Star Trek TNG: Season 7 Key Episodes (E04-05) - Full Reaction
Added 2024-08-31 17:11:56 +0000 UTCWell I messed up a little haha! Last time I checked Gambit Part 1 and 2 were part of the winners of the poll, I assumed the two-parter would win. So I watched it, had a great time, and then realized it had been barely inched out of 4th place! SSSOOOO bonus episodes! We'll do this 2 parter (Gambit 1-2) and then the 4 winning episodes AND THEEEEENNNNN the finale too! Go Season 7!
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The alien captain in Gambit is so hilarious to me and my brother because of his completely unadulterated New York accent. Guy came from the planet Brooklynios IV.
p0sthum4n
2024-09-05 19:57:53 +0000 UTCBonus! Okay, that was quite good! Lots of great moments that I’d forgotten - like the World’s Most Cordial reprimand between Data and Worf. And I completely forgot that the Vulcan “Tallera” was played by the beautiful Robin Curtis, aka “Lt. Savaak”from the TOS movies.
Ike
2024-09-03 08:03:58 +0000 UTCI can think of one other Star Trek weapon that's even more stupid than the Resonator, but it wasn't in the series. This one was from a Star Trek novel I read years ago by Peter David. It was a big laser gun that was so powerful that, when you fired it, it would literally destroy everything in its path. Problem was it had no range limit, so once fired it would hug the ground, circumnavigate the globe and end up shooting whoever fired the gun right up his chocolate .
Clarence Newman
2024-09-02 14:24:54 +0000 UTCIt's actually half a great weapon and half useless. If you want to use it to hurt someone who means you no harm, then it's useless. But if you're being attacked by an aggressive foe, it will kill them in an instant. Then again, "kill them in an instant" is a bit of a stretch. It only kills one person at a time, it works very slowly and only if the target stays still while the shimmery blanket drifts towards them. You were right in the first place, Walter. A seriously stupid weapon!
Clarence Newman
2024-09-02 14:15:18 +0000 UTCWeird but entertaining. A good one for an October special, along with maybe Schisms, which I watched again last night. That's a better episode than I remembered.
Clarence Newman
2024-09-02 07:17:45 +0000 UTCWell, that explains it. He's one tall dude!
Stephen Dias
2024-09-02 02:32:16 +0000 UTCIn addition to Robin Curtis, some viewers might also recognize Julie Caitlin Brown, who would later appear as a regular on Babylon 5 and Sabrina La Beauf from The Cosby Show. Richard Lynch also appeared on a ton of movies and TV episodes.
Stephen Dias
2024-09-02 02:31:28 +0000 UTCFun fact: the very tall Klingon in part 2 is played by James Worthy, a well-known retired professional basketball player.
BibbitduBois
2024-09-02 00:46:28 +0000 UTCWhile Genesis was not an option to vote for in the S7 final poll, Genesis did finish fairly solid in the initial S7 poll 2 of 2. May be too weird for some. Each season, I had an episode I wanted Cassie to react to over one of the winners in the final 4.
Clay F
2024-09-01 21:58:47 +0000 UTCIt's been so long since I watched Conspiracy Theory. Are you saying that when you see Patrick Stewart, you always think his character in Conspiracy Theory?
Clay F
2024-09-01 21:33:57 +0000 UTCCassie, so you didn't pay attention, do what Taylor Swift says and Shake It Off had to make sure it was Taylor's version https://youtu.be/M_JiMkVx0FU?si=1BhgcofTfNSrS0Pu These are good episodes to fall asleep to. My gf Eva and I were curled up on the couch together focused on you so we wouldn't fall asleep.
Zachary K. (Verified Swiftie)
2024-09-01 18:33:06 +0000 UTCTo all Trek fans, I'd recommend a set of books called "The Nitpickers Guide" by Phil Farrand. There's one for every series from TOS to DS9. As meticulously discovered by Farrand (who was a superfan, not a hater), there are literally hundreds of errors, equipment malfunctions, changed premises etc in the Original Series (eg Kirk getting a request to come to the bridge immediately while he's walking through a lower corridor in his GOLD shirt, only to enter the bridge seconds later in his GREEN V-neck), but by the time Farrand got to DS9, he was hard-pressed to find anything. Today's shows are more efficient, but I do miss those frontier days when entertainment ruled over everything having to be "correct".
