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Star Trek: The Next Generation 2x7 "Unnatural Selection" - Full Watch-along (Patreon)

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2026-03-06 19:00:13
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2026-10

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Star Trek: The Next Generation 2x7 "Unnatural Selection" - Full Watch-along

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Comments

Preaching to the Horse's Mouth

As the ardent Pulaski defender/stan/troll that I am I'm very interested to watch this one with you, B. Unfortunately it's going to have to wait until later today but I am very excited for this one 🖖👍

Summer

I suddenly remembered the best part of this one as we began…..O’Brien! It is a good episode

reply

Picard still getting into occasionally heated exchanges with the ship's doctor... But this season not in the steamy dreamy "will they, won't they" kind of way!

Summer

The writers have forgotten the naked now

뱀파이안젤

"Darwin" Station promoting Designer Babies?? That's not NATURAL Selection! 😤 Tho because clearly there is real life popular appeal to selecting desired genetic traits for one's offspring which inspired a core theme of this episode, what "top traits" would you yourself choose for "character creation" of your own dream child if you could in the real world Bunny? :D (Besides one being "Growing up to become at least as good a kid as Wesley" of course! LOL ;)

Summer

“Does she not brush her hair” made me go “computer fix my hair.” For people who know TOS better, did MCcoy fear the transporter in the series or was that a movie thing, or just not mentioned often?

Greg

He totally disliked it in the show as well. But as Bunny said, he did end up using it a LOT, so he could conquer that dislike when he had to. I remember one rant he made about the transporters toward the end of "Obsession".

Greg

It was nice to see O'Brien start to come into his own here. I DID notice one big thing with him, though, which I can't expand on due to spoilers.

Jim Jones

Interesting fun facts about this episode: The USS Lantree was actually a redressed model of the USS Reliant from Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. This episode received a 1989 Emmy nomination for... Outstanding Hairstyling. 🤣 Not really a fun fact, but this episode was very similar to the TOS episode 'The Deadly Years'.

Super Sunny Sunblade

Picard and Pulaski and the entire crew too are so lucky to have Deanna who gracefully understands where each side is coming from to help assist each of them in understanding and communicating with each other mutually beneficially enough to reconcile their differences in values & priorities into a solution that all sides can appreciate! 😺

Greg

I agree with Bunny -- this is a good episode. It was nice to see an episode that focused on heavily on Pulaski and we learn more about her as well as see her conquer a problem. Yes, the premise of the episode has been done a lot already, but I thought the way they did it here and the twist for it was very good. My one big issue with this episode is the overall premise of it. Genetic engineering like this SHOULD not have been allowed. After what happened with Khan and the other 'superhumans' which devastated Earth during the Genetic Wars all kind of experiments and processes on 'improving the race' was banned. Gene spicing and similar work was only allowed under VERY limited cases. I guess the people at Darwin Station got an exception to do this kind of work, but I still doubt that the Federation would have allowed it. Unless the project was secretly authorized at the very highest levels. We also got to see a good deal of O'Brien in this episode -- this is where they start including him more into the cast, something I was happy to see. The Lantree LOOKED like it was a Miranda Class from what I could see of her. Of course, they just used models they had easy access to, but the class was no longer in service by this point. I'm not sure what the official tech books say her class actually was. Very nice touch with Picard hugging Pulaski at the end. They clash quite a bit but it was clear to see they both respect each other a lot and it's always fun to see the more human sides of Picard when they come up in cases like this. We did already say that Pulaski was based off McCoy by a large part -- this is yet another example of this in terms of the transporter, the most clear example of it.

Soma

Summer

Thanks, every time I watch TOS I suddenly don’t notice such things.

Greg

In the great computer game Judgement Rites, Bones has a great line about the transporters: "Damn transporters -- if man were meant to fly around the universe God would have allowed him to disassemble his own molecules!"

Mark Chrisco

The very premise of this episode infuriates me. The genetic experiments are similar to those that led to the Eugenics Wars as noted in Space Seed. It seems rather unlikely the Federation would be sponsoring them.

William Terry

"They died of-dum dum dum!-OLD AGE!!!"... not, yessir they appear to have died due to complications similar to those associated with aging.

Squeesher

It's makes me so happy when I see how much you've fallen in love with characters from my all time fav franchise of anything. I just love it. That's all ❤️

Desmond

Yeah, genetic engineering is a big no-no in the Federation. The Enterprise crew seemed a bit taken aback by what they were doing, but it should have been a more clear negative reaction IMO.

Desmond

Ha, Bunny, you have the same edition of Dune Messiah as me. I agree, it's a very different kind of book than the first one. I think Frank Herbert was under the influence of...some things while writing it, lol. It was originally published in serialized form in a science fiction magazine, which might have something to do with the strange pacing. In any case, glad you're reading the next book, which is much better IMO. Keep us informed on your progress!

Jack

I love that your gamer/puzzle solver brain immediately leaped to finding Pulaski's hair brush for DNA. This episode is notable, as it is the first episode where we hear the transporter chief's name, Chief O'Brien. Interestingly, even though he is called "Chief" (customary for a Chief Petty Officer, a senior enlisted rank), he is wearing the two collar pips of an officer with the rank of Lieutenant. I guess the costume department wasn't prepared to do wardrobe accessories for enlisted ranks!

