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Star Trek: TNG 2x21 Full Reaction! (Patreon)

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2024-08-10 17:00:05
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Star Trek TNG 2x21 Full Reaction - Sesskasays

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Jenny Chalek

Saturday is my favorite day of the week because it means another TNG reaction!

Ryan

This was a very sad week for Trek fans, as we lost Patti Yasutake to cancer at age 70. It always impressed me incredibly that Nurse Ogawa became such a beloved part of TNG despite only appearing in about 10% of the episodes and rarely in a role beyond "Pass me that hypospray," enough that she eventually got her own spotlight episode. And so much of that was down to Patti having such an instantly warm and loveable screen presence, that I really wish we could have seen more of after the show ended. Her most prominent role besides this was twisting this reputation around in a very fun way in Netflix's Beef, which I'd hoped would finally open up some sizable new opportunities for her. But just like Ray Stevenson in RRR, that will have to remain a dream. On to the episode, which I find an especially fascinating case of just how much a TV episode can be elevated by getting the right guest star. So much of this script is terrible, featuring basically the last gasp of Gene Roddenberry's pacifistic ideals with all the insistence that Starfleet isn't military and our heroes smugly placing themselves above needing to be ready for war even as this whole thing is happening due to the threat of the Borg (plus the franchise would later establish they're fighting the Cardassians at this exact time!) And there's some especially bad sets here reflecting how much they'd blown through their budget, most of all the Hathaway's engineering room which seems to be a totally untouched theater warehouse. It's also notable that this is the very last time the show tried to present the Ferengi as a legit threat before giving up and turning them into comedy nuisances, and it's very clear why. And yet, it's hard to care about any of that when you have the utterly delightful Roy Brocksmith running around and hamming it up with the high-strung, short fuse performance he always did so well, this time paired with being even more smug than the Enterprise crew so it's especially fun to see him driven to that level. He's known for the likes of Total Recall, Arachnophobia, and Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey, though like so many other things I first encountered him on Seinfeld as the reason we learned Kramer's first name, as his mother's former landlord who calls her a "drunken stumblebum." Plus you can catch one of his first roles as a camp gay fashion photographer in the MST3K subject Killer Fish. He sadly died in 2001 of diabetes at just 56, and is one of several actors where I occasionally ponder what roles they could have had if they lived longer (he would have KILLED it on Game of Thrones as one of the rulers of Qarth, or an Iron Bank representative). I might wish more of the episode could give good support, but for what we have, I'll definitely take it.

Thomas Corp

Sorry to hear you dealt with a mite bit of congestion when you woke up to film. Silver lining is that this only happens every now and then as opposed to every single day as it was before your surgery, like you said. Now to the episode. You know it’s a particularly good one when as you self-described, you were squealing the entire time. I had a fun time with this one too. The BIG highlight of the episode and the reaction was the guest appearance of Roy Brocksmith as Kolrami, who was quite the Mr. Judgey Judgerson as you put it. Insufferable prick though the character is, I lived for him. Twas a delight to see you quite lived for him as well. We are both Slytherins, so that does make sense we would both live for Kolrami. And yes, aspiring to have the confidence that he doth possess is a life goal. I do concur on that, Jess. I’m seeing Roy in the makeup, sensing he’s familiar, and I recall him in among other things, Total Recall. Paused to verify, and saw I was right, which made me smile. Just so fantastic to see and hear your reactions to Kolrami, and I LIVED for all of it, Jess. The man is why we cherish our fantastic character actors. The central concept of the war game was great with Picard and Riker squaring off. And I share your love of how we highlight that a great warrior mentality can be far more cerebral and strategic in nature. Loved Worf in his way encouraging Riker, leading you to chime in by encouraging Riker by saying that he has “Spirit!” I added, “And Geordi.” Sidenote: Oh, I felt Worf’s pain on that scene with the model ship. When the chime rang leading to him breaking the one part of it when he was being so careful, I went, “No, no! Gah!” Probably resembled that moment in Doctor Who with Wilf that has been gifed to death. Appreciated your reactions to Wesley being a little sneaky-sneaky by cheating, oh, sorry, improvising. Quite a Sith tactic. I approve. It is the thing: since Geordi was on Riker’s team and not Picard’s we have ourselves an impasse. Kolrami certainly was none too optimistic of Riker. You know, I do believe you speak the truth that Kolrami did say that Riker is just too fabulous. I don’t disagree. I love how Picard lets it slide that Kolrami keeps sticking it to Riker in infinite little ways until it gets too much, then Picard stands up for Riker making our hearts swell. Shame the Ferengi interrupt, which alas, the surprise of that is gone given Armin Shimerman being in the credits, loved you catching that, though. Likewise, good to see Armin as Not Quark. It says something how you lived for Kolrami that he was advocating the sacrifice of the members of the crew which included Geordi, and you didn’t get that angry at him. That’s amazing. Lovely to see the two teams do the work leading to us saying “Toodles” to the Ferengi. Bringing us to the Data plotline. Love how you said, “Pulaski!” in a very dramatic manner upon finding out she told Kolrami that Data challenged him. I had a similar response in that I dryly said, “Thank you, Katherine.” Your heart does break for Data when his confidence takes the hit. Lovely how Marina sells Deanna’s concern, then how Diana goes above and beyond with her scenes of Dr. Pulaski expressing regret for her getting Data in the funk, and how in response to Data falling on the “I am just a machine” mentality, how Dr. Pulaski is now the one encouraging his humanity. And how the two ladies get Picard involved, with Patrick so expertly echoing what you said, (Loved your “That’s what I said.” moment, by the way.) about how even if one does everything right, failure can still happen. It is like that. We each go through doing things right, or failing that, what we can, and it’s not enough. But it is like that great line in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, “But I tried, didn’t I? Goddamn it, at least I did that.” Your reactions to those scenes were lovely, Jess, just as it was lovely how you appreciated Deanna’s later talk with Data about strategy. And it is a good point. Sometimes the greatest fear of an opponent is a complete amateur, because you don’t know if they’re going to do something so stupid or out of left-field that you can’t prepare for it. And how Deanna notes that Data does have the advantage of knowing Riker’s proclivity for improvisation, and he should tighten focus and think where Riker would likely do so here. Great moment. All culminating in that great last scene where Data plays to stall rather than win and emerges victorious by busting Kolrami up. The strategy was a superb one. Gets down to what it’s all about, doesn’t it? Making the wrong move at the right time. Like life, I guess. Oh, this reaction was BEAUTIFUL, Jess, I loved it so much. Thank you.

Geordie Joe

I had a feeling you would like Sirna Kolrami. Imagine if we had an incarnation of The Doctor portrayed exactly like Kolrami. Even more sass than the 1st Doctor.