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Michele Scarabelli

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Michele Scarabelli is the actress who portrayed Lieutenant junior grade Jenna D’Sora in the Star Trek: The Next Generation fourth season episode “In Theory” in 1991.

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Recap / Star Trek: The Next Generation S4E25 "In Theory"

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Original air date: June 3, 1991

The Enterprise is about to enter a "dark nebula," so Data is working with security officer Jenna D'Sora to modify a photon torpedo into a probe to study the nebula. Jenna has just broken up with her boyfriend, and Data lends an ear to her troubles. Jenna finds Data's attentiveness to her drama as sweet. After the pair perform as part of a musical performance, Data provides further support to her insecurities and have what is effectively a double date with O'Brien and Keiko. It becomes clear that Jenna has developed a crush on Data.

Although Data lacks emotions and is therefore incapable of love, he would like to pursue a romantic relationship to explore that aspect of humanity. He seeks advice from all the major crewmembers aboard the ship. Worf warns Data to treat Jenna right. Troi cautions Data that his experiment could hurt Jenna. Riker tells Data to go for it. Picard refuses to comment. Data ultimately decides to do it. He invites Jenna to his quarters and tells her that he has devoted a considerable amount of his processing power to writing a romantic program for her. She is flattered and yields to his passionless, robotic advances.

Meanwhile, something strange has been happening on the ship. Things are turning up missing, temporarily disappearing or getting broken with no explanation. Picard jokes that the ship might have a poltergeist and advises cautious observation before putting the whole ship on high alert. When they arrive at their destination in the nebula, they discover that the M-class planet they expected is nowhere to be found.

Data continues his relationship with Jenna. She frequently has to correct his behavior when he's Innocently Insensitive , such as when she arrives at his quarters with a gift and he continues painting rather than give her his full attention. It becomes more and more clear that a romantic relationship with an android who feels no romance is untenable. Data suddenly begins yelling at Jenna during one disagreement. When she questions why he's behaving this way, he drops his act and calmly states that his studies indicate that a "lover's quarrel" brings people together. Jenna is left very unsure of this whole dating-an-android thing.

But more important things are happening around the ship. The disturbances are increasing in frequency and severity. A security officer winds up dead after she phases partially through the floor. Data concludes that dark matter from the nebula is warping space, putting the whole ship at risk. Further, the Galaxy -class starship is too large to safely maneuver through the pockets of dark matter without hitting them. Worf suggests using a more maneuverable shuttlecraft to chart a course, and Picard volunteers. He zigs and zags through a dark matter slalom course, leading the ship to safety just before his craft is critically damaged. O'Brien manages to beam him out just before the craft explodes. The ship is saved.

Tropes in this episode include:

• Call-Back : In his quarters, Data still has Tableau 1 , by Piet Mondrian, which he showed to Lal in "The Offspring."
• Casual Danger Dialogue : "Now would be a good time, Mr. O'Brien..."
• The Comically Serious : Jenna mistakes Data's blunt observations for dry wit.
• Cruel and Unusual Death : At one point, the nebula causes the floor to go out from under one crewmember, then resolidify right through her midsection .
• Did Not Get the Girl : Data and Jenna discontinue their relations at the episode's end, when Jenna realizes that Data doesn't feel anything from their relationship—she can't make him happy (or sad, or anything).
• Double Date : Jenna treats her drinks with Data, O'Brien and Keiko this way. After Keiko tells a funny story about O'Brien, Jenna immediately tries to tell a funny story about Data.
• Fake Relationship : Data is only able to imitate a romantic relationship, and badly at that.
• If You Ever Do Anything to Hurt Her... : Worf says that, as Jenna is under his command, he will be very angry if Data ever does anything to hurt her while dating her.
• Innocently Insensitive : Jenna quickly learns that Data isn't good at pretending to have emotions, so it's easy to pick up on the fact that he doesn't actually care about her.
• The Main Characters Do Everything : Even though Riker is the Ace Pilot and volunteers to man the shuttlecraft, Picard insists on doing it himself. He doesn't even give a justification for it, saying only, "I must do this."
• Mood Whiplash : Mostly a fluffy piece exploring Data's romantic life, right up until a crewwoman gets cut in half.
• On the Rebound : Jenna is so desperate after her breakup that she dates an emotionless android.
• Our Dark Matter Is Mysterious : The episode features the Enterprise exploring a dark matter nebula which causes bits of the ship to randomly vanish. This causes activity from Spot (Data's cat) exiting Data's room without using the doors to a crew member falling through the floor after it vanishes and then getting killed when it comes back.
• Remember the New Guy? : Despite us never seeing Jenna before, she clearly has spent enough time with Data to consider him a friend and feel comfortable telling him about her personal life. We won't see her again, either.
• Romantic Candlelit Dinner : Data prepares one for Jenna and himself in the final act. He's so clueless that he expects they'll continue with dinner after she dumps him.
• Red Shirt : A random security officer dies when she phases through the floor. No one seems particularly broken up about it.
• Replacement Goldfish : Jenna ultimately admits that Data was just a substitute for her emotionally distant ex-boyfriend, whom she still pines after.
• Stock Footage : The nebula is obviously a re-colored version of the Mutara Nebula from Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan .
• Take That, Audience! : According to Word of God , Jenna D'Sora was inspired by the female fans of TOS that expressed romantic feelings for Spock. This episode was written to explore what would happen if such a woman got her wish and found herself in a relationship with a man with no emotions.
• Two Lines, No Waiting : The B-story of the Enterprise experiencing anomalies while exploring a nebula is entirely disjoint from the main plot, and was written just to add some action to the episode.
• Telefrag : A crew member is lost when part of the hallway she is walking down briefly disappears during one of the anomalies and reappears as she is halfway through it, resulting in this happening to her.
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I really enjoyed this one. It was so clever and on the nose. What would happen if a crew member decided to romantically pursue Data? Yes, exactly this. And Brent Spiner's performance was adorable. I think my favorite part was the string of scenes asking advice of every single one of his friends. It was so like Data. The woman in the floor thing shocked me the first time I saw it. Ick.

