Season 4

1995 · 25 episodes · 19h 30m in all · 7.2/10

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.

1. The Way of the Warrior
2 Oct 1995 · 90 min · 8.0/10
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.
2. The Visitor
9 Oct 1995 · 45 min · 8.0/10
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.
3. Hippocratic Oath
16 Oct 1995 · 45 min · 7.4/10
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.
4. Indiscretion
23 Oct 1995 · 45 min · 7.5/10
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.
5. Rejoined
30 Oct 1995 · 45 min · 6.6/10
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.
6. Little Green Men
6 Nov 1995 · 45 min · 7.8/10
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.
7. Starship Down
13 Nov 1995 · 45 min · 6.9/10
Stardate: 49263.5. A damaged Defiant must play a dangerous game of cat-and-mouse with two Jem'hadar ships inside a gas giant.
8. The Sword of Kahless
20 Nov 1995 · 45 min · 6.6/10
Stardate: Unknown. Worf, Dax and the Klingon Dahar master Kor set out to find an ancient lost relic: the Sword of Kahless.
9. Our Man Bashir
27 Nov 1995 · 45 min · 7.4/10
Stardate: Unknown. When an transporter emergency turns the command crew into holosuite characters, Bashir's James Bond fantasy takes on a deadly reality.
10. Homefront (1)
1 Jan 1996 · 45 min · 7.6/10
Stardate: 49170.65. Sisko travels to Earth when a bombing at a Federation conference is determined to be the work of Changelings.
11. Paradise Lost (2)
8 Jan 1996 · 45 min · 8.0/10
Stardate: Unknown. When Starfleet institutes martial law to combat the Changeling Menace, Sisko begins to question if the Dominion is the real threat.
12. Crossfire
29 Jan 1996 · 45 min · 6.9/10
Stardate: Unknown. First Minister Shakaar visits the station, despite a threat of assassination. He falls in love with Kira much to Odo's dismay.
13. Return to Grace
5 Feb 1996 · 45 min · 7.5/10
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.
14. Sons of Mogh
12 Feb 1996 · 45 min · 6.8/10
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.
15. Bar Association
19 Feb 1996 · 45 min · 6.8/10
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.
16. Accession
26 Feb 1996 · 45 min · 6.9/10
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.
17. Rules of Engagement
8 Apr 1996 · 45 min · 7.0/10
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.
18. Hard Time
15 Apr 1996 · 45 min · 7.7/10
Stardate: Unknown. O'Brien tries to re-integrate to life on the station after serving 20 years in a virtual prison.
19. Shattered Mirror
22 Apr 1996 · 45 min · 6.5/10
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.
20. The Muse
29 Apr 1996 · 45 min · 5.2/10
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.
21. For the Cause
6 May 1996 · 45 min · 7.0/10
Stardate: Unknown. Sisko must face betrayal when evidence surfaces that Kasidy is smuggling for the Maquis. Meanwhile Garak makes acquaintance with Ziyal.
22. To the Death
13 May 1996 · 45 min · 7.6/10
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.
23. The Quickening
20 May 1996 · 45 min · 7.0/10
Stardate: Unknown. Bashir tries to help a planet in the grips of a Dominion-engineered plague that guarantees a painful death.
24. Body Parts
10 Jun 1996 · 45 min · 7.0/10
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.
25. Broken Link
17 Jun 1996 · 45 min · 8.2/10
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.