Season 1 like all of the new star trek series, deep space nine required a warmup period. Deep space nine, the ninth episode of the third season. The search, part i, during the same mission, odo locates his peoples homeworld in the omarion nebula. Memory beta, noncanon star trek wiki is a fandom books community. She would next be seen on deep space nine as sirella in the sixth season episode you are cordially invited. Spoilers follow for those who may care about spoilers for a documentary. Deep space nine ds9 and the feature film star trek. This episode establishes that sisko helped to design the defiant, and was in command of the shipyard where it was built. In what we left behind, nog is the focal point of the teaser that kicks off the writers vision of season 8, which is set 20 years after the ds9 series finale. Every show has that turning point an episode, or in this case a whole season where things start to gel. What happened to the enterprise during deep space nine. Summary benjamin sisko brings the uss defiant, a ship he helped to construct at the utopia planitia fleet yards, to deep space 9 to protect the station from a dominion attack. It is also the first episode to air following the release of star trek generations. While beginning her vacation, the major is approached by commander riker of.
Season 3 of this scifi series sees starfleet commander benjamin sisko avery brooks use the uss defiant to aid in constructing the utopia planitia fleet yards to deep space 9. Cliff bole production information episode no 3x09 production no 455 first aired. With ds9s season 3, the dominion founders are revealed. As always with pilots, characters are introduced, relationships are established, and we figure out what the hell kind of show were watching. Deep space nine season 3 episode screencaps, synopses, and images strekonline advanced search. The uss defiant nx74205 is a fictional starship in the television series star trek. Lwaxana troi pursues odo during the bajoran gratitude festival as members of the crew suddenly become infatuated with one another. The episode explores the fictional cardassian race and its relationship with the united federation of planets, as well as the continuing conflict with the maquis, a renegade group of federation citizens who oppose the peace treaty between the fed. Star trek deep space nine season 3 episode 9 defiant trailer. If you watch that scene carefully, youll notice that obrian is friendly toward riker, who acts cold and rude in response. This is a place where star trek fans can come together and relive some of those. Thomas riker poses as his twin william in order to steal the u.
We actually see the enterprised visiting the station in ds9 episode 1 emissary. Just at that moment, 3 more ships appear from the orias system. Classic episodes include past tense, defiant featuring jonathan frakes, and destiny. During this period the station commander, federation commander sisko, played by avery brooks, is trying to understand the nature of. Its only appropriate, then, that both parts of this weeks double feature involve crossover between tng and ds9. Widely acknowledged as the best episode of 1st season ds9, and one of the best of the series. Riker jonathan frakes arrives on ds9 for a brief shore leave, but when the defiant is hijacked, his true identity is revealedand war between the federation and. Children of time the defiant crew beams down to a planet in the gamma quadrant to discover a colony of survivors who are the crews descendantsrevealing that the crew is destined to travel through time and be trapped two centuries in the past. This episode is essentially the the next generation season 5 episode disaster. 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. Members of the defiant crew are separated and forced to bond through crisis. Fortunately most of the crew were able to escape the ship. The crew of deep space nine proceed on the defiant to earth to attend a starfleet symposium on the gamma quadrant. Moore directed by cliff bole first aired nov 21, 1994 stardate 48467.
Moore directed by cliff bole season 3, episode 9 production episode 40512454 original air date. An overworked and stressed out major kira is relieved of duty by doctor bashir in the hopes that she will use the time to relax and recuperate. Deep space nine, season 3, episode 9 defiant posted on june 25, 2018 by darren this weekend, i had the pleasure of dropping by the pensky files to discuss one of the more interesting episodes of the third season. Apr 07, 2018 the defiant is heavily damaged and must locate the karemma ship within a gas planet, all while taking on two jemhadar warships. Deep space nine season 3 episode 9 rotten tomatoes. The catch is that his planet and his race shift between this universe and a plane of pure. But riker is revealed to be not who he claims to be when he attacks kira and steals the defiant. The search is an installment of the science fiction television show star trek. Paying a visit to ds9, riker is greeted by kira, who gives him a guided tour of the defiant. The plot of deep space nine season 8 should become a movie. He was bluffing his way onto ds9, and probably hadnt counted on running into someone who he was supposed to know. Riker jonathan frakes arrives on ds9 for a brief shore leave, but when the defiant is hijacked, his true identity is revealedand war between the federation and the cardassians becomes a.
Riker arrives on the station to requisition the defiant in order to fight with the maquis. Aug 09, 20 at long last, ladies and gentlemen, weve arrived at the end of season 3. Picard says goodbye to chief obrien and has a couple really awkward conversations with sisko. Trek author and expert keith decandido rewatches star trek. As generations premiered three days prior to this episode, im sure the extra publicity was welcomed with open arms. May 19, 2019 the ds9 writers room reunites in the documentary. According to the noncanon novel quarantine, it was chakotays idea for tom riker to steal the defiant from deep space 9 by posing as commander riker. Key storylines include odos relationship with kira, a romance for dax, and trouble for quark and the ferengi empire. Deep space nine with fresh eyes, including lots of great trivia, analysis, and behindthescenes information. This season opened with the defiant being brought in to help the show with what the producers had grown to see as a weaknessthe inability to get the whole crew offstation at one time for various adventuresso its almost fitting that the adversary spends so much time on board this vessel. Meanwhile sisko finds out peace talks between the dominion and the federation have already started. With ds9 s season 3, the dominion founders are revealed. With the help of a familiar face, the maquis steals the defiant.
