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Amazing reference
November 7, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Amazing reference
The worst TNG episodes are ones that require me to look up details about Voyager.
November 7, 2025 at 5:54 PM
The worst TNG episodes are ones that require me to look up details about Voyager.
"Okay, so here's my pitch. We start the episode off with a dead kid. He exploded! Very sad. And Wesley is maimed horribly, but the pain is nothing compared to his guilt at accidentally killing that kid… What? Why are you looking at me like that? We'll kill the kid off screen, calm down."
November 7, 2025 at 5:53 PM
"Okay, so here's my pitch. We start the episode off with a dead kid. He exploded! Very sad. And Wesley is maimed horribly, but the pain is nothing compared to his guilt at accidentally killing that kid… What? Why are you looking at me like that? We'll kill the kid off screen, calm down."
Lower Decks once again does the yeoman's work plugging plot holes created by Voyager. Its S4 finale features Nick Locarno, who manipulates people into joining "Nova Fleet," because he's a pathetic lowlife who peaked in college
Of the later Trek riffs on "The First Duty," LD did it best
Of the later Trek riffs on "The First Duty," LD did it best
November 7, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Lower Decks once again does the yeoman's work plugging plot holes created by Voyager. Its S4 finale features Nick Locarno, who manipulates people into joining "Nova Fleet," because he's a pathetic lowlife who peaked in college
Of the later Trek riffs on "The First Duty," LD did it best
Of the later Trek riffs on "The First Duty," LD did it best
Dead Kid's Dad: They told me you'd be here. I found this in Josh's room. I think it belongs to you.
Wes: Our ski trip… He forgot his sweater so he borrowed one of mine.
DKD: I figured it was yours. Josh used to call you "the Ugly Sweater Kid"
Wes: Our ski trip… He forgot his sweater so he borrowed one of mine.
DKD: I figured it was yours. Josh used to call you "the Ugly Sweater Kid"
November 7, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Dead Kid's Dad: They told me you'd be here. I found this in Josh's room. I think it belongs to you.
Wes: Our ski trip… He forgot his sweater so he borrowed one of mine.
DKD: I figured it was yours. Josh used to call you "the Ugly Sweater Kid"
Wes: Our ski trip… He forgot his sweater so he borrowed one of mine.
DKD: I figured it was yours. Josh used to call you "the Ugly Sweater Kid"
The scariest thing in the universe isn't the Klingons, or the Dominion, or the Borg. It's Picard saying that you are a disgrace to the ideals of Starfleet and don't deserve to wear the uniform.
I would have died of shame on the spot.
I would have died of shame on the spot.
November 7, 2025 at 4:36 PM
The scariest thing in the universe isn't the Klingons, or the Dominion, or the Borg. It's Picard saying that you are a disgrace to the ideals of Starfleet and don't deserve to wear the uniform.
I would have died of shame on the spot.
I would have died of shame on the spot.
Anyway, back to TNG:
Wes and Locarno would have gotten away with it all if it weren't for Picard. Data and Geordi couldn't figure out what happened, but Picard was also a teenage deviant and he can smell bullshit from a parsec away. Wesley Crusher never stood a chance.
Wes and Locarno would have gotten away with it all if it weren't for Picard. Data and Geordi couldn't figure out what happened, but Picard was also a teenage deviant and he can smell bullshit from a parsec away. Wesley Crusher never stood a chance.
November 7, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Anyway, back to TNG:
Wes and Locarno would have gotten away with it all if it weren't for Picard. Data and Geordi couldn't figure out what happened, but Picard was also a teenage deviant and he can smell bullshit from a parsec away. Wesley Crusher never stood a chance.
Wes and Locarno would have gotten away with it all if it weren't for Picard. Data and Geordi couldn't figure out what happened, but Picard was also a teenage deviant and he can smell bullshit from a parsec away. Wesley Crusher never stood a chance.
While we're on the topic, Admiral Paris has a picture of Tom on his desk.
