Small missed opportunities

[The Borgified Corpse]

Will and Grace didn't feature the first gay person on TV. And we're talking about a 1-episode guest character, not a regular.

(I'm a trivia geek, so...Which show did? (As a guest star or regular, not including soap operas.)[/quote]

I believe it was Soap, which wasn't a soap opera but was a parody of them.

 

[JiNX-01]

Broken Bow: Instead of the tranquil father-son chat about Bad Ol' Ambassador Pointy, show us the damn conflict! Have Soval stop by Henry's job and tell him more tests are needed (it's Take Your Son to Work Day and little Jonny is present). Henry says no more tests. He gets angry. He argues with the Vulcan. Soval stands firm. Jonny gets involved. His father admonishes him. Jonny tells Soval there will come a day when he won't back down... Soval leaves... Henry tells Jonny to get his coat, they're going home... Jonny notices his father looks tired and in pain ... asks if it's another headache ...

 

[jealousblues]

What are those minor tweaks you think they could have made to episodes to have made them so much better? A couple immediately spring to mind...

"The Menagerie"
They passed up an easy opportunity to explain why Spock's characterization in "The Cage" was so different. While they're watching the replay of the Talos IV mission, Dr. McCoy should have teased Spock a little about how emotional he's acting, "Almost human." Spock would then give a mildly embarassed reply that this was in his uncontrolled youth and that he has since mellowed with age. It would have made an early pilot mistake seem like deliberate characterization.

"What You Leave Behind"
The last line of the series ("It's like I always say, the more things change, the more they stay the same.") should have been said by Morn.

that would have been good with Morn

 

[diankra]

When Geordi was attempting to romance Leah Brahms and she said "I thought you knew... I'm married." Would it have absolutely killed the writers or the show if she'd said "Geordi, I'm sorry, you're nice and all, but I prefer women."

Hm?

In 1991? (Actually, how long did it take to make a TNG ep and bring it to air? So maybe 1989-90, actually.)

It may have, yes.

It may not have, but the risk it may have gotten the show pulled from stations where it was being syndicated would have been huge - and if it were enough stations, it would have killed the series. I think people forget that it wasn't until 1998 that we saw "Will and Grace".

It's not good to just project now back onto the past; I fear you're doing that, Forbin.

Also, playing it like that would really date the episode to the early 1990s. As it is, is there anything in that episode to say whether Brahms is married to a man or a woman? (not seen for deacades, so can't be sure).

 

[Penta]

Nope.