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thegreaterlink · 2 years

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Star Trek: The Next Generation - Season 2 Overview

And so ends another season.

Like before, I'll be grouping every episode into Good, Bad and Mediocre categories, naming my favourite and least favourite episode of the season and ranking this season out of ten.

Here's a reminder of how the system works in case you forgot.

Once again this is all my opinion. If you disagree with any of my rankings, then that's completely fine.

With that being said...

"MAKE IT SO!" - THE GOOD

Where Silence Has Lease

Elementary, Dear Data

The Schizoid Man

A Matter of Honor

The Measure of a Man

Time Squared

The Icarus Factor

Q Who?

The Emissary

Peak Performance

"SHIELDS UP!" - THE MEDIOCRE

The Child

The Outrageous Okona

Loud as a Whisper

Unnatural Selection

Contagion

The Royale

Pen Pals

Samaritan Snare

Up the Long Ladder

"ABANDON SHIP!" - THE BAD

The Dauphin - But in a "so bad, it's good" sort of way.

Manhunt

Shades of Gray

THE BEST EPISODE

"The Measure of a Man," by far.

Good conflict, compelling side characters, and a concept explored to its fullest potential in a matter which is thoroughly entertaining. The best episode of the series so far.

THE WORST EPISODE

You all knew this was coming. It's "Manhunt."

An uncomfortable premise which sounds like it's from a weird fanfiction is accompanied by a meandering plot which ultimately goes nowhere. You'd never imagine that an episode with gun-toting gangsters, fish alien terrorists and Lwaxana Troi going into heat could be so fucking dull.

THE WORST "EPISODE"

I know I said it doesn't really count as an episode, but I really feel the need to highlight just how absolutely bullshit it is.

By far the worst "episode" of the season, and by extension probably the entire series and the Star Trek franchise as whole, is "Shades of Gray."

This series has had some real stinkers so far, but at least all of those episodes were forty or so minutes of completely original programming.

I would consider this the worst episode of Star Trek I've ever seen, but considering less than half of it is original footage, I've decided that it simply doesn't count as one.

I refuse to give any sort of credit to an "episode" which can't even be bothered to try. You will miss nothing by skipping this.

Yes, I used the same image from the review, and compiled that summary out of excerpts from said review. Obviously the episode is no stranger to recycling content, so why the hell should I care? Regardless of what this franchise puts out in the future, at the very least it'll hopefully never again stoop as low as a clip show.

FINAL RANKING

6/10 - An improvement over the last season, but with more than half of the episodes being subpar, there's still a lot of room for improvement.

Still, there was much less truly bad in this season, and even the more middling episodes here had at least something to make them stand out.

I'm confident we're going to see further improvement in season 3, the first review for which will be going up tomorrow. Engage!

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trekcraft · 5 years

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TNG Quotes

Almost a year ago, I decided to watch (and rewatch in some cases) all Star Trek series and collect quotes that I found inspirational, especially if they could be read in a pagan context. This is my collection from TNG.

1.04 The Last Outpost

“Fear is the true enemy, the only enemy.” -- Will Riker, implicitly attributed to Sun Tzu

1.05 Where No One Has Gone Before

“Space and time and thought aren’t the separate things they appear to be.” -- Wesley Crusher

“Thought is the basis of all reality.” -- The Traveler

“The ‘energy’ of thought is very powerful.” -- The Traveler

1.07 Justice

“There can be no justice so long as laws are absolute.” -- Jean-Luc Picard

1.10 Haven

“All life, all consciousness, is indissolubly bound together. Indeed, it’s all part of the same thing.” -- Lwaxana Troi

1.16 When the Bought Breaks

“Things are only impossible until they're not.” -- Jean-Luc Picard

1.18 Coming of Age

“Thinking about what you can't control only wastes energy and creates its own enemy.” -- Worf

“Only fools have no fear.” -- Worf

1.19 Heart of Glory

“You look for battles in the wrong place. The true test of a warrior is not without. It is within. Here, here [the heart] is where we meet the challenge. It is the weaknesses in here a warrior must overcome.” -- Worf

“Duty, honor, loyalty. Without which a warrior is nothing!” -- Worf

2.05 Loud As a Whisper

“Confidence is faith in oneself. It can’t easily be given by another.” -- Deanna Troi

2.14 The Icarus Factor

“Respect is earned, not bestowed.” -- Deanna Troi

2.21 Peak Performance

“It is possible to commit no mistakes and still lose. That is not a weakness. That is life.” -- Jean-Luc Picard

3.16 The Offspring

“There are times, sir, when men of good conscience cannot blindly follow orders.” -- Jean-Luc Picard

4.05 Remember Me

“There is power within each of us that most people haven’t begun to realize.” -- The Traveler

“You must open yourself to time and space and the intricate threads that bind them.” The Traveler

“Let it go, Wesley. Let go of the anticipation, the expectations, the demands upon you. Let it all go. Leave it behind. Yes. The ability is there inside of you. You do not need to look for it.” -- The Traveler

4.15 First Contact

“Trust requires time. And experience.” -- Jean-Luc Picard

4.21 The Drumhead

“With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censured, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably.” -- Jean-Luc Picard quoting Judge Aaron Satie

“The first time any man’s freedom is trodden on, we’re all damaged.” -- Jean-Luc Picard

5.20 Cost of Living

“Life’s true gift is the capacity to enjoy enjoyment!” -- Lwaxana Troi

“Every one of us has a thousand different kinds of little people inside of us. And some of them want to get out and be wild and some want to be sad or happy or inventive or even just go dancing. That’s why we all have so many different urges at different times. And all those different little people inside of us? We must never be afraid to take them with us wherever we go. I mean, who knows when we may need one of them to pop up and rescue us from ourselves? Ah, variety, my little Alex. The great secret is not the variety of life, it’s the variety of us.” -- Lwaxana Troi

6.15 Tapestry

“Why do you persist in believing that life and death are such static and rigid concepts?” -- Q

6.17 Birthright pt 2

“Klingons do not hunt because they need food. The hunt is a ritual that reminds us of where we come from.” -- Worf

“A Klingon does not run away from his battles.” -- Worf

6.20 The Chase

“Dream not of today.” -- Professor Galen quoting the night blessing of the Yash-El

6.21 Frame of Mind

“Sometimes it’s healthy to explore the darker side of the psyche. Jung called it ‘owning your own shadow.’” -- Deanna Troi

“Don’t be afraid of your darker side. Have fun with it.” -- Deanna Troi

6.23 Rightful Heir

“Questions are the beginning of wisdom. The mark of a true warrior.” -- Worf

“We do not fight merely to spill blood, but to enrich the spirit.” -- clone of Kahless the Unforgettable

“Let the joy in your heart be heard! We are Klingons!” -- clone of Kahless the Unforgettable

“The wind does not respect a fool.” -- clone of Kahless the Unforgettable

“Real power comes from within the heart.” -- Worf

6.26 Descent pt 1

“Data, feelings aren’t positive and negative. They simply exist. It’s what we do with those feelings that becomes good or bad.” -- Deanna Troi

7.20 Journey’s End

“Everything is sacred to us. The buildings, the food, the sky, the dirt beneath your feet, and you. Whether you believe in your spirit or not, we believe in it. You are a sacred person here, Wesley. [...] So, if you are sacred, then you must treat yourself with respect. To do otherwise is to desecrate something that is holy.” -- Lakanta AKA The Traveler

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