DS9 Season 2 — memory alpha

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(written from a production point of view)

The second season of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine debuted on 26 September 1993, with twenty six episodes that ran through 12 June 1994.

Episodes

Title	Episode	Production number	Stardate	US release date
"The Homecoming"	2x01	40512-421	Unknown	1993-09-26
"The Circle"	2x02	40512-422	Unknown	1993-10-03
"The Siege"	2x03	40512-423	Unknown	1993-10-10
"Invasive Procedures"	2x04	40512-424	47182.1	1993-10-17
"Cardassians"	2x05	40512-425	47177.2–47178.3	1993-10-24
"Melora"	2x06	40512-426	47229.1	1993-10-31
"Rules of Acquisition"	2x07	40512-427	Unknown	1993-11-06
"Necessary Evil"	2x08	40512-428	47282.5–47284.1	1993-11-14
"Second Sight"	2x09	40512-429	47329.4	1993-11-20
"Sanctuary"	2x10	40512-430	47391.2	1993-11-28
"Rivals"	2x11	40512-431	Unknown	1994-01-02
"The Alternate"	2x12	40512-432	47391.7	1994-01-09
"Armageddon Game"	2x13	40512-433	Unknown	1994-01-30
"Whispers"	2x14	40512-434	47581.2	1994-02-06
"Paradise"	2x15	40512-435	47573.1	1994-02-13
"Shadowplay"	2x16	40512-436	47603.3	1994-02-20
"Playing God"	2x17	40512-7	Unknown	1994-02-27
"Profit and Loss"	2x18	40512-438	Unknown	1994-03-20
"Blood Oath"	2x19	40512-439	Unknown	1994-03-27
"The Maquis, Part I"	2x20	40512-440	Unknown	1994-04-24
"The Maquis, Part II"	2x21	40512-441	Unknown	1994-05-01
"The Wire"	2x22	40512-442	Unknown	1994-05-08
"Crossover"	2x23	40512-443	Unknown	1994-05-15
"The Collaborator"	2x24	40512-444	Unknown	1994-05-22
"Tribunal"	2x25	40512-445	47944.2	1994-06-05
"The Jem'Hadar"	2x26	40512-446	Unknown	1994-06-12

Summary

In their second year together, the crew of Deep Space 9 face problems that will affect the galaxy forever. A Bajoran extremist group attempts to force the Federation out of the Bajoran system. The Cardassians are secretly supplying them with weapons, hoping to return to reclaim the planet and hold the Bajoran wormhole for the Cardassian Union. However, the greatest enemy of all is lurking beyond it.

Background information

This season was broadcast concurrent with Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 7.
Characters which 'cross over' from other incarnations of Star Trek include, from TOS: Kor, Kang and Koloth ("Blood Oath"), and from TNG: Admiral Alynna Nechayev ("The Maquis, Part II").
All references (of which there were three) to the Dominion 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 our space 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 of Deep Space Nine, and I think that I would, personally, put that on a par with any single season in the history of Star 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 the Prophets and Bajor 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 of Deep Space Nine in which the Prophets do not appear on screen.
This is the final season to use the 2360s combadges.
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 for Next Generation." (Captains' Logs: The Unauthorized Complete Trek Voyages, p. 338) Recollected Ira 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 as Commander Sisko

Also starring

Guest and co-stars

DS9 Season 2 performers

Crew

Executive Producers

Producers

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

Consulting Producer

Peter Lauritson (from "Armageddon Game" onward)

Supervising Producers

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. Stich ("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 as John 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

Production Coordinator

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

Post-Production Coordinator

Dawn Velazquez

Visual Effects Associate

Laura Lang-Matz

Production Associates

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

External links

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine season 2 at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine season 2 at Ex Astris Scientia

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