Q Who (2x16) May 8,1989
Enter The Borg . Q returns, we learn he knows Guinan. Q sends The Enterprise 7,000 light years away where they encounter the Borg and assimilating race. The Borg of course are the enemy in the whole series,much much more later. I was excited to reach this point in my viewing.
Samartian Snare (2x17) May 15,1989
The net flix guide had a picture similar to this and I took a pass for the day. Look at that horrible 1980's make up. No Way these villains are going to be interesting. Well, not much could follow the introduction of The Borg.
The episode kinda gets interesting at points. The Enterprise answers a distress call, the people seem rather causal about the whole thing, Geordi beams over and the Aliens (Pakleds) are , ahhh "linguistically challenge" "He is Smart" , "We look for things", "Can you make our ship go" and " we need weapons like you have."
So it does get a little more interesting as it moves on. The other plot is more interesting. Picard and Wesley go to a star base, Wesley to take exams and Picard for his second heart replacement surgery.
Up the Long Ladder (2x18) May 22,1989
The Enterprise beams aboard the cast of The Quiet Man. A Klingon and an Irishman walk into a bar .........
The first half of the episode is fairly entertaining, the second half with the Mariposa colony is not and the result of keeping the Mariposa is interesting and pose some interesting questions on polygamy, if you care to tackle them.
Manhunt (2x19) June 19,1989
Please forgive your blogger. I had planned on watching everything in chronological order and I did not imagine the show would episodes in June. This episode actually aired 10 days after Star Trek V:The Final Frontier was released. My plan all along was to watch that movie after finishing this season. Ooops !
Any way, there is a lot going on in this episode and I think the maturity of the writers show in the fact this was not a bad episode at all even though anything involving Majel Barrett acting and time spent on the holodeck is immediately a prime recipe for a bad episode.
The episode had weird aliens,an unrecognizable Mick Fleetwood , Lwaxana Troi in heat, Picard hiding in the holodeck as Dixon Hill and a truly hilarious Moment of Data where he is asked to go to a dinner party and basically bore Lwaxana out of her mind. Some how it all works.
The Emissary (2x20) June 26,1989
Where this season has really shined is in Klingon episodes.You can argue about how good of actor Michael Dorn is, and I think he is suitable for the part. An old flame comes aboard the ship. Really good episode.
Peak Performance (2x21) July 10,1989
War game exercises go awry when a Fergi Vessel shows up. A really good episode on several levels. I liked the obnoxious Federation observer.Riker's command decisions are worthy of Kirk and the Kobayashi Maru. Moment of Data,the observer is a grand master at a 3D Connect 4 type game. After losing to the observer he begins to doubt his abilities, he gets the Grand Master to quit in the rematch by playing for a tie.
Shades of Gray (2x22) July 17,1989
Due to a writers strike, the season was cut short, which might be the reason for the Summer episodes. This is a clip show as Riker's life is in the balance.
Overview of the Season:
I recall my overview of TOS Season 2, I thought it started strong and then on a dime produced some of the worst episodes of that series. This season is the polar opposite, the same season that contained Data wanting to sneeze introduced us The Borg and the amazing episode where Riker was an officer on a Klingon ship. Back in the day, my friends agreed a series from the Klingon perspective would be great "These are the Voyages of K'tar, on a 5 year mission ....." The Klingon episodes are the best.
The Acting and the chemistry seems to be coming around in the season. The disappointment was in Dr. Pulaski's character which it seemed like writers weren't that interested in,She does have a lot of worthy moments after a rocky start,I can say she will be missed. I guess a middle aged actor playing a Doctor on a Star Ship was a bit of reach.
All of which brings us to an unfortunate interlude:
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier Release Date: June 9,1989
It seems to be cruel to think people would actually need to force you into seat belts to see this movie, maybe to keep you in your seats for this 105 minute franchise low point.
Some how William Shatner ends up Directing and writing the story. It starts off well, we meet a renegade Vulcan, awesome idea. He and an army go to the Planet of Peace where the Federation,Klingons and Vulcan are negotiating,awesome idea. David Warner plays the human delegate, he has little to do,unfortunate waste of his talent.
Kirk,Spock and McCoy are camping in Yosemite and singing Row,Row,Row your boat. Clever plot device "life is but a dream". Silly.
The Renegage Vulcan kidnaps the crew of The Enterprise to go the mythical planet at the center of the Universe. Now here is the problem. There is no payoff when the get to the planet. They meet a God like figure until Kirk asks the question "What would God need with a Space Ship ?" Good point and the major failing of the movie, It has no payoff what so ever.
