Star Trek: The Next Generation
Summary
The telly landscape of the eighties and 1990s was much different than it is today , andStar Trek : The Next Generationhad long 22 - 26 sequence season . This meant that the show ’s writers and producer were often press for time , leading to scripts that could have used some more polishing . TNG’sfirst and second season , in fussy , faced difficulties behind the scenesas writers come and went with surprising regularity even before theWriter ’s Strike of 1988 impactedTNG ’s yield . Still , even the unfit episode ofStar Trek : The Next Generationfeature the show ’s compelling principal character , and the comportment of Captain Picard or Lt . Commander Data ( Brent Spiner ) often made up for a middling plot line .
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“Up The Long Ladder” (6.2/10)
Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 2, Episode 18
Some decent fit between Lt . Worf ( Michael Dorn ) and Dr. Katherine Pulaski ( Diana Muldaur ) can not save this lacklusterTNGseason 2 episode . When the Starship Enterprise deliver a primitive human colony from Bringloid V , they soon receive another , more technologically in advance settlement known as Mariposa . Both colonies originated from the same Earth ship , but the Mariposans had to practice clones to repopulate their colony . The two disparate plots are stuff together at the end , but the whole thing feel disjointed . Plus , the Bringloidi are based on outdated Irish stereotype , and the instalment is not virtually as funny as it tries to be .
“Too Short A Season” (6.1/10)
Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 1, Episode 16
" Too Short a Season " sidelines the independent cast ofTNGin favor of the unlikeable Admiral Mark Jameson ( Clayton Rohner ) . As a young man , Jameson dealt with a difference on Mordan IV by offer weapons to two war tribes - a clearviolation of the Prime Directive . This led to a decennary - longsighted warfare , for which the Mordan governor pick Jameson . When en route to the planet to correct his preceding wrong , Jameson takes a combination of drugs that reverse aging . What should have been a revolutionary step ahead for Federation science and medical specialty is gloss over in favor of a story that focuses too much on Jameson ’s past .
The confutative sometime - age makeup and Clayton Rohner ’s hamming do not do the quality of Admiral Jameson or " Too Short a time of year " any favors .
“Masks” (6.1/10)
Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 7, Episode 17
When the USS Enterprise - D comes across a comet containing an archive from an ancient polish , Lt . Commander Data ( Brent Spiner ) is overtaken by the personalities of people and mythic image from that polish . As the personalities begin to affect the ship , Captain Picard need on the theatrical role of another mythic figure to confront the poof Masaka who has take over Data . Even two ofTNG’sbest actors , Patrick Stewart and Brent Spiner , can not save this tongue-tied episode , which never cater a satisfactory explanation for anything that happen . Spiner himself express mirth when looking back on " Masks,“calling his own performance"preposterous . "
“Aquiel” (6.1/10)
Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 6, Episode 13
In this forgettable sequence , the Enterprise arrives at a relay race station to find it abandoned save for one of the ship’s officer ’s dogs . Lt . Aquiel Uhnari ( Renée Jones ) is presently regain with a group of Klingons who had been harassing the major planet . Aquiel then becomes the depicted object of a murder investigation , andLt . Commander Geordi La Forge ( LeVar Burton ) develops feelings for her . Geordi fall for Aquiel based on her television logs before he ever sees her in person , adding another example to his list of creepy-crawly interactions with women . The murder secret secret plan of " Aquiel " is fair rote , the Klingons find unneeded , and the final reveal is ultimately underwhelming . At least the dog is cute .
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“The Loss” (6/10)
Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 4, Episode 10
After Counselor Deanna Troi ( Marina Sirtis ) loses herBetazoid empathetic powers , she resigns from her place as ship ’s counselor . At the same sentence , the initiative becomes trapped within a field of two - dimensional lifeforms . Captain Picard and Commander William Riker ( Jonathan Frakes ) convince Troi to endeavor to transmit with the lifeforms , and she eventually realise that her powers were whelm by the creatures ' emotions . As a character , Deanna does n’t fare peculiarly well in this sequence , and it would have been interesting to see her take more time to truly come to terms with the loss of her top executive . As it is , everything hark back to the condition quo by the installment ’s death .
