Stahma Tarr, Defiance

Stahma Tarr (Jaime Murray)

On futuristic sci-fi drama Defiance, Stahma Tarr was underworld racketeer Datak Tarr’s wife and a member of the patriarchal Castithan alien species. Coming from old money and very cunning, she was beautiful, loyal, and appeared to be the perfect picture of a Castithan wife. Beneath the surface, however, she sought to break free from the traditional subservient role assigned her by her caste. Not satisfied with Datak’s station in the town, Stahma and felt that she and her husband should have more power and it was noted by another character that she should be considered far more dangerous than her husband.

Kenya Rosewater was the human proprietor of a brothel, and Stahma came to asked her to teach her son in the bedroom arts, though when Kenya was surprised and amused at her request, Stahma felt ashamed. Kenya tried to make it up to her and asked her to join her for a drink, and Stahma shared things from her past. Eventually the conversation became a physical event and the two started a sexual relationship. Later, Kenya refused to be with Stahma’s husband Datak; when Stahma spoke with Kenya and asked her why, Kenya replied that she would not take part in something that obviously hurt Stahma.

Stahma told Kenya that she was going to leave Datak and wanted Kenya to come with her, however, she instead poisoned her and buried her alive.

Appearances:

• 39 episodes. All 3 seasons

Female love interests:

• Kenya Rosewater 💀 (Mia Kirshner, regular S1, guest S2, 13 episodes)

Relationship story arc with a woman: No

Male love interests:

• Datak Tarr, (Tony Curran, regular, 38 episodes, husband)
• T'evgin 💀 (Conrad Coates, recurring, 11 episodes)

Relationship story arc with a man: Yes

Filter Relationship Arc:

• Male (Regular)

Storyline during sweeps? No

[1] A relationship story arc is defined as explicit, developed on screen, and lasting more than 3 episodes. It is listed as questionable or subtext if romance is only implied, mentioned instead of shown on screen, part of a dream sequence, or otherwise not explicit for the viewer.
[2] Sweeps episodes air in February, May, July and November, the periods when advertising rates are set. A character is marked as "sweeps" when there is a very limited number of episodes that address their sexuality, all air during sweeps period, and the storyline is otherwise ignore/dropped.