Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Little Green Men
TV Flash files “Little Green Men” as hour 80 of 176 in the TV Flash guide — Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993–1999) on Syndication, season 4, episode 8, aired 1995-11-13, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S04E08: listed hour 80 of 176 in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine guide, hour 8 of 26 in season 4. It aired 1995-11-13 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Starship Down” (S04E07). Next is “The Sword of Kahless” (S04E09).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
On a shakedown cruise to Earth to drop off Nog at Starfleet Academy, a malfunction on Quark's new ship causes Quark, Rom, and Nog to crash in the year 1947 in Roswell, New Mexico.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Little Green Men sit in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine guide?
S04E08 is listed hour 80 of 176 — hour 8 of 26 in season 4, season 4 episode 8.
When did Star Trek: Deep Space Nine S04E08 air?
Little Green Men aired 1995-11-13 and is listed at 60 minutes.
How is it different from other Trek?
Fixed station instead of a constantly traveling starship; heavier serialization, politics, religion, and the Dominion War as a long novel.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Trek stays put: Avery Brooks's Sisko commands a politically charged station near a wormhole, and the franchise finally lets serialization, war, and religion get messy. Berman and Piller's seven-season novel argues with utopia — Bajor, the Dominion War, moral gray TNG often dodged. The boldest 1990s Star Trek, still fighting the fan civil war.
Flash: January 3, 1993, syndication, a politically charged station near a wormhole, and the franchise finally staying put. Rick Berman and Michael Piller's Deep Space Nine leaned into serialization, war arcs, religion, and moral gray that 1990s Trek had often dodged. Avery Brooks's Sisko anchored diplomacy, prophecy, and combat with commanding gravity. Nana Visitor, Colm Meaney, René Auberjonois, Terry Farrell, Armin Shimerman made station politics into longform novel television. Someone already filed the…
Filed against
- Avery Brooks as Benjamin Sisko
Avery Brooks’s Benjamin Sisko made Star Trek: Deep Space Nine stay put — a politically charged station near a wormhole, serialization, war, religion, Bajor, the Dominion, moral gray TNG often dodged. Berman and Piller’s seven-season…
- Nana Visitor as Kira Nerys
Nana Visitor’s Kira Nerys made Star Trek: Deep Space Nine stay put and get messy — 1990s Avery Brooks’s Sisko, a politically charged station near a wormhole, serialization, war, religion, Berman and Piller’s seven-season novel arguing…
- Colm Meaney as Miles O'Brien
Colm Meaney played Miles O'Brien on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine — Trek stays put, Avery Brooks's Sisko on a politically charged station near a wormhole, serialization, war, and religion getting messy. Berman and Piller's seven-season novel…
- René Auberjonois as Odo
René Auberjonois played Odo on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, the 1990s Trek that stayed put — Avery Brooks’s Sisko on a politically charged station near a wormhole, serialization, war, and religion getting messy. Seven-season novel arguing…
- Terry Farrell as Jadzia Dax
Terry Farrell hosted Star Trek: Deep Space Nine as Jadzia Dax — a joined Trill on a politically charged station near a wormhole, serialization, war, and religion getting messy. Trek stays put; utopia has to argue. TV Flash files her as…
- Armin Shimerman as Quark
Armin Shimerman’s Quark kept Star Trek: Deep Space Nine from utopia cosplay — Avery Brooks’s Sisko on a politically charged station near a wormhole, serialization, war, religion, Bajor, the Dominion, moral gray TNG often dodged.…