There are many voters of the worst episode Star Trek: The Next Generation, I would argue there is something worse episodes, time. It is amazing how much this awesome show has produced at the same time revival Dear Franchise-The segregation of "Code of Honor", the supernatural attack on "Sub Rosa," the clip shows the corruption of "Shades of Gray," and many more. Everyone has their own pick, though “Upon a Long Curse” is my black horse rider on the topic, because he manages to handle race, sex, and scary science, all at the same time.
Like it seems like 45 percent Star Trek episodes throughout the series, “Up the Long Ladder” begins with Business we took a mysterious depiction of the ship in the 22nd century. Because the 22nd century & # 39; ship has a time & # 39; TNGIn the 24th century, a mysterious signal turned into Morse code, a means of communication of course long for everyone at Starfleet to forget that it exists, even though for some reason Riker (Jonathan Frakes) realizes it within seconds.
The ship is tied to the Ficus sector and carries two things: a a bunch of supercomputers and a bunch of farm animals and looms. The piece has a strong modern meaning; aAfter World War III, the mob turned "Neo-Transcendentalism" and they decided to return to economic life when they left Earth and established new colonies. The Business heads there and found a colony on Returnloid V, fortunately for 3.6 hours before the sun's rays destroyed the rest of the world. This is a dumb idea that needs to happen only for the colonies to be shown aboard the ship unless Captain Picard (ol & # 39; Patrick Stewart) learns who they are … to be there when someone finds out that he has saved Space Irish.
Returnloids are another entry point TrekAn old tradition, which does not boast of the arrogance of all the planets made of the same kind of racism, this is acknowledged in the negative American view of Irish aliens in the early 19th century. Returnloids are not cleaned and their farm animals. Their leader, Danilo Odell (Barrie Ingham), loves his booze. His daughter Brenna (Rosalyn Landor) is that ancient "smart woman" who always meets men – she gets angry at Picard when he goes down to see them because he "doesn't drive" the ship as he thinks he should. The only difference is when he decides he needs to Riker right away.
"Sole" is a pun in advance. When Riker first communicates with Brenna, immediatelyI am angry about not helping her, she …well, he seems to be spreading the fence around the Enterprise Animal Farm Returnloids & # 39 ;, but on his knees and do it without holding his hand. But then he becomes addicted to Riker's sexual beard and asks if there is a foot wash, given that Space Irish somehow managed to bring out the dirt, and tore his dress and legs while moving the hand. Riker, who never let a little dirt get in the way of getting his place down, wholeheartedly leads him to his place of residence. That is a little clear, but luckily Brenna is on the same page. When Riker doesn't focus on him immediately, he actually asks if he's gay; when he reassures her otherwise, she begins to relax and they lure one another into talking about how best to clean BreI'm dirty, dirty feet. (Answer: "Usually you start at the top and work at the bottom.")
When Odell asked Picard no doubt about the contact and others a colony in the Ficus sector, the captain suddenly realized that supercomputers were not for them. The Business it searches and locates the Mariposa colony, inhabited by all travelers as their atmosphere had broken the law when it arrived, leaving only five survivors; without the required amount of genetic code needed to keep the colony out of its original reality, they have been doing it for the past centuries. The problem is that clones reduce time, as clones in sci-fi do.
In fact, the problem is The Next Generation you're worried about sex, or – maybe especially – when people don't. The obvious solution to the Mariposans problem is to simply get new DNA to add to the mix, but Mariposan prime minister Granger (Jon De Vries) handles it in a way to emphasize how things would have been a problem if the colony's survivors survived? —And two men and women – they had decided to give birth to the old way. Dr. Pulaski (Diana Muldaur) immediately wants to know how the Marposans succeeded in stopping the alliance; Response to drugs and “laws of punishment,” and the result that sex is no longer on them completely. But when the clones questioned the DNA of the Enterprise selectmen, Riker angrily came up with the idea of many traveling around (which is kind of funny), and Captain Picard tells the Maripos that everyone on his ship felt the same way. For the record, which is over a thousand people, however Picard decided it was not worth sending an email to explode.
This is not the last time in this episode Picard will make a major decision about the outfit without interacting with the people involved.
