UNCUT - Galaxy's Child (TNG S4E16) | Star Trek Journey 197
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Sherpa Jones, that's a spoiler
Ee'char
2024-10-21 19:43:33 +0000 UTCI don’t remember if this was brought up before, but Susan Gibney auditioned for Tasha Yar and Deanne Troi.
Richard Finch
2024-10-19 18:54:19 +0000 UTCI always just wondered when women stopped wearing wedding rings.
Richard Finch
2024-10-19 17:19:46 +0000 UTCThe cringe meter from u2 was high throughout this episode!🙈🙈🙈
Ian Lewis
2024-10-18 04:06:39 +0000 UTCYeah this is definitely not Geordi at his best. The initial events in Booby Trap may not have been his fault, but there isn't enough done here to address everything he did in this episode. This episode even tries to paint him as the wronged party even though he really should be the only one apologizing. In an odd way this is the exact episode I was looking forward to. The last TNG reactors I was watching were so offended by the Leah Brahms subplot that they cut the entire thing out of the video until all that was left was the space baby stuff. Then instead of their usual post episode discussion they berated the audience for their comments on an unrelated video, then just did a hard cut. I'm glad that everyone here is able to engage in more mature dialogue. Discussing these complicated scenarios may lead to disagreement, maybe even passionate disagreement, but sometimes that's when the show is the most interesting. I just wish the show had done a better job with Geordi's point of view. In all fairness, nothing he hid started out malicious. Mostly he was just in over his head. It could have been more of a good people make mistakes episode, but that would've required him to own up and/or just explain what happened rather than throw her outrage back in her face. The right conversation does eventually happen, but it's frustratingly off screen. It kind of makes the resolution unsatisfying.
Paul Noad
2024-10-17 07:16:57 +0000 UTCI expect a high level of clearance is required to look into an officer's personal logs. Like the captain could do it if they thought there was a reason or some investigation was going on. But in Reunion K'Ehleyr wasn't able to access personal logs, only officers logs(I guess those made on duty/of a professional nature). But like any military, I expect starfleet officers enjoy somewhat less privacy. Access to personal correspondence between civilians would absolutely be secured and not available to the public.
Timothy Nikiforovs
2024-10-17 00:51:33 +0000 UTCAh yes, I was actually in a polyamory situation earlier this year. I learned a whole new set of vocabulary words, including limerence and compersion. In that context, compersion can be viewed as "seeing another person feeling joy brings me joy because I want them to feel joy." It can also be seen as truly wanting someone else to get what they need even if it is outside of yourself. Compersion nullifies jealousy and envy because it's selfless. It's essential that everyone in a polyamorous relationship recognizes everyone involved as a mutual benefit to each other and not as a threat or competition to them or their partner(s). Our situation ended up being more of an experiment, and we are both back to monogamy now, but we learned a lot of new things in the process. And I have mad respect now for people who are in healthy polyamorous relationships. It requires a huge amount of self-awareness, personal security, compassion, and compersion. Actually, I think Riker is someone who could handle polyamory well. He's almost the poster child for it. Well, at least the him having multiple partners side of it. Jealousy might take over if some of his women had multiple dudes. Then again that conversation he had in The Price about how nothing would make him happier was the perfect example of compersion when the dude was expecting him to react with jealousy.
BN13
2024-10-16 20:23:37 +0000 UTCAnother good word is Compersion. It is the happiness at the joy of someone else's success, usually where one feeling compersion hasn't found the same success yet, and is often considered the opposite of jealousy.
Sherpa Jones
2024-10-16 19:57:44 +0000 UTCI had to mute most of the parts with Geordie and Brahms.
Sherpa Jones
2024-10-16 19:51:50 +0000 UTCJust put them in their own holo cell to live out their lives like Moriarty, never knowing they are actually in a holo-prison.
Sherpa Jones
2024-10-16 19:50:32 +0000 UTCWasn't Keh'lar able to access Worf's personal logs in Reunion? Except for the ones he restricted that mentioned Duras? Or was that just because she had a high clearance? Maybe personal logs are less public than other things, but they are still in the ships's computer, and they can still be accessed by people with a certain clearance, or for specific situations. Maybe they work more like our emails? Where under normal circumstances, nobody is going to go looking for them, but if someone really wanted to, they are not secure at all and there's always a record of them somewhere? I'd imagine a request like telling the computer to compile a personality based on all available information it has would not only include all non-restricted personal logs, but would actually prioritize them as the best source for compiling a personality. Unless personal logs are regarded as being highly secure. I'm not sure how loosely the show regards them.
