UNCUT - TNG Season 4 Recap Discussion
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what happened to the whiskey!? S4 forevah! On to the next masterpiece of a season
you guys are gonna dig ds9
we got a little way to go yet. DS9 doesn't start until after TNG s6e11
Weasely, Broccoli, Dorf. Do we have any other lovingly given nicknames? I mean Dr. Beverly but that does not really feel nicknamey.
Not sure if anyone's mentioned it, but you guys have to watch Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country soon right? Between episodes 9 and 10 of Season 5 I think. ST:VI was released Dec 6 1991, episode 9 was Nov 18 and there were no episodes until Dec 30. You seem to take so many breaks in the US, in the UK we make Christmas Specials of our best shows. We watch Doctor Who on Christmas Day immediately before a soap opera where someone's entire life will crumble tragically in public or an entire pub explodes. We go straight through with high drama, death and sometimes murder and plane crashes on the "happiest day of the year". In EastEnders if you say "this'll be the best Christmas Walford's ever had" you are certain to die screaming on Christmas Day.
Yes, that is when we are watching it. Will be early January for Patreon.
With Q the writers/ Roddenberry dug a hole by having him put humanity on trial with the threat of complete erasure from existence in Season 1, and then him introduce the Federation to the big, bad, op Borg in Season 2. So in Season 3 they temporarily removed his powers and then in Season 4 he's fairly tame, in both cases allowing other enemies to shine as a bigger threat. Now you're approaching the post Roddenberry era, so it'll be interesting to see your reactions to how things play out.
When I first watched season one, I liked everything about it because I was so happy for more Star Trek. I never believed it could happen. The new set looks great! Thanks for the recap discussion. It is great too!
Thanks! Hopefully the set will look much better soon!
He'll always be Dorf to me
Forever!
Honestly, the episode titles thing was MOSTLY for "Sarek" as far as I was concerned. Moving forward I don't think it matters as much.
I think there's like, ONE. And I honestly don't remember for sure but I THINK episode titles used to get previewed in like TV guide, and certainly in the teasers. Although, I simply don't recognize ANY of these episode teasers, as I vigorously muted and ignored commercials from an early age.
I find this recap fascinating.
Gul Macet - Marc Alaimo
There is only one episode title that I would recommend that you avoid in season 5. That would be episode 23. All others are quite ambiguous.
I think they're all rather benign.
Star Trek celebrated its 25th anniversary in 1991 during TNG season 5 and Star Trek VI. It’s hard to believe that was 33 years ago!
I think the one thing that Josh and Alex may have not considered is that the VAST majority television viewers don't pay any attention at all to the episode-specific names appearing on screen after the opening credits sequence. The names didn't spoil things for us back in the day because we weren't watching them like a hawk the way you two do. We were paying attention to the actual scene and filtering the remaining credits out.
I don’t think we are watching like a hawk.. it shows the episode title on screen for 5 seconds while nothing else is happening.
Ironically, the writing got better when Gene Roddenberry became less involved
Why ironically? Gene wasn't a good writer. His TMP novel proves it.
You guys experienced Worf's saga from beginning to end in a matter of a few months. I think having to watch this buildup over the course of 2-3 year then come to a head is probably why it's more impactful on the Trek Veterans.
Maybe, but I always struggle to use reasoning like this when you could say the same thing about literally anything in the series and it doesn’t always materialize to us that way. It could definitely be a part of it for sure though.
I think Wil Wheaton went off to college and that's why he left.
Marc Alaimo played Gul Mercet. He's been in a bunch of stuff... the one that comes to mind is TOTAL RECALL. he played the head cop soldier on Mars.
Gul Macet
Might have to do a top 20 list instead of a top 10 for this season, which would be completely understandable in my mind. It is truly a great season. Great discussion, guys. Looking forward to season 5 and Star Trek VI.
Hell of a season. With regards to stuff like the credits being spoilers or not.. I'd recommend just taking it as a sign of what the writer's/show's intent was. If they put someone's name right up front, then they did not intend a surprise. I know that sounds obvious, but I'm just saying, can't hold it against them for not delivering a surprise they never promised you in the first place. On the flip side, when they do hide someone's name, like Denise's.. surprise was clearly the entire goal. But yeah, maybe the whole keeping the titles a secret-thing created a minor problem in this case, by altering your expectations. It was still pretty worth it for at least a couple episodes like Q Who and Sarek. I don't think any other TNG titles going forward indicate what's happening in the episode in obvious ways any more, so that can be relaxed as you said.
You’re right, but I will still hold it against them 😆
Star Trek TNG Season 4 = Catching Lighting In A Bottle
It's one of those things that had no right to be as good as it was.