The Seven Year Trek

Or, How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Watch Shatner.

I grew up watching Star Trek: The Next Generation.  My oldest brother got me into it when they were still making new episodes.  I remember when the finale, All Good Things... originally aired.

As an adult, I eventually watched TNG again, and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.  I loved them both.  I saw some Star Trek: Voyager here and there, and the first few episodes of Star Trek: Enterprise.  I was luke-warm on those.  I have still never watched a single episode of the original series.

This month, my wife and I went to the Star Trek exhibit at Seattle's Museum of Pop Culture.  Although I already know more about Star Trek than I probably should, the exhibit did a really fantastic job of communicating to non-fans why Star Trek mattered: the cultural impact, the influence on technology, the aspiration to a more peaceful and just world.

Gene Roddenberry started it all with the original Star Trek series.  So why haven't I seen it?

In 2017, that changes.  My wife and I have hatched a plan to watch all 725 episodes of every Star Trek show, in order: TOS (The Original Series), TAS (The Animated Series), TNG, DS9, Voyager, and Enterprise.  At a rate of two episodes per week, we'll be done in about... seven years.

Wish us luck!