Tag: Ron Jones
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Blogging the Next Generation: “The Drumhead”
“I’ve brought down bigger men than you, Picard!” This grim and somewhat silly episode puts a plodding, McCarthy-ish witchhunt aboard the Enterprise, which slowly expands its circle of accusation from a visiting Klingon functionary to a mid-career Starfleet crewman to Captain Picard himself. The episode has a nice guest turn from the regal Jean Simmons,…
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Blogging the Next Generation: “The Nth Degree”
“The moon, yes. That will be my home. My paradise.” It’s “Flowers for Barclaynon,” in a return engagement for Dwight Schultz as Barclay that’s very nearly as good as his inaugural appearance in “Hollow Pursuits” the previous year. The inept lieutenant gets zapped by an alien probe and becomes an intellectual superman – but what…
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Blogging the Next Generation: “Night Terrors”
“Eyes in the dark. One moon circles.” One of Star Trek: The Next Generation’s infrequent attempts to do a proper ghost story on the Enterprise, “Night Terrors” is one of the more memorable ones for good and bad reasons. Good because it does create a genuine sense of unease through solid plotting and performance, and…
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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: “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: “11001001”
“You got that straight, slim. Too real is too right.” Few episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation have benefited from the blu-ray upgrade as completely as “11001001,” which also happens to arguably be the first season’s best episode; that it is chock-a-block with magnificent visual effects is beside the point, but a nice bonus…