DS9 Season 7


Episodes

Summary 
Benjamin Sisko discovers his mother was a Prophet, a new Dax host arrives on Deep Space 9, Odo discovers that his people have been infected with a fatal disease and Julian Bashir undertakes an assignment for Section 31. Kai Winn turns on the Prophets, and with the assistance of Dukat summons the pah-wraiths. The Breen join the war and side with the Dominion. In the concluding episodes of the season (and the series), the Cardassian-Dominion alliance breaks down, Colonel Kira leads a Cardassian resistance movement involving Legate Damar and Elim Garak, and the alliance of Federation, Klingon, and Romulan forces claim victory in the Dominion War.

Background information 
 Nicole de Boer joins the cast as Ezri Dax.
 This season was broadcast concurrent with  Season 5, and  (featuring Worf) was released during its run, between the episodes  and 
 Several sources, including an episode guide book of the first six seasons, entitled SFX: The Essential Guide to Deep Space Nine, mentioned an episode called "Dysfunctional", where Ezri was to secretly arrange to have Dax removed. The guide also made predictions for season seven and was right about most of them. The writer accurately predicted the return of Section 31, either Bashir or Jake gets the hots for Ezri, and Sisko will die a hero's death or move onto a higher plane of existence. 
 In this season, the makers of DS9 were allowed to do what they liked to the show, within reason. ""As Rick Berman said to me, 'Look, Ira, I want you to know something. Deep Space Nine might be going off the air, but the Star Trek franchise has to continue on. So you can't destroy the Federation," laughed Executive Producer/writer Ira Steven Behr. "Which we weren't planning on doing, but I think what that comment said to me was that there's no limits to what we can possibly do." Speaking just prior to the season beginning, Behr went on to say, "In the seventh season, I want to make sure that no story remains on the sidelines. I've told everyone this should be the strangest season yet. We should do whatever we want, get every story out of our system we want to tell. Go places where people don't expect the show to go. Wrap up as many threads of this series as possible. And end on a satisfying note." Behr also planned for the new season to deal with the death of Jadzia Dax, saying, "It's going to give us a hell of a lot of great Worf and Sisko stories next year." (Sci-Fi Universe, issue 33, p. 47) Not everyone gave the series' creative personnel free reign to do whatever they wanted, though. Behr later commented, "It wasn't like we had everyone saying, 'Oh good – give us serialized episodes, give us anything.' People had definite opinions about the show. It was a journey into the unknown every time we dared to try something different, even in the seventh season, by which time you'd think they'd be saying, 'Oh, just go do what you want already.' That never happened." ()
 In terms of the first half of the season being composed of stand-alone episodes, and the second half comprising a single 10-episode arc, co-executive producer/writer Ronald D. Moore comments, "Going into Season 7, we knew everything was canted towards the end. We were seeing plot threads and characters and where they were going. Even in the stand-alones, we could see that the tapestry was getting woven tighter and tighter. So we had to be careful, especially on the stand-alones. Because on these episodes, I wasn't walking into René Echevarria's office telling him, 'I'm doing this on ,' and I hope it doesn't contradict what you're doing now'." ()
 Characters which 'crossover' from other incarnations of Star Trek: Neral in ().

