Rapture (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)

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"Rapture" is the tenth episode of the fifth season, and the 108th episode overall, of the science fiction television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Its premiere was watched by 5.8 million people.^[1]

Set in the 24th century, the series follows the adventures of the crew of the space station Deep Space Nine near the planet Bajor, as the Bajorans recover from a decades-long occupation by the imperialistic Cardassians. The station is adjacent to a wormhole that is home to powerful alien beings worshiped by the Bajorans as the "Prophets", and who have made Benjamin Sisko, the human commanding officer of DS9, their "Emissary" to the Bajorans. In this episode, as Bajor prepares to join the United Federation of Planets, Sisko experiences visions from the Prophets that allow him to discover a lost Bajoran city; meanwhile Sisko's girlfriend Kasidy Yates is released from prison.

This episode features guest stars Penny Johnson Jerald and Louise Fletcher in their recurring roles of Kasidy Yates and Bajoran spiritual leader Kai Winn; Ernest Perry Jr. also guest stars as the Federation's Admiral Whatley. It is the first episode to feature the new design for Starfleet uniforms introduced in the film Star Trek: First Contact, which had been released a month before this episode aired.