How did viewers respond to the death of Tasha Yar at the time?

[Mojochi]

I can certainly respect any view that holds "Shades Of Grey" as the series low. But I rewatched it recently, and it notched up a little bit for me when I saw I actually enjoyed the first 20 minutes, before the clips start. The Carnivorous Vine Planet is a more impressive set than I remembered, the cast does good work in the framing sequence, there's some nice character work here & there. At the end of the day there's no excusing a clip show and the episode fails, but I was surprised to discover there were these little things I could enjoy in it.

Meh... I also felt Pulaski's technobabble fell flat in this one though, & it's the glue that holds together all of that section of the episode. I could really feel the pressure of throwing together an episode even in those parts, but you're right, some of it wasn't terrible, but on the whole it wins my worst award . As for the set, it was certainly better than something like Hide & Q, but still just a bunch of jungle props & some wet floor with dirt. Looked much more thrown together than something like Q-Pid, or hell, even Barclay's Musketeer programs

Likewise, some of Code of Honor isn't terrible either. The setup is VERY reminiscent of a TOS episode. It's when we get into the overblown stereotypes & overt sexism, that it tightens my teeth lol

Also true, but setting aside the race issue with "Code Of Honor" just immediately makes me think "other than that, how was the play, Mrs. Lincoln?"

LOL

 

[Christopher]

If it was anything other than her feeling the show wasn't worth sticking around for, it would've come out by now.

Given all the revelations coming out about Harvey Weinstein lately, that seems like a very disingenuous thing to assume. Lots of things don't "come out" for decades, if at all -- whether for sinister reasons or just because people are entitled to privacy.

 

[Mojochi]

Given all the revelations coming out about Harvey Weinstein lately, that seems like a very disingenuous thing to assume. Lots of things don't "come out" for decades, if at all -- whether for sinister reasons or just because people are entitled to privacy.

Geez. I don't mean "Come out" like that. lol. I just mean as much interviewing and convention appearances as these people have done, in 30 years, surely we'd have heard of anything interesting beyond just her thinking she could do better. Most of what we've heard is that she just felt is wasn't living up to her expectations, & my point is Hey... Who's expectations WAS it living up to? It took weeks before Patrick Stewart felt comfortable unpacking is bags. hahaha

& he still didn't want to sign a long term contract. They all thought the show was doomed. Crosby was just the only one who didn't hang in there, & the fact that she kept coming back tells me she probably thought twice about that

 

[Christopher]

Geez. I don't mean "Come out" like that. lol. I just mean as much interviewing and convention appearances as these people have done, in 30 years, surely we'd have heard of anything interesting beyond just her thinking she could do better.

Why "surely?" That's my point. Why this assumption that, just because someone's job happens to involve creating things seen by the public, that somehow means we're guaranteed to know every last detail about their professional lives? It doesn't work that way. What we see is just the surface. It's what the people involved choose to present to us. It's never 100 percent of what's going on behind the scenes or in people's lives. Publicity is not the same thing as intimacy. Heck, there are things about our personal friends' lives that we don't know unless they choose to tell us. So why assume we must know everything about an actor's life and work?

Bottom line, she made her choice for her own reasons, and it's nobody else's place to judge that or assume they know what she should've done instead.

 

[Sakonna]

If it was anything other than her feeling the show wasn't worth sticking around for, it would've come out by now. Call it whatever you want, felt underwritten, underutilized, poorly written, misled, thought the show was a lost cause, etc... She left because she thought she had other better options out there, & as far as I'm concerned, I'd say she didn't. Heck, to this day, 30 years later, her IMDB page is still featuring a Tasha Yar profile pic. It's the most noteworthy thing she ever did, & it wasn't enough to keep her around. She bailed too hastily imho.

Also, as someone who has an actor-like gig-to-gig life, I often have to make similar choices between possible career paths or job offers, and let me just say that these decisions are hard! Even torturous! Because the only way to know for sure which choice is best is to have a crystal ball.

And since there's no way to get a crystal ball, what you're left with is two viable paths forward, both with pros and cons, and it's not at all clear which one will ultimately be the better gig, and ultimately all you can do is think seriously about it and make the right choice for you in the moment -- and then give it up to the universe, because hard work and good judgment are important, but there's also luck and guesswork involved. You do your best to feel good about the decision as you make it, and then hope it works out for the best.

And season 1 of TNG certainly doesn't give one much reason for hope about the show going forward. Honestly, on one level, who WOULDN'T think about leaving after a year of those scripts, to say nothing of the early behind-the-scenes chaos on that show?

 

[Christopher]

And season 1 of TNG certainly doesn't give one much reason for hope about the show going forward. Honestly, on one level, who WOULDN'T think about leaving after a year of those scripts, to say nothing of the early behind-the-scenes chaos on that show?

A valid point. Tons of people behind the scenes actually did leave the show. Writers and producers had the worst attrition, with Roddenberry and his clique driving virtually everyone else away with their behavior. So it's surprising more of the actors didn't leave.