David Gerrold - Star Trek: The Next Generation Encounter at Farpoint

Pros: Well-written, faithful to the pilot's script
Cons: The original teleplay was good but not exciting; some inconsistencies in Picard's backstory.

In the fall of 1987, 18 years after NBC cancelled Gene Roddenberry's original Star Trek television series and one year after the success of Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, viewers got their first glimpse of Roddenberry's syndicated ...