Thirty years ago, 'Yesterday's Enterprise' came when morale was at a low point for the writing staff of 'StarTrek: The Next Generation'
February 21, 2020 11:31amThirty years ago, "Yesterday's Enterprise" came when morale was at a low point for the writing staff: "We were so backed up with shows, so it was just like putting out fires."Fans have not let history forget "Yesterday's Enterprise," the classic episode offrom which that line comes.
That draft Moore inherited did not include the two key elements that Moore would add that ultimately helped get the episode greenlit: The war with the Klingons and the arrival of the Enterprise-C altering the timeline. "Everyone on [Picard's ship] in the original draft that I had, the crew, they all knew of the Enterprise-C and what happened to them, that they died in some incident," Moore says.
"What's important to understand," Behr says, "is that we were so far behind on episodes [in season three], we were so backed up with shows, so it was just like putting out fires, you know? But there had been this story that there was interest in, from Eric Stillwell, and we needed to put something in the pipeline for production.
The episode’s opening scene, between Guinan and Worf in the Enterprise-D’s bar lounge, Ten Forward, originally featured a very non-“Originally, I had Guinan talking to Worf about the stars. About how, when humans look at the stars, they often ask questions of them,” Moore explains.
A fun beat for Behr during the climactic battle was having Picard as the last man standing on the bridge, at the tactical console, literally going down with the ship as flames and smoke consumed the bridge. ," Behr reveals, referring to one of his favorite World War II movies from 1943. Behr also is quite fond of Stewart's line during this scene -- "That'll be the day" -- as it delivers on the John Wayne-like tone Behr intended for the line to be delivered in.
"He did a [showrunner's] pass on the final draft," Behr said. "It was all hands on deck, but out of that chaos came kind of a [...] cultural touchstone, I guess, in terms of the genre." That's what Behr said during post-production, while watching footage from "Yesterday's Enterprise" come in. -style murder mystery "A Matter of Perspective," and "morale was low, things were — they weren't looking too good.
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