There isn't any sort of OSHA in the future apparently, since barrels heavy enough to paralyze people are left completely unsecured. Makes you wonder how many other crewmen died to falling objects since the ship shakes violently every other episode
Lol! It's as funny as the red fuzzy bunny suits used during surgery. Today you can't even have any fiber or natural clothing in surgery due to risk of particulate contamination/infection/embolism to patients, but in the 24th Century, hell they don't even have OSHA!
They have to remove his ENTIRE spinal column!? Why not just replace the individual damaged vertebrae? Also, the fact that Worf had a backup brain this whole time is pretty crazy. It would be fun if in a future episode there was a Klingon that had different personalities in each brain, and they were fighting for control over his body.
I thought it was weird that Worf didn't ask Picard to assist in the ritual since Picard was his Cha'DIch but now that I think about it since Picard was on board with it than Worf would have died for real in this episode.
When I first saw this episode, I assumed Michael Doran was leaving the series and the injury was a way of creating a way to make Worf's leaving the Enterprise plausible. The growing of a new spine and CNS, the removal of the damaged spine and its replacement was outlandish, even for Star Trek scifi.
I've just started watching your reviews of TNG, and I love them. The only comment I have is that I kind of feel bad for you that you're watching these episodes through a 21st-century lens. Back in the 80s and 90s, every time a new episode came out, it felt like I was being treated to a one-hour movie that took me to a place of make-believe where I could escape and imagine what the future might hold.
That is true. But it still doesn't mean this story had huge problems. The redundant brain stem and drawn-out-melodramatics were the most incredible cop-outs of all time.
@@ShamrockParticle I don't disagree that they had problems. But imagine someone reviewing The Terminator or The Matrix in the mid-21st century. They'll probably be laughing at how ignorant we were thinking that a computer could become self-aware.
You say the whole barrel part is dumb, but that was meant to show how unexpected, catastrophic things can happen in life. And it served a larger purpose as a story vehicle to allow the writers to do a treatise on the morality of suicide, or learning to accept a lesser life.
They get REAL DAMN PREACHY in this episode. "I'm human, humans see things teh best, You dumb for seeing thing diffrnt', live by my values, lol lol lol".
@A Publick Domain Honestly that would have been better than what they came up with. I like the rest of the episode, but that part was just silly and kills the whole thing for me.
This is one of my favourite TNG episodes, so, after rewatching it, I naturally came here expecting y'all to shit all over it -- especially because there's a bunch of Bev in this one ... And, the 45 minutes that you spent to find that Hoveround ad was 100% worth it!
Another good review, and I fall in the middle of the grades. B. The anti-beeping medication! Hilarious! That surgeon looks like Tasha, of course she's a Romulan spy! I can see those nurse actors(actresses) getting the red bunny suits and saying "Where did the ears go?".
@@ShamrockParticle Lol! Yes, the added beeping noises do push the review up, but the episode for me is still a B. The character arguments and most of the interactions seemed fairly good. I think the premise for Warf injury is (as they stated) ludicrous, however since it's not a character in the episode making a horribly stupid decision that guides the whole episode's premise, I can live myself for giving this a B grade.
Second time Worf has suffered a near-fatal spinal injury because of Starfleet's abysmal OHS standards. Those cargo bays are deathtraps! Picard being the most understanding and accepting of alien cultural customs was way out of character. As was Riker using a ritual technicality to weasel out of his obligation to help a friend end his life with dignity. Worf was like "I want a guaranteed full recovery", and Doctor Pantsuit was like "Best I can do is 37%" and Worf was like "Shut up and take my spine!".
I've always liked Dr. Russell and never saw her as a villain. I just think she had different ideologies than Beverly. It's a good thing too because Worf would never had killed Gowron.
