PATRON TAKES - TNG S6E5
Added 2025-03-07 12:54:58 +0000 UTCTAKES WILL BE READ 3/20
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The scene in the Holodeck is scary - it's stayed with me for decades, since I first saw the episode. It terrified me back then. I still appreciate it now. Ode to Spot - iconic!
Banes
2025-03-21 06:48:52 +0000 UTCThis one genuinely terrified me as a kid, and as an adult I think it's just generally very well done. The holodeck scene in particular is the best and most interesting part of the episode -it's a bit like Geordi's reconstruction of the recording in Identity Crisis but done better and more interestingly. The ending is not awful, but I do think we needed just a little bit more room to breath in the alien's area. It feels a bit rushed. The other issue I have with it is that I think the actual lab equipment just looks to different from what was done in the holodeck and it takes me out of the episode a bit. I understand they didn't want the characters to recreate the whole setup *perfectly*, which would not be believable, but I just think it's *too* different. Overall, though, very good.
Shane Coombs
2025-03-20 01:24:09 +0000 UTCI don’t care what anyone says, I think Data’s poems were great.
Matthew McKinnon-Gray
2025-03-16 11:13:42 +0000 UTCI love this one, especially the scene in the holodeck. It borders between S and A for me.
jon bolton
2025-03-15 14:11:38 +0000 UTCS Tier. THIS is the episode I always confused with night terrors. The ending doesn't quite stick the landing for me, but the atmosphere and tension through most of this episode is the kind of horror I live for.
Cobheran
2025-03-13 19:02:30 +0000 UTCI've always liked how creepy and spooky this one was. Good timing by having it air on October 19, 1992.
Forbidden Donut
2025-03-13 18:51:27 +0000 UTCGiven you guys' love of horror stuff, I predict you'll appreciate it. And as you complain about the audience knowing more than he characters, you'll appreciate that it keeps you guessing almost the whole time!
Joe Concepts
2025-03-13 15:56:19 +0000 UTCS tier. Probably the creepiest TNG episode of all time, and Frakes really gets to flex his acting chops. Out of all the episodes of tv that do the "you're really living in a mental institution" trope, this one is easily the best. And I believe the first to do it? (correct me if I'm wrong)
kevin coleman
2025-03-12 21:55:31 +0000 UTCSolid A for me. The holodeck scene is amazing (although I think experts would dismiss it as being all very leading questions. The mystery behind what is going on had good lead up (the whole "someone severed and then reattached your arm" totally blew my mind). Reminds me a little of Season 4's "Clues".
Ian Westcott
2025-03-11 22:38:20 +0000 UTCCreepy episode, don't need and prior context to watch this episode. A-B tier.
SetsunaYuki
2025-03-10 19:41:03 +0000 UTCThis creeped me out big time upon first watch. I literally got goose bumps as they built the table in the holodeck. A solid "A".
Michael Metrick
2025-03-10 02:53:32 +0000 UTCI bet it took longer to write the poem than it did the entire rest of the episode
Loot Narsbaar
2025-03-10 02:50:57 +0000 UTCIf your monster costume isn't good, don't show it. Use as little light as possible.
Loot Narsbaar
2025-03-10 02:44:06 +0000 UTCI'm triggered.
Kyle Stewart
2025-03-10 01:43:40 +0000 UTCThose alien costumes were pretty lame. You could see that the hands were gloves that didn't fit the actors very well.
Keith S
2025-03-10 00:43:03 +0000 UTCOne of the creepier episodes of the entire show, especially the holodeck reenactment. Then again, we do get Data's poem “Ode to Spot”. I like it. My ranking is “Excellent”.
KatWithAttitude
2025-03-09 20:49:47 +0000 UTCAh yes the creepy alien abduction support group session episode. The way it still gives me chills though. One of my personal favorites.
Chris Mickelson
2025-03-08 18:47:37 +0000 UTCPerhaps that’s what I meant
Phil Ken Sebben
2025-03-08 06:13:14 +0000 UTCclick click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click
#MaxwellDidNothingWrong
2025-03-08 06:13:03 +0000 UTCWhat about "Night Terrors"?
Jovet
2025-03-08 05:54:38 +0000 UTC"Ode to Spot" "Felis catus" is your taxonomic nomenclature. An endothermic quadruped, carnivorous by nature, Your visual, olfactory, and auditory senses Contribute to your hunting skills and natural defenses. I find myself intrigued by your sub-vocal oscillations— A singular development of cat communications That obviates your basic hedonistic predilection For a rhythmic stroking of your fur to demonstrate affection. A tail is quite essential for your acrobatic talents; You would not be so agile if you lacked its counterbalance. And when not being utilized to aid in locomotion, It often serves to illustrate the state of your emotion. O Spot, the complex levels of behavior you display Connote a fairly well-developed cognitive array. And though you are not sentient, Spot, and do not comprehend, I nonetheless consider you a true and valued friend.
