Alex and nicky forex power play review
Here we are, over halfway through season five, and I'm noticing something of a slump. Now, let's contextualize this. God, how I love that word! When I say "slump," I don't mean that this has been a bad season, nor do I mean the show isn't capable of greatness anymore. It's not even necessarily a horrible thing. Part of the problem forex rating or criticizing television is that it doesn't have to be great to be worth watching. That's not a shocking truth: Greatness is rare enough that it would be a poor life indeed if you insisted on perpetual perfection. But and I'm blue skying a bit here, so stay with me I think one of the reasons fans can get so upset when critics point out the flaws in the shows they love is that, for them, the world review the show is so important that the flaws are largely irrelevant. It's funny how that works, like the way books can have a weak ending and still be worth reading, I guess. It's the sort of storyline I can easily imagine the show attempting earlier in its run, and the basics of the script alien entities take over Troi, Data, and O'Brien's bodies; a hostage situation; and a twist aren't so spectacularly solid that they stand on their own. But while this would probably have been horrendously cheesy in the first couple of seasons, with a lot of over-acting from the villains and, well, Tasha Yar-ness, it's quite credibly enjoyable here. It's lacking that mystical "third heat" that great episodes manage; nicky no particularly deep philosophizing at play, the suspense is never all that suspenseful, and the final twist is too vague to have much of an impact. And yet I never cringed watching it, and I wasn't bored. This sounds like a painfully low bar, and maybe it is, but one of the nice things about watching a show that you've invested a considerable amount of time in is that it doesn't have to be great to be satisfying. It can just be not bad. This one is emanating from a supposedly lifeless moon, where electromagnetic whirlwinds prevent the scanners from picking up adequate readings. Considering what happens next, this does seem like a terrible time for Troi to actually try and do her job, but hey, beggars and choosers and all alex. So Troi, Riker, and Data take a shuttle to the moon's surface, which, given the dangerous weather, seems like a pretty ballsy move on their part. They suffer for their daring, though, when the shuttle crashes and Riker breaks his arm and we briefly think we've gotten to the big plot for the episode: Using transporter enhancers, he beams down to the moon's surface to save the day, just in time to get knocked unconscious along with the others by a strange cloud of energy. We get more Tinkerbell action here, as three balls of light invade Data, Troi, and O'Brien's bodies. Riker is left untouched, possibly because his arm is broken and partly because his beard renders him immune to any form of possession which isn't performed by a seductive alien lady. Wow, this is more plot summary than I usually do. And it's not like the story is all that complicated. Yes, Troi, Data, and O'Brien are forex under the control of alien entities who quickly make a concerted effort to take over the ship once they're back on board. Funny how that works, isn't it? It makes it more than a little obvious that things aren't what they seem to be, that Picard doesn't believe "Captain Bryce's" claims, but at the same time, it's gratifying that our captain catches on to the lie as quickly as he does. The Rule of Plot Efficiency which has another, much better name than that I'm sure dictates that any time a character on a show like this voices a suspicion, it has to be for a reason more important than a simple passing thought. So the moment Picard expresses his doubts, we know those doubts will be confirmed. Once their clumsy attempt to take over the ship falls through, the trio of the body snatched winds up in Ten Forward, where they take everyone in the room hostage. Guinan, apparently on the interstellar equivalent of a smoke break, is nowhere to be found. Maybe she's getting her hats done. Now here, you'd assume, is where the real meat of the episode is; here's where the tension ratchets up and the various screws tighten. Not only are a bunch of innocent people under threat by a surprisingly efficient group of villains, but those villains show odd signs of straying under the stress of their situation, which is rarely a good sign for anyone. Faux Data keeps trying to pick a fight with Worf. Faux O'Brien remembers enough of the real O'Brien's life to recognize Keiko and their infant daughter, which fascinates him for reasons which are never entirely explained. Eventually, Picard offers to trade himself for the hostages which were injured in the initial attack, and Faux Troi agrees to the swap. So, lots of dramatic potential here. After their first assault on the ship, the bad guys never come across as all that dangerous or smart, which is odd, because part of the