The thing is, whenever I watched this since its airing I usually skip the 'filler' episodes so I stick with the story. I think DS9 opened up the Star Trek universe more than most of the other series imo which is why I appreciated it, they also ditched the squeaky clean idea. It also had some of the best characters (still short of TNG) and plots with plenty of variation
. I don't think any other series had this much interaction between the Romulans / Klingons / Ferenghi whilst introducing new species and including a civil war.Bajor in general were a bunch of idiots tho, I hated any of the storylines to do with the prophets (This kind of storytelling also completely ruined BSG). The sisko and son thing was a pain in the arse too and just cringeworthy at times. He was like a Wesley with too much screen time.
Its peak was during the Klingon empire being infiltrated and the dominion / Cardasians forming an alliance imo, Season 4/5 ?. I think after that they went prophet heavy. My last re-run I don't think I bothered with season 7.
