Bashir: Most underrated character growth in DS9?

[Laughing Dragon]

Bashir was probably my favorite character on DS9. Though I enjoyed more characters. He was definitely cringe in the beginning. So, it was not love at first site. The only thing I liked from the beginning was his friendship with Garak. I was probably the only one that didn't think his reveal as genetically enhanced ruined the character. In the beginning I did not like too much then the idea grew on me. Do I think that Bashirs progression is underrated? Well, the character was certainly not taking the character for granted. As you said he had a long character arc transforming him to what we get in the end. The fans maybe.

 

[CovePhanTom]

Bashir was a great character who was virtually ruined by "Dr. Bashir, I Presume."

Amen. I hate, hate, HATE the genetic engineering retcon. I think it verged on completely ruining the character.

 

[SteveJRogers]

I can't imagine S31 trying to recruit Doctor Crusher, but having an(other) agent on the E would have been a coup.

Nor Garak assuming Crusher was exactly who he needed as a conduit. Now Wesley on the other hand…but I doubt DS9 was going to bring both Gates and WHHHHill WHHHHeaton on board as a package deal

 

[SteveJRogers]

You use that word, underrated.

I don’t think it means, what you think
it means

Jake, Nog, Rom and conceivably Quark fit the “underrated” character growth statement

 

[DonIago]

Nor Garak assuming Crusher was exactly who he needed as a conduit. Now Wesley on the other hand…but I doubt DS9 was going to bring both Gates and WHHHHill WHHHHeaton on board as a package deal

Is there any way Garak and Wesley interacting in the same way Garak did with Julian wouldn't come off as creepy? Heh.

"Oh, Mister Crusher, I have such wonderful things to teach you."

 

[SteveJRogers]

Is there any way Garak and Wesley interacting in the same way Garak did with Julian wouldn't come off as creepy? Heh.

"Oh, Mister Crusher, I have such wonderful things to teach you."

We are talking post-First Duty Wesley though. Assuming no Journey’s End with The Traveller

 

[Oddish]

Amen. I hate, hate, HATE the genetic engineering retcon. I think it verged on completely ruining the character.

I disagree... I think that Julian was foundering as a character, so the makers of DS9 gave him some new material: being genetically enhanced, and later being recruited by S31.

Compare that with Harry Kim: his character was foundering, and the showrunners demanded that they let him continue to fo so, resulting in a character who would be mostly forgotten if not for his incredibly stupid lack of promotion.

 

[NuBoo2u2]

It doesn't matter where it goes, it's still advantageous to having someone on board to keep tabs on the friggin' flagship of the fleet.

Morn. Obviously.

Could not have been Morn! Morn was Treks Han Solo!

 

[Oddish]

Could not have been Morn! Morn was Treks Han Solo!

Only Han didn't score with as many women as Morn did.

 

[Frontis]

I don't think that Bashir was underrated. He was one of the main characters in all 7 seasons.

 

[weeping_willow]

Strangely how his missing launch dates with Garak made him look depressed all the time. He did matured thru the seasons, this much is certain. I think he felt more real oddily enough *after* "Dr. Bashir, I presume?*. But before that he was so... annoying but sweet full-of-enthusiasm chap.

 

[Frightscape One]

Bashir is my favorite CMO in the franchise, and he had a great path of growth.

 

[tomalak301]

Prior to Dr. Basheir I Presume, I really liked his character growth. They made him genetically enhanced and while he was still a good character, it kind of got a little more smug and arrogant. Not Season 1 levels, but it did come close some times.

 

[Emissary of the Prophets]

Amen. I hate, hate, HATE the genetic engineering retcon. I think it verged on completely ruining the character.

I am not a fan of it either. At this point, Bashir has escaped the Dominion internment camp. Him dealing with that would have been a much better storyline.