30th Anniversary TNG Episode Discussion Marathon

[Nate the Great]

CRUSHER:Worf, signal our surrender.
WORF: Tos Vah'cha Worf, do'lo jegh!

Star Trek Minutae declares the translation to be "This is Governor Worf, we surrender!"

CRUSHER: Alyssa lost the baby. I think it's the same phenomenon that affected Geordi. Somehow, the temporal energy from the anomaly caused the foetal tissue to revert to an earlier stage of development. It's as if the unborn child began to grow younger, until finally the DNA itself began to break down.

This is way too dark. I don't know why it's here.

CRUSHER: Will, how long is this thing between you and Worf going to go on?
RIKER: It's been going on for over twenty years. Doesn't look like it's going to end any time soon.
DATA: I suspect the last thing Counsellor Troi would have wanted is for the two of you to be alienated.
CRUSHER: I agree. I think it's time to put it behind you.

As I've said before, I hate the Worf/Troi romance. So I don't care about this scene. It's embarassing that the Joey/Rachel romance over on Friends was done better than the Worf/Troi was.

RIKER: Did I? I didn't want to admit that it was over. I always thought that we'd get together again. And then she was gone.

Given the events of Insurrection and Nemesis, you have to ask what was stopping Riker from asking Deanna out much MUCH earlier. If we're going to act like Riker unilaterally decided not to be with Deanna and keep her in the backup zone for years and years, then Riker is an unredeemable jerk. Either he pursues her again when they reunite on the E-D or they mutually decide not to date each other while both of them are Starfleet officers.

PICARD: Ensign. How do I get to Ten Forward?
ENSIGN: It's four decks down, sir. Section zero zero five.
PICARD: Thank you.

What's the point of this scene? It's already been established that you can ask the computer to direct you anywhere on the ship using the wall panels.

DATA: Sensors are picking up a small temporal anomaly off the port bow.

This is a HUGE plot hole. The anomaly wasn't there, but now it is, and it gets larger as it goes back in time. Ugh.

DATA: It would require taking the ship into the anomaly itself. Once inside, we may be able to use the engines to create a static warp shell.
LAFORGE: Yeah, Data, that's right. And the shell would act as an artificial subspace barrier separating time and anti-time.

As Treknobabble goes, this is more reasonable than most. The part that bugs me is the use of "shell" instead of "field."

PICARD: I understand your concerns, Lieutenant, and I know if I were in your position I would be doing the same thing. Looking for answers. But you're not going to find any because I don't have any to give you.

Ugh. You do have answers to give, you are choosing not to for reasons that have already been proven to be irrelevant.

Q: Is that all this meant to you? Just another spatial anomaly? Just another day at the office?

A great line, I remember it from the TNG screen saver.

Q: The anomaly. My crew. My ship. I suppose you're worried about your fish, too.

Another great line.

The Fiver

Picard: Beverly, you have to believe me. I remember travelling in time.
Crusher: I want to believe, Mulder, but until we have proof....

Yikes did that joke not age well. X-Files hasn't had the staying power that some of its contemporaries didn't. And yet Phil Farrand made a Nitpicker's Guide for it.

Picard: Obviously. Mr. Worf, I need you to prepare your security teams for --
Yar: Hello? I'm security chief.
Picard: Ah yes. My apologies; I've not yet mastered the difference between my manly girl and my girly man.
Past Worf: That is entirely understandaHEYYY!

Burn!

Future Riker: (over the comm) No way am I lending you a ship. That area is Klingon territory now.
Picard: So?
Future Riker: So you might run into Worf.
Picard: So?
Future Riker: Worf's a wad.

Wad? Zeke, you remind me of when LittleKuriboh slips up and uses his native accent in YGOTAS.

Future La Forge: All right, so Riker won't help us. What's the backup plan?
Future Data: Hiding inside torpedoes that are being fired into that sector.

Fie on you for reminding me of Sito Jaxa, Z.

Picard: Can I at least ask you some questions?
Q: But of course. You're familiar with the Captain Pike two-light system, I'm sure.
Picard: THERE ARE F--
Q: Don't even think about it.

Hehe.

Future Worf: No, I won't.
Picard: Will you do it for a Kahless Snack?
Future Worf: Yes, I will.

I'm always amazed that new Scooby Doo shows and movies are still being made, even if they've been of very uneven quality lately.

Picard: Mr. O'Brien, plot a course for the Neutral Zone.
O'Brien: But won't the Romulan detection grid spot us?

Why would the Romulans need a detection grid, and especially now, during their isolation period?

Puddle of Goo: Hi! I'm the birthplace of life on Earth.
Anomaly: Like hell you are!
Puddle of Goo: GAK!
Picard: This is disturbing for more reasons than I can list....

Ha ha.

Q: The trial never ends. It's like the O. J. trial. But I'm confident that if you keep up the good work, you'll get off easy. And who knows? Maybe I'll show up now and then to do the "you must acquit" chant.

Well, that one didn't age well.

Memory Alpha

* Having a fourth timeline from "The Best of Both Worlds" was considered. I don't think it would've worked in a two-part episode.
* Not only is the warp speed limit no longer in effect in the future timeline, but the entire scale was modified to allow for warp factors beyond ten again.

Nitpicker's Guide

* There aren't any skunks in England, it would be more appropriate for Data's housekeeper to compare his hair to a badger.
* What happened to the Romulans? Wasn't Tomalak going to go to the Devron system?
* The future Klingon ships can fire while cloaked, so why did they bother uncloaking?
* Phil has a problem with past Troi mentioning Ten Forward when it never appeared in Season One. I can't believe that Phil is that dense, this one seems a bit too OCD.

Nitpicker's Guide for "Preemptive Strike" (I forgot to do this earlier)

* Phil also brings up the contradictions with "Journey's End".