It's going what sir?

I prefer it.

Showtime is the worst network outside of CBS when it comes to never letting their shows end gracefully. And they never do. They always keep going and going until Showtime just cancels them unceremoniously.

Dexter was the closest, but that was shot in the foot because they were planning for the inevitable reboot and then the reboot was shot in the foot because they were planning for a spin-off (that now isn't going to happen.)

I disagree, I really love the ending. I get why some people didn't like it, but a good chunk of people did.

Yeah, this seems like a real downgrade from QI.

Thank for the answer, sheds a little more light on what i asked about. I put too much of star trek stuff into the question i guess, what i am interested in is really only the production side for this question.

one word: Showtime

Thanks, that is more in line of what i meant. They just use new extras because no one really cares. I was just wondering about it because i read about some laws that gives more rights (money, insurance, etc.) to people that are continually employed by a specific show in one role.

/r/ihadastroke

No i didn't, it was just something that came to mind when i thought about always seeing new persons that i never saw before.

But why is that so important instead of the question i asked, if there is some rule or law that prohibits using extras more than a few times without upping them to cast members?

Calling it "dull" was a mistake because it tells everyone who did watch it that you never did, which is a really weird thing for you to lie about.

Even having him back this show is well past it’s best before date.

While I am not an expert on this, my understanding is there are 'background actors' who don't have lines, and 'principal performers' who do. An actor can remain background even over an extended period of time, so there's no contractual reason to churn them, but there's also probably not that much benefit to trying to ensure some concept of continuity for individuals in roles where it's not essential to the story.

How sure are you that they don't do exactly this? Have you really paid close enough attention to who is in the background of every scene to know for sure that those same people don't show up in the background of other scenes down the road?

They are merging with Paramount+ so there is no strategy, they will cease to exist as an independent entity soon

Hi. I'll try to answer.

I don't think they always change. On The Original Series there were several actors that were regularly in the background or used for playing small roles. Yes, there were even actors as redshirts that got killed more than once. And there are different types of extras. Most extras come in for a day or two on an episode by episode basis, and will just be put at whatever station that helps make the screen look like it's filled with activity. Sometimes there are a small core group of regular extras that will appear in multiple episodes throughout the season and get paid a little more. I worked a background office worker extra on a TV show for two seasons. On the show Two Broke Girls, some of the regular diner patrons pulled double duty and worked as stand-in's for the main actors during set ups.

Day players (actors with one or more lines) are different. But, like extras, day players are not under a contract, so their appearances are subject to their availability. Basically Trek has always reused actors and does put some effort into trying to retain them, though it's not always possible, and keeping them at the same stations all the time is obviously not a priority.

You just didn’t get the twist.

You see, that guy in the toupee, that was Bruce Willis the whole time

Not the host, but Phil Giroux, the guy drinking coffee in the window on the Tom Green Show, really hates copper.

Pretty much how I felt. Chuck motherfucking rhoades

BE GONE VILE MAN

They keep getting into the teletransporter with Kirk, Spock, and Scotty, which is the Kiss of Death...Nobody can survive that!!

Well they die mostly. I just meant the other bridge staff or staff in general, sometimes you see a person twice, mostly on the next episode then. But there are never recurring characters that are not on the main staff. (Edit: In Tng there is a nurse that is seen more often, that is actually what i mean, why are there not more of those "named" background characters.)

Like a person that is on the bridge now and then, or in the medical station. Those are always new people.

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The guys in the red shirts who beam down with the landing party are not good candidates for recurring roles.

Lame.