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The Return of the Archons

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"The Return of the Archons" was the 22nd episode of Star Trek: The Original Series , in the show's first season , first aired on 9 February 1967 . The episode was written by Gene Roddenberry and Boris Sobelman MA , directed by Joseph Pevney MA and novelized in Star Trek 9 by James Blish .

In a rare case of a TOS television episode receiving a comic adaptation, the Brazilian comic "A Hora Rubra" ( "The Red Hour" ) was published. The story's English language translation was eventually released in the Eaglemoss Collections Graphic Novel Collection .

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• 3.3 Locations
• 3.4 Races and cultures
• 3.5 States and organizations
• 3.6 Science and classification
• 3.7 Ranks and titles
• 3.8 Other references
• 4 Chronology
• 5.1.1 Adaptations
• 5.1.2 Video releases
• 5.2 Background
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The Federation starship USS Enterprise enters the C-111 system in the year 2267 , after receiving a 100-year-old distress call from the USS Archon . After entering orbit of planet Beta III, Captain Kirk sends a landing party down to the planet to investigate.

When the first landing party begins to exhibit strange behavior, Kirk personally leads a second party down to the planet. Bilar approaches them in the Betan city . Initially quite friendly, Bilar's demeanor seems a bit odd to the Starfleet officers . Bilar suggests that if the team were travelers from the valley , they could probably stay at Reger 's house, referring to an inn nearby. Bilar asks Tula , Reger's daughter, if there are accommodations available. However, while conversing, the red hour strikes, and the Festival begins. Bilar and Tula go mad, and the insanity spread to all passersby. The party discovers that the inhabitants are a controlled people, controlled by the lawgivers and are part of " The Body ", which is all overseen by a man named Landru . The people are like pleasant zombies until the Red Hour strikes, enveloping the people in a twelve hour orgy of violence and emotional outbreak.

Christopher Lindstrom reports to Reger that Reger's daughter had been caught up in the mêlée, expressing concern in the face of her being assaulted by Bilar. Reger only responds that it was "the way of Landru ". Later, Lindstrom points Bilar out as the man who had assaulted Tula, but Reger disregards the accusation, as he believes that Bilar was not truly at fault.

While Kirk and the landing party are investigating, the Enterprise is slowly being pulled out of orbit of Beta III to be absorbed by "The Body", which is what happened to the Archon a century earlier.

On the surface, Kirk discovers that the survivors from the Archon formed an underground group to resist "The Body", and Kirk manages to contact their descendants, and arranges their help to destroy Landru. Upon finding Landru, they discover that Landru is a highly sophisticated computer that was built 6,000 years earlier. The original Landru , a respected philosopher, only wanted to guide his people to become peaceful and civilized. While Landru had programmed the computer with his intellect, it didn't have his wisdom, and over the centuries the computer interpreted Landru's instructions literally and didn't allow anyone to show independent thought.

Kirk persuades the computer that it has destroyed Betan society and that it had failed in its objective, prompting the computer to destroy itself. The people of Beta III are now free, and Kirk arranges for Federation assistance in putting the planet back together again.

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As Sulu calls in, the ship is suddenly bombarded with energy , impelling a crash within 26 hours . Sulu starts talking strangely, so Kirk orders the landing party to be beamed back. Leonard McCoy treats Sulu in sickbay , but O'Neal is missing. Kirk and Spock beam down to locate O'Neal, materializing outdoors in a city shortly before the Red Hour ends, with everyone fighting.

The clock chimes and peace resumes. Two hooded overseers notice that Kirk didn't fight and demand that he join Landru . Kirk asks what will happen if he refuses. One of them points a hollow tube, shooting a telepathic blast that hypnotizes Kirk. Montgomery Scott alerts Spock that the ship has only three hours left. Spock quickly shoots the overseers, who burst apart into robot debris. Kirk's mind clears, but Spock senses a telepathic command for The Body to attack them. A mob carrying clubs approaches, and Kirk spots O'Neal among them. Kirk and Spock stun the mob with phasers .

Behind them, an image projection of Landru appears, ordering Kirk and Spock to be destroyed for the good of the body. Kirk states that Landru rules without a soul . Landru answers that he doesn't know what a soul is, and emits energy that makes Kirk's head ache. Kirk shoots at the projection, blasting a hole through the building's exterior, revealing a large machine within. Spock contacts the Enterprise , learning from computer records that Landru was a tyrant everyone believed was dead. Kirk thinks Landru built a machine to continue his tyranny. Kirk tells it that ruling without a soul is evil , and the computer sputters before self destructing .

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• SCE eBook : Foundations, Book Two – A Starfleet Corps of Engineers team led by Montgomery Scott aids Beta III's recovery from Landru's influence.
• " The Return of the Archons " – Kelvin timeline version of events.

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• The comic adaptation was simplified to fit within eight pages. Most notably, the USS Archon backstory, overnight stay during Red Hour, and the landing party's imprisonment were omitted. The lawgivers became literal humanoid robots , no natives were met, and O'Neal's search party was reduced to just Kirk and Spock , with Kirk being temporarily absorbed rather than Leonard McCoy and David Galloway . The comic retained the detail that the Enterprise was under attack for 26 hours , but the condensed story made 23 of those hours seem to pass in mere minutes of story time.
• Beta III was called Beta 3000 in the novelization and the fourth planet of the Omega One Galaxy in the comic adaptation. Interestingly, type-1 phasers were seen in the episode, whereas type-2 phasers were depicted in the comic.
• ↑ The character of Clifford Brent was not named in the episode but the same actor, wearing an officer 's Starfleet uniform , was addressed as Brent in TOS episode : " The Naked Time ". The same actor also played the character of Vinci .

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• " The Return of the Archons " article at Memory Alpha , the wiki for canon Star Trek .
• The Return of the Archons article at Wikipedia , the free encyclopedia.
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The 15 Best Worst Episodes of Star Trek: The Original Series

These are the Star Trek episodes that you know are terrible, but can’t stop watching.

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No TV show is perfect. The great Rod Serling once said about The Twilight Zone (and I’m paraphrasing) that one-third of the shows were damn good, one-third were passable and the last third were dogs. With just 79 episodes in its total run, Star Trek: The Original Series may have beaten that breakdown slightly, thanks to an excellent first season and a lot of strong second season shows. But there were some clunkers along the way, leading up to the infamous third season and its large assortment of pretty crappy episodes.

Even those bombs have their charms though, and any Trekker will tell you that we watch even the roughest Season 3 outings with a mixture of affection and stunned fascination. Some of Star Trek ’s silliest stories still had a germ of an interesting idea at their core, or a decent moment here and there or a terrific performance from somebody. So it is with a certain degree of fondness that we present the 15 best worst episodes of Star Trek: The Original Series – we’ll still watch no matter how painful it gets.

15. “Requiem for Methuselah”

Kirk, Spock and McCoy beam down to a planet belonging to the mysterious Flint (James Daly), a man with seemingly no past, who lives there with his beautiful young ward Rayna (Louise Sorel), of whom there is also no record. Kirk and Rayna fall in love, but she turns out to be a robot built by the immortal, shapeshifting Flint as a companion for himself. The central idea that famous figures of Earth history – Brahms, Da Vinci, others – are actually all one man is a compelling one, but the episode is ludicrous: Kirk falls so deeply in love with Rayna over the course of just four hours that he is scarred by the experience. What? This is a guy who screws alien women by the truckload – you’re telling me he’ll get emotionally wounded by an afternoon with an android?

14. “The Mark of Gideon”

Kirk falls in love – again – with a beautiful woman named Odona (Sharon Acker) whom he meets aboard a seemingly deserted Enterprise after attempting to beam down to the planet Gideon. But Spock and everyone else are still on board the real Enterprise , so where has Kirk landed? And why is Odona there? The answer will shock absolutely no one, and the whole plot hinges on the leaders of Gideon building a full-sized replica of the interior of the Enterprise just to fool Kirk. They need a specific virus to save their planet that Kirk carries in his blood, so why not just ask him for a blood sample? A laughable premise and uninspired direction combine to make sure that this weak episode leaves no mark of any kind.