BN13
2024-10-16 15:45:06 +0000 UTCYou know, If people did take the holodeck to extremes and used it to have full relationships with people who weren't interested in them, or even do terrible things like kill/rape/torture people, that might actually be a good thing if it provides an outlet for those urges and keeps them from doing harm to actual people. As someone who's had to deal with a psychotic semi-stalker who lives in a world of delusion, I'm fine with them doing whatever they want to holo-me or my holo-husband as long as it keeps them the hell away from us. They can deal with the reality warp of doing that all on their own. Of course, then you get into do things created in the holodeck have life or rights? What if holograms have some form of sentience like we saw in The Big Goodbye? Is it ethical to create something just to torture it because we think it isn't "real?'
BN13
2024-10-16 15:26:24 +0000 UTCI'd hope not. Not much of a "personal log" if anyone in the galaxy can access them.
Timothy Nikiforovs
2024-10-16 05:38:36 +0000 UTCI agree with you. Just because Riker is a ladies man doesn't make that right. I wish we could have got a scene like in Babylon 5 where Riker convinces her that human sex is something harmless, like a handshake. I always assumed that's what really happened because Riker was in no condition to go all the way at that point, and it just seemed like a really weird thing to expect him to actually do. I wonder if there's a deleted scene that was cut for time? Plus, if he did do the deed, it was all for naught because he just got caught 5 mins later. Pretty messed up.
BN13
2024-10-16 04:50:00 +0000 UTCI only recently learned of the word myself this year. Why is that not a vocabulary word we learn in high school? I could have spared myself a lot of drama if I knew what limerence was instead of words we never use like "tentatively."
BN13
2024-10-16 04:40:15 +0000 UTCI always thought the holodeck took personal logs into account, letters to her husband etc as well, when it created the avatar. So holodeck Leah is her more personal self, the side that her husband would see. But her outward persona, the one that doesn't get recorded anywhere, is much more brash. Since that part's not really on record, the computer didn't incorporate it in.
BN13
2024-10-16 04:37:39 +0000 UTC👍 Props to you, there are not many words around here that I don't know.
Jovet
2024-10-16 03:18:41 +0000 UTCIn the writers' defense, "Clear browser history" wasn't in the common venacular in 1991.
Jeffrey P
2024-10-16 02:08:36 +0000 UTCFun fact, the alien that attacked the Enterprise was seen again in Star Trek Online.
Christopher Dorn
2024-10-15 18:49:39 +0000 UTCSNL has been on a roll lately.
Jovet
2024-10-15 16:59:42 +0000 UTCBecause we know Riker is into it
Evan Guthrie
2024-10-15 16:59:13 +0000 UTC@Mister Hope The speed of light isn't an exclusively-metric value.
Jovet
2024-10-15 16:58:35 +0000 UTCHow do the ship's sensors capture energy that is radiating away from the ship?
Jovet
2024-10-15 16:57:13 +0000 UTCWhy? They resolved it off-screen, and were laughing about it in Ten Fwd.
Jovet
2024-10-15 16:56:41 +0000 UTC"Obsessing" is a bit strong. Anyone that calls this "obsessing" has never been stalked.
Jovet
2024-10-15 16:55:17 +0000 UTCA camera would be a type of sensor...
Jovet
2024-10-15 16:54:17 +0000 UTC@Timothy Nikiforovs The height of the nacelles really varies by angle and rendering.
Jovet
2024-10-15 16:53:05 +0000 UTCNah, view from the nacelle.
Jovet
2024-10-15 16:49:51 +0000 UTCCameras (or their 24th-centrury equivalent) would be a form of sensor, you know.
Jovet
2024-10-15 16:49:31 +0000 UTCYOU get it! 🏆
Jovet
2024-10-15 16:47:40 +0000 UTCWhat?
Jovet
2024-10-15 16:46:55 +0000 UTCIf The Office is cringe level 10, this is a 2.
Jovet
2024-10-15 16:45:20 +0000 UTCNothing is real in the holodeck except the real people that walk into it.
Jovet
2024-10-15 16:43:09 +0000 UTCShe didn't hold a weapon to his head and force him.
