Despite redshirt successfully arguing that calling “Valiant” a ship full of Wesley Crushers was an insult to Wesley Crusher, “Let He Who Is Without Sin” edged it by two votes to move on to the Sulfurous Sixteen. And now we move on to two epic TNG stinkers, words I’ve written a lot during this.
“Sub Rosa”
TNG’s attempt at “supernatural romance”, wherein Beverly Crusher goes to the planet of Scottish stereotypes for her grandfather’s funeral, and winds up boning a ghost that lives in a candle. We wish any of that sentence were a joke.
“Masks”
Data apparently has a WiFi antenna, among other useful attachments, which lets an ancient mainframe hijack his brain and make him wear a ridiculous mask. Then Picard successfully argues him down, also wearing a mask, in one of the least dignified moment of Patrick Stewart’s career, and that includes him playing a limp-wristed interior decorator in “Jeffrey”.
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SubRosa. I don’t even have to think about it.
Sub Rosa by a long way. Both episodes are horrible, but Brent Spiner is, at least, a good actor which is more than can really be said for Gates McFadden. Not to mention that Sub Rosa is obviously, er, “inspired” by Anne Rice’s The Witching Hour, so not even really a Trek episode.
(Note: “inspired” is a polite euphemism for “criminally ripped off” since it would be rude of me to say that).
Spiner and Stewart do manage to make “Masks” marginally less awful than it is, but rewatching that stinker was a huge chore.
Sub Rosa. Beverly got seduced by her Grandmother’s lover, her Great-Grandmother’s, her Great-Great… ah, screw it. Where’s the Brain Bleach?
Oh, and YES! YES! YES! I made the introduction paragraph. And for the first time its NOT a “Cease and Desist” variety.
Sub Rosa. Data the Schizoid Android is tremendous, while Beverly Gets Wax Fever was just…wrong…
Aaaaaaand that episode is officially named that in the bracket from now on.
Just why did she like the candle?
Sub Rosa.
Did anyone else ever think that Data’s antivirus program needed a massove upgrade?
Or just an upgrade. Apparently Khan Noonien Singh didn’t teach his kids the value of a good network safety system.
Who doesn’t love a Harlequin bodice ripper in space?… Me – that’s who.
Sub Rosa takes it.
Masks. I will not sit by while Masks gets off the hook so easily.
Better rally the troops, then, because you and dRail are so far the only votes against.
This is tough but I have to go with Masks, it just doesn’t make a lot of sense.
As will be the case as this progresses, it will be a matter of most worst. I’m sure I’ll say it again- too bad there can’t be two losers. Gotta go with Dr. Babe doing the dirty. As with so many TNG is falls downhill for 48 minutes and wraps up in 2.
Sub Rosa, although it pains to criticize Beverley Crusher when we all know what the alternative is when she’s not there *cringes*
Sub Rosa gets my vote, mostly because I’ll never watch it again, where you catch me on a good day and I’ll watch Masks…
“Sub Rosa” – It’s so bad that it’s good – but then it springs right back into BAD.
Seriously, how could it be possible to be even more corny than Ann Rice?
Sub Rosa. It’s so hilariously bad that I wish Mike Nelson would do a Rifftrax for it.
Masks is just one more hour of Brent Spiner chewing scenery, which is one of the best reasons to watch TNG in the first place. See also: Data’s “small talk-off” in Starship Mine.
Sub Rosa