You’re right to call out Geordi for not using his phaser as a beacon for Riker and Worf while they were on the surface of the planet. Never occurred to me, good thinking Court.
Hey, Courtney! The Romulan Commander was played by the late, great Andreas Katsulas who is best known to sci-fi fans as reptilian Ambassador G'Kar from the legendary sci-fi epic "Babylon 5". "Babylon 5" is one of the top 5 sci-fi epics ever produced! This is Katsulas' first appearance as Tomalak. Adversaries working together to survive is as old as Sidney Poitier and Tony Curtis in "The Defiant Ones" but an excellent sci-fi variation of that trope is the film "Enemy Mine" with Louis Gossett, Jr. and Dennis Quaid. It's a movie well worth reacting to! The empathic negotiator who romanced Troi was played by character actor Matt McCoy who is probably most recognized for the thriller "The Hand that Rocks the Cradle" with Rebecca Demornay. These days, he looks like a silver fox. A stable wormhole will be the entire premise of "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine"! The Star Trek galaxy is divided into four quadrants: Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta. The Alpha and Beta Quadrants are the most explored. The Federation occupies the Alpha Quadrant. The Klingon and Romulan Empires occupy portions of the Beta Quadrant. The Gamma Quadrant is what the DS9 wormhole will connect to. The Delta Quadrant is where the Borg come from and where "Star Trek: Voyager" is set. Troi and Crusher stretching in lycra gymwear was one of the most paused moments in Star Trek history and put hair on many a young man's chest.
In case you're wondering, the whole Gamma quadrant/Delta quadrant thing is something that this era of Star Trek will be expanding upon quite a bit in future shows. In the Star Trek universe, they have our galaxy divided into four sections: Alpha, Beta, Gamma, and Delta quadrants. The Federation, Klingons, and Romulans mostly occupy a small section of the Alpha quadrant, and a little bit of the Beta quadrant. But our galaxy is a VERY big place. It's about 100,000 light-years in diameter. So even a Federation starship, with its incredible speed, would still take probably a few hundred years to cross our entire galaxy at maximum warp. Even just reaching the nearest portions of the distant Gamma and Delta quadrants would take like 70+ years for a fast starship. So finding any kind of shortcut to those distant regions would be a big deal for the Federation, and allow completely new and incredible avenues of exploration and research. Who knows what we might discover out there?
Having the VISOR make a sound is a good idea. Of course, it would also be a good idea to attach the damn thing more firmly, so it doesn't just fall off! 😆 Also, in _Star Trek,_ the galaxy is divided into four quadrants, regions covering 90° centered at the galactic center. The Federation is mostly in the Alpha Quadrant, while the Klingons and Romulans are in the Beta Quadrant; in other words, the primary region where action takes place in this series is near the dividing plane between them. This also means anywhere in either the Gamma or Delta Quadrant is quite distant from any of those civilizations. (Fun fact: Real-world astronomers also have a coordinate system that divides the galaxy into quadrants. But theirs has its origin at the Sun, rather than the galactic center. And they don't designate them with Greek letters.)
Using the phaser as a distress rocket with eventually a SOS sequence would have been an excellent idea ! Also, using a proximity signal like the Ambojistu poles would have been a good idea too. But those guys have one week to prepare an episode so they don't necessarily have time for such details. Tomalak's actor, Katsulas also plays a villain in The Fugitive movie with Harrisson Ford and Tommy Lee Jones. But the verbal duels between Tomalak and Picard are legendary. As for Gamma and Delta Quadrants, the Galaxy is divided by Federation charters in four equivalent parts, the Federation is on the edge of Alpha and Beta Quadrantss, the Klingon Empire is mostly on the Beta Quadrant side and the Romulans on the Alpha Quadrant side. The Gamma and Delta Quadrant face the first two on the opposite side of the galaxy compared to the Galactic Core composed of Sagitarius A* Supermassive Blackhole. I never liked Ral Devinoni... sore manipulator PUA.
Fun fact the actor who Troi had some fun with now sells insurance in a series of commercials and you will find those lost Ferengi in another Trek show and they did not learn a thing
The thing with the replicator was that she knew she wanted something chocolate but didn't know exactly what she wanted. By being unintentionally vague, she confused the computer which is programmed with a myriad of options. The computer doesn't know what per cent pure cacao you prefer or what manner of preparation until you tell it.
I just found your channel and I have binged all your Star Trek Next Gen reactions today😂 I subbed right away since I love all your reactions and I hope you continue the Trek journey with Voyager, Deep Space Nine and Enterprise. All of them are great shows. Until then, Next Gen gets better and better from here and I can't wait to see you reacting to all te fun stuff ahead. I like the way you mind works and how observant you are! I also understood it was your birthday a couple of days ago, so Happy Birthday! 😁 Mine was 4 days on the 24th and I'm still celebrating🤭
Tomalok was played by the phenomenal actor Andreas Katsulas. He played a main character in Babylon 5, which I highly recommend you watch at some point.
FYI Courtney, the reason actors are so close to each other and have a “personal space” issue is because of the 4:3 aspect ratio. The screen is tight, so they cant do wide shots, therefore the actors will be closer to each other if you notice.
