I read an article a few months ago featuring interviews with some of the TNG writers, and apparently in the episode where they discovered a transporter malfunction had created two Rikers, there was talk in the writers room of changing the crew dynamic by killing off Commander Riker (promoting Data to Number One) and having Lieutenant Riker join the crew in the lower decks. It was rejected as two non-Trek a premise, but it would’ve been interesting.
On Wed, Mar 23, 2022 at 7:43 PM Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote: > The cliffhanger end of the first part of The Best of Both Worlds is as > close to a shock since it came at the end of the season and there were no > guarantees as to who would be back for the next season. > > On Wed, Mar 23, 2022 at 10:30 PM Kevin M. <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> “Ship of the Line” was a well written Star Trek novel (set following the >> events of the movie Star Trek: Generations) featuring Grammer and the >> Bozeman crew being assigned to do the shakedown cruise of the newly >> christened Enterprise E while the Next Generation crew is doing a lot of >> introspection and soul searching. >> >> There were greater aberrations in TNG. The episode when the crew devolved >> into various animals (Troi was a fish, Riker was a Neanderthal) was more >> Twilight Zone than Trek. The post “Best of Both Worlds” episode that >> centered mostly on Picard in France was atypical storytelling for the >> series, too. >> >> On Wed, Mar 23, 2022 at 6:50 PM 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Because plenty of fans would have been shocked at the time to see the >>> Enterprise blown to bits, even if it was to be back in one piece later. B >>> >>> Tom Wolper, to moi, March 23, 2022 at 3:15:08 PM UTC-4 wrote: >>> >>>> Why was it the most shocking episode? I mean I remember it as one of >>>> the better episodes but shocking? >>>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "TVorNotTV" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/e2806bde-48c2-4eb5-bac6-a91805e7d9a2n%40googlegroups.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/e2806bde-48c2-4eb5-bac6-a91805e7d9a2n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> -- >> Kevin M. (RPCV) >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> > To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4AiUG2ZuUd-P3eWVV03R5tFt%2BUm_vwM6O-cL%2B7OuqhAOA%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4AiUG2ZuUd-P3eWVV03R5tFt%2BUm_vwM6O-cL%2B7OuqhAOA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiGm25hnY4ORL58U18iV43h%3DZrikaR-n3sD1U-ZOo_-TOQ%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiGm25hnY4ORL58U18iV43h%3DZrikaR-n3sD1U-ZOo_-TOQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4BZ89Hnrt%3DmSXmapBhWWox1wqO-KevVQa0A4EnmMyVLFw%40mail.gmail.com.
