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Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? is a Latin phrase, usually traslated as 'Who will watch the watchmen?' and is generally quoted regarding matters of power, authority, misuse, corruption and accountability. It is of course, also the core theme of Alan Moore's 'Watchmen' and Edgar Wright's 'Hot Fuzz.'
John Anderson was the actor, this episode first aired on October 9, 1989, and his wife (Patricia Cason) passed on February 18, 1989. Either way, great actor (character actor known for Gunsmoke, MacGyver, and M*A*S*H to name a few) who would definitely had drawn from his loss.
John Anderson, who played Kevin Uxbridge, was a veteran character actor with hundreds of roles under his belt. His wife died shortly before filming this episode. He said it was his hardest role.
Who Watches the Watchers was better though. An original story that was executed better. “Insurrection” was a lame rehash of this episode combined with the seventh season episode Homeward. Two recycled plots cobbled together with some action sequences, lame jokes, over the top acting from a boring villain, and some weak special effects that do not hold up very well.
To me these two episodes represent the BEST of Star Trek. It makes you THINK about issues related to culture, philosophy, spirituality, morality and humanity, and places those issues in a science fiction wrapper. The character of Jean-Luc Picard, with his maturity, clarity of thought and steadfast ethics is a character that I want to emulate as a human. This is one of the many reasons why I ❤this show, and why Picard is one of, if not THE best Captains in Starfleet (and I will die on that hill) 🥰
A chilling, cerebral slowburn, _"The Survivors"_ is an important ep as it was one of the earlier moments when _TNG_ began to come into it's own as one of the superior dramas on television, at the time.
'Who Watches the Watchers' is SUCH an important episode and it's criminally underrated - not included on most "must watch" TNG lists. It's the kind of gem that you only get to see by hunkering down and watching the entire series.
Who Watches the watchers holds a special place for me as it's the first full TNG episode I ever saw when they had re-airings of new episodes on Sundays. It was just when I was getting into Star Trek (my uncle bought me the 5 VHS Movie set which had trailers for Star Trek VI on it) and when I saw this I liked it so much I started watching every week.
Who Watches the Watchers was the first "Prime Directive" themed episode that I remember watching, and it left me with a powerful impression. I think I'm less critical of the prime directive than many Trek fans because of this.
Yep, a great pick for one of the seminal "Prime Directive" driven episodes, especially considering the "proto-Vulcan" nature of the culture being studied. In other words, they're informed by Logic but they haven't formally rejected emotion and sentiment, making them more like Romulans without saying so. And Juvenal was a Roman, wasn't he...?
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“Who Watches the Watchers” is probably the *ultimate* Prime Directive episode. Easily one of the best episodes of the whole franchise, if not *the* best.
it also showcases starfleet's morality, they spent time and effort to try fixing the mistake when they could have easily disappeared the village to fix it.
It truly shows the character of Picard that he was willing to die to prove to them he was not a god. But as a life long Star Trek fan those people couldn’t have picked a better person to deify.
Those actors that played the elderly couple ni 'The Surivivers' are Hollywood veterans and were great. You have seen that actor, John Anderson, before. He was the used car salesman in 'Psycho',
He was in a lot of westerns, too. Often the tough, but sad and listless man, mourning a son or wife. So, his role on this episode wasn't too new for him.
@@artboymoy Those were two of my favorite shows growing up both TOS TREK and Twilight Zone and i like the way you never knew from week to week what the new episode would be about .
Kevin Uxbridge is one of my favorite characters of all time, not just in Star Trek. And he was played so well as a soul tortured with the guilt of an incomprehensible crime.
This is when TNG started telling their own stories and not just rehashing the TOS scripts that Gene had in mind for Star Trek Phase II. And the actors found their footing for their characters.
@@jasonhoagland8444 I think you mean Michael Piller, who took over as head of the writing room in season 3. Ron Moore joined the staff in this season but he wasn't in charge.
I love how you can identify the individual musical instruments in the score. I grew up with this show but that analysis gives it a new dimension for me.
