For many, Star Trek: The Next Generation is the smartest and classiest Trek. But the show had plenty of misfires, along with some oft-repeated tropes. And Honest Trailers has compiled them into a hilarious reel.

Last night's Star Trek: Discovery was not only amazing TV, but should also quell the fears of anyone who watched the first two episodes and worried that they couldn't tell from the series opener just what kind of show they were getting. With Episode Three, "Context Is For Kings," we not only got super-clear about what to expect from the show, but we were introduced to an amazing cast of characters.

Names have power: just ask Rumpelstiltskin. As someone with a longstanding interest in the meaning of names, the first thing that caught my attention while watching Discovery was that the first officer played by Sonequa Martin-Green has a traditionally masculine name. I had to know more.

Everyone, from fans to Captain Jean-Luc Picard himself love to bag on Wesley Crusher. Well today, in celebration of Star Trek: The Next Generation's 30th anniversary (I'm so old), I want to pay homage to my favorite teen genius. Here's a couple of reasons why Wesley Crusher was totally badass and wasn't as annoying as everyone says, and I'm not just saying that because I had a huge crush on him shut up.

I'll never forget the day, years ago, when a co-worker turned to me, incredulous: "You've never seen the Riker sits down video?" Reader, I had not.

I imagine that the cast of Star Trek: Discovery made the spirit of creator Gene Roddenberry—along with legions of fans—even prouder when they knelt en masse to protest the ongoing issues of racial injustice and police brutality in America.

Last night was the night that Trekkies all over the world were waiting for! Star Trek: Discovery had its two-hour premiere! Two hours, you ask? Yes indeedly. If you were only watching the CBS broadcast, you only saw what ended up being the first half of the pilot. Hour two was uploaded exclusively to CBS All Access, and it was well worth taking in on the new platform.

Generally, when a property is restricted from advance critical review, that's a sure sign that there's no confidence in its quality and every attempt is being made to dodge bad press.

Up is down, down is up, and the Star Trek episode people are rewatching the most—actually replaying because they love it so much?—is the season finale of Voyager, which is ... not the greatest. At ease, ensign, I don't understand it either.

On this day in 1966, Star Trek (now known as The Original Series, but back then it was just Star Trek, because who woulda thought, you know?) first aired on American television. I didn't come along until thirteen years later, and didn't start watching Star Trek until about eight years after that. But once I sat down to watch "The Trouble With Tribbles," I was hooked for life.

Star Trek: Discovery is almost upon us, and I couldn't be more excited! Check out new cast photos after the jump!

CBS and fan film producer James Cawley (Star Trek New Voyages) are teaming up to sponsor the Star Trek Film Academy.

The best Star Trek is Deep Space Nine.

The SDCC trailer for Star Trek: Discovery taught us more about First Officer Michael Burnham and her background, and it also showed us a whole bunch of explosions.

Star Trek Discovery went to some pretty great lengths to make sure that it was properly sticking to canon.

Gene Roddenberry, creator of Star Trek, had a very specific vision of the future. By the time Star Trek: The Next Generation rolled around, he insisted on a story mandate: the conflict can never be between our main characters, because in Starfleet, petty squabbles are a thing of the past. Which is weird, because on the Original Series, Spock and McCoy were all about petty squabbles, and Scotty would punch you in the face if you trash talked about the Enterprise.

It always makes me laugh whenever the very people who complain that "liberals are too sensitive," or that we're seeing injustices where they don't exist are the first people to pitch a fit at the slightest hint that maybe white, straight, male, cis, able-bodied, straight-sized people aren't the only people in the world. It doesn't surprise me, but it does always make me laugh. After all, people often project their own behavior on others, amirite?