Phasers Set To Stun: Top 10 Episodes from Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 3

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Space the Final Frontier. Join us
for a bold conversation our prime directive to

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recap our favorite Star Trek shows,
both new and old, to engage in

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debate about all things Trek. Prepare
to energize with Phasers Set to Stun.

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Hello listeners, and welcome back to
Phasers Set to Stun, where we continue

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to show our love for Everything's Star
Trek in this continuing series from a film

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by podcast focusing on everything in the
ever expanding universe of Star Trek, covering

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television, movies, animation, directors, merchandise, and much more. Joining

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me on the bat bridge of the
Enterprise because they're currently vacuuming the carpet on

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the main bridge, is our Core
Trek crew. I'm your host, Wayne

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White on David Burns, and I'm
Skoy Hoffman, and I want to start

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off this podcast with a huge congratulations
for the winners of this year's as Saturn

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Awards. Star Trek won some big
ones this year. They took home the

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Best Science Fiction Series for Star Trek
Card Season three, as well as some

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well deserved acting awards. Best Actor
went to Patrick Stewart, Best Supporting Actor

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to Jonathan Frakes. Best Supporting Actress
to Jerry Ryan All for their magnificent work

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on a card season three. Plus
we can't forget Paul Wesley took home Best

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Guest Star for his portrayal of James
T. Kirk in The Strange New World.

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So congratulations to all of them.
Yeah, well earned, absolutely all

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right, Going back to our program, in this episode, we continue our

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discussion on what we like to call
Starter Treks, a chosen list for first

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time viewers. This spoiler free list
focuses on the top ten episodes from each

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season for people diving into the Next
Generation for the first time, showing them

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a great place to start and want
to steer clear of. With Starter Treks,

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we simplify the menu with choices that
give our new listeners a taste for

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each season. After listening to this
episode, you can find the course we

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plotted for you at the convenient list
located in the description below. But before

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we begin, let's listen to what
a Fellow, a film by contributor Amber

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Lewis, has to say about some
of the episodes we chose for season two.

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Hey, guys, I adored Next
Generation and never missed it back in

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the day. I am loving this
series. You're doing because it makes it

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easier to do a rewatch since you
don't have to slog through all twenty two

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plus episodes a season. You made
great points for including the episodes on the

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list, and there's a lot to
love in season two, including Diynan,

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the Holidac, and the introduction of
the Borg. But on the flip side,

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my absolute hatred of both Doctor Pulaski
and the episode Up the Long Ladder

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cannot be overstated. I would personally
add the episode Manhunt to the list of

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episodes to watch because I absolutely love
Troy's mom. She is hysterical and I

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love how uncomfortable she makes Troy,
who is usually so composed. So keep

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up the great work and I can't
wait for season three and one of the

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best season finales ever. Thanks for
that, Amber, and to all our

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listeners. If you'd like to comment
or add what you think are the top

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ten, please do so because we'd
love to hear from you. David,

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what are we discussing today, Well, we are the best discussing season three

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of Star Trek the Next Generation,
which is going to get the ball rolling.

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The episodes and the seasons are getting
better. Oh yes, they are

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definitely definitely. There's been a lot
of changes between season two and three,

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the big one being Gene Roddenberry stepped
back and Rick Berman took over a show

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runner and the executive producer, and
that he brought about a lot of much

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needed and much wanted changes to the
show. First and the big one he

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rehired Gates McFadden back to play doctor
Beverly Crusher. Thank god. Yeah,

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what a what a great change.
You know, when you look back,

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it's it's hard to believe that she
wasn't there for a season, but she

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was missing. Yeah, the big
new opening title frequents too, we got

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that's right, brand new title sequence, brand new costumes. They hired a

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new costume designer, Robert Blackman.
He redesigned all of them for the main

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cast and the guest stars. And
and another big thing is they got rid

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of something that I really wasn't aware
of. But for the first two years,

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Ruddenberry had a rule that forbid them
from acknowledging anything about the original Star

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Trek series. This rule was gone, as we'll see later on in season.

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Yeah, thank goodness, man,
Yeah, that would make no sense

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to me. Like this anyway,
this is Star Trek wait a minute.

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What right, Yeah, all,
I can understand them wanting to establish themselves,

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but it's the third year. Now
it's time to get rid of that

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and starts showing the continuity of the
series. Absolutely. Another thing is this

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season saw Michael Pillar joined the writing
staff for the show. He was responsible

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for really really honing the style and
type of scripts that were brought in.

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That's this is a big change that
we saw as viewers back then. He

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demanded the stories revolved around the characters
rather than just the events of the enterprise.

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It brought in a lot of other
great writers like Ronald Moore. And

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then another thing that I remember is
he instituted that open submission policy where anyone

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out there, even if you didn't
have an agent, could submit a script

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directly to them. You didn't have
to have experience. They would take a

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look at everything and they got a
lot of good writers and a lot of

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good scripts through that. But to
go back to what you said about the

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uniforms, just the uniforms in themselves, what what a leap in production value

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that provides that that two piece they
have now, you know, it just

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looks so much better on screen than
that one piece. Yeah, it looks

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really really company too. Oh yeah, I mean the actors were real happy

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about that. Anybody noticed that the
at the beginning of this season when they

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did bring the new uniforms, those
aren't the actual uniforms that we're familiar with.

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Somewhere they liked the last like four
or five episodes in they changed them

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again. They they still kind of
looked the same. But I always wondered,

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I never found that the answer is
to why what happened there? What

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was the difference between us? This
must have been something for some reason for

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them to change those I'm not sure, but yeah, you're right. Maybe

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merchandising, so they could more uniform
variations, or or the the actor for

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complaining about, you know, being
comfortable or not. Who knows, could

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be Yeah, you're right, yeah, yeah, all right, we're going

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to dive right into the episodes we
chosen. We're going to be talking about

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them in the order in which they
were originally broadcast back in nineteen eighty nine

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nineteen ninety. So to begin,
let's move right to our first pick.

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And I have the honor of starting
us off with the season premiere, which

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is Evolution, written by Michael Pillar
and Michael Wagner and directed by Winrich Colby.

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The Enterprise has been sent to the
Cavist Alpha binary star system to witness

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a rare stellar explosion and assist in
the experiments of doctor Paul Stubbs. However,

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just before the explosion starts, the
Enterprise begins to malfunction in odd ways

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that put both the experiments and the
entire crew in great jeopardy. Of course,

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we just got done mentioning lots of
changes here, which is why this

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episode really needs to start in the
viewing and you're viewing for the season,

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because there's so much going to got
the reintroduction of doctor Crusher, you got

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the uniform, You've got Wharf's been
promoted to full lieutenant before has been promoted

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to lieutenant commander. Yep, you
know, the new opening title, Segua

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you mentioned, David, We've got
changed the slight alteration to the theme song.

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Just there's there's just so many changes
it would be rather jarring to just

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kind of skip this and go into
to the rest of the season. So

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that's what makes this episode very important, and in my opinion, it's a

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good episode. Yeah, it's this
is vital. You know, some people

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may disagree with us on some of
our picks, but this one is for

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a person who's just joining Star Trek. If we skipped over this, what's

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going on, Doctor Crusher is back
and you know, yeah, everything's changing.

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So yeah, I completely agree with
you on that way. One of

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the things this goes back to what
you were talking about earlier on how Roddenberry

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didn't allow anything talking about you know, the original Star Trek and stuff like

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that. Data in this episode mentions
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hadn't happened seventy nine years yep,
and he's talking about Star Trek five,

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yeah, right, which it just
came out just before this season's aired,

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so it was fresh in everybody's mind. Yep. This one wasn't one of

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my picks for I understand the importance, but the character of Paul Stubbs,

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specifically doctor Stubbs, is so abrasive
and so condescending, especially to Wesley.

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There's just a little bit of Pulaski
left, I think in Stubs and just

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just know that, you know,
his character doesn't always rub everybody the right

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way. But yeah, there are
so many milestones and kind of getting into

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season three and establishing a lot of
important characters in that I think is important.

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Yeah. Absolutely. And here's another
thing that I found interesting. If

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you guys noticed or not, did
you know Scott Grimes is in this Yeah?

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Uncredited. Yeah, remember that he
plays one of Wesley's friends at the

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very end. And if you're not
paying attention to it, you're going to

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miss them. So I find that
very interesting. You know, a good

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old days of critters a Scott when
we talk, but the Nike that's right.

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Well, he's come a long way
the power of the Night. And

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I also want to put a mention
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Ken Jenkins, who played doctor Stubbs. He was in so much stuff back

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in the eighties and the nineties,
so many shows, X Files, Babylon

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Five, he was one of the
cast members of Scrubs. But you know

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we're being we're Ohio boys. He
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That's right, so you know,
a nice little shout out to us

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local. But I think he did
a good job. You're right. His

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character was abrasive, but I liked
him. I liked his the way he

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relaxed by by going over baseball games
in his mind. I thought that was

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a really unique idea. Yeah.
I mean, let's let's be honest.

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I mean, he's obsessed with his
project. He's been working on for a

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very long time, so it makes
sense that he's like that. Even though

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I didn't like it, because you're
right, Scott, it takes us back

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to the Pulaski days and it really
just grates on you. But if you

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look at it through his eyes,
I guess it makes sense for the character

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to be like that. It does, and I think, you know,

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Ken Jakes does a great job of
portraying that character in that way, and

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I do think it does. You
know. The title of the episode evolution

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being a step toward like, okay, can we respect Wesley now and right?

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Make him part of the crew?
Come on, I have this,

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you know, little kid kind of
portrayal of him. And the title of

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the episode is rather fitting because this
was the evolution of the show. The

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show hasvalved past its first two seasons
and now we're moving into the more familiar

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Star Trek that lasted till today.
Yeah, and this season shows it.

