3 Seconds of EveryTNGEpisode Is a Wild Way to ExperienceStar Trek

There ’s alot of Star Trek , and a good deal of it is very watchable — especially in the iconic sophomore seriesThe Next Generation , which helped truly sling the franchise into the pop culture stratosphere . call for a Trek neophyteto dive intoover five days of telly is a intimidating project , however . So why not just give them an appetizer of everything ?

This incredible mash - up ofall 178 episodesof Star Trek : The Next coevals by Sentinel of Something condenses the seven season of boldly going done by Captain Jean - Luc Picard and the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise into a small over nine minutes … by give you three random second of every installment . It ’s unhinged and it ’s perfect .

There ’s an art to the condition here . Do you pick an iconic visual , a pure , but short enough transmission line of dialog , a put-on , a sad minute , or a shot of action ? Just how do you distill an entire episode of TNG , from the very good to the very worst , in just three second ? The answer is that you not take Star Trek badly , so what you get is three manic indorsement of out - of - context of use weirdness , 178 times in a row .

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Okay , it ’s probably not helpful to a Star Trek newbie looking to shave some time off of a endurance contest . But for TNG fans , it ’s a delightfully zany whirlwind trip-up through one of the best sci - fi TV appearance of all metre .

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