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‘Darmok’ and ‘Arena’: Some Thoughts
At the beginning of October a friend sent me an email about the TOS episode ‘Arena’ and how the TNG episode ‘Darmok’ might be seen as a less-macho gloss on it. Originally my reply was going to be a sentence … Continue reading
ST:TNG S02E07: Unnatural Selection
I’ve never hated Dr. Pulaski as much as many Trekkies seem to, and I do not wish to imply that one ought to dislike her. I can sort of understand the antipathy many feel, as she replaced Dr. Crusher, who … Continue reading
ST:TNG S01E18: Home Soil
“Ugly bags of mostly water” … yay! At first I did not recall this episode, but once they were on the planet it came back to me. But that aside, even if I hadn’t seen it, I could have predicted … Continue reading
ST:TNG S01E17: When the Bough Breaks
Hey, it’s that guy from ‘The X-Files’! That had never occurred to me before, since this was the first time I’ve watched this episode in nearly 20 years. But first, the episode, in summary. The Enterprise finds a long-lost, hidden … Continue reading
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ST:TNG S01E16: Too Short a Season
Again we strain credulity … though this time perhaps because it is quite character-centric and so we must somehow smooth over plot difficulties. First: bad makeup.
ST:TNG S01E15: 11001001
TNG often goes to the same well multiple times … and so it was when this time the Enterprise was getting a ‘check up’ and people were going on shore leave, I expected a different hijacking of this Galaxy Class … Continue reading
ST:TNG S01E14: Angel One
Some consider this worse than the Space Blacks of ‘Code of Honor.’ The Space Irish are yet to show up. We’ve met the Ferengi … at least they jumped around like monkeys on crack. We have yet to get to … Continue reading
ST:TNG S01E13: Datalore
“Shut up, Wesley!” Picard and others shout this episode. Even once Wesley is proved right—at the end of the episode for the other characters, from the get-go for us viewers—he gets to return to duty, but gets no “thanks,” or … Continue reading
ST:TNG S01E12: The Big Goodbye
When it comes to television, movies, even theater, I maintain a rather great level of “suspension of disbelief” … rather, I grant said works a great deal of leeway, perhaps something appropriate when it comes to the motion of a … Continue reading
ST:TNG S01E11: Haven
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly … There is a great deal of absurdity in “Haven” and a great number of undeveloped or underdeveloped themes. That, however, as I’ll explain, is an unfair critique on my part. The good, … Continue reading