do you think Bashir and Jadzia would have eventually hook up?
If Word hadn't joined DS9...
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When Ezri told Julian "If Worf hadn't come along it would have been you" I think that was the writers hinting at their previous plans.
Jadzia never wanted more than friendship with Bashir.
At the beginning of the summer of 1995, after the end of Voyager's first season and Deep Space Nine's third season, TV Guide did two successive issues - one featuring an interview with the cast of DS9, the next featuring an interview with the cast of Voyager. In the DS9 article, the cast talked about the direction of the series, and Terry Farrell is quoted as saying something along the lines of "If the ratings go below a 1.8, we (Dax and Bashir) are doin' it on the table!" i.e. they'd hook up.
The addition of Worf to the show was a later development, but I think the comment Ezri makes to Bashir about this turn of events later in the series ("If Worf hadn't come along, it would have been you." was just as much an inside joke to this It-could-have-been scenario as it was a poignant and revelatory moment for Dax and Bashir. The possibility of a Jadzia-Bashir romance was probably tossed around the writer's room at DS9 as a possible story arc to examine; Jadzia and Worf obviously nixed that, but the writers clearly hadn't let go of the notion by the time Ezri showed up.
EDIT: I believe the interview was in this issue.
The addition of Worf to the show was a later development, but I think the comment Ezri makes to Bashir about this turn of events later in the series ("If Worf hadn't come along, it would have been you." was just as much an inside joke to this It-could-have-been scenario as it was a poignant and revelatory moment for Dax and Bashir. The possibility of a Jadzia-Bashir romance was probably tossed around the writer's room at DS9 as a possible story arc to examine; Jadzia and Worf obviously nixed that, but the writers clearly hadn't let go of the notion by the time Ezri showed up.
EDIT: I believe the interview was in this issue.
For those interested, here's the cover of the Voyager TV Guide I mentioned, and a transcript of the interview included that week.
I remember that interview. I think that ship had sailed in the first season. By season 3, the writers had already moved on to thinking about Kira-Odo and finding someone for Sisko. I wonder if it is something that ISB decided.
If my memory serves me correctly it was established in a 'Trapped in a small space' episode that Dax enjoyed being pursued. I think if Worf hadn't come along, Bashir/Dax probably would have happened, if only late in the series' run. As we know, when the characters' sense their TV show is about to end it's their natural instinct to pair off.
Long running TV shows hook random people up all the time, especially in the final season. In Friends, Chandler and Monica were the end of season four. TNG, Worf and Troi in season 7.
It would have happened the moment the writers ran out of things to do with their character, or if not that, in season 7.
Yes, but you could argue that the teases, clues, hints, and testing-the-waters with Monica and Chandler were there from the beginning. It's subtle (and sometimes not at all) but it's definitely there.
The writers toyed with a Worf Troi romance as far back as season four. It's rather ironic that we see only finally see them on an actual date in the final episode.
However, Dax-Bashir was teased out hard in the first season ... to universal indifference.
I don't think Julian should have ended up with Jadzia if Worf hadn't joined the crew. I'm not saying the writers wouldn't have done it anyway but I don't think Jadzia ever had romantic feelings for Julian. Like JIRINPANTOSHA says above, it's likely the writers would have just thrown them together at the end of the series if Terry had stuck around for Season 7.
I don't think Julian and Ezri should have happened either. I didn't for a second buy it when she told Bashir it would have been him if Worf didn't show up. That's never how it played out on screen. I'm sure they broke up about 5 minutes after the series finale. Totally incompatible.
I don't think Julian and Ezri should have happened either. I didn't for a second buy it when she told Bashir it would have been him if Worf didn't show up. That's never how it played out on screen. I'm sure they broke up about 5 minutes after the series finale. Totally incompatible.
Attention! Spoiler!
They broke up in the novels, remaining friends after an adventure on Trill
Might have been interesting if DS9 had continued past Season 7 to have Ezri die and put the Dax symbiont in the Mirror Universe version of Jadzia. I'm thinking Mirror Jadzia was killed off too but I'd quite like to see what would have become of Julian, Worf and their relationship with the Dax symbiont.
As much as I found Worf enriched the show, I found Jadzia's romance with him did not. It got old and stale pretty fast (Let Who Who Is Without Sin.... wow). I recall reading an article with Terry Farrell (sp?) during season 1 of DS9 where she stated that Dax wouldn't be up for "office romances" or any other long term commitments. I guess after a few years of that the writers reneged on that idea.
Anyway... Worf on DS9 is :thumbsup and the Alexander and Kurn storylines were great, too.
Anyway... Worf on DS9 is :thumbsup and the Alexander and Kurn storylines were great, too.
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