Second Skin (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)

"Second Skin"
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode
Kira consoled by her Cardassian "father"
Episode no.	Season 3 Episode 5
Directed by	Les Landau
Written by	Robert Hewitt Wolfe
Featured music	David Bell
Production code	451
Original air date	October 24, 1994 (1994-10-24)
Guest appearances
Andrew J. Robinson as Garak Gregory Sierra as Corbin Entek Lawrence Pressman as Tekeny Ghemor Tony Papenfuss as Yeln Cindy Katz as Yteppa Billy Burke as Ari
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"Second Skin" is the 51st episode of the television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, the fifth episode of the third season.

Set in the 24th century, the series follows the adventures on Deep Space Nine, a space station near the planet Bajor, as the Bajorans recover from a decades-long, brutal occupation by the imperialistic Cardassians. In this episode, Bajoran officer Kira Nerys is kidnapped by the Cardassians and told she is an undercover Cardassian agent.