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Joe Menosky

Oh yeah? That’s awesome! When I saw the name of this episode I thought it sounded like a Menosky title. Can’t wait to see how it is . Did they mention he co-wrote it on Twitter?
 
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In case anyone is like me and immediately thinks, "I know I like Menosky's work, but which episodes were those again?" Here are some highlights (simply according to me and not at all exhaustive). Turns out he has written or shares a writing credit for most of my favorite Voyager episodes and my all-time favorite TNG episode, too.

TNG:
  • Clues
  • First Contact
  • The Nth Degree
  • In Theory
  • Darmok
  • Conundrum
  • The Chase
DS9:
  • Time's Orphan
VOY:
  • Distant Origin
  • The Gift
  • The Year of Hell
  • Living Witness
  • Equinox
  • Timeless
  • Tinker Tenor Doctor Spy
  • Blink of an Eye
  • Muse
I'm excited!
 
I liked Joe Menosky's work over the years. I was very happy to see his inclusion on the writing team, and look forward to seeing what he's mustered.
 
Wow he's certainly been involved in some of my favourite voyager episodes. A one of my least favourite DS9 ones.
 
I didn't know but that's super cool. There's a lot of awesome episodes in that list above. And 'Distant Origin' is one of my favorite Star Trek episodes across all series, AND a rare great Chakotay episode.
 
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In case anyone is like me and immediately thinks, "I know I like Menosky's work, but which episodes were those again?" Here are some highlights (simply according to me and not at all exhaustive). Turns out he has written or shares a writing credit for most of my favorite Voyager episodes and my all-time favorite TNG episode, too.

TNG:
  • Clues
  • First Contact
  • The Nth Degree
  • In Theory
  • Darmok
  • Conundrum
  • The Chase
DS9:
  • Time's Orphan
VOY:
  • Distant Origin
  • The Gift
  • The Year of Hell
  • Living Witness
  • Equinox
  • Timeless
  • Tinker Tenor Doctor Spy
  • Blink of an Eye
  • Muse
I'm excited!
Not keen on Time's Orphan or The Gift, but the rest are pretty solid. Strangely enough, his Wikipedia entry doesn't mention Time's Orphan... but it does mention Rivals, which is amongst my favourite early DS9 episodes.
 
TNG:
  • Clues
  • First Contact
  • The Nth Degree
  • In Theory
  • Darmok
  • Conundrum
  • The Chase
DS9:
  • Time's Orphan
VOY:
  • Distant Origin
  • The Gift
  • The Year of Hell
  • Living Witness
  • Equinox
  • Timeless
  • Tinker Tenor Doctor Spy
  • Blink of an Eye
  • Muse
I'm excited!

Noice!
Dude got talent!
 
Oh yeah? That’s awesome! When I saw the name of this episode I thought it sounded like a Menosky title. Can’t wait to see how it is . Did they mention he co-wrote it on Twitter?
Ted Sullivan did on his Twitter yes! He seemed very excited!
 
Yeah now I'm really excited. Someone who has done great Trek across a bunch of series doing Discovery. Can't wait!
 
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Wow interesting. Nth Degree sucked. Everything else from TNG is very good to excellent. His one DS9 credit was very good.

I didn't watch much VOY, but Equinox and Year of Hell were good.

Should be interesting tonight to say the least.
 
That's a pretty good resumé of episodes. Several of my faves are in that list, so I'm looking forward to seeing tonight's episode!
 
One story I heard about Menosky. He took a year off from TNG staff to travel and recharge his batteries, but still contributed as a freelance writer. When they received his script for "Masks" the reaction was "what was he smoking when writing this?". A truly bizarre episode, but I liked it.
 
If he is sticking around, can I request he write a prequel to 'Darmok'? Or something weird like 'Masks' or 'The Thaw'?
 
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