Saturday 13 October 2018

#TNGWatch #S02E06 #TheSchizoidMan

Well, that’s an unfortunate title. And it starts with Pulaski. Urgh.

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Data has a beard! I can’t wait for Riker to see him!

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Well, Ira Graves is a horrible sexist and racist.

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How have you not realized Ira Graves downloaded himself into Data?! This is the Lore situation all over again! You guys are not this dumb!

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Why are the old men on this show so damn creepy?!

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This was... well, it wasn’t a bad episode, but it was very disturbing. Brilliant scientist but horrible human being Ira Graves (who lives on his own planet that he named after himself with only a very young female assistant for company) finds out he is dying and promptly downloads himself into Data, as you do.

The fact that the crew of the Enterprise don’t clock this shit immediately is baffling as hell. Like, you should all immediately know some shenanigans are up when Data starts acting like a weirdo. His super creepy advances on Kareen, the very young female assistant, are extra creepy because you know it’s an old, entitled man.

Dr. Selar was great! We finally get a not-parasite-infested Vulcan with speaking lines, and the actress nailed Vulcan stoicism.

I really wish Data had kept his beard. And that Riker had seen it.

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