Is There A Correlation...

[USS Triumphant]

...between Star Trek series typically running for 7 years, and the cycle of Pon Farr? Like, are the Vulcan actors only available for 7 years at a time, er whut?

 

[spoonunseptium]

uh, what?

 

[Myasishchev]

Every seven years Brannon Braga gets laid.

 

[es!]

...between Star Trek series typically running for 7 years, and the cycle of Pon Farr? Like, are the Vulcan actors only available for 7 years at a time, er whut?

OMG I think you've solved the mystery

 

[JustKate]

Triumphant, dear, have you been getting enough sleep?

 

[Temis the Vorta]

Or too much of something else?

 

[USS Triumphant]

Or too much of something else?

Those two questions are frequently related.

 

[Praetor]

So what does this say about TOS and Enterprise?

 

[Mysterion]

I think that seven seasons probably gives the studio an optimum number of epsidoes to sell as a syndication package.

 

[Praetor]

I know that they at least have to have one hundred episodes, so roughly four seasons.