The BEST episodes written by Michael Piller

The Best of Both Worlds (1)
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8.43
2518 votes

#1 - The Best of Both Worlds (1)

Star Trek: The Next Generation - Season 3 - Episode 26

Stardate: 43989.1 An Starfleet expert on the Borg, Lt. Cmdr. Shelby, is assigned to the Enterprise to investigate the disappearance of a Federation colony. Picard is abducted by the Borg and assimilated into the Collective, which forces Riker to attempt a rescue mission.

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Child's Play
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8.33
55 votes

#2 - Child's Play

Miami Vice - Season 4 - Episode 5

Crockett agonizes about shooting a child during a weapons investigation.

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The Best of Both Worlds (2)
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8.26
2466 votes

#3 - The Best of Both Worlds (2)

Star Trek: The Next Generation - Season 4 - Episode 1

Riker must pull out all the stops in order to save Earth from a Borg invasion being lead by none other than Locutus - otherwise known as Captain Jean-Luc Picard.

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Basics (1)
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8.00
1859 votes

#4 - Basics (1)

Star Trek: Voyager - Season 2 - Episode 26

Stardate: Unknown. Voyager receives a distress signal from Seska, who claims that Maje Cullah is going to take her baby away from her, a baby she says is Chakotay's. Chakotay is skeptical, but can't take the risk of abandoning his child, should it really prove to be his. Janeway authorises a mission to rescue Chakotay's child and the ship moves deep into Kazon Nistrim territory. However: was Seska for real, or is this all an elaborate trap?

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Caretaker (1)
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7.94
3034 votes

#5 - Caretaker (1)

Star Trek: Voyager - Season 1 - Episode 1

Stardate: 48315.6 While in pursuit of a Maquis ship in a region of space known as the 'Badlands', Captain Kathryn Janeway and her crew aboard Voyager and the Maquis ship are transported 70,000 light years from home into the uncharted region of the galaxy known as the Delta Quadrant.

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Wheel of Fortune (1)
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7.92
332 votes

#6 - Wheel of Fortune (1)

The Dead Zone - Season 1 - Episode 1

Johnny Smith was leading an idyllic small-town life: working as a high school science teacher, engaged to the love of his life, Sarah, and being a devoted son to his widowed mother, Vera, who lives nearby. But after a near-fatal car accident puts him in a deep coma, Johnny awakens six years later to find everything has changed: Sarah is now is married to someone else, local sheriff Walt Bannerman; the child they are raising is actually Johnny's son and knows nothing about his real father; and Johnny's mother Vera has passed away, leaving Johnny's finances under the thumb of Reverend Purdy, an influential religious leader who is also his mother's former lover. But, most importantly, Johnny himself has changed: he now finds himself with the gift (or curse) of second sight. Through visions he sees with a simple touch, he becomes responsible for saving a nurse's little girl from a fire, helping his Vietnamese doctor reunite with the mother he thought was killed during the fall of Saigon, and now must prevent a local serial killer from striking again. Now Johnny is faced with the daunting task of coming to grips with his new powers - and navigating his way through his new life.

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Time's Arrow (1)
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7.85
2426 votes

#7 - Time's Arrow (1)

Star Trek: The Next Generation - Season 5 - Episode 26

Stardate: 45959.1 - Data's head is uncovered in an archaeological dig on Earth, where evidence is also found that aliens may have been on Earth as early as the 19th Century. Using modified technology, an away team follows Data into the late 1890s to investigate.

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Basics (2)
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7.81
2099 votes

#8 - Basics (2)

Star Trek: Voyager - Season 3 - Episode 1

Stardate: 50023.4 Voyager is captured by the Kazon and the crew are dumped on a planet in its early stages of evolution. As only Tom Paris and Lon Suder have evaded capture, it's up to them and the EMH to come up with a plan to retake the ship.

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The Rescue (2)
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7.71
113 votes

#9 - The Rescue (2)

Wildfire (2005) - Season 1 - Episode 2

Kris is a girl with a troubled past who gets a second chance when she goes to work at a horse farm. But being an outsider in a high-stakes world isn't easy. Her only friend is a horse named Wildfire. But when he's threatened she makes a decision that will affect both their lives forever.

