Welcome back to Character Insight! This week, we review Nurse Jabara, a recurring character on Deep Space 9.
Nurse Jabara is a Bajoran militia member who gets assigned to Deep Space 9 when the Federation comes into the station. She uses her medical expertise to help as a medical assistant to Dr. Bashir. Thus, most of her appearances are in sickbay and helping out during medical crises.
In the episode Babel, she assists in the treatment of Miles O'Brien who was suffering from aphasia virus. She helps contain the spread to other crew members while treating the virus. She later appears in the episode The Wire and works on Elim Garak. However, as the mysterious tailor often was, he made it difficult for her to effectively treat him so that he could keep some secrets about his past.
The next season, Nurse Jabara shows up in two more episodes. In Life Support, she deals with Vedek Bareil after he is severely injured in a docking incident. Then in Distant Voices, she treats her boss Bashir following the Doctor's attack from a Lethean criminal. She appears in an illusion Bashir gets trapped in as well.
Jabara was played by Ann Gillespie, and this was her second role in Star Trek. Her first role was in one episode of TNG as an ensign in Pen Pals. She is best known for a recurring role as Jackie Taylor on Beverly Hills, 90210. She serves in her free time as an episcopal priest now, making her a reverend as well as a Trek alumnus.
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