reason that first assault is fun to watch is how ruthlessly the fakers behave. As soon as they're sure they won't be able to get what they want through subterfuge, Faux Data starts taking out everyone on the bridge, with Faux O'Brien happily joining in. Faux Troi even takes out Picard. I didn't expect body count, but the element of uncertainty was, brief or no, gratifying. Once the three take hostages, though, the tension drains away, because our heroes never seem to lose control of the situation. Beverly comes up with a way to shake the energy beings out of Troi and the others, and Geordi and Ro do their best to implement the plan, failing because apparently Ro didn't play enough video games as a child. This should increase the sense of danger; our last, best hope has been attempted, and now the villains will be angry, which means they could do anything. But they don't, and for all Brent Spiner's sneering I think he just gets bored from playing Data all the time; thankfully, the over-acting is actually fairly effective here alex, one never really gets the impression that they're going to. Everything feels terribly safe, and since none of the baddies ever get much of a personality, we're left with a decently made but filler-ish hour. Faux Data is a jerk, Faux Troi has a certain professional malevolence about her, and Faux O'Brien is weirdly creepy about Keiko and the baby, but none of these initial developments ever feels like anything more than an after-thought. That goes for the ending as well. It turns out "Bryce" was lying. The energy beings are actually convicts who've been imprisoned on the moon for ages. Then everyone else on the ship will get invaded and, presumably, wacky hijinks will ensue. As twists go, this is a bad choice, because instead of making the story more interesting, it takes out a potential dramatic conflict. Before, we thought the bad review were actually former Starfleet officers, driven to madness by their incarceration on the planet. If that had been true, it would mean that Picard would have to deal both with the threat they represented and his obligations to them as, essentially, victims of circumstance. But a bunch of convicts trapped by an alien civilization? They probably murdered babies or something. So Picard and Riker are able to short circuit Faux Troi's plans, as we knew they would. There's nothing wrong with the outcome here; I know it seems like I complain sometimes about the show being too predictably safe, but I'm not asking for a body count. And there are touches here I enjoyed, like Data's apologies to Worf after he's power of alex influence or Geordi and Ro's banter as they tried to set up the plasma beam. But, well, there's a reason I relied more on plot summary here than usual, and it's not because there were so many cool ideas to talk about. Worf gets hit by a barrel that breaks his spinal cord, and then he wants Riker to help him commit suicide. Crusher acting somewhat aghast as her new friend starts dropping bodies. Worf is the PotW. Riker is Wilson, trying to be respectful of a and while at the same time deeply worried about his friend's intentions. And everyone else is And there are plenty of medical shows which have dealt with this kind of moral crisis before. I'm just trying to stay in my wheelhouse with my comparisons here. The point, though, is that while it has the expected sci-fi trappings did you know that Klingons and a back-up for just about every internal organ? It has some pretty big flaws that keep it from realizing its ambitions, primarily due to the choice of primary victim and the rapidity with which one of the plotlines plays out. In short, I enjoyed "Power Play" the most out of this week's two-fer, but I appreciated "Ethics" more. At least it had ambitions. Well, I seem to have already given you the basic plot summary, which sort of hamstrings my usual format here. And really, there isn't a lot of plot to go around. Worf's injury is kind of ridiculous it's great watching Geordi pretend the barrel that fell on the Klingon is heavy enough to have seriously injured him, even though it's pretty obviously notas it's both arbitrary and insulting. He isn't wounded in battle or while protecting anyone; he's just standing in a loading bay, and then something falls on him. Oh sure, he comes across as the lone paragon of virtue in the Klingon Empire, but as soon as some random alien wanders onto the bridge looking for a smack down, Worf's on his ass, looking baffled and more than a little annoyed. Actually, "arbitrary" may not be quite the word I want here. Really, the only reason this happens is so Worf can lose the use of his legs for a while, and while I realize the nature of television at the time meant that this couldn't be a storyline that dragged out over multiple episodes, it still feels rushed here. And that rush just draws more attention to the silliness of it. Worf is injured, and maybe two scenes later, he's asking Riker to help him commit suicide. Maybe more time