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Death Wish
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7.68
2254 votes

#10 - Death Wish

Star Trek: Voyager - Season 2 - Episode 18

Stardate:49301.2 A suicidal Q threatens the future of the Q-Continuum after he requests asylum aboard Voyager.

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Unification (2)
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7.65
2058 votes

#11 - Unification (2)

Star Trek: The Next Generation - Season 5 - Episode 8

Stardate: 45245.8 - Picard and Data find Spock and discover the reason behind the secret meetings. However, a darker scheme planned by the Romulans is also uncovered in the process.

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Emissary (1)
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7.64
2632 votes

#12 - Emissary (1)

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Season 1 - Episode 1

Stardate: 46379.1 - A new crew is assigned to a former Cardassian space station: Deep Space Nine. It is a joint Federation/Bajoran force, with Commander Sisko in charge, but his life is dramatically changed when he is declared the emissary to the prophets by a Bajoran priest.

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Caretaker (2)
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7.62
1119 votes

#13 - Caretaker (2)

Star Trek: Voyager - Season 1 - Episode 2

Stardate: 48351.6 While in pursuit of a Maquis ship in a region of space known as the 'Badlands', Captain Kathryn Janeway and her crew aboard Voyager and the Maquis ship are transported 70,000 light years from home into the uncharted region of the galaxy known as the Delta Quadrant.

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The Maquis (1)
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7.60
1505 votes

#14 - The Maquis (1)

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Season 2 - Episode 20

Federation colonists reject a treaty with Cardassia and take matters into their own hands, forming a terrorist group called 'The Maquis'.

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The Siege
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7.60
1491 votes

#15 - The Siege

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Season 2 - Episode 3

Sisko is forced to evacuate the station when the war escalates and turns in favor of the terrorists.

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Wildfire (1)
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7.59
162 votes

#16 - Wildfire (1)

Wildfire (2005) - Season 1 - Episode 1

Raintree is a thoroughbred horse-farm. Pete, its owner, left the Ritter family and serious debt, but Jean Ritter is determined to keep it in the family, rather then sell control to the wealthy and well-connected Ken Davis. Her invaluable horse trainer, Pablo Betart, who once has a record too, convinces her to hire a new ranch hand- it's Kris(ten) Furillo, who needs the job to convince the judge to end her detention term for car theft and resisting arrest. Her horse-skills impress everyone, from old Henry and young but extremely astute Todd Ritter to the young men on the ranch, good friends Todd Ritter and Kenny 'Junior' Davis. After their best horse comes only fourth is a high-prized race, Jean doubts whether she can hold out financially

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First Contact
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7.58
1859 votes

#17 - First Contact

Star Trek: The Next Generation - Season 4 - Episode 15

Riker is abducted by a xenophobic race of aliens during a first contact mission. They believe the Enterprise is a scout for an invasion.

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The List
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7.55
11 votes

#18 - The List

Simon & Simon - Season 2 - Episode 18

AJ pressures Rick into taking the case of a woman accused of murdering the publisher who put her (against her wishes) on a list of San Diego's ten sexiest women, but Rick also investigates their client's mysterious secrets, while AJ is falling in love with her.

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Zion
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7.54
143 votes

#19 - Zion

The Dead Zone - Season 2 - Episode 12

Johnny goes the funeral of Bruce's father and somehow gives Bruce visions of what Bruce's life would have been like if he had never met Johnny.

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Emissary (2)
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7.52
1032 votes

#20 - Emissary (2)

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Season 1 - Episode 2

Stardate: 46379.1 - A new crew is assigned to a former Cardassian space station: Deep Space Nine. It is a joint Federation/Bajoran force, with Commander Sisko in charge, but his life is dramatically changed when he is declared the emissary to the prophets by a Bajoran priest.