Yes, IMHO the best season. I think a major reason was that the writers respected the audience's intelligence. As Jen mentions later, they don't explain everything and allow the audience to figure stuff out
Ideal points for a station, holding area and perhaps even useful in teraforming. Milar mirrors ballenced near such points could warm Mars or shield venus by reflecting the Sun. There are points between the sun and behind each planet plus a pair set ahead and behind the planet's orbit. With mirrors the point would need adjusted for the effect of the solar wind on the mirrors. Light shifted to or away from a planet could help make them more Earthlike. While other means would need to be employeed as well, solar adjustment would be a big start.
@@anonymes2884 There are asteroids in the Lagrange points 60 degrees in front of and behind Jupiter. I learned that while researching for my sci-fi world building years ago. Then The Expanse came out and did almost exactly what I was trying to do. >_< Oh well, great minds, I guess.
Nurya and Picard is such a cool duo, their conversation and her evolving understanding are incredibly heartwarming and beautiful. I really love that episode. And Picard actually keeps that Mintakan cloth that they gave him.
In the first season there were so many episodes where Picard was totally flummoxed and didn’t really understand what was going on until the last five minutes, and well after audiences figured it out. Seeing Picard later on like in this episode being able to connect the dots and put it to the test was very refreshing for early TNG.
I love the ending on The Survivors. The older gentleman's acting was great at the end, like you said, much higher quality than the typical guest actor, and the whole story had me wondering what was going on because it made no sense up until the end. Then Picard's reaction, that he wasn't fit to judge, along with his Captain's Log narration and the mournful music. You're right, there's an air of melancholy to it that feels much more nuanced and mature than some of the storytelling in the earlier seasons.
The actress who plays the young "Oji" (Pamela Segall as Oji) is also the voice of Bobby Hill on King of the Hill. She was also on The Facts of Life for one season.
The casting and performances in Survivors are just magnificent. I love that story and how it unfolds. This show produces a lot of gems and that is one of them. Both of these episodes, really!
This first series of episodes are such bangers. Troi's new outfit is sexy AF. The uniforms are still evolving. When Kevin revealed his crime I was like, "Holy Shit!" Great episode. And then there's WWTW. Great preamble on your part for what the episode may be about. Such a great episode as well. The season is off the chain! When Beverly talked about the Pulaski method of removing the memories, it was probably just more for the audience and not really a canonical thing where Pulaski was the first to do it. And Beverly said the procedure might now work on Mentakin brain physiology. And obviously it didn't, but there was no way to really test it before hand...
24:21 "Yeah. They must seem like absolute _gods."_ The late futurist, Arthur C. Clarke, once observed, "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." This episode expounds on that.
And to quote Captain Pike regarding a corollary to that law, _"The law was debated by scientists and theologians alike and later reinterpreted, to say "any sufficiently advanced extraterrestrial intelligence is indistinguishable from God"."_
I'm getting caught up on all your Trek stuff after finding your channel. Who Watches the Watchers is one of the best of the best. It's obviously a Brennan Braga episode with the undertones, and it was one of those that really got my brain-gerbil running when I was very young.
25:24. You pose a good question. In DS9, Odo's people sent out many members of their species to differant worlds long ago. It is possible that a Changeling was an influential person in the establishment of their achient mythologies.
The character of Liko in "Who Watches the Watcher" is played by the great Ray Wise who was one of the stars of Twin Peaks (which I'm again going to totally recommend you watch) Edit - Hearing Ray Wise say Palmer over and over again had me laughing real good.
Nice to see you get emotional near the end of The Survivors. "They abandoned their belief in the supernatural. Now you are asking me to sabotage that achievement. To send them back into the dark ages of superstition and ignorance and fear? No!" Best lines of STNG! Or of TV for that matter.
Fun fact..... John Anderson, the actor who played the supernatural being in The Survivors, and John McLiam, the actor who played the old Mintakan in Who Watches the Watchers, both also guest-starred in back-to-back episodes of M*A*S*H in the early 1980s. They were born four years apart, they were both characters actors from the 1950s to the early 1990s, and they died two years apart.
4:05 ish: yeah, when i rewatched TNG i too noticed the marked improvement in the direction of the camera; the image was crisper, the shots better composed, and everything just generally felt more alive. Fortunately everything in TNG gets/got good now, though the music takes a step down because one of the executive producers thought music shouldn't be too interesting.
