Synopsis: An old enemy of Odo’s is murdered behind locked doors, and all the evidence points to Odo as the killer.
Memory Alpha Summary: They kept forgetting to develop characters in season one.
Review: An all-around dud of an episode sees Odo framed for murder, even though there is never even the slightest doubt to his innocence.
Continue reading 159. A Man Alone (1.04)Genre: Rail Shooter
Developer: Argonaut Games
Year: 1993
Rating: 8
Review: One of the first SNES games I played. My brother worked at a video store and was able to bring home a system and games every once in a while (before he bought me the system in 1994). Star Fox and Super Mario Kart were frequent rentals. Star Fox quickly became my favorite shooter to date as I was blown away by the Super FX chip (though admittedly it wouldn’t blow any one away now or even twenty years ago).
Continue reading Star FoxSynopsis: An alien criminal, attempting to prolong his life, hides his consciousness inside the mind of a station crew member.
Memory Alpha Summary: Mr. Mystery dislikes overdone tropes.
Review: How many times has Star Trek done the whole alien body snatcher plot? It’s just not that interesting, no matter how they dress it up. The mystery is not a mystery as the teaser more or less reveals the climax forty minutes earlier.
Continue reading 160. The Passenger (1.09)Year: 2020
Director: Max Barbakow
Rating: 8
I will pretty much watch any time loop show or movie no matter how terrible it is, but Palm Springs (despite its stupid title) rises above most of them to deliver a funny and entertaining ninety minutes.
Continue reading Palm SpringsSynopsis: Archaeologist Vash arrives from the Gamma Quadrant as Q plagues the station and an unknown force threatens to destroy it.
Memory Alpha Summary: Sometimes reunions are disappointing.
Review: I was originally excited to see an episode with Q, but Q-Less proved to be far worse than his worst episode on TNG.
Continue reading 161. Q-Less (1.07)Genre: RPG
Developer: Square
Year: 1994
Rating: 10
Review: I’ve spent a lot of time gushing about this game here. I ranked it my second favorite RPG I’ve played and my friend nibbish and I counted down the Top 20 moments. So this review will have a bit of a different flavor.
Continue reading Final Fantasy VISynopsis: With the sudden death of Grand Nagus Zek, Quark becomes the new leader of the Ferengi Alliance, but he also becomes a target for murder.
Memory Alpha Summary: I guess a lot of fans found this episode hilarious.
Review: The first of the dreaded Ferengi episodes introduces us to the Nagus.
Continue reading 159. The Nagus (1.11)Synopsis: While Worf, Dax, Bashir, Leeta, and Quark vacation on Risa, Worf decides to join a radical fundamentalist group determined to start a political revolution on Risa.
Memory Alpha Summary: Almost saved the worst for last.
Review: Wow, what a dumpster fire. This is what happens if you take Justice, remove all the camp, and make it even less sexy.
Continue reading 160. Let He Who Is Without Sin… (5.07)Synopsis: Quark discovers that his mother and Grand Nagus Zek have fallen in love with each other.
Memory Alpha Summary: Your daily reminder that (most) Ferengi devalue women
Review: Whenever there’s a Ferengi episode, it’s pretty much guaranteed to be either dreadful because it’s a cartoon, or tolerable because it helps develop Quark’s character. This one is solidly in the former.
Continue reading 161. Ferengi Love Songs (5.20)Synopsis: A mysterious woman helps Jake write a novel; Lwaxana Troi, pregnant with a son, asks Odo to help her escape her husband.
Memory Alpha Summary: Worse than Scottish ghost sex
Review: Depressed Worf is the best.
Odo: Ahem
Lwaxana: Odo, would you like to join the party?
Odo: Actually, I have some free time, and was wondering if you would like to take a walk?
Worf: I would…
Unfortunately, that’s the best part.
Continue reading 162. The Muse (4.21)
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