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You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.You should upgrade or use an alternative browser. Which episodes start the Dominion War?

• Thread starter Masao
• Start date Nov 27, 2016

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Masao

Commodore

Commodore Netflix in Japan has started showing all of DS9. When DS9 first appeared back in 1993, I (a rabid paleo-TOS fan) thought it wasn't worth watching (due to some story about being forced to go through an apparently dangerous puzzle by friendly aliens?) and stopped. I heard it got better, but I never got a chance to watch it regularly. But now, because it's become available on Netflix, I want to start watching episodes about the Dominion War. So, tell me, where should I start? Thanks for any info you can provide.

Bad Thoughts

Vice Admiral

Admiral The first major encounter with the Dominion is the season 2 episode "Jem'hadar." I think the first episode that committed the series to the Dominion War was season 3's "The Adversary." B

Bagofmostlywatr

Commander

Red Shirt Even then, it was a few individual episodes until season 5 and 6. DS9 isn't about fighting a war as such, but about the people and events leading to it and surrounding it.

Mage

Vice Admiral

Admiral The actual war itself starts in the last episode of season 5. M

MacLeod

Admiral

Admiral As others have mentioned the war kicks off in the S5 finalé "Call to Arms" but you could say a state of cold war existed before then so other episodes to look at Season 4 "Homefront" "Paradise Lost" "Broken Link" Season 5 "Apocalypse Rising" "The Ship" "The Begotten" "In Purgatory's Shadow" "By Inferno's Light" "Soldiers of the Empire"

Seven of Five

I'm beginning to thnk I can cure a rainy day!

Premium Member It depends how in depth you want to go. Do you want the whole buildup of the Dominion, events that led to the outbreak, or just get to the heart of the matter in season six? Here's a big list of their appearances (or the ones I mostly remember): Season Two The Jem'Hadar There are small references to the Dominion that build their ominous presence in Rules of Acquisition, Sanctuary and Shadowplay. Season Three The Search Parts One and Two The Abandoned Heart of Stone Improbable Cause The Die Is Cast The Adversary Season Four The Way of the Warrior Hippocratic Oath Homefront Paradise Lost To The Death Broken Link Season Five Apocalypse Rising The Ship The Begotten In Purgatory's Shadow By Inferno's Light In The Cards Call to Arms - war is declared Season Six A Time to Stand Rocks and Shoals Sons and Daughters Behind the Lines Favor the Bold Statistical Probabilities Waltz Inquisition In the Pale Moonlight Tears of the Prophets Season Seven Image in the Sand Shadows and Symbols Teachery, Faith and the Great River The Siege of AR-558 It's Only a Paper Moon Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges Penumbra Til Death Do Us Part Strange Bedfellows The Changing Face of Evil When It Rains... Tacking Into The Wind Extreme Measures The Dogs of War What You Leave Behind Last edited: Nov 27, 2016

Bad Thoughts

Vice Admiral

Admiral

MacLeod said: As others have mentioned the war kicks off in the S5 finalé "Call to Arms" but you could say a state of cold war existed before then so other episodes to look at Season 4 "Homefront" "Paradise Lost" "Broken Link" Click to expand...

While I agree that the storyline starts well before CtA, The Adversary was literally conceived as the lead-in to Homefront, and should be viewed first from this perspective. E

elamigodemiamiga

Lieutenant

Red Shirt From jem'hadar to season 5, it was largely a Cold War. but war became inevitable imho when Dukat got Cardassia to join the Dominion in In Inferno's Light. T

