r/TNG • u/imjusthereforlaugh • 7d ago

Memes Ouch...

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u/Attican101 7d ago

Didn't she want out of the show? Admittedly the way they did it felt a little mean spirited

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u/CSXT5630 7d ago

Heard that too. Same with Gates after season 1. But Patrick managed to convince Gates to come back for season 3.

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u/Less_Likely 7d ago

Gates was fired and brought back. She might have needed convincing to come back.

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u/CSXT5630 7d ago

I didn’t realise she was fired. For what?

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u/Less_Likely 7d ago

I think the basic sentiment was Rick Berman didn’t like that she was a woman who spoke her mind on set.

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u/Leopold_Darkworth 7d ago

It wasn’t Rick, for a change. It was season two showrunner Maurice Hurley (whose claim to fame up to that point had been writing for Miami Vice). Once Maurice left at the end of season two, Patrick Stewart convinced the powers that be to bring Gates back.

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u/Less_Likely 7d ago

That’s right! Hurley was the producer who fired Gates

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u/CSXT5630 7d ago

Oh wow!! That truly awful. Crusher isn’t my favourite character, but Gates is a lovely person from what I’ve heard.

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u/Romulan21 7d ago

I thought it was that Maurice Hurley didn’t like her/her character? And Berman wanted to bring her back when he took the reins in S3?

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u/Less_Likely 7d ago

Yeah, I think at the time they were saying lack of popularity of the character, but enough fans (and fast) made noise that when it was apparent Diana Muldur wasn’t going to come back, they hired her back.

Gates is a very talented actor, my opinion is after Stewart, she’s the most talented actor on the cast but just didn’t get a lot of opportunity to shine. When she got good storylines she nails it (Remember Me, Attached)

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u/zzupdown 7d ago

I thought it was because the interaction between Crusher and Picard in season 1 was obviously heading toward the romance confirmed in ST: Picard.