List of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episodes
Season 2 (1993–94)

List of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episodes

Section Title: Season 2 (1993–94)
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No. overall	No. in season	Title	Stardate	Directed by	Written by	Featured character(s)	Original air date	Prod. code

21	1	"The Homecoming"	47101.2	Winrich Kolbe	Story by : Jeri Taylor and Ira Steven Behr Teleplay by : Ira Steven Behr	Sisko, Kira	September 26, 1993	40510-421

Quark gives Kira a Bajoran earring he claims was sent as a message from a Cardassian mining planet.

22	2	"The Circle"	47125.7	Corey Allen	Peter Allan Fields	Sisko, Kira	October 3, 1993	40510-422

The Circle attempts to topple the Bajoran government, but there is more to the situation than meets the eye.

23	3	"The Siege"	47143.9	Winrich Kolbe	Michael Piller	Sisko, Kira	October 10, 1993	40510-423

Sisko and Li Nalas help stop Deep Space Nine from being commandeered by the Bajorans, while Kira and Dax try to put an end to the Circle by presenting evidence that Minister Jaro is being backed by the Cardassians.

24	4	"Invasive Procedures"	47182.1	Les Landau	Story by : John Whelpley Teleplay by : John Whelpley and Robert Hewitt Wolfe	Dax	October 17, 1993	40510-424

A plasma storm leads to the evacuation of most of the station, but a Trill refugee has his own plans.

25	5	"Cardassians"	47177.2	Cliff Bole	Story by : Gene Wolande & John Wright Teleplay by : James Crocker	Garak, Bashir	October 24, 1993	40510-425

Garak investigates the identity of a Cardassian boy, Rugal, abandoned on Bajor, who has been raised by a Bajoran.

26	6	"Melora"	47229.1	Winrich Kolbe	Story by : Evan Carlos Somers Teleplay by : Evan Carlos Somers and Steven Baum and Michael Piller & James Crocker	Bashir	October 31, 1993	40510-426

Bashir tries to help Ensign Melora Pazlar, the first Elaysian to join Starfleet, adjust to "normal" gravity.

27	7	"Rules of Acquisition"	47261.7	David Livingston	Story by : Hilary J. Bader Teleplay by : Ira Steven Behr	Quark	November 7, 1993	40510-427

Quark represents Grand Nagus Zek in a plot to establish a Ferengi business presence in the Gamma Quadrant. Pel, a young Ferengi, teams up with Quark and they learn that to do business in the Gamma Quadrant they must contact the Keremma, a member race of the Dominion.

28	8	"Necessary Evil"	47282.5	James L. Conway	Peter Allan Fields	Odo, Kira	November 14, 1993	40510-428

When Quark is shot, Odo re-opens a five-year-old murder case of Mr. Vaatrik who was a Cardassian collaborator.

29	9	"Second Sight"	47329.4	Alexander Singer	Story by : Mark Gehred-O'Connell Teleplay by : Mark Gehred-O'Connell & Ira Steven Behr and Robert Hewitt Wolfe	Sisko	November 21, 1993	40510-429

A mysterious woman, Fenna, catches Sisko's eye during their fleeting meetings.

30	10	"Sanctuary"	47391.2	Les Landau	Story by : Gabe Essoe & Kelley Miles Teleplay by : Frederick Rappaport	Kira	November 28, 1993	40510-430

The Skrreea, displaced humanoid farmers from the Gamma Quadrant, claim Bajor as Kentanna, their legendary homeland. Second mention of "The Dominion"

31	11	"Rivals"	47349.2	David Livingston	Story by : Jim Trombetta & Michael Piller Teleplay by : Joe Menosky	Quark	January 2, 1994	40510-431

Quark feels threatened when a charming swindler, Martus Mazur, opens a competing bar (Club Martus).

32	12	"The Alternate"	47352.1	David Carson	Story by : Jim Trombetta and Bill Dial Teleplay by : Bill Dial	Odo	January 9, 1994	40510-432

A scientist, Dr. Mora Pol of the Bajoran Science Institute, finds a life-form in the Gamma Quadrant that may be related to Odo.

33	13	"Armageddon Game"	47444.8	Winrich Kolbe	Morgan Gendel	Bashir, O'Brien	January 30, 1994	40510-433

O'Brien and Bashir help two warring races, the Kellerans and T'lani, erase all knowledge of a deadly biological weapon, but are not trusted to keep what they have learned a secret.

34	14	"Whispers"	47581.2	Les Landau	Paul Robert Coyle	O'Brien	February 6, 1994	40510-434

While preparing the station for upcoming peace talks, O'Brien discovers that the crew have been hiding information from him and giving orders behind his back.

