1. Emissary (1)  

First aired: 1/3/1993    Production Code: 401

Stardate: 46379.1 Commander Benjamin Sisko takes command of the Bajoran space station Deep Space Nine, formerly Terok Nor, recently abandoned by the Cardassian Empire. The discovery of the first stable wormhole, controlled by time-independent aliens, worshipped by the Bajorans as gods (called Prophets), gives Sisko religious significance as the aliens' Emissary.

2. Emissary (2)  

First aired: 1/3/1993    Production Code: 402

Stardate: 46392.7 Captain Ben Sisko takes command of the Bajoran space station Deep Space Nine, formerly Terok Nor, recently abandoned by the Cardassian Empire. The discovery of the first stable wormhole, controlled by time-independent aliens, worshipped by the Bajorans as gods (called Prophets), gives Sisko religious significance as the aliens Emissary. This is part two of the two hour pilot, which was later cut into two episodes. This half of the pilot focuses on developing a relationship between Sisko and the wormhole aliens and positioning the space station prominently near the wormhole.

3. A Man Alone  

First aired: 1/17/1993    Production Code: 403

Stardate: 46421.5 Mob hysteria grips the station when Odo is suspected of committing a murder after a Bajoran's body is discovered.

4. Past Prologue  

First aired: 1/10/1993    Production Code: 404

Stardate: 46412.3 Major Kira's loyalties are questioned when she helps an old friend, now a suspected terrorist trying to destroy the Bajoran Wormhole, who seeks asylum on DS9.

5. Babel  

First aired: 1/24/1993    Production Code: 405

Stardate: 46423.7 Miles O'Brien unknowingly triggers a Cardassian booby trap that releases a potentially fatal virus throughout the station. This Aphasia virus results in the crew only being able to speak in gibberish, before inducing a coma in the victim.

6. Captive Pursuit  

First aired: 1/31/1993    Production Code: 406

Stardate: 46464.2 O'Brien befriends an alien who belongs to a race of beings that are bred to be hunted by another species.

7. Q-Less  

First aired: 2/7/1993    Production Code: 407

Stardate: 46531.2

Q arrives on DS9 fresh from exploring the Gamma Quadrant with Vash. Soon afterwards, power fluctuations grip the station.

8. Dax  

First aired: 2/14/1993    Production Code: 408

Stardate: 46910.1 Dax's previous host, Curzon, is accused of a murder committed 30 years ago, and Jadzia is unwilling to defend him, even though she hides an alibi capable of clearing him.

9. The Passenger  

First aired: 2/22/1993    Production Code: 409

Stardate: 46570.7 Bashir is possessed by an alien criminal who attempts to hijack a Gamma quadrant freighter filled with deuridium.

10. Move Along Home  

First aired: 3/14/1993    Production Code: 410

Stardate: 46612.4 When Quark is caught cheating from an alien delegation from the Gamma Quadrant, they exact revenge by turning the senior crew into the playing pieces of a game of life and death. Only Quark can save their lives.

11. The Nagus  

First aired: 3/21/1993    Production Code: 411

Stardate: 46657.0 Quark is appointed as ruler of the Ferengi Empire when the Grand Nagus enters into early retirement; however, all is not as it may seem. Meanwhile, Commander Sisko is concerned that Nog is a growing bad influence on Jake, but is delightfully surprised when he learns that the situation isn't exactly as he had thought.

12. Vortex  

First aired: 4/18/1993    Production Code: 412

Stardate: 46689.6 Odo arrests a criminal from the Gamma Quadrant who offers to take him to his people on the other side of the wormhole.

13. Battle Lines  

First aired: 4/25/1993    Production Code: 413

Stardate: 46715.2 Sisko, Bashir, Kira and Kai Opaka become stranded on a planet ravaged by war where the inhabitants can't die and are unable to leave. Kai Opaka is killed and resurrected, only to learn that she can never leave.

14. The Storyteller  

First aired: 5/2/1993    Production Code: 414

Stardate: 46729.1 O'Brien is appointed as the spiritual leader of a Bajoran village when he and Bashir are unable to save the dying predecessor. O'Brien must now defend the village from a mysterious and destructive force.

15. Progress  

First aired: 5/9/1993    Production Code: 415

Stardate: 46844.3 While overseeing an evacuation mission, Kira must try to persuade a stubborn old farmer to leave his home.

16. If Wishes Were Horses  

First aired: 5/16/1993    Production Code: 416

Stardate: 46853.2 The inhabitants of Deep Space Nine are mystified when their fantasies turn into reality, however, these occurrences foreshadow a disaster.

17. The Forsaken  

First aired: 5/23/1993    Production Code: 417

Stardate: 46925.1 Lwaxana Troi pays a visit to Deep Space Nine, and soon falls for Odo. Next, the station's computer starts behaving like an attention-hungry child.

18. Dramatis Personae  

First aired: 5/30/1993    Production Code: 418

Stardate: 46922.3 Sisko and Kira are possessed by alien forces and fight for control of the station.

19. Duet  

First aired: 6/13/1993    Production Code: 419

Stardate: 46933.4 Major Kira makes a shocking discovery while trying to uncover the identity of a suspected Cardassian war criminal.

20. In The Hands Of The Prophets  

First aired: 6/20/1993    Production Code: 420

Stardate: 46951.7 Keiko O'Brien's teaching about the science behind the Bajoran Wormhole causes a religious uprising among the Bajoran community that threatens to destroy the Federation-Bajoran alliance.