10 Most Satisfying Character-Arcs In Star Trek
Exploring the most fully realised characters in the lore of Star Trek.
In fiction, a character's arc is their personal story inside a larger narrative. Some character arcs in Star Trek stand out as particularly satisfying. These characters grow and change in ways that just make sense. At the end of their story, they'll reach some new form or mindset that hopefully links back to their origins.
For this list, we're going to rank which Star Trek characters’ arcs leave the most impact and feel the most complete. Does their story have a purpose? Can we see every detail coming, or do the writers throw in little surprises to keep things interesting? Do these surprises make sense in the context of the story? We'll consider all these questions and more as we decide which of these arcs deserve to be called the best from across all instalments of the franchise.
10. Rom
At first, it seemed like Quark was going to be Deep Space Nine's star Ferengi, but as it turned out, his idiot brother Rom ended up stealing the show.
In his early appearances, Rom was pretty pathetic. He was constantly sucking up to his brother while working in his bar, only to be scammed out of pay and forced to do the worst jobs. He slowly started to stand up for himself, eventually forming a union in Quark's bar in the episode Bar Association. The union was dissolved in the end, but only when Quark agreed to give the workers everything they demanded.
Due to a series of contrivances mostly related to his mother Ishka's relationship with Grand Nagus Zek, Rom (a radical leftist by Ferengi standards) was chosen to become the new Grand Nagus of the Ferengi Alliance.
On top of his success, Rom went from disapproving of his son Nog's friendship with a Human, to fully supporting Nog's entrance into Starfleet Academy.