"The Way of the Warrior" is the first episode from the fourth season of the American syndicated science fiction television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, counting as the 73rd and the 74th episodes overall as it is a double-length episode. Michael Dorn joins the cast of Deep Space Nine as Worf, a character originating on the preceding series, Star Trek: The Next Generation. "The Way of the Warrior" ranked 3rd in its time slot with a Nielsen rating of 8.5. The episode introduces a new version of the opening credits sequence, which would continue to be used for the remainder of the series.