Obi-Wan trying to disable the lasers barrier when they could have walked around it cracked me up. This show is unintentionally funny.
The realism is way off on this show, however, I did appreciate the CIA operative played by Stacey Farber. She was by far the best thing going for this episode/show.
Underwhelming on many parts with an odd cast making pretty much every character very unbelievable. Acting isn't good either, stressing the unbelievable part. A plot that plays it safe while at the same time the writing tries so hard to make it cool it comes off as incredibly trashy rather often. That way I have a hard time taking it serious or being entertained by it.
As mookie suggests, rather watch Lethal Weapon. That one has more of a humoristic approach but is so much better, admittedly surprisingly good even. If you want it more serious than LW though, maybe watch The Brave or even SEAL Team, whereas the latter is ehh as well. Not sure if this has even the potential of getting another season not even speaking of airing the full first season.
I actually fell asleep during this one. The Brave takes SEAL Team down every week now.
I wish they could stop pairing up Becket with some jerk all the time. It's just annoying.
Kind of hoping to see Liam Neeson in the second part of this episode... :zany_face:
This entire episode's execution is nothing short of perfect.
Might have seen it before, but even if I did, it was still 110% fresh this time.
For crying out loud, which moron screenwriter claims Marie Curie was French!? I know it's just entertainment TV, but it's ridiculous, not like you can't find that in the beginning of the article in wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Curie
I'm surprised that they didn't go for the cliché musical guest (Beach Boys) on Tool Time bit here.
Good one, Beckett. Was it tasty, the heroin? Do you want some more? Maybe with some salad on the side?
As soon as I saw the drugs bag, I started thinking "please don't lick it, please don't lick it, use a drug kit instead, please don't lick it!". But oh well... I guess it's not supposed to be a realistic show anyway, so who cares.
So there is a dirty bomb on the loose, and they don't even bring in the FBI? Just the one guy from Homeland Security? Huh...
Also, plastic hazmat suits may protect against viruses or toxins, but I'm not so sure they also block radiation...
And do all NYPD detectives happen to wear a radiation monitor at all times? X-Ray technicians, or sailors aboard a nuclear submarine, sure, but police detectives?
:rolling_eyes:
Daphne translating the sequence of a basketball game into opera terms for Niles is priceless.
It's not just the uselessness of it, and the unfortunate dislike for the Quan character, but does it have to be so friggin' cliche'? I guess we can guess this well/portal is something John will need/use in the future. But what a waste of my time to get there. Did I mention it's "cliche'". Make the villain as disgusting as possible, last week with the "i can be inappropriately naked just to show how powerful I am, this week the needless shooting of a harmless woman in the back; even a futuristic black SUV! WTF?! How unoriginal can you get? And of course tons of guys shooting automatic weapons, some at almost point blank range, can't hit Soren, but the villain can just raise his mighty pistol and hit him at a distance with 1 shot. I keep meaning to look it up, because the same writers can't be writing both arcs, because last week, focusing on John, Halsey and Makee was brilliant. Rant off....
The action in the end is disappointing since it was rushed. Riggs is told his friend is downstairs with the bad guy. When he's really chasing her with his truck. Riggs suddenly shows up in his car and quickly blows up the bad guys truck with a couple of gun shots.
Otherwise it was nice to have the show back after a two week break. The two leads are still worth watching the show for. I also liked the very end.
Anyone else getting tired of the "Hello, Megan" --' It's weird and annoying
Eh.....Kinda disappointing. Passengers rebooted, Eleven from Stranger Things rebooted... Maybe if I was new to sci-fi.
Every storyline with Q annoys me so much, because the character infuriates me. It's pisses me off how this potential "higher being" can be so fucking illogical. The fact that he responds to Picard's refusal to let him join the crew, because they don't trust him, by then hurling them 7,000 light years away into danger is so goddamn counterintuitive. He may think he can override their trust requirement by making them beg for his help, but he adds insult to injury by practically mocking the fact that he got 18 people killed. It infuriated me when he said: "Admit it, Picard. You're out of your league. You should have stayed where you belonged." THAT MAKES NO FUCKING SENSE, YOU STUPID FUCK. You brought them there! YOU brought them into that goddamn situation. Every fucking storyline with Q is like this and it's ridiculous! It never fails to make me irrationally angry.
All that aside, I was happy to finally be introduced to the infamous Borg.
This is starting to feel like The Mentalist's Red John seasons. I really hope they'll close this storyline soon and move on to something different, and back to the weekly cases and Castle's humor.
wrong run time. the episode is closer to a 90-minute run time
Screw Frasier's dream; I want more of Martin and Daphne in the elevator!
Half The Mummy, half Legion, but not as charming as the former, nor as quirky as the latter. Nice ending, though.
The first encounter with the Borg was probably quite creepy back in the late 1980s, but watching it today it feels a bit underwhelming. Far more interesting is the performance of Guinan, and Picard's need to become humble before Q. Lots of things here which were never followed up on, notably the concept of baby Borgs which was completely abandoned. The 18 dead crew members do lead a bad taste in your mouth, and severely alters any playful side we may have seen in Q.
They also set up a big mystery with Guinan's background, which was never mentioned or explored again. Lt. Gomez could have become an enjoyable recurring character, too.
I'm just waiting for penguin to kill those ugly rats that he's calling family, i mean, his dad is nice and cares about him but the other ones can die already.
Show budget:
Special effects - 5%
Acting Talent - 10%
Gold Plating - 30%
Eyeliner -55%
Eleanor and Chidi STILL have ZERO chemistry — and I honestly think their relationship has been detrimental to the show.
Still struggling to care about this one. Also a whole room of gods couldn't see what Arthur was really up to? Instead they were talked out of it by him saying that Khonshu's host had 'issues'. Bit wishy washy imo.
These marines panic like pussies than normal civvies
Someone needs to brush up on their train physics. Ain't no train that can stop that quickly.
Didn't take long to lose track of which Picard was which when they headed to the shuttle bay!
As other reviewers have noted, shrill and nosy asshole Samuel Clemens made this episode harder to watch than I remembered.
