Star Trek: The Next Generation - "Lessons"

Picard starts dating one of his officers which OF COURSE makes everything super awkward.

RATING: 53%

Star Trek: The Next Generation - "Conundrums"

Everybody's memory gets wiped on purpose by some nefarious so and sos and Worf thinks he's captain, Data thinks he's a bartender, and Ro and Riker think they're doing sex.

RATING: 83%

Star Trek: The Next Generation - "Ménage à Troi"

A Ferengi captain kidnaps Lwaxana to make her his wife and then Picard just lets the guy off the hook?

RATING: 44%

Star Trek: The Next Generation - "Allegiance"

Captain Picard gets kidnapped and replaced by a double who buys everybody beer and puts the moves on Dr. Crusher.

RATING: 70%

Christmas Eve

Merry Christmas to Glenn, Glenn's Girlfriend, Loco, Laurie, NBNL, Andrew, Quammy, Chris, Evan, Loren, Bryan, Robyn, Nick, Shoppista, Belebras, John from Daejon, Lipstickmom123, Fence Magazine, Anonymous, and anyone else my beer/absinthe/whiskey-addled brain may have missed. Each of you is an irreducible component of an effervescent and bittersweet brew. May Jesus, Santa, etc. bless you all.

RATING: 100%

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"Bloodchild" by Octavia Butler

Relax, human. The big, cuddly bug doesn't want to eat you, she just wants to lay her eggs in you (spoilers).

RATING: *wretch*%

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