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The Best Episodes of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 6

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 6 Episode 19 - In the Pale Moonlight
    9.5/10(5188 votes)

    S6:E19

    Stardate: 51721.3. To save the Federation in a critical scheme, Sisko comes to realize that he must violate its fundamental principles to do so.

    Director:Victor Lobl
    Writer:Peter Allan Fields

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  2. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 6 Episode 6 - Sacrifice of Angels (2)
    9.0/10(3020 votes)

    S6:E6

    Stardate: Unknown. The Federation's only hope of stopping massive Dominion reinforcements from entering the Alpha Quadrant relies on Sisko's suicide mission to reach DS9 before the minefield is destroyed.

    Director:Allan Kroeker
    Writers:Ira Steven Behr, Hans Beimler

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  3. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 6 Episode 13 - Far Beyond the Stars
    8.9/10(4514 votes)

    S6:E13

    Stardate: Unknown. Captain Sisko has a full sensory vision of himself as an under-appreciated science fiction magazine writer in 1950s America.

    Director:Avery Brooks
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 6 Episode 1 - A Time to Stand
    8.5/10(2590 votes)

    S6:E1

    Stardate: Unknown. As the war between the Federation and the Dominion continues, Sisko and his crew are reassigned from the Defiant, while Kira and Odo cope with the bureaucracy of the station's occupation.

    Director:Allan Kroeker
    Writers:Ira Steven Behr, Hans Beimler

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  5. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 6 Episode 2 - Rocks and Shoals
    8.5/10(2779 votes)

    S6:E2

    Stardate: Unknown. Sisko and his crew are marooned on a barren planet with a squadron of Jem'Hadar soldiers and their wounded Vorta overseer. But when the Vorta seeks out Sisko to make a deal, can he be trusted? And should Sisko accept the treacherous proposal?

    Director:Michael Vejar
    Writer:Ronald D. Moore

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  6. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 6 Episode 5 - Favor the Bold (1)
    8.5/10(2597 votes)

    S6:E5

    Stardate: Unknown. On the eve of Dukat successfully disabling the minefield, Sisko coordinates a massive assault to retake Deep Space Nine.

    Director:Winrich Kolbe
    Writers:Ira Steven Behr, Hans Beimler

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  7. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 6 Episode 18 - Inquisition
    8.2/10(2593 votes)

    S6:E18

    Stardate: Unknown. Dr. Bashir's plans to attend a medical conference at a breezy resort are canceled when Starfleet Intelligence boards DS9, suspecting the doctor of treason.

    Director:Michael Dorn
    Writers:Bradley Thompson, David Weddle

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  8. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 6 Episode 26 - Tears of the Prophets
    8.2/10(2432 votes)

    S6:E26

    Stardate: Unknown. When Sisko is picked to head up an attack on the Cardassian homeworld, the Prophets appear to him in a vision, warning him of impending doom if he leaves the station.

    Director:Allan Kroeker
    Writers:Ira Steven Behr, Hans Beimler

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  9. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 6 Episode 10 - The Magnificent Ferengi
    8.1/10(2878 votes)

    S6:E10

    Stardate: Unknown. When Quark and Rom's mother is abducted by the Dominion, the two brothers recruit an all-Ferengi team to embark on a dangerous mission to get her back.

    Director:Chip Chalmers
    Writers:Ira Steven Behr, Hans Beimler

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  10. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 6 Episode 4 - Behind the Lines
    7.8/10(2392 votes)

    S6:E4

    Stardate: 51145.3. Odo finds his priorities at odds with Kira's resistance efforts when the Female Changeling comes to him and offers to guide him in learning about the Great Link.

    Director:LeVar Burton
    Writer:René Echevarria

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  11. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 6 Episode 11 - Waltz
    7.8/10(2543 votes)

    S6:E11

    Stardate: 51408.6. After being attacked by Cardassian forces, Sisko gets stranded with a very psychotic Gul Dukat, who was being transported to his trial. Meanwhile the crew of the Defiant races to rescue survivors.

    Director:René Auberjonois
    Writer:Ronald D. Moore

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  12. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 6 Episode 12 - Who Mourns for Morn?
    7.6/10(2574 votes)

    S6:E12

    Stardate: Unknown. A former patron of Quark's bequeaths everything to him.

    Director:Victor Lobl
    Writer:Mark O'Connell

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  13. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 6 Episode 14 - One Little Ship
    7.6/10(2527 votes)

    S6:E14

    Stardate: 51474.2. An attack by the Dominion on Sisko's ship endangers Dax and her crew aboard as she leads them into an anomaly that shrinks them to a very minute size. Unfortunately, they were being held stable by Sisko within a tractor beam, which was discontinued during the attack.