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Quality of Life
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7.48
276 votes

#21 - Quality of Life

The Dead Zone - Season 1 - Episode 3

Johnny returns to his old school as a substitute teacher and as a hockey coach. During practice, Johnny has a vision inside a player's heart that indicates he may have a serious heart condition. However, there is no medical evidence to support him. Johnny's vision of Todd, and his previous publicity, cause an outcry by the parents who demand that Johnny be fired.

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Time and Again
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7.46
2602 votes

#22 - Time and Again

Star Trek: Voyager - Season 1 - Episode 4

Stardate: Unknown After being hit by the shockwave of a devastating planet-wide explosion, Voyager investigates. While on the surface, Janeway and Paris are accidentally 'shifted' one day into the past.

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The Maquis (2)
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7.43
1410 votes

#23 - The Maquis (2)

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Season 2 - Episode 21

Sisko's friend, Commander Cal Hudson, resigns from Starfleet to join the Maquis in their fight against the Cardassians.

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Crossover
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7.42
1396 votes

#24 - Crossover

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Season 2 - Episode 23

An accident, which occurs while traveling through the wormhole, leaves Kira and Bashir stranded in an alternate universe where humans are slaves.

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Meld
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7.40
1795 votes

#25 - Meld

Star Trek: Voyager - Season 2 - Episode 16

Stardate: Unknown In order to help out Lon Suder, a psychopath who killed a crewmember, Tuvok performs a mind meld. Soon after he begins showing violent tendencies, which develop until he loses control.

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What It Seems (2)
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7.38
371 votes

#26 - What It Seems (2)

The Dead Zone - Season 1 - Episode 2

With the help of his new friend Bruce, Johhny attempts to stop the Bangor Strangler from claiming another victim.

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The Forsaken
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7.38
1517 votes

#27 - The Forsaken

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Season 1 - Episode 17

A visiting Lwaxana Troi becomes enamoured with Odo after he retrieves a stolen item of hers from a thief.

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The Storm
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7.36
203 votes

#28 - The Storm

The Dead Zone - Season 2 - Episode 13

In the aftermath of Kate's death, Johnny's friends stage an intervention to shake him out of his guilt, but as Bruce drives him to Purdy's lakeside resort, he senses a storm is brewing. Now Johnny is forced to try to come to terms with his destiny in order to save the people he loves.

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Resolutions
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7.30
1686 votes

#29 - Resolutions

Star Trek: Voyager - Season 2 - Episode 25

Stardate: 49690.1 When Captain Janeway and Chakotay contract an incurable virus they are left on a planet that shield them from its effects. While Janeway searches for a cure, she begins to form a deeper relationship with her first officer. Onboard Voyager, Tuvok, who is now in command, faces a near mutiny.

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Ensign Ro
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7.30
2097 votes

#30 - Ensign Ro

Star Trek: The Next Generation - Season 5 - Episode 3

Stardate: 45076.3 - Picard exposes a planned genocidal attack on the Bajorans with the help of a new officer, Ensign Ro Laren.

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Captive Pursuit
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7.27
1871 votes

#31 - Captive Pursuit

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Season 1 - Episode 6

Stardate: Unknown - O'Brien befriends an alien who belongs to a race of beings that are bred to be hunted by another species.

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The House
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7.26
253 votes

#32 - The House

The Dead Zone - Season 1 - Episode 6

Johnny moves into his new house and starts having visions of a tub filled with blood. He also sees visions of his dead mother, and comes to believe that Rev. Purdy killed his mother. The facts seem to suggest that Purdy did indeed engage in a cover-up concerning the death of Johnny's mother. In a final confrontation Johnny touches Purdy and gains a vision of Purdy finding Johnny's mother dead by suicide. Realizing what the death of a child can drive a parent to do, he goes to the aid of a local neighbor girl whose brother died on a military mission and whose mother is preparing to kill herself.

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Dead Men Tell Tales
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7.26
174 votes

#33 - Dead Men Tell Tales

The Dead Zone - Season 2 - Episode 10

Johnny becomes involved with the mob when his visions lead him to help a mobster whom he sees being gunned down.

