Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Season 6

1997 · 26 episodes · ★ 7.3

What Season 6 of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

Season 6 of Deep Space Nine marks the height of the Dominion War arc, as it depicts the Federation and its allies in a desperate struggle against the Cardassian-Dominion alliance, which has occupied Deep Space Nine and the Bajoran system.

26episodes

Sep 29, 1997premiered

Jun 17, 1998latest episode

19.5 hrtotal runtime

Season 6 Episodes

6x01 A Time to Stand
Sep 29, 1997 · 45 min · ★ 8.2
Stardate: Unknown. As the war between the Federation and the Dominion continues, Sisko and his crew are reassigned from the Defiant, while Kira and Odo cope with the bureaucracy of the station's occupation.
Directed by: Allan Kroeker · Written by: Ira Steven Behr, Hans Beimler · Starring: Brock Peters, J.G. Hertzler, Barry Jenner, Aron Eisenberg
6x02 Rocks and Shoals
Oct 6, 1997 · 45 min · ★ 8.2
Stardate: Unknown. Sisko and his crew are marooned on a barren planet with a squadron of Jem'Hadar soldiers and their wounded Vorta overseer. But when the Vorta seeks out Sisko to make a deal, can he be trusted? And should Sisko accept the treacherous proposal?
Directed by: Michael Vejar · Written by: Ronald D. Moore · Starring: Phil Morris, Paul Eckstein, Lilyan Chauvin, Sarah MacDonnell
6x03 Sons and Daughters
Oct 13, 1997 · 45 min · ★ 6.3
Stardate: Unknown. Worf and his son Alexander must come to terms with one another when Alexander is assigned to the Rotarran and voices his intentions to become a warrior. Meanwhile, Kira finds herself between friend and foe when Ziyal returns to the station and reconciles with her father.
Directed by: Jesús Salvador Treviño · Written by: Bradley Thompson, David Weddle · Starring: Sam Zeller, Gabrielle Union, Melanie Smith, Marc Worden
6x04 Behind the Lines
Oct 20, 1997 · 45 min · ★ 7.5
Stardate: 51145.3. Odo finds his priorities at odds with Kira's resistance efforts when the Female Changeling comes to him and offers to guide him in learning about the Great Link.
Directed by: LeVar Burton · Written by: René Echevarria · Starring: Max Grodénchik, Cathy DeBuono, Salome Jens, Barry Jenner
6x05 Favor the Bold (1)
Oct 27, 1997 · 45 min · ★ 8.2
Stardate: Unknown. On the eve of Dukat successfully disabling the minefield, Sisko coordinates a massive assault to retake Deep Space Nine.
Directed by: Winrich Kolbe · Written by: Ira Steven Behr, Hans Beimler · Starring: Max Grodénchik, Bart McCarthy, Ericka Klein, William Wellman Jr.
6x06 Sacrifice of Angels (2)
Nov 3, 1997 · 45 min · ★ 8.8
Stardate: Unknown. The Federation's only hope of stopping massive Dominion reinforcements from entering the Alpha Quadrant relies on Sisko's suicide mission to reach DS9 before the minefield is destroyed.
Directed by: Allan Kroeker · Written by: Ira Steven Behr, Hans Beimler · Starring: Max Grodénchik, Melanie Smith, Darin Cooper, J.G. Hertzler
6x07 You Are Cordially Invited
Nov 10, 1997 · 45 min · ★ 6.7
Stardate: 51247.5. Dax and Worf find their wedding plans threatened when Martok's wife challenges Jadzia's worthiness to be admitted into their house.
Directed by: David Livingston · Written by: Ronald D. Moore · Starring: Max Grodénchik, Marc Worden, Shannon Cochran, Sidney S. Liufau
6x08 Resurrection
Nov 17, 1997 · 45 min · ★ 5.6
Stardate: Unknown. Kira finds herself falling in love with the mirror-universe version of Bareil, who has crossed the reality plane to begin a new life.
