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.