Few DS9-related responses from a guy who puts that show at #1.
1.) It's Sisko!
2.) There is plenty of ethical content in the later seasons. I think you might realize this upon rewatching the series. Those are some of my favorite aspects of every year.
3.) The character dynamics make the show. Before the good plotlines, before the cool (to this day in its later seasons) action sequences, it's the characters, characters, characters. No other science fiction series I've seen had so many great dynamics apart from Farscape and SG-1. Those two compete but it's close man, it's close.
As for LOST, I'm actually with you on that one too Maniac. Sacrilegious as it seems for a huge sci-fi/fantasy buff to say I gave it roughly the same chance and the characters just weren't doing it for me.
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"Setsuna, you have to change. To make up for me... who didn't change." ~SCP~
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