TNG: The Neutral Zone
August 16th, 2003 at 10:10 am (Trek Talk)
Probably one of the best episodes of TNG season one is The Neutral Zone. The episode re-introduces the Romulans to the Star Trek universe, with a bang, not a whisper. The moment of first re-encounter is properly built up as Picard explains that the Enterprise, being the largest and most sophisticated ship in the Federation Fleet has been sent in a show of force. When the Romulan ship first decloacks and we realize the Enterprise could almost fit between the nacelles of the new Romulan ship the balance of power in the Universe is no longer as clear. Add to that moment the first foreshadowing of the new enemy, the Borg, who have scooped a whole federation outpost off a planet and some great comedy between Data and a 20th century cowboy and you have an episode that is enjoyable and memorable.
Diane Gibson said,
August 28, 2003 at 11:19 am
The Romulan stuff was good, but the episode would have been so much better if they had left out the dumb subplot with the revived humans.
karlakrusher said,
August 29, 2003 at 7:30 am
Yeah, and put in more Wesley. A lot more Wesley.
Diane Gibson said,
September 1, 2003 at 10:06 am
Yeah, what she said! -grin-
dyingofluv said,
September 4, 2003 at 9:59 am
I actually liked the stuff with the 21st century people - too bad they tended to stumble into caricaturization, or wotever. The country singer was a riot.
Diane Gibson said,
September 5, 2003 at 4:10 pm
That…Person…was no more a country singer than I am a Wesley-hater!
dyingofluv said,
September 5, 2003 at 4:52 pm
He’s a singer and he’s from the country … this means country singer to me.
Diane Gibson said,
September 6, 2003 at 4:53 pm
Trust me…that’s not what a country singer is. More like an idiot Western singer. No self-respecting country singer is anything like that.
heathcliffe said,
September 8, 2003 at 11:59 am
Ugh … I’ve only seen this one once. It’s quite possible that the Romulan parts were indeed good, but the only things I can remember of this episode is the teaser (the best part) and then the subplot with the 21st century humans. Again, ugh.