Boldy Go
The latest BTW South DVD Project is the last ten episodes of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. We've watched "Penumbra", "'Til Death Do Us Part" (preliminarily titled "Umbra"), "Strange Bedfellows" (preliminarily titled "Eclipse"), "The Changing Face of Evil", "When It Rains...", "Tacking Into the Wind", "Extreme Measures", and "The Dogs of War." All that remains is the two-part series finale, "What You Leave Behind." Of all the works of popular culture in my life, the only one that rivals my affection for Star Wars is Star Trek. And as I have said many times before, DS9 is the greatest Trek of all. Watching episodes of DS9 is like visiting old friends. I feel comfortable and right.

But for the nonce, I am enamored not with the 24th century of The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, and, lamentably, Voyager, but with the 22nd century of Star Trek: Enterprise and the unrealized potential of Captain Archerand his groundbreaking crew. Had Enterprise not been prematurely put to death, we'd currently be enjoying the sixth season (the high tide of both TNG and DS9) and looking fondly forward to the seventh and final season. Oh, the glories that might have been....