These two are both standout episodes, and I had forgotten that they were back to back. What a pairing. WWTW is so good I actually remember where I was when I saw it as a 9 year old. I was at my friend's, and I remember being utterly enthralled by it.
22:00 You know, we never new if Sarjenka's memory was completely removed. It may have been fully intact, or just partly intact. Remember, she had been communicating with Data for weeks. I'd like to think that no matter what happened she had a successful career as a science fiction writer. Adventures with the robot "Data" and his trusty side kick, "Picard." Might make for a good episode of Picard
Two great episodes. The first one is so tragic. Who Watches the Watchers is one of my all-time favorite episodes. I could see you really enjoyed it too, Jen! Great commentary at the end there. :) Thanks for the opportunity to revisit these episodes with you.
A pair of really good episodes! The first one in particular is a favorite of mine- the mystery of the Survivors was very entertaining and the end was satisfying and melancholy.
Both of these episodes belong in the hall of fame of Sci Genre TV writing. Timeless stories of the future and the past, along with meditations on morality, divinity, and the eternal nature of the universe and it's endless possibilities, and potential horrors.
Your reactions to this show are so fun to watch. Having seen the movies, but the series not so much. I get a different perspective on the show. Similar to going in reverse lol Again love your reactions, you are The Picard of TNG reactors❤
Star Trek Sundays with Jen - a cure for what ails you :). Decent pair of eps these, a melancholy take on what might happen if a being like Q ever got _really_ angry and an examination of the Prime Directive (hadn't thought of it before but they really are a bit of a thematic pair - they're both about capricious "gods", just told from different perspectives). Plus, Troi finally gets a wardrobe upgrade :).
This is fantastic that Jen is picking up on some of the nuances with how the show is filmed compared to earlier seasons, and even some of the details within a specific scene, such as slight differences in a uniform, or the change in focus on the music box. Let me also say that it is an added bonus that we have been getting multiple uploads per week from Jen and her reactions to TNG. I have an idea if Jen happens to read this, and I think it has the potential to be quite beneficial. Recently, another of my favorite channels (Popcorn In Bed) has started her Star Trek: TNG journey, and Cassie seems to be really liking it as well. She is not watching as many episodes as Jen is, unfortunately. However, just this week on Cassie's channel, she has started season 3, and Jen has recently started season 3 as well. What are the chances of getting a collaboration between Jen and Cassie reacting together to 3 or 4 episodes from season 4? TNG is only going to get better, and I imagine both channels would benefit from all the extra traffic. I'm not a RUclipsr of any kind, and have no idea how it all works, but I'm sure it would be difficult with scheduling. It is just weird to me that many other channels have recently started reacting to Star Trek after they watched, either the J.J. Abrams reboot movies, or after they watched a few episodes of The Original Series. I just think it is a good opportunity for both of these great channels to grow and expand, and I am almost certain all of the current subscribers would love it. Just an idea. Keep up the great reactions, Jen! 🖖
The same actress was also the court officer who monitored Robin William's character getting a job in Mrs. Doubtfire. If you watch her closely when RW is doing all of his voices, you can see that at one point she cracked up. Also, the bit after he stuck his face in the pie/cake when she came in and almost caught him and was melting with "one lump or two?" was adlibbed by RW.
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From this season on the writing gets really good. By this season the show had come into its own finally escaping the shadow of the TOS
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? is a Latin phrase, usually traslated as 'Who will watch the watchmen?' and is generally quoted regarding matters of power, authority, misuse, corruption and accountability. It is of course, also the core theme of Alan Moore's 'Watchmen' and Edgar Wright's 'Hot Fuzz.'
If you really are interested in religious philosophy, then please watch Dogma starring Alan Rickman.
Troi anguishing over the music box song in her head is basically me when that Mariah Carey Christmas song comes on.
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"All I want for Kot'baval, is you..."
