Worst characters in each series

[Nightdiamond]

I am sorry but IMO Kes was boring, even when she came back as the evil one, she was still boring, just evil boring...

^This. And what's with that incredibly annoying scream she had? Like some crazy electronic noise of some sort - ridiculous. And beautiful? No. Everyone has their own opinion and mine's that she was significantly below average in that regard. Good riddance to this character...

I love Kes! Half of the reason I dislike Harry Kim so much is that he was supposed to go and was saved by that stupid magazine article calling his pudgy baby-face "beautiful" and so Kes was booted. The other half is made up by him having the personality of wallpaper and grinning stupidly.

Kes had HEAPS of potential that was simply wasted and personally I think she and Seven could have had an interesting character dynamic, they might have developed a sort of sister-like relationship with each other and Kes would have been all over helping Seven regain her humanity.

But as she was, especially by season 3 she was just a potentially interesting character who was ignored and wasted because she was "hard" to write, just like Troi on TNG.

I didn't know Kes was that disliked either. I always thought she was a pretty good character, if anything, because she wasn't over the top, at least at first any way.


The episode where she was possessed by an alien warload--she nailed it. I could have watched that one even if it lasted all day.

Now, the way she dumped Neelix was pretty cold blooded. Her return as evil Kes wasn't all that great IMO.

But she never seem that bad a character.

 

[Orphalesion]

The episode where she was possessed by an alien warload--she nailed it. I could have watched that one even if it lasted all day.

Oh yes! "Warlord" was definitely THE best Kes episode in my eyes and among my top 5 Voyager episodes period!
That battle of the minds she had with the warlord

That episode showed all Kes could have been if the writers hadn't decoded to shove her in a corner.

Edit: I can't believe that both this and "Before and After" (the two best Kes episodes imho) were both from season 3. How did the writers go from writing her as this telepathic badass who battles warlords in her mind, saves herself from ceasing to exist and comunicates with species 8472 to "we can't think of stories for her, she's turning into Nurse Chapel!" in the span of a few episodes? It makes no sense...

 

[kirkfan]

I for one didn't think that Kes' performance was particularly compelling, "even" in Warlord, which wasn't that good as far as I am concerned.

 

[Orphalesion]

That's the beauty of humans we can have such varying, different opinions

That's why the Borg hate it so much, if we were Borg we'd all be forced to like Enterprise best and think of B'Elanna as the best character, because they are the favorite series an character of the Borg Queen.

 

[kirkfan]

I am not sure the borg queen would like B'Lana all that much but I get your point.

 

[Nightdiamond]

Kes seem believable to me as a crazed warlord trying to hold on to power at all costs.

And the fact that it was a male warload that possessed her-- she pulled it off.

I'd have to say that it was one of her greatest performances.

 

[kirkfan]

^I am sorry but IMO it only seemed that way because of her usual bland performance but if you look at it from a broader perspective, what she actually did is that she put a little thought in her character. I don't know maybe she was instructed to play Kes' as a ancillary character used to be subservient but if she was then whoever did that didn't do her a service.

 

[wildsulu]

>> Worst characters

TOS: Uhura --> unused potential, she has too little to do

TNG: Alexander --> the scenes just don't work and they only shout
(I like Wesley, nothing wrong with the boy. And Lwaxana is great!)

DS9: Keiko O'Brian and her family: nice try to do family life but somehow it's always boring or uncomfortable to watch. I prefer to watch Jake and his father.

VOY: Kes. She's just not interesting. I prefer Neelix, times 10!!

ENT: Archer. Not really bad but can a captain be so naive or human-centric?
(Nothing wrong with Travis, he's just lacks character development)

 

[Kilana2]

TNG: Alexander --> the scenes just don't work and they only shout
(I like Wesley, nothing wrong with the boy. And Lwaxana is great!)

What about Naomi Wildman? It is not as if I can´t stand her. She could have been annoying if she had appeared more often. What vexes me is her soap opera rapid ageing syndrome and her smartass-ness as a consequence thereof . She still matures faster than other kids, even in the Litverse. It just can´t be explained merely by her mixed heritage.

Alexander gets more interesting in the Litverse, even if he is rarely used.

Would things have been different if Wesley were Lesley???

 

[wildsulu]

Would things have been different if Wesley were Lesley???

Nope.

