re: Star Trek: TOS Watchers - Season 1 Wrapup *Page 25*

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I don't think that really hit it's stride until the 3rd season.

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Definitely true - the writing really settled down and got smart and solid - never, really the genius of TOS, but they took advantage of standing on tall shoulders. I think that was leveraged into DS9, as the writing there was pretty solid from the beginning - only really weak in spots. TNG had shaky writing to start, really solidified and only tailed off again at the end. Since DS9 also had Worf - and in a bigger role, too, the only thing that is really superior about TNG is Data. Not saying Sisko, Kira and Dax are "better" characters than say, Picard, Riker and Troi, but they're pretty comparable, as are the doctor's - and Quark is a way better bartender than Guinan.


Now - I said at the beginning we would take all week for The Menagerie/The Cage, if needed, but unless there is a little more discussion, we will kick off "Shore Leave" tonight.