13. “Assignment: Earth”

This is the infamous second season closer that Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry tried to use as a backdoor pilot for a new series. The show focused on Gary Seven (Robert Lansing), a human raised by aliens and equipped by them to travel in time and space solving problems, who bumps up against the crew of the Enterprise as they just happen to be on a routine time travel mission back to the late ‘60s. It’s clear from the start that this is an awkward fit into the Trek canon, as the stars of the show are offscreen for long stretches of time, plus the story itself and Lansing’s character are simply not that interesting. “Assignment: Earth” was not picked up as a series, and it’s easy to see why.

12. “The Gamesters of Triskelion”

A lot of fans like this one, but it doesn’t hold up: plenty of elements are lifted from episodes like “Arena” and “The Cage” in this tale of an alien planet where superior intelligences known as the Providers capture other beings and use them as gladiators in games that the Providers wager on. The Providers themselves are three disembodied brains in a glass case, which lessens their impact when we finally see them (if we just don’t laugh). The slaves (or “Thralls”) are a hokey bunch, led by sexploitation actress Angelique Pettyjohn in a flimsy silver bathing suit. One of the few positives is that Uhura and Chekov, captured with Kirk, get some generous screen time and something different to do for a change.

11. “Whom Gods Destroy”

Kirk and Spock beam down to the insane asylum on the planet Elba II with a shipment of medicine, only to discover that the lunatics are literally running the place under the leadership of Garth of Izar (Steve Inhat), a former starship captain who was given the power to shapeshift by a race of aliens after he badly injured on a rescue mission. The now-mad Garth wants to use the Enterprise in his quest to make himself “Master of the Universe.” A highly formulaic episode in which Kirk and Spock are once again trapped on a planet while the Enterprise is endangered above, it does feature Yvonne “Batgirl” Craig as a sexy Orion inmate but is hampered by the stock plot and endless scenery chewing from the late Inhat.

10. “Spectre of the Gun”

There seems to be a following for this famous episode, in which Kirk, Spock, McCoy, Scotty and Sulu face death at the hands of the Earp brothers in a recreation of the gunfight at the OK Corral. But if the Melkotians, who are punishing the Enterprise officers for the ship’s intrusion into Melkot space, are so powerful, why don’t they just smite our heroes where they stand? There is absolutely no need to fabricate the whole Old West scenario. Plus I can’t decide whether the half-finished nature of the town of Tombstone in this scenario is supposed to be surreal or they just ran out of money and said to hell with it. Spock mind-melding with everyone at the end is a nice touch, but this one fires mostly blanks.

9. “The Apple”

There are many memorable elements in “The Apple,” both for good and bad reasons, and it’s certainly crammed with all kinds of crazy stuff: the giant rock head of Vaal with its glowing eyes and mouth, the deadly jungle planet with its myriad traps and wild weather, and the race of childlike beings who exist to serve Vaal, have never seen humans before, but somehow speak English (a flaw inherent in a lot of episodes, to be fair). Yet the theme of a stagnant, controlled society had been done in a better way with “The Return of the Archons” in Season 1, and despite a lot of superficial excitement (four redshirts meet their doom in this one), “The Apple” goes bad pretty quickly.

8. “For the World is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky”

Yet another computer controls yet another unquestioning civilization, only this time it’s the inhabitants of a generation ship who are about to be pulverized by an asteroid before reaching their destination. It’s up to the Enterprise to divert them, but first Dr. McCoy — who discovers he’s dying of an incurable disease — falls in love with the ship’s queen and wants to live out the rest of his life with her after knowing her for about an hour. A rare affliction, a doomed romance — Star Trek veered sharply into soap opera here, although some brief moments between DeForest Kelley, Leonard Nimoy and William Shatner are moving. McCoy’s love affair, however, heats up far too quickly for it to have real resonance, and the rest of the script feels threadbare and — dare I say it — hollow.

7. “Turnabout Intruder”

The final original series episode to be filmed and aired is either a) an unintentionally campy and downright sexist disaster or b) a subtly ahead-of-its-time commentary on gender and the interchangeable nature of traditional sexual identities. Eh, who am I kidding…it’s the first answer all the way. A vengeful former lover of Kirk’s, the unstable Janice Lester (Sandra Smith), uses alien technology to place her consciousness in Kirk’s body and vice versa, enabling her to take over the Enterprise and enabling Shatner to go off the deep end with one of his most incredibly histrionic performances ever. Sadly, the episode seems to say that women are too emotionally high-strung to handle command, a hideous notion even for 1969 and a terrible way for the original show to go out.

6. “The Alternative Factor”

Massive rewrites (to tone down an interracial romance for a nervous NBC) and a last-minute change in the main guest star resulted in this rare Season 1 misfire, which is a shame because the central idea is so intriguing. Robert Brown (replacing John Drew Barrymore the night before shooting started) plays Lazarus, a time traveler driven insane by the existence of a duplicate Lazarus in a parallel universe made of anti-matter. If the two ever meet in either universe, they will cancel out not just each other but all of reality. The repetitive script throws a lot of wonky science at the viewer, a number of scenes feel pointless and Brown never quite finds the right tone for his two performances, making this mess of an episode implode.

5. “The Omega Glory”

Yangs and Kohms (Yankees and Communists, get it?) fight it out in this thinly disguised Cold War allegory, which finds our three heroes and a redshirt held prisoner by a rogue starship captain (Morgan Woodward) who thinks he’s found the secret of immortality on a planet scarred by ongoing war between two tribal factions. Bizarrely, this was one of three scripts that Gene Roddenberry proposed for the second Star Trek pilot, but NBC passed; good thing too, as the show might never have been picked up if this silly exercise in pointless action and half-baked civics was presented to the network. It ended up getting made deep in Season 2, and surprisingly didn’t kill the series outright.

4. “Plato’s Stepchildren”

Horrendous and embarrassing. That’s how I would describe this episode, which is nevertheless a landmark for containing the first interracial kiss in TV history (it’s just a shame that the network forced the director to shoot it from an angle that partially blocked Kirk’s lips locking with Uhura’s). While the kiss does earn a lot of goodwill, it’s not enough to salvage this tired rehash of stock plot points that had been done to death by this point, including a superior race of beings screwing around with the Enterprise and a culture that mirrored one from Earth’s past (ancient Greece, to be precise). And to top it all off, Shatner and Nimoy (under the Platonians’ control) are forced to sing and dance like a vaudeville act in one of the most cringeworthy scenes in Trek history.

3. “And the Children Shall Lead”

Responding to a distress call from an expedition on the planet Triacus, the Enterprise crew find everyone there dead – all except the children, who are in thrall to a malevolent alien presence that is using them to take control of a starship. Remembered for famous attorney Melvin Belli (atrociously) playing “Gorgan the Friendly Angel,” this is a limp disaster of an episode enlivened only by some especially hammy overacting from Shatner. The show offers almost nothing else of interest, and even the evil alien appears to be dressed in an old shower curtain. The children led this one, all right…straight off a cliff.

2. “Spock’s Brain”

The third season opener (what were they thinking…?) has developed somewhat of a following over the years, but that might be due to its sheer campiness. Spock’s brain goes missing and the Enterprise goes off to find it; turns out it’s being used to power an underground civilization of buxom but dumb women who keep a bunch of even dumber men as slaves. McCoy has to learn the ancient knowledge so he can put the brain back, with Spock directing him as he operates. An embarrassment to both Star Trek and science fiction, “Spock’s Brain” is good for a couple of laughs…but was apparently not meant to be a comedy.

