Time's Arrow,Part 2 (6x1) September 21,1992
Lack luster as was the first episode. They really don't do time travel well. It is impossible to watch time travel stories with comparison to Doctor Who. I did like the scenes between Guinan and Picard. Yes she is that old apparently. I did not have a feeling this was the beginning of the relationship, I am sure they met earlier in Picard's life, unfortunately that took up very little. Let us hope the season picks up.
Realm of Fear (6x2) October 11,1992
The Yearly visit from Lt. Barclay. This is a well done throwback episode that recalls peoples fear of the Transportor. In this case it is Barclay, I noticed Barclay has the most ill fitting suit on the ship, I thought that was an interesting device for Barclay. I enjoyed the episode quite a bit. The 128th episode of the series.
Man of the People (6x3) October 18,1992
Psychic Vampires basically.
Relics (6x4) October 12,1992
Wiki is getting weird with the date of the episode airing again. This is the return of James Doohan as Scotty. It is really well done. The scene with Picard and Scotty on the holodeck of the original series is one of the best moments of this series. The episode is heavy on sentimentally,which is wonderful.
Schims (6x5) October 19,1992
Moment of Data: I had hoped the series was beyond this,apparently not. The episodes opens with Data holding a poetry reading. Riker for reasons we see as the story unfolds is half awake and practically ruins the reading by applauding in mid poem.
Data has a long reading about his Cat, which has been alluded to,but the series have not gone into cat detail with this potential comedic devise.
Oh, but there is a plot, in spite of the opening it ends up being a good episode as aliens are using members of the Enterprise at night. Kinda like an X-Files in Space type story.
True Q (6x6) November 1,1992
Any Q episode is probably going to be a highlight of the season. It contains a reference to my hometown Topeka,Kansas which is always a plus. An intern played by Olivia d'Abo arrives followed by Q. Could she be a Q ? Yes. She is given the choice to join the Q or never using her ability. Naturally the Enterprise is in peril and will she use her powers to save the ship ?
Rascals (6x7) November 15,1992
This starts with a horrible premise, Picard,Guinan,Ro and O'Brien's wife are on a shuttle craft. They are beamed back to the ship and are 10 years old. The episode ends up wousrking on several levels. Comedy parts include Ro whining about how she hated her childhood. Guinan is planning to enjoy the childhood, Picard eventually turns the ship over to Riker. The ends up being an interesting and strong episode. This shows the writers are better or have grown up. 2 or 3 seasons ago this episode would have been torture.
A Fistful of Datas (6x8) November 9,1992
Patrick Stewart directs this episode. The crew has some down time, Picard is taking flute lessons, Worf, his son and Troi use a holodeck program finding themselves in the Ancient West.Geordi and Data are running some tests to basically make Data the back up for the whole ship. Crusher is casting a play and tries to get Picard to take a role, he says "I'm not much of an Actor", one of the best lines in the series.
As the title implies,It is a very Data heavy episode, one I am probably not going to enjoy, I was intrigued by what when wrong. The conclusion is predictable. The episode is mixed at best. There was a reference to Data's poetry reading and his cat is used for Comedy. <smh>
The Quality of Life (6x9) November 16,1992
Occasionally the show gets pretty deep into Science, and frankly I have no idea if it is real or made up science, then or now.I would tend to vote for made up. Sooooo it hard for me to take an episode about exocomps seriously.
Chain of Command (6x10/11) December 14/21,1992
The 136th and 137th episodes may be the best story of the series. Picard is relieved of Command,the new Captain (Ronny Cox) is not getting along well with the crew Riker in particular. Capt Jellico is to lead negotiations with the Cardassians. Picard,Worf and Crusher are on a top secret mission to destroy a piece of Cardassian weapons. Picard is captured and introgated by David Warner. I realize toward the end of the first episode that for as much as I don't like the makeup, the Cardassian may be the villain of the series. The Show had trouble creating a big bad. Yes we have the Borg, but they disappear for long periods of time. Feringee, not really, there was something comedic about that. Romulans, again they appear so rarely, I can't buy them as the big bad.
The tortures of Picard is unreal,brilliantly done. David Warner as always is an incredible villain. It is easily to love this episode. I really don't want to downplay Ronny Cox and the scenes with Jonathan Frakes. This easily top 10 of the whole series.
