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Gowron gives Toral's life to Worf in restitution for Duras' crimes. This is no kindness. Gowron knows that if Worf killed a child in front of Picard, he could never go back to Starfleet
Unlike Worf, Gowron's sense of honor is laced with realpolitik. It is his strength and his undoing.
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You know this guy is about to say some bigoted shit when he starts his speech with "You're a fellow officer and I respect that, but…"
I'm amazed this guy made it to Lieutenant Commander in Starfleet when he's willing to say opening racist stuff on the bridge, to his commanding officer
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[Worf is mad at Gowron]
Kurn: A Klingon does not postpone a matter of honor
Worf: A Klingon should put the good of the Empire above his own pride
Kurn: So now Gowron no longer suits you? Perhaps you wish to challenge him for leadership of the Council?
. ݁₊ ⊹ . ݁˖ . ݁ FORESHADOWING . ݁₊ ⊹ . ݁˖ . ݁
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The fabric of the Klingon's political order is in flames and the Empire in a state of civil war. But also the homeworld is neutral ground so that both sides can hit the bars and get drunk with the guys on the other side of the war
What a magnificent culture
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Let's see:
✓ Politics
✓ Intrigue
✓ Espionage
✓ Possibility of stabbing a child
Yep, this all tracks
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Don't get me wrong. I like Denise Crosby and I'm glad the show is giving her something to do. I just wish it didn't involve wearing that terrible wig.
I'm surprised a race as xenophobic as the Romulans would have permitted a half-human to rise to such ranks—even if her father was an important man.
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So much happens in this ep that the return of Denise Crosby feels like putting a hat on a hat. Commander Sela's presence requires stopping the story to explain some time travel shenanigans from a timeline the crew can't remember—without adding anything to the plot
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Then why don't the men do it too?
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Reminder: In Starfleet, you can get a leave of absence to go on a murder vacation if A) you can connect it to Klingon culture somehow and B) your boss lectures you about duty a bit first
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B'Etor and Lursa's outfits look like something Riker would have designed
Not very practical for a warrior race, having a prominent gap in the armor perfectly sized for a knife to slide in
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My favorite scene is when Commander Sela stood in the darkest part of the room, so that none of the people who already knew who she was could recognize her
Profound dedication to ominous lurking
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If I were the House of Duras and I heard Gowron say this shit, I'd quit then and there
This mf is downright delighted that he gets to have a little civil war, as a treat
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B'Etor, you fool! You fell victim to one of the classic blunders. The most famous is: Never get involved in something in the Neutral Zone. But only slightly less well known is this: Never try to seduce Picard. You are not going to succeed where Q, the Borg Queen, and Satan herself failed.
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Lursa and B'Etor's power grab on behalf of their nephew is a paper-thin pretext. Toral, bastard of Duras, is transparently a puppet of his aunts, who themselves are catspaws for the Romulans
Klingons grow faster than humans, so how old can this puppet-of-puppets be? Five?
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One of my favorite reoccurring bits on the show is that Guinan is low-key the most dangerous person on the ship. Q is afraid to fight her, so naturally she easily bests Worf at target practice
Worf: I practice at level 14
Guinan: Guess I could come down to that level for a while. Begin program
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It doesn't take a tremendous amount of media literacy to understand Star Wars, a series about wizards fighting space Nazis. But unfortunately our society is plagued with an abundance of village idiots and they all have social media accounts.
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If you look closely, only half the ladder is in frame, implying it's at full extension, which means
1) the ceiling must be very high up
2) that little girl is swole af
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"There are times, sir, when men of good conscience cannot blindly follow orders. You acknowledge their sentience but ignore their personal liberties and freedom. Order a man to turn his child over to the state? Not while I am his captain."
In a world full of Admiral Haftels, be a Picard
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Yeah, he's a cat
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Picard: I would be delighted to offer any advice I can on understanding women. When I have some I'll let you know. [exits from the A Plot, never to return]
Rating: Never ask Picard for dating advice, A+
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Riker: I think you should pursue it. First of all, she's a beautiful woman...
Rating: F
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Worf: Klingons do not pursue relationships. They conquer that which they desire. HOWEVER: Lt. D'Sora serves under my command. If she were… mistreated… I would be very displeased
Rating: Considers the cultural context, establishes clear expectations, threatening aura, B+
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Troi: I think you should be careful.This isn't just some experiment you're running, Data. Jenna is a living, breathing person with feelings that have to be considered.
Rating: A. The correct answer and the advice Data is ultimately too robotic to understand.
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Geordi: She's just coming out of a bad situation… This can be a little complicated. Listen, my advice is ask somebody else for advice. At least, someone who's got more experience at giving advice.
Rating: B. The best possible advice we could have gotten from Geordi.
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Guinan: It's not good to advice people about their first love affairs. It's something people have to figure out for themselves.
Data: But I am incapable of love
Guinan: Then it's going to be a unique experience
Rating: C+. Normally good advice, but she's setting Jenna up for a bad time.
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No, never
Presumably because he was too busy keeping DS9's janky Cardassian tech from vaporizing the station
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I have been yelling SHOW CAT at the screen since S4E11 and it finally worked!
Welcome back, Spot. You deserve to be in every episode.
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Miles plays the cello in Data's string quartet and Keiko is in Data's chamber quintet. This implies:
• Every member of the crew is in a musical group
• Data is the epicenter of the Enterprise's music scene
• There is a hidden DS9 subplot about Keiko and Miles starting a band together
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Jenna: Sometimes people make the same mistake again and again
Data: Are you currently experiencing this phenomenon?
J: I date unemotional men and you are absolutely incapable of emotion
D: That does appear to be a recurring motif. Are we breaking up?
J: Yes
D: Very well. I shall delete Fuckboi.exe
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I have provided you with emotional support and colorful plant matter. Physically affection will begin now.
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The B plot also goes hard: a horror story about the Enterprise being haunted by a poltergeist made of dark matter. The one has it all: an eerie mystery, a satisfying answer, some daring Picard heroics, and an act 4 commercial break that will give children nightmares. A+
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Data is fundamentally incapable of loving Jenna back, so he tries to emulate it by turning all the romance novels in the Enterprise computer into an LLM, which predictably resulted in Data turning into a creepy asshole
A database is like a sewer: You get out what you put into it
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Jenna is not in a good place, emotionally. She has been exclusively dating emotionally abusive fuckbois and it has demolished her sense of self-worth
Meanwhile, Data listens to her problems, never judges her, and is kind to her. Jenna was primed to fall for the first man who did the bare minimum
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Data & Jenna D'Sora's relationship is TNG's most accurate prediction of the future
We live in an age when lonely people are "dating" AI chatbots, which will listen for hours and provide algorithmically-generated platitudes that are as nourishing and healthy as feeding Splenda syrup to hummingbirds
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It means you're warm and soft
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Squish beans