Yesterday's Enterprise

Ken- What are you talking about- We don’t know if sending back the E-C will work and prevent the horrible history from happening. Of course we do. We have a transcript of history that clearly states that the sacrifice of the C plays a pivotal role in normalizing Federation and Klingon relations. Just by being there it accomplishes that. Sooo- even if it’s not a for sure thing- it’s 99.8.9999% it will. And as for this timeline exist and that one does and all do. While I happen to agree with the divergent universe theory it’s not clear that this story isn’t presenting anything but a linear path. I think his point is that it is very hard to divorce oneself from their known reality and history. If it were not for Guinan, would they have figured it out? Maybe Data? Time travel really is a bag of headaches with puzzles and cats…lol. Exactly, deaddropsd – in the context of the story, this crew of the Enterprise D doesn’t actually “know” any of that alternate history (the “correct” history from our POV). Nice job, guys. Naturally I love the episode. I didn’t see the trailer for this episode before it aired, so it all hit us completely unprepared. I don’t know how you could possibly advertise this ep. 1) What would Picard have done if the Federation had been winning the war? I never thought about this before, but it weakens the episode a little bit. He only sends the C back because otherwise they’re doomed. 2) You guys (and Rod) have been saying for several years now that you didn’t think City on the Edge of Forever was really a good “Star Trek” episode because it didn’t have a Star Trek message. But what about Yesterday’s Enterprise? Is that in the same bucket? Thanks, Tallguy. 1) Yeah… kind of puts a new perspective on things, right? Picard could have been condemning everyone to a much worse timeline. 2) Really good question. They kind of are in the same bucket on that level, right? Still, COTEOF feels more like a romantic character piece while YE feels more like “what is Starfleet supposed to be”? Might be a minor difference since the two episodes share some DNA. I think this one holds a special place in most Trek fans hearts…other than Kirk’s 1701-A, it was hard to imagine other Enterprises…what did they do? Who were their captain’s? Nice way to fill in some of the gaps. These were things I noticed years ago and it was funny to see them after so many years…1. Crusher’s double tap of her comm badge. 2. How Castillo is chasing Yar, IMMEDIATELY! Lol. 3. what does TKL stand for? 4. Riker’s death littered w rocks? dirt? lol, random debris. 5. I thought all engineering was gonna explode when Geordi is facing us and the screen goes white w sparks. 6. The infamous Geordi cuff blooper!! 7. Did Castillo look like Kirk when beaming off!?!? Man, Denise Crosby..what a poor career choice. Such arrogance! oh well, bummer..Has anyone seen the fan/pro mini film by Star Trek/BSG alums “Battle of Axanar”? it’s great!!! Amazing insight into Klingon Federation hostilities…. I always like how Picard says basically “under no circumstances are we to tell these people when or where they are” and 33 seconds later, Crusher says “We need to get these people back to the ENTERPRISE.” then Garret is “wait… what?” Ken and John ask if the opening scene fits… and while it might not be a “Shakespeare in the Holodeck informs the rest of the episode” sort of scene… to me from a storytelling standpoint it has to be there. For the non hardcore viewer, they have to establish Guinan early. They also have to establish Worf, because he’s going to be notably missing for most of the episode, and Klingons are suddenly going to be the bad guys. We’ve got to see the good Klingon before things go south. I like this episode, but the setup is problematic in that it couldn’t happen: Enterprise-C’s jaunt through time wasn’t the result of interference from an outside source (such as a time traveller from the future) but a result of the normal flow of actions at the time; spe