The news is everywhere that Patrick Stewart has died. This is a hard time for us Trekkies from back in the day. Walter Koenig just died last Sunday. It strikes me that Stewart is the first Star Trek captain we have lost. That’s a major part of my childhood that’s gone. I certainly did not have it on my bingo card that William Shatner would outlive Patrick Stewart.

I saw Stewart on stage in London once, playing Shakespeare. It was a magical evening. What makes me sad the most about him dying now, I think, is that he left Trekkies on such a sour note with Star Trek: Picard. That series was such a horrible decision all around. Looking back at it, it is almost completely unredeemable. And by all accounts, Stewart had a major hand in how that turned out. That just saddens me. Without that show, all my memories of Patrick Stewart would be good ones.

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