Hi there, TrekCulture. I remember when Into Darkness was in production. And mention was made of Khan, and the fans world-wide actually groaned and wished HARD to leave the original TWOK the hell alone. The producers promised us time and again that they would not do a remake of TWOK. Simply put, we fans were outright betrayed. So don't put this "be careful what you wish for" stuff on us. We fought *against* that story arc. This is a case study in what happens when the studio gives the fans exactly what they DIDN'T ask for.

DS9 producers wising up and allowing Avery Brooks to shave his head. And with the start of season four fans finally got the Benjamin Sisko we deserved. By letting loose the “Hawk” Sisko cranked up the cool level to “11”.

I think one of the most memorable things the creators did was the second Tribble episode in Deep Space Nine.

The saving of season 3 gave them enough episodes to go into syndication, and that's what saved Star Trek, exposing it to new generations of viewers like me, watching after school before the parents came home and ruled the channel changer. And that makes it #1 on the list.

I feel like Strange New Words itself should be on this list. We cried about Star Trek gettings darker and darker, and episodes not being self contained stories. They "fixed" both.

Speaking of Lincoln Enterprises... I bought an authorized copy of a TNG script directly from Majel Barrett Roddenberry at a 1992 convention in California. Recently ran across the photo I took of her with her big floppy hat on. Marvelous.

Speaking of the sudden conflict with the Klingons... I was a teenager in high school when DS9 was airing and I had actually missed the first hour+ of "Way of the Warrior". (It originally aired as a 2 hour episode.) I turned my TV to that channel anyway because they usually aired TNG (or was it Voyager?) after that. I turned it on just in time to watch Worf advising Sisko about cloaked Klingon warships nearby, lying in wait. This was the episode that made me a true DS9 fan, and I never missed another one after that. What a ride!!!

"And then Into Darkness came around" I literally laughed out loud 🤣

The original scripted ended for Star Trek (2009) was Spock Prime playing a message to him from Kirk. The message emphasized their friendship and the need for more exploration of the galaxy because of the wonders waiting to be found. Wish they had included that

my favorite moment in the episode when Dax is seriously considering getting back with her/his ex and damn the consequences is when Sisko tells Dax that if, after weighing the pros and cons she still decides this is what she wants to do that he will "back her all the way" is when I fell in love with DS9

I absolutely _LOVED_ Lower Decks take on Captain Riker. Especially his jazz version of "engage..." "Ensign; take us to warp 5, 6, 7, 8!" (I mean, there have been "serious," by Hollywood standards, conversations about what is going to be the hip new version of Picard's "engage." Pike has "hit it." But the jazz is just primo.)

I'd say Enterprise's In a Mirror Darkly was a huge thing I didn't know I needed. Those two episodes were sick and that intro nailed it.

I would have thought, that getting Strange New Worlds would be number 1. Already when people saw the Enterprise, Pike, Spock and Number One on Discovery, there was a massive tidal wave of posts online from people, that they would LOVE to finally get the lost series about when Pike commanded the Enterprise. And then some time later all of a sudden that video with Anson Mount, Ethan Peck and Rebecca Romijn showed up with the "We heard, we listened...." and now here we are finally having gotten the lost series.

Stamots and Dr. Culper are also one of the first couples shown serving in Starfleet together, both officers on the same ship, sharing quarters as a married couple. We saw background crew characters in TNG being married, and we even saw Kirk preside over a wedding in TOS, but Disco has two major officers and regular main characters in both a long-running personal relationship and at the same time working major positions, with risks and responsibilities, each having to worry about the other being in the path of whatever adventure was getting thrown at them that week.

Bjo Trimble's letter writing campaign not only ensured a third season, but it ensured there were enough episodes for the show to go into syndicated reruns. Those reruns that aired for years after the show's cancellation is what started to make Star Trek popular.

I still shake my head thinking of how Malcolm McDowell got death threats because Soran killed Kirk.

Good Morning Sean, YES DS9 bringing Worf over was Great I think the BEAST TRIBUIT WAS seeing Koloth, Kang and Kor THE DAHAR MASTERS so good to see the same actors revive their characters

You could have added in the likes of fan campaigns that got Garak to be a more major character instead of just a few episodes' side-man which he was originally intended to be.

Wait...wasn't Strange New Worlds a result of the positive clamour from Anson Mount's excellent portrayal of Captain Pike in season 2 of Discovery?

The "Riker to the Rescue" bit felt like a bait and switch; I thought you were going to discuss the Lower Decks Season One finale, the TRUE Riker to the Rescue moment 😁

The thing that struck me about the visit to the Rikers: Riker is is trying so hard, but the pain in that house is still palpable. And it made me feel so sad for Deana.