Clarence Newman
2024-09-01 17:50:31 +0000 UTCTell me you have Ferengi blood, without telling me you have Ferengi blood.
David Collins
2024-09-01 16:25:57 +0000 UTCWhen I see Picard, I see him with a bandage on his face. Think "Conspiracy Theory" here. I simply can't help it. The events leading to said bandage on Stewart's stately (if decidedly enlonged proboscused) face are just too visceral to ever forget.
David Collins
2024-09-01 16:24:04 +0000 UTCI think the show was killed off when they finally got a QA department at Starfleet to keep all of this faulty equipment from making it into service, hence taking all of the drama out of the show.
David Collins
2024-09-01 16:14:31 +0000 UTCMike, yeah 3 great Tar Heel players that were cool under pressure. Better have a "health and safety inspection" of anyone they're up against! 😊
Steve Holton
2024-09-01 15:51:26 +0000 UTCI just learned this today! 😂 I saw James Worthy's name in the opening credits of the second episode, and I thought that couldn't be the 7 time All Star, 3 time NBA Champion James Worthy of the Los Angeles Lakers? But it was after the Klingon shuttle pilot was off screen that I realized it was him! Of course Cassie thought he was really tall! 😂 He didn't really have to act, just look stoic! Of course, me being a huge ACC basketball fan I know that the UNC Tar Heel basketball team with Sam Perkins, James Worthy, and Michael Jordan was one of the greatest teams in ACC history. It was Worthy who was the receiver of an errant Georgetown pass in the final seconds of the 1982 NCAA Championship game right after Michael Jordan made the game winning shot.
Mike LL
2024-09-01 15:44:39 +0000 UTCIt's all ruined, Jon. She needs to start from the beginning and bring Carly with her.
Clarence Newman
2024-09-01 15:41:40 +0000 UTCGenesis is also my guilty pleasure in terms of scary episodes, right alongside VOY: Macrocosm
Kharak
2024-09-01 13:01:39 +0000 UTCAbsolutely right, Peter. Attached was a must for Cassie, but beyond that, I'm fine with Gambit or most other episodes making it too (but not Journey's End. NEVER Journey's End!) As long as you're a fan of these Trek reactions, bonus episodes ("Genesis!") will always be welcome.
Clarence Newman
2024-09-01 12:43:06 +0000 UTCI personally prefer Gambit to Attached and was sad it lost out in the poll, but I do think it's comparing Apples and Oranges. Attached is definitely more the sort of episode that we all would think Cassie will appreciate more, but I have to say it did put a smile on my face seeing just how much she enjoyed and got on board with the rollercoaster ride of Gambit. Extra eps for Cassie and all of us is win win though. 😊
Peter Rising
2024-09-01 12:01:41 +0000 UTCCassie. As you didn't go and check the final poll results and made your decision early, I feel a duty to point out that "Genesis" made a late surge and actually won the poll with 98% of the vote. No need to check, my word is gold pressed latinum. Also, you know you want to.
Clarence Newman
2024-09-01 10:09:40 +0000 UTCThose "plot devices" where crucial systems go down at the worst possible time, Dean...Star Trek is legendary for that. The perfect example for me is the warp core ejection system. Every single time the warp core is about to overload and the Captain calls for it to be ejected, he/she gets the same response: "Warp core ejection system is offline." I'm not complaining, of course, because that's always the cue for an extra half hour of exciting headless chicken, but if I was the captain, I'd be firing the guy who's in charge of that.
Clarence Newman
2024-09-01 10:01:12 +0000 UTCSo happy we got Gambit after all. I knew Cassie would enjoy this one!!
Peter Rising
2024-09-01 05:14:29 +0000 UTCYep...seems he went on vacation to do some free lance archeology stuff.
Greg Quinn
2024-09-01 05:06:18 +0000 UTCThere was no indication of the Picard disappearance in a previous episode, so you didn't miss anything. When I see Patrick Stewart, I always think Picard. The X-Men Charles is also an excellent character. They both grow on you. A mercenary is a private individual who fights in an armed conflict for personal gain and is not a member of any official military. I liked it when you nailed that "Make it so." To me, the Gambit 2-parter are above-average episodes of S7. I like Gambit.
Clay F
2024-09-01 04:02:50 +0000 UTC"Oh, what a tangled web we weave, when first we practise to deceive."
