Given your dislike of the Doctor I wonder if it's the hologram factor that has to do with your similar distaste for Vic. He serves as a camp foil for the terribleness that is war with the Dominion surrounding the station. I love his episodes for the same reason I love the baseball episode... these guys have to unwind somehow, and Quark's just won't do it when all anyone is interested in is discussing the war.

Plus, if not for Vic, how would Nog have dealt with his PTSD? I thought that was a fun way to handle it.