Tag: Romulans
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Blogging the Next Generation: Picard — “Absolute Candor”
“A promise is a prison, Elnor. Do not make yourself another’s jailer.” Look: I like Elnor. I like him a lot! Giving Picard his own personal bodyguard Elf is nuts, but the Qowat Milat (Romulan ninja-Elves who only speak the bluntest version of the truth) are my kind of loony. Inventing a whole second sub-sect…
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Blogging the Next Generation: “Face of the Enemy”
“Hod’laii.” This is easily my favourite episode of Season Six; and it’s certainly, far and away, the best Counselor Troi episode in all of Star Trek: The Next Generation. It’s such an achievement over its sixth-season running mates that I actually find it startling. I mean, last week we were on “Aquiel,” and the season…
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Blogging the Next Generation: “The Defector”
“These are not my stars. Even the heavens are denied me here.” A favourite of mine, not just of the third season but of the entire run of Star Trek: The Next Generation, “The Defector” brings epic badassery to the long-simmering Romulan conflict on Next Gen, delivering a stunning first act and equally stunning climax,…
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Blogging the Next Generation: “The Enemy”
“I never lie when I’ve got sand in my shoes, Commodore.” Here’s the second great Geordi episode in a row, “The Enemy,” in which the good chief engineer is stranded on a storm-ridden planet with a single stranded Romulan. It’s David Carson’s first episode in the director’s chair – he would go on to direct…