Ok, it's a completely crazy idea for a Star Trek show. I would subtitle it, "Ordinary People". The idea for this new show, or a mini-series, or a short, focuses on the lives of non-space, ordinary people during the centuries in which the various Star Trek shows are based. Kirk announces in Star Trek IV, The Voyage Home, that the people of that earlier century were "still using money". Which nudged me into wondering: how does the economy work in his time, or in Picard's time? Which got me thinking that not everyone works in space, or for Star Fleet, or the Federation, in a space-oriented job. So what do ordinary people do? We've seen the lives of people in various societies on a range of planets, across the spectrum of shows. But what about on Earth? As a Star Trek short, or a mini-series, the show would focus on "ordinary people" - the teachers, the doctors, the artists and entertainers, for example - and the show could tie-in William Shatner's musical take on "ordinary people". Yeah, it's crazy, but it could be fun. This episode talks a little more about what such a show could look like.
