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Fifth Season

APOCALYPSE RISING

Writers: Ira Steven Behr and Robert Hewitt Wolfe
Director: James L. Conway
Cast: Robert O'Reilly (Gowron), J.G. Hertzler (Martok), Marc Alaimo (Gul Dukat), Casey Biggs (Dumar)

Captain Sisko, Odo, O'Brien and Worf embark on a dangerous mission to expose the Klingon leader Gowron as a Changeling who has provoked a war between the Federation and the Klingon empire. By disguising themselves as Klingons, Captain Sisko and the Defiant crew infiltrate the Klingon homeworld amidst a hotbed of political intrigue and suspense.

THE SHIP

Teleplay: Hans Beimler
Story: Pam Wigginton and Rick Cason
Director: Kim Friedman
Cast: Kaitlin Hopkins (Kilana), F.J. Rio (Muniz)

A severly injured crew member's life hangs in the balance as Sisko battle for control of a crashed Jem'Hadar warship.

LOOKING FOR PAR'MACH IN ALL THE WRONG PLACES

Writer: Ronald D. Moore
Director: Andrew J. Robinson
Cast: Rosalind Chao (Keiko), Mary Kay Adams (Grilka), Joseph Ruskin (Tumek), Phil Morris (Thopok)

This is a Kira and O'Brien story where the two find themselves getting uncomfortably close to one another. Worf helps Quark woo the visiting Klingon woman Krilka, despite the fact that he himself is in love with her. Quark gets to fights for her honor.

NOR THE BATTLE TO THE STRONG

Teleplay: Rene Echevarria
Story: Brice R. Parker
Director: Kim Friedman
Cast: Andrew Kavovit (Kirby), Karen Austin (Kalandra), Mark Holton (Bolian), Lisa Lord (Nurse), Jeb Brown (Ensign), Danny Goldring (Burke)

Bashir and Jake Sisko are in a shuttle together and investigate a distress signal. They land on a planet where almost everyone is dead. Jake, the writer, keeps a journal of his experiences and is chronicling the mission. He sees things he has never seen before and is truly horrified and traumatized by the experience. Trapped on a planet under Klingon attack, Jake Sisko panics in the heat of battle.

THE ASSIGNMENT

Teleplay: David Weddle and Bradley Thompson
Story: David R. Long and Robert Lederman
Director: Allan Kroeker
Cast: Rosalind Chao (Keiko), Max Grodenchik (Rom), Hana Hatae (Molly)

Keiko O'Brien returns from Bajor possessed by an alien. She tries to get her husband, Miles to destroy DS9. Rom is the true hero of the episode as he helps Miles save the station from destruction.

TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS

Teleplay: Ronald D. Moore and Rene Echevarria
Story: Ira Steven Behr, Hans Beimler and Robert Hewitt Wolfe
Director: Jonathan West
Cast: Jack Blessing (Dulmur), James W. Jansen (Lucsly), Charlie Brill (Arne Darvin), David Gerrold [The ``Trouble with Tribbles'' author] (Security Guard)

This is the DS9 30th Anniversary Salute to Star Trek.

Sisko travels back in time to a pivotal moment in history of the original Starship Enterprise. Trapped in the past, Sisko must save the legendary Captain Kirk from the Tribbles.

THE ASSIGNMENT

Teleplay: David Weddle and Bradley Thompson
Story: David R. Long and Robert Lederman
Director: Allan Kroeker
Cast: Rosalind Chao (Keiko), Max Grodenchik (Rom), Hana Hatae (Molly)

A strange entity takes over Keiko's body and orders O'Brien to complete a secret assignment - or his wife will be killed.

LET HE WHO WITHOUT SIN...

Writers: Robert Hewitt Wolfe and Ira Steven Behr
Director: Rene Auberjonois
Cast: Monte Markham (Pascal Fullerton), Chase Masterson (Leeta), Frank Kopyc (Volian Aide), Vanessa Williams (Arandis)

This is a Risa episode where Bashir and Leeta go to officially break up. Bajoran tradition says that when a couple breaks up 'they break up... and they break up nicely...' so they go to Risa to do that. Leeta eventually goes from dating Bashir to dating Rom! Worf and Dax also go to Risa for some time off and are accompanied by Quark. Worf falls under the influence of a traditionalist group bent on destroying the pleasure paradise.

