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  • Garak is arguably my favorite character in all of Trek, especially after reading "A Stitch in Time" which fleshes out his background considerably.

    I don't think this is much of a spoiler but >!Garak basically becomes a regular without Andrew J. Robinson's name appearing in the opening credits. I don't have exact numbers but it feels like he appears in later seasons as much as Jake does!<.






  • I don't think this is a kerning issue, but rather a software one that read "Kurn" as "Kum" when converting the book to Kindle format. There are a bunch of other similar errors like this throughout which had my inner perfectionist screaming in rage, but this one cracked me up because apparently I'm 11 years old.

    Or maybe the author actually wrote "Kum" given the other actual typos that aren't kerning issues littered throughout the Kindle version ("Junie Lowery-Johnson", the "Jenolen", etc.).






  • I disagree with the idea that you can't get attached to characters or have a fleshed out world in shorter seasons. I've become more attached to the SNW and Lower Decks characters in 20 and 30 episodes, respectively, and to the characters in the Expanse (for a non Trek example) than I ever did with Voyager's or Enterprise's characters over hundreds of episodes. The key is good writing and acting that fleshes out the characters, not having 26 episodes, half of which are inconsequential or worse, outright garbage. I do agree that 10 episodes is on the short side and think 13 would be ideal.

    As for the stakes being higher and higher iterations of the end of the world, again that's a separate issue with writing, not always tied to a short season length.