Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Season 4

1995 · 25 episodes · ★ 7.2

What Season 4 of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

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.

25episodes

Oct 2, 1995aired

Jun 17, 1996latest episode

19.5 hrtotal runtime

Season 4 Episodes

4x01 The Way of the Warrior
Oct 2, 1995 · 90 min · ★ 8.0
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.
Directing: James L. Conway · Writing: Robert Hewitt Wolfe, Ira Steven Behr · Starring: Obi Ndefo, Christopher Darga, William Dennis Hunt, Patricia Tallman
4x02 The Visitor
Oct 9, 1995 · 45 min · ★ 8.0
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.
Directing: David Livingston · Writing: Michael Taylor · Starring: Majel Barrett, Tony Todd, Rachel Robinson, Galyn Görg
4x03 Hippocratic Oath
Oct 16, 1995 · 45 min · ★ 7.4
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.
Directing: René Auberjonois · Writing: Lisa Klink · Starring: Scott MacDonald, Stephen Davies, Jeremy Roberts, Marshall R. Teague
4x04 Indiscretion
Oct 23, 1995 · 45 min · ★ 7.5
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.
Directing: LeVar Burton · Writing: Nicholas Corea · Starring: Roy Brocksmith, Thomas Prisco, Cyia Batten, Penny Johnson Jerald
4x05 Rejoined
Oct 30, 1995 · 45 min · ★ 6.6
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.
Directing: Avery Brooks · Writing: Ronald D. Moore, René Echevarria · Starring: Susanna Thompson, James Noah, Ken Marshall, Tim Ryan
4x06 Little Green Men
Nov 6, 1995 · 45 min · ★ 7.8
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.
Directing: James L. Conway · Writing: Robert Hewitt Wolfe, Ira Steven Behr · Starring: Megan Gallagher, Charles Napier, Conor O'Farrell, James MacDonald
4x07 Starship Down
Nov 13, 1995 · 45 min · ★ 6.9
Stardate: 49263.5. A damaged Defiant must play a dangerous game of cat-and-mouse with two Jem'hadar ships inside a gas giant.
Directing: Alexander Singer · Writing: John J. Ordover, David Mack · Starring: James Cromwell, Sara Mornell, Jay Baker, F.J. Rio
4x08 The Sword of Kahless
Nov 20, 1995 · 45 min · ★ 6.6
Stardate: Unknown. Worf, Dax and the Klingon Dahar master Kor set out to find an ancient lost relic: the Sword of Kahless.
Directing: LeVar Burton · Writing: Hans Beimler · Starring: John Colicos, Rick Pasqualone, Tom Morga, Suzanne Ircha Johnson
4x09 Our Man Bashir
Nov 27, 1995 · 45 min · ★ 7.4
Stardate: Unknown. When an transporter emergency turns the command crew into holosuite characters, Bashir's James Bond fantasy takes on a deadly reality.
Directing: Winrich Kolbe · Writing: Ronald D. Moore · Starring: Melissa Young, Marci Brickhouse, Max Grodénchik, Ken Marshall
4x10 Homefront (1)
Jan 1, 1996 · 45 min · ★ 7.6
Stardate: 49170.65. Sisko travels to Earth when a bombing at a Federation conference is determined to be the work of Changelings.
Directing: David Livingston · Writing: Robert Hewitt Wolfe, Ira Steven Behr · Starring: Susan Gibney, Dylan Chalfy, Robert Foxworth, Herschel Sparber
4x11 Paradise Lost (2)
Jan 8, 1996 · 45 min · ★ 8.0
Stardate: Unknown. When Starfleet institutes martial law to combat the Changeling Menace, Sisko begins to question if the Dominion is the real threat.
Directing: Reza Badiyi · Writing: Robert Hewitt Wolfe, Ira Steven Behr · Starring: Robert Foxworth, Susan Gibney, Herschel Sparber, Rudolph Willrich
4x12 Crossfire
Jan 29, 1996 · 45 min · ★ 6.9
