After 26 Years, Star Trek Reveals A Dax DS9 Love Interest & It’s A Shocker

Warning: SPOILERS For Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 5, Episode 3 - "The Best Exotic Nanite Hotel"Star Trek: Lower Decks has finally revealed Gallamites, a species Lt. Commander Jadzia Dax (Terry Farrell) dated on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and it's a shocker. Jadzia was the Deep Space Nine space station's Science Officer and a close friend of Captain Benjamin Sisko (Avery Brooks). Before Dax's tragic death and Terry Farrell exiting DS9 when season 6 ended, Jadzia was a beloved Star Trek: Deep Space Nine cast member with a fun-loving, generous spirit.

In Star Trek: Lower Decks season 5, episode 3, "The Best Exotic Nanite Hotel," Lieutenant Bradward Boimler (Jack Quaid) joins Commander Jack Ransom (Jerry O'Connell) and Lt. Commander Andy Billups (Paul Scheer) on an undercover mission. The USS Cerritos' trio is on the hunt for Starfleet Admiral Milius (Toby Huss), who went AWOL and hid somewhere aboard the Cosmic Duchess space station resort. Boimler's mishaps while searching for Milius saw him encounter a pair of Gallimites, who had only been mentioned but were never seen on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.

Dax Dated A Gallamite On DS9 & Star Trek: Lower Decks Finally Showed Them

This Is What Captain Boday Looked Like?

On Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Lt. Commander Jadzia Dax dated Captain Boday, a Gallamite Starfleet Officer who was described as having a "toothy smile and transparent skull." Star Trek: Lower Decks season 5, episode 3, "The Best Exotic Nanite Hotel" showed Lt. Brad Boimler avoiding meeting two Gallamites because they were, frankly, scary. On his X account (@gaghyogi49), Jörg Hillebrand, who was a researcher for Star Trek: Picard, connected the dots that Gallamites were the species Captain Boday hailed from and Dax dated on DS9:

Since Star Trek: Deep Space Nine season 6 never showed Captain Boday or what a Gallamite looked like, his relationship with Jadzia before she married Lt. Commander Worf (Michael Dorn) was the subject of much speculation. In DS9 season 7, Lt. Ezri Dax (Nicole de Boer), who inherited the Dax symbiont and Jadzia's memories, confirmed that Jadzia slept with Captain Boday. With Star Trek: Lower Decks revealing Gallamites are rather monstrous in appearance, Jadzia's brief fling with Captain Boday certainly raises eyebrows.

Dax Has An Amazing Star Trek Dating History

Dax Certainly Liked All Types

Lt. Ezri Dax was the ninth host of the Dax symbiont, and she inherited Dax's remarkable dating history across eight lifetimes. Jadzia once remarked that a prior Dax host, Emony, dated a young Dr. Leonard McCoy (DeForest Kelley), who "had the hands of a surgeon." Jadzia herself was remarkably open-minded and accepting of aliens as romantic partners. After all, Jadzia married Worf and joined the Klingon House of Martok (J.G. Hertzler). Jadzia also flirted with Quark (Armin Shimerman), a Ferengi, and fell in love with Dr. Lenara Kahn (Susanna Thompson).

Dr. Julian Bashir was briefly a love interest for Lt. Jadzia Dax in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine's early seasons, and Julian eventually romanced Ezri Dax by the end of DS9. Star Trek: Lower Decks confirming what Gallamites look like certainly casts Jadzia dating Captain Boday in a new light. As evidenced in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Star Trek: Lower Decks, what Gallamites looked like is no secret to Starfleet Officers, so the fact that Jadzia Dax dated the Gallamite Captain Boday is only a shock to audiences.