PATRON TIER LIST - TNG S6E18 - Starship Mine

I'll give it an A for daring to try something different and give Patrick something fun and exciting to do.

High B. Held back by the B plot - which gets points for actually relating to the A plot, but sees the rest of the crew sitting around and being given a cookie-cutter task to do mostly to fill out run time. Imagine if uncovering the scheme and retaking control of the array used those 15 allotted minutes for more than just preparing to give the bad guys a migraine.

An S-tier for me, barely escaping being A-tier. I'd give an A-tier because nothing too crazy or out-there happens in the story (apart from deadly particle fields somehow "cleaning" the ship). But it managed to get to S-tier because of how much fun the episode was to watch for me. Picard killing people rubbed me kinda wrong though, but then again, he didn't kill them directly, he incapacitated or trapped them and they got killed off by the particle field. At least Picard's expression showed a kind of regret, communicating to us that he really didn't enjoy being forced to do that. But he really didn't want those people to get their hands on potentially quite dangerous stuff and had to stop it somehow. Also Picard as a more action-hero kinda character strangely suits him, at least sometimes. Wouldn't want to see it every time Picard is onscreen, as I like him more as a philosopher and a moral-instance, but on occasion it's acceptable to see him like this. Also, while Tim Russ wasn't previously on Star Trek before (as far as I know), this won't be the last time we'll see him. Looking forward to seeing him in a more permanent role some day in the future...

C tier list for me. This isn't one of my favorite episodes of TNG.

B for Brent and D for Data averages to a 'C'

It's fun. It's action-y. There's a sci-fi, tech-y component. There's a personal component with Picard's love for the ship. There's humour with Data's small talk. It's not some mindblowing, defining episode of the series but, for me anyways, it's very very good.

"I'm Mot the barber", "I'll send your regrets!" This episode was great with the one-liners. I now have a crossbow Ho!-Ho!-Ho!

B. Action Hero Picard and Small Talk Data are fun to watch, but if you want an episode that makes you think, this is not it. The senseless death of Hutchinson almost makes me want to give it a C though. His death doesn't serve any purpose at all.

S i love it! Picard as Bruce Willis!

Barely a B, it wants to be a C , I get a little dossapointed when ever I start it but at the end I am shocked - I actually enjoyed it.

Diehard on the Enterprise. Yippee Ki-Yay Mother F@#$%

B for banger - I really like this episode although some of the guest acting leaves a little to be desired. Picard action heroes it up though and I can get behind that!

Christmas episode