The Episodes They Should Have Done?

[Python Trek]

I'm sure we've all said, They should have done an episode in which such-and-such happens!", right? So, what did you want to see, but didn't?

My picks:

TOS: An episode about the Romulan/Klingon alliance---we never learned much about that

TAS: An episode with Chekov as a guest star---it seemed weird that he wasn't on the ship anymore

TNG: An episode that followed up on "Conspiracy"---those aliens were just as dangerous as the Borg, in many ways---they sent their beacon, and then what?

DS9: An ep. that showed Bajor joining the UFP---it was Sisko's mission in "Emissary", after all!

VOY: An ep. that showed what happened to everyone after they got home---did Chak, Torres, and Paris keep their field commissions, for example?

ENT: An ep. that actually showed the UFP charter being signed, instead of stabbing all around the event, like the last few eps did

What are your choices?

 

[SFRabid]

TNG: An episode that followed up on "Conspiracy"---those aliens were just as dangerous as the Borg, in many ways---they sent their beacon, and then what?

I watched that one last night and it still aggrovates me that they just dropped that story line.

 

[SFRabid]

ENT: A season or two with the Romulan war.

TNG: An episode with Wesley turning into a Traveler.

DS9: And episode of the Syndicate trying to wipe out the Betazoids because their mind reading abilities could identify the Syndicate members and locations.

 

[Rhaenys]

They should have done a mirror universe epizode on TNG, it would be interesting.

 

[ChristopherPike]

The 20 or so that would've made up Enterprise Season 5.

Revealing who "Future Guy" or The Suliban's Shadowy Benefactor was.

Perhaps a faction linking the Temporal Cold War and the Romulans, thus explaining one of the few canon problems. Namely the proliferation of stealth technology in the 22nd Century and even that races' use of it, as seen in "Minefield".

 

[USS Excelsior]

ENT: A follow up episode as to what happened in the mirror universe after Hoshi demanded to become empress, and what happened to the Defiant itself.

 

[LutherSloan]

I agree with the follow up to 'Conspiracy'. Thankfully the DS9 Relaunch did a good job in the book or two that covered the true nature of the aliens.

I had been hoping that Enterprise would cover the birth of the Federation, but unfortunately they spent too long on the lousy 'Temporal Cold War", and they STILL didn't solve all of the questions from that either.

 

[sbk1234]

An argument can be made that it would negate a very good episode, and I know it was discussed to some degree, but I would have liked to have seen the DS9 episode which was to feature Sito Jaxa, and show how she survived the TNG episode Lower Decks.

 

[Lonemagpie]

1) The Conspiracy aliens

2) Michael Piller's pitch for the anniversary episode that eventually became Trials And Tribbleations - when the crew return to Sigma Iotia II (A Piece Of The Action) and find that Bones having left his communicator there has resulted in it becoming a planet of Trekkies!

 

[Temis the Vorta]

A follow-up to DS9's "Hippocratic Oath." What happens when Bashir re-creates the k-white cure? Do the Feds offer it to the Jems for humanitarian reasons? Or will it fail to break the Jems' allegiance to the Founders and just leave the Feds worse off than before? Can they afford to take the risk?

Considering that the Feds were also blowing up the k-white supply in a bid to cripple the Dominion war effort, why would they turn around and make k-white irrelevant?

Also: every episode in ENT's S5-7, dealing with the frakkin' Earth-Romulan War and founding of the Federation (sans any pointles, stupid character deaths).

 

[Mysterion]

The two parter "Kitumba" written for the aborted Phase II series sghould have been re-written to serve as the opening pilot for TNG (or at least an early first season episode of TNG. It would have been a nice springboard to show us the beginnings of the Klingon-Fed alliance. Of course, this would have changed a few things. We wouldn't have Work as an Enteprise officer at first, rather he would be the first exchange officer to a Starfleet vessel (which could have been an interesting arc for the character).

 

[Alidar Jarok]

I agree with the follow up to 'Conspiracy'. Thankfully the DS9 Relaunch did a good job in the book or two that covered the true nature of the aliens.

I had been hoping that Enterprise would cover the birth of the Federation, but unfortunately they spent too long on the lousy 'Temporal Cold War", and they STILL didn't solve all of the questions from that either.

To be fair, they had 8 episodes on the temporal Cold War spread out over four seasons (well, three, season three didn't touch on it at all).

If any episode about building human relations with Vulcans and Andorians count, there's a lot on the birth of the Federation. But, yeah, I think they should have done more.