THINGS PAST

Writer: Michael Taylor
Director: LeVar Burton
Cast: Marc Alaimo (Dukat), Victor Bevine (Belar), Andrew J. Robinson (Garak), Kurtwood Smith (Thrax)

Sisko, Odo, and Garak are mysteriously placed into the roles of a group of condemned Bajorans executed seven years ago.

THE ASCENT

Writers: Ira Steven Behr and Robert Hewitt Wolfe
Director: Allan Kroeker
Cast: Max Grodenchick (Rom), Aron Eisenberg (Nog)

Odo and Quark are trapped on a snow planet and must rely on each other to survive. Much of the episode was filmed by nearby mountains so they could get some real snow. Secondary plot: Nog has entered his second year of Starfleet Academy and that means he is sent off to serve a year of crew duty. He reports to DS9 and he and Jake become roommates. The problem becomes when the two find out they are like 'The Odd Couple' -- Nog has changed a great deal during his year at the Academy and the two are rather unsure of one another.

RAPTURE

Teleplay: Hans Beimler
Story: L.J. Strom
Direcor: Jonathan West
Cast: Penny Johnson (Kasidy Yates), Ernest Perry, Jr. (Admiral Whatley), Louise Fletcher (Kai Winn)

Sisko is plagued by life-threatening vision that may hold the key to Bajor's future.

THE DARKNESS AND THE LIGHT

Teleplay: Ronald D. Moore
Story: Bryan Fuller
Director: Michael Vejar
Cast: Randy Oglesby (Silaran Prin), William Lucking (Furel), Diane Salinger (Lupaza), Jennifer Savidge ([Trentin] Fara), Aron Eisenberg (Nog)

A mysterious assassin targets the members of Kira's resistance cell for execution.

THE BEGOTTEN

Writer: Renee Echevarria
Director: Jesus Trevino
Cast: Rosalind Chao (Keiko), Duncan Regehr (Shakaar), Peggy Roeder ('Pora), James Sloyan (Dr.\ Mora)

While Kira gives birth to the O'Brien's baby, Odo raises an infant Changeling.

FOR THE UNIFORM

Writer: Peter Allan Fields
Director: Victor Lobel
Cast: Kenneth Marshall (Michael Eddington), Eric Pierpoint (Captain Sanders), Aron Eisenberg (Nog)

Sisko risks everything to capture a former crew member who deceived him and joined the Maguis.

IN PURGATORY'S SHADOW

Writers: Robert Hewitt Wolfe and Ira Steven Behr
Director: Gabrielle Beaumont
Cast: Andrew Robinson (Garak), Marc Alaimo (Gul Dukat), Melanie Smith (Ziyal), J.G. Hertzler (Martok), James Horan (Ikat'ika), Paul Dooley (Enabran Tain)

While Worf and Garak are imprisoned in the Gamma Quadrant, Sisko learns of a Dominion invasion.

BY INFERNO'S LIGHT

Writers: Ira Steven Behr and Robert Hewitt Wolfe
Director: Les Landau
Cast: Andrew Robinson (Garak), Marc Alaimo (Gul Dukat), Melanie Smith (Ziyal), J.G. Hertzler (Martok), Ray Buktenica (Deyos), James Horan (Ikat'ika), Carrie Stauber (Romulan), Robert O'Reilly (Gowron)

Led by Gul Dukat, Cardassia joins the Dominion and prepares to take over the Alpha Quadrant.

DOCTOR BASHIR, I PRESUME?

Teleplay: Ronald D. Moore
Story: Jimmy Diggs
Director: David Livingston
Cast: Brian George (Richard), Max Grodenchik (Rom), Chase Masterson (Leeta), Fadwa El Guindi (Amsha), J. Patrick McCormack (Bennett), Robert Picardo (Zimmerman)

When Bashir is chosen as the model for Starfleet's holographic doctor program, the process threatens to expose a dark secret from his past.

A SIMPLE INVESTIGATION

Writer: Rene Echevarria
Director: John T. Kretchmer
Cast: Dey Young (Arissa), John Durbin (Traidy), Nicholas Worth (Sorm), Randy Mulkey (Idanian \#2)

Odo falls in love with a mysterious woman who has been targeted for murder.

