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Blogging the Next Generation: Picard — “Farewell”
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. “Finish the sentence.” Picard hugs Q. That’s my primary memory of “Farewell,” the final episode of Star…
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Blogging the Next Generation: Picard — “Penance”
“The chase is dying in your arms. And I am but a suture in the wound.” Few experiences in all of Star Trek: Picard are more clarifying than seeing John De Lancie return to the role of Q in “Penance.” De Lancie smacks the cover off the ball; the ball clears the far wall and…
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Blogging the Next Generation: Picard — “The Star Gazer”
“Cheers, big ears.” Season two, let’s do things in twos. Here goes. A story: I signed up for Paramount+ a couple of weeks ago, because I wanted to watch the new season of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds in 4K. (On Crave, it’s presented in… whatever the fuck Crave supplies. I don’t actually understand Crave;…
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Blogging the Next Generation: “Tapestry”
“Your life ended about five minutes ago, under the inept ministrations of Dr. Beverly Crusher.” After “Face of the Enemy,” Season Six’s other best episode is “Tapestry,” which ends up on more top ten lists, although I like it slightly less. Still, there’s little arguing against it. It’s the series’ last great Picard episode before…
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Blogging the Next Generation: “True Q”
“The jury’s still out on that, Picard. Make no mistake.” Imagine the following delivered by a heavily bearded man in a thick, west country accent: “YOU’RE A Q, HARRY!” It wasn’t till this time through “True Q” that I cottoned to the fact that it’s essentially the Harry Potter story, on the Enterprise – with…
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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 am of the latter. Since this episode is going to be nothing but one long…
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Blogging the Next Generation: “Deja Q”
“Red alert.” This period of the third season of Star Trek: The Next Generation is quite likely its longest (nearly) unbroken string of best-in-class episodes. The run stretches from “The Defector” to “Sins of the Father,” fully a third of the season as a whole, and with only a couple of exceptions is a ceaseless…
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Blogging the Next Generation: “Q Who”
“The hall is rented, the orchestra engaged. It’s now time to see if you can dance.” What is there left to say about “Q Who,” that hasn’t already been said? It’s a great fuckin’ episode. It deserves its place in the pantheon of the very best that Star Trek: The Next Generation ever had to…
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Blogging the Next Generation: “Hide and Q”
“Oh, I know Hamlet. And what he might say with irony, I say with conviction: what a piece of work is man.” It seems I’m not the only one who’s become interested in Riker – Q returns to the Enterprise for his sophomore bout of pestering, and dangles the omnipotent abilities of the Q Continuum…
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Blogging The Next Generation: “Encounter at Farpoint”
“Well, this is a new ship, but she’s got the right name.” The entire gulf between the male and female of our species might be mapped in the lack of understanding in my girlfriend’s eyes, as I attempted to explain to her why the high-definition upgrade of Star Trek: The Next Generation – and particularly, its visual effects –…