The Next Generation Season 1 Retrospective The bad - if hardly new - news: the first season of TNG really doesn't work. The good - if...

The Neutral Zone A look back at how we've reached this point. "You Would Have Left One Of Your Own Kind To Die" "The Neutral Zone" is one...

Conspiracy Oh, it's you! For a moment I was worried it might be... well, that doesn't matter now, I'm sure. Take a seat, while I fix you...

We'll Always Have Paris Here at last. Endgame "We'll Always Have Paris" is an episode with special significance when it comes to IDFC,...

Skin Of Evil “It is nothing to die. It is frightful not to live.”- Victor Hugo The Swan On Its Song This is another of those episodes...

Symbiosis It’s probably safe to assume that just about everyone reading this post knows that the Federation is a post-money society. The...

The Arsenal Of Freedom What happens when the gun-runners run out of track? Women What Work “The Arsenal Of Freedom” adds to the growing...

Heart Of Glory It’s TNG 2.0. I mentioned in my “Coming Of Age” post that we were entering a new era, with Maurice Hurley taking over from...

Coming Of Age It’s time for an accounting. The Next TNG I already pointed out in my post on “Home Soil” that we were about to find...

Home Soil Doesn’t this all seem a little familiar? The Devil In The Details While the patented IDFC approach means we’ve not actually yet...

When The Bough Breaks This is frustrating – a story that’s based around children, but which has no interest in them at all. “What A...

Too Short A Season “Too Short A Season” presents itself initially as rather cliché. Your standard tale about how reclaiming one’s lost...

11001001 “11001001” is not a good episode. It fails on multiple levels. Its character work is counter-productive; we may learn more about...

Angel One Just when I thought I was out, etc. “Nothing About Us Without Us” I was hoping things could be different here. After a bunch of...

Datalore BLOG FIGHT! Shoulders Of Giants This is the post in which I’m finally going to have to fully acknowledge my debt to Alina...

The Big Goodbye This one is a lot of fun. That’s certainly not all it is, though. For a seemingly basic – frothy, sure, but basic -...

Haven Empathy is not an easy thing to get right. One Last Digression On Why Vulcans Are Bad The necessity of empathy is something that...

Hide And Q After a seven-episode recess, Q has returned to the bench. The trial of mankind can continue. The Honourable Judge Q Presiding...

The Battle The Ferengi are back! Last time round I really went to the mat for those guys and the opportunities they offered as...

Justice Eesh. Punishment zone is right. “Eternal Sign Of Barbarism” Let’s start with the good news: “Justice” isn’t actually as bad as I...