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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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