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Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993)

Action · Adventure · Drama

At Deep Space Nine, a space station located next to a wormhole in the vicinity of the liberated planet of Bajor, Commander Sisko and crew welcome alien visitors, root out evildoers and solve all types of unexpected problems that come their way.

IMDb rating
8.1 (78,525 votes)
Episode average
7.5 -0.6 vs IMDb
Seasons
7
Streaming (US)
Paramount+
Language
EN
Type
TV series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 7 seasons indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (1993)

6.98 avg 19 episodes 7.6 → 7.7 49 min avg

Ep 1: 7.6 · 5,274 votesEp 2: 7.1 · 3,234 votesEp 3: 6.8 · 3,109 votesEp 4: 7.0 · 3,089 votesEp 5: 7.6 · 3,185 votesEp 6: 6.7 · 3,070 votesEp 7: 7.1 · 3,034 votesEp 8: 6.4 · 2,816 votesEp 9: 5.8 · 3,110 votesEp 10: 7.0 · 2,888 votesEp 11: 7.1 · 2,812 votesEp 12: 6.6 · 2,789 votesEp 13: 6.0 · 2,793 votesEp 14: 6.8 · 2,813 votesEp 15: 6.5 · 2,718 votesEp 16: 6.9 · 2,705 votesEp 17: 7.0 · 2,647 votesEp 18: 9.0 · 4,457 votesEp 19: 7.7 · 2,855 votes
Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Emissary7.65,274
2Past Prologue7.13,234
3A Man Alone6.83,109
4Babel7.03,089
5Captive Pursuit7.63,185
6Q-Less6.73,070
7Dax7.13,034
8The Passenger6.42,816
9Move Along Home5.83,110
10The Nagus7.02,888
11Vortex7.12,812
12Battle Lines6.62,789
13The Storyteller6.02,793
14Progress6.82,813
15If Wishes Were Horses6.52,718
16The Forsaken6.92,705
17Dramatis Personae7.02,647
18Duet9.04,457
19In the Hands of the Prophets7.72,855

Season 2 (1993)

7.32 avg 26 episodes 7.6 → 8.4 46 min avg

Ep 1: 7.6 · 2,811 votesEp 2: 7.6 · 2,759 votesEp 3: 7.8 · 2,763 votesEp 4: 6.8 · 2,671 votesEp 5: 7.5 · 2,752 votesEp 6: 6.4 · 2,691 votesEp 7: 7.4 · 2,744 votesEp 8: 8.1 · 2,891 votesEp 9: 6.2 · 2,569 votesEp 10: 6.4 · 2,599 votesEp 11: 6.4 · 2,499 votesEp 12: 6.7 · 2,494 votesEp 13: 7.4 · 2,607 votesEp 14: 8.1 · 2,965 votesEp 15: 6.6 · 2,773 votesEp 16: 7.3 · 2,629 votesEp 17: 6.4 · 2,425 votesEp 18: 7.3 · 2,564 votesEp 19: 7.8 · 2,890 votesEp 20: 7.8 · 2,615 votesEp 21: 7.8 · 2,574 votesEp 22: 8.2 · 2,839 votesEp 23: 7.8 · 2,716 votesEp 24: 7.0 · 2,392 votesEp 25: 7.5 · 2,509 votesEp 26: 8.4 · 2,807 votes
Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1The Homecoming7.62,811
2The Circle7.62,759
3The Siege7.82,763
4Invasive Procedures6.82,671
5Cardassians7.52,752
6Melora6.42,691
7Rules of Acquisition7.42,744
8Necessary Evil8.12,891
9Second Sight6.22,569
10Sanctuary6.42,599
11Rivals6.42,499
12The Alternate6.72,494
13Armageddon Game7.42,607
14Whispers8.12,965
15Paradise6.62,773
16Shadowplay7.32,629
17Playing God6.42,425
18Profit and Loss7.32,564
19Blood Oath7.82,890
20The Maquis, Part I7.82,615
21The Maquis, Part II7.82,574
22The Wire8.22,839
23Crossover7.82,716
24The Collaborator7.02,392
25Tribunal7.52,509
26The Jem'Hadar8.42,807

Season 3 (1994)

