TNG S04E05, S04E06, S04E07, S04E08

In this installment:
(viewed Monday, July 1st)

Star Trek:  The Next Generation, S04E05 - "Remember Me"
Star Trek:  The Next Generation, S04E06 - "Legacy"
Star Trek:  The Next Generation, S04E07 - "Reunion"
Star Trek:  The Next Generation, S04E08 - "Future Imperfect"

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"Remember Me"

• Apparently Dr. Crusher's mentor was Wilford Brimley.
• "Wes, time for the experiment is over.  I want my warp engines back now!"
  
  "I'm almost done, Commander."
  
  "Almost isn't good enough.  You wanna be the one to explain when the Captain says 'engage' and we just sit here?"
  
  GIVE HIM BACK HIS WARP ENGINES, WESLEY.
• "I can't believe that Chief O'Brien might be lying!"
  
  Oh, believe it.  Miles Edward O'Brien is a crafty son of a gun.
  
  (I mean, you know...he wasn't lying this time.  But he totally could have been.)
• This is at least the second time that Dr. Selar is referenced on-screen but doesn't actually make an appearance.  Her only on-screen appearance was in the first season episode "The Schizoid Man".
• Top Three Causes of Trouble Aboard the Enterprise-D:
  
  
  1. Borg
  2. Rogue Android
  3. Wesley Crusher's experiment of the week
• A half-mad Dr. Crusher is still a better bridge officer than Counselor Troi.  And a better medical officer than Dr. Pulaski.
• Hey kids, it's The Traveler!

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"Legacy"

• No one likes to play cards with a show-off, Data.
• USS Potemkin, the last Federation vessel to make contact with Turkana IV, is an Excelsior-class starship.  Commander Riker was posted to the Potemkin earlier in his Starfleet career, and the ship will be seen/mentioned several more times on TNG and DS9.
  
  
  
  
  Also, I always want to spell it "Potempkin".  Because I'm hella stupid.
• Turkana IV...how the f@*k is this place still like this, anyway?  I mean, it's a former Earth colony so it's not like there's a Prime Directive conflict or anything.  Apparently the Federation doesn't have the same taste for peacekeeping missions in the 24th Century that the UN does in the 20th/21st Centuries.
• "Lt. Yar was killed on Vagra II by a malevolent entity."
  
  "In battle?"
  
  "No.  She was killed as a demonstration of the creature's power, without provocation."
  
  Yeah, we all thought it was pretty stupid too.
• Ishara Yara should've been the security officer of the Enterprise-D, not her sister :P
• "If I'd known about this place 15 years ago, things might have been different.  Maybe it's not too late."
  
  Eeeeeeeh...it's too late.
• The Yar sisters looooooooove Data.

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"Reunion"

• This episode is the first appearance of the Vor'cha class cruiser (described by Worf as a "Klingon attack cruiser").
• So, you know.  Here's your kid, Worf.
• It's stated in this episode that K'mpec was the longest-ruling Chancellor of the High Council in Klingon history.
• "I don't want to be a warrior."
  
  You're going to be a warrior whether you like it or not.  IT'S WAR SCHOOL FOR YOU, YOUNG MAN!
• This episode also introduces us to my favorite Klingon ever:  Gowron.
  
  Oh, Gowron.  He of the crazy eyes.
  
  (image spoilered for profanity)
  
  
  
  
• ROMULANS!  It's always Romulans.
• I'm a little surprised that Duras doesn't display a little more fear of Worf.  I mean, you blame the guy's dad for treason, kill the mother of his son...I mean, yowza.  That's a pretty good way to make anyone hate you, let alone a Klingon.
  
  
  
• Apparently Starfleet's pretty chill about things if you have to go kill a mofo for stabbing your girlfriend to death.  A dressing down by your captain and a reprimand on your record for shoving your bat'leth into a dude's chest?  Not a bad deal, all said.
• Oh yeah.  Here's your kid again, Worf.  We'll ship him back to your parents on Earth for a while, but he'll be back.  Good luck with that.

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"Future Imperfect"

• Commander Riker sucks at playing the trombone almost as much as he sucks at being a first officer.
• Random bridge officer:  "Captain, I am detecting some unusual fluctuations in subspace frequencies."
  
  Well, that seems...vague and ominous.  Thanks, guy!
• "Number One, happy birthday."
  
  Now go find out if there are Romulans on that creepy planet, will you?
• "We've got a sudden build-up of gasses here--especially methane."
  
  Well that joke just writes itself, doesn't it?
• Apparently nobody but Riker and Picard got promoted in 16 years.
• Hey kids, it's Tomalak!
• "Shut up!"
  
  "I bet your pardon?"
  
  "I said 'Shut up!', as in 'Close your mouth and stop talking!'"
  
  As much crap as I give Riker, when he finally loses his cool in this episode he's pretty much as awesome as he ever gets.
• "So yeah, I'm back with my fake adopted insectoid alien holodeck kid.  Anybody miss me?"