#StarTrekDS9 S06E01: A Time to Stand. Sisko and his crew take a captured Jem'Hadar ship on a mission to destroy a hidden base where all of the ketracel-white for the Alpha Quadrant is stored. Solid start to the season. Rating 8/10. #StarTrek #TrekSky

#StarTrekDS9 My fourth re-watch of Season 5 is done. Another really good season, on the same level as season 4. Favorites: Trials and Tribble-ations. Call to Arms. Worst: Let He Without Sin (obviously). Average episode rating 6.5/10. #StarTrek #StarTrekRewatch

#StarTrekDS9 S05E26: Call to Arms. Sisko places a minefield at the entrance to the wormhole. Gul Dukat responds by launching a massive assault on DS9, forcing Sisko to abandon the station (and his baseball). Season finale and a BIG episode. Rating 9/10. #StarTrek #TrekSky

#StarTrekDS9 S05E25: In the Cards. Jake is determined to obtain a Willie Mays baseball card to cheer up his father. Nog agrees to help him out, but the boys get themselves into all kinds of trouble. I wouldn't mind some cellular entertainment right now! Rating 6/10. #StarTrek #TrekSky

#StarTrekDS9 S05E24: Empok Nor. O'Brien leads a team to the abandoned Empok Nor station to obtain spare parts for DS9. However, the Cardassians left behind test subjects for a psychotropic compound, and Garak is exposed - big trouble! Rating 6/10. #StarTrek #TrekSky

#StarTrekDS9 S05E23: Blaze of Glory. Sisko receives a message that the Maquis have launched a huge missile attack towards Cardassia. To stop the missiles Sisko must force Starfleet traitor Michael Eddington to lead him to the launch site. Rating 7/10. #StarTrek #TrekSky

#StarTrekDS9 S05E22: Children of Time. Stardate 50814.2. The Defiant passes through an energy barrier and the crew discovers a colony of their own descendants and learn that in two days they will crash two hundred years in the past. Rating 6/10. #StarTrek #TrekSky

#StarTrekDS9 S05E21: Soldiers of the Empire. Worf and Dax accompany Martok as he takes command of the Bird of Prey Rotarran to search for the battlecruiser B'Moth. The crew is near mutinous when he evades confrontations with the Jem'Hadar. Rating 8/10. #StarTrek #TrekSky

#StarTrekDS9 S05E20: Ferengi Love Songs. Quark discovers that his mother and Grand Nagus Zek have become romantically involved. Liquidator Brunt offers Quark a deal he can't refuse. Rom wants Leeta to sign a prenup – not a good idea. Rating 6/10. #StarTrek #TrekSky

#StarTrekDS9 S05E19: Ties of Blood and Water. Stardate 50712.5. Kira is visited by Tekheny Ghemor who thinks of Kira as his daughter. He is dying and wants to divulge Cardassian secrets, but for Kira this brings back traumatic memories. Rating 6/10. #StarTrek #TrekSky

#StarTrekDS9 S05E18: Business as Usual. Quark is nearly bankrupt and agrees to help his cousin Gala deal weapons in order to pay his debts. Gaila introduces Quark to his associate Hagath and soon Quark finds himself facing a moral dilemma. Rating 7/10. #StarTrek #TrekSky

#StarTrekDS9 S05E17: A Simple Investigation. Odo falls for a mysterious woman called Arissa, who is being chased by hit men from the Orion Syndicate. Turns out Arissa is actually an Idanian sleeper agent with her memory erased. Rating 6/10. #StarTrek #TrekSky

#StarTrekDS9 S05E16: Doctor Bashir, I Presume. Dr. Zimmerman arrives at DS9 to use Bashir as a template for his next EMH, but Bashir's genetic secret in danger of being revealed when his parents show up. Rom & Leeta finally get together ❤️ Rating 8/10. #StarTrek #TrekSky

#StarTrekDS9 S05E15: By Inferno's Light. As a Dominion fleet comes through the wormhole, Dukat announces that Cardassia has joined the Dominion. Garak & Bashir prepare to escape from the prison, while Worf fights the Jem'Hadar guards. I love Garak episodes. Rating 8/10. #StarTrek #TrekSky

#StarTrekDS9 S05E14: In Purgatory's Shadow. Worf & Garak are sent to investigate a message from Enabran Tain, but are captured by Jem'Hadar and put in prison where they meet people they didn't expect to see. Dominion invasion is imminent. Rating 8/10. #StarTrek #TrekSky

#StarTrekDS9 S05E13: For the Uniform. Stardate 50485.2. Sisko is determined to hunt down and capture Michael Eddington, his former Starfleet Security Chief, who betrayed him and joined the Maquis. Lots of Les Misérables references. Rating 8/10. #StarTrek #TrekSky

#StarTrekDS9 S05E12: The Begotten. Odo receives a sick baby Changeling and becomes determined to teach it to shapeshift without subjecting it to pain, but Doctor Mora disagrees with that approach. Kira gives birth to the O'Briens' baby. Rating 7/10. #StarTrek #TrekSky

