Star Trek : Deep Space Nine ’s Chief Medical Officer , Dr. Julian Bashir ( Alexander Siddig ) , border on his romantic relationships the same way he approached his career : with youthful optimism and the confidence that he could fulfill anything . While this mostly worked out intimately for Julian ’s Starfleet calling than his love living , Dr. Bashir still had a serial ofDS9love interests . OverStar Trek : Deep Space Nine ’s seven age , Bashir establish love ( or something like it ) with single - installment guest stars andrecurringDS9charactersalike .

Like many other characters inStar Trek : Deep Space Nine , Dr. Bashir evolve as a character thanks toDS9 ’s high-risk — but in force — storytelling strategy , which was more serialized than previousStar Trekshows . The ongoing escapade of Deep Space Nine ’s senior faculty throw more insight into the personal lives ofDS9characters . Bashir was a hopeless flirt inStar Trek : Deep Space Nine ’s earlier seasons , but his eagerness for amorous aid finally faded as Julian became more grounded by and by on .

Lieutenant Jadzia Dax (Terry Farrell)

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Seasons 1 & 2

InStar Trek : Deep Space Nine ’s former time of year , Julian Bashir ardently pursued Lieutenant Jadzia Dax . WhileDax made it known that she was n’t interested in a romantic human relationship with Bashir , Jadzia also did n’t discourage Julian ’s flirting , and or else let Bashir ’s crush run its course . After all , Dax was a joined Trillwho had once been a young valet ( and an Old Man ) with the same desire for attending from cleaning woman , so Jadzia understood where Julian was occur from .

When a noncorporeal extraterrestrial being manifested as a version of Jadzia Dax who carry through Bashir ’s fantasies inStar Trek : Deep Space Nineseason 1 , episode 15 , " If Wishes Were horse " , the substantial Dax was charitable , believe that goodly fantasies were rude , but ought to remain private for a reason .

AsDS9went on , Dax and Bashir continued to work together as professional , andDr . Bashir ’s amatory involvement in Jadzia Dax transmute into a firm , sustainable friendship . ​​​​​​ Julian made a show of being disappointed when Jadzia became involved with Lt . Commander Worf ( Michael Dorn ) , but Bashir ultimately supported Dax ’s pick of partner , and even attendedDax and Worf ’s wedding .

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Ensign Melora Pazlar (Daphne Ashbrook)

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 2, Episode 6, “Melora”

InStar Trek : Deep Space Nineseason 2 , instalment 6 , " Melora " , Dr. Bashir fall in honey with Ensign Melora Pazlar , an Elaysian from a planet with less somberness than other inhabited worlds inStar Trek . Melora used a wheelchair to get around in standard gravity , so Bashir researched neuromuscular treatment that would allow Pazlar to do work without an assistive twist .

Before creating DS9 ’s beloved Jadzia Dax , Star Trek : Deep Space Nine planned for a different foreign species to fulfill the part of skill officer .

Melora and Julian were a good match as like - tending scientist who were uncoerced to push each other to improve . Bashir called out Ensign Pazlar ’s refusal to live with help , even in professional setting that had nothing to do with her disablement . likewise , Melora challenge Bashir ’s ableism in calling the treatment he ’d explicate a cure . The human relationship was n’t sustainable , and Melora was reassigned .

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Leeta (Chase Masterson)

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 4

Dr. Julian Bashir ’s kinship with Bajoran Dabo missy Leeta took topographic point primarily in the background knowledge ofStar Trek : Deep Space Nine ’s quaternary time of year . Both Julian and Leeta were adventurous , fun - loving , and physically attractive , buta deficiency of unwashed sake ( besides each other ) believably made Bashir and Leeta ’s relationship fairly superficial .

After breaking up with Bashir , Leeta goes on to date and eventually marry Rom ( Max Grodenchik ) . InStar Trek : Lower Decksseason 4 , sequence 6 , " Parth Ferengi ’s Heart Place " , Leeta and Rom are still happily married and running the Ferengi Alliance .

