DS9 Season 2

Thesecond season ofStar Trek: Deep Space Nine debuted on26 September1993, with twenty six episodes that ran through12 June1994.

Episodes[]

Summary[]

In their second year together, the crew ofDeep Space 9 face problems that will affect the galaxy forever. ABajoran extremist group attempts to force theFederation out of theBajoran system. TheCardassians are secretly supplying them with weapons, hoping to return to reclaim theplanet and hold theBajoran wormhole for theCardassian Union. However,the greatest enemy of all is lurking beyond it.

Background information[]

• This season was broadcast concurrent withStar Trek: The Next GenerationSeason 7.
• Characters which 'cross over' from other incarnations ofStar Trek include, from TOS:Kor,Kang andKoloth ("Blood Oath"), and from TNG:AdmiralAlynna Nechayev ("The Maquis, Part II").
• All references (of which there were three) to theDominion prior to the episode "The Jem'Hadar" were specifically designed to create a sense of layering and to convey the idea that the Dominion were involved in many different activities: in "Rules of Acquisition", it is revealed that they are involved in trade and commerce; in "Sanctuary", it is revealed that they have a military division; and in "Shadowplay", it is revealed that they are imperialists who think nothing of invading and conquering an entire planet.
• Michael Piller was extremely proud of this season; "When we really started doing stories about ourspace station, and really made it unique to itself, that's when the series, I think,really became special. I think, if you look at the second season ofDeep Space Nine, and I think that I would, personally, put that on a par with any single season in the history ofStar Trek." (New Frontiers: The Story of Deep Space Nine,DS9 Season 2 DVD, Special Features)
• Robert Hewitt Wolfe also agreed that the show really found its footing during the second season; "By the second season we knew how to do the right things, I think with more consistency, and we started to nail them more often. And we also started to develop the Dominion arc and to really understand more about theProphets andBajor and understand the relationship with the characters. So it just became a stronger show." (New Frontiers: The Story of Deep Space Nine,DS9 Season 2 DVD, Special Features)
• This is the only season ofDeep Space Nine in which theProphets do not appear on screen.
• The first three installments of this season form a linked story arc. "The first three-parter was a commitment to say, 'Hey, look at us. Look at what we can do,'" recalled Michael Piller. "It was, in a sense, supposed to do for us what 'Best of Both Worlds' had done forNext Generation." (Captains' Logs: The Unauthorized Complete Trek Voyages, p. 338) RecollectedIra Steven Behr, "Michael Piller called me up and said, 'We're going to open season two with a three-part episode.' Something that had never been done in the franchise history. That's the moment where I started to think, 'Okay,Deep Space Nine gives us opportunities that the other shows do not have or did not have, and that's exciting.'" (What We Left Behind) Piller continued, "I think that we succeeded. Those three shows really did show the breadth of ambition of storytelling that we were able to do and the special effects were terrific, the guest stars were great, and the credibility was there." (Captains' Logs: The Unauthorized Complete Trek Voyages, p. 338)Colm Meaney observed that this triumvirate of episodes continued an exploration of the "very interesting" subject of religious fundamentalism which had begun in the first season finale "In the Hands of the Prophets". ("Colm Meaney – Miles O'Brien",The Official Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Magazine issue 5, p. 10)

Credits[]

Starring[]

• Avery Brooks asCommanderSisko

Also starring[]

• Rene Auberjonois asOdo
• Siddig El Fadil asDoctorBashir
• Terry Farrell asLieutenantDax
• Cirroc Lofton asJake Sisko
• Colm Meaney asChiefO'Brien
• Armin Shimerman asQuark
• Nana Visitor asMajorKira

Guest and co-stars[]

• DS9 Season 2 performers

Crew[]

Executive Producers

• Rick Berman
• Michael Piller

Producers

• Peter Allan Fields
• Peter Lauritson ("The Homecoming"– "The Alternate")

Consulting Producer

• Peter Lauritson (from "Armageddon Game" onward)

Supervising Producers

• James Crocker
• David Livingston

Co-Executive Producer

• Ira Steven Behr

Line Producer

• Robert della Santina ("Rules of Acquisition", "Rivals", "Playing God", "The Maquis, Part I", "Crossover")

Associate Producer

• Steve Oster ("The Homecoming" – "The Alternate")

