Of course, the juxtaposition of futuristic space travel and late-20th-century rap-rock also referenced a similarly controversial music choice JJ Abrams had made for his 2009 "Star Trek" film. The use of The Beastie Boys' "Sabotage" was stunning, because of how out of place it felt. Of course, fans expected that the ship would eventually be restored - but it still stands out as a stunning moment in one of the best episodes of the series. In order to stop them, they had to get past future Geordi La Forge (LeVar Burton, also the episode's director), who was trying to stop them to preserve the timeline. Set in a future where their mission had failed, First Officer Chakotay (Robert Beltran) and Ensign Harry Kim (Garret Wang) had finally found the ship, believing they could prevent its destruction if they sent a message back into the past. One solid example of when the show set itself apart from "TNG," however, was in the excellent Season 5, Episode 6 installment entitled "Timeless." Giving new meaning to the term "cold open," the episode began with a shocking image of the Enterprise buried under ice, effectively grabbing hold of the viewers' attention. A death without purpose." "Yesterday's Enterprise" sought to correct that injustice, finally giving Tasha the sendoff she deserved.įar too often, however, the series retreated to what was safe and comfortable rather than fully exploring the premise. Guinan (Whoopi Goldberg) sensed that the Tasha from the correct timeline had died "an empty death. Crosby would eventually return in the episode titled "Yesterday's Enterprise," set in an alternate timeline where she hadn't perished. Sure, Crosby wanted to leave the show, but looking back all these years later, it still feels like a very lazy way to kill off a series regular. It might not be the worst episode of TNG's (very rough) first season - which also includes the episode "Code of Honor" and its racist depiction of an alien species meant to resemble an African tribe - but the tar monster was too silly to take seriously, and not dangerous enough to dispatch someone as seemingly important as Denise Crosby's Lieutenant Natasha Yar, who met a shocking end at the monster's hands. "Skin of Evil" is a good example of this.
As memorably parodied by Sam Rockwell in "Galaxy Quest," crew members in crimson typically have minimal lines, forgettable characteristics, and simply exist as fodder for drama to unfold, raising the stakes for the series stars.
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