That Paul Moffett
@doctormoffett.bsky.social
Medieval Arthurian scholar and sessional instructor at Memorial U of Newfoundland. Principal of Clockworks Academy.
He/him
He/him
There is some irony here.
November 8, 2025 at 9:34 PM
There is some irony here.
TNG rewatch 307 - The Enemy
Immediately after the last Geordi episode, we have another Geordi episode! And the last one was all about how he can't relate to women because they're too foreign, but this one is all about him relating to a Romulan because he's so personable.
Immediately after the last Geordi episode, we have another Geordi episode! And the last one was all about how he can't relate to women because they're too foreign, but this one is all about him relating to a Romulan because he's so personable.
October 24, 2025 at 2:11 PM
TNG rewatch 307 - The Enemy
Immediately after the last Geordi episode, we have another Geordi episode! And the last one was all about how he can't relate to women because they're too foreign, but this one is all about him relating to a Romulan because he's so personable.
Immediately after the last Geordi episode, we have another Geordi episode! And the last one was all about how he can't relate to women because they're too foreign, but this one is all about him relating to a Romulan because he's so personable.
TNG rewatch 306 - Booby Trap
This is a very memorable episode, and I liked it, with a few reservations.
This is a very memorable episode, and I liked it, with a few reservations.
October 7, 2025 at 1:44 AM
TNG rewatch 306 - Booby Trap
This is a very memorable episode, and I liked it, with a few reservations.
This is a very memorable episode, and I liked it, with a few reservations.
TNG rewatch 305 - The Bonding
This episode is pretty good but not great. A woman is killed under Worf's command and the whole episode is about her 12 year old son trying to cope with her loss.
This episode is pretty good but not great. A woman is killed under Worf's command and the whole episode is about her 12 year old son trying to cope with her loss.
October 4, 2025 at 1:46 AM
TNG rewatch 305 - The Bonding
This episode is pretty good but not great. A woman is killed under Worf's command and the whole episode is about her 12 year old son trying to cope with her loss.
This episode is pretty good but not great. A woman is killed under Worf's command and the whole episode is about her 12 year old son trying to cope with her loss.
TNG rewatch 301 - Evolution
It's season three! This is a very season two feeling episode of season three, but what are you going to do?
It's season three! This is a very season two feeling episode of season three, but what are you going to do?
September 27, 2025 at 3:40 PM
TNG rewatch 301 - Evolution
It's season three! This is a very season two feeling episode of season three, but what are you going to do?
It's season three! This is a very season two feeling episode of season three, but what are you going to do?
TNG rewatch 222 - Shades of Gray
This is widely considered the worst ever episode of TNG, but it's not as bad as its reputation suggests.
I mean, it's bad, don't get me wrong.
This is widely considered the worst ever episode of TNG, but it's not as bad as its reputation suggests.
I mean, it's bad, don't get me wrong.
September 25, 2025 at 2:07 PM
TNG rewatch 222 - Shades of Gray
This is widely considered the worst ever episode of TNG, but it's not as bad as its reputation suggests.
I mean, it's bad, don't get me wrong.
This is widely considered the worst ever episode of TNG, but it's not as bad as its reputation suggests.
I mean, it's bad, don't get me wrong.
High points:
Look I'm just going to say it. Is Brenna Odell the most attractive person ever on Star Trek? Maybe? I mean ... no comment.
Brenna: "Haven't you ever seen a woman before?"
Riker: "I though I had."
Smooooth!
Look I'm just going to say it. Is Brenna Odell the most attractive person ever on Star Trek? Maybe? I mean ... no comment.
Brenna: "Haven't you ever seen a woman before?"
Riker: "I though I had."
Smooooth!
September 19, 2025 at 6:09 PM
High points:
Look I'm just going to say it. Is Brenna Odell the most attractive person ever on Star Trek? Maybe? I mean ... no comment.
Brenna: "Haven't you ever seen a woman before?"
Riker: "I though I had."
Smooooth!
Look I'm just going to say it. Is Brenna Odell the most attractive person ever on Star Trek? Maybe? I mean ... no comment.
Brenna: "Haven't you ever seen a woman before?"
Riker: "I though I had."
Smooooth!
TNG rewatch 218 - Up the Long Ladder
Yikes. This is famously one of the worst episodes of Star Trek, and definitely in the running for worst episode of season 2.
Yikes. This is famously one of the worst episodes of Star Trek, and definitely in the running for worst episode of season 2.
