Worst of the Worst---Meridian

The mirror universe episodes are a very close second, but to narrow it down to one episode, it was this one.

http://voyzovrezon.blogspot.com/2014/01/worst-of-star-trek-ds9-meridian.html

"Meridian" is the 8th episode of the 3rd season and was directed by Jonathan Frakes (who did a marvelous job with directing the TNG films and many previous episodes). But everyone is entitled to a mistake. As a director, this is his.

This episode, like many previous, has two story lines. The one involving Quark attempting to get a hologram image of Kira for a creepy client was amusing but not enough to keep this otherwise stinker off the worst list.

As you can see from my previous blog post, the plot involving Dax and Deral was more full of holes than swiss cheese. As painful as the overplayed performances were in the mirror universe episodes, at least they made some sense regarding plot.

Not this one. Therefore, Meridian wins the prize, AKA virtual turkey award, for worst episode.