formally takes possession of Vantika's stored consciousness and destroys it and thus rids herself of him once and for all. Reception In 2012, The A.V. Club categorized this episode as a "crime-horror", and were overall critical of the various plot lines and scenes. In 2016, Atlantic Classic Comics ranked "The Passenger" dead last in a ranking of all 173 episodes of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. In 2019, ScreenRant ranked this episode one of the ten worst episodes of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Releases On February 8, 1997 this episode was released on LaserDisc in Japan as part of the half-season box set 1st Season Vol. 1. This included episodes from "Emissary" to "Move Along Home" with both English and Japanese audio tracks. References External links Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (season 1) episodes 1993 American television episodes