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The Best Episodes of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 2

Every episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 2!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 2 Episode 26 - The Jem'Hadar
    8.4/10(2848 votes)

    S2:E26

    Stardate: Unknown. Sisko and Quark and a strange telepathic woman are arrested by Jem'Hadar, soldiers of the Dominion.

    Director:Kim Friedman
    Writer:Ira Steven Behr

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  2. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 2 Episode 22 - The Wire
    8.2/10(2881 votes)

    S2:E22

    Stardate: Unknown. Dr. Bashir fights to save Garak's life when a malfunctioning Cardassian brain implant threatens to kill him.

    Director:Kim Friedman
    Writer:Robert Hewitt Wolfe

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  3. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 2 Episode 8 - Necessary Evil
    8.1/10(2930 votes)

    S2:E8

    Stardate: 47282.5. Odo relives some terrible and tragic memories of a past investigation when he was the constable on Cardassian-occupied Deep Space Nine, then named Terok Nor.

    Director:James L. Conway
    Writer:Peter Allan Fields

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  4. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 2 Episode 14 - Whispers
    8.1/10(3007 votes)

    S2:E14

    Stardate: 47581.2. Chief O'Brien's world is turned upside down when for no reason whatsoever he is being ignored by his family and friends and is being closed out of every essential job on the station.

    Director:Les Landau
    Writer:Paul Robert Coyle

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  5. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 2 Episode 3 - The Siege (3)
    7.8/10(2798 votes)

    S2:E3

    Stardate: Unknown. As a "Circle"-led Bajoran military tries to occupy the station, a skeleton crew led by Sisko fight to reveal "The Circle's" big secret before they are forced to evacuate themselves. Meanwhile, Kira and Dax lead a mission to reveal the truth about "The Circle" on Bajor.

    Director:Winrich Kolbe
    Writer:Michael Piller

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  6. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 2 Episode 19 - Blood Oath
    7.8/10(2929 votes)

    S2:E19

    Stardate: Unknown. Three legendary Klingons come to DS9 to see if Jadzia Dax will participate in a Blood Oath they made with Jadzia's previous host Curzon.

    Director:Winrich Kolbe
    Writer:Peter Allan Fields

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  7. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 2 Episode 20 - The Maquis (1)
    7.8/10(2650 votes)

    S2:E20

    Stardate: Unknown. The destruction of a Cardassian ship leads Sisko, Dukat, and Sisko's old friend Cal Hudson to the fact that there is an unofficial war between the Maquis and the Cardassians.

    Director:David Livingston
    Writer:James Crocker

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  8. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 2 Episode 21 - The Maquis (2)
    7.8/10(2607 votes)

    S2:E21

    Stardate: Unknown. Sisko tries to resolve the Maquis crisis by preventing a war, freeing Gul Dukat and offering the defected Hudson the chance to return.

    Director:Corey Allen
    Writer:Ira Steven Behr

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  9. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 2 Episode 23 - Crossover
    7.8/10(2755 votes)

    S2:E23

    Stardate: 47879.2. Kira and Bashir find themselves in an alternate universe.

    Director:David Livingston
    Writer:Peter Allan Fields

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  10. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 2 Episode 1 - The Homecoming (1)
    7.6/10(2850 votes)

    S2:E1

    Stardate: Unknown. Word that a previously thought dead Bajoran resistance legend is still alive sends Kira and Chief O'Brien to Cardassia IV to rescue him; meanwhile "The Circle", a sect of the Bajoran provisional government that is intent on wiping out alien influence, is sneaking into power.

    Director:Winrich Kolbe
    Writer:Ira Steven Behr

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  11. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 2 Episode 2 - The Circle (2)
    7.6/10(2796 votes)

    S2:E2

    Stardate: Unknown. Kira spends time with Vedek Bareil on Bajor just as "The Circle" begins arming themselves from a mysterious source.

    Director:Corey Allen
    Writer:Peter Allan Fields

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  12. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 2 Episode 5 - Cardassians
    7.5/10(2786 votes)

    S2:E5

    Stardate: 47177.2. Political heat rises on the station as Bajorans enter the station with orphaned Cardassians they have adopted.

