Saddest Series?

[Anna Yolei]

Yeah, the total exclusion of Jadzia in the last episode was very disappointing. You know, to omit her wedding to Worf, etc was inexcusable.

I think that had more to do with paying her royalties for using her likeness than anything else. Jadzia was easily my least favorite of the main cast, but I did feel her the lack of clips of her in the finale

I don't find this sad, however. I feel that, moreso than any other Trek cast to date, that all of them had story arcs and they all grew as people and this finale gave them all closure. Kira/Odo's split was indeed bittersweet, but they've gotten what they both wanted--Kira to see her people truly liberated, and Odo to find his place in the universe. Worf, too, has earned a place within the ranks of his fellow Klingons and even for the short time Ezri had on the show, I felt she too closed up a lot of Jadzia's journey too while adjusting to being Erzi Dax.And that's to say nothing of the side characters who all had more character development than the leads from Voyager or Enterprise got.

TNG, while a good solid episode, was still mostly just Picard's story and kept the status quo because of the upcoming movies (besides the out of nowhere Worf/Troi thing that ends with no onscreen explaination). But then, the TNG crew were all happy go lucky. Voyager's Endgame minus the Chakotay/Seven crap was serviceable enough. TATV needs no explaining.

TLDR: I don't think it's sad at all.

 

[iMike]

I actually prefer "What You Leave Behind" to "... All Good Things" as a series finale, and yes it is very somber. But I think it was supposed to be somber. I think the finale of DS9 seemed more realistic. Yes it's great the crews of TOS and TNG stayed together as long as they did, but it wasn't realistic. I mean, is it really plausible that Will Riker would spend fifteen years as Picard's exec? The conclusion of DS9, while somber, was more realistic. Assignments come to a conclusion and people go their separate ways. That's life. People come and go from our lives and we don't always get a happy ending.

 

[Anna Yolei]

What is DSC?

I'm assuming that's short hand for the new Star Trek: Discovery series.

I prefer than over ST: D myself, plus I'm used to the "traditional" short hand that the other series have (ie, TOS, VOY, ENT, ETC)

 

[iMike]

I'm assuming that's short hand for the new Star Trek: Discovery series.

I prefer than over ST: D myself, plus I'm used to the "traditional" short hand that the other series have (ie, TOS, VOY, ENT, ETC)

It'll be interesting to see how they do that with abbreviations ... TOS, TAS, TNG, DS9, VOY, and ENT ... all three letters. I don't think STD will be used for the obvious reasons and jokes that would be associated. I think DSC would be more appropriate.

 

[M.A.C.O.]

This mash up of Terra Prime and TATV's endings are what I consider to be the saddest in the series. Mostly because of the loss Trip and T'Pol suffer, but from ENT's run being cut short. DS9 left me wanting to rewatch the series all over again. "Take around the universe one more time, Captain Sisko!" ENT had me thinking of what could've been and what never will be.

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[Bry_Sinclair]

What is DSC?

The new series Star Trek: Discovery.

DSC is one of the abbreviations that has started to be used for it.

 

[JirinPanthosa]

OTOH the female shapeshifter didn't seem to have much trouble separating from the Great Link when necessary or just expedient. That said, it might be harder for Odo who has lived most of his life far away from his kin.

I'm not sure the ending was sad exactly, but certainly very poignant and meaningful. I would have liked to see Jadzia in the last episode, though, it's a shame Terry Farrell and the studio couldn't agree on terms for reusing old Jadzia footage.

The changelings believed that any solid not completely under their control would inevitably come and murder them. She thought if she didn't come oversee things in the AQ it would lead to their annihilation.

I like to believe Odo came back to Kira some day, but it would not have been for a while, until changelings had really come to believe the Federation was no threat to them.

 

[Seven of Five]

I finally finished my rewatch the other day and all those bittersweet feelings came rushing back, and that's still after I can't remember how many times I saw it when I was younger.

One very poignant bit I forgot about was Garak finally returning home, though with 800 million dead and Cardassian society in tatters, his mention of living in uncertain times was very sad.

 

[locutus101]

I think the end is really sad. We don't know if Sisko will ever see his family again. Do you agree that DS9 had the most somber end of any series?

The word that comes to mind as far as I am concerned is not "sad", it's "confusing". What did he mean by "I'll come back yesterday"? If he came back Yesterday, not only he would have already been there but for a while he would have been in duplicate, creating all sorts of paradoxes along the way.

 

[Seven of Five]

That's how I always saw it too. If he could come back yesterday, he'd be there in a heartbeat. They should have left the more final ending in.

 

[kkt]

He's a prophet. They don't think in linear time.

 

[Seven of Five]

True.

My other, more out there theory has post-DS9 Sisko as a Prophet meeting himself in Emissary, and then even goes on to ensure that he is born.

 

[lurok]

I always find it more poignant/moving/bittersweet than sad.

Best of the finales, though AGT is a close second, and I find Janeway at Chak's gravestone and Tuvok's illness in Endgame very affecting, mostly because of performances.

 

[bajorangirl]

It would be nice to see what the characters are up to now... The part in Vic Fontain's bar always gets me - I cry every time. I like how they put some of the supporting cast and crew in the background as well; it makes me well up even more as it's like them all saying a final goodbye.

 

[locutus101]

He's a prophet. They don't think in linear time.

Frankly, I am college educated and I have no idea what that means.

 

[Seven of Five]

It would be nice to see what the characters are up to now... The part in Vic Fontain's bar always gets me - I cry every time. I like how they put some of the supporting cast and crew in the background as well; it makes me well up even more as it's like them all saying a final goodbye.

Exactly, it was the last time they were all together. It's even more poignant knowing all of the writers and producers were sitting in the audience, and other cast and crew members.

 

[locutus101]

Exactly, it was the last time they were all together. It's even more poignant knowing all of the writers and producers were sitting in the audience, and other cast and crew members.

Ds9 ended with a bang, didn't it?

Voyager on the other hand, ended with a whimper.

 

[Paradise City]

DS9 left with a good portion of the AQ in ruins and billions lost in bodies. Never that upbeat, DS9 wins the saddest ending at a canter.

 

[Seven of Five]

Yeah. This is why i always thought what eventually became ENT could have been set 50-100 years after DS9/VOY. As much as I loved the show, I also would have enjoyed seeing the outcome of such a costly war, and how the Federation overcame some of its darkest days (both with loss of lives but also Section 31), and strove again to be what it was.

 

[SPCTRE]

What is DSC?

that's how the STD deniers call it