Jovet
2024-10-15 16:41:57 +0000 UTCNah
Jovet
2024-10-15 16:40:10 +0000 UTCEven in the '90s people would be questioning Geordi's "ambush date." But looking at it now it seems a lot like the Nice Guy stuff you see now. Especially with him thinking she's reacting badly.
Joe Concepts
2024-10-15 16:01:47 +0000 UTCOoooooh the mentions of Worf nude via chatgpt… wait until Ethics next season. All of Alex’s images will change! Also ALL of the tone for Geordi here are 90s nonsense, bereft of privacy and consent discussions, and probably a further reflection of Rick Berman’s influence. Geordi does have great charisma, but he’s morally wrong in this one, and LeVar hated being written like this. LeVar’s a smokeshow; him being cringelord who cannot talk to women is so implausible.
Ross Townsend
2024-10-15 14:20:54 +0000 UTCLol why wouldn’t they use metric?
Derek Orr
2024-10-15 13:28:54 +0000 UTCWishful thinking
Derek Orr
2024-10-15 13:27:53 +0000 UTCOr the global preferred metric system
Derek Orr
2024-10-15 13:24:10 +0000 UTCSimping?
Derek Orr
2024-10-15 13:21:31 +0000 UTCLol definitely NOT Jeri Ryan. She had nothing to do with the show until a few seasons in
Derek Orr
2024-10-15 13:20:34 +0000 UTCOr maybe you know… riker just enjoyed being pursued.
Derek Orr
2024-10-15 13:19:11 +0000 UTCI like this episode but man it should be renamed "Cringe: The Episode"
E Parhas
2024-10-15 07:19:38 +0000 UTCI'd probably put this one as a C+. I do like the space baby plotline, but it's not amazing, just a good unique concept. The whole Geordi/Brahms story is basically this emoji (😬) made manifest. At least they did address and wrap up that loose thread from Booby Trap. There are a few TNG edits on YT that paint Geordi as a psychotic stalker, and there's pretty heavy use of scenes from this episode. To be fair to Geordi, I don't think he took it past the kiss. As another comment pointed out, he did say in Hollow Pursuits that he realized when it was time to turn it off and walk away. It was pretty clear by the end of Booby Trap that he realized he was letting this program interfere with his life/duties(especially given how distracted he was getting when the ship was in danger), and he has been shown on dates between then and this episode. In all likelihood he probably forgot about that program until he heard she was coming. That said, if he was thinking he had a shot IRL, it would have made sense to delete the program as soon as he knew she was coming, and second, it takes like 5 seconds to ask the computer if she's married. Whole lot of awkwardness could have been avoided. Besides, even if he's gonna shoot his shot, start with a working dinner in 10 Forward and see if you can break the ice there. As to why the hologram and real Leah were so different, the computer is probably drawing from recordings of her public appearances (giving speeches and presentations and such). People tend to have a more practiced charm/friendliness in front of an audience or group of colleagues than they might in more private interactions. I assume by the time we see them in 10 Forward at the end they had already discussed the whole thing a fair bit and cleared the air. She probably realized that ultimately, he had only gone in with the intent of solving an engineering problem and ended up developing a crush on her and kissed a hologram of her, then moved on and forgot to delete the program. Definitely inappropriate and embarrassing, but mostly harmless in the end(especially given he didn't know she was married, and he didn't take it nearly as far as it's implied Barclay did). She still had every right to be pissed and really didn't need to apologize for her reaction. I think she was willing to forgive because she had come to respect him professionally and she HAD been pretty insufferable about Geordi messing with "her" engines when he was just doing his job. You don't get to be chief engineer on the flagship if you're a screw up. Also he did try to understand her perspective when it seems a lot of people are less forgiving of her abrasiveness. I do agree the 2 plots mesh well together, but this is a fairly mediocre episode IMO.
Timothy Nikiforovs
2024-10-15 06:54:44 +0000 UTCYeah, I think that scene gets kinda blown out of proportion. Vikings had a scene that presented a much more clear cut female on male SA scene. Riker was injured and anxious to get out of there, but if he's really been seriously bothered by it, I doubt he'd be joking about calling her next time he passes through her star system. I'm pretty sure his only real aversion was that it was a delay/inconvenience.
Timothy Nikiforovs
2024-10-15 04:47:49 +0000 UTCThey only kill off the ones we care about. Or make them suffer. You know who I'm talking about.
