Ezri Dax

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Caption =
Species = Trill
Gender = Female
Planet = New Sydney
Affiliation = Starfleet
Posting = USS "Destiny" assistant counselor
Deep Space Nine counselor
Rank = Ensign
Lieutenant junior grade
Portrayed = Nicole de Boer

Ezri Dax (played by Nicole de Boer) is a counselor aboard Deep Space Nine in the seventh season of "".

Casting

The role of Ezri Dax was created when Terry Farrell (who played Jadzia Dax) decided to leave the show and her character was killed by Dukat ("Tears of the Prophets").

When Nicole de Boer read for the role in 1998, she was considered "one of the busiest actresses in Canada but a relative unknown south of the border". [Larry Nemecek, "Meet Nicole deBoer: Ezri Dax" "Star Trek Communicator" 119 November 1998: 10] She used her own camera to tape her audition. [Nemecek, ibid.] DeBoer admits that prior to being called to the show she didn't know what a Trill was. [Terry J. Erdmann & Paula M. Block, "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion". New York: Pocket Books (2000): 598] But she made sure to study, and watched previous shows, though careful not "to watch a whole bunch of Jadzia stuff." [Erdmann & Block (2000), ibid.]

tory overview

The fictional character of Ezri Dax was introduced in the first episode of season seven. The back story states that Ensign Ezri Tigan, a Trill Starfleet officer, upon leaving Starfleet Academy was assigned to the "USS Destiny" as assistant ship's counselor. She had no interest in becoming joined with a Trill symbiont (in the episode "Shadows and Symbols").

After Lieutenant Commander Jadzia Dax is killed aboard Deep Space Nine, the Dax symbiont is saved by Dr. Julian Bashir and sent to Trill ("Tears of the Prophets"). However, the symbiont becomes gravely ill during its journey on the "Destiny" and, as the only Trill on board, Tigan is asked to join with Dax in order to save its life ("Shadows and Symbols"). Ezri is Dax's ninth host ("Dax", "Facets").

Upon joining, Ezri is assigned to Deep Space Nine and promoted, because of her extensive Starfleet experience and knowledge from the Dax symbiont, to lieutenant junior grade ("Afterimage"). She serves as counselor.

Jadzia was married to Lieutenant Commander Worf, who at first refuses to speak to Ezri, convinced that Jadzia has gone on to Sto-Vo-Kor and can no longer exist through the Dax symbiont ("Afterimage"). However, the two later become friends and, briefly, lovers ("Penumbra").

Toward the end of the series, Ezri begins a romance with Dr. Julian Bashir ("What You Leave Behind").

In Pocket Books' non-canon novels, Ezri remains on Deep Space Nine but moves from counseling to command, receiving a promotion to lieutenant and becoming executive officer of the USS Defiant. Following a mission on the Trill homeworld, she and Bashir end their romance but decide to remain close friends. In the upcoming Destiny trilogy Dax is captain of her own ship.

Reception

Compared to Jadzia, Ezri comes across as very insecure. [Susan A. Lentz, "'Where No Woman Has Gone Before': Feminist Perspectives On "Star Trek" "Star Trek Visions of Law and Justice", edited by Robert H. Chaires (2003): 147. "Ezri Dax is physically petite. She is less assured, insecure, and uncertain who she is. Of course, Jadzia may have herself once been such a host. The growth and evolution of Ezri unfold as she acknowledges her "past lives."] Some fans derided Ezri Dax as "Ally McTrill" (in reference to the title character on "Ally McBeal"), and one "TV Guide" reviewer took a cue from the fans. Nicole de Boer, however, took this as a compliment. [Sandy Stone, " [http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/news/article/111289.html Report: Star Trek's "Grand Slam", Pt. II] April 7, 2007. Accessed October 18, 2007. "She didn't mind when TV Guide described her as "Ally McTrill" — she took it as a compliment."]

Ezri Dax was the only member of the main cast not to be made into an action figure by Playmates Toys.

References

External links

* [http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/series/DS9/character/1112427.html StarTrek.com: Ezri Dax]