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Every time it's a holodeck episode, or an alternative timeline episode, or alternative universe episode, I usually skip it. I've invested myself in the story in Universe they created, and they want a filler episode that doesn't matter for the main overall plot, that's great for them, but that's not what I'm watching for. So yeah I totally get it
Bride of Chaotica
Yesterday's Enterprise
In a Mirror Darkly
Those are also just single examples of each. Moreover, that's like... a third of all Star Trek episodes. You are actively denying yourself some of the best episodes in all of Star Trek.
You also say you're invested in the universe they create but those stories help explain and inform the universe. How do you know where your limits lie without exploring your own limits? How do you know how good you have it until it's gone? How do you know how far you'll go until you see yourself staring right back at you?
Do you get it though? Do you?
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You do know that those holodeck and alternative timeline/universe stories ... are part of the Universe they inhabit, right?
I mean, even the mirror universe tells us loads of things about the original universe by displaying the complete opposite.