Picard did say he had more than 300 days of shore leave coming up and implied he planned on spending those days with Anij. And the whole thing nor Anij are never again mentioned.
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Which is why Insurrection is the perfect encapsulation of that era in film form.
Yep.
When the lights came on in the theater, I knew it was over. I said, "Welp, that's it!"
Agreed, that was a wonderful scene.
Geordi is an underrated character.
Geordi is an underrated character.
Its called willful neglect of a character. He was supposed to represent diversity on another Enterprise, and that was most of his "development" throughout TNG. The ways Geordi was misused, shoved to the side, and only given what amounts to Very Special Episodes was all the evidence many black viewers needed to know that TNG--rather, its showrunners--had no interest in building Geordi into something more on a series that was initially advertised as being a "true ensemble show" where everyone is fleshed out. Never happened because it was not meant to happen that way.
NEM was a mess but I do like many of the Deleted Scenes including this brief Sickbay scene wherein Picard directly references Zefram Cochrane's Warp Five Complex dedication speech from the premiere episode of ENT and reinforces that that speech is where the "seek out new life and new civilizations" originated in-universe.
I mean, it is a clear failing in all Trek of that era (as I think we see in TOS some crossover where they have McCoy and other doctors, and in Dis they definitely have more than one) that all crews only have one.
There is the odd nurse here or there but the E-D should have had 5 or 6 doctors at least (although it does have some nursing staff) plus staff, DS9 shouldn't have had Julian and CMO, and there should have been some Starfleet medical staff and not just his one or two Bajoran assistants, Voy should have had 1 to two other doctors plus nursing staff of say 4-6, and Enterprise should have had someone alongside Phlox who is essentially on an exchange programme and should not be the only expert.
Beyond's final battle is up there in terms of visuals
TNG did have other doctors on board (Dr. Selar, for instance)... they just were virtually never seen. In "Remember Me", Beverly mentions this, too.
In DS9, pretty much the same... at least, during the Dominion War.
In ENT, Phlox enlisted aid from other crew, like Cutler, but I agree there should have been at least one more.
Fair play - I couldn't remember the mentions.
I guess it would also spoil any tension if they could just go "don't worry, Delta shift's doctor will be here in a minute"
Fucking Delta shift, riding in and saving the day - stick to the overnight work and don't steal our thunder!
This is an unfortunate case of productuon logistics (more guest speaking roles, more money you dish out instead of having just the one lead) getting in the way of realism.
To use a contemporary era with TNG/DS9/VGR, BABYLON 5 at least was more thorough with Franklin's medical staff... at least half a dozen different doctors were used throughout its run, with one of them taking over for him when he took the job on Earth.
To use a contemporary era with TNG/DS9/VGR, BABYLON 5 at least was more thorough with Franklin's medical staff... at least half a dozen different doctors were used throughout its run, with one of them taking over for him when he took the job on Earth.
For what it’s worth, a modern aircraft carrier usually has around six doctors for 5500 crew. Starship crew sizes are way less, so only having a couple of doctors for most ships tracks with real life. Real naval ships have about one naval corpsman per 150 crew, if anything, we should see more of those (I suppose the “field medic” training Tom was getting from the EMH is the Starfleet equivalent).
That's only 1 doctor for every over 900 people? That seems like not enough, honestly. I get that normal curcumstances probably will be relatively easy (routine checkups, things like that), but accidents or attacks... that doesn't seem like enough doctors. Especially if some are injured or killed themselves.
I'm not sure if this is controversial, buuuuuut
They should do a Star Trek show without Starfleet and the Federation. All of Roddenberry's idealism, but with none of the bureaucracy elements. I just want to see what that would look like.
They should do a Star Trek show without Starfleet and the Federation. All of Roddenberry's idealism, but with none of the bureaucracy elements. I just want to see what that would look like.
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