Short story medium: Had this on VHS and the remote had a 1.5 play speed. My older sister and I would crack up watching Mortal Kombat as voiced by the Chipmunks. Great memories. Thanks for the reminder.
By "defeat" surely you mean talk them back to their humanity, resulting in some sort ot shenanigans scored by Michael Giacchino.
My money's on main cast.
It's also a small, presumably nimble, target.
For me, despite its pandering nature, season 3 finally clued into what the fandom was expecting from the series from day 1. Just get the damn band back together! Maybe hire a lighting technician. Ah, crap, they got the guy from the Kelvin-verse.
Sad. Sorry about that.
Sadly dropped altogether, last I heard.
Not my first time, actually. Like to keep a few in mind when the opportunity arises.
Given that stance, I can only hope that you've watched The Orville. It stands as the spiritual successor to TNG. Gotta trudge through the 1st season, for the sake of getting FOX Entertainment hooked on the line.
Thereafter, they managed to tell the sort of contemporaneous stories that otherwise qualify for TNG in its time.