Before the end of the first season, Crosby asked to be released from her contract as she was unhappy that her character was not being developed. She later said "I was miserable. I couldn't wait to get off that show. I was dying". Roddenberry agreed to her request and she left on good terms. The final episode she filmed was "Symbiosis", which was completed after Yar's death in "Skin of Evil". Her last scene was during the final act of the episode, in which a holographic farewell recording of her is played for the bridge crew. After her departure, archive footage of Crosby as Yar was used in the episodes "The Schizoid Man" and "Shades of Gray". In a later retrospective, Crosby noted that the producers loved the character of Tasha Yar, despite the scripts of the first season failing to do much with the character. She speculated that her departure (and the departure of Gates McFadden) might have saved Marina Sirtis's then-tenuous position, as the producers had to avoid a situation where all three of the lead female actresses of season 1 were dismissed in season 2.
Before the end of the first season Crosby asked to be released from her contract as she was unhappy that her character was not being developed She later said "I was miserable I couldn't wait to get off that show I was dying" Roddenberry agreed to her request and she left on good terms The final episode she filmed was "Symbiosis" which was completed after Yar's death in "Skin of Evil" Her last scene was during the final act of the episode in which a holographic farewell recording of her is played for the bridge crew After her departure archive footage of Crosby as Yar was used in the episodes "The Schizoid Man" and "Shades of Gray" In a later retrospective Crosby noted that the producers loved the character of Tasha Yar despite the scripts of the first season failing to do much with the character She speculated that her departure (and the departure of Gates McFadden) might have saved Marina Sirtis's then-tenuous position as the producers had to avoid a situation where all three of the lead female actresses of season 1 were dismissed in season 2