I don't think I've ever seen the first TNG episode, or even that much of the first two-three seasons, except in rerun. Part of the problem with being stationed overseas and not having compatible technology. I wasn't about to fork out the dough for a European television when any shows I did get would have been dubbed in Spanish anyhow. I only used my TV for watching movies on a VCR as it was. One of these days I'm going to have to Netflix TNG to get all the backstory I missed by the time I got back stateside in '89.

The show that begs the question: at what point are anomolies common enough that they can no longer be said to be anomolous?

Well, considering time's happing just about everywhere just about all the time, I think the anomalies we've seen take up a pretty small percentage of it.

One of these days I'm going to have to Netflix TNG to get all the backstory I missed by the time I got back stateside in '89.

Do you get Sci Fi? TNG is on most all the time.

I do, indeed, I do. However, I've noticed if I really want to get a good grip on a series and any arc developements, it helps to watch everything in order. And if SciFi is anything like USA and they way they run NCIS repeats, I will be frustrated by being exposed to 4 repeats of some episodes and none of others. The continuity sucks and I'm about to breakdown and just Netflix all 5 seasons of NCIS just to get to the 10-15 episodes USA continutes to taunt me with.

Okay, but they were always finding anomolies, and considering the vastness of space and the odds of happening upon any given anomoly, they start to seem like Starbucks after a while.

Okay, but they were always finding anomolies, and considering the vastness of space and the odds of happening upon any given anomoly, they start to seem like Starbucks after a while.

"Our five year mission: to seek out temporal anomalies, reverse tachyon fields, and tug at the crotch of our pantsuits."

the 10-15 episodes USA continutes to taunt me with

They had been pretty good--I was watching two different threads (one with Todd, one without) and caught up to a season or two ago. But now it's all 'splodey and random.

I have to admit I haven't paid enough attention to the SyFy (when does that become official, anyway?) schedule to know if they're doing it in any sort of order. My TiVo just grabs eps every now and again.

tug at the crotch of our pantsuits

Cite one instance of crotch tugging, will you?

Sean--the times where they didn't encounter anomalies were too boring to air. How's that?

TNG, the Good Bits Version?

I never cared for TNG. Not enough fistfights, frankly. Which I believe led me to the revelation that when a show's creator is forced to compromise his grand artistic vision... it's not necessarily a bad thing.

Star Trek: TNG. The show that begs the question: at what point are anomolies common enough that they can no longer be said to be anomolous?

ZOMG. I'm with Sean, because I used to rant about this. If it happens every other week, you really ought to come up with a name for it, instead of continuing to claim that it's an anomaly.

Devil in the Dark should have been on that best episodes list. Probably instead of Doomsday Machine, 'cause... eh. But hooray for Arena. I heart Gorns.

Someone more obsessed than me needs to actually count the temporal anomaly episodes. If there were more than a handful per season (if that) I'd be surprised.

eta: On TNG...I can't speak for Voyager or Enterprise.

I was watching two different threads (one with Todd, one without) and caught up to a season or two ago. But now it's all 'splodey and random.

Exactly! Nuts making.