That Paul McCartney song is the worse one for me!! 😂🤣
It was on the radio today 😅
The immortal being is even sadder when you learn that his real life wife had just died before he did this scene
Do you mean the actor, Kevin Uxbridge? I believe his wife had died the year before. It certainly added emotion to the scene.
John Anderson was the actor, this episode first aired on October 9, 1989, and his wife (Patricia Cason) passed on February 18, 1989. Either way, great actor (character actor known for Gunsmoke, MacGyver, and M*A*S*H to name a few) who would definitely had drawn from his loss.
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"If you're gonna believe in a god, it might as well be Picard." Your logic is flawless.
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@@kevinlewallen4778 It's been a long time since we've seen the Jen's Wisdom Nuggets. I miss them.
If someone asks you if you are a god, you say yes.
C'mon, Picard a god, hell he has had no hair since the dawn of time. You'd think that might have been an insight ;)
“Good tea, nice house” is something my friends and I used to say all the time.
That's too awesome!
Has the quality of tea really decreased this much since then?
@@eskreskao No, we would say it about anything we liked. Just one of our many often-quoted lines from TNG while it was originally airing.
I've always liked that line
@@jabecker21 I think you're missing the joke he's making in regards to how you said "used to" :)
"Are they all dead? Oh God. She's in a completely different outfit" That, all said in one breath, is the funniest thing I've heard all day.
John Anderson, who played Kevin Uxbridge, was a veteran character actor with hundreds of roles under his belt. His wife died shortly before filming this episode. He said it was his hardest role.
"There is no law to fit your crime" hits like a brick every time.
The plot for Who Watches the Watchers was soo good that the studio just did the same plot again in Star Trek: Insurrection
Just with a different twist and greater peril.
Yeah, basically they did... but with a twist.
Who Watches the Watchers was better though. An original story that was executed better. “Insurrection” was a lame rehash of this episode combined with the seventh season episode Homeward. Two recycled plots cobbled together with some action sequences, lame jokes, over the top acting from a boring villain, and some weak special effects that do not hold up very well.
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Still better than "Star Trek: Nemesis".
To me these two episodes represent the BEST of Star Trek. It makes you THINK about issues related to culture, philosophy, spirituality, morality and humanity, and places those issues in a science fiction wrapper. The character of Jean-Luc Picard, with his maturity, clarity of thought and steadfast ethics is a character that I want to emulate as a human. This is one of the many reasons why I ❤this show, and why Picard is one of, if not THE best Captains in Starfleet (and I will die on that hill) 🥰
'I admire Gall.'
I always enjoyed Worf's appreciation of adversaries. As a warrior, he always respected and admired a good challenge. "You must have Klingon blood!"
A chilling, cerebral slowburn, _"The Survivors"_ is an important ep as it was one of the earlier moments when _TNG_ began to come into it's own as one of the superior dramas on television, at the time.
'Who Watches the Watchers' is SUCH an important episode and it's criminally underrated - not included on most "must watch" TNG lists. It's the kind of gem that you only get to see by hunkering down and watching the entire series.
"Good tea, nice house" Worf is hilarious
Who Watches the Watchers is a wonderful and influential episode, and I love how it addresses the moralities of the Prime Directive.
Definitely a fan favourite!
Who Watches the watchers holds a special place for me as it's the first full TNG episode I ever saw when they had re-airings of new episodes on Sundays. It was just when I was getting into Star Trek (my uncle bought me the 5 VHS Movie set which had trailers for Star Trek VI on it) and when I saw this I liked it so much I started watching every week.
Who Watches the Watchers was the first "Prime Directive" themed episode that I remember watching, and it left me with a powerful impression. I think I'm less critical of the prime directive than many Trek fans because of this.
It's in my top ten episodes.
Yep, a great pick for one of the seminal "Prime Directive" driven episodes, especially considering the "proto-Vulcan" nature of the culture being studied. In other words, they're informed by Logic but they haven't formally rejected emotion and sentiment, making them more like Romulans without saying so. And Juvenal was a Roman, wasn't he...?
Despite all the Vulcans who serve on the Enterprise we're going to send down just Troi and Riker in disguise.
Dr. Selar was on vacation I guess.
