With the choosing for the next Kai upon the Bajoran people, a former collaborator with the Cardassian Occupation returns from Cardassia in the hopes of returning to his home world. Instead, he is detained to await punishment for his crimes. Meanwhile, Vedek Bareil seeks the guidance of the prophets in order to bring himself to terms with the past.
s02e01 - The Homecoming (1)
s02e02 - The Circle (2)
s02e03 - The Siege (3)
s02e04 - Invasive Procedures
s02e05 - Cardassians
s02e06 - Melora
s02e07 - Rules of Acquisition
s02e08 - Necessary Evil
s02e09 - Second Sight
s02e10 - Sanctuary
s02e11 - Rivals
s02e12 - The Alternate
s02e13 - Armageddon Game
s02e14 - Whispers
s02e15 - Paradise
s02e16 - Shadowplay
s02e17 - Playing God
s02e18 - Profit and Loss
s02e19 - Blood Oath
s02e20 - The Maquis, Part I
s02e21 - The Maquis, Part II
s02e22 - The Wire
s02e23 - Crossover
s02e24 - The Collaborator
s02e25 - Tribunal
s02e26 - The Jem'Hadar (1)
When the Cardassian occupation of Bajor ended in 2369, the mining space station Terok Nor was left abandoned, its systems ripped out. By invitation of the Bajoran provisional government, Starfleet stepped in to oversee the rebuilding and day-to-day operations of the newly christened Deep Space Nine.
The years of Starfleet's nonintervention into Cardassian matters, however, had taken its toll on relations with the Bajorans. Consequently, Starfleet's position was a tenuous one; many Bajorans, suspicious and hostile as a result of decades of Cardassian oppression and brutality, did not greet the Federation's presence with open arms. The Federation's assistance is put to the test as DS9 becomes a center of travel and commerce that stretches into the Gamma Quadrant.