^They certainly did. I’m watching my way through Voyager and the writing started as excellent has gotten progressively better as the series progressed. With some shows the writers essentially do laps in the pool in the last season or two, and don’t try new things but with this series that’s not the case. Part of this is because those who do the screen plays are all veterans of TNG and the most writers have long experience. In addition, the show is about women in the role of leadership and that influences the arc of the story telling.

Another interesting detail is that in Voyager they begin to not compartmentalize the story lines. That is, plot development takes place over episodes and in some cases over the scope of seasons. This was a new thing. Previously nearly every ST episode (except for the 2 part editions) was essentially self-contained.