Chris Snellgrove | Published
Star Trek generally had a good season final. In fact, other than Next Generation“Shades of Grey” (it was the Crummy Clip Show episode), fans are pretty pleased with how the season ends. That’s why I was so surprised to discover that one of the franchise’s best season-ending episodes was what fans liked, but the creators hated it. That episode is Season 1, “Learning Curve.” Voyager The finale where Tuvok has to train some unruly Starfleet types and Neelix accidentally infects the ship with cheese.
Why is this Star Trek finale hated?
Certainly, the cheese subplot for this Star Trek finale is something some fans disliked (though later, it was ocked in hilarious ways). The deck below), but the entire episode was generally well received. It was also seen by many fans. “Learning Curve” was the first episode most viewed in the entire show. Unfortunately, various producers and writers were unhappy with how this episode ended up closing VoyagerThe first season of.
One of the reasons why the episode left a bad taste in the creator’s mouth is that this episode was not intended to be the end of Season 1. Originally, four more episodes were filmed for Season 2, but were suppressed in Season 2. The writers and producers wanted to finish the episode on emotional weight (something similar to “the best of both worlds” and “decline”). Cheese-related subplots.
Star Trek: Voyager Story Editor and future executive producer Ken Biller explained more about why the episode was disliked among creative staff. “We ended with an episode of a running where Tuvok was a drill instructor,” he said. Biller realized that the episodes were “not a cliffhanger” and “not a season ender.” The episode was “Bang No Bang,” which looked like this hot new Star Trek show, “Just a Type of Era.”
meanwhile, Star Trek: Voyager Producer Brannon Braga reflected Biller’s thoughts on why the finale was disliked among staff. “It’s a bit bothering me that it’s our final episode because it’s a soft episode,” he said. “There were no big action set pieces or any epic themes I liked the Finals.”
This is an important point to emphasize. The “learning curve” is not a bad episode. In fact, it’s a very solid entertainment. But it’s a bottle show (TV tells of cheaply made episodes) that lacks the lack of flashiness that fans have come to expect from the previous Finals. For example, both TNG’s “drum head” and DS9’s “duet” are killer It’s a Bottle episode, but it’s definitely made for the odd season finale.
Basically where is it? Star Trek: Voyager Showrunner Michael Pillar has landed on the “Learning Curve.” Instead of saying this is an episode he disliked, Pillar simply said, “It may not be the season finale, but it’s a good solid show.” Braga agrees, pointing out that it is “a good idea for the episode,” and despite the nature of that small bottle episode was made for a bad finale,
this Star Trek: Voyager The finale was hated as a season ender than as an episode, but it’s fair to say that the writers and producers learned the lesson from the mistakes. VoyagerThe entire ship was stolen, and the third season ended with an uneasy alliance with Borg, and the second season ended. In other words, future finals are generally action-packed and epic, offering fans more from their favorite sci-fi franchises and fewer… Neelix’s cheese.