Timo

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Admiral In "Jem'Hadar" we already get the Dominion attitude of "if you don't get off Gamma, we kill you all", and in "The Search" we learn they won't be satisfied even with that because they hate the idea of the Alphans blowing up the wormhole. The inevitability of war would seem to be established there and then already... The timetable would ultimately be fixed in "Call to Arms" where Starfleet decides to mine shut the wormhole, knowing the Dominion will immediately react. But the timetable had probably been fixed some time before that in-universe, as the Alphans did not launch a war in "By Inferno's Light" but let the Dominion shipments proceed to Cardassia. The only reason not to attack the Dominion right there would be if Alpha strategists had calculated a date at which their fleets would be ready, and this was not it yet. Drama-wise, I guess you can hop in at any arbitrary moment. It doesn't necessarily matter how and why and when the war got started, as each episode deals with "the situation at hand" and many could even be watched as standalone adventures. Timo Saloniemi

Masao

Commodore

Commodore I've watched "The Jem'Hadar" and "The Search," parts 1 and 2. Pretty good so far...

Paradise City

Commodore

Commodore Sisko starts mining the wormhole to prevent any more Dominion fleets from coming through. Weyoun ain't too pleased about that obviously but when angry words gives way to a slick exchange of pleasantries - they both know it's war. That's a Call to Arms

Bad Thoughts

Vice Admiral

Admiral

Paradise City said: That's a Call to Arms Click to expand...

I always love when histories of WWII mention nothing before September 1, 1939.

TonyLeung82

Lieutenant Commander

Red Shirt

Masao said: I've watched "The Jem'Hadar" and "The Search," parts 1 and 2. Pretty good so far... Click to expand...

man, I wished i could be you and enjoy watching the complete series without aleady knowing how it develops or ends.

USS Firefly

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Paradise City said: Sisko starts mining the wormhole to prevent any more Dominion fleets from coming through. Weyoun ain't too pleased about that obviously but when angry words gives way to a slick exchange of pleasantries - they both know it's war. That's a Call to Arms Click to expand...

That was a wonderfull scene from a great episode

arch101

Commodore

Commodore One could reason that it starts with The Emissary. Where Odo, the shapeshifter/founder with an unknown past, is introduced. His story arc is concurrent with The Dominion's.

Masao

Commodore

Commodore

TonyLeung82 said: man, I wished i could be you and enjoy watching the complete series without aleady knowing how it develops or ends. Click to expand...

Seeing something new is certainly fun, but you might have wasted > 20 years of your life by not being a fan! I certainly don't wish I could watch TOS or Star Wars for the first time. Of course, if (or when: it runs in my family) I get Alzheimer's, I might feel like I'm watching them for the first time...

Fennius

Lieutenant

Red Shirt Hey guys, maybe one someone says they're watching a series for the first time, don't tell them everything that happens?

Jetboogieman

Commander

Red Shirt

MacLeod said: As others have mentioned the war kicks off in the S5 finalé "Call to Arms" Click to expand...

Call to Arms is absolutely the "September 1st, 1939" moment. But in actuality from a non-Federation perspective like a non western perspective for world war II, I think the war really began in "The Die is Cast", I think that's what really began the full spiral towards the war. In the WWII comparison I'm making, the Japanese invasion of Manchuria.

Tomalak

Vice Admiral

Admiral

Jetboogieman said: Call to Arms is absolutely the "September 1st, 1939" moment. But in actuality from a non-Federation perspective like a non western perspective for world war II, I think the war really began in "The Die is Cast", I think that's what really began the full spiral towards the war. In the WWII comparison I'm making, the Japanese invasion of Manchuria. Click to expand...

Yeah, and By Inferno's Light is the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact. N

Navaros

Commodore

Commodore DS9 does not neatly divide it's episodes into categories of "Dominion War Episode" or "Not Dominion War Episode." Whether any given episode can be said to be a "Dominion War Episode" or not is a very gray area for the most part. If you try to watch "The Dominion War Episodes" based on a list of episodes that someone recommends, that list may be missing many Dominion War Episodes based on the personal judgement calls made by its creator to exclude them. But to answer your question anyway as best as can be done, the Dominion War starts in the Season 2 finale which is called "The Jem'Hadar" (although other people may debate that point by calling that episode's event a hostile encounter rather than 'war' per say...like I said, it's a huge gray area).

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