Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

10 Best Episodes of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Season 6

At Deep Space Nine, a space station located next to a wormhole in the vicinity of the liberated planet of Bajor, Commander Sisko and crew welcome alien visitors, root out evildoers and solve all types of unexpected problems that come their way.

Written by Sophie and last updated on feb 04, 2023.

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Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - S6E11

#15 - Waltz (Season 6 - Episode 11)

Stardate: 51413.6 While en route to Gul Dukat's war crimes hearing, Sisko meets with Dukat on a shuttle. When the shuttle is attacked they crash on a planet, where Dukat has hallucinations of Weyoun and Damar ordering him to kill Sisko. Sisko must activate the distress beacon if he is to be found alive.

The episode was rated 7.60 from 268 votes.

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - S6E12

#14 - Who Mourns for Morn? (Season 6 - Episode 12)

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Stardate: Unknown It is announced that Morn has died and has left his entire estate to Quark. But claiming his inheritance lands him in a web of lies and deceit over the nature of Morn's wealth.

The episode was rated 7.60 from 266 votes.

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - S6E9

#13 - Statistical Probabilities (Season 6 - Episode 9)

Bashir is asked to help a group of genetically enhanced people integrate into normal society, but working around their personality problems. Soon, they must analyze a proposed treaty with the Dominion and predict its outcome.

The episode was rated 7.62 from 295 votes.

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - S6E4

#12 - Behind the Lines (Season 6 - Episode 4)

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Stardate: 51149.5 Sisko is promoted, and Dax is placed in command of the Defiant. She must disable a Dominion sensor array that has been monitoring all traffic within five sectors. Meanwhile, on Deep Space Nine, now named Terok Nor, Kira must find a way of preventing the minefield from being destroyed. Odo's loyalties are questioned when he physically joins with the Founder Leader.

The episode was rated 7.67 from 303 votes.

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - S6E20

#11 - His Way (Season 6 - Episode 20)

Stardate: Unknown Odo uses Bashir's holosuite character of Vic Fontane to bring himself and Kira closer together.

The episode was rated 7.76 from 262 votes.

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - S6E18

#10 - Inquisition (Season 6 - Episode 18)

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Stardate: Unknown Bashir falls under suspicion of unknowingly supplying information to the Dominion, however, all is not as it may seem.

The episode was rated 7.77 from 298 votes.

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - S6E14

#9 - One Little Ship (Season 6 - Episode 14)

Stardate: 51474.2 Dax, O'Brien and Bashir take the runabout U.S.S. Rubicon to explore a nebula, when they shrink to a size where the runabout is four inches long. The Defiant is taken over by the Jem'Hadar, and it up to the tiny crew of the Rubicon to get it back.

The episode was rated 7.81 from 296 votes.

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - S6E10

#8 - The Magnificent Ferengi (Season 6 - Episode 10)

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Stardate: Unknown Quark enlists the help of Rom, Nog and his employees Gaila, Leck and Brunt to rescue his mother from a Dominion prison.

The episode was rated 7.81 from 286 votes.

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - S6E13

#7 - Far Beyond the Stars (Season 6 - Episode 13)

Stardate: Unknown Sisko has visions of himself and his crew as writers for a science fiction paper in 1950's Earth.

The episode was rated 7.82 from 287 votes.

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - S6E2

#6 - Rocks and Shoals (Season 6 - Episode 2)

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Stardate: 51107.2 The damaged Jem'Hadar ship captained by Sisko crashes on a planet. Dax is seriously injured, but kept alive by Dr. Bashir. A group of Jem'Hadar who also crashed on the ship finds them, and takes them to their injured Vorta leader, who has a proposition for Sisko he may not be able to refuse.

The episode was rated 7.87 from 334 votes.

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - S6E26

#5 - Tears of the Prophets (Season 6 - Episode 26)

Stardate: Unknown Sisko is ordered to launch attacks against Cardassia and the Dominion. In his absence, Dax is left in command if the station. Gul Dukat is possessed by a Pah-wraith in an attempt to destroy the Bajoran Wormhole and the Prophets. Dukat manages to destroy one of the Bajoran Orbs, and kills Jadzia in the process, although the Dax symbiont is saved. The Bajoran Wormhole implodes, the Orbs go dark, and Sisko is forced to take time out while the war continues.

The episode was rated 7.92 from 307 votes.

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - S6E5

#4 - Favor the Bold (Season 6 - Episode 5)

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Stardate: Unknown Odo struggles with his choices between his friends and the link. Sisko faces a suicide mission in order to reclaim Deep Space Nine. Rom is ordered to be executed. Ziyal is assaulted by Damar - Kira sees this altercation and nearly kills Damar over it.

The episode was rated 8.05 from 339 votes.

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - S6E1

#3 - A Time to Stand (Season 6 - Episode 1)

Stardate: Unknown Several months after Deep Space Nine was handed over to the Dominion, the Federation is losing the war. Being relieved of command of the Defiant, Sisko is placed in command of a salvaged Jem'Hadar warship they discovered several months earlier, and must destroy the main Ketracel White production facility in the Alpha Quadrant. The mission is a success but it leaves the ship without warp engines and stranded 17 years from the nearest Federation Starbase.

The episode was rated 8.09 from 367 votes.

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - S6E6

#2 - Sacrifice of Angels (Season 6 - Episode 6)

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Stardate: Unknown Captain Sisko and his taskforce engage the Dominion as Starfleet pushes to reclaim DS9. Meanwhile on the station, the Dominion tries to complete its plan for removing the mines from the wormhole, and meet internal resistance.

The episode was rated 8.30 from 353 votes.

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - S6E19

#1 - In the Pale Moonlight (Season 6 - Episode 19)

Stardate: 51721.3 Sisko and Garak lure the Romulans into the Dominion war in order to get them to join the Federation/Klingon Alliance. Without them, the Federation and Klingon Empire would eventually lose the war and fall under Dominion rule.

The episode was rated 8.40 from 356 votes.

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