#TNGWatch #S01E01E02 #EncounterAtFairpoint

The girl and I have decided to start rewatching Star Trek: The Next Generation in chronological order because it turns out neither one of us has! Also, we’ve probably not watched every single episode thanks to syndication and what not. We’re calling it TNGWatch! We’re like five minutes into “Encounter at Farpoint”, and I already got comments :P

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Ahhhh! Naked Face Riker! Ahhhh!

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Man, Picard is super grumpy in this episode! He’s snapping at everybody.

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Space Jellyfish in Love!

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Okay, so this... this is not a good episode. I have no idea how TV execs saw this and went, "Yes! Okay! Let's do this!" Besides the awful writing and incredibly stilted acting from pretty much everyone involved, every character also feels really weird because I know what they eventually become. The main culprits are Grumpy Picard and Emotional Troi, but Naked Riker, Timid Crusher, and Submissive Worf also feel really weird. But hey, at least we still have The Boy and soon-to-be-dead Tasha Yar :P

I had also completely forgotten that the Enterprise-D could split into two different components.

About the only plus in this episode is Q, who is like my annoying ex-boyfriend whom I can't help but still be somewhat attracted to. And also the giant space jellyfish in love because love conquers all, dammit.