Joe Menosky

Joe Menosky is a television writer known for his work on the various Star Trek series.

Career

He graduated from Pomona College in 1979, where the number 47 holds special importance (see 47 as an in-joke).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Menosky is the writer credited with starting the trend of trying to work the number 47 into many scripts.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Menosky joined the writing staff for Season 4 of Star Trek: The Next Generation,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and also wrote for several episodes for Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Star Trek: Voyager.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>Template:Sfn As a writer on Voyager, he usually co-wrote with Brannon Braga. In June 2016, it was announced that Menosky had joined the writing staff for Star Trek: Discovery.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

He later began work as a co-producer on The Orville,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and wrote the second-season episode "Sanctuary".

“The Jade Woman,” Air date: October 17, 1987
“Hot Prowl,” (Teleplay; Story by Joseph Gunn), Air date: December 8, 1987
“Allegra,” Air date: December 29, 1987
“Presumed Guilty,” Air date: November 26, 1988
“The Pit,” Air date: January 14, 1989
“City Under Siege, Part 1,” (Teleplay; Story by George Geiger & Tom Chehak), Air date: February 4, 1989
“Return of White Cloud,” (co-writer with Erin Conroy and Stepfanie Kramer ), Air date: May 21, 1989

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