The Maripos quickly steal some of the cells of Riker and Dr. Pulaski, but when Geordi helps the couple realize he has lost some time, they immediately enter the colony's library and destroy Proto-Riker once –Pulaski sitting on incubators. Everyone is outraged, but the Maripos defend their action by asserting their right to survival, which comes as a surprise when they talk about their funny but rational, sci-fi clones. Also, Riker gets a fine line on how people have the right to control their bodies, which is a good thing.
However this belief is quickly dispelled from the airlock, and that is when things get really crazy and overwhelming. When Picard, Troi (Marina Sirtis), Riker, and Pulaski meet to discuss the problem, the doctor explains that even if the Mariposans discover new DNA, they will still have a problem. He says what they need – this is a measure – "to keep property." all at once gives Picard an idea: Give Marsposans Space Space.
There is so much worse about this that it is probably impressive. First, a fitting moment for Kirk of "The Business The captain is wiser than any other civilization and so he decides everything ”has always been wrong. It's bad because The Next Generation has gone out of its way to confirm this by presenting Space Irish as dumb and dirty. Yet the episode confirms that Picard is very clear with this concept because you hear the name stock breeding. “Breeding stock. Where can I find a breeding stock? ”You can see Picard wonders. "Okay! I have a bunch of simple ones in my boat that have nothing to do with civilization and others rather than fucking! Good luck! ”
It's bad. Pulaski performs the calculations and finds that the system will work – a system that should work literally give a group of people in the world another human group for the purpose of making children– Every woman will need to have three children, each to be a different man.
Does Picard tell Odell about his vision, and does Odell embrace the whole of the Irish Universe, by giving a compelling yes after finding out that he will have sex with various women? Indeed. Is the Prime Minister of Mariposan upset about the idea of having sex, and Picard tells him to end it and get busy with these people? Uh-huh. Does Brenna complain because she is weird but fails to be genuinely upset about being treated like the reproductive stock mentioned above, and then finds out because the decisions are made by a male and she knows she doesn't get the say? Certainly. Is the show trying to alleviate this traumatic experience with the fact that Brenna is also excited about the prospect of having sex with multiple partners, ignoring that fact intended to say that the only sex with other women is to get the kids out of a group of people she never met at the end of the episode? You know it!
Bleh. In accordance with Boil Boots: Unauthorized Trev Safari, the writer of the episode Melinda Snodgrass explained that "I was meant to be a commentator on immigration, because I hate modern American policy. I just wanted to say that sometimes those outsiders who think they are smelly and the wrong color, can bring great benefits to your community because they bring health and power. That's what I wanted." Star Trek: The Next Generation Partner, Snodgrass agreed that this comment was deleted by rewrite and budget issues. (Thanks to Alpha-memory in this case.) He did not sin. Whatever good intentions they may have, it's all taken away from the moment Pulaski called "stock breeding," if not earlier.
Even though “Up the ladder Long” was made over a quarter of a century ago, people did Star Trek: The Next Generation they should have known better. I don't know if things are doing better or worse, but maybe they did. The episode ends when Picard looks at all that he has just done, saying, "I have to be in my imagination."
“Starfleet will agree with you,” replied Dr. Pulaski. No gaming, Doc.
“Up the Long Ladder” refers to the Irish poem of real art, as the line continues to “go down a short rope.” Obviously, no one knows why it was called at that time. In retrospect, it seems appropriate for an episode to be executed before it can even begin.
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- Without getting any signal, the episode begins again when Worf (Michael Dorn) falls off a bridge. As it turns out he has Klingon Measles, he's embarrassed to have Klingon Measles, and Dr. Pulaski is lying to Picard about Worf's illness so nobody knows if he has Klingon Measles. This "story" is clever and left entirely behind the three scenes, probably a quarter of the way the episode, is telling and not touching.
- Space Irish's raw love for Delilo is not satisfied with the whiskey produced by the ship's author, so Worf gives him a Klingon booze chewing. You respond to it as The Gracious& # 39; Art Carney or one of the three Stooges possible, two ancient references that I suspect maybe your quarter of readers know better. Hopefully the fact that this episode re-uses the joke from the & # 39; 40s and the & # 39; 50s is obvious enough how ridiculous it is.
- The Preview of "Next Next On" because this episode says nothing about Space Irish at all, even though they get a bigger screen than the Mariposans. Huh. I wonder why.
- If nothing else, at least this episode gave us a Shakespearean dialogue above. "Clones?" "Clones?" "Clones."
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