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Star Trek TNG 4x14 Full Reaction! (Patreon)

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2025-06-21 17:00:08
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Ryan

After an episode that can be best described as an acquired taste, it's marvelous to get one that gets all the love I'm legally allowed to give. It was no surprise to learn it was one of Michael Pillar's personal favorites, because as nicely spelled out by Picard himself, a mystery is irresistible. In fact, it kind of bugs me to this day that we never find out where that Dixon Hill story was going, much as I love that they brought Whoopi in just to be Patrick's straight man for a few minutes, even though she's otherwise not in the episode at all. I fully buy that Guinan would want in on this, however much she doesn't understand it, and she's clearly having a ball with all the little bits of the costume she can work with. And then comes the actual story, which reaches near-Harlan Coben levels of "What the bloody hell does any of this stuff have to do with each other?". I think I've spoken before here of how much that style clicks with my particular kind of autism, so I was all over this. And as it goes on, you start to wonder how the solution can possibly play fair with everything we're seeing, while also not ruining Data's character, and the ending actually pulls that off perfectly. All aided by Brent doing some of his best work ever in the role, with the subtlest eye work conveying everything we need about how much he's struggling with this role he's been forced into, until "Would I lie?" can finally turn to "Fooled you!" (you'll probably be seeing a lot of that from me for a while, because I'm that excited about the sequel) Troi's role doesn't seem to get as much attention from fans, but her description of seeing someone else looking at her from her own face in the mirror has always stuck with me as a profoundly creepy concept, most of all "It was like my face was a mask." Made all the better by how they were smart enough to not try to portray it visually and just keep her offscreen while we're stuck in the hall with Worf, trusting the lines and Marina to get everything across afterwards. And major kudos for how Marina totally changes her physicality to instantly make clear we're not seeing Deanna anymore. I did have a bit of an inappropriate laugh at such a big deal being made of how few people can beat up Worf, as if it didn't happen in almost every episode of the first couple seasons. I'm guessing this was more of Michael Dorn pushing back on that. And I'd fully buy that Troi is strong enough on her own. Oh, and I quite appreciated that even with Keiko not being in the episode, Miles still talks about her and keeps her an active presence. Not many shows back then would go that far.

Thomas Corp
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This one is a really damn good one, so we have the shared thing of really loving this one. Mysteries are indeed irresistible. Shared dismay that we never do get the payoff of the Dixon Hill mystery. I could take more entire episodes of that. Whoopi being Picard’s straight man is fantastic; she clearly had a ball with the scene and the wardrobe. The style of this episode clicking with the autism, the feeling is mutual, yes. They really do quite well with playing fair, without ruining Data’s character, culminating in the terrific payoff of the ending. Brent does well with the Dick Van Patten side glances, though I wish you could have had the soundbite of Rick as Dark Helmet saying, “Fooled you!”, my brother and I love that line delivery. (No worries on in your upcoming comments, their being plenty of Spaceballs, the Subtle References, as there is MASSIVE excitement about the sequel. I take it you have at least one planned to be featured in the next movie reaction.) As I said, Marina does good work in this one, particularly with the shift in character and demeanor. That mirror scene is a disturbing contest. Good note on there was no effect, and it’s just left to the imagination. I’m reminded of The Final Conflict how they planned for a similar mirror effect, but it wasn’t working, so they did the same thing of you just have the actor reacting, Jerry Goldsmith delivers with the music, and your imagination fills in the rest. True about the Worf effect, which yeah, it does feel like Michael’s asking for it to be more concretely established that it shouldn’t be the easiest thing in the world for Worf to lose a fight/be injured. Love how Keiko had the presence without actually appearing. I share O’Brien’s ribbing himself about his not having a green thumb.

Paul Hayes

I really like this episode, and I'm glad you enjoyed it too!