7.43 avg 26 episodes 8.3 → 8.2 46 min avg

Ep 1: 8.3 · 2,812 votesEp 2: 8.2 · 2,762 votesEp 3: 8.1 · 2,939 votesEp 4: 6.7 · 2,481 votesEp 5: 7.9 · 2,765 votesEp 6: 6.9 · 2,466 votesEp 7: 7.9 · 2,787 votesEp 8: 5.6 · 2,596 votesEp 9: 7.9 · 2,792 votesEp 10: 6.2 · 2,524 votesEp 11: 7.8 · 2,903 votesEp 12: 7.9 · 2,834 votesEp 13: 6.6 · 2,421 votesEp 14: 7.4 · 2,527 votesEp 15: 7.4 · 2,476 votesEp 16: 6.7 · 2,400 votesEp 17: 7.8 · 2,536 votesEp 18: 6.4 · 2,481 votesEp 19: 7.4 · 2,473 votesEp 20: 8.5 · 2,828 votesEp 21: 8.9 · 3,023 votesEp 22: 7.2 · 2,591 votesEp 23: 7.2 · 2,467 votesEp 24: 6.9 · 2,354 votesEp 25: 7.1 · 2,406 votesEp 26: 8.2 · 2,521 votes
Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1The Search, Part I8.32,812
2The Search, Part II8.22,762
3The House of Quark8.12,939
4Equilibrium6.72,481
5Second Skin7.92,765
6The Abandoned6.92,466
7Civil Defense7.92,787
8Meridian5.62,596
9Defiant7.92,792
10Fascination6.22,524
11Past Tense, Part I7.82,903
12Past Tense, Part II7.92,834
13Life Support6.62,421
14Heart of Stone7.42,527
15Destiny7.42,476
16Prophet Motive6.72,400
17Visionary7.82,536
18Distant Voices6.42,481
19Through the Looking Glass7.42,473
20Improbable Cause8.52,828
21The Die Is Cast8.93,023
22Explorers7.22,591
23Family Business7.22,467
24Shakaar6.92,354
25Facets7.12,406
26The Adversary8.22,521

Season 4 (1995)

7.68 avg 25 episodes 9.0 → 8.2 47 min avg

Ep 1: 9.0 · 3,542 votesEp 2: 9.1 · 5,068 votesEp 3: 7.7 · 2,628 votesEp 4: 7.7 · 2,593 votesEp 5: 7.0 · 2,768 votesEp 6: 8.5 · 3,245 votesEp 7: 7.7 · 2,604 votesEp 8: 6.9 · 2,496 votesEp 9: 7.9 · 2,827 votesEp 10: 8.3 · 2,734 votesEp 11: 8.3 · 2,700 votesEp 12: 7.1 · 2,404 votesEp 13: 7.7 · 2,433 votesEp 14: 7.2 · 2,405 votesEp 15: 7.5 · 2,525 votesEp 16: 7.2 · 2,334 votesEp 17: 7.3 · 2,491 votesEp 18: 8.2 · 2,847 votesEp 19: 7.1 · 2,353 votesEp 20: 5.7 · 2,421 votesEp 21: 7.7 · 2,444 votesEp 22: 8.0 · 2,532 votesEp 23: 7.6 · 2,463 votesEp 24: 7.4 · 2,422 votesEp 25: 8.2 · 2,447 votes
Season 4 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1The Way of the Warrior9.03,542
2The Visitor9.15,068
3Hippocratic Oath7.72,628
4Indiscretion7.72,593
5Rejoined7.02,768
6Little Green Men8.53,245
7Starship Down7.72,604
8The Sword of Kahless6.92,496
9Our Man Bashir7.92,827
10Homefront8.32,734
11Paradise Lost8.32,700
12Crossfire7.12,404
13Return to Grace7.72,433
14Sons of Mogh7.22,405
15Bar Association7.52,525
16Accession7.22,334
17Rules of Engagement7.32,491
18Hard Time8.22,847
19Shattered Mirror7.12,353
20The Muse5.72,421
21For the Cause7.72,444
22To the Death8.02,532
23The Quickening7.62,463
24Body Parts7.42,422
25Broken Link8.22,447

Season 5 (1996)

7.62 avg 26 episodes 8.2 → 9.0 46 min avg

Ep 1: 8.2 · 2,599 votesEp 2: 7.9 · 2,650 votesEp 3: 7.6 · 2,577 votesEp 4: 7.5 · 2,521 votesEp 5: 7.3 · 2,358 votesEp 6: 9.4 · 4,854 votesEp 7: 5.5 · 2,587 votesEp 8: 7.4 · 2,418 votesEp 9: 7.4 · 2,484 votesEp 10: 7.1 · 2,362 votesEp 11: 6.9 · 2,343 votesEp 12: 7.8 · 2,501 votesEp 13: 7.8 · 2,579 votesEp 14: 8.7 · 2,756 votesEp 15: 8.8 · 2,778 votesEp 16: 7.7 · 2,549 votesEp 17: 6.6 · 2,311 votesEp 18: 7.2 · 2,303 votesEp 19: 7.1 · 2,271 votesEp 20: 6.7 · 2,260 votesEp 21: 7.6 · 2,371 votesEp 22: 8.1 · 2,753 votesEp 23: 7.5 · 2,277 votesEp 24: 7.7 · 2,425 votesEp 25: 7.6 · 2,457 votesEp 26: 9.0 · 2,744 votes
Season 5 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Apocalypse Rising8.22,599
2The Ship7.92,650
3Looking for Par'Mach in All the Wrong Places7.62,577
4Nor the Battle to the Strong7.52,521
5The Assignment7.32,358
6Trials and Tribble-ations9.44,854
7Let He Who Is without Sin...5.52,587
8Things Past7.42,418
9The Ascent7.42,484
10Rapture7.12,362
11The Darkness and the Light6.92,343
12The Begotten7.82,501
13For the Uniform7.82,579
14In Purgatory's Shadow8.72,756
15By Inferno's Light8.82,778
16Doctor Bashir, I Presume7.72,549
17A Simple Investigation6.62,311
18Business as Usual7.22,303
19Ties of Blood and Water7.12,271
20Ferengi Love Songs6.72,260
21Soldiers of the Empire7.62,371
22Children of Time8.12,753
23Blaze of Glory7.52,277
24Empok Nor7.72,425
25In the Cards7.62,457
26Call to Arms9.02,744

