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Offspring
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Season 3, Episode 16
Data creates a "daughter" in his own image and a Starfleet stuffed shirt tries to take her away in the name of research. A bit sappy near the end but a clever twist caps things off in an entertaining way.
(viewed 06/25/2009)
Reunion
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Season 4, Episode 7
Another one for the Klingon fans. There's plenty of intrigue afoot as Worf's ex appears with the son he never knew he had and proceeds to get bumped off. Worf's response is refreshingly un-Star Trek-like in its directness, finality and lack of namby-pambyness.
(viewed 06/25/2009)
Legacy
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Season 4, Episode 6
Hey, it's Tasha Yar's home planet, a place whose inhabitants all sport stylishly feathered Eighties hair. Featuring a good bit of intrigue, civil war and a romance - of sorts - between Ishara Yar (Tasha's sister) and the always entertaining Data.
(viewed 06/22/2009)
The Defector
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Season 3, Episode 10
A Romulan defector unwittingly leads the Enterprise into the Neutral Zone, where nothing much of any consequence happens.
(viewed 06/18/2009)
Rascals
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Season 6, Episode 7
A landing party - including Picard - turn into younger versions of themselves and save the day when the Fernegi take over the ship. Pretty awful stuff except for a scene in which Riker befuddles a Ferengi with some serious geek speak about the ship's computers.
(viewed 06/14/2009)
Booby Trap
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Season 3, Episode 6
In which Geordi conjures up a holo geek babe to save the Enterprise from a menacing radiation whozawhatzit.
(viewed 06/07/2009)
A Fistful Of Datas
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Season 6, Episode 8
A holo gone bad story with a Western theme (anyone remember Spectre of the Gun?). Sound like a recipe for televisual disaster? Well, guess what? It's not. The execution of this tale of holo-Datas run amok in the Wild West took what seems the most dreadful notion imaginable and makes it into something quite entertaining. Directed by Patrick Stewart and featuring a truly funny shot of Worf donning a cowboy hat for the first time.
(viewed 05/25/2009)
The Quality of Life
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Season 6, Episode 9
Another one from the Robots Are People Too file. A not so bad episode in which Data goes to bat - to the point of insubordination - for a bunch of maintenance robots.
(viewed 05/23/2009)
Remember Me
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Season 4, Episode 5
In an episode more suited to Twilight Zone than TNG, the memebers of the crew gradually disappear, with no one noticing what's going on except Dr. Crusher. File under ho-hum.
(viewed 05/29/2009)
Suddenly Human
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Season 4, Episode 4
Given Star Trek's record with kid episodes, I didn't expect much from this one. As it turns out it was one of the better episodes I've seen for a while. Enterprise faces off with the Talarians over a Talarian leader's adopted human son. Good moments throughout, mnay of them concerning Picard's awkward interactions with the kid, and a nice left-field twist that knocked the proceedings out of the realm of predictability.
(viewed 05/19/2009)
Countdown
Star Trek: Enterprise
Season 3, Episode 23
A decent effort here as the...countdown to the Xindi attack continues. As Archer allies with one faction, Hoshi is kidnapped by another to help them crack a code and MACO Major Hayes is killed rescuing her.
(viewed 05/16/2009)
