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“I don’t want to be a warrior!” And now that we’ve concluded things with Wesley Crusher, we move along to Alexander Rozhenko, Son of Worf, Nephew of Kurn, problematic “puppy” addition to a long-running series, who has all but disappeared…
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Blogging the Next Generation: “Journey’s End”
“I think that’s the first time anyone’s used that particular word to describe me.” With the end barreling towards us, Star Trek: The Next Generation takes the time to tie off three of its recurring characters: Wesley, Alexander, and Ensign…
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Blogging the Next Generation: “Genesis”
“He transformed into a spider and now he has a disease named after him.” In the “so bad it’s good” files, few delight me more than “Genesis,” which isn’t just a bizarre attempt to do body horror on the USS…
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Blogging the Next Generation: “Eye of the Beholder”
“Mr. Worf, you sound like a man who’s asking his friend if he can start dating his sister.” To tie off the strangest romance inception in series television history – in which Worf went to a parallel universe where he…
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Blogging the Next Generation: “Masks”
“Masaka is waking.” Buckle your shit up everyone, because things are about to get terrible. With “Lower Decks” behind us, it’s now a nearly straight run of unadulterated garbage from here to “All Good Things…” with only a couple of…
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Blogging the Next Generation: “Thine Own Self”
“You are an ice man.” This is such a straight-ahead idea for an episode that it’s somewhat surprising it didn’t turn up earlier in the run of the series: Data crashes on an alien planet, develops amnesia, and is adopted…
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Blogging the Next Generation: “Lower Decks”
“Now what do you think that tells me about your character?” If it weren’t for “All Good Things…,” “Lower Decks” would be the clear standout of the final season of Star Trek: The Next Generation. It’s a phenomenal episode, brilliantly…
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Blogging the Next Generation: “Sub Rosa”
“You stay on in this house, and you keep that damn candle, I’ll not be responsible for what happens!” Of all the crazy shit Star Trek: The Next Generation ever attempted, “Sub Rosa” might well be remembered as the craziest:…
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Blogging the Next Generation: “Homeward”
“I find no honour in this whatsoever, Captain. You will forgive me if I don’t stay.” a.k.a. the One Where Worf’s Brother Is Paul Sorvino. Worf, who doesn’t apparently have a good enough brother already, is retrofitted with a human…
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Blogging the Next Generation: “The Pegasus”
“’Captain Picard Day?’” One of the few great episodes of Season Seven, “The Pegasus” is a tight morality play which also bears the distinction of being my introduction to the wonderful Terry O’Quinn, who plays the antagonist-of-the-week, Admiral Eric Pressman.…
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