After six seasons of playing Jadzia Dax, the only Trill in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Terry Farrell was tired. She didn't want to be in every episode of the seventh season, but when she asked for fewer episodes, her character was killed off the series. Farrell has gone on record, in a 2011 interview with Startrek.com {via Slashfilm} talking about how she had put her life on hold because of the series, and she was really tired of having to get up at four in the morning.
There was another issue, though, that affected Farrell's time on the series...at least at first. And that was Rick Berman's personal comments about her that would have less of a chance of being tolerated in any type of work environment today.
According to Farrell, n the oral history book "The Fifty-Year Mission: The Next 25 Years: From The Next Generation to J. J. Abrams [via Slashfilm], Berman had a strange focus on her body, most significantly her breasts, often comparing them to his secretary's.
"The problems with my leaving were with Rick Berman. In my opinion, he's just very misogynistic. He'd comment on your bra size not being voluptuous. His secretary had a 36C or something like that, and he would say something about, 'Well, you're just, like, flat. Look at Christine over there. She has the perfect breasts right there."Terry Farrell
Though things got better in later years, it's difficult to think Farrell put up with such nonsense while working long hours on Deep Space Nine. Berman's concentration on her body (and even her hair) were demeaning, and it doesn't sound like she had any support from the other executives.
""Michael Piller didn't care about those things, so he wasn't there when you were having all of these crazy fittings with Rick Berman criticizing your hair or how big your breasts were or weren't. That stuff was so intense, especially the first couple of years.""Terry Farrell
Fortunately, Farrell continued a successful career after leaving Deep Space Nine, starring in the comedy series, Becker, for four seasons. She also hasn't let the distaste of some of her time as Jadzia Dax keep her from attending fan conventions or interacting with the Star Trek community. And it hasn't stopped her from wanting to return as the beloved character as she gave fans at the 56-Year Mission Star Trek convention in Las Vegas an idea of how it was possible for Jadzia to return.
""I was actually thinking about how Spock died. Didn’t he melt, basically? He saved everyone’s life. And then he just came back… and there he was. And Kirk kind of went, “Oh, there he is.” And everyone nodded and said, “Yes, he’s back!” I want that moment for me…""Terry Farrell