In the episode "Old Trek: The Next Generation" "Inner Light", the USS company floats through space when it occurs on a strange probe, unknown to its databases. The probe has plunged Captain Picard (Patrick Stewart) In the brain, and he falls unconscious. Picard wakes up on the planet Kataan and has been told that his real name is a fireplace and is married to a woman named Elin (Margot Rose). Picard assumes he has been kidnapped, but he can't understand why.

Spending months, and Picard begins to accept it, yes, he is actually a fireplace. He and Elin together have children and an oversee family. Picard disappears from his memory. He overcomes the flute. He grows into a very old man. The fireplace eventually died in the 1990s when Kataan was destroyed by the inevitable natural cataclysm.

Back to the company, it has been found that Picard is only unconscious on the floor and is hallucinating all of the catan. He sits up, with only 25 minutes spent. It was then revealed that Kataan had actually disappeared before the generations and that the investigation was the latest footage of its civilization. Picard was the last person to experience such a life. Picard returns to the captain's chair, but now with a new life in the head.

"Inner Light", written by Morgan Gendel, is often considered one of the best episodes of "Next Generation" and of course one of his most emotional. It features one of Star Trek's best performances on Stuart, and won the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation. Also, perhaps unexpected, there was a sequel. As early as 2012, Gendel spoke with Forbes magazine About how he wrote the story of monitoring "inner light", called (Natch) "outdoor light". Gendel initially published the "outer light" as a web -Strip, which can be read in part, On the paths of the science website.

The idea of Sequel to "inner light" Can hit some trips like heretical. As mentioned, it is usually considered one of the best episodes of the series and ends up on such a perfect, tragic note. Picard is for Inubi in a new life and was allowed to retire, have a family and get lost in a new identity. The discovery of the end - that Kataan was dead from the beginning - adds sore wit of wit.

But at the same time, many paths felt a little uncomfortable with how important the story was. Picard lived in his head all his life, and next week, he returned to work as if nothing had happened. The idea of ​​Gendel's sequel was to deal with that aspect of the story. He said in an interview with Forbes that he saw Picard as the only survivor of the legitimate Holocaust and that he had never been approved any dramatic development or necessary closure to accept that he had now lived two lives. Gendel's idea, however, was that Picard meets the real life Elaine, face to face. In the real reality, Elin would never get to know Picard, so their interactions would be unpleasant at best. As the writer said:

"Well, I came up with the idea (for a sequel), but at that time they just said they were not making extensions. So, I didn't even get as much as I was in the sequel. This is said, all that my idea for twenty years ago has in common with the current story of which I work with Andre Duza and Duza.

Asked why Gendel wanted to rethink "inner light", he was a refreshing blunt, saying:

"Simple Answer: Because I can. Technology has reached the point that I can afford to set up this. And as soon as I started going to conventions and talking to fans, I realized that Picard had never closed this."

Really.

Unfortunately, Gendel was who when asked about the story of "outdoor light". Indeed, while he might have a stories plan, he seemed to feel his comic as he walked together. The web strip was posted in short installments over time, properly seriously as a long-lasting comics title. But Gendel also admitted that he never knew much about the comics before starting the project, saying:

"I actually think of these (individual releases) as episodes. I am not a man with comics, so I write scripts how to write about TV.

This was completely unauthorized, by the way. Gendel did not make money from the project.

The comic book itself is more than an illustrated overview than a complete script. The premise is fun: it turns out that the people of Kataan were not able to save their planet, but they had the technological ability to put themselves on the Hypers List and launch into space. They were revived 1,000 years later, after they went down into a distant world. Picard found revived Katans, including Elin, and began working with their scientists again to solve a problem with the ore they were routing. It has also been discovered that it is a plot, with people being deliberately abducted and put in similar states of dreams that Picard has experienced in "inner light". There is an attempt to assassinate and discover that Elaine species remembers Picard thanks to the strange hyper-technological manipulation with consciousness manipulation. Romules can stand behind it.

It is more action/spy story than monitoring "inner light", though. The real depth of "inner light" is absent here, reducing the experience of Picard as a fireplace of just deterrent in the caper story. Woulde make a fun episode of "Star Trek: The Next Generation", but it doesn't work completely as a continuation.

Online newslettersMeanwhile, he praised the comic writing, even if it lobbied her art. Some did not like that the USS Enterprise was not displayed on the screen. Of course, if that's your biggest complaint, you are in good shape.