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September 22, 2007
ST:TNG 20th Anniversary and Top Ten Episodes
Seriously? It's been twenty years since "Star Trek: The Next Generation" went on the air? Time flies. I must be getting old. I can't believe that anything I was an adult for could have happened twenty years ago.
At least reading EW.com's article on their top ten Next Gen episodes was a cool trip down memory lane. Lots of great episodes in there. (I think "The Inner Light" is still my all-time favorite.)
Some of my favorites that didn't make EW.com's list: (in no particular order)
Lessons: Picard gets involved with his new head of Stellar Sciences. Bonus points for the uncomfortable look on Riker's face when she tries to press him on a work issue. You can see he's not really sure whether or not she's asking for special treatment as the captain's girlfriend.
The Child: Troi is impregnated by what seems to be a tiny, floating ball of light – that is kind of dopey. But I love watching Riker try to delicately ask who the father is.
The Price: Yeah, yeah, "hot bed scenes." Whatever. That was over-hyped. What I love in this episode is that when Troi asks her new love interest "What about your traveling companion," he replies, "She's traveling." The hand gesture he uses for "traveling" just makes the moment even better.
Captain's Holiday: Romance, adventure, Picard. What's not to like? I particularly love Vash. She is so uncontrollable; it's great to see her matched with Picard who is so controlled all the time.
The Perfect Mate: An even more romantic episode featuring Picard. And Famke Janssen has got to be the most beautiful woman ever! I love watching Kamala change her personality to suit whatever man is in the room. Janssen does a great job with that.
The Loss: one of the "Troi behaving badly" episodes. It is so satisfy to see the perpetually calm, always in control Troi just totally lose it.
Man of the People: Troi behaves badly again but at least this time it's not her fault. Some wacko has figured out how to use her as a trash can for all his emotional garbage.
The Host: A romantic episode and our introduction to a fascinating species called the Trill. (I was so glad when they put a Trill main character in "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine." Jadzia Dax was so cool.)
The Outcast: Wow. That's "science fiction as social commentary" at its best.
Parallels: Alternate timelines always fascinate me. Throw in some Troi and Worf romance, and you've made it onto my favorite list. Best part: A shocked Worf finds out that in the current timeline he and Deanna are not only married, but have children.
Attached: Love the romance here between Picard and Beverly. Hated the cop-out ending. But at least it wasn't Jean-Luc chickening out this time.
I wish I had the DVD set. I'd watch them all again. Guess I'll just have to set a Season Pass on my TiVo instead.
Posted by Selena at September 22, 2007 11:48 PM