Quote Originally Posted by Cikomyr2 View Post
DS9 would have been so much richer if they allowed themselves to break from their formula of "one crew on a space station".

Instead of Worf rebuking Gowron and getting exiled in Way of the Warrior, have him join Gowron and try to steer klingon politics. Show the growing emnity between Firebrand Changeling Martok and Worf, voice of reason. Have him have his own bloody spinoff plot, where he occasionally interact with the main crew and their Klingon issues.
Finances are a problem here. You spin Worf off doing his own thing, that means a whole second set of actors, props, sets, costumes and makeup. (Especially if everybody's a Klingon...)