Star Trek primer

In honor of the late, great Leonard Nimoy, I hereby declare this Star Trek month.

There's an old Futurama bit wherein Fry tries to get Leonard Nimoy's disembodied head to admit he was on Star Trek.  "You know? 1966? 79 episodes? About 30 good ones?"

Trust me, that joke is hilarious, because the ratio works; for at its best, Star Trek could transcend its cheap sets and hammy acting to deliver moments of true sublimity.  But the rest of the time, it was just a "BAM!" and "POW!" away fr...