Monthly Archives: April 2010

[One man. One exercise bike. Twenty-five pounds. 88/178 episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation.] This has always been one of my favorite episodes. I love a good mystery, and the Deconstructionist playground of absent clues themselves being clues makes … Continue reading →

[One man. One exercise bike. Twenty-five pounds. 87/178 episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation.] Did I just watch an episode about a deal with the devil? Or am I having flashbacks to the worst episodes of Star Trek‘s original … Continue reading →

[One man. One exercise bike. Twenty-five pounds. 86/178 episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation.] (201.4 pounds) Aaaaaah! It’s the warden from The Shawshank Redemption! I imagine the first officer of the Phoenix is Byron Hadley, the meanest screw to … Continue reading →

[One man. One exercise bike. Twenty-five pounds. 85/178 episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation.] (203.2 pounds) Good thing we’ve got Ronald D. Moore back on the case, writing an episode with a little mystery and human drama. We’re forced … Continue reading →

[One man. One exercise bike. Twenty-five pounds. 84/178 episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation.] (203.8 pounds) Eh. Aside from a few trenchant comments from Troi about how we treat the “handicapped”–essentially telling her crewmates to go fuck themselves for … Continue reading →