Head over to orange-river-merch.myspreadshop.com to grab your T-shirt, backpack, hoodie, or mug today! _Sir, I protest! I am not a merry man!_

Season 3 to season 6 is a legendary run.

I love how Worf always had the most extreme/aggressive option when giving his advice on what to do in any given situation. The episode where they all got amnesia and Worf just assumed he was the captain because of his decorative sash thing was priceless.

"Family" is one of my favorite episodes of the series. Picard's breakdown after he fights his brother always gets me emotional

IM NOT PICARD !!! I’m getting that on a shirt

I love the holodeck episodes where they put on costumes and play Robin Hood and shit. It's like the crew got together for a D&D night

13:04 - Gates McFadden and Brent Spiner actually did their own dancing in the episode, except for the overhead shots where Spiner requested a double, as he did not feel confident enough to pull it off. McFadden did the choreography, as she was a well-known Hollywood choreographer long before TNG. According to episode director Robert Wiemer, McFadden and Spiner also developed the lines in the scene, which were later accepted by the scriptwriters.

This recaps / analysis videos gives me that *dopamine rush* of watching a season of TNG without the full time investment. _Thank You!_

"She went where..?" scene with the alert sound made my Friday morning. Also this feels like freebasing TNG, like watching a entire season and getting the good rush of it all in short form is so satisfying, especially in your voice.

"Do the spots go all the way down?" is a great pickup line

Season 4 had a lot of solid episodes that had long-term story repercussions 🥰

"Night Terrors" scared the sh*t outta me when I first saw it at 9 or 10 years old. In "Galaxy's Child" Geordi's behavior was definitely inappropriate and unprofessional but I don't think it crossed the line into "predatory".

Fun fact: cosmic strings are actually totally unrelated to string theory, and IIRC predate it! It’s a hypothetical one-dimensional super-dense object, made entirely out of nucleons kinda like a neutron star. It’d be subatomic in width but light years long. I totally thought that episode meant string theory had been confirmed in TNG too until somewhat recently. So it’s 100% understandable. I don’t much like string theory either myself.

In defense of Geordi he only asked the computer to make the simulated Leah Brahms more personable. My head canon has always been that the computer, which we know from the season seven episode Emergence is bordering on sentience, is, at some pre-conscious level, in love with Geordi and programed Leah Brahms accordingly. I hang this all on simulated Leah Brahms' line about touching the engine. That was the Enterprise ACTUALLY talking to Geordi.

“Devil’s Due” always sat weird with me as the tone seemed off but I couldn’t put my finger on why. Years later I learned it was originally written as a TOS episode with Kirk instead of Picard being the focus of the horny con-artist. The story makes SO much more sense knowing that.

To be fair to the holodeck, Jordy had to break numerous restriction protocols to create the program. Personality and phycological files were directly called out as a problem to get initially.

lol when I was a kid I thought Tasha's sister was played by Linda Hamilton for the longest time till I re-watched the movie and was like "...wait a min". I ran around my school for like 3 years telling my friends that she was in an episode of Star Trek. -_-

“Half a Life” is by far the best Luwaxanna episode of the series (not that that is a huge accomplishment). Majel Barret really gave the character life, too. Just another great, relatively small detail, that helps make this show so great.

Another great video Tyler my fave line in The Wounded is where O'Brien says "I don't hate you Cardassian, I hate what you made me". Anyway hope you are well Tyler.

Geordi was doing nothing more than advanced roleplay and was clearly infatuated with Leah. You're right about this kind of stuff remaining private, people's often harmless yet highly embarrassing fantasies being weaponized for moral superiority.

okay, but, so, here's the thing about booby trap and leah brahms. _it's the ship._ the enterprise is an incredibly advanced piece of technology that i'm sure has a whole lot of whatever kind of stuff makes chatGPT work, right? she's not a manifestation of leah brahms. she's a manifestation of _the ship._ the implication is that _the ship_ likes geordi.

The only bad thing about this video is that it ended.

First Contact and The Nth Degree are my absolute favorites from this season

in Star Trek Online, the tutorial character Captain Taggart calls the player "number one" and says he served under a captain who called his first officer that "early in his career." in the episode The Host, Picard is contacted by an "Ensign Taggart", and while it's not directly confirmed, it's heavily implied that this is the same Taggart

SImply, Thank you for making this series.

Not gonna lie my favorite bit was the twilight zone skit. Omg dude it made me laugh. Helped me get through washing the dishes.

The Data/Jenna episode features the actress who plays the wife of the main alien protagonist of Alien Nation, another series that deserves more exposure.

25:37 This wouldn't have stopped RIker.