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Booby Trap
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7.25
2344 votes

#34 - Booby Trap

Star Trek: The Next Generation - Season 3 - Episode 6

Stardate: 43205.6 While investigating an ancient ship left adrift in space, the Enterprise accidentally trips the ancient booby trap that disabled the old vessel over 1000 years ago.

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Netherworld
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7.22
279 votes

#35 - Netherworld

The Dead Zone - Season 1 - Episode 8

Johnny ends up in a fantasy world (or vision?) when he wakes up one day to find himself married to Sarah and the father of her two children.

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Ex Post Facto
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7.20
2200 votes

#36 - Ex Post Facto

Star Trek: Voyager - Season 1 - Episode 8

Stardate: Unknown Tom Paris is accused of a murder he claims he did not commit. His sentence is to re-live the last few moments of his victim's life every 14 hours through a memory transplant.

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Evolution
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7.17
2366 votes

#37 - Evolution

Star Trek: The Next Generation - Season 3 - Episode 1

Stardate: 43125.8 A system-wide computer malfunction places the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise in grave danger while they are escorting a scientist to a star in the process of exploding.

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The Cloud
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7.17
2463 votes

#38 - The Cloud

Star Trek: Voyager - Season 1 - Episode 6

Stardate: 48546.2 In the search for omicron particles to boost the ship's energy supplies, Voyager inadvertently injures a space-faring life form.

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Melora
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7.17
1504 votes

#39 - Melora

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Season 2 - Episode 6

Bashir falls in love with a wheelchair-bound woman, who is unable to walk in Deep Space Nine's level of gravity.

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The Masterpiece Society
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7.16
1868 votes

#40 - The Masterpiece Society

Star Trek: The Next Generation - Season 5 - Episode 13

Stardate: 45470.1 - A natural disaster in the core of a system's sun threatens to destroy a colony of genetically engineered people on an otherwise desolate planet. However, the crew's intervention may cause more harm than good.

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The Enemy
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7.08
2202 votes

#41 - The Enemy

Star Trek: The Next Generation - Season 3 - Episode 7

Stardate:43349.2 A blind Geordie is trapped on a hazardous planet with a paranoid and severely injured Romulan. In orbit, a Romulan Warbird is preventing the Enterprise from attempting a rescue mission.

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Playing God
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7.06
1234 votes

#42 - Playing God

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Season 2 - Episode 17

While hosting a Trill initiate, Jadzia discovers a new universe growing from protoplasm in the science labs.

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If Wishes Were Horses
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7.05
1516 votes

#43 - If Wishes Were Horses

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Season 1 - Episode 16

The inhabitants of Deep Space Nine are mystified when their fantasies turn into reality, however, these occurrences foreshadow a disaster.

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A Man Alone
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7.05
1935 votes

#44 - A Man Alone

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Season 1 - Episode 4

Stardate: 46421.5 - Mob hysteria grips the station when Odo is suspected of committing a murder after a Bajoran's body is discovered.

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Rivals
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6.96
1397 votes

#45 - Rivals

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Season 2 - Episode 11

A con artist opens a bar with a gambling machine that can alter the laws of probability.

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The Passenger
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6.93
1784 votes

#46 - The Passenger

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Season 1 - Episode 9

Stardate: Unknown - Bashir is posessed by an alien criminal in an attempt to hijack a Gamma quadrant freighter.

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Tattoo
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6.84
2069 votes

#47 - Tattoo

Star Trek: Voyager - Season 2 - Episode 9

Stardate: Unknown Upon discovering a cultural symbol drawn in the ground on a planet that was used by his ancestors to 'heal the land', Chakotay tries to contact the beings his tribe called the 'Sky Spirits.'

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The Perfect Mate
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6.84
1733 votes

#48 - The Perfect Mate

Star Trek: The Next Generation - Season 5 - Episode 21

Stardate: 45761.3 - The Ferengi try to abduct an empathic Metamorph who could bring peace between two warring worlds.

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Move Along Home
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6.55
1706 votes

#49 - Move Along Home

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Season 1 - Episode 10

Stardate: Unknown - Quark is forced to play a game by the Wadi, a newly encountered species, and the lives of the crew depend on the outcome.

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