From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos
From Address: macthevorlon@yahoo.com
Subject: Re: Star Trek: Am I the Only One?

Anim8rFSK wrote:
> In article ,
>  "Mac Breck"  wrote:
>
>> Anim8rFSK wrote:
>>> In article ,
>>>  Merrick Baldelli  wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Fri, 18 Dec 2009 22:41:27 -0700, Anim8rFSK 
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Well, yeah, Gates McMuffin isn't even an actress; that's why they
>>>>> fired her after the first season.
>>>>
>>>> Correction -- she was released so that she could pursue her
>>>> role on LA Law, which bombed and they allowed her to come back.  If
>>>> she were actually fired, I guarantee they wouldn't let her come
>>>> back for Season Three.
>>>
>>> Ooo, Merrikus, no moe posting before 6am!  'twas Pulaski that left
>>> and went to LA Law.  McMuffin's LA Law career encompassed exactly
>>> one episode
>>
>> So, Gates *was* on LA Law.
>
> Yes.  A one shot.  After she was back on TNG.
>>
>>
>>> as "non actress doing worst accent ever heard" a reprise of
>>> her literal walk on....
>>
>> Good grief, we get it!   YOU don't like her.  What part of  "If she
>> were actually fired, I guarantee they wouldn't let her come back for
>> Season Three." was wrong?  Hint: None of it.
>
> All of it; he had his actresses mixed up.

Then, why did they have Gates back?  Why was Diana Muldaur there and
gone?  Why didn't they have Muldaur back after her last LA Law episode
in March 1991?  Too much shuffling of Doctors?  Gates did 154 episodes
while Diana did only 22.  Personally, I was happy to see Dr. Pulaski
gone and Dr. Crusher back.



>> Gates did 154 eps. of TNG, so
>> obviously I wasn't the only one who liked her in the role.
>
> Let's face it, the TNG cast was hardly the best or brightest.

I thought Picard (Patrick Stewart) was fine, although he was often
written badly.  Seemed like they were always on the defense, and were
running and/or trying to talk their way out of a fight, and getting
their butts kicked.  One of the (briefly) refreshing things about
"Conundrum" (S5E14) was seeing them have a really decisive victory over
anybody.

Data (Brent Spiner) was one of my faves.  Never cared for Deanna Troi,
though I liked her mom, Lxaxana,  and what she put Picard through.  It
was fun seeing Picard squirm.  :-)  Riker was OK, but it seemed like he
always moved like he had a two by four glued to his spine.  Tasha Yar
(Denise Crosby) was awful, and I was glad to see her go.  I always liked
the Worf and Data inadvertant humor.  Wesley Crusher was sometimes
annoying, but nowhere near as annoying as the brats in DS9.

-- 
Mac Breck (KoshN)
-------------------------------
"Babylon 5: Crusade" (1999) - "War Zone"
Galen (to Gideon): "I've been penalized before for helping other
people.  I've been trying to decide whether or not I should risk it
again."


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