EXCEPT THIS ISN'T TOM. It's a screencapture Nick Locarno from TNG. This implies that Locarno is the unacknowledged bastard son of Admiral Paris.
That's why Tom Paris never talks about Nick Locarno. I've cracked the case!
EXCEPT THIS ISN'T TOM. It's a screencapture Nick Locarno from TNG. This implies that Locarno is the unacknowledged bastard son of Admiral Paris.
That's why Tom Paris never talks about Nick Locarno. I've cracked the case!
November 7, 2025 at 4:24 PM
While we're on the topic, Admiral Paris has a picture of Tom on his desk.
EXCEPT THIS ISN'T TOM. It's a screencapture Nick Locarno from TNG. This implies that Locarno is the unacknowledged bastard son of Admiral Paris.
That's why Tom Paris never talks about Nick Locarno. I've cracked the case!
EXCEPT THIS ISN'T TOM. It's a screencapture Nick Locarno from TNG. This implies that Locarno is the unacknowledged bastard son of Admiral Paris.
That's why Tom Paris never talks about Nick Locarno. I've cracked the case!
I wonder if anyone ever remarked to Admiral Paris about how much his failson resembled that other Starfleet cadet that also got drummed out of the Academy for getting someone killed
For that matter, Locarno and Tom Paris are the same age; they had to have run into each other at some point. Awkward
For that matter, Locarno and Tom Paris are the same age; they had to have run into each other at some point. Awkward
November 7, 2025 at 3:54 PM
I wonder if anyone ever remarked to Admiral Paris about how much his failson resembled that other Starfleet cadet that also got drummed out of the Academy for getting someone killed
For that matter, Locarno and Tom Paris are the same age; they had to have run into each other at some point. Awkward
For that matter, Locarno and Tom Paris are the same age; they had to have run into each other at some point. Awkward
TO RECAP, for the plot of Voyager to make any sense, it requires the audience to:
• Forget this one TNG episode, so the audience doesn't notice that Nick Locarno is Tom Paris
• Remember this one ep of TNG, because it's important for that Delta Quadrant alien invasion story
Voyager sucks, man
• Forget this one TNG episode, so the audience doesn't notice that Nick Locarno is Tom Paris
• Remember this one ep of TNG, because it's important for that Delta Quadrant alien invasion story
Voyager sucks, man
November 7, 2025 at 3:45 PM
TO RECAP, for the plot of Voyager to make any sense, it requires the audience to:
• Forget this one TNG episode, so the audience doesn't notice that Nick Locarno is Tom Paris
• Remember this one ep of TNG, because it's important for that Delta Quadrant alien invasion story
Voyager sucks, man
• Forget this one TNG episode, so the audience doesn't notice that Nick Locarno is Tom Paris
• Remember this one ep of TNG, because it's important for that Delta Quadrant alien invasion story
Voyager sucks, man
Voyager made the bewildering choice to bring back Locarno as "Tom Paris," using the same actor and backstory, but insisting he's a totally different person. When asked why in interviews, the Voyager writers each give a different story, so I assume the true reason is sinister and evil.
November 7, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Voyager made the bewildering choice to bring back Locarno as "Tom Paris," using the same actor and backstory, but insisting he's a totally different person. When asked why in interviews, the Voyager writers each give a different story, so I assume the true reason is sinister and evil.