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I mean, you know, for
you listeners, this was tough for us

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to pick our top ten. Some
of them. Obviously, we're going to

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keep with me in the top ten, but there are some other ones that

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I know were good that we getn't
at. It was tough, it really

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was, because the seasons are just
getting better. All right, Let's go

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on with our second pick, and
this is brought to you by David Yes.

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So this is the episode called The
Survivors. The Enterprise travels to Rana

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four, where only two people have
survived of what was once a population of

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eleven thousand. It seems that something
tragic has occurred on this planet, and

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it is up to the crew of
the Enterprise to discover what it is and

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what has happened. The away team
beams down to discover the two survivors to

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our husband and wife, Kevin and
Rashawn Uxbridge. Counselor Troy begins suffering from

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a melody that continues to play within
her mind, and the card suspects that

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two survivors are holding a secret that
must be uncovered. Gentlemen, I love

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this episode. And if you know
the history of one of the actors in

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this episode of what had occurred to
him, and I'm talking about John Anderson,

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I don't want to give away too
much, but you know what happened

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to him. He claims this was
one of the toughest episode's performances he's ever

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had to do in his entire life. And when you understand the episode and

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what happened to him, you will
understand what he was going through when in

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his performance in this and that just
adds to this so much. And Haney,

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who plays for Sean, I thought
she did a wonderful job. And

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watching this again, I realized,
oh my god, she played Bonnie and

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the Golden Girls. I did not
realize that until I watched this again,

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and then itned not really Holy crap. Marina Surtis's incredible performance in this episode.

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You know, you believe she was
suffering listening to that music over and

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over and over in her head.
And I just thought she did an incredible

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job in this. Yeah. Absolutely, Yeah. There's a lot of emotional

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weight to this episode, which is
something we're gonna see a lot more in

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uh season three and beyond. Yeah, right, I think this definitely shows

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kind of that tonal shift and a
little bit more of a you know,

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there are some some thought provoking aspects
to this, kind of in a twilight

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Zone kind of nature that also comes
through a lot more in this series,

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which is great for making things.
You know, occasionally there's just a standalone,

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episodic kind of entry, and I
think this is one of the one

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of the best ones. Yeah,
I agree, it's kind of it.

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It looks like a bottle show,
but it really isn't. So it's a

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freak confined, small guess cast.
But one thing is this episode made the

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cast really happy because they got to
go on location and film. And I

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never realized it, but this was
really the first major location shooting that they

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did since the first season. There
was only one brief location shooting during the

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second year and it only had I
think Prince Spiner and Patrick Stewart were the

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only ones on there. Yeah,
it was nice for them to go out

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and finally see the sun. I'm
sure. I think one of the call

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outs in this episode two is wharf
drinking tea. Yes, it's great.

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Yeah, all right, let's move
on to our third pick, and that

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goes to you, Scott Yep.
So this one is called the Enemy and

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and so in this one in a
way mission leaves Jordie's stranded and blinded on

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a desolate planet ravaged by storms,
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A desperate injured Romulin is also maruned
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survival is to work together. I
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say that there were a lot of
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Enemy Mine. No, not at
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entry with the Romulins becoming more and
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them. We get the introduction of
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Commander Tomloch, and more exploration of
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limited technology, and the way that
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brilliant. Yeah, it's it's the
whole depending on somebody else that you don't

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trust, and you know, vice
versa. I love those kind of episodes,

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and you know, we get to
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first time like that, you know, struggling with his blindness because he can't

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use that. I thought that was
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to call out Commander Tomilok. Wayne, you know where I'm going to go

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with this. I was hoping you
would place Jakar in Babylon five. He's

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fantastic who is incredible as Jakar and
does a great job here too. And

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the next generation is Tomalak you know
so. And he also made an appearance

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I believe in Enterprise as well.
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in the series. It's one of
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two thousand down at Atlanta, and
he's just as flamboyant and as wonderful in

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person as he is on the show. Yeah. He just brings such a

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performance. I can see why he
got casted in all the roles he gets

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cast in it, because he just
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yeah, Well it's one of those

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you know, the face offs through
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card comes up a few times.
That's just done brilliantly. Yeah. And

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Oh yeah, absolutely, in The
Fugitive. Yes, that's such a great

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job. Yes he does. This
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a planet. It's usually with the
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is the first time they've done it
right, Yeah, which makes sense,

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I guess right. Not the sunny
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is we're really getting to see more
of Riker and a Card like continuing

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to balance each other. You know, yes, Riker has got that that

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that gung ho wanting to go back
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they even the cars like whoa,
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Hold on a second here, you
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out. And the same thing with
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You know, Rker wanted to go
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we can't do that. You know, you're still you're still seeing that that

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that number one attitude going on with
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of him, which Picard still has. But you see this too, balance

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each other, and I love that
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is a great episode and this shows
it's a good example of Michael Pillar's idea

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to make the stories more character focused, because this really is character focused,

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especially with la Forge, it gives
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idea for this script actually had LaForge
and Troy on the planets. I don't

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think that would have worked as well, and I see why they rewrote it.

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mad that she was almost completely she

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was completely written out of the script. She only has one line left.

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She got very, very upset and
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I'm glad she didn't, but it
makes sense to the episode. It

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really does. It does. The
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if she was down there with him. This this worked better in my opinion.

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I agree, absolutely agree. They
made a good choice there. Yeah.

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Now let's not forget, and we
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going on the episode because we're you
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our new listeners. But uh WARF's
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wow, wow, and how they
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It just was incredible. Man,
The scene between him and the card and

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you know what I'm talking about just
my goodness, just just this on the

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edge of your seat kind of stuff
man, of what was going to go

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happen and how it did turn out. Just fantastic writing right there. Yes,

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and an important note in War's progression
as a character. Yes, definitely,

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yeah. Yeah. And my favorite
line in the in the in the

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episode I never lie when I got
sand in my shoes, commodore. All

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right, Well there was our first
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let's take a short break and when
we come back we'll dive into the next

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three episodes of Starter Treks. Welcome
back everyone. Let's continue on with our

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fourth episode on the list, and
that is The Defector. Written by Ronald

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D. Moore and directed by Robert
Shearer. The Enterprise comes across to Romulin

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scout vessel under attack by a warbird
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single Romulin named Stal who claims to
have a secret information about a Romulin base

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on the planet Nirvana three and seeks
to defect to the Federation, but the

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crew are skeptical of his claims and
feel that he may be leading them into

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an unescapable trap. This episode was
one of the episodes that was written by

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Ronald Moore had brought him into the
show and earned him a position on the

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writing staff, and I definitely this
is a fantastic episode. And he would

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go on to write so many great
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of Deep Space nine and then well
he also wrote Star Trek First Contact as

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well, which yeah, you know, probably one of the best next generation

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films they made, without a doubt, right, And then of course later

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on he would create another fantastic show, the new version of Battlestar Galactica for

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the Sci Fi Channel, which that
shows phenomenal. If you haven't seen him,

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go watch it. It is James
Sloan, is it tall? I

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thought he did an incredible job in
this episode, so good, oh man,

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so many good scenes with him and
do you believe him? Do you

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not believing? Do you trust him? I don't know. And they played

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that off so well, and he
plays it off so well in his performance

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and just the things that unfold,
man is wow. This definitely to me

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felt like a Tom Clancy fans would
they love this episode, just the the

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nuances and the intrigue and the political
balance. There's not a lot of action

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per se in this one. But
the tension is so high, so high,

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and he does an amazing job of
giving the the Rymelans more depth and

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breadth. Yeah, but you see, from a Rymlin's perspective, this is

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what's important to me. These are
my feelings about my my planet, my

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species, and what I'm willing to
risk for that and what that means is

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enormous. Yeah, James does an
amazing job in this episode. I mean,

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put yourself in those shoes, Scott, specially you you've got kids,

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you've got a wife. Think about
that. Put yourself in the shoes of

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that guy and what he had to
let go of to be in the position

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that he's in right then Korea?
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and I if I'm not correct,
me if I wrong? But doesn't he

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play Odo's father in Deep Space nine? Yes? A, yeah, I

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think you're right. I think yeah, yeah. Yeah. This episode and

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the the episode before really changed the
way we looked at Romulans. I mean,

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you know, before they were always
just played out as villains, even

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through the Capital series, and and
now we're seeing, you know, other

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sides of them. They're not just
villains, They're a whole race, you

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know, that there's good and the
bad side, and they fortunately the show

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continued doing that. I like the
idea, just like the Klingons, and

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they did that a lot with the
Klingons to this series. But you know,

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there's more to these races than just
you know, good guys bad guys.

