Star Trek: Deep Space Nine / Season 2

Season 2 of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Episodes	26th
Country of production	United States
First broadcast	September 26, 1993 - June 12, 1994
German-language first broadcast	August 29 - October 3, 1994 on Sat.1
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The second season of the American television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine was first broadcast in the USA between September 1993 and June 1994, and in Germany from August to October 1994 on Sat.1 .

Episodes and first broadcast

No. ( total )	No. ( St. )	German title	Original title	First broadcast in the USA	German language first broadcast (D)	Director	script
21st	1	The homecoming (1)	The Homecoming (1)	25 Sep 1993	29 Aug 1994	Winrich Kolbe	Ira Steven Behr , idea: Jeri Taylor , Ira Steven Behr
Kira frees the Bajoran hero Li Nalas from a Cardassian labor camp. She is then released from her duties by Minister Jaro and Li Nalas takes over her position as liaison officer on DS9.
22nd	2	The circle (2)	The Circle (2)	Oct 2, 1993	Aug 30, 1994	Corey Allen	Peter Allan Fields
The political crisis on Bajor is coming to a head. "The Circle" a group of Bajoran fundamentalists are planning to take power. With the help of the power-obsessed Vedek Win, the Bajorans succeed in driving the federation from DS9. The Bajorans do not know that the Cardassians gave them the weapons for this coup.
23	3	The Siege (3)	The Siege (3)	Oct 9, 1993	Aug 31, 1994	Winrich Kolbe	Michael Piller
Although Sisko has the station evacuated, he manages to sabotage the station with a few volunteers and to hold the position. Kira and Dax manage to convince the government of the interference of the Cardassians on Bajor and to defeat the "circle" whose leader is the head of government.
24	4th	The symbiote	Invasive Procedures	Oct 16, 1993	Sep 1 1994	Les Landau	John Whelpley , Robert Hewitt Wolfe ; Idea: John Whelpley
Since the station is threatened by a plasma storm, it has been evacuated and only the command officers remain at their posts. The Trill Verad used the opportunity to force Jadzia to give him the symbiote Dax. Jadzia, however, cannot survive without the symbiote.
25th	5	The conspiracy	Cardassians	Oct 23, 1993	Sep 2 1994	Cliff Bole	James Crocker , idea: Gene Wolande , John Wright
A young Cardassian, orphaned during the war and raised by Bajorans, comes to the station and attacks Garak, the last Cardassian on the station. During his research, Bashir discovers that there are still numerous Cardassian orphans on Bajor who play a major role in political games of fraud on Cardassia.
26th	6th	The "Melora" problem	Melora	Oct. 30, 1993	5th Sep 1994	Cliff Bole	Evan Carlos Somers , Steven Baum , Michael Piller , James Crocker ; Idea: Evan Carlos Somers
Ensign Melora Pazlar comes to DS9. She comes from a planet with low gravity and can only move around the station with the help of a wheelchair.
27	7th	Profit or Partner!	Rules of Acquisition	Nov 6, 1993	6 Sep 1994	David Livingston	Ira Steven Behr , idea: Hilary J. Bader
The Great Nagus Zek, the chief Ferengi, makes Quark a partner in the Ferengi business with the Dosi, a race in the Gamma Quadrant belonging to the Dominion.
28	8th	The investigation	Necessary Evil	Nov 13, 1993	Sep 7 1994	James L. Conway	Peter Allan Fields
Flashbacks depict Odo's investigation into a murder that occurred five years earlier during the Cardassian occupation of the station and in which Kira was also involved.
29	9	Enigmatic fenna	Second sight	Nov 20, 1993	8 Sep 1994	Alexander Singer	Mark Gehred-O'Connell , Ira Steven Behr , Robert Hewitt Wolfe ; Idea: Mark Gehred-O'Connell
Sisko meets a woman on the ward, with whom he falls in love, but who keeps disappearing. When he meets Professor Seyetik's wife on board the USS Prometheus, he recognizes this woman in her. But she can't remember anything.
30th	10	Eye of the universe	Sanctuary	Nov. 27, 1993	Sep 9 1994	Les Landau	Frederick Rappaport , idea: Gabe Essoe , Kelley Miles
The Skrreea come to the station through the wormhole. It is a race that was expelled from their homeland and now believes they have found their prophesied homeland in Bajor. But the Bajorans refuse to settle the thousands of foreigners.
31	11	Rivals	Rivals	Jan. 1, 1994	Sep 12 1994	David Livingston	Joe Menosky , idea: Jim Trombetta , Michael Piller
After Martus, the soldier of fortune, came to the station, there were numerous unlikely events on DS9.
32	12	Metamorphoses	The Alternate	Jan. 8, 1994	13 Sep 1994	David Carson	Bill Dial , idea: Jim Trombetta , Bill Dial
To his disappointment, Odo receives a visit from Dr. Mora Pol, the Bajoran scientist who once practiced shape-changing with him in experiments. Pol helps with the investigation to clear up mysterious incidents, which ultimately Odo turns out to be responsible.
33	13	The harvester disaster	Armageddon Game	Jan. 29, 1994	Sep 14 1994	Winrich Kolbe	Morgan Gendel
Bashir and O'Brien are supposed to neutralize a weapon on T'Lani Prime, the Harvester. That succeeds, but the researchers are ambushed by soldiers after the end of the procedure. The two manage to escape, but O'Brien has been infected with harvesters and threatens to die. In addition, according to DS9, the T'Lani reported that O'Brien and Bashir had been killed in an accident.
