Episode:701
Image in the Sand

Jack's Rating:

With the Bajoran wormhole collapsed, Sisko struggles for a way to contact the Bajoran Prophets. Kira opens a Romulan military hospital, and a new Dax appears on the scene.

Features:
Stardate: Unknown
Air Date: 09/30/98
Director: Les Landau

Jack's Review
Another amazing Dominion War romp! Great acting by Avery Brooks.

Episode:702
Shadows and Symbols

Jack's Rating:

Sisko's quest leads him to the truth about his existence as Kira sets up a blockade of the Bajoran Moon, Derna, against the Romulans.

Features:
Stardate: 52152.6
Air Date: 10/07/98
Director: Allan Kroeker

Jack's Review
And yet again....these main story arc episodes are knocking it out of the park.

Episode:703
Afterimage

Jack's Rating:

Everyone who knew Jadzia Dax reacts strongly to Ezri Dax's presence, particularly Worf. Meanwhile Garak suffers from bad claustrophobic attacks.

Features:
Stardate: Unknown
Air Date: 10/14/98
Director: Les Landau

Jack's Review
A nice way to get Ezri involved with the main cast of characters.

Episode:704
Take Me Out to the Holosuite

Jack's Rating:

Sisko must train his staff to play baseball when the Vulcans, led by Solok, challenge them to a game.

Features: The Holodeck
Stardate: Unknown
Air Date: 10/21/98
Director: Chip Chalmers

Jack's Review
Hilarious from start to finish. Watching Odo practice his umpire calls is a riot!

Episode:705
Chrysalis

Jack's Rating:

Bashir falls for a genetically enhanced patient, Sarina Douglas, that he brought out of a catatonic state using an experimental medical procedure.

Features:
Stardate: Unknown
Air Date: 10/28/98
Director: Jonathan West

Jack's Review
Beautiful episode. One of the better romance related episodes in the series.

Episode:706
Treachery, Faith, and the Great River

Jack's Rating:

A Vorta defector, Weyoun-6, gives Odo valuable information in exchange for asylum. Weyoun-7, the next clone in the series, pursues them. Meanwhile Nog engages in a series of barters to get a Graviton Stabilizer for Miles.

Features:
Stardate: Unknown
Air Date: 11/04/98
Director: Steve Posey

Jack's Review
Hilarious and light-hearted in the Nog department...the scenes with Weyoun and Odo are also very fun.

Episode:707
Once More Unto the Breach

Jack's Rating:

Worf finds a battle assignment for Kor, an aging Klingon hero.

Features: The Klingons
Stardate: Unknown
Air Date: 11/11/98
Director: Allan Kroeker

Jack's Review
Terrific Klingon episode - which is par for the course for DS9, actually.

Episode:708
The Siege of AR-558

Jack's Rating:

Sisko and crew relieve Starfleet troops under siege by Jem'Hadar at a key communications outpost, AR-558, the largest dominion communications array in the sector.

Features:
Stardate: Unknown
Air Date: 11/18/98
Director: Winrich Kolbe

Jack's Review
While the episode is good and the acting by the main cast members is stellar as always, the two main tough guy actors are pretty wooden. Overall a great setup for adding depth to Nog.

Episode:709
Covenant

Jack's Rating:

Dukat, now a religious leader, holds Kira hostage. Mika, one of Dukat's followers, gives birth to a half-Cardassian child.

Features:
Stardate: Unknown
Air Date: 11/25/98
Director: John Kretchmer

Jack's Review
Meh - this one is okay. Great acting overall but the story is rough. No way the Bajoran people would follow Dukat....

Episode:710
It's Only a Paper Moon

Jack's Rating:

Nog struggles with PTSD and begins living with Vic Fontaine.

Features: The Holodeck
Stardate: 52235.7
Air Date: 12/30/98
Director: Anson Williams

Jack's Review
Absolutely glorious episode. Great acting and writing make this another of the series best.

Episode:711
Prodigal Daughter

Jack's Rating:

Ezri goes to New Sydney to find O'Brien and uncovers some disturbing family secrets. Miles goes in search of the widow of Liam Bilby, Morica Bilby, whom he befriended in an undercover operation.

Features:
Stardate: Unknown
Air Date: 01/06/99
Director: Victor Lobl

Jack's Review
Eh...I like Ezri, but we really don't need to know anything about her family so this one feels forced.

Episode:712
The Emperor's New Cloak

Jack's Rating:

Quark and Rom cross into the alternate universe to rescue Grand Nagus Zek.

Features:
Stardate: Unknown
Air Date: 02/03/99
Director: LeVar Burton

Jack's Review
Yet another great one that showcases the great mirror universe setup in DS9 and the Ferengi. Hilarity ensues.

