The 80th episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation, titled Legacy featured the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise helping out a crashed freighter on the planet Turkana IV, homeworld of fallen comrade Tasha Yar. While on the mission they find Tasha’s sister Ishara, who helps out the crew, but has motives of her own. This fourth season episode was enjoyable, but not one that particularly stands out in my mind. The relationship formed between Ishara and Data was probably the best part of the episode and deserves a better episode to encapsulate it, but like I said, it was still a decent episode. What makes this episode noteworthy though is that as the 80th episode, it helped The Next Generation surpass the episode run of The Original Series, which ran for 79 episodes. In his Captain’s Log at the beginning of the episode, Picard casually makes reference to passing the planet Camus II on their way to a new mission. As it turns out, Camus II is the setting of the 79th and final episode of The Original Series episode Turnabout Intruder. This in-joke was supposedly devised by producers Rick Berman, Eric Stillwell and William Riker actor Jonathan Frakes, which I’m sure they took great pleasure in since so many people thought creating a new Star Trek series was a terrible idea and that it would never last.
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There was a second Star Trek TV series planned in the late 70′s. Leonard Nimoy wanted nothing to do with it, so they cast a new Vulcan crewmember named Xan, I believe.
However, when Star Wars became a huge hit, they decided to just make a movie instead. This, Nimoy was okay with being in, so Xan was done away with. Parts of the propsed series, Commander WIlliam Decker and that bald chick as well I think, survived through to the movie.
And I didn’t think Legacy was all that great myself, but then that’s not the point of your post, now is it?
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That sounds like a tasteful way to handle the milestone. Note it in a way that those who are aware of it will appreciate but those who aren’t won’t be distracted.
I have good friends who named their son William Ryker.
john: I don’t think even Craig is that geeky.
If I have a son I’ll call him Data or Worf.
Cupcake: I know! They totally own their geekiness though.
I just realized that I could give my kid the initials GIR.
Guillaume Inigo
Guillaume Ianto
Wow, Ryan, YOU’ve been working too much!!! lol
I like your taste in names. That is definitely one of my favorite variants of the name William. And Inigo and Ianto are both extremely adorable names.
I have always had a fondness for Welsh names especially.
And Ryan, I totally believe Craig *WOULD* be that Geeky.
Oh, and I **hated** this episode. Just hated it. But the Camus II trivia makes it worth being reminded of it.