34	14th	O'Brien's identity	Whispers	Feb 5, 1994	Sep 15 1994	Les Landau	Paul Robert Coyle
When Miles O'Brien returns from the paradas, whose safety he is supposed to take care of at a conference on DS9, everyone behaves very strangely towards him. O'Brien suspects a conspiracy and flies back into the Parada system.
35	15th	The paradise experiment	Paradise	Feb 12, 1994	16 Sep 1994	Corey Allen	Jeff King , Richard Manning , Hans Beimler ; Idea: Jim Trombetta , James Crocker
Sisko and O'Brien are stranded on a planet, where they encounter a community that is dedicated to the simple life without technology and is led almost dictatorially by the leader Alixus. Sisko and O'Brien quickly break the rules in their efforts to get back on their ship and are punished heavily. O'Brien quickly realizes, however, that it is not a natural phenomenon that prevents her from returning to the ship.
36	16	The illusion	Shadow play	Feb. 19, 1994	19 Sep 1994	Robert Scheerer	Robert Hewitt Wolfe
On a planet in the Gamma Quadrant, Dax and Odo discover a village whose inhabitants are gradually disappearing. They find out that the village is just a hologram, created by the village elder to replace his hometown, once destroyed by the Dominion.
37	17th	The Trill candidate	Playing God	Feb 26, 1994	Sep 20 1994	David Livingston	Jim Trombetta , Michael Piller ; Idea: Jim Trombetta
Arjin, a young Trill, comes to the station. Dax should test whether he is ready to receive a symbiote.
38	18th	Profit and loss	Profit and Loss	19 Mar 1994	21 Sep 1994	Robert Wiemer	Flip Kobler , Cindy Marcus
39	19th	The blood oath	Blood Oath	26th Mar 1994	22 Sep 1994	Winrich Kolbe	Peter Allan Fields , idea: Peter Allan Fields , Andrea Moore Alton
With the support of the three Klingons Kang, Koloss and Kor, Dax honors a blood oath that one of Dax's previous hosts had once taken. Together they defeat a Klingon albino responsible for previous murders .
40	20th	The Maquis - Part 1	The Maquis, Part I.	Apr 23, 1994	23 Sep 1994	David Livingston	James Crocker , idea: Rick Berman , Michael Piller , Jeri Taylor , James Crocker
The peace treaty between the Federation and Cardassia is endangered by terrorist acts by the Maquis. This resistance movement, partly made up of renegade federation members and supported by settlers, is directed against the Cardassian rule over federation colonies in the border strip - the so-called demilitarized zone. That's why she fights against both the Federation and Cardassia.
41	21st	The Maquis - Part 2	The Maquis, Part II	Apr 30, 1994	26 Sep 1994	Corey Allen	Ira Steven Behr , idea: Rick Berman , Michael Piller , Jeri Taylor , Ira Steven Behr
Sisko tracks down the Marquis in the Badlands, a remote region of space. He not only has to deal with the group and prevent them from attacking the Cardassians and thereby provoking a war, but also with his old friend Cal Hudson, who is a member of the Marquis.
42	22nd	The implant	The Wire	May 7, 1994	27 Sep 1994	Kim Friedman	Robert Hewitt Wolfe
It is known about the Cardassian tailor Garak that he once received a cranial implant from the Cardassian secret service, the Obsidian Command , which should make him more resistant to torture. When the implant threatens to kill Garak due to malfunction, he becomes entangled with Bashir in contradictions about his own past.
43	23	The other side	Crossover	May 14, 1994	28 Sep 1994	David Livingston	Peter Allan Fields , Michael Piller ; Idea: Peter Allan Fields
Due to technical problems, Kira and Bashir end up in the parallel universe already visited by Kirk and Spock , in which the station is run by Kira's counterpart, the sadistic director. With the help of the second O'Brien imprisoned there, they finally manage to return to their world.
44	24	The choice of the quay	The collaborator	May 21, 1994	29 Sep 1994	Cliff Bole	Gary Holland , Ira Steven Behr , Robert Hewitt Wolfe ; Idea: Gary Holland
Vedek Bareil has the best chance of being elected as the new religious head of the Bajorans. Vedek Winn, who seeks the office herself, tries to discredit Bareil at all costs and reveals that Bareil was partly responsible for the deaths of many Bajorans during the occupation. Bareil then resigns from the office and Winn is elected to the quay. However, Kira finds out that Bareil wasn't responsible at all.
45	25th	The tribunal	tribunal	4th June 1994	Sep 30 1994	Avery Brooks	Bill Dial
O'Brien is kidnapped by the Cardassians, who stage a show trial with him as the accused, in which his death sentence is already certain. The station crew's investigation reveals that the only purpose of the trial is to induce the Federation to take action against Maquis colonists in the Cardassian border area.
46	26th	The Dominion's plan	The Jem'Hadar	June 11, 1994	Oct 3, 1994	Kim Friedman	Ira Steven Behr
Sisko meets members of the Dominion in the Gamma Quadrant . The Dominion, which also includes the Jem'Hadar soldiers, regards the invasion of its territory as an act of war. It eventually even wipes out a Starfleet spaceship.