has passed on the ship than what we see, but we never get a sense of time passing, which makes Worf's desires hard to take seriously. Sure, it's convention, but suicide is a major choice, culturally dictated or no. I'd like to think Power has come far enough that he'd at least explore his options before reaching for the knife. Making Worf the victim here is "Ethics" biggest misstep, because it undercuts the moral questions the episode tries to raise, as well as damages a lot of the great work the show has done with Worf since its first season. Last time we had a Worf-centric episode, he was realizing how important Alexander was in his life and deciding he was willing to put the work in to raise his son right. There are ways this could've been handled better: But as is, it makes him look childish, selfish, and irresponsible, all for the sake of putting Riker in a tricky spot. To say nothing of the fact that, given who Worf is play given the show's refusal to kill or injure any of its cast apart from the Tasha Yar Exemption, which is only for Tasha Yarall this drama over Worf's condition seems forced and, yes, contrived. This is a show that had its leading man captured and essentially turned into a robot zombie and still managed to find a way to bring him back. I really don't think it would suddenly cripple a secondary character, especially not under these circumstances. Which means as soon as Dr. Russell proposes her super-risky, super-magic treatment to save Worf's spine, we know that they're going to perform the surgery eventually, whatever Beverly thinks of it, and that the surgery will be successful, however long they drag that success out. This is really the sort of storyline that needs a new character to be effective. But if you can get past this and I'll admit, it's a lot to get pastthere are elements to this episode which are worth enjoying. Jonathan Frakes, who did such impressively low-key work over Troi's sick-bed in "Violations," gets another chance to show off here; maybe seeing his friends in poor health inspires him. However, Picard's willingness to equivocate here shines light on an aspect of the character that's actually starting to get on my nerves of late. The other decent plotline here is Beverly's increasing mistrust of Dr. It turns out the supposed expert has gotten in a fair bit of trouble for her shortcutting approach to basic research, and none of that trouble has taught her that maybe killing a bunch of patients now isn't really a resume booster, even if it does theoretically save hundreds of lives in the future. The "correct" answer here is easy enough to spot. Russell's arrogance, her dismissal of the Klingon body structure really, what kind of idiot scientist looks at an evolved system and says, "I don't understand all of this, so I'm just going to assume it's stupid"? And yet, she does end play getting to perform her special, ultra-dangerous surgery on Worf. I wish I liked "Ethics" more than I do, but the more I think about it, the more it leaves me cold. I do respect it for trying to make big statements about responsibility and duty and so forth, but the amount of convoluted writing that goes in to making those statements possible is frustrating and often risible. I will say, I was impressed at the big surgery, largely because play how long nicky episode managed to milk the idea that Worf was dead. Just because I'm glad the show hasn't given up on ambition doesn't mean I don't wince when it keeps tripping over its own feet. We dance with the left hand of darkness in "The Outcast" and try and pin down some "Cause and Effect. NEWS TV CLUB VIDEO REVIEWS FEATURES SECTIONS FILM TV MUSIC FOOD COMEDY BOOKS GAMES AUX. Club Most Read 1. Forex Sounds or Sgt. Posted Jun 15 Great Job, Internet! Disused Hillary campaign account dusts off Ferris Bueller meme to troll Donald Trump. Posted Jun 15 Newswire. Alex Jones secretly recorded Megyn Kelly, threatens to release audio. Posted Jun 16 Music Review. Posted Jun 16 A History Of Violence. 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Our Community Grading Tool is in beta. Faux Data and Troi both pushing for exploration of the moon's southern region in their own ways. I wonder if the episode would've been better if the trio had managed to go incognito for just a little while longer; it almost seems like the amount of damage they manage to inflict happens too quickly. You don't have to follow through on the deed, but at least allow it a full hour to breathe. Or else, just have the whole episode be about medical ethics. The mix-and-match approach means both sides end up short-changed. Right, so Alexander was in this episode. Well, I did like the scene where Worf gave him the ceremonial knife. It nicky like a very Klingon sort of moment. Whatever my other problems, Beverly's take-down of Russell in that last scene was very satisfying. Previous episode Star Trek: Next episode Star Trek: WATCH VIDEO FROM THE A. 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