However, many TNG writers quit over the years because of how impossible they found writing Star Trek's "perfect people" to be. Yet despite struggling to adhere to Roddenberry's rule, TNG was still able to create some of the most legendary science fiction television ever made.
While Roddenberry's vision of Mankind's betterment in the future is laudable, TNG's writers often felt handcuffed by the dictum because no interpersonal conflict made it next to impossible to create drama. Thus, the crews of Starfleet's ships, especially the Enterprise, settle disputes respectfully and don't argue or come to blows. One of Roddenberry's prime directives is that by the 24th century, humanity had evolved beyond petty squabbles. By the time Gene Roddenberry launched TNG in 1987, Star Trek's creator had crystallized the utopian ideals he wanted his show to adhere to. Star Trek: Lower Decks is set in the 24th century in the same era as Star Trek: The Next Generation. Star Trek: Lower Decks season 2 continues the USS Cerritos' mission of Second Contact while Mariner sorts through her issues with her mother, Captain Carol Freeman (Dawnn Lewis), and the fact that her best friend, Ensign Brad Boimler (Jack Quaid), suddenly transferred to Captain Will Riker's (Jonathan Frakes) USS Titan.
In Star Trek: Lower Decks' season 2 premiere, Ensign Beckett Mariner (Tawny Newsome) cracks a joke that rebukes one of Gene Roddenberry's ironclad rules about Star Trek: that the crew of the Starship Enterprise isn't supposed to have interpersonal conflict. Warning: SPOILERS for Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 2, Episode 1 - "Strange Energies".
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