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Star Trek: TNG 1x25 Full Reaction! (Patreon)

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2024-02-17 18:00:04
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Ryan

If the alien parasite plot feels a bit rushed, that’s because the original script was about an entirely human conspiracy. But Gene Roddenberry, despite not officially working on the show anymore, still had enough clout to put the kibosh on that. His show was about humanity having reached its most perfect, flawless form, and he wouldn’t stand for any kind of cracks in it. It ultimately wasn’t until after his death that we could get something like The Undiscovered Country, or half of Deep Space Nine. Naturally, a lot of the writers weren’t happy with this, with one later describing his instructions as “Everyone is happy forever, now write drama.” But despite that issue, the episode is still a great paranoid thriller in the Invasion of the Body Snatchers mold, even building very well off a previous episode in those days when television was only taking its first uncertain steps toward more long-form storytelling.

Thomas Corp

So, I recalled correctly about you taking a one week break between Star Trek seasons. If you say it helps, then I’m glad to hear it. Likewise, Jess, glad to hear you’ve taken the month of February to prioritize your mental health and wellbeing. Now to the penultimate episode of season one of Next Gen. “What the frackerdoodles!?” is a most apt description for this one. I see Ryan commented on how this was meant to be a purely mundane human conspiracy before the idea was shot down. Which leads to the bonkers as shit plot which I loved. I share your love of alien parasites/alien assimilation plots. You mention The Faculty which is an underrated Robert Rodriguez picture, nice to hear it’s one you quite love. I’m told this was also a commentary on the Iran/Contra scandal. Interesting presentation if that is indeed what they were going for. I concur with your observations of they had a good slow burn of rising tension and uncertainty. I am aware of your aversion to the trope of ominous and vague warnings or communications of sinister fuckery a brewing, yet there is the commitment to being vague and not divulging the precise nature of said fuckery that’s a brewing. This episode does provide a valid reason for that which justifies the trope’s use here. Though yes, the episode certainly would have been quite different if Picard was told the top-secret message of, “I just saved a bunch of money on my car insurance by switching to Geico.” You are correct on that. I love Picard’s initial and understandable skepticism, and then later, his implicit trust and faith in his crew. I loved you called Picard a softie as yes, deep down, the man is a rank sentimentalist. Quite a scene when Not Quinn beats up Riker, Geordi, and Worf, despite your faith in Worf especially. That damn Worf effect strikes again. Oh, I so adored when Beverly just subscribed to the Han Shot First course of action, and I was screaming, “Fucking work, Beverly!! FUCKING WORK!!!” Your own reaction Beverly saying, “Stay the FUCK down!”, as you put it was most delightful. I love that we never learn the origin of the parasitic creatures. I suspect they came from a dying world. Drifting through the universe from planet to planet, pushed on by the solar winds. They adapt, and they survive. The function of life is survival. They also look suspiciously similar to the eels of Ceti Alpha V. I love how the mother parasite is housed in Commander Remmick so that nobody sheds a tear when Picard and Riker shoot him until his head goes Toht by way of Scanners. I share your shock at that, as I yelled, “Jesus Christ!” when I saw it. Your own reaction to the scene, Jess, was worth every penny. I goddamn near fell out of my chair laughing. And like you said, it catches you completely off guard due to this is Star Trek. As you say, something like that happening in The Boys is one can of worms, but it happens in Star Trek, that’s another can of worms. I would not have been able to resist when the John Carpenter style mother parasite emerged and roared, I would have said in Picard’s place, “Yeah, fuck you too!” Other highlights of the reaction were your delightful reaction to the fun joke time between Geordi and Data. Your reaction to Worf’s line about bathing, which to answer your query, I would assume that Worf is averse to baths rather than bathing in general; he presumably showers. (He said hopefully.) To address your query about Mira, the name Mira does sound familiar though offhand, I fail to recall specifically if it was in the original series or not. I also get a huge laugh when the computer cuts Data’s idiosyncratic proclivity for circumlocution short. Brent’s face in that scene was hilarious. If I were Data, I’d have said, “Touchy, touchy, this computer is.” Oh, this reaction was beyond wonderful, Jess. Thank you so much.

Tsuliwaensis

what a fun reaction 😁 exactly what I needed for my evening today 😊 thank you very much indeed 💖

Josef Schiltz

Mm. The final scene with Remmick was edited out in the UK. The body horror at that time of the evening was deemed unacceptable on the BBC at early evening family viewing slot, although some years later, in 2016, Star Trek's anniversary year, the BBC's own magazine Radio Times rated the explosion of Remmick as the 50th greatest scene in Star Trek

Ian Smith

One of the most infamous ST episodes - and one of the most fun :)