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Star Trek: The Next Generation, 104 (Oct. 17, 1987) - "The Last Outpost"

Written by: Herbert Wright Directed by: Richard Colla

The Breakdown

The Enterprise crew are in pursuit of the mysterious never-before-seen Ferengi, when their ship suddenly powers down while orbiting an uncharted planet.  Initially Picard is given the impression that a Ferengi weapon is involved, when they receive a call from the Ferengi themselves admitting to having the same problem.  Ultimately it’s determined that the power drain is coming from the planet’s surface, so both ships send a landing party to investigate while everyone else is forced to wait in hope for a solution that doesn’t involve freezing to death.

Once on the Planet, the Ferengi immediately begin attacking with what appear to be whip-phasers (the default weapon of any strong capitalist society), and a fight ensues until it’s interrupted by some sort of all powerful deity-guardian (from a long extinct civilization. Pretty standard ancient space stuff) who decides to test which crew is more honourable-and-just.  Since the Ferengi are buffoonishly evil, Riker is able to make short work of the test, and the Guardian is pretty much like, “Sorry for the trouble with your ship, here’s your power back” before vanishing.  The end.

The Verdict

The first half of this episode mostly works at successfully building suspense over new unknown enemy. And then we finally meet the Ferengi and things get… unintentionally hilarious? Yes, I think that’s about as generous as I can be. By the time we meet this episode’s obligatory all-powerful space deity/guardian, the story has hit peak moral-lesson-of-the-week platitudes.

1.5 stars (out of 5)

Additional Observations

Picard dismissing old earth nationalistic values, and then immediately implying his ancestor’s flag was better than the American’s, seems a little off-brand for a starfleet captain.

Data getting caught in a Chinese finger trap is dumb. I know it’s being played for comedy, but it just falls flat. And Riker’s “let’s beam a box of these over to the Ferengi” gag at the end is equally dumb, and an obvious knock off of the ending from ‘The Trouble With Tribbles’.

Picard’s an asshole: While grappling with the reality of the entire crew freezing to death, Dr. Crusher considers the possibility of sedating Wesley to ease his inevitable suffering, to which Picard gives us us the gem: “He has the right to meet death awake.” …I mean, sure I guess he should be allowed to make that choice if he wants, but do do you think it might be worth asking him? Going out peacefully in my sleep seems alright to me, and it’s not like you can’t just wake him up if you all survive. Picard must REALLY hate that kid.

After watching episodes like this I can understand why so many people hate the Ferengi. Thankfully DS9 does a much better job with them.

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CHICAGO RAPPER G Herbo has agreed to plead guilty to wire fraud and lying to federal agents after being indicted by a federal grand jury in Springfield, Massachusetts in 2020. G Herbo, born Herbert Wright, was accused along with five associates — including promotor Antonio Strong — of using stolen identities to rack up to $1.5 million in fraudulent charges including private jet excursions, a…

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some long awaited fully rendered christmas fanart . canvas time 21h

[white-cat-of-doom]

Jellicle Ball captures from Cast 16 of the Oasis of the Seas.

With Sophie Morelle Cox as Sillabub, Anthony Lafornara as Munkustrap, Sammy Herbert as Coricopat, and Samuel Lewis-Wright as Mungojerrie.

November 2024.

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All this sacrifice, it's gonna be worth it.

𝐐𝐔𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐔𝐌 𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐏 𝐒𝟐𝐄𝟏𝟑 - 𝐀𝐆𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐒𝐓 𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄

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every opportunity stolen // elethel

a web weave for the newest player character in my coc campaign. a lot to be revealed and a lot to be talked through, but elethel, oh elethel, you're in it now...

blue, billie eilish | someday i’ll love ocean vuong, ocean vuong | angélique des francs on lirr train, alyse leah | atonement, joe wright | first love/late spring, mitski | @_demarmol on instagram | “eulogy from a physicist”, aaron freeman | a long time in the desert, mary herbert | this night has opened my eyes, the smiths

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Survival Street: The Radical Left #3 Variant Cover by Artyom Tucović

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that lil wooo they made 😭🫶

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Goodness, the trans episode of the QL reboot got me teary-eyed.

[spookymoonz]

Here’s all the art that I drew in May that I forgot to post!

The adult foreign kids

Weird Ace Attorney stuff (bc I freaking LOVE Edgeworth)

Some RTC stuff (Jane Doe/ Mischa and Noel being gay)

A Hazbin Hotel thing (They’re on crack or smt idk)

And a couple of VeggieTales things! (Bc I watched the Silly Song special with my family on Mother’s Day and now I’m obsessed)

I also redrew a VeggieTales comic that someone else made and I thought it was hilarious. I’m gonna post that separately so I can properly credit the original artist.