Think about Raiders of the Lost Raider, OK, we have the Ark of the Covenant. At some point in time the Ark will be opened and we better have a good payoff, we get it, the Ark does what it did in the Bible and lots of Nazi's die. Great Movie. The pay off here is less and it is really where the movie fails. Shatner did a lot of spin control, the studio wouldn't let me do what I wanted to. When I had a chance to do a Director's Cut,I didn't , blah,blah,blah.
On to the next Season ............
Enter The Borg . Q returns, we learn he knows Guinan. Q sends The Enterprise 7,000 light years away where they encounter the Borg and assimilating race. The Borg of course are the enemy in the whole series,much much more later. I was excited to reach this point in my viewing.
Samartian Snare (2x17) May 15,1989
The episode kinda gets interesting at points. The Enterprise answers a distress call, the people seem rather causal about the whole thing, Geordi beams over and the Aliens (Pakleds) are , ahhh "linguistically challenge" "He is Smart" , "We look for things", "Can you make our ship go" and " we need weapons like you have."
So it does get a little more interesting as it moves on. The other plot is more interesting. Picard and Wesley go to a star base, Wesley to take exams and Picard for his second heart replacement surgery.
Up the Long Ladder (2x18) May 22,1989
The Enterprise beams aboard the cast of The Quiet Man. A Klingon and an Irishman walk into a bar .........
The first half of the episode is fairly entertaining, the second half with the Mariposa colony is not and the result of keeping the Mariposa is interesting and pose some interesting questions on polygamy, if you care to tackle them.
Manhunt (2x19) June 19,1989
Please forgive your blogger. I had planned on watching everything in chronological order and I did not imagine the show would episodes in June. This episode actually aired 10 days after Star Trek V:The Final Frontier was released. My plan all along was to watch that movie after finishing this season. Ooops !
Any way, there is a lot going on in this episode and I think the maturity of the writers show in the fact this was not a bad episode at all even though anything involving Majel Barrett acting and time spent on the holodeck is immediately a prime recipe for a bad episode.
The episode had weird aliens,an unrecognizable Mick Fleetwood , Lwaxana Troi in heat, Picard hiding in the holodeck as Dixon Hill and a truly hilarious Moment of Data where he is asked to go to a dinner party and basically bore Lwaxana out of her mind. Some how it all works.
The Emissary (2x20) June 26,1989
Where this season has really shined is in Klingon episodes.You can argue about how good of actor Michael Dorn is, and I think he is suitable for the part. An old flame comes aboard the ship. Really good episode.
Peak Performance (2x21) July 10,1989
War game exercises go awry when a Fergi Vessel shows up. A really good episode on several levels. I liked the obnoxious Federation observer.Riker's command decisions are worthy of Kirk and the Kobayashi Maru. Moment of Data,the observer is a grand master at a 3D Connect 4 type game. After losing to the observer he begins to doubt his abilities, he gets the Grand Master to quit in the rematch by playing for a tie.
Shades of Gray (2x22) July 17,1989
Due to a writers strike, the season was cut short, which might be the reason for the Summer episodes. This is a clip show as Riker's life is in the balance.
Overview of the Season:
I recall my overview of TOS Season 2, I thought it started strong and then on a dime produced some of the worst episodes of that series. This season is the polar opposite, the same season that contained Data wanting to sneeze introduced us The Borg and the amazing episode where Riker was an officer on a Klingon ship. Back in the day, my friends agreed a series from the Klingon perspective would be great "These are the Voyages of K'tar, on a 5 year mission ....." The Klingon episodes are the best.
The Acting and the chemistry seems to be coming around in the season. The disappointment was in Dr. Pulaski's character which it seemed like writers weren't that interested in,She does have a lot of worthy moments after a rocky start,I can say she will be missed. I guess a middle aged actor playing a Doctor on a Star Ship was a bit of reach.
All of which brings us to an unfortunate interlude:
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier Release Date: June 9,1989
It seems to be cruel to think people would actually need to force you into seat belts to see this movie, maybe to keep you in your seats for this 105 minute franchise low point.
Some how William Shatner ends up Directing and writing the story. It starts off well, we meet a renegade Vulcan, awesome idea. He and an army go to the Planet of Peace where the Federation,Klingons and Vulcan are negotiating,awesome idea. David Warner plays the human delegate, he has little to do,unfortunate waste of his talent.
Kirk,Spock and McCoy are camping in Yosemite and singing Row,Row,Row your boat. Clever plot device "life is but a dream". Silly.
The Renegage Vulcan kidnaps the crew of The Enterprise to go the mythical planet at the center of the Universe. Now here is the problem. There is no payoff when the get to the planet. They meet a God like figure until Kirk asks the question "What would God need with a Space Ship ?" Good point and the major failing of the movie, It has no payoff what so ever.
On to the next Season ............
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