Synopsis
Season 5 of Deep Space Nine begins the Dominion War arc that will dominate the rest of the show. The Federation and its allies face a new enemy in the form of the Cardassian-Dominion alliance, which threatens to conquer the Alpha Quadrant.
Season 5 aired between 30 Sep 1996 and 16 Jun 1997, 26 episodes.
Episodes
E01
Apocalypse Rising
30 Sep 1996
E02
The Ship
07 Oct 1996
E03
Looking for par'Mach in All the Wrong Places
14 Oct 1996
E04
...Nor the Battle to the Strong
21 Oct 1996
E05
The Assignment
28 Oct 1996
E06
Trials and Tribble-ations
04 Nov 1996
E07
Let He Who is Without Sin...
11 Nov 1996
E08
Things Past
18 Nov 1996
E09
The Ascent
25 Nov 1996
E10
Rapture
30 Dec 1996
E11
The Darkness and the Light
06 Jan 1997
E12
The Begotten
27 Jan 1997
E13
For the Uniform
03 Feb 1997
E14
In Purgatory's Shadow
10 Feb 1997
E15
By Inferno's Light
17 Feb 1997
E16
Doctor Bashir, I Presume?
24 Feb 1997
E17
A Simple Investigation
31 Mar 1997
E18
Business as Usual
07 Apr 1997
E19
Ties of Blood and Water
14 Apr 1997
E20
Ferengi Love Songs
21 Apr 1997
E21
Soldiers of the Empire
28 Apr 1997
E22
Children of Time
05 May 1997
E23
Blaze of Glory
12 May 1997
E24
Empok Nor
19 May 1997
E25
In the Cards
09 Jun 1997
E26
Call to Arms
16 Jun 1997