Did you watch "All Good Things..." when it first aired?
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Yep saw it when it first aired. Fantastic episode, fantastic ending.
I watched it at the time...on a Quasar floor console TV made with wood! 
Yep, I would have been turning 22 that year (man, I feel old, but at least I don't look old), I kind of figured Q had something to do with Picard's time jumping, I just didn't know how.
I was 34 and a year away from writing my first Trek novel.
That feels very long ago.
Yup… watched it in my room with my dad.
I was there! Only 5 years old, but I remember it!
As I recall, one of two scenarios happened: either my dad was already watching it and I just so happened to walk in and start watching with him (which is how I first became a fan anyway) OR I was already watching TV, and either by flipping channels or random memory I found it on and insisted we watch it.
Either way, we had missed the whole thing except the end, with the three starships Enterprise trying to close the anti-time fissure. I remember as each Enterprise was destroyed, one by one, until Q said "Two down, one to go" which stuck in my memory when I rediscovered the finale some 4 or 5 years later on VHS. Either way, the last Enterprise went Kablooie! and I saw Picard sitting with his head n his hands in a room that I figured was the afterlife (I hadn't seen much of season two, and none of season one at that time, being born in 1989) so I thought at first Q was Picard's dad or something in heaven, chastising him for so carelessly throwing his life away. Again, I was 5 years old so I didn't "get it" but it was so cool when Q said "Well, if it puts your mind at ease, you've saved humanity once again!" At this point I must have wandered off again or been told to got to bed cause it was bedtime, because when Generations released later that year I was somewhat surprised. After all, wasn't the Enterprise destroyed in the anti-time rift? Was Q really so kind as to give Picard back his ship? Again, a five year old's mind doesn't work like an adults. Ah, but it was glorious.
A couple weeks later, I heard that TNG was over. My poor little heart was broken. I had just gotten used to watching Star Trek with my dad. And honestly, until Discovery came out, I didn't watch any new released Trek episodes with him again; the only shows we watched were TNG on VHS or DVD. DS9 and Voyager were unpopular in my household, and Enterprise had that theme song that I hated at first, so I missed the first few episodes, and by the time I started watching my dad had given up. I did start watching TOS when i was 7 or 8, but those reruns were shown on NBC at 4:30 PM so my dad wasn't off work yet. I will always be so grateful to the Kurtzman era of Trek: for the first time in over twenty years, me and dad have been able to tune in to watch weekly newly released episodes of Star Trek and watch it together.
As I recall, one of two scenarios happened: either my dad was already watching it and I just so happened to walk in and start watching with him (which is how I first became a fan anyway) OR I was already watching TV, and either by flipping channels or random memory I found it on and insisted we watch it.
Either way, we had missed the whole thing except the end, with the three starships Enterprise trying to close the anti-time fissure. I remember as each Enterprise was destroyed, one by one, until Q said "Two down, one to go" which stuck in my memory when I rediscovered the finale some 4 or 5 years later on VHS. Either way, the last Enterprise went Kablooie! and I saw Picard sitting with his head n his hands in a room that I figured was the afterlife (I hadn't seen much of season two, and none of season one at that time, being born in 1989) so I thought at first Q was Picard's dad or something in heaven, chastising him for so carelessly throwing his life away. Again, I was 5 years old so I didn't "get it" but it was so cool when Q said "Well, if it puts your mind at ease, you've saved humanity once again!" At this point I must have wandered off again or been told to got to bed cause it was bedtime, because when Generations released later that year I was somewhat surprised. After all, wasn't the Enterprise destroyed in the anti-time rift? Was Q really so kind as to give Picard back his ship? Again, a five year old's mind doesn't work like an adults. Ah, but it was glorious.
A couple weeks later, I heard that TNG was over. My poor little heart was broken. I had just gotten used to watching Star Trek with my dad. And honestly, until Discovery came out, I didn't watch any new released Trek episodes with him again; the only shows we watched were TNG on VHS or DVD. DS9 and Voyager were unpopular in my household, and Enterprise had that theme song that I hated at first, so I missed the first few episodes, and by the time I started watching my dad had given up. I did start watching TOS when i was 7 or 8, but those reruns were shown on NBC at 4:30 PM so my dad wasn't off work yet. I will always be so grateful to the Kurtzman era of Trek: for the first time in over twenty years, me and dad have been able to tune in to watch weekly newly released episodes of Star Trek and watch it together.
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