Columns: No. in series | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Production code
56 | 1 | "Hostage (Part 1)" | Ted Demme | James Yoshimura | September20,1996 | 501 | 57 | 2 | "Hostage (Part 2)" | Jean De Segonzac | Julie Martin | September27,1996 | 502 | 58 | 3 | "Prison Riot" | Kenneth Fink | Tom Fontana | October18,1996 | 503 | 59 | 4 | "Bad Medicine" | Kenneth Fink | David Simon | October25,1996 | 504 | 60 | 5 | "M.E., Myself and I" | Michael Fields | Lyle Weldon & Emily Whitesell | November1,1996 | 505 | 61 | 6 | "White Lies" | Peter Weller | Anya Epstein | November8,1996 | 506 | 62 | 7 | "The Heart of a Saturday Night" | Whit Stillman | Henry Bromell | November15,1996 | 507 | 63 | 8 | "The True Test" | Alan Taylor | Noel Behn | November22,1996 | 508 | 64 | 9 | "Control" | Jean De Segonzac | Les Carter & Susan Sisko | December6,1996 | 509 | 65 | 10 | "Blood Wedding" | Kevin Hooks | Matthew Witten | December13,1996 | 510 | 66 | 11 | "The Documentary" | Barbara Kopple | Eric Overmyer | January3,1997 | 511 | 67 | 12 | "Betrayal" | Clark Johnson | Gay Walch | January10,1997 | 512 | 68 | 13 | "Have a Conscience" | Uli Edel | James Yoshimura | January17,1997 | 513 | 69 | 14 | "Diener" | Kyle Secor | Christopher Kyle | January31,1997 | 514 | 70 | 15 | "Wu's on First?" | Tim McCann | David Simon & Anya Epstein | February7,1997 | 515 | 71 | 16 | "Valentine's Day" | Clark Johnson | Tom Fontana | February14,1997 | 516 | 72 | 17 | "Kaddish" | Jean De Segonzac | Linda McGibney | February21,1997 | 517 | 73 | 18 | "Double Blind" | Uli Edel | Lee Blessing & Jeanne Blake | April11,1997 | 518 | 74 | 19 | "Deception" | Peter Medak | Debbie Sarjeant | April25,1997 | 519 | 75 | 20 | "Narcissus" | Jean De Segonzac | Yaphet Kotto | May2,1997 | 520 | 76 | 21 | "Partners and Other Strangers" | Leslie Libman & Larry Williams | Anya Epstein, Julie Martin & Darryl LeMont Wharton | May9,1997 | 521