Stardate: Unknown. First Minister Shakaar visits the station, despite a threat of assassination. He falls in love with Kira much to Odo's dismay.
Directing: Les Landau · Writing: René Echevarria · Starring: Bruce Wright, Charles Tentindo, Duncan Regehr
4x13 Return to Grace
Feb 5, 1996 · 45 min · ★ 7.5
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.
Directing: Jonathan West · Writing: Hans Beimler · Starring: Cyia Batten, John K. Shull, Tom Demille, Marc Alaimo
4x14 Sons of Mogh
Feb 12, 1996 · 45 min · ★ 6.8
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.
Directing: David Livingston · Writing: Ronald D. Moore · Starring: Tony Todd, Robert DoQui, Dell Yount, D. Elliot Woods
4x15 Bar Association
Feb 19, 1996 · 45 min · ★ 6.8
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.
Directing: LeVar Burton · Writing: Robert Hewitt Wolfe, Ira Steven Behr · Starring: Jason Marsden, Emilio Borelli, Max Grodénchik, David B. Levinson
4x16 Accession
Feb 26, 1996 · 45 min · ★ 6.9
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.
Directing: Les Landau · Writing: Jane Espenson · Starring: Camille Saviola, Richard Libertini, David Carpenter, Grace Zandarski
4x17 Rules of Engagement
Apr 8, 1996 · 45 min · ★ 7.0
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.
Directing: LeVar Burton · Writing: Ronald D. Moore · Starring: Deborah Strang, Ron Canada, Christopher Michael
4x18 Hard Time
Apr 15, 1996 · 45 min · ★ 7.7
Stardate: Unknown. O'Brien tries to re-integrate to life on the station after serving 20 years in a virtual prison.
Directing: Alexander Singer · Writing: Robert Hewitt Wolfe · Starring: Craig Wasson, Margot Rose, F.J. Rio, Hana Hatae
4x19 Shattered Mirror
Apr 22, 1996 · 45 min · ★ 6.5
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.
Directing: James L. Conway · Writing: Ira Steven Behr, Hans Beimler · Starring: Felecia M. Bell, Carlos Carrasco, James Black, Dennis Madalone
4x20 The Muse
Apr 29, 1996 · 45 min · ★ 5.2
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.
Directing: David Livingston · Writing: René Echevarria · Starring: Majel Barrett, Michael Ansara, Meg Foster, Patricia Tallman
4x21 For the Cause
May 6, 1996 · 45 min · ★ 7.0
Stardate: Unknown. Sisko must face betrayal when evidence surfaces that Kasidy is smuggling for the Maquis. Meanwhile Garak makes acquaintance with Ziyal.
Directing: James L. Conway · Writing: Ronald D. Moore · Starring: Tracy Middendorf, John Prosky, Steven Vincent Leigh, Ken Marshall
4x22 To the Death
May 13, 1996 · 45 min · ★ 7.6
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.
Directing: LeVar Burton · Writing: Robert Hewitt Wolfe, Ira Steven Behr · Starring: Brian Thompson, Scott Haven, Clarence Williams III, Leslie Hoffman
4x23 The Quickening
May 20, 1996 · 45 min · ★ 7.0
Stardate: Unknown. Bashir tries to help a planet in the grips of a Dominion-engineered plague that guarantees a painful death.
Directing: René Auberjonois · Writing: Naren Shankar · Starring: Ellen Wheeler, Michael Sarrazin, Dylan Haggerty, Heide Margolis
4x24 Body Parts
Jun 10, 1996 · 45 min · ★ 7.0
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.
Directing: Avery Brooks · Writing: Hans Beimler · Starring: Max Grodénchik, Hana Hatae, Rosalind Chao, Jeffrey Combs
4x25 Broken Link Season Finale
Jun 17, 1996 · 45 min · ★ 8.2
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.
Directing: Les Landau · Writing: Robert Hewitt Wolfe, Ira Steven Behr · Starring: Jill Jacobson, Leslie Bevis, Andrew Hawkes, Robert O'Reilly