Jovet
2025-03-08 05:53:14 +0000 UTCIt's hard to write a story, especially episodic television with no logical flaws. I can overlook the casual flaws, as long as they don't have lasting consequences.
Jovet
2025-03-08 05:50:07 +0000 UTCI always get this episode confused with "Night Terrors" ... I can't win.
Jovet
2025-03-08 05:48:24 +0000 UTC"Louder (Harder). Faster. More of them." is something I am wont to say to this day. Especially while getting my back scratched.
Jovet
2025-03-08 05:47:04 +0000 UTCOne of the genuinely creepiest episodes of TNG, perhaps all of Star Trek. I really like this one, even if it's not the best episode ever written. I love how awful Riker looks during Data's poetry reading, and his premature clapping is wonderfully awkward. The writing of Data's poetry, especially "Ode to Spot", is pretty hilarious. The holodeck scene is simple and effective, even freakier than the bodies sitting up on Dr. Crusher in "Night Terrors". Worf's fixation on the cutting device he saw is very cliché. The payoff for actually seeing this alternate "dimension" works really well. What will happen to the thing that came through the rupture? "A" grade
Jovet
2025-03-08 05:45:15 +0000 UTCLove the use of the holodeck! One of my favorite holo-scenes, gives me chills every time.
Pokeysaurus
2025-03-08 04:40:26 +0000 UTCOf all the kind of creepy episodes of tng so far, I would say this is the crispiest one for me! It’s a banger !
Sixto
2025-03-08 04:24:29 +0000 UTCWhile I like this episode overall, it completely falls apart near the end due to awful special effects and lame aliens. I really dig the holodeck scene though.
Loot Narsbaar
2025-03-08 03:36:35 +0000 UTCNot my favorite episode but I suspect Josh and Alex will love it.
Greg Quinn
2025-03-08 02:21:30 +0000 UTCAs a kid, that clicking f'ed me up. What the hell Trek?? Disheveled and baggy eyed Riker is how I feel after watching this I can not give the episode a grade because I can not view it objectively
#MaxwellDidNothingWrong
2025-03-08 02:11:08 +0000 UTCAn 'A' if you haven't been spoiled by the previews and still a solid 'B' if you have. Creepy imagery, solid mystery where we're not far ahead of the crew, and decent pay off.
Cirk Bejnar
2025-03-08 00:56:01 +0000 UTCTerrified me as a kid... still unsettles me as an adult... that holodeck scene!
Russell Elledge
2025-03-07 23:21:00 +0000 UTCCreepy. I enjoyed this more on rewatch then I did originally.
tyranusfan
2025-03-07 22:28:23 +0000 UTCThis is an amazingly creepy episode.
brqby
2025-03-07 22:03:10 +0000 UTCThis is the creepiest episode in the entire show IMO. Absolutely love the scene in the holodeck.
Spencer Loften
2025-03-07 19:36:50 +0000 UTCThis one is top tier, creepy AF, and Star Trek horror at its best. Plus, no Troi floating in space.
Paul O'Neal
2025-03-07 19:34:07 +0000 UTCSuper creepy alien abduction episode. This episode really creeped me out when I first saw it, but it definitely delivers. This is a banger. B+
Ron Hubbard Jr
2025-03-07 18:07:30 +0000 UTCOkay, I love this episode. Humorous, innocent hook leading into the creepiest of episodes. That holodeck scene alone is A-tier. Even if the episode is literally "alien abductions, in spaaaaace."
Nolan
2025-03-07 17:57:08 +0000 UTCAh, TNG's "abducted by UFO aliens" episode! I still remember er being super creeped out qhen they're in the holodeck recreating the abduction table. But somehow it doesn't hit as heard watching it as a man in my 40s as it did when I was a young teenager. B-tier I guess.
Alexander McKechnie
2025-03-07 17:10:01 +0000 UTCLove that the big, exciting hook for this episode is Riker falling asleep to Data's poetry. But then it becomes this super creepy Alien Abduction story. Really like this one.
Martin S
2025-03-07 16:19:42 +0000 UTCPredict you'll really like the use of the holodeck in this one. Also, I really like Data's poem and don't see why everybody's so hard on him - though Brent Spiner did read it wrong, thinking that the first two lines were a question.
