Liaisons (⭑⭑)
Zzzzzzzzzz--snort-ugh, wha? Oh...uh, is the episode over? Sorry; I must have dozed off. Okay, no, but seriously: Is this one even for real? The writers went back to that lamest…
Interface (⭑⭑)
"Interface" strikes me as a classic case of the writers being hard up for new episode ideas. It is an episode built upon two main "hooks" that want to make…
Dark Page (⭑⭑)
TNG's final trip down Lwaxana Lane™ is fairly painless, as these things go, but (surprise) still isn't actually very good. The closest the show ever came to making an actually…
Force of Nature (⭑⭑)
The infamous "speed limit episode" was intended, of course, as Trek's contribution to the political and cultural conversation on climate change, which is certainly a worthy enough topic. Unfortunately, pretty…
Homeward (⭑⭑)
"Homeward" is, on one hand, a throwback to early TNG's penchant for often-inept attempts at prime directive stories, and on the other, a continuation of season seven's obsession with introducing…
Genesis (⭑⭑)
In my mind, "Genesis" is the ultimate Braga-run-amuck episode. It's his usual "weird shit goes down aboard the Enterprise" schtick, but with the last shreds of logic and restraint thrown…
Journey’s End (⭑⭑)
With "Journey's End," we enter what I think of as the final stretch of TNG; from here on, almost every remaining episode (with, I think, one exception) feels like a…
Bloodlines (⭑⭑)
I think of "Bloodlines" as "the last bad episode of TNG." This is an episode that's ill-conceived, pointless, and dull, and with the show nearing its end, one dearly wishes…
First Contact (⭑⭑)
Overwhelmingly, the consensus among Trek fans is that First Contact is the best of the TNG movies. I have never understood this (especially in light of how great Generations is!).…
Insurrection (⭑⭑)
Unlike the situation with both Generations and First Contact, I am aligned with the majority of other critics and fans in my view of Insurrection: this is not a very…
Babel (⭑⭑)
This fairly dull and routine-feeling offering confronts us with the unwelcome reality that, thus far, each episode of the new series has been worse than the previous one. "Babel" isn't…