Excellent review, Mallena. And I am still creeped out by the woman in the floor - a visual that is shocking without being gory - almost out-of-place in this episode, which is rather sweet.

Greetings!! First time commenter here, although I've been lurking on Doux Reviews for a few years now. I am so thankful that you review episodes of ST:TNG, especially since you do it with so much love and respect for the show. I didn't know that I was into sci-fi until I started watching TNG as a kid, and I didn't know what it meant to be a fan until I became obsessed with Data. Watching this episode the first time around was fascinating for me, mostly because I thought Data was the most fascinating character in existence. In retrospect, I think my pre-teen self empathized with Data more than Jenna, mostly because I always assumed that Data really did have some version of feelings (and I feel Brent Spiner often alluded to that in his performance throughout the series). Or maybe I just badly wanted it to be true. In any case, I remember feeling badly for him when their relationship ended. Now that I've experienced a range of good and bad relationships, I can appreciate how on-the-nose this episode is. Very clever. I haven't seen this episode in a while, but remember re-watching it as an adult and feeling more awkward watching the two of them together. Even so, I appreciated the humor more! I love that moment when Data tries to ask Captain Picard for advice and he abruptly stops Data before he can even ask anything. He knew Data was making the rounds, asking all his friends for advice, and Captain Picard didn't want to have anything to do with it. It was a great comic moment for Patrick Stewart. Brent Spiner's acting was Data perfection. It reminded me of his performance in Data's Day. Watching episodes like these makes me think back on how badly I fantasized about being a high-ranking member of the Enterprise crew and befriending Data. Who am I kidding? I still fantasize about that. Side note: I got to meet Brent Spiner at a comic con this past fall and it was amazing. I was shaking when I walked up to him. I said, "Data is my favorite sci-fi character of all time." He answered with, "I played Data!!" Then I told him that Star Trek is hugely responsible for shaping my sense of morality and I thanked him for his role in that. He gave me a hug. He was a complete sweetheart. *swoon*

Roxanium, congratulations on posting your first comment! The first of many, I hope. I'm also a huge fan of Brent Spiner. He created such a unique, complicated and lovable character out of what could have been such a nothing part. It was always obvious to me that the writers loved writing for him (and for Patrick Stewart, of course). "In Theory" was Data at his best.

Roxanium, congrats for joining the party. I loved ST:TNG from the very first episode that I watched so many years ago and I also remember thinking that Data made the show so much more interesting. Thanks for commenting, Victoria. I've never watched Rome so I can't really comment on your reviews. Romans were never my thing, though I did like Rory the Roman on Doctor Who. Maybe you will review a show that I did watch, sometime, that would be nice.

Very nice review. Weirdly I thought it was kind of understandable for someone to be attracted to data in a world of aliens and non-organic life forms. After all Data is considered to be sentient. I always really enjoyed this episode.

Thanks Skye, I'd love Data as a friend, but I don't know about more than that. "Humans" on AMC has very life-like robots that a lot of people don't seem to have a problem with loving, so who knows?

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Whatever Happened To Jennifer Hetrick, ‘Vash’ From Star Trek: The Next Generation?

By Nick Lee | September 6, 2023

In the vast cosmos of the Star Trek universe, many characters have come and gone, leaving indelible marks on the hearts of Trekkies worldwide.

Among these iconic figures stands Vash, portrayed by the talented Jennifer Hetrick. With her fiery spirit and adventurous nature, Vash quickly became a fan favorite, especially for her intriguing relationship with Captain Jean-Luc Picard.

But as the years have passed, one question lingers in the minds of many: Whatever happened to Jennifer Hetrick after her Star Trek days?

Join us as we embark on a journey through time and space, unraveling the mysteries surrounding the life and career of this beloved actress.

Acting Career

Squeeze play.

Hetrick’s first film role marked the beginning of her acting career with 1979’s Squeeze Play!, a comedy directed by Lloyd Kaufman. The story revolves around a group of women who, after becoming frustrated with their boyfriends who prioritize sports over romance, decide to create a softball team of their own and challenge them to a game.

The film received universally negative reviews.

In 1989, Hetrick landed a main cast role on NBC’s crime drama Unsub, a portmanteau of “unknown” and “subject.” She played Ann Madison, member of an elite FBI forensic team, for all 8 episodes of the show’s run. It was unfortunately canceled after only one season.

Following her stint on Unsub, Hetrick continued on to feature as a recurring character on NBC’s legal drama L.A. Law between 1989 and 1991. Her character, Corinne Hammond Becker, appeared in 14 episodes during a storyline that involved a divorce proceeding, and she disappeared after the plot concluded.

