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The fictional Jerry Seinfeld (played by his namesake, the real Jerry Seinfeld) has never been particularly lucky in love. Sure, he dated plenty of women throughout the show’s nine seasons, but he didn’t have any long-lasting, meaningful relationships with any of them. His closest female relationship is his ex-girlfriend and still-friend Elaine (Julia Louis-Dreyfus), who is refreshingly open-minded for a man like Jerry, but this is not a long-term relationship. His girlfriend made a guest appearance on “Seinfeld,” which means there weren’t many. In fact, Seinfeld’s longest on-screen romance lasted just four episodes, and it was with Rachel (Melanie Smith), who flirted with him during a screening of Schindler’s List, and Seinfeld’s completely terrifying his nearby nemesis, Newman (Wayne Knight). Although not the most memorable of Seinfeld’s girlfriends, as she is at least somewhat normal, Smith gives a good performance and manages to hold her own alongside some of the funniest comedians of ’90s television. is holding.
Perhaps playing a character dealing with the insane narcissism of the “Seinfeld” gang was next for her, when she was supposed to play the daughter of a megalomaniac wannabe dictator from beyond the universe. It may have played a major role. Just three years after Rachel said goodbye to Jerry on Seinfeld, Smith returned to the big screen in a completely different role. In Star Trek, she played Thora Ziyal, the half-Bajoran daughter of Cardassian war leader Gul Dukat (Mark Alaimo). Deep Space Nine. ”
Smith went from comedy to absolute tragedy in Deep Space Nine
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Star Trek: Deep Space Nine delved a little more aggressively into complex and morally troubling themes than its cousins. And Ziyal was a great example of a challenging character whose existence doesn’t have easy answers. Zyar is half-Cardassian and half-Bajoran, the result of an affair between a married Cardassian named Gul Dukat and a Bajoran woman who somehow fell in love with the settler Tora Naprem. Dukat sent them away to live apart from the Cardassians and Bajorans, and although he could not kill them, he knew that their presence was a liability. Eventually, father and daughter are reunited, and Ziyal becomes best friends with Bajoran freedom fighter Major Kira Nerys (Nana Visitor), but it’s not an easy relationship for anyone involved. Ziyal also becomes friends with Garak, a Cardassian tailor and spy played by Andrew Robinson, the only Cardassian regularly aboard Deep Space Nine.
The Cardassian occupation of Bajor has many real-world consequences, and is the backdrop for some of the series’ darkest episodes. These include episodes inspired by Agatha Christie’s novels that examine the moral decay necessary to survive during wartime. Kira confronts a Cardassian assassin. Zyal is one of the only good things to come out of this profession, but unfortunately he is killed while helping his friend escape during the Cardassian takeover of the space station, and his father eventually has a complete mental breakdown. I end up doing it. She’s a truly tragic figure in every sense of the word, but thankfully Smith injected a great deal of humanity into the half-Cardassian, half-Bajoran woman with a heart of gold while playing the character. It was given to me. (The younger version of Ziyal was played by Shea Batten and Tracy Middendorf.)
Smith wasn’t the only Seinfeld alum on Deep Space Nine
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Smith’s Rachel rose to fame when she infamously captured George in the buff, in the scene that introduced the word “shrink” to many of us. She’s a far cry from Ziyar’s role in inspiring her father to eventually start a doomsday cult. He is the only guest actor on “Seinfeld” and has also appeared on “Deep Space Nine.” Phil Morris, who played Jackie Childs, the lawyer for Jerry’s neighbor Kramer (Michael Richardson), who played several roles on Deep Space Nine, including Klingon and Jem’Hadar roles, is very funny. Brian George, who played stylish cafe owner Babu Butt on “Seinfeld,” also played the father of Dr. Julian Bashir (Alexander Siddig) on ”Deep Space Nine.” There have actually been dozens of crossovers, and the fact that one of the most important cast members of “Deep Space Nine” thoroughly hated his time on the sitcom “About Nothing” When you think about it, this is somewhat surprising.
At the 2017 Florida Supercon, Shimmerman was asked about his guest appearance as Kramer’s caddy on a Season 7 episode of Seinfeld, and responded, “They were uncommunicative, ugly, bad-natured, and hated.” “It was,” he answered. -React, what is the word island country? After seven seasons together, it’s not hard to imagine some of the cast becoming a little more like self-centered characters and a little closed off, but we hear that Shimmerman has had a very difficult time. And still, it’s a shame. Thankfully, Qwark is one of the best characters in the entire Star Trek series, so he had a much better time on Deep Space Nine. No Tarkaryan tea!
