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Blogging the Next Generation: Picard — “The Last Generation”
This entry was written during the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike. Without the labor of the actors currently on strike, this television series wouldn’t exist. To learn more, visit the SAG-AFTRA strike site. “Different, certainly; but certainly not better.” Almost thirty years ago, CityTV in Toronto books out the SkyDome (back when it was called that), and shows…
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Blogging the Next Generation: Picard — “Vox”
This entry was written during the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike. Without the labor of the actors currently on strike, this television series wouldn’t exist. To learn more, visit the SAG-AFTRA strike site. “We’ve been here before.” I’ve used the phrase “creative project” a lot while rewatching Star Trek: Picard. Many of my entries have gone to trying…
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Blogging the Next Generation: Picard — “Surrender”
This entry was written during the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike. Without the labor of the actors currently on strike, this television series wouldn’t exist. To learn more, visit the SAG-AFTRA strike site. “Fucking solids.” The gang’s all here, at last — whereas “The Bounty” technically featured all seven core crew members from Star Trek: The Next Generation,…
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Blogging the Next Generation: Picard — “Dominion”
This entry was written during the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike. Without the labor of the actors currently on strike, this television series wouldn’t exist. To learn more, visit the SAG-AFTRA strike site. “So… I’ve been weighing the morality of something.” A funny thing happened on the way to writing last week’s recap: my web site crashed, quite…
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Blogging the Next Generation: Picard — “The Bounty”
This entry was written during the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike. Without the labor of the actors currently on strike, this television series wouldn’t exist. To learn more, visit the SAG-AFTRA strike site. “Can someone explain why a 19th-century villain is guarding a 25th-century black site?” A whole-ass reunion episode, “The Bounty” brings everyone in the Next Generation…
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Blogging the Next Generation — Picard: “Imposters”
This entry was written during the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike. Without the labor of the actors currently on strike, this television series wouldn’t exist. To learn more, visit the SAG-AFTRA strike site. “Oh, I have been rehearsing this conversation for thirty years.” The big fan-service reactivation I was stumping for in season three of Star Trek: Picard…
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Blogging the Next Generation: Picard — “No Win Scenario”
This entry was written during the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike. Without the labor of the actors currently on strike, this television series wouldn’t exist. To learn more, visit the SAG-AFTRA strike site. “At some point, ‘asshole’ became a substitute for ‘charm.’” This episode pissed me off so completely when it aired — one thread of it, particularly…
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Blogging the Next Generation: Picard — “Seventeen Seconds”
This entry was written during the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike. Without the labor of the actors currently on strike, this television series wouldn’t exist. To learn more, visit the SAG-AFTRA strike site. “You don’t get to condemn people before the fact.” Picard and Beverly have “the talk” in this episode, and man, it rips. I suppose there’s…
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Blogging the Next Generation: Picard — “Disengage”
This entry was written during the 2023 WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. Without the labor of the writers and actors currently on strike, this television series wouldn’t exist. To learn more, visit the WGA strike hub and the SAG-AFTRA strike site. “If my father taught me anything, there’s no law of physics that can’t be either weaponized, or…
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Blogging the Next Generation: Picard — “The Next Generation”
This entry was written during the 2023 WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. Without the labor of the writers and actors currently on strike, this television series wouldn’t exist. To learn more, visit the WGA strike hub and the SAG-AFTRA strike site. “This message is for Admiral Jean-Luc Picard.” She’s back! We’re back! I’m back! After promising to be…