I kind of still think TNG and DS9 are roughly equal in quality. TNG took a while to get on its feet, but by the third season, almost every episode was just golden. DS9 started out much stronger, and definitely ended up delving in some areas that TNG never quite got to in character development and especially extended…

As far as I know, solar sails are a real concept that could theoretically propel a spaceship. Certainly, far, far more real than warp drive ever will be.

Speak for yourself. "Once more, with feeling" was one of the best episodes of Buffy.

I have two theories: