Hah, you're right! I didn't even notice that. Okay, I retract my statement: it's no longer a moderately clever and understandable cheat, it's now just stupid. I mean, certainly there's been a kind of diminishing return on cultural relevance over the various incarnations (even my *father,* who's been a Trekker since the original run, doesn't watch Enterprise), but at the *very* least, TNG should qualify. Maybe we can give it Mary Hartford, Mary Hartford's spot.
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