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1 | Star Trek: Deep Space Nine | Sources for Rank/Rating: | |||||||
2 | BEST AND/OR ESSENTIAL EPISODES TO WATCH | IMDB, avclub, exastris, tv.com, trakt, trekranks, r/DaystromInstitute, r/startrek | |||||||
3 | Best episodes are "Watch", good non-essential episodes are "Optional", and decent, potentially essential episodes are "Consider watch". | Sources for Essential vs. Non-Essential: | |||||||
4 | "Essential" refers to episodes that are critical to the main plot, or (for less serialized shows) feature major events (e.g. new characters, enemies, etc.) | u/Algernon_Asimov | |||||||
5 | Episode | Title | Watch? | Why? | |||||
6 | S1 | E01 | Emissary | Watch | Above average and essential | ||||
7 | S1 | E03 | Past Prologue | Skip | |||||
8 | S1 | E04 | A Man Alone | Skip | |||||
9 | S1 | E05 | Babel | Skip | |||||
10 | S1 | E06 | Captive Pursuit | Skip | |||||
11 | S1 | E07 | Q-Less | Skip | |||||
12 | S1 | E08 | Dax | Skip | |||||
13 | S1 | E09 | The Passenger | Skip | |||||
14 | S1 | E10 | Move Along Home | Skip | |||||
15 | S1 | E11 | The Nagus | Skip | |||||
16 | S1 | E12 | Vortex | Skip | |||||
17 | S1 | E13 | Battle Lines | Skip | |||||
18 | S1 | E14 | The Storyteller | Skip | |||||
19 | S1 | E15 | Progress | Skip | |||||
20 | S1 | E16 | If Wishes Were Horses | Skip | |||||
21 | S1 | E17 | The Forsaken | Skip | |||||
22 | S1 | E18 | Dramatis Personae | Skip | |||||
23 | S1 | E19 | Duet | Watch | Highly ranked | ||||
24 | S1 | E20 | In the Hands of the Prophets | Watch | Highly ranked | ||||
25 | SEASON 2 | ||||||||
26 | S2 | E01 | The Homecoming | Watch | Above average and essential | ||||
27 | S2 | E02 | The Circle | Watch | Above average and essential | ||||
28 | S2 | E03 | The Siege | Watch | Highly ranked | ||||
29 | S2 | E04 | Invasive Procedures | Skip | |||||
30 | S2 | E05 | Cardassians | Consider watch | Below average but essential | ||||
31 | S2 | E06 | Melora | Skip | |||||
32 | S2 | E07 | Rules of Acquisition | Skip | |||||
33 | S2 | E08 | Necessary Evil | Watch | Highly ranked | ||||
34 | S2 | E09 | Second Sight | Skip | |||||
35 | S2 | E10 | Sanctuary | Skip | |||||
36 | S2 | E11 | Rivals | Skip | |||||
37 | S2 | E12 | The Alternate | Skip | |||||
38 | S2 | E13 | Armageddon Game | Optional | Above average but non-essential | ||||
39 | S2 | E14 | Whispers | Optional | Highly ranked but non-essential | ||||
40 | S2 | E15 | Paradise | Skip | |||||
41 | S2 | E16 | Shadowplay | Skip | |||||
42 | S2 | E17 | Playing God | Skip | |||||
43 | S2 | E18 | Profit and Loss | Skip | |||||
44 | S2 | E19 | Blood Oath | Optional | Above average but non-essential | ||||
45 | S2 | E20 | The Maquis: Parts 1 & 2 | Watch | Above average and essential | ||||
46 | S2 | E22 | The Wire | Watch | Highly ranked | ||||
47 | S2 | E23 | Crossover | Optional | Highly ranked but non-essential | ||||
48 | S2 | E24 | The Collaborator | Consider watch | Below average but essential | ||||
49 | S2 | E25 | Tribunal | Watch | Above average and essential | ||||
50 | S2 | E26 | The Jem'Hadar | Watch | Highly ranked | ||||
