Unusually for a two-part episode, this one is actually pretty even in quality (the last to manage that was *Encounter at Farpoint*, which was uniformly bad). Well, it…
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Another era of Star Trek starts, with the first spin-off (*Next Generation* is more of a reboot than a spinoff). The first half of the pilot episode spends…
The core of the episode is the battle of wits between Picard and his Cardassian interrogator. The acting is superb, both from Patrick Stewart and from guest star…
Shortest teaser in an episode? At about 40 seconds, it's pretty close. I've noticed that the shortest teasers seem to go with the best episodes. The premise to…
Cute robots have rights too! I thought this was a philosophically interesting episode that ended up missing the mark because a bit too much time was spent dancing…
Holodeck malfunction time. Well, I suppose it's been a while. (Actually, I haven't commented on how much better things have gotten on that front. No super-powerful aliens except…
Oh dear, Star Trek babies... (OK, teenagers. But still). So, it's a silly idea, and I wasn't a fan from the start. But the actor playing the 'young'…
Better than the start of the episode suggested, but still not that great. I think the idea just wasn't strong enough on its own. The real strength of…
Good teaser: the Enterprise explodes. Bad teaser: Data reads poetry and Riker falls asleep. This episode could have been great - aliens from another dimension stealing Enterprise crew…
Scotty! The third of the original crew to turn up in Next Generation, and the only one to get a story about him - Bones got a cameo,…