Star Trek: The Next Generation

In 1990, Hetrick would play Vash, a human archeologist known for shady business dealings and selling of priceless artifacts for profit, on Star Trek: The Next Generation. Picard is initially unaware of her duplicitous nature during Vash’s premiere episode, “Captain’s Holiday”, and so the two enjoy a romance while Vash simultaneously uses Picard to push her own hidden agenda.

Although the two part ways, they meet again in 1991 episode “Qpid” when the seemingly omnipotent alien entity Q places them in a Robinhood fantasy together. Q then tasks a Robinhood-donned Picard to rescue Vash’s Maid Marien before she faces certain doom. 

When Picard succeeds in his rescue, the two rekindle their romance once more before Vash chooses to join Q in his travels through the universe. This is the last we see of Vash on The Next Generation.

Fans generally did not care for Vash’s character and felt Picard, a self-identified morally upright man, should have comported himself with more dignity than to fall for the wiles of a charmer and thief. However, Hetrick was kindling a real-life romance with Picard actor Patrick Stewart, and the two were engaged at the time “Qpid” was filmed.

Just as with Picard and Vash, Hetrick and Stewart parted ways before long. The engagement did not conclude in a marriage.

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

In 1993, Hetrick made an appearance in season one of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, reprising her role as Vash. The episode brings Vash aboard the titular space station to reveal that her partnership with Q has dissolved. However, Q appears before long in an attempt to woo her back.

What ensues is a competition for Vash’s attention between Q, Dr. Bashir, and Quark. Whereas Q and Bashir wish for the pleasure of her company, Quark recognizes her undeniable charm and proficiency for selling priceless goods.

At the end of the episode, Quark convinces Vash to continue with her business using Quark as a partner and financial backer for her operation. Vash agrees to the terms, but is never seen on-screen again.

Bodies of Evidence

Between 1992 and 1993, Hetrick portrayed Bonnie Caroll, wife of main character Lieutenant Ben Carroll, on the CBS police drama series Bodies of Evidence alongside Lee Horsely, George Clooney, and Kate McNeil.

Hetrick appeared on 4 of the series’ 16 total episodes. It was canceled after two seasons.

The X-Files

In 1996, Hetrick appeared on an episode of The X-Files as Sharon Skinner, wife of assistant FBI director Walter Skinner, in an episode entitled “Avatar”. During the episode, she serves Walter with divorce papers leading to him having a one night stand with a stranger. When the stranger winds up dead in the morning, Scully and Mulder investigate the unusual circumstances.

Hetrick appears in various scenes in the episode. While her character survives the episode, including a car crash that lands her in a coma, she is never seen on the show again.

In 1995, Hetrick played Caroline Fontaine on an episode of Sliders called “Last Days”. Hetrick would appear on the show once more in 2000, but as a separate character entirely. Her second appearance was as Claire LeBeau in an episode entitled “The Seer”.

Other TV Appearances

Hetrick went on to appear on numerous TV shows including Alias, Criminal Minds, NCIS, Cold Case, Prison Break, 24, and Raising the Bar.

What is Jennifer Hetrick doing now?

Jennifer Hetrick remains an actress, although her last appearance was in 2018 on an episode of CBS medical drama Code Black. Hetrick has returned to filming TV commercials as well, including a 2018 ad for Prolia alongside Blythe Danner.

In recent years, Hetrick has taken a step back from mainstream Hollywood, focusing on smaller projects and personal pursuits. She’s been involved in community theater and has also explored other artistic avenues, including writing.

Relationships and Family Life

While Jennifer Hetrick’s romance with actor Patrick Stewart fizzled before tying the knot, Hetrick went on and married someone else. However, she has not shared details of her husband, including his name or occupation.

The two have one child– a daughter named Lilly.

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starring Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner, and Michele Scarabelli as Jenna D’Sora

“It’s beautiful. Like watching fireworks in the sky when I was a little girl…”

Later, Jenna and Data are involved in a public musical rehearsal but once they reach the end, Jenna is unjustifiably upset with her performance. Data promptly informs her that he detected nothing except minor faults which they could correct by the next rehearsal.

As time moves on, and analysis of the nebula continues, Data discovers numerous M-class planets within. Captain Picard (Patrick Stewart) tells Data that they will continue their analysis of the nebula as they move towards the nearest of the planets. Meanwhile, strange events begin to unfold around the ship. In sickbay, medical devices which were positioned on benches suddenly appear on the floor.

Back at work, Jenna is dreaming back to the days of her childhood. Memories which she explores in the company of Data. Her thoughts move on as she asks rhetorically, why it is that she always falls for the wrong man. Such thoughts then make her ask why she can’t fall for someone like Data – who she describes as “perfect”. Data is quick to point out that, due to his human limitations, he is far from “perfect”. Nevertheless, Jenna highlights how kind and patient Data has always been with her. How much he makes her laugh. Those, she says, are the things that matter. It’s then, when she tells Data how handsome he is, that Jenna kisses him. As she leaves, Data begins to question her advances and attempts to seek help.

As their relationship flourishes, so the Enterprise moves further into the cloud. Also, the strange events in the ship become more and more frequent. In the captain’s quarters; on the walls of the corridors; in the ready room.

In Jenna’s quarters, she and Data discuss their lack of success in determining the cause of the strange phenomena. Data continues his “sub-program” as he demonstrates an attempt at being a loving partner at the end of a hard day’s work.

“In that particular moment, I was reconfiguring the warp field parameters; analysing the collected works of Charles Dickens; calculating the maximum pressure I could safely apply to your lips; considering a new food supplement for Spot…”

“I’m glad I was in there somewhere…”

When Data discovers that the strange events are due to small areas of dark matter causing pockets of subspace distortions which are impacting with the Enterprise , Picard goes on to navigate them safely out of the nebula.

Later that day, Jenna visits Data in his quarters. She tells him that she has thought about their relationship and knows it will never work. She has realised that she left a man who had no feelings for her and ran straight into a relationship with a man who never could have any feelings. As she leaves him, Data deletes the appropriate program and Spot jumps into his lap.

THE MICHELE SCARABELLI FACTOR

Jenna D’Sora is beautiful, sweet, compassionate, intelligent, cute and she even keeps her quarters in a mess. This girl is perfect! The question isn’t why she fell for Data , rather it’s why, out of a ship of over a thousand people, she only falls for emotionless men.

Star Trek : The Next Generation lasted for seven years, 179 episodes – many of which were very similar to each other. Only a few episodes are of remarkable interest – and they usually involve the Borg in some way. Despite this, In Theory is a very enjoyable episode. It tries, but fails, to answer if it’s possible to love an android; it tries, but fails, to answer if it’s possible for affection from a beautiful woman to melt a metal heart. However, it does succeed in telling a romantic story – if one doesn’t dwell too much on Data ‘s attempts to write a program to enable him to romance Jenna.

Michele Scarabelli is the real jewel in this episode. She sparkles in every scene and really makes the episode work on her own. As the only non-regular cast member, Michele does a fabulous job of out-acting everyone else without once going too far. She turns in a really special performance which creates a character that you could watch time and time again.

Listen closely to Michele’s final speech as Jenna and be prepared to reach for those tear-absorbent tissues…

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Michele Scarabelli ( born 11 April 1955 ; age 69) is the actress who portrayed Lieutenant junior grade Jenna D'Sora in the Star Trek: The Next Generation fourth season episode " In Theory " in 1991 . Scarabelli filmed her scenes for "In Theory" between Tuesday 2 April 1991 and Thursday 4 April 1991 and Monday 8 April 1991 and Tuesday 9 April 1991 on Paramount Stage 8 and 9 .

Scarabelli is probably best known for her role as Susan Francisco in the science fiction television series Alien Nation (1989-1990) and its five following television movies Alien Nation: Dark Horizon (1994), Alien Nation: Body and Soul (1995), Alien Nation: Millennium (1996), Alien Nation: The Enemy Within (1996), and Alien Nation: The Udara Legacy (1997). Among her co-stars in all Alien Nation projects are on-screen husband Eric Pierpoint , Gary Graham , and Ron Fassler . She was interviewed twice for Starlog magazine; in June 1990 by Marc Shapiro for the article "Mother of Newcomers" in issue 155 and in May 2008 by Patrick Jankiewicz for the article "Through Alien Eyes" in issue 365 .

Personal [ ]

Scarabelli was born in the Canadian city of Montréal and attended McGill University in Montréal where she graduated with a degree in psychology. Prior to her career as an actress, Scarabelli worked as a model.

Television [ ]

Scarabelli started her television career in the early 1980s with supporting roles in the television movies A Matter of Cunning (1983), Reno and the Doc (1984), Letting Go (1985, with Gordon Clapp ), The High Price of Passion (1986, with Walker Boone ), and The Guaranteed Way to Pick Up Single Women: The Movie (1987) beside guest roles in episodes of The Hitchhiker (1984), Night Heat (1985 and 1986, with Allan G. Royal ), Philip Marlowe, Private Eye (1986), The Campbells (1986), Hot Shots (1986), and Seeing Things (1986 and 1987).

In 1986 she was cast to portray Jo Santini in Airwolf which lasted one season before it was cancelled in 1987. Scarabelli then portrayed Connie Hall in several episodes of the soap Dallas in 1988, working with Earl Boen , Joshua Harris , Leigh Taylor-Young , John Anderson , and William Smithers .

Further guest roles include episodes of War of the Worlds (1988, with Richard Chaves and Neil C. Vipond ), Diamonds (1988), Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1989, with Bruce Gray ), Jake and the Fatman (1989, with Charlie Brill ), Highway to Heaven (1989), Father Dowling Mysteries (1990, with Mark Moses ), and Sweating Bullets (1991).

She appeared in the television movies Age-Old Friends (1989, directed by Allan Kroeker ), Labor of Love (1990), Perry Mason: The Case of the Defiant Daughter (1990, with Kevin Tighe ), and Deadbolt (1992, with Cyndi Pass ) and worked on Bodies of Evidence (1992, with Kate McNeil , Renée Jones , Albie Selznick , Jeff Yagher , and Biff Yeager ) and Dudley (1993, with Joanna Cassidy and Joel Brooks ) before she played Jessica MacKenzie in the short-lived family series Okavango: The Wild Frontier (1993).

