DS9 Season 1

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Summary

Starfleet is invited by the Bajorans to help them rebuild after the Cardassian Occupation. Commander Benjamin Sisko is selected to take command of the space station, Terok Nor, that is designated by Starfleet as Deep Space 9. As part of the agreement between the Federation and Bajor, Starfleet will help the Bajorans to become Federation members.

The Federation involvement in the Bajor sector changes galactic history forever, as Starfleet discovers the Bajoran wormhole, the only stable wormhole known to exist, that leads to the largely unexplored Gamma Quadrant.

The other crewmembers of Deep Space 9 include Kira Nerys, the Bajoran liaison officer, Odo, the security chief of the station, its chief medical officer, Julian Bashir, Miles O'Brien, the station's chief of operations and Jadzia Dax, a joined Trill, the stations science officer.

Other residents of the station include Quark, a Ferengi barkeeper, his brother Rom and Rom's son, Nog. Benjamin Sisko's son Jake also lives aboard the station. The most enigmatic station resident is the station's tailor, Elim Garak, who has a mysterious past.

In their first year together, the crew are infected with an aphasia virus, meet a hunted species of aliens, known as Tosk and have an encounter with the omnipotent Q. Quark briefly becomes Grand Nagus, Lwaxana Troi visits the station, a Cardassian called Aamin Marritza tries to get his people to admit to the crimes they committed on Bajor and the disappearance of Kai Opaka thrusts Bareil Antos and Winn Adami into the spotlight.

Background Information

This season was broadcast concurrent with Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 6.
Gene Roddenberry was well aware of the concept of DS9 before his death. So this was the last Star Trek series with which he was connected. [1]
Characters which 'crossover' from TNG include Miles O'Brien (as a main character), Jean-Luc Picard (also as Locutus) in "Emissary", Lursa and B'Etor in "Past Prologue", Q and Vash in "Q-Less", and Lwaxana Troi in "The Forsaken".
Many important recurring characters make their first appearances in the this season, including Gul Dukat ("Emissary"), Nog ("Emissary"), Rom ("Emissary", first named in "A Man Alone"), Morn ("Emissary"), Elim Garak ("Past Prologue"), Zek ("The Nagus"), Maihar'du ("The Nagus"), Winn Adami ("In the Hands of the Prophets") and Bareil Antos ("In the Hands of the Prophets").
Production staff have admitted that the first season of DS9 was somewhat lacking in direction. According to co-creator and executive producer Michael Piller, "When you look at the first season of Deep Space Nine, essentially what I think you see is our intention to do stories that bring in fans of The Next Generation. If you create a space station that is at the crossroads of the universe, then you basically have the justification for bringing in old friends from past episodes. Their ships would normally come through this crossroads, and we felt that was a good way to bring viewers to the show. I think by the second season, we were looking more at standing on our own two feet, and we hadn't been entirely satisfied. When we really started doing stories about our space station, and really made it unique to itself, that's when the series, I think, really became special." (New Frontiers: The Story of Deep Space Nine, DS9 Season 2 DVD, Special Features)
Piller also explains however, that the first season was something of a training exercise for the writers; "I think that when you have a wonderful group of actors, you learn how to write for them in the first season. Every show has a shake-down period during the first season, and Deep Space Nine was no different. But I can tell you that we learned so many things as we got to know our actors." (New Frontiers: The Story of Deep Space Nine, DS9 Season 2 DVD, Special Features)

Credits

Cast

Crew

The following credits are based on the production order of the episodes.
Executive Producers

Co-Producer

Peter Allan Fields (credited in all episodes except "Emissary")

Producer

Peter Lauritson

Supervising Producers

David Livingston
Ira Steven Behr (credited in all episodes except "Emissary")

Line Producer

Robert della Santina ("The Nagus", "The Storyteller", "In the Hands of the Prophets")

Associate Producer

Steve Oster

Casting by

Junie Lowry-Johnson, C.S.A.
Ron Surma

Music by

Dennis McCarthy ("Emissary", "Babel"–"Q-Less", "The Passenger"–"Move Along Home", "Vortex"–"The Storyteller", "The Forsaken", "Duet", "In the Hands of the Prophets")
Jay Chattaway ("A Man Alone", "Past Prologue", "Dax", "If Wishes Were Horses", "Dramatis Personae")
John Debney ("The Nagus", "Progress")

