Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Season 3

1994 · 26 episodes · ★ 7.1

What Season 3 of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

Season 3 of Deep Space Nine marks a turning point for the series, as it introduces the USS Defiant, a powerful starship that allows the crew to explore the Gamma Quadrant and face the threat of the Dominion, a vast and ruthless empire ruled by the shape-shifting Founders.

26episodes

Sep 26, 1994premiered

Jun 19, 1995latest episode

19.5 hrtotal runtime

Season 3 Episodes

3x01 The Search (1)
Sep 26, 1994 · 45 min · ★ 7.8
Stardate: 48213.1. Instead of waiting for the Jem'Hadar to attack, Sisko wants to try a different approach. He wants to take a new class starship to try to find the Founders.
Directing: Kim Friedman · Writing: Ronald D. Moore · Starring: John Fleck, Martha Hackett, Ken Marshall, Salome Jens
3x02 The Search (2)
Oct 3, 1994 · 45 min · ★ 7.8
Stardate: 48213.1. Odo has found his home and is introduced. Meanwhile Sisko finds out peace talks between the Dominion and the Federation have already started.
Directing: Jonathan Frakes · Writing: Ira Steven Behr · Starring: Majel Barrett, Natalija Nogulich, Martha Hackett, Ken Marshall
3x03 The House of Quark
Oct 10, 1994 · 45 min · ★ 7.8
Stardate: Unknown. Quark tries to boost his reputation by taking credit for the accidental death of a Klingon in his bar, but lands himself in the middle of a Klingon political struggle.
Directing: Les Landau · Writing: Ronald D. Moore · Starring: Carlos Carrasco, John L. Bennett, Max Grodénchik, Mary Kay Adams
3x04 Equilibrium
Oct 17, 1994 · 45 min · ★ 6.9
Stardate: Unknown. The Trill homeworld is the setting, as Sisko and Bashir take Jadzia home for treatment when she begins experiencing hallucinations after playing a tune she can't recall.
Directing: Cliff Bole · Writing: René Echevarria · Starring: Lisa Banes, Harvey Vernon, Nicholas Cascone, Jeff McBride
3x05 Second Skin
Oct 24, 1994 · 45 min · ★ 7.6
Stardate: Unknown. Kira finds herself on Cardassia as a Cardassian. She is told she is called Iliana Ghemor and was a Cardassian spy.
Directing: Les Landau · Writing: Robert Hewitt Wolfe · Starring: Freyda Thomas, Gregory Sierra, Tony Papenfuss, Cindy Katz
3x06 The Abandoned
Oct 31, 1994 · 45 min · ★ 6.8
Stardate: Unknown. Odo tries to bond with an alien child Quark finds in a load of salvage, while Sisko tries to break his son's relationship with a 20 year old Dabo girl.
Directing: Avery Brooks · Writing: Steve Warnek, D. Thomas Maio · Starring: Bumper Robinson, Jill Sayre, Matthew Kimbrough, Hassan Nicholas
3x07 Civil Defense
Nov 7, 1994 · 45 min · ★ 7.4
Stardate: Unknown. The station goes into lockdown and the crew is endangered when an old Cardassian security program is accidentally activated.
Directing: Reza Badiyi · Writing: Mike Krohn · Starring: Danny Goldring, Marc Alaimo, Andrew Robinson
3x08 Meridian
Nov 14, 1994 · 45 min · ★ 5.6
Stardate: 48423.2. Dax falls in love with one of the residents of a multi-dimensional planet, while on DS9 an alien requests a holosuite program of Kira from Quark.
Directing: Jonathan Frakes · Writing: Mark O'Connell · Starring: Christine Healy, Brett Cullen, Mark Humphrey, Jeffrey Combs
3x09 Defiant
Nov 21, 1994 · 45 min · ★ 7.5
Stardate: 48467.3. The DS9 crew welcomes a visit from William Riker of the Enterprise, but the lieutenant’s hidden agenda leads to a tense standoff deep in Cardassian space.
Directing: Cliff Bole · Writing: Ronald D. Moore · Starring: Majel Barrett, Jonathan Frakes, Tricia O'Neil, Shannon Cochran
3x10 Fascination
Nov 28, 1994 · 45 min · ★ 6.1
Stardate: Unknown. As Lwaxanna Troi visits the station for a Bajoran festival, the crew is stricken with intense romantic attractions to one another.
Directing: Avery Brooks · Writing: Philip LaZebnik · Starring: Philip Anglim, Majel Barrett, Hana Hatae, Rosalind Chao
3x11 Past Tense (1)
Jan 2, 1995 · 45 min · ★ 7.3
Stardate: 48481.2. Sisko, Bashir and Dax are accidentally sent to San Francisco in the 21st century due to a transporter malfunction, and must figure out how to get back without changing the time line.
Directing: Reza Badiyi · Writing: Ira Steven Behr · Starring: John L. Bennett, Eidan Hanzei, Patty Holly, Eric Morgan Stuart
3x12 Past Tense (2)
Jan 9, 1995 · 45 min · ★ 7.5
Stardate: 48481.2. Sisko is forced to take the place of a key historical figure on Earth in 2024 in order to preserve the timeline.
Directing: Jonathan Frakes · Writing: René Echevarria, Ira Steven Behr · Starring: Jim Metzler, Frank Military, Deborah Van Valkenburgh, Al Rodrigo
3x13 Life Support
Jan 30, 1995 · 45 min · ★ 6.1
Stardate: 48498.4. Dr. Bashir must use extraordinary measures to prolong Vedek Bareil's life long enough to allow Bareil to complete sensitive peace negotiations between the Bajorans and the Cardassians.
