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Star Trek: TNG 3x01 Full Reaction (Patreon)

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2024-08-31 17:00:07
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Thomas Corp

Beginning with the first order of business: BEVERLY IS BACK, BABY!!! https://youtu.be/Mzc8_-jl8IM?si=2L3JoXr-06gGQcp2 There are, of course, words to be said for such a monumental occasion. But I will return to the topic momentarily. First, time to watch your lovely reaction, Jess.

Josef Schiltz

Ah . . . Doctor Crusher. It seems like . . . well, a lifetime!

Ryan

Riker may have grown his beard last season, but now you'll really get to see why that phrase became adopted as the opposite of jumping the shark. Maurice Hurley was out after his mostly disappointing results last season, and while Michael Piller wasn't show runner yet (that would be Michael Wagner, who left after just a few episodes over personal clashes with other crew members so Piller stepped in for the rest of the show's run), his script here very much gives an idea of the kind of mature, character focused work he would bring to the franchise as a whole and ultimately allow it to expand beyond these two shows to what it is now. He was struck down by cancer in 2005 right before he could get to show what he could do with his original material outside Trek, and that is a tremendous loss to anyone who appreciates good stories. Though while he was still with us, he also recorded numerous interviews for the show's DVD releases which are a treasure trove of how his writing worked and what he tried to bring to the show, and I can't recommend them enough for anyone interested in this side of production. Quite nice of the show to let you know Beverly was back in the credits before springing her on you in the flesh. I was still just five years old and just barely aware of the show as the other thing the Reading Rainbow guy was on, but I imagine her return was pretty big news so they didn't even try to make any kind of reveal out of it. And it certainly speaks to how disastrous a reception Pulaski got that we get no word of what happened to her, and as far as I remember we've never once heard about her again, not even in Season 3 of Picard which was specifically constructed as a love letter to all things TNG. It's still commonly joked that she fell down a turbolift shaft just like Diana Muldaur's character in LA Law and no one cared. With Hurley gone, Gates felt more comfortable coming back to the show, and I'm sure she had a comfortable level of bargaining power now that it was clear how much of an essential part of the magic the fans considered her. Though she was still uneasy enough about her future on the show to set up another potential ongoing franchise role, with The Hunt for Red October probably being especially appealing because for the moment it was only one brief scene that could easily be fit into her schedule. Though I'm sure everyone can agree that worked out for the best on all sides.

Thomas Corp

We do start back with a solid premiere. Focusing on the science aspect first. Like you said, rather tried and true concept for Star Trek of creatures that are not evil or even malicious in nature, and the conflict is caused by misunderstanding. Here it is done well. You are right that Wesley is let off the hook about that, at least as far as we see. I hear you on Dr. Stubbs; He is frustrating just a smidge. Credit to Ken Jenkins for his performance. I really like how he feels like what Wesley could become if he got lost in his mind. And if he didn’t have such DAMN good parents, more on that in a second. I knew you were going to yell at Stubbs in defense of Geordi. And I accept your accurate assessment of such discourteous talk toward Deanna warrants the response of death. Hell, Riker had a look that tells us he’s sympathetic to that. I joked that it was a look that said, “Well, now I have to murder you, Sir.” Marina really sold her scenes as Deanna when dealing with Stubbs. I share the protectiveness of the crew. In my case, next to Picard and Beverly, Deanna is my favorite of the crew, so the protectiveness is quite strong. I am also agreeable to your strategy of just offering him to the nanites, and saying, “Here he is on a silver platter. Would you like him whole or diced?” Nice to have the peaceful resolution. Now to the most important part of the episode, the grand return of our dear Gates McFadden as our dear beloved Beverly. I forgot if we saw her before or after the opening credits. Since it was after, I greatly anticipated your reaction to seeing her name again. And godDAMN, did you blow my expectations out of the water. The look in your eyes, Jess was lovely. No apologies necessary for as you put it, sounding shrill upon seeing Gates back in the credits. I got shrill myself, seeing dear Gates back as our dear Beverly back again, and I was yelling, “OH, DOES THIS FEEL SO GOOD!!!!” You did not miss a line about Dr. Pulaski. And I confess that there is genuine anger over how there is zero mention of Dr. Pulaski and what happened to her. Watching this to prepare for your reaction, that got me pissed off for a second, and I’m yelling, “They’re not even, they can’t spare one word as to what happened to her? Even on The Mandalorian, Cara Dune got something, despite her actress fucking shooting herself in both goddamn feet!! Dr. Pulaski gets jackshit, explanation-wise!? She just hops into the turbolift never to be seen again!? COME ON!!!” Behind-the-scenes, Hurley got fired, and he was the reason Gates got fired. Per Gates’s own description, “What was great was they got rid of him and asked me to come back.” I have heard, I don’t know how true it is. I like to think it is true, mainly for how sweet it is. Our dear Sir Patrick Stewart himself personally called Gates asking and ultimately convincing her to return to the show. Our dear beloved Jean-Luc making the plea for our dear beloved Beverly to return. It’s enough to make a grown man cry. The scene where she talks with Picard about Wesley made me look like Wilf in the sixtieth specials of Doctor Who when he sees the Doctor again. The whole scene just cements how Picard has become Wesley’s dad. As Picard describes, Wesley is his father’s son, and Jack is the boy’s father. Picard has now stepped up and become his dad. It ties into how you note that it would have been tough for both mother and son to spend the time apart. My own parents got divorced when I was eleven, and there was the shared custody. Picard and Beverly’s scene carries a familiar energy in that regard. I shared your response to when Wesley’s frustration bubbled over, and Gates is terrific of selling Beverly’s mom moment of though you see the remark hurt her, she doesn’t get outwardly upset and goes for the different approach to get Wesley to talk. I still yell, “Once this is over, you apologize to your mother, young man.” And by the way, I am in a similar boat of teenage years. You and me both on not doing jackshit when we were seventeen. Most everyone wants to be Ferris Bueller when they’re seventeen, and some of us were Cameron, more Rooney in my case. Christ, my parents would have killed me if I pulled anything silly. I did still get in trouble academically, but that’s a separate thing. I got a laugh at when Beverly is enthused about Wesley being with the one girl, then shifts into mom mode, which I can’t relate there, as I’ve never brought a woman home, nor have I ever dated anybody, thus Mom’s never had the chance to have the response Beverly had. And she and my sister in-law have gotten along very well, so my brother missed that too. All in all, a solid episode, and an even lovelier reaction, Jess, thank you so much.

Rob Walters

There really should be a word limit cap on comments, as essays like those above, make scrolling to earlier reactions twice as long and wastes precious moments of my life.

Geordie Joe

Doctor Stubbs wouldn't look out of place in an episode of Classic Who. He definitely had that "The Quest Is The Quest" vibe going on for most of this episode. Great to have Beverly back on the show. Pulaski as a character did start to improve towards the end of season 2, but I think the majority of fans would prefer to have Dr Crusher back given the choice between the two.

Alvin Cura

I mean, it's not too very surprising that Dr. Stubbs was written to rub people the wrong way. Or that the actor was so good at it. I mean, he played Dr. Kelso on Scrubs, after all. (hint hint for a show reaction, lol)