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1. “The Way to Eden”

As pointed out in the excellent book These Are the Voyages (Volume 3) , “The Way to Eden” has some decent ideas percolating below the surface about retreating from an overly technological, perhaps overly sanitized society, along with finding the right balance between responsibility and non-conformity. It’s just too bad that everything else – from the costumes of the “space hippies” who take over (*sigh*) the Enterprise to find the mythical planet Eden, to the songs they sing, to their risible slang (“Are you One, Herbert?”) – is so absolutely awful and has aged badly. This was originally supposed to be an episode about Dr. McCoy reuniting with his long-estranged daughter Joanna, but how it mutated into this trainwreck could probably make for a good sci-fi story itself. Or not. 

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Constable Odo's 10 Best Star Trek: DS9 Episodes

• Odo's best DS9 episodes focus on criminal investigations, his origins, and ideological clashes with Changeling Founders.
• Odo's relationships with Quark and Kira define many episodes, showcasing his softer side and developing romantic connections.
• Odo's characterization shines in episodes like "The Begotten" and "Treachery, Faith and the Great River" with emotional depth.

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 's best episodes about Constable Odo (Rene Auberjonois) focus on his criminal investigations, the search for his origins, and his ideological clash with the Changeling Founders. Played by acclaimed actor Rene Auberjonois, Odo's best episodes of DS9 are characterized by some incredible acting, delivered from underneath heavy layers of prosthetics . Across seven seasons, the beloved Star Trek: DS9 character had to grapple with prejudice, unrequited love, and the sins of his past in episodes that showcased the thematic heft of the Star Trek: The Next Generation spinoff.

Odo's relationships with Quark (Armin Shimerman) and Major Kira Nerys (Nana Visitor) also define many of the Constable's best Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episodes . As DS9's Chief of Security, Odo was the perfect foil for the Ferengi bartender, but Quark and Odo's rivalry had an undercurrent of mutual respect that bordered on affection . Odo also had a close friendship with Kira, formed by a fateful moment from years earlier. Odo and Kira's friendship eventually developed into a romantic relationship, and that progression can be seen in some of the Constable's best DS9 episodes.

Every Star Trek: DS9 Episode Directed By Rene Auberjonois

Star trek: ds9 season 1, episode 17, "the forsaken", teleplay by don carlos dunaway & michael piller, story by jim trombetta.

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine season 1, episode 17, "The Forsaken" is one of the more successful DS9 and Star Trek: The Next Generation crossover episodes . The episode paired up the unlikely duo of Constable Odo and Lwaxana Troi (Majel Barrett) for a two-hander that revealed the insecurities of both characters. Odo's relationship with Lwaxana allowed DS9 's gruff Chief of Security to show his softer and more vulnerable side , improving the character as a result.

In the episode, the incorrigible Lwaxana Troi falls in love with Odo, and tries to woo the irascible Constable. Lwaxana's attempts are hindered by an alien intelligence that saps Deep Space Nine's power, stranding her in a lift with Odo. "The Forsaken" was one of Rene Auberjonois' favorite episodes of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine . Discussing the episode in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion , Auberjonois stated that:

" It helped to establish Odo and give him more dimension than he'd had up to that point "

Star Trek: DS9, Season 7, Episode 22, "Tacking into the Wind"

Written by ronald d. moore.

"Tacking into the Wind" is one of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 's best Worf episodes , as it primarily focuses on his attempts to bring Chancellor Gowron (Robert O'Reilly) into line. However, there's also some very strong and emotional material for Odo and Kira as the morphogenic virus continues to ravage the Changeling's system . Kira, Odo, and Garak (Andrew Robinson) are sent on a dangerous mission to retrieve information about a devastating Breen weapon.

By infecting Odo, Section 31 effectively prove the Founders' belief that the "Solids" are barbaric and cruel.

Odo's determination to continue the mission despite his worsening health is heartbreaking. However, it speaks to the strength of Odo's character that he never lets Section 31's betrayal cloud his feelings about the "Solids". By infecting Odo, Section 31 effectively prove the Founders' belief that the "Solids" are barbaric and cruel , but despite the cruelty meted out to him by Section 31, Odo knows that it's wrong to reduce all of Starfleet to the actions of some rogue operatives.

Section 31s 5 Worst Crimes During Star Trek DS9s Dominion War

Star trek: ds9, season 7, episode 6, "treachery, faith and the great river", teleplay by david weddle & bradley thompson, story by philip kim.

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine , season 7, episode 6, "Treachery, Faith and the Great River" explores Odo's status as a god . Odo is shocked to discover that Weyoun ( Jeffrey Combs ) wishes to defect from the Dominion to the Federation. However, the Dominion and the Cardassians are determined that Odo and Weyoun 6 never return to DS9.

What follows is an exciting prisoner transport thriller that also tackles some big themes around religious belief. "Treachery, Faith and the Great River" showcases Odo's courage under fire , as he tries every trick in the book to avoid the combined forces of the Cardassians and the Jem'Hadar. Weyoun 6 eventually sacrifices his life to save Odo in the episode's heartbreaking climax, forcing the Changeling to confront how his people have turned themselves into deities.

Star Trek: DS9, Season 3, Episode 14, "Heart of Stone"

Written by ira steven behr & robert hewitt wolfe.

For the majority of "Heart of Stone", Odo believes that Kira has become trapped in an expanding silicon rock formation. The more the formation increases in size, the more it consumes Kira, slowly crushing her to death. Tragically, Odo realizes that he's not trying to save the real Kira when the Major professes her love for him , revealing that it's an elaborate ruse by the Female Changeling (Salome Jens).

"Heart of Stone" is a great Odo episode because the impossible situation forces him to confront, and finally vocalize, his feelings for Kira . That journey is fascinating to watch, and Rene Auberjonois' performance of Odo, recognizing that he's been duped, is incredible. Veering from pragmatism about how Kira sees him as a friend to fury at the Female Changeling's plan, it's exactly the sort of multi-faceted performance that audiences have come to expect from Rene Auberjonois at this point in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine .

Nana Visitor wasn't a fan of the rock prop in "Heart of Stone", telling the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion that it made her look " like a big old hot fudge sundae ".

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Star trek: ds9, season 2, episode 12, "the alternate", teleplay by bill dial, story by jim trombetti and bill dial.

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine season 2, episode 12, "The Alternate" is an early episode that sheds more light on Odo's origins. It introduces the character of Dr. Mora Pol (James Sloyan), the Bajoran scientist who first discovered Odo in his liquid form . Dr. Mora believes that he's found clues as to where Odo originated from, but their research mission is cut short when the away team are stricken by some noxious gas, triggered by the removal of an ancient monument. The gas also has an adverse effect on Odo, turning him into a terrifying monster.

[Odo] comes to realize that this problematic scientist is actually the closest thing he's ever had to a father figure.

"The Alternate" is a brilliant take on Robert Louis Stevenson's Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde , that gives Odo actor Rene Auberjonois some challenging material to perform. The scenes between Odo and Mora are incredibly powerful, as the Changeling comes to realize that this problematic scientist is actually the closest thing he's ever had to a father figure. The scene in which Odo implies that he doesn't trust Mora while becoming the monster is an incredible moment .

Star Trek: DS9, Season 6, Episode 20, "His Way"

Written by ira steven behr & hans beimler.

When Odo hears that holographic lounge singer Vic Fontaine (James Darren) gave Dr. Julian Bashir (Alexander Siddig) some helpful pointers on love, he decides to seek the singer's advice about Kira. Fontaine helps to bring Odo out of his shell, turning him into a suave pianist, while also making him more at ease socially. Eventually, Vic orchestrates a first date for Kira and Odo, albeit under false pretenses .

"His Way" was the first appearance of Vic Fontaine in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine .

By showing a completely new side of Odo in "His Way", Star Trek: Deep Space Nine showrunner Ira Steven Behr and writer Hans Beimler make this one of the character's best episodes. The transition from the drab brown Bajoran security uniform into a sharp tuxedo is a hugely positive one for Odo , not least because it finally allows Kira to see just how charismatic and charming he can actually be.

Nana Visitor and Rene Auberjonois never wanted Kira and Odo to become a couple in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine , preferring their bond to be purely platonic.