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Yep. Yeah, and it absolutely
has it has beats that come back

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in season one up the card.
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that for if for that, if
no other reason. And this was the

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first episode of the nineties. Yeah, yeah, that's right. This is

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also the first episode that was a
result of the problems that they had with

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the elementary Dear data. That holiday
sequence at the beginning that Henry the Fifth

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was actually supposed to be a Sharlock
Holmes sequence, but no, they couldn't

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do that. No, no,
no, no, we're not going down

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that again. Right. Moving on, let's hear our fifth pick for season

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three, David. Well, gentlemen, we know what a phenomenal episode this

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one is, and we knew this
was going to be our top ten without

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any doubt, and that is the
episode Yesterday's enterprise definitely a temporal rift opens

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bringing a starship through which turns out
to be the Enterprise see twenty two Years

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from the Past under the leadership of
Captain Rachel Garrett. However, upon arrival

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of this ship, it instantly changes
history and alters the crew and timeline we

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know, creating a federation who is
now battle weary as they have been at

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war with the Klingons for many years. Gynan quickly recognizes that something is wrong

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and does her best to convince the
Card that this ship from that past must

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be sent back through to fix the
timeline. However, doing so would send

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the crew of the Enterprise see to
their certain depths. Rated by many as

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one of the best episodes of All
Star Trek. And I know there's some

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things we can't talk about, guys, because I don't want to ruin this

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for anyone who watches this episode,
and you know what I'm talking about,

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so let's not talk about that portion. But what I love about this episode

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is when it opens and the events
of the present day change, and how

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they do the camera effect and it
changes into you know, with the card

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and the bridge still, but it's
like, you know, everything changes on

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us. I love how they change
the lighting. Do you guys notice that

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the whole episode a lot changed.
Yeah, yeah, but the lighting on

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how it was darker and more you
know, constrained on the actors and stuff

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like that. It felt more cinematic
for one thing, but like even like

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when certain dialogue seats were going on, and I don't remember what a scene

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it is. I just remember a
card like with a little bit shadowed,

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and then he stepped up and you
get that effect where the light which it

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comes into his face. And I
always remember the scene from Raiders that lost

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Art when Steven Spielberg did that,
when Indy jumped, you know, moved

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into the light. It felt like
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bridge, round the ship with the
enterprise, with all those changes, I

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thought that was incredible. And they
knew that this was going to be a

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big episode, and because it aired
in February, which was this one of

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the sweeps months back then, so
it was a really important episode, and

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so Paramount threw a little bit more
money. And you can see it in

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there with the changes in the costumes, the sets, the lighting. It

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it looks fantastic, and it's because
you know, they they needed the ratings

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and they got him from this.
It's an incredible episode. You can't talk.

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I mean, we cannot stress how
much we loved this episode. Oh

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yeah, I mean I think even
we were talking about, like we were

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working in season one or season two, we were talking about, well,

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we know yesterday's enterprise is going to
be in the top it's a given us

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how good this is. Yeah,
it gets a lot easier as we go

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into the seasons, as much as
it gets more difficult to pick a top

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ten because there are some that just
feel like naturals, like this is an

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automatic is one of them? Absolutely, And what you mentioned about the lighting

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is so important because it it not
only signals kind of that shift from one

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event to another or one timeline to
another, like bright and cheery too,

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yeah yep, but you also see
the fatigue yep on Picard's face. Right.

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It has that slightly sinister air which
made me think of, you know,

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mirror universe kind of things. But
it's definitely not mirror universe. It's

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just a slight shift in what if
that has just done so well? So

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difficult to talk about you want to
talk about, but you know, standout

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performances, I'll just call out Tricia
O'Neill as Captain Rachel Garrett. I think

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did a cool, great, fantastic, great job she did. The use

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of costuming in this is also so
important. And then you can't talk about

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this episode without talking about Lieutenant Richard
Castillo Christopher MacDonald from Happy gil Moore DVD

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that Jeff Johnson can never find on
his resh because I lost it, but

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so many stand up performances. Uh
and Wooby Goldberg as Gun and I think

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this is such a great episode.
Especially the end scene gives me goose bumps.

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She has so much more to do
in this episode. She's actually vital

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to the to the story, which
you know, usually it's more than just

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her giving advice to the bar.
She finally has something to do in the

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episode, and that's great. It's
amazing that this episode became out to be

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so as good as it is because
this this was a mess behind the scenes

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to make. This was actually two
scripts that they merged into one, and

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it was rewritten a dozen times by
six different writers. You know, we

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all know that's usually the recipe for
disaster, but it doesn't happen here.

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You know. One one of the
scripts that they merged had them running into

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the The Guardian of Forever from the
original series and had Sarah in it,

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and he had to go back in
time and save Vulcan and become become the

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legendary Serac and and it changed all
of history. And and that's where that

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part comes from. And then the
other part. I can't really get into

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that other script because that goes into
some of the spoilers for this episode.

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You know, they merged them all
together and it worked. It worked perfectly.

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Yeah, to go back to Gaynan
what b Goldberg's performance is always stellar,

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Yes, but when we always talk
about actors and how they can perform

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with their eyes, they don't have
to say anything and they're able to pull

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off the emotions that we are able
to feel as a you know, a

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viewer. She does that so well
when she goes into ten Ford and you

407
00:30:00.039 --> 00:30:03.960
know what's seen him talking about if
we can't say it, but you just

408
00:30:03.039 --> 00:30:08.880
you just feel the emotion there of
just the glances that she gives and just

409
00:30:10.480 --> 00:30:12.200
incredible performance on her part. And
yes, I just want to call her

410
00:30:12.200 --> 00:30:15.519
out again just as you did,
Scott, because we b Goobery just did

411
00:30:15.559 --> 00:30:19.079
an incredible job in this episode.
So many people put in impossible situations,

412
00:30:19.319 --> 00:30:25.440
absolutely impossible decisions that have to be
made here, and this has a very

413
00:30:25.480 --> 00:30:27.359
important impact through the rest of the
series. It does, Yes, it

414
00:30:27.400 --> 00:30:30.799
does. And we got to call
out too that this did win an any

415
00:30:30.839 --> 00:30:34.720
Award for Outstanding Sound Editing for a
Series. I felt like they should have

416
00:30:34.720 --> 00:30:40.079
won a whole lot more awards because
it's just done so well and the excitement

417
00:30:40.119 --> 00:30:42.119
when this first aired, you know, we all were looking forward to this

418
00:30:42.200 --> 00:30:48.319
episode. I remember exactly where I
was all those years ago that that day.

419
00:30:48.200 --> 00:30:52.319
It was the day of our sole
and ensemble contest for the band and

420
00:30:52.759 --> 00:30:57.799
we had to be bust up to
Lima and there was a huge lizard that

421
00:30:57.960 --> 00:31:00.960
day, and I was so upset
that we weren't going to make it back

422
00:31:02.000 --> 00:31:03.880
to watch this episode. I went, I went to our band director,

423
00:31:03.920 --> 00:31:08.079
and I complained and I raised a
fuss, and we made it back.

424
00:31:08.160 --> 00:31:11.960
We made it back just in time
for me to watch the episode. And

425
00:31:11.039 --> 00:31:17.640
I took home the Blue Ribbon that
weekend. So fantastic day. When when

426
00:31:18.400 --> 00:31:22.519
all right, we have a six
pick for you and Scott, let's hear

427
00:31:22.559 --> 00:31:26.279
what that is. This one's called
the Offspring. So the mission to seek

428
00:31:26.279 --> 00:31:30.279
out new life becomes personal for Data
as he welcomes an android daughter into the

429
00:31:30.279 --> 00:31:34.440
world. He learns about life as
a parent watching someone grow, and gets

430
00:31:34.440 --> 00:31:37.640
a new point of view on the
challenges of life as an android. But

431
00:31:37.640 --> 00:31:41.200
when Starfleet intervenes, he finds out
how much he would do for those he

432
00:31:41.200 --> 00:31:48.160
cares about. Most goosebumps you have. It's just go back to you having

433
00:31:48.240 --> 00:31:52.039
kids, Scott, How would you
again? How would you feel? Be

434
00:31:52.119 --> 00:31:56.000
Data? So hard to talk about
this episode without spoilers. Yeah, but

435
00:31:56.039 --> 00:32:02.240
there's a stand up performance by Helly
Todd as Low Data's daughter and by Nicholas

436
00:32:02.240 --> 00:32:09.599
Coster as Admiral Hafdel. Obviously they're
on they're on different sides. What should

437
00:32:09.640 --> 00:32:15.640
happen with Lall's future obviously kind of
hangs in the balance. But we haven't

438
00:32:15.680 --> 00:32:23.319
seen any other Androids since Lore,
and this brings attention to Data's place in

439
00:32:23.359 --> 00:32:29.839
the universe, feeling isolated, feeling
alone, thinking about his evolution that we

440
00:32:29.920 --> 00:32:35.920
saw in Measure of a Man right, that absolutely comes back in this episode

441
00:32:36.240 --> 00:32:42.960
with great effect. And Yeah,
the the emotional arc what you see with

442
00:32:43.119 --> 00:32:47.319
Data is absolutely incredible, and you
know, we're not going to spoil anything,

443
00:32:47.640 --> 00:32:54.319
but Brent Spiner's performance right up to
that absolute final scenes when credits start

444
00:32:54.359 --> 00:33:00.599
to roll. Oh, it gives
me chills. The emotion range that he

445
00:33:00.720 --> 00:33:08.400
portrays with an emotionless character arguably is
phenomenal. That is one of my favorites.

446
00:33:09.000 --> 00:33:10.839
Again, it goes back to what
we talked about Will Big Goberd a

447
00:33:10.839 --> 00:33:15.599
little bit ago. It's it's that
being able to perform without saying a word.

448
00:33:15.880 --> 00:33:19.279
It's it's it's it's such a talent
man that some people have, and

449
00:33:19.319 --> 00:33:22.240
Brent Spiner clearly has that. It
does You're right, I mean he's playing

450
00:33:22.279 --> 00:33:27.960
someone who doesn't have emotions, but
yeah he does. He pulls it off

451
00:33:28.039 --> 00:33:32.880
so well. And we also have
to mention Jonathan Frakes directed this episode,

452
00:33:34.039 --> 00:33:37.000
yes, yes, for his first
time doing it, and now he directs

453
00:33:37.000 --> 00:33:40.440
so much Star Trek, which we
love very very much because he's fantastic at

454
00:33:40.480 --> 00:33:45.279
it, which is why he's barely
in this episode because he was busy behind

455
00:33:45.359 --> 00:33:50.759
the camera. But the one scene
that he was in was her sterical yes

456
00:33:50.279 --> 00:34:00.160
oh yeah ye. And the way
that he composes There's three characters, Jordie,

457
00:34:00.640 --> 00:34:07.480
Troy and Wesley that start the episode
and they have a very important role

458
00:34:07.519 --> 00:34:13.239
towards the end of the episode and
the way that their emotions uh, they

459
00:34:13.320 --> 00:34:19.480
kind of emote for Data, and
it's that secondary That second scene has just

460
00:34:19.639 --> 00:34:22.559
done so well, Like you see
this range of emotions from three different people

461
00:34:23.000 --> 00:34:29.960
on behalf of Data, who has
his own you know, can't necessarily express

462
00:34:30.039 --> 00:34:34.599
those emotions or doesn't necessarily have those
emotions, but wow, so impactful.