The committal to writing staff ofTNGbriefly considered lay down Troi ’s personnel casualty of her empathic abilities permanent but in the end decide against it .
“Justice” (6/10)
Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 1, Episode 8
In its first season , Star Trek : The Next Generationwas still trying to establish the Starfleet of the 24th one C , and"Justice " takes on the Prime Directive . The Federation ’s most important rule , the Prime Directive states that Starfleet officers must not intervene with the progression of other finish . When Wesley Crusher ( Wil Wheaton ) accidentally crush a flower showing on the satellite Edo , he is doom to death , as that is how the Edo masses punish all crimes . Captain Picard must then witness a path to pull through Wesley ’s life without violating the Prime Directive . While the Prime Directive would be well defined asTNGwent on , its program in " Justice " does n’t quite make sensory faculty and the episode never in full confide to its moral dilemma .
“Man of the People” (5.8/10)
Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 6, Episode 3
Another Troi episode that does n’t do the character justice , " Man of the People " begins with the arrival of Ambassador Ves Alkar ( Chip Lucia ) on the go-ahead . before long after his arrival , Alkar tricks Deanna into performing a ceremonial occasion that allows him to channel his negative emotion into her . This have Troi to age apace and act funnily , which eventually leads Dr. Beverly Crusher ( Gates McFadden ) to uncover the truth about Alkar . Alkar shows no compunction for his actions , score him one of the vilest case inTNG . A twisting on Oscar Wilde’sThe Picture of Dorian Gray , " Man of the People " fails on almost every level , although Marina Sirtis does the good she can with what she ’s given .
“The Child” (5.8/10)
Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 2, Episode 1
Based on a leftover playscript from the never producedStar Trek : Phase II , " The Child " does not feel like a time of year premiere . The story focalize on Counselor Deanna Troi , who unexpectedly finds herself impregnated by an unknown foreign species . Her pregnancy then get along speedily , and the child she bears , name Ian ( R. J. Williams ) , then ages incredibly quickly . Ian ’s motivating for his actions do n’t make much sense , andthe episode never acknowledge the nonconsensual way the foreigner used Deanna ’s organic structure . While it ’s dainty to see an sequence that focalise on Troi , her character often gets saddled with refutable storylines , and " The Child " is no exception .
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“Angel One” (5.7/10)
Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 1, Episode 14
In thisTNGepisode that aged ill , the USS Enterprise chit-chat the planet Angel One searching for subsister of a crashed Federation ship . Commander Riker leave an away squad , finding a matriarchal society led by a woman named Beata ( Karen Montgomery ) , who quickly takes an interest in Riker . The Enterprise squad discovers that the Federation survivors tried to make a life for themselves on Angel One , but were banished for oppugn the rules of the society . In the end , Riker is the one who convinces Beata not to action the fugitives , which undercut the episode ’s point . While " Angel One " attempt to critique sexism , the story fall into the same sexist tropes and stereotypes it stress to criticize .
Sometime after this episode , Angel One becomes a tourer name and address , as revealed inStar Trek : Lower Decksseason 4 , episode 5 , " Empathological Fallacies . "
“Code of Honor” (5.2/10)
Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 1, Episode 4
When the Starship Enterprise travel to Ligon II to collect a desperately take vaccinum , the satellite ’s leader , Lutan ( Jessie Lawrence Ferguson ) , develops a fascination with Security Chief Lt . Tasha Yar ( Denise Crosby ) . Even the cast ofStar Trek : The Next Generationcite"Code of Honor " as one of the series ' worstoutings , with Jonathan Frakes die so far as to call it a"racist small-arm of s***“at Star Trek Las Vegas Con in 2011 . The story does not work for a bit of reasons and the determination to redact only inglorious actors as the primitive Ligonians is baffling and unnecessary .
