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215: '''Pen Pals''' ''[[1989]] [[May 1]]'' | 215: '''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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218: '''Up the Long Ladder''' ''[[1989]] [[May 22]]'' | 218: '''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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219: '''Manhunt''' ''[[1989]] [[June 19]]'' | 219: '''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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220: '''The Emissary''' ''[[1989]] [[June 29]]'' | 220: '''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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221: '''Peak Performance''' ''[[1989]] [[July 10]]'' | 221: '''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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222: '''Shades of Gray''' ''[[1989]] [[July 17]]'' | 222: '''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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