Photo: Paramount+/CBS Today is First Contact Day, or at least it will be in 42 years, making this the… pre-anniversary of the day in Star Trek canon when mankind first made contact with an alien race (specifically the Vulcans). Much like with Star Wars Day (May 4) and Alien Day (April 26), Paramount has noticed that there’s a lot of good branding potential in associating a pop culture franchise with a specific day, so it has turned First Contact Day into an excuse to celebrate all things Trek—and this year it actually made good on that premise with a bunch of