Directing: LeVar Burton · Writing: Michael Taylor · Starring: Philip Anglim, John Towey, Scott Strozier
6x09 Statistical Probabilities
Nov 24, 1997 · 45 min · ★ 7.6
Stardate: Unknown. Bashir agrees to counsel a group of eccentric, genetically enhanced humans ... and finds himself reevaluating his own enhanced nature when they calculate a disastrous prediction for the outcome of the Dominion War.
Directed by: Anson Williams · Written by: René Echevarria · Starring: Jeannetta Arnette, Faith Salie, Tim Ransom, Michael Keenan
6x10 The Magnificent Ferengi
Jan 1, 1998 · 45 min · ★ 7.7
Stardate: Unknown. When Quark and Rom's mother is abducted by the Dominion, the two brothers recruit an all-Ferengi team to embark on a dangerous mission to get her back.
Directed by: Chip Chalmers · Written by: Ira Steven Behr, Hans Beimler · Starring: Max Grodénchik, Josh Pais, Hamilton Camp, Christopher Shea
6x11 Waltz
Jan 8, 1998 · 45 min · ★ 7.7
Stardate: 51408.6. After being attacked by Cardassian forces, Sisko gets stranded with a very psychotic Gul Dukat, who was being transported to his trial. Meanwhile the crew of the Defiant races to rescue survivors.
Directed by: René Auberjonois · Written by: Ronald D. Moore · Starring: Jeffrey Combs, Marc Alaimo, Casey Biggs
6x12 Who Mourns for Morn?
Feb 4, 1998 · 45 min · ★ 7.6
Stardate: Unknown. A former patron of Quark's bequeaths everything to him.
Directed by: Victor Lobl · Written by: Mark O'Connell · Starring: Brad Greenquist, Gregory Itzin, Bridget White, Cyril O'Reilly
6x13 Far Beyond the Stars
Feb 11, 1998 · 45 min · ★ 8.7
Stardate: Unknown. Captain Sisko has a full sensory vision of himself as an under-appreciated science fiction magazine writer in 1950s America.
Directing: Avery Brooks · Writing: Ira Steven Behr, Hans Beimler · Starring: Penny Johnson Jerald, J.G. Hertzler, Henry Kingi Jr., Michael Dorn
6x14 One Little Ship
Feb 18, 1998 · 45 min · ★ 7.4
Stardate: 51474.2. An attack by the Dominion on Sisko's ship endangers Dax and her crew aboard as she leads them into an anomaly that shrinks them to a very minute size. Unfortunately, they were being held stable by Sisko within a tractor beam, which was discontinued during the attack.
Directed by: Allan Kroeker · Written by: Bradley Thompson, David Weddle · Starring: Scott Thompson Baker, Fritz Sperberg, Christian Zimmerman, Leland Crooke
6x15 Honor Among Thieves
Feb 25, 1998 · 45 min · ★ 6.7
Stardate: Unknown. Chief O'Brien goes undercover to infiltrate an Orion crime ring.
Directed by: Allan Eastman · Written by: René Echevarria · Starring: Nick Tate, Leland Crooke, Michael Harney, Carlos Carrasco
6x16 Change of Heart
Mar 4, 1998 · 45 min · ★ 7.1
Stardate: 51597.2. Worf and Jadzia travel to the badlands to procure some information on the Dominion from a traitorous Cardassian. Bashir wants to engage in a holo-suite spy simulation, but O'Brien prefers to brush up on his tongo game after watching Jadzia lose to Quark.
Directed by: David Livingston · Written by: Ronald D. Moore · Starring: Todd Waring, Tom Morga
6x17 Wrongs Darker Than Death or Night
Apr 1, 1998 · 45 min · ★ 6.2
Stardate: Unknown. After receiving some disturbing information from Gul Dukat, Major Kira seeks Sisko's approval as Emissary to travel back in time to find out the truth about her mother. Meanwhile, Chief O'Brien and Dr. Bashir discuss a holosuite program surrounding the Battle of the Alamo.
