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Seventh Trek Connection

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 and Catherine Hicks star as Rev. and Mrs. Eric Camden on the show 7th Heaven.

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

Catherine starred as Gillian Taylor in the hilarious Star Trek IV, while Stephen starred as Captain/Commander Willard Decker in the unfortunate Star Trek: The Motion Picture… 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) in this week’s new episode of Law & Order: Criminal Intent. 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.