Hello again Courtney. As I mentioned in another one of your reactions I appreciate the no profanity element you bring. I’m a mature adult and just see no reason for it. But I must say your insights into each episode is fun to watch. You pick up on so many nuances that are often missed. I’ve watched these episodes so many times but you bring up questions that I’ve never even considered, I’ve subscribed and hope to enjoy your Star Trek journey as it continues
The Delta Quadrant is a quarter of our spiral round and rotating Milkyway galaxy. In Star Trek they divided it into 4 cross sections - the Alpha Quadrant where most of the Federation is located, the Beta Quadrant, where we can find the Romulan and the Klingon Empire, the Gamma Quadrant will be explored in Star Trek Deep Space Nine and the Delta Quadrant we get a fly through over the 7 seasons of Star Trek Voyager. But keep in mind that the quadrants are still mostly unexplored because they are still very big even with warp drive, so we only get to see tiny areas and still those are full of life, characters, diplomacy and confrontations :)
Happy belated birthday, Courtney! Better say it before I forget again hehe, whoops :(. I'm a fellow Jan baby, but it was way back on the 4th. I guess I decided I wasn't ready on New Years, much to Mom's annoyance because New Years babies were getting freebies of baby stuff for a few months after lol
Welp, I'm all caught up on the TNG reactions so far. Watching your reactions is always a delight, and I'm glad you're already in season 3! Looking forward to seeing more of your reactions, Court!
These reactions only confirm why Riker has to be my favorite TNG character. Troi, on the other hand, is one of the most mishandled characters in TNG, especially considering how funny the actress is. In these early seasons, I feel like she could have done so much more.
Always glad to see Andreas Katsulas' work. He's best known as the one-armed man in "The Futigive" (1993) and as a main character in "Babylon 5", but he also made appearances in "Enterprise", "Max Headroom", and "Hot Shots! Part Deux" (1993). We'll see the lost Ferengi much later in a different series. They started out pretty vile, and they get worse. Troi can pick 'em, eh?
@@tulinfirenze1990 Which series? Are they alive? Where are they, in the delta quadrant, or did they find their way back, or does someone discover them somewhere in between? Who discovers them? What is their station: If they live, are they castaways, kings, paupers, working class, criminals, eccentric fools, legends? Do we meet them, communicate over radio, hear stories, see pictures, get avenged by their relatives, or see the bodies? I said they become even more vile than they were in this episode; in what way, and do we see that by observing their behavior, seeing the aftermath, or hearing rumors? I answer none of these questions, nor many more. Ergo, my statement is a teaser, not a spoiler. There's a difference.
Worf missed an opportunity to give the Romulan what the Romulan needed to survive which would have enraged and humiliated the Romulan who would have felt tainted by Klingon blood. It would have accomplished what Worf and Dr Crusher both wanted. For Worf it would have been a kind of sweet revenge and a Romulan would owe Worf his life and have to live with the "tainted blood" for the rest of his life. For Dr.Crusher it would save a life. But the moral quandary was a great one and one, sadly, I've seen play out in real life in my quarter century as an ER trauma nurse. Star Trek at its best explores moral and philosophical quandaries, and so for me that episode has remained one of my favorite TNG episodes, not only for the intrigue but for the moral conundrum too. You've seen at least one part Romulan on a Starfleet Starship called Enterprise; Lieutenant Saavik (Star Trek movies 2 -4),. She was half Vulcan half Romulan. This was never made explicit in the movies except in the novelizations of the movies but her story and character wasn't explored until several years after Star Trek 4. Star Trek has some incredible novels. Now before people respond and say they are not "canon" these same people need to recognize that quite a few Star Trek TV show and movie writers and even Star Trek actors wrote novels too. This remains true today. So that fact throws a wrench on the argument the novels are not canon. In fact Gene Roddenberry wrote the novelization of his screenplay for The Motion Picture. Indeed the question of "canon" applied to science fiction or any fiction for that matter is misplaced misguided and gives science fiction entirely too much importance. "Canon" is a far more serious literary matter reserved for ancient documents, particularly of a religious nature. It is more appropriate to speak of "lore" when speaking of science fiction. That's a much more appropriate term for discussing science fiction.
There were American soldiers that desperately needed blood to survive their injuries in WW2, but the only available of that was marked as 'black' so they refused it saying they would rather die than have that in their bodies. Sound familiar?
Great reaction these two episodes are both very good. I think on one hand we have the ambulance Federation worth and Jordan. They literally killed his parents. He saw them killed his parents. He barely survived and only because of confederation ship save him right but humans who are very moral people. That’s why I considered it because that’s what they would do. Federation teachings. Tell him that it would help somebody, but when he said, he called himself, not gonna waste his life Blood, his parents to Save meanwhile on the planet Geordie they believe in strength no disability is tolerated in Romulus. They will all get killing immediately no chance for life. Meanwhile, this is advisor which makes you see is an out there has to agree that he’s not useless after all, but the Roman society would not agree. I don’t think it’s been too long their beliefs. They have similar to Vulcan, but not enough. Jordan hadn’t found the second one on the plane there’d be war with the Federation. I don’t blame myself at all, and I use the card credit for not forcing him to give blood because some of the commanders would force a piece to do the job and that’s just not worth forcing somebody for that that’s for the second episode the bars and warm yeah that is About Diana. That’s crazy. The funny thing is in real life. She can’t stand in chocolate, but a character loves it maybe she did it one time she had so much chocolate on the show that she got sick of it. I think I can imagine it, but they have to reduce scenes sometimes it’s believable The fact that you can’t sense. Another brain part is surprising although she’s half human so they’re not exactly a challenge to somebody and she takes after her mother in that regard building this issue about the one who began later in the Star Trek, both friendly brought up again and the idea of one, although the next one will be stable indeed in the next show Deep space nine this episode shows how commander Riker has the ability to be on his feet with automatic all the points of starship cap went on the Federation flagship captain long time ago I agree with his reasoning, but I’ve been number two on the ship the number one all leader ship, but eventually, I stand your own and be the man you are and he will show. He loves the more because proof that you love somebody. I find somebody who makes them happy it’s gonna be better for them. You accept that and let them go. Thanks for the fun until next time.
