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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I’ve heard her and the other actresses talk about that first season at conventions and it’s hard to shake the feeling of how dire that show was for all of them during that season. McFadden fired, Crosby quits, and Sirtis thought she was being let go (the writers had stopped speaking to her/producers had stopped taking meetings with her) up until Crosby quit. She believes the only reason she was still on the show is because Crosby quit before they could fire her.

The show lost 2 out of 3 lead actresses going into the second season. Not a great look.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

"The show lost 2 out of 3 lead actresses going into the second season. Not a great look."

Excellent point. I've read the, "this is how a security officer would go out," explanation for Yar's demise, but I never bought it. News of Denise Crosby leaving TNG was out before "Skin of Evil" was first broadcast. When I saw the episode I thought that Yar's death came across as being intentionally petty and meaningless. "We have women as main characters but we don't know what to do with them," is endlessly frustrating to me, with Star Trek and other shows. A ship's doctor, a chief of security, and a ship's counselor who can sense emotions -- that is a pretty rich ground from which to grow stories, beyond the characters backstories.