Steven Linden
2025-03-07 15:19:40 +0000 UTCBased on your reaction to Night Terrors, I suspect you’ll like this one. Somewhere between creepy and hokey for me. B.
John M.
2025-03-07 15:15:02 +0000 UTCAnother well done TNG horror story.
Keith S
2025-03-07 15:05:22 +0000 UTCThis episode is deliciously creepy. The holodeck sequence back in Identity Crisis was good, but it was just a warmup for this one. And how freaked out would you be if your doctor told you "someone cut your arm off and reattached it" and you had no memory of it? Also Data's poetry cracks me up
Timothy Nikiforovs
2025-03-07 14:55:51 +0000 UTCThe whole "your arm has been severed and then reattached" line absolutely sends up the hair on my spine every time, SO CREEPY
Darin Starr
2025-03-07 14:40:24 +0000 UTCProbably the creepiest TNG. I’d forgotten how damn good season 6 is. Some fresh crew on board as some writers / staff were making DS9 by this point. TNG just keeps getting better.
Paul Rymer
2025-03-07 14:11:38 +0000 UTCThis almost has an X-Files vibe to it. Strange Aliens kidnapping people then returning them, very sci-fi. A grade.
Christopher Dorn
2025-03-07 14:05:21 +0000 UTCGreat episode for you guys to get your teeth into here for discussion, I’ve commented in the past I don’t do horror elements in Star Trek well but this one I actually enjoy, maybe because the horror elements are balanced out by an ode to spot 😂
LonghillAndy
2025-03-07 14:01:00 +0000 UTCWhile I love the creepiness of this episode.... The devil's advocate in me has to point out some absurdities in this episode that make me laugh if i don't turn off my brain. Explosion in Cargo bay 4?! Send Emergency Teams! Hard cut to said emergency team 'casually slowly walking to the crisis area that should be on fire.' later- Picard: "So you're saying, if this space hole gets any bigger, the ship blows up? Keep an eye on it. Joking aside, i give this episode a B or A.
Nathan Walker
2025-03-07 13:48:05 +0000 UTCSpooks aside, am I the only one who is impressed with Data’s poem? I never understood how everyone else thought it was bland.
Evan Guthrie
2025-03-07 13:41:56 +0000 UTCI think you two will love this episode. I don’t like horror so it doesn’t do much for me. Other than the Ode to Spot
Jeffrey
2025-03-07 13:41:55 +0000 UTCThe scene with the holodeck recreation is one of the creepiest in all of Star Trek and never ceases to give me chills. Instead of the monster creeping up on you, it’s the memory of the horror creeping back to reality, that finally pounces when the recreation is complete. Absolutely phenomenal.
Evan Guthrie
2025-03-07 13:41:45 +0000 UTCB+ for (really) Bloody Creepy, and I have a feeling you guys will like the horror aspect to this one. Really wish you guys reacted to the episode trailers though, the teaser for this one is *terrible* for giving the plot away 🤣
The Ninth Doctor
2025-03-07 13:40:15 +0000 UTCYou wanted a TNG horror episode? THIS is how you do it. Makes clues look like a season 1 episode.
Phil Ken Sebben
2025-03-07 13:30:38 +0000 UTCA solid B, a bit of a creepy episode though, and it works.
Thomas Cole
2025-03-07 13:29:10 +0000 UTCLove this one, the scene on the Holodeck is one of my fave “creepy” trek scenes. It’s great :)
Darren Seal
2025-03-07 13:27:48 +0000 UTCA great episode with aliens that have a click fetish & no safeword. It’s got all your Trek favorites, eerie horror vibe, a holodeck mystery-solving session, and Riker waking up like he partied with the Borg. Actually, do the Borg ever party? Maybe with Hugh rejoined... Solid A-tier stuff
Paul
2025-03-07 13:27:39 +0000 UTCI never really liked this one, but I can easily see this being a favourite for Josh. It's just weird and creepy with horror elements. People are most excited for you guys to watch DS9, but I think you'll vibe most with Voyager because Brannon Braga's style is much more present in that series and you get more of this vibe.
EnigmaticPenguin
2025-03-07 13:26:14 +0000 UTCThe recreation scene in the Holodeck is so damn creepy and a great use of a technology that's underutilized. "I've been in this room before." "We've all been here before." (Crescendo of music with clicking). Really well done.
THE LORE!!!
2025-03-07 13:17:38 +0000 UTC