The show is set in the late 24th century in the star trek universe, aboard the bajoran space station deep space nine, that is administered by starfleet. There were a total of 176 episodes over the shows seven seasons, which are listed here in chronological order by original airdate, which match the episode order in each seasons dvd set. The defiant manages to escape through the wormhole and emerges near deep space nine. He and his crew enter the gamma quadrant on a mission to locate the founders of the dominion. Riker contacts them from the defiant bridge, saying there was an accident and kira was injured and.
As part of the uk vhs collection star trek crossovers set. The lead ship of her class and one of the federations first purposebuilt warships, the defiant first appears in the third season ds9 episode the search, part i, after which it plays a significant role throughout the series in the ensuing. Defiant is the 55th episode of the television series star trek. Sisko assists gul dukat on cardassia prime to prevent the ship from entering cardassian territory. Through seasons 1 and 2, the a listers of the star trek writingproduction team were assigned to the next generation while ds9 was left with the generic sorts of plots that allowed exploration of character. Over the course of season three of ds9 theres been a pretty slow and sporadic build towards a more serious confrontation with the dominion, and this is one of the first episodes to really set some high stakes and ominous foreshadowing for the inevitable trouble. When he still in disguise bumps into miles obrien, the chief greets him warmly, but riker says, i have nothing to say to you, obrien. Gul dukat finds out that the uss defiant is in the hands of the. In star trek deep space 9, season 3, episode 9, defiant. Season 3 episode 09 defiant commander riker visits the station season 3 episode life support vedek bareil is injured season 3 episode 14 heart of stone kira gets stuck in a cave season 3 episode 20 improbable cause garak is the victim of an assassination attempt. Deep space nine is the third liveaction television series in the star trek franchise and aired in syndication from january 1993 through june 1999. In ds9 s3e9 defiant, tom riker will rikers transporteraccidentcreated twin from tng s6e24 second chances comes to ds9 disguised as will. There are a handful of standout episodes and even some of the poorer ones arent completely without merit, but on season 3 they start turning it on more. The first episode of that season would have opened with captain nog and the uss defiant being attacked by a cloaked ship, escaping through the.
As commander sisko, doctor bashir, and lieutenant dax beam down, they are caught in a temporal fluxuation. Defiant episode memory beta, noncanon star trek wiki. Star trek deep space nine season 3 episode 1 the search. The defiant herself continued to serve at deep space nine for some time9, before being destroyed in late 2375 during the dominions recapture of the chintoka system. Broadcast episodes of the entire third season 199495 26 episodes. With avery brooks, rene auberjonois, alexander siddig, terry farrell. Defiant and hand it over to the maquis, of which he is a member. Deep space nine season 3 episode 10 online fascination. Season 3, episode 9 november 21, 1994 riker jonathan frakes arrives on ds9 for a brief shore leave, but when the defiant is hijacked, his true identity is revealedand war between the. Dec, 2018 star trek deep space nine season 3 episode 1 the search. Ds9 season three wrap up wes 08272018 no comments another season of ds9 is in the can, and that means its time for wes to ramble about what went right and what went wrong. Deep space nine episodes from season 4,view pictures, get episode information and more. Instead of waiting for the jemhadar to attack, sisko wants to try a different tactic. Riker from the enterprise d arrives on deep space 9, he takes a liking to kira, who gives him a tour of the defiant.
In star trek deep space 9, season 3, episode 9, defiant, there is an. When he still in disguise bumps into miles obrien, the chief greets him warmly, but riker says, i. Star trek deep space nine the complete third season. It has an underwhelming ending, although i dont know why i expected anything else. There were a total of 176 episodes over the shows seven seasons, which are listed here in chronological order by original airdate, which match the episode order in each season s dvd set the pilot episode, emissary, the episode. Sisko takes command of a new ship named in honor of the defiant. Season 3 of this scifi series sees starfleet commander benjamin sisko avery brooks use the uss defiant to aid in constructing the utopia planitia fleet yards to deep space 9 in order to protect. The first 2 seasons of ds9 are especially typical of early seasons of a trek show, just like tng you can tell theyre still finding their feet. Sisko and the stations crew face the end of their work on ds9 when the federation negotiates an uneasy peace with. In season 3, sisko is promoted to captain and given a prototype warship equipped with a cloaking device. Commander william riker shows up unannounced and kira shows him the defiant, where he reveals his true motives for coming to deep space nine. Benjamin sisko brings the uss defiant, a ship he helped to construct at the utopia planitia fleet yards, to deep space 9 to protect the station from a dominion attack. Moore, robert hewitt wolfe, rene echevarria, and hans beimler broke down the story of what would have been the first episode of ds9 season 8, which kicks off with a literal bang when nog is shockingly killed.
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