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“It will cost you twenty to make that determination, sir.” As a huge Tasha fan, “Legacy” was candy to me when it aired in 1990. It brings us to Turkana IV, Tasha’s home colony, mentioned infrequently throughout the first season…
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Blogging the Next Generation: “Remember Me”
“They all do. They deserve so much more.” The best Beverly episode and therefore one of my five or six favourite episodes of all time, “Remember Me” is spooky and unsettling in turns, and genuinely thrilling as it races to…
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Blogging the Next Generation: “Suddenly Human”
“As captain of the starship Enterprise, I ask you not to make that sound.” The fever of five-Enterprise episodes of Next Gen breaks with “Suddenly Human,” which feels altogether like a holdover from the first season – and not in a…
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Blogging the Next Generation: “Brothers”
“The sons of the prophet were valiant and bold, and quite unaccustomed to fear…” You’d be forgiven for not noticing that one principal character is wholly absent from the perfectly balanced “Family,” for reasons which become apparent with the next…
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Blogging the Next Generation: “Family”
“Yes… but let him dream.” The third part of an unofficial triptych, bringing emotional closure to the two “Best of Both Worlds” episodes, “Family” is very nearly better than both of the Borg shows, and is in many ways one…
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Blogging the Next Generation: “The Best of Both Worlds, Part II”
“Last time on Star Trek: The Next Generation…” Star Trek: The Next Generation is the series that taught me to pay attention to television writers. It’s how I learned about how a writers’ room works (and developed a lifelong ambition…
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Blogging the Next Generation: “The Best of Both Worlds”
“Well, it’s time for the long pants.” Star Trek: The Next Generation concludes the third season with what is essentially a graduate thesis on how completely the storytelling formidability of the series had evolved over the course of the year.…
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Blogging the Next Generation: “Transfigurations”
“Words come later. It is the scent that first speaks of love.” I’m fairly sure I thought “Transfigurations” was Star Trek: The Next Generation’s third-season finale when it aired in 1990; and I remember thinking “wow, what an underwhelming last…
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Blogging the Next Generation: “Ménage à Troi”
“Females do not deserve the honour of clothing.” Let me begin by thanking “Ménage à Troi” for forcing me to look up the meaning of its title when I was thirteen, thereby introducing a whole new video game level to…
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Blogging the Next Generation: “Sarek”
“I met him once, many years ago, very briefly at his son’s wedding.” “Sarek” was marked as the first true crossover between Star Trek: The Next Generation and its vaunted predecessor, which (with the exception of lending a few episode…
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