DS:9 "What You Leave Behind"

[sayla0079]

The reason I thought those three was because 1.what dukat did to kira's people 2.he killed worf's wife 3. because of the events in number 2 he screwed up Ezri's life

[sayla0079]

Dukat was so far removed from the main action in season 7 that any of the main characters killing him in the finale would feel tacked-on at best (i.e. what we got in the show) or like an out-of-character revenge killing at worst.

Kira could never forgive Dukat, but by season 7 she's not the type of character to hunt him down and kill him for crimes against Bajor. She's not that deeply revenge oriented.

Dukat should have been killed or recaptured when his arc ended in Waltz, but if we have to have him all the way to the finale, I'd say either have him die due to one of his own schemes blowing up in his face, or have Garak kill him. Dukat being killed by one of his own schemes (e.g. Kai Winn stabbing him in the back) would be earned because his own self-perceived cleverness would have finally caught up with him. Similarly, Garak killing Dukat wouldn't feel unearned because they have an established hatred and Garak is well established as someone who will kill with minimal provocation.

In the finale when Kai Winn posioned Dukat I really thought she was going to kick him into the fire.

[CharlesPhipps]

I think another ending would be Dukat taking his own life as some kind of grand gesture of defiance, only for the heroes to just shrug it off.

Suicide on TV though would be hard then, even with a phaser.

Possibly also getting stabbed by a random Bajoran whose family he killed.

[Yukaphile]

@CharlesPhipps I would have to contest the reason as being "war is hell." Those men had ample control over themselves and could have chosen not to. They chose to do so. That makes them monsters and criminals. Case closed.