Season 6 (1997)

7.60 avg 26 episodes 8.5 → 8.2 46 min avg

Ep 1: 8.5 · 2,556 votesEp 2: 8.5 · 2,743 votesEp 3: 7.0 · 2,339 votesEp 4: 7.8 · 2,362 votesEp 5: 8.5 · 2,559 votesEp 6: 9.0 · 2,981 votesEp 7: 7.3 · 2,484 votesEp 8: 5.7 · 2,312 votesEp 9: 7.5 · 2,547 votesEp 10: 8.1 · 2,840 votesEp 11: 7.8 · 2,510 votesEp 12: 7.6 · 2,540 votesEp 13: 8.9 · 4,473 votesEp 14: 7.6 · 2,490 votesEp 15: 7.3 · 2,387 votesEp 16: 7.1 · 2,287 votesEp 17: 6.8 · 2,266 votesEp 18: 8.2 · 2,560 votesEp 19: 9.5 · 5,143 votesEp 20: 7.5 · 2,687 votesEp 21: 7.0 · 2,257 votesEp 22: 6.9 · 2,483 votesEp 23: 5.8 · 2,511 votesEp 24: 6.1 · 2,431 votesEp 25: 7.4 · 2,382 votesEp 26: 8.2 · 2,406 votes
Season 6 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1A Time to Stand8.52,556
2Rocks and Shoals8.52,743
3Sons and Daughters7.02,339
4Behind the Lines7.82,362
5Favor the Bold8.52,559
6Sacrifice of Angels9.02,981
7You Are Cordially Invited7.32,484
8Resurrection5.72,312
9Statistical Probabilities7.52,547
10The Magnificent Ferengi8.12,840
11Waltz7.82,510
12Who Mourns for Morn?7.62,540
13Far Beyond the Stars8.94,473
14One Little Ship7.62,490
15Honor Among Thieves7.32,387
16Change of Heart7.12,287
17Wrongs Darker than Death or Night6.82,266
18Inquisition8.22,560
19In the Pale Moonlight9.55,143
20His Way7.52,687
21The Reckoning7.02,257
22Valiant6.92,483
23Profit and Lace5.82,511
24Time's Orphan6.12,431
25The Sound of Her Voice7.42,382
26Tears of the Prophets8.22,406

Season 7 (1998)

7.63 avg 25 episodes 7.5 → 8.9 48 min avg

Ep 1: 7.5 · 2,377 votesEp 2: 7.8 · 2,418 votesEp 3: 7.2 · 2,230 votesEp 4: 7.4 · 2,806 votesEp 5: 6.8 · 2,338 votesEp 6: 8.2 · 2,391 votesEp 7: 7.6 · 2,312 votesEp 8: 8.6 · 2,928 votesEp 9: 6.7 · 2,205 votesEp 10: 8.3 · 2,883 votesEp 11: 6.3 · 2,175 votesEp 12: 6.3 · 2,152 votesEp 13: 6.6 · 2,187 votesEp 14: 7.2 · 2,204 votesEp 15: 7.6 · 2,575 votesEp 16: 8.3 · 2,453 votesEp 17: 7.3 · 2,080 votesEp 18: 7.4 · 2,074 votesEp 19: 7.8 · 2,115 votesEp 20: 8.3 · 2,191 votesEp 21: 8.1 · 2,110 votesEp 22: 8.7 · 2,271 votesEp 23: 7.7 · 2,170 votesEp 24: 8.2 · 2,178 votesEp 25: 8.9 · 3,124 votes
Season 7 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Image in the Sand7.52,377
2Shadows and Symbols7.82,418
3Afterimage7.22,230
4Take Me out to the Holosuite7.42,806
5Chrysalis6.82,338
6Treachery, Faith and the Great River8.22,391
7Once More Unto the Breach7.62,312
8The Siege of AR-5588.62,928
9Covenant6.72,205
10It's Only a Paper Moon8.32,883
11Prodigal Daughter6.32,175
12The Emperor's New Cloak6.32,152
13Field of Fire6.62,187
14Chimera7.22,204
15Badda-Bing, Badda-Bang7.62,575
16Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges8.32,453
17Penumbra7.32,080
18'Til Death Do Us Part7.42,074
19Strange Bedfellows7.82,115
20The Changing Face of Evil8.32,191
21When It Rains...8.12,110
22Tacking into the Wind8.72,271
23Extreme Measures7.72,170
24The Dogs of War8.22,178
25What You Leave Behind8.93,124

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