Ds9 is still my favorite show of all time.. the crew, the story. Everything was amazing in that show

I always wanted a half hour sitcom with Garrak and Dukat as roommates on DS9. Worf coulda been the “uptight landlord”.

You missed the biggest one, the next generation. It was because of fan demand that brought this about.

Not gonna lie, Sean looks pretty cool in the Red Command Outfit. It just works.

I loved how Stamets and Culber never felt forced, they're just another couple trying to navigate through the world together. Stamets is my favorite character in Discovery.

Funny enoough for being brought over, Worf was always better and way more respected in DS9

Worf grinning like that is scary

Culber and Stamets relationship is one of the most beautiful on screen. Me and my wife are rooting for them since the beginning. We laugh, cry and suffer with them. The script and the actors are amazing and to this day, they are the only same sex couple that we feel in love with.

Its also helps the Wilson Cruz is just awesome in the roll

I almost cried at the death of Data, he was a like an old friend

I know a lot of people hate on disco but I actually really like it. Culber, Stammets and Saru are my favorite characters on that series

Nostalgia bait is NOT what fans want. Respecting cannon IN THE STORY not just the casting is what is wanted. Bad reboots need not apply.

To be honest when Picard used his authority to give Seven a field commission of captain and command of the Stargazer at the season finale of the second season. I keep wishing for a new Star Trek show starring Jeri Ryan as Seven of Nine, captain of USS Stargazer.

Riker shows up and threatens the romulans...I punched the air and said, "Cool!" 😅😅

I must be about the only person who liked Nemesis from 2002. I didn't see it at the time, but having watched it a few times in the last decade, I actually like it.

How about 10 times they were horrible to us? They killed Data! they detached the warp nacelles! they killed Jadzia! They didn't leave Harry Kim in the Delta Quadrant by mistake! (that one's just for me)

The Titan rescuing the Cerritos is Trek's apology for Picard's season 1 finale, and it's spectacular. While I didn't hate the finale, I do wish Riker had ridden in on the Titan with Captain Christine Vale and a motley fleet of random Federation ships instead of the copy-paste fleet, or barring that I wish the copies had at least turned out to be "Klingon guile" in a neat callback that also explains the sheer numbers of identical ships.

Bjo and John are wonderful people! I thank them almost every time I see them. Thank you for including these amazing people in your show.

One thing I remember is Star Trek speaking out against the abandonment and mistreatment of injured veterans in society. I wish the U.S. did a better job of that in 2022.

One thing I've kind of headcanoned regarding the "Copy-paste" fleet, is that the fleet is not actually as big as what was shown.... because a bunch of them are probably holograms. Sorta like what Voyager did in Basics Part 1. (I think that was it)

Perfect timing, still on my lunch break. Lol

That last second of video with the reimagination of the Seven of Nine cat suit...Bravo! That...my friend, is art.

With respect to merchandising, I'd love a list that would include some explanation of the Spock helmet!

Your #1 entry on this list I think should get some notice. How Discovery portrays Paul Stamets and Hugh Culber in the series seems natural simply because they're portrayed as just a couple, not a gay couple. They just happen to be two guys who are in a relationship, going about life as any couple would do (other than being on a starship). I think this overpowers other portrayals in Trek (even with Dax) as well as other television series because it's not a forced narrative for equality, It's a more natural representation.

Sending Worf to DS9 was only part of the equation. in TNG, Klingons as a whole, while projected to have a rich history and heritage, never really got a lot of screen time and mentions beyond Worf's anecdotes. In DS9, the Klingon Heritage got a LOT of air time, especially during the Dominion War. Plus, seeing Worf command the Defiant was a huge step in the right direction for his character arc, especially after helping talk down a ship of Klingons in hibernation since the TOS Klingon War pre-treaty. DS9 quietly became the best Trek series because of their character development

TrekCulture not giving us what we want: to see Seán 🥺

I'm surprised Cetacean Ops were not mentioned, even in passing.

Seven and Raffi doing a Waldorf and Statler -type thing.... File that under "NEEDS TO HAPPEN"

They could easily retcon that copy-paste starship scene with a shot explaining it was a trick. Starfleet developed holographic decoy tech (like in VOY) and the reason it was the same ship is it’s still experimental. I’ll take that pay check now Paramount.

Thank you Sean and trek culture!!!

Illya Kuryakin was also a Cold War boy from Russia introduced in " The Man From U.N.C.L.E." before "Star Trek" even began. I loved both shows and my father introduced me to both of them.

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="360">6:00</a> I think many of us wanted to see the Titan. But I guess we got to see that in Lower Decks.

