So many comments!  This may have been brought up already, but no Friday Night Lights?  I defy you to listen to the theme and not be filled with clear-eyed optimism:
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Mrs. Dig Doug pointed out that Cochrane looks like Linguini from Pixar's Ratatouille.  Now I can't un-see it.

Did anyone actually notice Picard tossing aside the artifact when Generations came out, or is it just a retroactive complaint stemming from the Plinkett review?  I enjoy the Plinkett reviews for what they are, but between the number of times people on these boards mention Picard throwing away the Kurlan naiskos or…

I'm still waiting for neon green plastic hexagons to become the default music storage medium.

You're right, I should have just said Yes song and let everyone do the shitty math themselves.

"And then we cut to a roundabout (a slightly larger than usual shuttle) carrying Picard, Geordi, Troi and Data"
They were flying around in a shitty Yes song?  I think you mean runabout.

Squicky
Maybe I'm just channeling all my old feminist film professors (UC Santa Cruz represent!) but the resolution of the rape storyline always rang false for me. Someone has sex with Veronica while she is passed out and she is convinced she was raped, but hey, turns out it was her boyfriend at the time, so it…

That's Amazing!
According to IMDB, the Backson is voiced by none other than Huell Howser. Sold!

Sorry, it seems my android's simultaneous experiment of hooking his brain up to my laptop caused an unforseen double post.

Wait for it
"Instead, we get a third act which largely puts these questions aside, in exchange for a sort of Die Hard On A Starship scenario"

Wait for it
"Instead, we get a third act which largely puts these questions aside, in exchange for a sort of Die Hard On A Starship scenario"

Another argument for doing DS9 later
By the time you get to it, the series should be streaming on Netflix, so those of us who haven't watched it since it first aired can follow along.

Promotial consideration provided by Toyota
But how about those nice sliding doors on the Sienna, amiright? Toyota: it's a wonderful automobile!

Cold blooded
I always felt bad for Matt Frewer at the end of the episode. I know the plot didn't leave Picard with many choices, but Frewer's sudden desperation and pleading coupled with Picard's "oh well, sucks to be you" attitude made me feel sorry for him when I first watched the episode. I was halfway hoping…

Yeah, the burning of the buff felt kinda MILF Island-y.

A somewhat controversial opinion:
1>4>2>5>3

20(?) year old Tim Riggins
I love how Tim swears he'll never do anything illegal again, seconds before opening another beer.

Seconded.

Not going to get into the B plot of In Theory?
The offscreen scream and subsequent discovery of Ensign Suckstobeyou fused halfway in the bulkhead freaked 11 year old Dig Doug the fuck out.

Under the category of resolved storylines…
Tim Riggins was not raped in prison. Good to know.