Star Trek: DS9, Season 5, Episode 12, "The Begotten"

Written by rené echevarria.

For the first half of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine , Odo is turned into a "Solid" . It's fascinating to see how Odo contends with the frailty of a humanoid body, but it's equally fascinating to see how this plot thread is resolved. After he buys an ailing Changeling infant from Quark, Odo teams up with Doctors Bashir and Maura to cure the sick child and teach it to shapeshift. Odo becomes a doting father, and it's a strong sequel to "The Alternate", as he seeks to avoid the mistakes made by his own surrogate father.

Tragically, the infant Changeling in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine is too sick to live, but it does give Odo a parting gift. By bonding with the infant, Odo regains his shapeshifting abilities, giving him a renewed sense of purpose. It's a touching metaphor for parenthood that finally allows Odo and Mora Pol to reconcile their differences. "The Begotten" is a standout episode for Rene Auberjonois in a strong season for the character of Odo .

Star Trek: DS9, Season 5, Episode 9, "The Ascent"

"The Ascent" is the best Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode about Quark and Odo's antagonistic relationship. Transporting Quark to testify against the Orion Syndicate, Odo's runabout explodes and strands the two old enemies on a barren planet. Watching Odo and Quark work together to survive is an absolute joy , and Rene Auberjonois gets some fine opportunities to deploy his dry wit. The scene in which Odo requests his ashes be tossed into his bucket and launched into the Gamma Quadrant is darkly funny.

The final scene of "The Ascent" is one of the best moments, as it sees Odo and Quark come closer than ever to telling each other how they feel. While they both say they hate each other, it's very clear from their laughter that the two Star Trek: Deep Space Nine characters love each other. "The Ascent" is also a great Odo episode because it shows a new side to him, as he has to deal with the fragility of his humanoid body , succumbing to the cold and breaking his leg.

Star Trek: DS9, Season 5, Episode 8 "Things Past"

Written by michael taylor.

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine season 5 has two classic Odo episodes in a row, as "The Ascent" is preceded by "Things Past". The episode sends Odo, Captain Benjamin Sisko (Avery Brooks), Lt. Commander Jadzia Dax (Terry Farrell) and Elim Garak (Andrew Robinson) back in time to when DS9 was Terok Nor . They're forced to live through a brutal tragedy from Odo's past, when he accidentally condemned three Bajoran men to death .

Rene Auberjonois is excellent as a repentant Odo, who is realizing with gut-churning inevitability what's about to happen. The final scene, in which Odo and Kira discuss his culpability in the execution is a quietly devastating exchange between the two friends. "Things Past" is, therefore, a spiritual sequel to the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Necessary Evil" , which revealed how Odo and Kira first met.

Star Trek: DS9, Season 2, Episode 8, "Necessary Evil"

Written by peter allan fields.

"Necessary Evil" is the best Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode about Odo , because it firmly establishes the Constable's moral code. While investigating the attempted murder of Quark, Odo discovers that the crime is linked to his first case. Through flashbacks, "Necessary Evil" reveals how Odo came to Terok Nor, employed by Gul Dukat (Marc Alaimo) as a security officer. Tasked with investigating the murder of a Bajoran collaborator, Odo was unable to close the case, letting the killer walk free.

The killer is revealed to be Major Kira Nerys, and in one of the most complicated scenes in all of Star Trek , Odo and Kira contend with this new information. It's a crucial episode in Odo's Star Trek: Deep Space Nine story. Not only does it establish his origins as Chief of Security, it also reveals the depth of Odo's relationship with Kira, and how it's strong enough to weather the storm of her past crimes.

All episodes of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine are available to stream on Paramount

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, also known as DS9, is the fourth series in the long-running Sci-Fi franchise, Star Trek. DS9 was created by Rick Berman and Michael Piller, and stars Avery Brooks, René Auberjonois, Terry Farrell, and Cirroc Lofton. This particular series follows a group of individuals in a space station near a planet called Bajor.

Cast Cirroc Lofton, Rene Auberjonois, Nicole de Boer, Michael Dorn, Nana Visitor, Avery Brooks, Colm Meaney, Armin Shimerman, Alexander Siddig

Release Date January 3, 1993

Network CBS

Streaming Service(s) Paramount+

Showrunner Ira Steven Behr, Michael Piller

“I must have been on their radar”: Why The Walking Dead Star Andrew Lincoln Nearly Refused $650,000 Per Episode Salary

Andrew Lincoln almost didn't audition for Rick Grimes!

• Andrew Lincoln played the main protagonist of The Walking Dead, Rick Grimes.
• He was paid almost $660,000 per episode before he left the show after the eighth season.
• Lincoln once shared how he auditioned and got the lead role in the AMC horror drama.

English actor Andrew Lincoln came into prominence with shows like This Life and Teachers , before becoming popular because of his role in the Christmas rom-com, Love Actually (2003). He played the role of a man in love with his best friend’s wife, opposite Kiera Knightley, and his confession was one for the books. That day, we all fell in love with Mark, and in extension, Andrew Lincoln.

But after making his Mark with the rom-com, Lincoln took a drastic turn, when he landed the AMC show, The Walking Dead . Playing the lead role of Rick Grimes, the actor became a household name, as he walked through a zombie-infested post-apocalyptic world with a g*n slung on his shoulder.

How Andrew Lincoln Got The Part of Rick Grimes

The protagonist of The Walking Dead series, Rick Grimes is a man who leads. After waking from a coma, and finding the world is overrun by zombies, he quickly adapts to his surroundings and soon becomes someone who others look up to.

Andrew Lincoln had flew in from London to audition for the role after he got the script for the show. Jon Bernthal, who has already been cast as Shane – Rick’s former police partner and best friend, did a scene with his during the audition.

During the audition, Lincoln kept hearing a noise, and thought it was a car engine. Turned out, it was Bernthal’s dog, that ended up sleeping in a car while the two were auditioning. Lincoln thought he wouldn’t get the part after that, saying:

“I thought, ‘I’m never going to get this job.'”

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But as luck would have it, soon after he landed in England after the audition, he for the call saying he had the part. After staring with approximately $92,000 per episode, Lincoln would go on to earn $650,000 per episode in the later seasons (via The Things ), becoming one of the highest-paid actors on television at the time.

Andrew Lincoln Almost Didn’t Audition for The Walking Dead

Andrew Lincoln had a movie streamlined when AMC was looking at possible candidate to join The Walking Dead cast. But his daughter was born right when the movie was about to go into production, and the actor decided to let the project go in favor of being with his family. Soon after, the script for TWD landed on his lap, and seeing Frank Darabont’s name in the pages as the developer of the show, Lincoln decided to give it a try.

Not Content with the Call of Duty Crossover, The Walking Dead Looked to Go All Assassin’s Creed in the First Episode of Rick Grimes Centric The Ones Who Live

He told The Hollywood Reporter :

“They’d been trying to find Rick for a long time and I was just about to film a movie in England but had to pull out because my son was born a bit early and when my daughter was born, I made a vow not to do that ever again.”

He further added:

“Then I had to fly out to L.A. for a screen test for The Walking Dead. I got a friend to replace me in this movie and the next day, this script came through from AMC. I must have been on their radar with Frank and he wanted me to test. It was incredible.”

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Andrew Lincoln remained the main protagonist of the show until season 8, after which Norman Reedus’ Daryl Dixon took over. The Walking Dead is available for streaming on Netflix.

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Star trek: discovery's mirror universe enterprise was cool, but also missed 3 opportunities.

The appearance of the ISS Enterprise was a nice surprise, but Star Trek: Discovery could have done more with the Mirror Universe ship.

Warning: SPOILERS for Star Trek: Discovery Season 5, Episode 5 - "Mirrors"

• It was a missed opportunity for Mirror Universe legacy characters like Spock or Kirk to make an appearance in Star Trek: Discovery season 5, episode 5.
• Burnham's reflection on the ISS Enterprise could have tied back to her time in the Mirror Universe with Georgiou.
• The story of ISS Enterprise's escape from the Mirror Universe teases a powerful rebellion and hope narrative.