Ben Livingstone
2024-09-01 03:46:14 +0000 UTCThese were some fun episodes. But the Resonator is a seriously stupid weapon. Peace being the solution is groan inducing. It's as bad as the 5th Element being Love. But great character stuff and I love when the team goes undercover.
Walter
2024-09-01 02:55:54 +0000 UTCShe has such a distinctive speaking voice. Every scene that she had lines, I kept seeing her doing the Pom’Foor Vulcan finger dance with Spock.
Uncle Phoenix
2024-09-01 01:47:20 +0000 UTCIs that a Spock...no. But it might be a Savik. Robin Curtis is always great.
Chris Retzlaff
2024-09-01 01:19:16 +0000 UTCI think you are just not ready for this to end ;)
Keith Jones
2024-09-01 01:13:33 +0000 UTCWell that was a nice mistake, I also now apologise to everyone that voted for Gambit as I really enjoyed watching it this time round. It definitely helped you were really getting into it and there was a few things you said that made me laugh like “Is that a Spock” 😂😂. But I am also happy your still watching attached as I really think you will like that one. Just a couple of things in the episode, the reason why the very tall Klingon poured his drink on the floor is because Klingons don’t drink with there enemies. Also when you mentioned about the interference near the beginning. If you watch all the episodes you will find it comes up time to time. Basically if they are in trouble you can bet the thing that will help them out. Something will happen to make it go off line or need a long repair. For example if they need to get someone off a planet ASAP the transporter will go down or if they need to chase or get away from another ship the warp engine will get damaged. Its not to bad on TNG but It pretty much happens on every episode on Star Trek Voyager lol. Also I know it’s a long way off and I’ll probably mention it again, but now you really like Patrick Stewart I really think you should watch his version of A Christmas Carol from 1999. It also stared Richard E. Grant.
Dean Holt
2024-09-01 00:34:15 +0000 UTCHey, I am always down for Bonus Episodes!!
Ian A
2024-09-01 00:17:57 +0000 UTCParallels is good
Clay F
2024-08-31 23:52:32 +0000 UTCGlad we got Attached
Clay F
2024-08-31 23:50:59 +0000 UTCI just meant that in the show it’s supposed to be a kind of utopian society and they’re on a mission of exploration but week after week they run into crisis and conflict. It was just a joke
Thomas Thompson
2024-08-31 23:50:20 +0000 UTCI like Gambit too
Clay F
2024-08-31 23:50:15 +0000 UTCYeah, I am glad Attached made it. That is what she has been asking for. Now the 5th place Gambit made it in an accident, similar to the 5th place I, Borg did as a bonus.
Clay F
2024-08-31 23:49:11 +0000 UTCGood point. I always think Picard when I see Patrick Steward, but Picard and Charles are both excellent characters -- both grow on you.
Clay F
2024-08-31 23:47:18 +0000 UTCGambit was a close 5th but is a 2-parter. I may be in the minority but I like Gambit.
Clay F
2024-08-31 23:43:57 +0000 UTCMe thinks Cassie doesn't want this TNG journey to end.
Ricardo Rodriguez
2024-08-31 23:40:58 +0000 UTCI mean... they've encountered plenty of new aliens, worlds, phenomena in the reacted-to episodes. And a lot more in the episodes that were skipped. But yes there's a lot more to it than just exploring, the episodes with good writing / character moments tend to be the fan favorites.
dominantblaze
2024-08-31 23:34:00 +0000 UTCShe's giving us bonus episodes!
KTVindicare
2024-08-31 23:26:08 +0000 UTCTrue, Gambit didn’t win but I was really thinking of the other 3 winners, aside from Attached. They aren’t my favorites and a couple of them would benefit from some prior knowledge that Cassie won’t have unless she has been watching more earlier ST-TNG episodes without us.
Jeff
2024-08-31 22:42:14 +0000 UTCTechnically we didn't, Jeff. In point of fact, Gambit lost. :D
David Collins
2024-08-31 22:37:28 +0000 UTCOh, and I’m not sure if you’ve said already or not. But I really hope you go back and watch S5:Ep19 First Duty before watching the Lower Decks episode. It really does add a lot of needed context
Robert da Spruce
2024-08-31 22:29:45 +0000 UTCThe one klingon was a NBA player. Edit: his name is James Worthy, 6"9.