463
00:34:35.320 --> 00:34:37.760
It's it's such a great episode.
And you know this the second half of

464
00:34:37.760 --> 00:34:43.239
this season just was one great episode
after the other. It's hard to believe

465
00:34:43.280 --> 00:34:47.159
that you know this, This episode
the Offspring was not only was it a

466
00:34:47.159 --> 00:34:51.599
bottle show, this was this was
their their bottle show for the season.

467
00:34:52.159 --> 00:34:53.880
They were saving a lot of money
on this and you look and you see

468
00:34:53.920 --> 00:34:58.199
it, but it worked. But
this was one of the scripts that was

469
00:34:58.239 --> 00:35:01.199
submitted to the open the open mission
process. So this was just some some

470
00:35:01.320 --> 00:35:05.400
writer out there with no agent decided, Hey, I have an idea and

471
00:35:05.480 --> 00:35:07.000
send it in and this is what
we got. And of course he would

472
00:35:07.000 --> 00:35:12.760
go on to write more a lot
more episodes. But it's just it's so

473
00:35:12.920 --> 00:35:15.840
good. Right after yesterday's enterprise and
we boom, we got this fantastic episode

474
00:35:15.920 --> 00:35:20.000
and there's there's that one big scene
between ad will have to hold up a

475
00:35:20.119 --> 00:35:22.719
card and data when they're all in, you know, in the room talking

476
00:35:22.760 --> 00:35:28.920
together. Oh my goodness, performance
is great by everybody there. Yeah,

477
00:35:29.000 --> 00:35:31.800
all right. The next episode,
the seventh on our list, is Send

478
00:35:31.880 --> 00:35:37.480
to the Father, and this is
written by Ronald D. Moore and Drew

479
00:35:37.679 --> 00:35:43.920
Dehan and directed by Les Landau.
The Enterprise receives a Klingon first officer,

480
00:35:44.400 --> 00:35:50.039
a Commander Kern, through the Officer
Exchange program, whose command style aggravates the

481
00:35:50.119 --> 00:35:54.000
crew. With Kern is confronted by
Wharf. He has revealed that Kern is

482
00:35:54.199 --> 00:35:59.800
Yarf's younger brother and that on the
Klingon Horn world, their father has been

483
00:36:00.079 --> 00:36:05.199
charged as a trader to the Empire
by Durros. To clear his family's name,

484
00:36:05.320 --> 00:36:08.719
Wharf travels to Kronos with Picard at
his side to challenge the charges,

485
00:36:09.280 --> 00:36:15.280
but soon's discovered there are darker conspiracies
happening behind the scenes of the Klingon Council.

486
00:36:16.320 --> 00:36:22.519
Once again, another huge memorable episode
right at one right after the other.

487
00:36:22.599 --> 00:36:24.920
This is This is a big Klingon
episode for the season, and one

488
00:36:24.960 --> 00:36:30.639
of the most important episodes not just
for the nixt generation but for just Star

489
00:36:30.679 --> 00:36:36.760
Trek War altogether. This is the
first time we see the Klingon Home World.

490
00:36:36.320 --> 00:36:39.480
It hasn't been named yet, it
won't be named for another year.

491
00:36:39.559 --> 00:36:45.039
In Star Trek six they just call
it the Klingon Home World here, but

492
00:36:45.400 --> 00:36:49.360
its real name is Kronos. By
the way, it's the name that they

493
00:36:49.360 --> 00:36:53.639
came up in Star Trek six effect. It's great. It won It won

494
00:36:53.679 --> 00:36:58.559
an Emmy as well this season for
Best Art Design. Richard James has designed

495
00:36:58.559 --> 00:37:04.320
for The Klingon a great Hall was
phenomenal. It's just it's very epic story.

496
00:37:05.719 --> 00:37:10.880
And then you know, we've got
some incredible guest appearances, incredible performances.

497
00:37:12.079 --> 00:37:15.000
I think the big one that I
want to point out is Tony Todd.

498
00:37:15.280 --> 00:37:19.800
He's a phenomenal actors actor. Uh. He plays Kerrn Wharf's brother.

499
00:37:20.320 --> 00:37:24.960
He appeared in so much uh uh, so many films and television. But

500
00:37:25.079 --> 00:37:30.880
he also would go on and play
Kerrent again in Star Trek both this series

501
00:37:30.920 --> 00:37:34.519
and the Deep Space Nine. And
he also played a few other characters.

502
00:37:34.519 --> 00:37:37.840
And one of my favorite characters that
he played was an older Jake Cisco in

503
00:37:38.119 --> 00:37:40.679
the episode of The Visitor of Deep
Space nine, which is probably one of

504
00:37:40.760 --> 00:37:45.719
the strongest episodes of that series.
But he's just he's an incredible, incredible

505
00:37:45.760 --> 00:37:49.920
actor. Yeah, and Patrick Massi, who played d Roth, I thought

506
00:37:49.920 --> 00:37:53.079
he did a good too. He's
he's he's great. And we also got

507
00:37:53.280 --> 00:37:58.679
Charles Cooper in this episode too.
He plays Kim Pick. We just got

508
00:37:58.719 --> 00:38:04.960
done seeing him playing uh, General
Cord in Star Trek five, and here

509
00:38:04.960 --> 00:38:07.960
he is again, and he's wearing
the same outfit that he woren't Star Trek

510
00:38:08.000 --> 00:38:13.280
five, that cloak with all the
pins, exactly the same thing. But

511
00:38:13.320 --> 00:38:20.519
why not? Now this this is
a shining moment for Michael dorn in,

512
00:38:20.599 --> 00:38:25.039
a shining moment for Wharf. So
many things happen in this episode, right

513
00:38:25.079 --> 00:38:28.880
Wayne, that sets up the future
of the Klingons, and we're going to

514
00:38:28.920 --> 00:38:31.440
revisit, I know, uh an
episode we're gonna be talking about later on,

515
00:38:32.480 --> 00:38:36.320
you know, not in this season, later season that you know,

516
00:38:36.320 --> 00:38:38.039
it's going to come back to a
lot of this stuff. And well that

517
00:38:38.599 --> 00:38:44.840
Tony Todd is in obviously, but
man, what a performance with Michael Dorn

518
00:38:44.880 --> 00:38:49.960
here. There's just so many things
to talk about that we can't talk about,

519
00:38:50.559 --> 00:38:54.480
especially on how this episode wraps up
and stuff like that. But some

520
00:38:54.559 --> 00:39:00.440
moments between him and the card that
we're just so well done, and just

521
00:39:00.159 --> 00:39:05.480
seeing the struggle that Wharf was going
through here, not only finding out that

522
00:39:05.519 --> 00:39:08.880
he had a brother, but then
the tension that's on the Enterprise between Riker

523
00:39:09.280 --> 00:39:15.920
and well clearly everybody on the Enterprise
with him and what was going on at

524
00:39:15.000 --> 00:39:19.400
least in some good moments of his
funny moments, but since seriousness too.

525
00:39:20.280 --> 00:39:22.880
Great performance is all around. Yeah, and I think it's one of Michael

526
00:39:22.880 --> 00:39:29.800
Doran's favorite it is I could see
why. Absolutely I'm gonna double down on

527
00:39:30.360 --> 00:39:36.679
Tony Todd as Kern. An amazing
performance, an amazing character that he helped

528
00:39:36.679 --> 00:39:42.239
to build that becomes so important as
we progress through the series. The set

529
00:39:42.320 --> 00:39:46.679
on Chronos is epic. I love
that set. It is so good and

530
00:39:46.719 --> 00:39:52.599
such a great follow up to that
previous episode where Riker was on the Klingon

531
00:39:52.679 --> 00:39:59.519
ship and seeing that from another point
of view, the emotional walls that Kern

532
00:40:00.039 --> 00:40:07.400
and Wharf both have to kind of
put up through this entire episode and ongoing

533
00:40:07.480 --> 00:40:13.360
it is this this season specifically is
a great step forward for Wharf's character and

534
00:40:13.400 --> 00:40:16.719
for clean Ones in general. It
is and you get that the car is

535
00:40:16.760 --> 00:40:21.440
always the captain, the leader,
but here when they're on the Klingon world.

