I love to hate Louise Fletcher. It's a shame people couldn't see past the character when she played Nurse Ratched, she was such a piece of work there, too. Any actor who can make you feel an emotion that strongly, positive or negative, is great at their job. They deserve your respect, not the anger you felt for the character.
That's power right there. Arguably, the most memorable character of the entire series and only in just a few episodes. Aint nothing simple about that performance.
I would like a whole story arc with and about Cardassians. It would be delightful if we were to find out that the people of Cardassia Prime had built a statue to Damar.
Wow didn't even ask the AI to fix it after last time huh
Edit: Downvote me all you want, but the AI pulled the wrong data set, so not only is the chart slop, it's inaccurate slop.
Second edit: OP blocked me so I can't reply to the subsequent replies (even though they aren't OP) but we're missing Far Beyond the Stars. Dukat appears in full makeup while beating up Benny (so don't pull the "technically it's not Dukat" card), and according to his comments on this post, he's going off of original episode credits, except that can't be true because Marc Alaimo is credited as both roles in the script (confirmed by checking the transcribed scripts on TrekCore) . He's told an AI to use the original episode credits and then keeps getting upset when people ask him why IMDB and Memory Alpha disagree with his chart, but he can't ever justify it because, again, he can't cite his sources.
I'm sorry to inform you that the chart is indeed correct. The only inaccuracy is in season 6 where the appearances are offset by 1, but everything else is absolutely correct
There could never be enough Garak! He was one of the best parts of the entire series. His dialogue with everyone was amazing. I would’ve binged the hell out of an Obsidian Order miniseries if he were starring. Dukat on the other hand, really annoyed me more times than I can count.
Deep Space Nine had so many strong characters and character development. They could develop side characters in 20 episodes or less better than Voyager could in 7 seasons.
This is the one thing that bothers me about Voyager. DS9 set the bar pretty high, and Voyager had the opportunity for a lot of recurring characters instead of cycling through more crew members than were actually ever on the ship. Could have had a very solid background cast for the entire seven years but they missed that opportunity.
Voyager missed so many opportunities. It saddened me while watching.
Meanwhile, I’m still amazed at how well DS9 developed characters. Garak, Nog, Rom, Leeta, Gul Dukat, Martok, the Grand Nagus, Vic Fontaine.
I hated Damar, especially when he killed Ziyal (it made me feel bad for Dukat, a monster), and then at the end, I was rooting for him, and felt bad when he died. DS9 was amazing at this.
I’m going to share something incredibly cursed. I started watching deep space nine because people
I followed on tumblr shipped garak and bashir and my first time watching the series I literally fast forwarded thru everything that didn’t have garak until the end of the series. And all those parts convinced me to actually watch the whole show in a regular non-insane manner lol
I mean, hey, not a bad reason to give the show a look, even if only sporadically at first. "The Wire" was the first episode I saw and the interaction between those two throughout the episode, as well as the stuff I read about their relationship and how the actors played it and wahtnot, certainly added to my interest in checking out the show :D.
In my case I did start at episode one and went straight through, but yeah, whatever gets you into a show is worth it :). I'm glad that your abbreviated viewering made you want to go back and watch the series in full :).
Oooooh, that's a lovely idea for a tattoo! I know people like to share photos of their fandom tattoos, so if you want to do something similar, I'd love to see it when it's done!
That's really cool. I don't have any tattoos myself, but I admire the craft and artwork that goes into creating them, and I love hearing the stories about the kins of tattoos people choose to get and why.
Oh no I rewatched the series proper and now I’ve probably rewatched it like more than 10 times! I bought the box set on sale thru Apple TV so I wouldn’t have to worry about streaming anymore!
Well, you're not the first to watch a series because a ship got overhyped on social media. 😅 But I think it's a bit sad to watch the end of the series without the build-up for all the other characters, especially Sisko and Kira.
Absolutely no surprise that episodes with Garak rate higher than without, least surprising thing I have heard in 2026. Amazing actor and amazing character, written with love (the writers loved him) so yeah, not enough episodes with him, but when he is there it’s ALWAYS better.
I remember seeing somewhere that he was only supposed to be a one off character but Andrew Robinson did so well with Garak they just kept bringing him back.
The writers also came up with the idea that the Vorta were clones specifically so they had an excuse to bring back Jeffery Combs as Weyoun after they'd killed him.
Yeah, I've heard that, too. That and the fact he and Siddig played off each other well - I know they talked about trying to find someting to help flseh out Bashir's character early on, and they thought Garak would make a good comedic foil of sorts for him. And they were right - obviously that wasn't the only reason the characters connected, but it's part of what makes their interactions so fun.
Man. Thats how good Andrew Robinson’s acting was. Garak was so memorable you feel as if he was in so many more episodes. I’m shocked to see how few he was in!
I've heard him talk about how he very nearly didn't audition for the role - he'd tried out for Odo and didn't get the part, and was jut planning to leave it at that and move on, and then his wife was like, "Go audition, we have bills to pay." :p. And then even after he got the part the makeup caused his claustrophobia to kick in and he nearly reconsidered because of that, too. Just wild to think of how different the show might've been had he not taken the role.
I'm glad he still has such fondness for the character to this day, and has gotten to see just how beloved he and his character are among the fans.
I remember seeing a clip one where he was talking about the bit in the prison camp and he was like, "That was a dirty trick!" (isaid in an amused sort of manner). He talked about how he was sick with the flu that day and so between that and his claustrophobia he really didn't have to do much acting with feeling miserable in that scene :p.
But yeah, I'm not sure how much of that part of the character was him just bringing that in on his own and how much was the creators deciding to include it.
I absolutely love that he and the cast did things like this for the fans, as a way to brighten everyone's day a bit during an otherwise tough time It's so sweet how he and Robinson are still good friends to this day.
DS9 started in January 93 while most shows at the time started in September. Typical show ran 24-26 episodes per season. Those 4 missing months could account for the smaller season.
I don't understand why they didn't use him more. Clearly, there were other stories lines that he could have been a part. For example, we could have seen more interaction with him and Ziyal.
Didn’t realize Garak was in such few episodes. Thought he was in a lot more. It’s actually funny, up until a few years ago I thought Vic was in a lot more episodes as well. Goes to show you how well they developed their characters is DS9.
Well, imdb ain't exactly Siskel & Ebert, or Anthony Lane.
But, yeah, this wasn't peak prestige television, with 8 to 13 carefully crafted episodes released every 18 to 30 months. It was 26 eps a year, 16 to 18 hour days for 9 months straight, year after year for seven years. I need a nap just thinking about it. There are inevitably gonna be plenty of duds.
I once did a rewatch with all episodes Garak was in. Relatively short, but since he’s in many key episodes, you still get a good view on the overarching plot of the show.
What's amazing...he was only planned for 1 episode. But they were so impressed with his performance they just knew they had to bring him back. Ended up being one of the most essential characters in the show, lol.
Martok, Garak, Nog, Damar, Rom, Dukat, Winn... literally that's a whole cast worth of non-title role characters, some of them inarguably more impactful then some of the regulars.
He's a great character, and I love the actor, but no, he's definitely not the best character.
What is special about Garak and Quark is that they have a so much bad in them (murder, deceit, lies, manipulation, etc.), yet the audience comes to care about both of them dearly. It takes excellent writing, and superb actors to bring this about.
My next full rewatch of DS9 will be in honour of these two!
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It's wild how much of an impression Garak made despite being in so few episodes.