I realize part of what I’m grieving is the distance between the now and the then. There are just so many years between me and that young kid watching Star Trek with his family: an hour each week we shared together that felt easy, safe, and happy. And Patrick Stewart was at the center of that.

• Ethan Marcotte, The ship is anchor’d safe and sound

My sister and I always discuss TNG as a workplace fantasy with Picard as the best boss you could ever have: patient, understanding, and willing to be wrong. A characterization only possible with Sir Patrick Stewart embodying those traits.