What to say about Patrick Stewart? What an incredible actor. I remember first seeing him in Dune, so when he was cast in Star Trek: The Next Generation, I thought, “Oh, that guy’s good.” What an understatement. There’s a weird bifurcation in the earliest TNG episodes where it seems like the show isn’t quite sure if Picard is the lead—or if Riker is actually the lead, with Picard more of the police-station boss behind the desk. (This comes to a head with “Hide and Q.”) But it