| "Paradise Lost" | |
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| Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 4 Episode 12 |
| Directed by | Reza Badiyi |
| Story by | Ronald D. Moore |
| Teleplay by | Ira Steven Behr Robert Hewitt Wolfe |
| Featured music | Jay Chattaway |
| Production code | 484 |
| Original air date | January 8, 1996 |
| Guest appearances | |
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"Paradise Lost" is the 84th episode of the television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, the 12th episode of the fourth season. It is the second part of a two-part episode, following on from the preceding episode, "Homefront."
Set in the 24th century, the series follows the adventures of the crew of the fictional space station Deep Space Nine, managed by the United Federation of Planets, which lies adjacent to a wormhole connecting the Alpha and Gamma Quadrants of the galaxy. The Gamma Quadrant is home to the Dominion, a hostile empire ruled by the shape-shifting Changelings. In "Homefront", Deep Space Nine's captain Benjamin Sisko is brought to Earth to assist Admiral Leyton with planetary security after a terrorist attack on the planet is apparently perpetrated by Changelings; while there, he visits his father, who runs a restaurant in New Orleans. In this episode, Sisko uncovers Leyton's attempt at a coup d'état to seize power for Starfleet, the Federation's military.[1]