I've figured out Terra Nova: It's not Jurassic Park with guns, it's STAR TREK with dinosaurs

[charlie and algernon]

Seriously, a government expedition to an unknown world. They have phasers set to stun and the requisite red shirts getting knocked off every week.

Taylor is the Captain
Jim is the Number 1
His wife is the Science/Medical Officer
The oldest son is Wesley
The Sixers are the Borg
The Dinosaurs are the enemy race of the week


EDIT: and oh yeah, last night's episode was a classic Star Trek "send an away team to a far away outpost where they have to deal with the problem of the week" episode.