7.18.2011

ST:TNG 1.3 The Naked Now

Episode appears to start with a raunchy pop-up ad, which is apparently a ship of infected drunks.

Of course the black man gets drunk first on the away mission.  
Wesley built a machine that satisfied his hero worship by resampling Picard's announcements into commands as if he were working on the bridge.  Disturbing.
Pretty much everybody gets the intoxication virus and starts getting it on.  On the second mission with that crew.  Expect many references back to this.
Second episode and it's the second episode with direct reference to the original series, with them encountering in the logs an encounter Kirk's Enterprise had with a similar infection.

ST:TNG 1.1 Encounter at Farpoint

Separate the saucer section!
Riker doesn't have a beard!
Picard hates children.  AND HE'S GOT AN ACCENT.
Data needs a cat.
Q is a dick.
Wesley Crusher was not thrown out of an airlock.
Lots of high speed character definition.

ST:TNG-quest engaged.

Planning to attempt watching all episodes of Star Trek:Next Generation in the 2 years that Netflix has it licensed for streaming.  Encounter at Farpoint.. begun.