The Worst of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

The Worst of Star Trek

Deep Space Nine

Profit and Lace

A potentially progressive episode in the tradition of trek, using Ferengi society to talk about gender inequality, the "glass ceiling" and women in business, totally wasted by playing the "Quark in drag" plot device as the butt of a joke.  What could have been a good "deeper message/moral lesson" episode was instead turned into a cringeworthy crossdressing comedy.  

Let He Who is Without Sin…

DS9's Risa episode.  Jadzia takes Worf on a vacation to Risa.  And he's miserable the whole time.  Which should have been obvious before they left.  And he bitches and complains the whole episode.  Yawn.  The episode was supposed to explore the topic of sex, but it wasn't able to deliver on that due to tv restrictions at the time.  The only thing we got resembling that was Terry Ferrell and Vanessa Williams in one piece swimsuits with their legs around each other.

The Muse

Bad boring A-plot about Jake Sisko's writing being influenced by an alien entity that influenced creative people throughout Earth's history and that is leaching his neural energies.  Bad boring B-plot about Lwaxana Troi marrying Odo as a legal way to prevent her unborn child from being taken away.  Forgettable.

Honorable Mention: Prodigal Daughter

The one episode that explores Ezri's family, and it comes off like a bad soap opera.  Add to that the Miles O'Brien/Farius Prime/Orion Syndicate element shoehorned in to serve as a sequel of sorts to season 6's "Honor Among Thieves".  Pass.