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Season 4

Season 4

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

1995
Episodes: 25

Overview

Season 4 of Deep Space Nine marks a major shift for the series, as it introduces a new conflict between the Federation and the Klingon Empire, sparked by the latter's distrust of the shape-shifting Founders. Worf, the former security chief of the USS Enterprise-D, joins the station's crew as Sisko's strategic operations officer, and faces challenges in his loyalty, honor, and family.

Episodes

The Way of the Warrior

1. The Way of the Warrior

October 2, 1995

7.9
90 min

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.

Guest Stars: Obi Ndefo, Christopher Darga, William Dennis Hunt

The Visitor

2. The Visitor

October 9, 1995

7.8
45 min

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.

Guest Stars: Majel Barrett, Tony Todd, Rachel Robinson

Hippocratic Oath

3. Hippocratic Oath

October 16, 1995

7.2
45 min

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.

Guest Stars: Scott MacDonald, Stephen Davies, Jeremy Roberts

Indiscretion

4. Indiscretion

October 23, 1995

7.4
45 min

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.

Guest Stars: Roy Brocksmith, Thomas Prisco, Cyia Batten

Rejoined

5. Rejoined

October 30, 1995

6.0
45 min

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.

Guest Stars: Susanna Thompson, James Noah, Ken Marshall

Starship Down

6. Starship Down

November 6, 1995

6.8
45 min

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

Guest Stars: James Cromwell, Sara Mornell, Jay Baker

Little Green Men

7. Little Green Men

November 13, 1995

7.8
45 min

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.

Guest Stars: Megan Gallagher, Charles Napier, Conor O'Farrell

The Sword of Kahless

8. The Sword of Kahless

November 20, 1995

6.3
45 min

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

Guest Stars: John Colicos, Rick Pasqualone, Tom Morga

Our Man Bashir

9. Our Man Bashir

November 27, 1995

7.3
45 min

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

Guest Stars: Melissa Young, Marci Brickhouse, Max Grodénchik

Homefront (1)

10. Homefront (1)

January 1, 1996

7.5
45 min

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

Guest Stars: Susan Gibney, Dylan Chalfy, Robert Foxworth

Paradise Lost (2)

11. Paradise Lost (2)

January 8, 1996

7.9
45 min

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

Guest Stars: Robert Foxworth, Susan Gibney, Herschel Sparber

Crossfire

12. Crossfire

January 29, 1996

6.6
45 min

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

Guest Stars: Bruce Wright, Charles Tentindo, Duncan Regehr

Return to Grace

13. Return to Grace

February 5, 1996

7.4
45 min

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.

Guest Stars: Cyia Batten, John K. Shull, Tom Demille

Sons of Mogh

14. Sons of Mogh

February 12, 1996

6.8
45 min

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.

Guest Stars: Tony Todd, Robert DoQui, Dell Yount

Bar Association

15. Bar Association

February 19, 1996

6.7
45 min

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.

Guest Stars: Jason Marsden, Emilio Borelli, Max Grodénchik

Accession

16. Accession

February 26, 1996

6.7
45 min

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.

Guest Stars: Camille Saviola, Richard Libertini, David Carpenter

Rules of Engagement

17. Rules of Engagement

April 8, 1996

6.9
45 min

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.

Guest Stars: Deborah Strang, Ron Canada, Christopher Michael

Hard Time

18. Hard Time

April 15, 1996

7.8
45 min

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

Guest Stars: Craig Wasson, Margot Rose, F.J. Rio

Shattered Mirror

19. Shattered Mirror

April 22, 1996

6.3
45 min

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.

Guest Stars: Felecia M. Bell, Carlos Carrasco, James Black

The Muse

20. The Muse

April 29, 1996

5.1
45 min

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.

Guest Stars: Majel Barrett, Michael Ansara, Meg Foster

For the Cause

21. For the Cause

May 6, 1996

6.9
45 min

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

Guest Stars: Tracy Middendorf, John Prosky, Steven Vincent Leigh

To the Death

22. To the Death

May 13, 1996

7.5
45 min

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.

Guest Stars: Brian Thompson, Scott Haven, Clarence Williams III

The Quickening

23. The Quickening

May 20, 1996

7.0
45 min

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

Guest Stars: Ellen Wheeler, Michael Sarrazin, Dylan Haggerty

Body Parts

24. Body Parts

June 10, 1996

6.8
45 min

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.

Guest Stars: Max Grodénchik, Hana Hatae, Rosalind Chao

Broken Link

25. Broken Link

June 17, 1996

8.0
45 min

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.

Guest Stars: Jill Jacobson, Leslie Bevis, Andrew Hawkes

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