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501: '''Redemption''' ''[[1991]] [[September 23]]'' | 501: '''Redemption''' ''[[1991]] [[September 23]]'' | ||
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502: '''Darmok''' ''[[1991]] [[September 30]]'' | 502: '''Darmok''' ''[[1991]] [[September 30]]'' | ||
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503: '''Ensign Ro''' ''[[1991]] [[October 7]]'' | 503: '''Ensign Ro''' ''[[1991]] [[October 7]]'' | ||
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504: '''Silicon Avatar''' ''[[1991]] [[October 14]]'' | 504: '''Silicon Avatar''' ''[[1991]] [[October 14]]'' | ||
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505: '''Disaster''' ''[[1991]] [[October 21]]'' | 505: '''Disaster''' ''[[1991]] [[October 21]]'' | ||
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506: '''The Game''' ''[[1991]] [[October 28]]'' | 506: '''The Game''' ''[[1991]] [[October 28]]'' | ||
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507: '''Unification''' ''[[1991]] [[November 4]]'' | 507: '''Unification''' ''[[1991]] [[November 4]]'' | ||
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508: '''Unification''' ''[[1991]] [[November 11]]'' | 508: '''Unification''' ''[[1991]] [[November 11]]'' | ||
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509: '''A Matter of Time''' ''[[1991]] [[November 18]]'' | 509: '''A Matter of Time''' ''[[1991]] [[November 18]]'' | ||
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510: '''New Ground''' ''[[1992]] [[January 6]]'' | 510: '''New Ground''' ''[[1992]] [[January 6]]'' | ||
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511: '''Hero Worship''' ''[[1992]] [[January 27]]'' | 511: '''Hero Worship''' ''[[1992]] [[January 27]]'' | ||
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512: '''Violations''' ''[[1992]] [[February 3]]'' | 512: '''Violations''' ''[[1992]] [[February 3]]'' | ||
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513: '''The Masterpiece Society''' ''[[1992]] [[February 10]]'' | 513: '''The Masterpiece Society''' ''[[1992]] [[February 10]]'' | ||
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514: '''Conundrum''' ''[[1992]] [[February 17]]'' | 514: '''Conundrum''' ''[[1992]] [[February 17]]'' | ||
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515: '''Power Play''' ''[[1992]] [[February 24]]'' | 515: '''Power Play''' ''[[1992]] [[February 24]]'' | ||
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516: '''Ethics''' ''[[1992]] [[March 2]]'' | 516: '''Ethics''' ''[[1992]] [[March 2]]'' | ||
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517: '''The Outcast''' ''[[1992]] [[March 16]]'' | 517: '''The Outcast''' ''[[1992]] [[March 16]]'' | ||
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518: '''Cause and Effect''' ''[[1992]] [[March 23]]'' | 518: '''Cause and Effect''' ''[[1992]] [[March 23]]'' | ||
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519: '''The First Duty''' ''[[1992]] [[March 30]]'' | 519: '''The First Duty''' ''[[1992]] [[March 30]]'' | ||
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520: '''Cost of Living''' ''[[1992]] [[April 20]]'' | 520: '''Cost of Living''' ''[[1992]] [[April 20]]'' | ||
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521: '''The Perfect Mate''' ''[[1992]] [[April 27]]'' | 521: '''The Perfect Mate''' ''[[1992]] [[April 27]]'' | ||
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522: '''Imaginary Friend''' ''[[1992]] [[May 4]]'' | 522: '''Imaginary Friend''' ''[[1992]] [[May 4]]'' | ||
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523: '''I, Borg''' ''[[1992]] [[May 11]]'' | 523: '''I, Borg''' ''[[1992]] [[May 11]]'' | ||
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524: '''The Next Phase''' ''[[1992]] [[May 18]]'' | 524: '''The Next Phase''' ''[[1992]] [[May 18]]'' | ||
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525: '''The Inner Light''' ''[[1992]] [[June 1]]'' | 525: '''The Inner Light''' ''[[1992]] [[June 1]]'' | ||
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Several times on Trek and Stargate series we've seen episodes where people had unusually long experiences, but are then brought back to the "present" where little time has passed for anyone else. This seems an exceedingly strange situation, yet nobody ever shows any consequences of it beyond the single episode. In this instance, it doesn't seem it would be the easiest thing to immediately jump back in the captain's chair of the Federation flagship if your last shift seems to have been 30 years ago. | Several times on Trek and Stargate series we've seen episodes where people had unusually long experiences, but are then brought back to the "present" where little time has passed for anyone else. This seems an exceedingly strange situation, yet nobody ever shows any consequences of it beyond the single episode. In this instance, it doesn't seem it would be the easiest thing to immediately jump back in the captain's chair of the Federation flagship if your last shift seems to have been 30 years ago. | ||
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526: '''Time's Arrow''' ''[[1992]] [[June 15]]'' | 526: '''Time's Arrow''' ''[[1992]] [[June 15]]'' | ||
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Latest revision as of 21:44, 16 April 2023
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 4
SPOILERS TOTAL. You've been warned.
501: Redemption 1991 September 23
502: Darmok 1991 September 30
504: Silicon Avatar 1991 October 14
505: Disaster 1991 October 21
506: The Game 1991 October 28
507: Unification 1991 November 4
508: Unification 1991 November 11
509: A Matter of Time 1991 November 18
510: New Ground 1992 January 6
511: Hero Worship 1992 January 27
512: Violations 1992 February 3
513: The Masterpiece Society 1992 February 10
514: Conundrum 1992 February 17
515: Power Play 1992 February 24
517: The Outcast 1992 March 16
518: Cause and Effect 1992 March 23
519: The First Duty 1992 March 30
520: Cost of Living 1992 April 20
521: The Perfect Mate 1992 April 27
522: Imaginary Friend 1992 May 4
524: The Next Phase 1992 May 18
525: The Inner Light 1992 June 1
(First watched 2007-10-08) This is frequently listed as one of the top TNG episodes. I am of two minds.
On the one hand, what Picard had to go through was good stuff. Trapped on a planet in another man's life, slowly coming to terms with this and even growing himself some children and grandchildren. Becoming part of the community, examining the drought problems they're having, and learning the planet itself is irreversibly doomed.
On the other hand... the whole thing just strikes me as more implausible than normal. We often see mysterious alien devices, but through Picard we're able to see the society that built it. These people didn't seem much more advanced than we are today. Certainly they were pre-warp. And yet, they were able to build something that could interface with an unknown alien and allow him to experience dozens of years of life in dozens of minutes?
I know Picard has wished he had a family of his own, and this episode has given him some of that experience... but then to find out that essentially they were either recreations of dead people and/or the equivalent of having a child on the holodeck must've been quite a blow to him.
Several times on Trek and Stargate series we've seen episodes where people had unusually long experiences, but are then brought back to the "present" where little time has passed for anyone else. This seems an exceedingly strange situation, yet nobody ever shows any consequences of it beyond the single episode. In this instance, it doesn't seem it would be the easiest thing to immediately jump back in the captain's chair of the Federation flagship if your last shift seems to have been 30 years ago.
526: Time's Arrow 1992 June 15