I suppose violation is in the eye of the beholder. And, I think that Sirtis handles it well. I think the rest of the episode handles it very, very poorly.
Unforgivable Trek errors by writers..
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Just keep her in the brig all season long, so every few episodes a character can go down there for some friendly manipulation? This sounds very familiar. Where have I seen this before?
The ENTIRE run of Star Trek: Voyager
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(Hey, that's just my personal opinion, but I'm just being honest.
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(Hey, that's just my personal opinion, but I'm just being honest.
)Replacing Jadzia with Ezri
If by "unforgivable" you mean "morally repugnant," then no, neither of these would qualify. But the criteria set by the OP was:
The resolution to the "Seska's baby" plotline essentially broke my faith in the writers' willingness to play fair with the audience. So to me it was unforgivable.
Replacing Kes with Seven of Nine
Except that Scotty basically copped to this (at least for his reputation's sake), in The Search for Spock:
James T. Kirk: Scotty, progress report?
Montgomery Scott: Almost done, sir! You'll be fully automated by the time we dock.
James T. Kirk: Your timing is excellent, Mr. Scott. You've fixed the barn door after the horse has come home. How much refit time before we can take her out again?
Montgomery Scott: Eight weeks, sir -- [Kirk opens his mouth] -- but ye don't have eight weeks, so I'll do it for ye in two.
James T. Kirk: Mr. Scott. Have you always multiplied your repair estimates by a factor of four?
Montgomery Scott: Certainly, sir. How else can I keep my reputation as a miracle worker?
James T. Kirk: [over the intercom] Your reputation is secure, Scotty.
Destroying Romulus - No more Romulus. I know it was done as a major plot point for the 2009 movie, but if the Kelvin franchise has been cancelled prematurely, it seem like it was all done for nothing anyway. Did it really have a huge impact on anything?
The direction they took with Kirk and his crew after the 2009 movie. Shouldn't have made them senior officers on the Enterprise like that. It cut the franchise lifespan in half and hurt character and story development.
Voyager--too much Borg and a little too much Q. Burned the fans out on it.
The direction they took with Kirk and his crew after the 2009 movie. Shouldn't have made them senior officers on the Enterprise like that. It cut the franchise lifespan in half and hurt character and story development.
Voyager--too much Borg and a little too much Q. Burned the fans out on it.
The Picard show will tell.
As I said above in response to fireproof78, Kirk and Scotty are both obviously joking/ribbing each other in this scene. You quoting the exact same dialogue all over again isn't going to change my mind on this.
My take on that was that Scotty quoted estimates by the book, but knew all of the time-saving shortcuts.
How dare you! Ezri is awesome.
It's a major plot point in the forthcoming Star Trek: Picard. Note all the Romulans in the trailer.
Shocking, especially since it was on the same series. What the hell were they thinking? In my head I've explained it away as it's not as good as the real universes, when they said "we don't have cloaks" they meant that specific type. It's a stretch but it works for me.
Not only that but it wasn't any writer's decision for Terry Farrell to leave the show.
At DST she said she just wanted fewer hours but they just let her go instead of accommodating that. Two sides to every story as they say though.
The High Ground (TNG):
Tone-deaf Americans once again trying to wade in to the Ireland issue. Extremely offensive on the part of the writers at a time when people in the UK and Ireland were regularly being murdered in IRA bombings.
This episode was banned in both the UK and Ireland for 15 years as a result. It wasn't shown on any of our TV stations until 2006/2007.
Tone-deaf Americans once again trying to wade in to the Ireland issue. Extremely offensive on the part of the writers at a time when people in the UK and Ireland were regularly being murdered in IRA bombings.
This episode was banned in both the UK and Ireland for 15 years as a result. It wasn't shown on any of our TV stations until 2006/2007.
Irish unification of 2024 was caused by brexit. What they failed to mention was Scotland, London and Manchester also joined Ireland
