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Star Trek: TNG S3xE16 "The Offspring" (Patreon)

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2025-11-25 13:05:01
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😭😭😭😭😭😭 is all I gots to say!!

ENJOY!

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ames

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STAR TREK: TNG S3xE16 "The Offspring"

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David Bennett

this episode hits me in the feels every time I watch it, partly because I have encountered people who THINK the way that ASSHAT admiral does, that THEIR way is the ONLY right way. To think what Lal could have been long term if Haftel hadn't been a stupid prick. I'm glad I got to watch it with you, Ames!

Preaching to the Horse's Mouth

Had a feeling that Emo Amy would make an appearance this episode 😢😉 "This is what it means...to feel." Obviously the entire end of the ep is wonderful and heartbreaking but it's the scene with Lal in Troi's quarters that sets it all up. Our guest actress did an amazing job.

Clay F

"He's biting that female!" I like watching Data evolve. A cool character. Agree Picard backs his crew. Picard definitely team Data here. "There are times, sir, when men of good conscience cannot blindly follow orders." Good episode congruent w/A Measure of a Man. I like the interesting couple of twists of Lal advancing past Data. I like the instrinsic connection between Data and Lal. Emotional for audience. "Lieutenant, what are your intentions toward my daughter?" "I love you, father."

PIG

Ooooh boy. Get out the tissues.

Bubba Fett

Yeah I knew this would be a big one for you, def one I was looking forward to seeing. One thing I think missing from this episode is if they could have brought back the engineer from the measure of a man. He changed his understanding of data at the end of that episode. It would have been an almost poetic story element for the admiral to have brought him along as his "expert" only to have him side with data. That would have been fun to watch. One moment does stand out to me and its after leaving 10 forward, he pauses to look back. That hesitation, the silent conscern. One of those moments you almost want to say dude, you are human, only difference is biology.

Silver Machine

Lovely reaction to a great episode. Kudos to Jonathan Frakes in the director's chair. This is his first Star Trek directing gig. It won't be his last.

pickupthepieces

Love that SciFi and TNG especially can tackle all genres within itself. One week it's more action oriented and the next week is more drama, comedic, conspiracy, a mix of a few and many more. In this episode you can really see how Brent Spiner put so much detail in his movement. See how he holds his arms/hands when the focus is completely elsewhere for example. The actress did a good job being very robotic to much more fluent movement, but never getting it fully, mirroring her mental journey. Fun tidbit, this episode introduces us to the two handed Picard face palm. A significant step up from the already established one handed Picard face palm.

Ron

This is one of my favorite Star Trek episodes and I think out of the best episodes which demonstrates that you don't need a huge budget to tell great stories. You need good writers who know how to tell a story an develop characters that people care about. In a lot of ways, bottle episodes (low budget, shot on existing sets using few if any guest stars, and stock shots) like The Offspring make Yesterday's Enterprise possible.

Catchermag

It’s a good episode, a bit heartstrings for my tastes, although I am a father of a daughter. I’m happy you liked it. You’re about to enter the thick of things, Ames. What’s coming is some of the best writing in the Star Trek canon. Pay attention to everything. A lot of it leads to incredible storytelling in not only TNG, but the rest of the Star Trek pantheon. I truly hope TNG won’t be the end for you.

WastedPo

I watched a fairly recent interview on YT with René Echevarria, the credited writer of this episode. I think he said it was his first submitted script. What is additionally interesting to me as a Melissa Snodgrass stan is that Echevarria said that his original treatment of "The Offspring" was pretty different than what ended up on screen. He admitted that the version we saw had been improved greatly by the writing contributions of Melissa Snodgrass (writer of "Measure of a Man"). Apparently she had added so much that she could've been credited as co-writer. But she turned it down, wanting Echevarria to get full credit, to help jump-start his career as a new TV writer. As far as the episode, I think it's beautiful, and the guest actress playing Lal (Hallie Todd) was fantastic and perfectly cast. I do have slight misgivings about the ending though. It was wonderfully acted by Brent Spiner and Hallie Todd, but part of me can't help but think that Lal would've been a nice addition to the cast, and that the main reason that she had to catastrophically malfunction was because episodic TV at this time rarely ever made major cast changes in the middle of a season.

Ryan

When I first saw this episode, I truly thought Lal would be part of the show in the occasional scene until the end. To see Brent Spiner walk the line between emotionless and unwavering determination to save his child was masterful; it really puts you in that seat to those experiences. After all, Data is one of a kind (minus Lore). I love when Jonathan Frakes directs these episodes. Here, he's fresh to the director's seat but really does some amazing shots and direction to many episodes and movies as you move along. A side note, on character development, think about Riker and his ambition in Seasons 1 & 2. I don't want to give anything away; just pay attention to his character now and think back to who he use to be in the beginning of the show. I can't wait for you to do more of these and especially when you get to the end of the season. Red Alert! Shields up! You're going to need extra padding for the edge of your seat so come prepared -- it's going to be SOO good! Make it so!

Janeway knows

This is an amazing episode. I also just saw the actress who played Lal on Golden Girls 7 years earlier than this appearance as Blanche’s niece, after realizing it I could see it, the hair was not done radically different either

Raven Dark

After watching you react to this wonderful episode, I have a movie recommendation for you. Ames, you have to watch The Wild Robot. You just have to.

Duff

I finally watched this with you. I cry hard every time I see this episode, especially when she says "I'll feel for both of us", so knowing your feelings for Data I avoided this one, but sometimes it's good to share a heart wrenching moment.