Kevin's Watch

i searched and couldn't find this topic here, apologize if i missed it.
anyway...i was reminded recently of an episode that has always been one of my favorites. I had to read the Epic of Gilgamesh for a class recently. It made me remember the first time i ever heard of Gilgamesh. it wasn't in school...it was on Star Trek. A Next Generation episode called "Darmok" starring Paul Winfield. second episode in season 5. so i got it from Netflix and watched it tonight. It's still a great episode.






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The first one with the Borg in it.

i really liked all the Borg ones!

My favorite episode from TOS is "Balance of Terror." That's the episode that introduced the Romulans, and has the classic battle of wits between Kirk and the Romulan Commander, played by Mark Leonard.

My favorite episode from TNG is "The Inner Light." In this episode Picard encounters an alien probe, and finds himself living the life of an alien on a doomed planet.

Luci, you're the ONLY person who I've ever found that likes "Darmok."

I liked Darmok too!!

I like most of the Q episodes.
Kinda cool when Q get's defrocked!

And what's wrong with Enterprise? Everyone can use a HOT looking vulcan .... hmmmmm.... or perhaps a HOT Borg is better!!

I enjoyed "Yesterday's Enterprise" quite a bit. My problem with TNG (and to a lesser extent TOS) is that the acting was so, so wooden.

I also love whichever episode of TOS had Kirk out-logic-ing the M5 computer.

TOS is the only series for me.
The Doomsday Machine is my all time favorite.

It's all starship (2 ships actually!) and funny and so simple a story for a kid like me to duplicate for playing around.

(A cardboard paper towel roll, crimped at one end, made a good Doomsday Machine if I remember correctly )


"Gentlemen, I suggest you beam me aboard now."

That was the one with the big cornucopia-looking thing, right? That was pretty good too.

OK Creator - 2 people who liked "Darmok."

"Yesterday's Enterprise" was very good, I think I need to find that in my collection and re-watch it now.

STOS - CITY ON THE EDGE OF FOREVER
STNG - DEVIL'S DUE

Creator wrote:I liked Darmok too!!

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next morning...


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Lucimay wrote:

Creator wrote:I liked Darmok too!!

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the last double episode of the next generation was the best.
i also like dthe double episode when data killed a borg and ran off with his bro.

Lucimay wrote:

Creator wrote:I liked Darmok too!!

Lucimay, her arms open wide.

Lucimay on the Ocean.

Creator on the Ocean.

Lucimay at Tenagra.

Creatory at Tenagra.

Lucimay and Creator at Tenagra.

Nerd.

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Lucimay wrote:

Creator wrote:I liked Darmok too!!

Lucimay, her arms open wide.

Lucimay on the Ocean.

Creator on the Ocean.

Lucimay at Tenagra.

Creatory at Tenagra.

Lucimay and Creator at Tenagra.

Nerd.

psssst, dlb...

Didn't see Darmok. There are a whole lotta TNG episodes I still haven't seen, as I followed the show only sporadically. I didn't even pretend to follow Voyager or DS9, and I'm too burned out on Trek these days to bother catching the shows I missed.

I posted my favorite TOS episodes somewhere a while ago, but can't find it. Oh well. Of the TNG ones I did watch, these are my favorites:

True Q -- young intern Amanda suddenly saves the Enterprise from imminent disaster, thus revealing that she actually has Q powers! It's pretty cool to see a female Q.

Q Who? -- always nice to see Q spank the Enterprise around the galaxy, and we meet the Borg for the first time. (Although ST: Enterprise will have me believe that it was really Archer's crew that first encountered the Borg long before, but that somehow Starfleet then completely forgot about that incident. Archer Who?)

The Survivors -- lonely alien lives quietly in regret after wiping out an entire warmongering civilization in anger. Picard leaves alien in peace after telling him his crime is so immense that no Federation law exists to deal with it, or something like that. That's right, Jean-Luc, get outta there. And note to any other war-like races: don't piss off omnipotent aliens who can wink out your existence with a thought.

Deja Q -- Q is stripped of his powers. Hilarity and mayhem ensue.

The Most Toys -- Data is abducted to become part of a prized black market collection of rare artifacts. I hated that bastard collector.

Transfigurations -- a nice, feel-good Trek story. Enterprise crew befriends crippled amnesiac who turns out to be lifeform on the verge of transforming into being of pure energy.

The Best of Both Worlds -- Roland of Gilead in a post elsewhere said something like this was the Borg shown at their most disturbing, what with Picard being assimilated. After this episode, the Borg became a caricature of themselves. I would agree with that.

Galaxy's Child -- Geordi's romanticized notions of the Enterprise's designer clashes with reality when he gets to meet her in the flesh. I liked the interesting tension in their relationship and how they managed to forge a friendship of sorts in the end.

Cause and Effect -- Here we go, the Trek writers having fun with causality loops. Then there's Kelsey Grammer. The man. The captain. The legend. 'Nuff said.

Thine Own Self -- Data loses memory while retrieving radioactive material that fell onto a planet with a pre-industrial village. Radioactive stuff + clueless villagers = a bad situation. (Or maybe a George Romero Living Dead movie.)

All Good Things... -- TNG ended its run with a nice flourish. Picard zips back and forth in time in a bid to save humanity from some, uh, weird tachyon-teflon-chicken bullion anomaly thingey, with Q encouraging him on. It was only fitting to have Q in the final episode, since he was in the very first one.

Which one was the story with the Betazoid whose senses were too acute and he could feel pain, where he eventually travels aboard an organic ship? I really loved that one - I felt sorry for the guy and the ending was just lovely.

The Most Toys -- Data is abducted to become part of a prized black market collection of rare artifacts. I hated that bastard collector.

That episode had a great phaser disintegration as well, very disturbing.

True Q -- young intern Amanda suddenly saves the Enterprise from imminent disaster, thus revealing that she actually has Q powers! It's pretty cool to see a female Q.

Maryam D'Abo was also the Bond girl in "The Living Daylights."