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On the latest episode of Picard:

Seems i got the same problem, dam you Americans for not allowing us Europeans, and those from that island from watching.

Not sure if this belongs here but here is my (revised) look at what a Star trek Phase II series might have looked like:





Star Trek: Phase II

Cast:

Stephen Collins as Captain William Decker
Recently promoted, Will Decker takes command of the enterprise from a retiring James T. Kirk.
John Winston as Commander Kyle
An experienced officer, Kyle serves as first officer.
Persis Khambatta as Lt. Commander Ilia (season 1 and 2)
An old flame from Decker’s past, Ilia is an empath with healing abilities.
Robin Curtis as Lt. Saavik (season 3)
Ilia’s “temporary” replacement (following Khambatta’s injury in a car accident in West Germany). She is half Romulan, which made her an outcast in both Romulan and Vulcan society. Like her mentor Spock, who supported her admission into Starfleet, she often struggles with her emotional half.
David Gautreaux as Lieutenant Xon
Another Vulcan crew member who serves as helmsman.
Majel Barret as Chief Medical Officer Christine Chapel
Former nurse from the original Enterprise who now serves as its doctor.
Grace Lee Whitney as Chief Engineer Janice Rand
Former Yeoman who is now chief engineer.

Season One (1978-1979)

1)In Thy image-Two hour pilot. A massive alien ship approaches Earth orbit looking for its creator.
2)Tomorrow and the Stars
3)Cassandra
4)The Child
5)Kitumba
6)Practice in Walking
7)Deadlock
8)Savage Syndrome
9)Unheard Melodies-The male members of the crew are kidnapped by a female race trying to reproduce. The episode puts the spotlight on the female crew members as they work to rescue their male counterparts.
10)Devil’s Due
11)Lord Bobby’s Obsession
12)To Attain the All
13)The War to End All Wars
14)Ghosts
15)Merlin
16)Paradise Lost
17)The Prisoner
18)Bandi
19)The Beast
20)BEM

Season Two (1979-1980)

1)The Deadliest Game
2)Dreadnought
3)Enemy: Starfleet-A war games exercise is being manipulated by a shadowy Starfleet agency.
4)Deep Mudd
5)The Godhead-Theodore Sturgeon.
6)He Walked Among Us
7)Joanna-Leonard McCoy’s outspoken daughter visits the Enterprise.
8)Journey to Reolite
9)The Joy Machine-Theodore Sturgeon
10)One Million BC, re-titled as “Year One”
11)The Pastel Terror-Written by Larry Niven.
12)Mere Shadows
13)The Protracted Man-Written by David Gerrold.
14)Return to Eden
15)Shol
16)Sketches Along the Ruins of my Mind-Philip Jose Farmer
17)Kumara Pt. 1 & 2-Decker befriends a Klingon commander as part of a new exchange program between the Federation and the Klingons.
18)Tumult of the Mind
19)Come What May
20)To Serve All My Days-Decker works again with Kumara to prevent a war between the Federation and a faction of Klingons, led by Kirk’s old nemesis Kor, who are opposed to peace.
21)In Harm’s Way
22)World Enough And Time-a visiting Hikaru Sulu and another crew member are sent back in time, causing Sulu to reappear as an older version of himself.

Season Three (1980-1981)

1)Blood and Fire, Pt. 1 & 2-Notable for having two characters in a same-sex relationship. The main plot involved a final confrontation with Kor.
2)Pilgrim of Eternity
3)The Fairest of them All-Sequel to “Mirror, Mirror,” where Mirror Spock (special guest star Leonard Nimoy is engaged in a power struggle with Mirror Decker.
4)The White Iris
5)Divided We Stand-Decker and Chapel trade places with counterparts in the American Civil War.
6)Enemy: Starfleet-A seemingly routine war games exercise is secretly manipulated by a rogue Starfleet agency to provoke a confrontation with the Romulans.
7)Rivals
8)V.I.P’s
9)Embracing the Winds
10)Still Treads the Shadow
11)What Ships are For
12)The Dream Pool
13)Errors In Judgment
14)Limits
15)The Apartment-Decker is sent back in time where he appears as a ghost to a girl in a 20th century apartment.
16)Return to Forever
17)State of Mind-Kumura returns to the Enterprise, but has unknowingly been brainwashed by the renegade Starfleet agency that was involved in “Enemy: Starfleet.”
18)Come Not Between the Dragons
19)From the First Day to the Last
20)Destination: Infinity

