TNG 2x10: "The Dauphin"

[tafadhali.livejournal.com]

Episode Notes: ( VIRGIN ALARM! )

Overall Reaction: Um, well, I mean, it was a whole episode about Wesley Crusher. That's a little excessive.

I'm pretty sure we were supposed to feel for him, in the pangs of his new love, as he infected his girlfriend with the only contagion her warden couldn't protect her against: free thought. But it felt to me that he was (a) stepping into a sociopolitical situation he knew nothing about, (b) far, far too quickly in love (oh, 15-year-olds), and (c) surprisingly hung up about non-humanoid love for a 24th century man. Didn't Kirk teach us a valuable lesson about this in "Metamorphosis"?

Still, the girl was sweet, and there was nothing overtly objectionable about the episode. Unless you consider the fact that it was about Wesley objectionable enough, which, point.

Star Rating: **

Quote of the Episode:
"No. Men do not roar. Women roar. And they hurl heavy objects... and claw at you."
"What does the man do?"
"He reads love poetry..." (Worf and Wesley, on Klingon mating rituals)

DS9 1x01: "Emissary"

[tafadhali.livejournal.com]

Episode Notes: ( Through the wormhole! )

Overall Reaction: As obvious from my intro to the series and my reactions to the characters, I was pretty won over by this first episode. The characters were likable and well-sketched for an introductory episode, and I really got caught up in Sisko's personal drama (or, perhaps, just in the novelty of a Starfleet captain with actual family drama) and catharsis. And his crazy manic mood swings. JENNIFER HAVE LEMONADE. JEAN-LUC I HATE YOU.

Anyway, it got me interested and that's what you want with a pilot.

Star Rating: ***

Quote of the Episode:
"It is not linear." (Those non-corporeal aliens Sisko met in the wormhole, breaking my heart)