7. Bareil Antos
Kira Nerys, the feisty Bajoran on Deep Space Nine had terrible taste in men. All the men she was with turned out to be losers with the exception of Chief Security Officer Odo, but that relationship was not something that most DS9 fans wanted to see happen. For all her mistakes, the biggest one was Bareil. Dull doesnt come close to describing this semi regular character and his relationship with Kira was even less thrilling. You can understand that on paper, his character made a lot of sense. He was a bridge to show the different sides of a post-suppressed, Bajor society that was coming out of years of being persecuted by the Cardasians. Like the Jewish population who took on the job of building a new society after being terrorized during the Second World War, some Bajorians wanted to build a positive future but others tried to play the political game for their own benefit. Kira represented the good that was forced to battle with the self-servers who were quite happy to exploit the situation to gain power. Bareil was an in-between character but mostly good and had Bajors interest at heart. However, actor Phillip Anglim was not up to the job of playing a part like that. He was blander than a day time soap character and there was no spark between him and Kira to make the relationship believable. When he was killed off (thankfully) it came as a huge relief that Kira was no longer tied down by him. If it wasnt for Nana Vistors exceptional acting skills, even his death scene would have had as much emotion as opening junk mail.
Most entertaining moment: Trying hard to act dead.
6. The Xindi-Reptilians
A lot of shows make the mistake that they think to make a stand-out villain, he has to look disgusting or scary. Enterprise made that mistake by making one of the series main antagonists into scary reptilian aliens, with their angry scowling as the biggest indicator that they were the bad guys. But if the Vorta from DS9 taught us anything, the best and most memorable villains are usually the ones that come across less threatening. Being part of the collective of species known as the Xindi, they attacked Earth in a preemptive strike that wiped out part of Americas east coast. The Enterprise is sent to confront them and soon learn that the Xindi were duped into believing that Earth was a threat that needed to be dealt with. It was a storyline that took its cue from the 9/11 attacks and formed most of the Enterprises third season. But it turned out that although some of the Xindi realised they were nothing more than pawns in a bigger game, the Xindi-Reptilians had there own agenda and wanted to continue antagonizing Starfleet and Earth. Boring and introducing no danger to the show, the Xindi-Reptilians remain largely forgotten.
Most entertaining moment: Dressing up as Nazis for a couple of episodes.