But, it had the Captain's Yacht! Totally inconsequential, I know, but as a 15 year old kid who spent hours poring over the TNG Technical Manual, I remember really geeking out about it.

OK, this explains both why he looked so familiar, and why this comment section is composed of roughly 50% Big Lebowski quotes. Thank you.

Those are also the episodes—well, Phantasms and Emergence, anyway—that I had the clearest visual memory of. I couldn't really remember what either of them was about, but those images really stick in your head.

I think I learned about the space-diving scene from Shatner's Movie Memories. And probably from the novelization, too. Didn't the stunt guy almost die? At any rate, when I saw ST09, I got kind of excited because they finally got to do it.

At some point during my childhood, my mother read that book aloud to me, a little each night. I barely remember it, and I don't know if we even ever finished it, but as soon as someone mentioned the special (which I didn't know existed) the image of the cover popped into my head. I had know idea it was by Baum. It's…

Yeah, I think so, but it jumped out at me this time. It just seemed particularly…I don't know…gleeful.

Bloodlines was very not good, but there were three moments I loved.
1. The hairline line
2. The fact that Bok's compatriots weren't pissed at him for putting their lives in danger, or or anything of that sort, but only because he didn't make them any money
3. The little finger dance Data does on the console as he gets…

My wife and I looked at each other and said "Did she just say 'Don't take my breastmilk'?" We were very confused. This would make that make sense.

I'm with you, @avclub-fe085328875680ff4f8791c4b2e8b45b:disqus . Of the two episodes this week, I vastly preferred Genesis. It was at least fun, and, I thought, a halfway decently constructed story, atrocious "science" aside. Journey's End was just painful to watch. I know it's mostly a matter of attitudes changing…

Did anyone else notice that at least a couple of the girls were wearing head scarves in some of the talking-head bits? Something has happened to their hair.

I miss the weird song they played over their exits a few season's back. I think it only lasted one, maybe two, cycles. I think the lyrics were just "Top Model" repeated  over and over again, but in a really ridiculous, staccato way.

My wife made a comment about that. I hope it really is Chris Kattan.

Bianca was right, but the only place being right gets you with Tyra is eliminated. Because Tyra is insane. And that is why I watch this show.

Instant follow. Thank you for sharing that.

I probably never would have noticed the dimensional problems with the holodeck if I hadn't read The Nitpickers Guide for Next Generation Trekkers (http://dft.ba/-1372). It was ages ago, but as I recall, it points out the scene from Generations where they're on the sailing ship and Picard calls for the arch to take a…

I can't help but think that if you can get the environmental controls to do that, why wouldn't you, from time to time? I think it would just be sort of fun.

Of all the things to bug me in this episode, this is the one that stands out for me. I don't know why. Maybe because while the rest of the episode is ridiculous and poorly written, this thing about "all the Howard women" clearly doesn't make any sense if you think about it for more than 30 seconds. Fine that Ronin has…

I was taking a seminar class when that came out on DVD that was basically, read a book, discuss the issues it raises. The movie was on the syllabus as the lead-in to a discussion on climate change until the professor actually watched it. He came in the next day promptly changed the syllabus.

Also, and I think more to the point, Picard was morally outraged by the fact that the Federation (even some clandestine part of it) had so flagrantly violated the treaty. As far as he was concerned, the Romulans had been wronged and had the right to know about it.

It could be worse…