Or it might be that truly alien cultures are left alone.

Don't complain.
It could have been a Sean O'Neal photoshop, with Lawrence's face imposed over Gluttony from the "Se7en" movie.

Right.
Which came first: the Sisko or the Sara?

As long as we are under the spoiler subthread…

I'm wondering if Vic can be considered their "pet".
In which case, maybe the others are worried that Worf would graduate from attacking the neighborhood pets to full-fledged serial killer, so to speak.

…he yells a battle cry, finds a sharp pointy object and immediately sets out to wreak vengeance upon her killer…

That better not be the same cheese that infected the biocircuits.
(Damn Neelix.)

Spoilers!
Remember, Zack is watching this season for the first time. Wait a bit for the Ezri discussion.

"…barfing up CGI at an Orb…"

Hey now, isn't that a spoiler?
Be careful about describing Dax until next week, right?

According to Memory Alpha, that was the first consideration: have another female besides Kira.

"…at least with Worf I can believe some idea of wanting a kid for tradition, or to finally erase Alexander’s existence from our memories once and for all."

Megan Fox vs. Mechan Fox

You make it sound like jumping a micrometer higher isn't a big deal.

I remember an essay by Stephen J Gould, where he points out that Hollywood loves the "man was not meant to tamper" theme. Made the same Bad Parenting (the doctor neglecting his "child") comment about Frankenstein.

Quentin Tarentino Presents Kenneth Branagh's Robert De Niro's Mary Shelley's Frankenstein Unbound 2: Unbound With a Vengeance

John Hurt as a time traveling doctor? No one would accept it.

Just found the S3 bloopers, thanks for pointing that out. (I enjoyed the Stewart ad-lib at 0:40: "Means you, Mr. Worf. Why are you sitting there?")

Like D-R-C mentioned, you don't get the full 2:20 for the opening/ending, since other shows still have some version of those. And some shows I am recording now are less than 42 minutes.

Roger Coman's Frankenstein of Mars