read a thing about TNG episode Yesterday's Enterprise yesterday (whoa) and getting this really annoying feeling that i should actually re/watch TNG
@alyx I use TNG as a healing salve sometimes, i'll just pick an episode quasi-randomly from the series and watch it (i've seen nearly every episode at least like, a half-dozen times by now)
@morae that's cool. i just worry about the time it would require to marathon. life is short, i increasingly fret
@alyx i mean it's a very episodic show so you can skip around -- no need to binge-watch or marathon or anything.
@alyx if you want i'd be happy to give you a CURATED LIST of SELECT EPISODES that are very good
@morae it's okay. i've already seen the best ones, like where they blow up the starfleet imposter's head or de-evolve into monsters
@alyx ok that is the best episode from the first season and the not-the-worst episode from the seventh so yeah you're doing ok
@morae the de-evolution episode isn't the worst S7? yikes
@alyx a lot of people might say "sub rosa" but it's such a fucked up premise that I still love it
probably the worst might be the insufferable, boring two-parter "gambit"
but uh "conspiracy" is totally the standout of the first season, probably because it's just so out of form for star trek. uncharacteristically creepy and violent. it's a good stand-alone horror show.
@alyx uh oh i'm back on my bullshit help
@morae lol
gambit is the only one i don't recognize from the name
cool re: conspiracy, perhaps i unthinkingly went with the crowd too much on that one
@alyx huh, i thought everyone loved that episode!
@morae you're def. more up on it than i am
@alyx re, gambit, this is from the memory-alpha article
"The story broke one of Gene Roddenberry's long-standing Star Trek taboos – specifically, that there would be no such thing as space pirates."
unfortunately it's not as cool as it sounds
@morae the three genders :(
@alyx yeah :<
one day i'll finally write down all my thoughts on diversity in star trek and then throw them in the trash because they've all been said better
@morae discovery seems to have a lot more women than anything i've similar i've seen so far, at least
@alyx they do seem to be trying! they use transhumanism in ways other star trek shows write around or use as a gimmick. and they poke fun at the boring musical tastes of typical star trek characters.
@morae cool
i'm really curious what's up with that cyborg woman on the bridge
@morae and two white redheads strangely
@morae wait i was being sarcast
halp