Still, that one sentence at the end doesn't make up for the reeking pile of dung that is the rest of the episode.
Episode you think is better than you remembered
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Still, that one sentence at the end doesn't make up for the reeking pile of dung that is the rest of the episode.
That is part of WHY that episode is a pile of dung. It's a slap in the face of any woman who went through all kinds of hell fighting for her rights. "Just seduce the guy in charge and that'll solve all your problems."
No, I meant that one sentence about how change will take a long time doesn't salvage the pile of reeking dung that is Angel One.
Ah, I see. Maybe not, but it does elevate it above "Profit and Lace".
Yes, it now occupies the lofty shelf with the best episodes of Small Wonder and W*A*L*T*E*R.
I've always enjoyed "The Arsenal of Freedom" because Vincent Schiavelli elevates everything he's in, but on a recent rewatch I noticed how good a Geordi story it is and realized this is the only saucer separation we ever get that doesn't happen in a "very special episode."
Eh, that's kinda like arguing about which kind of diarrhoea is better than the other. One sentence doesn't save an episode, particularly since it's pointless anyway since we never saw or heard of Angel One ever again (it was not missed)
The episode is still one third of the "Unholy Trinity" of season 1. The others are, of course Code of Honour and Justice.
I guess Profit and Lace is offensive to trans people what with Quark getting a causal sex change just to trick somebody, so I guess that makes Profit and Lace worse.
"The Measure of a Man", "The High Ground", "Legacy", and "Unification" instantly come to mind for me.
As does one other -- it's also Bender Robot's favorite episode of TNG, which he names enthusiastically here:
Or for 10 hours here:
And now, a brief synopsis adumbrating the reasons:
"Measure" - more and more plot holes over Data's alleged sentience and other correlations were off-putting. At least Riker didn't know of the off switch... oh wait, he did but nobody else made a point of it as rebuttal.
"High Ground" - it's just about a guy who has the hots for Crusher and I must say, the video below sorta nails it... even if theshow is being mindful of kids at the time, hence how Wesley was talked down to (then again, kids loved TOS and less of that patronizing took place...) Ansada faction uses weapons that were recycled from the 1985 "V" series, oops, the surrounding plot doesn't de-distract from that distraction, something most season 1 stories managed to do despite other obvious prop reuses like the octagonal bronze container things.
"Remember Me" - works well for its emotional ambiance, almost like Twilight Zone, but doesn't hold up as there isn't enough plot meat, other than "Hi Wes, it's me the mystery weirdo cuz we have nothing else to do but dig up old characters. But you're lucky, Riker gets to think Minuet isn't real in a later episode where he sees through very quickly he's not into being in a nuclear family!" (yeah, "Future Imperfect" is another one in this list too... and wouldn't be if it really was a Romulan ploy...)
"Legacy" - a rewatch revealed way too many plot holes and conveniences; even TOS would blush in envy
"Unification" I thought was okay at the time, but Spock is underused and I loathed even more how badly Sela was treated considering the setup from season 4's finale. (My first instinct at the time was that she would return... but during season 6 I did a rewatch, and another one when the blu-ray came out. )
As does one other -- it's also Bender Robot's favorite episode of TNG, which he names enthusiastically here:
Or for 10 hours here:
And now, a brief synopsis adumbrating the reasons:
"Measure" - more and more plot holes over Data's alleged sentience and other correlations were off-putting. At least Riker didn't know of the off switch... oh wait, he did but nobody else made a point of it as rebuttal.
"High Ground" - it's just about a guy who has the hots for Crusher and I must say, the video below sorta nails it... even if the
"Remember Me" - works well for its emotional ambiance, almost like Twilight Zone, but doesn't hold up as there isn't enough plot meat, other than "Hi Wes, it's me the mystery weirdo cuz we have nothing else to do but dig up old characters. But you're lucky, Riker gets to think Minuet isn't real in a later episode where he sees through very quickly he's not into being in a nuclear family!" (yeah, "Future Imperfect" is another one in this list too... and wouldn't be if it really was a Romulan ploy...)
"Legacy" - a rewatch revealed way too many plot holes and conveniences; even TOS would blush in envy
"Unification" I thought was okay at the time, but Spock is underused and I loathed even more how badly Sela was treated considering the setup from season 4's finale. (My first instinct at the time was that she would return... but during season 6 I did a rewatch, and another one when the blu-ray came out. )
Better than I remembered: Time Squared
I never understood this episode until they covered it recently on the With the First Link podcast. I think the episode is about facing something from your past that makes you doubt yourself. In real life it could be some tangible marker of a bad decision long ago. In this episode it's a decision that results in the destruction of the Enterprise. It makes it worse that Captain Picard survives it because he would normally stay on board until everyone else got to safety. So he looks on his doppelganger from the future with contempt. Picard shoots his doppelganger out of contempt for the mistake that he represents.
Contempt for doppelgangers is a theme in Star Trek. They spell this out in Second Chances:
Picard literally shooting the doppelganger from the future seems extreme, but I think it's more of an allegory. The logical reason for killing the Picard from the future is it's a way to guarantee they break free from the time loop where Picard makes the mistake, is sent back in time a few hours, and picked up by the Enterprise. I think the allegorical reason is it's saying Picard just can't face this make from another time in his life that feels like it dooms him to make a bad decision.
I never understood this episode until they covered it recently on the With the First Link podcast. I think the episode is about facing something from your past that makes you doubt yourself. In real life it could be some tangible marker of a bad decision long ago. In this episode it's a decision that results in the destruction of the Enterprise. It makes it worse that Captain Picard survives it because he would normally stay on board until everyone else got to safety. So he looks on his doppelganger from the future with contempt. Picard shoots his doppelganger out of contempt for the mistake that he represents.
Contempt for doppelgangers is a theme in Star Trek. They spell this out in Second Chances:
DATA: I have found that humans value their uniqueness, that sense that they are different from every one else. The existence of a double would preclude that feeling. Could that be the source of the friction?
WORF: Or perhaps it is more a matter of seeing something in your double. Something you do not like in yourself.
WORF: Or perhaps it is more a matter of seeing something in your double. Something you do not like in yourself.
Picard literally shooting the doppelganger from the future seems extreme, but I think it's more of an allegory. The logical reason for killing the Picard from the future is it's a way to guarantee they break free from the time loop where Picard makes the mistake, is sent back in time a few hours, and picked up by the Enterprise. I think the allegorical reason is it's saying Picard just can't face this make from another time in his life that feels like it dooms him to make a bad decision.
Night Terrors. Sure the scenes with Troi "flying" are cringe but the episode is genuinely tense and creepy.
Especially that scene in the morgue.
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