TNG Season 1, Episode 12 (Netflix: S1 E13): The Big Goodbye
Rating: 2
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This episode tests the waters for holodeck-centric stories. In a lot of ways it confirms that the writers don’t have a great handle on the perimeters of what the holodeck can and can’t do, which sets the stage for future poorly conceived episodes of the same variety. Still, it has some fun moments. I would’ve actually preferred that the stakes stayed low the whole episode, as it seems artificial and ineffective to inject mysterious malfunctions to endanger the crew. I’d rather just watch Picard have a good time pretending to be a private eye.
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Read more at Memory Alpha
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Notes:
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Picard needs a break
It’s the first real holodeck episode in TNG
Picard calls a meeting to tell everyone about how awesome and fun the holodeck is. Oh yeah, and something about diplomacy with a bug species or whatever who cares holodeck!
They treat the holodeck much more like a computer program than they do in later episodes.
Don’t worry, Wesley will save the day again
Pipe down, chorus boy!
File under: Lawrence Tierney
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