as troi's mother points out betazoids cant use their abilities on ferengi. her mother full blooded and cant read ferengi so this is one of those character bloopers
Two problems with The Enemy: first, either order Worf to do it or don't. Stop browbeating him. Is it immoral to do so? But they're trying to get Worf to violate his own moral code. Second: the episode completely nullified the whole moral quandary as soon as the Romulan refused treatment.
1:12 Klingons *are* super strong. But so are Romulans -- don't forget, they're related to Vulcans. An audible signal wouldn't be bad in this situation, but it would be irritating in general. He takes it off for bed. 4:20 Yep. Geordi is a Starfleet engineer. They can turn rocks into replicators. 😉 8:00 when have you met Romulans before? 😂 11:34 Yep. "The Enemy" is definitely one of the more memorable ones. It says a lot about the series that it doesn't rank in everybody's top ten. 14:54 And this is a good example of how much Star Trek has grown up in dealing with matters of morality. 16:49 it's Tomalak. He's BS'ing. 20:53 Interestingly enough, you've hit right on the central notion of the European Union: peace through contact. 23:55 It hadn't occurred to the writers yet that gold makes no sense if you have replicators. 25:21 Not to mention that if the wormhole turns out to be unstable, Data can come back the long way without time being a problem. 😉 30:52 Yep. Ferengi do that (creep on girls). 34:14 And that's what you call a swift kick in the 🫏. 38:24 Yes; by now the writers had given up on the Ferengi as the new ultimate adversaries. I agree with you that "The Enemy" is the better story of the two. But note the difference with season 1: no more one episode good the next bad. "The Enemy" is better, but "The Price" is a good episode. Replicators aboard Starfleet facilities usually serve synthehol rather than ethyl alcohol.
This is simply untrue. Klingons are not inherently stronger than humans though one might suspect they will be stronger on average given their physical culture and tendency to be larger, but they aren’t endowed with abnormal strength physiologically. Romulans and Vulcans are. Edit note: the OP has edited his claim slightly, without acknowledging it.
I think the issues you have with the beeping could be fixed. Just make it voice-activated, or triggered through Geordi's combadge. That might have been hard to conceive of in the 90's, but it's how find-my-phone and other location-trackers work now.
@@datacipher Klingons aren't endowed with abnormal strength for *their* physiology. Neither are Vulcans or Romulans. Klingons on average are stronger than humans. That doesn't mean they're unbeatable; Kirk clearly defeated Kruge in hand to hand combat. But how many humans require three kicks to the head before letting go?
@ you don’t seem to have all your facilities. First I’m glad you’re now contradicting your earlier claims and repeating what I said: that Klingons have no physiological advantage in strength - as I stated their sheer size and culture tend (probably) to make them stronger on average. However despite now parroting my correction to your claim about Klingons, you’ve now added yet another false claim that Vulcans do not have a physiological advantage in strength. This is untrue. It has been stated several times in canon, and in fact DS9 specifically informed us that they were 3 times stronger on average. Perhaps you don’t understand what “physiological” means. I now you’re now editing your original claims. PS. Nobody said they were unbeatable or even implied that - to the contrary I corrected your claim that they had a physiological advantage like Vulcans in STRENGTH. This - let alone citing Kruge being kicked - was totally non sequitur.
To be fair, the average Vulcan has three times the strength of a human (explanation seems to be denser muscle fibres), so I would assume Romulans would be similar as they're only a couple millennia removed from their exodus from Vulcan. As a Klingon, Worf is definitely strong, but a Romulan would be every bit a match for him - and possibly stronger.
I agree with you but apparently the show and its writers have been a little inconsistent with that aspect of the Star Trek universe. I can't recall many episodes where I've seen any Romulans physically overpower any humans or Klingons like a Vulcan easily would or should be able to. At times it appears that Romulans, Klingons and Humans are comparably equal in physical strength or better, yet the script or storyline determines how strong or weak a particular is character is for that episode. You bring up a good point that makes me think about the comparable physical strength factor of all the species in the Star Trek Universe from weakest to strongest.
As my friends say, "HAPPY HATCHING DAY!!". Enemy was a decent one, but i've seen so many variations of "we wre enemies, but we need to work together to get back to our peoples", .not bad though, and got a taste of Romulans. The Price.... the plans were originally to try to tirn the Ferengi into a credible enemy, and this episode was the declaration that this was no longer the plan.
I watch another channel's reaction of Star Trek Original Series. They giggled and made jokes throughout the entire episode. Not for me. Back to Court! I agree with Worf. There's a limit. Good question on the Enterprise not escorting the Romulans out of the neutral zone.
