Star Trek TNG: Episode 173 - Journey's End

I feel that people may have thought this episode was dumb, but I really enjoyed it. The Federation is giving some planets back to Cardassian control, so Picard is asked to help move the Federation inhabitants off one of the worlds. The inhabitants are Native Americans that have left Earth to preserve their culture on a new planet. They do not want to leave and Picard is sort of seen as a white devil or something. History is repeating itself, with the Native Americans again being forced from their land.

Meanwhile, Wesley is back on board. He is questioning his future in Starfleet, he's kind of losing the passion for it. He is visited by a shaman that helps him see his future clearly. Wesley decides to help the Native's stay on their planet much to Picard's disappointment. Wesley then resigns from Starfleet and that "shaman" reveals himself as The Traveler. You may remember him from such episodes as 6 and such seasons as 1. Wesley decides to leave with the Traveler and and explore the universe. How homoerotic.

The Native Americans decide to leave the Federation and live under Cardassian control. The Cardassians allow them to stay and promise to leave them be. The moral of the story is, you have to fight for your right to look a gift horse in the mouth.

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Star Trek TNG: Episode 172 - Genises

And, Worf turns into a werewolf.

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Star Trek TNG: Episode 171 - Eye of the Beholder

I watched three episodes last night, so I will just post all three in a row. Here is the first one...

Well, I just didn't understand this episode. A crew member kills himself by jumping into a plasma field thingy. From what I understood, he killed himself because his girlfriend cheated on him...i think.

Anyway, Troi and Worf are asked to investigate this death. That's an odd pairing for an investigation you say? Yeah it is. This is because they are trying so hard to match them up, we already had a few episodes where they are an item in alternate universes and in dream sequences ... but this time its real. They actually get together and have sex. It makes zero sense and it makes me very annoyed. First we have Troi; personable, very nice and very beautiful and then we have Worf; gets along with nobody, is angry and violent, and looks like a human horseshoe crab. Why the fuck would they ever hook up???

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Star Trek TNG: Episode 170 - Masks

The Enterprise encounter a rogue comet that is in actuality an archive for a long extinct alien race. This archive begins to effect Data and causes him to act out the lives of every inhabitant from that race. While it was a decent idea on paper, it just didn't translate well to screen. In fact, this is the first time that I actually felt embarrassed for Brent Spiner. As Data, he has been asked to do some pretty goofy things...but this was just too much. If I had to listen to him say Masaka one more time....
And, for an episode named Masks ... not one appearance from Jim Carrey, Rocky Dennis or T-Bob.


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Star Trek TNG: Episode 169 - Thine Own Self

Great episode. Data is sent to a pre-industrial planet to retrieve a crashed probe. He suffers amnesia during an accident and ends up being found by the inhabitants. They think he is an "ice man" named Jayden and pretty much welcome him into their society. Data is then befriended by a little girl. But soon Data starts to prove to be far superior to the rest of the villagers and they start to become leery of him. Then they discover that he is robotic and the rest of the episode plays out like Frankenstein ... ending in the villagers killing Data. So basically this episode is Data becomes Frankenstein.


Eventually Data is recovered by the Enterprise and repaired.


Subplot involves Troi getting promoted to Commander.


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Star Trek TNG: Episode 168 - Lower Decks

"While enduring the Enterprise's promotion evaluation process, four junior officers find themselves involved in a top-secret mission."


This episode almost seems like a spin-off attempt. It is so heavily focused on these four officers that we do not even know. Basically one of them is going to get a promotion so they are all vying for that spot. For some reason Picard sends one of then (Silo Jax?) on a secret mission. Seems rather strange, but whatever. Anyway, she dies.

The episode was pretty good actually, and evidently it is an influential episode to future sci-fi TV writers...so I have read ....and I don't really see why.


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Star Trek TNG: Episode 167 - Sub Rosa

Dr. Crusher moves into a haunted house.

No lie.

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Star Trek TNG: Episode 166 - Homeward

I really enjoyed this episode. It involved Worf and his human brother Paul Sorvino (who was great). Paul Sorvino was on a primitive planet (seemed like the inhabitants were in the equivalent of Earths Dark Ages), anyway the planet was going to die so Paul wanted to save the people. Worf comes down in disguise to convince his brother that there is no good way to do it without revealing the existence of alien life to them. So, somehow, Paul Sorvino sneaks the entire population onto the ship and replicates their village in the holodeck. The plan then is to beam them down to a new planet without them even knowing.


The plan takes a bad turn when one of the villagers accidently exits the holodeck and ends up in the Enterprise hallway. Needless to say, his mind is fucking blown. After spending sometime with the crew, the villager seems to be somewhat adjusting to all of this. Then he kills himself.


In the end, the Enterprise beams the rest of the village down to a new planet and they never even know what happened.


The episode also has Penny Johnson in it, she was in DS9, 24 and now the show Castle.


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Star Trek TNG: Episode 165 - The Pegasus

"Riker's former Captain boards the Enterprise to retrieve the USS Pegasus. Picard investigates the circumstances of its loss and finds that there has been a cover-up." ... also the Romulan's seem to be heavily interested in the wreck of the Pegasus.


The cover-up involves Riker and his former Captain Pressman. Back on the Pegasus there had been a mutiny attempt, the crew had been concerned about Pressman's involvement with Romulan Cloaking Technology. Riker defended the Captain and aided in his escape, the crew all died when the Pegasus then exploded. In the end Riker does end up getting in trouble for this past incident, which is a good touch.


This episode was directed by LeVar Burton.


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Star Trek TNG: Episode 164 - Parallels

Worf is having a birthday party and suddenly he becomes aware that he is in an alternate universe. One in which Riker is Capt, Wes is Lt and Worf is married to Troi (which is just vile).


