Series: DS9

Character(s): Jadzia Dax

Terry Farrell played the role of Jadzia Dax on the first six seasons of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.

After six seasons on DS9, Farrell was presented with the chance to join the Paramount sitcom Becker. Instead of renewing her original contract for DS9 for one more season, she left and joined the cast of Becker in 1998. There were many rumors as to why Farrell left DS9; some believed she wanted more money, there were differences with producers, or she had arguments with fellow cast members. In The Fifty-Year Mission: The Next 25 Years, Farrell revealed she had had enough of Berman, whom she described as a misogynist who regularly criticized her appearance. When her contract ended, she wanted to do less episodes, but he refused:

“Basically he was trying to bully me into saying yes [to another]. He was convinced that my cards were going to fold and I was going to sign up. He had [another] producer come up to me and say, ‘If you weren’t here, you know you’d be working at Kmart.’ I was, like, ‘What the hell are you talking about? I had a career before this. Why the hell would I be working at Kmart? Who are you?’ Just to be jerky, he’d call me in my trailer: ‘Have you been thinking about it yet? Are you going to sign?’ Like, right before I had a scene. It was that kind of thing. Rick Berman said I was hardballing him, and I was, like, ‘I’m not. I just want to have a conversation. You’re giving me a take-it-or-leave-it offer and I’m not okay with that.’ So I finally did have a conversation with him and asked to cut down my number of episodes or just let me out.”

After leaving Deep Space Nine, Farrell stated that, if asked, she would love to return to Star Trek to play Jadzia as a clone, Jadzia from another universe or a hologram. She also stated she grew greatly from playing Dax and that she wouldn’t change a second of her time with Star Trek.

Farrell’s character, Jadzia, was not seen as a part of the flashback sequences toward the end of “What You Leave Behind”. This was because Farrell did not give the producers her permission to use pictures of her in those scenes. Although a scene was written for Jadzia in the final episode, budget costs meant they couldn’t afford Farrell and the scene was never filmed.

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