...or if the show would be back at all, given the Writer's Strike. Since Kevin mentioned Thomas Riker, the transporter accident and lower decks, I wanted to point out that "Star Trek: Lower Decks" built a whole episode around that premise (only it happens to Boimler while under William Riker's command on the USS Titan).
On Wednesday, March 23, 2022 at 10:43:26 PM UTC-4 Tom Wolper 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/618d642a-d7c0-4889-bb1b-fb6b02cabf8en%40googlegroups.com.
