Writing in 2021, it is great to see that I am not the only person taking a retrospective look at Star Trek, the Next Generation. When this series was first released in 1987, a little less than twenty years after the end of the Original Series, many people thought that, without Captain Kirk and his crew, it couldn't really be Star Trek. However, original creator Gene Roddenberry, was fully invested in the casting, writing and overall look of the new series, so let's see how it shaped up:
Ah, the Bynars! 11001001 is a well written and well executed episode with a central moral theme. When is it justified to go ahead and take what you need without asking for help first? The immortal lines: "you could have said....no" echoing around geo-political circles throughout history and up to this day.
The holodeck scenes are well realised and the way in which Picard and Riker begin by discussing the environment as a clever simulation before gradually being taken in by the ambiance and the seductive Minuet is convincing. Well, convincing by the "suspension of disbelief" standards of the day, anyway.
Carolyn McCormick, who played Minuet, went on to have an extremely fulsome career, including nearly twenty years as a guest star on the totally repellent "Guide to Creative Femicide" that is the TV series Special Victims Unit. Now there's something that truly deserves the lowest score but I digress..........
.............. Senior Trekker scores every episode of Star Trek with a 5.
Ah, the Bynars! 11001001 is a well written and well executed episode with a central moral theme. When is it justified to go ahead and take what you need without asking for help first? The immortal lines: "you could have said....no" echoing around geo-political circles throughout history and up to this day.
The holodeck scenes are well realised and the way in which Picard and Riker begin by discussing the environment as a clever simulation before gradually being taken in by the ambiance and the seductive Minuet is convincing. Well, convincing by the "suspension of disbelief" standards of the day, anyway.
Carolyn McCormick, who played Minuet, went on to have an extremely fulsome career, including nearly twenty years as a guest star on the totally repellent "Guide to Creative Femicide" that is the TV series Special Victims Unit. Now there's something that truly deserves the lowest score but I digress..........
.............. Senior Trekker scores every episode of Star Trek with a 5.