Star Trek: Deep Space Nine / Season 3

Season 3 of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Episodes	26th
Country of production	United States
First broadcast	September 26, 1994 - June 19, 1995 on syndication
German-language first broadcast	February 15 - March 15, 1996 on Sat.1
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The third season of the American television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine was first broadcast in the USA between September 1994 and June 1995, in Germany from February to March 1996 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
47	1	The Search - Part 1	The Search, Part I.	Sep 24 1994	Feb 15, 1996	Kim Friedman	Ronald D. Moore , idea: Ira Steven Behr , Robert Hewitt Wolfe
In order to search for the founders who lead the Dominion and to convince them that the Federation is not a threat to them, Sisko is given command of the war spaceship Defiant, which is equipped with a cloaking device .
48	2	The Search - Part 2	The Search, Part II	Oct 1, 1994	Feb 16, 1996	Jonathan Frakes	Ira Steven Behr , idea: Ira Steven Behr , Robert Hewitt Wolfe
The search carried out by Sisko and his team in the gamma quadrant shows that the founders are shape shifters , also known as changelings. Odo also learns about his origins. In order to secure their safe existence and to bring order into space , the founders once began to subdue the other peoples of their part of space . A thought experiment carried out by the founders with Sisko's team shows that the federation is a threat from the founders' point of view.
49	3	The House of Quark	The House of Quark	Oct 8, 1994	Feb. 17, 1996	Les Landau	Ronald D. Moore , idea: Tom Benko
To impress his guests, Quark says he killed a Klingon who was actually drunk and plunged into his own knife in battle. Grilka, the Klingon's wife, comes to DS9 to restore her family honor and to marry Quark as the new head of the family.
50	4th	The equilibrium	Equilibrium	Oct 15, 1994	Feb 19, 1996	Cliff Bole	René Echevarria , idea: Christopher Teague
51	5	The second skin	Second skin	Oct 22, 1994	Feb. 20, 1996	Les Landau	Robert Hewitt Wolfe
Kira wakes up in the form of a Cardassian in the home of Tekeny Ghemor, who explains to her that he is her father. It turns out, however, that Kira is actually Bajoran and was kidnapped and surgically altered by the Obsidian Order, the Cardassian secret service, to discredit Tekeny Ghemor, a dissident . Thanks to the efforts of the station crew and Garaks, Kira can be saved.
52	6th	The exposed one	The abandoned	Oct 29, 1994	Feb 21, 1996	Avery Brooks	D. Thomas , Steve Warnek
A Jem'Hadar baby is discovered on DS9, which is growing at breakneck speed and, as intended by the founders, develops into a warrior. Due to the hopelessness felt by Odo in particular to transform the Jem'Hadar into something other than a killer machine, he brings him to his fellows.
53	7th	In the trap	Civil Defense	Nov 5, 1994	Feb 22, 1996	Reza Badiyi	Mike Krohn
At the station an old Cardassian computer program is activated accidentally, which still assumes the station was under Cardassian rule and it must - for example by the use of nerve gas - a straight taking place revolt Bajoran slave laborers be terminated. With the help of Garak and Dukat, however, the team ultimately succeeds in preventing the station from self-destructing and ending the program.