    Director:Cliff Bole
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 2 Episode 25 - Tribunal
    7.5/10(2545 votes)

    S2:E25

    Stardate: 47944.2. Chief O'Brien goes through the horrific Cardassian judicial system when he is charged for an unknown crime.

    Director:Avery Brooks
    Writer:Bill Dial

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  14. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 2 Episode 7 - Rules of Acquisition
    7.4/10(2782 votes)

    S2:E7

    Stardate: Unknown. A female Ferengi, posing as a male to be available to participate in business (a rule STRICTLY forbidden by the Ferengi government), falls for Quark during very important negotiations between the Ferengi and a Gamma Quadrant race.

    Director:David Livingston
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 2 Episode 13 - Armageddon Game
    7.4/10(2645 votes)

    S2:E13

    Stardate: 47529.4. Chief O'Brien, who still doesn't like the good Doctor Bashir, must rely on him when the two are stranded on a planet and O'Brien is infected with a deadly, fast moving disease.

    Director:Winrich Kolbe
    Writer:Morgan Gendel

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  16. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 2 Episode 16 - Shadowplay
    7.3/10(2666 votes)

    S2:E16

    Stardate: 47603.3. Odo and Dax investigate the mysterious disappearance of people from a village. Kira tries to keep a close eye on Quark, while Vedek Bareil unexpectedly visits.

    Director:Robert Scheerer
    Writer:Robert Hewitt Wolfe

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  17. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 2 Episode 18 - Profit and Loss
    7.3/10(2599 votes)

    S2:E18

    Stardate: Unknown. A Cardassian woman, who was once a former flame of Quark's, visits the station under dubious circumstances.

    Director:Robert Wiemer
    Writers:Cindy Marcus, Flip Kobler

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  18. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 2 Episode 24 - The Collaborator
    7.0/10(2432 votes)

    S2:E24

    Stardate: Unknown. Vedek Bareil is accused of having betrayed his people to the Cardassians during the occupation, and Major Kira is desperate to prove his innocence.

    Director:Cliff Bole
    Writer:Gary Holland

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  19. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 2 Episode 4 - Invasive Procedures
    6.8/10(2708 votes)

    S2:E4

    Stardate: 47182.1. A jealous Trill, who had waited his entire life to receive a symbiont but never had, decides to steal one. . . Dax's!

    Director:Les Landau
    Writer:John Whelpley

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  20. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 2 Episode 12 - The Alternate
    6.7/10(2533 votes)

    S2:E12

    Stardate: 47391.7. Odo and Dr. Mora Pol, Odo's 'father', discover a life form similar to Odo on a Gamma Quadrant planet.

    Director:David Carson
    Writer:Bill Dial

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  21. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 2 Episode 15 - Paradise
    6.6/10(2816 votes)

    S2:E15

    Stardate: 47573.1. Sisko and Chief O'Brien discover a colony that lives without technology.

    Director:Corey Allen
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 2 Episode 6 - Melora
    6.4/10(2726 votes)

    S2:E6

    Stardate: 47229.1. A new arrival to the station with a special gravity-based disability appeals to Bashir's heart; meanwhile an old associate of Quark's comes to the station to kill the barkeep.

    Director:Winrich Kolbe
    Writer:Evan Somers

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  23. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 2 Episode 10 - Sanctuary
    6.4/10(2635 votes)

    S2:E10

    Stardate: 47391.2. A race that has been conquered twice over, one of the conquerors being the mysterious Dominion, comes to the station seeking aid and a new home.

    Director:Les Landau
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 2 Episode 11 - Rivals
    6.4/10(2537 votes)

    S2:E11

    Stardate: Unknown. Quark meets his match when a new rival opens a casino opposite Quark's Bar on the Promenade; meanwhile the station is suffering issues of high improbability.

    Director:David Livingston
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 2 Episode 17 - Playing God
    6.4/10(2461 votes)

    S2:E17

    Stardate: Unknown. A Trill named Arjin comes to DS9 to learn what it is to be a Trill with a symbiont but finds his teacher, Dax, to be less than he expected.

    Director:David Livingston
    Writer:Jim Trombetta

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Season 2 Ratings Summary

"The Jem'Hadar" is the best rated episode of "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" season 2. It scored 8.4/10 based on 2848 votes. Directed by Kim Friedman and written by Ira Steven Behr, it aired on 6/12/1994. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "The Wire".