Various Star Trekings

Lots to talk about, surprisingly.

I’ll start with this Sunday’s episode of Family Guy in which the TNG cast “reunited” and guest starred. I’m skeptical of the term “reunited” as made obvious by my quote usage twice now, since the actual cast members did not meet when they recorded their dialog. Considering this is animation, I’m also hesitant to say “appeared together on screen” but hey — it’s Wikipedia.

The episode itself was okay. I haven’t been the biggest fan of Family Guy since it came back from cancellation. I loved the first three seasons, and the fourth showed promise, but since then I’ve been about as interested in keeping up with it as I have been with The Simpsons. As in not very interested at all.

The episode was mostly about Meg contracting the mumps, putting up with abuse from her family, and finding God. The actual Star Trek plot was less complex, dealing mostly with Stewie spending a day with the TNG cast and getting increasingly annoyed with them. It was all good fun, but I think I expected a bit more. Still, definitely one of the better Family Guy episodes I’ve seen in a while.

You can preview it here.

Also, I came across this new extended TV spot for the Star Trek movie coming out in theaters this May. Exciting times ahead!

I got the third season of TNG on DVD today. I currently have the first, second, and sixth seasons. So I’ll be enjoying that this week.