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S07E24 Preemptive StrikeThis week we spend most of our time with a character I never thought we'd see again! Continuing the Maquis story that started on TNG, then went to DS9 and is back over here, I thought this one was really good. Engage! 🖖

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ST NG 7x24 Full Length Reaction

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2026-10-07 05:00 2 episodes of TNG to go before it’s over. As sad as I am to see it come closer to the end, I’m looking forward to Jen’s reaction to the movies 🔥🖖
2025-10-20 00:22

Arthur 'Two Sheds' Jackson

So Ro didn't take the credit for the Big Salad but took the credit for the Hasperat 🤣🤣

Clay F

An excellent episode. Looking forward to the reaction.

Banes

I always remember that powerful ending with Picard's silent expression. All that emotion...maybe feeling too betrayed to speak.

Rob Nichols

I sometimes wonder if Ro would have turned to the Maquis if she had been a regular on DS9 as planned.

Brian Galvin

You’re almost done with all of next generation hard to believe

Ian

Jen's trek uploads are always a treat , cheers Jen you're the Vulcan best 🖖🔥

Bobby Coolbreeze

If looks could kill! Picard was deeply upset and disappointed obviously. That one hurt. I really was disappointed too in Ro. I didn’t see that coming when I first saw it. The Maquis story line is really good and the lines are so blurred. It’s not a stretch to think we will see more Maquis stories in DS9. More surprises are in store regarding them! Stay tuned. Finally for me the last regular episode of TNG b4 the finale! It’s been something else. You will be pleased I’m sure. Then we get to the movies. When TNG went off the air back in 1994 we didn’t have to wait too long for the first movie, it came out at the end of the year so it was like 5-6 months. I’m assuming you will stay with the air date order when watching them along with DS9? You don’t wanna jump ahead and watch the movies all at once for obvious reasons 😉

Curran Dobbs

That Hasperat or whatever it's called happens to look a lot like the wraps that are very common for catering companies to feed cast and crew on TV shows.

Bobby Coolbreeze

Btw everytime I ate a burrito after watching this episode i pretended I was eating Hasperat😂

William Rosmer

iirc they wraped filming on the last episode and immediately started the movie

Kane Is Able

Jen's a Maquis lover? Tell me it ain't true.

Preaching to the Horse's Mouth

Good to see Ro again, even if it was bittersweet. I really like this one. Looking forward to next week (I think? lol) We'll all get through it together. And we still have lots of great DS9 ahead yet also.

Kane Is Able

Yes, obviously this is a top tier episode. Picard's anger at the end cuts to the core. Ro's betrayal really completes her arc for TNG. I'm glad they brought her back and gave her an amazing episode for a send off.

Alexis Vorian

I was watching another creator's TNG reaction the other day and when the cut came on, i said out loud "commercial break" without even thinking, hahaha your fault Jen.

Sykonee

Picard gives quite possibly the most intense Disappointed Dad reaction ever committed to film. Even Riker was terrified of making any sudden moves.

Andrew Roach

The great finale episode remains and while it may be too late hopefully you watch the finale with the version where it is one episode as many cuts occur when it is broken up into two parts.

Brett Whittaker

Don't think this is any kind of spoiler but if you didnt know Ro was going to be the first officer on DS9 but she declined and we got Kira. Would have been interesting to see how that would have gone.

Alexis Vorian

Man, this one was a great episode! Why does it have to end??

Vina

Fantastic if heart-breaking episode

Over50Gamer

I think this episode was a refreshing, but dark, change; we rarely see the good captain experience a failed mission. As for Picard and Ro, he may have misplaced some confidence in her, but Adm. Necheyev was initially the one who picked her. Part of me thinks it was a mistake to pick a Bajoran who's experiences would make her sympathetic to the Maquis, but she also had the easiest cover story to fabricate (unlike using anyone else that would need something more elaborate and, therefore, easier to spot as fake if any deep inquiries were made). Anyways, onward to the Big Finalé! You're in for a treat, I assure you!

Over50Gamer

Jen said it would be the big episode. I forgot her exact words, but I'm sure she's watching the finale as a whole.

Over50Gamer

I think Kurtwood Smith's Angry Dad Scowl beats Picard's Disappointed Dad. 🤣😉

Over50Gamer

NGL, as a spicy food lover in Phoenix, AZ, the way Hasperat is described in this episode makes me want to find some way of beaming myself into the Trek-verse just to get a sample of really spicy Hasperat. 🤣

Kevin Sommerfield

Hey Jen, hope you feel better! Glad you liked this episode, it is one of my low key favorites!

scott osborne

i cant wait for final reaction to tng i feel that your gunna love it

Laura Thornley

Finale next week (hopefully, get well soon)! TNG will forever be a classic.

Summer

Always good to see a Jen reaction

Summer

See if you hadn’t been watching DS9 you would not know who the Maquis were (as an an adult rewatching the first time I knew because of another reason.) I wish I had watched every episode in airdate order the first time.

Lee R.

I really would have enjoyed her being that rebellious counterpart to Sisko, so wish she hadn't turned it down 🙁

Clay F

I love this episode including the fitting conclusion of the Ro arc. Ro is one of my favorite TNG characters. Michelle Forbes is an incredible actor. Good observation this seem more like a DS9 episode with moral ambiguity. The episode was written by René Echevarria (apparently based on a story by Naren Shankarand) and directed by Patrick Stewart.

FleetAdmiralJ

This episode really makes me hope she keeps watching so we can see a certain future episode

Joel

If I was living in the Federation, I would at the least be a Maquis sympathizer.

Desmond

Yeah, it's definitely the right way to go. Only a few crossovers, but they're worth it.

Kirk Schwenckman

If you want to avoid some minor spoilers, you should avoid the credits right after the main title finishes in the TNG finale. It's safe after 4:20, but it's also nothing you wouldn't have known if you had seen the promos.

SetsunaYuki

I really wish that TNG got another season tying in with DS9 a bit more, maybe even Voyager. TNG had 3 types of episodes by this point, absolute wild ones like Masks and Genesis, par for the course TNG/TOS like episodes... and then episodes like this one that meshed with the greater galaxy of Star Trek which I think worked very well. But at this point they were already gearing up for the filming of Generations. When it comes to the Maquis in general, I'm reminded of all the times US citizens, sometimes soldiers, would join the French Foreign legion during both World Wars when the US was trying to keep out of them. Same goes for the war in Ukraine, quite a few have gone over there with knowledge and weapons.

Weapon26

I hope you read this given what you sad at the end about the movies. The movie. 'Generations'.... Many people have feelings about it and this might be an 'experiment' on you, but there is something made by the Rodenbery estate called 'Unification' that was actually made a few months ago. Don't look at it yet (for spoilers), but it's here and an unlisted video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgOZFny7F50 I'm curious on seeing someone seeing Generations the first time, then watching that video after it. Given it might change the tone and ending wildly for the better. But I understand if you rather not and go with how others saw the movie without it.

Xermaran

picards actually such a dick in this episode. how he reacts and acts in other ones seems to almost conflict with his idk rigidity in this one

Julian Meeks-Wagner

I can't wait for The All Good Things reaction probably the best episode in TNG if not the majority of the trek franchise.