Lack luster as was the first episode. They really don't do time travel well. It is impossible to watch time travel stories with comparison to Doctor Who. I did like the scenes between Guinan and Picard. Yes she is that old apparently. I did not have a feeling this was the beginning of the relationship, I am sure they met earlier in Picard's life, unfortunately that took up very little. Let us hope the season picks up.
Realm of Fear (6x2) October 11,1992
The Yearly visit from Lt. Barclay. This is a well done throwback episode that recalls peoples fear of the Transportor. In this case it is Barclay, I noticed Barclay has the most ill fitting suit on the ship, I thought that was an interesting device for Barclay. I enjoyed the episode quite a bit. The 128th episode of the series.
Man of the People (6x3) October 18,1992
Psychic Vampires basically.
Relics (6x4) October 12,1992
Wiki is getting weird with the date of the episode airing again. This is the return of James Doohan as Scotty. It is really well done. The scene with Picard and Scotty on the holodeck of the original series is one of the best moments of this series. The episode is heavy on sentimentally,which is wonderful.
Schims (6x5) October 19,1992
Moment of Data: I had hoped the series was beyond this,apparently not. The episodes opens with Data holding a poetry reading. Riker for reasons we see as the story unfolds is half awake and practically ruins the reading by applauding in mid poem.
Data has a long reading about his Cat, which has been alluded to,but the series have not gone into cat detail with this potential comedic devise.
Oh, but there is a plot, in spite of the opening it ends up being a good episode as aliens are using members of the Enterprise at night. Kinda like an X-Files in Space type story.
True Q (6x6) November 1,1992
Any Q episode is probably going to be a highlight of the season. It contains a reference to my hometown Topeka,Kansas which is always a plus. An intern played by Olivia d'Abo arrives followed by Q. Could she be a Q ? Yes. She is given the choice to join the Q or never using her ability. Naturally the Enterprise is in peril and will she use her powers to save the ship ?
Rascals (6x7) November 15,1992
This starts with a horrible premise, Picard,Guinan,Ro and O'Brien's wife are on a shuttle craft. They are beamed back to the ship and are 10 years old. The episode ends up wousrking on several levels. Comedy parts include Ro whining about how she hated her childhood. Guinan is planning to enjoy the childhood, Picard eventually turns the ship over to Riker. The ends up being an interesting and strong episode. This shows the writers are better or have grown up. 2 or 3 seasons ago this episode would have been torture.
A Fistful of Datas (6x8) November 9,1992
Patrick Stewart directs this episode. The crew has some down time, Picard is taking flute lessons, Worf, his son and Troi use a holodeck program finding themselves in the Ancient West.Geordi and Data are running some tests to basically make Data the back up for the whole ship. Crusher is casting a play and tries to get Picard to take a role, he says "I'm not much of an Actor", one of the best lines in the series.
As the title implies,It is a very Data heavy episode, one I am probably not going to enjoy, I was intrigued by what when wrong. The conclusion is predictable. The episode is mixed at best. There was a reference to Data's poetry reading and his cat is used for Comedy. <smh>
The Quality of Life (6x9) November 16,1992
Occasionally the show gets pretty deep into Science, and frankly I have no idea if it is real or made up science, then or now.I would tend to vote for made up. Sooooo it hard for me to take an episode about exocomps seriously.
Chain of Command (6x10/11) December 14/21,1992
The 136th and 137th episodes may be the best story of the series. Picard is relieved of Command,the new Captain (Ronny Cox) is not getting along well with the crew Riker in particular. Capt Jellico is to lead negotiations with the Cardassians. Picard,Worf and Crusher are on a top secret mission to destroy a piece of Cardassian weapons. Picard is captured and introgated by David Warner. I realize toward the end of the first episode that for as much as I don't like the makeup, the Cardassian may be the villain of the series. The Show had trouble creating a big bad. Yes we have the Borg, but they disappear for long periods of time. Feringee, not really, there was something comedic about that. Romulans, again they appear so rarely, I can't buy them as the big bad.
The tortures of Picard is unreal,brilliantly done. David Warner as always is an incredible villain. It is easily to love this episode. I really don't want to downplay Ronny Cox and the scenes with Jonathan Frakes. This easily top 10 of the whole series.
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