Star Trek: Deep Space Nine / Season 5

Season 5 of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Episodes	26th
Country of production	United States
First broadcast	September 30, 1996 - June 16, 1997
German-language first broadcast	December 6, 1997 - March 25, 1998 on Sat.1
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The fifth season of the American television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine was first broadcast in the USA between September 1996 and June 1997, and in Germany from February to March 1998 on Sat.1 . Sat.1 already broadcast the episode "Always the burden of the Tribbles" in December 1997.

Episodes and first broadcast

No. ( total )	No. ( St. )	German title	Original title	First broadcast in the USA	German language first broadcast (D)	Director	script
99	1	The apocalypse looms	Apocalypse Rising	28 Sep 1996	Feb 19, 1998	James L. Conway	Ira Steven Behr , Robert Hewitt Wolfe
With the intention of exposing Chancellor Gowron to the Klingon government as a shapeshifter, Worf and Sisko, O'Brien and Odo, who have been surgically transformed into Klingons , travel to the Klingon home planet, where, to everyone's surprise, not Gowron but his aide Unmask General Martok as a shapeshifter.
100	2	The ship	The Ship	Oct 5, 1996	Feb 20, 1998	Kim Friedman	Hans Beimler , idea: Pam Wigginton , Rick Cason
On a planet in the Gamma Quadrant, Sisko and his crew find a crashed Jem'Hadar spaceship. When another ship approaches, Sisko and his crew have to hide in the wreck. They find out that the Jem'Hadar cannot board the ship because a founder is hiding on the ship and are trying to get back to DS9.
101	3	Dangerous romances	Looking For Par'mach In All The Wrong Places	Oct 12, 1996	Feb 23, 1998	Andrew J. Robinson	Ronald D. Moore
Quark receives a visit from his Klingon ex-wife Grilka and tries to conquer Grilka's heart with the help of Worf and Dax.
102	4th	The battle for Ajilon Prime	Nor The Battle To The Strong	Oct 19, 1996	Feb. 24, 1998	Kim Friedman	René Echevarria , idea: Brice R. Parker
The Klingons continue their attacks on the Federation. Jake Sisko finds out firsthand when he and Bashir are called by an emergency call to a Federation colony that is being attacked by Klingons. As a medic, Jake experiences the horrors of war.
103	5	The blackmail	The assignment	Oct 26, 1996	Feb 25, 1998	Allan Kroeker	David Weddle , Bradley Thompson ; Idea: David R. Long , Robert Lederman
A so-called pah-ghost succeeds in seizing the body of O'Brien's wife Keiko. According to a Bajoran legend, the Pah spirits were once wormhole inhabitants themselves, but were expelled from the wormhole by the prophets and have since strived to take their former place again. With Keiko's help, they are now trying to put their goal into practice, but they can be prevented from doing so.
104	6th	Always the burden of the tribbles	Trials and Tribble-ations	Nov 2, 1996	Dec 6, 1997	Jonathan West	Ronald D. Moore , René Echevarria ; Idea: Ira Steven Behr , Hans Beimler , Robert Hewitt Wolfe
A rotating body takes the Defiant back to Captain Kirk's time . She encounters the USS Enterprise NCC-1701 orbiting the K7 space station. Sisko and his crew discover that the person they took on board on Cardassia is actually a Klingon spy who is seeking revenge on Captain Kirk and thereby endangering the timeline . The Defiant's crew succeeds in preventing the murder and returning to their own time.
105	7th	The trip to Risa	Let He Who Is Without Sin ...	Nov 9, 1996	Feb. 27, 1998	René Auberjonois	Robert Hewitt Wolfe , Ira Steven Behr
During their vacation on the holiday planet Risa, Worf and Dax recognize their initially different views on how to lead a relationship, which is why Worf turns away from Jadzia and temporarily joins a group of political fundamentalists .
106	8th	The blame	Things Past	Nov 16, 1996	2nd Mar 1998	LeVar Burton	Michael Taylor
Sisko, Odo, Dax and Garak find themselves in the past after a shuttle accident. DS9 is still called Terok Nor and is still occupied by Cardassians. There they are mistaken for Bajoran terrorists who face the death penalty. Odo, who was already responsible for security at the time, seems to have been involved in the events and is trying to correct a mistake made at the time.
107	9	The climb	The Ascent	Nov 23, 1996	3rd Mar 1998	Allan Kroeker	Ira Steven Behr , Robert Hewitt Wolfe
When a bomb explodes aboard their shuttle, Odo and Quark are stranded on an inhospitable planet. They are forced to gather to inform the station of their whereabouts and to be rescued.
108	10	Holy visions	Rapture	Dec 28, 1996	4th Mar 1998	Jonathan West	Hans Beimler , idea: LJ Strom
When Sisko has visions in which he sees a threat to the existence of Bajor, the Bajoran government, at Sisko's insistence, postpones the accession of its people to the federation, which it had already approved.
109	11	Darkness and light	The Darkness And The Light	Jan. 4, 1997	5th Mar 1998	Mike Vejar	Ronald D. Moore , idea: Bryan Fuller
After members of Kira's former resistance cell are murdered one after the other , she and Odo investigate the possible perpetrators and, when she finds the murderer, ends up in mortal danger herself.
110	12	The baby	The Begotten	Jan. 25, 1997	6th Mar 1998	Jesús Salvador Treviño	René Echevarria
After a changeling baby is found on the ward, Odo regains his ability to change shape. Kira gives birth to the O'Briens' baby healthy.
111	13	For the uniform	For the uniform	Feb. 1, 1997	9 Mar 1998	Victor Lobl	Peter Allan Fields
The Maquis leader and former station officer Eddington plans to use biogenetic weapons against Cardassian colonies in the demilitarized zone. Sisko, driven by revenge, tries by all means to bring down the former Starfleet officer and does not shy away from poisoning an entire planet.
