Summary
Deleted dialog from an episode ofStar Trek: Deep Space Ninewould have drastically changed how viewers perceived two previously unconnectedStar Trek: The Next Generationcharacters. As a spinoff fromTNG, it was understandable thatDS9featured many crossover appearances from characters like Q (John de Lancie) and Thomas Riker (Jonathan Frakes). The addition of Michael Dorn to thecast ofDeep Space Ninein season 4 further solidified the show’s links toTNGand pushed the character of Lt. Commander Worf in new and interesting directions, and allowedTNGcharacters like Chancellor Gowron to recur.
With the exception of series regular Chief O’Brien (Colm Meaney),Star Trek: Deep Space Nineonly featuredStar Trek: The Next Generationcharacters in guest spots before Worf turned up. Two semiregularTNGguest characters were Lwaxana Troi (Majel Barrett) and Admiral Nechayev (Natalia Nogulich), who each appeared in a handful of episodes ofDS9.Troi and Nechayev never shared a scene, but information cut fromDS9season 3, episode 10, “Fascination”,directed by Avery Brooks, would have revealed a hitherto unknown link between them.
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Star Trek: Deep Space Nineseason 3, episode 10, “Fascination” is the firstLwaxana Troi episodesince the Federation entered into the Cold War with the Dominion. In the episode, Lwaxana is attending the Bajoran Gratitude Festival, but is really there to comfort Odo (Rene Auberjonois) after he discovered his people were the Founders of the Dominion. TheStar Trek: Deep Space NineCompanionreveals that dialog cut from the shooting script would have explained how Lwaxana came to learn about the Changelings. In the broadcast episode, Odo and Lwaxana’s interaction plays out like this:
LWAXANA: Officially I’m here as the Betazoid representative to the Gratitude Festival. But the truth is, I came to see you, you poor sweet tortured man.
ODO: Excuse me?
LWAXANA: I know the torment you must be going through. To spend your whole life searching for your people only to discover that they’re the leaders of that awful Dominion.
ODO: You heard about that?
LWAXANA: Odo, don’t worry. I’m here to help you.
In the shooting script, however, there was a line of dialog about Lwaxana Troi having friends in high places.One of these friends was Admiral Nechayev, whom Lwaxana Troi describes as “the sister I never had.“Although it’s a throwaway gag that never made it into the finished episode, the concept of Lwaxana and Nechayev being friends dramatically changes how you seeStar Trek: The Next Generation’s Admiral.
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“There has been a certain amount of tension between us in the past.”
In each of herStar Trek: The Next GenerationandStar Trek: Deep Space Nineappearances, Admiral Nechayev is always portrayed as a tough, no-nonsense authority figure. So much so that inStar Trek: TNGseason 7, episode 20, “Journey’s End”, Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) is desperately trying to repair their working relationship. IfDS9had revealed that Nechayev and Lwaxana Troi were “sisters” then it would shed new light on her antagonistic relationship with Captain Picard. Perhaps Admiral Nechayev is so stern with Captain Picard because of how he had previously spurned Lwaxana Troi’s advances.
“Journey’s End”
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Despite her initial ambivalence toward him in her firstStar Trek: The Next Generationappearance, Lwaxana Troi pursued Picard in “Manhunt”, forcing him to take refuge in the holodeck. It’s easy to imagine, therefore, that Lwaxana would recount Picard’s cowardly behavior over drinks with Admiral Nechayev, coloring her opinion of the Enterprise captain as a result. In many ways, it’s a shame thatStar Trek: Deep Space Ninecut the line about Lwaxana and Nechayev’s friendship as it reveals that, stern as she may be,TNG’s admiral clearly knows how to let her hair down.
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Cast
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, also known as DS9, is the fourth series in the long-running Sci-Fi franchise, Star Trek. DS9 was created by Rick Berman and Michael Piller, and stars Avery Brooks, René Auberjonois, Terry Farrell, and Cirroc Lofton. This particular series follows a group of individuals in a space station near a planet called Bajor.
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Star Trek: The Next Generation follows Captain Jean-Luc Picard and his crew aboard the USS Enterprise NCC-1701D as they embark on interstellar explorations, seeking out new worlds and civilizations.