My wife and I appreciate your commitment. One of my other fav reactors is watching ST:TNG but she’s watching key episodes. Your choice to experience all episodes from all seasons is the only way to truly be immersed in this lore, this cannon, this family. Thank you again.
Hopefully at some point the two of them can collab and talk ST for a while. They'll probably get along, they're both Canadian.
@@CrashWizard This would be fantastic but the problem with Canada is they're both still several THOUSAND kilometres from each other.
@rivercat962 Gosh, I wonder who you're talking about. ;)
Jenn and Cassie both wearing a red TNG uniform this weekend is awesome.
@@CrashWizard Well, they've already collaborated, at least twice, for a certain annual event one might mistake for a flower show.
“Who Watches the Watchers” is probably the *ultimate* Prime Directive episode. Easily one of the best episodes of the whole franchise, if not *the* best.
Agreed there, I always loved this episode.
it also showcases starfleet's morality, they spent time and effort to try fixing the mistake when they could have easily disappeared the village to fix it.
It truly shows the character of Picard that he was willing to die to prove to them he was not a god. But as a life long Star Trek fan those people couldn’t have picked a better person to deify.
Always brings a smile to my face to hear them say "Palmer" while Leland's on screen
It's Laura Palmer's father, and Pamela Adlon!
Pay attention going forward and you will see that quilt they gave Picard draped over his chair in multiple episodes.
Those actors that played the elderly couple ni 'The Surivivers' are Hollywood veterans and were great. You have seen that actor, John Anderson, before. He was the used car salesman in 'Psycho',
Haha, awesome. I never would have made the connection on my own. Thanks!
He was in a lot of westerns, too. Often the tough, but sad and listless man, mourning a son or wife. So, his role on this episode wasn't too new for him.
@@Billinois78 I believe his wife did just before or during the filming of this episode so his performance is truly poignant.
He is also the original MacGyver's grandfather, Harry.
John Anderson also played a hardass fire fighter Captain in one episode of the 70's series Emergency!
Only Picard could prove to someone that he shouldn't be worshipped while simultaneously being a god among men.
"A retirement planet all to themselves." sounds like heaven
Pamela Adlon who played Oji in Who Watches the Watchers would win an Emmy award for King of the Hill and have a very successful voice acting career.
Oh wow, she's Bobby Hill!
What? 😮
@Icewid I'll have to pay more attention to King of the Hill now , and i have a fascination with voice acting as well . 🎙
Picard's monolog at the end of the surviors sounds like something Rod Serling would say.
It does fit in very will with a Classic Trek feel that was a bit like the Twilight Zone in ways.
@@artboymoySURVIVORS has a VERY strong TOS feel in all the best ways.
@@artboymoy Those were two of my favorite shows growing up both TOS TREK and Twilight Zone
and i like the way you never knew from week to week what the new episode would be about .
@@miguelvelez7221 Yes, there were so many TOS episodes with aliens with godlike powers
Kevin Uxbridge is one of my favorite characters of all time, not just in Star Trek. And he was played so well as a soul tortured with the guilt of an incomprehensible crime.
Tremendous acting
This is when TNG started telling their own stories and not just rehashing the TOS scripts that Gene had in mind for Star Trek Phase II. And the actors found their footing for their characters.
Ronald D. Moore taking over as head writer for the show really upped the quality of the writing.
@@jasonhoagland8444 I think you mean Michael Piller, who took over as head of the writing room in season 3. Ron Moore joined the staff in this season but he wasn't in charge.
Hey - the older woman was also JIm Carrey's assistant in the movie Liar Liar
That’s Anne Haney
John Anderson was such a talented actor.
I love how you can identify the individual musical instruments in the score. I grew up with this show but that analysis gives it a new dimension for me.
I love the Who Watches the Watchers episode. One of my favourites. The Survivors is also great.
The Survivors is another fav of mine. The speech of the alien at end gets me every time. Pure Star Trek🖖
John Anderson gave us a fucking masterclass in just a few moments.
Season 3 just hits with one amazing episode after another. Not many people do Star Trek reactions so I'm loving revisiting TNG with your channel.
