other dimension. Dax returns to her bunk to be alone and begin the 60-year wait before she can again be with Deral. Meanwhile a DS9 visitor called Tiron, employs Quark to make him a custom holosuite program featuring a holographic Kira. Quark tries multiple times to get enough data on Kira to make the hologram, and eventually breaks into secure files to accomplish this. Odo and Kira discover the security break, and have a little fun at Quark's expense, by altering the holographic Kira's head to that of Quark's. Production This episode features Jeffrey Combs as Tiron, in the first of many Star Trek appearances. Legacy In 2016, "Meridian" was remarked as a Star Trek episode that did not have a traditional villain. In this man against nature plot the crew try to save a group of aliens from a natural phenomenon. In 2018, SyFy noted this episode was remembered for featuring a one and done romance for Jadzia Dax, noting that although she develops feelings for the alien, their physiology and world events keep them apart. In 2019, ScreenRant ranked this episode one of the ten worst episodes of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. They note that at that time it had a rating of 5.7/10 based on user rankings on the site IMDB. Release The episode was released on June 3, 2003 in North America as part of the season 3 DVD box set. "Meridian" was released in 2017 on DVD with the complete series box set, which had 176 episodes on 48 discs. References External links Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (season 3) episodes 1994 American television episodes Television episodes directed by Jonathan Frakes