Becky and I enjoy making connections when we watch TV: “Ooh, so and so on this show was on that movie with that person!” Kind of like the degrees of Bacon game, but a bit more free-form.

Anyway, we recently made a connection that we thought we would share:

***Stephen Collins|http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0004834/*** and ***Catherine Hicks|http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0382819/*** star as Rev. and Mrs. Eric Camden on the show ***7th Heaven|http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0115083/***.

Here’s the connection: they were both in Star Trek movies!

Catherine starred as Gillian Taylor in the hilarious ***Star Trek IV|http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0092007/***, while Stephen starred as Captain/Commander Willard Decker in the unfortunate ***Star Trek: The Motion Picture|http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0079945/***… both of which were released well before 7th Heaven made its debut.

Speaking of Trek connections, we also spotted TNG’s ***Commander Data (Brent Spiner)|http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0000653/*** in this week’s new episode of ***Law & Order: Criminal Intent|http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0275140/***. He played a nutty psychologist, the husband of the psychiatrist whose lover was killed by their psycho daughter. Always good to see a familiar face. 🙂