Spoilers Star Trek: Picard 2x09 - "Hide and Seek"
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Oh no.-snip-
The Impossible Box was my favorite episode of Season one - by far - and it was written by a comparable nobody.
Like, he only had four episodes of Major Crimes to his credit.
Please keep in mind that TV isn't so black & white in its writer credits. The showrunner will always tale an uncredited pass at every script delivered by those on the writing staff. This can result in changes both minor and major. After the showrunner pass, the script might not even resemble the original intent of the credited writers and yet those writers are still going to receive credit - as they should, they deserve the pay. But before you get ready to throw barbs at the writers credited on the episode, be aware that elements you dislike may not have originated with them at all and this is all part of the standard TV production process.
Good point.
Yes, You’re right. Also what’s going to happen each episode is likely a group writing room effort, possibly with some events mandated by the showrunners or other execs, with the actual script duties falling on certain writers before going through rewrites.
The IMDB profiles of the two writers for this episode:
These do not look like profiles of experienced writers.
One writer previously worked on an IMDb TV original action crime comedy-drama,
before that he did not work as a writer for 18 years.
The other writer wrote two short movies.
At least you can say they didn't work on "Desperate Housewives" or "My Little Pony" (two writes of previous Picard episodes did), or that they have a least some writing experience (for one writer, writing for Picard was his first writing job).
And he apparently did that without altering his appearance, so Picard was able to recognize him. How’d he pull that off?
By setting up the entire sequence of events and the premise of the season, the moment the Stargazer exploded.
All with a snap of his fingers.
They should have labeled this season of PICARD..., "The Q Conspiracy"
Ronald D Moore had no writing credits before TNG and he turned out OK.
Char Kais in 1989
The IMDB profile for the writer of new TNG episode The Bonding
Ronald D. Moore
Ron Moore was a member of the Kappa Alpha literary society during his time at Cornell University. He dropped out of college during his senior year, after which he moved to Los Angeles, California, with a friend in hopes of becoming a working writer.
July 5, 1964 in Chowchilla, California, USA
This does not look like profile of an experienced writer, He has no credits at all. The Bonding is his first script.
The IMDB profile for the writer of new TNG episode The Bonding
Ronald D. Moore
Ron Moore was a member of the Kappa Alpha literary society during his time at Cornell University. He dropped out of college during his senior year, after which he moved to Los Angeles, California, with a friend in hopes of becoming a working writer.
July 5, 1964 in Chowchilla, California, USA
This does not look like profile of an experienced writer, He has no credits at all. The Bonding is his first script.
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His second credited episode is The Defector. Damn good start.
And was heavily edited.Char Kais in 1989
The IMDB profile for the writer of new TNG episode The Bonding
Ronald D. Moore
Ron Moore was a member of the Kappa Alpha literary society during his time at Cornell University. He dropped out of college during his senior year, after which he moved to Los Angeles, California, with a friend in hopes of becoming a working writer.
July 5, 1964 in Chowchilla, California, USA
This does not look like profile of an experienced writer, He has no credits at all. The Bonding is his first script.
He resorted to impersonating her psychiatrist only after the snap-her-confidence-away thing didn’t work.
Michael Taylor had no writing credits before Trek. He started with The Visitor.
See also Braga, who started as an intern on TNG.
50 minutes. Now this is a run time i can live with.
I concur =D
