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The Best Episodes of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 4

Every episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 4 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 4!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 4 Episode 2 - The Visitor
    9.1/10(5116 votes)

    S4:E2

    Stardate: Unknown. Melanie, an aspiring writer, wants to know why Jake Sisko stopped writing at 40. Jake tells how his father died in an accident and then suddenly reappeared.

    Director:David Livingston
    Writer:Michael Taylor

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  2. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 4 Episode 1 - The Way of the Warrior
    9.0/10(3589 votes)

    S4:E1

    Stardate: 49011.4. When the Klingons bring a task force to DS9, Captain Sisko sends for Starfleet's lone Klingon officer, Worf, to uncover the mysterious intentions of their presence.

    Director:James L. Conway
    Writers:Robert Hewitt Wolfe, Ira Steven Behr

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  3. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 4 Episode 6 - Little Green Men
    8.5/10(3288 votes)

    S4:E6

    Stardate: Unknown. Quark and Rom take Nog to Earth and Starfleet Academy, but a malfunction with the ship takes the crew back in time, to Roswell New Mexico in 1947.

    Director:James L. Conway
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 4 Episode 10 - Homefront (1)
    8.3/10(2772 votes)

    S4:E10

    Stardate: 49170.65. Sisko travels to Earth when a bombing at a Federation conference is determined to be the work of Changelings.

    Director:David Livingston
    Writers:Robert Hewitt Wolfe, Ira Steven Behr

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  5. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 4 Episode 11 - Paradise Lost (2)
    8.3/10(2739 votes)

    S4:E11

    Stardate: Unknown. When Starfleet institutes martial law to combat the Changeling Menace, Sisko begins to question if the Dominion is the real threat.

    Director:Reza Badiyi
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 4 Episode 18 - Hard Time
    8.2/10(2884 votes)

    S4:E18

    Stardate: Unknown. O'Brien tries to re-integrate to life on the station after serving 20 years in a virtual prison.

    Director:Alexander Singer
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 4 Episode 25 - Broken Link
    8.2/10(2474 votes)

    S4:E25

    Stardate: 49962.4. Odo is suddenly struck by illness. He is barely able to hold shape. Bashir and Odo see no other alternative then going to the Founders. Garak wants to come along.

    Director:Les Landau
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 4 Episode 22 - To the Death
    8.0/10(2567 votes)

    S4:E22

    Stardate: 49904.2. A renegade group of Jem'Hadar plunders Deep Space Nine. Sisko agrees to a combat operation with loyal Jem'Hadar to prevent the renegades completing a planetary gateway.

    Director:LeVar Burton
    Writers:Robert Hewitt Wolfe, Ira Steven Behr

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  9. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 4 Episode 9 - Our Man Bashir
    7.9/10(2865 votes)

    S4:E9

    Stardate: Unknown. When an transporter emergency turns the command crew into holosuite characters, Bashir's James Bond fantasy takes on a deadly reality.

    Director:Winrich Kolbe
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 4 Episode 3 - Hippocratic Oath
    7.7/10(2667 votes)

    S4:E3

    Stardate: 49066.5. Bashir is asked to help a group of renegade Jem'Hadar break their addiction to ketracel white. Meanwhile Worf is dissatisfied with the way Odo runs security.

    Director:René Auberjonois
    Writer:Lisa Klink

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  11. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 4 Episode 4 - Indiscretion
    7.7/10(2634 votes)

    S4:E4

    Stardate: Unknown. Kira and Gul Dukat go after the lost prison ship Ravinok. Dukat has a secret. Meanwhile Kasidy Yates tries to find work near Bajor, leaving Sisko uncomfortable.

    Director:LeVar Burton
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 4 Episode 7 - Starship Down
    7.7/10(2642 votes)

    S4:E7

    Stardate: 49263.5. A damaged Defiant must play a dangerous game of cat-and-mouse with two Jem'hadar ships inside a gas giant.

    Director:Alexander Singer
    Writers:John J. Ordover, David Mack

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  13. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 4 Episode 13 - Return to Grace
    7.7/10(2465 votes)

    S4:E13

    Stardate: Unknown. Dukat returns, stripped of his prestige, to escort Kira to a Cardassian conference about the Dominion. But an attack by a Klingon raider may give Dukat a chance to redeem himself in the eyes of his government.

