Worf and Dax enjoyed a long and developing relationship - this was just, bam! There was no build up (unless I missed it).
Sorry. I know the question wasn't for me.
Yeah, I deleted that part. Didn't mean it to look so snappy, Sharky. That wasn't intended.
Yeah, DS9 showed us that for sure, and at 22 episodes over multiple seasons mostly concentrating on character development, it had the time to do that. We've less episodes with this one, and it's a show less concerned with ensemble so some of this stuff has to be a little more broad strokes. Everything in the scene tells us what we need to know about them and their relationship in a condensed form without making a big song and dance about it. If the writing's a little clunky, so be it. The message is more important.