What Brick for Fire Pit, Part 2 ?
1. Not really a romance. More like a very deep friendship. The series of novels delved into this a lot more thoroughly than the show did, or could. Picard's first command was the Stargazer and Beverly Crusher's husband Jack served on that ship as an officer. They were friends, and though it was never shown, Picard got to know Beverly as well, though it was never stated that she served on the Stargazer. Jack Crusher was killed while serving on an away mission (The very first TNG episode, Encounter at Farpoint, covered this). Picard had become attracted to Beverly but never acted on it out of loyalty to his friend, and, the novels go a bit deeper, out of some sense of guilt over Crusher's death while on his watch. 2. Wesley didn't die. He may have appeared to have been killed - there were a few episodes that involved time/space paradoxes where the same character in the present and the past or future. It might have also been a part of Wesley's training, a simulation of what would result if he made the wrong choice. It's been a long time since I saw these episodes. 3. Members of away teams being captured or running into trouble was a common plot device on the show. Torture was sometimes used by the antagonists. Escape did not always happen. Tasha Yar was killed near the end of the first season (Skin of Evil), a bold step for a show in killing off a regular character. And the most memorable instance of torture was when Picard was tormented by the Cardassian interrogator (Chain of Command II) but refuses to give in. 4. Ultimatums are common plot devices in action/adventure. TNG used this device a lot. 5. I really don't remember. Being the ship's counselor and the human nerve center of the crew, she'd be a natural target for an enemy, but no one episode jumps out at me. 6. Romance was here and there, another common plot device, but the main romances both involved Troi. Early on it was her and Riker, laetr it was her and Worf.
A normal drill bit? No. Assuming you're wearing eye protection and other protective gear, it isn't especially dangerous, but you are almost certain to crack, chip, or shatter the glass if you do it that way. You need a glass bit or a glass holesaw (for larger holes). There are diamond bits and there are carbide bits. The diamond ones are more popular, but I've heard different opinions about which kind works better. Once you have the special bit in your drill (a drill press is better), you mark the hole you want to drill, then make a little dam around it with clay or similar material. Fill that with a coolant (like a mixture of water and antifreeze, for example) and a little abrasive powder. Then, starting very slowly, you start to lower the drill onto the glass. You aren't really drilling so much as grinding out the hole. Once you have a little purchase on the glass, you can go a little faster, but not much. Take your time. Eventually, you'll have your hole if you don't rush it. Oh, and as David said above, don't even try to drill tempered glass or safety glass.