Greg Quinn
2024-08-31 22:09:12 +0000 UTClol 😄 Won’t get any complaints out of me. The more the merrier!
Robert da Spruce
2024-08-31 22:06:25 +0000 UTCI love how you even care about 'that guy'. That's the kind of heart that keeps me coming back.
Scott Macaulay
2024-08-31 21:05:56 +0000 UTCI'm going to suggest you react to an Australian western. The Man From Snowy River. A movie that was based on a poem by A B Banjo Patterson. It has everything that you love in a movie. Coming of age. A Romeo and Juliet type love story. Horses, countryside, good blood raising action and excellent acting and directing
L A Lou Peña
2024-08-31 21:03:03 +0000 UTCGambit!!! Geeshhh!!! That was the one (two-parter) episode I was hoping wouldn’t win so I was happy that it didn’t. In other seasons, I’ve watched along, side-by-side, with your reaction videos, but for this season, I think I’ll watch along only for Attached with your reaction, ahead of the series finale. I really feel that the voters let you down this time.
Jeff
2024-08-31 20:41:48 +0000 UTCyou’re not wrong
Cassie
2024-08-31 20:25:37 +0000 UTCTo quote Cassie from her ST:6 Undiscovered Country reaction...."Space Peace."
Pianodean
2024-08-31 19:58:39 +0000 UTCIn Star Trek the piece and exploration must come between episodes???
Thomas Thompson
2024-08-31 19:39:57 +0000 UTCAttached wasn't even on my radar for this season. lol
Chrissonator
2024-08-31 19:37:11 +0000 UTCAnd the actress is such a positive presence, I just smile when I watch her speak in interviews, etc. :)
Chrissonator
2024-08-31 19:36:41 +0000 UTCGot so worried we weren't going to get Attached....great to see that this was a happy mistake!
Holly R
2024-08-31 19:36:18 +0000 UTCI'm personally not complaining. :P The more the merrier. :D
Chrissonator
2024-08-31 19:34:41 +0000 UTCI don't understand why that guy was so insistent about being paid in full. Half their crew weren't actually crew, and half of them died. So, in reality, there was less to share; hence, more money. You can tell none of them studied the Rules of Acquisition.
rakesh
2024-08-31 19:30:53 +0000 UTCCassandra! Do you not realise that there were knock-down, drag-out punch-ups between the supporters of Gambit and the far superior supporters of Attached during the Season 7 poll? Some of us got bloody noses, atomic wedgies and sneezers in our Earl Grey tea before emerging victorious to hand you the bouquet that is Attached. And then you go watch Gambit as well. Leave me alone, young lady. I'm not kidding.
Clarence Newman
2024-08-31 19:24:22 +0000 UTCI, for one, am happy this accident occurred. Aside from the extra content, this might be legitimately one of my favourite episodes series-wide.
Preaching to the Horse's Mouth
2024-08-31 19:05:30 +0000 UTCThis was one I hoped she would watch. I'm happy we got this little bonus.
David Kent
2024-08-31 19:02:44 +0000 UTCgreat way of describing this episode!
rakesh
2024-08-31 19:02:03 +0000 UTCShowtime! 🏀The great Los Angeles Lakers power forward “Big Game” James Worthy stars in these episodes as the extremely tall Klingon stopped for a “Health and Safety Inspection.” Good thing they weren’t looking for Pistons, Rockets or Heat. 😊
Steve Holton
2024-08-31 18:58:45 +0000 UTCIf the Ensign looked familiar, she was played by Sabrina Le Beauf; she played Sondra Huxtable, one of the Cosby Kids in The Cosby Show. I don't know about you, but I'm always impressed when I watch this episode that Worf managed to go to his happy place to avoid the resonator smackdown. Nice to see Cassie happy with predicting and saying the "Make it So" command. She's yet to do the whole "Space: The Final Frontier" speech, but I live in hope!
rakesh
2024-08-31 18:57:19 +0000 UTClol OOPS. Well, bonus eps for us I guess!
FleetAdmiralJ
2024-08-31 18:40:58 +0000 UTCSo after all the debating between Attached VS Gambit and Watch More Trek VS Stop Watching Trek Already, Cassie ends up watching a 2parter by accident. And enjoys it enough to post. If you can't find the humor in that I don't know what to tell you.
