Shadows and Symbols

rdf:langString Shadows and Symbols

rdf:langString List of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episodes

rdf:langString * 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

rdf:langString Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

rdf:langString "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. This episode was written by Ira Steven Behr and Hans Beimler, and directed by Allan Kroeker. 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.