax and Arjin encounter a strange phenomena which they bring back to the station and later discover that it's a proto-universe which is expanding and will soon destroy the station unless they destroy it, and the possibly intelligent beings inside, first.

Profit and Loss / season 2 - episode 18
written by Flip Kobler & Cindy Marcus
directed by Robert Weimer
music by Jay Chattaway
Natima, Quark's old flame, a Cardassian, returns to the station pursued by a Cardassians warship. She, and Her dissident students, advocate a democratic Cardassia and support removing the power the military now has. Naturally, the military wants her and her students killed.

Blood Oath / season 2 - episode 19
television story and teleplay by Peter Allan Fields
based upon material by Andrea Moore Alton
directed by Winrich Kolbe
music by Dennis McCarthy
Three old-familiar Klingon faces in the Star Trek universe meet at Deep Space Nine looking for Curzon Dax to help them fulfill a blood oath the four of them once took to find and kill a ruthless pirate. They are naturally dismayed to find that Curzon Dax is now Jadzia Dax but the new Dax entity feels just as loyal as Curzon would have been and joins them on their quest.

The Maquis (1) / season 2 - episode 20
teleplay by James Crocker
story by Rick Berman & Michael Piller & Jeri Taylor and James Crocker
directed by David Livingston
music by Jay Chattaway
In the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Journey's End" it was revealed that a truce with the Cardassians had been established and a neutral zone had been created but that several colonies, both Cardassian and Federation, found themselves on the wrong side of the zone. None of the colonies wishes to relinquish control of the planets they worked so hard to claim so instead, Cal Hudson (and others) attempt to arrange a peace. But the Cardassians seem to have other plans and war appears to be breaking out in the colonies. Sisko finds himself in the middle of the war when the Bok'Nor is blown up by a saboteur at DS9. Sisko's unlikely partner in getting to the bottom of what's going on - none other than Gul Dukat, the former commander of DS9.

The Maquis (2) / season 2 - episode 21
teleplay by Ira Steven Behr
story by Rick Berman & Michael Piller & Jeri Taylor and Ira Steven Behr
directed by Corey Allen
music by Dennis McCarthy
Sisko finds himself trying to rescue Gul Dukat from the Maquis while trying to obey Starfleet's orders to stop the Maquis and bring peace back to the Volon colonies.

The Wire / season 2 - episode 22
written by Robert Hewitt Wolfe
directed by Kim Friedman
music by Dennis McCarthy
Dr. Bashir must find a way to save his Cardassian friend Elim Garak who is suffering from great pain caused by a device implanted in his brain by Cardassian intelligence.

Crossover / season 2 - episode 23
teleplay by Peter Allan Fields and Michael Piller
story by Peter Allan Fields
directed by David Livingston
music by Dennis McCarthy
Kira and Dr. Bashir, returning from a mission on New Bajor, experience problems in the wormhole with their warp core and find themselves in the universe first seen in the old series episode, "Mirror, Mirror", many years after Kirk visited and, apparently disrupted, their timeline. In this universe, the Cardassians and Bajorans are part of an alliance that enslaves Terrans.

The Collaborator / season 2 - episode 24
teleplay by Gary Holland and Ira Steven Behr & Robert Hewitt Wolfe
story by Gary Holland
directed by Cliff Bole
music by Jay Chattaway
Vedek Winn and Vedek Bareil are both in line to be the new Kai of Bajor. The choosing of the new Kai is only days away when Vedek Winn comes to Deep Space Nine with a startling revelation for Kira Nerys - her friend and lover Vedek Winn may have been a collaborator with the Cardassians and may have been responsisible for the massacre of over forty Bajorans.

Tribunal / season 2 - episode 25
written by Bill Dial
directed by Avery Brooks
music by Jay Chattaway
Miles and Keiko leave for vacation on a runabout. But, before they get very far, their runabout is intercepted by Gul Evek on a Cardassian warship. Instead of the relaxing vacation, Miles finds himself taken to Cardassia Prime, to stand trial for smuggling weapons to the Maquis.

The Jem'Hadar / season 2 - episode 26
written by Ira Steven Behr
directed by Kim Friedman
music by Dennis McCarthy
Sisko plans to take Jake on a field trip to a small, quiet planet on the other side of the wormhole so Jake can work on a science project. Jake asks if Nog can join them since Nog also has a science project to do. Quark seizes on this opportunity to tag along, ostensibly as Nog's guardian but with his own plans for convincing Sisko to allow Quark to advertise on the station's monitors. The field trip is interrupted though by Eris, who is escaping from the Jem'Hadar - members of the Dominion.

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