Story: Up The Long Ladder
Written By: Melinda M. Snodgrass
Series: Star Trek: The Next Generation
Year: 1989
What a total piece of crap. This episode is awful. Just awful. The whole idea is about immigration, but it just puts forth a bunch of drunken Irish stereotypes. I found this episode to be difficult to get through, you’ll find the need to shut it off, I don’t blame you, and just so you know, the ending wasn’t satisfying enough to keep it on. A Riker love story is thrown in that doesn’t really work.
The episode shifts gears about halfway through when they discover a planet of clones...I'm not sure why they didn't just focus the entire episode on this, because it is way more fascinating...and it is a complete tonal change from the first half of the episode. That could've been a solid episode, but the solution that ties the two stories together is the only thing that truly ties them together thematically.
It's just a bad episode, with one plotline that could've totally begin a really good episode, so it is kind of a shame.
NEXT TIME: The First Return of Lwaxana
Written By: Melinda M. Snodgrass
Series: Star Trek: The Next Generation
Year: 1989
What a total piece of crap. This episode is awful. Just awful. The whole idea is about immigration, but it just puts forth a bunch of drunken Irish stereotypes. I found this episode to be difficult to get through, you’ll find the need to shut it off, I don’t blame you, and just so you know, the ending wasn’t satisfying enough to keep it on. A Riker love story is thrown in that doesn’t really work.
It's just a bad episode, with one plotline that could've totally begin a really good episode, so it is kind of a shame.
NEXT TIME: The First Return of Lwaxana