September 19, 2025 at 6:00 PM
TNG rewatch 218 - Up the Long Ladder
Yikes. This is famously one of the worst episodes of Star Trek, and definitely in the running for worst episode of season 2.
Yikes. This is famously one of the worst episodes of Star Trek, and definitely in the running for worst episode of season 2.
TNG rewatch 215 - Pen Pals
This isn't a great episode, but there's a lot to like here! It has good ingredients!
This isn't a great episode, but there's a lot to like here! It has good ingredients!
September 16, 2025 at 1:49 PM
TNG rewatch 215 - Pen Pals
This isn't a great episode, but there's a lot to like here! It has good ingredients!
This isn't a great episode, but there's a lot to like here! It has good ingredients!
THIS IS NOT A DRILL
September 15, 2025 at 4:19 PM
THIS IS NOT A DRILL
TNG rewatch 214 - The Icarus Factor
This episode isn't bad but it's not great either. Riker is offered his own ship and we spend the whole episode pretending he might leave the show halfway through season two. I guess after Yar's death it might have seemed possible at the time?
This episode isn't bad but it's not great either. Riker is offered his own ship and we spend the whole episode pretending he might leave the show halfway through season two. I guess after Yar's death it might have seemed possible at the time?
September 15, 2025 at 12:23 PM
TNG rewatch 214 - The Icarus Factor
This episode isn't bad but it's not great either. Riker is offered his own ship and we spend the whole episode pretending he might leave the show halfway through season two. I guess after Yar's death it might have seemed possible at the time?
This episode isn't bad but it's not great either. Riker is offered his own ship and we spend the whole episode pretending he might leave the show halfway through season two. I guess after Yar's death it might have seemed possible at the time?
Does that look like an omelette?
September 14, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Does that look like an omelette?
TNG rewatch 211 - Contagion
I had no memory of this episode and expected it to be kind of boring, but in fact I really liked it! It's not a standout great episode, but it's solidly good.
I had no memory of this episode and expected it to be kind of boring, but in fact I really liked it! It's not a standout great episode, but it's solidly good.
September 10, 2025 at 8:43 PM
TNG rewatch 211 - Contagion
I had no memory of this episode and expected it to be kind of boring, but in fact I really liked it! It's not a standout great episode, but it's solidly good.
I had no memory of this episode and expected it to be kind of boring, but in fact I really liked it! It's not a standout great episode, but it's solidly good.
Carmen!
A really good reinterpretation, which set it in Paris during the commune revolution, but which didn't change any of Bizet's music. The revolutionaries gave us free wine during the intermission!
A really good reinterpretation, which set it in Paris during the commune revolution, but which didn't change any of Bizet's music. The revolutionaries gave us free wine during the intermission!
September 6, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Carmen!
A really good reinterpretation, which set it in Paris during the commune revolution, but which didn't change any of Bizet's music. The revolutionaries gave us free wine during the intermission!
A really good reinterpretation, which set it in Paris during the commune revolution, but which didn't change any of Bizet's music. The revolutionaries gave us free wine during the intermission!
I'm in an airport! Ask me anything.
September 6, 2025 at 9:03 AM
I'm in an airport! Ask me anything.
Teenage boy behind me, to his friend: "That one's hella nice. I fuck with that one."
September 5, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Teenage boy behind me, to his friend: "That one's hella nice. I fuck with that one."
I call this "Man with the Phone with the Girl with the Pearl Earing"
September 2, 2025 at 4:06 PM
I call this "Man with the Phone with the Girl with the Pearl Earing"
If you're looking for not modernized at all, get the PJC Field edition. It may be two volumes: the first volume is the text and the second is scholarly notes. Often it's sold just with the first (text) volume.
September 1, 2025 at 6:55 PM
If you're looking for not modernized at all, get the PJC Field edition. It may be two volumes: the first volume is the text and the second is scholarly notes. Often it's sold just with the first (text) volume.
I'm in an airport! AMA.
August 30, 2025 at 7:50 PM
I'm in an airport! AMA.
TNG rewatch 210 - The Dauphin
Another "only one person can negotiate peace" episode. I vaguely remember watching this episode when it was new, and not really following the story. Wesley likes a cute girl and then it turns out she's Chewbacca?
It's not bad.
Another "only one person can negotiate peace" episode. I vaguely remember watching this episode when it was new, and not really following the story. Wesley likes a cute girl and then it turns out she's Chewbacca?
It's not bad.