Co-star Nick Tate in the Final Mission episode is none other than Eagle spacecraft Alan Carter from Space 1999.

Comes through even without the cigarette and reveal. Well done.

I cried when O’Brien and captain maxwell were singing

They never actually confirmed that Duras killed K'Mpec. We just assume it was Duras because we know he's a sneaky bastard.

LET'S GO I MADE THE THUMBNAIL! Mogh would be VERY honored!

Season 4 is probably my favorite TNG season. Family, and The Wounded are great . Also dude, my new Mass Effect style Orange River mug showed up this week. It's is a nice accompaniment to the OR Trek mug I bought last year. I'm firmly in The Twilight Zone!

I must say I am impressed at the rate at which you grown and developed as a writer and a performer over the last couple years I've followed you. I can't wait to see what you produce next. Keep it up!

I can't believe it took until Season 4 to see the Jefferies tube which would later become ubiquitous in VOY!

In The Loss: Everyone: "But.. aren't you half human?" Deanna: "How DARE you bring that up!!"

I've always remembered since I was a small child Data saying "Perhaps it is YOU!" and my brother and I would always exaggerate it in many different things as inside jokes when we were growing up. "YOU!"

never realized the family theme of season 4. thank you!!!!

my fav question to ask people "what is the true nature of reality" is based on that episode in the pocket universe. :D

Great job as usual! I love ‘The Loss’ as well…so many good lines.

Love these videos, I can't wait to see your breakdown of season 5!

Haha. That episode with Leah Brahms is excellent.

Ambassador K'Ehleyr made 12 year old me realize I had a thing for Klingon women.

Rod Sterling would be proud.

Very concise. Definitely flowed well. Ty and I can't wait for season 5

Don't you think we're missing a main point about personal holo-programs? Don't you think they'd be password protected by the creator? Barkley was extremely smart, and so was Jordi. I just can't see them leaving their holo-programs open for anyone to charge in.

12:20 elevates this work to the level of a masterpiece. Agreed on string theory.

Just as I was rewatching this season, great timing! Thanks!

Another great video! I just finished TNG about a month ago after the last ep Paramount + threw me into voyager, this was very wonderful and almost a little nostalgic now that I am getting adjusted to the new crew of voyager. Thank you for your work and please keep doing your best.

22:20 - LMAO!! That bit nearly killed me as I coughed, choked, spluttered and spat my cup of tea!!🤣😝🤮

I love the Twilight Zone ads you do for your merch. I may have to get a t-shirt or some such lol. Thank you for another excellent episode as always! God be with you out there everybody. ✝️ :)

Im glad you went all the way with this episode

“Night Terrors” and “Identity Crisis” are both stabs at horror. One works very well with the subtle horror cues from a stripped down script, while the other has its moments overshadowed by Guinan phaser rifles. Though “The Nth Degree” is a great one, if only to show the cliquey, shallow, and insecure nature of the Enterprise senior staff. I mean seriously, there’s a way to handle “Phenomenon” Barclay without the Eric Clapton song, and still not squash his human rights as you protect the security of the ship.

Glad someone else appreciates what "The Loss" was trying to do "Clues" has the hottest two-episode-helm-Ensign in the whole fleet in Ensign McKnight with her Thomas Jefferson hairdo

They really made Geordi a creep in Galaxies Child.

These videos are always worth watching. especally TNG! :)

Barkley is the best accidental character is Trek history. Props to Dwight Shultz for making me feel like I know the guy. Incredible arc too, all the way up through “Voyager”.

Great Serling imitation. Well done!

Forgot to say, but those “Family” based episodes hit the best

5:36 If this boy was adopted by the Talerians then my great uncle was also adopted by the Vietcong during the Vietnam war. They literally murdered his parents and kidnapped him during a raid on a human outpost. He's a POW, and the fact that his grandmother is an admiral should mean that this incident starts another war with them. _He doesn't even consult her before he hands her grandson back off to the barbarians that brainwashed him and ruined her and many others' families..._

I love the twilight zone and star trek musical combo. Great job.

Awesome video! I'd forgotten just how many absolute bangers there are in this season.

Identity Crisis, the first Brannon Braga episode. And it's one of the quintessential Braga episodes at that, touching on tropes he would revisit again. *Cough cough Threshold*

I look forward very much to your reviews of TNG Seasons 5-7 (and possibly the films ?)

Man, Guinan was so good.

Always awkward when your crush meets your robot crush.

so good! (and i'll never forget the first time I saw "Identity Crisis")

Lol :28 looks like the beginning of a bad 80s workout video with the music

That twilight zone merch ad 😂

Levar Burton recently said in an interview that he hated the creepy way Geordi LeForge was written in Galaxy's Child and it's antecedent episode. He said Le Forge's inability to have healthy romantic relationships in TNG is why he demanded his character be written to have a family with kids in Picard season 3.

