YOUTUBE VIDEO: First Time Watching ALL of Star Trek - Episode 158: The Survivors (TNG S3E3)
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An excellent episode and equally excellent reaction, guys! I ranked this #9 for the season (3) and #39 for the whole series. I love the mystery and how Picard figured MOST of it out. He thought he had it ALL figured out but then came that amazing ending. When Picard asks for "the truth - this time ALL of it," he expected a confession, and got one, but he had no idea about the key details of the Husnack and what Kevin did to them in an explosion of grief. You could see the blood drain from Dr. Crusher's face when the final reveal came. It's a wonder I didn't rank it higher, but believe it or not there are 8 episodes this season that are even better, and you have not yet seen any of them.
Intelligent Donkey
2024-05-13 18:18:39 +0000 UTCOne of my Top 10.
Carmello
2024-05-13 16:41:27 +0000 UTCTNG Season 5
Sam Langanke
2024-05-13 10:27:22 +0000 UTCWhen we get to it in release order
Josh (Target Audience)
2024-05-13 00:22:06 +0000 UTCWhen are you too watching star Trek 6?
william reffner
2024-05-13 00:16:10 +0000 UTCI always liked this one. The guest stars are really good in their performances. I like the regretful god who betrayed his most cherished beliefs in a moment of utter grief and spends the rest of his existence regretting what he did.
Lee Trayler
2024-05-12 23:08:25 +0000 UTCThis one has grown for me over the years. Also, two very strong character actors as guest stars, which we don’t always get with TNG. (TOS had great guest stars!)
Daniel Arthur
2024-05-12 00:19:18 +0000 UTCThis is one like I think I like more than either Alex or Josh. And if you put this in season one or two I think it's easily top ten in either season and maybe even sneaks into top five. But in season three? I'd say there are almost definitely fifteen better episodes coming up.
Greg Quinn
2024-05-11 23:20:54 +0000 UTCDisagree, but fair
Josh (Target Audience)
2024-05-11 23:05:33 +0000 UTCIn this situation, I'd say the fact that they alone survived was so conspicuously bizarre that any story that doesn't explain their survival is automatically suspicious and needs further investigation.
Jeff Cornell
2024-05-11 22:54:37 +0000 UTCOn a first watch it seemed they had figured it out. Picard didn’t buy the story, and ultimately was proven right. What if he was wrong, and Kevin’s story was true? He would’ve endangered the lives of everyone on board and put Troi through torturous pain based on an incorrect hunch. Would getting the exact motivation for why they left Kevin alive even been possible or worth it if it was? Luckily for Picard, his hunch was correct.
Josh (Target Audience)
2024-05-11 20:08:39 +0000 UTCAcknowledgement? Bro is NOT Roman Reigns! Good episode though
Josh (Target Audience)
2024-05-11 20:05:17 +0000 UTCI think your reaction lacked an acknowledgment of the being’s great conscience. There’s much to consider with that great conscience. It changes everything, IMO. It’s not another all powerful, evil alien. A very good episode with a fantastic ending. A powerful being with a great conscience = powerful emotion.
Bob M
2024-05-11 19:25:06 +0000 UTC11,000 beings were killed on Rana 4. No way Picard leaves until he finds out what took place.
Roland_D
2024-05-11 19:09:41 +0000 UTCI'm really looking forward to some of the ...err, lighter episodes.
Jovet
2024-05-11 18:08:31 +0000 UTCThis exactly explains the ones I like too -- they are TNG in a perfect little capsule and you don't need much background to jump in and enjoy them.
RoyRoyRoy
2024-05-11 16:53:56 +0000 UTCWith TNG you can make several types of top 10 lists. Of course you're going to have the top 10 list of the objectively best ones that pretty much the whole community agrees on. But everyone also has their own top 10 personal favorites list, or top 10 episodes they like to rewatch the most on reruns, or top 10 episodes that just tend to stick out in their mind, or be really enjoyable. For me, this is one of those episodes, along with Loud as a Whisper, Arsenal of Freedom, and Who Watches the Watchers from the one's that you've seen. I like the one-off ones that feel a little bit different from the rest of the show, but are also still lighthearted enough to be easily digestible on multiple re-watches. Episodes like Measure of a Man for instance, typically make it on many people's top 10 best of the show list, but episodes like that are heavy by comparison. If it's on a rerun, I feel like I have to be in the proper mood to give it my full attention and do it justice. Episodes like this however, I can just dive in and enjoy.
BN13
2024-05-11 12:24:41 +0000 UTCAnother good one that I always enjoy. Looking forward to your discussion. 🖖
Dru Blood
2024-05-11 12:19:12 +0000 UTC"I killed them. I killed them all. They're dead, every single one of them. And not just the men, but the women and the children, too. They're like animals, and I slaughtered them like animals." -Douwd Skywalker
vasili1097 .
2024-05-11 12:10:27 +0000 UTCMy favorite line good tea nice house lol.
Jason Mitchell
2024-05-11 08:37:47 +0000 UTCCan’t wait for your analysis of this episode! 😊
ChemicalCrash
2024-05-11 06:12:13 +0000 UTCPicard couldn’t just leave them. Even if they weren’t concerned with their own safety there was something out there that destroyed a Federation colony and so could potentially threaten other colonies. Without answers to his questions of who did it and why he couldn’t just fly away.
Kurt Linke
2024-05-11 03:02:31 +0000 UTCI've been waiting for this reaction for a fair bit now! A definite favorite of mine, that episode is. I liked some of season 1 and 2 and S3E2, but for me this one is where the good stuff really kicks in. That last scene is wonderfully acted, and the whole concept of if your intrusive thoughts had the power to do a genocide... Really brilliant stuf.
Tiggy Tigali
2024-05-11 01:43:48 +0000 UTC