Episode:713
Field of Fire

Jack's Rating:

Ezri summons Joran, a homicidal Dax incarnation from her past, for help in understanding the mind of a serial killer loose on the station.

Features:
Stardate: Unknown
Air Date: 02/10/99
Director: Tony Dow

Jack's Review
This one has some neat ideas in there....but there is no reason that Ezri would have been conducting the investigation alone. Odo is worthless in this one as chief of security and the killer and his motive are unconvincing.

Episode:714
Chimera

Jack's Rating:

A Changeling, Laas, asks Odo to leave the station and join his search for other shapeshifters. Laas was with the Varalans and has learned to assume a space-faring creatures form.

Features:
Stardate: Unknown
Air Date: 02/17/99
Director: Steve Posey

Jack's Review
Well acted and written overall but I feel this one takes Odo off character a bit. He is devoted to Kira completely and is adamant in his resolve to stay away from his people....

Episode:715
Badda-Bing Badda-Bang

Jack's Rating:

The crew attempt to help Vic Fontaine when Vic's hotel is bought by mobsters Frankie Eyes and Carl Zeemo.

Features: The Holodeck
Stardate: Unknown
Air Date: 02/24/99
Director: Mike Vejar

Jack's Review
Easily the best Vic Fontaine episode yet. I laughed and cried a little in this one - great suspense - just awesome.

Episode:716
Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges

Jack's Rating:

While attending a diplomatic conference on Romulus, Bashir becomes an unwilling pawn of Section 31.

Features: The Romulans
Stardate: Unknown
Air Date: 03/03/99
Director: David Livingston

Jack's Review
Very cool intrigue in this one. Loved seeing Adrienne Barbeau as a Romulan!

Episode:717
Penumbra

Jack's Rating:

Ezri searches for a missing Worf and Sisko makes plans to marry Kasidy Yates.

Features:
Stardate: 52576.2
Air Date: 04/07/99
Director: Steve Posey

Jack's Review
Great interplay with Ezri and Worf...great acting as usual by Avery Brooks too. Things are winding up.

Episode:718
'Til Death Do Us Part

Jack's Rating:

Captured by the Breen, Ezri and Worf undergo mental torture. Sisko agonizes over his broken engagement.

Features:
Stardate: Unknown
Air Date: 04/14/99
Director: Winrich Kolbe

Jack's Review
Yet another great installment in the final wind up.

Episode:719
Strange Bedfellows

Jack's Rating:

An alliance is born between the Dominion and the Breen which will prove devastating for the Federation. Ezri and Worf are sentenced to death on Cardassia.

Features:
Stardate: Unknown
Air Date: 04/21/99
Director: Rene Auberjonois

Episode:720
The Changing Face of Evil

Jack's Rating:

The war reaches a crucial turning point when the Dominion retakes the Chin'Toka system, the only Allied foothold in enemy space. Meanwhile, Winn learns that Dukat plans to release the Pah-Wraiths, and Damar leads a revolt against the Dominion.

Features:
Stardate: Unknown
Air Date: 04/28/99
Director: Mike Vejar

Episode:721
When It Rains...

Jack's Rating:

Sisko orders Kira to train Cardassians in resistance tactics as Damar's rebellion gains ground; meanwhile, Bashir makes a shocking discovery about the disease that is ravaging the Founders.

Features:
Stardate: Unknown
Air Date: 05/05/99
Director: Michael Dorn

Episode:722
Tacking Into the Wind

Jack's Rating:

Kira masterminds a plot to steal the Breen energy dampening weapon and Worf instigates a power shift in the Klingon Empire.

Features: The Klingons
Stardate: Unknown
Air Date: 05/12/99
Director: Mike Vejar

Episode:723
Extreme Measures

Jack's Rating:

Bashir and O'Brien must get inside the mind of the man who holds Odo's cure.

Features:
Stardate: 52645.7
Air Date: 05/19/99
Director: Steve Posey

Episode:724
The Dogs of War

Jack's Rating:

Sisko takes command of a new ship; Kira and Garak face a Dominion ambush on Cardassia.

Features:
Stardate: 52861.3
Air Date: 05/26/99
Director: Avery Brooks

Episode:725
What You Leave Behind

Jack's Rating:

Sisko leads the Federation/Klingon/Romulan alliance in the offensive on the Cardassian homeworld. Dukat and Winn journey to the fire caves to release the Pah'Wraiths, and Damar leads his people in a revolution in an attempt to overthrow their Dominion oppressors.

Features:
Stardate: Unknown
Air Date: 06/02/99
Director: Allan Kroeker