And yes, Jean Claude wanting a bald eagle is from the country album

[episodicnostalgia]

Star Trek: The Next Generation, 108 (Nov. 14, 1987) - "The Battle"

Written by: Herbert J. Wright Directed by: Rob Bowman

The Breakdown

Picard gets a nasty headache while waiting several days to rendezvous with a Ferengi ship.  When they finally arrive, the Ferengi captain (Bok) explains that he has a gift for Picard in the form of his old Starship, the Stargazer. The Stargazer was badly damaged-and-ultimately-abandoned after a battle with an unknown attacker, who (we discover) were actually Ferengi.  Bok is like, “OMG! you’re THE Captain Picard who heroically blew up one of our ships.  That was so rad how you did that, and I just think you deserve to have your ship back for free.” So Picard accepts because he’s feeling nostalgic, and after all what’s the harm? It’s not like this is all part of an elaborate trap.

In a twist that may shock you, it turns out the whole ordeal is part an elaborate trap.  You see, as Picard’s headaches get worse, he also starts to have vivid flashback-hallucinations of the Stargazer battle.  We discover that Bok’s son was amongst those killed-in-action on the Ferengi ship, so Bok has planted a mind-control-hallucination-globe in Picard’s old room (which somehow specifically targets Picard, and has a far enough reach to affect him even when he’s on the Enterprise).  The whole plan revolves around getting Picard to hallucinate bad enough that he’s made to re-live his battle on the stargazer, and (in his delirious state) use the same lethal maneuvers against the Enterprise.  But it turns out Bok’s own crew don’t much care for this plan because revenge (in this instance) isn’t very profitable, and therefore deemed a waste of time.  So Bok’s first officer signals Riker about what’s going on, while Data comes up with a way to defeat Picard.  So I guess capitalism CAN be a force for good.

The Verdict

So how exactly do these mind globes work? How did the Ferengi target Picard exclusively? Can they target anyone? Why isn’t that weapon used more regularly? Are these questions ever answered in later episodes? I rather suspect not, but then you never do know what random threads the Trek shows will decide to follow up on; and to be fair that’s part of the fun. I guess the globes must have been another one of those top secret technological prototypes that apparently no one drew back-up schematics for. 23rd-24th century civilizations seem to do that a lot. *cough*DISCOVERY*cough*

Aside from that potentially glaring oversight, ‘The battle’ is still pretty entertaining, and gives us some more backstory on everyone’s favourite grumpy captain Picard. And full props to Patrick Stewart for committing to the scene where he’s hallucinating his old memories; as hokey as the script gets at times, his performance saves it.

2.5 stars (out of 5)

 Additional observations

Ah, Ferengi synth-soundtrack. Just one more layer that adds to what will surely make them iconic as TNG’s primary nemesis for all of time, and by no means be ultimately overshadowed by Space techno-zombies.

Wesley’s contribution could have easily been given to Data.

Speaking of Wesley his “you’re welcome ladies” (as as Troi and Crusher walk away) sounds less comically exasperated and more vaguely threatening. I mean, he does get bullied a lot, and everyone has a breaking point…

Re: Stargazer history. So THAT’S what all the talk was about.  I’ve always been aware that Picard famously had a previous command prior to the Enterprise, but somehow I’d missed this part of the backstory.

[drawingwithlight]

Charles Wright of the South Pole Expedition (1912)

By Herbert Ponting

[im-just-a-silly-lil-guy]

Biiig infodump!

raymond (Ben) , Catlin (Addison) , and Georgina (Janice) adre all in there 30s (r=35 c=33 g=37) and narissa (Jenn) is a little order at 40 years old and ernie (magic/Herbert) is the oldest at a wopping 77 years old. And mason (Ian) is the youngest at 28

So mason is the youngest, then Catlin (5 year gap) then Raymond (3 year gap with Catlin) then Georgina (another 3 year gap, this time with Raymond and georgina) then narissa (with another 3 year gap!) and lastly ernie (with a big ol' 37 year gap)

That's 3, 3 year age gaps, ist that funky? /Pos

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A Tribe of Cats, led by Sammy Herbert as Coricopat, head in your direction.

With Oliver Craven as Plato, Lizzie Sheard as Jellylorum, Samuel Lewis-Wright as Mungojerrie, Nat Sweeney as Mistoffelees, and Sophie Morelle Cox as Sillabub.

Cast 16 of the Oasis of the Seas, December 2024.

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Album listening session for Rejoice by Tony Allen and Hugh Masekela featuring Tony Allen, producer Nick Gold and Mabusha Masekela