Picard indulging in one of his favorite film noir crime stories? Check. Data and some random dude named “Whalen” crashing his psuedo-date with Dr. Crusher? Check. The first time we hear about the “safeties” in the holideck going haywire? Check.
This episode is a fun one, and actually creates the mold that many Next Gen (and Voyager) episodes will follow. Here’s our preview of next week’s show – where we discuss “The Big Goodbye”!
This week, the Enterprise travels to the mysterious planet Haven – said to have mystical healing powers. They never beam down once, and instead deal with Counselor Troi’s arranged marriage and a ship full of sexy plague victims.
Hiliary (who also happens to be Jason’s wife) steps in to guest host in Paul’s absence, and proves where the real talent in the marriage is…
Join us for our discussion of “Haven”
The 24th Century… humanity has cured most diseases, eliminated poverty, and united hundreds of planets in a peaceful federation.
Stuff that’s still hanging around? Arranged marriages… apparently.
A very special guest host joins Jason (and maybe Paul too – TBD) for the next episode of the HiFi Scifi Podcast – here’s our preview.
This week – Q (played by the amazing John de Lancie) returns to terrorize the Enterprise once more – but this time he turns his attention to Riker.
Jacob from the “Filmcast Without a Cause” podcast joins us to discuss all things Q, Worf, Riker, and “Viscious Animal Things”
To hear more of Jacob – check out this link – http://www.filmcastwithoutacause.com/
Q is officially a recurring character, thanks to “Hide and Q”. While Q is great, this episode isn’t quite as good as future outings with the all-powerful alien… but it begins to show where this story line is going.
Here’s our preview of next week’s show: “Hide and Q” – watch the show and then listen along with us next week!
This Episode gives us:
-The Picard Maneuver
-The USS Stargazer (Picard’s first ship as captain)
-Cool ship design to nerd-out about
Honestly, what more could you want? For Season 1, this is as good as it gets folks. We discuss “The Battle” on this week’s show.
This episode is not only good, it may be the best episode in Season 1. Ok, that may be going overboard a bit… but watch “The Battle”. It’s one of the few TNG season 1 episodes that doesn’t completely fall apart by the end, and there’s some really good Picard character development here.
Seriously – newbies and lifelong Trekkers – watch “The Battle” and check out our show next week.
In this episode, the Enterprise crew decides that a planet full of sex-hungry innocents is the perfect place for “shore leave”. Unfortunately, they didn’t quite do their homework, and realize (way too late) that on this planet, any crime is punishable by death. Bad news for Wesley Crusher, who accidentally vandalizes some plants and gets sentenced to death.
Ed joins us for a discussion of an episode that’s all over the map – as we discuss “Justice”.
What is the prime directive? Is it right to defy the laws of a planet if it means saving a member of the crew? Normally, these compelling questions would be grounds for a great episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation.
However, “Justice” doesn’t quite get it right. In failing to stick the landing, we get another classic Season 1 TNG episode. Next time on our show – we break down the good, the bad, and the frilly clothing of “Justice.” Show drops next week, on Tuesday – here’s our preview.
This week Jason and Paul are joined by another Jason – so for the sake of clarity we will call this duplicate “Thomas”.
Also, we talk about an episode where Lizard people hate Dog people, and they go to a planet called Parliament to work out their differences. Picard turns into energy, and Data discovers Sherlock Holmes.
Our decision on this episode is split, but the entertainment in this show is confirmed.