Star Trek: Discovery brought back the ISS Enterprise that was introduced in the classic Star Trek: The Original Series episode, "Mirror, Mirror," but the show could've done so much more with the Mirror Universe version of Star Trek's most iconic ship. In its fifth and final season, Star Trek: Discovery has sent its characters on an intergalactic treasure hunt centuries in the making. In their search for the powerful technology of the Progenitors, Captain Michael Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green) and her crew have already faced numerous trials, and their most recent clue took them to a relic from the 23rd century.

In Star Trek: Discovery season 5, episode 5 , "Mirrors," written by Johanna Lee and Carlos Cisco and directed by Jen McGowan, Captain Burnham and Cleveland Booker (David Ajala) must enter interdimensional space in search of the next clue on their quest to find the Progenitors' technology. After Burnham and Booker make it into the wormhole, they find the heavily damaged, but still intact ISS Enterprise. As they search the ship, they discover that refugees used the Enterprise to escape from the brutal Mirror Universe in search of a better life. While it was certainly fascinating to learn more about the ISS Enterprise and its journey, the appearance of the centuries-old ship could have had more of an impact.

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The iss enterprise provided the perfect excuse for a strange new worlds cameo, michael could've found a recording from mirror universe spock or kirk..

As Captain Burnham and Cleveland Booker explore the bridge of the ISS Enterprise, Michael gets emotional looking at what would have been her brother, Spock's (Ethan Peck), terminal. While this is a nice moment, it would have been a great opportunity to include a recorded message from Mirror Universe Spock or someone else who was on board the ship. Not only would it have been fun to see Ethan Peck with Mirror Spock's goatee, but it could have been a nice moment for Michael to see an alternate version of her brother.

It's a missed opportunity that no Star Trek legacy characters made an appearance in "Mirrors."

Whether due to budget constraints or scheduling conflicts, it's a shame that Star Trek: Discovery did not get Ethan Peck or Paul Wesley, who plays Lt. James T. Kirk on Star Trek: Strange New Worlds , to make a quick cameo. Seeing the Mirror Universe Captain Kirk would have been a nice way to shout out Star Trek: The Original Series , while also connecting Discovery to Strange New Worlds . Star Trek: Discovery has shown recordings of legacy characters before, such using old footage of Leonard Nimoy's Spock in the Discovery season 3 episode "Unification III", and it's a missed opportunity that no Star Trek legacy characters made an appearance in "Mirrors."

The ISS Enterprise Should've Reminded Burnham Of Her Time In The Mirror Universe With Georgiou

Didn't all of the mirror universe iconography remind burnham of her experiences there.

While Captain Burnham did have a moment of reflection regarding Spock, she never mentioned the time she spent in the Mirror Universe or her connection with Emperor Philippa Georgiou (Michelle Yeoh) . The Mirror Universe played a major role in Star Trek: Discovery season 1, and Burnham spent a fair amount of time there. Michael also grew close to Georgiou after she traveled back with the USS Discovery to Star Trek 's Prime Universe. It stands to reason that Michael would likely have been reminded of her time in the Mirror Universe as she was exploring the ISS Enterprise.

Two of Star Trek's best modern villains, Emperor Georgiou and Captain Gabriel Lorca (Jason Isaacs), came from the Mirror Universe. Michelle Yeoh will reprise the role of Georgiou in the upcoming Star Trek: Section 31.

Star Trek: Discovery season 5, episode 4 , "Face the Strange" revisited several moments from Captain Burnham's past, but didn't touch on the Mirror Universe. Allowing Michael to have a moment of remembrance on the ISS Enterprise would have been a nice connection to season 1 and another way to show how far Burnham has come. Whether or not Burnham has spoken with Book about her experiences in the Mirror Universe, she could have shared a memory of her time with Georgiou. Discovery season 5 already has a lot going on, but they missed out on what could have been a nice moment of reflection for Captain Burnham.

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Star trek should tell the story of the iss enterprise's escape from the mirror universe, discovery teases what could be a powerful story of rebellion and hope..

One of the most interesting aspects of the ISS Enterprise is the story of how the ship ended up in interdimensional space in the first place. After Captain James T. Kirk (William Shatner) visited the Mirror Universe in Star Trek: The Original Series, he inspired Spock to initiate a series of reforms to prevent the Terran Empire from falling. Unfortunately, the Empire fell anyway, but some people took Spock's ideas to heart and rebelled against the new regime. After "a Kelpian slave turned rebel leader" — aka Mirror Universe Saru (Doug Jones) — told others about the Prime Universe, they began searching for a way to get there.

Star Trek: Discovery could have done more with the ISS Enterprise, but at least they turned the former warship into a symbol of hope.

The ISS Enterprise became a lifeboat, as Saru helped refugees steal the ship and take it to the Prime Universe. Book reads their story from a plaque on the wall, but it sounds like a tale that deserves more than a few sentences of dialogue. The story of a group of rebels who steal the Enterprise, ride it into another universe, and then have to adapt to an entirely different way of life would make a great movie or mini-series. Star Trek: Discovery could have done more with the ISS Enterprise, but at least they turned the former warship into a symbol of hope.

New episodes of Star Trek: Discovery stream Thursdays on Paramount+.

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Andrew J. Robinson

• View history
• 2.3.1 As Garak
• 2.5 Directing
• 2.6 Writing
• 3.1 TV guest appearances
• 3.2 TV movies
• 4 Appearances
• 5 Directorial credits
• 6 Writing credits
• 7 Star Trek interviews
• 8 External links

Personal [ ]

Andrew Robinson was born in New York City in 1942, during the Second World War. His father, who was an Ivy league educated university graduate, had enlisted in the U.S. Army as a paratrooper and was killed in late 1944/early 1945 during the Battle of the Bulge.

Robinson's mother subsequently suffered a nervous breakdown which devolved into alcoholism. Robinson, an only child, along with his mother then moved in with his grandfather who was a career tool and die maker. Robinson was involved in juvenile delinquency in his youth, including an incident where he attempted to steal a car, leading to a sympathetic judge and social worker sending him to a religious preparatory school, rather than juvenile hall. He eventually graduated and attended college in New Hampshire, before dropping out after becoming involved in anti-Vietnam protests on campus. Robinson would later state that his opposition to the Vietnam War was as a direct result of what he saw as the senseless and unnecessary death of his father during World War II. (Shuttlepod Episode 202: "Especially the Lies" with Andrew Robinson)

Robinson then re-enrolled in college and graduated from The New School for Social Research with a BA in English. After graduation, however, he turned his focus to theater and drama, having spent a year performing at the London Academy for Music and Dramatic Arts in England following award of a Fulbright Scholarship. He performed in theater throughout the 1960s and began acting in television in the latter part of the decade.

Robinson married his wife, Irene, in 1970. Their daughter, Rachel Robinson , appeared (as Melanie , an aspiring writer) in " The Visitor ", an episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine , and was also a leading candidate for the role of Ezri Dax on DS9. Andrew also directed his daughter in an episode of Judging Amy called "The Long Run" – the last episode he directed.

Robinson made his feature film debut playing the psychotic serial killer in the 1971 action film Dirty Harry . Robinson's portrayal of the chilling "Scorpio Killer" led to him receiving serious death threats via telephone after the film's release. The film also featured fellow Trek alumni Vince Deadrick , Chuck Hicks , and Angela Paton . Robinson went on to have a two-year stint as "Senator Frank Ryan" on television soap opera Ryan's Hope from 1976 through 1978, which earned him a Daytime Emmy Award nomination. Star Trek: Voyager actress Kate Mulgrew was also a regular on this series at the time, as was Catherine Hicks . ( Star Trek: Insurrection actor Daniel Hugh Kelly took over Robinson's role in 1978; Robinson himself was the second actor to play the role.)