Credits

Guest and co-stars 
 DS9 Season 7 performers

Crew 
Executive Producers Rick Berman, Ira Steven Behr
Co-Producer Terri Potts
Executive Story Editors Bradley Thompson, David Weddle
Casting by Junie Lowry-Johnson, CSA, Ron Surma
Music By
Dennis McCarthy ("Image in the Sand", "Shadows and Symbols", "Once More Unto the Breach", "Prodigal Daughter", "The Emperor's New Cloak", "Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges", "Penumbra", "Extreme Measures", "What You Leave Behind")
Jay Chattaway ("Afterimage", "Chrysalis", "It's Only a Paper Moon", "Chimera", "Badda-Bing, Badda-Bang", "Strange Bedfellows", "The Changing Face of Evil")
David Bell ("Take Me Out to the Holosuite", "Treachery, Faith and the Great River", "Covenant", "'Til Death Do Us Part", "Tacking Into the Wind", "The Dogs of War")
Paul Baillargeon ("The Siege of AR-558", "When It Rains...")
Gregory Smith ("Field of Fire")
Main Title Theme By Dennis McCarthy (credit appears only in episodes not composed by McCarthy)
Directors of Photography Jonathan West, ASC, Kris Krosskove
Production Designer Herman Zimmerman
Editors Michael Westmore, Jr., Steve Rucker, David Ramirez
Unit Production Manager Robert della Santina
First Assistant Directors Joe Candrella, Louis Race, B.C. Cameron
Second Assistant Director Tamu Blackwell, Joe Candrell
Costume Designer Robert Blackman
Art Director Randy McIlvain
Visual Effects Producer Dan Curry
Visual Effects Supervisors David Takemura, Adam Buckner, Judy Elkins, David Stipes
Scenic Art Supervisor/Technical Consultant Michael Okuda
Post Production Supervisor 
Make-Up Designed and Supervised by Michael Westmore
Set Decorator Laura Richarz, SDSA
Set Designer Anthony Bro, Fritz Zimmerman
Senior Illustrator John Eaves
Visual Effects Coordinator A.Y. Delara, Adam Buckner
Visual Effects Associate Laura Matz
Script Supervisor Judi Brown
Wardrobe Supervisor Carol Kunz
Special Effects Gary Monak
Property Master Joe Longo
Construction Coordinator Thomas J. Arp
Scenic Artists Denise Okuda, Doug Drexler, Anthony Fredrickson
Hair Designer Norma Lee
Make-up Artists Camille Calvet, Karen Westerfield, Sonny Burman, Mark Bussan, Dean Jones, Mary Kay Morse
Hair Stylists Brian Andrew-Tunstall, Rebecca De Morrio, Gloria Casney
Sound Mixer Bill Gocke
Camera Operator Kris Krosskove, SOC, Michael St. Hilaire, SOC
Chief Lighting Technician Ralph Johnson
First Company Grip Steve Gausche
Key Costumers Michael Chapman, Jerry Bono, Phyllis Corcoran-Woods, Cleo Mannell
Music Editor Stephen M. Rowe
Supervising Sound Editor Mace Matiosian
Sound Editors Ruth Adelman, Guy Tsujimoto, Jivan Tahmizian, Eric Williams
Assistant Editors Noel A. Guerra, Craig Galloway, Jonathan Paul Ramirez
Visual Effects Assistant Editor Edward Hoffmeister
Production Coordinator Heidi Smothers
Post Production Coordinator Monique K. Chambers
Production Associates David Rossi, Maril Davis, Robbin L. Slocum
Main Title Design Dan Curry
Stunt Coordinator Dennis Madalone
Pre-Production Coordinator Lolita Fatjo
Science Consultant André Bormanis
Casting Executive Helen Mossler, CSA
Assistants to Producers Nicole Ann Gravett, Philip Kim, Barbara Covington, Michael Gerbosi

Companies 
Filmed with Panavision cameras and lenses
Visual Effects Compositing POP Television
Special Video Compositing CIS Hollywood
Motion Control Photography Image "G"
Computer Animation 
Digital Muse ("Shadows and Symbols", "Treachery, Faith and the Great River", "The Siege of AR-558", "Chimera", "'Til Death Do Us Part", "The Changing Face of Evil", "Tacking Into the Wind", "The Dogs of War", "What You Leave Behind")
View Studio, Inc. ("Chimera", "Badda-Bing, Badda-Bang", "Penumbra", "Strange Bedfellows", "Tacking Into the Wind")
Foundation Imaging ("Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges", "What You Leave Behind")
Station X Studios ("What You Leave Behind")
Matte Painting(s) Illusion Arts, Inc. ("Prodigal Daughter", "What You Leave Behind")
Special Visual Effects Illusion Arts, Inc. ("The Changing Face of Evil")
Miniature Brazil-Fabrication & Design ("Penumbra", "'Til Death Do Us Part", "Strange Bedfellows", "The Changing Face of Evil", "What You Leave Behind")
Editing Facilities Four Media Company
Post Production Sound 4MC Sound Services

See also 
 DS9 Season 7 performers
 DS9 Season 7 UK VHS
 DS9 Season 7 DVD

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