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Other than upswept eyebrows, no. They never had forehead appliances.
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The Royale
The Enterprise reaches a planet with a toxic atmosphere and beams up a piece of an old American space craft. Then they discover a building is on the surface in a pocket of breathable atmosphere. Riker, Worf and Data beam down and see a single revolving door. They walk through it and wind up in a recreation of an old Earth hotel...The Royale. Hijinks ensue.
I hated this episode first run so I dreaded my rewatch of it. Well, like a number of episodes I've revisited, it's not bad. It's not good, but it's a fun diversion. It's funny. It has a sad core story about the remaining stranded astronaut and everyone seems to be having a good time.
Pulaski has one scene that's less than a minute, sitting by herself in the conference room on a conference call. Why bother? Did they have a minimum number of episodes they were required to use her in?
Deanna was a little grating. "Commander Riker feels trapped!" Jesus lady.
Good to see O'Brien at the transporter controls.
I felt bad for "Texas" at the end. He lost everything and took it personally, but not angrily. He was like "damn Data, why'd you let me lose it all like that?" Probably the most emotional point of the episode.
Then there's the relatively pointless chat about Fermat's Last Theorem. The unproven equation left behind by Pierre de Fermat. In 1988 it was still unproven. About 5 years later - oops. Andrew Wiles got it done. I guess Jean-Luc missed that in his Wiki search. It still adds little to the episode, much like a number of non-sequitur 2nd season bits.
An okay low stakes episode. Not as bad as I initially thought but not one I'd rush to revisit before my eventual passing.
2/5
The Enterprise reaches a planet with a toxic atmosphere and beams up a piece of an old American space craft. Then they discover a building is on the surface in a pocket of breathable atmosphere. Riker, Worf and Data beam down and see a single revolving door. They walk through it and wind up in a recreation of an old Earth hotel...The Royale. Hijinks ensue.
I hated this episode first run so I dreaded my rewatch of it. Well, like a number of episodes I've revisited, it's not bad. It's not good, but it's a fun diversion. It's funny. It has a sad core story about the remaining stranded astronaut and everyone seems to be having a good time.
Pulaski has one scene that's less than a minute, sitting by herself in the conference room on a conference call. Why bother? Did they have a minimum number of episodes they were required to use her in?
Deanna was a little grating. "Commander Riker feels trapped!" Jesus lady.
Good to see O'Brien at the transporter controls.
I felt bad for "Texas" at the end. He lost everything and took it personally, but not angrily. He was like "damn Data, why'd you let me lose it all like that?" Probably the most emotional point of the episode.
Then there's the relatively pointless chat about Fermat's Last Theorem. The unproven equation left behind by Pierre de Fermat. In 1988 it was still unproven. About 5 years later - oops. Andrew Wiles got it done. I guess Jean-Luc missed that in his Wiki search. It still adds little to the episode, much like a number of non-sequitur 2nd season bits.
An okay low stakes episode. Not as bad as I initially thought but not one I'd rush to revisit before my eventual passing.
2/5
The Royale was whacky fun unless you were Col Ritchie. There are other books I'd rather be trapped in than that one. I enjoyed Data's antics at the dice table.
The pseudodrama with the bellboy was trite and meaningless, but it was supposed to be trite and meaningless.
I have enough trouble finding e-books from 20 years ago, no idea how Picard googled a 300 yr old one.
The pseudodrama with the bellboy was trite and meaningless, but it was supposed to be trite and meaningless.
I have enough trouble finding e-books from 20 years ago, no idea how Picard googled a 300 yr old one.
I started my own rewatch today - partly inspired by this thread. The stunt doubles for Tasha and Data in Encounter at Farpoint are hilarious. Picard's general awkwardness is also very funny. It was a lot of fun. I grew up with TNG and it felt like going back in time. I really liked seeing Tasha again. I absolutely love this show and need it back in my life.
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