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"BANG THE GONG" I think this episode was missing God showing up, oh and a floating orb for good measure. Gene really dropped the ball on this one. I'm with ya Will i rather liked this one, Lwaxana Troi is a fun character to watch and she brings a lot of life to the show. Loved the Cat Calendar obviously. I liked the episode I didn't wince once while watching it so it gets a 👍. The wedding dinner sets look straight outta the dollar store, plastic ass forks. They just forgot about the Psychic link plot point Caleb, don't think about it 😅. I'm really digging watching Caleb descend into despair as he watches more. Nothing makes you realize how long a season is until u marathon season 1 TNG. Thanks for the review as always guys I laughed a lot watching this one.

What does this have to do with Star Trek?

1st season of next gen is unwatchable.

C'mon Majel loved chewing up the scenery.

lose the Nutrek.

Napoleon Pigman Bayonets Worf! Had a great time this week, de Lancie, Patrick, and Frakes are all doing a great job this week. I believe I'm like Will in that my knowledge of Q elevates the episode but he's more or less correct that this is how he acts from now on. Gene must have insisted that all the planets in Next Gen look straight outta the 60s, foam rocks and Green Screen skies. Only like 10 seconds of cringe when Worf yells "this is sex!" and Geordi looks at Tasha. Also remember that that child is still dead, thanks for the review as always guys!

The Picard Manuever! Ah the Ferengi my favorite aliens, not the worst one this time. I rather liked the episode Picard sounds right in this one and it developes his character. Will is right that Picards charisma and the Ferengi are miles better with there behavior and mannerisms. I liked the Ferengi first officer and the Riker dynamic. Will should know what the "Real" Picard Manuever is (it's them pulling down their shirts when they stand up lol). Oh Wesley I don't loathe ya but your ain't the best part of the show sorry not sorry. Thanks for the review as always guys.

PDA Planet! Loved seeing the Wesley clip from the top rope. He really destroyed that new plant and he didn't give a damn. I don't believe Wesley was sorry at all he only cares about how cool he looked. Picard is at fault here, he sent him on the sex planet to see if it was okay for children, the most obvious wingman is 15 year old Wesley. Gene was pushing the bounds with this one and the god orb/plot was straight outta ToS. It's Cringe thanks for the episodes as always!

The all-powerful alien who's mischievous pranks can help, or hurt, given circumstances. "Q" is a cliché character and represents lazy storytelling in my opinion. The popularity of "Q" among Star Trek fans reveals just how out of step I am with the fandom. "The Squire of Gothos", by any other name, still plays out the same to me. "Hide and Q" keeps reminding me that some TNG episodes are just standard television fare covered by a colorful sci-fi candy shell. Just my opinion, hope we're still friends!

This is wonderful timeline done in a intelligent thoughtful way!

No, TOS: Bread and Circuses occurred on a planet in System 892, not Earth 1945

The Munsters Today wasn't a reboot, it was the original characters, they went into suspended animation for 20 years and woke up in 1990, the most notable actor (to me) was Eddie Munster's (er, actor) he went on to play the mysterious "kid with the grey hair" in Eerie Indiana

When TOS aired in 1966, I was too little to understand how & why television was made. As the years went by, I got an earful of the inner workings of TV as an industry. Creating a TV show has great appeal, but the production side of TV is like an assembly line, ruled by deadlines and money. Like TOS, TNG saved resources by using "plot-on-a-shelf" or "story helper", where creators use standard ideas common in entertainment. "The Battle" feels like a contrived storyline using the Ferengi as antagonists. This episode is just filler to me, something quick and easy thrown together just to keep to the production schedule - like Sci-Fi Bisquick. This is the good/bad nature of formula TV, sometimes you wait a whole season for that one gem of an episode.

One of the outstanding features of television in the 1980's was the rise of Cable TV. The modest moral conventions of the 1960's was giving way to a new 24-7, liberated (sexy), push-the-boundaries kind of narrative that the new cable channels offered subscribers. Even Ted Turner's WTBS Atlanta Superstation was adding pressure to traditional TV, allowing TNG, as a first-run syndication series instead of via a network broadcaster, a new freedom to explore ideas about religion, social norms, even politics. Visiting a "Playboy Mansion" planet was typical '80's.

Will you be covering the short treks? I thought they were pretty good. But, They kind of came and went, don’t see much talk about them.

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Also they play up the murder and consumption of one of the diplomats as a funny scene. Absolutely insane. Almost forgot to mention that.

Plotporter! Will the Gene trivia really brings me down each week man, its not your fault you're just telling it how it is. Good point Caleb on Picard immediately acting suspicious, and he tells Beverly for some reason. I like the Aliens and your right that the Snakes looked way better. I thought the dog alien was hitting on Tashar Yar maybe when he talks about the "big meal" honestly im not sure about that scene. I wish the episode focused more on the alien politics and less on the mystery lighting alien. Hopefully the next episode has shorter skirts thanks for the review as always.

"My mother hung herself" that's some trash too, thanks for bringing it up. I much preferred her appearance here, it worked for me.

Ludicrous Speed! First off your absolutely right I skipped Code of Honor fuck that shit. Now that Caleb has had a few episodes with the Wunderkin Wesley Crusher what does he think of our modern day Mozart? Wtf with Tash Yar's backstory, Yikes! Denise gets the short end of every stick. Episodes alright probably the best so far, the major problem I had was the stakes felt pretty low. The ticking clock element of the Traveler "dying" worked I guess but not my favorite. Dianna is useless again. Pretty good for Season 1. Thanks for the review as always!