Scarabelli's other television credits in the 1990s include Beverly Hills, 90210 (1994, with Cress Williams and Martin Cassidy ), Kung Fu: The Legend Continues (1994, with Robert Lansing ), Ned and Stacey (1997, with Pamela Kosh ), Due South (1996), Diagnosis: Murder (1996, with Charles S. Chun and Gregory Itzin ), Moloney (1997, with Spencer Garrett ), Dawson's Creek (1999), the television thriller The Colony (1995, with Marshall R. Teague , Vince Deadrick, Jr. , and Colby French ), and the television drama Loss of Faith (1997, with Samantha Eggar ).

Later television credits are The Agency episode "The Enemy Within" (2002, with Daniel Benzali , David Clennon , Ronny Cox , and Tom Virtue ), the television mini series Le dernier chapitre: La Suite (2002), as voice of monster Six in the animated television series Seven Little Monsters (2000-2003), and Student Seduction (2003).

Scarabelli made her feature film debut with a background role as a prom dancer in Prom Night (1980) followed by a featured part in Suzanne (1980). Throughout the 1980s she also appeared in the comedy The Funny Farm (1983, with Derek McGrath ), Covergirl (1984, with Cathie Shirriff ), The Hotel New Hampshire (1984, with Lisa Banes and Wallace Shawn ), Breaking All the Rules (1985), the comedy Perfect Timing (1986, with Stephen Markle ), and Snake Eater II: The Drug Buster (1989).

Further film work include I Don't Buy Kisses Anymore (1992, with Jason Alexander , David Bowe , Hilary Shepard Turner , Matthias Hues , and Robert DoQui ), Secret Adventures (1994, with George Murdock ), The Wrong Woman (1995), 2001: A Space Travesty (2000, with Alan Shearman ), Pressure Point (2001), the thriller Living in Fear (2001), the short film Talk 5.0 (2002), and the drama Shattered Glass (2003).

Beside her film work, Scarabelli can also be seen as Agent 03, Michelle Visard, in the video games The Journeyman Project 2: Buried in Time (1995, with Ray Uhler ), The Journeyman Project: Pegasus Prime (1997, with Ray Uhler), and The Journeyman Project 3: Legacy of Time (1998, with Jerry Rector and Graham Jarvis ).

Other projects in which she had roles are the comedy Hard Four (2007, with Ed Begley, Jr. , Ian Abercrombie , Willie Garson , and Carolyn Seymour ) and the short comedy Daryl from OnCar (2008, with Robert Clendenin and Noon Orsatti ).

She had a role in the comedy Chicanery , written and directed by Charles Dennis and released in 2017. The film also features Kate Vernon , Lou Wagner , Loren Lester , and Charles Dennis himself.

External links [ ]

• MicheleScarabelli.com – official site
• Michele Scarabelli at Wikipedia
• Michele Scarabelli at the Internet Movie Database
• Michele Scarabelli at ActorsAccess.com
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Why ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Built Season 5 Around a Classic Episode From a Legacy Series

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SPOILER ALERT: This story discusses major plot developments in Season 5, Episode 1 of “ Star Trek : Discovery,” now streaming on Paramount+.

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Kovich’s explanation evokes the classic “ Star Trek: The Next Generation ” episode “The Chase” from 1993 in which Capt. Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) — along with teams of Romulans, Klingons and Cardassians — learn that all humanoid life in the galaxy was created by a single species that existed billions of years earlier, and seeded thousands of planets with the DNA to pass along their legacy. (Along with presenting a profound vision of the origins of life, the episode also provided an imaginative explanation for why almost all the aliens in “Star Trek” basically look like humans with different kinds of forehead ridges.)

Kovich tells Burnham that the Romulan scientist was part of a team sent to discover exactly how these aliens — whom they call the Progenitors — made this happen; the object they’re seeking winds up being one part of a brand new “chase,” this time in the 32nd century, to find the Progenitors’ technology before it can fall into the wrong hands. 

“I remember watching that episode and at the end of it just being blown away that there was this huge idea where we all come from,” Paradise says. “And then they’re going to have another mission the next week. I found myself wondering, ‘Well, then what? What happened? What do we do with this information? What does it mean?’”

Originally, Paradise says the “Discovery” writers’ room discussed evoking the Progenitors in Season 4, when the Discovery meets an alien species, the 10-C, who live outside of the galaxy and are as radically different from humans as one could imagine. “As we dug deeper into the season itself, we realized that it was too much to try and get in,” Paradise says.

Instead, they made the Progenitors the engine for Season 5. “Burnham and some of our other characters are on this quest for personal meaning,” Paradise says. Searching for the origins of life itself, she adds, “feels like a big thematic idea that fits right in with what we’re exploring over the course of the season, and what our characters are going through.”

That meant that Paradise finally got to help come up with the answers to the questions about “The Chase” that had preoccupied her when she was younger. “We had a lot of fun talking about what might’ve happened when [Picard] called back to headquarters and had to say, ‘Here’s what happened today,’” she says. “We just built the story out from there.”

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The Star Trek “Origin” Movie Is Finally Going Into Production

The new Star Trek prequel movie is set to be revealed on the big screen. Probably.