Kind of wondering what Lower Decks will do for an episode to poke at Strange New Worlds. Thinking something along the lines of an alien race that is literally a bit nuts, in an episode called Strange New Squirrels? Nah.. probably a stupid idea, but IMHO it would just be too tempting to make the episode title play a joke with the series name.

When I was a kid in the '70s, I had a toy TOS communicator and phaser, so those were out there.

Another interesting video of the things fans like to know Thanks TrekCulture & Sean

Great list! Well done!

This truly was enjoyable. Thank you for presenting.

Have you watched the StarTrek fan film Of Gods and Men with various actors from multiple Star Treks? I thought that was pretty damn decent.

Thank you sir. As always you do fine work.

Worf going to ds9 made a huge difference. Before that it could have been Babylon 5 for all I cared… after Worf I never missed an episode and named my first son Elim and my first daughter Ezri.

I could imagine a crazy meeting of Kirk and Burnham in the Nexus. It could be beautiful.

Riker and Troi on Picard is an interesting one for me as I never really wanted it. I didnt want too much crossover with TNG, prefering an all new show about where Picard was now. The inclusion of Data in the first trailer was quite exciting and Seven of Nine is great because its a new pairing we havent seen on screen but by trailer 3 with Riker and Troi confirmed it felt like "I dont want this just to be a load of people coming back." But when the episode came around it was great. It showed me exactly why they did it. It properly developed those characters and was the best episode of the season. While I understand Sean's grumbles about the timing of the episode it kinda worked. Because we'd established Picard in its own right by then and it broke up the pace before moving us into a big finale. Its an example of something this fan didnt want at first turning out to be awesome

I really like Discovery Spock. Loved him with the "messy" hair and the beard. Him all angry. His story with Michael was my favorite relationship in the series up to that point.

Well.. the Worf's addition wasn't demand from the fans, was from the studio. With the exception of "The way of the warrior" the ratings were about the same! Of course Worf's addition was great because it gave HIM depth and proper handling of his character. Other then that... the Dominion war was in the schedule anyhow it just went one season later.

Stammets and Colber are just such a cute couple and i agree that its awesome that they are just...there.....its no big deal for anybody :D

I have been thinking lately that Anson Mount might have singlehandedly saved modern Star Trek. While I think some "criticisms" of Discovery are just people who live to complain and whine and moan, the first season wasn't great and they definitely needed to rethink their approach to subsequent seasons. And it is understandable the S1 of Disco was rocky, since Bryan Fuller left and behind the scenes stuff suggests there was some scrambling to salvage the show. Bringing in Anson Mount as Captain Pike and allowing him and Ethan Peck's Spock to "soft debut" Strange New Worlds was just damned brilliant. Disco S2 is an utter delight, with their escape to the far future being a brilliant way to soft reboot the series. For the record, I was just fine that Picard S1 wasn't a TNG reboot. I enjoyed it immensely. And of course, Picard S3 should be a blast!

One thing I found interesting was the presence of extras in the background in TOS and TNG that wore gender bent uniforms. It largely seemed to be only in early episodes for each, but in TOS there were some women in the men's style uniforms with pants in the background and in TNG there were men in the skirt uniforms. It's not much and was never commented on but I thought it was a nice touch, particularly given the climate when those shows aired. Really, it made sense that by the 23rd and 24th centuries those things wouldn't be a big deal.

I'm really liked the part in Into Darkness where Spock called up Old Spock. He just got him on a video call. "Hey, Spock, it's me, Spock" "Fascinating, now kill Khan. And live long and prosper" "You know I will."

Strange New Worlds is another gift. The casting works brilliantly My only criticism....... 10 episodes We need more for S2 and beyond

Great job as usual can’t wait till the 1 million sub party

Thanks, Sean! Bjo Trimble also wrote the amazing Star Trek Concordance, an early encyclopedic episode and character/term reference that was one of my prized possessions.

Worf in DS9 was a solid boost the character deserved. He still copped it bad with Jadzia's fate but I can see Dorn had much more fun with DS9 compared to TNG just by the slight changes in his acting chops. Michael Dorn has always been a big player in making my childhood great, both Worf and Mata Nui in Bionicle 4. I'm glad he got that boost and First Contact, calling for ramming speed was amazing, letting our Klingon be a Klingon

God, I wish I could find the promo for TNG that came out of CityTV out of Toronto for TNG that set exploding starships to a disco drumbeat.

I happen to know the Trimbles personally and they are true fans to this day. Wonderful people.

Imagine a reboot in your face…forever.

jj brought us his vision and we couldn't see it due to the lens flares

Cheers from the Pacific West Coast of Canada.

Keep em coming!

That last point was what I liked most about Discovery. There was no preaching, no better than thou, no over the head with some message, just a couple in a loving relationship that happened to be two men.

