List of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episodes
Season 3 (1994–95)

List of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episodes

Section Title: Season 3 (1994–95)
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No. overall	No. in season	Title	Stardate	Directed by	Written by	Featured character(s)	Original air date	Prod. code

47	1	"The Search, Part I"	48213.1	Kim Friedman	Story by : Ira Steven Behr and Robert Hewitt Wolfe Teleplay by : Ronald D. Moore	Various	September 26, 1994	40510-447

Sisko takes the new USS Defiant into the Gamma Quadrant to find the mysterious leaders of the Dominion and avert a war, while Odo is drawn by instinct towards his home planet in the Omarion Nebula.

48	2	"The Search, Part II"	48213.1	Jonathan Frakes	Story by : Ira Steven Behr and Robert Hewitt Wolfe Teleplay by : Ira Steven Behr	Various	October 3, 1994	40510-448

Odo begins to connect with his fellow Changelings as Sisko attempts to negotiate peace with the Dominion.

49	3	"The House of Quark"	48224.2	Les Landau	Story by : Tom Benko Teleplay by : Ronald D. Moore	Quark	October 10, 1994	40510-449

Quark brags falsely about killing a Klingon, Kozak, and is then forced to marry the widow, Grilka, founding his own 'House of Quark'.

50	4	"Equilibrium"	48231.7	Cliff Bole	Story by : Christopher Teague Teleplay by : René Echevarria	Dax	October 17, 1994	40510-450

A secret from Dax's past could mean the end of the current host's life.

51	5	"Second Skin"	48244.5	Les Landau	Robert Hewitt Wolfe	Kira	October 24, 1994	40510-451

Kira is kidnapped by Cardassians, surgically altered to look Cardassian and told she is actually an undercover Cardassian agent.

52	6	"The Abandoned"	48301.1	Avery Brooks	D. Thomas Maio and Steve Warnek	Odo	October 31, 1994	40510-452

Quark purchases a salvaged ship from the Gamma Quadrant and discovers an infant on board. Sisko invites Mardah, the dabo woman Jake is interested in, to dinner.

53	7	"Civil Defense"	48388.8	Reza Badiyi	Mike Krohn	Various	November 7, 1994	40510-453

Deep Space Nine is progressively locked down after O'Brien, Jake and Sisko accidentally activate an automated Cardassian security program. The program's counter-insurgency measures keep escalating until it initiates an auto-destruct.

54	8	"Meridian"	48423.2	Jonathan Frakes	Story by : Hilary J. Bader and Evan Carlos Somers Teleplay by : Mark Gehred-O'Connell	Dax	November 14, 1994	40510-454

Dax falls in love with Deral who will soon disappear because he is a member of Meridian, a planet that phases between dimensions every 60 years.

55	9	"Defiant"	48467.3	Cliff Bole	Ronald D. Moore	Sisko, Kira	November 21, 1994	40510-455

Commander William Riker shows up unannounced and Kira shows him the Defiant, where he reveals his true motives for coming to Deep Space Nine.

56	10	"Fascination"	48441.6	Avery Brooks	Story by : Ira Steven Behr and James Crocker Teleplay by : Philip LaZebnik	Various	November 28, 1994	40510-456

Lwaxana Troi pursues Odo during the Bajoran Gratitude Festival as members of the crew suddenly become infatuated with one another.

57	11	"Past Tense, Part I"	48481.2	Reza Badiyi	Story by : Ira Steven Behr and Robert Hewitt Wolfe Teleplay by : Robert Hewitt Wolfe	Sisko, Bashir	January 2, 1995	40510-457

A transporter accident sends Sisko, Bashir, and Dax three centuries into Earth's dark past to a time just before the Bell riots, a violent civil disturbance in opposition to Sanctuaries which are controlled ghettos for the dispossessed.

58	12	"Past Tense, Part II"	48481.2	Jonathan Frakes	Story by : Ira Steven Behr and Robert Hewitt Wolfe Teleplay by : Ira Steven Behr and René Echevarria	Sisko, Bashir	January 9, 1995	40510-458

Sisko assumes the role of a pivotal historical figure, Gabriel Bell, in order to restore the timeline.

59	13	"Life Support"	48498.4	Reza Badiyi	Story by : Christian Ford and Roger Soffer Teleplay by : Ronald D. Moore	Kira, Bashir	January 31, 1995	40510-459

Bashir's ethics are put to the test as he keeps Vedek Bareil alive long enough to help Kai Winn complete negotiations for a peace treaty with Cardassia.

