Then maybe the generator would experience long-term degradation to be constantly running. Ironically, until I thought of this just now, I totally agreed with your reasoning about it being a weak plot point, haha!

I don’t suppose that (after everything else recommended here) I could just watch those individual episodes you named and skip the rest, huh? Haha. Also, to be fair, the friend who recommended those shows hasn’t watched Lower Decks, I think, which does have a high Rotten Tomatoes rating. Thanks for sharing.

I’m guessing it’s talking about non-canon/retconned works, huh?

Isn’t “thought provoking“ is kinda the whole point of sci-fi?

Of good sci-fi. I heard ST:Picard missed the mark for many, for example.

TNG is a bit too slow-paced for me, but I understand that was sort of the culture at the time. Thankfully, for that we’ve got Jump Cutter, one of the best add-ons to grace browser stores.

I just go for thought-provoking. TNG S2 has been excellent for the most part (I’ve started with TNG).