Star Trek: Voyager

Star Trek: Voyager was the fourth entry in the popular Star Trek series. It recounted the adventures of the Jupiter II, which was launched from Earth on October 16, 1997, under the command of Prof. John Robinson. The evil machinations of Dr. Zachary Smith resulted in the vessel being lost in space some 70,000 light years from home.
Every single episode presented the Voyagers with a way home, only to be ignored by the captain. Every episode also ended with a brief moral, much as those Filmation cartoons did back in the '70's.
Major West is still sad.