What about Naomi Wildman? It is not as if I can´t stand her. She could have been annoying if she had appeared more often. What vexes me is her soap opera rapid ageing syndrome

Lol. I guess I don't pay enough attention, and in this case that's a good thing. I like DS9-Alexander a lot more.

I don't dislike Naomi. But what bores me a bit is 7-of-9 going through her childhood phase. I know it's part of discovering her humanity. But ... hm... maybe it's just a bit of a repetition of Data struggling with elementary things? I like the Seven but not that part.

 

[JirinPanthosa]

Alexander didn't just have rapid aging syndrome, he also developed a brain infection at some point between the two shows.

 

[brandnewfan]

Everyone on Voyager. Everyone on Enterprise.

Wesley.

Rom, Leeta.

The TOS crew was basically flawless, except Chekov was pretty annoying until the movies started.

 

[just_me]

Everyone on Voyager. Everyone on Enterprise.

Wesley.

Rom, Leeta.

The TOS crew was basically flawless, except Chekov was pretty annoying until the movies started.

Omg i exactly think same thing

 

[Orphalesion]

The TOS crew was basically flawless,

.....no.
Nothing in this world is flawless including the TOS crew. They just get forgiven for their shortcomings because they're friends with Lady Nostalgia.

 

[IrishNero]

TOS: Chekov - He was really only there because he looked kinda like one of the Monkies.
If this series had been created today, he'd have looked like Harry Styles. Superfluous.

TNG: Riker - You mean to tell me that beards all still around 300 years from now? and he was really only there to co-pilot the ship when Picard went to the toilet or on shore leave. I guess I always thought his character was unnecessary, unless they genuinely needed someone to walk around with their head leading the way.

...Or maybe I'm just still upset with Frakes for that whole Alien Autopsy thing.

DS9 - Everyone except Capt Sisko and Quark. OK, I guess It's not really about the characters. It was more about my disdain for the premise. Come on, ST was about exploration, not a floating airport lounge. It would be 'Wings' if it had a laugh track.

VGR - Captain Janeway - I understand that it was time to intro a female Captain, but there were at least a dozen women in Hollywood who could have played that part better. I don't know, she just seemed to be trying too hard and came off sounding like a snippy school marm barking orders rather than a starship captain.

ENT - Captain Archer. He was surly and hormonal. The pacing back and forth while talking to the enemy-of-the-week on-screen and his occasional smart-arse comments made me think he was hormonally imbalanced and in need of some mood-leveling medication.

 

[MacLeod]

VGR - Captain Janeway - I understand that it was time to intro a female Captain, but there were at least a dozen women in Hollywood who could have played that part better. I don't know, she just seemed to be trying too hard and came off sounding like a snippy school marm barking orders than a starship captain.

I think that was more down to the writing than Mulgrew's portrayal,

 

[Kobayshi Maru]

VGR - Captain Janeway - I understand that it was time to intro a female Captain, but there were at least a dozen women in Hollywood who could have played that part better. I don't know, she just seemed to be trying too hard and came off sounding like a snippy school marm barking orders than a starship captain.

I think that was more down to the writing than Mulgrew's portrayal,

I didn't like her croaking voice very much.

 

[IrishNero]

VGR - Captain Janeway - I understand that it was time to intro a female Captain, but there were at least a dozen women in Hollywood who could have played that part better. I don't know, she just seemed to be trying too hard and came off sounding like a snippy school marm barking orders than a starship captain.

I think that was more down to the writing than Mulgrew's portrayal,

I think there's an element of truth in that but at the same time, she just seemed snippy at times.

 

[Brie]

I strongly disagree with most of those choices (but this is all opinion, which is great)

TOS: Yeoman Rand, she was just eye candy, and had no real purpose most of the time

TNG: I hate to say this because I do love him, but worf wasn;t one of my favorite people in TNG, every episode revolving around him was so boring (but he was great in DS9 I loved him)

DS9: Kai Winn, She was just an all around bitch

Voyager: Nelix. He serves no purpose and he annoys the daylights out of me

 

[Harvey]

Limiting myself to regular characters...

Star Trek: Christine Chapel

Star Trek TNG: Wesley Crusher

Star Trek DS9: Jadzia Dax

Star Trek VOY: Harry Kim

Star Trek ENT: Travis Mayweather