Robinson's other film credits during the 1970s include supporting roles in the 1973 thriller Charley Varrick , co-starring TOS and DS9 guest star William Schallert , and the 1975 thriller The Drowning Pool , with DS9 guest actress Gail Strickland and TOS guest actor Richard Derr . Note that this latter movie should not be confused with 1988's The Dead Pool , a sequel to Robinson's Dirty Harry .

In the early 1970s, Robinson was seen in two made-for-TV movies co-starring future Deep Space Nine castmembers. The first was 1973's Incident at Vichy , which starred DS9's René Auberjonois as well as Lee Bergere , Ed Bakey , Joseph Hindy , and Harris Yulin . The second was House of Evil the following year, which co-starred Salome Jens . Robinson later co-starred with Jens in the 1979 mini-series From Here to Eternity , which also featured David Spielberg , and John Crawford . Another mini-series Robinson appeared in was 1976's Once an Eagle , co-starring the likes of Geoffrey Binney , Darleen Carr , James Cromwell , David Huddleston , John Anderson , George Murdock , Cliff Potts , William Windom , and Anthony Zerbe .

Robinson also appeared on numerous TV programs throughout the 70s, including Bonanza (with Roy Jenson and Jay D. Jones ), Kung Fu (with John Anderson , Eric Server , and Keye Luke ), The Rookies (two episodes, including one with Gerrit Graham and another directed by Ralph Senensky ), Kojak (two episodes; one in 1975 with Richard Carlyle , another in 1978 with Tige Andrews and Antoinette Bower ), S.W.A.T. (with Bert Remsen ), The Streets of San Francisco (two episodes, one in 1975 with Allan Miller and Fritz Weaver and another in 1977 with Richard Herd ; both starred Darleen Carr), Kolchak: The Night Stalker (with Paul Baxley , Kathie Browne , John Hoyt , and John Fiedler ), Barnaby Jones (with Lee Meriwether , Laurence Luckinbill , Ken Lynch , and Kenneth Tobey ), and The Incredible Hulk . In 1979, he was seen in an episode CHiPs , a series starring his future DS9 co-star Michael Dorn and Voyager and Star Trek: Enterprise guest actor Robert Pine . He was also seen on Kate Mulgrew's Mrs. Columbo that same year.

In 1978, Robinson auditioned for the role of Commander Will Decker in Star Trek: The Motion Picture , but the part was given to Stephen Collins instead. ( The Making of Star Trek: The Motion Picture , p. 104)

During the 1980s, he was seen on such TV shows as Vega$ (two episodes with Byron Morrow ), The Dukes of Hazzard , Hart to Hart (two episodes, including one with Gary Lockwood ), Falcon Crest (starring Robert Foxworth and also featuring Biff Elliot ), one episode of The Greatest American Hero and two episodes of The A-Team in 1983. The latter series starred Star Trek: The Next Generation 's Dwight Schultz along with Lance LeGault , William Lucking , and Melinda Culea , while one of the episodes also featured Scott Lincoln , and another Marc Alaimo . Robinson also appeared twice in the 1980s remake of The Twilight Zone TV series. The first time, he played John F. Kennedy and co-starred with Mark L. Taylor , David Sage , Jerry Hardin , and Louis Giambalvo .

Robinson also took part in the short-lived NBC anthology series This Is the Life in 1983. Other Star Trek alumni to participate in this series include Jonathan Frakes , Richard Carlyle, Kim Darby , Henry Darrow , Nehemiah Persoff , Brock Peters , and Joan Pringle .

In 1987, Robinson starred as Larry Cotton in Clive Barker's popular horror movie Hellraiser . That same year, he and his future Deep Space Nine co-star Armin Shimerman appeared in The Verne Miller Story . Other films he appeared in during this decade include 1985's Mask (with Lawrence Monoson and Wayne Grace ), 1986's Cobra (with Brian Thompson , Roger Aaron Brown , Laura Drake , Leslie Morris , and Kurt V. Hulett ), and 1988's Shoot to Kill (with Kirstie Alley and Clancy Brown ).

Robinson also appeared in the 1985 mini-series The Atlanta Child Murders along with Tige Andrews, Gary Graham , Percy Rodriguez , and Noble Willingham . He also co-starred with John Savage and Meg Foster in the TV movie Desperate and with Richard Libertini in The Trial of Berhard Goetz , also made for television in 1988. That same year, Robinson gave an acclaimed performance in the title role of the television biopic Liberace ; John Rubinstein co-starred in this movie.

Andrew Robinson interviewed during the run of Deep Space Nine

In the early 1990s, prior to assuming the role of Garak, Robinson was seen on such shows as Matlock , L.A. Law (starring Corbin Bernsen and Larry Drake ), and Law & Order (in an episode with Keith Szarabajka ). He also appeared with Casey Biggs and Robert Hooks in the 1990 TV movie Appearances and starred in the 1991 horror movie sequel Child's Play 3 along with Brad Dourif , Dakin Matthews , and Ron Fassler .

While Deep Space Nine was in production, Robinson continued to take on guest roles on such series as Murder, She Wrote (two episodes, one with Fionnula Flanagan , Dakin Matthews, and Mark Rolston , and another with David Ogden Stiers ; both featured William Windom), M.A.N.T.I.S. (with Gary Graham and Robert Hooks), Wings (starring Steven Weber , in an episode also guest-starring Danny Goldring and Tucker Smallwood ), Nothing Sacred (with Rosemary Forsyth , Javier Grajeda , and Leonard Kelly-Young ), The Pretender (with Leigh Taylor-Young ), and The X-Files (with Melinda Culea). In 1999, following the end of Deep Space Nine , Robinson appeared in an episode of JAG entitled "Rogue" playing the role of Admiral Thomas Kly. He reprised the role in 2004, by which time Scott Lawrence was a regular, in an episode called "Whole New Ball Game", which also guest-starred David Andrews , Ed Lauter , and Dean Stockwell .

In 1994, Robinson starred in the horror movie Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings . He also appeared in another horror movie, The Puppet Masters , that same year. This latter film also included Julie Warner , Sam Anderson , J. Patrick McCormack , Nicholas Cascone , William Wellman Jr. , Michael Shamus Wiles , and Todd Bryant . And in 1998, Robinson co-starred with Voyager actor Robert Picardo as well as Michael McKean , Ann Gillespie , and Spice Williams in Les Landau 's independent feature Archibald the Rainbow Painter .

As Garak [ ]

When Robinson first came to the staff of Deep Space Nine , he had actually auditioned for the part of Odo . However, he was ultimately chosen for the recurring role of Garak instead, making his debut in the show's third episode, " Past Prologue ".

Robinson had actively worked with writers in developing Garak's character. Like his fictional counterpart, Robinson suffers from claustrophobia , which made wearing the Cardassian makeup unsettling at first. Another similarity with his character involves his passion for gardening; Robinson is an avid gardener, and Garak mentioned he had posed as a gardener. Robinson's contributions ultimately inspired him to write Garak's "memoirs" entitled A Stitch in Time .

Robinson had such a close relationship with some of his fellow castmates that he became the godfather of Nana Visitor and Alexander Siddig 's son, Django El Tahir El Siddig.

In 2000, he and Michael Dorn guest-starred in an episode of Martial Law entitled "No Quarter". That same year, Robinson appeared on Profiler with Gregory Itzin . He also appeared on two episodes of Presidio Med in 2002: one with his fellow DS9 co-star Chase Masterson and another with Mark Moses . Both featured John Rubinstein . And in 2004, he co-starred with Star Trek: The Original Series star William Shatner – as well as Loren Lester and Bill Smitrovich – in one of the final episodes of The Practice entitled "The Firm".

