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And do you think she was the only one? For all we know, there was a flourishing black market.

Another reason why female equality should have been part of a greater evolution, not just one woman sleeping with the Grand Nagus. In "Angel One", Mistress Beata isn't planning on killing the "revolutionaries" because they're a danger in and if themselves. Rather, their example is inspiring other men to demand equal rights and treatment. That is how societies transition away from institutionalized sexism. What we saw in "Profit and Lace" made no sense at all.
 
Well, I have no life. A job instead of a career, a cat instead of a family, acquaintances instead of friends, and hobbies instead of responsibilities. So since I have little else to do, I have to obsess over fandoms. :razz:
 
Scotty should never have been in Generations. It should've been a well-paid cameo for Spock and McCoy. The scene was barely rewritten, with Chekov doing a bunch of medical stuff and sounding like McCoy.

Nimoy wanted to direct, but wanted changes to the script Berman wasn't willing to make. So he backed out. Can't remember why De Kelly backed out?
 
^ wondering about what happened to the Borg baby on Voyager would be like doing CrossFit.

I think it was revealed somewhere that the infant's people were close by Voyager's location. They were able to contact them and return the child to its home world. It was just sloppy writing that we weren't informed.

Remember, Voyager's writers were incapable of realizing that an ensign is supposed to make lieutenant. You can't expect competent performance from them.
 
Nimoy wanted to direct, but wanted changes to the script Berman wasn't willing to make. So he backed out. Can't remember why De Kelly backed out?

If I recall correctly, he said he didn't want to do it without Nimoy, and I agree that that was probably a good call.
 
Remember, Voyager's writers were incapable of realizing that an ensign is supposed to make lieutenant. You can't expect competent performance from them.

I know people will probably find this mind-blowing, but many decisions aren't for the writers to make. Or even the producers, or else we would've ended up with a year long "Year of Hell".
 
I think it was revealed somewhere that the infant's people were close by Voyager's location. They were able to contact them and return the child to its home world. It was just sloppy writing that we weren't informed.

Remember, Voyager's writers were incapable of realizing that an ensign is supposed to make lieutenant. You can't expect competent performance from them.

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I mean the vanishing Borg baby probably was caused by logistics. Infants are notoriously hard to film with (both due to regulations and because they are infants) and open up very few possible storylines. Especially in a scifi adventure show.
So ditching it only made sense.

Like what Borg baby storylines can you think of? A comedy episode where Neelix/Harry has to babysit it?
 
I mean the vanishing Borg baby probably was caused by logistics. Infants are notoriously hard to film with (both due to regulations and because they are infants) and open up very few possible storylines. Especially in a scifi adventure show.
So ditching it only made sense.

Like what Borg baby storylines can you think of? A comedy episode where Neelix/Harry has to babysit it?

Oh, let me be clear, I agree with the decision to eliminate the Borg baby. They could have given it 5 seconds in one of Janeway's logs: "the Borg infant the doctor rescued came from a nearby world. She has been returned to her people, and we have resumed our journey."

But again, if they weren't willing to devote 30s to a scene where Janeway pins a hollow pip on Harry's collar and the rest of the senior staff applauds... could the Borg baby expect any time at all? Probably not.
 
Oh, let me be clear, I agree with the decision to eliminate the Borg baby. They could have given it 5 seconds in one of Janeway's logs: "the Borg infant the doctor rescued came from a nearby world. She has been returned to her people, and we have resumed our journey."

But again, if they weren't willing to devote 30s to a scene where Janeway pins a hollow pip on Harry's collar and the rest of the senior staff applauds... could the Borg baby expect any time at all? Probably not.

Oh I agree they could have done that. Voyager liked its pointless pre-credits scenes in many episodes so they could have done a scene where Janeway hands over the infant to a smiling couple on some planet and beams back to the ship with warm fuzzies about reuniting a family. I agree.
 
That would have been very sweet. And in her captain's log, she could have mentioned that the doctor* was pleased to no longer have to worry about diaper changes or 0200 feedings.

*Or Neelix. Or Harry. Or whoever would have been in charge of child care on Voyager.
 
I was at a convention many years ago, and someone in the audience asked Kate Mulgrew what happened to the baby.

Her response was "Neelix served it in a delicious orange sauce."

I think she was probably tired of that question.

:lol:
 
I always figured the baby died. Like, it was 60% Borg parts, and the Doctor had enough trouble getting the Borg parts out of Seven. It would be exponentially harder on an infant and maybe not possible.
 
I think that the Borg added more parts to their victims as they aged, and they consequently grew more dependent on them. That's why Icheb was able to dispense with a part that Seven needed to survive (S7, second episode, don't remember the name)
 
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