Best Star Trek Crew Member
These are the episodes of the Great Pop Culture Debate. Its mission: to explore strange new decisions, to seek out characters that give us life, and to boldly go where no man has gone before. And when it comes to at least half of this panel, strange men have boldly gone…pretty much everywhere. Now that I’ve sufficiently scandalized the ghost of Gene Rodenberry, let’s set our phasers to STUNNING as the Great Pop Culture Debate tries to determine: who is the Best Star Trek Crew Member ever? We consider Jean-Luc Picard, Quark, Jadzia Dax, The Doctor, Data, Dr. Leonard “Bones” McCoy, Worf, Riker, Kathryn Janeway, Geordi LaForge, Kira Nerys, Seven-of-Nine, Spock, Odo, Benjamin Sisko, and Miles O’Brien, among others.
Host Eric Rezsnyak, panelists Derek Mekita, Jim Czadzeck, and Michael Schwarz, and special guest red shirt Nick Boedecker boldly go into a debate on the best main cast member in “Star Trek” history.
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Round 2 Match-Ups:
Match-Up 1: Jean-Luc Picard (“TNG”/“Picard”) (1) vs. Quark (“DS9”) (4)
Match-Up 2: Jadzia Dax (“DS9”) (3) vs. The Doctor (“Voyager”) (2)
Match-Up 3: Data (“TNG”/“Picard”) (1) vs. Dr. Leonard “Bones” McCoy (“TOS”) (4)
Match-Up 5: Kathryn Janeway (“Voyager”/“Prodigy”) (1) vs. Geordi La Forge (“TNG”/“Picard”) (4)
Match-Up 6: Kira Nerys (“DS9”) (3) vs. Seven of Nine (“Voyager”/“Picard”) (2)
Match-Up 8: Benjamin Sisko (“DS9”) (3) vs. Miles O’Brien (“TNG”/“DS9”) (2)
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EPISODE CREDITS
Host: Eric Rezsnyak
Panel: Derek Mekita, Jim Czadzeck, Michael Schwarz
Special Guest: Nick Boedecker
Producer: Mike Rapin
Editor: Jeffery Perry
