Category: The Next Generation

Leonard Crofoot (Trent) joins us for this review and discussion of TNG’s “Angel One”!

When the Enterprise visits a matriarchal society while looking for survivors from a Federation freighter, they find themselves in the middle of a gender revolution. But when the survivors refuse to leave, Trent’s Angels sentence them to death. How hard is it for a society to adapt? How hard is Riker in Mistress Beata’s bed?

The Enterprise visits the old farm where Data grew up, hoping to learn about Data’s past. But when Star Trek introduces an “Adam and Stuart Chandler” dynamic into this Soap Opera in Space, the crew face almost certain destruction. Do androids have SSD’s? Is it really that bad to hard shutdown your android? Is Lore also “fully functional”?

When Star Trek revisits the 1940’s mob scene, Picard and some friends get trapped in a malfuctioning Holodeck with the safeties off. While young Wesley rewires the controls, a diplomatic deadline quickly approaches. Will Boy Wonder save the day (again)?

Bill Riker’s hard-on gets crushed when Deanna Troi’s long lost fiance shows up, but before any knots can be tied, an old plauge ship shows up threatening to give everyone small pox. Will the wedding go on? How many Steve Miller Band jokes can one podcast make?

When Q offers Riker an invitation to join the cult, Riker is tempted. But when the power starts corrupting absolutely, Picard and crew must remind Riker of his humanity. Would you have saved that dead child? And what was a child doing at a mining operation, anyway? Doesn’t the Federation have child labor laws?

While distracted by side boob and peek-a-boo butt cheek on yet another paradise planet, young Wesley accidentally breaks a law and is to be put to death. Lawyer Picard must argue with a less developed species for his freedom.

Is ignorance of the law a valid defense? Why didn’t the Prime Directive stop us from visiting this planet in the first place? Isn’t the injustice that we don’t just provide care to all people as a right and not that Mario’s brother was radicalized by dealing with the US heath “care” system to the point where he shot a healthcare exec? Murder is wrong, and a crime — what of justice?

While distracted by side boob and peek-a-boo butt cheek on yet another paradise planet, young Wesley accidentally breaks a law and is to be put to death. Lawyer Picard must argue with a less developed species for his freedom.

Is ignorance of the law a valid defense? Why didn’t the Prime Directive stop us from visiting this planet in the first place? Isn’t the injustice that we don’t just provide care to all people as a right and not that Mario’s brother was radicalized by dealing with the US heath “care” system to the point where he shot a healthcare exec? Murder is wrong, and a crime — what of justice?

When the D visits its first Melllvar cloud, mysterious things start happening to some of the crew. But when Picard himself is beamed away as energy, Data must assume the persona of Sherlock Holmes to unravel the mystery.

Will the “one weird transporter trick” make any more appearances? Were these two separate stories smashed together like peanut butter and chocolate? And what the #^&% is this diamond-shaped “statue” we’re supposed to see?

Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 1 (aka The Original Series Season 4) continues this week when the Enterprise is thrown to a faraway galaxy by a mysterious alien. When the alien becomes ill, everyone on board must Care Bear Stare to get us home.