The Weakest Link: Star Trek Edition, aired on November 26, 2001. Part 1 of 7. The Weakest Link was a game show in which 8 contestants played as a team and attempted to answer questions within a fixed period of time. The show ran one season, with 27 episodes, from 2001-2002. The basic gameplay is as follows: The show's host, Anne Robinson, would sequentially ask each team member a question. For every correct answer, a sum of money was added to the pot, and if 8 questions were correctly answered in a row, the "chain" would be complete and the team would automatically bank $125000. If a question was answered incorrectly, though, the chain would be broken and they would start over. However, before the next question was asked, the contestant had the opportunity to say "Bank", at which point whatever amount of money won thus far would be banked, and a new chain would be started. Once the fixed time period had elapsed, whatever amount of money had been banked would carry over to the next round. Before starting the next round, though, each contestant would cast a vote to eliminate the person who they felt contributed the least. Hence the name, "The Weakest Link". During the voting process, a voiceover would tell home viewers who the strongest and weakest players were. In the event of a tie, the strongest link casts the vote. Each voted-off contestant would have an opportunity to say a few parting words on camera, away from the rest of the contestants, before leaving. The first <b>...</b>