The cowards didn't have the cojones to make new Dax a dude and have Bashir go for it anyway.
I really like Nicole, but I had a huge crush on Terry when DS9 first aired, so it's hard to decide.
I didn't know the story behind it until recently, but the first time I watched DS9, I thought "Wait, are they really trying to get away with replacing this awesome character with a younger, cuter actor?" I assumed it was a desperate bid for ratings.
I thought they both did a great job, but we'd had 6 seasons to get attached to Jadzia!
They could of made Dax join with Arjin(Geoffrey Blake) and make it like Curzon choosing Jedzi. At least we'd have better context of the character and we wouldn't have had to spent half of the last season establishing and developing Ezri.
