Sunday, December 2, 2012

Star Trek: The Next Generation - 5x05 - Disaster

    In the middle of doing nothing in particular, the Enterprise runs into some anomaly, which results in a variety of emergencies, with most of the power out, and communication systems out of order.  Picard is stuck in a turbolift with three children, Worf helps deliver a baby, and so forth.
    This is a lot of fun, but it had just a few moments that made me cringe.
    I actually like the uncomfortable scripting between Picard and the children.  Worf's situation is also great for comedic purposes.  The one part of it that I didn't like was the idea of Troi being in command.  I don't think that a ship's counselor should be left in charge, specifically when it involves making decisions that require some scientific knowledge of how the ship works, and how basic physics work in space.
    There's just one moment near the end, when they make a joke that has Picard saying "You have the bridge, Number One" and both Riker and one of the kids he was stuck with acknowledge him.  It's such a sitcom-y line.  The show should be above that type of writing.

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