The Homecoming (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)

"**The Homecoming**"
"The Homecoming"
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode
Episode no.	Season 2; Episode 1
Directed by	Winrich Kolbe
Story by	Jeri Taylor; Ira Steven Behr;
Teleplay by	Ira Steven Behr
Featured music	Dennis McCarthy
Production code	421
Original air date	September 27, 1993
Guest appearances
	Max Grodénchik as Rom; Marc Alaimo as Gul Dukat; Richard Beymer as Li Nalas; Michael Bell as Borum; Frank Langella (uncredited) as Minister Jaro; Leslie Bevis as Boslic Captain; Paul Nakauchi as Romah Doek;
Episode chronology
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"The Homecoming" is the 21st episode of the American science fiction television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. It is the first of the franchise-first three-part episode story arc, and the first episode of the second season.

Set in the 24th century, the series follows the adventures on Deep Space Nine, a space station located near a stable wormhole between the Alpha and Gamma quadrants of the Milky Way Galaxy, in orbit of the planet Bajor. In this episode Kira rescues a Bajoran prisoner of war; meanwhile, an extremist group begins to take control of the planet Bajor.