TNG S06E05

In this installment:
(viewed September 19th, 2013)

Star Trek:  The Next Generation, S06E05 - "Schisms"

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"Schisms"

• Commander Riker's alarm clock is really, really wimpy.  I hope everyone else in Starfleet takes waking up in the morning a little more seriously.
• Ah, Lt. Commander Data -- poet laureate of good ol' NCC-1701-D.
  
  
  
  

  Felis catus is your taxonomic nomenclature,

  An endothermic quadruped, carnivorous by nature;

  Your visual, olfactory, and auditory senses

  Contribute to your hunting skills and natural defenses.

  I find myself intrigued by your subvocal oscillations,

  A singular development of cat communications

  That obviates your basic hedonistic predilection

  For a rhythmic stroking of your fur to demonstrate affection.

  A tail is quite essential for your acrobatic talents;

  You would not be so agile if you lacked its counterbalance.

  And when not being utilized to aid in locomotion,

  It often serves to illustrate the state of your emotion.

  O Spot, the complex levels of behavior you display

  Connote a fairly well-developed cognitive array.

  And though you are not sentient and do not comprehend,

  I nonetheless consider you a true and valued friend.



• Riker's an even bigger d**k when he's sleepy.  I wasn't sure that was possible.


• A hot milk toddy?  Apparently they don't give people Ambien in the 24th Century.


• The La Forge Sensor Array


• "Hey, when we pump warp power to our sensors the EPS conduits explode.  That seems weird."


• WORF NO LIEK SKISSORS.


• It's freaky enough when a person forgets what they're doing for an hour and a half.  I bet it's doubly freaky for Data.


• I love that it takes them like an hour to figure out that they can go to the holodeck to recreate their weird collective "dream".


• "I've been in this room before."
  
  "We've all been here before."


• "It looks as though your arm has been severed and then re-attached."
  
  "WHAT?!?"


• The solution to every problem is to stick a homing device on Commander Riker and jack him up on speed.


• <ominous_riker>
  "Whoever it was who sent that thing was more than curious."
  </ominous_riker>
  
  ...except we'll never find out, because they'll never do another episode about the creepy subspace aliens again!