The Darkness and the Light
Joe Siegler
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The Darkness & The Light
This Story: Season 5 Episode 11 (production code 509)
DS9 Overall: Episode 109
Trek Overall: Story 369, Episode 390
Airdate: 6 Jan 1997
Story: Bryan Fuller
Teleplay: Ronald D. Moore
Director: Mike Vejar
Notes
- The first episode from Bryan Fuller who would go on to be writing staff on Voyager and an early showrunner of Discovery.
- The first episode of Star Trek directed by Mike Vejar since “Coming of Age” on TNG some nine years prior. He directed six more episodes of DS9, 13 of Voyager, and 10 of Enterprise.
- Randy Oglesby plays Prin in this episode. It was the Miradorn twins in “Vortex” and would play Degra in several episodes of Enterprise.
- There is a transporter accident in this episode that reminds me a lot of what happened in the first movie .
- Rule of Acquisition Mentioned: #111 – “Treat people in your debt like family… exploit them”.
Links
[ Wikipedia | Memory Alpha | IMDB | Amazon US DVD ]#StarTrekMarathon #StarTrek Deep Space Nine Ep 109 - The Darkness & The Light - 6 Jan 1997 1/2 The first Kira story since Nana's real life delivery. This one involves a still pregnant Kira having to deal with events in her past in the resistance. Someone has been knocking off former resistance cell
— Joe Siegler (@joesiegler.blog) September 3, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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#StarTrekMarathon #StarTrek Deep Space Nine Ep 109 - The Darkness & The Light - 6 Jan 1997 2/2 members, & they have to be stopped before getting to Kira. Good murder mystery story. Won't spoil the ending, but I very much enjoyed this - I was just watching and didn't think of anything to write.
— Joe Siegler (@joesiegler.blog) September 3, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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