Why all the death in Season 7?

[darkshadow0001]

Been watching a lot of this season lately, and always wondered, why was there a lot of death in this season? I don't mean all the death from the attack at Cardassia but the individual deaths. (e.g., a lot of the secondary characters died) Always kind of baffled me

 

[DonIago]

Um...because the primary storyline involves the biggest war the Federation has ever experienced?

Without at least some of the secondary characters' deaths I think it would have seemed patently unrealistic, but as you didn't mention any specific characters I'm not sure which particularly concern you.

 

[Caesar753]

Um...because the primary storyline involves the biggest war the Federation has ever experienced?

Exactly. The Dominion War was supposed to a war like no one had seen before. And don't forget, the Federation and her allies were certainly not winning, so showing death on screen sent the message home that things for the alpha quadrant looked pretty bleak.

 

[Temis the Vorta]

Considering it was the last season, I was surprised the main cast escaped unscathed (Sisko's much rumored "death" was nothing of the sort). I thought the final episode was going to be a frakking bloodbath. But then again, I was rooting for the Dominion to win.

 

[Sybok]

whats so bad about death? why delay the inevitable?

 

[Silvercrest]

You're right!



You first.

 

[mitchconner]

Although I didn't enjoy watching Dax die, I understand its purpose in a television show. I think more-or-less killing off Sisko was kind of weak. My biggest complaint with the seventh season was the introduction of Ezri Dax. Although I love Nicole de Boer from her work on the Dead Zone, her character meant we had to endure the obligatory introduction and character development episodes which kind of took away from the bigger story arc. At least they didn't kill Nog. I always liked Nog for some reason... Regardless, DS9 was my second favorite of the series after TNG and it showed us a side of the Star Trek universe that wasn't so... perfect...

 

[Quinton O'Connor]

It's been said already but I'll echo the general sentiment here: the Dominion War wasn't supposed to be taken lightly. As it was written to be a serious affair and as it was, after all, a war, killing some characters off was not only reasonable but wholly necessary.

Besides. It was the final season. And it was the final season in a series that had become very much about an ongoing conflict. The station couldn't just warp away to minimalize casualties; people were going to die.

 

[Ghost Bones]

The biggest shame is the most deserving death - Sisko - was turned into a god.

They sure fucked up that ending, they really did.

 

[Quinton O'Connor]

I liked it.

 

[DevilEyes]

A better question would be, why wasn't there more death in season 7? The only major characters who died were Damar and Weyouns 5, 6 and 7. Jadzia's death had nothing to do with the war, neither did Winn's and kind of Sisko and Dukat if you count those as deaths. And Worf killed Gowron, which again had nothing to do with the war.

 

[Quinton O'Connor]

I would hesitate to say that Gowron's death had nothing to do with the war. I think I know what you mean -- he didn't die in the line of duty, out on the field of battle -- but the war itself most certainly factored into Worf's move to kill him. He died in part as a result of the war.

Personally, I think a relatively fair number of named characters died for what they were going for. If the writers wanted to be much more realistic about it then several more should have died, I suppose, but I'm mostly pleased that they at least pulled the trigger on anyone at all. Some stories are really silly about that.

 

[DevilEyes]

I would hesitate to say that Gowron's death had nothing to do with the war. I think I know what you mean -- he didn't die in the line of duty, out on the field of battle -- but the war itself most certainly factored into Worf's move to kill him. He died in part as a result of the war.

He wasn't a casualty of war. He died because of the way he conducted the war, which is not the same thing.

 

[Quinton O'Connor]

Yes, hence my statement that I think I get what you're saying. Not as many casualties of war as would be realistic of such a crisis, indeed.

 

[Destructor]

But Jadzia didn't die in S7, so... was there really much death? Damar, in the finale. Weyoun, who is a clone and died repeatedly throughout the whole show. Some nameless Starfleet grunts on occasion. Oh and Gowron, but that was well deserved. I actually thought the casualty rate was pretty low for such a massive war.

 

[Quinton O'Connor]

Deaths? Sisko and Dukat, pending one's interpretations. As well as Winn pretty definitively. But not exactly because of the war.

 

[Destructor]

Oh yeah, Dukat and Winn, good point. Well, it WAS the finale, and they did deserve to die.

 

[Jono]

Add Sloan and Kor to the list as well, and Solbor and Cretak (though I can't remember if she was going to be executed or not) though they were only introduced in s7. For the most part the people who died were either bad guys of ex-bad guys, which isn't surprising that in the final season that the show would "deal" with them.

As others have pointed out as with many shows the good guys got through pretty much intact.

 

[Mr Five]

lalalal bye troll, signed T'Bonz

 

[Quinton O'Connor]

Haha, way to fail, spambot!