Listen, I like it. Easily the 2nd best trek show after TNG but JFC they made some missteps. And unlike TNG, where the skate gets wiped clean after a bad episode, the bad writing decisions in DS9 end up compounding. Like did we really need 5 episodes of a Dukat/Wynn romance? Only for their storyline to just completely disappear for the next 4 episodes?
Dukat was easily the best individual villain in all of trek. He was complex, inherently evil and yet sympathetic, his relationship with the bajorans was fascinating. He both loved them and hated them. He was proud to a fault and yet self loathing.
Then they threw it all away for plastic surgery so he could become a cult leader and bang a terrorist nun.
And don’t even get me started on this section 31 founder disease. This would have been a much better story if it was just straight up starfleet intelligence doing it right out in the open, acknowledging that it was intentional to save billions of lives. They could have even had Bashir’s little Illuminati group of genetic wizards come up with it and dedicate a whole storyline to Sisko et al deliberating whether or not to use it. Or make it about using the cure. Either way. It had so much wasted potential.
Instead we get characters using the term genocide incorrectly 47 times in 5 episodes and some lame inception rip off.
To avoid being a negative nancy I’ll be positive too.
I loved the Kira resistance. Even though it was too rushed and they should have had the cardassian turn come earlier. And it should have been her working with Dukat when he turned against the dominion. Having her team with some gul we’d barely met before was lame. Otherwise that whole story was good.
I loved worf finally punting that dork gowron. He was always such a tool with those creepy bug eyes. Martok was always a much better leader.
Bashir and O’Brian’s romance was adorable.
It was great to see Garak back. Literally the best character in the series and was criminally underutilized in the final season.
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