August 30, 2025 at 2:03 AM
TNG rewatch 210 - The Dauphin
Another "only one person can negotiate peace" episode. I vaguely remember watching this episode when it was new, and not really following the story. Wesley likes a cute girl and then it turns out she's Chewbacca?
It's not bad.
Another "only one person can negotiate peace" episode. I vaguely remember watching this episode when it was new, and not really following the story. Wesley likes a cute girl and then it turns out she's Chewbacca?
It's not bad.
TNG rewatch 209 - The Measure of a Man
This is a genuinely great episode of The Next Generation. Whether this is the best episode of TNG is obviously up for debate, but certainly this is TNG at its best.
This is a genuinely great episode of The Next Generation. Whether this is the best episode of TNG is obviously up for debate, but certainly this is TNG at its best.
August 27, 2025 at 6:01 PM
TNG rewatch 209 - The Measure of a Man
This is a genuinely great episode of The Next Generation. Whether this is the best episode of TNG is obviously up for debate, but certainly this is TNG at its best.
This is a genuinely great episode of The Next Generation. Whether this is the best episode of TNG is obviously up for debate, but certainly this is TNG at its best.
TNG rewatch 207 - Unnatural Selection
Sigh. This episode isn't great.
Pulaski is still an ill fit on this show, and the fact the first episode fully centering on her is bad doesn't help. Maybe that's unfair. Elementary Dear Data foregrounded her and it was great.
Sigh. This episode isn't great.
Pulaski is still an ill fit on this show, and the fact the first episode fully centering on her is bad doesn't help. Maybe that's unfair. Elementary Dear Data foregrounded her and it was great.
August 26, 2025 at 2:00 PM
TNG rewatch 207 - Unnatural Selection
Sigh. This episode isn't great.
Pulaski is still an ill fit on this show, and the fact the first episode fully centering on her is bad doesn't help. Maybe that's unfair. Elementary Dear Data foregrounded her and it was great.
Sigh. This episode isn't great.
Pulaski is still an ill fit on this show, and the fact the first episode fully centering on her is bad doesn't help. Maybe that's unfair. Elementary Dear Data foregrounded her and it was great.
TNG rewatch 205 - Loud as a Whisper
I remember this episode, and remember liking it. On this rewatch, it's slower and flatter than I remembered, but I still like the premise of this guy having a chorus to communicate, and I like the presence of a deaf character (played by a deaf actor).
I remember this episode, and remember liking it. On this rewatch, it's slower and flatter than I remembered, but I still like the premise of this guy having a chorus to communicate, and I like the presence of a deaf character (played by a deaf actor).
August 25, 2025 at 1:23 PM
TNG rewatch 205 - Loud as a Whisper
I remember this episode, and remember liking it. On this rewatch, it's slower and flatter than I remembered, but I still like the premise of this guy having a chorus to communicate, and I like the presence of a deaf character (played by a deaf actor).
I remember this episode, and remember liking it. On this rewatch, it's slower and flatter than I remembered, but I still like the premise of this guy having a chorus to communicate, and I like the presence of a deaf character (played by a deaf actor).
TNG rewatch 202 - Where Silence Has Lease
There's a hole is space! It's nothing! They tell us SO MANY times that it's nothing! But guess what? It's actually something!
There's a hole is space! It's nothing! They tell us SO MANY times that it's nothing! But guess what? It's actually something!
August 24, 2025 at 2:08 AM
TNG rewatch 202 - Where Silence Has Lease
There's a hole is space! It's nothing! They tell us SO MANY times that it's nothing! But guess what? It's actually something!
There's a hole is space! It's nothing! They tell us SO MANY times that it's nothing! But guess what? It's actually something!
TNG rewatch 201 - The Child
This is ... quite a way to start the new season.
First of all: the whole show looks better. I have to assume there was a budget increase. And Riker has a beard, which is good. It feels like it has affected his whole attitude. He's got swagger he didn't have before.
This is ... quite a way to start the new season.
First of all: the whole show looks better. I have to assume there was a budget increase. And Riker has a beard, which is good. It feels like it has affected his whole attitude. He's got swagger he didn't have before.
August 23, 2025 at 4:25 PM
TNG rewatch 201 - The Child
This is ... quite a way to start the new season.
First of all: the whole show looks better. I have to assume there was a budget increase. And Riker has a beard, which is good. It feels like it has affected his whole attitude. He's got swagger he didn't have before.
This is ... quite a way to start the new season.
First of all: the whole show looks better. I have to assume there was a budget increase. And Riker has a beard, which is good. It feels like it has affected his whole attitude. He's got swagger he didn't have before.