Main Title Theme by

Dennis McCarthy (credit appears only in episodes not composed by McCarthy)

Director of Photography

Marvin Rush

Production Designer

Herman Zimmerman

Editors

Robert Lederman ("Emissary", every third episode after "Q-Less")
Tom Benko, A.C.E. (every third episode after "A Man Alone")
Terry Kelley ("Past Prologue")
Richard E. Rabjohn (every third episode after "Babel")

Unit Production Manager

Robert della Santina

First Assistant Director

Venita Ozols-Graham ("Emissary", "Past Prologue", "Captive Pursuit", even-numbered episode from "Move Along Home" through "In the Hands of the Prophets")
Richard Wells (odd-numbered episodes from "A Man Alone" through "Duet") (credited as Richard D. Wells in "A Man Alone")
Gail Fortmuller ("Dax")

Second Assistant Director

Alisa Matlovsky ("Emissary")
Gail Fortmuller ("A Man Alone"–"Q-Less", "The Passenger"–"Progress")
Michael Baxter ("Dax")
B.C. Cameron ("If Wishes Were Horses"–"In the Hands of the Prophets")

Costume Designer

Robert Blackman

Art Director

Randy McIlvain

Visual Effects

Robert Legato

Visual Effects Supervisors

Robert Legato ("Emissary")
Gary Hutzel (odd-numbered episodes from "A Man Alone" through "The Nagus", "Vortex"–"Progress", "The Forsaken", "Duet")
Bob Bailey ("Past Prologue", "Captive Pursuit")
Glenn Neufeld ("The Storyteller", "Dramatis Personae", "In the Hands of the Prophets")

Post Production Supervisor

Terri Martinez

Scenic Art Supervisor / Technical Consultant

Michael Okuda

Senior Illustrator/Technical Consultant

Rick Sternbach

Set Decorator

Mickey S. Michaels

Make-up Designed and Supervised by

Michael Westmore

Set Designers

Joseph Hodges ("Emissary"–"Dax")
Alan S. Kaye ("Emissary")
Nathan Crowley ("Emissary")
Tom Betts ("The Passenger"–"In the Hands of the Prophets")

Illustrator

Ricardo F. Delgado

Visual Effects Coordinators

Michael Backauskas ("Emissary")
Cari Thomas ("Emissary", even-numbered episodes from "Dax" through "In the Hands of the Prophets")
Judy Elkins ("Emissary", odd-numbered episodes from "A Man Alone" through "Duet")
Mari Hotaki ("Emissary")
Sue Jones ("Past Prologue", "Captive Pursuit")

Wardrobe Supervisor

Carol Kunz

Script Supervisor

Judi Brown

Special Effects

Gary Monak

Property Master

Joe Longo

Construction Coordinator

Richard J. Bayard

Scenic Artists

Doug Drexler ("Emissary", odd-numbered episodes from "A Man Alone" through "Q-Less", even-numbered episodes from "Dax" through "In the Hands of the Prophets")
Denise Okuda ("Emissary", "Past Prologue", "Captive Pursuit", every other episode from "The Passenger" through "Duet")

Hair Designer

Candace Neal (credited as Candy Neal from "A Man Alone" through "Dax")

Make-up Artists

Hair Stylists

Sound Mixer

Bill Gocke

Camera Operator

Joe Chess, S.O.C.

Chief Lighting Technician

William Peets

First Company Grip

Bob Sordal

Key Costumers

Maurice Palinski ("Emissary", even-numbered episodes from "Past Prologue" through "In the Hands of the Prophets")
Phyllis Corcoran-Woods ("Emissary", odd-numbered episodes from "A Man Alone" through "Duet")
Jerry Bono ("Emissary", even-numbered episodes from "Past Prologue" through "In the Hands of the Prophets")
Patty Borggrebe-Taylor ("Emissary", odd-numbered episodes from "A Man Alone" through "Duet")