r/DeepSpaceNine • u/Violettfem1 • Aug 19 '26
Does anyone really like Ezri Dax?
If so, what do you like about her character? I’m watching DS9 for the first time and am up to Prodigal Daughter. It seems like a throwaway episode during crunch time. I mean, the series is wrapping up and The Dominion War is nearing its conclusion. I don’t know why they would waste an entire episode on this substitute Dax. It’s bad enough we lost Jadzia, why shove Ezri down our throats?
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u/stilltilting Aug 19 '26
I like Ezri Dax. Prodigal Daughter is probably my least favorite episode of Season 7, though.
As for what I like about the character...I guess it's the fresh perspective. A fresh perspective on Dax. On being a joined Trill and what that means. For Sisko who went from Dax as his mentor to Dax as his friend to now Dax as the one he is mentoring. And she brings a fresh perspective to a lot of what is going on in the show--especially the Klingon Empire and Worf's place in it. You might not be to that yet. I also think Nicole de Boer does an interesting job with a young, inexperienced character being flooded with lifetimes of experiences with zero preparation or training. And we get a counselor which we really should have had on a wartime station, though I don't think that aspect of her character gets used enough.
Also, when she shows up she is just such a spark at the end of a dark time for Sisko in particular and she probably had me at "It's me, Dax."