As of yesterday, looks like A:E2 is a definite GO.

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As of yesterday, looks like A:E2 is a definite GO. Along with a few other things. Stay tuned for more news!

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So this sequel series will tell stories which take place in-between the previous issues, right? I seem to recall that's what you'd said before.

Whichever way it goes, not likely to extend it beyond the point where I left it in the last issue.

Sadly, too, we now know that filming the episode was not a pleasant experience for Teri Garr, who might well have declined to return to the role if the series had been picked up. I wonder if someone else could have stepped into Roberta Lincoln's pumps? The dynamic between Lansing and Ms Garr was right on the money.

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One of my favorite typos, ever! ;-)

Assignment Earth remains my favorite of JB's Star Trek work. Which is high praise since I think all of his Trek comics have been outstanding.

Hardcore Trekkies tend to dismiss "Assignment: Earth" as one of the weaker episodes of TOS, and not just because it was a stealth pilot. Altho I obviously loved the whole concept (and was a big fan of Robert Lansing), I'll confess that the episode is not one of the strongest.

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I'm one of those Trekkies. Although I like the concept of A:E, and the performances of Lansing and Garr, the episode itself is rather blah. And I'm not sure how well a TV series would have worked. Also, for me, it'll always be "the one where Kirk and Spock just stand around for most of the episode".

The premise (the Enterprise casually traveling back in time for "historical research") is also rather far-fetched, and clearly exists only to serve as a way of introducing Seven on then-present day Earth.

I guess the biggest problem for me is that, instead of integrating our TREK heroes into the story in a logical fashion, they're either shunted aside or forced to stand around and watch so that the focus can remain on the guest-stars and their backdoor pilot. Perhaps if it had been done as a two-parter, it could have been more of an epic that made better use of the main characters, instead of treating them almost as guest-stars in their own series.

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Which, curiously enough, was and element of Roddenberry's original concept.