#TNGWatch #S01E11 #Haven

I think Riker was about watch some weird musical porn when Tasha Yar called him to the transporter room. Also, a Betazoid Gift Box!

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Lwaxana Troi is in the house! And man, I forgot she had a motor mouth!

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This was a weird episode, what with the arranged marriages and the plague ships and the pleasure planets and the shared consciousness, but it also featured the first appearance of Lwaxana Troi, who is the best character ever. She is loud and brash and speaks her mind and I love her to bits. And she made Picard say, “I am not amused.” Also, Lurch said “Thank you for the drinks.” :D Also, Riker was totally about to watch some porn at the very beginning, which is a weird place for him to start the episode when later he’s gonna get all jealous about Troi’s impending marriage to another human.

Fashion Talk: No The Boy to make fun of this episode, so instead I’ll make fun of Troi’s shiny pink jumpsuit. I wonder why so many sci-fi costume designers envision the fashion of the future so damn shiny! This jumpsuit might actually have been okay if not for the fact that it ended up looking like pink aluminum foil instead of a piece of fabric.

#TNGWatch #S01E10 #HideAndQ

My annoying ex-boyfriend Q’s back! And no Troi jumpsuits!

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Guys, Q is quoting Shakespeare. I’m in danger of taking my obnoxious ex-boyfriend back. Help me, guys. Someone sing Dua Lipa at me.

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This Q episode was good! I think maybe the writers are getting better? Picard calling Riker an idiot was too damn good, and I hope Picard does it more often (at least until Riker grows his sexy beard). Q had some pretty good lines this episode, and I guess the next time he shows up will be as Mortal Q, since he’s being punished? Tasha Yar, though. I think they just don’t know what to do with her. Bonus: Worf growling “This is sex!” was pretty hilarious. This isn’t great by any stretch of the imagination, but I’m at least enjoying myself more.

Fashion Talk: That’s the second time in a row The Boy has worn this particularly hideous sweater with the rainbow on it, but when Riker aged him up 10 years and he was still wearing it, I almost lost it. It turns out The Boy’s hideous sweaters are even more hideous on an older guy.

#TNGWatch #S01E09 #TheBattle

The Ferengi are back! It’s DaiMon Bok this time, whom I’ve heard a lot about, but never actually seen, I don’t think.

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Not bad, this episode. DaiMon Bok wants revenge against Picard for killing his son after an unprovoked attack nine years ago (when the Federation didn’t know who or what the Ferengi were), so Bok uses an illegal Thought Maker to make Picard relive the battle. He also tries to frame Picard with his old ship, the USS Stargazer, though that story thread seems to go nowhere. Bok is ultimately arrested by his own First Officer because Bok’s personal vengeance was an “unprofitable venture”, which is just the most Ferengi thing ever.

Fashion Talk: The Ferengi are still wearing their weird fur vests. I hope that’s gone the next time they show up.

#TNGWatch #S01E08 #Justice

This one’s got almost naked people! What’s with all the sex, TNG?!

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That shit-eating grin Riker has this entire episode is really quite indicative of this whole situation.

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This was a weird episode. I kind of understand the point of the whole “justice cannot be absolute” thing, but they were kind of heavy-handed about it. Also, why set it in what amounted to a weird orgy planet? Did no one think that would be just a little distracting to the overall theme? And why were the “gods” little all-powerful bubbles?

Fashion Talk: the Edo people were obviously wearing sexy clothes so they could sexytime whenever they wanted (which seemed to be pretty much all the time), but if that’s the case, why wear clothes at all? If the answer is “because network television”, then why wear such impractical clothes? I mean, those things were totally riding up everyone’s butts! Also, The Boy wore another hideous sweater, and Troi another hideous jumpsuit (or is it the same hideous jumpsuit?).

#TNGWatch #S01E07 #LonelyAmongUs

Dress uniforms! I think I will be discussing fashion in this episode’s write-up too :D

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Dr. Crusher is wearing a blanket with sleeves! I want!

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Man, why is Engineering the most dangerous place on this show? They go through engineering personnel like original Trek went through security personnel.

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Wait, what the heck just happened? That ending made no sense whatsoever. Did Picard actually want to become an energy being and then regretted his decision, or was the other entity lying? Also, what is up with the dog people and the snake people? They were just there for... comic relief? That’s an odd bit of filler, guys. This was not a good episode, but at least it had the dress uniforms and that awesome blanket with sleeves thing that Crusher was rocking. I think my brother and I got that for my mom one Christmas.

Also, Miles O’Brien cameoed for like two seconds, but he was security personnel this time, and in gold instead of red, like in the first episode when he was on the conn/helm (I think they only used “conn” in Farpoint, and then switched to “helm” for everything after).

#TNGWatch #S01E06 #WhereNoOneHasGoneBefore

I have no idea what this episode is about, but I already want to punch that Kasinski guy in the face.

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Oh! Is that the Traveler? I think that’s the Traveler!

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Okay, this was actually a pretty good episode. There was exploration and mystery and space shenanigans. The Traveler is a pretty neat concept that is immediately shelved so that he can’t be used as a deus ex machina for other problems (I mean, until he is in later episodes, but literally the first thing I thought when they get to Galaxy M-33 was, “Wait, why didn’t Voyager use this guy?”). The Boy is made acting Ensign in this, but I also just noticed that he wears some truly horrible sweaters. Someone get that kid a fashion coordinator stat!

Fashion Talk: Speaking of fashion, that weird Starfleet skirt makes a reappearance on an extra who looked suspiciously like John Cho’s dad. I’ve decided I really like that skirt, and it’s actually a much better costume for Troi than the weird jumpsuits she’s been wearing these past few episodes.

#TNGWatch #S01E05 #TheLastOutpost

First contact with the Ferengi! With Armin Shimerman somemore!

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“We seek only what is equitable.” YESSSSSS....

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Easily the best episode so far (though still not very good :P ). I had never actually seen this episode before, but the Ferengi’s first appearance is really weird. They were a lot more monkey-like in their movements, and what was up with those weird energy whip things they had? I much prefer the Ferengi built up in DS9 (perhaps later TNG episodes will lay the groundwork for this). Also, Quark > Letek, obviously. Still, a lot of what Ferengi are eventually codified as is present here: seeking profit, gold being a commodity, backstabbing, and that whole not clothing females thing (until Ishka, anyway).

Like I said, I’ve never seen this episode before, but I used to play the Decipher Star Trek CCG from like 20 years ago, and I have nearly every single card from every expansion, so even though I’ve never seen this episode, I recognized a lot of the images from it thanks to various cards. The Tkon portal guy I recognized instantly, as well as Data’s Chinese finger trap.