DOWN TO EARTH
by John Walsh
TVGEN Sci-Fi News 1998

Who says you can't go home again? Known to sci-fi fans as the Klingon Grilka on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Narn diplomat Na'Toth on Babylon 5, Mary Kay Adams returns to Springfield and the role that launched her TV career on Guiding Light (weekdays, 3 pm/ET, CBS).

"Maybe I'll get a sci-fi storyline," jokes the actress, who plays scheming socialite India Von Halkein on the long-running soap. "India could get abducted by Klingons, and it'll be me in a split screen playing Grilka."

The viewers wouldn't mind: "I received a letter last week from a crossover fan, somebody who's familiar with both shows," Adams says. "This woman was really terrific. She confessed, 'I'm also a Trekkie, and I think Grilka is wonderful. She's so kick-ass!' " So what are you waiting for, GL writers?

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