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Star Trek: The Next Generation - S03E04 - Who Watches the Watchers

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After not working on this very important study for nearly two months I feel like I should try to keep my momentum going and examine another data point in my ongoing work in the field of Star Trek fuckology. Today we're taking an in depth look at the fourth episode of season three, Who Watches the Watchers. Pre-Existing Prejudices I think this is the one where the crew of the Enterprise ends up accidentally revealing themselves to cave Romulans with hilarious consequences (ie Picard getting revered as a deity and someone else almost getting sacrificed to curry favor with him). Don't remember if Riker With Beard engages is dickplomacy in this episode but I think it's not a terrible episode of a non-serialized sci-fi show from the late 80s either way. Plot Synopsis The episode begins with the Enterprise haulin' ass to a planet called Mintaka III in order to resupply a three person anthropological team studying the local inhabitants and repair the outpost's broken react...

Star Trek: The Next Generation - S03E03 - The Survivors

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It's been a hot minute since I've ventured down to the laboratory to work on my scientific experiments into which Star Trek character fucked the most. I don't have a particularly good reason except for the fact that I've been biking home from work which eliminated a 40 minute chunk of commuting on a train that was the primary time I'd watch episodes of a 30 year old science fiction show on my telephone. I suppose I could have been watching them after I got home but for whatever reason I didn't until now. Will I continue to do so beyond this very review? Maybe. Who knows what the future holds? Maybe I'll go back to only watching old wrestling shows on YouTube and baseball documentaries on Netflix or maybe I'll buy a new video game and play that at night instead. 🤷 For today though we've got a review. This episode is the third episode of the third season of Star Trek: The Next Generation and it's called "The Survivors." Pre-Existing Prej...

Star Trek: The Next Generation - S03E02 - The Ensigns of Command

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It's been a hot minute since I've conducted a scientific study into the horniness of Star Trek: The Next Generation and think it's time to rectify that situation. Today we're going to take a look at the second episode of the third season, "The Ensigns of Command," which first aired on October 2, 1989. So strap in , it's time to get buck wild...in space. Preexisting Prejudices I don't remember this episode based on the episode description Netflix's got going on so I don't have any strong feelings about this episode one way or another. Plot Synopsis We kick shit off in Ten Forward with O'Brien warming up on a cello while a Vulcan and some medical officer lady play violins. Data shows up also with a violin and goes over to Picard and Dr. Beverly Crusher, who are sitting at a nearby table. He tells them that they should probably come back for the second performance when Ensign Ortiz will be replacing him on the violin. He goes on to explain tha...

Star Trek: The Next Generation - S03E01 - Evolution

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With the dire first and second seasons behind us and a brief detour to do some scholarly research into why those first couple seasons sucked so much ass, it's time to continue this extremely scientific study to determine which Star Trek character canonically fucked the most. Today we begin our exploration of the third season of Star Trek: The Next Generation, by taking a look at the season premiere, Evolution, which originally aired on September 25, 1989. Preexisting Prejudices The little plot synopsis Netflix gives is generic enough that I cannot immediately recall what episode this is about. I do know that it marks the return of Doctor Beverly Crusher so thank the gods for that. Though I came to hate Dr. Grandma less than I did the last time I watched Star Trek: The Next Generation prior to beginning the Fuck Report she is still a vastly inferior to Doctor Beverly Crusher and not just because I apparently have a thing for nerdy red-headed moms in cardigans. Plot Syn...