Star Trek: TNG Borg Cliffhanger's Worst Line Shows "How Far We've Come", Says Shelby Actor

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Summary

As Lt . Commander Shelby actress , Elizabeth Dennehy , point out , one furrow fromStar Trek : The Next propagation ’s " The Best of Both Worlds " two - parter senesce particularly badly . Captain Jean - Luc Picard ’s ( Patrick Stewart ) absorption by the Borg may be the most memorable constituent of " The Best of Both Worlds , " butDennehy ’s Lt . Commander Shelby also made quite an impression . After a Borg onslaught , Shelby and Admiral J.P. Hanson ( George Murdock ) visit the USS Enterprise - D to evaluate the berth , and Shelby ’s style of command at once run afoul with that of Commander William Riker ( Jonathan Frakes ) .

As Admiral Hanson and Captain Picard discuss Lt . Commander Shelby inStar Trek : The Next coevals ’s " The good of Both Worlds , Part 1 , " , Picard remarks that Hanson"seem[s ] rather taken with her . “Hanson replies,“Just an old man ’s fantasies,“before retain to discuss Shelby ’s expertness and qualifications . It ’s a creepy-crawly line of business in any era , but it ’s completely glossed over by the episode . In an consultation withWarp Factor Trek , Elizabeth Dennehy reference this specific line and the response it garners with today ’s audiences . Read her quote below :

It ’s so funny , that lineage . Man , you could n’t get away with that now ; you just could n’t do that now . Every clock time I learn it — ’cause sometimes I ’m receive to screening — everybody in the audience moan when that line is said . I wish I could remember if that was questionable back then . I do n’t call up it was . So , it just goes to show you how far we ’ve come . give thanks God !

Elizabeth Dennehy reprised the part of Elizabeth Shelby , now an Admiral , inStar Trek : Picardseason 3 . Shelby appeared briefly in control of the USS Enterprise - F before she was killed by newly assimilated Borg droning .

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Admiral Hanson Actor George Murdock Played God in Star Trek V

Murdock also appeared in the originalBattlestar Galacticatelevision series as Dr. Salik.

Despite being an Admiral , J.P. Hanson was quite a whole tone down in ' social station ' from the firstStar Trekcharacter George Murdock had bet . InStar Trek V : The Final Frontier , Murdock plays God- or , at least , a powerful exotic entity who presents himself as God . Star Trek Vfollows Captain James T. Kirk ( William Shatner ) and his Starship Enterprise gang as they find themselves on a deputation to find God , thanks to Spock ’s ( Leonard Nimoy ) half - comrade , Sybok ( Lawrence Luckinbill ) . After highjacking the initiative and breaking through the Great Barrier , Sybok find the mythologic planet of Sha Ka Ree and the entity he at first believe to be God .

However , when God demands the use of the Enterprise , Kirk responds with the oft - quoted question:“What does God need with a starship?“Kirk proceed to question " God , " finally getting Sybok to realise that the entity before him is not the God of Sha Ka Ree he was searching for . Sybok then sacrifices himself to save Spock , who ostensibly ruin the God - like entity by firing at it from a Klingon Bird - of - Prey . George Murdock looks completely different in these two part , but they are both memorable accession to theStar Trekuniverse . Star Trek : The Next Generation’s"The estimable of Both Worlds " remains one ofStar Trek ’s bully stories , cement both George Murdock and Elizabeth Dennehy as important member of theStar Trekfamily .

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