Joe Menosky is the Star Trek writer credited with starting the trend of trying to work the number 47 into every script. He graduated from Pomona College in 1979, where the number 47 is believed to hold special importance. Menosky joined the writing staff for Season 4 of The Next Generation, and also wrote for several episodes for Deep Space Nine and Voyager. As a writer on Voyager, he usually co-wrote with Brannon Braga.

Next Generation Writing Credits

• Legacy
• First Contact with Marc Scott Zicree, Dennis Russell Bailey, David Bischoff, Ronald D. Moore and Michael Piller
• The Nth Degree
• In Theory with Ronald D. Moore
• Darmok with Philip Lazebnik
• Hero Worship with Hilary J. Bader
• Time's Arrow, Parts I and II with Michael Piller
• The Chase with Ronald D. Moore
• Suspicions with Naren Shankar
• Masks
• Emergence with Brannon Braga

Deep Space Nine Writing Credits

• Dramatis Personae
• Rivals with Jim Trombetta and Michael Piller
• Distant Voices with Ira Steven Behr and Robert Hewitt Wolfe

Voyager Writing Credits

• Cathexis - with Brannon Braga
• The Thaw - with Richard Gadas
• Future's End Parts 1-2 with Brannon Braga
• Distant Origin with Brannon Braga
• Scorpion Parts 1-2 with Brannon Braga
• Year of Hell Parts 1-2 with Brannon Braga
• Timeless with Brannon Braga
• Equinox Parts 1-2 with Brannon Braga

Reference

• Denise & Michael Okuda, Star Trek Chronology: A History of the Future, Appendix J, "Writing Credits".

External links

• "Joe Menosky" at Memory Alpha
• IMDB: Joe Menosky

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