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* GenreKiller: There's never been a ''Star Trek'' clip show before or since this episode, thanks to it being so poorly received that all the franchise's subsequent creative teams never so much as considered another clip show simply because they didn't want to remind viewers of its existence, and any suggestions to do so were immediately quashed. (The closest they ever came was a brief nostalgic interlude of clips near the end of the ''[[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine DS9]]'' finale.)
* OldShame: ''Nobody'' involved with the series has anything good to say about this episode. For perspective, most of the show's other poorly-regarded episodes have at least had ''Trek'' alumni defending them as having a good concept that was poorly executed. This one... not so much.

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* GenreKiller: There's never been a ''Star Trek'' clip show before or since this episode, thanks to it being so poorly received that all the franchise's subsequent creative teams never so much as considered another clip show simply because they didn't want to remind viewers of its existence, and any suggestions to do so were immediately quashed. (The closest they ever came was a brief nostalgic interlude of clips near the end of the ''[[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine DS9]]'' finale.)
* OldShame:
CreatorBacklash: ''Nobody'' involved with the series has anything good to say about this episode. For perspective, most of the show's other poorly-regarded episodes have at least had ''Trek'' alumni defending them as having a good concept that was poorly executed. This one... not so much.


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* GenreKiller: There's never been a ''Star Trek'' clip show before or since this episode, thanks to it being so poorly received that all the franchise's subsequent creative teams never so much as considered another clip show simply because they didn't want to remind viewers of its existence, and any suggestions to do so were immediately quashed. (The closest they ever came was a brief nostalgic interlude of clips near the end of the ''[[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine DS9]]'' finale.)
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-->Piece of shit. It was supposed to be a bottle show. Terrible, just terrible, and a way to save some money. I was on the way out the door.

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-->Piece --->Piece of shit. It was supposed to be a bottle show. Terrible, just terrible, and a way to save some money. I was on the way out the door.



-->It was just... we learned from that. I think, probably the worst we ever did. It was like "Never again." "Shades"... I don't even want to remember it.

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-->It --->It was just... we learned from that. I think, probably the worst we ever did. It was like "Never again." "Shades"... I don't even want to remember it.
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* GenreKiller: There's never been a ''Star Trek'' clip show before or since this episode, thanks to it being so poorly received that all the franchise's subsequent creative teams never so much as considered another clip show simply because they didn't want to remind viewers of its existence, and any suggestions to do so were immediately quashed. (The closest they ever came was a brief nostalgic interlude of clips near the end of the DS9 finale.)

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* GenreKiller: There's never been a ''Star Trek'' clip show before or since this episode, thanks to it being so poorly received that all the franchise's subsequent creative teams never so much as considered another clip show simply because they didn't want to remind viewers of its existence, and any suggestions to do so were immediately quashed. (The closest they ever came was a brief nostalgic interlude of clips near the end of the DS9 ''[[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine DS9]]'' finale.)
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* GenreKiller: There's never been a ''Star Trek'' clip show before or since this episode, thanks to it being so poorly received that all the franchise's subsequent creative teams never so much as considered another clip show simply because they didn't want to remind viewers of its existence, and any suggestions to do so were immediately quashed.

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* GenreKiller: There's never been a ''Star Trek'' clip show before or since this episode, thanks to it being so poorly received that all the franchise's subsequent creative teams never so much as considered another clip show simply because they didn't want to remind viewers of its existence, and any suggestions to do so were immediately quashed. (The closest they ever came was a brief nostalgic interlude of clips near the end of the DS9 finale.)
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* CreatorsApathy: This is the final script credited to former showrunner Maurice Hurley before he left the show, and you can tell he just didn't care anymore.

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* CreatorsApathy: This is the final script credited to former outgoing showrunner Maurice Hurley before he left the show, left, and you can tell he just didn't care anymore.
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* CreatorsApathy: This is the final script credited to former showrunner Maurice Hurley before he left the show, and you can tell he just didn't care anymore.
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* GenreKiller: There's never been a ''Star Trek'' clip show before or since this episode, thanks to it being so poorly received that all the franchise's subsequent creative teams never so much as considered another clip show simply because they didn't want to remind viewers of its existence.

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* GenreKiller: There's never been a ''Star Trek'' clip show before or since this episode, thanks to it being so poorly received that all the franchise's subsequent creative teams never so much as considered another clip show simply because they didn't want to remind viewers of its existence.existence, and any suggestions to do so were immediately quashed.

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* OldShame: ''Nobody'' involved with the series has anything good to say about this episode. For perspective, most of the show's other poorly-regarded episodes have at least had ''Trek'' alumni defending them as having a good concept that was poorly executed. This one... not so much, with one crew member even describing it as "a piece of shit".

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* OldShame: ''Nobody'' involved with the series has anything good to say about this episode. For perspective, most of the show's other poorly-regarded episodes have at least had ''Trek'' alumni defending them as having a good concept that was poorly executed. This one... not so much, with one crew member much.
** Maurice Hurley said:
-->Piece of shit. It was supposed to be a bottle show. Terrible, just terrible, and a way to save some money. I was on the way out the door.
** In 2012, Peter Lauritson recalled the episode, saying:
-->It was just... we learned from that. I think, probably the worst we ever did. It was like "Never again." "Shades"... I don't
even describing it as "a piece want to remember it.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: As originally scripted, the entire forest was supposed to come to life and attack Geordi and Data when they attempt to extract a thorn from one
of shit".the vines. This was cut from the finished episode, presumably for budget reasons.
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* OldShame: ''Nobody'' involved with the series has anything good to say about this episode. For perspective, most of the show's other poorly-regarded episodes have at least had ''Trek'' alumni defending them as having a good concept that was poorly executed. This one... not so much.

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* OldShame: ''Nobody'' involved with the series has anything good to say about this episode. For perspective, most of the show's other poorly-regarded episodes have at least had ''Trek'' alumni defending them as having a good concept that was poorly executed. This one... not so much.much, with one crew member even describing it as "a piece of shit".
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* OldShame: ''Nobody'' involved with the series has anything good to say about this episode. For perspective, most of the show's other poorly-regarded have at least had ''Trek'' alumni defending them as having a good concept that was poorly executed. This one... not so much.

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* OldShame: ''Nobody'' involved with the series has anything good to say about this episode. For perspective, most of the show's other poorly-regarded episodes have at least had ''Trek'' alumni defending them as having a good concept that was poorly executed. This one... not so much.
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* GenreKiller: There's never been a ''Star Trek'' clip show before or since this episode, thanks to it being so poorly received that all the franchise's subsequent creative teams never so much as considered another clip show simply because they didn't want to remind viewers of its existence.
* OldShame: ''Nobody'' involved with the series has anything good to say about this episode. For perspective, most of the show's other poorly-regarded have at least had ''Trek'' alumni defending them as having a good concept that was poorly executed. This one... not so much.
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