Trek episode with most UNEXECUTED potential??

[Refuge]

^^The Romulans in general might be the most disappointing aspect of all of Star Trek.

Gosh that's a big call!

I think in terms of aliens I would have like Kes to be more developed as a character and can understand why some people didn't like 'Fury'. Not so much that it was an episode I would re-write but more one I don't think enhanced the character of Kes. It was better she left the way she did OR had stayed actually.

On a similar but opposite theme. There was a character I think should have been not included and given other characters a chance to shine more. I didn't watch a lot of DS 9 but bringing Worf into it was not good.

 

[Captain Clark Terrell]

^Worf did pave the way for Martok to become a recurring character, but otherwise, I agree. I can’t put my finger on it, but something about DS9 changed for the worse after he joined the series.

 

[Sophie74656]

I think Ezri Dax was a missed opportunity. I loved her and thought the story behind her was interesting. We see Jadzia who studied and trained and worked hard to be joined. And then there's Ezri who was forced into it without any preparation and has to deal with it. I always thought that was interesting

 

[Rahul]

I have to go with NEMESIS:
I don't know why, but "Picard has to fight his evil clone!" is a premise I just love!
Where it completely falled flat was Shinzhon though. I think Tom Hardy is a great actor, but he was clearly the wrong choice. But more importantly: Picards evil clone needed to be sophisticated. An intelligent challenge, with a reasonable plan (not "kill all humans", tough "galactic domination" could have worked if done right). He needed to mirror Picard both in his attitude and his actions. What would Picard be capable of without his morality?
Instead we got a cheesy b-movie action villain that just screamed "I am you" in Picards face constantly.

 

[MacLeod]

TBH, I thought we were in the Voyager forum when I first read this thread and posted.

Another episode that I felt had a lot of untapped potential was Voyager Season 6's "Ashes to Ashes" Instead of Lindsey Ballard, it would have been amazing if instead we got the Harry Kim that got blown out into space in "Deadlock". A lot of great potential there. Especially if they killed off Harry Kim and replaced him with his resurrected alien self for the rest of the series.

It would have been interesting to see the crew interact and deal with this new Harry Kim. I'm sure he would have had some mixed feelings being essentially forgotten and replaced with an exact copy for 4 years. Then you have the crew's point of view, where they are mourning the loss of their friend while at the same time processing the fact that he is still he in some form.

Instead we got an interesting concept with a crewmember we had never seen or heard from before who conveniently decides to return to her adopted people at the end of the episode. A couple crewmembers died throughout the years who could have been an interesting choice to bring back.
Lon Suder.
Seska.
Klingon Torres.
Ensign Jetal.
Kes.
However, as with most Voyager episodes, all is set to the status quo at the end with no real repercussions or consequences for the crew

Out of those I think Ens. Jetal would've been the most interesting to use considering the EMH's mental breakdown over her death.

 

[Herbert]

This.

I hate Extreme Risk for the exact reason you have given and as someone who suffers from depression, i find it a pretty insulting episode. Yeah we knew B'elanna was upset by the death of her friends in 'Hunters', but it was then promptly forgotten. Then when Extreme Risk came along it was like the writers were saying 'this is how b'elanna has been feeling for the last 6 months, please be invested'. The episode would have worked so much better, if B'elanna's depression had been hinted at and foreshadowed in previous episodes. They could have done something like what was done with Tom Paris during the season 2 'spy on board the ship' story arc. Instead it's all exposed and resolved in 42 minutes and then never mentioned again. Total garbage.

I couldn't agree more. To have this episode just exist in a vacuum was really a dumb way to go.

 

[Herbert]

I didn't care for the episode "Tuvix" or most Voyager episodes, but I do think they made a huge mistake in making the character of Tuvix such a complete and likeable character. It made it all but impossible to be the least bit sympathetic to Janeway's decision to kill him just to get Neelix and Tuvok back.

And I don't think Starfleet would be all that sympathetic to such a decision. Transporter accident. New life created. Well. Sh*t happens. Can't go back.

