10 Star Trek Characters Who Died Off-Screen

10. Zhaban

The Morecambe to Orla Brady's Wise, Zhaban was a key member of Jean-Luc Picard's household in the first season of Picard, so much so that the prequel graphic novel to the series covered the pair's backstory.

Both Zhaban and Laris were former Tal'Shiar operatives involved with the events of the Romulan resettlement. They would eventually settle in La Barre with Picard, and the married pair managed his household while also providing next level security on the estate.

But season two dropped a huge bomb in the opening episode: Zhaban had died off screen some 18 months prior to The Star Gazer. This would be one of only a few mentions of the character in the second season, with most of those being in the opening episode. Though this left Laris open to a more personal relationship with Picard, it was a sudden, anti-climactic departure for an important character.

While the plan was to allow Picard to be open to new romantic possibilities, it wrote out one of the new and interesting characters created specifically for Picard and which related directly to events before the first season.