[For my daily workout, I'm pedaling on a recumbent exercise bike while watching Star Trek: The Next Generation. I'm posting my reviews here.]
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“We look for things. Things to make us go.”
That’s the stirring opening narration of the proposed Pakled spin-off series.
One of the questions that always occurs to me whenever someone posits a utopia is what happens to the dumb people. I mean, when the Singularity comes, is Cletus really going to line up to be digitized? “Live forever, you say? But wait. Will I be stored on the Parrotheads-only hard drive? If not, then no thankee.”
This episode sort of answers the question. The slower folks become scavengers at the edges of that utopia, playing at sophistication with stolen ideas and technology. Also, they get startlingly obese and mono-browed. That’s good to know in case we need to identify them, I guess.
As amusing as the “Pakleds-kidnapping-Geordi” storyline is, it is far more interesting to see Picard and Wesley interact during their long shuttle ride to the starbase. Picard tells the infamous anecdote that will be the basis of my favorite episode, “Tapestry,” and we learn a little about what Picard values. I’m always happy to see the characters getting to be human.
Also? In the 24th century, the replicator can make sandwiches WITHOUT CRUSTS, cut kitty-corner. And the crust molecules? They’re converted to energy.
THAT, my friends, is progress. No wonder the Pakleds are jealous.
My grade: B-.
“He is on our side now.”
Hey Will, I was wondering: when i get kidnapped by a Palin-like subhuman clan in the wilds of Alaska, what special code word or phrase will you use to convey you message to me to set up my rescue?