Timeline for In which (if any) Star Trek episodes does that show’s captain not appear?
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| Aug 19, 2022 at 15:37 | comment | added | ThePopMachine | @LessPop_MoreFizz: I would not agree with that intepretation at all. But I would claim that the idea of "lead actor" doesn't change just because Stewart plays Locutus or someone is playing their mirror-universe equivalent for an episode. The question is mentioning captains merely as a way to define which is the "lead actor" and that doesn't need to be precisely accurate in every episode. Put another way, the "show's captain" doesn't have to be the captain in every single episode to still be the show's captain. | |
| Aug 16, 2022 at 12:49 | comment | added | LessPop_MoreFizz | Locutus is Picard as far as I’m concerned. Same for any Mirror-universe equivalents that show up. We’re not talking about Jeffrey Combs playing both Weyoun and Brunt here, we’re talking about one character that might have multiple ‘aspects’ or variants within a series. (Or, to return to the metaphor, Jeffrey Combs playing all of the many Weyouns) | |
| Aug 13, 2022 at 23:04 | comment | added | O. R. Mapper | @DarrelHoffman: "you'd also have to count the episodes where Picard becomes Locutus" - I'm not sure whether I'm getting the comment right, but note that the question also mentions "lead actor" as a description of what the OP is after. Thus, even in episodes where such a "lead actor", who would usually play the commanding officer in the show, is temporarily incapacitated, they would still the show's lead actor, so-to-speak "the captain of the show" from an out-of-universe perspective. | |
| Aug 13, 2022 at 23:01 | comment | added | O. R. Mapper | @Wyck: I seriously do not hope that there will be a necessity for this any time soon, but note that on Ex Astris Scientia, a page with one photo of each episode/movie a character appeared in is typically posted once one of the regular/semi-regular actors has passed away. That comes close to your "clip show". | |
| Aug 13, 2022 at 1:28 | vote | accept | LessPop_MoreFizz | ||
| Aug 12, 2022 at 19:11 | comment | added | Wyck | So you're saying there's a way to produce a compilation video where you show a clip from every episode that contains that series' captain? Pet project anyone? | |
| Aug 12, 2022 at 13:57 | comment | added | Guybrush McKenzie | @DarrelHoffman that’s what I meant by “or equivalent”. ;) | |
| Aug 12, 2022 at 13:49 | comment | added | Darrel Hoffman | If you're counting the episode where Kirk wasn't captain, you'd also have to count the episodes where Picard becomes Locutus. Also, Sisko wasn't a captain for the first few seasons, only a commander, but that's a technicality. | |
| Aug 12, 2022 at 13:46 | comment | added | Organic Marble | So tl;dr: none! | |
| Aug 12, 2022 at 13:18 | comment | added | Barmar | It's also arguable whether The Cage even counts as an episode, since it was never broadcast. Parts of it were edited into The Menagerie. | |
| Aug 12, 2022 at 12:02 | history | edited | Guybrush McKenzie | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Made bounds of question clear in the answer
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| Aug 12, 2022 at 11:57 | comment | added | Guybrush McKenzie | @GordonD thanks for that - I agree. I’ve updated the reasoning accordingly. | |
| Aug 12, 2022 at 11:57 | history | edited | Guybrush McKenzie | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Updated reason The Cage doesn’t qualify
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| Aug 12, 2022 at 11:52 | comment | added | Guybrush McKenzie | @Tristan - I did think of adding the other shows, since I was already looking at the lists, but decided not to since the bounds of the question were pretty clear. It’s “left as an exercise for the reader”, as it were. | |
| Aug 12, 2022 at 10:14 | comment | added | Tristan | gah, my tendency to skim strikes again. Please ignore my submitted edit then. I will add the info as a comment to the question as it is not an answer, but just a relevant note | |
| Aug 12, 2022 at 10:12 | comment | added | LogicDictates | @Tristan - Note that the question only asked about "the original five broadcast Trek series", i.e. TOS to Enterprise. | |
| Aug 12, 2022 at 10:03 | comment | added | Tristan | I've submitted an edit including the more recent shows. In particular Discovery and Picard do offer instances of the commanding officer or captain of the ship being absent for some episodes, but they may still not qualify as examples for the purposes of the question (given the reference to the show's lead actor in the question) | |
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| Aug 12, 2022 at 9:26 | comment | added | GordonD | I would agree that The Cage doesn't count as a non-appearance - not because it wasn't broadcast initially but because Jeffrey Hunter appeared as Captain Pike. The fact that William Shatner wasn't in it is irrelevant. | |
| Aug 12, 2022 at 7:23 | history | edited | Guybrush McKenzie | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Aug 12, 2022 at 6:57 | history | answered | Guybrush McKenzie | CC BY-SA 4.0 |