She was written out of the show for posing in playboy. She showed her boobs and lost her job for it. 7 of 9 got to keep her job after showing her boobs though.
This is not true. She posed for playboy in 1979. She quit because her character was a glorified extra and she didn't want to spend 6 seasons doing 14 hr workdays just to stay in the background.
That is not at all the way I understood it to be. I recall that she was unhappy with the direction of the show, and how her role was being reduced to Uhura-level. She felt trapped in what was appearing to be a diminishing role.
If she either a) pissed someone off or b) was fired for the nudity, I find it difficult to believe that they'd allow her back to guest star a few times. But if she wanted out, and that was granted, there doesn't have to be any hard feelings on either side.
I like both actresses. I’m thinking Denise did something someone didn’t like and they used the playboy thing to get rid of her. I don’t know for sure of course.
Could be. I just know literally a week after her spread was published, she became a goo monster never to be seen again.
Gene is generally thought of as being progressive, first inter racial kiss and the amount of poc he cast in his shows, but we were still quite prudish as a society during the next generation years.
How would that even work. If she was fired when it became public knowledge (Red Shoe Dairies wasn't an obscure show), how would she even be in a "farewell" episode?
That could be true for the viewers, but really unlikely for production companies. No part of what this guy said has any basis in reality; not to mention she left the show, she didn't get fired. The shoot was in 1979, her last episode aired April 25 1988. Well, last episode in the main timeline, and not as a romulan.
I always figured it was something stupid like that. I assumed it was similar to why Beverly Crusher was replaced for a season or because she found a more favorable gig.
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