What You Leave Behind

"**What You Leave Behind**"
"What You Leave Behind"
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episodes
	The combined Federation-Klingon-Romulan Alliance fleet prepares for the final battle over Cardassia Prime
Episode nos.	Season 7; Episodes 25 & 26
Directed by	Allan Kroeker
Written by	Ira Steven Behr ; Hans Beimler
Featured music	Dennis McCarthy
Production code	575 & 576
Original air date	May 31, 1999
Guest appearances
	James Darren as Vic Fontaine; Louise Fletcher as Kai Winn; Rosalind Chao as Keiko O'Brien; Jeffrey Combs as Weyoun; Salome Jens as Female Changeling; Penny Johnson as Kasidy Yates; Andrew Robinson as Garak; Casey Biggs as Damar; Marc Alaimo as Gul Dukat; Aron Eisenberg as Nog; J. G. Hertzler as Martok; Barry Jenner as Admiral Ross; Deborah Lacey as Sarah Sisko; Julianna McCarthy as Mila; Greg Ellis as Ekoor; Hana Hatae as Molly O'Brien;
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"What You Leave Behind" is the series finale of the television show Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, the 175th and 176th episodes, the 25th and 26th episodes of the seventh season. The episode was written by showrunner Ira Steven Behr and Hans Beimler and directed by Allan Kroeker. It originally aired the week of May 31, 1999.

The finale sees the end of the long-running plot arc of the Dominion War and the fulfillment of protagonist Benjamin Sisko's destiny as "Emissary of the Prophets". The episode was mainly well-received, with most critics considering it a satisfying end for the series, though the final confrontation between Sisko and his enemy Gul Dukat was criticized.^[1]^[2]^[3]

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