Had this episode been done in Next Gen, it likely would have ended with the transporter merged character starting to suffer some kind of life threatening condition and the only way to "save" him would be trying to unmerge him. The merged character would make the ultimate sacrifice saying something along the lines of "I'm going to die anyway so if there's is any chance of getting the two others back, then do it".

As an aside, I would have taken Tuvix over either Neelix or Tuvok. You are getting rid of one highly annoying character and perhaps Tuvix would have actually been a competent security chief.

 

[RedAlert]

I think of the whole TMP and the V'ger thing ... where did it came? what happened with Ilia and Decker?

That never had an explanation ... so neither the Whale Probe of TVH.

 

[JonnyQuest037]

Voyager's "Equinox" comes to mind. If the episode had ended differently, and the Equinox survived with most if not all of her crew including Capt. Ransom, it would have provided Voyager with a unique opportunity to show two ships, two crews, and potentially two ways of doing things each week.

You just described the original premise of the show with the Starfleet and Maquis crews.

Why is it all Voyager?

Because it was the show that most consistently failed to live up to its potential.

 

[Bry_Sinclair]

Year of Hell would've made a great season-long arc, such as ENT did in S3, or even if it had been kept as just a two-parter then not pressing the damn reset button at the end of the episode would've been great to have seen, actually dealing with the aftermath of the hardships they faced.

 

[Jedman67]

Year of Hell would've made a great season-long arc, such as ENT did in S3, or even if it had been kept as just a two-parter then not pressing the damn reset button at the end of the episode would've been great to have seen, actually dealing with the aftermath of the hardships they faced.

IIRC it was planned to be a season-long story, but the studio quashed that.
Speaking of missed opportunities, we should have seen the Space Salamanders come back after Threshhold.

 

[Bry_Sinclair]

^ I do wonder how a Janeway/Paris romance might've gone, or would there be too many nay-sayers for her cougar behaviour.

 

[eschaton]

Speaking of missed opportunities, we should have seen the Space Salamanders come back after Threshhold.

It really was sort of unforgivable that they left behind the Janeway/Paris salamander babies on that planet. Why couldn't they reverse the "evolution" for them as well and then have human offspring of the two of them on the ship?

 

[ThankQ]

TNG: The Royale

Crew finds debris from a lost 2030s ship out further than it should be. Beam up a piece, see American flag and the NASA worm logo. Cut to opening credits.

Let me tell you, 11 year old Dave was wetting the 1980s couch right then.

And then we got the rest of it.

TNG: The Netural Zone

Same as above, just different details.

 

[Captain Clark Terrell]

One idea that hasn’t been mentioned yet: Darwin Station from “Unnatural Selection”. This was a Federation science station performing genetic enhancements for purposes other than the repair of serious birth defects. Why wasn’t this followed up on, and how in the bloody hell was it authorized in the first place?

 

[CommanderTrip]

Out of those I think Ens. Jetal would've been the most interesting to use considering the EMH's mental breakdown over her death.

"Latent Image" was one of the first episodes of Star Trek I ever watched. As such, it has become one of my personal favorites. It would have been incredible if they had followed through and brought her back.

 

[Kor]

"The Enterprise Incident" could have been a much more effective commentary on the real-world Pueblo Incident.

Kor

 

[Forbin]

The worst thing about Enterprise Incident for me was Guinan's presence and her magic-alternate-universe sight. Tasha was a strong enough character to have decided to do the right thing all by herself, without Guinan's mystical advice.

Also - a battleship at war doesn't have a Counselor among the crew, but it does have a civilian bartender???

Great concept, mostly well-done, but the above points bother the hell outta me.

 

[Captain Clark Terrell]

^I don’t think he meant what you think he meant. “The Enterprise Incident” is completely different episode from “Yesterday’s Enterprise”.

 

[Forbin]

^I don’t think he meant what you think he meant. “The Enterprise Incident” is completely different episode from “Yesterday’s Enterprise”.

I think I had a senior moment. Never mind.