DS9 Season 2 Recap

Introduction

Season 1 is mercifully a thing of the past. Season 2 bursts into full swing with an action extravaganza three-part episode. Can it sustain its momentum?

No! Don't make me watch Season 1 again! Anything but that!

Deep Space Nine, Season 2: The Jem'Hadar

Deep Space Nine, Season 2
"The Jem'Hadar"
Airdate: June 12, 1994
45 of 173 produced
45 of 173 aired

Introduction

Commander Sisko has taken Jake and Nog to Gamma Quadrant to do a planetary survey for a school project. Much to his chagrin, Quark has tagged along. However, the trip is cut short when Quark and Sisko are captured by the Jem'Hadar, fearsome soliders of the Dominion. Now Jake and Nog are left to find a way to help them, and the station is left preparing to face a new and powerful threat.

This one totally wasn't Counselor Troi's fault.

Deep Space Nine, Season 2: Tribunal

Deep Space Nine, Season 2
"Tribunal"
Airdate: June 5, 1994
44 of 173 produced
44 of 173 aired

Introduction

Miles O'Brien, on the cusp of his first vacation in 5 years, finds himself under arrest and on trial for his life in a Cardassian court of law. Unfortunately for him, all defendants are guilty, and the state never loses a case. Will this vacation be his last? 

Oh, Miles, you sweet, pasty, doughball of an Irishman...

Deep Space Nine, Season 2: The Collaborator

Deep Space Nine, Season 2
"The Collaborator"
Airdate: May 22, 1994
43 of 173 produced
43 of 173 aired

Introduction

A member of the Bajoran Occupational Government appears on the station seeking to return home. Bajoran law forbids it, but he claims to have something to offer in exchange for the right to return home. He claims that Vedek Bareil is the man responsible for betraying a resistance cell to the Cardassians during the Occupation that killed 43 people, including Kai Opaka's son. With Bareil poised to win the upcoming election for Kai, the personal and political stakes for Bajor and Kira are immeasurable, so Kira reluctantly agrees to try and find out the truth, whatever it is.

I've bowed as far as I can bow, and I cain't bows no more!

Deep Space Nine, Season 2: Crossover

Deep Space Nine, Season 2

"Crossover"
Airdate: May 15, 1994
42 of 173 produced
42 of 173 aired

Introduction

When Dr. Bashir and Major Kira go through the wormhole for some reason, they find themselves in the mirror universe. There, they discover that, for other reasons, the people they know and love are all different, and in a bad way, compared to the universe they know and love. Then, Kira gets hit on by herself.

Come on, baby, you know the only thing preventing us from making out is the effects budget... 

Deep Space Nine, Season 2: The Wire

Deep Space Nine, Season 2
"The Wire"
Airdate: May 8, 1994
41 of 173 produced
41 of 173 aired

Introduction

Garak begins exhibiting odd and increasingly hostile behavior. He refuses Dr. Bashir's initial attempts to treat him, but when Garak finally collapses, Bashir find's a strange implant embedded in his brain. What does the implant do? Is it causing Garak's condition? What's the connection between what's happening to Garak and to his mysterious past?

Did I ever tell you about my experiences in Turkish prison, my dear doctor?

Deep Space Nine, Season 2: The Maquis Part II

Deep Space Nine, Season 2
"The Maquis, Part II"
Airdate: May 1, 1994
40 of 173 produced
40 of 173 aired

Introduction

When he discovers that his old friend Cal Hudson has betrayed Starfleet to join the Maquis, Commander Sisko must decide how best to balance his friendship against his duty to Starfleet and the Federation.

Answer: Phasers! Pew pew pew!!!

Deep Space Nine, Season 2: The Maquis, Part I

Deep Space Nine, Season 2
"The Maquis, Part I"
Airdate: April 24, 1994
39 of 173 produced
39 of 173 aired

Introduction

The "morally superior" members of the Federation are tested when it is revealed that its own citizens are engaging in terrorist activity against the Cardassians.

See that model on my shelf? Sweet, huh? Maybe they'll do a show about it someday... sucka!

Deep Space Nine, Season 2: Blood Oath

Deep Space Nine, Season 2
"Blood Oath"
Airdate: March 27, 1994
38 of 173 produced
38 of 173 aired

Introduction

Jadzia is shocked when a person from Curzon's past appears on the station, the aged Klingon warrior Kor. This reunion brings her head to head with an old vendetta of Curzon's - avenging the deaths of the sons of Curzon's friends Kor, Kang, and Koloth. Now she must decide whether the obligations of previous hosts, up to and including revenge killing, apply to her.

Today is a good day to accessorize!

Deep Space Nine, Season 2: Profit and Loss

Deep Space Nine, Season 2
"Profit and Loss"
Airdate: March 20, 1994
37 of 173 produced
37 of 173 aired

Introduction

An old flame of Quark's arrives on the station, but she's bringing more than fond memories with her. She is a Cardassian dissident, fleeing with two of her students. Shortly after their arrival, Garak sees them, and She needs to leave the station as soon as her ship is repaired, but Quark wants to rekindle the romance.

Hold me... like you did by the lake on Naboo...