BUSINESS AS USUAL

Writers: Bradley Thompson and David Weddle
Director: Siddig El Fadil
Cast: Lawrence Tierney (Regent [of Palamar]), Josh Pais (Daila), Tim Halligan (Farrakk), Steven Berkoff (Hagath)

Jumping at the chance to finally erase his debts, Quark accepts a position working for an arms dealer.

Ties of Blood and Water

Teleplay: Robert Hewitt Wolfe
Writers: Edmund Newton and Robbin L. Slocum
Director: Avery Brooks
Cast: Lawrence Pressman ([Tekeny] Ghemor), Marc Alaimo (Gul Dukat), Thomas Kopache (Taban), William Lucking (Furel), Jeffrey Combs (Weyoun)

The imminent death of Kira's Cardassian "father" rekindles memories of losing her real father.

Ferengi Love Songs

Writers: Ira Steven Behr and Hans Beimler
Director: Rene Auberjonois
Cast: Cecily Adams (Ishka), Max Grodenchik (Rom), Chase Masterson (Leeta), Tiny Ron (Maihar'du), Hamilton Camp (Leck), Jeffrey Combs (Brunt), Wallace Shawn (Zek)

Quark sacrifices his mother's happiness in order to regain his standing in Ferengi society.

Quark must destroy the power behind the Ferengi throne. There's just one problem -- it's his mother!

Soldiers of the Empire

Writer: Ronald D. Moore
Director: LeVar Burton
Cast: David Graf (Leskit), Rick Worthy (Koman), Sandra Nelson (Tavana), Aron Eisenberg (Nog), J.G. Hertzler (Martok)

On a mission for the Klingon Empire, Worf realizes that his friend General Martok is no longer fit to lead.

Children of Time

Teleplay: Rene Echevarria
Writers: Gary Holland and Ethan H. Calk
Director: Allan Kroeker
Cast: Gary Frank (Yedrin), Jennifer S. Parsons (Miranda O'Brien), Davida Williams (Lisa), Doren Fein (Molly)

Sisko and the Defiant crew must choose between the lives they have always known and the lives of their own descendants.

Blaze of Glory

Writer: Robert Hewitt Wolfe and Ira Steven Behr
Director: Kim Friedman
Cast: Kenneth Marshall (Eddington), J.G. Hertzler (Martok), Aron Eisenberg (Nog), Gretchen German (Rebecca [Eddington])

Sisko attempts to force his traitorous former officer to stop a final Maquis attack that could lead to the destruction of the Federation.

Empok Nor

Teleplay: Hans Beimler
Story: Bryan Fuller
Director: Michael Vejar
Cast: Andrew J. Robinson (Garak), Aron Eisenberg (Nog), Tom Hodges (Pechetti), Andy Milder (Boq'ta), Marjean Holden (Stolzoff), Jeffrey King (Amaeo)

O'Brien, Garak, Nog and a salvage team are stranded on a supposidly abandoned Cardassian space station. O'Brien is stalked by a killer Garak.

In The Cards

Teleplay by: Ronald D. Moore
Story by: Truly Clark and Scott Neal
Directed by: Michael Dorn
Cast: Jeffrey Combs (Weyoun), (Dr. Giger) Brian Markinson, Aron Eisenberg (Nog), Chase Masterson (Leeta), Louise Fletcher (Kai Winn)

Jake and Nog risk an intergalactic incident in an innocent quest to lift Sisko's spirits.
Will Jake's surprise for Sisko cause an intergalactic incident?

A Call To Arms

Writers: Ira Stven Behr and Robert Hewitt Wolfe
Director: Allan Kroeker
Cast: Andrew J. Robinson (Garak), Jeffrey Combs (Weyoun), Marc Alaimo (Gul Dukat), Max Grodenchik (Rom), Aron Eisenberg (Nog), J.G. Hertzler (General Martok), Chase Masterson (Leeta), Melanie Smith (Ziyal), Casey Biggs (Dumar)

Deep Space Nine prepares to face Dominion/Cardassian attack. Will Sisko sacrifice everything to stop them?


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