Who would you have killed off?
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Phlox.
Phlox being killed by Terra Prime followers would've had impact, as opposed to some manufactured baby dying.
Phlox being killed by Terra Prime followers would've had impact, as opposed to some manufactured baby dying.
You know, that is good.
Archer. Just to shut up the "you are super-important to the Federation and the bestest captain ever!" types, like Daniels.
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That would have been cool. Phlox dies, Elisabeth survives, and suddenly there's an issue: "What the hell do we do with a baby on a starship?"
Well, Elizabeth surviving could have lead to a very different final episode for the series. Any number of story lines could have developed. We could have seen the dilemma of the two parents having to choose between duty & family. How to choose between two worlds and what would be the reaction of those worlds to this new kind of family. It would have also forced the issue of Trip and T'Pol deciding to whether to marry or not and the whole issue inter-species marriages. Maybe they could have finally introduced us to Trip's parents in this final episode. The possibilities for an interesting story were endless and certainly would have been a better final episode than TATV.
When I first watched Terra Prime, I was very disappointed with the fact that Elizabeth died (I'm a happy ending kind of guy). Everyone knew Enterprise was being canceled, why go out on such a low note. (Please, no lectures on the sanctity of Spock as the premier Vulcan / Human hybrid).
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Crewman Rostov seemed to serve little purpose other than be occasional eye candy for the ladies in the audience. Push him out the airlock.
If you add all four seasons together, I think about half the crew was killed off at one point or another.
Actually, no one dies in Seasons one and two. The first death on the crew was in "Anomaly". Though Season 3's death toll was enormous, of course.If you add all four seasons together, I think about half the crew was killed off at one point or another.
27 to 30 in the Xindi season. And about half a dozen to ten I think in S4. That puts it at almost 40 overall. Half the ship's usual complement.Actually, no one dies in Seasons one and two. The first death on the crew was in "Anomaly". Though Season 3's death toll was enormous, of course.If you add all four seasons together, I think about half the crew was killed off at one point or another.
I voted for Archer. I think they should've killed him off at the end of the Xindi arc. And perhaps his death would've had more resonance instead of Trip's in TATV. Then again, that episode was so poorly done that no one's death could save it.
I don't think Reed, Hoshi, or Travis should've been killed off because they were so poorly written/developed, their deaths wouldn't have that much impact. Phlox would be on the borderline.
If someone had to die it would be from the big three: Archer, Trip, T'Pol.
I don't think Reed, Hoshi, or Travis should've been killed off because they were so poorly written/developed, their deaths wouldn't have that much impact. Phlox would be on the borderline.
If someone had to die it would be from the big three: Archer, Trip, T'Pol.
I was never totally opposed to Trip dying by the end of the show. Done correctly, it might have been a magnificent sendoff worthy of years of wistful remembrance and positive emotions. But "TATV"? Ugh. They might as well have had him die of a heart attack sitting on the toilet.
At least that would have been funny (sorta)...
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