{"id":11679,"date":"2011-03-31T12:10:57","date_gmt":"2011-03-31T19:10:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.trektoday.com\/content\/?p=11679"},"modified":"2011-03-31T12:10:57","modified_gmt":"2011-03-31T19:10:57","slug":"cox-as-jellico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/2011\/03\/cox-as-jellico\/","title":{"rendered":"Cox As Jellico"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the top-rated episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation<\/em> was the two-part Chain of Command<\/em>, which featured Ronny Cox<\/strong> as a rather strict Captain Edward Jellico.<\/p>\n

Cox enjoyed bringing in a character who caused problems on the normally tranquil Enterprise. “Gene Roddenberry<\/strong> didn’t like conflict between the characters, so my guy was the first guy to come in and sort of ruffle everybody\u2019s feathers,” he said. “I liked that aspect of him. I also liked that he was a by-the-book guy. I loved it when Picard comes back to the Enterprise at the end and Jellico says, ‘Here’s your ship back, just the way you left it… maybe a little better.'”<\/p>\n

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Jellico took care of necessary business on Enterprise; including ordering a new look for Deanna Troi. “I never saw [Jellico] as an unlikable character,” said Cox, “I think there were a lot of things that he did that were really important for that show. Having Troi put on a damn uniform? Give me a break! This is an officer on a ship and she’s running around with her boobs hanging out?”<\/p>\n

Even Livingston the fish came under scrutiny of the by-the-book Jellico. “Jellico made them take the fish out of the ready room,” he said. “And here’s a secret: Patrick<\/strong> (Stewart<\/strong>) hated the fish in the ready room. Patrick was always after them to take the fish out of the ready room. His point \u2013 and it’s a point well taken \u2013 was, ‘We’re doing a series about the species of the universe, about the dignity of different species, and we have a captured species swimming around in the ready room? That’s immoral.’ So he never wanted the fish there.”<\/p>\n

“I loved playing Jellico,” said Cox. “Like I said, I never saw him as a villain. He was a bit of a hard-ass, but not a villain. I thought he dealt with the Cardassians really well and I thought he ran the Enterprise really well, though in a completely different style from Picard.”<\/p>\n

Although fans never saw Jellico again after Chain of Command<\/em>, Cox would have gladly taken on the role again had he been asked to do so. “Everyone was pleased with Jellico and I would have cleared some decks to work on that show again,” he said, “but I only did those two (episodes).’<\/p>\n

These days, Cox tours as a singer-songwriter-performer. His website is located here<\/a> and his tour schedule can be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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