"Harry, I'm going to let you in on a little secret. Every day, once a day, give yourself a present. Don't plan it, don't wait for it, just let it happen. Could be a new shirt at the men's store, a catnap in your office chair, or two cups of good, hot, black coffee. Like this."  -Dale Cooper

I bought a Star Trek book Kobayashi Maru and was reading reviews of it on Amazon.com and I stumble across mention of gay Klingons in the book.  Interesting.

"Harry, I'm going to let you in on a little secret. Every day, once a day, give yourself a present. Don't plan it, don't wait for it, just let it happen. Could be a new shirt at the men's store, a catnap in your office chair, or two cups of good, hot, black coffee. Like this."  -Dale Cooper

QUOTE: QUOTE: Gay Comics anthology Just kidding, I have no idea what gay comics are like.

Graphic.  

"It's not so bad as long as you can keep the fear from your mind." - D. Cooper

"I must not fear. Fear is the mind killer." - P. Atreides

"Whoever can see through all fear will always be safe" - L. tzu

"Harry, I'm going to let you in on a little secret. Every day, once a day, give yourself a present. Don't plan it, don't wait for it, just let it happen. Could be a new shirt at the men's store, a catnap in your office chair, or two cups of good, hot, black coffee. Like this."  -Dale Cooper

Just to put in my humble trekkie two cents...I was age 11-14 when the original Star Trek was on the air, so Shatner, Nimoy, et al. are somehow bonded into my brain.  For me, those shows will always be Star Trek--whatever followed were spin-offs.  

Actually, for most of my life I didn't own a t.v.  The only other Trek I've caught episodes of are TNG.  Now, the original comes off as campy, you just have to chuckle at the bridge...boxes with blinking lights.  At the time, it was a new frontier!   But all the characters are so lovable.  And the relationship between the "triumvirate" Kirk/Spock/Bones was so well-expressed.  Too hot/too cold/just right!  I always have a good experience watching Star Trek!

"Harry, I'm going to let you in on a little secret. Every day, once a day, give yourself a present. Don't plan it, don't wait for it, just let it happen. Could be a new shirt at the men's store, a catnap in your office chair, or two cups of good, hot, black coffee. Like this."  -Dale Cooper

I can now successfully perform a mind meld.  Would any of you like to volunteer?  I am certified after watching the ENT ep Fusion last night.

"Harry, I'm going to let you in on a little secret. Every day, once a day, give yourself a present. Don't plan it, don't wait for it, just let it happen. Could be a new shirt at the men's store, a catnap in your office chair, or two cups of good, hot, black coffee. Like this."  -Dale Cooper

"Harry, I'm going to let you in on a little secret. Every day, once a day, give yourself a present. Don't plan it, don't wait for it, just let it happen. Could be a new shirt at the men's store, a catnap in your office chair, or two cups of good, hot, black coffee. Like this."  -Dale Cooper

"It's not so bad as long as you can keep the fear from your mind." - D. Cooper

"I must not fear. Fear is the mind killer." - P. Atreides

"Whoever can see through all fear will always be safe" - L. tzu

One thing that always tickles me is the ship's shields.

"Shields are down to 60%.  Shields are at 20%.  Shields are at 10.7%, blah, blah, blah..."

I think this is supposed to ratchet up the tension when the ship is being attacked, but you know they will never be destroyed and aren't even in danger other than the camera moving around jarringly and a random ensign without a speaking part having his console explode and fly across the bridge.

"Harry, I'm going to let you in on a little secret. Every day, once a day, give yourself a present. Don't plan it, don't wait for it, just let it happen. Could be a new shirt at the men's store, a catnap in your office chair, or two cups of good, hot, black coffee. Like this."  -Dale Cooper

Look, it's trying to think. ;)

Of course the shield strength countdown is there to build up suspense. And there have been times when the shields fail completely and the ship is damaged. And then there are those plots where the ship blows up, only to return to an hour before on the timeline due to a subspace anomaly. Trek is good like that. Gives us something to laugh at and yet cuddle with in a moment of pure geek endearment.

I always liked it when the shields were decreasing in integrity and engineering would suddenly whip something out of their butt to throw more power to the shields. AKA The Wesley Crusher Maneuver.

~ Amanda

"Just fear me, love me, do as I say and I will be your slave..."

Thanks, Miguel Ferrer.

What's even funnier about engineering (I've noticed this with Trip a lot on ENT) is when they don't have a part or something else to do repair work or maintenance and then all of a sudden a light bulb will go off and Trip (insert any other Trek engineer or other positions as well) will say "What if we take (insert technobabble) and combine it with (other technobabble)?  It may take a few hours, but I think it will give us a shot!"

"Harry, I'm going to let you in on a little secret. Every day, once a day, give yourself a present. Don't plan it, don't wait for it, just let it happen. Could be a new shirt at the men's store, a catnap in your office chair, or two cups of good, hot, black coffee. Like this."  -Dale Cooper

it's absolutely a lazy writer's tool. notice how few times it is used on DS9 and TOS. DS9 and TOS are the best trek series. this is not coincidence.
 

I know, man...the Defiant got the SNOT beaten out of it on quite a regular basis, and yet they never really pulled any cheesy death-mitigation tactics with it. I have to admit, I had a crush on the Defiant for a long while because it was just this badassed little battleship that they busted out when Sisko decided he might want to get medieval on someone's ass.

And speaking of the Defiant...Thomas Riker. What the FUCK. While the plot device of a dupliate Riker was barely interesting enough for a single ep of TNG...why the hell did he have to resurface on DS9 and steal the Defiant. It was 45 minutes of my life I feel completely cheated out of.

~ Amanda

"Just fear me, love me, do as I say and I will be your slave..."

"Harry, I'm going to let you in on a little secret. Every day, once a day, give yourself a present. Don't plan it, don't wait for it, just let it happen. Could be a new shirt at the men's store, a catnap in your office chair, or two cups of good, hot, black coffee. Like this."  -Dale Cooper

"Harry, I'm going to let you in on a little secret. Every day, once a day, give yourself a present. Don't plan it, don't wait for it, just let it happen. Could be a new shirt at the men's store, a catnap in your office chair, or two cups of good, hot, black coffee. Like this."  -Dale Cooper

I watched Season 3, Episode 5 of ENT Impulse last night.  I wasn't aware Trek did a crossover ep with the Resident Evil universe.  Zombie Vulcans!  Awesome!  I kept waiting for Milla Jovovich to show up and save the day...

At the the end of the ep Archer set a course for Raccoon City.

"Harry, I'm going to let you in on a little secret. Every day, once a day, give yourself a present. Don't plan it, don't wait for it, just let it happen. Could be a new shirt at the men's store, a catnap in your office chair, or two cups of good, hot, black coffee. Like this."  -Dale Cooper

"Harry, I'm going to let you in on a little secret. Every day, once a day, give yourself a present. Don't plan it, don't wait for it, just let it happen. Could be a new shirt at the men's store, a catnap in your office chair, or two cups of good, hot, black coffee. Like this."  -Dale Cooper

Don't worry about me right now.  I am in the Delphic Expanse trying to save the human race from extinction.  I will return in 10 episodes.

"Harry, I'm going to let you in on a little secret. Every day, once a day, give yourself a present. Don't plan it, don't wait for it, just let it happen. Could be a new shirt at the men's store, a catnap in your office chair, or two cups of good, hot, black coffee. Like this."  -Dale Cooper