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 : '''The Dauphin''' ''[[1989]] [[February 20]]''
+The interference on the planet is so great the Enterprise doesn't have the power to break through it and respond with a message... but they can beam people down? Seems like that would take more power and have a lot more to lose from interference.
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 : '''Contagion''' ''[[1989]] [[March 20]]''
+Once they'd determined the Yamato blew itself up, Picard didn't want to leave the Neutral Zone because if it was a design flaw, he didn't want to risk the Enterprise blowing up, too. BUT the Yamato was just sitting around when it blew up; there was no indication that being at warp was any more dangerous than sitting still. And with agitated Romulans around, sitting still has extra danger factor in this case. And if it IS a design flaw, what's he going to do? Sit around in the Neutral Zone until it's fixed some indefinite time in the future?
+I think this is the first time Picard asks for his Tea. Earl Grey. Hot., but due to malfunctions he doesn't get it.
+"''This would appear to be manual override.''" *taps buttons* *arc of energy shoots out, gateway is created* "''That was not manual override.''"
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 : '''The Royale''' ''[[1989]] [[March 27]]''
+I've got a soft spot for The Royale. It's still very much of this early period where TNG was TOS-like, but I like the way the mystery slowly unfolds. What's this fragment doing here? What's this building? Who are these people? It's a book? Can we get out by enacting the finish of the book?
+Worf seems just as flustered by the elevator as he did by the old door at the end of [[Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 1|last season]].
+I enjoy how pained Picard is when he decides he should study the novel and realizes how shitty it is right from line one.
+The plight of a lone Earth astronaut ending up in a bizarre situation far from home reminds me of [[Farscape]].
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 : '''Time Squared''' ''[[1989]] [[April 3]]''
+The conclusion... I get why the duplicate shuttlecraft and Picard disappeared, but not remaining Picard's actions immediately before it. Killing his duplicate? Stopping the loop of having a shuttle go out, sure, buuuuut he went straight for a kill setting on the phaser?
+Maybe not as big a deal as Picard committing twin murder, but Riker definitely left shell in the bowl when he cracked his eggs. Even if the eggs ween't a weird variety only Worf liked, they would've been having a crunchy experience.
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 : '''The Icarus Factor''' ''[[1989]] [[April 24]]''
+Pulaski knew Kyle Riker 12 years ago... and since then got married and divorced three times, staying good friends with each spouse?
+Ahahaha. "''Anbo-jyutsu. The ultimate evolution in the martial arts.''"
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 : '''Pen Pals''' ''[[1989]] [[May 1]]''
+I'm reminded of an old [[Star Trek: The Original Series]] novel; I'm not sure right now if it predates TNG. Anyway, the similarity is that in both cases the Enterprise crew took action from above to save a planet headed for destruction. In the TOS novel, they explicitly stated that if the results of their actions that the people on the planet noticed could be seen as ''possible'' if not necessarily ''likely'', well, that was the wiggle room they needed for it to be less Prime Directive-shattering.
+Tin man really has a heart in this episode. Cute the way Sarjenka hides behind him from everyone else.
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 : '''Up the Long Ladder''' ''[[1989]] [[May 22]]''
+This episode is just full of dumb overreactions and solutions to dumb invented problems. Adding new DNA to the society won't help because the cloning will just run into a problem in another 15 generations? Errr, so? A solution that works hundreds of years at a time without intervention is still a pretty damn good long-term solution. It's not like they were all going to die out in the next month, so I'm sure they could've found at least another 5 people out of however many billions or trillions are in the Federation who are willing to donate some cells. Forcing the fusion of the two disparate colonies was needless. Also needless: killing what appeared to be nearly fully grown clones. The prime minister and Riker shout at each other "Murderer!" "No, you're a thief!" Can't it be both?
+Mr. Drunkie used the word "blatherskyte". This may be the only time I've heard that used outside of [[DuckTales]].
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 : '''Manhunt''' ''[[1989]] [[June 19]]''
+Ahahaha. It's great to see how Lwaxana can get to Picard even more than Q can. Also how Picard uses Data to deflect her. When the scene shifts back to her quarters and Data is doing a 24th century Powerpoint presentation, it is The Best.
+I can see how someone would be annoyed at this episode if they were solidly in the mood for sci-fi, but I laughed at it more than any episode yet.
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 : '''The Emissary''' ''[[1989]] [[June 29]]''
+Running into a ship full of Klingons of 75 years ago, interesting premise, but it still left unanswered WHY? What sort of mission, military or otherwise, would they have been on? Short of some other time travel going on they couldn't be sure what sort of situation they'd be entering, and their ship would be expected to be outclassed after decades of development.
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 : '''Peak Performance''' ''[[1989]] [[July 10]]''
+Nice to see the Constellation class again, and Riker's crew's attempt to get it going decently. I wish we'd have seen more of how their battle with the Enterprise would've played out if they weren't interrupted so quickly.
+The Ferengi are at least DRESSING like later Ferengi, even if they're still way more violent and antagonistic.
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 : '''Shades of Gray''' ''[[1989]] [[July 17]]''
+With a name like this, it would've been better if it was just Picard sitting in his quarters drinking Earl Grey.
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