"When the Bough Breaks" first aired in 1988 and at the time I had no issues with the episode. As time passed I got the impression that this episode was planned in the studio cafeteria over pie and coffee, by writers with no background in science fiction or medical science or basic human behavior. This is truly a strange episode combining future technology with 1940's medical procedures. This is one of those times when TNG feels like a show produced by high school students. This episode informed me that I needed to raise my entertainment standards.
@@eddstarr2185 What a great way to put it. Truly couldn’t agree with you more. I look forward to discussing this comment with Caleb during on “Home Soil” review. Thank you so much for the comment, the support, and insight as always!
@@thedaystromholodeck I'm a fan of TNG but some episodes are not a good fit. If the goal is to highlight the family friendly side of serving on a Starship, the concept should be integrated throughout the series, not mashed into one episode. "When the Bough Breaks" turns aliens into upscale urbanites - just add a Mercedes in the driveway. Everything was aimed at the children being kidnaped, resulting in no time remaining to refine the basic idea of this episode.
"Melanoma" This episode was pretty bad not gonna lie. Riker talks em up like they are gonna be this awsome civilization and they just suck. Why cant we give them orphans to solve their problem, iv seen Star Trek there must be loads. It seems the writer wanted it to be like the movie Idiocracy where the computers takes care of everything and everyone forgets how to do anything but its real half baked. Sorry Caleb and Will better luck next week thanks for the review as always.
"When the Bough Breaks" first aired in 1988 and at the time I had no issues with the episode. As time passed I got the impression that this episode was planned in the studio cafeteria over pie and coffee, by writers with no background in science fiction or medical science or basic human behavior. This is truly a strange episode combining future technology with 1940's medical procedures. This is one of those times when TNG feels like a show produced by high school students. This episode informed me that I needed to raise my entertainment standards.
@@eddstarr2185 What a great way to put it. Truly couldn’t agree with you more. I look forward to discussing this comment with Caleb during on “Home Soil” review. Thank you so much for the comment, the support, and insight as always!
@@thedaystromholodeck I'm a fan of TNG but some episodes are not a good fit. If the goal is to highlight the family friendly side of serving on a Starship, the concept should be integrated throughout the series, not mashed into one episode. "When the Bough Breaks" turns aliens into upscale urbanites - just add a Mercedes in the driveway. Everything was aimed at the children being kidnaped, resulting in no time remaining to refine the basic idea of this episode.
@ So very true! I appreciate your perspective.
"Melanoma" This episode was pretty bad not gonna lie. Riker talks em up like they are gonna be this awsome civilization and they just suck. Why cant we give them orphans to solve their problem, iv seen Star Trek there must be loads. It seems the writer wanted it to be like the movie Idiocracy where the computers takes care of everything and everyone forgets how to do anything but its real half baked. Sorry Caleb and Will better luck next week thanks for the review as always.
@@Cap_Olimar Great point about the orphans as well as Idiocracy. I look forward to chatting with Caleb about this. Thank you for the comment!