List of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episodes
Season 1 (1993)

List of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episodes

Section Title: Season 1 (1993)
Table Section Text: None

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Stardate	Directed by	Written by	Featured character(s)	Original air date	Prod. code

12	12	"Emissary"	46379.1	David Carson	Story by : Rick Berman and Michael Piller Teleplay by : Michael Piller	Sisko	January 3, 1993	40510-721 (401-402)

A new crew is assigned to a former Cardassian space station: Deep Space Nine. It is a joint Federation/Bajoran force, with Commander Sisko in charge, but his life is dramatically changed when he is declared the Emissary to the Prophets by a Bajoran priest.

3	3	"Past Prologue"	46397.3	Winrich Kolbe	Katharyn Powers	Kira, Garak	January 10, 1993	40510-404

A Bajoran terrorist with ties to Kira arrives on Deep Space Nine and is pursued by the Cardassians. Garak is introduced.

4	4	"A Man Alone"	46421.5	Paul Lynch	Story by : Gerald Sanford & Michael Piller Teleplay by : Michael Piller	Odo	January 17, 1993	40510-403

Odo is accused of the murder of a Bajoran murderer.

5	5	"Babel"	46423.7	Paul Lynch	Story by : Sally Caves & Ira Steven Behr Teleplay by : Michael McGreevey & Naren Shankar	Various	January 24, 1993	40510-405

A mysterious virus plagues the station, causing speech distortions and eventually death.

6	6	"Captive Pursuit"	46477.5	Corey Allen	Story by : Jill Sherman Donner Teleplay by : Jill Sherman Donner and Michael Piller	O'Brien	January 31, 1993	40510-406

O'Brien befriends an alien from the Gamma Quadrant who is being hunted.

7	7	"Q-Less"	46531.2	Paul Lynch	Story by : Hannah Louise Shearer Teleplay by : Robert Hewitt Wolfe	Q, Vash	February 7, 1993	40510-407

Q and Vash arrive on Deep Space Nine. However, Vash has realized the annoyance of Q and wants him to leave her alone.

8	8	"Dax"	46910.1	David Carson	Story by : Peter Allan Fields Teleplay by : D. C. Fontana and Peter Allan Fields	Dax	February 14, 1993	40510-408

Jadzia Dax is accused of a murder committed by her symbiont in another lifetime.

9	9	"The Passenger"	46570.8	Paul Lynch	Story by : Morgan Gendel Teleplay by : Morgan Gendel & Robert Hewitt Wolfe and Michael Piller	Bashir	February 21, 1993	40510-409

A sinister criminal is hiding in the mind of someone on Deep Space Nine, but Bashir struggles to understand how it works.

10	10	"Move Along Home"	46612.4	David Carson	Story by : Michael Piller Teleplay by : Frederick Rappaport and Lisa Rich & Jeanne Carrigan-Fauci	Various	March 14, 1993	40510-410

Quark is forced to play a game by the Wadi, a newly encountered species, and the lives of the crew depend on the outcome.

11	11	"The Nagus"	46657.0	David Livingston	Story by : David Livingston Teleplay by : Ira Steven Behr	Quark	March 21, 1993	40510-411

Quark is named as the head of the Ferengi Alliance by Grand Nagus Zek, but he is now surrounded by enemies.

12	12	"Vortex"	46689.6	Winrich Kolbe	Sam Rolfe	Odo	April 18, 1993	40510-412

Odo discovers he might not be the only one of his kind when a visitor from the Gamma Quadrant claims he can contact Odo's people.

13	13	"Battle Lines"	46715.2	Paul Lynch	Story by : Hilary J. Bader Teleplay by : Richard Danus and Evan Carlos Somers	Sisko, Kira	April 25, 1993	40510-413

The spiritual leader of Bajor, Kai Opaka, travels with Sisko on a trip to the Gamma Quadrant but is stranded with him on a world where the dead are resurrected.

14	14	"The Storyteller"	46729.1	David Livingston	Story by : Kurt Michael Bensmiller Teleplay by : Kurt Michael Bensmiller and Ira Steven Behr	O'Brien, Jake Sisko	May 2, 1993	40510-414

O'Brien is recruited to save a Bajoran village from destruction by a mysterious cloud creature.

15	15	"Progress"	46844.3	Les Landau	Peter Allan Fields	Kira	May 9, 1993	40510-415

Kira has to deal with a stubborn farmer (Brian Keith) who refuses to leave his home even though it is slated for demolition.

16	16	"If Wishes Were Horses"	46853.2	Robert Legato	Story by : Nell McCue Crawford & William L. Crawford Teleplay by : Nell McCue Crawford & William L.	Various	May 16, 1993	40510-416

Deep Space Nine is put in jeopardy when the crew's thoughts manifest themselves, and such figures as Rumpelstiltskin appear.

17	17	"The Forsaken"	46925.1	Les Landau	Story by : Jim Trombetta Teleplay by : Don Carlos Dunaway and Michael Piller	Odo	May 23, 1993	40510-417

The Federation ambassador from Betazed, Lwaxana Troi, visits the station, and develops an affection for Odo.

18	18	"Dramatis Personae"	46922.3	Cliff Bole	Joe Menosky	Various	May 30, 1993	40510-418

A Klingon ship comes through the wormhole and explodes. A mutiny is considered.

19	19	"Duet"	46933.4	James L. Conway	Story by : Lisa Rich & Jeanne Carrigan-Fauci Teleplay by : Peter Allan Fields	Kira	June 13, 1993	40510-419

A visiting Cardassian, Marritza, may in fact be the notorious war criminal Gul Darhe'el, butcher of Gallitep Labor camp, and Kira is determined to bring him down.

20	20	"In the Hands of the Prophets"	46951.7	David Livingston	Robert Hewitt Wolfe	Sisko, Kira	June 20, 1993	40510-420

Friction escalates when Vedek Winn arrives on Deep Space Nine and discovers schoolteacher Keiko O'Brien is teaching about aliens in the Bajoran wormhole.

Sentence(s)

"If Wishes Were Horses" is the 16th episode of the first season of the television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.

final_sentence: "If Wishes Were Horses" is the 16th episode of the first season of the television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.