Summary
For All Mankindseason 4 sparked fans to revisit the falling out betweenStar Trekscreenwriters and EPs Ronald D. Moore and Brannon Braga.
Star Trekveteran Ronald D. Moore co-createsFor All Mankind, a science fiction series that dramatizes an alternate history depicting the global space race, which has run on Apple TV Plus for four seasons. Moore is best known for hisStar Trekprojects likeThe Next GenerationandDeep Space Nine. He co-wrote and executive producedVoyagerbut left weeks after joining due to a falling out with his friend and writing partner Brannon Braga, who was also one of the series’s executive producers. Some fans felt Moore threw shade atVoyagerin the latest episode ofFor All Mankind.
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One fan (Torenza Alduin) took on Reddit and claimed thatStar Trek: Voyagerdoesn’t exist in theFor All Mankinduniverse. The online user said it was interesting, considering that Moore had a falling out with Braga over the series. The netizen speculated that Moore was throwing shade by scrappingVoyagerin the timeline of his own show.The comment was made following a scene where Danielle (Krys Marshall), the first African-American woman in space andaStar Trekfan, recorded a video message to her stepson Isaiah to congratulate him for the upcoming arrival of his daughter. In the scene, Dani says:
I know you hate Star Trek, but you better get used to it, because I’m gonna make sure my grandbaby is a full-blown Trekkie. That’s right, we’re gonna watch all the series, all three of them.
The scene was set in 2003, and in the real timeline, there were already more than threeStar Trekseries at the time –The Original Series,The Animated Series,The Next Generation,Deep Space Nine,Voyager,andEnterprise. Moore spoke withInversein 2021 and explained that inthe For All Mankind timeline, he consideredThe Wrath of Khanthe first Star Trekmovie and thenStar Trek: Phase II. TheWrath of Khanis based on theStar TrekTV series now referred to asThe Original Series. However, his explanation still left many scratching their heads, wondering what the third series Dani alludes to.
The confusion was understandable because of Moore’s history withStar Trekand the drama with Braga. When he left the franchise, he said that his exit was because he felt it was time for him to move on and that all was well. However, in an interview a year later, Moore admitted he was hurt, and there was a breakdown of trust between him and Braga because he was excluded in some processes, leaving him feeling like he was freelancing on his own show.
However, it’s also possible that Moore’s references totheStar TrekseriesinFor All Mankindhad nothing to do with the past drama, including the projects he worked on for the franchise, and that the alternate reality simply has fewer iterations ofStar Trekand is different from the franchise in the real world.For All Mankind’s timeline doesn’t reflect everything that happened in reality. For instance, the reboot ofBattlestar Galacticadidn’t exist, and the 9/11 incident wasn’t featured. Also, the falling-out occurred over two decades ago, and Moore was probably over it.
Star Trek: Voyageris available on Paramount Plus, andFor All Mankindseasons 1-4 are available on Apple TV Plus.
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