Star Trek: The Pointless Demise Of Tasha Yar
Ever since Star Trek hit the small screen, there has been a plethora of interesting and layered characters to stem from the universe. Some of these have gone down in history, from the enigmatically serious Picard, to the iconic persona of William Shatner's Kirk. And each has been surrounded by an equally well-crafted roster of supporting characters.
Some, however, go down in history for all the wrong reasons. Certain characters, such as Neelix and Wesley, annoyed a large portion of fans. Worse, though, are the ones that had the potential to be great, and get unceremoniously swept under the rug and forgotten about. Of these cases, none is so prominent as The Next Generation's head of security Lieutenant Tasha Yar, and her pointless demise.
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Lt. Yar was played by Denise Crosby, and first appeared during season one of The Next Generation. She lasted 22 episodes in the pivotal role of head of security, until she met her untimely demise at the globby hands of a tar monster. The episode, named “Skin of Evil,” was groundbreaking in many ways. The show's decision to kill of one of its main characters after so long could have been a refreshing take on the semi-immortal cast of protagonists that TV shows had pioneered up until this point. The problem, however, was how they did it. Yar's demise was brutally underwhelming and pointless death that came out of nowhere, and ended up feeling like a throwaway.
The reasons behind this mainly lie, unfortunately, out of the Star Trek universe and in the uncomfortable realm of behind-the-scenes politics. Crosby was disheartened and disappointed with her character on the show. She felt that she had been sold on the false promise that she would
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