Why ReWatching STNG Moved me to Tears

So, before I sat down to watch STRANGER THINGS this week, which was amazing by the way, I spent the past two months binge-watching every episode of Star Trek the Next Generation.

I discovered there were two episodes I had missed during its syndicated run. Night Terrors and The Devil's Due. Both were really solid, enjoyable, episodes. I really don't know why I hadn't seen either of them before, but now I have.

When I got to the end of the series, I cried. I cried long and hard. Partly because I devoted every day for two months to reliving my childhood. The nostalgia factor was overwhelming. But also, and more importantly, because of how important STNG was to me growing up.

My parents divorced when I was 5 years old. That would be 1985. After which we lived in various states and various towns for various amounts of time. But the one constant I always had, no matter the network -- because it was syndicated -- I could turn on a tv in a hotel, at my grandma's house, or in whatever temporary home we were in and watch STNG.

It was the one constant in my life during one of the most turbulent times. And once that last scene in All Good Things, where Picard joins the poker game came on the screen... I started bawling like a baby. I sat there and cried for a good two or three minutes before I could gather myself together.

​Kind of fitting on the eve of Trek's 50th anniversary. So happy 50th!

Finally, if you were wondering, Laren Ro (Or Ro Laren to be exact, since Bajorans apparently have their familial name first just like the Japanese do) is still my all time favorite Star Trek character, because Michelle Forbes will always be my FOREVER crush.

I have a thing for those special women whose first name is Michelle and last name is Forbes, and who is by any reasonable definition a sexy as hell brunette who plays powerful leading women and was born in 1965 -- which makes her older than me -- which I totally have a thing for. Yes, Michelle Forbes is my FOREVER crush. *Swoon.*