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So bringing in a new character (especially one replacing a beloved character) is always hard and with it being the final season the writers had to find a way to make Ezri fit with the last season while also balancing the end of the Dominion War. Considering the difficulty the writers did a great (I particularly love the murder mystery episode), but I think they fumbled the ball at the end. Relationship drama is a quick way to build a character dynamics, and it made sense that Ezri would have some tension with Worf. I mean Jadzia nearly gave in to an old hosts feelings and she had literally twice the training of any other initiate and Ezri had no training at all. After that though I don’t think she should have had a romance storyline with Dr. Bashir. It felt like the writers were rehashing a storyline we had moved on from three seasons ago. Also Dr. Bashir had better chemistry with practically all his other love interests (he was basically the closest thing DS9 had to a Will Riker or Captain Kirk). If they wanted to do a romance storyline for Ezri I think they should have had it with…. Jake Sisko. Ezri and Jake are close in age and it would’ve been an interesting dynamic. Besides Ezri having a little tension with Captain Sisko (imagine the awkward dinner conversation, yikes) Dax has known Jake his whole life. Curzon was there for Jake’s childhood and Jadzia saw him go from adolescence to adulthood. The Dynamic of their relationship would be so interesting to explore.
TL;DR, Ezri should’ve ended up with Jake Sisko instead of Dr. Bashir
What do you all think?
I really feel that Dax should have gone to a Male host. Keep the same scenario, because it justifies keeping the character on DS9 given that the recipient was a Starfleet officer and had an underlying duty they believed in but also the lack of host training as another Redditor has pointed out would reasonably allow for the creation of plausible drama and unique situations. It would also allow earlier scenarios to be revisited in a new light - perhaps the most recent past host Jadzia was failing to manifest initially (explainable by the emergency procedure having some effect) making the initial integration of the character into the cast somewhat easier. Curzon might be the most dominant influence, giving Sisko a chance to reconnect with his old mentor in a new way. The new host could eventually go through the Zhian'tara ritual to finally bring Jadzia forth, perhaps with Odo fully hosting her presence to give Worf the chance to have proper final words with her in person. There were many potential ways they could have gone with the concept I am sure.
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