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This is the first mention of a sa-te kru on screen, but the cat like predator from Vulcan/Ni’Var originated in a six page comic called “When Worlds Collide: Spock Confronts the Ultimate Challenge” written by Alex Kurtzman and Robert Orci, and drawn by Paul Pope that was published in a 2009 issue of “Wired”.

Okay, deep cut to something I didn't know existed...

I'll try to be quicker next time!

I'm seeing speculation all over the map, so I'm going to withhold judgment.

It does sound like they're retaining the Star Trek license in some form - I wonder if that will include ships, and they just can't talk about it yet.

One thing that always bugged me about the mystery of the Breen is that it shouldn't actually be a mystery - Kira and Dukat take the refridgeration suits off a couple of Breen in "Indiscretion."

I'm also going to give a shout-out to "The Magicks of Megas-Tu," The One Where They Meet Satan.

I'm hardly a TAS expert - I've seen it all, but only once - but I think "Yesteryear" is considered the highest point of that series.

In this case, I completely disagree - I think they've come up with something pretty unique and compelling.

"Civil Defence"

Yeah, I dig it. It's also very heavy on Bajoran/Cardassian conflict, which I think needs to be in there to be most representative of the series.

Solid list all around!

I think we need to move past the idea that "average" equates to "bad" - by definition, most episodes are going to be pretty average, and that's okay!

Yeah, and that really underlines the point that the "representative" episode of each series probably has very different properties.

Yeah, I called "Darmok" unconventional because of the two-actor stage play aspect of it, but it's a borderline case. I'll allow it.