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Blogging the Next Generation: “The Drumhead”
“I’ve brought down bigger men than you, Picard!” This grim and somewhat silly episode puts a plodding, McCarthy-ish witchhunt aboard the Enterprise, which slowly expands its circle of accusation from a visiting Klingon functionary to a mid-career Starfleet crewman to…
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Blogging the Next Generation: “Qpid”
“They really knew how to party back in those days.” There are two types of people in the world: people who think “Qpid” is unbelievably stupid, and people who think it is the greatest thing that ever happened, ever. I…
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Blogging the Next Generation: “The Nth Degree”
“The moon, yes. That will be my home. My paradise.” It’s “Flowers for Barclaynon,” in a return engagement for Dwight Schultz as Barclay that’s very nearly as good as his inaugural appearance in “Hollow Pursuits” the previous year. The inept…
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Blogging the Next Generation: “Identity Crisis”
“I decided that I’d pre-judged him unfairly. And then I decided that I’d been right in the first place.” Anyone remember the one where Geordi turns into a glow-in-the-dark man-lizard? Of course you don’t, why would you. While not quite…
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Blogging the Next Generation: “Night Terrors”
“Eyes in the dark. One moon circles.” One of Star Trek: The Next Generation’s infrequent attempts to do a proper ghost story on the Enterprise, “Night Terrors” is one of the more memorable ones for good and bad reasons. Good…
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Blogging the Next Generation: “Galaxy’s Child”
“Captain! The creatures are accelerating their approach! They are changing colour!” Geordi’s hologram fantasy dream girl returns, and this time, she’s real! Except, whoops, she’s married. And not a hologram fantasy dream girl. I guess Geordi forgot to check her…
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Blogging the Next Generation: “First Contact”
“I will have to say, this morning I was the leader of the universe as I know it. This afternoon I’m only a voice in a chorus. But I think it was a good day.” No, not that First Contact.…
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Blogging the Next Generation: “Clues”
“It took me a little while to figure out just exactly what I was supposed to do with these.” In precise opposition to the preceding “Devil’s Due,” the mystery in “Clues” is quite good, and keeps the narrative moving at…
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Blogging the Next Generation: “Devil’s Due”
“Impudence is pretending to be Fek’lhr of Klingon!” Is this the last episode from the treasure trove of (usually terrible) unproduced Star Trek Phase II scripts used on Star Trek: The Next Generation? I think so. I have a weird…
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