You have one hour to convince a non-fan that Star Trek is worthy and thought provoking entertainment. Which single TV episode best encapsulates what Star Trek is all about and would most likely win them over?

I can answer that question from direct personal experience. This was the first TNG episode I watched, and it caught me hook-line-and-sinker. Within a few weeks, I had bought the VHS back catalogue of all previous seasons and fell in deep. It’s almost a clichéd answer amongst Trek fandom, but it is the fifth-season TNG…

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What TV shows replaced an established character and the result actually improved the show?

“Cheers” had at least two occasions when a well established character left the show, and was replaced with a very different type of character who was at least as entertaining, or more so.First “Coach,” who worked for Sam Malone in the bar. He was a very likable character, but unfortunately Nicholas Colasanto, the actor portraying…

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