Yes, IMHO the best season. I think a major reason was that the writers respected the audience's intelligence. As Jen mentions later, they don't explain everything and allow the audience to figure stuff out
The Watchers episode was shot at Vasquez Rocks in Southern California. This location has been used in over a dozen Star Trek TV episodes and movies.
Those rocks, first seen when Kirk fought the Gorn - they get everywhere, don't they? I blame Q myself.
"Dude, we're dead!" 😅
picard is such a decent role model. i always have looked up to him.
Who Watches the Watchers is my absolute favorite Star Trek episode of all time! So excited for this!
Loving the increased frequency of the tng episodes!
i feel like Worf's adopted mother taught him how to have tea when he was little and that this is a lifetime of waiting for it to pay off marvelously
2:38 Hey, I just realized that this woman is Anne Haney, the woman who played Jim Carrey's secretary in "Liar Liar". I love her.
She was also the judge who officiated at Dax's extradition hearing in the DS9 episode "Dax." 🖖😎👍
Also the social worker in Mrs. Doubtfire.
This is the first time I have heard a reference to Lagrange points on a show, a real point in space between 2 bodies.
In any two body system there are _five_ Lagrange points in fact (but true, only one _between_ the bodies, which may be what you meant).
Ideal points for a station, holding area and perhaps even useful in teraforming. Milar mirrors ballenced near such points could warm Mars or shield venus by reflecting the Sun. There are points between the sun and behind each planet plus a pair set ahead and behind the planet's orbit. With mirrors the point would need adjusted for the effect of the solar wind on the mirrors. Light shifted to or away from a planet could help make them more Earthlike. While other means would need to be employeed as well, solar adjustment would be a big start.
@@anonymes2884 There are asteroids in the Lagrange points 60 degrees in front of and behind Jupiter. I learned that while researching for my sci-fi world building years ago. Then The Expanse came out and did almost exactly what I was trying to do. >_< Oh well, great minds, I guess.
@@kevinlewallen4778 Yep!
The James Webb telescope is located close to the Earth-Sun L2 Lagrange point !
Awesome Jen 😊
"Get off my space lawn!!"
" you killed my pine ! "
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Nurya and Picard is such a cool duo, their conversation and her evolving understanding are incredibly heartwarming and beautiful. I really love that episode. And Picard actually keeps that Mintakan cloth that they gave him.
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34:35 Oh. I will. Especially the arrow you people shot me with 😂😂😂
That's interesting that you mention the opening feeling most vast. That's the exact reason why it was changed, to make it feel further out.
I hope at some point you get a chance to see the Farscape series. It has a lot of crazy aliens and issues of morality from different points of view.
Yes. Another fan of Jon and crew on Miya. Definitely a good choice for Jen.
I really enjoy STNG Sundays
Me too! 🖖
One astonishing aspect to "The Survivors" mystery is that Riker never gets it, and Riker is no dummy.
In the first season there were so many episodes where Picard was totally flummoxed and didn’t really understand what was going on until the last five minutes, and well after audiences figured it out. Seeing Picard later on like in this episode being able to connect the dots and put it to the test was very refreshing for early TNG.
Moral of the story: Don't go around bombing planets. You never know who you going to piss off..
I love the ending on The Survivors. The older gentleman's acting was great at the end, like you said, much higher quality than the typical guest actor, and the whole story had me wondering what was going on because it made no sense up until the end. Then Picard's reaction, that he wasn't fit to judge, along with his Captain's Log narration and the mournful music. You're right, there's an air of melancholy to it that feels much more nuanced and mature than some of the storytelling in the earlier seasons.
The actress who plays the young "Oji" (Pamela Segall as Oji) is also the voice of Bobby Hill on King of the Hill. She was also on The Facts of Life for one season.
The casting and performances in Survivors are just magnificent. I love that story and how it unfolds. This show produces a lot of gems and that is one of them. Both of these episodes, really!
Favorite part of these reactions--"commercial break...!" 😂
This first series of episodes are such bangers. Troi's new outfit is sexy AF. The uniforms are still evolving. When Kevin revealed his crime I was like, "Holy Shit!" Great episode. And then there's WWTW. Great preamble on your part for what the episode may be about. Such a great episode as well. The season is off the chain! When Beverly talked about the Pulaski method of removing the memories, it was probably just more for the audience and not really a canonical thing where Pulaski was the first to do it. And Beverly said the procedure might now work on Mentakin brain physiology. And obviously it didn't, but there was no way to really test it before hand...
