Character

Tara

pleading fearful anxious dependent vulnerable

Tara is an eight-year-old Federation child abducted aboard the USS Enterprise amid a sudden and terrifying spree of disappearances linked to the Aldeans. She experiences fear and confusion as she is quietly led away by an Aldean couple, clutching the woman's hand tightly while casting pleading, anxious glances back at her fellow captive children, especially the boys Wesley, Harry, and Katie. Tara embodies the vulnerability and innocence caught in the crossfire of Aldea's ruthless survival tactics, her separation from friends signaling the fracturing of familiar bonds and the beginning of forced assimilation into alien 'units.' Her emotional pleas reveal a deep yearning for connection and safety amid escalating uncertainty and loss.

9 appearances

Child Abduction and Captivity

Tara's Journey

A timeline through the narrative

9 moments

S1E18 · When the Bough Breaks

The Aldean Child Abductions Exposed on the Enterprise

Anxious and uncertain

Tara disappears in the classroom in a rapid flash, holding tightly to an Aldean woman’s hand, her fear and confusion evident in fleeting glances back toward companions.

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S1E18 · When the Bough Breaks

Enterprise Faces Crisis: Children Vanish and Aldeans Demand

N/A - disappearance not directly depicted emotionally.

Tara disappears from the classroom while holding an Aldean woman's hand, her vanishing highlighting the escalating scale of the abduction crisis.

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S1E18 · When the Bough Breaks

Radue’s Cold Ultimatum and Picard’s Furious Rejection

Frightened and confused, desperate for connection amid upheaval.

Tara disappears from the classroom, clutching the hand of an Aldean couple during abduction moments prior, her anxious glances expressing deep confusion and fear.

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S1E18 · When the Bough Breaks

Tara’s Departure and the Children’s Forced Division

Fearful and vulnerable, overwhelmed by separation and the unknown fate awaiting her.

Tara is quietly escorted by the Aldean couple, gripping the woman’s hand tightly while casting pleading, fearful glances back at her friends, embodying the heartbreaking loss of childhood security and …

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S1E18 · When the Bough Breaks

Wesley’s Defiance and the Children’s Forced Assimilation

Anxious and scared, overwhelmed by confusion and separation from peers.

Tara is withdrawn and fearful, holding tightly the hand of an Aldean woman while casting pleading glances back toward Wesley and the boys as she is quietly escorted away.

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S1E18 · When the Bough Breaks

Radue Enforces Aldean Units, Wesley Defies the New Order

Fearful and uncertain, clinging to any available comfort.

Tara is led out of the chamber by the Aldean Couple, holding the woman’s hand tightly and casting anxious, pleading glances back toward Wesley and the others, symbolizing the severing …

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S1E18 · When the Bough Breaks

Harry’s Forced Induction into Aldea’s Artistic Unit

Anxious and fearful, Tara clings to the only familiar touch while dreading forced separation and loss of her friends.

Tara, holding the Aldean woman’s hand, exits the chamber with a pleading look back at Wesley and the other boys, embodying fear and uncertainty about her unknown fate.

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S1E18 · When the Bough Breaks

Wesley Reluctantly Accepts Leadership Amid Aldea's Ruthless Order

Anxious and desperate, torn between fear of the unknown and hope for rescue.

Tara emerges from the room holding the Aldean woman’s hand, her pleading glance back at the boys expressing deep concern and fear, underscoring the emotional fractures caused by the forced …

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S1E18 · When the Bough Breaks

Rashella’s Defiant Stand Protects Alexandra

Fearful and uncertain, yearning for connection.

Tara exits the room clutching the Aldean woman’s hand, casting pleading, anxious looks towards Wesley and the other boys, embodying the loss and fear permeating the children’s forced separation.

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