jadzia's death in DS9
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Terry Farrell
youshazbot — 22 years ago(July 22, 2003 08:55 AM)
i've been watching the DS9 series late and i realize that's half the reason i've missed news like this, but if anyone can remember back i would appreciate it.
even if i didn't think Jadzia Dax is the ideal woman, her death at the end of the 6th season of Star Trek DS9 doesn't fit. There was so much for her to do, her marriage with Worf, her connection to all the other characters, it just doesn't fit. I'm convinced the reason she was killed wasn't the writer's idea. Does she have a lover in real life that didn't approve of her role in DS9? Did she lose interest? financial trouble? i would really like to know.
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Jaxa5 — 22 years ago(August 06, 2003 08:11 PM)
As a matter of fact it was the writers who decided to kill Jadzia.
You see Terry's 6 year contract was up and she decided not to return for the 7th and final season. Even though she asked not to be killed the writers felt it was better for her character.
Personally I did not want her killed, and didn't like the way they did it. If they were going to kill her they should have done it in the episode "Change of Heart". But it was up to them!
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ZootAllures — 22 years ago(November 24, 2003 10:58 AM)
the answer is in $$$$
as you may have noticed on the other thread, she likes the green. i mean sure she wants to get paid but she's not on 'friends'
besides, she never even bared breast in Hellraiser III so to 'hell' with her
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admiralj — 22 years ago(November 13, 2003 12:26 AM)
It seemed to me that it had something to do with money. She said one year at the pasedena GrandSlam that she became furious over some "contractual matters" and the very next day after filming her death in ds9 she began filming her first episode of Becker It was a bit odd. That same day at the convention both she and nikki de boer were on stage together talking about the dax character. Terry seemed somewhat of an egoist when mentioning kissing scenes with Dorn. Nikki on the other hand looked like she didnt appreciate some of her comments. I dont know. I'm sure Terry is a nice person, but I just have to wonder. One thing's for certain, both she and nikki are absolutely gorgeous.
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Jaxa5 — 22 years ago(November 17, 2003 04:06 PM)
I would have killed to have seen them on stage together like that!
About that whole kissing Michael Dorn thing.it make me beli16d0eve more and more that they (Terry and Michael) had a real life relationship. Although niether of them have admited to it or anything really, I've picked up on things in interviews that just scream it!
AnywayI could be wrong
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nikodemos — 22 years ago(January 17, 2004 05:12 PM)
by - KiraAnara on Thu Dec 11 11:12:05
From what I understand, she didn't pick up her contract for the last year because she wanted to go do Becker. So, she left DS9 for Becker. Mainly because she wanted to move on and do something different.
That's my understanding too. Add onto that, DS9 was entering its FINAL season while Becker was just starting up. Becker was a longer term opportunity. And on top of that, she had second billing on Becker versus sharing the spotlight seven ways on DS9. -
DarthMaulSithLord — 16 years ago(July 10, 2009 06:33 PM)
Terry thought about leaving DS-9 so she talked to the studio and confronted them with her plans. They didn't want her to leave the show, so she asked for more money. As they didn't want to shell out the extra cash it was then decided to let her leave DS-9 and kill off her character, replacing her with the character Ezri Dax, which was terrible.
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PatrynXX — 21 years ago(April 30, 2004 05:02 PM)
I never thought it fit. I know this is an old thread, but I'm on that episode now.. I suppose you know.. Tasha Yar was lost on the first season. But you know the Trek universe anything is possible. It certainly doesn't look like her carreer is going much of anywear. maybe she shoulda stayed. There is alot of things I don't like about DS9 and Voyager. DS9 is backed into a corner and so was Voyager. Which I assume is why we got Trek 789 and 10. The trek universe desperately needs something to continue after DS9. Not this silliness with Enterprise. Even a prequel theatrical movie. Now that'll be a waste. Even I won't buy that one.
I get the feeling though, the powers that be, didn't give her enough money to stay. Which is unfortunate. But they do this on soap opera's all the time and you can see how few people watch them now. (the marlena murder mystery was a disaster. killing all those long time actors. sheer lunacy)
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prometheus1816 — 21 years ago(July 22, 2004 10:06 PM)
This is what I heard, it had a lot to do with Terry not wanting to "give it up" as it were to a Paramount boss who had her role in DS9 trimmed. She didn't like that and said she wanted the same money for season seven as Nana Visitor was getting. They turned her down. She was given the script for Becker and was asked if she would do it, she said it all pinged on her negotiati111cons for season seven. She was told at first that Jadzia was going to get pregnant and go off to a position in Star Fleet due to the problems in "Change Of Heart". It would be decided that Worf and Jadzia wouldn't be able to work together since Worf flauted the rules. Terry said that she was going to do both DS9 and Becker as the producers of Becker were willing to work around her schedule at DS9. Paramount said no and told Berman to kill off the character and that was it.
From what I understand, Colm Meaney, Michael Dorn, Avery Brooks, Armin Shimmerman and Alexander Siddig all went to bat for her, but they were threatened. This left a very bitter taste in all their mouths when it was announced that the character of Dax would be back, but in the form of a different person. Nicole DeBoer was hired and kind of came into a situation that was very tense indeed. Michael Dorn was not happy. He did take Nicole aside and told her that if she felt tension on the set, it wasn't her fault. He told her the background drama and she understood. Michael, Colm and Armin were very vocal to the bosses about their antics and were punished for it. I read this on a Michael Dorn site and saw an interview with Colm who confirmed it.
That is what happened with Terry. She was fired for not giving it up.
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