51 | SEASON 3 | ||||||||
52 | S3 | E01 | The Search: Parts 1 & 2 | Watch | Highly ranked | ||||
53 | S3 | E03 | The House of Quark | Optional | Highly ranked but non-essential | ||||
54 | S3 | E04 | Equilibrium | Skip | |||||
55 | S3 | E05 | Second Skin | Watch | Highly ranked | ||||
56 | S3 | E06 | The Abandoned | Consider watch | Below average but essential | ||||
57 | S3 | E07 | Civil Defense | Optional | Highly ranked but non-essential | ||||
58 | S3 | E08 | Meridian | Skip | |||||
59 | S3 | E09 | Defiant | Watch | Highly ranked | ||||
60 | S3 | E10 | Fascination | Skip | |||||
61 | S3 | E11 | Past Tense: Parts 1 & 2 | Watch | Highly ranked | ||||
62 | S3 | E13 | Life Support | Skip | |||||
63 | S3 | E14 | Heart of Stone | Consider watch | Below average but essential | ||||
64 | S3 | E15 | Destiny | Skip | |||||
65 | S3 | E16 | Prophet Motive | Skip | |||||
66 | S3 | E17 | Visionary | Optional | Highly ranked but non-essential | ||||
67 | S3 | E18 | Distant Voices | Skip | |||||
68 | S3 | E19 | Through the Looking Glass | Optional | Above average but non-essential | ||||
69 | S3 | E20 | Improbable Cause | Watch | Highly ranked | ||||
70 | S3 | E21 | The Die is Cast | Watch | Highly ranked | ||||
71 | S3 | E22 | Explorers | Watch | Above average and essential | ||||
72 | S3 | E23 | Family Business | Skip | |||||
73 | S3 | E24 | Shakaar | Skip | |||||
74 | S3 | E25 | Facets | Skip | |||||
75 | S3 | E26 | The Adversary | Watch | Highly ranked | ||||
76 | SEASON 4 | ||||||||
77 | S4 | E01 | The Way of the Warrior | Watch | Highly ranked | ||||
78 | S4 | E03 | The Visitor | Watch | Highly ranked | ||||
79 | S4 | E04 | Hippocratic Oath | Watch | Highly ranked | ||||
80 | S4 | E05 | Indiscretion | Watch | Highly ranked | ||||
81 | S4 | E06 | Rejoined | Consider watch | Below average but essential | ||||
82 | S4 | E07 | Starship Down | Optional | Above average but non-essential | ||||
83 | S4 | E08 | Little Green Men | Optional | Highly ranked but non-essential | ||||
84 | S4 | E09 | The Sword of Kahless | Skip | |||||
85 | S4 | E10 | Our Man Bashir | Optional | Highly ranked but non-essential | ||||
86 | S4 | E11 | Homefront | Watch | Highly ranked | ||||
87 | S4 | E12 | Paradise Lost | Watch | Highly ranked | ||||
88 | S4 | E13 | Crossfire | Watch | Highly ranked | ||||
89 | S4 | E14 | Return to Grace | Watch | Highly ranked | ||||
90 | S4 | E15 | Sons of Mogh | Watch | Highly ranked | ||||
91 | S4 | E16 | Bar Association | Consider watch | Below average but essential | ||||
92 | S4 | E17 | Accession | Consider watch | Below average but essential | ||||
93 | S4 | E18 | Rules of Engagement | Watch | Highly ranked | ||||
94 | S4 | E19 | Hard Time | Watch | Above average and essential | ||||
95 | S4 | E20 | Shattered Mirror | Skip | |||||
96 | S4 | E21 | The Muse | Skip | |||||
97 | S4 | E22 | For the Cause | Watch | Highly ranked | ||||
98 | S4 | E23 | To the Death | Watch | Highly ranked | ||||
99 | S4 | E24 | The Quickening | Watch | Above average and essential | ||||
100 | S4 | E25 | Body Parts | Watch | Above average and essential |