Season 5 · Episode 2

A Captain's Log: Nana Visitor; Her family, Kira Nerys and Star Trek: Open a Channel: A Woman's Trek, Part 2

Nana is asked about sharing a cool story and memories of working with guest role actors as her favorites including Louise Fletcher, Aron Eisenberg, Marc Alaimo. The conversation shifts to Nana Visitor specifically talking about a story in her new book Star Trek: Open a Channel: A Woman's Trek on her feelings around Terry Ferrell leaving the DS9 series in season 7. Other topics include Nana's perspective on Ezri Dax. Played by Nicole de Boer plus the many women like Army Champlain Major Mel Bears O'Malley Star Trek inspiration, B'Elanna Torres, and Beverly Crusher as women heroes for fans. Nana also talks about her favorite theatre to perform in plus Broad Stage in Santa Monica along with her favorite jazz pianist and bassist. Nana gives a Star Trek statement for the ages and also being a part of this incredible Star Trek Community along with prosthetics for her Bajoran nose, Cardassian makeup in the episode "Second Skin" Quark's head prosthetics with her body in DS9's "Meridian"