There really isn't anything more to the Denise Crosby story. She was just really unhappy on the show and wanted out. She's done many interviews to that effect.
It makes way more sense that the Captain doesn't go on away missions. In fact, it never made much sense that most away missions consist of the entire senior crew. Maybe one of them, but all of them? I don't think so.
Season 1 of TNG to me was always a combo of the actors trying to figure out who their characters where and how to play them, and the producers and writers trying to figure out what they wanted to do with TNG -- which is why some of the episodes played like homages to TOS, and others showed sparks of originality. Season 2 was just the shits due to the writers' strike in Hollywood. Dr. Pulanski is there because Gates McFadden was fired because of the head writers didn't like her. That dude left after season 2 so Rick Berman brought her back.
On the whole, I've always found that while TNG has some totally brilliant episodes, it's not consistent and a lot of it is really average. It's probably my least favourite of the series, just ahead of TOS (which is truly horrible -- tried to do a proper rewatch but couldn't get much past season 1). Deep Space Nine remains my pick for the best, altho the new Discovery is a very close second.
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Date: 2019-11-18 04:23 pm (UTC)It makes way more sense that the Captain doesn't go on away missions. In fact, it never made much sense that most away missions consist of the entire senior crew. Maybe one of them, but all of them? I don't think so.
Season 1 of TNG to me was always a combo of the actors trying to figure out who their characters where and how to play them, and the producers and writers trying to figure out what they wanted to do with TNG -- which is why some of the episodes played like homages to TOS, and others showed sparks of originality. Season 2 was just the shits due to the writers' strike in Hollywood. Dr. Pulanski is there because Gates McFadden was fired because of the head writers didn't like her. That dude left after season 2 so Rick Berman brought her back.
On the whole, I've always found that while TNG has some totally brilliant episodes, it's not consistent and a lot of it is really average. It's probably my least favourite of the series, just ahead of TOS (which is truly horrible -- tried to do a proper rewatch but couldn't get much past season 1). Deep Space Nine remains my pick for the best, altho the new Discovery is a very close second.