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Every blue moon, I run into a Trek fan who did not watch Deep Space Nine from beginning to end. I always tell them to give it another chance for this exact reason and guarantee them that they will not be disappointed.
As you mentioned, DS9 is chock full of great writing. Sisko utters my most favorite line from the entire series before the final epic battle near the end of the War:
"There is an old saying... FORTUNE FAVORS THE BOLD. Well... I guess we're about to find out."
I'm not certain if Kate Mulgrew, William Shatner, Patrick Stewart or even (ha!) Scott Bakula could have delivered that line within the context of that moment as well as Avery Brooks.
