| "Playing God" | |
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| Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 2 Episode 17 |
| Directed by | David Livingston |
| Story by | Jim Trombetta |
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| Featured music | Dennis McCarthy |
| Production code | 437 |
| Original air date | February 28, 1994 |
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"Playing God" is the 37th episode of the science fiction television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. It is the 17th episode of the second season. "Playing God" aired on syndicated television starting on February 26, 1994.[1]
Set in the 24th century, the series follows the adventures on Deep Space Nine, a space station located adjacent to a stable wormhole between the Alpha and Gamma quadrants of the Milky Way Galaxy, near the planet Bajor. This episode explores the species known as the Trill, some of whom are symbiotically joined to long-lived creatures known as "symbionts".[2] In this episode, while Trill officer Jadzia Dax mentors a candidate for joining, a proto-universe threatens to destroy the station and Bajor.