Memory Alpha It was another sunny morning in jolly England. Cool air blew in through an open window, bringing with it the morning chorus as I furrowed my brow and looked down at the coffee stains on my desk. I …
Star Trek – The Next Generation: 1×12 – The Big Goodbye Read more »
Memory Alpha This episode is notable as it marks the first appearance of one Lwaxana Troi, daughter of the fifth house, holder of The Sacred Chalice of Rixx, and heir to The Holy Rings of Betazed, and probably a whole …
Memory Alpha Haha… it’s the Ferengi. Oh, wait… we’re still supposed to be taking them seriously as villains at this point. Still, this episode isn’t too bad. Not great, but compared to everything that’s gone before it’s David blooming Copperfield. …
Star Trek – The Next Generation: 1×09 – The Battle Read more »
1×07 ‘Lonely Among Us’ was… it was dull. There were some dog and lizard people, something about a cloud, Data had a pipe, there was a fish… and that’s all I remember. Even though I only watched it yesterday, I’ve …
This episode teaches us how dire the consequences can be if you don’t respect Wesley. I don’t really like it when you’re just told a character is special – we get it: he’s a boy genius. We’ve already seen him …
Star Trek – The Next Generation: 1×06 – Where No One Has Gone Before Read more »
A historic episode as it marks the first appearance of the Ferengi, and much importantly, the first appearance of Armin Shimerman as a Ferengi. But more importantly than anything else, Tasha Yar isn’t totally useless. Hooray! There’s also some guff …
Star Trek – The Next Generation: 1×05 – The Last Outpost Read more »
Tasha Yar: I think you should know that there is no physical training anywhere that matches Star Fleet. Especially its security people. Me: Really? Because, what I’ve seen, is you guys getting your asses kicked by just about every alien …
Star Trek – The Next Generation: 1×04 – Code of Honor Read more »
This episode is pretty much just a copy… sorry, I meant ‘homage’ (that’s what professional writers call it when they copy something)… to the original series episode ‘The Naked Time’, which is referenced in this episode. Although the only thing …
Star Trek – The Next Generation: 1×03 – The Naked Now Read more »
This year of course is the fiftieth anniversary of Star Trek, and I have my shiny new blu-ray box set of TNG so… I’m going to watch all of them. Sod it. I’m just going to do it. I might …
Star Trek – The Next Generation: 1×01 – Encounter At Farpoint Read more »