112	14th	The shadows of hell (1)	In Purgatory's Shadow (1)	Feb 8, 1997	10 Mar 1998	Gabrielle Beaumont	Robert Hewitt Wolfe , Ira Steven Behr
Worf and Garak fly into the Gamma Quadrant after receiving an emergency call from Enabran Tain, the former head of the Cardassian secret service, who was believed to be dead. The two are captured by the Jem'Hadar and meet there with Dr. Bashir, who was kidnapped weeks ago. You also meet the seriously ill Enabran Tain.
113	15th	In the light of the inferno (2)	By Inferno's Light (2)	Feb 15, 1997	11th Mar 1998	Les Landau	Ira Steven Behr , Robert Hewitt Wolfe
A fleet of Jem'Hadar spaceships enter the Alpha Quadrant through the wormhole and fly to Cardassia. At the same time, Cardassian Gul Dukat, former commander of DS9, reveals that Cardassia has joined the Dominion in order to restore his empire to its former strength, weakened by attacks by the Klingons and the Maquis. He himself is the new ruler of Cardassia and now expects the Federation to join the Dominion; However, Sisko refuses. Since the Klingon Empire also sees itself threatened by the alliance between Cardassia and the Dominion, it not only restores the peace treaty with the federation, but also becomes its ally . Meanwhile, Dr. Bashir, Worf, Garak, and General Martok to escape Jem'Hadar prison. Meanwhile, a changeling tries on DS9, who has been calling himself Dr. Bashir camouflages destroying the station and Bajor by turning the Bajoran sun into a supernova. The Defiant can just stop him.
114	16	Dr. Bashir's secret	Doctor Bashir, I Presume?	Feb 22, 1997	March 12 1998	David Livingston	Ronald D. Moore , idea: Jimmy Diggs
Through indiscretion, it is announced on DS9 that Dr. Bashir was genetically upgraded in childhood at the instigation of his parents, also in order to achieve a higher intellect. With the trial banned, Bashir is threatened with the end of his career.
115	17th	The data crystal	A simple investigation	29 Mar 1997	13 Mar 1998	John T. Kretchmer	René Echevarria
Odo receives a visit from a young woman who belongs to the criminal Orion Syndicate and who is on the run from hunters from whom she initially protects Odo.
116	18th	War deals	Business as usual	Apr 5, 1997	14 Mar 1998	Siddig El Fadil	Bradley Thompson , David Weddle
Quark is initially enthusiastic about the possibility of making a lot of money from illegal arms shipments, but gets into a moral dilemma when the buyer wants to purchase a weapon of mass destruction .
117	19th	Overcoming	Ties Of Blood And Water	Apr 12, 1997	16. Mar. 1998	Avery Brooks	Robert Hewitt Wolfe , idea: Edmund Newton , Robbin L. Slocum
When the Cardassian Tekeny Ghemor, who regards Kira as his daughter, arrives at the ward to die, Kira, upon learning of Ghemor's previous war crimes, has to face his crimes emotionally.
118	20th	Love and profit	Ferengi Love Songs	Apr 19, 1997	17th Mar 1998	René Auberjonois	Ira Steven Behr , Hans Beimler
At Ferenginar, Quark, who had lost his business license, is offered the opportunity to get it back. To do this, however, he has to expose his mother, who as the mistress of the Ferengi ruler controls the financial fortunes of the planet despite the ban.
119	21st	Martok's honor	Soldiers Of The Empire	Apr 26, 1997	18 Mar 1998	LeVar Burton	Ronald D. Moore
During the search that Martok, accompanied by Worf, carries out as a spaceship commander, Worf's abilities as a warrior are questioned.
120	22nd	Children of time	Children Of Time	May 3, 1997	19 Mar 1998	Allan Kroeker	René Echevarria , idea: Gary Holland , Ethan H. Calk
The crew of the Defiant, trapped in the atmosphere of a planet in the Gamma Quadrant, meet their own future descendants on the planet and are now trying to leave the planet again.
121	23	Shine of fame	Blaze Of Glory	May 10, 1997	20 Mar 1998	Kim Friedman	Robert Hewitt Wolfe , Ira Steven Behr
The information about a planned assassination attempt by the Maquis against the Cardassians turns out to be a bluff that was only spread to free followers of Eddington. Sisko also learns that the Maquis was largely destroyed after long fighting with the Jem'Hadar and no longer poses a threat to the Federation or Cardassians.
122	24	Empok Nor	Empok Nor	May 17, 1997	23 Mar 1998	Mike Vejar	Hans Beimler , idea: Bryan Fuller
To get spare parts, O'Brien, Nog, Garak and a few technicians fly to the abandoned Empok Nor space station, as it is identical to DS9. Once there, they are chased by Cardassians who were left behind in stasis chambers to defend the station and who have been drugged into bloodthirsty killers. The drug, which is only effective for Cardassians, begins to work on Garak, who is now hunting the rest of the team.
123	25th	The map	In The Cards	June 7, 1997	24 Mar 1998	Michael Dorn	Ronald D. Moore , idea: Truly Barr Clark , Scott J. Neal
To get his father an old baseball card, Jake and Nog do some purchases for the card owner and are confronted with the Dominion.
124	26th	To the weapons!	Call to Arms	June 14, 1997	25th Mar 1998	Allan Kroeker	Ira Steven Behr , Robert Hewitt Wolfe
After the Romulans and other races of the Alpha Quadrant make non-aggression pacts with the Dominion, Starfleet mines the wormhole to prevent further upgrading of the Dominion and an increase in the threat it poses. Knowing that the wormhole blockade would provoke war, Sisko prompted the Bajoran government to sign a non-aggression pact with the Dominion. A little later, a fleet of Cardassians and Jem'Hadar attacks the station, which has now been almost completely evacuated and has been abandoned by Starfleet, and takes it despite high losses of its own .

