Season 3

Original Airdates: 1994-1995

The third season of Deep Space Nine follows a similar tone and storytelling as the second. Opening with The Dominion’s bold introduction – carried over from the second season finale, the season gradually introduces this new threat and confirmation of Odo’s origins.

The season witnesses a return to the mirror universe, Bareil’s death, Quark’s Klingon marriage, and Odo’s first confessed love of Kira. The arrival of The Defiant presents new opportunities off the station, and Season 3 sees major developments for Garak, including confirmation of his ominous pre-tailor life.

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    3-01: The Search, Part I
    Aboard the newly acquired U.S.S. Defiant, Sisko and crew sets out to find the Founders in the Gamma Quadrant.
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  • 3-02: The Search, Part II
    While Odo and Kira learn more about The Founders, Sisko and crew are concerned about sweeping changes back home.
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  • 3-03: House of Quark
    After accidently killing a Klingon warrior, Quark is forced to marry his widowed wife. Meanwhile, Miles tries to cheer up a depressed Keiko.
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  • 3-04: Equilibrium
    Jadzia discovers a secret Dax symbiont with a violent past.
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  • 3-05: Second Skin
    Kidnapped and surgically altered, Kira is lead to believe that she is the long-lost daughter of a prominent Cardassian figure.
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  • 3-06: The Abandoned
    Odo mentors a rapid-aging Jem’Hadar baby who was found in salvaged wreckage bought by Quark.
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  • 3-07: Civil Defense
    Miles unknowingly triggers a Cardassian security defense program, designed to prevent a Bajoran uprising.
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  • 3-08: Meridian
    The Defiant discovers a planet that phases in and out of this universe every sixty years.
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  • 3-09: Defiant
    With the help of a familiar face, The Maquis steals The Defiant.
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  • 3-10: Fascination
    While DS9 hosts the Bajoran Gratitude Festival, the station’s personnel begin exhibiting unusual behavior.
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  • 3-11: Past Tense, Part I
    Sisko, Dax, and Bashir suddenly find themselves in the midst of a contraversial social clash on Earth in 2024.
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  • 3-12: Past Tense, Part II
    Sisko, Bashir, and Dax are caught in the middle of the violent Bell Riots of 2024.
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  • 3-13: Life Support
    Vedek Bareil’s life hangs in the balance while an ambitious Kai Winn negotiates a peace treaty with the Cardassians. Meanwhile, Jake and Nog face a culture clash.
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  • 3-14: Heart of Stone
    Odo’s hidden feelings for Kira surface when her life is jeopardized from growing crystal engulfing her body.
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  • 3-15: Destiny
    A Bajoran spiritual leader cautions the arrival of two Cardassian scientists.
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  • 3-16: Prophet Motive
    Quark and Rom are concerned about Grand Nagus Zek’s peculiar behavior that goes against the very foundation of Ferengi society.
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  • 3-17: Visionary
    Upon seeing visions of his future self, Miles must prevent the station’s inevitable destruction.
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  • 3-18: Distant Voices
    An assault leaves Bashir’s mind to slowly deteriorate, leaving to vivid fantasies.
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  • 3-19: Through The Looking Glass
    Sisko is forced to persuade the alternative-universe version of his wife to join the Terran Rebels to save her life.
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  • 3-20: Improbable Cause
    Odo’s investigation into who tried to kill Garak leads to his uncovering a shocking Romulan/Cardassian alliance.
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  • 3-21: The Die Is Cast
    Aboard a Romulan ship en route to destroy the Founder’s homeworld, Garak forcefully interroragates Odo to win back Tain’s approval.
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  • 3-22: Explorers
    After building a historic Bajoral sailing ship by hand, Sisko takes Jake on a trip to study the likelihood of a long-held belief.
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  • 3-23: Family Business
    Quark and Rom arrive on the Ferengi homeworld when their mother is investigated by the Ferengi Commerce Authority.
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  • 3-24: Shakaar
    Kira is sent to negotiate with Shakaar, the leader of her former resistance cell, who refuses to surrender borrowed farm equipment.
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  • 3-25: Facets
    Jadzia meets the previous Dax hosts through the Trill zhian'tara ceremony, while Nog tries to enter Starfleet Academy.
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  • 3-26: The Adversary
    While on patrol, a Dominion spy is discovered to be aboard The Defiant.
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