Here is a fun fact the man who is Deanna Troy's love interest in this episode is Matt McCoy he is the Grey haired man in the Hartford commercials insurance
In a German Trek Podcast this smeary Belgian was established as a scale to measure later similar characters referring to that Belgian scale ^^ so funny :D
She has commented in the past that she plans to also watch DS9 and Voyager. Although Both DS9 and TNG ran concurrently she has to make sure to start DS9 at the right time during TNG's run and not too soon so the continuity between the two shows is kept intact when she starts DS9.
I just remembered this while watching, but if you ever get around to watching Voyager, you'll see those two Ferengi who were stranded in the Delta Quadrant again... ;) (But definitely watch DS9 first, you'll thank me later.)
I think Worf wanted Picard to order him to donate because Worf actually wanted to help but couldn't make that decision himself without confronting his resentment or betraying his principles, but Picard wasn't going to do Worf's soul-searching for him or give an order that violates the right of bodily autonomy. On both counts it was something Worf had to do for himself. I think it's great subtle acting to convey all of this.
Its not totally implausible but I don’t think that’s true - Worf makes his hatred clear. Nor do we see any regret from him after - in the slightest. If they wanted to show that, even something a subtle as showing Worf with a slight hesitation before walking away would have done that. But I do think he half expects Picard may do that, and it’s a chance for them to show he will put his duty first.
@@datacipherI think, in the full version of the scene, Worf does show a reaction to Picard telling him "That will be all" before he walks away, like he was hoping he would have been ordered to do it. That's how I've always read his actions/expressions since watching it during its premiere.
It is nice to see G’Kar and Picard share screen time. (I know another b5 reference.) This is an unofficial two-parter of sorts. The upcoming episode is even better. Now that we have even more writers in the stable, you’ll see even more interesting things happen to the crew and the universe at large. I love this episode. Sure, it is a slight remake of the movie Enemy Mine, but I love it in the context of the larger Trek universe. This is a bit of a start of a Romulan arc in the third season. The Crusher/Worf thing will be touched upon later, take note. Given the political structure of the area of space, the Roms, never reveal their hand until they have to. The Romulan death was a major sticking point among the staff and Dorn. Most of them didn’t like that Worf let the Rom die. Piller decided to make the tough choice of killing him off. It rings true for who Worf is. Is it a bit of a heel turn for Worf? I think it enriches Worf. Galorndon Core… I wonder if we’ll see this planet again. Got to love that Picard speech. I also like how most of the crew is used in this episode. Everyone gets a moment. You've got some even better episodes coming up.
Happy belated birthday, Courtney! I had no idea when your birthday was, I may be a September baby, but I guess a lot of the greatest people are born in January.
You’re an intelligent woman with conservative values - wise. Troi is a loose woman who’ll flirt with a handsome (or… somewhat handsome lol) guest character snd in a few lines of a dialogue she’ll be spending the night in their quarters and seeing Beverley for antibiotics and to gossip about her conquest. 😂 Not as bad as Riker though who sleeps his way though the crew - including junior officers directly under his command.
When he told Wolf he didn't want to pollute his body with Klingon filth there was a part of me that wanted Worf to walk over to Beverly and tell her I'll donate just so he'd have to live with Worf's blood in his body.
Haha. That would have been super cheesy and silly - might work as one-liner gag over something trivial but not this - and it would have destroyed the gravity of the dilemma.
You’re right to call out Geordi for not using his phaser as a beacon for Riker and Worf while they were on the surface of the planet. Never occurred to me, good thinking Court.
Yeah me either. 😅🖖
That was a really good idea. I never thought about that.
Damn, that beeping VISOR idea was actually brilliant.
Court these reactions are fantastic! This is the dose of Star Trek that I needed. Thank you.
Your audio solution to Geordi's lost visor issue is brilliant. So brilliant that you should invent the device yourself for eyeglasses.
LOL! Who else heard Tomalok talk and instantly had B5 flashbacks??
I was thinking that 😂. Great character actor.
Whenever I hear that voice now, I think G'kar. RIP Andreas Katsulas.
Hey, Courtney! The Romulan Commander was played by the late, great Andreas Katsulas who is best known to sci-fi fans as reptilian Ambassador G'Kar from the legendary sci-fi epic "Babylon 5". "Babylon 5" is one of the top 5 sci-fi epics ever produced! This is Katsulas' first appearance as Tomalak.
Adversaries working together to survive is as old as Sidney Poitier and Tony Curtis in "The Defiant Ones" but an excellent sci-fi variation of that trope is the film "Enemy Mine" with Louis Gossett, Jr. and Dennis Quaid. It's a movie well worth reacting to!
The empathic negotiator who romanced Troi was played by character actor Matt McCoy who is probably most recognized for the thriller "The Hand that Rocks the Cradle" with Rebecca Demornay. These days, he looks like a silver fox.
A stable wormhole will be the entire premise of "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine"! The Star Trek galaxy is divided into four quadrants: Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta. The Alpha and Beta Quadrants are the most explored. The Federation occupies the Alpha Quadrant. The Klingon and Romulan Empires occupy portions of the Beta Quadrant. The Gamma Quadrant is what the DS9 wormhole will connect to. The Delta Quadrant is where the Borg come from and where "Star Trek: Voyager" is set.
