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Some of what you are saying is explained in the show, the universe they are in changed. Picard kept trying to do the right thing whilst others just reacted or took the easy way out and it kinda broke him a bit.

Seven saw a different side of the universe in the nigh on lawless frontiers and on top of that saw friends hunted for who they are and logically decided that she would be shit to people that didn’t deserve her time or empathy.

The knee-jerk reactions to the androids (anything synthetic in the end) and the Romulan crisis pushed the characters to their limits, way out of their comfort zones and part of the show is them trying to get back some of what they lost or thought they’d lost.

Maybe I’m being generous in my interpretation but the fact it’s open for discussion is a good thing.

Back to the days of rip out the head unit and stick one in that does have the features you want?

So the new guy gets sacked because a car went missing on his watch?

There’s a lot of episodes that only have impact of you are invested in the characters. Some are or self contained so could be worth a watch but it depends on the audience.

If anyone that likes sci-fi asks me I always say DS9. It has plot arcs and characters that grow, also a few silly and not so good bits but it stands up.

If they like that or like something similar like Stargate, seaquest, farscape or Sliders then we can find something for them, if they haven’t really tried sci-fi then you could do worse than strange new worlds within Trek or commit and try The Expanse for some modern sci-fi that kicks ass.

I wonder if this seemingly minor thing screwed someone over. Guy comes back to where car was, it’s gone. He misses some important family event or can’t pick his kid up. His insurance skyrockets, he’s now broke and has no idea some greater good future person stole his truck.

I don’t remember the specific instances in question, they may have compensated for the theft in some way but the knock on effects could still happen.

/tldr over thought it, move along