Season 4 of Deep Space Nine marks a major shift for the series, as it introduces a new conflict between the Federation and the Klingon Empire, sparked by the latter's distrust of the shape-shifting Founders. Worf, the former security chief of the USS Enterprise-D, joins the station's crew as Sisko's strategic operations officer, and faces challenges in his loyalty, honor, and family.

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Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 4 released on October 2, 1995.

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S04E01 Aired October 02, 1995

The Way of the Warrior (1)

The Klingons attack Cardassia in an attempt to overthrow the planet's newly installed civilian government. When the crew of Deep Space Nine saves the members of the new government, they fall under attack from the Klingons as well. Worf is transferred to Deep Space Nine.

S04E02 Aired October 02, 1995

The Way of the Warrior (2)

The Klingons attack Cardassia in an attempt to overthrow the planet's newly installed civilian government. When the crew of Deep Space Nine saves the members of the new government, they fall under attack from the Klingons as well. Worf is transferred to Deep Space Nine.

S04E03 Aired October 09, 1995

The Visitor

An elderly Jake Sisko relates the story of how he lost his father to a temporal displacement accident.

S04E04 Aired October 16, 1995

Hippocratic Oath

Bashir assists a rogue group of Jem'Hadar attempting to overcome their addiction to Ketracel White.

S04E05 Aired October 23, 1995

Indiscretion

Kira and Dukat embark on a mission to find lost Bajoran prisoners. On the mission, Dukat reveals that he too has someone he is concerned about on the ship, a Bajoran woman with whom he had an affair.

S04E06 Aired October 30, 1995

Rejoined

Dax is reunited with one of her former hosts' mates, and the two struggle with their feelings for one another.

S04E07 Aired November 06, 1995

Starship Down

The USS Defiant becomes trapped in a planet's volatile atmosphere after battling with the Jem'Hadar.

S04E08 Aired November 13, 1995

Little Green Men

Quark, Rom and Nog are accidentally thrust back in time to Roswell, New Mexico, Earth in 1947.

S04E09 Aired November 20, 1995

The Sword of Kahless

Worf, Dax and a revered Klingon warrior, Kor, search for the Sword of Kahless to unite the Klingon Empire.

S04E10 Aired November 27, 1995

Our Man Bashir

Bashir plays a 1960s secret agent in a holosuite, but when it is used in an emergency to store the transporter patterns of some of the crew, he must make life or death decisions.

S04E11 Aired January 01, 1996

Homefront

Sisko and Odo are brought to Earth when it's suspected Changelings are infiltrating Starfleet.

S04E12 Aired January 08, 1996

Paradise Lost

As Sisko and Odo prepare for a Dominion invasion they discover a plot to place the Federation under military control.

S04E13 Aired January 29, 1996

Crossfire

Odo's hidden feelings for Kira surface when the visiting Bajoran First Minister begins to court her.

S04E14 Aired February 05, 1996

Return to Grace

Dukat seeks Kira's help in regaining his rank in the Cardassian Empire.

S04E15 Aired February 12, 1996

Sons of Mogh

Cast out of Klingon society because of Worf's dishonor, his outcast brother asks Worf to kill him.

S04E16 Aired February 19, 1996

Bar Association

Rom creates a union for Quark's employees and goes on strike.

S04E17 Aired February 26, 1996

Accession

A famous Bajoran poet who disappeared over 200 years ago appears from the wormhole and convinces Sisko that he is the true Emissary.

S04E18 Aired April 08, 1996

Rules of Engagement

Worf accidentally destroys a civilian ship during battle and faces a hearing to determine whether he should be extradited to the Klingon Empire.

S04E19 Aired April 15, 1996

Hard Time

O'Brien is incarcerated for 20 years on an alien world on charges of espionage. However the experience was implanted into his mind, and O'Brien struggles to re-adjust to station life.

S04E20 Aired April 22, 1996

Shattered Mirror

Sisko attempts to rescue Jake after he is lured into a war-torn mirror universe by his mother's living counterpart.

S04E21 Aired April 29, 1996

The Muse

While Odo assists a pregnant Lwaxana Troi, Jake falls under the spell of a mysterious woman.

S04E22 Aired May 06, 1996

For the Cause

Sisko learns that his girlfriend Kasidy may be a Maquis smuggler.

S04E23 Aired May 13, 1996

To the Death

Sisko and the Defiant crew join forces with the Jem'Hadar to stop a group of Jem'Hadar renegades from gaining power.

S04E24 Aired May 20, 1996

The Quickening

Bashir tries to free the population of a Gamma Quadrant world of an engineered disease left by the Dominion 200 years ago.

S04E25 Aired June 10, 1996

Body Parts

Quark is diagnosed with a terminal disease and sells his body parts on the Ferengi Futures Exchange.

S04E26 Aired June 17, 1996

Broken Link

Odo is forced to return to his people, the Changelings, to face judgment for killing one of his own.