Written by Chris Snelgrove | Revealed 22 seconds in the past
If you already know something about Star Trek: Voyager, you already know that nobody within the solid complained greater than Garrett Wang. Actor Ensign Kim has often had very righteous complaints, resembling when he revealed how the screenwriters allegedly fat-shamed him and Robert Duncan MacNeil by writing their latest weight positive factors into the script. Generally his complaints are surprising, like his baseless declare that Rick Berman informed him to tone down his appearing to make the present’s aliens appear extra lifelike.
In actual fact, when he repeated that grievance to a TV Information reporter, the reporter dutifully reported that the Star Trek actor was badmouthing his personal TV present. To this present day, Wang is satisfied that the uproar is why he by no means had the possibility to direct. Fortuitously for the actor, not all of his complaints have gone away. If we hadn’t complained that his character’s writing was boring, Rockstar author Brannon Braga in all probability would not have made “Non-Sequitur,” the most effective episodes ever that includes Ensign Kim.
Grease on squeaky wheels
What’s “non-secure”? On this story, Ensign Kim wakes up in San Francisco and learns that he by no means joined the Voyager crew and due to this fact was by no means stranded within the Delta Quadrant. He nonetheless has recollections of his time on the ship, but it surely’s simple to overlook all of it within the arms of his sizzling girlfriend. Nevertheless, Tom Paris’s failure to affix Voyager meant that he misplaced his place on the ship and have become a drunken loser with no function. Within the final “Brothers Earlier than Hoes” second, Kim groups up with Paris to revive the timeline and guarantee their bromance continues on the opposite facet of the galaxy.
“Non-Sequitur” is a really stable Star Trek: Voyager story, particularly if (like me) you are an enormous fan of each Harry Kim and Tom Paris. However because it seems, this episode would by no means have been written if Garrett Wang hadn’t complained to screenwriter and producer Brannon Braga. Because the actor confessed to Official Star Trek: Voyager Journal, the episode “was the results of me going into the manufacturing workplace and saying… When is Harry going to get the woman? When is he going to get into the motion?” Braga replied, “Don’t fret,” and went on to make “Non-Sequitur.”
Too cool for the pool
Total, Mr. Wang was very pleased with the completed outcome because it met every part he needed. The altered timeline of “Non-Sequitur” gave Ensign Kim a cute girlfriend and allowed him to kick some ass after deciding to return actuality to its earlier state. He additionally turns into a full-fledged motion hero, stealing a runabout, escaping Starfleet pursuit, and even beaming into the vacuum of area, all in a determined effort to revive the timeline.
Nevertheless, if I haven’t got yet another grievance, this is not Garrett Wang’s story. In accordance with Kim, he requested Brannon Braga to sprinkle all of the motion and romance “all year long,” with the hope that Kim would turn out to be a extra dynamic character all through season two. As an alternative, Braga says, “we mixed every part into one episode.” Fortuitously, “Non-Sequitur” served as a enjoyable showcase for Wan’s talents as an actor, and virtually (although not fairly) made up for what he actually needed: a banner promotion for the ceaselessly underutilized and ceaselessly under-acted.
