Mike Sussman

These aired on the 22nd and 29th of April, 2005.

They were written by Mike Sussman, but the story for part two was by Manny Cotto and directed by James L. Conway for part one and Marvin V.

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This week, we are doing a news roundup, and we're also covering all the fun and events around New York Comic Con.

So we're gonna start with an update on our friends Scott Bakula and Mike Sussman, who, as a lot of people know, have been trying to pitch this show, United.

Um, what some people lost, I think, in the translation of all that is that they were...

It came to be 'cause they were already working on something else, which they've been developing, and, uh, as now the show is officially in early development with CBS.

Yeah

... is understandable.

Yep, and he would also be an executive producer on it, along with Mike Sussman and Dean Devlin.

Yeah, of the Library, you know, which means that Jonathan Frakes is gonna end up directing an episode probably.

Our tachyon pulse has been unable to completely penetrate the anomaly.

Star Trek United kind of hit a brick wall the other day as it was announced that Scott Bakula and Michael Sussman are doing a new procedural detective police show for CBS.

When he has been putting all these photos of him in front of CBS and Paramount Studios and we were getting excited meaning could that be Star Trek United? Is he teasing us? Actually, no, it was about the CBS cop show.

I've always told you guys that actually United is something that they might informally talk about but cannot be greenlit until at very earliest the new year because Kurtzman still has that contract.

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Obviously, it means that Michael Sussman and Scott Bakula, in fact, have got their foot in the door at CBS Studios.

That could be really important.

Looks like that might not be happening because Scott Bakula has signed on to be the lead of a detective drama for CBS.

And the producer of this is, what was his name? Michael Sussman, who was also supposed to be working together with him on Star Trek United.

Yeah.

So if they're busy doing a network show, it doesn't look like United's going to be happening.

because they're just going to cause trouble so um i said over dc did that with james gunn james gunn is um toe in the line at the moment but let's see what happens if it all went wrong um i want you guys to give the comments to what you think all right and then we'll come back to this in a minute and i'll tell you my opinion on it all right and this is as and he said as a kevin fey so if they did Star Trek Studios it's the head of the studio not show running something not show running legacy or something like that actually the Star Trek guy so look we'll come back to that in a minute once you guys have had a chance to get in the comments and tell me what you think the other thing I want to talk about is the 10 year timeline and I've got another question for you with that so we'll come back to that in a second but Star Trek United now it was announced yesterday that Terry Metallus and Scott Bakula have had this new show greenlit.

And it would seem that when Terry Metallus, not Terry Metallus, when Michael Sussman has been putting on Facebook pictures of him going to Pig in Paramount Studios, it was about this project, not Star Trek United.

He's a little tease, is Michael Sussman.

And I will tell you now as well, I put a little comment on his Facebook when he announced this.

And I said, guys, you guys are going to be exhausted when you happen to do this show and Star Trek United.

I'm telling you now he's not giving up on it.

And there is no way he's making these comments like he did on my post on Facebook when he said it's a distinct possibility that we get to do both.

unless he thinks it's a distinct possibility they'll get to do both but you know what and I said this in a video about Michael Sussman a few days ago I think he's one of the men to bring in um to do United and to heal the wounds of Star Trek because he engages with the fans so well he is happy to engage with us that is something I think would go a long way towards healing those wounds Melissa says it was called Battlestar Galactica yeah it was Blood and Chrome wasn't it but yeah not the point I'm trying to make Trek is going to have snarky dialogue in there oh boy snarky dialogue for a while Isaac I'm hoping the June TV series keeps going I'll admit I have not read any June books so I can't compare the quality in that regard I read the one when I was a kid so I can't tell you either Sephiroth.

Our tachyon pulse has been unable to completely penetrate the anomaly.

In a shock announcement, it turns out that Star Trek United might not be happening after all, as it is announced that Scott Bakula and Michael Sussman are going to be doing a cop drama detective series or something for CBS instead.

So what does that mean for Star Trek United? Well, first of all, we can actually tell you that it's actually Dean Devlin's production company that's going to be producing this.

Michael Sussman is going to be writing and actually showrunning this new series for CBS starring Scott Bakula.

Now, this has come completely left field for me, and I don't know quite what to make of it, because I spoke to a source, a really good source, that said just a couple of days ago, bosses over at Paramount had been talking about Star Trek United.

Now, it seems very, very unlikely that Michael Sussman and Scott Bakula would do a TV series of Star Trek United alongside doing another detective cop show, whatever it is, for CBS.

So does that mean Star Trek United is dead? Well, if I'm honest, probably.

I don't know what the conversations were a few days ago over at Paramount about Star Trek United.

[sighs] Yeah.

Teleplay by Mike Sussman with his writing partner Phyllis Strong from a story by Rick Berman with Brannon Braga, directed by the most prolific director in the history of Star Trek, and grateful enough that, that he was a guest on this show, Mr. David Livingston.

Oh, yeah.

That was a really good episode, Brian.

Uh, so that was as close to a 9/11 related thing [laughs] as, as happened, so.

Um, anyway, memory alpha notes.

From Star Trek: The Magazine, the writing team of Phyllis Strong and Mike Sussman, they were paired as a team on Voyager I think.

Mike Sussman's been a guest on Inglorious Treksverts many times, so you can go listen to, uh, him talk, uh, his, about his experiences.

Hello everybody, and welcome back to Trek Politics.

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And Bob, I'm looking forward to this one because we're gonna be talking about part two of Wrath of Khan.

Spoilers ahead.

Spock explains that his sacrifice was logical.

The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few or the one.

He tells Kirk that he has always been his friend, gives the Vulcan salute, and then dies.

The crew holds a funeral and launches Spock's coffin toward the newly created Genesis planet.

Hello, everybody, and welcome back to Truck Politics.

I'm here with my friend and co-host, Bob Cesca.

And Bob, I'm looking forward to this one because we're going to be talking about part two of wrath of god

spoilers ahead after kirk's furious con the story pivots into its final chase kirk savick bones and both dr marcus's are still trapped in the genesis cave deep inside regula even though they could survive for years on the abundant food supply kirk has one more trick up his maroon sleeve Spock's early report that Enterprise would need days of repairs was a trick meant to deceive Khan, who was monitoring Kirk's communications with the Enterprise.

Spock explains that his sacrifice was logical.

The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few or the one.

He tells Kirk that he has always been his friend, gives the Vulcan salute, and then dies.

The crew holds a funeral and launches Spock's coffin toward the newly created Genesis planet.

It's future tense in our second season.

The teleplay was by Mike Sussman and Phyllis Strong.

It was directed by James Whitmore Jr. and it features Vaughan Armstrong as Admiral Forrest.

And let's get started.

The Suluban do.

They appear again as we're approaching our rendezvous with the Vulcans.

And this is when Mike Sussman and Phyllis Strong introduce...

I always love a ticking clock moment in an episode where they're...