#I HATE THE CONCEPT OF ADULT PEOPLE AVING TO ACT THIS GOD

[pessimisticrunawaygalaxy]

HEAD IN HANDS CAN THE GOTHAM WRITERS STOP WITH THEIR KINK SHIT

[calliecat93]

Star Trek: TNG Episodes 5-8

Where No One Has Gone Before: Well that was... something. When I saw the title I expected to be another attempt at copying TOS, this time with Where No Man Has Gone Before. But that ended up not the case. This was just as weird as that one though. Especially with allt he weird hallucinations or whatever was even going on in the second half. Aside from that, it was okay. Nothing that bad, but nothing that great. But again we ave Wesley being given far too much praise here. I mean yeah it’s good that he’s observant and empathetic towards The Traveler, but the praise eh got and being made an Acting Ensign? No, he has done NOTHING deserving of that. I don’t hate Wesley, he’s not that annoying and does come across as a well-meaning kid...but he’s a KID. So far his involvement has made all the adults look more incompetent, and in this kind of show that’s just not gonna work. I’m all for making kid characters who are smart and useful, but it cannot come at the trained adults looking like idiots int he process. There’s a time and place for it, but Star Trek simply isn’t one of them. Otherwise... meh. 2/5.

Lonely Among Us: Okay, this one was better. We have a diplomatic mission, a weird alien entity that can possess the crew, and rising tension throughout. I can absolutely imagine this as a TOS episode haha. I like Troi finally getting to be useful with her empathetic abilities and Riker and Crusher trying to confront posessed!Picard. Also Data with his Sherlock Holmes pipe was cute, haha! The diplomatic mission... went nowhere and seemed to be there more form comedic relief with the ending especially emphasizing that. Makes me wonder hwy they even bothered. Which just makes me wonder why they even bothered having it. It brings the episode down but it was still decent and allowed most of the characters something to do. Wesley’s part is also minor and he’s pretty uninvolved int he plot, allowing the adult characters to play their parts without looking stupid, Thank God. So not an amazing episode, but a pretty nice one all in all. It’s one of the better ones so far at least. 3/5.

Justice: Ugh... this was ugh... yeah... I know that S1 isn’t exactly great, but this was just weird. I guess it’s on par with some of TOS’ weirder episodes, but still. I mean Wesley getting sentenced to death for tripping on a flower is pretty ridiculous. But the Edo society as a whole is just... some weird paradise land. Kind of makes me think of the people form the TOS episode The Apple, especially with the s*x focus. I like the intention of the episode, a paradise-like world where breaking even a minor law like... tripping over a flower results in execution. It puts the whole society into a much darker perspective especially with the Enterprise dealing with the weird God-like entity. It’s also an interesting look at how different societies handles laws and justice, something that I suggested would have been a vast improvement to the TOS episode Wolf in the Fold instead of... what we got instead. But that may be an appropriate comparison since like that one, the plot is so bizarre that whatever message was in there gets lost, though at least this one wasn’t sexist, involve Jack the Ripper, and end with nearly everyone high. I can still get the message out of this one as well, but again the story is just too silly. Wesley also came off more like... well, a naive kid which is appreciated...t hough he probably shouldn’t have been allowed on the Away Team to begin with, but ah well. But yeah good message, weird plot. 2.5/5

The Battle: Oh great, the Ferengi again... whoo. To be fair they do come across as more villainous here... well Bok does anyways. This one was interesting with Bok forcing Picard to relieve one of his biggest past moments when he lead the Starship Stargazer which his actions were so well noted he got a maneuver named after him. But he also is forced to relieve the trauma and now given a moral dilemma in both thinking that he may have attacked an unarmed ship AND Bok screwing with his mind for revenge. Though that ends up being Bok’s undoing as his actions result in no profit so once his men realize it, he gets overthrown. Whoops! I loved seeing Riker in command with Picard mentally incapacitated and the climax was pretty dang tense. Even Wesley’s involvement was minor but useful and his little bit fo snark was funny, haha! Probably the best episode so far. It gives some insight on Picard with Patrick Stewart being fantastic, has some legit tension, and was a pretty good watch all in all. 3.5/5

And thus, we’ll call it a day. So far... TNG isn’t bad and I’m slowly warming up to it. But it still hasn’t quite gotten me. TOS more or less gripped me about now even if mainly due to the scientific/mental concepts of certain episodes. But so far TNG hasn’t had anything to really grip me and hwile the cast is fine and I certainly will say that they’re better at doing an ensemble than TOS was, they haven’t gotten me yet. But it took until the Triumvirate to form in full to really get me into those three fully and we’re still super early in S1 of a 100+ episode show. We’ve got 18 episodes of S1 to go. We’ll see how it goes then.