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Star Trek: TNG S3xE20 "Tin Man" (Patreon)

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2025-12-23 13:05:01
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IYKYK my heart in my throat!

Loved this one!

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Star Trek: TNG S3xe20 "Tin Man"

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Preaching to the Horse's Mouth

Reasons why I love this episode: Our guest star. Folks who are familiar with another show popular among reactors may recognize him as a recurring character from that show. Coincidentally there he plays an oddly likeable villain and here he plays a somewhat unlikeable good guy. All of that to say he's a very good actor. Individual scenes. Deanna and Tam in his quarters. Tam and Data in Data's quarters. Tam and Picard in sickbay. All wonderful scenes with impactful dialogue and great acting. Tin Man itself. Obvs the idea of a living ship isn't anything new in sci-fi but to make it so organic looking is very cool. Set dec crushed it. More Deanna/MS. Folks who recognize me from other TNG channels know that I'm always in the comments stumping for both Deanna the character and MS the actress. So anytime we get to see more of her, especially getting to be a counsellor, I always find very enjoyable. I think that's a big enough rant for now lol, A, see you in the next one 👍🖖

pickupthepieces

I loved Troi's reaction to Data's realization that this is where he belongs. And your reaction to that whole scene. The TNG family love is real! Even though this seems to be more of an ensemble ep, in the end it's Data that had the arc. Tam pointing out that Data quarters isn't decorated like a human would do, but also showing his painting, signifying Data is on this path of understanding. If effect he is our Tin man. In this case, an android with no emotions, searching for humanity. Going by IMDB's ratings this episode wouldn't have cracked the top 15 of this season. Just shows the quality. So glad you decided to watch all the episodes. You really get the full experience and what a ride it is. So glad to be on it with you.

Preaching to the Horse's Mouth

You mentioned, A, how much you enjoy Picard's smile. I often feel the same way about Deanna. That scene with Capt. DeSoto and the Hood, Deanna's smile looked like she was genuinely happy from the happiness she can feel around her. It's so endearing.

Preaching to the Horse's Mouth

I want a spinoff of Tam and Tinman/Gomtuu flying around the universe helping people but kinda being dicks about it. Any tv producers out there *whispers* call me📞😉😆

Anthony Hernandez

I dressed up as Data for Halloween in like 1990. We picked up a solid yellow sweatshirt and my dad and I colored the black parts with a marker to look like his uniform. I realized today that I like Data most when he speaks gently with his realizations of human emotions, like saying that he belongs on the enterprise. I know the show is maintaining that he has no emotions, but Spiner portrays the character with very gentle and understated emotions. I love it!

Patrick47

"Is that the purpose of existence? To care for someone?" "It is for me." - Data & Tam I realize this episode probably has never appeared on most critics or fans best-of lists, but I'm not at all ashamed to admit: it's one of my favorite stories in all of Trek. It beautifully combines every element of production, from writing, performances, visual effects, music, camera work, and more to tell a quintessentially Trek tale in both an exciting and extremely thoughtful way. To me, the themes explored here, both deeply rooted in sci-fi and yet deeply humanist and relatable, are what Star Trek does best and like no other show can. Some of the fascinating trivia for this story: the premise came from a spec script (one submitted from writers outside the show's writing staff) that was in turn based on a Nebula Award-nominated short story published over a decade earlier. One line cut from the script mentioned that Picard and Captain DeSoto of the USS Hood had previously served together as Lieutenants, although DeSoto had also been mentioned onscreen WAY back in the pilot episode Encounter at Farpoint as being Riker's captain just prior to his joining the Enterprise. Composer Jay Chattaway delivered his first Trek score here, and evidently the producers were as impressed as we were, since he would go on to compose the music for many Trek episodes to come. And since I've probably rambled on enough, I'll conclude by drawing a satisfying parallel between the plot of this episode and the plot of Star Trek: The Motion Picture (another underrated Trek story for me). Both stories feature a mysterious and powerful spacefaring alien lifeform who seeks meaning by calling out telepathically to any other lifeform it can reach (V'Ger contacts Spock, Gomtuu contacts Tam), and who eventually finds that meaning by joining with someone from the Enterprise (V'ger with Decker and Ilia, Gomtuu with Tam). Both stories end with the crewmember who serves as both student and critic of humanity (Spock and Data) going through a profound realization of their purpose and their place aboard the Enterprise. And to top it all off: the exact same visual effect used to depict V'Ger's evolution to a higher plane at the climax of the film is reused here to depict Gomtuu throwing the ships (and likely itself) safely away from the supernova. Well, here's to the remainder of Season 3 and TNG, and I look forward to the journey! :-)

Clay F

Merry Christmas. I enjoyed this episode. Though his exit would apparently preclude such, Tam would be a good asset (yet unstable at times) to have. I am a fan of Troi. Be good to have both. Tam including his exit is an interesting story. The actor (Harry Groener) who played Tam is in Oppenheimer (2023). Data on being returned to the Enterprise: "I realized this is where I belong." I like True Blood.