2nd episode of the 7th season of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
"Shadows and Symbols"
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode
Episode no.
Season 7 Episode 2
Directed by
Allan Kroeker
Written by
Ira Steven Behr Hans Beimler
Featured music
Dennis McCarthy
Production code
552
Original air date
October 5, 1998 (1998-10-05)
Guest appearances
Jeffrey Combs as Weyoun
Casey Biggs as Damar / Dr Wykoff
Barry Jenner as Admiral Ross
J. G. Hertzler as General Martok
Deborah Lacey as Sarah Sisko
Megan Cole as Cretak
Brock Peters as Joseph Sisko
Episode chronology
← Previous "Image in the Sand"
Next → "Afterimage"
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine season 7
List of episodes
"Shadows and Symbols" is the second episode of the seventh season of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, the 152nd overall, premiering the week of October 5, 1998. The episode's premiere received Nielsen ratings of 4.2 points corresponding to over 4.1 million viewers.[1] This episode was written by Ira Steven Behr and Hans Beimler, and directed by Allan Kroeker.[2]
Set in the 24th century, the series follows the adventures of the crew of the Starfleet-managed Bajoran space station Deep Space Nine. The station is adjacent to a wormhole leading to the distant Gamma Quadrant; the wormhole is home to powerful alien beings worshiped by the Bajorans as the "Prophets", who have made station commander Benjamin Sisko their "Emissary". The later seasons of the series follow a war between the United Federation of Planets and the Dominion, an expansionist empire from the Gamma Quadrant. This episode resolves Sisko's crisis of faith in the wake of the events of the sixth season finale, "Tears of the Prophets", and establishes the status quo for the remainder of the seventh season.
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