For 30 years — from 1979 to 2009 — the longest wait between new Star Trek feature films was seven years. And, for most of that period, from the release of Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979) to Star Trek: Nemesis (2002), there was almost always a new Star Trek movie in theaters every two to four years. But after the wildly successful J.J. Abrams-directed reboot film in 2009, the release clip for Trek movies went from maximum warp to impulse power, to glacially slow. And now, by the time the next Star Trek movie hits theaters, it will have been about 10 years since the previous one — Star Trek Beyond — beamed into cinemas in 2016.

Since that time, for Trekkies, updates of a new Star Trek film have been very similar to the game football Lucy plays with Charlie Brown; just when a hypothetical movie sounds real, it gets snatched away. But now, there’s a glimmer of hope. Thanks to reports out of CinemaCon 2024, it looks like, the next Trek film is scheduled for release in either 2025 or 2026. But what’s it about? And will it really happen?

Star Trek 14 is “an untitled origin story”

The new “origin story” will be set before the 2009 reboot. But how many decades before?

During CinemaCon 2024, Paramount confirmed several in-development projects including a live-action GI Joe / Transformers crossover (teased in 2023’s Rise of the Beasts ), a hardcore Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles live-action movie, a remake of the sci-fi thriller The Running Man (from Edgar Wright), the confirmation of an Avatar trilogy, and the assertion that a new Star Trek feature film will go into production this year, with a release date soon to follow.

Since 2016 to now, there have been at least five different attempts to make a new Star Trek film, either as timey wimey direct sequel to Beyond (“Star Trek 4”) a one-off space mobster movie (Quentin Tarantino’s script) or something else entirely (Noah Hawley and Matt Shakman’s attempts that remain undisclosed). But now, although Paramount is reportedly developing a sequel to Beyond — which would feature the reboot cast from the 2009 film one last time — the next Star Trek movie is not that sequel, but instead, as previously reported , an “origin story” that “takes place decades before the 2009 Star Trek film that rebooted the franchise.” This movie has been confirmed to be directed by Toby Haynes ( Andor, Doctor Who ) with a script from Seth Grahame-Smith ( The Lego Batman Movie , Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter) .

Wait? Wasn’t the 2009 film an “origin story?” While the answer to this question is technically a “yes,” the 2009 film (just titled Star Trek ) was also partially a time-travel sequel to the canon established in The Next Generation , and literally everything else in the Trek franchise up until that point. By saying the new prequel film takes place “decades before” the first reboot, this could hypothetically mean that the movie takes place in both the Prime and Kelvin timelines simultaneously.

TLDR: The Trek timeline diverged in the first reboot movie, beginning in the year 2233, so, a story set even a few decades before that divergence, in the 2210s or 2220s or earlier, would be consistent with all versions of Trek's future history. Presumably, the “origin story” won’t take place in the two decades between the prologue of the 2009 film (2233) and the main story (2258), because honestly, even for hardcore Trekkies that’s a big canon headache. So, sometime in the early 2200s, but before the 2230s is probably the best bet. And, even if the movie was set a bit earlier than that — say in the late 2180s or 2190s — we’d still be dealing with a very early point of Starfleet history that has never been depicted and that we know almost nothing about. Hence, if you squint — and don’t think about the prequel series Enterprise (2151-2161) too much — then yes, we’re looking at an origin story in which pretty much anything could happen.

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One of the earliest shots of the USS Enterprise — from the 1964 Star Trek pilot episode “The Cage.” The new prequel film will likely be set half a century before this moment.

While some tweets out of CinemaCon seemed to indicate that the new Star Trek movie could hit next year in 2025 , TrekMovie confirmed that the “Untitled Star Trek Origin Story,” is on the Paramount slate for 2025 or 2026. TrekMovie also predicted that 2026 is more likely, writing, “If Paramount can move fast enough they could get the origin movie into theaters by 2026 — in time for Star Trek’s 60th anniversary.” Then again, 2025 is not impossible, it’s just cutting it a little close.

It should also be noted that the entire corporate entity of Paramount is reportedly close to a merger that would see it purchased by Skydance Media, the same production company behind the three existing J.J. Abrams-produced Star Trek reboots. If that deal is finalized soon, then, yes, this Star Trek feature film might actually happen very quickly. And if it doesn’t, there will still be plenty of new Star Trek shows streaming , not to mention the first direct-to-streaming standalone Star Trek movie, Section 31 , starring Michelle Yeoh, which will hit Paramount+ sometime later this year.

All the reboot Star Trek films (2009-2016) are currently streaming on Paramount+. The previous ten films (1979-2002) are all on Max.

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Star Trek: Discovery Is Now Connected to a Franchise-Defining Next Generation Episode

Star Trek: Discovery beings season five with a treasure hunt, one that recalls The Next Generation episode "The Chase" and the Progenitors.

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This Star Trek: Discovery article contains spoilers.

At the end of the Star Trek: Discovery season five premiere “ Red Directive ,” Dr. Kovich finally levels with Captain Burnham . The mission that she and her crew had been on throughout the episode has escalated beyond even Admiral Vance’s clearance, to a level that only someone as deep within the Federation as Kovich can understand.

The mission involves the Progenitors , the source of all humanoid life in the universe. “A few thousand years ago, we’d have found them gods,” says Kovich. But to long-time Trekkies, the Progenitors are also the topic of a remarkable episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation .

As much as we all love Star Trek and its wild world of alien races, the fact remains that the large majority of those aliens are just regular-looking humans with different bits of putty slapped on their foreheads. Romulans, Klingons, and Bajorans — the difference between them is minor. Even the more ornate aliens, such as the Cardassians or Saurians like Lieutenant JG Linus of the USS Discovery are humanoid. More out there races, such as the Medusans, are few and far between.

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Back in the 1960s, the reason for these similarities was simple. The Original Series had very limited budgets, which meant that Gene Roddenberry couldn’t get so crazy with alien designs. And while bigger budgets for the movies and The Next Generation allowed for the Klingons to develop into more complex designs, they still remain very similar to humans.

While the fact that most aliens in Star Trek are humanoids never really bothered most fans, a season six episode of TNG provided an explanation for why so many races are so similar in this universe. Written by Joe Menosky and Ronald D. Moore and directed by Jonathan Frakes, “The Chase” sent the Enterprise on an archeological quest that Captain Picard couldn’t resist.

Following the work of his mentor Professor Galen, Picard discovers material from a founding species called the Progenitors, whose genetic code has been transmitted into various successor races, accounting for their similarities. As the Enterprise searches for the missing DNA fragment in that code, it finds other vessels on the same trail. Working together, the humans, Klingons, Cardassians, and Romulans find a holographic projection of one of the Progenitors. This figure explains the shared history of the gathered delegates, and expresses their people’s desire that the connection would create peace in the universe.

Of course, that peace between the gathered races doesn’t occur until the Dominion War in Deep Space Nine , which saw the various groups band together to fight invaders from the Gamma Quadrant. But given the fractured state of the universe in the 32nd century of Discovery , the time might be right for another attempt at cooperation.

Kovach’s speech to Burnham includes images from “The Chase,” including a close-up of one of the Romulan scientists who participated in the search. Dr. Vellek, “one of the greatest scientists of his day,” according to Kovich. It was Vellek’s journal that the Discovery has been looking for, after being stolen from an ancient Romulan vessel by thieves Moll and L’ak. Why is it so important? The journal contains the location of the machinery that the Progenitors used to create life.

We don’t know much about this weapon yet, but Trekkies cannot help but recall the Genesis device from Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan . Genesis could create life but also be used as a weapon. The second episode of Discovery ‘s fifth season “Under the Twin Moons” finds the crew wrestling with that realization regarding the Progenitor, as they search the planet Lyrek for Moll and L’ak.

Discovery executive producers Alex Kurtzman and Michelle Paradise have been quite open about the focus of this fifth season, telling Den of Geek that Burnham and crew will be on a “quest.” But by tying the object of the quest to “The Chase,” the goal becomes more than a mere MacGuffin. Rather, the Progenitor device serves as a referendum on Discovery in its final season.

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The device can be a tool of destruction, recalling the darker and more violent first seasons of the series. Or it can be a means for peace, culminating with the spirit of cooperation and community that Star Trek has always imagined.

“Well, Captain,” Kovich tells Burnham. “The greatest treasure in the known galaxy is out there. What are you waiting for?” By bringing back the stakes of “The Chase,” Discovery pays off the promise of the episode, freeing it from an unnecessary canonical explanation (not unlike the Enterprise episode “Divergence”), and allows it to be a statement of purpose. And frankly, we cannot wait to see how Discovery pulls it off.

Star Trek: Discovery is streaming now on Paramount+.

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‘Star Trek: Discovery’s Connection to ‘The Next Generation’ Explained

...And it involves a new crew.

The Big Picture

• The USS Discovery embarks on a red directive mission with ties to Star Trek lore, focusing on the Progenitors' technology.
• New faces join the crew on a mission to uncover an artifact related to the Progenitors in the Next Generation era.
• The technology to create life poses a powerful threat if misused, as Moll and L'ak aim to sell the artifact to the highest bidder.

The first two episodes of Star Trek: Discovery Season 5 are finally available on Paramount+, putting Captain Michael Burnham ( Sonequa Martin-Green ) and the crew of the U.S.S. Discovery back on the boldly going business. This time, they're not going another 800 years into the future, but instead, their mission has a connection to another time: the Star Trek: The Next Generation era. Back then, Captain Jean-Luc Picard ( Patrick Stewart ) once led the U.S.S. Enterprise-D on a mission that uncovered the secrets of life itself as we know it . It may have been a one-episode story, but it's now getting the proper arc it deserves; the time has finally come to learn the secrets of the Progenitors.

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Taking place almost a decade before Captain Kirk's Enterprise, the USS Discovery charts a course to uncover new worlds and life forms.

The Discovery Is Given a Red Directive Mission by Dr. Kovich

The final season of Discovery starts off with its foot on the door, with ties to past Star Trek lore and the return of Dr. Kovich ( David Cronenberg ), which always means business for the Discovery crew. This time, his mission is so important that it interrupts a Starfleet event, but can't be disclosed because it's a red directive (a mission of a highly classified and dangerous nature that takes precedence over all other tasks) . Captain Burnham doesn't like the idea of keeping secrets from her crew, but since the Discovery is the only ship that can take this mission thanks to its spore drive, she accepts it.