    Director:Allan Kroeker
    Writers:Bradley Thompson, David Weddle

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  14. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 6 Episode 9 - Statistical Probabilities
    7.5/10(2579 votes)

    S6:E9

    Stardate: Unknown. Bashir agrees to counsel a group of eccentric, genetically enhanced humans ... and finds himself reevaluating his own enhanced nature when they calculate a disastrous prediction for the outcome of the Dominion War.

    Director:Anson Williams
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 6 Episode 20 - His Way
    7.5/10(2718 votes)

    S6:E20

    Stardate: Unknown. Odo is schooled in the ways of romance by a holographic programmed lounge singer.

    Director:Allan Kroeker
    Writers:Ira Steven Behr, Hans Beimler

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  16. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 6 Episode 25 - The Sound of Her Voice
    7.4/10(2411 votes)

    S6:E25

    Stardate: 51948.3. As the Defiant races to a shipwrecked officer who is days away, the crew keeps in contact with her. Meanwhile, Jake follows Quark's latest scheme for story research.

    Director:Winrich Kolbe
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 6 Episode 7 - You Are Cordially Invited
    7.3/10(2515 votes)

    S6:E7

    Stardate: 51247.5. Dax and Worf find their wedding plans threatened when Martok's wife challenges Jadzia's worthiness to be admitted into their house.

    Director:David Livingston
    Writer:Ronald D. Moore

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  18. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 6 Episode 15 - Honor Among Thieves
    7.3/10(2427 votes)

    S6:E15

    Stardate: Unknown. Chief O'Brien goes undercover to infiltrate an Orion crime ring.

    Director:Allan Eastman
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 6 Episode 16 - Change of Heart
    7.1/10(2321 votes)

    S6:E16

    Stardate: 51597.2. Worf and Jadzia travel to the badlands to procure some information on the Dominion from a traitorous Cardassian. Bashir wants to engage in a holo-suite spy simulation, but O'Brien prefers to brush up on his tongo game after watching Jadzia lose to Quark.

    Director:David Livingston
    Writer:Ronald D. Moore

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  20. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 6 Episode 3 - Sons and Daughters
    7.0/10(2373 votes)

    S6:E3

    Stardate: Unknown. Worf and his son Alexander must come to terms with one another when Alexander is assigned to the Rotarran and voices his intentions to become a warrior. Meanwhile, Kira finds herself between friend and foe when Ziyal returns to the station and reconciles with her father.

    Director:Jesús Salvador Treviño
    Writers:Bradley Thompson, David Weddle

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  21. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 6 Episode 21 - The Reckoning
    7.0/10(2285 votes)

    S6:E21

    Stardate: Unknown. Sisko runs afoul of Kai Winn when he removes a Bajoran artifact from an archaeological dig after he receives a vision from the Prophets.

    Director:Jesús Salvador Treviño
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 6 Episode 22 - Valiant
    6.9/10(2517 votes)

    S6:E22

    Stardate: 51825.4. Jake and Nog's runabout comes under attack from the Jem'Hadar. They are rescued by the Valiant, a ship manned by Red Squad, a elite group of young Starfleet cadets.

    Director:Michael Vejar
    Writer:Ronald D. Moore

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  23. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 6 Episode 17 - Wrongs Darker Than Death or Night
    6.8/10(2302 votes)

    S6:E17

    Stardate: Unknown. After receiving some disturbing information from Gul Dukat, Major Kira seeks Sisko's approval as Emissary to travel back in time to find out the truth about her mother. Meanwhile, Chief O'Brien and Dr. Bashir discuss a holosuite program surrounding the Battle of the Alamo.

    Director:Jonathan West
    Writers:Ira Steven Behr, Hans Beimler

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  24. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 6 Episode 24 - Time's Orphan
    6.1/10(2463 votes)

    S6:E24

    Stardate: Unknown. The Chief's daughter gets caught in a time displacement and when they get her back, she is considerably older.

    Director:Allan Kroeker
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 6 Episode 23 - Profit and Lace
    5.8/10(2547 votes)

    S6:E23

    Stardate: Unknown. Quark's mother and the Grand Nagus show up on DS9, announcing a new amendment to the Bill of Opportunities he has instituted on the home planet of Ferenganar, and then follows up with the announcement, that, due to the new amendment, chaos has followed and he has been deposed.

    Director:Alexander Siddig
    Writers:Ira Steven Behr, Hans Beimler

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Season 6 Ratings Summary

"In the Pale Moonlight" is the best rated episode of "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" season 6. It scored 9.5/10 based on 5188 votes. Directed by Victor Lobl and written by Peter Allan Fields, it aired on 4/15/1998. This episode is rated 0.5 points higher than the second-best, "Sacrifice of Angels (2)".