54	8th	meridian	meridian	Nov 12, 1994	Feb 23, 1996	Jonathan Frakes	Mark Gehred-O'Connell , idea: Hilary J. Bader , Evan Carlos Somers
The Defiant discovers a planet that only exists in a solid state for a brief period every 60 years. The residents can therefore no longer reproduce and try to prevent these dimensional changes in the future. Dax falls in love with the leader Deral while looking for a solution and therefore wants to stay on Meridian.
55	9	Defiant	Defiant	Nov 19, 1994	Feb. 24, 1996	Cliff Bole	Ronald D. Moore
Thomas Riker, a member of the Maquis, kidnaps the Defiant in order to track down a secret shipyard of the Cardassian secret service. Kira and Sisko manage to thwart Riker's plan and arrest him.
56	10	The festival	Fascination	Nov. 26, 1994	Feb. 26, 1996	Avery Brooks	Philip Lazebnik , idea: Ira Steven Behr , James Crocker
57	11	Trapped in the Past - Part 1	Past Tense, Part I.	Dec 31, 1994	Feb. 27, 1996	Reza Badiyi	Robert Hewitt Wolfe , idea: Ira Steven Behr , Robert Hewitt Wolfe
Due to a malfunction in beaming , Sisko, Dax and Bashir end up in the San Francisco of the 21st century and in the middle of an urban slum. When the leader of a slum-dwelling uprising is murdered, the timeline threatens to take a different course and thwart the return of the three to their time.
58	12	Trapped in the Past - Part 2	Past Tense, Part II	Jan. 7, 1995	Feb. 28, 1996	Jonathan Frakes	Ira Steven Behr , René Echevarria ; Idea: Ira Steven Behr , Robert Hewitt Wolfe
Sisko takes on the role of the slain leader and leads the uprising. Finally, the team can return to its time.
59	13	The spark of life	Life support	Jan. 28, 1995	Feb. 29, 1996	Reza Badiyi	Ronald D. Moore , idea: Christian Ford , Roger Soffer
Vedek Bareil succeeds in persuading the Cardassian government to sign a peace treaty with Bajor. However, since he was badly injured, he pays for success with his life.
60	14th	heart of stone	Heart of Stone	Feb. 4, 1995	1st Mar 1996	Alexander Singer	Ira Steven Behr , Robert Hewitt Wolfe
Odo and Kira get caught in a cave while chasing a Maquis pilot. There Kira's foot gets caught in a crystal, from which she can no longer free herself. As the crystal begins to grow, Kira faces death in a few hours.
61	15th	Trekor's prophecy	Destiny	Feb 11, 1995	2nd Mar 1996	Les Landau	David S. Cohen , Martin A. Winer
The prophecy of Trekor is handed down in ancient Bajoran texts. Kira now fears that three Cardassians who are trying together with the crew to enable communication through the wormhole are the three vipers mentioned in this text who will destroy the wormhole, which is revered as the Temple of the Prophets.
62	16	The motif of the prophets	Prophet motifs	Feb. 18, 1995	4th Mar 1996	René Auberjonois	Ira Steven Behr , Robert Hewitt Wolfe
The great Nagus, the leader of the Ferengi, comes to DS9 and is strangely changed. He suddenly shows himself to be charitable and publishes new “rules of acquisition” in which the Ferengie are asked to forbear the limitless pursuit of profit. Quark and Rom discover that he was recently with the wormhole beings, the prophets, and are now trying to get their old nagus back by contacting them.
63	17th	The visionary	Visionary	Feb 25, 1995	5th Mar 1996	Reza Badiyi	John Shirley , idea: Ethan H. Calk
The Romulans are at risk of attack from the Dominion. The Romulans' plan to destroy the wormhole to prevent the Dominion from entering their room can be prevented as O'Brien travels through time by accident.
