Kira learns that actually governing is much harder than the ease of righteous anger.

There’s no one better to show the archetypal Ferengi than their leader himself.

And Sisko is the one who has to keep this from becoming an interplanetary incident.

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(It’s all true, dear Doctor.)

That friend is Tosk (Scott MacDonald), the station’s first visitor from the Gamma Quadrant.

Miles O’Brien readily embodies classic Federation ideals in his friendship with Tosk.

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It’s a beautiful metaphor for Sisko’s trauma.

Winn is viscerally, delightfully awful, in all her skin-crawling, two-faced glory.

That means there’s real depth toDS9’s character growth.

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Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, also known as DS9, is the fourth series in the long-running Sci-Fi franchise, Star Trek. DS9 was created by Rick Berman and Michael Piller, and stars Avery Brooks, René Auberjonois, Terry Farrell, and Cirroc Lofton. This particular series follows a group of individuals in a space station near a planet called Bajor.

The man alternately claims to be the terrifying camp overseer Gul Darhe’el, or mild-mannered file clerk Aamon Marritza.

Kira’s past with the Bajoran Resistance is riddled with violence, but it’s justified.

This particular series follows a group of individuals in a space station near a planet called Bajor.

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Kira leans over the body of Kai Opaka, crying out in grief

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Los takes Kira hostage in Past Prologue

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Vedek Winn meditates as Sisko stands behind her

The cast of DS9 season 1 and Armin Shimerman as Quark

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