Russel...actually makes sense as a villain in the Federation. Consider that money is no longer a driving force as Picard likes to claim, and it's all about self-improvement...but he leaves off one other driving force that I think is at the heart of a LOT of Federation and Starfleet villains including the badmirals...achievement. Russel is a perfect example of the pursuit of "achievement" over all else, including ethical (and for some moral) concerns. She is NOT a good person and seems to have only squeaked by in getting away with her BS, honestly, she seems on track to be alone with no allies because of her approach and attitude...I can't see many wanting to be responsible for her pulling stunts on their watch.
this is the episode that i started to despise crusher. most of the time she was unprofessional, over-dramatic, self-righteous, arrogant, and spiteful. even the captain was too afraid to bring her in line at times. pulaski was a 100x the doctor crusher wasn't.
I loved it, as a doctor that doctor really pissed me off, which makes me thinks that she's a good actress, she crossed every line in the books and experimented on her patients without their consent, not to mention that she went to help in a medical emergency with a shortage of staff just to try out her new drug
I laughed so hard during the beeping. As in, I choked on my spit, and continued laughing until my 5 yr old came to see what the hell was happening to me and why was the fire truck coming.
I've always wondered if they had Dr Russell look like Hillary Clinton because this episode was made in 1992 during the Presidental election of Bill Clinton.
Hey, guys. I really enjoy your reviews of TNG. Kudos. I've listened to a few of your "what we watched" videos and I enjoy those as well. I can't say I've ever watched Buffy before but I know it has its fans, so cheers on those as well. I am really curious though on how you put those recap/review videos together. Do you both write plot points before you record, or do you do maybe do it during? Or is maybe mostly improvised and you cobble together everything in the edit? I'm not sure. It would be cool if you could shed some light on the behind the scenes of it all but if you prefer to keep that part hush, hush, I understand.
While it does sound like stuff they made up on the spot, all those medications are things that have precedent in Star Trek. Cordrazine for example is the stuff that made McCoy go insane in The City on the Edge of Forever.
@@dycedargselderbrother5353 Yes, it seems that Beverly was taking a similar Polaski (opposing stance) role in this episode. The moral dilemma type (Prime Directive, Hippocratic oath, ect.) episodes are interesting at first, but then the characters get tired/redundant quickly. I'm ok with them raising the issue, but once a decision is made, move forward. They (writers/producers) always have to make the "slippery slope" (argumentative part) longer or more focused than it has to be.
@@mikeluit3027 Whatchu talkin' 'bout, foo'? Dr. Polaski is one of the more interesting characters, and had a lot of potential that was unfortunately unexplored.
@@JanetStarChild Lol! Not saying the actress' character couldn't. It seems you're basing your judgment on 'what might have been', not 'what actually was'. Don't worry though, many people do this that use negative connotations when they disagree with others' opinions. So at least you are more normal-wrong than most. Have a good day! 😁
This was like one of the worst episodes for me everybody so judgmental doctor Crusher Will Riker... "all holier than thou" I wouldn't have called any of them friends.
You would have thought with all the ritual suicides that there would be plenty of corpses to dissect for information they needed. But perhaps they viewed that as a form of spinelessness.
There isn't any sort of OSHA in the future apparently, since barrels heavy enough to paralyze people are left completely unsecured. Makes you wonder how many other crewmen died to falling objects since the ship shakes violently every other episode
Star Trek: OSHA
Created by Paul Feig
@@MichaelLongshanks "The office" but in spaaaaaace!
Lol! It's as funny as the red fuzzy bunny suits used during surgery. Today you can't even have any fiber or natural clothing in surgery due to risk of particulate contamination/infection/embolism to patients, but in the 24th Century, hell they don't even have OSHA!
Yeah, if the barrel is heavy enough to paralyze Worf, it could probably crush a normal crewman into powder.
Exploding console and falling i-beams. Things that catch on fire. Not great planning.
Ah yes, the introduction of Worf's greatest nemesis: a barrel!
They have to remove his ENTIRE spinal column!? Why not just replace the individual damaged vertebrae?
Also, the fact that Worf had a backup brain this whole time is pretty crazy. It would be fun if in a future episode there was a Klingon that had different personalities in each brain, and they were fighting for control over his body.
