Story: The Child
Written By: Jaron Summers & Jon Povill and Maurice Hurley
Series: Star Trek: The Next Generation
Year: 1988
Much like Happy Days created the term “jump the shark” for a series that was good, and lost its way, Trek fans created a term called “growing the beard” for when a show sucks and gets better. The moment a show gets better is when it “grew the beard”…and Riker grew the beard…it also applies somewhat to DS9, as Sisko also grew a beard, but the show didn’t suck as bad as this show did before hand.
The things that are better right off the bat in this episode is the characters, for the most part. Geordi is Chief Engineer and Worf is Chief of Security. Those two promotions that really fix some of the major issues in the series. Losing Yar also gave everyone some breathing room. Crusher is out for this season (I don’t really know why), and replaced with Dr. Pulaski. Pulaski gets a smaller role and is noted as special guest star in each episode. More breathing room for the character in this season.
Problems with this episode are Pulaski, who is aggravating for her whole stint in the series, Riker who just acts like a total dick to Troi…and the fact that the plot revolves around Troi. She’s not my favorite.
The plot of the episode is just as bad as the first season’s standard episode, but this time at least we have clearer roles for our characters.
NEXT TIME: Space Face
Written By: Jaron Summers & Jon Povill and Maurice Hurley
Series: Star Trek: The Next Generation
Year: 1988
Much like Happy Days created the term “jump the shark” for a series that was good, and lost its way, Trek fans created a term called “growing the beard” for when a show sucks and gets better. The moment a show gets better is when it “grew the beard”…and Riker grew the beard…it also applies somewhat to DS9, as Sisko also grew a beard, but the show didn’t suck as bad as this show did before hand.
Problems with this episode are Pulaski, who is aggravating for her whole stint in the series, Riker who just acts like a total dick to Troi…and the fact that the plot revolves around Troi. She’s not my favorite.
The plot of the episode is just as bad as the first season’s standard episode, but this time at least we have clearer roles for our characters.
NEXT TIME: Space Face