Captain's Holiday

Time off from work means curling up with a good book, sitting by the pool and maybe meeting someone special. If you’re Captain Picard, it might also mean a conniving Ferengi, security officers from the 27th century and a mysterious object that can snuff out a star. Captain’s Holiday goes into the Mission Log. Ouch, two mediocre eps in a row? Who’da thought Season 3 had a rough patch? Unless you actually like this episode. Haven’t had a chance to listen yet. Fortunately, it’ll pick up again after this. The next two are personal favorites of mine and excellent examples of stuff later Trek just forgot how to do well – an old-school weird sci-fi, and two interesting, humorous character pieces. And then…. Whats even more disappointing is bummer episodes in following years. S3 set a standard imo. Laid the groundwork for more fleshing out of Klingons, Borg, Romulans…but ugh, follow up, got weak An Andorian went on vacation once. She wore her full uniform to sit by the invisible pool, felt inferior because all of Hugh Hefner’s girlfriends were staying at the same hotel, and then got trapped into an endless conversation with some old guy selling timeshares in Boca condos. No Andorian has gone on vacation since. lol- body shaming before we even knew body shaming was a thing! lol always a bummer, that Andorians, Tellarites and even Vulcans did not feature more prominently in TNG. I wanted Bolians fleshed out more too! I really felt that Stewart really enjoyed himself in this one and the character relished the opportunity to not have to be all diplomatic-y with the Ferengi and could just punch him in the nose if he felt like it. And I thought the Vorgons were only there to make sure history maintained the normal flow. Thus creating the term “A Vorgon conclusion” I believe Jubal Harshaw would deny having sexual relations with the three ladies that live with him on the grounds that he was too old for such shenanigans – though I think it’s fair to say he still enjoys a little eye candy. It is not known definite when Heinlein and Hubbard met, though it was probably in New York in 1940, as Heinlein mentions him being present at a dinner party in John Arwine’s apartment where they stayed for part of the trip. Other sources, though, place Hubbard in Alaska at that time. Nevertheless, Hubbard had been on Heinlein’s “radar” for months earlier, particularly because of “Final Blackout,” and communication happened with John Campbell as a go-between. Heinlein invited Hubbard, who was then at Princeton, to participate in the Kamikaze think tank in 1944, and most of their documented history together begins at this point. They had a brief falling out in 1946 and 1947, at a time when many people who knew him said Hubbard was in a bad way psychologically because of the War and its aftermath, but were back on good terms in February 1948. Good point. also, silly to be unarmed completely. As a Starfleet captain, you gotta have some enemies out there…. I agree completely. To assume that Picard immediately trusted the Vorgons is wrong. If we knew nothing about Picards character, then maybe once could assume that he was gullible. But even then his precautions of ordering the Code 14 ahead of time should negate that impression. Proceed to loose sleep over my (ever so slight … I really love the show and you guys are awesome!) disapproval. I said the same over in the Facebook comments. Nice to see this observation made here. random things I noticed and laughed at years ago and now again.. 1. hotel privacy rules?!!? nonexistent 2. sybaritic- never had closed captions back then…mean “indulgent/pleasure seeking” 3. Asian sunbathing chick was and still is HOT! lol- wonder what her name was… 4. no weapons on Risa?- Gun Free Zone arguments? just random thought… 5. long trip to dig site? why? no rental shuttles on Risa? 6. info on the “disc” lol, sound so archaic now… 7. no photo ID on Vorgons, no credentials…funny how these time travelers, on TNG, DS9 an