Battle Lines
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Battle Lines
This Story: Season 1 Episode 13 (production code 413)
DS9 Overall: Episode 13
Trek Overall: Story 281, Episode 293
Airdate: 26 Apr 1993
Story by Hilary J. Bader
Teleplay by Richard Danus & Evan Carlos Somers
Directed by Paul Lynch
Notes
- The last episode of any version of Star Trek directed by Paul Lynch. He directed 10 episodes (5 TNG, 5 DS9).
- The first time a runabout is destroyed.
- Jake & Quark do not appear in this episode.
- The final episode for the character of Kai Opaka in real life, she does appear in visions and flashbacks a few times down the road.
Links
[ Wikipedia | Memory Alpha | IMDB | Amazon US DVD ]#StarTrekMarathon #StarTrek Deep Space Nine Ep 13 - Battle Lines - 26 Apr 1993 1/2 Kai Opaka returns from the DS9 pilot. She wants to visit the station and ends up on the other side of the wormhole on a tour. The shuttle crashes, & they lose Opaka in the crash. The bulk of the ep is about trying to
— Joe Siegler (@joesiegler.blog) May 22, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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#StarTrekMarathon #StarTrek Deep Space Nine Ep 13 - Battle Lines - 26 Apr 1993 2/2 escape the prison planet they crashed on. When this was new, I was annoyed they killed the big religious leader of the series, I felt it was a mistake then. There's a lot of talk about Bajoran prophecy & fate here.
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