Directed by: Jonathan West · Written by: Ira Steven Behr, Hans Beimler · Starring: Leslie Hope, David Bowe, Tim DeZarn, Thomas Kopache
6x18 Inquisition
Apr 8, 1998 · 45 min · ★ 8.0
Stardate: Unknown. Dr. Bashir's plans to attend a medical conference at a breezy resort are canceled when Starfleet Intelligence boards DS9, suspecting the doctor of treason.
Directed by: Michael Dorn · Written by: Bradley Thompson, David Weddle · Starring: Samantha Mudd, Benjamin Brown, William Sadler, Jeffrey Combs
6x19 In the Pale Moonlight
Apr 15, 1998 · 45 min · ★ 8.5
Stardate: 51721.3. To save the Federation in a critical scheme, Sisko comes to realize that he must violate its fundamental principles to do so.
Directed by: Victor Lobl · Written by: Peter Allan Fields, Michael Taylor · Starring: Howard Shangraw, Stephen McHattie, Jeffrey Combs, Andrew Robinson
6x20 His Way
Apr 22, 1998 · 45 min · ★ 7.0
Stardate: Unknown. Odo is schooled in the ways of romance by a holographic programmed lounge singer.
Directed by: Allan Kroeker · Written by: Ira Steven Behr, Hans Beimler · Starring: Debi A. Monahan, David B. Levinson, James Darren, Cyndi Pass
6x21 The Reckoning
Apr 29, 1998 · 45 min · ★ 6.8
Stardate: Unknown. Sisko runs afoul of Kai Winn when he removes a Bajoran artifact from an archaeological dig after he receives a vision from the Prophets.
Directed by: Jesús Salvador Treviño · Written by: David Weddle, Bradley Thompson · Starring: James Greene, Louise Fletcher
6x22 Valiant
May 6, 1998 · 45 min · ★ 7.0
Stardate: 51825.4. Jake and Nog's runabout comes under attack from the Jem'Hadar. They are rescued by the Valiant, a ship manned by Red Squad, a elite group of young Starfleet cadets.
Directed by: Michael Vejar · Written by: Ronald D. Moore · Starring: Majel Barrett, Paul Popowich, Courtney Peldon, David Drew Gallagher
6x23 Profit and Lace
May 13, 1998 · 45 min · ★ 5.6
Stardate: Unknown. Quark's mother and the Grand Nagus show up on DS9, announcing a new amendment to the Bill of Opportunities he has instituted on the home planet of Ferenganar, and then follows up with the announcement, that, due to the new amendment, chaos has followed and he has been deposed.
Directed by: Alexander Siddig · Written by: Ira Steven Behr, Hans Beimler · Starring: Max Grodénchik, Cecily Adams, Sylvain Cecile, Symba
6x24 Time's Orphan
May 20, 1998 · 45 min · ★ 6.3
Stardate: Unknown. The Chief's daughter gets caught in a time displacement and when they get her back, she is considerably older.
Directed by: Allan Kroeker · Written by: David Weddle, Bradley Thompson · Starring: Michelle Krusiec, Hana Hatae, Rosalind Chao
6x25 The Sound of Her Voice
Jun 10, 1998 · 45 min · ★ 7.5
Stardate: 51948.3. As the Defiant races to a shipwrecked officer who is days away, the crew keeps in contact with her. Meanwhile, Jake follows Quark's latest scheme for story research.
Directed by: Winrich Kolbe · Written by: Ronald D. Moore · Starring: Debra Wilson, Penny Johnson Jerald
6x26 Tears of the Prophets Season Finale
Jun 17, 1998 · 45 min · ★ 7.7
Stardate: Unknown. When Sisko is picked to head up an attack on the Cardassian homeworld, the Prophets appear to him in a vision, warning him of impending doom if he leaves the station.
Directing: Allan Kroeker · Writing: Ira Steven Behr, Hans Beimler · Starring: David Birney, Bob Kirsh, Michelle Horn, J.G. Hertzler