I have been getting back into Star Trek: The Next Generation recently and watched the episode “The Nth Degree”. Its plot is essentially captured in the first three panels. It struck me that there are often improvements to the ship or new capabilities that pop up in one episode, never to be seen again. I imagine this was done on purpose, in case viewers don’t see every episode, but I still thought it was worthy of a little light ribbing.

Thanks to my siblings as well as members of the South Bay Comickers for a bunch of helpful feedback to make this idea a bit more understandable.

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