64	18th	Distant voices	Distant Voices	Apr 8, 1995	6th Mar 1996	Alexander Singer	Ira Steven Behr , Robert Hewitt Wolfe ; Idea: Joe Menosky
Bashir is attacked by a Lethean and finds himself on a strangely modified ward. He must try to overpower the Lethean who keeps attacking him. But since he begins to age quickly, he doesn't have much time and his strength dwindles. In reality, however, Bashir fell into a coma after the attack and is grappling with death.
65	19th	Through the mirror	Through The Looking Glass	Apr 15, 1995	7th Mar 1996	Winrich Kolbe	Ira Steven Behr , Robert Hewitt Wolfe
Sisko is kidnapped into the mirror universe. With his help it succeeds in persuading the image of Sisko's late wife Jennifer, who still lives in the mirror universe and as a scientist who serves the Alliance, to work for the rebels.
66	20th	The mysterious Garak - part 1	Improbable Cause (1)	Apr 22, 1995	March 8 1996	Avery Brooks	René Echevarria , idea: Robert Lederman , David R. Long
After Garak's business explodes, Odo and Garak investigate a large fleet of Romulan and Cardassian ships. It turns out that it is intelligence ships from both worlds that want to attack the homeworld of the founders in order to destroy the Dominion.
67	21st	The mysterious Garak - part 2	The Die Is Cast (2)	Apr 29, 1995	9 Mar 1996	David Livingston	Ronald D. Moore
The plan of the Romulan and Cardassian secret services fails and turns out to be a trap of the Dominion with the purpose of militarily weakening Romulans and Cardassians.
68	22nd	The explorers	Explorers	May 6, 1995	11th Mar 1996	Cliff Bole	René Echevarria , idea: Hilary J. Bader
Sisko is building a primitive spaceship powered by solar sails according to very old construction plans that he found in a library on Bajor to prove that the old Bajorans, according to their legends, traveled far with such ships, for example to Cardassia. Despite some difficulties, Sisko and Jake manage to travel to where they are warmly received by Gul Dukat.
69	23	Family matters	Family business	May 13, 1995	March 12 1996	René Auberjonois	Ira Steven Behr , Robert Hewitt Wolfe
Quark's mother is suspected of making a profit. Since Ferengie women are forbidden to be economically active, Quark receives a visit from the Ferengie trade authority, who asks him to bring his mother to her senses. Quark's mother proves to be stubborn and can only be persuaded to compromise through Quark's brother Rome.
70	24	Shakaar	Shakaar	May 20, 1995	13 Mar 1996	Jonathan West	Gordon Dawson
After the sudden death of the Bajoran Prime Minister, Kai Winn also becomes head of Bajor's government. To consolidate her power, she risks a civil war . In the end, however, for fear of her behavior becoming public, she does not run for the new elections , which the farmer Shakaar ultimately wins.
71	25th	Facets	Facets	June 10, 1995	14 Mar 1996	Cliff Bole	René Echevarria
72	26th	The adversary	The Adversary	June 17, 1995	15th Mar 1996	Alexander Singer	Ira Steven Behr , Robert Hewitt Wolfe
After being promoted to captain, Sisko embarks on the Defiant to investigate a coup on the Tzenkethi homeworld. It turns out that their employer, Admiral Krajensky, is a shapeshifter who sent the Defiant on this mission to provoke a war. However, Sisko and his team can prevent that at the last minute.