Troi and Crusher stretching in lycra gymwear was one of the most paused moments in Star Trek history and put hair on many a young man's chest.
If you like the episode "The Enemy", then I highly recommend an 80's sci-fi movie called "Enemy Mine" with Dennis Quaid and Louis Gossett Jr.
In case you're wondering, the whole Gamma quadrant/Delta quadrant thing is something that this era of Star Trek will be expanding upon quite a bit in future shows. In the Star Trek universe, they have our galaxy divided into four sections: Alpha, Beta, Gamma, and Delta quadrants. The Federation, Klingons, and Romulans mostly occupy a small section of the Alpha quadrant, and a little bit of the Beta quadrant. But our galaxy is a VERY big place. It's about 100,000 light-years in diameter. So even a Federation starship, with its incredible speed, would still take probably a few hundred years to cross our entire galaxy at maximum warp. Even just reaching the nearest portions of the distant Gamma and Delta quadrants would take like 70+ years for a fast starship. So finding any kind of shortcut to those distant regions would be a big deal for the Federation, and allow completely new and incredible avenues of exploration and research.
Who knows what we might discover out there?
Having the VISOR make a sound is a good idea. Of course, it would also be a good idea to attach the damn thing more firmly, so it doesn't just fall off! 😆
Also, in _Star Trek,_ the galaxy is divided into four quadrants, regions covering 90° centered at the galactic center. The Federation is mostly in the Alpha Quadrant, while the Klingons and Romulans are in the Beta Quadrant; in other words, the primary region where action takes place in this series is near the dividing plane between them. This also means anywhere in either the Gamma or Delta Quadrant is quite distant from any of those civilizations. (Fun fact: Real-world astronomers also have a coordinate system that divides the galaxy into quadrants. But theirs has its origin at the Sun, rather than the galactic center. And they don't designate them with Greek letters.)
Using the phaser as a distress rocket with eventually a SOS sequence would have been an excellent idea !
Also, using a proximity signal like the Ambojistu poles would have been a good idea too. But those guys have one week to prepare an episode so they don't necessarily have time for such details.
Tomalak's actor, Katsulas also plays a villain in The Fugitive movie with Harrisson Ford and Tommy Lee Jones.
But the verbal duels between Tomalak and Picard are legendary.
As for Gamma and Delta Quadrants, the Galaxy is divided by Federation charters in four equivalent parts, the Federation is on the edge of Alpha and Beta Quadrantss, the Klingon Empire is mostly on the Beta Quadrant side and the Romulans on the Alpha Quadrant side. The Gamma and Delta Quadrant face the first two on the opposite side of the galaxy compared to the Galactic Core composed of Sagitarius A* Supermassive Blackhole.
I never liked Ral Devinoni... sore manipulator PUA.
Fun fact the actor who Troi had some fun with now sells insurance in a series of commercials and you will find those lost Ferengi in another Trek show and they did not learn a thing
The thing with the replicator was that she knew she wanted something chocolate but didn't know exactly what she wanted. By being unintentionally vague, she confused the computer which is programmed with a myriad of options. The computer doesn't know what per cent pure cacao you prefer or what manner of preparation until you tell it.
Nah, it's because she said "real", the replicator can't do real.
33:55 - Ooo... Want some ice for that burn, Ral?
Commander Tomalak is played by Andreas Katsulas. He makes appearances on several TV shows
Most notably that other gem of 90s Sci-Fi, Babylon 5. He also played in Harrison Ford's movie adaptation of the 60s TV Drama, The Fugitive.
I just found your channel and I have binged all your Star Trek Next Gen reactions today😂 I subbed right away since I love all your reactions and I hope you continue the Trek journey with Voyager, Deep Space Nine and Enterprise. All of them are great shows. Until then, Next Gen gets better and better from here and I can't wait to see you reacting to all te fun stuff ahead. I like the way you mind works and how observant you are! I also understood it was your birthday a couple of days ago, so Happy Birthday! 😁 Mine was 4 days on the 24th and I'm still celebrating🤭
I plan on watching all of Star Trek ☺Thank you so much for the sweet comment, and we have the same birthday! Happy Belated Birthday!
Tomalok was played by the phenomenal actor Andreas Katsulas. He played a main character in Babylon 5, which I highly recommend you watch at some point.
FYI Courtney, the reason actors are so close to each other and have a “personal space” issue is because of the 4:3 aspect ratio. The screen is tight, so they cant do wide shots, therefore the actors will be closer to each other if you notice.
Hello again Courtney. As I mentioned in another one of your reactions I appreciate the no profanity element you bring. I’m a mature adult and just see no reason for it. But I must say your insights into each episode is fun to watch. You pick up on so many nuances that are often missed. I’ve watched these episodes so many times but you bring up questions that I’ve never even considered, I’ve subscribed and hope to enjoy your Star Trek journey as it continues
I loved the "Point to Riker" moment.