Directing: Reza Badiyi · Writing: Ronald D. Moore · Starring: Philip Anglim, Andrew Prine, Lark Voorhies, Eva Loseth
3x14 Heart of Stone
Feb 6, 1995 · 45 min · ★ 7.1
Stardate: 48521.5. After chasing a fugitive into a cave, Kira gets stuck and is slowly encapsulated by a growing crystal stone while Odo tries to figure out how to free her.
Directing: Alexander Singer · Writing: Robert Hewitt Wolfe, Ira Steven Behr · Starring: Majel Barrett, Max Grodénchik, Salome Jens, Aron Eisenberg
3x15 Destiny
Feb 13, 1995 · 45 min · ★ 7.3
Stardate: 48543.2. Sisko faces a conflict between his Starfleet duties and his role as the Bajoran Emissary when an ancient Bajoran prophecy predicts that a joint Federation-Cardassian project will lead to the destruction of the wormhole.
Directing: Les Landau · Writing: Martin A. Winer · Starring: Tracy Scoggins, Wendy Robie, Erick Avari, Jessica Hendra
3x16 Prophet Motive
Feb 20, 1995 · 45 min · ★ 6.7
Stardate: Unknown. Grand Nagus Zek is acting bizarre by giving away money and rewriting the Rules of Acquisition. Quark attempts to get the old Nagus back.
Directing: René Auberjonois · Writing: Robert Hewitt Wolfe, Ira Steven Behr · Starring: Juliana Donald, Bennet Guillory, Max Grodénchik, Wallace Shawn
3x17 Visionary
Feb 27, 1995 · 45 min · ★ 7.7
Stardate: Unknown. While a Romulan delegation tries to get information about the Dominion, O'Brien gets visions of unpleasant things that are about to happen in the future.
Directing: Reza Badiyi · Writing: John Shirley · Starring: Dennis Madalone, Jack Shearer, Annette Helde, Ray Young
3x18 Distant Voices
Apr 10, 1995 · 45 min · ★ 6.4
Stardate: Unknown. After being attacked in the infirmary, Dr. Bashir has a dual mystery on his hands: what has happened to the station while he was out and why is he aging so rapidly now?
Directing: Alexander Singer · Writing: Robert Hewitt Wolfe, Ira Steven Behr · Starring: Victor Rivers, Ann Gillespie, Nicole Forester, Andrew Robinson
3x19 Through the Looking Glass
Apr 17, 1995 · 45 min · ★ 7.2
Stardate: Unknown. Sisko is kidnapped to impersonate his deceased, mirror universe self to gain Jennifer Sisko's loyalty in the Rebel Alliance.
Directing: Winrich Kolbe · Writing: Robert Hewitt Wolfe, Ira Steven Behr · Starring: Felecia M. Bell, Tim Russ, Dennis Madalone, John Hayden
3x20 Improbable Cause (1)
Apr 24, 1995 · 45 min · ★ 8.1
Stardate: Unknown. After an attempt is made on Garak's life, Odo conducts the investigation on who tried to murder the Cardassian tailor - and why.
Directing: Avery Brooks · Writing: René Echevarria · Starring: Carlos Lacámara, Joseph Ruskin, Darwyn Carson, Paul Dooley
3x21 The Die Is Cast (2)
May 1, 1995 · 45 min · ★ 8.2
Stardate: Unknown. Now rejoined with his former mentor, Garak is ordered to interrogate Odo about the secrets of his people, while the joined Romulan/Cardassian attack fleet moves towards the Founders' home world on a mission of destruction.
Directing: David Livingston · Writing: Ronald D. Moore · Starring: Leland Orser, Leon Russom, Wendy Schenker, Paul Dooley
3x22 Explorers
May 8, 1995 · 45 min · ★ 6.5
Stardate: Unknown. Sisko rebuilds an ancient Bajoran space vessel from the blueprints, and he and Jake take the ship on a trip, attempting to prove that the ancient Bajorans went beyond their solar system without warp drive.
Directing: Cliff Bole · Writing: René Echevarria · Starring: Bari Hochwald, Marc Alaimo, Chase Masterson
3x23 Family Business
May 15, 1995 · 45 min · ★ 6.3
Stardate: Unknown. Quark and Rom return to the Ferengi home world because their mother has broken the law - by wearing clothes and earning profits, forbidden for women in Ferengi society.
Directing: René Auberjonois · Writing: Robert Hewitt Wolfe, Ira Steven Behr · Starring: Andrea Martin, Mel Green, Max Grodénchik, Penny Johnson Jerald
3x24 Shakaar
May 22, 1995 · 45 min · ★ 6.6
Stardate: Unknown. News arrives that Kai Winn has also become Bajor's political leader. She asks Kira to negotiate with an old resistance friend about returning soil reclamators.
Directing: Jonathan West · Writing: Gordon T. Dawson · Starring: John Doman, Sherman Howard, John K. Shull, Harry Hutchinson
3x25 Facets
Jun 12, 1995 · 45 min · ★ 6.7
Stardate: Unknown. Dax asks the crew to join her Zhian'tara ritual. The memories of her former hosts will take over their bodies. Nog is preparing for Starfleet Academy.
Directing: Cliff Bole · Writing: René Echevarria · Starring: Majel Barrett, Jeffrey Alan Chandler, Max Grodénchik, Aron Eisenberg
3x26 The Adversary Season Finale
Jun 19, 1995 · 45 min · ★ 8.0
Stardate: 48959.1. The Defiant is off to show the Federation's presence to the new Tzenkethi government. While underway the ship malfunctions and Bashir is suspected of sabotage.
Directing: Alexander Singer · Writing: Robert Hewitt Wolfe, Ira Steven Behr · Starring: Majel Barrett, Lawrence Pressman, Jeff Austin, Ken Marshall