You can't expect them to capitalize on good ideas.
Call the episode "Worf's brain" and see how it goes.
Get me Steve Martin! The Klingon with Two Brains!
This restarted my hysterical laughter after recovering from 7:40 in the video until "And despite their repeated efforts, he dies."
Backup synapses, not backup brain
I thought it was weird that Worf didn't ask Picard to assist in the ritual since Picard was his Cha'DIch but now that I think about it since Picard was on board with it than Worf would have died for real in this episode.
*then* not than
When I first saw this episode, I assumed Michael Doran was leaving the series and the injury was a way of creating a way to make Worf's leaving the Enterprise plausible. The growing of a new spine and CNS, the removal of the damaged spine and its replacement was outlandish, even for Star Trek scifi.
Thank you for including that Hoveround commercial. 🤣🤣🤣
I've just started watching your reviews of TNG, and I love them. The only comment I have is that I kind of feel bad for you that you're watching these episodes through a 21st-century lens. Back in the 80s and 90s, every time a new episode came out, it felt like I was being treated to a one-hour movie that took me to a place of make-believe where I could escape and imagine what the future might hold.
That is true. But it still doesn't mean this story had huge problems. The redundant brain stem and drawn-out-melodramatics were the most incredible cop-outs of all time.
@@ShamrockParticle I don't disagree that they had problems. But imagine someone reviewing The Terminator or The Matrix in the mid-21st century. They'll probably be laughing at how ignorant we were thinking that a computer could become self-aware.
You say the whole barrel part is dumb, but that was meant to show how unexpected, catastrophic things can happen in life. And it served a larger purpose as a story vehicle to allow the writers to do a treatise on the morality of suicide, or learning to accept a lesser life.
Every time they said Genatronics I pictured them fixing Worf with animatronics and he’d wind up half Klingon and half Chuck E Cheese.
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They get REAL DAMN PREACHY in this episode. "I'm human, humans see things teh best, You dumb for seeing thing diffrnt', live by my values, lol lol lol".
I went to upvote you, but then I saw I had already upvoted you before. Pretend this comment is another upvote.
@@NerdilyDone Done and done. Most appreciated.
This is my favorite episode for Riker and Troi. These two characters are being supportive and strong here, and it's really good.
Hilarious! Great job as always, love the Hover round clip!
Honestly, I was expecting more indignant sarcasm about the fact that Worf got paralyzed by a plastic barrel.
@A Publick Domain Honestly that would have been better than what they came up with. I like the rest of the episode, but that part was just silly and kills the whole thing for me.
Well my cat officially hates you guys now
Alternative rejected title for this episode: _Worf's Brain²._ 🙃
Klingoons have ANOTHER BRAIN? GIVE ME A BREAk JUST LIKE SPOCK HAD EXRA EYELIDS IN THE ORIGINAL SERIES? GIVE ME A BREAK.
Dr. Pulaski would have replaced his spine AND his brains. She was a go-getter!
Alexander kills him and leaves, the end - now THAT was funny
That “fatality” soundbite took me out 😂
This is one of my favourite TNG episodes, so, after rewatching it, I naturally came here expecting y'all to shit all over it -- especially because there's a bunch of Bev in this one ... And, the 45 minutes that you spent to find that Hoveround ad was 100% worth it!
Another good review, and I fall in the middle of the grades. B.
The anti-beeping medication! Hilarious!
That surgeon looks like Tasha, of course she's a Romulan spy!
I can see those nurse actors(actresses) getting the red bunny suits and saying "Where did the ears go?".
The episode for me is "D+", but their quips alone would make me re-rate it to "B". Especially the anti-beeping bit. 😅🤣
@@ShamrockParticle Lol! Yes, the added beeping noises do push the review up, but the episode for me is still a B. The character arguments and most of the interactions seemed fairly good. I think the premise for Warf injury is (as they stated) ludicrous, however since it's not a character in the episode making a horribly stupid decision that guides the whole episode's premise, I can live myself for giving this a B grade.
