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ExerTrek: The Pegasus

[One man. One exercise bike. One surgery. 164/178 episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation.] This is unquestionably a great episode, full of dramatic moral quandries and cool espionage. Here, Riker’s former commander comes aboard the Enterprise to find a … Continue reading

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ExerTrek: Parallels

[One man. One exercise bike. One surgery. 163/178 episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation.] Hey, look: an episode full of all the plot threads the writers were too chicken to pursue: Worf and Troi’s marriage, Geordi’s death, Picard’s death, … Continue reading

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ExerTrek: Inheritance

[One man. One exercise bike. One surgery. 162/178 episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation.] Noonien Soong sure built a lot of androids, didn’t he? In this story, the last of the line shows up claiming to be Data’s mother. … Continue reading

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ExerTrek: Force of Nature

[One man. One exercise bike. One surgery. 161/178 episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation.] Here’s this episode, summarized: “Ha, ha! Spot the Cat is hard to train. Oh, and a woman just blew herself up and formed a rift … Continue reading

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ExerTrek: Attached

[One man. One exercise bike. One surgery. 160/178 episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation.] Hey, Star Trek, way to feebly address the possibility of affection between Picard and Dr. Crusher only in the absolute last season you can…and then … Continue reading

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ExerTrek: Dark Page

[One man. One exercise bike. One surgery. 159/178 episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation.] Kirsten Dunst in her best role to date: a psychic girl with a weirdly robotic voice who drives Lwaxana Troi into a coma. How curiously … Continue reading

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