production

One of the scriptwriters' goals for season three was to create an atmosphere of paranoia among the station crew and the Federation. The fact that the founders belonging to the Dominion are able to transform themselves into flawless replicas of human bodies and thus also replace members of the Federation creates a completely new threat to the Federation. From this danger, the viewer first learned in the episode Heart of Stone ( Heart of Stone , Season 3).

The authors intended to take up this threat again in the last episode of the third season, in the form of a cliffhanger , which would be resolved in the first episode of the fourth season. Paramount decided against a cliffhanger, which is why the authors had to quickly prepare a new script for a stand-alone episode, in which they nevertheless integrated the intended threat atmosphere. The originally planned, cross-season double episode in which the founders or shape shifters infiltrate the population of the earth has now been completely postponed to the beginning of the fourth season.

Reviews

The 26 episodes in Season 3 are of an impressively high quality overall, with very little unevenness. One major factor in this is that many of the episodes contribute to the overall story arc in some way, but even the more basic "stand-alone" episodes are solid. - Holly E. Ordway: DVD Talk	“The 26 episodes of the third season are of an overall impressively high quality, with very few bumps. The main thing is that many of the episodes contribute to the overall story arc in some way, but the rather simple, stand-alone episodes are also solid. "

“ The representation of the characters is always more convincing. The acting looks routine and convincing, but often a bit more polished than in previous seasons. For example, the confrontations between Odo and Quark or Quark and Kira, although present, are no longer so sharp-tongued. […] The third season of DS9 is once again 'round' through and through, ie it offers a bit of everything - exciting stories, new developments and an overarching, ongoing story. Unfortunately, there are also some really mediocre episodes that are not entirely boring only because the overarching story continues in them. "

- Dirk Schönfuß : DVD Center

Having a constant oppositional force […] as a constant pressure upon the show turned out to be a wonderful idea, and many would agree that Deep Space Nine finally came into its own and stepped out as a fully functional entity within the Trek canon; the show was no longer timid and clumsy from being Roddenberry-less, it became more gutsy and daring than its predecessor, […] and of course, a lot less like Babylon 5. […] The acting […] has solidified into a veritable well-oiled machine, where each cast member seems at ease with one another, and the small, complex nuances of interactions begin to flourish. Avery Brooks's over-the-top dramatic delivery starts to make sense as Sisko spends a lot of time being very stressed out. […] Rather than being forced, out of necessity, to take the Trek universe in daring new directions or innovate the formula into new territory, by giving the cast a fancy starship […] it changes the focus of the show slightly, and retreats to Next Generation-esque formulaic situations. - Adam Arseneau: DVD verdict

“Having a permanent opposing force as a permanent pressure on the series turned out to be a wonderful idea, and many would agree that Deep Space Nine eventually evolved into something of its own and emerged as a fully functioning entity within the Trek canon; the series was no longer shy and clumsy without Gene Roddenberry , it became bolder and more daring than its predecessor, and of course, is far less like Babylon 5 . The drama has solidified into a veritable, well-oiled machine in which the cast members are relaxed about each other, and the small, complex nuances of interaction begin to flourish. Avery Brooks' exaggerated dramatic performance starts to make sense as Sisko spends a lot of time under tension. Rather than being forced out of necessity to lead the Trek universe in bold directions or to expand the formula into new territory by giving the cast a fancy spaceship, the focus of the series has been changed a bit and into formulaic situations , similar to the next generation . "

“In retrospect, however, the deliberately slow and deliberate further development of the storyline around the Dominion turns out to be an extremely wise decision: The story developers realized early on that they had something in their hands that would shape the series to its end, and one Such a large approach should be treated with care and played with relish. "

- Frank-Michael Helmke : Filmszene.de

Awards

• Golden Reel Awards 1995, nominated: Best Sound Editing ( ADR ), for Ep. The Visionary
• Emmy Awards 1995
  • Best individual achievement in make-up for a series, for Ep. Distant voices
  • nominated: Best individual achievement in hairstyle for a series, for Ep. The mysterious Garak - Part 1
  • Nominated: Best Individual Achievement in Visual Special Effects, for Ep. The Plan of the Dominion
• ASCAP Awards 1996: Best TV Series
• NAACP Image Award 1996 , nominated: Best Actor in a Drama Series, for Avery Brooks
• Young Artist Award 1996, nominated:
  • Best Performance by a Young Actor - Drama TV Series, Cirroc Lofton
  • Best Performance by a Young Actor - Guest TV Series Role, Richard Jackson

literature

• Jeremy Conrad: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Season Three , in: IGN Entertainment (2003)
• Holly E. Ordway: Star Trek Deep Space Nine - Season 3 , in: DVD talk (2003)
• Adam Arseneau: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Season Three , in: DVD verdict (2003)
• Dirk Schönfuß: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Season 3 , in: DVD Center (2003)
• Frank-Michael Helmke: A new beginning ... - Now also on DVD: "Star Trek - Deep Space Nine" - Third season , in: Filmszene.de (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. ↑ ^{a b} Terry J. Erdmann, Paula M. Block: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion . Pocket Books, New York 2000, ISBN 0-671-50106-2 , pp. 250, 253
4. ^ Ordway 2003
5. ↑ Schönfuß 2003
6. ↑ Arseneau 2003
7. ↑ Helmke 2003