10 Reasons Deep Space Nine Is Secretly The Best Star Trek

10. It Has The Best Cast

When it comes to Star Trek, you can always count on the main cast to be full of great actors. It's the supporting cast, minor characters, and one-off guest appearances that are the lottery. Sometimes you get a really good one, but other times the acting is flat out embarrassing.

Hell, even among the main cast, when your leading man is Sir Patrick Stewart, even if someone else is a good actor in their own right, you can clearly see the gap in experience (Wil Wheaton's acting was never more obnoxious than when he had to act opposite to Sir Patrick).

Fortunately, this is a problem that Deep Space Nine never had.

Everyone brought onto the show knew exactly what they were doing, and even when a guest actor wasn't quite up to snuff in comparison, they were never flat out awful. And even beyond the acting, the characters are the most interesting out of the franchise. We'll get to Sisko in a bit, but Kira, Odo, Quark, O'Brian, Dr. Bashir, Sisko's son Jake, all of them are fascinating characters that would be the fan favorites in any other Star Trek show.

Great actors playing great characters, what's not to love?