Co-Producer

• Steve Oster ("Armageddon Game" – "The Jem'Hadar")

Story Editor

• Robert Hewitt Wolfe ("Invasive Procedures" – "The Jem'Hadar")

Casting by

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

Music by

• Dennis McCarthy ("The Homecoming" – "Invasive Procedures", "Paradise" – "Sanctuary", "The Alternate", "Whispers" – "Paradise", "Playing God", "Blood Oath", "The Maquis, Part II" – "Crossover", "The Jem'Hadar")
• Jay Chattaway ("Necessary Evil", "Rivals", "Armageddon Game", "Shadowplay", "Profit and Loss", "The Maquis, Part I", "The Collaborator" – "Tribunal")

Main Title Theme by

• Dennis McCarthy (credit appears only in episodes in which McCarthy is not the episode's composer)

Director of Photography

• Marvin Rush, A.S.C.

Production Designer

• Herman Zimmerman ("The Homecoming" – "Shadowplay")

Art Director

• Randy McIlvain

Editors

• Robert Lederman ("The Homecoming", "Invasive Procedures", every third episode after "Sanctuary")
• Tom Benko, A.C.E. (every third episode after "The Circle")
• Richard E. Rabjohn (every third episode after "The Siege")
• William B. Stitch ("Rules of Acquisition")

Unit Production Manager

• Robert della Santina

First Assistant Director

• Richard Wells (every other episode from "The Homecoming" through "Rivals")
• Venita Ozols-Graham (every other episode from "The Circle" through "Sanctuary")
• Brian Whitley (every other episode from "The Alternate" through "The Jem'Hadar")
• B.C. Cameron (every other episode from "Armageddon Game" through "Tribunal")

Second Assistant Director

• B.C. Cameron ("The Homecoming" – "The Alternate")
• Debra Kent ("Armageddon Game" – "The Jem'Hadar")

Visual Consultant

• Herman Zimmerman ("Playing God" – "The Jem'Hadar")

Costume Designer

• Robert Blackman

Co-costume Designer

• Abram Waterhouse ("Blood Oath" – "The Jem'Hadar")

Visual Effects Producer

• Dan Curry

Visual Effects Supervisors

• Gary Hutzel (odd-numbered episodes)
• Glenn Neufeld (even-numbered episodes)

Post Production Supervisor

• Terri Potts

Supervising Editor

• J.P. Farrell (credited asJohn P. Farrell until "Invasive Procedures")

Scenic Art Supervisor/Technical Consultant

• Michael Okuda (credited as Scenic Art Consultant from "Blood Oath" onward)

Senior Illustrator/Technical Consultant

• Rick Sternbach

Makeup Designed and Supervised by

• Michael Westmore

Set Decorator

• Laura Richarz

Set Designers

• Sharon Davis (every other episode from "The Homecoming" through "Rivals")
• Ron Wilkinson (every other episode from "The Circle" through "The Alternate", "Armageddon Game" – "Shadowplay")
• James Claytor ("Playing God" – "The Jem'Hadar")

Illustrator

• James Martin

Visual Effects Coordinators

• Judy Elkins (odd-numbered episodes)
• David Takemura (even-numbered episodes)
• Philip Barberio ("The Homecoming" – "Sanctuary")

Visual Effects Series Editor

• Philip Barberio (from "Rivals" onward)

Wardrobe Supervisor

• Carol Kunz

Script Supervisor

• Judi Brown ("The Homecoming" – "Crossover")
• Marilyn Giardino-Zych ("The Collaborator", "Tribunal")
• Cosmo Genovese ("The Jem'Hadar")

Special Effects

• Gary Monak

Property Master

• Joe Longo

Construction Coordinator

• Thomas J. Arp ("The Homecoming" – "Playing God")
• Dave DeGaetano ("Profit and Loss" – "The Jem'Hadar")

Scenic Artist

• Denise Okuda (every other episode from "The Homecoming" through "Tribunal")
• Doug Drexler (every other episode from "The Circle" through "The Jem'Hadar")

