TMC
05-13-2019, 09:06 PM
Enterprise (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/These_Are_the_Voyages...) ends with a character being needlessly killed and pointlessly focusing on a TNG character rather than the actual crew.
Voyager (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endgame_(Star_Trek:_Voyager)) has a convoluted time travel plot basically existing as a plot device to get the crew home, nerf the Borg one last time, and emblematic of the series' wasted potential in not even showing the crew getting back to Earth.
TOS (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turnabout_Intruder) finishes out the series with most sexist episode in the show's run, Shatner chewing every bit of scenery he can, and a plot that leaves the villain unpunished because the episode concludes she was a hysterical woman that couldn't control herself. Not exactly the stuff of optimistic futures. To be fair to TOS, this was long before Trek became a major franchise, so expecting a proper conclusion episode would have been wrong at the time.
DS9 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_You_Leave_Behind) for the most part is fairly satisfying, tying up most of the loose ends and putting the characters in good places for their conclusion... all while having to close out the silly Dukat Pah'Wraiths arc which was already long in the tooth. The darkest and most multi-layered Trek series to date ends with an over the top supernatural fight like something out a cheap Indiana Jones knockoff.
"All Good Things" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Good_Things..._(Star_Trek:_The_Next_Generation)) meanwhile, encapsulated the development of the characters, humanity's progression, and the eventual grudging respect between Q and Picard.
Voyager (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endgame_(Star_Trek:_Voyager)) has a convoluted time travel plot basically existing as a plot device to get the crew home, nerf the Borg one last time, and emblematic of the series' wasted potential in not even showing the crew getting back to Earth.
TOS (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turnabout_Intruder) finishes out the series with most sexist episode in the show's run, Shatner chewing every bit of scenery he can, and a plot that leaves the villain unpunished because the episode concludes she was a hysterical woman that couldn't control herself. Not exactly the stuff of optimistic futures. To be fair to TOS, this was long before Trek became a major franchise, so expecting a proper conclusion episode would have been wrong at the time.
DS9 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_You_Leave_Behind) for the most part is fairly satisfying, tying up most of the loose ends and putting the characters in good places for their conclusion... all while having to close out the silly Dukat Pah'Wraiths arc which was already long in the tooth. The darkest and most multi-layered Trek series to date ends with an over the top supernatural fight like something out a cheap Indiana Jones knockoff.
"All Good Things" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Good_Things..._(Star_Trek:_The_Next_Generation)) meanwhile, encapsulated the development of the characters, humanity's progression, and the eventual grudging respect between Q and Picard.