Andrew Buel
2024-08-31 18:30:12 +0000 UTCThis is like reaching into my pocket and finding 2 twenty dollar bills I forgot I had. Always unexpected, but of course equally excited to have. Thank you for the “mistake.”
Tom Furze
2024-08-31 18:26:20 +0000 UTCThank you for the bonus episodes! I love the ending with Data escorting Riker to the brig
greggreggreg2000
2024-08-31 18:23:06 +0000 UTCIn the future, Cassie, when you've finished your Trek marathon but need a top-up, we can occasionally vote for a top three for you to watch from a given series (I.e. TOS, TNG etc).
Chris Clarke
2024-08-31 18:20:40 +0000 UTCAwesome!!
Fanchman
2024-08-31 18:12:58 +0000 UTCDid you recognise the actress playing the isolationist pretending to be a Vulcan agent, Cassie? A clue: "See you next Ponfarr, Lieutenant!"🙂
Chris Clarke
2024-08-31 18:10:56 +0000 UTCWow! Even your mistakes are good!
Samuel Champ
2024-08-31 17:50:55 +0000 UTCBank error in your favor. Collect $200. Seriously though, Gambit only just barely lost out at the wire, despite us putting on a full court press getting Attached across the goal. This is right, fitting and proper.
David Collins
2024-08-31 17:42:32 +0000 UTCBeing Star Trek, this is the superior kind of accident compared to; a transporter accident, or translation accident.
Michael G
2024-08-31 17:39:30 +0000 UTCAs mistakes go, that's a fun one for all ;-)
Neil
2024-08-31 17:37:12 +0000 UTCWhat a struggle we put up against these episodes in the poll comments, and now this “happy accident!” It is to laugh, and will make most happy! This is why we love Cassie!!
Mike LL
2024-08-31 17:35:49 +0000 UTCJust thought I would mention there are uploads missing from your Star Trek playlist. Specifically https://www.patreon.com/posts/star-trek-next-102810827 https://www.patreon.com/posts/star-trek-next-103427779
Butt Head
2024-08-31 17:30:10 +0000 UTCGood way to wrap up Star Trek next generation series. I think you’ll really enjoy the movies especially the crossover movie and the first full next generation movie .
Doc Larry
2024-08-31 17:29:00 +0000 UTCAnd here was me looking forward to Attached 😂. Not sure I can put myself through Gambit again even watching along
ShazD
2024-08-31 17:27:44 +0000 UTCMaybe you are subconsciously wanting to watch more episodes..:)
Michael West
2024-08-31 17:27:32 +0000 UTCWell, that's not fair to the other seasons. Now you have to do a bonus episode for each season. I'm pretty sure it's law, and we don't want you to get arrested.
Jon Hoover
2024-08-31 17:27:17 +0000 UTCSo glad you got to see Gambit, which exposes the non-Starfleet side of the galaxy. It's a bit like sneaking off a guided tour and exploring a new city on your own.
ArsTropica
2024-08-31 17:24:32 +0000 UTCI think Cassie is just glad to see Patrick Stewart back in his prime after Logan.
Pickupthepieces76
2024-08-31 17:24:31 +0000 UTCHappy Accident, kind of like the invention of Champagne.
Uncle Phoenix
2024-08-31 17:23:54 +0000 UTCA happy mistake I say! Go TNG! 🖖
Pickupthepieces76
2024-08-31 17:23:33 +0000 UTC😆
Chris Clarke
2024-08-31 17:23:19 +0000 UTCNot a bad plan. We'll take the bonus episodes. :)
Michael Enos
2024-08-31 17:22:46 +0000 UTCThat's the most delightful "mistake" I've seen in quite some time, Cassie! 😁
Phil Stubblefield
2024-08-31 17:20:13 +0000 UTCCan't be mad about that! Now we know, make it tight enough, we'll get that bonus ;)
Dustin Rumsey
2024-08-31 17:19:37 +0000 UTCA happy accident.
PapaXan
2024-08-31 17:18:53 +0000 UTCHonestly, this is a really fun two-parter. It's not a fan-favourite, but it's a great little self-contained adventure with really good performances from Stewart and Frakes.
Allan Rumberger
2024-08-31 17:18:42 +0000 UTCBonus episode? Good work being confusing, team 😂
John Sullivan
2024-08-31 17:15:57 +0000 UTCwell thats my saturday sorted.
rakesh
2024-08-31 17:15:00 +0000 UTC