The secretive mission introduces some new faces to Discovery , including couriers, Moll ( Eve Harlow ) and L'ak ( Elias Toufexis ), as well as U.S.S. Antares Captain Rayner ( Callum Keith Rennie ). The mission was to retrieve an artifact from a Romulan science ship that had been adrift for 800 years, but Moll and L'ak beat them to it, then take the artifact to the planet, Q'mau, where the synthetic antique dealer, Fred ( J. Adam Brown ), opens it up and reveals a diary written by the Romulan scientist, Vellek ( Michael Copeman ). Even though Moll and L'ak have escaped Starfleet in Q'mau, Admiral Charles Vance ( Oded Fehr ) helps officer Sylvia Tilly ( Mary Wiseman ) obtain information on Vellek.

As it turns out, Vellek was once part of a group that—under the leadership of Captain Jean-Luc Picard —attempted to solve the mystery of the planet Vilmor II. There, they found out about a race of humanoid aliens known only as the Progenitors , who have created life in its humanoid form and are the common link between all present humanoid species in the galaxy. The Discovery's mission, however, isn't about the Progenitors themselves, but rather about the technology they used to do what they did.

The Progenitors’ Story Comes From a Single Episode in ‘Star Trek: The Next Generation’

Season 6, Episode 20 of The Next Generation , "The Chase," is one of the wildest in the entire series. For the first time ever, a Star Trek episode shows Humans, Klingons, Romulans, and more together in the same scene. That's all thanks to one of the most interesting plots in the franchise, which sees these races coming together to discover the secret of their common origin. Unfortunately, The Next Generation didn't carry on with this plotline, but Discovery is finally giving it the sequence it deserves.

"The Chase" starts off with Captain Picard meeting his old mentor, Professor Galen ( Norman Lloyd ), aboard the Enterprise-D. The scholar is there to recruit Picard for a long-term mission that will result in the most important scientific discovery of their time, but Picard can't give up his post on Starfleet. Picard decides to take the Enterprise-D and finish what Galen started. He begins by analyzing the data his mentor had gathered (large blocks of numbers laid out in a sort of sequence). Following this trail, he eventually discovers that the numbers are actually a DNA sequence. On the planet, Loren III, Picard intervenes and mediates their conflict upon learning that both of them are there for the same reason the Enterpreise-D is, calling for them to analyze the combined DNA strands they have. They learn that those are all part of a puzzle, with each sequence complementing one another, but that there are still missing pieces.

The Enterprise-D follows the Cardassians to Vilmor II with the Klingon emissary on board, and they find out the planet has lichen growing on the dried-up ocean floor. Discreetly, Dr. Beverly Crusher ( Gates McFadden ) inserts all the DNA samples they now have onto her tricorder, which then projects the recording of a humanoid woman ( Salome Jens ). Thankfully, everyone stops arguing to listen to the projection, as the woman explains that she belonged to a race of ancient aliens from 4.5 billion years earlier. Her species eventually came to terms with their extinction, but they sowed pieces of their own DNA on many planets where life could grow across the galaxy as a way of ensuring a lasting legacy . Their intention was for all those future species to come together upon discovering their shared ancestry . Cardassians and Klingons immediately resume their bickering, unable to accept that they have anything in common. Later, Picard ponders with the Romulans that one day, in the future, perhaps all species will learn to coexist for the sake of their shared ancestry.

Where Does This Leave Captain Burnham and the Discovery Crew?

The race of ancient humanoids is never named onscreen, but they are referred to as the Progenitors from then on. With Discovery finally finishing this loose thread in Star Trek lore, it's important to ponder that the Progenitors must have used powerful tech to sow their DNA across the galaxy, which is what the overall plot of the season is going to be. The technology to create life is powerful by definition , and can be used for terrible things if it falls in the wrong hands. Right now, Moll and L'ak have the diary, but they're unwilling to cooperate with the Federation after a failed negotiation attempt by Cleveland "Book" Booker ( David Ajala ). However, they're looking to sell the diary to the highest bidder.

After the events of the first part of the season premiere , "Red Directive," Captain Rayner has been discharged from his command of the U.S.S. Antares. As sad as it is to see an officer of 30-plus years being discharged, it's also very serendipitous, as Captain Burnham is in need of a new number one for the Discovery as Saru ( Doug Jones ) is about to take a new diplomatic post for the Federation. During their chase on Q'mau, Rayner mentions that he has history chasing Moll and L'ak, which will surely come in handy . Also, Book finds out he has a past connection to Moll that makes them all but family, which is another potential lead to finding her.

Star Trek: Discovery is available to watch on Paramount+ in the U.S.

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Tom Hanks Is A Big 'Star Trek: The Next Generation' Fan, And Patrick Stewart Has Made A Wild Claim About His Love For The Franchise

Posted: April 8, 2024 | Last updated: April 8, 2024

Celebrities: they're just like us. That's what we hear all the time, anyway – but it isn't until a celebrity like Patrick Stewart writes a book and outs actor Tom Hanks as a massive fan of "Star Trek: The Next Generation" that we fully recognize the depths of that reality. Yes, one of America's greatest actors is a fan of "TNG" and a pretty big one based on a wild claim made by Stewart. "Making It So: A Memoir" is making headlines for various reveals from the actor, and this latest is a doozy. When discussing famous fans of "Star Trek: The Next Generation," Patrick Stewart name-checks Oscar-winner Tom Hanks, who apparently watches a lot of "TNG." So much so that he can do something pretty impressive.

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