Season 3 of Deep Space Nine marks a turning point for the series, as it introduces the USS Defiant, a powerful starship that allows the crew to explore the Gamma Quadrant and face the threat of the Dominion, a vast and ruthless empire ruled by the shape-shifting Founders.

Season 3 Episode 9 - Defiant

Stardate: 48467.3. The DS9 crew welcomes a visit from William Riker of the Enterprise, but the lieutenant’s hidden agenda leads to a tense standoff deep in Cardassian space. Air Date : 21st-Nov-1994

Season 3 Episode 1 - The Search (1)

Stardate: 48213.1. Instead of waiting for the Jem'Hadar to attack, Sisko wants to try a different approach. He wants to take a new class starship to try to find the Founders. Air Date : 26th-Sep-1994  Read More

Season 3 Episode 2 - The Search (2)

Stardate: 48213.1. Odo has found his home and is introduced. Meanwhile Sisko finds out peace talks between the Dominion and the Federation have already started. Air Date : 3rd-Oct-1994  Read More

Season 3 Episode 3 - The House of Quark

Stardate: Unknown. Quark tries to boost his reputation by taking credit for the accidental death of a Klingon in his bar, but lands himself in the middle of a Klingon political struggle. Air Date : 10th-Oct-1994  Read More

Season 3 Episode 4 - Equilibrium

Stardate: Unknown. The Trill homeworld is the setting, as Sisko and Bashir take Jadzia home for treatment when she begins experiencing hallucinations after playing a tune she can't recall. Air Date : 17th-Oct-1994  Read More

Season 3 Episode 5 - Second Skin

Stardate: Unknown. Kira finds herself on Cardassia as a Cardassian. She is told she is called Iliana Ghemor and was a Cardassian spy. Air Date : 24th-Oct-1994  Read More

Season 3 Episode 6 - The Abandoned

Stardate: Unknown. Odo tries to bond with an alien child Quark finds in a load of salvage, while Sisko tries to break his son's relationship with a 20 year old Dabo girl. Air Date : 31st-Oct-1994  Read More

Season 3 Episode 7 - Civil Defense

Stardate: Unknown. The station goes into lockdown and the crew is endangered when an old Cardassian security program is accidentally activated. Air Date : 7th-Nov-1994  Read More

Season 3 Episode 8 - Meridian

Stardate: 48423.2. Dax falls in love with one of the residents of a multi-dimensional planet, while on DS9 an alien requests a holosuite program of Kira from Quark. Air Date : 14th-Nov-1994  Read More

Season 3 Episode 9 - Defiant

Stardate: 48467.3. The DS9 crew welcomes a visit from William Riker of the Enterprise, but the lieutenant’s hidden agenda leads to a tense standoff deep in Cardassian space. Air Date : 21st-Nov-1994  Read More

Season 3 Episode 10 - Fascination

Stardate: Unknown. As Lwaxanna Troi visits the station for a Bajoran festival, the crew is stricken with intense romantic attractions to one another. Air Date : 28th-Nov-1994  Read More

Season 3 Episode 11 - Past Tense (1)

Stardate: 48481.2. Sisko, Bashir and Dax are accidentally sent to San Francisco in the 21st century due to a transporter malfunction, and must figure out how to get back without changing the time line. Air Date : 2nd-Jan-1995  Read More

Season 3 Episode 12 - Past Tense (2)

Stardate: 48481.2. Sisko is forced to take the place of a key historical figure on Earth in 2024 in order to preserve the timeline. Air Date : 9th-Jan-1995  Read More

Season 3 Episode 13 - Life Support

Stardate: 48498.4. Dr. Bashir must use extraordinary measures to prolong Vedek Bareil's life long enough to allow Bareil to complete sensitive peace negotiations between the Bajorans and the Cardassians. Air Date : 30th-Jan-1995  Read More

Season 3 Episode 14 - Heart of Stone

Stardate: 48521.5. After chasing a fugitive into a cave, Kira gets stuck and is slowly encapsulated by a growing crystal stone while Odo tries to figure out how to free her. Air Date : 6th-Feb-1995  Read More

Season 3 Episode 15 - Destiny

Stardate: 48543.2. Sisko faces a conflict between his Starfleet duties and his role as the Bajoran Emissary when an ancient Bajoran prophecy predicts that a joint Federation-Cardassian project will lead to the destruction of the wormhole. Air Date : 13th-Feb-1995  Read More

Season 3 Episode 16 - Prophet Motive

Stardate: Unknown. Grand Nagus Zek is acting bizarre by giving away money and rewriting the Rules of Acquisition. Quark attempts to get the old Nagus back. Air Date : 20th-Feb-1995  Read More

Season 3 Episode 17 - Visionary

Stardate: Unknown. While a Romulan delegation tries to get information about the Dominion, O'Brien gets visions of unpleasant things that are about to happen in the future. Air Date : 27th-Feb-1995  Read More

Season 3 Episode 18 - Distant Voices

Stardate: Unknown. After being attacked in the infirmary, Dr. Bashir has a dual mystery on his hands: what has happened to the station while he was out and why is he aging so rapidly now? Air Date : 10th-Apr-1995  Read More

Season 3 Episode 19 - Through the Looking Glass

Stardate: Unknown. Sisko is kidnapped to impersonate his deceased, mirror universe self to gain Jennifer Sisko's loyalty in the Rebel Alliance. Air Date : 17th-Apr-1995  Read More

Season 3 Episode 20 - Improbable Cause (1)

Stardate: Unknown. After an attempt is made on Garak's life, Odo conducts the investigation on who tried to murder the Cardassian tailor - and why. Air Date : 24th-Apr-1995  Read More

Season 3 Episode 21 - The Die Is Cast (2)

Stardate: Unknown. Now rejoined with his former mentor, Garak is ordered to interrogate Odo about the secrets of his people, while the joined Romulan/Cardassian attack fleet moves towards the Founders' home world on a mission of destruction. Air Date : 1st-May-1995  Read More

Season 3 Episode 22 - Explorers

Stardate: Unknown. Sisko rebuilds an ancient Bajoran space vessel from the blueprints, and he and Jake take the ship on a trip, attempting to prove that the ancient Bajorans went beyond their solar system without warp drive. Air Date : 8th-May-1995  Read More

Season 3 Episode 23 - Family Business

Stardate: Unknown. Quark and Rom return to the Ferengi home world because their mother has broken the law - by wearing clothes and earning profits, forbidden for women in Ferengi society. Air Date : 15th-May-1995  Read More

Season 3 Episode 24 - Shakaar

Stardate: Unknown. News arrives that Kai Winn has also become Bajor's political leader. She asks Kira to negotiate with an old resistance friend about returning soil reclamators. Air Date : 22nd-May-1995  Read More

Season 3 Episode 25 - Facets

Stardate: Unknown. Dax asks the crew to join her Zhian'tara ritual. The memories of her former hosts will take over their bodies. Nog is preparing for Starfleet Academy. Air Date : 12th-Jun-1995  Read More

Season 3 Episode 26 - The Adversary

Stardate: 48959.1. The Defiant is off to show the Federation's presence to the new Tzenkethi government. While underway the ship malfunctions and Bashir is suspected of sabotage. Air Date : 19th-Jun-1995  Read More