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We'll Always Have Paris
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Season 1, Episode 23
Picard's old flame turns up with a researcher who's been mucking around in other dimensions. Parts of which episode could be likened to Days of our Lives in space.
(viewed 04/02/2009)
The Neutral Zone
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Season 1, Episode 25
Three cryogenically preserved dimwits from the twentieth century turn up but ultimately little is made of this potentially worthwhile plot thread. Ditto for a Romulans lurking around in the Neutral Zone thread that's pretty much left hanging by the time it's all over.
(viewed 03/29/2009)
The Tin Man
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Season 3, Episode 20
An uncommonly annoying telepath makes contact with a strange giant creature while Romulans lurk about, ready to do evil. A great deal of potential here, considering that it's one of the rare episodes where the aliens aren't merely humans with latex on their face and/or goofy uniforms, but that potential is unrealized for the most part.
(viewed 03/28/2009)
The High Ground
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Season 3, Episode 12
Is terrorism justified? Deep thoughts abound as the great minds of TNG tackle the issue. A few okay moments, but tedious debate and wooden guest stars drag the proceedings way down.
(viewed 03/25/2009)
Captain's Holiday
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Season 3, Episode 19
Shore leave for Picard finds him playing Indiana Jones with a foxy dame at his side and a Ferengi and a time-traveling alien gumming up the works. All in search of some sort of McGuffin or another. Fairly lightweight stuff and one can't help wondering what the point was.
(viewed 03/23/2009)
Heart of Glory
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Season 1, Episode 19
Klingon renegades out to restore traditional Klingon values wind up on Enterprise. Mixed emotions for Worf as they're about to be turned over to Klingon officials. A somewhat predictable conclusion but not that bad even so.
(viewed 03/21/2009)
Coming of Age
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Season 1, Episode 18
Not so bad, this one. Storyline A, in which Little Wes takes the Starfleet Academy entrance exam is not quite so strong as Storyline B, which finds Starfleet bureaucrats investigating Picard for who knows what. Not too many false notes this time around.
(viewed 03/18/2009)
When the Bough Breaks
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Season 1, Episode 16
Aliens kidnap all the kids from Enterprise. Though their intentions aren't all that bad they are kidnappers nonetheless and thus the kids must be pried from their clutches.
(viewed 03/17/2009)
Angel One
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Season 1, Episode 13
A planet of girly men and dominant women with nicely feathered hair hold a group of shipwreck survivors hostage. It's Enterprise to the rescue, but the plot naturally thickens a bit. Rather a silly bit of business all around.
(viewed 03/16/2009)
Too Short a Season
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Season 1, Episode 15
The curious case of Admiral Jameson unfolds with the Starfleet leader aging in reverse after overdosing on a youth elixir, while trying to sort out a hostage crisis and a diplomatic mission he'd bungled years earlier.
(viewed 03/15/2009)
