Star Trek: Deleted Scenes You Wish Existed

[Discofan]

A few extra lines at the beginning of the final scene in Friendship one:

<Chakotay and Janeway in Carey's quarters>:

Chakotay: Captain, I was thinking .... we have the means to give Lt. Carey a mechanical heart... also, he's only been dead for a few hours and his brain wasn't damaged at all... why don't we simply use those nanoprobes of Seven that resurrected Neelix, too ?
Janeway (clearly unwilling): That was a few years ago, Seven has become a lot less Borg since then.
Chakotay: But her nanoprobes are still working fine Captain, she even used them mere hours ago on that alien to cure his radiation sickness.. so I don't see why we couldn't use them on Lt. Carey too ...
Janeway: Now you're just being silly, Commander. We'll speak no more of this.

<rest of the scene plays out exactly as we know it>

Janeway (addendum): Besides, I can't stand him, if B'Elanna hadn't punched him in the face I might have done it myself.

 

[at Quark's]

^come to think of it, the only time we see nanoprobes used, it's either on senior staff (Kim, Neelix), or on the alien(s) of the week. So perhaps her answer could be that blue level treatment (Critical Care) is only allocated to these groups

 

[Discofan]

^come to think of it, the only time we see nanoprobes used, it's either on senior staff (Kim, Neelix), or on the alien(s) of the week. So perhaps her answer could be that blue level treatment (Critical Care) is only allocated to these groups

Good point! I hadn't noticed it myself.

At any rate, it would have been nice if someone had said in passing something to the effect of: "Too bad we can't use the nanoprobes to revive him for such or such reason."

 

[Tracy Trek]

McCoy: What if we had just taken Edith with us wouldn't it have had the same effect on the peace movement?

Kirk: OMG! You're right!

They probably didn't have the option. They were playing by the Guardian's rules.

I agree it could have had the same effect. But I wonder if the Guardian would have allowed it.

Forgiving the Gillian thing, which was pretty dumb to do, it is tampering with the timeline, to interfere with a death, butterfly effect & all.

I suppose Kirk could have refused to let her go with them but if she is determined to stay, then there's not much they can do.

He could have stunned her and left her sleeping on a park bench, then called the police and watched from a hidden location until she was found. But I suppose if she began rambling about Kirk and co they'd send her to the nuthouse, and Kirk doesn't want that on his conscience.

There's a scene in the novelization where he walks her off the Klingon ship and then he beams back and she grabs him then.

Good point! I hadn't noticed it myself.

At any rate, it would have been nice if someone had said in passing something to the effect of: "Too bad we can't use the nanoprobes to revive him for such or such reason."

My head canon is that him being transported at the same time as he was shot with an energy weapon caused an injury that even the nanoprobes couldn't have fixed. Because otherwise, he wasn't even cold or starting to decompose yet like Neelix.

 

[Timewalker]

Perhaps not. But there simply was no oppportunity to bring Edith back.

If you'll recall, Kirk and Spock had to wait until they encountered McCoy again before they could return home. This only happens right before Edith is hit by the car.

Yes, I am perfectly aware that they had to wait until they met up with McCoy, to prevent him from saving Edith.

 

[Discofan]

Yes, I am perfectly aware that they had to wait until they met up with McCoy, to prevent him from saving Edith.

That's because the Guardian wouldn't allow them to simply take Edith with them.

 

[Timewalker]

That's because the Guardian wouldn't allow them to simply take Edith with them.

As I said, that was never stated, nor even implied.

Edith had to be prevented from delaying the United States' entry into WWII. Whether that was due to her death or other permanent removal from that place and time doesn't really matter.

Unless, as someone said upthread, another person would have been noticeably affected by her death. I can speculate that someone would probably have heard about her accident and decided to step up to replace her as the person who ran the mission. If Edith had simply disappeared, maybe people would have thought she just gave it up and nobody would have been motivated to take her place.

But this still doesn't prove that the Guardian won't allow people from the past to be brought into the present/future.