tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4400152815785368447.post6889615504657205328..comments2024-03-15T07:28:47.064-05:00Comments on Treknobabble: The Next Generation, Season 7: Lower DecksUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4400152815785368447.post-56819991155296968292019-08-12T06:49:57.763-05:002019-08-12T06:49:57.763-05:00That's entirely the point.That's entirely the point.Jonah Falconhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00661779566252294845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4400152815785368447.post-15663093019655299732018-10-10T02:08:27.828-05:002018-10-10T02:08:27.828-05:00I read having Sito as the choice for the mission a...I read having Sito as the choice for the mission as being because of her being Bajoran. Taking a senior officer would be an interstellar incident of a kidnapping. Some no-name Bajoran girl is entirely believable and practical as a cover. I did feel like Picard's initial berating of Sito struck as being off. Instead of simply ignoring her, he drags her to the ready room and tears her a new one? Worf's point to her about being unfairly judged indicates that he was in on it and the whole thing was the kind of shitty and abusive testing scheme that I think Picard and his crew ought to be above doing.Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12892367633984292438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4400152815785368447.post-45034653651440641602016-01-11T01:21:33.243-06:002016-01-11T01:21:33.243-06:00I love this episode. It is definitely one of my fa...I love this episode. It is definitely one of my favorites in the entire franchise. I love that it breaks from the routine and tells the story from the point of view of these four young officers who are trying to make it in this organization called Starfleet and how life looks like for those not always on the bridge privy to the details of each mission - something we viewers take for granted. <br /><br />It was like Star Trek was breaking from its Shakespearean way of dialogue and interaction and introduced some "normal" people in there; people with hopes, concerns, ambitions holding conversations and sentiments we as viewers can identify with. <br /><br />I especially loved the conversation between Troi and Riker and their whining about having to do crew evaluations and the kids at the next table kidding around, worrying about their promotions and career advancements and what the adults in the room think of them. As you said, it added another layer, a certain depth, to the Trek universe; one where people have jobs they work and careers they care about and promotions they work hard to earn as opposed to just being these figure-heads in uniforms wandering the corridors and halls of the ship (which is why the bullshit Abrams pulled by putting Kirk, a cheating, expelled cadet, in charge of the Enterprise over everyone else on the ship, really pissed me off). <br /><br />That said, I thought Picard acted like a real dick and quite atypical. See, he doesnt strike me as the kind of captain and leader who employs hard-nosed assholishness to teach a lesson. He wasnt even that abrasive and terrible to Wesley as he is to Sito. And i cant imagine why he would be. Picard is all about procedure and protocol and Sito paid her dues, she did repeat a year, she did all that needed to be done as ordered, so why keep abusing her? That doesnt sound like something Picard would do. <br /><br />In fact, all of Picard's behavior is the most puzzling to me. Not only is he a dick to Sito, but afterwards, when she is believed to be dead because her pod has disappeared off sensor, I found it odd that he did not try harder to find her. He just gave up too quickly. Had it been anyone on his main crew, like Troi, Riker, LaForge etc, he would have gone out of his way to find them, but here he just gave up. That was too convenient and again, atypical for Picard (or anyone in the crew. They all just took it as a given). <br /><br />Secondly, he should never have put someone fresh out of the Academy into such a dangerous situation. That was irresponsible and something I just cannot see Picard doing. I mean, it is not like she possessed certain skills unlike anyone else and this was the only one who could do it. I am certain there was no shortage of Bajoran volunteers for a mission like this. And even if there werent, you dont act knowingly put the lives of your crew in danger like that. <br /><br />I wish they had not killed Sito. I wish the episode had stayed light and joyous as it was in the beginning without the drama of killing off such a lovely character in such a senseless manner. And let's face it, Sito's death was senseless. poppyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09064123327462038174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4400152815785368447.post-5320259001476549012012-08-30T00:46:41.927-05:002012-08-30T00:46:41.927-05:00This is one of my absolute favorites. This is not...This is one of my absolute favorites. This is not a surprise. The scene with Sito in the shuttle with Joret Dal got damaged on my VHS from too much rewinding. I have confused far too many people by wishing aloud to be a spider under the table.<br /><br />The character interactions are amongst (if not the absolute) best in the series.<br /><br />I have always wondered, however, if all the random ensigns that died to prove that the situation is serious got ship-wide eulogies. "Ensign Redshirt has been lost in the line of duty. He was an exemplary officer, but got in the way of the rocks that we store in the bulkheads and/or the fireworks that we keep in the consoles. He will be missed." That sort of thing would go out at least once a week. Was Sito in some way special enough to warrant a eulogy when the others don't get one, or does everyone get one?<br /><br />As to what we did in the dark, dark days before Memory Alpha was to reference the Star Trek Encyclopedia that the Okudas so kindly kept updating with new editions. I tried pretty hard to keep mine in good condition, but even a hardback spine can only take so much use. Saranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4400152815785368447.post-29935036225599479862012-06-01T10:32:47.184-05:002012-06-01T10:32:47.184-05:00I love the episode plus it has one of the great tw...I love the episode plus it has one of the great two-shot hotties of trek in Ensign Sito. I was so bummed when she died.sirkatzalothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01196996609340706645noreply@blogger.com