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Sunday, March 31, 2013

Weekend Roundup #13

Well, it's been thirteen weeks so I've officially blogged every single day for a quarter of a year. That's a pretty big accomplishment. We're getting ready to move and between that and the holiday weekend, I got a few episodes behind but I think I can make it up next week. Anyway, here's the update:


62- YESTERDAY’S ENTERPRISE
- This is the episode wherein Worf develops a life-long love of prune juice. 
-Alternate timelines, characters risen from the dead, and pissed off Romulans make this one great. 

63- THE OFFSPRING
-Data has a kid. Like any human parent, he's read a ton of contradictory books on parenting but nothing prepares him for what a huge, confusing job it is.  
-This is such a great, “Data Don’t Know” episode
-When Lal says, "I am scared," it pretty much breaks me on the inside. 

64- SINS OF THE FATHER
-This is the very first time we ever hear, "Worf, son of Mogue." So awesome! 

65- ALLEGIENCE
-Here's a great puzzle episode--complete with doppelgänger Picard. 
-Doppelgänger Picard likes to get drunk in Ten Forward and lead the crew in Starfleet school songs. 

66- CAPTAIN’s HOLIDAY
-Ah, the episode that launched a million fangirl crushes: 


67- TIN MAN
-Oh hellmouth, it’s the Mayor!
-Actually, I love the friendship that Tam and Data develop. This has never been one of my favorite episodes but I think it's a great one. 

68- HOLLOW PURSUITS
-This is the first Barclay episode. 
-Bonus Points for Barclay's use of the phrase: "Flux Capacitor" 

69- THE MOST TOYS
-This is the one where Arty from Warehouse 13 kidnaps Data and tries to make him wear pretty outfits and sit in a chair like a fancy doll. Uggh. This is a legitimately great episode with a really awesome Data moment at the end but every single time I watch it, the thing makes me super uncomfortable. 

70- SAREK
-My undying love of Mark Leonard continues in this one. I'm already planning a "Mark Leonard Tribute Post" for when "Unification" comes around. 

71- MENAGE A TROI
-This episode is 100% worth watching just to see Patrick Stewart spout Shakespeare at Gene Roddenberry's wife and a Ferengi for three and a half minutes. 
-This is almost certainly the episode that launched my fangirl crush. 


72- TRANSFIGURATIONS
-At the beginning of this episode, Worf bestows some dating advice on Geordi: “You must let her see the fire in your eyes.” Apparently the fact that Geordi is blind and wears a visor is totally lost on Worf.
-What the hell ever happened to Ensign Gomez? I really thought they were going to do something with her. 
-This episode is actually about a mysterious alien seeking refuge from his repressive culture onboard the Enterprise. It's a pretty solid Trek story. 

5 comments:

  1. All amazing episodes, but I think Yesterday's Enterprise was my favourite among them.

    Happy quarter year anniversary!

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    1. Thank you, Kellie! I think I'll have to agree you about Yesterday's Enterprise too.

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  2. Oh, Captain Picard. Yum.

    And congratulations on your blogging milestone! Such an accomplishment!

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    1. Thank you! I may throw a party for my hundredth post!

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  3. "At the beginning of this episode, Worf bestows some dating advice on Geordi: “You must let her see the fire in your eyes.” Apparently the fact that Geordi is blind and wears a visor is totally lost on Worf."

    And with that, I totally shot milk out of my nose. Well, up my nose. And choked on it. But it was an enjoyable choking :)

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