I disagree with your statement on "The Loss" being a good example of disability being portrayed thoughtfully. Diana's reaction was like that of a spoiled brat, or " Aristocratic" as Riker said. She acted selfishly as if she alone understand what it's like to suffer. As a Counselor I would have expected her to behave with others in a much more mature and dignified way. I don't mean to detract from the pain she was going through, but I think the writers REALLY dropped the ball on that one. I've always held the highest respect for her character. 🖖😁🤘🇨🇦

Dude! Lookin sharp in a suit!! Awesome Sponsor Break! (lol)

Everyone: Worf! You killed Duras!!!😮 Now Gowron is head of the council!! Worf: don’t worry. I’ll kill him later.

I would love to see you start doing videos on Stargate. I have always felt that it was very Star trek ds9 like just way lower tech.

27:48 Does Data actually keep Spot in a bag!? I don’t think he’d react like that if Spot didn’t have a bag…

"Sir, I wasn't sure about the name on the file. What does, 'Geordi's Spank Bank' mean?"

Honestly the way the hologram talks about the engines in relation to herself id be more concerned that Geordi is rubbing up agains the warp core. Whipping out his conduit and venting his plasma all over the dilithium crystals.

“Remember Me” isn’t just the best Dr. Crusher episode (I also like “Suspicions”), it’s an all time great episode overall.

Been waiting for DAYS for this!

I feel such a nostalgia for TNG as I've been seeing it my whole life. I'm in my 30s so .. The way call of duty mountain dew and Doritos go together, For me it's: TNG, Beavis and Butt-Head, and Metallica! That's just the way my nostalgia triggers 😎

Galaxys child is great! Poor Geordi cant get a break when it comes to women. He treated the real thing as if she was the hologram, confusing the two in his mind, as such his behavor is on point. He strugles to seperate the two in his mind, knowing one is made up, the other is not, but wanting to know the real one more - he tured off the fake, knowing it was fake, knowing that yeah he fell in partly love, but in love with a made up being, he wanted the real one - because he respected her work, and perhaps part of him still felt that connection, however illogical. The dang thing seemed real. The real one was taken. OR so she said... maybe she wasnt or maybe she breaks it off latter? I'd rather have seen that she wasnt taken and open to getting to know each other for real, but first she gets some light hearted `revenge' by programing Geordi in the holodeck getting a pie in the face - only to have the real Geordi get a pie in the face for real - two pies in face for the price of one, plus you could have Data say "3.14...." whatever pi is as Geordi mentions pie latter and the episode faids off as he just lets Data say pi wondering if he will ever stop. Hahahhahahahahaha! oh well. anyway. Good ep in my view and people are a bunch of complaners these days I swear. not that I dont complain about things, I do - but see when I do it, its fine.

I was waiting for "all the way". Thanks. 👍

Clear your holodeck history if you don't want the rest of the crew scopin' out all ur kinks.

Love these recaps. Thanks for the awesome work 🙏🏾

As always, love to see your take on TNG seasons..You do a good job highlighting strengths while being fairly critical with the lows. Also, without doing the cliched snide tone that some KZfaqrs do a little too much! 😅

Remember Me, one of the all time great episodes.

Season 4 onward is some legendary sci-fi TV, well, up until season 7 where it's very clear they ran out of good scripts.

“I am not a merry man!” Will forever be the high water mark of this show.

Literally the first thing that everyone's going to do when holodecks are real is to hook up with someone they have a crush on; seems pretty harmless. I mean, we have no control over who's thinking about us during ... um ... 'me time' 🤷‍♀️

Sela seemed like an odd character. If the timeline went back the way it was, Yar died from Armus and there would be no daughter.

11:07 I always seen that scene as Mediterranean and a Celt just talkin to each other.

Buddy your ad was as good as the video LOL thank you man do you make my day much better

Thanks for posting this. I enjoyed the recaps.

pretty sure Geordi mentioned he was married to her in picard aswell

I love "Nth Degree" SO much!!!!!! Dwight Schulz is fantastic, and he does the illuminated Barclay with such flare!

When I was little, I remember giving up watching TNG after seeing Best of Both Worlds. But, when I watched it later in life, I recognized I missed the most important and best part of that arc - the episode Family which is literally the first time I felt like Stewart acted in the series and actually made Picard a human being

My friend David and I loved watching all of these 1st airing, man week to week anticipation is a lost edging process in a more innocent perspective lol

Clues is really a great episode.

I have watched seasons 3 and 4 more times than I can remember, it was peak TNG