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It’s day 3 of the countdown till Star Trek Beyond and I’ve moved on to looking at the third Star
Trek show: The Next Generation. Launching in 1989, Star Trek: The Next Generation revitalized the franchise and really
changed how nerd properties were perpetuated. Previously, every iteration of Trek had come with the same
characters; it was always Kirk, always Spock, always McCoy. Now, for the first time, there was a new
series with the Star Trek name but no returning heroes, a new crew with a new
status quo and new dangers.
This is the show that would launch Star Trek’s renaissance,
eventually leading to two spin-off shows and a full series of movies all its
own. The ‘90s was the decade of
Star Trek and this show is the reason why. As befits such a monumental series, I’m celebrating it here
with a top 12 list as, even though the show is really good, its quality is much
more limited to characters and short episodes than an overarching kind of
quality in the vein of Deep Space Nine or
Voyager.
