"Empok Nor" is the 122nd episode of the television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, the 24th episode of the fifth season. The episode aired on television on May 19, 1997. To accomplish this mission, it is necessary to overcome booby traps, including two Cardassian soldiers lying in wait on the station to eliminate intruders. Other series he wrote for include Star Trek: Voyager and Star Trek: Discovery.
Zack Handlen of The A.V. Club called it "creepy, thrilling, and horrifying by turns; the script’s only real failing is in a refusal to go much deeper under the surface of its premise than tension requires."
Den of Geek ranked this episode the 13th best written by Bryan Fuller.
In 2017, this episode was noted as featuring scary or eerie Star Trek content by H&I. In 2018, The Gamer ranked this one of the top 25 creepiest episodes of all Star Trek. They categorized this episode as a psychological thriller and slasher genre. In 2021, they ranked "Empok Nor" the seventh scariest episode of all Star Trek franchise television episodes, remarking that "Empok Nor" is one of the most unsettling Star Trek episodes of all time.