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Xavier Breath

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13. I certainly stand by my statements as well.
Tue Feb 17, 2026, 08:59 PM
Feb 2026

It's good to know we're both people of conviction

Season four was better, but to my mind any other direction would have been an improvement. Still, it did not deserve that ending. If I recall correctly, they inserted Troy and Riker as a way to try and drum up fan interest for a fifth TNG movie. And, after ST: Nemesis, who could blame Paramount for passing on that?

I tried watching Discovery twice but abandoned it five or six eps in on both tries. I never saw Prodigy, my impression being it was intended for kids and I believe it was on some service I don't have anyway. SNW started out good but has slid in each successive season with the silliness quotient off the scale of late. The first two seasons of Picard were dreck and it was only salvaged by a third season of complete, unabashed fan service. I bailed on Starfleet Academy after the third episode, with each worse than the one that proceeded it. It's loud, dumb YA trash and I'll die on that hill. But any problems I have with it are due to the writing/acting and not whatever grievances the RWNJ-spere has with it. The Youtube reviews of it are just vile trash.

So, at this point, I mostly just watch the original six series and movies and hope that maybe something better will happen some day. Big maybe.



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i was very disappointed in "Lost"... ret5hd Feb 2026 #1
I rec your post. Most of the 5th season of Lost was a waste. Intractable Feb 2026 #2
I use Lost as an example of a good series that fell apart nuxvomica Mar 14 #18
The two that I recall as being very unsatisfying were... Pluvious Feb 2026 #3
Space, Above and Beyond Intractable Feb 2026 #5
Ah, then you somehow missed the final episode... Pluvious Feb 2026 #9
B5 was awesome for its time... Pluvious Feb 2026 #4
Ironically, the episode "Day of the Dead" was made during the "add-on, afterthought" season 5. Intractable Feb 2026 #6
The ending of Enterprise was a true punch in the gnads. Xavier Breath Feb 2026 #7
It took me about 37 years to appreciate Riker as a character. Intractable Feb 2026 #8
I too greatly enjoyed Picard... Pluvious Feb 2026 #10
I was with you up until the last line. Xavier Breath Feb 2026 #11
I guess you liked season 4. Intractable Feb 2026 #12
I certainly stand by my statements as well. Xavier Breath Feb 2026 #13
Nobody hates Star Trek more than Star Trek fans. Intractable Feb 2026 #14
Meh, I'd take an episode of Landman over Starfleet Academy in a heartbeat. Xavier Breath Feb 2026 #15
I've got less than two weeks left on my Paramount subscription. Intractable Feb 18 #16
I only have it as part of my cable subscription. Xavier Breath Feb 18 #17
Loved season 4 of Enterprise, but they did not stick the landing...at all. Capt. America Apr 26 #19
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