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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 episode in Season Four of Star Trek: The Next Generation. Data doesn’t turn up in…
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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: “The Dauphin”
“I dream of a galaxy where your eyes are the stars, and the universe worships the night.” Wesley Crusher’s first love story is so goddamned adorable that I rank it highly among my favourite episodes of the second season, even though I know full well that there are some beats missing in the storytelling and…
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Blogging the Next Generation: “The Child”
“Some eager beaver at play.” It is “The Child’s” formidability as a prototype for Next Gen 2.0 that earns it my substantial fondness. The episode’s plot proper isn’t awesome – a hasty affair wherein Troi gives birth to an enigmatic alien child, who then allows himself to die when he realizes he is jeopardizing the…