Worf manages to convince the crew that he is in the wrong universe, and they help him get back home.


I'm tired of these alternate universe episodes. Although, I kind of enjoyed Worf in this one, I like when he is out of his element.


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Star Trek TNG: Episode 163 - Inheritance

Not too much to say about this one. It involves Data's mother, who ends up being not really his mother but an android of his mother, but sort of really his mother because Dr. Soong did supply the robot with all of his late wife's memories, so yeah its basically his mother, but not really. Anyway Data finds out about this, but doesn't know if he should tell his "mother" that she is not real. Want to know the dramatic ending? Does he tell her? Does he not tell her? Well, you will just have to watch the episode yourself.


Fuck it, he doesn't tell her.


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Star Trek TNG: Episode 162 - Force of Nature

The plot to this one involves two scientists trying to prove that warp drive is harming the fabric of space...which they do indeed prove. The subplot involves Data trying to train his cat Spot, which is very funny. Spot is the such a terrible cat, it does not listen to anyone and seems to enjoy attacking Geordi.


It was not a great episode, but I guess it was significant in the Star Trek realm. This is because the Klingon and Federation agree to never go above Warp 5 except for in emergencies.


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Star Trek TNG: Episode 161 - Attached

I just don't know about this one, it's pretty dumb. Picard and Beverly are taken hostage by the Kes and implants are put in their necks that keep them attached to other and also able to read each others thoughts. Why? Because they have to setup the plot involving Picard and Crusher's sexual feeling for each other. I'm just not interested. Maybe if it was more like Human Centipede then it would be at least somewhat entertaining.


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Star Trek TNG: Episode 160 - Dark Page

Lwaxana Troi is the worst character in any show, ever, of all-time. This episode is just garbage. Lwaxana loses her powers and then slips into a coma. Deanna meets her in her dreams, where her mom confesses that Deanna had a sister that drowned. Not in the least interesting. The only thing of note is that Kirsten Dunst was in this episode....and I didn't even notice.


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Star Trek TNG: Episode 159 - Phantasms

Tiny creatures are feeding on the crew, causing Data's dream program to go crazy.  .....Data's dream program??? Anyway, it was a very fun episode. Data's dream sequences were very well done and overall the directing job by Patrick Stewart was excellent. During one of Data's waking dreams he sees Troi as a giant cake and stabs her with a knife. First of all, why are they still using traditional knives on the Enterprise, secondly if a humanoid crewmember stabs another one (whether it is in an altered state or not) I'm pretty sure they would be in some kind trouble .... Nobody seems to care that Data just nearly murdered someone. Oh well, the perks of being an android.


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Star Trek TNG: Episode 158 - Gambit pt. 2

Last we left off, our heroes where captured on a mercenary ship. Picard was pretending to be a merchant and Riker, well he is still Riker. Picard and Riker devise a plan to play along with these mercenaries and become "one of them". Evidently they are seeking a rare Vulcan artifact that has incredible power. Yet again, part two comes to a rushed conclusion with the mercenary plans being thwarted. It was, however, good too see Riker and Picard playing both sides of the coin, it was well done.


So Sabrina LeBeauf is in this episode playing an Ensign. And, man is she fucking terrible. I was very surprised at how bad she was. How hard is it to play an Ensign at the navigation panel?? She had a good amount of lines and she just managed to sound like a kid in a 6th grade play .... from the 1930's ... with Polio


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Star Trek TNG: Episode 157 - Gambit pt. 1

For some reason Picard is alone on an archeological expedition and ends up getting into a bar fight. Right off the bat, this is just dumb. Why would this ever happen?? So basically he ends up getting "shot and killed/vaporized". Riker goes to the bar to figure out what happened and ends up getting captured by a group of mercenaries...where he finds Picard working with them under the guise of a merchant.


Once you get past the stupid plot, the episode is rather enjoyable.


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Star Trek TNG: Episode 156 - Interface

I like LaForge, but this episode just wasn't happening. It was a decent plot, they setup Geordi's visor so that he can interactively control a probe to access dangerous areas. He discovers his mother's ship is missing ... evidently she is a Starship Captain?? I don't recall this ever being brought up before. Anyway Geordi uses his VISOR technology without permission to try and find his mothers ship. Anyway, she ends being dead and Ben Vereen is his dad.


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Star Trek TNG: Episode 155 - Liaisons

Everyime I hear the word Liaisons, I just think of Dangerous Liaisons and how evertime I went into my local video store the VHS cover looked so similar to the Ms. Doubtfire cover. Seriously Robin Williams could have replaced Glenn Close in that movie.


Anyway, this episode is about an exchange program gone crazy. Everyone is put in odd predicaments and Picard is pretty much held hostage by a "fake" sexy woman who seduces him ... this is all an experiment so that this alien race can experience love. They also play poker in this episode for like the 20th time in the series and it's really starting to piss me off. In short, this episode seemed sort of recycled. Also in the very beginning Troi is with one of these aliens and he offers her a drink. She says No, because her stomach is still recovering from all of the dessert from the night before. Does this mean she had diarrhea?? Seriously. I could not stop thinking about that. Does she have diarrhea??


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Star Trek TNG: Episode 154 - Descent II

So, Data is now under the influence of Lore. Along with these Borg, they plan on destroying all organic life. Riker and Worf discover Hugh in a cave or something and find out that he is heading a group of rebels trying to overthrow Lore.


Long story short, Data turns on Lore and defeats him. Hugh is then put in as the head of these Borgs. Lore's emotional chip is taken out and given to Data, of which LaForge advises him to not yet destroy it. That's basically it. It was easily on of the best two-parters in the Star Trek universe.


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