Timothy Nikiforovs
2024-10-15 04:30:02 +0000 UTCthe top of the warp nacelles is lower than the shuttle bay doors, while that camera angle is from above, plus it's to centered to line up. I think as others have said that image is likely a hyper realistic recreation based on sensor data
Timothy Nikiforovs
2024-10-15 04:28:48 +0000 UTCEven the magic ones that make you see AI generated videos IRL?
Timothy Nikiforovs
2024-10-15 04:21:25 +0000 UTCAchievement Unlocked - PFP Detective
Timothy Nikiforovs
2024-10-15 04:19:49 +0000 UTCIf only it were just an AI girl. I think Riker catching feelings for Minuet for example is fine. Everyone is allowed their fantasies, and she was a completely fictional creation. Whole different story when it's a real person, even assuming that kiss was as far as it went.
Timothy Nikiforovs
2024-10-15 04:11:33 +0000 UTCohhh shit
Timothy Nikiforovs
2024-10-15 03:57:37 +0000 UTC"woke garbage"
Timothy Nikiforovs
2024-10-15 03:56:47 +0000 UTCHe probably meant Jeri Taylor
Tristan Rose
2024-10-15 03:33:38 +0000 UTCYeah sorry but Geordi was a bit of a creeper
Scarpad’s Domain
2024-10-15 00:14:51 +0000 UTCi watched where you beaned Alex like 10 times
Scarpad’s Domain
2024-10-14 23:36:04 +0000 UTCI think the holodeck program was kept public to keep a record of the exact thinking and details of the modifications Geordi made, in case he's not always the chief engineer and someone needs to retrace what he did. It was probably mandatory public, because it was something Geordi was doing in the line of his duty. So things couldn't have gotten too dirty in that public program. He probably does have several private programs of her, just like she said.
Scott Reeves
2024-10-14 23:34:33 +0000 UTCAbsolutely love this follow-up episode. I wanted a follow-up on the ethics of generating holodeck people and kiiinda got it. The B-plot with the space dumplings was just OK. I think of the topic of fantasies and reality as being a complicated subject because while fantasies are fine and maybe even healthy, things get gray when those fantasies become real in the holodeck. IMO Geordi's mistake was not putting a password on the program. And I do appreciate Guinan in this episode. She didn't go, "That's gross, you're disgusting, you're awful." She's wise and understanding and tolerant.
SuicuneSol
2024-10-14 22:12:06 +0000 UTCI generally overlook it, and even like the scene, for several reasons: 1. Riker is a lady's man. Usually he is the one making advances, and this is a fun reversal of the trope. With literally any other character, the scene would not work. 2. It mocks fanatics who fetishize aliens and monsters. (Vampires, Spock in ToS, furries, etc.) Riker know it's creepy and wants to get out of there ASAP... but he still can't resist getting laid. That's why it's funny. It is true that if it were reversed, it would be pretty unacceptable. But it isn't reversed. So I say chuckle at the scene and lighten up.
SuicuneSol
2024-10-14 21:54:09 +0000 UTCI can completely relate to Dr. Brahms' disdain for all the changes made to her design. I work in architecture and always come across builders who change my designs without consulting me. In my case, it is my intellectual property they are messing with, and sometimes it also causes problems with building inspections because they don't understand the reasons behind my decisions and how they were made to comply with building codes. The latter tends to cost my clients a lot of money and gets me really pissed off. On the other hand, Geordie is a fully qualified field engineer and is making changes as needed for an operating starship. Leah needs to be a bit more forgiving than she is with Geordie over this stuff, and to her credit she does soften on this over the course of the episode.
Sherpa Jones
2024-10-14 21:29:52 +0000 UTCDidn't Jeri Ryan and Kate not get along?
SuicuneSol
2024-10-14 21:25:16 +0000 UTCI want to see you guys revisit the last episode about Riker being sexually coerced by that alien. This was brushed over in the episode and in your discussion, but that is textbook sexual assault. If you reverse the roles and put Crusher or Troi in Riker's boots and a male nurse with the same levity, this episode would be at the bottom of the barrel with "Code of Honor."
Sherpa Jones
2024-10-14 20:35:35 +0000 UTCThe cringe is high in this episode.
