This thread is partially inspired by the thread in the TV/Media section about sequels ruining the movies that preceded them, and also by my recent viewing of the TNG episode "Sins of the Father". At the end, in a very touching moment, Picard tells Kurn, "do not forget what he does today...do not let your grandchildren forget" and then I realized that Kurn would never get to do what Picard had asked him to (which he had agreed to do) because of the DS9 episode, "Sons of Mogh".
I've always liked that episode, but now that I've realized it sort of retroactively cheapened or robbed the end of "Sins of the Father" of its power, I kind of wish it had never been made...or at least I'd never seen it. This got me wondering, does anybody else dislike certain episodes in the Star Trek franchise that upset them because of how their events could change our perception of what had happened in a previous series?
Keep in mind, I'm not asking about movies. I know many have said they didn't like how the Borg were brought back after their TNG episodes in "First Contact" or what happened to Data in "Nemesis". I like DS9 a lot, but I realize a lot of their 'sequels' to TNG episodes disappointed me. I didn't like them bringing Alexander back (I think he and Kurn were both kind of ruined by that series), and I wasn't too crazy about their use of Q either (or "Voyager's"), although I found the non-TNG Q episodes tolerable. Actually, the Q ones were some of the most watchable episodes of "Voyager" I've seen (can't stand that series).
Are there other episodes you think took pre-existing storylines and/or characters from a previous Star Trek series too far as THE LINE should have been drawn earlier (for where to wrap up the storyline or character arc), stopping this unnecessary follow-up before it was conceived?
I've always liked that episode, but now that I've realized it sort of retroactively cheapened or robbed the end of "Sins of the Father" of its power, I kind of wish it had never been made...or at least I'd never seen it. This got me wondering, does anybody else dislike certain episodes in the Star Trek franchise that upset them because of how their events could change our perception of what had happened in a previous series?
Keep in mind, I'm not asking about movies. I know many have said they didn't like how the Borg were brought back after their TNG episodes in "First Contact" or what happened to Data in "Nemesis". I like DS9 a lot, but I realize a lot of their 'sequels' to TNG episodes disappointed me. I didn't like them bringing Alexander back (I think he and Kurn were both kind of ruined by that series), and I wasn't too crazy about their use of Q either (or "Voyager's"), although I found the non-TNG Q episodes tolerable. Actually, the Q ones were some of the most watchable episodes of "Voyager" I've seen (can't stand that series).
Are there other episodes you think took pre-existing storylines and/or characters from a previous Star Trek series too far as THE LINE should have been drawn earlier (for where to wrap up the storyline or character arc), stopping this unnecessary follow-up before it was conceived?