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24:21 "Yeah. They must seem like absolute _gods."_
The late futurist, Arthur C. Clarke, once observed, "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." This episode expounds on that.
30:16 "Any technology, sufficiently advanced, just seems like magic."
Oh. You know the quote. That's awesome.
And to quote Captain Pike regarding a corollary to that law, _"The law was debated by scientists and theologians alike and later reinterpreted, to say "any sufficiently advanced extraterrestrial intelligence is indistinguishable from God"."_
I'm getting caught up on all your Trek stuff after finding your channel. Who Watches the Watchers is one of the best of the best. It's obviously a Brennan Braga episode with the undertones, and it was one of those that really got my brain-gerbil running when I was very young.
I always thought there was subtext here that perhaps this was a lost population who were part of the Vulcan-Romulan exodus a few millennia ago.
29:30 Love Patrick Stewart's use of a cæsura (timely pause, strategic silence), here between Jean"-Luc" and "Picard"
25:24. You pose a good question. In DS9, Odo's people sent out many members of their species to differant worlds long ago.
It is possible that a Changeling was an influential person in the establishment of their achient mythologies.
The character of Liko in "Who Watches the Watcher" is played by the great Ray Wise who was one of the stars of Twin Peaks (which I'm again going to totally recommend you watch)
Edit - Hearing Ray Wise say Palmer over and over again had me laughing real good.
Who watches the Watchers is probably my favorite episode of the entire series. So thought provoking.
These videos are absolutely fantastic cant wait for more
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Both these episodes are fantastic TNG favorites of mine. Before the Soap Opera style- these serials are bringing me back.
Nice to see you get emotional near the end of The Survivors. "They abandoned their belief in the supernatural. Now you are asking me to sabotage that achievement. To send them back into the dark ages of superstition and ignorance and fear? No!" Best lines of STNG! Or of TV for that matter.
The actress playing the leader of the village is Kathryn Leigh Scott, who played Maggie Evans in the Dark Shadows TV show in the 60's.
Thought that name sounded familiar.🤓
And was in an episode of Hammer House Of Horror from the 80s "Visitor From The Grave."
Fun fact..... John Anderson, the actor who played the supernatural being in The Survivors, and John McLiam, the actor who played the old Mintakan in Who Watches the Watchers, both also guest-starred in back-to-back episodes of M*A*S*H in the early 1980s. They were born four years apart, they were both characters actors from the 1950s to the early 1990s, and they died two years apart.
23:25 Do you recognize this terrain as the same place Kirk was fighting the Gorn? It's also where Kirk and the gang discovered Lazarus.
4:05 ish: yeah, when i rewatched TNG i too noticed the marked improvement in the direction of the camera; the image was crisper, the shots better composed, and everything just generally felt more alive. Fortunately everything in TNG gets/got good now, though the music takes a step down because one of the executive producers thought music shouldn't be too interesting.
These two are both standout episodes, and I had forgotten that they were back to back. What a pairing.
WWTW is so good I actually remember where I was when I saw it as a 9 year old. I was at my friend's, and I remember being utterly enthralled by it.
22:00 You know, we never new if Sarjenka's memory was completely removed. It may have been fully intact, or just partly intact. Remember, she had been communicating with Data for weeks. I'd like to think that no matter what happened she had a successful career as a science fiction writer. Adventures with the robot "Data" and his trusty side kick, "Picard."
Might make for a good episode of Picard
24:56 to 25:02
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JEN'S wisdom nugget
Great music in Who Watches the Watchers, its so majestic! 🖖🙂🎶
Two great episodes. The first one is so tragic. Who Watches the Watchers is one of my all-time favorite episodes. I could see you really enjoyed it too, Jen! Great commentary at the end there. :) Thanks for the opportunity to revisit these episodes with you.
