of Star Trek. In 2015, Geek.com recommended this episode as "essential watching" for their abbreviated Star Trek: Deep Space Nine binge-watching guide. In 2019, ScreenRant ranked this the 4th best episode for the character Nog, noting how Nog was able work together with Jake. In 2020, Io9 said this was one of the "must watch" episodes from the series. In 2021, Nerdist said this was one of the top ten Star Trek episodes with first alien contact, introducing the combative Jem'Hadar and also the Vorta in one episode as the Federation has its first brush with the Dominion. Releases This episode along with "Tribunal" was released on one VHS cassette, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Vol. 23 - Tribunal/The Jem' Hadar. On April 1, 2003 Season 2 of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine was released on DVD video discs, with 26 episodes on seven discs. This included a Dolby Digital 5.1 audio track for the episodes. This episode 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 2) episodes 1994 American television episodes