YOUTUBE - Qpid (TNG S4E20) | Star Trek Journey 201
Added 2024-11-08 21:28:26 +0000 UTCApologies for the lack of the credits on this one, will be back next video
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You mean Worf, not Woof. Mrs. Troi calls him that.
NPC
2024-11-15 08:46:56 +0000 UTCAs a defender of Captain’s Holiday as a fun captain Indiana jones type of episode that I can watch in the background any time for pure enjoyment, I do agree about Qpid. I may watch it for some of the Worf jokes and I always enjoy Q, but the episode seemed like a missed opportunity at best, and dreadfully boring at worst. If you watch for the idea that Picard is uncomfortable as a Captain about publicly showing his romantic affection for others, and Q gives him the gift and necessity of putting himself out there to do so, then it is okay. Much better Q episodes out there, and much better episodes out there to highlight Picard’s romances and adventure stories.
Bagofsoup
2024-11-11 01:40:17 +0000 UTCRiP Tony Todd, the legendary Kurn, son of Mogh. And the Candyman and some other things. Fantastic actor. Always had a powerful presence and movie star charisma.
Banes
2024-11-09 22:53:17 +0000 UTCWorf's "I am not a Merry Man" line was one of the best quotes ever; maybe that line just caught a lot of fans in the funny bone at an unexpected moment. Yeah, I guess it could have been just SO MUCH better. Star Trek: The Next Generation has so many main characters, 7 actors in the main credits, and fewer minutes per episode that wasting time not being in Sherwood Forest was a crime. They seemed almost embarrassed to do a goofy episode. It's memorable. I remember liking it more than a lot of the dull repetitive episodes where they never leave the Enterprise set. Clive Revill who played Sir Guy of Gisbourne supplied the voice of Emperor Palpatine in Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back, although in later releases his voice was replaced by Ian McDiarmi's voice.
Chtphr Rrr
2024-11-09 21:20:01 +0000 UTCMichael Dorn is hilarious but when the best thing about an episode is a Worf one-liner... woof.
Chuck Rice
2024-11-09 16:47:41 +0000 UTCThis isn't the first time or the last time, I suspect, that they will laugh through an episode then, at the end, go... "Eh, mid!!" XD
JMB
2024-11-09 06:34:16 +0000 UTCAfter Deja-Q I privately predicted you'd hate future Q episodes, along with a lot of other ones. It will be interesting to see how right or wrong I am. It seems that most of the episodes that are intended to be lighthearted really do not work for you for whatever reason.
Shane Coombs
2024-11-09 04:49:31 +0000 UTCOdd that you rate it soo low, but I believe this episode had more laughs from both of you then any other episode and some honest to god smiles you couldn't hide.
Colby Scovil-Turton
2024-11-09 01:20:48 +0000 UTCThis one is one of those that you can skip and it doesn't really affect the overall season watch but I watch it because the crew as merry men and Worf protesting it is very funny.
Dru Blood
2024-11-09 00:21:43 +0000 UTCYou guys seemed really upset about Q being spoiled by the title, and suggested that the writers were stupid for spoiling this, but in reality, when this aired, this wouldn't have been a concern, because everybody watching it would have known this in advance. The previews for the next episode (after being aired at the end of the previous episode) were always aired all week on TV during commercial breaks, several times a day, and the TV guide showed the titles. And often there would be a voiceover during the credits of other shows to say something like "be sure to tune in Wednesday for Star Trek The Next Generation, where Q transports Picard to Nottingham for live threatening combat as Robin Hood in 'Qpid'". Pretty much everybody who wasn't living under a rock would have already seen the previews all week on TV and known that Q was going to be in this and knew what the plot was and known what the title was before the episode started. So, the writers didn't concern themselves with spoiling something in the title or the opening credits list, because everybody already knew the plot, title and who was in it going in. It had already been spoiled for everybody, same as every week. Spoilers were just not considered a big thing at all back then. For instance, back when Wrath of Khan came out, a bunch of news segments promoting it back then openly talked about how Spock dies at the end. That would be inconceivable today.
Michael Ducharme
2024-11-08 23:36:23 +0000 UTCIt isn't good episode but it is a fun one. I love how much you hate Vash. It is highly entertaining. I'd probably give it a C- or D. Not every episode needs to be interconnected and furthering an overarching narrative but this really was a nothing burger, there is nothing really meaningful that comes from fillers like this. Edit: "ASS D" is the best rating scale, it needs to be a reused score.
James W.
2024-11-08 23:28:17 +0000 UTCTo be fair if you were watching the early 90s there was an influx orf frickin Robin Hood films both serious and parody for some reason. Its like when holywood has a Mars fetish and we get several at once as in 1999-2000.
Alan Thompson
2024-11-08 22:35:59 +0000 UTCSo you're saying the Delancie reveal was... Bad Exe-Q-tion?
Max Yoder
2024-11-08 22:33:57 +0000 UTCThis was 1991, one of the big movies set to be released was Robin Hood Prince of Thieves. I think this was the writers thinking “what a good storyline” 🙄. One of my least favorite episodes, but I’ll still watch it for the comedy. By the way, I was unclear if you both knew the Worf smashing the instrument was a nod to Belushi in Animal House. 😎
Joseph Wallace
2024-11-08 22:22:22 +0000 UTCHey, it's my favorite episode!
PIG
2024-11-08 22:16:10 +0000 UTC"Sir, I protest, I am not a MERRY MAN!" is one of the greatest and most iconic lines of the entire series.
Max Yoder
2024-11-08 22:11:28 +0000 UTCYou were clearly both in a bad mood before the episode even started.
Chris Herbert
2024-11-08 22:08:31 +0000 UTC6:10 - HA! COULD NOT HAVE SAID IT BETTER MYSELF! I have nothing to add to that capsule review of this episode. Except that, hundreds of episodes later, "Captain, I protest. I am NOT a Merry Man!" is still in my top five Worf lines EVER.
Max Shenk
2024-11-08 22:08:15 +0000 UTCYou were NOT Merry Men!
Juan Tutrífor
2024-11-08 22:06:22 +0000 UTC
