The Search (DS9 episode)

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Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode
"The Search"
Jem'Hadar soldiers
Episode no.	47 & 48
Prod. code	447 & 448
Airdate	September 26, 1994 October 3, 1994
Writer(s)	Ira Steven Behr Robert Hewitt Wolfe Ronald D. Moore
Director	Kim Friedman (part I) Jonathan Frakes (part II)
Guest star(s)	Martha Hackett as T'Rul Salome Jens as Female Shapeshifter John Fleck as Ornithar Kenneth Marshall as Michael Eddington Andrew J. Robinson as Garak Natalija Nogulich as Admiral Nechayev William Frankfather as Male Shapeshifter Dennis Christopher as Borath
Year	2371
Stardate	48213.1
Episode chronology
Previous	"The Jem'Hadar"
Next	"The House of Quark"

"The Search" is the title of a two-part episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, the first episode of the third season. It marks the first appearance of the starship USS Defiant, which plays a large role throughout the rest of the series.

The following are a number of key events that occur during the first part of the episode.

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

Sisko, Odo, Kira, Bashir, Quark, and Jadzia Dax (and possibly others) set out from Deep Space Nine in the Defiant to complete a mission.
During this mission, Odo develops an apparently inexplicable fascination with the Omarion Nebula.
Later, Jem'Hadar attack and board the Defiant.
While the Defiant is under attack, Odo and Kira escape in a small vessel. Cinematographically, the audience learns of this fact at the same time Kira does: Kira was unconscious, and when Odo informs her of the escape when she awakens, he is in effect informing the audience, as well.
During the same scene, Odo informs Kira that he is currently seeking the Omarion Nebula. She is dismayed, claiming she did not consent to being placed in her current situation.
Using the vessel's sensors, Odo detects a "rogue" M-class planet. (The planet does not orbit a star.) Odo resolves to land on the planet. There, Odo and Kira encounter a group of shapeshifters.