Where No Cow Has Remained in One Place Before
I loved Star Trek The Next Generation, and I always had my eyes set on watching Star Trek Deep Space Nine afterward! But, uh, abridged, of course. I used this list of essential episodes as a starting point and let my friends flesh it out.
In the end, my "abridged" DS9 is about 75% of the series, as opposed to about 50% of the series for TNG. Which sounds about right!
For reference, here is my list! As before, I don't need you to tell me I have to watch every single episode or complain that your favorite episode is left out. They will all still be there when I'm done for bonus space station babies. (They're not my space station babies yet. But they will be!)
Season One
1.1/1.2 - Emissary
1.3 - Past Prologue
1.6 - Captive Pursuit
1.7 - Q-Less
1.8 - Dax
1.10 - Move Along Home
1.11 - The Nagus
1.12 - Vortex
1.13 - Battle Lines
1.19 - Duet
1.20 - In the Hands of the Prophets
Season Two
2.1 - The Homecoming
2.2 - The Circle
2.3 - The Siege
2.5 - Cardassians
2.7 - Rules of Acquisition
2.8 - Necessary Evil
2.10 - Sanctuary
2.12 - The Alternate
2.14 - Whispers
2.16 - Shadowplay
2.19 - Blood Oath
2.20 - The Maquis, Part I
2.21 - The Maquis, Part II
2.22 - The Wire
2.23 - Crossover
2.24 - The Collaborator
2.25 - Tribunal
2.26 - The Jem’Hadar
Season Three
3.1 - The Search, Part I
3.2 - The Search, Part I
3.3 - The House of Quark
3.4 - Equilibrium
3.5 - Second Skin
3.6 - The Abandoned
3.7 - Civil Defense
3.9 - Defiant
3.11 - Past Tense, Part I
3.12 - Past Tense, Part II
3.13 - Life Support
3.14 - Heart of Stone
3.15 - Destiny
3.16 - Prophet Motive
3.18 - Distant Voices
3.19 - Through the Looking Glass
3.20 - Improbable Cause
3.21 - The Die Is Cast
3.22 - Explorers
3.23 - Family Business
3.24 - Shakaar
3.25 - Facets
3.26 - The Adversary
Season Four
4.1/4.2 - The Way of the Warrior
4.3 - The Visitor
4.4 - Hippocratic Oath
4.5 - Indiscretion
4.6 - Rejoined
4.8 - Little Green Men
4.9 - The Sword of Kahless
4.10 - Our Man Bashir
4.11 - Homefront
4.12 - Paradise Lost
4.13 - Crossfire
4.14 - Return to Grace
4.15 - Sons of Mogh
4.16 - Bar Association
4.17 - Accession
4.18 - Rules of Engagement
4.19 - Hard Time
4.20 - Shattered Mirror
4.22 - For the Cause
4.23 - To the Death
4.25 - Body Parts
4.26 - Broken Link
Season Five
5.1 - Apocalypse Rising
5.2 - The Ship
5.3 - Looking for Par'Mach in All the Wrong Places
5.4 - ...Nor the Battle to the Strong
5.5 - The Assignment
5.6 - Trials and Tribble-ations
5.8 - Things Past
5.9 - The Ascent
5.10 - Rapture
5.11 - The Darkness and the Light
5.12 - The Begotten
5.13 - For the Uniform
5.14 - In Purgatory’s Shadow
5.15 - By Inferno’s Light
5.16 - Doctor Bashir, I Presume?
5.17 - A Simple Investigation
5.19 - Ties of Blood and Water
5.21 - Soldiers of the Empire
5.22 - Children of Time
5.23 - Blaze of Glory
5.24 - Empok Nor
5.25 - In the Cards
5.26 - Call to Arms
Season Six
6.1 - A Time to Stand
6.2 - Rocks and Shoals
6.3 - Sons and Daughters
6.4 - Behind the Lines
6.5 - Favor the Bold
6.6 - Sacrifice of Angels
6.7 - You Are Cordially Invited
6.8 - Resurrection
6.9 - Statistical Probabilities
6.10 - The Magnificent Ferengi
6.11 - Waltz
6.12 - Who Mourns for Morn?
6.13 - Far Beyond the Stars
6.17 - Wrongs Darker Than Death or Night
6.18 - Inquisition
6.19 - In the Pale Moonlight
6.20 - His Way
6.21 - The Reckoning
6.22 - Valiant
6.26 - Tears of the Prophets
Season Seven
7.1 - Image in the Sand
7.2 - Shadows and Symbols
7.3 - Afterimage
7.4 - Take Me Out to the Holosuite
7.5 - Chrysalis
7.6 - Treachery, Faith, and the Great River
7.7 - Once More Unto the Breach
7.8 - The Siege of AR 558
7.9 - Covenant
7.10 - It’s Only a Paper Moon
7.12 - The Emperor’s New Cloak
7.14 - Chimera
7.15 - Badda-Bing, Badda-Bang
7.16 - Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges
7.17 - Penumbra
7.18 - ‘Til Death Do Us Part
7.19 - Strange Bedfellows
7.20 - The Changing Face of Evil
7.21 - When it Rains…
7.22 - Tacking into the Wind
7.23 - Extreme Measures
7.24 - The Dogs of War
7.25/7.26 - What You Leave Behind
Get excited with me, everyone! I'm going to watch DS9!!
