En route to help a colony that’s suffered a major catastrophe the Enterprise is stopped by Q and shenanigans ensue. Q gives Riker Q powers and tempts him to join them. He uses his powers to gift his crewmates, and they refuse. And so Riker refuses. And Q is taken up never to be seen again… until the next episode he’s in.
Continue reading “TNG Re-Watch: S01E09 Hide and Q”The Enterprise has agreed to a meeting with the Ferengi, possibly a cooling of relations between the two powers. After two days of orbiting along side a Ferengi vessel they agree to the meeting. They present the Enterprise with The Stargazer, Picard’s old ship, which was thought to be lost in battle. The Ferengi captain gives it at no price, much to his first officers chagrin. Picard has been experiencing headaches, which intensify into flashbacks of the final battle of the Stargazer. These are brought on by a device used by the Ferengi captain, who it turns out lost his son when Picard destroyed the “unknown vessel” before having to abandon the Stargazer. Onboard the Stargazer they find falsified logs that make it seem like Picard knew he attacked an unarmed ship, which conflicts with his official report. Finally Picard is totally driven mad by the Ferengi device and is prepared to attack the Enterprise with the Stargazer until Riker gets through to him and he destroys the mind control device. The Ferengi first officer relieves the Ferengi captain of command on the grounds that he lead them on an unprofitable mission.
Continue reading “TNG Re-Watch: S01E08 The Battle”While taking shore leave on an Earth-like world Wesley runs afoul of the locals’ harsh and random laws. In orbit above a vessel populated by powerful beings threatens the Enterprise if it interferes with its “children” on the planet below. Picard has to go down and sort things out by convincing the god entity that its laws are dumb and then beaming away with Wesley.
Continue reading “TNG Re-watch: S01E07 Justice”
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