The Delta Quadrant is a quarter of our spiral round and rotating Milkyway galaxy. In Star Trek they divided it into 4 cross sections - the Alpha Quadrant where most of the Federation is located, the Beta Quadrant, where we can find the Romulan and the Klingon Empire, the Gamma Quadrant will be explored in Star Trek Deep Space Nine and the Delta Quadrant we get a fly through over the 7 seasons of Star Trek Voyager. But keep in mind that the quadrants are still mostly unexplored because they are still very big even with warp drive, so we only get to see tiny areas and still those are full of life, characters, diplomacy and confrontations :)
Star Trek always does brinksmanship so well
Happy belated birthday, Courtney! Better say it before I forget again hehe, whoops :(. I'm a fellow Jan baby, but it was way back on the 4th. I guess I decided I wasn't ready on New Years, much to Mom's annoyance because New Years babies were getting freebies of baby stuff for a few months after lol
Thank you so much! I know your mom would have loved the freebies 😂
Welp, I'm all caught up on the TNG reactions so far. Watching your reactions is always a delight, and I'm glad you're already in season 3!
Looking forward to seeing more of your reactions, Court!
I get a feeling those Ferengi floating around in the Delta quadrant are going to be just fine... at least for a while.
Let's hope they won't get powerful on some poor civilisation ...
yep
These reactions only confirm why Riker has to be my favorite TNG character. Troi, on the other hand, is one of the most mishandled characters in TNG, especially considering how funny the actress is. In these early seasons, I feel like she could have done so much more.
So much franchise foreshadowing in these episodes... we'll get an update to these two ferengi in Voyager.
Always glad to see Andreas Katsulas' work. He's best known as the one-armed man in "The Futigive" (1993) and as a main character in "Babylon 5", but he also made appearances in "Enterprise", "Max Headroom", and "Hot Shots! Part Deux" (1993).
We'll see the lost Ferengi much later in a different series. They started out pretty vile, and they get worse.
Troi can pick 'em, eh?
Nice spoiler.
@@tulinfirenze1990 Not even.
@@paulsander5433 "We'll see the lost Ferengi much later in a different series"
@@tulinfirenze1990 Which series? Are they alive? Where are they, in the delta quadrant, or did they find their way back, or does someone discover them somewhere in between? Who discovers them? What is their station: If they live, are they castaways, kings, paupers, working class, criminals, eccentric fools, legends? Do we meet them, communicate over radio, hear stories, see pictures, get avenged by their relatives, or see the bodies? I said they become even more vile than they were in this episode; in what way, and do we see that by observing their behavior, seeing the aftermath, or hearing rumors?
I answer none of these questions, nor many more. Ergo, my statement is a teaser, not a spoiler. There's a difference.
@@paulsander5433 So you've gone from saying it wasn't any kind of spoiler to now being a teaser. Hmmmm ....
I'm with Worf on this one, I'm no friend to anyone who seeks my destruction and I'm certainly not their savior.
Worf missed an opportunity to give the Romulan what the Romulan needed to survive which would have enraged and humiliated the Romulan who would have felt tainted by Klingon blood. It would have accomplished what Worf and Dr Crusher both wanted. For Worf it would have been a kind of sweet revenge and a Romulan would owe Worf his life and have to live with the "tainted blood" for the rest of his life. For Dr.Crusher it would save a life. But the moral quandary was a great one and one, sadly, I've seen play out in real life in my quarter century as an ER trauma nurse. Star Trek at its best explores moral and philosophical quandaries, and so for me that episode has remained one of my favorite TNG episodes, not only for the intrigue but for the moral conundrum too. You've seen at least one part Romulan on a Starfleet Starship called Enterprise; Lieutenant Saavik (Star Trek movies 2 -4),. She was half Vulcan half Romulan. This was never made explicit in the movies except in the novelizations of the movies but her story and character wasn't explored until several years after Star Trek 4. Star Trek has some incredible novels. Now before people respond and say they are not "canon" these same people need to recognize that quite a few Star Trek TV show and movie writers and even Star Trek actors wrote novels too. This remains true today. So that fact throws a wrench on the argument the novels are not canon. In fact Gene Roddenberry wrote the novelization of his screenplay for The Motion Picture. Indeed the question of "canon" applied to science fiction or any fiction for that matter is misplaced misguided and gives science fiction entirely too much importance. "Canon" is a far more serious literary matter reserved for ancient documents, particularly of a religious nature. It is more appropriate to speak of "lore" when speaking of science fiction. That's a much more appropriate term for discussing science fiction.
Also, let's just say that the stranded Ferengi in their shuttle from "The Price" will come up again if you stick with "Star Trek".
7:55 “Wow. _Still_ with the weapon-pointing.”
He’s like a dog with a bone. 🤷♂
I mean if they really wanted to save that Romulan they could’ve sent him back to his people. Oh well.
The enemy is a space remake of an old Mako, Lee Marvin movie. Hey, wait, they already did a space remake of that movie with lou gosset.
There were American soldiers that desperately needed blood to survive their injuries in WW2, but the only available of that was marked as 'black' so they refused it saying they would rather die than have that in their bodies. Sound familiar?
