I’m with Janeway on this one. If some new dude took away my 2 coffee bros and there was a way to get them back, he’d be gone in no time even if he was a messiah.
Edit: Sliders did a similar thing, but they kept theirs. Whether the show went down because of that or it was already burning out, I can’t say.
Sliders was definitely already burning out. It was getting shaky by the end of season two. They killed off Rhys-Davies’ character in season three because he was openly critical of the drop in writing quality. By the time they pushed Jerry O’Connell out at the end of season four, the show was pretty much over.
I can’t fathom why they couldn’t keep both. You have teleporters. Duplicate him instead of destroying the reference, then split the original back into Neelix and Tuvok. It’s so blindingly simple, and the morally logical step when the new being wants to live. Send him on his own adventures if you don’t want to add the overhead, hell…
Thomas Riker’s continued existence reinforces your argument.
Perhaps writer reinforced conundrum?
The reverse plot armor. A plot iron maiden.
They send the heart police, to / put you under, cardiac arrest / And as they drag you through the door, they tell you / that you’ve failed the test
the buggles are best known for radio star but they also had a bunch of cool scifi songs inspired by J.G. Ballard. definitely worth a listen if you like TOS-style retrofuture cheese
🎵 You were the first Tuvix
🎵 Oh-wa, oh-ah
🎵 You were the last Tuvix
actually no black coffee was set her over the edge,.
