In the Cards
Joe Siegler
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In the Cards
This Story: Season 5 Episode 25 (production code 523)
DS9 Overall: Episode 123
Trek Overall: Story 382, Episode 404
Airdate: 9 Jun 1997
Story: Truly Barr Clark & Scott J. Neal
Teleplay: Ronald D. Moore
Director: Michael Dorn
Notes
- The first of three episodes of DS9 directed by Michael Dorn. He would also direct one episode of Enterprise.
- Dax does not appear in this episode.
- At an auction Morn buys a painting. Said painting is seen again in “Who Mourns for Morn?“.
- Elias Giger is played by Brian Markinson. He’s had a few other roles in Trek. He was Vorin in TNG’s “Homeward“. He was Lt. Durst in two Voyager episodes (“Cathexis” & “Faces“). He was also “Sulan” in the Faces episode as well.
- The plot of this ep is similar to one that Jake & Nog went through in the first season episode “Progress“.
- A non agression pact between Bajor & the Dominion mentioned here happens in the next episode.
- The actual baseball card in this episode is a 1951 Bowman Willie Mays card.
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[ Wikipedia | Memory Alpha | IMDB | Amazon US DVD ]#StarTrekMarathon #StarTrek Deep Space Nine Ep 123 - In The Cards - 9 Jun 1997 1/2 A mostly light ep, the last one for quite awhile. Nog & Jake try to secure a baseball card that Sisko wants - to lift his mood. The path leads them through a whole mess of scenarios, most of which drive the comedy of
— Joe Siegler (@joesiegler.blog) September 17, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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#StarTrekMarathon #StarTrek Deep Space Nine Ep 123 - In The Cards - 9 Jun 1997 2/2 this ep. There's also a more serious B-plot, which is odd structure having the heavy plot be the B plot. I think it's the last time we see Kai Winn be positive. The first of three eps directed by Michael Dorn.
— Joe Siegler (@joesiegler.blog) September 17, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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