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Always thought they should do more Trek-adjacent stuff, like a Gary Seven series and/or a series set in the ST timeline, when Colonel Green was in power.  Both of these shows could have enough of their own feel to appeal to a broader audience, while still bringing in Trek fans.

Maybe once the whole Paramount thing gets resolved.

It wasn't necessary, but if you happen to be a coked-out FOX exec with a short-attention span AND it's the 90's, you're going to have a predilection for meddling and trying to fix things that aren't broken.

At that time, FOX was still new to TV and was trying to cater to the Neilsen ratings.

In the grand scheme of things, had FOX just let the episodes air in sequential order, it probably wouldn't have made a huge difference, however there'd have been less strife behind the scenes and the morale would've been higher, so who knows?  That may've made a diffeence and been a tipping point in the right direction.

EDIT: Also, they were competing with new syndicated networks like The WB and the UPN channel.

@ireactions - Thanks for the info and the script you wrote wasn't bad at all (easily better than the season 4-5 scripts), it's just that I was more interested in what Torme would have done.

To me, the most interesting thing about the Kromags is how they (and Peckinpah) ruined the show; as recurring villains, they're basically just warmed-over Klingons with vaguely defined super powers and, oh yeah, they're also serial-rapists.

Kinda surprised that FOX didn't want the Kromags; on a YouTube video, they talk about how FOX was pushing for the show to be more action-oriented.

Having said that, would not be at all surprised if the (probably coked-out) FOX execs were sending Torme contradictory notes about the show.

What you're saying makes sense, but I'm still curious as to what Torme & Weiss would've done with the Kromags, had they been able to continue with their vision(s) either on Fox or the Sci-Fi Channel, presumably with less TV exec interference and/or budget issues.

Or another way to look at it is, what would the Kromags have looked like if David Peckinpah hadn't gotten involved with the show?

Hi Jim.  Yeah, sorry, just couldn't get into it.

It'd be interesting to know what Torme's plans (if any) were for the Kromags, instead of the super-advanced rapist cavemen that overstayed their welcome.

Currently I'm midway through season 5 and what I've noticed is that aside from Cleavant, the other 3 cast members are boring and terrible actors, often getting outacted by the show's guest-stars.

IMO, the scripts were never great, but the OG cast were good actors and the 4 of them had strong chemistry, so they could elevate the material.

There are moments where two the OG cast are just sitting down, having a conversation and it's great and tonally seems disconnected to the rest of the episode - I'm inclined to think that the director just told them to improv a scene to fill out the episodes and they're great at it.

If true, that's interesting.

I wouldn't blame her for holding a grudge against Jerry & Cleavant for not fighting for her to stay and/or change the direction of the show away from whatever Peckinpah was aiming for.

Sabrina basically threw Peckinpah an opportunity to get himself out of the predicament he wrote himself into and, somehow, he just made it worse.