Season Four (1981-1982)

1)Aladdin's Asteroid
2)The Aurorals
4)Dead Man’s Shoes
5)The Foreseeable Future
6)The Judgment
7)The Land of Counter-Pain
8)Lord, How Others Seem to Care
9)The Lost Star
10)X-1004
11)Mother Tiger
12)The Orchid
13)Pandora’s Box
14)Dimos
15)Portrait in Black and White
16)The Rebels
17)Skal
18)Tomorrow Was Yesterday
19)Warrior World-Decker discovers an amnesiac Kumura on a “warrior planet” founded by various warlike species including Klingons who want to return to their old ways. Decker offers Kumara a position on the Enterprise after freeing him which Kumara accepts.
20)First Frontier-The Enterprise discovers a lost colony based on the Old West, including a tribe of Vulcans who are being mistreated by the human colonists.


Following the conclusion of the fourth season Star Trek: The Wrath of Kahn is released as the first full length Star Trek feature film. The plot involves a returning Admiral Kirk, Spock, and Decker joining forces against Kahn Noonian Singh, Decker and Ilia coming to terms with their feelings for each other (special guest star Persis Khambatta in a returning role) and Kumara's future aboard the Enterprise.

Season Five (1982-1983)



1)Ni Var-Saavik is split between her Vulcan and Romulan halves, complicating her relationship with Xon. Kumara becomes a permanent crew member.

2)Intersection Point

3)The Enchanted Pool-Xon finds an enigmatic woman while searching for a missing shuttlecraft.

4)The Face on the Barroom Floor-a series of mishaps lands Decker in jail, among other things.

5)The Hunting-Saavik participates in a Vulcan hunting ritual where the revert to primal states.

6)The Winged Dreamers

7)Mind-Sifter-Decker is driven insane and sent back in time to 1950s Earth by the Romulans.

8)Surprise!

9)Snakepit

10)The Patient Parasites

11)In The Maze

12)Marginal Existence

13)The Procrustean Petard-the genders of the crew are reversed.

14)The Sleeping God Part 1 & 2-The Enterprise faces a planet-sized computer with help from an unknown telepath.

15)All That Glitters

16)This Immortal (Big Bang alien story)-the Enterprise encounters an alien that has existed since the Big Bang.

17)Breakout

18)Children of the Light

19)The Surrender of Planet X-The crew discover Harry Mudd on a planet with a twentieth-century level of development where he has conned them into “surrendering” to the Federation.

20)Endangered Species



Season Six (1983-1984)



1)Genius-A story that explores the price of being a non-genius on a world where everyone else has high IQs.

2)The Homecoming Pt. 1 & 2-Saavik finally returns to Vulcan and reunites with her estranged Vulcan mother while investigating a conspiracy.

3)Neutral Zone-Historic trade talks with the Romulan Empire take place aboard the Enterprise. Kumara is forced to confront his own anti-Romulan prejudices.

4)No Room at the Inn

5)Once a Klingon-Kumara faces off against Klingons who are still opposed to peace with the Federation.

6)The One and Only

7)The Outer Lights

8)Out of Time

9)Shattered Time

10)Past Lives-a woman who claims to be from the future kidnaps Decker.

11)Reversal-time runs backwards for Kumara as he starts reliving their current mission.

12)Somewhen

13)To Thine Own Self Be True

14)Terminus-an unstable android is discovered at an abandoned outpost.

15)Persistence of Vision-Decker and Kumara are trapped in an alien prison.

16)Cold and Distant Stars-Decker wakes up on a beach in 1983 Los Angeles where he is told that he is a homeless derelict who only thinks he’s a starship captain.

17)Quorum

18)Starship Down-The Enterprise crash-lands in an alien ocean.

19)Momentum

20)The Warning

The Dominion War is in my top 3 of best future space war story arcs.