#StarTrekDS9 S05E11: The Darkness and the Light. Stardate 50416.2. An assassin is murdering Kira's friends from the Shakaar resistance cell and she may be the next target. Heavily pregnant, she goes ALONE on a mission to find the killer 😬 Rating 5/10. #StarTrek #TrekSky

#StarTrekDS9 S05E10: Rapture. After Sisko begins having visions which could prove fatal, he locates the ruins of the lost city of B'hala and recommends that Bajor not join the Federation at this time. I find Bajoran politics more interesting than the religion. Rating 5/10. #StarTrek #TrekSky

#StarTrekDS9 S05E09: The Ascent. Odo and Quark's runabout crash-lands on a cold planet, and they must work together to get the transmitter up a mountain to send a signal off planet. Jake and Nog become roommates; it doesn’t go well. Rating 7/10. #StarTrek #TrekSky

#StarTrekDS9 S05E08: Things Past. Odo, Sisko, Dax, and Garak are found comatose in their runabout. While unconscious they are trapped as Bajorans on Terok Nor during the occupation and are accused of the attemping to assassinate Gul Dukat. Rating 4/10. #StarTrek #TrekSky

#StarTrekDS9 S05E07: Let He Who Is Without Sin. Worf, Dax, Bashir, Leeta and Quark go to Risa. Worf is the biggest killjoy in the Alpha Quadrant - he often ruins the fun for everybody (including me in this episode). I'm amazed Jadzia puts up with him. Rating 2/10. #StarTrek #TrekSky

#StarTrekDS9 S05E06: Trials and Tribble-ations. Stardate 4523.7. The crew of the Defiant travel back in time to the 23rd century and prevent the assassination of Captain James T. Kirk. Watching this episode always fills me with joy. Rating 10/10. #StarTrek #TrekSky

#StarTrekDS9 S05E05: The Assignment. A being possesses Keiko's body and is holds it hostage until O'Brien completes an assignment for it. The writers always struggled writing Keiko, but making her a Pah-wraith is a bit much, right? Rating 5/10. #StarTrek #TrekSky

#StarTrekDS9 S05E04: Nor the Battle to the Strong. Jake and Bashir are returning to the station when they receive a distress call from Ajilon Prime which is under Klingon attack. Jake experiences the horrors of war for the first time. Rating 6/10. #StarTrek #TrekSky

#StarTrekDS9 S05E03: Looking for par'Mach in all the Wrong Places. Worf pursues Grilka, Quark pursues Grilka, Dax pursues Worf, Worf helps Quark pursue Grilka … it’s complicated. Also, things get awkward between Miles & Keiko & Kira. Rating 7/10. #StarTrek #TrekSky

#StarTrekDS9 S05E02: The Ship. Stardate 50049.3. The crew investigate a crashed Jem'Hadar ship, but when a group of Jem'Hadar arrives, led by a Vorta named Kilana, the crew must hole up inside the downed vessel. Never trust a Vorta. Rating 8/10. #StarTrek #TrekSky

#StarTrekDS9 S05E01: Apocalypse Rising. The Federation and Klingons are at war, and the only way to stop it is to prove that Gowron is a changeling. To expose him, Sisko, Worf, O'Brien and Odo infiltrate a Klingon ceremony in disguise. Sisko looks cool as a Klingon. Rating 8/10. #StarTrek #TrekSky

#StarTrekDS9 My fourth re-watch of Season 4 is done. A really good season, especially the first half - best DS9 season so far. Favorites: The Visitor, Little Green Men, Our Man Bashir. Worst: The Muse. Accession. Average episode rating 6.5/10. #StarTrek #TrekSky

#StarTrekDS9 S04E26: Broken Link. Stardate 49962.4. Odo is struck by illness, and the Founders admit to causing Odo's condition to force him to return and be judged for killing a changeling. Federation and Klingon Empire move closer to war 😨 Rating 7/10. #StarTrek #TrekSky

#StarTrekDS9 S04E25: Body Parts. Quark thinks that he only has 6 days to live. In order to pay off his debts, he sells his vacuum-desiccated body on the Ferengi Futures Exchange. Meanwhile, Bashir has to move Keiko's baby into Kira's womb, confusing O'Brien. Rating 7/10. #StarTrek #TrekSky

#StarTrekDS9 S04E24: The Quickening. Bashir, Dax, and Kira discover a planet where the population is in the grips of a deadly plague inflicted on them by the Jem'Hadar for defying the Dominion. Bashir becomes obsessed with finding a cure. Vaccines save lives. Rating 4/10. #StarTrek #TrekSky

#StarTrekDS9 S04E23: To the Death. Stardate 49004.2. Renegade group of Jem'Hadar raid Deep Space Nine. Sisko and his crew are joined by a group of loyal Jem'Hadar on a mission to catch the renegades, who have discovered an Iconian Gateway. Jeffrey Combs 🤩 Rating 8/10. #StarTrek #TrekSky

