Long before Deep Space Nine, Quark actor Armin Shimerman had the weirdest Star Trek appearance in Star Trek: The Next ...

Star Trek will never have a cast as expansive as Star Trek: Deep Space Nine's again. At the heart of Star Trek are the scores of beloved characters that generations of fans have come to adore.

It also would have fit with Deep Space Nine as a whole, which was certainly the darkest take on Star Trek up to this point. On the other extreme, there’s always the traditional happy ending.