The Ten Stupidest Things the Powers That Be Did to DS9
Having the Federation plunged into war was a great story move by the writers. Losing the station to the Dominion and spending the first six episodes of season six trying to get it back was an excellent story twist. Pushing the Dominion War to the background for much of two season was a mistake. An all-war all the time formula would have failed, but largely ignoring a quadrant-scale multi-planet conflict being fought virtually in Bajor's backyard damaged the believability of the war's severity. Was it necessary to have the war disappear for weeks at a time in between the gems that reminded us of the series main story? Not unless lessening the war's impact on the characters, as well as the viewers, was tptb's goal.
6. Now you see them, now you don't plot devices.
What did the Dominion need with the Breen and their super-weapon when they already had their own? The Dominion mega-battleship made mincemeat out of the Valiant in a matter of minutes, but after that we never saw it again. Same with the dissension between the Gamma and Alpha Jem'Hadar. It looked like that was an issue that would crop up again, but it too disappeared. It's mystifying why the writers took the time to introduce new points into the story and then ignore them after the episode in which they appeared had concluded.
7. Add Worf to the cast.
Worf was useless from the start of his DS9 run to the end. He didn't mix well with the other characters. None of his storylines were particularly interesting. And he added nothing to the task of ushering Bajor into the Federation. All of which leads to the ultimate question: what was Worf doing on DS9 anyway? He was a pointless character in the DS9 universe and a complete waste of airtime.
8. Character isolation.
DS9 was blessed with a cast of talented actors playing diverse characters. For years you never knew which characters would turn up in a scene together, but odds were good that no matter who was mixed with who, it would be fun to watch. Then the character mixing came to an abrupt halt. Over the last two seasons, all the characters became more and more isolated into their own little pockets of the show. Bashir and O'Brien. Odo and Kira. Martok and Worf. The Ferengi contingent. All became islands unto themselves, rarely interacting with anyone outside their isolation. This got dull fast. What happened to all the variety?
9. Lack of follow-up.
While tptb often took risks with
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