Thats fine, you do youFeels unnatural to me.
Thats fine, you do youFeels unnatural to me.
I think that was the point. It's an incremental refit instead of a full on one.Feels unnatural to me.
Jack improvised the line on the day. I'm not sure if the movement was as well.Considering that Frakes directed the episode, it must have been a very funny moment in the set![]()
Good heavens. 36 pages.
There were some surprisingly deep scenes in this episode for sure. Boimler with Chapel and then with Pike were two of my favorites. But also Mariner with Uhura. Well written and kudos to all the performers for bringing the emotional impact to life.That scene pulled at my heart strings too. Who knew Boimler could be so sentimental, but he was right. Enjoy the moments with people you care about, because you never know when it will be the last.
The reviewer nailed it!
One of the co-writers of the episode also co-wrote Charades and was an executive story writer on Lower Decks before jumping over to SNW as a producer... which probably explains why the episode balanced both shows so well.
It's almost like this episode was able to weave serious and funny throughout.There were some surprisingly deep scenes in this episode for sure. Boimler with Chapel and then with Pike were two of my favorites. But also Mariner with Uhura. Well written and kudos to all the performers for bringing the emotional impact to life.
That was how I took it at the time, except that we learn later it's absolutely NOT a pin-up.I took it as Mariner being a little evasive - she's not sure what the "safe" answer is.
"I can't say it's not a pin-up, but I don't want to say that it's a pin-up."
I think you're on to something!It's almost like this episode was able to weave serious and funny throughout.
*sensible chuckle as the credits roll*
The joke is that it actually is NOT a pin-up poster in the common use of the expression even though it was a poster pinned up in his bunk. The real meaning that Mariner was trying to convey through her confusion was not clear until we saw it was a recruitment poster rather than a "pin-up" in the colloquial sense--and that's truer to Boimler's character too.I took it as Mariner being a little evasive - she's not sure what the "safe" answer is.
"I can't say it's not a pin-up, but I don't want to say that it's a pin-up."
So, a bit of word play. Safe to say that Mariner wasn't being evasive but truly unfamiliar with the term "pin-up poster." And what she said was absolutely correct--it was a poster that was pinned up!
I was more surprised that Number One knew the phrase in its 20th-century context. Even today, while pinup-type posters are certainly around, I would bet that the number of people who recognize the phrase is a lot lower than it was 50 years ago.I took it as a nice little bit on the way words and phrases change over time.
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Waaaaaayyy better than bossanova
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