Star Trek: Mad Tumble
Netflix needs a feature that keeps track of when I fall asleep during a show. I fell asleep during the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode called "The Dauphin" and woke up in the middle of the next one, called "Contagion". I woke up and Geordi LaForge was tumbling about in a turbolift and I had no idea why. It occurred to me it would be kind of a great prank if an entire 45 minute episode consisted of just that with no explanation.
I went back and watched "The Dauphin" properly, and I'm glad I did because it has a very brief cameo by Madchen Amick I'd forgotten all about. Actually, I probably hadn't watched the episode since 1989 and therefore had no idea at the time she'd be on a show I loved called Twin Peaks.
Wesley Crusher falls in love with the beautiful title character who, along with her governess/nursemaid, turns out to be a shapeshifter. Oddly, when the Dauphin wants to follow Wesley's advice and stay aboard the Enterprise instead of carrying out her destiny to live on a hell world the rest of her life, Picard doesn't even consider granting her asylum. He just tells Wesley to stay away from her. That's sloppy writing. I feel like a couple seasons later, the writers would immediately take that as an opportunity for a conundrum.
The episode really drops the ball by keeping her mission vague. It's hard to decide how selfish she's actually being.
Star Trek: The Next Generation is available on Netflix.
X Sonnet 1918
A thousand steps were melted down to lumps.
To swallow stone, the titan brews a shake.
Ignoring signs, the driver heeds the bumps.
The ladies gather wheat and yeast to bake.
The taste of chalk was packed with message love.
As hand in hand, the perfect lovers eat,
They form a vision like a sugar dove.
Affection's ribbon holds the cattle meat.
A proper meal includes a course of fat.
And happy salt and oil round the man.
But lovers spare but little love for that.
From rolling balls of chocolate, Indys ran.
Discovered love was writ on ancient scrolls.
'Twere chips of grain that filled the screening bowls.
Click to viewI went back and watched "The Dauphin" properly, and I'm glad I did because it has a very brief cameo by Madchen Amick I'd forgotten all about. Actually, I probably hadn't watched the episode since 1989 and therefore had no idea at the time she'd be on a show I loved called Twin Peaks.
Wesley Crusher falls in love with the beautiful title character who, along with her governess/nursemaid, turns out to be a shapeshifter. Oddly, when the Dauphin wants to follow Wesley's advice and stay aboard the Enterprise instead of carrying out her destiny to live on a hell world the rest of her life, Picard doesn't even consider granting her asylum. He just tells Wesley to stay away from her. That's sloppy writing. I feel like a couple seasons later, the writers would immediately take that as an opportunity for a conundrum.
The episode really drops the ball by keeping her mission vague. It's hard to decide how selfish she's actually being.
Star Trek: The Next Generation is available on Netflix.
X Sonnet 1918
A thousand steps were melted down to lumps.
To swallow stone, the titan brews a shake.
Ignoring signs, the driver heeds the bumps.
The ladies gather wheat and yeast to bake.
The taste of chalk was packed with message love.
As hand in hand, the perfect lovers eat,
They form a vision like a sugar dove.
Affection's ribbon holds the cattle meat.
A proper meal includes a course of fat.
And happy salt and oil round the man.
But lovers spare but little love for that.
From rolling balls of chocolate, Indys ran.
Discovered love was writ on ancient scrolls.
'Twere chips of grain that filled the screening bowls.