Man, no mention of Space Hillary as that doctor? That's all I could see rewatching this episode. XD
Yep. Caroline Kava (Dr. Russell in this episode) would be a complete shoe-in for Hillary Clinton!
Second time Worf has suffered a near-fatal spinal injury because of Starfleet's abysmal OHS standards. Those cargo bays are deathtraps! Picard being the most understanding and accepting of alien cultural customs was way out of character. As was Riker using a ritual technicality to weasel out of his obligation to help a friend end his life with dignity. Worf was like "I want a guaranteed full recovery", and Doctor Pantsuit was like "Best I can do is 37%" and Worf was like "Shut up and take my spine!".
The hover round conversation and the commercial was soooo funny. I love your content.
I've always liked Dr. Russell and never saw her as a villain. I just think she had different ideologies than Beverly. It's a good thing too because Worf would never had killed Gowron.
"Both sides had a valid argument" especially the barrel.
"I'll bet you'll lose a fight against a Styrofoam barrel, just like you lose every other fight."
6:44 ...Imagine asking someone to end your life with that jagged piece of metal. Gotta be one of the jankiest daggers I've ever seen.
Troi might not have any strong suites but she has an excellent pair.
Russel...actually makes sense as a villain in the Federation. Consider that money is no longer a driving force as Picard likes to claim, and it's all about self-improvement...but he leaves off one other driving force that I think is at the heart of a LOT of Federation and Starfleet villains including the badmirals...achievement. Russel is a perfect example of the pursuit of "achievement" over all else, including ethical (and for some moral) concerns. She is NOT a good person and seems to have only squeaked by in getting away with her BS, honestly, she seems on track to be alone with no allies because of her approach and attitude...I can't see many wanting to be responsible for her pulling stunts on their watch.
It would have been so awesome to have Pulaski return as the doctor here.
Worf should have just called his brother Kurn ... He would have helped him with the ritual ..
this is the episode that i started to despise crusher. most of the time she was unprofessional, over-dramatic, self-righteous, arrogant, and spiteful. even the captain was too afraid to bring her in line at times. pulaski was a 100x the doctor crusher wasn't.
Where is Worf's second brain situated? Is it like a phantom limb thing, situated in a phantom limb-head next to Worf's actual head?
Dude, I've been making fun of that hoveround commercial for almost 30 years lmao
You missed an opportunity to throw in a Flawless Victory when you said she was 2 for 2 at killing her patients lol
I thought Hilary Clinton did a good job playing the villain in this episode.
OH GREAT! You're such a fun channel, now I have to go back and watch all your videos! Damn it! :)
We can all hope that one day modern medicine will be able to cure the beeping. 🙏
Then the two old women fall into the Grande Canyon!
Or they're just stuck on the rocky dirt road until somebody comes back to pick them up around sundown. By this point, they are severely dehydrated.
Star Trek: Lower Decks parodied this episode.
Paralyzed Klingon: "You must help me kill myself. I broke my back picking up a peanut."
The end conversation in Crusher’s office is awkwardly reminiscent of Crusher’s end conversation with the trill woman 😅
I loved it, as a doctor that doctor really pissed me off, which makes me thinks that she's a good actress, she crossed every line in the books and experimented on her patients without their consent, not to mention that she went to help in a medical emergency with a shortage of staff just to try out her new drug
@@abdoalraimi4424 I never saw it like that. She tried to save lives but when it didn't work she tried her drug.
The sirens at 8 min are too loud.
LMAO! That surgery noise. I don't want to rewatch TNG for the 3rd time but at the same time, I do.
Have to pause video.... there's a fire truck outside.................... Doh ! You guys !!
OMG!
The beeping scene! XD
Falling barrel vs Worf. 🤣😂
"I broke my back picking up a peanut."
Good review, good laughs. :) ♥ 7:05 They look like Cronenberg's Dead Ringers.