Directing [ ]

Robinson directing Alexander Enberg on the set of " Blood Fever "

In the early 1990s, Robinson co-founded The Matrix Theatre Company. In addition to acting in several of the company's productions, he also directed such productions as "Endgame" (1995) and "The Homecoming" (1996). These productions not only earned Robinson much acclaim, but two awards from the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle as well. This enabled him make his television directorial debut with the Deep Space Nine episode " Looking for par'Mach in All the Wrong Places ".

Following this, Robinson directed two episodes of Star Trek: Voyager as well as multiple episodes of the drama series Judging Amy . Among those Star Trek actors he directed on Judging Amy were Barbara Babcock , Bob Gunton , Jack Gwaltney , Chris Sarandon , and Michael Welch .

Along with Lawrence Dobkin , Richard Compton , Rainn Wilson , Lea Thompson , and Leslie Hope , Robinson is one of the six Star Trek non-regulars to both appear in and direct an episode of Star Trek .

Writing [ ]

In 2000, Robinson wrote the novel A Stitch in Time , which gave an account of Garak's past. It was his great love of the character which persuaded him to write the novel. Robinson later wrote "The Calling" story of the Prophecy and Change anthology. He and Alexander Siddig also wrote "The Dream Box", a stage play which they perform at conventions.

Regarding his writing, Robinson was interviewed by Jeff Ayers for the Voyages of Imagination book.

In 2015, Robinson published a memoir titled Stepping into the Light: Sources of an Actor's Craft . It covers his life and career from childhood to the mid-1980s.

Other Trek connections [ ]

Additional film and television projects in which Robinson appeared with other Star Trek performers include:

TV guest appearances [ ]

• Marcus Welby, M.D. episode "Each Day a Miracle" (1974) with Byron Morrow
• Ironside episode "Come Eleven, Come Twelve" (1974) with Paul Comi , Paul Kent , Ken Lynch, Michael Strong , Bill Zuckert , Gene Lyons , and Joan Pringle
• Harry O episode "Reflections" (1975) with Henry Darrow, Kermit Murdock , Claudette Nevins , and Anthony Zerbe
• The Amazing Spider-Man episode "The Con Caper" (1978) with Michael Pataki and William Smithers
• The Practice episode "The Firm" (2004) with William Shatner and Bill Smitrovich
• Without A Trace episode "Upstairs, Downstairs" (2004) with Enrique Murciano

TV movies [ ]

• The Family Kovack (1974) with Peter Brocco and James Sloyan , directed by Ralph Senensky , written by Adrian Spies
• Big Bend Country (1981) with Anne Haney , directed by Ralph Senensky
• The Lady Forgets (1989) with Mark Rolston
• Rock Hudson (1990) with Joycelyn O'Brien , Daphne Ashbrook , Michael Ensign , Francis Guinan , and Lawrence Dobkin
• Fatal Charm (1990) with Robert Walker
• Criminal Behavior (1992) with Dakin Matthews, Cliff DeYoung , and Angela Paton
• Telling Secrets (1993) with Christopher McDonald and Anne Haney
• Homeland Security (2004) with Glenn Morshower , Leland Orser , and Tracy Scoggins
• Trancers III (1992, direct-to-video) with Tim Thomerson , Melanie Smith and Stephen Macht
• There Goes My Baby (1994) with Seymour Cassel
• Running Woman (1998) with Gary Graham
• The Making of Daniel Boone (2003) with Clancy Brown

Appearances [ ]

• " Past Prologue " (Season One)
• " Cardassians " (Season Two)
• " Profit and Loss "
• " The Wire "
• " Crossover " (as mirror Garak)
• " The Search, Part II " (Season Three) (as an illusion of Garak)
• " Second Skin "
• " Civil Defense "
• " Distant Voices " (also an an illusion of Garak)
• " Through the Looking Glass " (as mirror Garak)
• " Improbable Cause "
• " The Die is Cast "
• " The Way of the Warrior " (Season Four)
• " Our Man Bashir "
• " Shattered Mirror " (as mirror Garak)
• " For the Cause "
• " Body Parts "
• " Broken Link "
• " Things Past " (Season Five)
• " In Purgatory's Shadow "
• " By Inferno's Light "
• " Empok Nor "
• " Call to Arms "
• " A Time to Stand " (Season Six)
• " Rocks and Shoals "
• " Favor the Bold "
• " Sacrifice of Angels "
• " In the Pale Moonlight "
• " Tears of the Prophets "
• " Afterimage " (Season Seven)
• " The Emperor's New Cloak " (as mirror Garak)
• " Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges "
• " When It Rains... "
• " Tacking Into the Wind "
• " Extreme Measures "
• " The Dogs of War "
• " What You Leave Behind "

Directorial credits [ ]

• " Looking for par'Mach in All the Wrong Places "
• " Blood Fever "
• " Unforgettable "

Writing credits [ ]

• Pocket DS9 A Stitch in Time
• "The Calling"

Star Trek interviews [ ]

• TNG Season 7 DVD special feature " Star Trek: Deep Space Nine DVD Preview"

External links [ ]

• Andrew Robinson (actor) at Wikipedia
• Andrew J. Robinson at the Internet Movie Database
• Andrew J. Robinson at SF-Encyclopedia.com
• Andrew J. Robinson at Memory Beta , the wiki for licensed Star Trek works
• Andrew Robinson  at Facebook
• Andrew Robinson at StarTrek.com
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Prep Begins For ‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ Season 3 Finale; Cast And Directors Share BTS Images

| April 25, 2024 | By: Anthony Pascale 15 comments so far

Work on the third season of  Star Trek: Strange New Worlds  continues to move swiftly in Toronto and looks to be set to wrap up next month. We have some fun bits from the set shared by the cast and a couple of directors, as well as some details on the production.

2 more episodes to go

First up, a selfie from director Jordan Canning, who previously directed the season 2 episode “Charades.” The image posted earlier this week shows the director with Ethan Peck and Rebecca Romijn and has the message, “Always happy to be the redshirt between these two.”

  View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Jordan Canning (@jjhcanning)

TrekMovie has confirmed that Canning directed episode 8, which has wrapped. Filming for episode 9 has already begun, with Andrew Coutts directing. This will be the directorial debut for Coutts, a co-producer and editor on the show. The 10th and final episode of the season will be directed by Maja Vrvilo, a Paramount+ Trek veteran who has directed episodes of Discovery , Picard , and Strange New Worlds . Earlier this week, she posted an image of her office door, indicated prep work for her episode had already begun.

  View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Maja Vrvilo (@majavrvilo)

Anson has a challenge for cosplayers

There have also been a couple of fun recent social media updates from the cast. First up, Anson Mount posted on Twitter/X that season 3 will require cosplayers to bring their “A-game” as he shared some creative fan costumes.

I will say this about season 3 of #StarTrek #StrangeNewWorlds : Cos-players, you better be ready to bring your A-game. #Cosplay @StarTrek @StarTrekOnPPlus pic.twitter.com/mZ9gMmIhsL — Anson Mount 🖖 (@ansonmount) April 16, 2024

One new look for cosplayers to try is an armed Nurse Chapel, as seen in this short video from Jess Bush showing off her phaser holster.

  View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Jess Bush (@onejessa)

Finally, on the day of the big eclipse, some of the Strange New Worlds team took a moment to check it out. Bush shared an Instagram story with herself and co-star Melissa Navia rocking their eclipse glasses. (They had 90% totality in Toronto.)

Last week brought big news for Strange New Worlds: It’s been renewed for a fourth season. Paramount+ recently confirmed season 3 will debut in 2025.

Keep up with news about the  Star Trek Universe at TrekMovie.com .

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I LOVE holodeck dude in cosplay!

I’m curious how long their entire season shooting period actually is.

Usually 5 to 6 months. This one started just before Christmas.

I know I’ll end up watching it, but I’m just not excited for the next season. Season 2 was all over the place, in my opinion. For every episode like Those Old Scientists or Ad Astra Per Aspera, there was rubbish like The Broken Circle and Under the Cloak of War and Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow. I like the cast, but the quality isn’t there- and for all the talk of “big swings” and pushing the envelope- Season 2 was almost painfully generic.

