Star Trek: Voyager
Summary
Star Trek : Voyageractor Martha Hackett felt that Seska ’s death at the start of time of year 3 was a mistake . Seska was first introduced inVoyagerseason 1 , episode 3 , " Parallax . " As a former Maquis and someone who had a romanticist story with Commander Chakotay ( Robert Beltran ) , Seska quickly became a recurring member ofStar Trek : Voyager ’s castthroughout most of season 1 , until it was revealed recently in the season that she was Cardassian spy within the Maquis and had been stealing and sharing technology with the Kazon since she joinedVoyager ’s crew .
Seska quickly desert to the Kazon when her deception was divulge , and became a baddie for the majority of season 2 , lick alongside Maje Culluh ( Anthony De Longis ) to antagonise the USS Voyager . This culminated in theVoyagerseason 2 finale / season 3 premier episode , " Basics Parts 1&2 " where Seska and the Kazon briefly manage to take over the ship and strand the crew on an exotic satellite . as luck would have it , Captain Janeway ( Kate Mulgrew)was able to retake Voyager and check the Kazon for salutary , but this ultimately came at the cost of a few significant life history , let in Seska ’s .
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Martha Hackett Thought That Seska’s Star Trek: Voyager Death Was A Mistake
Hackett felt that Seska’s death should have been handled differently
In an interview withStar Trek Monthlyissue 34 ( now calledStar Trek Magazine ) , Martha Hackett delineate her issues with the way that Seska was killed , even going so far as to call the decision a mistake . Hackett ’s vainglorious issue with her character ’s death seemed to be the abrupt way it come about , which give no time for a last face-off between her andCaptain Janeway or even Chakotay , the two characters she maintained the most antagonism with throughout her ravel . Read Hackett ’s full quote below .
" I call back it was a error to belt down Seska . I just felt that if they were going to kill her off , they should have done it in a more fantastical way . It would have been interesting if it had been something that come down to being between Seska and Captain Janeway , or Seska and Chakotay . She was their nemesis , and for her to pall in a ship bang seemed like an easy manner out . There were other opportunity for a cheek - off where they could n’t facilitate but down her off . But that ’s just me talking . I suppose the writer felt like they were at the end of that storyline . "
Seska ’s death in " Basics Part 2 " was spectacular in a sense . Although being felled by a serial of overloaded console was n’t exactly memorable , Seska ’s final endeavour to progress to her new-sprung baby in Janeway ’s quick room was legitimately heartbreaking to watch . Still , Hackett ’s assessment that " Basics " essentially wasted Seska ’s potential is accurate . Excluding the possibility of a showdown between here and Janeway or Chakotay left a prominent part of her story feeling bare . alas , Seska was the victim of being catch up in an already failing plot line .
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Why Voyager Killed Seska Off At The Beginning Of Season 3
Seska was the victim of being dragged into a dying storyline
Involving Seska inVoyager ’s Kazon storyline seal her destiny from the beginning . Unfortunately , the Kazon were nearly universally detest after their introduction in " Caretaker . “Voyagernever found a manner to make them work , and it was inevitable that their plot line would end not with a bang but with a whimper . If the Kazon had been the only victims of the end of time of year 2 , it would arguably have been a victory for the show , but the plot line had the inauspicious side effect of taking Seska with it .
Seska was objectively a much more interesting nemesis than the Kazon , and a tie - back to a conversant lot ofStar Trekvillainswith her Cardassian heritage . Having her join the Kazon after cheat Voyager did make narrative sense , but had she been allowed to function on her own , the possibilities for her story might have been more talkative . IfStar Trek : Voyagerhad give Seska more independence , her demise might have end up being nearer to the one Martha Hackett envisioned , instead of an aborted ending where she feel under - utilize .
generator : Star Trek Monthlyissue 34
The fifth entry in the Star Trek franchise, Star Trek: Voyager, is a sci-fi series that sees the crew of the USS Voyager on a long journey back to their home after finding themselves stranded at the far ends of the Milky Way Galaxy. Led by Captain Kathryn Janeway, the series follows the crew as they embark through truly uncharted areas of space, with new species, friends, foes, and mysteries to solve as they wrestle with the politics of a crew in a situation they’ve never faced before.
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The 5th entry in the Star Trek franchise , Star Trek : Voyager , is a sci - fi series that sees the crew of the USS Voyager on a long journey back to their rest home after finding themselves stranded at the far ends of the Milky Way Galaxy . Led by Captain Kathryn Janeway , the series keep abreast the crew as they embark through really unmapped areas of space , with new species , friends , foes , and mysteries to solve as they twist with the government of a gang in a situation they ’ve never faced before .
