Season 5
(1996)
Overview
Season 5 of Deep Space Nine begins the Dominion War arc that will dominate the rest of the show. The Federation and its allies face a new enemy in the form of the Cardassian-Dominion alliance, which threatens to conquer the Alpha Quadrant.
Cast
as Benjamin Sisko
as Kira Nerys
as Miles O'Brien
as Worf
as Jadzia Dax
as Julian Bashir
as Jake Sisko
as Quark
as Odo
Episodes
Apocalypse Rising 7.1
September 30, 1996
Stardate: Unknown. With the war between Klingons and Federation intensifying, Sisko must make a plan to expose Gowron a…
The Ship 7.3
October 7, 1996
Stardate: 50049.3. The crew find a crashed Jem’Hadar ship and work to repair it and capture it for the Federation, but …
Looking for par'Mach in All the Wrong Places 6.8
October 14, 1996
Stardate: Unknown. While Worf helps Quark to pursue his former wife Grilka, O'Brien and Kira grow uncomfortably close t…
Nor the Battle to the Strong 6.8
October 21, 1996
Stardate: Unknown. Jake, reporting from the front lines, sees what war truly is.
The Assignment 6.6
October 28, 1996
Stardate: Unknown. An alien entity has possessed Keiko's body and is holding it hostage until O'Brien completes an assi…
Trials and Tribble-ations 8.2
November 4, 1996
Stardate: 4523.7. In this celebration of the 30th anniversary of The Original Series, the disgraced Klingon spy Darvin …
Let He Who Is Without Sin... 5.4
November 11, 1996
Stardate: Unknown. While vacationing on Risa, Worf and Dax meet a group of fundamentalist protesters who claim that the…
Things Past 7.3
November 18, 1996
Stardate: Unknown. Sisko, Dax, Odo and Garak find themselves in the past when the Cardassians controlled the station, a…
The Ascent 7.3
November 25, 1996
Stardate: Unknown. When Odo and Quark crash land, they must put aside their differences to climb a mountain to signal f…
Rapture 6.8
December 30, 1996
Stardate: Unknown. After a brain injury, Sisko begins experiencing powerful visions through time. He dives fully into t…
The Darkness and the Light 6.6
January 6, 1997
Stardate: 50416.2. A mysterious assassin begins wiping out all the members of Kira's old resistance cell.
The Begotten 7.3
January 27, 1997
Stardate: Unknown. The discovery of an infant Changeling gives Odo a chance to put right the trauma of his own upbringi…
For the Uniform 7.3
February 3, 1997
Stardate: 50485.2. When the traitorous Eddington returns, Sisko will go to any lengths to capture him.
In Purgatory's Shadow (1) 8.1
February 10, 1997
Stardate: Unknown. A coded message from the Gamma Quadrant leads Garak to believe his mentor, Enabran Tain, is still al…
By Inferno's Light (2) 8.1
February 17, 1997
Stardate: 50564.2. The station readies for a Dominion attack. Worf and Garak meet some unexpected friends in a Dominion…
Doctor Bashir, I Presume? 7.1
February 24, 1997
Stardate: Unknown. Dr. Bashir is selected to be the model for the next-generation of Emergency Medical Hologram (EMH). …
A Simple Investigation 6.3
March 31, 1997
Odo helps a woman hiding on the station from organized criminals, but quickly develops a personal interest in the case.
Business as Usual 6.6
April 7, 1997
Stardate: Unknown. Quark must wrestle with his conscience when he becomes involved with arms merchants.
Ties of Blood and Water 6.7
April 14, 1997
Stardate: 50712.2. When a Cardassian official that thinks of Kira as his daughter is dying, he agrees to reveal all he …
Ferengi Love Songs 6.3
April 21, 1997
Stardate: Unknown. Quark doesn't know whether to be panicked or overjoyed when he learns that his mother is the new lov…
Soldiers of the Empire 7.1
April 28, 1997
Stardate: Unknown. Dax and Worf accompany Martok on his first command since being held by the Dominion. But the ship th…
Children of Time 7.7
May 5, 1997
Stardate: 50814.2. The DS9 crew discovers a colony that, due to a time travel accident, turns out to be inhabited by th…
Blaze of Glory 7.6
May 12, 1997
Stardate: Unknown. Sisko learns that the Maquis are planning a devastating attack on Cardassia, and must rely on the tr…
Empok Nor 7.5
May 19, 1997
Stardate: Unknown. While salvaging components from DS9's sister station, the crew run afoul of a "surprise" left behind…
In the Cards 7.4
June 9, 1997
Stardate: 50929.4. Jake has his heart set on a vintage Willie Mays baseball card as a present to cheer up his father, w…
Call to Arms 8.4
June 16, 1997
Stardate: 50975.2. Sisko decides to mine the wormhole to prevent further Dominion ships crossing into the Alpha Quadran…