One of the ideas from critics reviews of Star Trek that fascinates me is, "sci-fi fans don't like sci-fi". What fans really want is Action/Adventure, Mystery/Thriller, Romance/Romantic Comedy, Horror; all presented with a thin coating of Sci-Fi. Studios and broadcast networks know that sci-fi must be combined with an additional genre, especially to attract Sponsors (to pay for everything). The Klingons were stand-ins for communist/bad guys due to pushback from '60s NBC, and Roddenberry was pressured to comply. TNG was a chance to start fresh, with a new outlook.

Bullshite. Time war

My earliest memories of watching television go back to 1959, and the idea of an area in our universe where "Thought becomes Reality" has been presented to me in other TV shows over the years, including some Saturday morning cartoons. It's enough to make me wish I had kept a diary or personal journal as proof, so you can imagine my delight with "Where No One Has Gone Before". And like the Krell civilization of Altair IV in "Forbidden Planet", undisciplined thoughts made real can lead to horror and disaster. The Enterprise got lucky!

Just discovered your channel and I absolutely love it! Keep it up :D On another note, this has always been one of my favorite episodes of the first TNG season. I think it's a great concept and was executed very well.

I’ve always liked this episode. Everything about the traveler peaked my curiosity.

Bad. I never rewatch this episode ever, it's what springs to mind when I think of the worst star trek episodes of all time. I really like Will's point that the vaccine is talked about but the disease is never shown, like that old movie trope Tell Dont Show. Why does Troi sell out Tasha like that, why does it matter at all! Picard acts weirdly accusitory towards his Chief of Security like she wanted to be abducted. I'm glad Will brought up that Season 1 isn't totally lacking decent trek but we sure haven't gotten to any yet. These episodes are so starved for character moments whoch would be nice for ya know season 1 of your show. It's a shit episode thanks for the Review as always guys, keep it up.

Ferengi Laser Whip! Can't argue with Caleb on this one, better than last week. I loathe the Ferengi, I think they are Gene at his worst and I really hate the way they move in this episode, I like the design but if DS9 didn't exist I'd hate em all. I think I discovered the problem with Picard on season 1 and that is he is an asshole, he has no patience for Data and forgets Wesley exists. Worf is great from the start cause Dorn found his voice already, Gordi acts weird with his yippee shit.Denise gets the worst treatment of anyone and the more I learn the more I understand why. They end the episode in classic ToS fashion with the crew yucking it up at the end. Thanks for the review as always guys.

Just came across your podcast, and now I'm hooked.

I hate this episode. It's so bad. He wouldn't be building thousands of Datas any more than having Picard having kids would be him building another Picard. They'd have their own experiences, training, value just as he does. It's such a stupid argument.

Honestly, this whole episode should have moot, for several reasons. 1) Being that when Data was first found and turned on, Starfleet would have done numerous and highly detailed scans of Data. All of that information on file at Starfleet Command, more than enough to reconstruct more Datas to test and figure out how to make more! 2) All the Commander from Starfleet would have to do is request data from the transporter logs for Commander Data. More that enough to study and make more Datas! And heck, add that information to what Starfleet already has on Data! So, shut-up and stop this nonsense and start making more!

This situation was particularly realistic. The only thing saving Data is that this takes place in the late 2300s. Today, Data wouldn't stand a chance!

No that's becoming a species

From "The Measure of A Man" to "Photons Be Free"...

Whst exactly hss thid to do with Star Trek?

Duras is lucky he never faced mirror Archer

Season one had its share of clunkers, and this is one of them. Luckily the quality of the writing did improve quite a bit over the seasons. Season two had several really good episodes. By season 3 they had fleshed out the characters and their backstories a lot and they were off to the races.

"Sir, I protest. I am not a merry man." A Favorite tng quote. Not that anyone asked.

🥰😍 He was a delight to listen to!

"Grabs Picards hog" If i didnt know what was in store for season 1 id say that this is the worst episode, its sexist and cringy and embarrassing. Few things for Caleb, first its pronounced Jordi not Gordi and second its pronounced Data not Data, Polaski would understand. I never caught that Beverly assults Picard that was a good catch Will. Never a good sign when Riker seems reasonable with his behavior toward women, they really are still finding the characters voices. I think Gene did his legacy a diservice by not letting other people help him with the show, i guess he was really bitter about being shut out of the movies but still. Thanks for the review as always guys keep it up

ENGAGE! Firstly this music lives rent free in my head and Riker really needs his beard. Marina Sirtis is really stiff and she tells us such helpful things like the Jellyfish are filled with Joy lol. Love Q De Lancie is by far the best part of the episode but its still very boring and there is way less trial setting than i remembered which i enjoyed. Thanks for the trivia Will and the interview was great who didnt love rugrats and all that jazz.

It’s me

MacDougal, she came and left us like a popcorn fart in a snowstorm.

It’s 🔥

Diplomats have no authority over military matters.

SCOTTEEE

He is not a lieutenant! He is a lieutenant commander.

Scotty got that dawg in him

You NEVER messed with Scotty.

Love scotty. But then hes my brother in arms.