30 day TV meme - Day 10

Day 10 - A show you thought you wouldn't like but ended up loving

Tough one. I think I'd have to say Star Trek: DS9. After roaming the galaxy with the TNG crew, to just stay put in one venue (oh, but we never really did that, did we?) sounded so boring. I originally thought Sisko was boring. Kira was shrill. Dax was an enigma. Bashir was too gung-ho, and I hated Quark. It was the characters of Miles and Odo that kept me watching, I think, and as the actors started to make the characters their own, I began to appreciate it them more. The whole is-he-isn't-he business with Garak, that oh-so-humble tailor/spy also drew me in I began to appreciate the stellar writing and story arcs, especially the one with Vedek Winn becoming Kai. Louise Fletcher was the villian I loved to hate. At the end I still didn't like Quark too much, but they gave him more depth than I thought he'd ever have (especially during the Dominion War), and I loved the way both Rom and Nog matured and moved away from the Ferengi ethos of greed.
 

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