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#StarTrekTNG S5E11 - Hero Worship ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ The Next Generation's unnerving fondness for traumatised children continues with this tale of another sole surviving orphan who, in order to cope with his ordeal, bonds with a member of the crew. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ This time it's Data and, refreshingly, it's not played for laughs but instead provides a touching insight to both the survivor guilt of young Timothy but also Data's ongoing quest to become more human. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Again, the emotional story has a sci-fi backdrop although this one's more successfully developed even if it's another example of exponentially escalating stakes which are abruptly resolved when necessary. ⭐⭐⭐ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #StarTrek #TheNextGeneration #heroworship #CraggusTrekTrekPhaseII #StarTrekTheNextGeneration #brentspiner

#StarTrekTNG S5E10 - New Ground ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Solitons and silly sons do not a happy episode make. Worf's domestic troubles don't really make for compelling viewing, although Brian Bonsall is undeniably adorable Klingon moppet as Alexander Rozhenko. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Meanwhile, the sci-fi supporting story of warp speed without the warp drive by blasting out unpredictable energy waves from planet to planet never feels developed enough to earn the stakes the episode ends up having to get the characters to repeatedly remind us of. ⭐⭐ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #StarTrek #TheNextGeneration #newground #CraggusTrekTrekPhaseII #StarTrekTheNextGeneration #brianbonsall

Setting up the ‘studio’ for tomorrow’s shoot. #filmmaking

#StarTrekTNG S5E09 - A Matter of Time ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ When the Enterprise detects a temporal disturbance followed by the appearance of a small space/ time capsule piloted by an eccentric scientist, for one brief moment a million geek fantasy cross-over wishes seem like they're about to be fulfilled. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Alas, this episode is no Gallifreyan gallimaufry but we do get an amusingly impudent turn from Matt Frewer as a supposedly time travelling historian intent on witnessing a pivotal Enterprise mission. And, for once, both the a and the b story here are interesting and successfully executed, dovetailing neatly in a finale which unfortunately adds Berlinghoff Rasmussen to the catalogue of TNG villains who never reappear. You know, the list we wish Lursa and B'Etor were on. ⭐⭐⭐⭐ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #StarTrek #TheNextGeneration #amatteroftime #CraggusTrekTrekPhaseII #StarTrekTheNextGeneration #mattfrewer

Littlest Craggling got this award at school today. For reading, rather than mathematical excellence but still, I think she’s earned the pleasure of eating a well-cooked meal. #Excellent #DoctorWho #Earthshock #Adric

#StarTrekTNG S5E08 - Unification, Part II ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Given it's the second part of a two-part story, it feels like bad planning (or desperation for the Spock reveal to be the cliffhanger) that this episode has to cram so much exposition in to bring the story to a close. Riker and crew are off visiting alien bars in scenes which feel lifted directly from Glen A Larson's Buck Rogers and meanwhile, our favourite blonde Romulan Sela is back with her latest wheeze being to attempt an invasion of Vulcan under the Federation's nose. After the Klingon civil war debacle, it's clear that blondes have more fun in the Romulan Empire too. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Nimoy is reliably good value as Spock and it's fun to see him interacting with his successor character of Data although it's between Stewart and Nimoy that the episode finds its best moments as they compare and contrast their connections to the recently deceased Sarek. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ The worst thing this episode ends up doing, though, is opening the pandora's box which leads directly to the Kelvin universe. ⭐⭐⭐⭐ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #StarTrek #TheNextGeneration #unificationpart2 #CraggusTrekTrekPhaseII #StarTrekTheNextGeneration #romulans #leonardnimoy #stephenroot #spock #denisecrosby #sela #patrickstewart #brentspiner #kelvinverse

#StarTrekTNG S5E07 - Unification, Part I ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ RIP Gene Roddenberry, who died before this episode aired and to whom this and the second part are dedicated to. It's curiously fitting, then, that this episode sees the most significant cross-over to date of Rodenberry's original creation with its successor as Picard and Data are sent in Search of Spock...again. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ With Spock deciding to do a Luke Skywalker from The Force Awakens, much of the episode is spent padded out with Picard and Data enjoying the 'hospitality' of a Klingon ship commanded by K'Vada (Stephen Root) and cosplaying as Romulans in homage to "The Enterprise Incident". ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Again, TNG demonstrates why two-parters weren't really the series' forte as the episode consists mostly of set-up for the pay-offs of part two. Only the brief appearance of Sarek - and the news of his death - lend the episode much in the way of dramatic weight, unlike Riker's weak sauce detective story. ⭐⭐⭐ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #StarTrek #TheNextGeneration #unificationpart1 #CraggusTrekTrekPhaseII #StarTrekTheNextGeneration #stephenroot #leonardnimoy #spock #romulans #generoddenberry #marklenard #sarek

#StarTrekTNG S5E06 - The Game ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Don't hate the player, or the fact that Wesley's back. Once again, Riker's redoubtable randiness endangers the ship and crew as he's easily persuaded to try out a new game in the hope of getting some. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ And get some he does, get some mind control that is. Sent back to the Enterprise, Riker quickly encourages his friends to try out the latest craze and before long the Federation flagship is surprisingly easily on the brink of being taken over. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Thankfully, Wesley's powerful uncoolness means he remains aloof from the popular kids' craze and he's joined in this by the delightful Ensign Robin Lefler as the pair fight against a high concept sci-fi remix of Invasion Of The Bodysnatchers. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ It's a fun episode, full of lovely character moments - Troi's love of chocolate really intensifies in this episode - and Lefler's another welcome return, getting much more to do this time than in her #Darmok debut although this would be her final onscreen appearance. ⭐⭐⭐⭐ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #StarTrek #TheNextGeneration #thegame #CraggusTrekTrekPhaseII #StarTrekTheNextGeneration #ashleyjudd #leflerslaws

#StarTrekTNG S5E05 - Disaster ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Having flirted with the trappings and tropes of the genre time and time again, Star Trek finally goes all-in on the Irwin Allen-isms and turns the Enterprise's tangle with a quantum filament into a Poseidon Adventure clone, with entertaining results. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Ensign Ro makes her second appearance, deliberately paired with Chief O'Brien to see how well the two characters worked together with an eye to their transfer to Deep Space Nine (although Ro turned out to be a no-go, d’oh!) and the cast and crew have great fun splitting up the regular characters and distributing them throughout the ship to deal with the various interlinked crises that have occurred. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Picard stuck in the turbolift with some kids is a particular highlight as is Worf becoming a midwife to Keiko's baby but everyone gets a fun moment in a fun-packed episode. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ It's a very different type of episode but thanks to that it feels fresh and, in amongst all the fun, it doesn't forget to move some characters forward in important ways, especially Troi. Oh, and Happy birthday, Molly O'Brien! ⭐⭐⭐⭐ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #StarTrek #TheNextGeneration #disaster #CraggusTrekTrekPhaseII #StarTrekTheNextGeneration #colmmeaney #michelleforbes #marinasirtis #rosalindchao

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