Who Are Actually Star Trek's Greatest BFFs?

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  @joelruggaber8371 · 2 years ago

  As much as I agree that Bashir and O'Brian are indeed friendship goals, I do think you gave the short shaft to Jake and Nog. They are the only pair in Star Trek that I can think of that were childhood friends, and had that friendship grow into a life-long thing. Jake taught Nog to read and grow into more than he was, Nog taught Jake that it was ok to push the boundaries and take a risk now and again. Even in a possible future, in the episode The Visitor, they are still portrayed as life-long friends, as Nog worries about his friend. If you still want to give them the silver behind Bashir/O'Brian, I can't argue, but they deserved more than a throw-away mention.

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• PH

  @Philip_Kehoe · 2 years ago (edited)

  The true mark of O’Brien’s friendship with Bashir is that he, as an Irishman, will sing a song as painfully English as “Jerusalem” with him.

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  @SyberSmoke68 · 2 years ago

  Another duo I was surprised you didnt mention was The Doctor and Seven of Nine from Voyager. While their pairing isnt forced down our throats as much as Tom and Harry's, it feels a lot more real and heartfelt to me, growing from a mentorship to a true friendship by the end of the series.

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• MI

  @miguelvelez7221 · 2 years ago

  There's best friends, and then there's "they got their own Hallmark Ornament best friends."

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• OM

  @omgkatstephens · 2 years ago

  I know Steve hates Voyager, but Seven and the Doctor are close to my heart as a duo.

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• RO

  @roodyroo6 · 2 years ago (edited)

  There&apos;s a moment in series 7 ep 23, where Miles calls Julian &apos;Jules&apos;. It&apos;s only brief, but I can&apos;t think of anyone else who&apos;d be allowed to do that.<br>Also I love how when Julian&apos;s genetic background is revealed, the thing Miles gets pissy about isn&apos;t the fact that his best friend has essentially been lying to him for 5 years, it&apos;s that he&apos;s been letting Miles win at darts.

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• DA

  @daniel_sc1024 · 2 years ago

  A BFF duo probably overlooked is Bashir and Garak.<br>Another one worth noting, although technically not a duo, would be the very talkative and funny Morn, who seemed to be best friends with everyone he met on DS9.

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• JA

  @jamarrbrown3608 · 2 years ago

  Miles and Julian felt like real friends

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• VI

  @VilkataG · 2 years ago

  I understand the impossible task of listing all the friendships, but I really was surprised to see Picard and Guinan&apos;s friendship left out. &nbsp;While we see precious little of it, since Whoopi is just a glorified guest star, the friendship is well established as being absolute. &nbsp;I mean, it survived for centuries.

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• TH

  @themediumcheese · 2 years ago

  I&apos;m pretty fond of Bashir and O&apos;Brien, it&apos;s a fun take on the &quot;how guys make friends when they&apos;re over 30&quot; thing you see in TV and movies

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• TI

  @Tier1Diabetic · 2 years ago (edited)

  I would have been so tempted to just make it a list of the DS9 friendships. &nbsp;Thank you for your self control.<br><br>DS9 nailed the dynamic nature of how people feel, act, and speak. In a less good show, a character like Kira is just an angry badass with a dark past. &nbsp;In DS9, she is a multifacted <b>person</b> who loves, laughs, is great at somethings and bad at others. Sometimes she’s confident. Sometimes she’s unsure of herself. &nbsp;Her friendship with Dax is a completely different relationship than her friendship Sisko.<br><br>Also, she’s a fucking badass.

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  @Echo1988 · 2 years ago (edited)

  &quot;Little ship models, can you imagine?&quot; He said sitting next to his models of DS9 and 2 or 3 different Enterprises.. &nbsp;😂

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