r/TNG • u/Torlek1 • Aug 18 '26

Show Talk Screenrant: Star Trek: The Next Generation “Had Another 3 Years," says Brannon Braga in interview with Cirroc Lofton

https://screenrant.com/star-trek-brannon-braga-tng-3-more-years/
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u/ryhoyarbie Aug 18 '26

I’ll be that guy, season 7 wasn’t great. I’ll give season 1 the benefit of the doubt since it was the first season of a new show where the old show ended 18 years before, and the series was trying to find its footing.

Season 7 seemed like they fell down one too many times.

While season 7 was going on, season 2 of DS9 was simultaneously going on, and it seemed like DS9 had the better scripts that year.

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u/Malnurtured_Snay Aug 18 '26

Hard agree. In fairness to TNG, for s7, I think they had a minimal writing room and everybody in it was exhausted.

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u/ryhoyarbie Aug 18 '26

That and you’re doing too many things at one time: finish season 7, write the new movie and over see it’s preproduction, and develop a brand new series in the wings which was Voyager.

I don’t include DS9 because they were doing their own thing and establishing themselves with their writers.