The Ten Stupidest Things the Powers That Be Did to DS9

with the stories and characters, more often than not they either failed to do or blew the follow-up for their changes. Make Odo betray his friends? Risky, but awesome, idea. Resolve it with an off-screen discussion in a closet? You call that a resolution? Reveal Bashir to have been a changeling while the real Bashir was in a Dominion prison--great idea! Have next to no reaction from other characters or from Bashir himself over this--a thousand lashes with a wet noodle to whomever thought that would work! The writers were great at coming up with creative story twists, but it was so very frustrating when there were no follow-up stories for them.

10. Sisko and the Prophets versus Dukat and the Pah Wraiths.

This story single-handedly brought season seven's quality way down. I was embarrassed for the actors who were stuck trying to pull this off. The sad thing is no actor could've made this stinker of a story work. Only superb writing could've made it work, but the writers kept this story reduced to a good vs. evil cartoon level with no complexity or motives allowed. What on earth were they thinking?

That's it folks. Look this article's companion piece, "The Ten Smartest Things the Powers That Be Did to DS9," in two weeks time. See you then!

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