On the subject of the cold war, I think they should have done more with the Tandaran-Suliban conflict. I thought that was the most interesting dynamic of the Temporal Cold War (certainly not the temporal aspect of it ).

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

when the crew return to Sigma Iotia II (A Piece Of The Action) and find that Bones having left his communicator there has resulted in it becoming a planet of Trekkies!

Didn't David Gerrold write that for possible use on TNG?

 

[Mysterion]

when the crew return to Sigma Iotia II (A Piece Of The Action) and find that Bones having left his communicator there has resulted in it becoming a planet of Trekkies!

Didn't David Gerrold write that for possible use on TNG?

Don't think so. I have read (somewhere) it was one of the ideas the DSN staff considered before they settled on their tribble epsisode, though.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

when the crew return to Sigma Iotia II (A Piece Of The Action) and find that Bones having left his communicator there has resulted in it becoming a planet of Trekkies!

Didn't David Gerrold write that for possible use on TNG?

Don't think so. I have read (somewhere) it was one of the ideas the DSN staff considered before they settled on their tribble epsisode, though.

There may have been a connection, maybe not. I'm sure lots of writers could have come up with it as a sequel to "Piece".

 

[ialfan]

The Romulan War on Enterprise
A Followup to Damage
One final TCW episode revealing future guy
An actual BOTF series finale for Enterprise
A few episodes of Voyager set after they returned home
More Mirror Universe episodes on Enterprise

 

[Broccoli]

TNG: An episode that followed up on "Conspiracy"---those aliens were just as dangerous as the Borg, in many ways---they sent their beacon, and then what?

I watched that one last night and it still aggrovates me that they just dropped that story line.

Well, in fairness, those bug-guys were initially the prelude to what eventually became the Borg. However, once they got to introducing the new big bads, they changed them into cybernetic beings, so the "Conspiracy" connection was dropped.

 

[Red Ranger]

People,

Well, in my wish list, I would've liked to have seen more backstory for all the characters, esp. in TOS. I believe that is the basis of several non-canon novels, like the TOS and TNG novels dealing with earlier times in our characters' careers.

For example, we have a sense of several of the ships Kirk served on, although not a linear chronology, and know something of Spock's early career, but know nothing of how McCoy got into Starfleet, or Scotty's earlier assignments before Enterprise.

They implied, I think, that McCoy may have started out as a civilian doctor before joining Starfleet, as in The Ultimate Computer, we know from his ignorance of the phrase "dunsel" that he most likely didn't go to Starfleet Academy. And I believe in that same ep, Scotty indicated he was some kind of engineering consultant, but it's not clear if he was in Starfleet at the time or a civilian, either.

We know Sulu at one point served as astrophysics officer on Enterprise before becoming helm officer, but nothing before that. Chekov seemed to be a recent Starfleet Academy graduate, due to his rank, but we have no idea if he served on any other assignment prior to Enterprise. And we know nothing about Uhura's career before Enterprise!

On the other series, we have a better sense of our characters' careers before we meet them, esp. Picard, Riker, Geordi, Sisko, and Dax, but there is the infamous nine-year gap between when Picard lost his command of Stargazer then took command of the Enterprise-D. Would've been nice to see a flashback ep that takes place in between that time, with a younger Beverly Crusher and perhaps a fresh-out-of-the-Academy Geordi LaForge, who they imply Picard met when he was younger.

There are some exceptions, however. We know nothing of Data's career before serving with Picard. How many ships and captains did he serve with? What kind? Why was he still so ignorant of many human figures of speech despite the fact he was at least two decades old when he began his tour with Picard? (I have a theory, but I'll save it for an all-new thread.)

There are similar gaps in Worf's, Troi's, and Yar's service records.

As you can see, I'd be a fan of some flashback eps, esp. in TNG's seven-year run.

Red Ranger

 

[ClayinCA]

I still wish they'd done the episode about McCoy's daughter Joanna in the third season. From everything I've ever heard about this, it seems like it would have been a great story from D.C. Fontana, and would have explored the Kirk/McCoy friendship from a new and different angle. Of course, then we wouldn't have had "The Way to Eden" or space hippies jamming with Spock, so....

 

[Mistral]

Although some novels dealt with it-I always wondered about Sisko's kid. I'd like to have seen an episode about that. Also, the Courtmartial of Captain Janeway would have made a great ep.(They would have HAD to convene a court martial to investigate some of her decisions, starting with the Maquis becoming crew and her decision to retain Ransom's survivors as crew as well.)