536
00:40:21.519 --> 00:40:22.599
You know, when the Card steps
up, you know, to assist

537
00:40:22.639 --> 00:40:25.559
Wharf, you know, the role's
kind of reverse you a little bit because

538
00:40:25.559 --> 00:40:29.559
Wof is the one that really has
to, you know, put the foot

539
00:40:29.599 --> 00:40:31.559
forward and you know, say what's
going on, what he needs to do,

540
00:40:31.639 --> 00:40:35.679
and what the outcome of all of
it is. The cards there to

541
00:40:35.719 --> 00:40:39.480
council him in this stuff. But
you know it's it's really p Card taking

542
00:40:39.480 --> 00:40:42.599
that back seat a little bit and
letting Wharf you know, take over because

543
00:40:42.639 --> 00:40:45.039
he has to, you know,
but still p Cards there and does some

544
00:40:45.079 --> 00:40:47.840
really good things in this episode.
It's really hard to because, uh,

545
00:40:49.480 --> 00:40:52.920
you know, Patrick Sewartt usually dominates
the screen every time he's on there,

546
00:40:52.920 --> 00:40:57.360
but here he's he's taken the back
seat. Michael dorn Has has the front

547
00:40:57.360 --> 00:41:01.559
and center and and just really performs
incredible job. Ye all right, it's

548
00:41:01.599 --> 00:41:06.039
time for another break. Stay tuned, listeners, and we'll return after these

549
00:41:06.039 --> 00:41:13.599
important messages. Welcome back everybody,
and we're going to continue with our eighth

550
00:41:13.679 --> 00:41:17.840
pick. David tell us what that
is. It is the episode called The

551
00:41:17.920 --> 00:41:24.960
Most Toys Sounds like My life but
no kidding. On our routine mission shuttling

552
00:41:25.000 --> 00:41:30.400
important material, Data's shuttle explodes,
leaving everyone believing he is dead. However,

553
00:41:30.760 --> 00:41:35.599
Data awakens to find himself part of
a collection by a crazy collector of

554
00:41:35.639 --> 00:41:38.599
original, unique, and one of
the kind items. The Enterprise moves on,

555
00:41:38.679 --> 00:41:43.119
continuing their mission to help a colony
while Data tries to find his way

556
00:41:43.159 --> 00:41:50.159
home and escape his capture. This
episode, you know, caught me by

557
00:41:50.159 --> 00:41:53.119
surprise a little bit again. We're
getting another great performance by Brent Spiner.

558
00:41:54.400 --> 00:42:04.360
But Fajoe bet his name played by
Saul Rubinik, such a fantastic job here.

559
00:42:04.719 --> 00:42:09.039
You really hate that guy, you
know, and you're supposed to,

560
00:42:09.880 --> 00:42:14.480
you know, because he wants it
his way and only his way. And

561
00:42:14.679 --> 00:42:19.159
when you see him try to control
Data in this episode and Data doesn't want

562
00:42:19.199 --> 00:42:23.639
to have anything to do with that
really leads to some really fun moments in

563
00:42:23.679 --> 00:42:29.960
this episode. Yeah, yeah,
this, Oh my god, that's so

564
00:42:30.000 --> 00:42:34.079
hard to talk about. I know, so many important beats for Data.

565
00:42:34.119 --> 00:42:38.079
When you think about what I was
saying before from the Offspring, with his

566
00:42:38.079 --> 00:42:44.920
his his ability to emote for an
emotionless character. It is so powerful in

567
00:42:44.960 --> 00:42:50.880
this episode because there are so many
moral dilemmas in this episode for Data and

568
00:42:52.000 --> 00:42:59.679
his his fight for you know,
being seen as a being, not a

569
00:42:59.719 --> 00:43:05.000
piece of property, not a possession. Right, really really highlighted in this

570
00:43:05.039 --> 00:43:12.559
episode. You mentioned Saul Rubinik,
such an amazing performance. Talk about characters

571
00:43:12.559 --> 00:43:16.039
that are done so well that you
hate them so much, done with great

572
00:43:16.079 --> 00:43:21.239
effect, like his use of audible
pauses, like when he takes a breath

573
00:43:22.320 --> 00:43:28.280
and it's kind of this like emotion
change for him, done just so well,

574
00:43:28.519 --> 00:43:31.360
just such an important part of this
character. But I really want to

575
00:43:31.360 --> 00:43:37.679
make sure that we mentioned the original
actor that was going to play Quibis Fajo,

576
00:43:37.480 --> 00:43:44.719
David Rappaport, in honor of his
memory. He's a very important actor

577
00:43:45.320 --> 00:43:52.039
in my childhood, specifically time bandits
As Randall just an amazing actor and unfortunately

578
00:43:52.840 --> 00:43:58.400
he was going through some struggles in
the early filming of this, and I

579
00:43:58.480 --> 00:44:05.880
believe he attempted suicide a few days
into filming. Unfortunately, he would commit

580
00:44:05.920 --> 00:44:13.199
suicide two months later, and that's
when they had to bring sal Rubink in.

581
00:44:14.440 --> 00:44:17.519
This is one of those episodes where
I really impress on people. This

582
00:44:17.559 --> 00:44:22.960
is like an onion of an episode. So watch the episode itself, then

583
00:44:22.039 --> 00:44:27.159
look into some of the backstory of
this episode, specifically some of the interviews

584
00:44:27.159 --> 00:44:31.119
that Brent Spiner has done talking about
the development of this episode and his history

585
00:44:31.159 --> 00:44:38.280
with Saul. Knowing the connection that
they shared before filming this episode really gives

586
00:44:38.280 --> 00:44:45.519
it a whole another layer too unpack
and saw he did a phenomenal job for

587
00:44:45.599 --> 00:44:49.119
someone who has had to be brought
in right at the last minute and thrown

588
00:44:49.159 --> 00:44:55.519
into filming to replace the original actor. The footage with David Rappaport is available

589
00:44:55.559 --> 00:45:00.199
to watch. It's on the Blu
ray of the third season. They both

590
00:45:00.360 --> 00:45:05.079
put on a fantastic different performance to
the character. It's it's kind of a

591
00:45:05.159 --> 00:45:12.320
nice so I'll look to see what
if with such a sad story. Yeah,

592
00:45:12.880 --> 00:45:15.599
I find it interesting too in this
episode when they're going through data stuff,

593
00:45:15.679 --> 00:45:19.360
it's the same stuff that he had
packed when he was leaving in The

594
00:45:19.400 --> 00:45:22.960
Measure of a Man. Yeah,
the same same items. I thought that

595
00:45:22.000 --> 00:45:28.239
was interesting, And the very final
scene is one that for me, it

596
00:45:28.320 --> 00:45:35.719
just sticks with me, like there's
a a non verbal exchange of looks between

597
00:45:35.760 --> 00:45:39.440
two characters that I won't mention,
but it makes you think long after the

598
00:45:39.480 --> 00:45:45.039
credits roll, like you know,
what really happened. Another thing too that

599
00:45:45.119 --> 00:45:51.039
I also noticed in this episode was
the shuttle pod that Data is flying is

600
00:45:51.159 --> 00:45:54.960
called the Pike A little no,
Captain Christopher Pike. That's right, it's

601
00:45:54.960 --> 00:45:59.800
not a neat I love it when
they do that stuff. It just it.

602
00:46:00.159 --> 00:46:02.400
It adds to the show so much
more. Love it too, And

603
00:46:02.400 --> 00:46:07.159
they're finally able to do it this
season as well. Right, all right,

604
00:46:07.239 --> 00:46:09.440
let's move on to our ninth pick. And I'm a little jealous that

605
00:46:09.480 --> 00:46:14.360
you got this one is It's one
of my, if not my favorite from

606
00:46:14.400 --> 00:46:16.880
the season. So Scott, you
tell us about it. Yeah, listen,

607
00:46:17.199 --> 00:46:22.599
I'm sure and have plenty to talk
about. Yeah. Simply titled Sarah,

608
00:46:22.880 --> 00:46:27.360
directed by Leslandau, written by Peter
S. Beagle and Mark Cushman.

609
00:46:28.360 --> 00:46:30.880
In this one's Spock's father, Sarah
is one of the most important Vulcans in

610
00:46:30.920 --> 00:46:36.039
Star Trek history. Aside from what
we've seen in on screen. His diplomatic

611
00:46:36.079 --> 00:46:39.239
work has built or reinforced the foundations
of the Federation, and his most recent

612
00:46:39.280 --> 00:46:44.159
mission on the Enterprise is focused on
that same goal. As a preeminent Vulcan,

613
00:46:44.320 --> 00:46:46.519
Sarah's ability to control his emotions as
an important part of his work.

614
00:46:47.039 --> 00:46:52.199
However, as Sarah arrives for this
delicate mission. Emotions on the Enterprise are

615
00:46:52.320 --> 00:46:57.079
escalating and running a muck for some
mysterious reason. The emotional and historical impact

616
00:46:57.079 --> 00:47:00.440
of this episode will be felt throughout
the series. So hard to talk about

617
00:47:00.480 --> 00:47:08.239
without spoiling things. The emotional performances
in this by Patrick Stewart and Mark Leonard

618
00:47:08.360 --> 00:47:13.800
am I saying that, right,
that's right, correct, are just out

619
00:47:13.800 --> 00:47:20.079
of the park. Mark Leonard,
of course playing the titular character of Sarah,

620
00:47:20.159 --> 00:47:22.519
who is just as legend who is
just as legendary as the character he

621
00:47:22.559 --> 00:47:27.639
plays on Star Trek. Before he
became Sarah, he played a rodulent commander

622
00:47:27.679 --> 00:47:30.079
in the original series as a balance
of terror, which we recently saw was

623
00:47:30.119 --> 00:47:35.920
an important part of Strange New Worlds. He first appeared as Sarah in Journey

624
00:47:36.000 --> 00:47:38.800
to Babble If I'm not mistaken,
and returned in several Star Trek movies.

