"Rapture" is the 108th episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, the 10th episode of the show's fifth season, first aired during the week of 30 December 1996. The episode was written by Hans BeimlerMA and L.J. StromMA and directed by Jonathan WestMA.
Summary[]
Benjamin Sisko experiences visions that let him see the future, as Bajor's admission into the Federation is about to go ahead.
While Admiral Charlie Whatley visits Bajor for the Federation admission ceremonies of that world, Benjamin Sisko begins to have flashes of insight to the lost city of B'hala. The discovery of B'hala is a portentous event described in the prophecy of the Bajoran religion, as it will signal a specific series of dramatic results as an interaction with the Prophets and their Celestial Temple.
Sisko's intense visions warn him of danger as Bajor stands ready to join the Federation. The superstitious Bajorans listen to Sisko, who they have named their Emissary to the Prophets, causing Admiral Whatley to grow concerned about the power that Sisko holds. Julian Bashir warns that the visions could be destroying Siskos's brain, and recommends a procedure to stop the contact with the wormhole aliens. With Sisko losing his grip on reality, Jake Sisko gives consent for his father's surgery.
Sisko's final remembrance of this mental contact warns of an oncoming swarm of enemies which would destroy Bajor if it were a Federation member, and Bajor accordingly withdraws from the potential membership.
References[]
Characters[]
- Julian Bashir (changeling) • Colti • Jadzia Dax • Jones (Lieutenant) • Kira Nerys • Mera • Morn • Miles O'Brien • Odo • Quark • Benjamin Sisko • Jake Sisko • Rita Tannenbaum • Veta • Charlie Whatley • Winn Adami • Worf • Kasidy Yates • Yevir Linjarin • Deep Space 9 personnel (Deep Space 9 residents) • unnamed Starfleet personnel (Starfleet personnel) • unnamed Bajorans (Bajorans)
- Referenced only
- Rifkin • Rom • Joseph Sisko • Kevin Whatley • Zocal
Locations[]
- Referenced only
- Bajor-B'hava'el • Bajoran State Museum • Cardassia • Ilvia • Starfleet Headquarters
Starships and vehicles[]
- USS Defiant (Defiant-class escort, in opening credits) • USS Leeds (Nebula-class explorer, in opening credits) • USS Rio Grande (Danube-class runabout) • Janitza-class (assault ship)
- Referenced only
- Rifkin's starship
Races and cultures[]
- Referenced only
- Cardassian • Prophets • Yridian
States and organizations[]
- Referenced only
- Bajoran Resistance • Chamber of Ministers • Dominion • Federation Council • Maquis • Starfleet Command
Other references[]
- admiral • Alvanian bee • Alvanian beehive • archaeology • Bajoran history • Bajoran prophecy • Bajoran religion • Bajoran wormhole • bantaca (bantaca spire • basal ganglia • bateret • bateret • bicycle • captain • central nervous system • champagne • com signal • City of B'hala • Dominion War • Dominion cold war • dizziness • Emissary of the Prophets • Federation flag • headache • holosuite • icon painting • isolinear rod • jambalaya • kai • katterpod • keelhauling • latinum • lingta • locust • magistrate • mortar • naval tradition • negligence • neural sheath • neuropolaric induction • obelisk • Occupation of Bajor • orb • orb experience • Orb of Prophecy and Change • PADD • pagh'tem'far • Peldor Festival • phaser • physical • pleasure maze • post-neural shock syndrome • prison camp • root beer • sensor array • Sisko image file 376 • star system • Starfleet uniform • Starfleet uniform (2373-2386) • swarm • toast • transporter • tricorder • vedek • Zocal's Third Prophecy
Chronology[]
- thousands of years ago
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- B'hala is lost.
Appendices[]
Related media[]
- Sisko mentions the discovery of the Bajoran wormhole in "Emissary" and foreshadows the Jem'Hadar turning away from the station and heading to Cardassia in "By Inferno's Light".
- The Bajoran Militia member who Sisko tells to return home was later established as Yevir Linjarin in the novels set after the series.
- ST reference: The Star Trek Encyclopedia
- Information about this episode is presented consistently in the third and fourth volumes.
Video releases[]
Background[]
- "Rapture" features the first chronological canon onscreen appearance of the modern era grey-shouldered uniform, which had been created for Star Trek: First Contact. This Starfleet uniform had not been introduced in all of Starfleet however, as several visiting officer dignitaries wear the 2366 design of uniform. The costumers used variations of a uniform vest and a heavy coat that were not ever seen again in Star Trek, as well as a unique combadge placement, above the seam of the gray yoke of the overcoat variation, rather than below the seam where it occurs on every occasion elsewhere of Sisko's coat in this episode. Unlike the DS9 crew, the crew on Star Trek: Voyager continued to use the old DS9 uniforms, as they are stranded in the Delta Quadrant.
Notable cast and crew[]
- Avery Brooks as Benjamin Sisko
- Nana Visitor as Kira Nerys
- Rene Auberjonois as Odo
- Alexander Siddig as Julian Bashir
- Terry Farrell as Jadzia Dax
- Armin Shimerman as Quark
- Michael Dorn as Worf
Images[]
Connections[]
Timeline[]
| published order | ||
|---|---|---|
| Previous episode: The Ascent |
DS9 episode produced | Next episode: The Darkness and the Light |
| Previous episode: The Ascent |
DS9 episode aired | Next episode: The Darkness and the Light |
| chronological order | ||
| Previous Adventure: Macrocosm |
Next Adventure: The Darkness and the Light | |
External links[]
- "Rapture" article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
- Rapture (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.