production

For the second season, the producers and scriptwriters planned to characterize the previously largely unexplored and faceless gamma quadrant in the series and to establish a power threatening the United Federation of Planets and the space station with the Dominion. However, viewers should only get to know the Dominion better in the third season. For this purpose, the Dominion was mentioned in several episodes spread over the second season, addressing its economic, military and political influence. For example, the episode Profit or Partner ( Rules of Acquisition ), in which the Dominion is mentioned for the first time, revealed that it is a power that influences the trade in goods among other peoples. The last episode of the second season, The Plan of the Dominion ( The Jem'Hadar ), finally showed representatives of the Dominion for the first time.

Filming for the season was disrupted for a few days in January 1994 by the Northridge earthquake .

Reviews

Season two is better than season one, but the series had not yet hit stride. The result is an uneven patchwork of themes and mid-course corrections, with a handful of classic Trek moments. […] Solutions are way too pat. [...] Whenever a complex astrophysical problem presents itself, the solution is always handy. [...] Sisko's character is (admittedly) not well-defined. His ponderous speeches and deadpan gaze failed to "engage" me. But his is not the only annoying character. Quark is unilaterally off-putting. Combined, these two manage to slow the momentum of most episodes. The irony is that the actors are quite good. - Rob Lineberger, DVD Verdict

“Season 2 is better than season 1, but the series hasn't found its rhythm yet. The result is an inconsistent patchwork of topics and course corrections with a handful of classic Trek moments. [...] The solutions are far too simple. [...] Whenever a complex astrophysical problem arises, the solution is always at hand. […] Sisko's figure is (of course) not well laid out. His clumsy speeches and expressionless gaze could not take hold of me. But he's not the only annoying figure. Quark is one-sided deterrent. Together, the two take the swing of most episodes. The irony is that the actors are quite good. "

Fortunately, the character of Sisko's son Jake is handled reasonably naturally, with no Wesley Crusher-style "save the station with my science project" hijinks; in the context of a space station rather than a starship, his character fits in reasonably well. - Holly E. Ordway, DVD Talk	“Fortunately, the role of Sisko's son Jake is handled reasonably naturally, with no Wesley Crusher-style 'save the station with my science project' delights; in the context of a space station, its role fits in appropriately compared to a spaceship. "

Awards

• ASC Award 1995, nominated: Best camera in a regular series, for Ep. The other side
• Golden Reel Award 1994, nominated: Best sound editing (TV episode, ADR , dialogue), for Ep. The Plan of the Dominion
• Emmy Awards 1994, nominated:
  • Best individual performance in make-up for a series, for Ep. Profit or Partner!
  • Best hairstyle for a series, for Ep. The harvester disaster
• Saturn Award 1994, nominated: Best Genre TV Series

literature

• Holly E. Ordway: Star Trek Deep Space Nine - Season 2 , in: DVD talk (2003)
• Rob Lineberger: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Season Two , in: DVD Verdict (2003)
• Dirk Schönfuß: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Season 2 , in: DVD Center (2003)
• Frank-Michael Helmke: A new beginning ... - Now also on DVD: "Star Trek - Deep Space Nine" - Second season , in: Filmszene.de (2003)
• Jeremy Conrad: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Season Two , in: IGN Entertainment (2003)

Web links

• Episode leader in the German StarTrek Index

Individual evidence

1. ↑ TV.com episode guide . TV.com . Retrieved March 31, 2013.
2. ↑ DS9: broadcast dates for the TV series on Sat.1 . Fernsehserien.de . Retrieved March 31, 2013.
3. ↑ Terry J. Erdmann, Paula M. Block: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion . Pocket Books, New York 2000, ISBN 0-671-50106-2 , pp. 73, 97
4. ↑ Terry J. Erdmann, Paula M. Block: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion . Pocket Books, New York 2000, ISBN 0-671-50106-2 , pp. 128 f.
5. ^ Lineberger 2003
6. ↑ Ordway 2003