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[locutus101]

The husband of an old flame of Picard's is tampering with time causing all sorts of weird time distortions. This allow Picard to spend some time with her on a holodeck simulation of a place in Paris they went together some time ago, hence the title. Average.

Allegiance

 

[Hugo Rune]

Picard's too nice. Riker don't like that shit. Three people press a hundred buttons to trap two over-risen loaves of bread in a forcefield. Strange episode on reflection, but it's nice to see Stewart playing a slightly "off" Picard.

Man of the People

 

[Paradise City]

I do get a kick out of these Troi goes baaad episodes where we know something odd is going on when we see her start to give good advice to her startled patients, lol. 'Get a grip, Ensign Blubway or perhaps a garbage scow would be more suited to a woman of your temperament?' (Btw, they really missed a beat not doing an episode where Worf is asked to fill in on the counselor role at the last minute whilst Troi is off on some conference or other. That would've been something. )

Anyway, I digress. We met top Ambassador Charming who's onboard to solve a diplomatic dispute. Ambassador Charming is played by the actor who they always rehire to play charming roles and is a guy that is charming because he dumps all his emotions that aren't charming into the heads of various disposable girlfriends who promptly turn into crazed, schizophrenic cat ladies. The unfortunate person is then passed off as Old Mother Charming but when his latest cat lady dies, the unwitting Troi is next in the queue for this kind of treatment. And so it all kicks off with Troi as she begins her unseeming descent to a snappy cat-lady underworld, until our heroes figure out what-the-hell-is-going-on and hatch a plan where a fatal dose of karma is cleverly delivered back to Ambassador Not-So-Charming-Afterall.

Yeah, it's a fair enough episode albeit a repackaged episode with bits and pieces that have been done before. You'd wonder how this big shot Ambassador got away with his antics for so long.

Booby Trap

 

[locutus101]

The Enterprise gets trapped and the only way to save it is an enormous dose of tecnchobabble, unfortunately even Geordi doesn't know enough of it to suffice to the demand so he has to use a hologram of the woman who designed the engines back on utopia Planetia, eager to please the computer recreates a woman that would like Geordi and a sort of platonic romance between hologram and techno guy ensued. They get out of the trap and Geordi realizes that he's not harry Kim and says goodbye to the hologram. Meh!


The Neutral Zone

 

[Paradise City]

Whilst waiting for the boss-man to return from a super-duper top secret meeting, Data takes the time to go snooping around some antique ship that's floating around in the area but lo and behold they discover lots of ghoulish skeletons and three stiffs that could be revived. So back they go with the dead bodies, so Dr. Crusher can work her 24th century voodoo, much to the returning Captain Killjoy's dismay.

It turns out the three persons are in fact characters pulled out of a 1980s soap. We've got a country music Western guy who just wants to partee, a housewife who is never more than two minutes away from blubbering and a pushy capitalist type who struts around boasting about his lawyer and the Wall Street Journal. This provides the opportunity for an exasperated Picard to channel Roddenberry with the altruistic vision of the Federation.

And slight shades of TOS Balance of Terror here as Picard's meeting was about the Romulans who haven't been seen in yonks and yonks and are shrouded in deep mystery. So lot's of chit-chat about that and whether they where behind some outposts that were destroyed. Towards the end, the pushy capitalist type chips in with some timely advice showing that he has something to offer afterall.

All in all a nice little episode to tail off the first season with.

The Price

 

[Mojochi]

A run of the mill romance of the week episode. It's not terrible though. It's got some good guest actors, & the premise is fair. I can sit thru it, but it's not one where I look forward to repeated viewings. I think the only scene I really enjoyed was the trip to the other side of the wormhole that left 2 Ferengi stranded. LOL

The Emissary

 

[Hugo Rune]

K'Ehleyr.

Oh and some shennanigans about frozen Klingons and careers getting in the way of biting and romping

Aquiel

 

[locutus101]

An extrovert slightly unbalanced female alien is first thought dead and then suspected of being a murderer. Geordi who's involved in the inquest has a hard time keeping his objectivity about the whole thing. Turns out no one is guilty of anything, it's just the weird bug of the week that did the deed. A story that had potential but the execution leaves a lot to be desired.

Preemptive Strike

 

[locutus101]

Data crashes and needs to be rebooted, Troi takes captaining lessons. This episode is proof that 2 B plots don't make an A.

Thine Own Self

That's not the way it works. You're supposed to review the episode given by the last poster and then give one to be reviewed by the next.

 

[Mutai Sho-Rin]

So we're back to...

Preemptive Strike

 

[Mojochi]

A pretty solid episode, & an appropriate sign off for Ro, even if it does sting slightly more, coming on the heels of Wesley backing out of Starfleet too, only 4 episodes earlier. Picard's stoic look at the end just lands like a punch in the gut. Wonderful acting performances abound in this one.

Even Riker's small part in it is well played. It's almost like he gets it, or could've seen it coming, having seen 1st hand how awkward a fit Starfleet was for Ro. But it's hard for me to watch this one & Journey' s End. Everyone just seems like they're rebuking Picard at the end

Journey's End

 

[locutus101]

Picard is asked by Netchayev to become the federation's bouncer. He has to remove (if necessary by force) the peaceful native Americans who happen to be on the wrong side of the border according to a treaty the federation signed with the cardassians. Picard is all set to beam the people away from their homes (given that they categorically said no to leaving on their own accord) when Wesley blows the whistle on him, after one of the locals kinda (indirectly) talked him into it. Turns out the guy in question was really the traveler, the guy who looks at Wesley like some kind of perv (though we're told he isn't) and speaks nonsense that's supposed to mean something.Anyway, Wesley decides to follow him, wherever the hell he said it was and learn... something. He says goodbye to Picard (who's apparently no longer angry) and to his mother (who like most possessive mothers think he's Mozart, Picasso and Lou Ferigno, rolled into one)
Passable, I guess.

Justice

 

[Hugo Rune]

No, just no. Too many words have already been wasted on this episode over the years

The Quality of Life

 

[locutus101]

The question of what is and what isn't alive is asked and then given clownish answers. Based on that fantasy the lives of two people are put in jeopardy. However, the episode is designed to vindicate that absurd decision. Arrogant and pointless.

Face Of The Enemy