The most clock time Julian and Leeta partake in on screen was in the instalment where they ruin up , Star Trek : Deep Space Nineseason 5 , episode 7 , " Let He Who Is Without Sin " . In it , Bashir and Leeta go to Risa to lionise the end of their relationship with the Bajoran Rite of Separation . The two remain friends with each other after their amicable split.​​​​​​​

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Sarina Douglas (Faith C. Salie)

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 7, Episode 5, “Chrysalis”

InStar Trek : Deep Space Nineseason 6 , episode 9 , " Statistical Probabilities " , Bashir works with the nonverbal Sarina Douglas and other genetically enhanced humans to count on out how the Federation can win thewar against the Dominion . Julian and Sarina ’s bond paper becomes amatory a year later , inDS9season 7 , episode 5 , " Chrysalis " , when Bashir uses a neurocortical investigation that helps Sarina learn to speak.​​​​​​​ Sadly , the effect was irregular and Sarina turn back back to her previous state , leaving Bashir brokenhearted .

Sarina ’s characterization as an almost childlike savant made this family relationship a particularly confutable pick for Bashir .

Julian Bashir ’s family relationship with Sarina was a pot like Bashir ’s relationship with Ensign Melora Pazlar , five years sooner . In both cases , Julian was attracted to a woman that he believed he could help with his aesculapian expertness . Melora refused the so - call treatment , but Sarina take it and seemed to return for Bashir because he avail her . Neither eccentric was ethically profound by modern standards , but Sarina ’s personation as an almost wide-eyed savant made this kinship a specially questionable alternative for Bashir.​​​​​​​

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Lieutenant Ezri Dax (Nicole de Boer)

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 7,Episode 14, “The Dogs of War”

Starfleet counselorEzri Tigan receive the Dax symbiontafter Lt . Commander Jadzia Dax ’s death at the end ofStar Trek : Deep Space Nineseason 6 . Julian Bashir was almost immediately attracted to Ezri Dax when Dax returned to Deep Space Nine , but Bashir avoid Ezri for months , becauseBashir worry that his attraction to Ezri was just a misplaced 2d chance at scoring a relationship with Jadzia Dax .

InStar Trekbeta canon , Ezri Dax integrates with Dax ’s former hosts , change to Starfleet ’s Command running , and marries Julian Bashir . Whether this is the case in actualStar Trekcanon stay to be seen , since Ezri is n’t one ofStar Trek ’s returning legacy characters .

Rather than being a new version of Jadzia , Ezri Dax was a altogether different person who turned out to be a much better mate for Julian than Jadzia ever was . Ezri and Julian were on the same page , with like dispositions and career trajectories , and Ezri in reality devolve Julian ’s feelings . Ezri Dax and Dr. Bashir became a couple inStar Trek : Deep Space Nine ’s penultimate instalment , " The Dogs of War".​​​​​​​

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Dr. Elim Garak (Andrew Robinson)

Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 5, Episode 9, “Fissure Quest”

The relationship between Cardassian spy - tailor Elim Garak and Dr. Julian Bashir was never made expressed inStar Trek : Deep Space Nine , but " Garashir " was still a buff - favorite conjugation . Garak thespian Andrew Robinson originally play Garak as being sexually concerned in Bashir from their first meeting inDS9 ’s first season . The witty repartee between Garak and Bashir throughoutDS9implied a potential mutual sake , butStar Trekproducer Rick Berman vetoed any luck of Bashir and Garak in reality getting together . ​​​​​​​

While the Star Trek franchise has only tally explicitly LGBTQ+ character in the last 4 - 5 years , it has had affiliation to endanger theme from the beginning .

Finally , inStar Trek : Lower Decksseason 5 , episode 9 , " Fissure Quest",Bashir and Garak became a canonStar Trekcouple . The catch was that both characters were from alternate realities — and Bashir was a holograph — butmakingLower deck ' animated Garak and Bashir married multiversal edition was a bright way to canonise the relationshipwhile honoringStar Trek : Deep Space Nine ’s romantic development for Dr. Bashir .

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