jadzia's death in DS9
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obs-2 — 14 years ago(April 27, 2011 02:58 AM)
I'm reading the ST:DS9 Companion book (it explains all the episodes, and has a behind-the-scenes commentary on each), and for Season Six, second from last episode (Sound of Her Voice), it writes:
"Terry Farrell was only available for one day during that shoot, so she's only in the final scene," Ron Moore recalls. "That's because she was getting serious about leaving the show. We were giving her a chance to go to readings," he laughs, "so she was off doing casting sessions!"
That doesn't sound like she had the other job already in the bag before she decided to leave. It's too bad she didn't stay for the final year, though. I could understand wanting to leave if it were season three or four, but staying for only one more year But whatever. DS9 Season Seven was still good, except for the finale (they brought back Dukat one or two times too many). Perhaps it wasn't as good as Season Six, but that certainly had nothing to do with Terry Farrell.
From the entry for "Tears of the Prophets":
"My heart said it was time to move on. After playing the character for six years, there's things I wish we would have done. I wish I would have had at least one fight scene this year. But there's nine major characters, so the writers can only do so much." -
Ghosthunter123424 — 14 years ago(June 05, 2011 05:22 AM)
Agreed.
Bashir - nerdy doctor, always swooning over Jadzia - He's actually the most intelligent human ever and can process large math problems faster than the ships computer.
Odo - Almost emotionless, views other humanoids as weak willed and a criminal waiting to happen - ends up an emotional wreck
Kira - Tough bitch, ends up a tough bitch.
Nog - Rascal, for some reason joins starfleet and comes back a man, its more of a clich than anything.
Rom - A complete dumbass, who's just as greedy as his brother but lacks the intelligence to make his own cash, is actualy a technical genius who can figure out anything technical, including time travel.
Jadzia - the sex appeal, the romance with worf never sat well with me personally, I'm not sure if it was jealousy on my part, or that it beep with Worf's solitary badass mojo.
Worf - WORF!!!
Garak(My favourite) - the suspected spy, Garaks character was never expanded in the way that I'd hoped. Any attempt at something other than comic relief seemed to present him as a weak whiney bitch.
And then theres Dukat. He was never really the lead antagonist, just a figurehead to represent Cardaisan interests in the series. Pretty great actor imo, last season or two wasted the build up of that character, he, over time, seemed to garner some respect for Sisko, but instead they made him a scheming classic maniac bad guy.
Also, the prophets and Kai Wynn. Worst story arc EVAR. -
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screwtape2713 — 13 years ago(February 20, 2013 05:52 AM)
I'm sure you'll survive your crushing disappointment. In the meantime, three things you might want to consider:
- The original poster will probably never ever read your comment, considering that the thread was started about a decade ago.
- The series itself ended 15 years ago, has been running in syndication on various TV stations around the world pretty much continually ever since, and has also been out on VHS and now DVD for years. This particular discussion thread was started about 5 years after the series ended. Most sites for book, movie or TV discussions ask that people not post details without a 'spoiler' warning for about six months after initial publication of the book or airing of the episode/movie. After that, it's fair game.
- Just how do you propose people start discussion threads about the pros and cons of specific incidents in movies or TV series if they can't even mention the incidents in the thread titles to let people know what's being discussed?
BTW, in case you didn't know: Rhett Butler leaves Scarlett at the end of Gone With The Wind, but Scarlett vows to win him back. Hope this spoiler didn't shock you too much.