Denise Crosby left the character of Tasha Yar in the ... you can see Crosby waving in the background. It's at 42:21 in the episode on Paramount+. As it turns out, it wasn't scripted.
Denise Crosby, unhappy with her role of Lt. Tasha Yar on Star Trek: The Next Generation, asked to be let out of the series in ...
For a moment, Chao was the frontrunner for the role, although she would eventually be replaced by Denise ... by Crosby herself in a 2012 interview with StarTrek.com. Read more: The 21 Best Star ...