Same here. I’ll be tuning in, but it’s not up there on my ‘must-see right away’ list. I feel like overall, the storytelling floundered during S2, legacy characters written badly, and a distinct corny popcorn feel to it. Both Spock and Pike were reduced to bumbling sidekicks. Hoping S3 has a bit more gravitas to it. Like you said, not the fault of the cast. All blame goes back to the writer’s room. I’m more than happy to consider this show as existing in its own separate timeline, as has been confirmed.

I still can’t get over how *boring* the finale was. It felt like it went on for hours and yet nothing actually happened besides a super-quick and appallingly shot fight in zero-g. Season Two really dropped the ball.

I agree. I don’t even remember what happened in the finale, except Pike at the end hesitating like a scared junior officer when the situation called for fast decisive action. As for the season in general, it feels empty, like nothing really happens in the episodes. I hate the way they turned Spock into a moron. There are better ways if the writers wanted to put some humor in… I’m sure the 12 year olds found it funny but adults are watching too…

They seem to be testing the water for the Academy show with teen romances also. Spock, Chapel / La’an, Kirk and Pike, Batel were all shallow romances and just really boring that took up way too much time in the season. They seriously need to get back to writing some good sci fi stories or this show will go down as one of the worse Star Trek series for me. It seems more of a comedy starship show than the Orville at times. And season 1 had so much promise as well.

The SNW writers room has a chalk board titled Gimmick Board only they misspelt it Big Swing Board. Hopefully they can’t destroy Spock’s character anymore as they have already scraped the bottom of the barrel with their writing of his character.

So relieved I’m not the only one who felt this way. I hear “game changer” and “big swing” and I think “great, they’re effing with my show again to bring in the non-Trek fans”!

Yes, to them “big swing” means having the characters do things completely out of character and turning Star Trek into a Broadway play. Sure the musical was original and unexpected, but really out of place, and I will never be able to get the K-Pop Klingons out of my head.

I didn’t mind the musical episode (probably because I love musicals!) but on the whole, the season felt soulless and devoid of anything interesting to say (outside of Ad Astra Per Aspera). It’s as though the entire season was written by committee and was deathly afraid of offending the fandom by doing anything even slightly controversial.

I’ve had this feeling since the first season. Anson Mount is a wonderful lead, but they’ve completed destroyed the character that we got to know in Season 2 of Discovery. And they need to do something with Spock besides him being a complete and utter pig to women.

I’m absolutely giddy for this next season. Season two was fantastic and I cannot wait for this next season.

I really wish studios would get it together. They used to be able to turn out twice the number of eps or sometimes more every year without year-long pauses between seasons.

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The 33-inch model surfaced on eBay after disappearing around 1979. An auction house is giving it to the son of Gene Roddenberry, the creator of “Star Trek.”

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The first model of the U.S.S. Enterprise, the starship that appeared in the opening credits of the original “Star Trek” television series , has been returned to Eugene Roddenberry Jr., the son of the creator of the series, decades after it went missing.

“After a long journey, she’s home,” Mr. Roddenberry wrote on social media on Thursday.

For die-hard Trekkies, the model’s disappearance had become the subject of folklore, so an eBay listing last fall, with a starting bid of $1,000, didn’t go unnoticed.

“Red alert,” someone in an online costume and prop-making forum wrote, linking to the listing.

Mr. Roddenberry’s father, Gene Roddenberry, created the television series, which first aired in 1966 and ran for three seasons. It spawned numerous spinoffs, several films and a franchise that has included conventions and legions of devoted fans with an avid interest in memorabilia.

The seller of the model was bombarded with inquiries and quickly took the listing down.

The seller contacted Heritage Auctions to authenticate it, the auction house’s executive vice president, Joe Maddalena, said on Saturday. As soon as the seller, who said he had found it in a storage unit, brought it to the auction house’s office in Beverly Hills, Calif., Mr. Maddalena said he knew it was real.

“That’s when I reached out to Rod to say, ‘We’ve got this. This is it,’” he said, adding that the model was being transferred to Mr. Roddenberry.

Mr. Roddenberry, who is known as Rod, said on Saturday that he would restore the model and seek to have it displayed in a museum or other institution. He said reclaiming the item had only piqued his interest in the circumstances about its disappearance.

“Whoever borrowed it or misplaced it or lost it, something happened somewhere,” he said. “Where’s it been?”

It was unclear how the model ended up in the storage unit and who had it before its discovery.

The original U.S.S. Enterprise, a 33-inch model, was mostly made of solid wood by Richard C. Datin, a model maker for the Howard Anderson Company, a special-effects company that created the opening credits for some of the 20th century’s biggest TV shows .

An enlarged 11-foot model was used in subsequent “Star Trek” television episodes, and is now part of the permanent collection of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum , where it was donated by Paramount Studios in 1974.

Mr. Roddenberry, who said he gave the seller a “reward” for its recovery but did not disclose the terms, assembled a group of “Star Trek” production veterans, model makers and restoration specialists in Beverly Hills to authenticate the find.

The group included a “Star Trek” art supervisor, Michael Okuda, and his wife, Denise, an artist on “Star Trek” television series and films, and Gary Kerr, a “Trek x-pert” who served as technical consultant for the Smithsonian during a 2016 restoration of the 11-foot model.

“We spent at least an hour photographing it, inspecting the paint, inspecting the dirt, looking under the base, the patina on the stem, the grain in the wood,” Mr. Roddenberry said.

“It was a unanimous ‘This is 100 percent the one,’” he said.

Gene Roddenberry, who died in 1991 , kept the original model, which appeared in the show’s opening credits and pilot episode, on his desk.

Mr. Kerr compared the model to 1960s photos he had of the model on Mr. Roddenberry’s desk.

“The wood grain matched exactly, so that was it,” he said on Saturday.

The model went missing after Mr. Roddenberry lent it to the makers of “Star Trek: The Motion Picture,” which was released in 1979, Mr. Maddalena said.

“This is a major discovery,” he said, likening the model to the ruby slippers from “The Wizard of Oz,” a prop that was stolen in 2005 and recovered by the F.B.I. in 2018, and that Heritage Auctions is selling.

While the slippers represent hope, he said, the starship Enterprise model “represents dreams.”

“It’s a portal to what could be,” he said.

Emily Schmall covers breaking news and feature stories and is based in Chicago. More about Emily Schmall

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On her deathbed, Kes relives her life, jumping backwards in spurts of time towards birth, gaining knowledge as to why as she goes. On her deathbed, Kes relives her life, jumping backwards in spurts of time towards birth, gaining knowledge as to why as she goes. On her deathbed, Kes relives her life, jumping backwards in spurts of time towards birth, gaining knowledge as to why as she goes.

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• Trivia First appearance of Kes's longer hair style instead of the very short hair style from seasons 1, 2, and part of 3. Jennifer Lien , the actress who played Kes, was apparently sensitive to the make-up and adhesive used to apply her Ocampa ears. With the longer hairstyle, it was no longer necessary to apply the Ocampa ears each time she was filmed.
• Goofs The Doctor says there are no other Ocampans on board to compare with, although there are two others, Kes's daughter Linnis and her grandson Andrew; however, the Doctor was referring to the symptoms of the morilogium - which only affects Ocampa in the final stage of their lives - he had no other Ocampa to compare them with. Since Linnis and Andrew haven't reached that stage yet, the Doctor's statement is quite correct. Furthermore, Linnis and Andrew are both only part Ocampan, so their genetic structure is likely to be different anyway.

Neelix : So, I'm going to become a security officer. How about that?

Lieutenant Tuvok : Fortunately, Mr. Neelix, what Kes has been describing is merely one possible future. On each occasion that she jumped to a previous time, her subsequent actions most likely altered the future from that moment on.

Neelix : Good point, Tuvok. Maybe I'll turn out to be Chief Security Officer.

• Connections Featured in Star Trek: Voyager: Year of Hell (1997)
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