10 Most Hated Star Trek Characters
6. Barclay
Reginald Barclay has had some fantastic moments throughout his run in Star Trek. His best moments came in Star Trek: Voyager, with his relationship with the Voyager crew (or their holograms) being a particular highlight of his character. However, despite these stronger moments, Barclay was never truly a great character on The Next Generation.
His first appearance brought some great comedy to the series. Seeing the main cast dressed up as swashbuckling duellists was a treat, though Barclay himself was less interesting. His next episode, The Nth Degree, was certainly a step up in terms of the writing and the acting quality. It is possibly one of his best episodes.
Realm of Fear was then a step down, simply teasing out his neuroses again, this time about the transporter. While the idea to explore the nature of the transporter was a highly interesting take, seeing it from Barclay's point of view lessened the impact of this story considerably.
Genesis is still responsible for some of our greatest nightmares.
Dwight Schultz, much like his character, never seemed to truly fit with the Next Generation crew. Over on Voyager, both he and the character seemed to have a better time, forgiving some of the past crimes made with this character.