625
00:47:40.039 --> 00:47:44.119
I'm just skimming the surface way and
I think You're gonna have a lot more

626
00:47:44.119 --> 00:47:46.960
to say. But his contributions to
Bulkan culture and the Star Trek franchise are

627
00:47:47.079 --> 00:47:52.159
immeasurable, and it's easy to see
why from just this episode. Oh yeah,

628
00:47:52.960 --> 00:47:55.639
yeah, and this is the first
episode to directly reference and show the

629
00:47:55.679 --> 00:48:00.440
Balkan culture in the Next Generation first
to show a mind mold. Yep,

630
00:48:00.960 --> 00:48:05.960
you know we we've they've avoided the
Vulcans like the plague for the first two

631
00:48:06.000 --> 00:48:07.599
seasons. Now we finally get an
episode with them, and I'm glad to

632
00:48:07.639 --> 00:48:13.679
see them fully involved in the Next
Generation universe. That I love this episode.

633
00:48:13.880 --> 00:48:15.920
I loved it when it first aired. This is definitely my favorite episode

634
00:48:15.920 --> 00:48:22.079
of the third season. There's just
so many fantastic scenes. And she said,

635
00:48:22.079 --> 00:48:25.719
like the scenes between Patrick Stewart and
Mark Leonard are so powerful, so

636
00:48:25.760 --> 00:48:30.679
they are emotional. The one that
stands out for me the most is the

637
00:48:30.719 --> 00:48:36.000
concert. There's there's a concert scene
in the middle of the episode. It's

638
00:48:36.559 --> 00:48:39.000
the way it's shot is just so
it's so stunning. It's, you know,

639
00:48:39.000 --> 00:48:43.599
we got this beautiful piece of music
playing in the background, and you

640
00:48:43.639 --> 00:48:47.639
know, there's no real dialogue,
it's just the camera movements, the cuts,

641
00:48:49.119 --> 00:48:54.039
and the emotions shown by the actors
throughout the shot just tells the stories.

642
00:48:54.079 --> 00:48:59.920
It's so beautifully done. Although Data
does make a little mistake Harry actually

643
00:49:00.039 --> 00:49:07.239
uh names the piece of music they're
playing wrong. Hey, even androids aren't

644
00:49:07.280 --> 00:49:09.960
aren't perfect They're not perfect, that's
right. So yeah, to to speak

645
00:49:10.000 --> 00:49:14.119
about the performances again, and you
know we're gonna keep deeling on this because

646
00:49:14.440 --> 00:49:19.159
Mark Leonard and Patrick Stewart are just
at the top of their game, especially

647
00:49:19.239 --> 00:49:22.239
in this episode. But as we
all know, Patrick Stewart is it what

648
00:49:22.400 --> 00:49:27.960
Shakespearean performer. He that's how he
learned to become an actor. And you

649
00:49:28.199 --> 00:49:31.559
clearly see that in this episode.
And you know what seeing him talking about

650
00:49:31.599 --> 00:49:35.000
I can't say it because I don't
want to ruin it for our listeners,

651
00:49:35.840 --> 00:49:38.239
but just the emotions and stuff that
this man has to go through and pull

652
00:49:38.320 --> 00:49:45.480
off on screen is just something to
behold in this episode. Patrick Stewart is

653
00:49:45.480 --> 00:49:50.679
great in everything that he has done, but man, he really shows shines

654
00:49:50.679 --> 00:49:53.559
here. Man shines such a powerful
performance. I know exactly what scene you're

655
00:49:53.599 --> 00:49:58.480
talking about. It is huge.
You know, your viewers out there,

656
00:49:58.559 --> 00:50:00.880
first time viewers, you'll know exactly
what we're talking about too, and you

657
00:50:00.920 --> 00:50:05.559
see it. It's Patrick Stewart.
He puts on his most powerful performance of

658
00:50:05.599 --> 00:50:08.880
the series to the today. Yeah, and note too, is Picard mentions

659
00:50:08.880 --> 00:50:12.840
that he was at Sarah's son's wedding
and you know who that is. Oh,

660
00:50:12.880 --> 00:50:15.840
that's right, Yeah, he talks
about that. So I think patardsta

661
00:50:16.000 --> 00:50:19.840
was like twenty two years ago,
which kind of funny. Twenty two years

662
00:50:19.840 --> 00:50:24.159
comes up again when yesterday's Enterprise was
twenty two years as well. Interesting.

663
00:50:24.239 --> 00:50:28.800
Huh, that's right. Yeah,
all right. Let's move on to our

664
00:50:28.920 --> 00:50:32.400
tenth and final episode of the season
of Starter Treks. David, you have

665
00:50:32.480 --> 00:50:37.440
the privilege of giving us this one. Gentlemen, thank you for letting me

666
00:50:37.519 --> 00:50:40.199
have this one. And once everybody
sees this one, you're gonna know what

667
00:50:40.199 --> 00:50:46.280
we're talking about here. Resistance is
Futile, Best of both Worlds, Part

668
00:50:46.360 --> 00:50:52.000
one, The Enterprise and its crew
respond to a distressed call from a Federation

669
00:50:52.119 --> 00:50:55.559
colony. On arriving, it discovered
the colony is gone, ripped from the

670
00:50:55.679 --> 00:51:00.960
very fabric of the planet. Quickly, the Enterprise meets up with another Federation

671
00:51:00.079 --> 00:51:06.039
ship, where they are joined by
Admiral Hansson and Lieutenant Commander Shelby. It

672
00:51:06.119 --> 00:51:09.960
is quickly discovered that the greatest villain
and threat to the Federation has arrived,

673
00:51:10.559 --> 00:51:15.159
the Borg. Lieutenant Commander Shelby remains
on board the Enterprise as she has become

674
00:51:15.239 --> 00:51:20.719
sort of an Borg expert, and
the ship and crew needs her expertise to

675
00:51:20.800 --> 00:51:24.199
survive a possible encounter. It isn't
long, however, to when they discover

676
00:51:24.320 --> 00:51:30.039
the infamous Tube ship and the fight
for survival begins. Gentlemen, I think

677
00:51:30.079 --> 00:51:35.239
you will both agree with me when
I say this is the greatest cliffhanger in

678
00:51:35.519 --> 00:51:39.480
all the Star Trek. M Oh, yeah, definitely. When I watched

679
00:51:39.480 --> 00:51:44.400
this for the first time when it
aired in nineteen ninety, that was the

680
00:51:44.880 --> 00:51:52.360
longest summer. I'm waiting for the
second part. Ye my god. And

681
00:51:52.400 --> 00:51:55.000
we're not gonna give away spoilers,
because man, does this have a cliffhanger

682
00:51:55.039 --> 00:52:00.119
at the end that you're gonna be
like, are you kidding me? Today?

683
00:52:00.119 --> 00:52:04.559
Said yeah today. For those who
have not seen this, good for

684
00:52:04.639 --> 00:52:07.320
you that you get to see the
second part right away. We couldn't.

685
00:52:07.760 --> 00:52:13.480
We had to wait the whole summer
and it was mind boggling. But gentlemen,

686
00:52:13.679 --> 00:52:17.920
let's talk about Commander Shelby played by
Elizabeth Denny, who does such a

687
00:52:17.960 --> 00:52:22.320
fantastic job. There is a scene
between her and Riker when they're on the

688
00:52:22.320 --> 00:52:28.599
turtle lift that the friction between those
two characters because Shelby wants his job,

689
00:52:29.400 --> 00:52:31.880
you know, and Riker doesn't really
want to give that up because he loves

690
00:52:31.920 --> 00:52:37.119
being the first number one on the
Enterprise under Pericard. But there's just some

691
00:52:37.159 --> 00:52:40.440
things that come up in this episode
that you know, we're questioning for Riker.

692
00:52:42.960 --> 00:52:47.079
You know, one of my favorite
lines in this episode comes from the

693
00:52:47.159 --> 00:52:53.119
Admiral when he's talking to Picard and
he's talking about Riker. You know,

694
00:52:53.360 --> 00:52:57.440
you know we've given you know,
we've we've pulled out that direct that that

695
00:52:57.559 --> 00:53:01.440
Captain's cheer. He just doesn't want
to sit. You know. I love

696
00:53:01.519 --> 00:53:06.199
that line, and you know,
it brings up some stuff for a Riker

697
00:53:06.280 --> 00:53:07.400
that he has to deal with in
this episode. But on top of that,

698
00:53:07.440 --> 00:53:12.280
he has to deal with so in
this episode who keeps getting in his

699
00:53:12.400 --> 00:53:15.119
way? Like so much good stuff
in this you know, this was basically

700
00:53:15.159 --> 00:53:19.840
what a sequel to Q who.
Yeah, you know, and I know

701
00:53:19.920 --> 00:53:22.159
this was supposed to be like a
three parter at one time, and I

702
00:53:22.159 --> 00:53:27.199
guess they had to pull back on
it. It kind of still is if

703
00:53:27.239 --> 00:53:30.239
you really look at season four,
and we'll get into it next episode.

704
00:53:30.280 --> 00:53:31.800
But yeah, yeah, absolutely,
but I don't want to give I don't

705
00:53:31.800 --> 00:53:35.360
want to talk about all of that
gentlemen, please join me in the love

706
00:53:35.440 --> 00:53:37.880
of this episode. Please. But
you know, there was a lot of

707
00:53:37.920 --> 00:53:38.960
rumors back then. You know,
back then we didn't have the internets,

708
00:53:39.000 --> 00:53:43.519
and you know, we didn't have
all this behind the scenes information. We

709
00:53:43.559 --> 00:53:45.880
had to get it from magazines or
word of mouth. But you know,

710
00:53:45.440 --> 00:53:51.239
you watch this episode, you know
we heard there were rumors that maybe Patrick

711
00:53:51.280 --> 00:53:53.199
Stewart was going to be written out
of the series, that Riker was going

712
00:53:53.239 --> 00:53:58.280
to be taking over, and there
were rumors that that Shelby was going to

713
00:53:58.320 --> 00:54:01.239
join the cast and be that the
new first officer of the show. We

714
00:54:01.280 --> 00:54:05.639
didn't know that, I mean it
from this episode, it could have it

715
00:54:05.679 --> 00:54:07.639
looked like that was what was going
to happen. We never knew and having

716
00:54:07.679 --> 00:54:10.880
to wait three months. Oh my
gosh, I was screaming at the television

717
00:54:10.920 --> 00:54:15.559
when the TV continued comes up.
You know, how can you do this

718
00:54:15.599 --> 00:54:21.960
to us? You know, it's
it's amazing the feelings we had back then.

