154: Menage a Troi (3.24)

Synopsis:  The Academy shuts out Wesley for the third year in a row, and Riker fails to get in on some hot mother/daughter action.

Memory Alpha Summary:  Compare this to a summer’s day

Review:  Our annual Lwaxana episode is dreadfully boring for about thirty-eight minutes as the Ferengi bumble their way through a kidnapping.  Majel is wonderful, but her character goes over the top with her disrespect towards her own daughter.  The only highlight is Picard having to profess his undying love for her in order to save her from a life as a Ferengi sex slave.

I have to comment on how asinine the Academy is when it comes to their prospective students.  Wesley finally gains entrance into the Academy, but he has to delay his start yet another time because he’s too busy saving AMBASSADOR Troi from the Ferengi.  His reward is yet another snubbing and our reward is one more season of him.  At least he finally gets promoted to full ensign and can wear a uniform, which does actually suit him pretty well.

3 thoughts on “154: Menage a Troi (3.24)”

  1. This title alone makes me angry. Yes, it looks the same, but to make it relate to the character it needs to be drained of its original pronunciation. I hate that. It’s not enough to be a heteronym.

    Yes, I take my double-meanings with dead seriousness.

    1. Last night I said to myself, “The most likely comment I’ll get today is from spooky, who will be upset by the title of the episode.”

      We talk way too much, I think.

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