I laughed so hard during the beeping. As in, I choked on my spit, and continued laughing until my 5 yr old came to see what the hell was happening to me and why was the fire truck coming.
Oh my…the hoverround ad had me laughing
I've always wondered if they had Dr Russell look like Hillary Clinton because this episode was made in 1992 during the Presidental election of Bill Clinton.
Hey, guys. I really enjoy your reviews of TNG. Kudos. I've listened to a few of your "what we watched" videos and I enjoy those as well. I can't say I've ever watched Buffy before but I know it has its fans, so cheers on those as well. I am really curious though on how you put those recap/review videos together. Do you both write plot points before you record, or do you do maybe do it during? Or is maybe mostly improvised and you cobble together everything in the edit? I'm not sure. It would be cool if you could shed some light on the behind the scenes of it all but if you prefer to keep that part hush, hush, I understand.
Neither of us ever knows what the other is going to say. Maybe we'll do a video about it in the future.
While it does sound like stuff they made up on the spot, all those medications are things that have precedent in Star Trek. Cordrazine for example is the stuff that made McCoy go insane in The City on the Edge of Forever.
Oh wow what a rare early cameo by Ellen DeGeneres
I binged all of these just in time for this vid to come out
Thanks for digging up the footage of the screeching old biddies about to Hoveround straight into the Grand Canyon.
The Hoveround one this episode the best you’ve ever done. Hilarious! 😂😂😂
Dr. Russell should have been Dr. Pulaski coming back
You had to go there?!?! No Polaski, was the worst! (Shivers down my spine)
For some reason, I always think this is a Pulaski episode. It really seems like one she should be in.
@@dycedargselderbrother5353 Yes, it seems that Beverly was taking a similar Polaski (opposing stance) role in this episode.
The moral dilemma type (Prime Directive, Hippocratic oath, ect.) episodes are interesting at first, but then the characters get tired/redundant quickly. I'm ok with them raising the issue, but once a decision is made, move forward. They (writers/producers) always have to make the "slippery slope" (argumentative part) longer or more focused than it has to be.
@@mikeluit3027
Whatchu talkin' 'bout, foo'? Dr. Polaski is one of the more interesting characters, and had a lot of potential that was unfortunately unexplored.
@@JanetStarChild Lol! Not saying the actress' character couldn't.
It seems you're basing your judgment on 'what might have been', not 'what actually was'. Don't worry though, many people do this that use negative connotations when they disagree with others' opinions. So at least you are more normal-wrong than most. Have a good day! 😁
Did it take 45 minutes to find hover round?
(12:16) They made sure that joker never went _wild_ again. 😀
The trajectory of the barrel was unfortunately predictable.
Just to remind you some of those things the doctor says are an excess are Klingons Double Dongs
If you put the date on, that means you are grounding your criticism in the history of art and therefore that clip of Mortal Kombat is fair use?
oNE would think they would guard rails to secure theose barrels on the shelf given how the ship shakes so much...
Who knew Kate McKinnon guest starred on Star Trek?!
This episode is better than Family.
I always called this the Hilary Clinton episode
Good GAWD that doctor looks TOO much like Hillary Clinton...
Oh man the beeping sequence has me dying lol
I'm surprised you didn't mention the guest character is played by Hillary Clinton
Give me 50cc Anti-Beeping medication. Stat!
Great
This was like one of the worst episodes for me everybody so judgmental doctor Crusher Will Riker... "all holier than thou"
I wouldn't have called any of them friends.
They couldn't have just put Worf in a mind-reading wheelchair like Captain Pike or Admiral Jameson used? The script is the script I guess lol
Star Trek: Klingon Spineology
Created by Alex Kurtzman
You would have thought with all the ritual suicides that there would be plenty of corpses to dissect for information they needed. But perhaps they viewed that as a form of spinelessness.
7:09 please don't remind me of that god-awful episode that I personally gave an F rating.
Lol Mortal Kombat
the beeping.... the beeping...
Damn it woman, unplug the beeper!
Hilarious! Great job as always, love the Hover round clip!