Hair Designer

• Josée Normand

Make-up Artists

• Camile Calvet-Sutfin ("The Homecoming", "The Siege", "Cardassians", "Rules of Acquisition" – "Second Sight", "Rivals", "Armageddon Game", "Paradise – "Playing God", "Blood Oath" – "The Maquis, Part II", "Crossover" – "Tribunal")
• Dean Gates ("The Circle" – "Invasive Procedures", "Melora" – "Necessary Evil", "Sanctuary" – "The Alternate", "Whispers" – "Shadowplay", "Profit and Loss" – "The Maquis, Part I", "The Wire" – "The Collaborator", "The Jem'Hadar")
• Dean Carl Jones ("The Homecoming" – "The Circle", "Invasive Procedures" – "Sanctuary", "The Alternate" – "Whispers", "Shadowplay" – "Profit and Loss", "The Maquis, Part I" – "The Wire", "The Collaborator" – "The Jem'Hadar")
• Karen J. Westerfield ("The Homecoming" – "Paradise", "Playing God" – "Blood Oath", "The Maquis, Part II" – "Crossover", "Tribunal" – "The Jem'Hadar")

Hair Stylists

• Gerald Solomon (odd-numbered episodes)
• Norma Lee (even-numbered episodes)
• Ronald W. Smith

Sound Mixer

• Bill Gocke

Camera Operator

• Joe Chess, S.O.C.

Chief Lighting Technician

• William Peets

First Company Grip

• Bob Sordal

Key Costumers

• Phyllis Corcoran-Woods ("The Homecoming", "The Siege", every other episode from "Rules of Acquisition" through "Tribunal")
• Jerry Bono (odd-numbered episodes)
• Mary Ellen Bosche (even-numbered episodes)
• Patti Borggrebe-Taylor ("The Circle", every other episode from "Invasive Procedures" through "The Alternate")
• Stephanie Colin (every other episode from "Whispers" through "The Jem'Hadar")
• Maurice Palinski ("Cardassians")

Music Editor

• Stephen M. Rowe

Supervising Sound Editor

• Bill Wistrom

Supervising Sound Effects Editor

• Jim Wolvington

Sound Editors

• T. Ashley Harvey
• Sean Callery
• Paul Tade

Production Coordinator

• Heidi Smothers ("The Homecoming" – "Sanctuary", "Armageddon Game" – "The Jem'Hadar") (credited asHeidi Julian until "Sanctuary")
• Sara Thornberg ("Rivals", "The Alternate")

Post-Production Coordinator

• Dawn Velazquez

Visual Effects Associate

• Laura Lang-Matz

Production Associates

• Kim Fitzgerald
• Kristine Fernandes

Science Consultant

• André Bormanis

Main Title Design

• Dan Curry

Stunt Coordinator

• Dennis Madalone

Location Manager

• Lisa White ("The Homecoming" – "The Circle", "Paradise" – "Shadowplay")

Pre-Production Associate

• Lolita Fatjo

Casting Executive

• Helen Mossler, C.S.A.

Uncredited crew[]

• John Carroll, On-Line Editor
• Mike Edds, Makeup Artist
• Hala Gabriel – Production Accountant
• Nancy J. Hvasta Leonardi – Makeup Artist ("The Collaborator", "Tribunal", "The Jem'Hadar")
• Tina Kalliongis, Makeup Artist
• Michael Key, Makeup Artist
• Mike Little, Additional Camera Operator/Steadicam Operator
• Chuck Madalone – Stunt rigger ("Melora")
• Gil Mosko, Makeup Artist
• Daniel R. Purinton – Rigging Gaffer/Lot Best Boy
• Dave Quaschnick, Makeup Artist
• Joseph Smith – Orchestrator
• Thom Surprenant, Makeup Artist ("The Jem'Hadar")
• Mike Smithson, Makeup Artist

Companies[]

Filmed with

Panavision cameras and lenses

Video Optical Effects

Digital Magic

Special Video Compositing

CIS Hollywood

Motion Control Photography

Image "G"

Computer Animation

VisionArt Design & Animation (all except "The Alternate")

Computer Animation Segments by

VIFX ("The Alternate")

Editing facilities

Unitel Video

Post-Production sound

Modern Sound

See also[]

• DS9 Season 2 UK VHS
• DS9 Season 2 US VHS
• DS9 Season 2 DVD

External links[]

• Star Trek: Deep Space Nine season 2 atMemory Beta, the wiki for licensedStar Trek works
• Deep Space Nine Season 2 episode reviews atEx Astris Scientia