Our three loved it that the dinosaurs ate people.
Talking point here… Ive never seen a family guy episode in its entirety
Good.
Star Trek: Picard
Second season has started much better than the first imho, now if they can a) not become too preachy this time (which with Trump gone they shouldn’t) and b) try not to just steal ideas from Battlestar Galactica I’ll be thrilled!
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Yup, because Star Trek has never been preachy…
Not on the way that Series 1 was.
I get that Sci-Fi has always been about the time it’s made over the time it’s set, and I don’t even mind a bit of preaching, especially when it’s correct. But Series 1 was about as subtle as a diplomatic note from Vladimir Putin.
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I feel that deep space nine got the balance just about right. Yes there were some preachy topics but they often had the other side presented or at the very least it used the sci setting to push the allegory just right. It’s well worth a watch through again if you get the chance as it can still be applied to present time as much as the issues of when it was first broadc
Picard season one was preachy (but not as much as discovery), and a bit bitty without too much humour - hopefully season two will be better.
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I mean, yeah, it’s diluted when you go on whacky space adventures every other episode, but even DS9 was never subtle about it. At all.
DS9 is the best of the three 90s series.
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Ah but 11 of 10 still rocks it…
…Sorry Seven of Nine
I think DS9 can claim to have the least wacky episodes as it pioneered the season arc concept that basically didn’t happen at the time and the war arc got very dark in places (“in the pale moonlight”, “ inter arma enim silent leges” “Far beyond the stars”).
I think this is the issue with Picard season one & discovery where there are basically one serialised story/plot line rather than an overlapping theme which then has threads bringing it together.
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DS9 had many of the darkest story lines. The one where Sisko captures Eddington was particularly intense.
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That was a cracking episode! Even the slightly sillier ones (the James Bond parody, the baseball one and the one where they get drunk & sing Jerusalem) had a good subtext & character development that was added on to later. Yes there were some clangers but majority was very good stories & science fiction.
Another cracker was The episode where they mine the entrance the wormhole because the dominion has been expanding into the Alpha quadrant, making peace treaty’s & basically encroaching on the federation boarders. When warned that it might cause a war Sisko responds “We’re losing the peace so a War may be our only option” still resonates with me today.
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Sisko was so cool.
Hes no pickard though.
Moving on from ST.
Reacher is excellent.
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No he’s not, he’s far better.
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DS9 had some great episodes, especially the ones you lost. But also “it’s only a paper moon” which does a great job on PTSD in war.
TNG had far less of those type of episodes with the exception of Tapestry which has probably my favourite Picard speech of them all. “I’d rather die as the man I was than live the life I just witnessed”.
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Picard was playing the long game. Teasing Q over his whole life
Plus wasnt deemed such a pain in the backside that had episodes taken away from him, unlike a certain pre-madona…
Nevermind, I’m sure avery Brooks post susko career speaks for itself…
Oh wait 
And a cold shower for you!
…And me, because yes Jeri Ryan.
HOWEVER…
Jadzia Dax
I really wish Terry Farrell was allowed a run as Cat in Red Dwarf. I think she killed it in her pilot (for it being a pilot).
In other news, Odo still weirds me out.