production

September 1996 marked the 30th anniversary of Star Trek's television broadcast . To mark the occasion, the episode, which was originally intended as the season opener, was always produced with the Tribbles ( Trials and Tribble-ations ). In it, main characters from Deep Space Nine interact with those from Starship Enterprise , including Kirk and Spock . The episode picks up on the theme of the Starship Enterprise episode Do you know Tribbles? again, in which small fur animals , called tribbles, multiply at breakneck speed. For the production of the episode, among other things, copies of the backdrops were faithfully reproduced, uniforms were tailored and models of spaceships and stations were built. In reused scenes from both Do You Know Tribbles? as well as from A Parallel Universe , the Deep Space Nine figures were inserted using digital image processing .

Reviews

“ The fifth season of the 'Deep Space 9' series with the story of the beginning Dominion War [is] still very exciting and can even increase it. Star Trek had never been as action-packed and multi-layered at the time the series aired as it is now shown in the fifth season. But also the amusing as well as personal stories are not neglected here. "

- Markus Wolf : DVD Center

All in all, the storytelling in Season 5 is extremely solid, continuing DS9's great track record over the past several seasons. The larger story arcs involving the Dominion, the Klingon Empire, Cardassia, and Bajor are compelling, and the individual stories that are told in each episode are very well done. - Holly E. Ordway: DVD talk	“All in all, the storytelling in Season 5 is extremely solid and continues DS9's great track record from previous seasons. The overarching arcs involving the Dominion, the Klingon Empire, Cardassia and Bajor are compelling and the personal stories told in each episode are very well done. "

“ [...] the only difference to the previous year is at most only a minimal downward trend in the general story quality. Except for the rather miserable double pack 'Die Reise nach Risa' (Let he who is without sin ...) and 'Die Schuld' (Things Past), the season turns out to be consistently above average, and scores massively with its own selection of classic trek- Episodes. "

- Frank-Michael Helmke : Filmszene.de

Awards

• ASCAP Awards 1997: Best TV Series
• NAACP Image Award 1997 , nominated: Best Actor in a Drama Series, for Avery Brooks
• Hugo Award 1997, nominated: Best dramatic performance, for Ep. Always the burden of the Tribbles
• Primetime Emmy Awards 1997 , nominated:
  • Best hairstyle for a series, for Ep. Always the burden of the tribbles
  • Best camera for a series, for Ep. The apocalypse looms
  • Best artistic direction for a series, for Ep. Always the burden of the Tribbles
  • Best special effects for a series, for ep. Always the burden of the tribbles
  • Best make-up for a series, for Ep. The apocalypse is looming
• Saturn Award ceremony 1997 , nominated:
  • Best Syndicated Genre TV Series
  • Best Genre Television Actor : Avery Brooks

literature

• Frank-Michael Helmke: A new beginning ... - Now also on DVD: "Star Trek - Deep Space Nine" - Fifth season , in: Filmszene.de (2003)
• Holly E. Ordway: Star Trek Deep Space Nine - Season 5 , in: DVD talk (2003)
• Markus Wolf: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Season 5 , in: DVD Center (2003)
• Eric Profancik: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Season Five , in: DVD verdict (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. ↑ Erdmann & Block 2000, p. 360
4. ↑ Erdmann & Block 2000, p. 383 ff.
5. ↑ Trials and Tribble-ations , in: TV.com, accessed on 11 March 2013
6. ↑ Wolf 2003
7. ^ Ordway 2003
8. ↑ Helmke 2003