For other uses, see Shadowplay.

"Shadowplay" is an episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. The episode was written by Robert Hewitt Wolfe and was first aired in February 1994 in the second season of the series.

Odo and Jadzia Dax investigate the disappearance of twenty-two people on a Gamma Quadrant planet. With Odo away, Quark attempts to distract Kira Nerys by luring Vedek Bareil to the space station. Meanwhile, Benjamin Sisko prepares Jake for his application to Starfleet Academy.

Summary

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References

Characters

Anetra • Bareil Antos • Julian Bashir • Colyus • Jadzia Dax • Kira Nerys • Merruk • Miles O'Brien • Odo • Quark • Rurigan • Benjamin Sisko • Jake Sisko • Taya

Referenced only

Lysia Arlin • Freyla • Elim Garak • Great Minra • Kira Pohl • Kira Reon • Kono • Manwaring • Nog • Michael O'Brien • Rhit • Seelee • Strek

Starships and vehicles

USS Orinoco (Danube-class runabout)

Locations

• Starbase Deep Space 9 (Denorios Belt, Bajor system, Bajor sector, Beta Ursae sector block, the galaxy's Alpha Quadrant)
• Planet Yadera II (the galaxy's Gamma Quadrant)

Referenced only

Bajor • Bajoran wormhole • Brinda V • Cardassia V • Hedrikspool Province • Ilvia • Relliketh • Singha refugee camp • Yadera Prime

Station sections

DS9

habitat ring • operations center • Promenade • Quark's • Replimat

Races and cultures

Bajoran • Bolian • Changeling • Ferengi • Hologram • Human • Trill • Yaderan

Referenced only

Cardassian • Orion • Tellarite

States and organizations

Bajoran Militia • Starfleet • United Federation of Planets

Referenced only

Aldebaran Music Academy • Dominion • Starfleet Academy • Vedek Assembly

Science and technology

antimatter • atmosphere • combadge • communications • field generator • hologenerator • hologram • holosuite • humanoid • isolinear rod • omicron particle • particle field • replicator • science • space • space station • spacecraft star • star system • transporter • tricorder

Other references

Bajoran prophecy • Bajoran religion • Bajoran uniform • bone carving • cello • clothing • dabo • energy • Federation Starfleet ranks • Federation Starfleet ranks (2360s-2370s) • Ghergher beast • government • greenbread • harrid berry • jumja • katterpod • lifeform • matter • metal • Odo's bucket • officer planet • protector • prylar • races and cultures • rank • science officer • security • security chief • shapeshifter • springball • Starfleet uniform • Starfleet uniform (2366-2373) • starship • state • technology • time • title • tornado • troll • uniform • universe • vedek • weapon

Appendices

Background

Notable cast and crew

• Avery Brooks as Benjamin Sisko
• Nana Visitor as Kira Nerys
• Rene Auberjonois as Odo
• Terry Farrell as Jadzia Dax
• Alexander Siddig as Julian Bashir
• Armin Shimerman as Quark

Images

Connections

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episodes
Season 1	"Emissary" • "Past Prologue" • "A Man Alone" • "Babel" • "Captive Pursuit" • "Q-Less" • "Dax" • "The Passenger" • "Move Along Home" • "The Nagus" • "Vortex" • "Battle Lines" • "The Storyteller" • "Progress" • "If Wishes Were Horses" • "The Forsaken" • "Dramatis Personae" • "Duet" • "In the Hands of the Prophets"
Season 2	"The Homecoming" • "The Circle" • "The Siege" • "Invasive Procedures" • "Cardassians" • "Melora" • "Rules of Acquisition" • "Necessary Evil" • "Second Sight" • "Sanctuary" • "Rivals" • "The Alternate" • "Armageddon Game" • "Whispers" • "Paradise" • "Shadowplay" • "Playing God" • "Profit and Loss" • "Blood Oath" • "The Maquis, Part I" • "The Maquis, Part II" • "The Wire" • "Crossover" • "The Collaborator" • "Tribunal" • "The Jem'Hadar"
Season 3	"The Search, Part I" • "The Search, Part II" • "The House of Quark" • "Equilibrium" • "Second Skin" • "The Abandoned" • "Civil Defense" • "Meridian" • "Defiant" • "Fascination" • "Past Tense, Part I" • "Past Tense, Part II" • "Life Support" • "Heart of Stone" • "Destiny" • "Prophet Motive" • "Visionary" • "Distant Voices" • "Through the Looking Glass" • "Improbable Cause" • "The Die is Cast" • "Explorers" • "Family Business" • "Shakaar" • "Facets" • "The Adversary"
Season 4	"The Way of the Warrior" • "The Visitor" • "Hippocratic Oath" • "Indiscretion" • "Rejoined" • "Starship Down" • "Little Green Men" • "The Sword of Kahless" • "Our Man Bashir" • "Homefront" • "Paradise Lost" • "Crossfire" • "Return to Grace" • "Sons of Mogh" • "Bar Association" • "Accession" • "Rules of Engagement" • "Hard Time" • "Shattered Mirror" • "The Muse" • "For the Cause" • "To the Death" • "The Quickening" • "Body Parts" • "Broken Link"
Season 5	"Apocalypse Rising" • "The Ship" • "Looking for par'Mach in All the Wrong Places" • "Nor the Battle to the Strong" • "The Assignment" • "Trials and Tribble-ations" • "Let He Who Is Without Sin..." • "Things Past" • "The Ascent" • "Rapture" • "The Darkness and the Light" • "The Begotten" • "For the Uniform" • "In Purgatory's Shadow" • "By Inferno's Light" • "Doctor Bashir, I Presume" • "A Simple Investigation" • "Business as Usual" • "Ties of Blood and Water" • "Ferengi Love Songs" • "Soldiers of the Empire" • "Children of Time" • "Blaze of Glory" • "Empok Nor" • "In the Cards" • "Call to Arms"
Season 6	"A Time to Stand" • "Rocks and Shoals" • "Sons and Daughters" • "Behind the Lines" • "Favor the Bold" • "Sacrifice of Angels" • "You Are Cordially Invited" • "Resurrection" • "Statistical Probabilities" • "The Magnificent Ferengi" • "Waltz" • "Who Mourns for Morn?" • "Far Beyond the Stars" • "One Little Ship" • "Honor Among Thieves" • "Change of Heart" • "Wrongs Darker Than Death or Night" • "Inquisition" • "In the Pale Moonlight" • "His Way" • "The Reckoning" • "Valiant" • "Profit and Lace" • "Time's Orphan" • "The Sound of Her Voice" • "Tears of the Prophets"
Season 7	"Image in the Sand" • "Shadows and Symbols" • "Afterimage" • "Take Me Out to the Holosuite" • "Chrysalis" • "Treachery, Faith, and the Great River" • "Once More Unto the Breach" • "The Siege of AR-558" • "Covenant" • "It's Only a Paper Moon" • "Prodigal Daughter" • "The Emperor's New Cloak" • "Field of Fire" • "Chimera" • "Badda-Bing, Badda-Bang" • "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"

Timeline

published order
Previous episode: Paradise	DS9 episode produced	Next episode: Playing God
Previous episode: Paradise	DS9 episode aired	Next episode: Playing God
chronological order
Previous Adventure: Masks	Pocket	Next Adventure: Dragon's Honor

External links

• Shadowplay (episode) article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
• Shadowplay (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.