35	15	"Paradise"	47573.1	Corey Allen	Story by : Jim Trombetta and James Crocker Teleplay by : Jeff King and Richard Manning & Hans Beimler	Sisko	February 13, 1994	40510-435

Commander Sisko and Chief O'Brien are stranded on a planet, Aurelius, where their leader, Alixus, rejects technology, even when it means the death of others.

36	16	"Shadowplay"	47603.3	Robert Scheerer	Robert Hewitt Wolfe	Odo, Kira, Jake Sisko	February 20, 1994	40510-436

Odo and Dax investigate why a village's residents are disappearing.

37	17	"Playing God"	47678.3	David Livingston	Story by : Jim Trombetta Teleplay by : Jim Trombetta and Michael Piller	Dax	February 27, 1994	40510-437

A proto-universe threatens to destroy the station and Bajor. Dax has a field docent (a Trill candidate initiate), named Arjin, whom she helps find his voice — to discover what he wants from life and from joining.

38	18	"Profit and Loss"	47701.5	Robert Wiemer	Flip Kobler and Cindy Marcus	Quark, Garak	March 20, 1994	40510-438

Quark is reunited with his former Cardassian lover, Natima Lang, but she is engaged in dangerous political intrigue with her students Rekela and Hogue: they want to reduce the political power of the Cardassian military.

39	19	"Blood Oath"	47789.8	Winrich Kolbe	Based on material by : Andrea Moore Alton Television Story and Teleplay by : Peter Allan Fields	Dax	March 27, 1994	40510-439

Jadzia Dax honors an oath made by Curzon Dax to three Klingons (Kor, Koloth, and Kang), and goes with them on a crusade against their sworn enemy "the Albino" who murdered their firstborn children as revenge for stopping his raid on a Klingon colony.

40	20	"The Maquis, Part I"	47802.3	David Livingston	Story by : Rick Berman and Michael Piller & Jeri Taylor and James Crocker Teleplay by : James Crocker	Sisko	April 24, 1994	40510-440

Federation colonists reject a treaty with Cardassia and take matters into their own hands, forming a terrorist group called 'The Maquis'.

41	21	"The Maquis, Part II"	47805.1	Corey Allen	Story by : Rick Berman and Michael Piller & Jeri Taylor and Ira Steven Behr Teleplay by : Ira Steven Behr	Sisko	May 1, 1994	40510-441

Federation colonists reject a treaty with Cardassia and take matters into their own hands by planning to destroy a weapons depot at the Cardassian Bryma colony.

42	22	"The Wire"	47849.8	Kim Friedman	Robert Hewitt Wolfe	Bashir, Garak	May 8, 1994	40510-442

In order to save Garak's life, Bashir must unravel some of the secrets in the Cardassian's past.

43	23	"Crossover"	47879.2	David Livingston	Story by : Peter Allan Fields Teleplay by : Peter Allan Fields and Michael Piller	Kira, Bashir	May 15, 1994	40510-443

Kira and Bashir accidentally cross into the Mirror Universe, where a Klingon-Cardassian alliance rules. A century before, James T.

44	24	"The Collaborator"	47921.5	Cliff Bole	Story by : Gary Holland Teleplay by : Gary Holland & Ira Steven Behr and Robert Hewitt Wolfe	Kira	May 22, 1994	40510-444

A Bajoran secretary named Kubus, who aided the Cardassian occupation forces wants to return home from exile. Vedek Winn engages in a power play to become Kai against Vedek Bareil.

45	25	"Tribunal"	47944.2	Avery Brooks	Bill Dial	O'Brien	June 5, 1994	40510-445

O'Brien is declared guilty of an unspecified crime and later "tried" at a tribunal held on Cardassia Prime.

46	26	"The Jem'Hadar"	47987.5	Kim Friedman	Ira Steven Behr	Sisko, Quark, Jake Sisko	June 12, 1994	40510-446

Sisko, Jake, Nog, and Quark go camping on a Gamma Quadrant world, but are captured by mysterious soldiers called the Jem'Hadar and meet a force, the Dominion, to rival the Federation.

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"Melora" is the 26th episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, the sixth episode of the second season.
"Melora" is the 26th episode of the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, the sixth episode of the second season.
"Melora" is the 26th episode of the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and the sixth episode of the second season.

final_sentence: "Melora" is the 26th episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, the sixth episode of the second season.
final_sentence: "Melora" is the 26th episode of the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, the sixth episode of the second season.
final_sentence: "Melora" is the 26th episode of the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and the sixth episode of the second season.