Never got into Star Trek. I was always a Star Wars guy. I chalk it up to the fact that the golden Star Trek years were before my time. This very episode aired a mere 11 days after my older brother was born, and the series finale aired 5 days after my 3rd birthday. Meanwhile, the Star Wars original trilogy theatrical re-releases in the late 90s, and the prequels, were perfectly poised for my childhood. Alas. My mom was actually a Star Trek fan at one point, before I was born. Which was surprising to learn, because it's not really the kind of thing in her usual wheelhouse. She's not anti-nerd or anything, but she's never one to seek out sci-fi or fantasy on her own.
Anyways, this is actually my second time watching this particular episode. About 5 years ago, my friends suggested both TNG and Battlestar Galactica to me. I watched this episode, then decided to go with BG instead. Funnily enough, I still have yet to finish BG... I should get back to that... oh, well. I digress. Been watching a ton of RedLetterMedia videos, and after finishing all of the BotWs, I was bored enough to start watching random other videos from them. Their enthusiasm and love for Star Trek TNG really won me over. I decided I should give it another shot. I've heard from multiple sources that it doesn't truly enter its stride until Season 3, so I'll try to make it to that point. We'll see.
I thought it was pretty hilarious that instead of having Picard summarize events to Riker to catch him up to speed, they instead had Riker just literally watch scenes from the episode up until the current moment. Lmao
Review by JasperKazaiVIP 2BlockedParentSpoilers2024-03-04T06:48:16Z
Never got into Star Trek. I was always a Star Wars guy. I chalk it up to the fact that the golden Star Trek years were before my time. This very episode aired a mere 11 days after my older brother was born, and the series finale aired 5 days after my 3rd birthday. Meanwhile, the Star Wars original trilogy theatrical re-releases in the late 90s, and the prequels, were perfectly poised for my childhood. Alas.
My mom was actually a Star Trek fan at one point, before I was born. Which was surprising to learn, because it's not really the kind of thing in her usual wheelhouse. She's not anti-nerd or anything, but she's never one to seek out sci-fi or fantasy on her own.
Anyways, this is actually my second time watching this particular episode. About 5 years ago, my friends suggested both TNG and Battlestar Galactica to me. I watched this episode, then decided to go with BG instead. Funnily enough, I still have yet to finish BG... I should get back to that... oh, well. I digress.
Been watching a ton of RedLetterMedia videos, and after finishing all of the BotWs, I was bored enough to start watching random other videos from them. Their enthusiasm and love for Star Trek TNG really won me over. I decided I should give it another shot. I've heard from multiple sources that it doesn't truly enter its stride until Season 3, so I'll try to make it to that point. We'll see.
I thought it was pretty hilarious that instead of having Picard summarize events to Riker to catch him up to speed, they instead had Riker just literally watch scenes from the episode up until the current moment. Lmao