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    21 days ago

    TNG had to essentially build the foundations of modern Trek as it went along. All the following shows had the advantage of being able to use TNG as a baseline to bounce against. That makes TNG the de facto “vanilla” flavored Trek show compared to the other shows that could take some exotic approach to differentiate themselves from it.