Not even in The Maquis?!This may sound absolutely insane, but I never really found Gul Dukat very interesting before Season 4 of DS9. Indiscretion was probably the moment where the character finally clicked for me.

Not even in The Maquis?!This may sound absolutely insane, but I never really found Gul Dukat very interesting before Season 4 of DS9. Indiscretion was probably the moment where the character finally clicked for me.
Troi's mother.
Agreed wholeheartedly. Why they never spaced her is beyond me.
Gul Dukat was great until that final shark jumping moment when he merged with the Pagh'wraiths in "What You Leave Behind."
Dishonorable mention goes to Diana Muldaur as Katherine Pulaski (show always listed her as a guest star, not a main, so). I always liked Crusher, so Pulaski was an unwelcome change in S2 already. She came off as really crotchety and had this pissy attitude about Data that got very old. She wasn't awesome like McCoy about it. She came off as just being a bitch.
Not even in The Maquis?!This may sound absolutely insane, but I never really found Gul Dukat very interesting before Season 4 of DS9. Indiscretion was probably the moment where the character finally clicked for me.![]()
Gul Dukat was great until that final shark jumping moment when he merged with the Pagh'wraiths in "What You Leave Behind."
I think Gul Dukat jumped the shark the moment he seemed to have romantic feelings toward Kira.
Gul Dukat was great until that final shark jumping moment when he merged with the Pagh'wraiths in "What You Leave Behind."
I think Gul Dukat jumped the shark the moment he seemed to have romantic feelings toward Kira.![]()
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You agree with what? That he was only good till halfway through season 2, while he was still just an antagonist mostly talking over comm link or appearing for a scene per episode, and we barely knew anything about him except that he was a jerk? Yeah, right, god forbid anyone besides the main cast gets to have some complexity, one-dimensional villains rock... NOT.I think Gul Dukat jumped the shark the moment he seemed to have romantic feelings toward Kira.![]()
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Yeah..I agree..though I did so LOVE his over-the-dop performance in Waltz...he chews scenery in that episode with the best of them...Shatneresque I dare say!!!
Rob
You agree with what? That he was only good till halfway through season 2, while he was still just an antagonist mostly talking over comm link or appearing for a scene per episode, and we barely knew anything about him except that he was a jerk? Yeah, right, god forbid anyone besides the main cast gets to have some complexity, one-dimensional villains rock... NOT.
Yeah..I agree..though I did so LOVE his over-the-dop performance in Waltz...he chews scenery in that episode with the best of them...Shatneresque I dare say!!!
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That's season 7, when they tried their best to make him as one-dimensionally eeeeevil as possible. And it sucked.You agree with what? That he was only good till halfway through season 2, while he was still just an antagonist mostly talking over comm link or appearing for a scene per episode, and we barely knew anything about him except that he was a jerk? Yeah, right, god forbid anyone besides the main cast gets to have some complexity, one-dimensional villains rock... NOT.Yeah..I agree..though I did so LOVE his over-the-dop performance in Waltz...he chews scenery in that episode with the best of them...Shatneresque I dare say!!!
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I never really cared for the stuff with him being blind, pretending to be Bajoran, because it made the Bajorans look stupid. And the episode where he was leading some kind of religous cult was stupid too...the actor was never ever bad, but some of the writing let him down.
Rob
The Maquis is in my top 10 DS9 episodes. And it is definitely one of Dukat's best. He is awesome in it and totally steals the show.Not even in The Maquis?!This may sound absolutely insane, but I never really found Gul Dukat very interesting before Season 4 of DS9. Indiscretion was probably the moment where the character finally clicked for me.![]()
Another embarrassing confession, I'm afraid: I don't really like that episode that much. Granted it was better than what Voyager did with the Maquis, but I much preferred TNG Pre-emptive Strike and DS9 For the Cause and For the Uniform.
To me, once was TOO MUCH.Harry Mudd. Once was MORE than enough.
That's season 7, when they tried their best to make him as one-dimensionally eeeeevil as possible. And it sucked.You agree with what? That he was only good till halfway through season 2, while he was still just an antagonist mostly talking over comm link or appearing for a scene per episode, and we barely knew anything about him except that he was a jerk? Yeah, right, god forbid anyone besides the main cast gets to have some complexity, one-dimensional villains rock... NOT.![]()
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I never really cared for the stuff with him being blind, pretending to be Bajoran, because it made the Bajorans look stupid. And the episode where he was leading some kind of religous cult was stupid too...the actor was never ever bad, but some of the writing let him down.
Rob
That is very different from saying that "Gul Dukat jumped the shark the moment he seemed to have romantic feelings toward Kira"- which happened at least in season 3 ("Civil Defense") but there was already a hint in season 2 "The Maquis". So, that would mean that he "jumped the shark" halfway through season 2 - which is really the moment when he was just starting to become really interesting and complex.
The Maquis is in my top 10 DS9 episodes. And it is definitely one of Dukat's best. He is awesome in it and totally steals the show.Not even in The Maquis?!![]()
Another embarrassing confession, I'm afraid: I don't really like that episode that much. Granted it was better than what Voyager did with the Maquis, but I much preferred TNG Pre-emptive Strike and DS9 For the Cause and For the Uniform.
^ The guy who played Cal Hudson sucked. Everything else was fine.
And yes, Dukat stole the show.
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