Trek is obsessed with this ep:
• Nick Locarno returns as "Tom Paris" in Voyager
• Cadet Sito Jaxa returns in Lower Decks (TNG episode) and Lower Decks (TV show)
• Boothby, Starfleet Academy's gardener, appears several times in Voyager, a show set in the Delta Quadrant
• Inspires DS9's Red Squad ep
• Nick Locarno returns as "Tom Paris" in Voyager
• Cadet Sito Jaxa returns in Lower Decks (TNG episode) and Lower Decks (TV show)
• Boothby, Starfleet Academy's gardener, appears several times in Voyager, a show set in the Delta Quadrant
• Inspires DS9's Red Squad ep
November 7, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Trek is obsessed with this ep:
• Nick Locarno returns as "Tom Paris" in Voyager
• Cadet Sito Jaxa returns in Lower Decks (TNG episode) and Lower Decks (TV show)
• Boothby, Starfleet Academy's gardener, appears several times in Voyager, a show set in the Delta Quadrant
• Inspires DS9's Red Squad ep
• Nick Locarno returns as "Tom Paris" in Voyager
• Cadet Sito Jaxa returns in Lower Decks (TNG episode) and Lower Decks (TV show)
• Boothby, Starfleet Academy's gardener, appears several times in Voyager, a show set in the Delta Quadrant
• Inspires DS9's Red Squad ep
This is a morality play about peer pressure. Wes and his Nova Squadron cohort are enthralled by Nick Locarno, a charismatic manipulator, who convinces them to do something wrong by casting it in terms of honor and loyalty
Locarno is a familiar monster, someone we've all met in one guise or another
Locarno is a familiar monster, someone we've all met in one guise or another
November 7, 2025 at 2:55 PM
This is a morality play about peer pressure. Wes and his Nova Squadron cohort are enthralled by Nick Locarno, a charismatic manipulator, who convinces them to do something wrong by casting it in terms of honor and loyalty
Locarno is a familiar monster, someone we've all met in one guise or another
Locarno is a familiar monster, someone we've all met in one guise or another
Star Trek TNG, S5E19: Captain Picard yells at Wesley do to the right thing and Nick Lorcano* yells at Wesley to do the wrong thing, and Wes has to decide who he's more afraid of
*legally distinct from Tom Paris
8/10 cool story, shame none of this will ever come up again
*legally distinct from Tom Paris
8/10 cool story, shame none of this will ever come up again
November 7, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Star Trek TNG, S5E19: Captain Picard yells at Wesley do to the right thing and Nick Lorcano* yells at Wesley to do the wrong thing, and Wes has to decide who he's more afraid of
*legally distinct from Tom Paris
8/10 cool story, shame none of this will ever come up again
*legally distinct from Tom Paris
8/10 cool story, shame none of this will ever come up again
Roll balls of crap around while looking up at the sky for approval?
November 5, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Roll balls of crap around while looking up at the sky for approval?
Final update with the results all in and Virginia looks Sonic the Hedgehog's back
November 5, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Final update with the results all in and Virginia looks Sonic the Hedgehog's back
Oh look. The map got spikier and now the graph can no longer contain the pointy bits
November 5, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Oh look. The map got spikier and now the graph can no longer contain the pointy bits
Sic semper tyrannis, bitches
November 5, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Sic semper tyrannis, bitches
Kids these days are so fantastically ignorant that they can't recognize the Grand Nagus himself even when granted a personal audience. The average teenager can barely name 5 or 10 of the Rules of Acquisition.
November 2, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Kids these days are so fantastically ignorant that they can't recognize the Grand Nagus himself even when granted a personal audience. The average teenager can barely name 5 or 10 of the Rules of Acquisition.
You can never be too careful. I start every phone call by asking why Wolfie is barking.
November 1, 2025 at 5:45 PM
You can never be too careful. I start every phone call by asking why Wolfie is barking.
Whoa, have you ever noticed how much Treebeard looks and sounds just like Gimli? That's crazy. Gandalf has to have noticed, right?
I bet one time the Fellowship was sharing some Longbottom Leaf and then Gandalf was like, "Gimli, bro, you look just like this tree I know."
I bet one time the Fellowship was sharing some Longbottom Leaf and then Gandalf was like, "Gimli, bro, you look just like this tree I know."
November 1, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Whoa, have you ever noticed how much Treebeard looks and sounds just like Gimli? That's crazy. Gandalf has to have noticed, right?
I bet one time the Fellowship was sharing some Longbottom Leaf and then Gandalf was like, "Gimli, bro, you look just like this tree I know."
I bet one time the Fellowship was sharing some Longbottom Leaf and then Gandalf was like, "Gimli, bro, you look just like this tree I know."