Characters that got most and least character development
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My choice for least developed regular is poor old Travis, even the one episode where Anthony Montgomery had a chance to shine was just ruined by the petty infighting in the family. IIRC, Archer was meant to have chosen him partly for his knowledge from having grown up 'out there' and also for his supposedly excellent piloting abilities. Even to have had him once prove T'Pol wrong with respect to 'superior' Vulcan knowledge of local space would have been good.
Harry Kim was plainly he sort who would have washed out of starship assignement after a year, if not trapped in Voyager, and then either left the service, or got a ground-based assignment somewhere.
As for most developed, IMO, it's a choice between two Cardassians, Garak or Dukat. DS9 did some things wrong, but Cardassian Character development was not one of them.
Harry Kim was plainly he sort who would have washed out of starship assignement after a year, if not trapped in Voyager, and then either left the service, or got a ground-based assignment somewhere.
As for most developed, IMO, it's a choice between two Cardassians, Garak or Dukat. DS9 did some things wrong, but Cardassian Character development was not one of them.
Don't think I've seen Jake Sisko come up in this thread...he seemed criminally underdeveloped compared to many of the recurring guest characters on DS9 (especially Nog, who was created to be his buddy character). I recall reading an article where one of the showrunners admitted that they "dropped the ball" with Jake.
I remember cringing when a DS9 episode teaser had Sisko referring to Jake wanting to apply for Starfleet Academy. Thank God they didn't stick with that approach, as it would've reduced Jake to just Wesley Mark II. Having Jake pursue writing was a much more original direction for him to go in.
Agree.
Looking at his Memory Alpha entry, Travis actually had a lot to do. He was featured in Horizons and Alpha Prime. Horizons in particular should have given the character a lot of weight, but the actor just wasn't up to it.
http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Travis_Mayweather
Ummm... what? A liason? I know of the dialog in the corridor and the following scene in the rec room with Spock and Kirk and the "music hath charm to soothe the savage beast," not nothing about her being a liason of any sort. (script excerpt and photos here)
Yah, I'd say Worf's character got more attention than Geordi's. I thought he was pretty well transformed from snarling Klingon to complex guy by the time the whole romance with Troi thing was sort of/kind of happening.
God, I just felt progressively more sorry for him, what with his horrible wife. Why couldn't he just marry Julian and be happy?
The shuttlepods got more character development than Travis.
FWIW, I think it's clear from the character's interesting backstory that they intended to do more with him, and suspect that they stopped trying because the actor wasn't conveying what they'd envisioned. He was supposed to be the most space-experienced of the crew, but he projected a "Jeepers, Mr. Kent!" demeanor.
LOL now that's something I'd like to see^
The most developed character of TNG was probably Data but the most underdeveloped is a toss up between Geordi and Dr. Crusher. For DS9's most well developed characters I'd throw my support behind Major Kira what with her former terrorist background and her relationships with Odo, Sisko, Quark, and Dax. Dax and Jake are certainly the most underdeveloped
Even early on - there was that "WTF" exchange with Tom where he discussed remembering being in his mum's womb...
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