24:48 lol great line "Its worse than we suspected... they are beginning to believe in a god"
Look at the size of that thing! - that’s what we said! (Sorry, low hanging fruit) ps. “Can they beam his voice down ⁉️.” Bless your little heart‼️ ❤
I need a 1-week vacation with Dr. Crusher and Counsellor Troi to check on my mental and physical health please :)
7:00 "I said across her nose, not up it!"
These are all great episodes and you did a very good job. You have to see number 16 of season 3. It's my favorite of all time
I always remember Marina Sirtis's acting in the first one.
A pair of really good episodes! The first one in particular is a favorite of mine- the mystery of the Survivors was very entertaining and the end was satisfying and melancholy.
Absolutely awesome ending.
Captain Jen Murray looks great in that uniform! Glad you’re enjoying TNG.
20:45 Damnit Jen! I'm a Doctor, not a Man In Black!. 😁
The filming location of Mintaka III was also used in Arena, Star Trek IV as Vulcan and other episodes😊😊😊
Both of these episodes belong in the hall of fame of Sci Genre TV writing. Timeless stories of the future and the past, along with meditations on morality, divinity, and the eternal nature of the universe and it's endless possibilities, and potential horrors.
Your reactions to this show are so fun to watch.
Having seen the movies, but the series not so much. I get a different perspective on the show. Similar to going in reverse lol
Again love your reactions, you are The Picard of TNG reactors❤
Jen! You picked really good episodes this time. Haven't seen them in a long time, but they were particularly intriguing. :)
Star Trek Sundays with Jen - a cure for what ails you :).
Decent pair of eps these, a melancholy take on what might happen if a being like Q ever got _really_ angry and an examination of the Prime Directive (hadn't thought of it before but they really are a bit of a thematic pair - they're both about capricious "gods", just told from different perspectives). Plus, Troi finally gets a wardrobe upgrade :).
Pretty cool episodes, can't wait for more!!! 👏👏👏👏👋👋👋👋
This is fantastic that Jen is picking up on some of the nuances with how the show is filmed compared to earlier seasons, and even some of the details within a specific scene, such as slight differences in a uniform, or the change in focus on the music box. Let me also say that it is an added bonus that we have been getting multiple uploads per week from Jen and her reactions to TNG. I have an idea if Jen happens to read this, and I think it has the potential to be quite beneficial. Recently, another of my favorite channels (Popcorn In Bed) has started her Star Trek: TNG journey, and Cassie seems to be really liking it as well. She is not watching as many episodes as Jen is, unfortunately. However, just this week on Cassie's channel, she has started season 3, and Jen has recently started season 3 as well. What are the chances of getting a collaboration between Jen and Cassie reacting together to 3 or 4 episodes from season 4? TNG is only going to get better, and I imagine both channels would benefit from all the extra traffic. I'm not a RUclipsr of any kind, and have no idea how it all works, but I'm sure it would be difficult with scheduling. It is just weird to me that many other channels have recently started reacting to Star Trek after they watched, either the J.J. Abrams reboot movies, or after they watched a few episodes of The Original Series. I just think it is a good opportunity for both of these great channels to grow and expand, and I am almost certain all of the current subscribers would love it. Just an idea. Keep up the great reactions, Jen! 🖖
Greetings Admiral Murray 🖖🙂
Enjoyed your reactions, as always ❤️. Hope you have a good night, and a perfect week.
Live long and prosper.
Another great Sunday afternoon with Jen and TNG!
The Survivors is an amazing episode!
Picard is my favorite captain.
Commercial break!
I really look forward to Star Trek Sundays! The episodes are great and you articulate your thoughts so well Jen.
The actress playing Rishon, the old lady, was in Liar Liar as Jim Carrey's assistant.
The same actress was also the court officer who monitored Robin William's character getting a job in Mrs. Doubtfire. If you watch her closely when RW is doing all of his voices, you can see that at one point she cracked up. Also, the bit after he stuck his face in the pie/cake when she came in and almost caught him and was melting with "one lump or two?" was adlibbed by RW.
Who Watches The Watchers is hands down one of my favourite from the entire series.
Plus it has Ray Wise in it.
Glad you liked this one Jen.