Matthew Graves (Graviton)

I've read all the Dune books (well, all the ones by Frank Herbert at least) It's a good series, though I don't think it ever reaches the level of the first book again. One thing, it does keep getting weirder and more, I guess I'd say "esoteric" as it goes along. Definitely worth a read, though, and the later books (especially God Emperor of Dune) are critical to really fully understanding the overall thematic poinst Herbert was trying to make Good episode of Trek. It's a very good one from the perspective of character development for Pulaski. We get to see her as a person so passionate about her work and ethical perspective that she is can be a bit overly headstrong and a risk taker, which is an interesting dynamic. It's also interesting to compare Pulaski's decisions to what's going on Darwin Station because.... Hoo boy, are these some ridiculously reckless scientists. Like, this is not only unethical science, even by today's standards, but it's just fundamentally scientifically unsound for a whole host of reasons. (Trek has long and complicated relationship with the ethics and legality of genetic modification of humans). Pulaski may have made a decision that put herself at risk, but she at least proceeded with a general sense of precaution and safety for others. However, it's interesting to note she didn't extend that precaution to Data. Data even notes that she didn't have enough information to know that he was safe. She's still got a ways to go on that front. I got a kick out of you calling the hairbrush thing ahead of the characters. As always, great reaction Bunny.

Preaching to the Horse's Mouth

"Well established personalities" is a polite way of saying that they are both very stubborn and sure of themselves ie why they keep butting heads 😆 I *adore* the way they did the last scene with Pulaski's very scientist-y log playing over the destruction of the Lantree. Usually the logs are mostly played over a spacescape or other relatively mundane scene. Having it play over an emotionally impactful scene like that I thought worked very well.

bunnytails

A healthy body and mind! Copout answer? lol

bunnytails

Yeah what Greg said. He used it when necessary, which was quite often!

bunnytails

Yup, I was reminded of The Deadly Years as well

bunnytails

Will do! I am almost halfway through now and really curious as to where this is all gonna go! Is the Preacher Paul!? (Yes, I think so!) Can Alia reverse her abomination? (Sadly, I don't think so!) Will Duncan Idaho keep being awesome? (Yes, surely!)

bunnytails

I enjoyed the way they did the log as well!

Desmond

All I'll say is that all your questions will be answered. ;)

Max

The look on Picard's face when he learned the doctor transferred to his ship because she knew & admired their whole service record... :0 Just goes to show how some subordinates' stubborn proactiveness like hers is exactly because they care so much about their leader & crew! Even when sometimes it appears like they disagree about methods, they're both on the same page about everyone's best interest :)

Stainless Steel Cat

Pulaski's insistence that Data is just a machine and her unwarranted assumption that he won't be infected is a large part of why I never warmed to the character. Also, that's an ugly shuttle.

WastedPo

I think it's really cool that you like Pulaski so much. Growing up, I was sort of ambivalent towards her, and I know that a lot of people straight-up didn't like her. Now that I'm older, I appreciate more that the writers clearly had something very specific in mind for her character, along with how her relationship with the crew would become more familial. (I think this episode in particular was meant to subtly get her to like Data more. In addition to the obvious stuff with Picard.) The only thing about this episode that I felt was unnecessarily weird was having the "children" being played by adults. I'm not sure it added anything, since most viewers wouldn't consider aging abnormally quickly to be a sign of being more highly evolved. Also, it sort of made it confusing, since the actual crisis of the episode involved people aging prematurely. And finally, I think we were supposed to think it was tragic that these kids had to spend the rest of their lives in isolation--and that would've been more effective if they were actual kids, instead of these adult day-players.

Mark

So at this point in the series in the 1980s a huge debate was born, now I'll ask you the same question lol, which one was better? team Kirk or team Picard?

TJ

I've always liked this episode, because it's relevant to us today. While genetic research shows a lot of promise for curing disease, it also comes with risk, not just of accidentally causing harm, but also of being misused.

G4Gentleman47

This is always been an episode I enjoyed. The bridge takeover stuff is very cool, as is seeing more of the Type 7 shuttle! The Pulaski-Data arc started in The Child gets a good push forward here. The story itself is also well done and interesting, with a good soundtrack to boot. I rewatch this one regularly.

timothy w moyer

Good episode, spooked me at my first watch.. Book Report A+. 😊. I've read all of the Frank Herbert Dune. Found a Trilogy to have fun with. Great Schools of Dune; Sisterhood, Mentats, and Navigators. 10,000 years BEFORE Paul Astredidtes. 😱 🤐 😁. Brian Herbert and Kevin Anderson.

John DiGiantomasso

I am very disappointed in Wesley. He should have figured this out ten minutes in. Glad to see the writers are moving beyond some stereotypes.

Summer

Just noticed your picture change, it is great

Comrade Wireless Caller

They seemed to be at least trying to grow Pulaski's character in this one and I applaud them. It was a great try but kind of falls flat. Since I've hit late I'm going to just hit a few points. Makeup is not bad at all. Well done. Pulaski uses the word "android" in relation to Data in a positive way. About time. Lets talk about the transporter. What the hell can and can't that thing do? Pulaski comes back as a younger woman but with all her memories due to some DNA saved from her hair. Can we age someone backward? Would nobody ever need to die or ever grow old? What would keep you from just having yourself backed up when you turned 26 to age 25? The logic is there. I did like the stand at attention in respect of the Landry. It was a nice wrap up. Overall I thought this episode was pretty good. It feels like they're getting a feeling for the writing.

bunnytails

Hey now! It's still too soon to ask. It's taken me a while to warm up to Picard. I don't know that he beats out Kirk as of yet.