Patrick Murphy and Kobayashi Maru
In what has to be one of the best opening sequences of any Star Trek episode or movie, James T. Kirk somehow manages to win the unwinnable test. For those of you who consider such sci-fi schlock beneath your station, the Kobayashi Maru is a no-win training exercise which tests the character of the new cadet, while being disguised as a mock battle scene — one which cannot be won. Kirk somehow manages to win the unwinnable test. How did he do…