Sisko, Kira, and Dax are faced with scaling a mountain during an earthquake, and Dax's leg becomes stuck between two rocks. Although she tells Sisko to leave her behind, he and Kira help her cross a ledge on the rock face. They slip, however, and all three fall into the abyss—only to re-materialize in Quark's, along with Bashir. Quark is elated and begins to collect his winnings, but Falow explains that all his players were lost; the crew was never in any real danger: "It's only a game!" As Sisko is about to angrily confront Falow over what they have experienced, Odo tells him that he would do better to talk with Quark about his attempt to cheat their guests. The Wadi quietly depart. Production This was the second episode of Deep Space Nine directed by David Carson. Carson found it extremely challenging, due to the cost and complexity of the episode, but showrunner Michael Piller wanted to do the episode. The story began as an idea from Piller, and was originally titled "Sore Losers". Reception In 1993, "Move Along Home" was nominated for an Emmy Award for best hairstyling in a series. The episode has developed a reputation among both fans and critics as one of the worst episodes of the series. For example, in 2019, ScreenRant ranked it among the ten worst episodes of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, noting that at that time it had a rating of only 6 out of 10 based on user rankings on the site IMDb. Digital Fox ranked this episode as the second worst episode of all Star Trek series up to 2018. In 2018, CBR included this episode in a list of Star Trek episodes that are "so bad they must be seen"; similarly, in 2020, SyFy called this the "silliest" episode of the series, but actually encouraging watching it, commenting: "This thing is so weird, it can't not be celebrated." A 2015 binge-watching guide for Star Trek: Deep Space Nine by Wired recommended skipping this episode. In 2016, fans at the 50th-anniversary Star Trek convention voted "Move Along Home" as the worst episode of the series, and the eighth-worst episode of the Star Trek franchise overall—the only episode of Deep Space Nine to end up in the bottom ten. Avery Brooks, who played Commander Sisko, reported during a panel discussion at DragonCon in 2013 that this was one of