I think my emotional arc with shows is more like: oh, hey, interesting - THIS IS THE BEST SHOW EVER LET ME TALK ABOUT IT ALL THE TIME - oh, yeah, that show was a thing.

You apparently liked the Mardoll book better than I thought you did. From what you said at the time, I thought C+/B- range. But maybe that's filtering for how annoying I found it.

You should read ALL the Star Trek books. Except the one I'm supposedly reading, which is boring.