719
00:54:22.000 --> 00:54:25.360
Looking back, it's I laugh now. But it was a long,

720
00:54:25.599 --> 00:54:30.840
long summer of wait and when I
think, when I think, you'll join

721
00:54:30.920 --> 00:54:36.280
me too in seeing how incredible the
music was in this episode. Oh yeah,

722
00:54:36.400 --> 00:54:38.880
Ron Jones, uh you know,
he gave us an incredible score,

723
00:54:38.920 --> 00:54:43.199
and you know, they also once
again knew this was going to be a

724
00:54:43.199 --> 00:54:46.519
big episode. They put everything into
it, and they doubled his budget,

725
00:54:46.559 --> 00:54:52.119
gave him a twice this big orchestra, seventy seven piece of orchestra, and

726
00:54:52.199 --> 00:54:58.119
it really shows he's a phenomenal composer. The producers hated him, but he

727
00:54:58.119 --> 00:55:02.760
was a phenomenal composer. And shortly
after that they released it on CD,

728
00:55:02.880 --> 00:55:06.400
and I mean I went out rushed
and bought it, so we all did.

729
00:55:06.880 --> 00:55:09.400
Yeah. Yeah, this is one
where I mean in terms of a

730
00:55:09.400 --> 00:55:15.719
cliffhanger specifically at the time, this
is not like you know, holding on

731
00:55:15.800 --> 00:55:19.880
to that cliff with your you know, with both hands. It's one finger

732
00:55:20.519 --> 00:55:24.000
left on that cliff. It takes
you right out to that line. Man.

733
00:55:24.119 --> 00:55:28.320
And you know, this is something
that we're doing for first time listeners

734
00:55:29.000 --> 00:55:30.039
and for people who are coming back, and it's kind of you know,

735
00:55:30.159 --> 00:55:32.880
created pick shown our love and people
come back and see it. But if

736
00:55:32.880 --> 00:55:37.519
it's your first time, at least
try to wait twenty four hours, yes,

737
00:55:37.559 --> 00:55:40.599
before you see that next episode,
because there's something that we're kind of

738
00:55:40.639 --> 00:55:50.079
missing in having that tension hang on. I haven't really felt that since Infinity

739
00:55:50.079 --> 00:55:53.519
War leading into endgame. Yeah right, I would have that amount of time

740
00:55:53.559 --> 00:55:59.559
that it just it helps a little
bit to give the It gives that that

741
00:55:59.599 --> 00:56:05.760
part two more more weight, and
there's there's something to be said for waiting

742
00:56:05.760 --> 00:56:10.239
on that. This is actually one
of the times when I started recording episodes

743
00:56:10.360 --> 00:56:15.000
on the VCR, because at the
time, not only do we not have

744
00:56:15.079 --> 00:56:20.119
the satisfaction of being able to see
what happens next right immediately or wane to

745
00:56:20.159 --> 00:56:22.440
your point looking at the internet for
you know, theories and facts and whatever,

746
00:56:22.880 --> 00:56:27.559
you didn't get to see it again
until it was rerun in syndication.

747
00:56:28.800 --> 00:56:30.039
And this is one where you really
want to be like, what what did

748
00:56:30.079 --> 00:56:35.960
I just see? You watch it
a couple of times. This has so

749
00:56:36.400 --> 00:56:42.880
much impact that's felt all the way
through to Picard season three. It's it's

750
00:56:43.000 --> 00:56:50.239
such a journey for so many characters, one character in particular that I won't

751
00:56:50.239 --> 00:56:57.280
mention, but Riker as well,
struggling with that, you know, why

752
00:56:57.320 --> 00:57:00.519
am I not going to my own
ship? This is an important part in

753
00:57:00.679 --> 00:57:08.039
that. Yeah, and showing what
he does in leadership roles, away teams

754
00:57:08.079 --> 00:57:12.519
and all this other kind of stuff. So yeah, it's it's so hard

755
00:57:12.519 --> 00:57:17.719
to talk about this, it is
without getting into the the the resolution of

756
00:57:17.760 --> 00:57:22.360
it. But we're giddy. Yeah, we're also giddy about it because we

757
00:57:22.400 --> 00:57:25.159
know how good this is and what
it did for us when we first saw

758
00:57:25.199 --> 00:57:30.039
this, you know, years and
years ago. But the ramifications of this

759
00:57:30.119 --> 00:57:34.559
episode are to come, not just
for the opening of season four, but

760
00:57:34.679 --> 00:57:37.440
you know, First Contact, the
Star Trek, the Next Ration movie that

761
00:57:37.760 --> 00:57:42.960
I talked about is the best next
Generation film. Yes, this has a

762
00:57:43.000 --> 00:57:46.679
lot of consequences in that film too, and Emissary as well, and Emissary

763
00:57:46.760 --> 00:57:51.079
absolutely. Yeah, there's just there's
so much involvement in it. Now.

764
00:57:51.119 --> 00:57:53.960
I remember when we talked about Q
WHU, how all three of us,

765
00:57:54.000 --> 00:57:59.239
you know, we agreed on how
you just get that atmospheric feeling of of

766
00:57:59.519 --> 00:58:02.519
of something huge is coming. You
get that again in this one. I

767
00:58:02.559 --> 00:58:07.400
don't know if it just because because
it comes with the Borg and its just

768
00:58:07.440 --> 00:58:10.960
how much of an incredible villain they
are and just how almost impossible they are

769
00:58:12.000 --> 00:58:15.239
to beat, but it's just you
get that again in this episode. You

770
00:58:15.280 --> 00:58:19.079
just feel it, like the hair
standing on your you know, standing up

771
00:58:19.599 --> 00:58:22.400
as you're watching this episode because you
know what's coming and what that crew has

772
00:58:22.480 --> 00:58:28.440
to deal with. Just incredible episode. And I had mentioned last season with

773
00:58:28.719 --> 00:58:31.119
q who that that episode felt like
a teaser, and it was that it

774
00:58:31.159 --> 00:58:34.360
was a teaser for this. Yeah, I mean, this is this is

775
00:58:34.400 --> 00:58:37.480
what we wanted waited for. We
wanted these board to come back, and

776
00:58:37.519 --> 00:58:42.199
we wanted to see a true confrontation
right here it is. Yeah, and

777
00:58:42.280 --> 00:58:46.480
even Deep Space nine opens up with
what we're gonna see uh in two partern

778
00:58:47.079 --> 00:58:52.119
Yes, which is interesting. You
mention that because when I watched this episode

779
00:58:52.159 --> 00:58:57.639
before I watched part two, I
stopped and watched at least the first part

780
00:58:57.760 --> 00:59:00.639
of DS nine. Yeah. Don't
do that. Yeah, don't do that.

781
00:59:01.920 --> 00:59:04.679
If you're a first time we don't
do that. But if you have,

782
00:59:05.480 --> 00:59:08.440
try it out, take a taste
and see an important event from another

783
00:59:08.480 --> 00:59:13.239
side. Yeah, there is.
You guys know that. You know,

784
00:59:13.400 --> 00:59:15.719
I love photography. I love cinema
work, and anytime they do incredible camera

785
00:59:15.719 --> 00:59:17.599
work in a movie, it just, you know, it just makes me

786
00:59:17.679 --> 00:59:22.159
love the episode so much more.
The last shot in this episode, and

787
00:59:22.199 --> 00:59:25.320
I can't say what it is,
but it's that that wrap around shot where

788
00:59:25.320 --> 00:59:30.360
it slowly moves in on the person
and it slowly moves around in front of

789
00:59:30.360 --> 00:59:35.079
that person just to build that emotion
intense of what's happening. And I love

790
00:59:35.119 --> 00:59:37.559
that shot at the end, freaking
loved it. All Right, gentlemen,

791
00:59:37.639 --> 00:59:42.440
we've talked about our top ten episodes
of season three on Star Trek the Next

792
00:59:42.480 --> 00:59:45.239
Generation, So now let's take a
side step and chat about some of our

793
00:59:45.320 --> 00:59:50.880
favorite character moments. For season one, we chose Riker, Season two is

794
00:59:50.960 --> 00:59:53.079
Data, and now for season three, we're going to talk about what we

795
00:59:53.159 --> 00:59:59.679
think is our favorite moments for the
enterprises kling On Security Officer war Scott wats

796
00:59:59.679 --> 01:00:04.960
your Pa, Prune Juice his first
day, his first Days and Prunes and

797
01:00:05.039 --> 01:00:08.639
Yesterday's enterprise. It's a pretty minor
thing in the context of how much happens

798
01:00:08.679 --> 01:00:13.920
for Wharf, but it comes up
several times throughout the series. He shares

799
01:00:13.960 --> 01:00:16.880
a moment with where he opens himself
up a little bit and tries something from

800
01:00:16.920 --> 01:00:22.239
Earth that he calls a Warrior's drink. There's so much of warf kind of

801
01:00:22.440 --> 01:00:28.360
exploring what it means to be Klon, but then there there are other aspects

802
01:00:28.400 --> 01:00:35.519
to it. There's a moment later
when has a line where she says no

803
01:00:36.639 --> 01:00:39.960
other Klingons laugh, you don't,
but they do, and it's just getting