In the end, my "abridged" DS9 is about 75% of the series, as opposed to about 50% of the series for TNG. Which sounds about right!
For reference, here is my list! As before, I don't need you to tell me I have to watch every single episode or complain that your favorite episode is left out. They will all still be there when I'm done for bonus space station babies. (They're not my space station babies yet. But they will be!)
Season One
1.1/1.2 - Emissary
1.3 - Past Prologue
1.6 - Captive Pursuit
1.7 - Q-Less
1.8 - Dax
1.10 - Move Along Home
1.11 - The Nagus
1.12 - Vortex
1.13 - Battle Lines
1.19 - Duet
1.20 - In the Hands of the Prophets
Season Two
2.1 - The Homecoming
2.2 - The Circle
2.3 - The Siege
2.5 - Cardassians
2.7 - Rules of Acquisition
2.8 - Necessary Evil
2.10 - Sanctuary
2.12 - The Alternate
2.14 - Whispers
2.16 - Shadowplay
2.19 - Blood Oath
2.20 - The Maquis, Part I
2.21 - The Maquis, Part II
2.22 - The Wire
2.23 - Crossover
2.24 - The Collaborator
2.25 - Tribunal
2.26 - The Jem’Hadar
Season Three
3.1 - The Search, Part I
3.2 - The Search, Part I
3.3 - The House of Quark
3.4 - Equilibrium
3.5 - Second Skin
3.6 - The Abandoned
3.7 - Civil Defense
3.9 - Defiant
3.11 - Past Tense, Part I
3.12 - Past Tense, Part II
3.13 - Life Support
3.14 - Heart of Stone
3.15 - Destiny
3.16 - Prophet Motive
3.18 - Distant Voices
3.19 - Through the Looking Glass
3.20 - Improbable Cause
3.21 - The Die Is Cast
3.22 - Explorers
3.23 - Family Business
3.24 - Shakaar
3.25 - Facets
3.26 - The Adversary
Season Four
4.1/4.2 - The Way of the Warrior
4.3 - The Visitor
4.4 - Hippocratic Oath
4.5 - Indiscretion
4.6 - Rejoined
4.8 - Little Green Men
4.9 - The Sword of Kahless
4.10 - Our Man Bashir
4.11 - Homefront
4.12 - Paradise Lost
4.13 - Crossfire
4.14 - Return to Grace
4.15 - Sons of Mogh
4.16 - Bar Association
4.17 - Accession
4.18 - Rules of Engagement
4.19 - Hard Time
4.20 - Shattered Mirror
4.22 - For the Cause
4.23 - To the Death
4.25 - Body Parts
4.26 - Broken Link
Season Five
5.1 - Apocalypse Rising
5.2 - The Ship
5.3 - Looking for Par'Mach in All the Wrong Places
5.4 - ...Nor the Battle to the Strong
5.5 - The Assignment
5.6 - Trials and Tribble-ations
5.8 - Things Past
5.9 - The Ascent
5.10 - Rapture
5.11 - The Darkness and the Light
5.12 - The Begotten
5.13 - For the Uniform
5.14 - In Purgatory’s Shadow
5.15 - By Inferno’s Light
5.16 - Doctor Bashir, I Presume?
5.17 - A Simple Investigation
5.19 - Ties of Blood and Water
5.21 - Soldiers of the Empire
5.22 - Children of Time
5.23 - Blaze of Glory
5.24 - Empok Nor
5.25 - In the Cards
5.26 - Call to Arms
Season Six
6.1 - A Time to Stand
6.2 - Rocks and Shoals
6.3 - Sons and Daughters
6.4 - Behind the Lines
6.5 - Favor the Bold
6.6 - Sacrifice of Angels
6.7 - You Are Cordially Invited
6.8 - Resurrection
6.9 - Statistical Probabilities
6.10 - The Magnificent Ferengi
6.11 - Waltz
6.12 - Who Mourns for Morn?
6.13 - Far Beyond the Stars
6.17 - Wrongs Darker Than Death or Night
6.18 - Inquisition
6.19 - In the Pale Moonlight
6.20 - His Way
6.21 - The Reckoning
6.22 - Valiant
6.26 - Tears of the Prophets
Season Seven
7.1 - Image in the Sand
7.2 - Shadows and Symbols
7.3 - Afterimage
7.4 - Take Me Out to the Holosuite
7.5 - Chrysalis
7.6 - Treachery, Faith, and the Great River
7.7 - Once More Unto the Breach
7.8 - The Siege of AR 558
7.9 - Covenant
7.10 - It’s Only a Paper Moon
7.12 - The Emperor’s New Cloak
7.14 - Chimera
7.15 - Badda-Bing, Badda-Bang
7.16 - Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges
7.17 - Penumbra
7.18 - ‘Til Death Do Us Part
7.19 - Strange Bedfellows
7.20 - The Changing Face of Evil
7.21 - When it Rains…
7.22 - Tacking into the Wind
7.23 - Extreme Measures
7.24 - The Dogs of War
7.25/7.26 - What You Leave Behind
Get excited with me, everyone! I'm going to watch DS9!!