Great reaction these two episodes are both very good. I think on one hand we have the ambulance Federation worth and Jordan. They literally killed his parents. He saw them killed his parents. He barely survived and only because of confederation ship save him right but humans who are very moral people. That’s why I considered it because that’s what they would do. Federation teachings. Tell him that it would help somebody, but when he said, he called himself, not gonna waste his life Blood, his parents to Save meanwhile on the planet Geordie they believe in strength no disability is tolerated in Romulus. They will all get killing immediately no chance for life. Meanwhile, this is advisor which makes you see is an out there has to agree that he’s not useless after all, but the Roman society would not agree. I don’t think it’s been too long their beliefs. They have similar to Vulcan, but not enough. Jordan hadn’t found the second one on the plane there’d be war with the Federation. I don’t blame myself at all, and I use the card credit for not forcing him to give blood because some of the commanders would force a piece to do the job and that’s just not worth forcing somebody for that that’s for the second episode the bars and warm yeah that is About Diana. That’s crazy. The funny thing is in real life. She can’t stand in chocolate, but a character loves it maybe she did it one time she had so much chocolate on the show that she got sick of it. I think I can imagine it, but they have to reduce scenes sometimes it’s believable The fact that you can’t sense. Another brain part is surprising although she’s half human so they’re not exactly a challenge to somebody and she takes after her mother in that regard building this issue about the one who began later in the Star Trek, both friendly brought up again and the idea of one, although the next one will be stable indeed in the next show Deep space nine this episode shows how commander Riker has the ability to be on his feet with automatic all the points of starship cap went on the Federation flagship captain long time ago I agree with his reasoning, but I’ve been number two on the ship the number one all leader ship, but eventually, I stand your own and be the man you are and he will show. He loves the more because proof that you love somebody. I find somebody who makes them happy it’s gonna be better for them. You accept that and let them go. Thanks for the fun until next time.
If you've never seen the movie "Enemy Mine" cheek it out. It's was a loose basis for TNG's "The Enemy".
as troi's mother points out betazoids cant use their abilities on ferengi. her mother full blooded and cant read ferengi so this is one of those character bloopers
Two problems with The Enemy: first, either order Worf to do it or don't. Stop browbeating him. Is it immoral to do so? But they're trying to get Worf to violate his own moral code.
Second: the episode completely nullified the whole moral quandary as soon as the Romulan refused treatment.
1:12 Klingons *are* super strong. But so are Romulans -- don't forget, they're related to Vulcans.
An audible signal wouldn't be bad in this situation, but it would be irritating in general. He takes it off for bed.
4:20 Yep. Geordi is a Starfleet engineer. They can turn rocks into replicators. 😉
8:00 when have you met Romulans before? 😂
11:34 Yep. "The Enemy" is definitely one of the more memorable ones. It says a lot about the series that it doesn't rank in everybody's top ten.
14:54 And this is a good example of how much Star Trek has grown up in dealing with matters of morality.
16:49 it's Tomalak. He's BS'ing.
20:53 Interestingly enough, you've hit right on the central notion of the European Union: peace through contact.
23:55 It hadn't occurred to the writers yet that gold makes no sense if you have replicators.
25:21 Not to mention that if the wormhole turns out to be unstable, Data can come back the long way without time being a problem. 😉
30:52 Yep. Ferengi do that (creep on girls).
34:14 And that's what you call a swift kick in the 🫏.
38:24 Yes; by now the writers had given up on the Ferengi as the new ultimate adversaries.
I agree with you that "The Enemy" is the better story of the two. But note the difference with season 1: no more one episode good the next bad. "The Enemy" is better, but "The Price" is a good episode.
Replicators aboard Starfleet facilities usually serve synthehol rather than ethyl alcohol.
This is simply untrue. Klingons are not inherently stronger than humans though one might suspect they will be stronger on average given their physical culture and tendency to be larger, but they aren’t endowed with abnormal strength physiologically. Romulans and Vulcans are.
Edit note: the OP has edited his claim slightly, without acknowledging it.
I think the issues you have with the beeping could be fixed. Just make it voice-activated, or triggered through Geordi's combadge. That might have been hard to conceive of in the 90's, but it's how find-my-phone and other location-trackers work now.
@@datacipher Klingons aren't endowed with abnormal strength for *their* physiology. Neither are Vulcans or Romulans. Klingons on average are stronger than humans. That doesn't mean they're unbeatable; Kirk clearly defeated Kruge in hand to hand combat. But how many humans require three kicks to the head before letting go?
@@Tribble314 Sure, that's possible. All I'm saying is, you don't want that to be the default.
@ you don’t seem to have all your facilities. First I’m glad you’re now contradicting your earlier claims and repeating what I said: that Klingons have no physiological advantage in strength - as I stated their sheer size and culture tend (probably) to make them stronger on average. However despite now parroting my correction to your claim about Klingons, you’ve now added yet another false claim that Vulcans do not have a physiological advantage in strength. This is untrue. It has been stated several times in canon, and in fact DS9 specifically informed us that they were 3 times stronger on average. Perhaps you don’t understand what “physiological” means.
I now you’re now editing your original claims.
PS. Nobody said they were unbeatable or even implied that - to the contrary I corrected your claim that they had a physiological advantage like Vulcans in STRENGTH. This - let alone citing Kruge being kicked - was totally non sequitur.
The connections with both DS9 and Voyager are abundant for those who recognize them.
Geordi mentions a Rule of Acquisition in "The Enemy".
To be fair, the average Vulcan has three times the strength of a human (explanation seems to be denser muscle fibres), so I would assume Romulans would be similar as they're only a couple millennia removed from their exodus from Vulcan. As a Klingon, Worf is definitely strong, but a Romulan would be every bit a match for him - and possibly stronger.
