This week:
11001001, Too Short a Season, When the Bough Breaks
Nate concedes a point
Season 1 has been underwhelming, but we have the best episode yet
More commentary on the medium of network or syndicated TV
The holodeck
Abbie’s anesthesia dream
Deliberate scientific inaccuracies in Star Trek
An unrelated story in the Star Trek universe
21st century ozone hole
An appropriate use for Wesley
What is a society?
Stories that would work for other series
Nate really hates Code of Honor
Looking ahead
This week:
A tribute to Scott Adams
Where No One Has Gone Before, Lonely Among Us, Justice
Abbie realizes how annoying Wesley is
Similar to The Original Series, but different enough
Thoughts and prayers to get home
What is the time range of this iteration of the Enterprise?
Curiosity
Stoic philosophy
Self-proclaimed experts and hubris
Confidence without arrogance
A body-swap episode? No way!
Sherlock Data
Sometimes efforts and attempts just don’t work
Security fails again
Detectives’ Credo and Bayesian analysis
Unbelievable!!!!! The Movie rabbit hole (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIaySADwGp4)
A better job telling an ok story
Prime Directive
Captain’s Calculus
Did Picard consider just surrendering the ship?
Life is an exercise in exceptions
Wesley is smart but naïve
The death penalty
Broken Window Theory
In this episode:
The Naked Now, Code of Honor, The Last Outpost
I feel like we’ve seen this before
An homage?
Gregg’s 9s and 10s and his one problem with the series
Gregg doesn’t like Wesley
Stories are more refined
Too early to have a “different characters” episode?
Visionary vs executor
Aaron’s Data moment
Feeling like Original Series episodes
Issues with Tasha Yar
Even bad Star Trek is still great Star Trek
Prime Directive discussion
Minimal character development and bad storytelling
Terrible ship security
The Ferengi
TNG villains
Picard surrendered the Enterprise
TNG vs TOS beginnings
Expectations moving forward
Swearing in Star Trek
Excited for more