“Riker and Troi are friends! The intro to the show takes too long. I like Wesley, even though he’s a nerd. He’s a know-it-all but I like him.  Referring to Kosinki, the warp-drive “consultant”: Self-confident, self-satisifed pig! I like the part where everyone thought they were going crazy because what they were thinking was happening –  you learned a little about each person.”

TNG watches TNG – an ongoing series where my almost 11 year old daughter discovers Star Trek.

“It’s good because it says you shouldn’t battle each other. Commander Riker is pretty cool in this one. The Ferengi are sort of dumb and mean.  Data is really funny when he gets his fingers caught in the Chinese finger trap.”

“Good story, I don’t remember too much. Lieutenant Yar shows how awesome she is.”

“This one sorta creeped me out. It was really weird. Most of them got cuckoo, the Doctor fell in love with the Captain. They get drunk, and even Wes! He takes over the ship, and Riker doesn’t get drunk, he just keeps forgetting stuff. Weird episode, finally it has a good ending.”

“It has a nice ending. It sorta said SOME true stuff about people, but we’re a little more advanced than Q thinks we are. This show is weird – at the end, they figure out that the people in Farpoint station are hiding a giant jellyfish thing that can change shapes into anything. How big is the ship, and why are kids on it?”

TNG watches TNG – an ongoing series where my almost 11 year old daughter discovers Star Trek.

My daughter knows NOTHING about Star Trek – she’s never seen an episode, doesn’t know what a Klingon or a Vulcan is. She does have the ability to enjoy large, complicated storylines as evidenced by her love of LoTR, Harry Potter, and a whole bookshelf of young adult literature.

In this series of blog posts, I’m going to chronicle “Star Trek: The Next Generation” through her eyes.