Warning: SPOILERS for Star Trek: Lower Decks, season 5, episode 3 – “The Best Exotic Nanite Hotel”Star Trek: Lower Decks finally revealed Galamites, a species that Lieutenant Commander Jadzia Dax (Terry Farrell) dated to Star Trek: Deep Space Nineand it’s a shock. Jadzia was a science officer on the Deep Space Nine space station and a close friend of Captain Benjamin Sisko (Avery Brooks). Before Dax’s tragic death and Terry Farrell’s departure DS9 When Season 6 ended, Jadzia was a beloved Star Trek: Deep Space Nine cast member with a generous and fun spirit.
In Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 5, Episode 3, ‘The Best Exotic Nanite Hotel,’ Lieutenant Bradward Boimler (Jack Quaid) teams up with Commander Jack Ransom (Jerry O’Connell) and Lieutenant Commander Andy Billups (Paul Scheer) on a secret mission. The trio from the USS Cerritos are in search of Starfleet Admiral Milius (Toby Huss), who has disappeared and hid somewhere aboard the Cosmic Duchess space station resort. Boimler’s mishaps while searching for Milius caused him to encounter a pair of Gallimiteswhich has only been mentioned but never seen in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.
Dax dated a gallamite on DS9 and Star Trek: Lower Decks finally showed them
Was this what Captain Boday looked like?
On Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Lieutenant Commander Jadzia Dax dated Captain Boday, a Galamite 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 encountering two Galamites because they were, frankly, scary. On his account X (@gaghyogi49), Jörg Hillebrand, who was a researcher at Star Trek: Picardconnected the dots that the Gallamites were the species that Captain Boday came from and Dax dated to DS9:
Since Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 6 never showed Captain Boday or the appearance of a Gallamite, his relationship with Jadzia before she married Lieutenant Commander Worf (Michael Dorn) was the subject of much speculation. In DS9 Season 7, Lieutenant Ezri Dax (Nicole de Boer), who inherited the Dax symbiote and Jadzia’s memories, confirmed that Jadzia slept with Captain Boday. With Star Trek: Lower Decks revealing that the Galamites have a rather monstrous appearance, Jadzia’s brief fling with Captain Boday certainly raises eyebrows.
Dax has an incredible Star Trek dating history
Dax certainly liked all kinds
Lieutenant Ezri Dax was the ninth host of the Dax symbiote and inherited Dax’s remarkable dating history over eight lifetimes. Jadzia once commented that a previous Dax presenter, Emony, dated a young Dr. Leonard McCoy (DeForest Kelley), who “he had the hands of a surgeon.” Jadzia herself was extremely open-minded and accepted aliens as romantic partners. After all, Jadzia married Worf and joined the Klingon House of Martok (JG Hertzler). Jadzia also flirted with Quark (Armin Shimerman), a Ferengi, and fell in love with Dr. Lenara Kahn (Susanna Thompson).
Star Trek: Lower Decks confirming the appearance of the Gallamites certainly casts Jadzia dating Captain Boday in a new light.
Julian Bashir was briefly a love interest for Lieutenant Jadzia Dax in Star Trek: Deep Space Nineearly seasons, and Julian eventually dated Ezri Dax at the end of DS9. Star Trek: Lower Decks confirming the Gallamites’ appearance certainly casts Jadzia dating Captain Boday in a new light. As evidenced in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Star Trek: Lower Decks, The Galamites’ appearance is no secret to Starfleet officers, so the fact that Jadzia Dax dated Galamite Captain Boday is just a shock to the public.