    Director:Jonathan West
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 4 Episode 21 - For the Cause
    7.7/10(2475 votes)

    S4:E21

    Stardate: Unknown. Sisko must face betrayal when evidence surfaces that Kasidy is smuggling for the Maquis. Meanwhile Garak makes acquaintance with Ziyal.

    Director:James L. Conway
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 4 Episode 23 - The Quickening
    7.6/10(2497 votes)

    S4:E23

    Stardate: Unknown. Bashir tries to help a planet in the grips of a Dominion-engineered plague that guarantees a painful death.

    Director:René Auberjonois
    Writer:Naren Shankar

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  16. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 4 Episode 15 - Bar Association
    7.5/10(2560 votes)

    S4:E15

    Stardate: Unknown. Unfair working conditions and pay cuts cause Rom to organize a union of the employees of Quark's Bar. Meanwhile Worf still finds it hard to settle on the station.

    Director:LeVar Burton
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 4 Episode 24 - Body Parts
    7.4/10(2454 votes)

    S4:E24

    Stardate: Unknown. Quarks hears on Ferenginar he is going to die. Rom convinces him to sell his remains. After an accident, Bashir has to move Keiko's baby to Kira's womb.

    Director:Avery Brooks
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 4 Episode 17 - Rules of Engagement
    7.3/10(2524 votes)

    S4:E17

    Stardate: 49665.3. When Worf destroys a civilian shuttle during an engagement with the Klingons, an extradition hearing is held to see if he must face charges.

    Director:LeVar Burton
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 4 Episode 14 - Sons of Mogh
    7.2/10(2434 votes)

    S4:E14

    Stardate: 49556.2. Worf's brother Kurn asks him to perform a death rite to regain his lost honor. Meanwhile Kira and O'Brien investigate Klingon activity near the Bajoran border.

    Director:David Livingston
    Writer:Ronald D. Moore

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  20. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 4 Episode 16 - Accession
    7.2/10(2365 votes)

    S4:E16

    Stardate: Unknown. A man claiming to be the emissary comes through the wormhole. Sisko is happy to give up his position. Meanwhile Keiko returns and O'Brien stops spending time with Bashir.

    Director:Les Landau
    Writer:Jane Espenson

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  21. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 4 Episode 12 - Crossfire
    7.1/10(2439 votes)

    S4:E12

    Stardate: Unknown. First Minister Shakaar visits the station, despite a threat of assassination. He falls in love with Kira much to Odo's dismay.

    Director:Les Landau
    Writer:René Echevarria

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  22. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 4 Episode 19 - Shattered Mirror
    7.1/10(2383 votes)

    S4:E19

    Stardate: Unknown. When the Mirror Universe counterpart of Sisko's deceased wife lures Jake to the other side, Sisko must follow and help the human resistance against the Alliance's forces.

    Director:James L. Conway
    Writers:Ira Steven Behr, Hans Beimler

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  23. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 4 Episode 5 - Rejoined
    7.0/10(2809 votes)

    S4:E5

    Stardate: 49195.5. Lenara Kahn, the new host of the wife of Dax's former host Torias, comes to the station. While they're not allowed to renew their relation, there's still a spark.

    Director:Avery Brooks
    Writer:René Echevarria

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  24. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 4 Episode 8 - The Sword of Kahless
    6.9/10(2534 votes)

    S4:E8

    Stardate: Unknown. Worf, Dax and the Klingon Dahar master Kor set out to find an ancient lost relic: the Sword of Kahless.

    Director:LeVar Burton
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 4 Episode 20 - The Muse
    5.7/10(2453 votes)

    S4:E20

    Stardate: Unknown. A mysterious woman approaches Jake about his future as a writer. Odo promises to do whatever it takes to help Lwaxana Troi keep her baby over the father's wishes - even if it means marrying her himself.

    Director:David Livingston
    Writer:René Echevarria

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Season 4 Ratings Summary

"The Visitor" is the best rated episode of "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" season 4. It scored 9.1/10 based on 5116 votes. Directed by David Livingston and written by Michael Taylor, it aired on 10/9/1995. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "The Way of the Warrior".