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“Will there be any physical evidence of what you are going to do to him?” The big takeaway from “The Mind’s Eye” wasn’t anything to do with the plot proper of the episode itself, which sees Geordi brainwashed, Manchurian Candidate-style,…
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Blogging the Next Generation: “The Host”
“If you can find those things in the man we know as Will Riker, accept them. Accept the love.” Not only is “The Host” a fairly kickass Dr. Crusher episode and one of my favourite love stories on the show…
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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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