Star Trek: Deep Space Nine/Season 4

Season Four of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine aired in syndication from October 7th, 1995 to June 22nd, 1996, spanning a total of twenty-six episodes. This season stars Avery Brooks as Captain Benjamin Sisko, Rene Auberjonois as Chief Constable Odo, Michael Dorn as Lieutenant Commander Worf, Siddig El Fadil as Doctor Julian Bashir, Terry Farrell as Lieutenant Commander Jadzia Dax, Cirroc Lofton as Jake Sisko, Colm Meaney as Chief Miles O'Brien, Armin Shimerman as Quark and Nana Visitor as Major Kira Nerys.

This is the season where Star Trek: Deep Space Nine stops being the red-headed stepchild of the Star Trek universe and becomes the big-gun of the franchise. There are several factors that contribute to this, not the least of which, is the casting of Michael Dorn as Lieutenant Commander Worf, late of Star Trek: The Next Generation. Beginning with the two-part series premiere, Michael Dorn becomes a regular character throughout the remainder of the series. This is also the season that finally evolves Benjamin Sisko from the boring, stoic paper weight that he has been presented in previous seasons into an ass-kicking charismatic leader that is ready to shoot first and ask questions later. Oddly, a lot of this seems connected to his change in appearance, which began in season three when he grew a mustache and beard, and continues into season four with a shiny, clean-shaven head.

In addition to cast changes, this season produced several multi-episode story-arcs including the Klingon War and the threat of the Dominion, which grows in prominence in later seasons as well.

Production

 * Rick Berman - Creator; Executive producer
 * Michael Piller - Creator
 * Ira Steven Behr - Executive producer
 * Ren Echevarria - Producer
 * Steve Oster - Producer
 * Robert Hewitt Wolfe - Co-producer
 * Terri Potts - Associate producer
 * Peter Lauritson - Supervising producer
 * Ronald D. Moore - Supervising producer
 * Robert Della Santina - Coordinating producer

Directors

 * James L. Conway

Writers

 * Ira Steven Behr
 * Robert Hewitt Wolfe

Notes & Trivia

 * "DS9/Season 4" serves as a shortcut to this page.


 * This is the first season of the series to air following the discontinuation of ''Star Trek: The Next Generation.


 * Actor Siddig El Fadil is credited as Alexander Siddig beginning with this season.


 * Benjamin Sisko holds the rank of Captain in this season, which he earned at the end of season three.


 * "The Way of the Warrior" was a two-part episode.