#StarTrekDS9 S04E22: For The Cause. Odo and Eddington suspect that Kasidy Yates is a Maquis smuggler which puts Sisko in a difficult position. Meanwhile Garak and Ziyal get to know each other. Eddington has an extremely punchable face.😠 Rating 7/10. #StarTrek #TrekSky

#StarTrekDS9 S04E21: The Muse. A mysterious woman called Onaya helps Jake write a novel, sucking out his neural energy in the process. Odo and Lwaxana get married. I find this episode quite boring and easily the worst of the season. Jake deserved a better episode. Rating 2/10. #StarTrek #TrekSky

#StarTrekDS9 S04E20: Shattered Mirror. Mirror Universe Jennifer takes Jake back to her universe to coerce Sisko into helping the rebels build another starship Defiant. At this point in DS9, the novelty of the Mirror Universe is long gone. Rating 5/10. #StarTrek #TrekSky

#StarTrekDS9 S04E19: Hard Time. Chief O'Brien is convicted of espionage on Argratha. As punishment, he’s given false memories of twenty years in prison. Another “O’Brien-must-suffer” episode ... give the poor guy a break. Rating 8/10. #StarTrek #TrekSky

#StarTrekDS9 S04E18: Rules of Engagement. Worf faces a hearing to determine whether he should be extradited to the Klingon Empire for destroying a transport ship carrying 441 Klingon civilians. "I fear nothing." – Worf. Rating 6/10. #StarTrek #TrekSky

#StarTrekDS9 S04E17: Accession. An old Bajoran lightship comes through the wormhole carrying poet Akorem Laan who has been missing for two centuries. Akorem claims to be the Emissary and plans to bring back an ancient oppressive caste system on Bajor. Screw him. Rating 4/10. #StarTrek #TrekSky

#StarTrekDS9 S04E16: Bar Association. Quark's employees, led by Rom, form a union due to unfair working conditions and pay cuts. When Quark laughs in their faces, the union promptly goes on strike. "Workers of the world, unite!". Rating 7/10. #StarTrek #TrekSky

#StarTrekDS9 S04E15: Sons of Mogh. Stardate 49556.2. Worf's brother Kurn arrives at the station and demands that Worf kills him by performing the Mauk-to'Vor ritual. Kira and O'Brien investigate Klingon activity near the Bajoran border. Tony Todd was great, miss him. Rating 6/10. #StarTrek #TrekSky

#StarTrekDS9 S04E14: Return to Grace. Gul Dukat, now demoted to a freighter captain, transports Kira to a Cardassian outpost. Upon arrival they find it has been destroyed by a Klingon Bird of Prey. Dukat decides to go after the Klingons. Rating 6/10. #StarTrek #TrekSky

#StarTrekDS9 S04E13: Crossfire. Shakaar visits DS9 and must be guarded due to death threats. Odo is heartbroken when he notices that Shakaar and Kira are falling in love. Poor Odo, stuck in the friend zone … for now. Rating 5/10. #StarTrek #TrekSky

#StarTrekDS9 S04E12: Paradise Lost. Stardate 49170.6. A state of emergency has been declared on Earth. Sisko discovers that group of Starfleet officers led by Admiral Leyton is planning to overthrow the President and take over Earth. Rating 7/10. #StarTrek #TrekSky

#StarTrekDS9 S04E11: Homefront. Stardate 49170.6. Changelings bomb a Federation conference. Sisko is recalled to Earth and made the head of Starfleet security so that he can install anti-shapeshifter security measures. "Then the Andorian says 'That's not my antenna'!" – Quark. #StarTrek #TrekSky

#StarTrekDS9 S04E10: Our Man Bashir. A transporter accident replaces the characters in Bashir's secret agent holoprogram with the physical forms of Sisko (Noah), Kira (Anastasia), Dax (Honey Bare), Worf (Duchamps) and O'Brien (Falcon). The cast is having fun. Rating 8/10. #StarTrek #TrekSky

#StarTrekDS9 S04E09: The Sword of Kahless. Worf, Dax, and Dahar Master Kor go on a quest to find the legendary Sword of Kahless but find themselves fighting Toral of the House of Duras … and then each other. This is one badass bat'leth. Rating 6/10. #StarTrek #TrekSky

#StarTrekDS9 S04E08: Little Green Men. Quark & Rom take Nog to Earth and Starfleet Academy, but a malfunction with Quark's new shuttle causes them to travel back in time to 1947 and crash in Roswell, New Mexico. This episode is so much fun! Rating 9/10. #StarTrek #TrekSky

#StarTrekDS9 S04E07: Starship Down. Stardate 49263.5. Two Jem'Hadar ships attack and severely damage the Defiant during negotiations with the Karemma, leaving it trapped in a planet's volatile atmosphere and with the crew in severe danger. Rating 8/10. #StarTrek #TrekSky

#StarTrekDS9 S04E06: Rejoined. Stardate 49195.5. Lenara Kahn, whose previous host was the wife of Dax's former host Torias, arrives at DS9. According to Trill traditions Lenara and Jadzia are not allowed to renew their relationship. Heart-breaking episode 💔 Rating 6/10. #StarTrek #TrekSky