I actually didn't mind that episode that much, although it certainly wasn't very good. I liked the rapport between Ezri and her layabout brother, who had a few genuinely funny lines. But it was definitely a filler ep.

You're dying to know because of your previous sexual relationship.

I'm with Scruggs — "Who Watches the Watchers" would be a great entry point. It's well-written, the ensemble format gives at least the flavor of each character, it introduces the concept of the Prime Directive and shows why it's important, and it deals with the over-arching Star Trek theme of rationality over…

Yet another way in which HipsterDBag is like Alanis Morisette.

For everybody who's disappointed about the DS9 streaming situation, I won't say it, but it rhymes with "shmitshmorrent".

Alan Ruck was surprisingly convincing as a righteously badass dentist(!) in an episode of Justified. It was cool to see that he has settings above "milquetoast".

"I learned a long time ago that the only thing that could make the reviews on here more sophomoric is if they were written by ACTUAL sophomores! Zing! "

*which I'd compare. Cripes. The ship is not a person, Jones, no matter how badly you wish it was and that it was your best friend.

That makes sense from an in-universe perspective, Sajanas, but I think Bad Horse's question was more about why BSG is a TV show and still manages to have pretty cinematic lighting compared to TNG. Is it that the blocking is laid out more stringently? Is it that they have more time to shoot each episode? Or is there…

Richelieu, for the demotion, I'm picturing a dramatic scene where this guy was called before George Lucas himself on the set they used for the final scene in Star Wars where Luke and Han get their medals (and Chewie gets to experience racism). Lucas, in full Grand Moff regalia and with wattle quivering, dramatically…

There really isn't one. Insurrection is like a forgettable late-season double-episode with better production values and the irritating Prime-Directive-uber-alles stance the show adopts whenever it doesn't want the characters to think too hard about ethics. Because we know that never makes for good drama, right? The…

Worf in First Contact just before he shoots the Borg deflector-dish thing:

I have no idea what Frakes is like in real life, but judging by how much obvious joy he brought to the Riker role, I think he'd get a kick out of it. A perplexed kick, like a Texan taking a soccer penalty shot, but still a kick.

Oh, you. I was just lucky that Lefler rhymes (in a manner of speaking) with Pepper. The rest wrote itself. But thanks!

Ronny Cox was pretty great, come to think of it. In fact, the last time I watched that episode, I actually took his side instead of Riker's, who struck me as acting like a petulant child rather than a grown man who's obliged to carry out his superior's orders. Just change to the four-shift rotation (or whatever) and…

Stick with it. I was in the same boat, but the series comes into its own in season 3, and then season 4 introduces some key characters and events (you've probably had them spoiled already, but just in case you haven't) that really elevate the whole production. There are still some stinkers here and there — like every…

I'm with Greenspan Dan as far as introducing someone to TNG goes. The episodes he lists are all solid-to-great examples of the form, and some (most?) of them are "on-format" shows where the whole cast has something to do (with the exception of Troi, probably). That gives more of a flavor of the series as a whole than…

One of my most vivid memories of Frakes was seeing him gazing compellingly at me from the box of the Celebrity Poker Tournament PC game.

The old odd/even numbered theory still applies, with the exception of Nemesis and the JJ Abrams reboot. First Contact had its problems — the most notable being that it doesn't make a lick of sense if you think about it — but it hung together as an enjoyable movie better than any of the other TNG films.

@Walter Abundas and @Eponymous, I just recently watched Hard Time and got the impression the episode took place over the course of a month or so. But it's not really made explicit.