I agree with you but apparently the show and its writers have been a little inconsistent with that aspect of the Star Trek universe. I can't recall many episodes where I've seen any Romulans physically overpower any humans or Klingons like a Vulcan easily would or should be able to. At times it appears that Romulans, Klingons and Humans are comparably equal in physical strength or better, yet the script or storyline determines how strong or weak a particular is character is for that episode. You bring up a good point that makes me think about the comparable physical strength factor of all the species in the Star Trek Universe from weakest to strongest.
She wanted real chocolate.Replicators can only synthesis or copy the ingredients or materials but can't recreate the actual thing.
We all need Captain Picard in those times. He is a true hero, not that crap Marvel tells us!
Worf may be heartless, but the Romulan's racism is an open wound that no heart could fix
As my friends say, "HAPPY HATCHING DAY!!".
Enemy was a decent one, but i've seen so many variations of "we wre enemies, but we need to work together to get back to our peoples", .not bad though, and got a taste of Romulans.
The Price.... the plans were originally to try to tirn the Ferengi into a credible enemy, and this episode was the declaration that this was no longer the plan.
I watch another channel's reaction of Star Trek Original Series. They giggled and made jokes throughout the entire episode. Not for me. Back to Court! I agree with Worf. There's a limit. Good question on the Enterprise not escorting the Romulans out of the neutral zone.
Here is a fun fact the man who is Deanna Troy's love interest in this episode is Matt McCoy he is the Grey haired man in the Hartford commercials insurance
In a German Trek Podcast this smeary Belgian was established as a scale to measure later similar characters referring to that Belgian scale ^^ so funny :D
i miss Andreas Katsulas
Are there any plans to go on after The Next Generation and into DS9?
I really hope so!
She has commented in the past that she plans to also watch DS9 and Voyager. Although Both DS9 and TNG ran concurrently she has to make sure to start DS9 at the right time during TNG's run and not too soon so the continuity between the two shows is kept intact when she starts DS9.
Tomalok is always shady.
I always struggled with The Price. I always found the episode overall uncomfortable.
I just remembered this while watching, but if you ever get around to watching Voyager, you'll see those two Ferengi who were stranded in the Delta Quadrant again... ;)
(But definitely watch DS9 first, you'll thank me later.)
Spoiler.
We really need a scene of Worf & Riker stretching together and talking about the special women in their lives - "who also make their toes curl". 😉
Maybe one day...
The Picard is very upset with Courtney
The reaction on Ral's face when Riker was super genuine that he didn't care if he was involved with Troi as long as she was happy.
I think Troi's taste needs readjusting. I could not take to that guy at all. He came across as WAY too disingenuous and slimy for me.
I think Worf wanted Picard to order him to donate because Worf actually wanted to help but couldn't make that decision himself without confronting his resentment or betraying his principles, but Picard wasn't going to do Worf's soul-searching for him or give an order that violates the right of bodily autonomy. On both counts it was something Worf had to do for himself. I think it's great subtle acting to convey all of this.
Its not totally implausible but I don’t think that’s true - Worf makes his hatred clear. Nor do we see any regret from him after - in the slightest. If they wanted to show that, even something a subtle as showing Worf with a slight hesitation before walking away would have done that. But I do think he half expects Picard may do that, and it’s a chance for them to show he will put his duty first.
@@datacipherI think, in the full version of the scene, Worf does show a reaction to Picard telling him "That will be all" before he walks away, like he was hoping he would have been ordered to do it. That's how I've always read his actions/expressions since watching it during its premiere.
It is nice to see G’Kar and Picard share screen time. (I know another b5 reference.)
This is an unofficial two-parter of sorts. The upcoming episode is even better.
Now that we have even more writers in the stable, you’ll see even more interesting things happen to the crew and the universe at large. I love this episode. Sure, it is a slight remake of the movie Enemy Mine, but I love it in the context of the larger Trek universe.
This is a bit of a start of a Romulan arc in the third season. The Crusher/Worf thing will be touched upon later, take note. Given the political structure of the area of space, the Roms, never reveal their hand until they have to.
The Romulan death was a major sticking point among the staff and Dorn. Most of them didn’t like that Worf let the Rom die. Piller decided to make the tough choice of killing him off. It rings true for who Worf is. Is it a bit of a heel turn for Worf? I think it enriches Worf.
Galorndon Core… I wonder if we’ll see this planet again.
Got to love that Picard speech.
I also like how most of the crew is used in this episode. Everyone gets a moment.
You've got some even better episodes coming up.
Happy belated birthday, Courtney! I had no idea when your birthday was, I may be a September baby, but I guess a lot of the greatest people are born in January.
So does anyone else try to drop their like before we "hop on into it"? Ever since she shortened the intros, I've made a game of it for myself.
You’re an intelligent woman with conservative values - wise. Troi is a loose woman who’ll flirt with a handsome (or… somewhat handsome lol) guest character snd in a few lines of a dialogue she’ll be spending the night in their quarters and seeing Beverley for antibiotics and to gossip about her conquest. 😂 Not as bad as Riker though who sleeps his way though the crew - including junior officers directly under his command.
When he told Wolf he didn't want to pollute his body with Klingon filth there was a part of me that wanted Worf to walk over to Beverly and tell her I'll donate just so he'd have to live with Worf's blood in his body.
Haha. That would have been super cheesy and silly - might work as one-liner gag over something trivial but not this - and it would have destroyed the gravity of the dilemma.