Don't know if someone already mentioned this, but Chekov was brought into TOS not because of the Cold War, but because of The Monkees. They were trying to appeal to the young people who liked The Monkees. That's why his hair is like that.

Highly successful kelvin films? Hahaha. You made me laugh. Thanks.

Riker's ships arriving is a total bluff, just like Picard had just attempted. That's why it's one design.

The fans wanted a post Voyager show set in the prime universe, they didn't want any alternative timeline nonsense.

One correction: Seven of Nine did not appear in the fourth season finale in a cliffhanger. She is introduced in the fourth season premiere.

Mirror universe Kira is EXACTLY what this fan wanted....

I loved the gay relationship of discovery. No in your face look at us we are gay. Just a normal loving couple. Made me cry a few times cause they cared so much for each other.

Hi ... Btw Where are klingons in discovery 's 32nd century?

While I definitely agree with the choices for all ten, I have to say that I will always remember what joy it brought me to see the first scene of Culber and Stamets in which it was clear for the first time that they were shown as a couple.

Picard and q in star trek Picard was the sweetest.

I wish that more people could be made aware of this.

No mention of the Star Trek cartoon. If it wasn't for the cartoon, it's "lunchbox", comic & graphic novel adaptations, the "Tribble and Predator" episode, insane amount of merch - I had the ENTIRE bedroom set ( which unfortunately got chocolate cookie, taco chip, and other snack things on it🤦‍♂️) the funding for the Live Action adaptation of the cartoon, which was 90% set ready before being cancelled, would have meant the Trek we enjoy, would not exist. A re-write of the story, swapping of characters (some did not agree with), and 60% set salvage, helped make the Motion Picture possible. I remember when Nimoy, who HATED being typecast as Spock published I am Not Spock, was due to the animated series "without notice" cancellation, as He was scared He'd get a gig. Between the series and the movie, he hosted The Coral Jungle. 1/3 of the way into it Nimoy said, "Sea Snakes Are Most Fascinating Creatures." As You would guess, EVERYONE'S JAWS DROPPED, when He said it. It aired, the media went NUTS, the Fans of Trek that Never watched that show started to, and asked for more "Spock quotes". Yes, He was miffed, as He had tried SO hard to separate himself from Spock, but He logically (🤓) decided it was due to fear, not hatred of the character. This gave Nimoy a renewed sense of pride, thanks the Fans love of not just him or even just Spock, but of the desire to hope for the "Better Future" that Eugene Wesley Roddenberry had envisioned. As You might have noticed, his middle name was Wesley. Yes, it IS Canon that Wesley Crusher's middle name is Eugene. He is Still invited. He was at the BIG WEDDING after all. As far as the Picard show.. wait and see. 🖖😎🤙

Hah! Sean of Nine at the end 😂

Please correct me if I'm wrong, but it's my understanding that the plan for Discovery was *always* to go into the future. I read an early interview with either Bryan Fuller or some other EP not long after the show was green-lit that stated it was going to span the whole Trek timeline, from pre-TOS to post-VOY. In more recent years I've heard that the plan was for each season to be self-contained to the extent that each year would follow an entirely new cast.

Wasn't Dr. Crusher's return in season three also the fulfillment of a fan request?

Who needs Kirk or Picard? I'll take Sisko and Pike any day. You gotta love a captain that cooks for his crew!

not going to lie, seeing michael dorn in full worf makeup smiling like that is unnerving. lol

Sean, Question: your Next Gen outfit looks great, mind if I ask where you got it? Thanks.

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="559">9:19</a> I just had a crazy theory... Even though Kirk technically died, he only died from the perspective of Picard. Picard and Kirk were both caught by The Nexus and they both existed inside The Nexus. They also both used The Nexus to go to the planet that Dr Saurin was on to launch the missile.... Kirk and Picard are both still in The Nexus. Even though Kirk dies from the perspective of Picard, in actuality, Kirk was just transported back to that home he was in when Picard met him and that's where Kirk still is... Basically immortal because time doesn't actually exist in The Nexus like it exists in the actual universe, or maybe time doesn't exist at all in The Nexus... Or maybe The Nexus is actually the point between every possible timeline that can ever exist, therefore making The Nexus timeless and timeful, simultaneously.

Into Darkness might have went too far with the fan service but from the second time i saw it, it grew on me and is now either my favorite or second favorite trek film period behind Star Trek 2009 at times..don't forget the Spore Drive and why no one ever talked about it in any of the other treks..that's why I was so worried about Discovery being set before the original series.. fortunately they went to the future which is where i think i should've started in the first place but the prequel part of the show for the most part just didn't work for me..it's not even close to the amazing job enterprise did