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   From: David@block.net   
      
   On 6/23/2015 5:55 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:   
   > In article , ahk@chinet.com wrote:   
   >   
   >> Levels of emotional complexity? "Best of Both Worlds" does not work on   
   >> that basis. It works because it's a rousing adventure and, for Next   
   >> Generation, they put actual thought into creating the plot and did have   
   >> enough material for a two-part episode.   
   >>   
   >> "Family" introduced layers of psychological complexity? Oh, go fuck   
   yourself.   
   >> "Family" is one of the worst Next Generation episodes. It's truly horrid.   
   >> It's laughably awful because we discover Picard's brother is some idiotic   
   >> throwback, living on some stupid farm rejecting modern life. You start with   
   >> crap like that shoved in your face and the conflict between the two brothers   
   >> comes off as phoney. Furthermore, since when did Picard have a brother?   
   >> It's not retconning (because it wasn't established that Picard didn't have   
   >> a brother), but the brother comes off as a cardboard character, existing   
   >> solely for the plot. Picard's emotional outbursts are entirely phoney.   
   >   
   > The worst thing about "Family" was that Picard had completely recovered by   
   the   
   > end of the ep and the effects of being Borgified were never mentioned again.   
   > This was my first observation of the "reset button" so often used in Star   
   > Trek. It wasn't until Babylong 5 that we had long term repurcussions of   
   > charss' actions.   
   >   
   >> Viewers should despise "Family" in particular because this utter crap   
   >> episode is juxtaposed with entertainment that went above and beyond.   
   >   
   > Yeah, there's also that...   
   >   
      
   Well at the time it was remarkable that the characters trauma lasted for   
   even one more episode.  It was after all before continuing arcs came in   
   as a thing on American television.  That being said I was disappointed   
   that Picard was even still alive and didn't much enjoy Family.   
      
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