60	14	"Heart of Stone"	48521.5	Alexander Singer	Ira Steven Behr and Robert Hewitt Wolfe	Odo, Kira, Nog	February 6, 1995	40510-460

When Kira's life is put in jeopardy, Odo expresses the depth of his feelings for her. Meanwhile, back on the station, Nog requests a letter of recommendation to Starfleet.

61	15	"Destiny"	48543.2	Les Landau	David S. Cohen and Martin A. Winer	Sisko	February 13, 1995	40510-461

Despite Trakor's Bajoran prophecy of destruction, Sisko assists in a joint scientific venture with the Cardassians to open communications through the Bajoran wormhole.

62	16	"Prophet Motive"	48555.5	René Auberjonois	Ira Steven Behr and Robert Hewitt Wolfe	Quark	February 20, 1995	40510-462

Quark discovers that Grand Nagus Zek has written a new virtuous and benevolent set of the Rules of Acquisition, which would put an end to traditional Ferengi ways.

63	17	"Visionary"	48576.7	Reza Badiyi	Story by : Ethan H. Calk Teleplay by : John Shirley	O'Brien	February 27, 1995	40510-463

Exposure to radiation causes O'Brien to jump five hours into the future for brief periods, as Deep Space Nine hosts Romulan and Klingon delegations.

64	18	"Distant Voices"	48592.2	Alexander Singer	Story by : Joe Menosky Teleplay by : Ira Steven Behr & Robert Hewitt Wolfe	Bashir	April 10, 1995	40510-464

Approaching his 30th birthday, Julian Bashir is subjected to a telepathic attack by an alien seeking a restricted substance. He wakes up to find the station almost deserted and that he is aging rapidly.

65	19	"Through the Looking Glass"	48601.1	Winrich Kolbe	Ira Steven Behr and Robert Hewitt Wolfe	Sisko	April 17, 1995	40510-466

Sisko is convinced by "Smiley" O'Brien from the Mirror Universe to assume the role of the dead Captain Sisko.

66	20	"Improbable Cause (Part 1 of 2)"	48620.3	Avery Brooks	Story by : Robert Lederman & David R. Long Teleplay by : René Echevarria	Odo, Garak	April 24, 1995	40510-465

Garak's tailor shop is bombed, forcing Odo to investigate who is trying to kill the Cardassian exile – and why.

67	21	"The Die is Cast (Part 2 of 2)"	48622.5	David Livingston	Ronald D. Moore	Odo, Garak	May 1, 1995	40510-467

Garak reluctantly tortures Odo for information to prove his loyalty to his former mentor, Enabran Tain, as a joint Tal Shiar/Obsidian Order attack on the Founders in the Omarian Nebula is underway, without Starfleet's involvement.

68	22	"Explorers"	48699.9	Cliff Bole	Story by : Hilary J. Bader Teleplay by : René Echevarria	Sisko, Jake Sisko, Bashir	May 8, 1995	40510-468

Sisko builds a replica of an ancient Bajoran space vessel and with Jake attempts to prove that the Bajorans developed interstellar travel before Cardassians.

69	23	"Family Business"	48731.2	René Auberjonois	Ira Steven Behr and Robert Hewitt Wolfe	Quark	May 15, 1995	40510-469

Quark returns to his home planet to confront his mother after hearing from the Ferengi Commerce Authority that she broke the law by earning profit.

70	24	"Shakaar"	48764.8	Jonathan West	Gordon Dawson	Kira	May 22, 1995	40510-470

Kai Winn needs Kira to convince the former resistance leader Shakaar, now a farmer on Bajor, to return soil reclamators needed elsewhere in Rakantha, which used to be Bajor's most productive agricultural region.

71	25	"Facets"	48959.1	Cliff Bole	René Echevarria	Dax	June 12, 1995	40510-471

Jadzia Dax deals with feelings of inferiority as she encounters past hosts in a Trill Zhian'tara ceremony which is able to transfer the memories of former hosts into another recipient.

72	26	"The Adversary"	48962.5	Alexander Singer	Ira Steven Behr and Robert Hewitt Wolfe	Various	June 19, 1995	40510-472

Ambassador Krajensky informs newly promoted Captain Sisko that there has been a coup on Tzenketh. A Changeling hides on board the Defiant and sabotages the ship.

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"Explorers" is the 68th episode of the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, the 22nd episode of the third season.

final_sentence: "Explorers" is the 68th episode of the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, the 22nd episode of the third season.