804
01:00:40.000 --> 01:00:44.280
him to kind of open up a
little bit. But yeah, Prune Juice

805
01:00:44.519 --> 01:00:49.960
so so fun. That's a good
choice. What about you, I tell

806
01:00:50.000 --> 01:00:54.719
you we give a Hoffman answer.
Yes, there that I should struggle with

807
01:00:54.719 --> 01:01:00.679
in this episode. Both episodes were
we've talked about. One is is the

808
01:01:00.800 --> 01:01:04.119
Enemy where? And again I can't
say what it is because I don't want

809
01:01:04.119 --> 01:01:07.320
to give that away for our listeners
if who's not seen the episode. But

810
01:01:07.400 --> 01:01:10.360
the struggle he had, the scene
he had with Picard where you know,

811
01:01:10.400 --> 01:01:13.920
he was talking about and you know, Picard was telling him, you know,

812
01:01:15.599 --> 01:01:19.239
I could make you do this,
but you know I'm not, or

813
01:01:19.280 --> 01:01:22.159
am I. It's your decision.
Just the struggle that Warf had there right

814
01:01:22.199 --> 01:01:27.880
then and there, I just I
love that. But the other one is,

815
01:01:27.920 --> 01:01:31.039
you know, talking about Warf having
to make the decision that he does

816
01:01:31.400 --> 01:01:37.280
in Sins of the Father at the
end of that episode. Just what he

817
01:01:37.480 --> 01:01:42.159
had to do there just blows my
mind as a person, as a character,

818
01:01:42.280 --> 01:01:45.360
because he could have just blown that
whole thing open, you know,

819
01:01:45.800 --> 01:01:52.280
and changed everything for the Klingons,
but he didn't. He decided to you

820
01:01:52.320 --> 01:01:55.079
know, keep it internal and just
you know, let it go on,

821
01:01:57.039 --> 01:02:02.159
and the performance of Michael Dorn had
there in that scene just was just And

822
01:02:02.239 --> 01:02:06.519
again when Michael Dorman says, you
know that was one of his favorite episodes,

823
01:02:06.559 --> 01:02:09.920
I can see why, because that
set Wharf up to who he is

824
01:02:10.599 --> 01:02:15.679
and and just sent him into that
trajectory of where he's going with his character

825
01:02:15.039 --> 01:02:19.039
that we're going to see in the
rest of the next generation and we're going

826
01:02:19.119 --> 01:02:22.599
to see in Deep Space nine and
and on and on and on. You

827
01:02:22.639 --> 01:02:24.039
know, it's just it sets up
so much from just the you know,

828
01:02:24.199 --> 01:02:28.480
that scene in itself. So that's
why I have to I had to say

829
01:02:28.519 --> 01:02:31.159
both of those, Yeah, and
I agree with you. I'm going to

830
01:02:31.239 --> 01:02:35.320
go with actually one of the same
ones you mentioned, and that's the Enemy.

831
01:02:36.119 --> 01:02:38.519
I just it's that scene is so
incredible, between the Wharf and the

832
01:02:38.599 --> 01:02:44.480
card. Yeah. There, it's
it's such a choice that he has to

833
01:02:44.519 --> 01:02:46.639
make, and we were reminded that, you know, Warf isn't human and

834
01:02:46.719 --> 01:02:52.719
he's not bound by the same morals
that we are. I know, Michael

835
01:02:52.800 --> 01:02:58.440
Dorn questioned the decision at first when
he first got the script, thinking it

836
01:02:58.519 --> 01:03:01.679
would be more honorable to do the
other. But he came around, and

837
01:03:01.719 --> 01:03:05.880
I think that was right. I
just I love this scene. I think

838
01:03:06.079 --> 01:03:10.280
the whole episode's a strong episode for
Warmth, especially that, So I agree

839
01:03:10.280 --> 01:03:13.920
with you, David on that one. Yeah, all right, now is

840
01:03:13.920 --> 01:03:16.320
the time we get to talk about
our least favorite episode of the season,

841
01:03:16.360 --> 01:03:21.519
which this is a hard one.
Now, listeners out there, you may

842
01:03:21.679 --> 01:03:23.599
like the episodes we chose, and
that's okay. Everyone's allowed to have their

843
01:03:23.639 --> 01:03:28.639
favorites and their least favorites. But
here are some of our least favorite moments

844
01:03:28.679 --> 01:03:32.599
from students three. So, Scott, what's your choice for least favorite?

845
01:03:34.440 --> 01:03:39.360
For me? It was not easy. That's a good answer. Not easy.

846
01:03:42.000 --> 01:03:45.639
So The Price. There's an episode
called The Price, and you've got

847
01:03:45.719 --> 01:03:51.119
great performances in there. Matt McCoy, who Seinfeld fans will recognize as Lloid

848
01:03:51.159 --> 01:03:57.360
Braun, gives a great performance.
However, I do feel like the episode

849
01:03:57.400 --> 01:04:02.400
didn't resonate with me. Seeing how
Troy is manipulated emotionally, it seems like

850
01:04:02.440 --> 01:04:08.880
it was almost kind of reductive of
her character. Even though they're they're aspects

851
01:04:08.880 --> 01:04:12.360
of the episode that come up as
important. It just felt like I don't

852
01:04:12.400 --> 01:04:18.119
know. It felt like it was
it was giving Troy. It was it

853
01:04:18.159 --> 01:04:21.960
was almost a Troy centric episode,
but the way it was Troy centric bothered

854
01:04:21.960 --> 01:04:25.519
me a lot. And I can't
really define why. But you know,

855
01:04:26.280 --> 01:04:31.880
but you got the erotic oiling sequence
on I think you just nailed it,

856
01:04:31.920 --> 01:04:34.639
Wayne. Thanks. She just I
didn't know how to you just did,

857
01:04:35.079 --> 01:04:40.880
bab what about you? So it's
really hard I struggled to find And I

858
01:04:40.920 --> 01:04:43.519
don't want to say any of these
are terrible episodes because they're really not.

859
01:04:43.679 --> 01:04:46.000
In this season. The only one
that just did not resonate with me is

860
01:04:46.079 --> 01:04:54.000
Minaja Troy, the whole kidnapping plot
by the FARRINGI. And you know,

861
01:04:54.360 --> 01:04:58.440
Michelle Barry is awesome as the Walk's
on a Troy She yes, she really

862
01:04:58.559 --> 01:05:00.760
is. So don't let me say
this is a terrible episode because I can't

863
01:05:00.800 --> 01:05:05.280
say that because there's some really good
performances in here. And please don't shoot

864
01:05:05.320 --> 01:05:09.559
me Star Trek fans because I'm not
a big fan of the FARINGI I'm not.

865
01:05:10.239 --> 01:05:13.599
I love Quark and Deep Space nine
and I love what he did with

866
01:05:13.639 --> 01:05:18.239
that character, but I'm not a
huge Feringi fan. So that attracted this

867
01:05:18.280 --> 01:05:21.920
episode for me as well. But
yeah, just not a big fan of

868
01:05:21.920 --> 01:05:25.440
that episode at all. It's good, don't get me wrong, and a

869
01:05:25.480 --> 01:05:30.679
good great performances, but nah,
it's okay. Yeah. I we'll definitely

870
01:05:30.760 --> 01:05:34.840
see more of that Ferangie evolution and
redemption in DS nine, so just be

871
01:05:34.920 --> 01:05:39.760
patient. We'll get there. But
I know I hear what you're saying.

872
01:05:39.880 --> 01:05:42.800
Yeah, for sure, Wayne,
what about you? This was a hard

873
01:05:42.800 --> 01:05:46.079
one for me too. There really
isn't any clear cut terrible episodes this season.

874
01:05:46.199 --> 01:05:50.559
But I think I'm gonna go with
an episode It's not terrible, it's

875
01:05:50.599 --> 01:05:56.000
just kind of boring. That would
be the vengeance factor. It's just it's

876
01:05:56.000 --> 01:06:00.440
an average episode for the series.
Nothing really excited happens in it. It's

877
01:06:00.440 --> 01:06:05.280
got some good guest actors at Lisa
Wilcox, she was in Nightmare on Elm

878
01:06:05.280 --> 01:06:10.400
Street to three and four, but
I assumeing four and five and you know,

879
01:06:10.400 --> 01:06:14.079
I get a little bit of a
romantic scenes for Jonathan Frakes. But

880
01:06:14.679 --> 01:06:16.760
the thing is is it's just a
blot episode stuck right in the middle of

881
01:06:16.760 --> 01:06:21.679
all these fantastic episodes. So that's
my choice. Yeah, as you say,

882
01:06:21.719 --> 01:06:25.000
it was a tough decision. For
all of us. You know this

883
01:06:25.039 --> 01:06:28.519
is a great season, so how
can you pick a least favorite episode when

884
01:06:28.519 --> 01:06:32.119
they're all pretty decent? Yeap,
All right, listeners. I want to

885
01:06:32.159 --> 01:06:36.280
thank everyone for tuning in with us
for our top ten picks of the Next

886
01:06:36.320 --> 01:06:42.960
Generation Season three, and we appreciate
everyone listening in and supporting us. David

887
01:06:43.159 --> 01:06:46.639
Scott, thank you so much for
joining me on the battle Bridge our pleasure.

888
01:06:47.039 --> 01:06:50.679
Yeap oh, it was a good
time course. Our hailing frequency are

889
01:06:50.760 --> 01:06:56.159
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890
01:06:56.199 --> 01:07:00.039
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891
01:07:00.039 --> 01:07:02.840
think should have been in our top
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892
01:07:02.880 --> 01:07:08.159
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893
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