From: kanamori@Xenon.Stanford.EDU (Atsushi Kanamori)
Subject: Re: OFFICIAL INFORMATION - SEASON 6 AND DS9  !SPOILERS*!
Organization: Computer Science Department, Stanford University.
Distribution: rec.arts.startrek.current
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 02:16:15 GMT

In article <1992Aug16.033436.3973@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> ira2p@faraday.clas.Virginia.EDU (Iain Robert Asplin) writes:
>Those of us who attended a Creation Con in Minneapolis today with Marina
>Sirtis were treated to some spoiler information on the first few episodes
>of Season 6 and on DS9.
>
>So, let's warn people off......
>
>SPOILERS!



>I'm not kidding......





>First, info on Season Six straight from Marina Sirtis' mouth on the
>first four episodes of the new season:
>
>"Time's Arrow II"  
>By the way she speaks of it, prepare to be disappointed, as the thing is
>still very confused even after Part II is finished she says.

So what else is new: the season cliffhanger resolutions have *always*
been a disappointment. Given that this one follows the same pattern
as the previous two (i.e. part I written before it's known how to
end it in part II), I expect nothing to disappoint me here.



>Episode Two:
>Features the return of Lieutenant Reginald Barclay played again by Dwight
>Schultz.   This time he has a neurosis about transporters; i.e. he is
>terrified to use them and he seeks Troi's help to cure it.

That's more like it. Okay, so it's another "crewman with an angst" but
Schultz is reliable so if they don't try to mix it up with another
bogus sci-fi device (a la "Nth Degree"), this might be worth the watch.
Depends a lot on who's writing it.


>
>She names Episode Three but I can't remember what it was now, oh well,
>it is a heavy-duty Troi episode in which Marina gets aged and is thus
>required to wear heavy make-up, giving Marina a new-found respect for
>Michael Dorn and his make-up.

"The Deadly Trois" ;-)


>And in this episode, Troi *dies*...................

So what's that supposed to do for me? Again, this'll depend a lot on
how they approach it emotionally. If it's an offbeat and non-bludgeoning 
approach a la "Next Phase"; fine. If it's a manipulative and 
shove-the-hanky-in-our-face approach a la "Ethics" or "Skin of Evil", I've
got a nice fat "F" ready to shove in their faces.



>Episode Four:
>Guest star is James Doohan as Scotty, and he is indeed picked up in the
>transporter having been held in accidental stasis for over 75 years.
>He is still alive and in their time frame at the end allowing him to do
>further guest shots on this show or on DS9.

Eeeeech. Blech. The son of "Unification." No thanks.



>These four episodes are "in the can."  Whether they will be transmitted in
>exactly this order is another question though.....

Well it doesn't exactly look like their promise of "new stories" and
more "mystery and weirdness" is leaping off the screen any time soon.
The list is better than I hoped (we're safe from any more horrid Alexander
stories for the nonce), but it's still a wait-and-see.




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Kanamori's Episode Ratings: (last episode rated: "Time's Arrow")
  "This season began with a turkey. I'm simply trying to see 
   that it doesn't end that way." -- fictitious Paramount writer