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  • fixmycode@feddit.clEnglish
    132·
    3 days ago

    I think you’re not remembering the amount of silliness on previous shows, let’s analyze TNG S2:

    Serious Episodes 59% (13 episodes)
    • “Where Silence Has Lease”
    • “Loud as a Whisper”
    • “The Schizoid Man”
    • “Unnatural Selection”
    • “A Matter of Honor”
    • “The Measure of a Man”
    • “Contagion”
    • “Time Squared”
    • “The Icarus Factor”
    • “Pen Pals”
    • “Q Who”
    • “The Emissary”
    • “Peak Performance”
    Not Serious Episodes: 41% (9 episodes)
    • “The Child” (Troi’s immaculate space-conception)
    • “Elementary, Dear Data” (“Holodeck gone wrong” story)
    • “The Outrageous Okona” (Data learns comedy)
    • “The Dauphin” (Shapeshifting monster princess)
    • “The Royale” (Another “holodeck gone wrong” story with no holodeck)
    • “Samaritan Snare” (We are smart)
    • “Up the Long Ladder” (Space irish)
    • “Manhunt” (Lwaxana Troi is on the hunt for a husband)
    • “Shades of Gray” (A clip show)

    I think it’s a good proportion of silly so far…

    e: I made the same analysis for TNG S3, and I could only identify 3 silly episodes, so, I don’t know. Take this with a grain of salt. Maybe SNW S4 is all business.

    • GenderNeutralBro@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
      9·
      3 days ago

      I don’t think it’s fair to call all those “not serious” just because they had some cheesy aspects, especially when in some cases it was just in the B plot.

      • fixmycode@feddit.clEnglish
        5·
        3 days ago

        yes, I agree that the “not serious” label is probably not that accurate, but they were written to have fun with the material, and I don’t agree that any of them had the cheese in the B-plot. They were adventures, most of them, but also with a silly aspect that sits at the core of Trek.