Deep Space Nine Season 2: Playing God

Deep Space Nine, Season 2
"Playing God"
Airdate: February 27, 1994
36 of 173 produced
36 of 173 aired

Introduction

Jadzia is acting as "field docent" to a Trill symbiosis initiate. While on a shuttle mission to the Gamma Quadrant, they run into an unusual and unexpected phenomenon - a new universe in the process of forming. Now, they must decide what to do both to preserve their own universe as well as to address the initiate's personality faults.

You'll have to speak up, I'm wearing a towel!

Deep Space Nine, Season 2: Shadowplay

Deep Space Nine, Season 2
"Shadowplay"
Airdate: February 20, 1994
35 of 173 produced
35 of 173 aired

Introduction

Dax and Odo are investigating anomalous energy readings in the Gamma Quadrant. They discover a small community with a unique problem. Its inhabitants are disappearing, literally. What's causing the people to vanish? Can Dax and Odo help? Meanwhile, on the station, Jake has something important to tell his father. Also, Kira gets a B plot in this episode. There's that, too.

Hello my baby, hello my honey, hello my ragtime gal...

Deep Space Nine, Season 2: Paradise

Deep Space Nine, Season 2
"Paradise"
Airdate: February 13, 1994
34 of 173 produced
34 of 173 aired

Introduction

While on a survey mission, Sisko and O'Brien are surprised to find an uncharted human colony. They are even more surprised when they beam down and find themselves unable to use their technology to return to their ship. Their attempts to do so place them at odds with the colony's leader, Alixus.

We have a place for babies like you... the Box!

Deep Space Nine, Season 2: Whispers

Deep Space Nine, Season 2
"Whispers"
Airdate: February 8, 1994
33 of 173 produced
33 of 173 aired

Introduction

Chief O'Brien returns from preparing for a peace conference to find everyone on the station, acting strangely. Even Keiko seems oddly distant and evasive. To make matters worse, it seems as if everyone is trying to keep him from being a part of the security preparations for the conference that he should be a part of. Is there really a conspiracy growing against him, or is he losing his mind?

Get AWAY! Some good parent told me daddy was replaced with a zombie replica!

Deep Space Nine, Season 2: Armageddon Game

Deep Space Nine, Season 2
"Armageddon Game"
Airdate: January 30, 1994
32 of 173 produced
32 of 173 aired

Introduction

Dr. Bashir and Chief O'Brien assist two long-warring races in disposing of their stockpile of biological weaponry. Things take a turn for the worse, though, when those races also decide to dispose of anyone who has worked directly with the weapons, to prevent their ever being re-created.

Do you think we're still invited to the party, Chief?

Deep Space Nine, Season 2: The Alternate

Deep Space Nine, Season 2
"The Alternate"
Airdate: January 9, 1994
31 of 173 produced
31 of 173 aired

Introduction

The Bajoran doctor who first worked with Odo after he was discovered comes aboard the station. It is not a happy reunion for Odo, who resents the experiments performed on him. The doctor has an intriguing reason for seeing Odo. A Bajoran probe has found the possible origin of Odo's people. As much as Odo is not eager to relive his early years, the possibility of finding his origins is too tempting to ignore.

Hey, I can see my house from here! Oh wait, that's just a painting on the wall.

Deep Space Nine, Season 2: Rivals

Deep Space Nine, Season 2
"Rivals"
Airdate: January 2, 1994
30 of 173 produced
30 of 173 aired

Introduction

A competitor to Quark arrives on the station, bringing some strange machinery in tow. When strange coincidences and pieces of luck both good and bad start conspicuously occurring, though, the crew must find out how and why their fortunes have been altered.

In the future, racquetball will have a zillion targets on the wall, and shiny jumpsuits. And sound effects.

Deep Space Nine, Season 2: Sanctuary

Deep Space Nine, Season 2
"Sanctuary"
Airdate: November 28, 1993
29 of 173 produced
29 of 173 aired

Introduction

A group of refugees from the Gamma Quadrant arrive at the station. Called the Skrreeans (I had to look that up every time I typed it in this review), their home was conquered by the Dominion. Skrreean legend tells of finding the wormhole and a new haven for their people, which they now believe to be Bajor. The only problem is that the small group of refugees will soon be followed by three million more.

This dress is the most hideous thing Haneek has ever seen. Has she looked at her hair in a mirror lately?

Deep Space Nine, Season 2: Second Sight

Deep Space Nine, Season 2
"Second Sight"
Airdate: November 21, 1993
28 of 173 produced
28 of 173 aired

Introduction

When Sisko meets a strange woman on the station, his life intersects with that of an egotistical scientist. That's all I've got, folks.

Hey, baby, why so blue?

Deep Space Nine, Season 2: Necessary Evil

Deep Space Nine, Season 2
"Necessary Evil"
Airdate: November 14, 1993
27 of 173 produced
27 of 173 aired

Introduction

Quark is tasked by a mysterious woman on Bajor to retrieve a box from an abandoned store on the Promenade. The store's owner was murdered several years ago, during the Occupation, a case Odo has never solved. Quark's attempt to retrieve the box unearth old memories for Odo, including how he became security chief on Terok Nor and how he first met Kira. Will Odo finally be able to solve this old crime, and what are the consequences if he does?

Perhaps the Cardassian Neck Trick is occurring out of frame?