Gaming the Systems
2024-10-14 20:25:39 +0000 UTCThis episode is a great example of how limerence works. We meet somebody, either in real life or online. We know about maybe 10% of the real them, and we fill the rest in with what we want. That's what happened in Booby Trap. that 10% margin of error can make quite the difference. Eventually though, as Guinan says, the real person comes along and ruins our fantasy.
BN13
2024-10-14 18:30:20 +0000 UTCI love this one for the Geordie stuff, it gets an A from me. Thankfully the techno babble doesn't ruin it for me.
jon bolton
2024-10-14 16:55:33 +0000 UTCRemember to delete your holodeck history!!
Bret Kay
2024-10-14 16:36:33 +0000 UTCYou guys are way over reacting about what Geordie did. They don't say in the show that he has been using that program all the time, or made other ones to bang her. He fell in love with her holographic facsimile but I don't think it was that bad. Yeah he was awkward with the real Leah Broms for sure. Susan Gibney was also a frontrunner to become Captain Janeway for Voyager. Lost out to some Canadian actress the producers had a hard on for, but she failed miserably. Thankfully they went with Jeri Ryan's choice of Kate Mulgrew.
Clyde Frog
2024-10-14 16:24:01 +0000 UTCWhat makes you guys great reactors is that when we get to the one episode I have to keep on mute half the time, I can tell by looking at you when it's okay to unmute.
Steve Boshear
2024-10-14 16:01:29 +0000 UTCGeordi didnt create the program to be a pervert. Happenstance and the fact Geordi didnt realize exactly how sophisticated the holodeck is cause things to spiral out of control. And why would he tell her about the program considering of how much he and Dr Brahms got of to a rocky start. And its not that serious for her to act so offended because The Holodeck Is Not Real!!!!!!!! He did not violate her for that reason and the fact that he didnt create it with the intent to sexualize her. If the computer program would have acted cold towards him or similar to how the real doctor treated him initially there would have been nothing romantic for him to latch on to.
Toysruskiddd
2024-10-14 15:49:10 +0000 UTCSusan Gibney :)
Josef Nitervol
2024-10-14 15:29:59 +0000 UTC30 years ago, and dudes were still simping over women and women were calling men creepers... some things never change.
Who North America
2024-10-14 14:56:11 +0000 UTCNothing "dark" about that.
Jovet
2024-10-14 13:26:07 +0000 UTCAn interesting entry into the Sex Scoreboard Riker 9 Troi 3 Data 1 Picard 1 Worf 1 Geordi 1 NEW - 1i Broccoli 2 i Chief 1 Keiko 1 Extras: The publishers of the Bangin Board have decided to reduce Geordi's score by removing the Imaginary Brahms notch on the bed post. This was a tough decision but it was believed that he was only creepy (thought about it) and not creepy as hell (aka Broccoli-ed her). So Jordy goes from 1 + 1i to just 1.
Prof Moff
2024-10-14 12:37:36 +0000 UTCOne of the weakest episodes this season 🤦🏻
Darren Seal
2024-10-14 07:07:06 +0000 UTC"Like boiling frogs"...that went dark fast..
Badger
2024-10-14 06:35:54 +0000 UTCAs for anybody being able to access that holodeck programme, that makes sense. it was created as a tool to help solve an engineering problem. It was never meant to be a personal programme. Granted, when it went that way, deleting or restricting it might have been a good idea.
Regan
2024-10-14 06:14:28 +0000 UTCI mean they use metric all the time without it being mentioned. Even the Warp scale is metric in the sense that Warp 1 = C (299,792,458 metres per second). Because we know the exact speed of light as a universal constant we can define the length of a meter in relation to C.
Mister Hope
2024-10-14 06:03:28 +0000 UTCI just started the episode and I love how Alex immediately thinks about the holodeck program and how it looks. if only Geordi had been that aware.
Phillip Grischa
2024-10-14 05:08:12 +0000 UTC1:01:10 The view was from the starboard nacelle (the warp drive pod thingy).
Jovet
2024-10-14 04:14:53 +0000 UTC55:50 Picard was going to go finish off that bottle he opened in "First Contact"! hahaha
Jovet
2024-10-14 04:10:43 +0000 UTCC for "Cringe"
Nolan
2024-10-14 04:10:33 +0000 UTC51:41 Geordi answered this in "Hollow Pursuits." When he was talking about holo-addiction with Barclay, he admitted to having fallen in love in the holodeck once, but that he know when it was time to say goodbye and turn it off.
