Highlights
- Ronald D. Moore's recent series, For All Mankind, sparked speculation among fans about his past falling out with Star Trek screenwriter Brannon Braga.
- Some fans believe Moore threw shade at Star Trek: Voyager in his show, as it seemingly doesn't exist in the For All Mankind timeline.
- While there is confusion surrounding the references to Star Trek in For All Mankind, it's possible that Moore's choices were unrelated to his previous drama with Braga.
For All Mankind season 4 sparked fans to revisit the falling out between Star Trek screenwriters and EPs Ronald D. Moore and Brannon Braga.
Star Trek veteran Ronald D. Moore co-creates For 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 his Star Trek projects like The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine. He co-wrote and executive produced Voyager but 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 at Voyager in the latest episode of For All Mankind.
One fan (Torenza Alduin) took on Reddit and claimed that Star Trek: Voyager doesn't exist in the For All Mankind universe. 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 scrapping Voyager in the timeline of his own show. The comment was made following a scene where Danielle (Krys Marshall), the first African-American woman in space and a Star Trek fan, 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 three Star Trek series at the time -- The Original Series, The Animated Series, The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Voyager, and Enterprise. Moore spoke with Inverse in 2021 and explained that in the For All Mankind timeline, he considered The Wrath of Khan the first Star Trek movie and then Star Trek: Phase II. The Wrath of Khan is based on the Star Trek TV series now referred to as The 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 with Star Trek and 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 to the Star Trek series in For All Mankind had 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 of Star Trek and 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 of Battlestar Galactica didn'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: Voyager is available on Paramount Plus, and For All Mankind seasons 1-4 are available on Apple TV Plus.
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Source: Torenza Alduin/Reddit, Inverse
