I remember reading a while back that "the best of both worlds" was suppose to be the end of Picard cause Patrick Stewart was planning on leaving. How would that changed what we know TNG was, I mean really Riker as captain (sigh he's so inept in my opinion) but I like how they were "grooming" him into the position with that commander upstaging him and him coming to terms that he has to change. Its a shame they didn't keep with that later in the series. There were other characters that wanted to leave at various parts, but I think Patrick Stewart leaving would have been something major, opinions?