Jovet
2024-10-14 04:06:26 +0000 UTCThere are no cameras outside the ship. It's all the sensors recording data around the ship & the surrounding area. What's seen on the view screen is that data presented as video footage. This is why in the season 2 episode Peak performance when Riker & Picard did the war games, Riker's ship was able to make the Enterprise display a Romulan ship attacking them. They were able to feed false data to the Enterprise's sensors so the view screen displayed a ship when there wasn't one. Technically a ship doesn't need to bend light around it to "cloak" itself. You would just need some way through a hull or shields to not be picked up by sensors of any near by ship. Then it would appear invisible till someone looked out a an actual window or took a space walk & saw it by eye
Retro Tom
2024-10-14 03:54:00 +0000 UTC33:33 Yes, they are.
Jovet
2024-10-14 03:46:52 +0000 UTCI have an explanation for the view of the creature from outside: Data launches 3 probes to watch the creature(s). They were likely still out there watching the birth and newborn. There's your external point of view shot. :)
tyranusfan
2024-10-14 03:39:19 +0000 UTC20:00 He really is protective about "his engines"
Jovet
2024-10-14 03:33:33 +0000 UTC18:30 hahaha @ Alex
Jovet
2024-10-14 03:31:37 +0000 UTC13:11 kph = kilometers per hour
Jovet
2024-10-14 03:26:26 +0000 UTCGeordi did nothing wrong. If you think he did, when does your atonement quest to confess and apologize to everyone you've ever had a private fantasy about begin?
James Bottas
2024-10-14 03:25:07 +0000 UTCI also hate mushrooms
Josh (Target Audience)
2024-10-14 03:22:17 +0000 UTCUntil you guys said it I never paid attention to the frequent close ups. Now it’s quite obvious!
tyranusfan
2024-10-14 03:21:16 +0000 UTCJust because I was hoping someone would recognize him some day
Doug
2024-10-14 03:20:16 +0000 UTC“They killed off Kaylar. Why didn’t they kill off Brahms? Does Geordi get special treatment?” Huh?
Column Meanie
2024-10-14 03:16:22 +0000 UTCCurious but, what exactly about it makes you feel uncomfortable? He's a bloke shooting his shot, at this point in time he doesn't know she's married. He has a false idea of her created from the holodeck sure, but that image would be replaced by the real Brahms in time (had they actually dated).
Paul
2024-10-14 03:12:07 +0000 UTCHey there are two of us! Always hated cheese and mushrooms. Felt like an alien as a result.
Paul
2024-10-14 03:10:08 +0000 UTCThe camera angle seems to me like it could be a camera on one of the warp nacelles. They’re back there, behind the neck of the ship, and a bit off to the side, just like the camera angle.
Adam Zey
2024-10-14 03:07:33 +0000 UTCbeen wondering for a while why chosen to use the profile pic of myspace founder Tom?
Narnman
2024-10-14 03:06:10 +0000 UTCBarclay was just off camera in engineering laughing his butt off in this episode.
Ron Hubbard Jr
2024-10-14 02:42:32 +0000 UTCI remember seeing the teaser of this episode ( now that I am Seeing the reaction ) cause i was like “ is that Lea or is he back in the holodeck ?!” It was crazy to see her again!
Sixto
2024-10-14 02:37:10 +0000 UTCI ultimately gave it a B, as well. I agree with you about the blame-excusing that Geordi gave. I think Levar Burton was not too happy about the writing for this episode, either.
Collin Freeman
2024-10-14 02:32:47 +0000 UTCAs somebody who finds mushrooms absolutely disgusting, I'm glad the fungilli never made a appearance.
Regan
2024-10-14 02:28:28 +0000 UTCthe camera shot of junior at the back is for sure from a camera on the right warp nacelle.
Redjac
2024-10-14 02:13:04 +0000 UTCI don't think the viewscreen images come from what we would think of as cameras. I think it comes from the sensor data.
Regan
2024-10-14 02:10:51 +0000 UTCDude, I always get hungry for pasta on this episode.
