Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Inquisition (1993–1999) watch online HD

Martin Sheen was considered for the role of Luther Sloan.

The idea for Section 31 was Ira Steven Behr's and was the culmination of his attempts to look into the darker aspects of the utopia created by Gene Roddenberry.

Inquisition is one of the few episodes that doesn't have a B-story.

Sloan is wearing a special rank insignia; 4 pips with an underline.

In the background of the final scene there is what appears to be a model of the International Space Station (ISS) with a 20th/21st century U.S.A. Space Shuttle docked.

Directed by Michael Dorn who plays Worf.

First appearance of Luther Sloan (William Sadler) on the series.

It is revealed that Bashir's captivity (and replacement by a changeling) lasted for 37 days.

The medical conference to which Bashir is heading is on Casperia Prime, the same planet where Jadzia Dax wanted her honeymoon in the episode "Change of Heart".

This is the third time Chief O'Brien has dislocated his shoulder while kayaking; he's done it twice before, in TNG: "Transfigurations" and DS9: "Shakaar".

Sloan was named after the Peter Breck character in the 1963 Samuel Fuller film Shock Corridor.

This takes place in 2374.

Jeffery Combs has the distinction of portraying eight different characters on Star Trek series. He has played the roles of Brunt, Weyoun, Shran, Tiron, Kevin Mulkahey, Penk, Krem, and a holosuite guest. He is one of only five actors to play seven or more different characters in the Star Trek franchise, the others being Randy Oglesby, J.G. Hertzler, Vaughn Armstrong and Thomas Kopache. Coincidentally, Combs has appeared on Star Trek with all four of those actors.

The idea that Bashir might have become a Dominion operative without being aware of it himself was previously used in TNG: "The Mind's Eye", in which Geordi La Forge is unwittingly brainwashed by the Romulans to carry out an assassination for them (an idea which, in turn, had been borrowed from the film The Manchurian Candidate).

This episode bears some similarities to TNG: "The Drumhead", with Sloan standing in for Nora Satie (investigating a security breach and presuming a crew member's guilt with little regard for due process), and Sisko, like Picard, standing up for the presumption of innocence. Furthermore, in both episodes, the accused party lied when enrolling in Starfleet: Simon Tarses covered up his Romulan heritage, while Bashir covered up his genetically-augmented status.

Odo tells Bashir "Looks like you're going to get to play a spy after all, only this time, for real." This is a nod to "Our Man Bashir", in which Bashir played a Bond-style spy in a holosuite simulation.

Cirroc Lofton (Jake Sisko) does not appear in this episode.

The Holosuite at the end where Bashir and Sloan have their protracted discussion was borrowed from the Voyager set.

Introduction of "Section 31", an ultra secret offshoot of Starfleet Security. Section 31 recurs a few times on DS9, and would also play a prominent role in several episodes of the prequel series Enterprise (2001) as well as the spin off movie, and The Star Trek DiscoveryTolyn i tamsą. Žvaigždžiu kelias (2013).

This episode follows in the footsteps of TNG: "Future Imperfect", TNG: "Ship in a Bottle", and DS9: "The Search, Part II", in which much of the episode turns out to be a simulation. It follows a convention established in those episodes: when the action we see is just a simulation, there are no establishing exterior shots of the station or ship on which the action (supposedly) takes place.