The BEST episodes of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine season 3
Every episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine season 3, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine season 3!
When the Cardassian occupation of Bajor ended in 2369, the mining space-station Terok Nor was left abandoned, its systems ripped out. By invitation of the provisional Bajoran government, Starfleet stepped in to oversee the rebuilding and day-to-day operations of the newly christened Deep Space Nine. DS9 soon became a center of travel and commerce thanks to a newly found stable wormhole leading to the largely unexplored Gamma Quadrant.
#1 - The Die is Cast
Season 3 - Episode 21 - Aired 5/1/1995
Garak must decide whether or not to kill Odo to please his mentor on the eve of a joint Romulan-Cardassian attack on the Dominion.
#2 - The Search (2)
Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/3/1994
Odo begins to connect with his fellow Changelings as Sisko attempts to negotiate peace with the Dominion.
#3 - The Search (1)
Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/26/1994
Sisko is assigned the mission of taking the Defiant into the Gamma Quadrant to make peaceful contact with the founders of the Dominion.
#4 - The Adversary
Season 3 - Episode 26 - Aired 6/19/1995
A Changeling sabotages the USS Defiant as it attempts to start a war in the Alpha Quadrant.
#5 - Past Tense (2)
Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/9/1995
Sisko assumes the role of a pivotal historic figure in order to restore the timeline.
#6 - Improbable Cause
Season 3 - Episode 20 - Aired 4/24/1995
Garak's tailor shop is bombed, forcing Odo to investigate who is trying to kill the Cardassian exile.
#7 - Defiant
Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/21/1994
When Commander William T. Riker from the Enterprise arrives on Deep Space 9, he takes a liking to Kira, who gives him a tour of the Defiant. But Riker is revealed to be not who he claims to be when he attacks Kira and steals the ship.
#8 - Past Tense (1)
Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 1/2/1995
A transporter accident sends Sisko, Bashir and Dax three centuries into Earth's dark past.
#9 - The House of Quark
Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/10/1994
Quark lies about killing a Klingon and is then forced to marry the widow.
#10 - Civil Defense
Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/7/1994
Deep Space Nine is progressively locked down after O'Brien, Jake and Sisko accidentally activate an old automated Cardassian security program.
#11 - Visionary
Season 3 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/27/1995
Exposure to radiation causes O'Brien to jump hours into the future for brief periods, as Deep Space Nine hosts Romulan and Klingon delegations.
#12 - Second Skin
Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/24/1994
Kira is surprised to find records indicating that she was incarcerated at Elemspur, a Cardassian prison, 10 years ago.
#13 - Through the Looking Glass
Season 3 - Episode 19 - Aired 4/17/1995
Sisko is abducted by the Miles O'Brien from the mirror universe, and is forced to assume the identity of their Sisko in order to rebel against the Klingon-Cardassian Alliance.
#14 - Explorers
Season 3 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/8/1995
Sisko and Jake build a solar sailing ship in an attempt to recreate a journey taken by the ancient Bajorans.
#15 - Destiny
Season 3 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/13/1995
Despite a Bajoran prophecy of destruction, Sisko assists in a joint scientific venture with the Cardassians to open communications through the wormhole.
#16 - Facets
Season 3 - Episode 25 - Aired 6/12/1995
Jadzia Dax deals with feelings of inferiority as she encounters past hosts in a Trill ceremony.
#17 - Prophet Motive
Season 3 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/20/1995
In a shock revelation to Quark and Rom, the Grand Nagus reveals he has re-written the Ferengi Rules of Acquisition; a move which threatens to cripple the Ferengi Empire.
#18 - The Abandoned
Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/31/1994
A Jem'Hadar infant is found in salvaged spaceship wreckage and Odo strives to teach the rapidly maturing soldier to think for himself.
#19 - Distant Voices
Season 3 - Episode 18 - Aired 4/10/1995
After an alien assault leaves Bashir unconscious, he is trapped inside his mind.
#20 - Family Business
Season 3 - Episode 23 - Aired 5/15/1995
Quark returns to his home planet to confront his mother after hearing from the Ferengi Commerce Authority that she broke the law by earning profit.
#21 - Shakaar
Season 3 - Episode 24 - Aired 5/22/1995
Kai Winn needs Kira to convince her former resistance leader, now a farmer on Bajor, to return soil reclamators needed elsewhere.
#22 - Heart of Stone
Season 3 - Episode 14 - Aired 2/6/1995
Searching for a Maquis raider on an unstable moon, Kira is trapped in an expanding crystal formation that threatens to engulf her if Odo cannot set her free.
#23 - Equilibrium
Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/17/1994
A secret from Dax's past could mean the end of the current host's life.
#24 - Life Support
Season 3 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/30/1995
Bashir's ethics are put to the test as he keeps Vedek Bareil alive long enough to help Kai Winn complete negotiations for a peace treaty with Cardassia.
#25 - Fascination
Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/28/1994
Lwaxana Troi pursues Odo during the Bajoran Gratitude Festival as members of the crew suddenly become infatuated with one another.