Comments on: ST:TNG Binge Watch Season 7, Part VIII

By: Nathan

Nathan — Fri, 19 Jun 2020 17:35:48 +0000

In reply to Zsuzsa.

If anything, DS9’s final season was worse — just one stalling, filler episode after another, and then the finale was a real letdown.

(And hey, if we really want to talk about jumping the shark, HIGHLANDER: THE SERIES’ final season…)

By: Zsuzsa

Zsuzsa — Fri, 19 Jun 2020 16:43:05 +0000

“All Good Things” was brilliant, and the tie to “Encounter at Farpoint” really redeemed the latter episode, I think. I came to the series late, so when I finally saw “Encounter” in reruns, I liked it a lot more than it probably deserved, because I was seeing it as the first half of “All Good Things.” It wasn’t until I saw the SFDebris review of “Encounter” that I realized, “Yeah, it’s just another space douche like the original Enterprise met dozens of times, and by itself, it’s really not that good.”

I like your explanation of the temporal mechanics.

You did, however, miss my favorite line: “That is the challenge that awaits you, Jean-Luc. Not mapping star systems but charting the unknown possibilities of existence.” I was hoping that the movies would follow up on that idea, and I guess maybe they tried (possibly that bit in Insurrection about stopping time to make each moment last?), but it never really came through.

By: Zsuzsa

Zsuzsa — Fri, 19 Jun 2020 16:34:08 +0000

In reply to False Profiteer. Most of the episodes this season sounded like they ranged from bad to bland. This is why I think it was a good thing that they decided to quit after seven seasons. There were some good episodes, but I thought it was pretty obvious that the well was running dry. By the end, I thought that if I saw one more episode about a never-before-mentioned family member, I was going to throw the remote through the TV.

By: Nathan

Nathan — Fri, 19 Jun 2020 13:21:00 +0000

In reply to NathanN. I second that.

By: NathanN

NathanN — Thu, 18 Jun 2020 23:54:04 +0000

I loved Picards facial expression at the end of the Preemptive Strike episode, its really the old really memorable episode out of the last season for me.

By: False Profiteer

False Profiteer — Thu, 18 Jun 2020 16:34:58 +0000

The preemptive strike episode sounds excellent, whereas most of the episodes this season sounded like they ranged from bad to bland. I don’t remember watching it, though it’s been a long while since I watched TNG regularly. I plan to go through the entire series just as soon as I get this graduate school nonsense sorted out (i.e., finally graduate).

I haven’t watched Picard myself, but based on the reviews I’ve watched (Red Letter Media, Critical Drinker), I’m going to be very interested to hear your and your family’s opinion of it.