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Inheritance and Immortality Aboard the Enterprise

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Patrick Stewart arrives for a screening of The Martian at the Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto, Canada, September 11, 2015.

Mark Blinch/Reuters

There is a particular kind of immortality to television reruns.

Actors age and story lines end. But on dusty VHS tapes and streaming back catalogs, Captain Picard remains at his post.

Raleigh Adams

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Raleigh Adams

Raleigh Adams is a recent graduate of Yale Divinity School. Her work has appeared in the Front Porch Republic, VoegelinView, and The Dispatch.

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