Ricky
2024-10-14 02:09:46 +0000 UTCWhen you mentioned Mario 64 I just imagined them slinging the alien into an asteroid and it exploding
Doug
2024-10-14 02:09:41 +0000 UTCLevar B. has always hated this plot line of the creepy guy obsessing over an AI girl
Sharron
2024-10-14 02:08:19 +0000 UTCWith the advent of AI video creation, VR gaming devices and so on, it won't be too long until we're able to do something very similar to the holodeck. Amazing how a 30-year-old episode is able to spring up an ethical dilemma that will apply to us now. Personally, I still feel like it's not an issue provided you keep it private. I actually don't think Geordi needed to tell Bhrams about the program at all, rather, he needed to keep it locked away. As you mentioned, no passwords? Come on. Keep your private affairs private. If they spill out into the public, naturally there will be some potential friction and awkwardness generated from it. Overall, solid little episode, I think C+ to B is the perfect slot for a very strong "formula" style episode.
Paul
2024-10-14 01:47:03 +0000 UTCThis is one of the cringiest episodes. The show wants us to sympathize with Geordi against this cold, icy, bitch. It does not old u well at all. Not “Code of Honor” bad, but bad.
Turtleboy
2024-10-14 01:40:19 +0000 UTCIn my opinion, Brahms was a little bit into Geordi, hence why she turned around so quickly at the end. She gave him some interesting looks in 10 forward. She felt like he was one of few who truly understood her.
Evan Guthrie
2024-10-14 01:39:29 +0000 UTCReally felt like they could have used an extra 10 minutes for them to resolve their personal problem.
Evan Guthrie
2024-10-14 01:35:32 +0000 UTCIn my head canon, because of the ships sensors the crew has a full, multi layered 3D picture of the enterprise and its surroundings. This is why the computer can produce a visual picture from every angle and distance. Based on what you see especially later in DS9 and Voyager, this is in my oppinion the most likely explanation...
Chris Moe
2024-10-14 01:11:02 +0000 UTCI was another E vote. I tried watching along with you. Got to the scene in Geordie's quarters with him dimming the lights and playing music, and I had to nope out. It wasn't uncomfortable humor - it was just uncomfortable, and to me, unwatchable.
Jeffrey
2024-10-14 01:10:49 +0000 UTCPotstickers 🤣🤣🤣 just picturing those in a frying pan lol. Im sorry. Just too good and too ridiculous at the same time. Maybe this episode should have been called: “Galaxy’s Potsticker”. 😂
Chris S.
2024-10-14 01:05:01 +0000 UTCYou have to give them that they haven't heard of deep fakes and dating platforms in 1991.
Sam Langanke
2024-10-14 01:01:53 +0000 UTCFunny they are using metric system. I dont remember if TOS uses it too.
Dan Here
2024-10-14 01:00:22 +0000 UTCI might be alone in this, but I actually liked the episode Booby Trap better. Not necessarily because of the Brahms/Geordi stuff, which was still interesting, but the main plot if Booby Trap itself. It was a lot more tense, and the Premelian Battlecruiser was really cool, and the tone of that episode. One thing I also liked about Booby Trap was Ron Jones’s musical score. Im a big believer that great music enhances an episode or movie. The echoing fleeting trumpets, highlighting the call back to an ancient war is fantastic. But this was a decent episode.
Chris S.
2024-10-14 00:55:08 +0000 UTCTotally agree with the boys thinking the aliens look like pierogies/pot stickers. Shit, now I'm hungry.
THE LORE!!!
2024-10-14 00:53:41 +0000 UTCThe Geordi "I'm actually a NICE GUY!" Works much better here than it does in real life when you IM some woman who is outta your league and she ignores your hellos until you freak out. Lol
Greg Quinn
2024-10-14 00:42:40 +0000 UTCI had a calzone a couple weeks ago that looked a lot like Junior. It was delicious.
KatWithAttitude
2024-10-14 00:42:06 +0000 UTCMe when Target Audience has a better cold open than SNL: 🥹
Billy T. Riker
2024-10-14 00:16:32 +0000 UTCData: "uh ohhhh"
Tony B
2024-10-14 00:07:26 +0000 UTC"oh no" indeed !
Captain Proton
2024-10-13 23:52:36 +0000 UTCI'm glad Josh did not have a hammer in his hand.....
Monty Crawford
2024-10-13 23:46:22 +0000 UTCAhh Mets game starts shortly.... Meh probably a bunch of pregame nonsense, can get this in (But then what about NFL Primetime hmm) Gonna have to watch that on replay lol
Matt Newmark
2024-10-13 23:44:31 +0000 UTC
