Alara's Replacement
What does everyone think of her?
shareShe reminds me of the season of ST: TNG when Dr Crusher left and they brought in Dr Pulaski.
Alara had a good place in the overall story. She was the young, semi-insecure one who was growing as the show went on.
Replacement actress is sort of 'meh' without an established dramatic point in being there (aside from just as a security officer)
One thing I'm hoping for [but not holding my breath on] is that we have a similar situation to what happened with Doctor Crusher on TNG, where she was away for a season, but then came back, so we only had to deal with the old blond doctor for that long. I hoping Alara might come back, but there's no way to tell if the actress ever will.
There was a similar situation on "Stargate: SG-1" where Daniel "died," but later came back, and that was due to the actor wanting to leave because he didn't want to share the spotlight with his fellow cast-members anymore, but then, after a year of not being able to get work, or having lousy jobs available, he came crawling back to the producer, begging to be let back on the show.
I hoping Alara might come back, but there's no way to tell if the actress ever will, but they did leave it open for her to do so. Ed told her the job was always open.