DrScottie

In true John Oliver fashion, he highlighted Latvia with the caption of Estonia.

I agree that he didn't have Rob Lowe's look aside from the spiked hair, but what he did have was a similar vocal cadence to the way Rob Lowe speaks on the show.

It is a very big deal, no question. It's possible she is alive. After all, the Enterprise saw a debris field and conveniently intercepted a Cardassian report about her escape attempt, but not a body. We know that the Cardassians are experts in faking these things. Like Garak said at the end of "In the Pale Moonlight" about the Senator's exploding shuttle, what conclusion would you draw? We'll find out if that's the case. Given he was name dropped too in the episode, maybe Tom Riker is with her also after he was sent to the Cardassian labor camp.

Yes, he does. The reference to the Dancing Doctor. Gates McFadden herself is a very talented choreographer This was around the time that Beverly and Jean-Luc's son Jack would have been born. She went off the grid for a while around then. I'm not sure if they knew of the events of the last season of Picard when they were writing this. Speaking of Lower Decks, there was the callback to the original TNG Lower Decks episode with Sito Jaxa being a friend of Mariner's whose presumed death at the hands of the Cardassians would shape the rest of Beckett's career. Of course, Nick Locarno was the head of the same squadron with Sito (and Wesley Crusher) where Cadel Albert died after the stunt maneuver. Since they overlapped, it seems like Beckett Mariner was at the Academy between the late 2360s and the early 2370s. I agree, but that's a very low bar to cross. I'm glad Ma'ah is still around as I didn't think they would have killed him off so abruptly. I'm sure he'll play an important role in the season finale too.

According to Memory Alpha, it derives from the name of the British comedy horror miniseries Garth Marenghi's Darkplace. Never heard of it. Eighth rule of Acquisition FTW: "Small print equals large risk."

Oh, it's all just sign on the line, no problems. What a naïve moron. Did he know anything about the Ferengi? They didn't mention his name in the episode, but I think it was Admiral Vassery from season 1. Thank goodness for Captain Freeman to save the day (and a good part of the Federation). At least her husband seems like one of the few good ones in StarFleet. I missed T'Lyn in this episode. She might have known that the Vulcan team easily beat the Grand Negus and the Niners. Her take on the ball game would have been interesting to hear. Maybe she could have helped Mariner with her struggles too or dragged Boimler away from the addictive TV.

T',Lyn has been fantastic this season. It was a nice gesture to toss the record she had been making. Besides, if anybody asks why the report wasn't filed, a high-ranking member of Orion nobility requested that it not be released. We've had Klingons, Romulans, and now Orions. Considering it went after Ma'ah's ship, I'm concerned that the Vulcan ship T'Lyn had served on will be next. I certainly hope not.

Nothing since he was resurrected on that Defiant class ship by Section 31 at the end of Crisis Point II. He along with Section 31, Badgey, or Peanut Hamper could be involved that ship that took out the Romulan and Klingon ships earlier this season.

This may have been his second one. In the season 2 finale, when he went to Cetacean Ops to press the release valve underwater to free up the last hull panel on the ship, he wasn't breathing after the whales brought him to the surface. After Tendi successfully performs CPR on him and he wakes up, he mentions that he saw a koala. T'Lyn is a fantastic addition to the show.

She got a first name, Marie, so that can't possibly be good. I think she's a goner too. Overall, I really enjoyed it. While the cast as a whole was great, Celia was absolutely amazing this whole episode and I really wish Nichelle Nichols were still around so she could have seen it.

I am hearing David Schwimmer's voice coming out of Spock saying "We were on a break!" She keeps her husband's testicles in a meditation lamp. I feel bad for Stonn. Yellow and Blue sounded like that robovoice that tells you your prescription is ready to be picked up. Press 1 for more options. With a yellow and a blue, I was expecting a green one also.

Did La'an convince Pelia to join the StarFleet engineering corps like Scotty helped Dr. Nichols invent transparent aluminum or Marty McFly played Johnny B. Goode to Chuck Berry's cousin? Darn you, predestination paradox. It looked like she left the gun in Khan's room before she left. I know he's still a kid at that point, but that just seems like a bad idea considering who he is. Maybe again she was destined to do that. The title is from MacBeth's soliloquy that ends with "it is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing."

What about Napoleon as the winner of the Battle of Waterloo? They couldn't remember the Duke of Wellington if they wanted to.

That was a line from Chain of Command, Part 2 when Captain Picard relieves Captain Jellico after he was rescued from Gul Madred (There are...FOUR...lights!). Hence it was Captain Picard, not Admiral. It was great seeing them back at their stations including Geordi at the Conn which is where he was at the start of the show in season 1 of TNG. When the original Enterprise was stolen by Kirk and his bridge crew in Star Trek III, it was clear that they didn't need that many people aboard to get from Earth to the Genesis Planet. Of course, I'm not sure how damage control would be handled in a fight with everyone on the bridge. Perhaps Geordi's drones would help with that too or emergency holograms that aren't interfaced with StarFleet's mainframe. I hope not since I have gained a lot of respect for the man over the course of a season, but considering he addressed Seven properly and transferred command to her with what appears to be his dying breath, I suspect that he's done.

Nothing like the transitive property FTW. Great to hear Kuiil mentioned again. He was a fantastic character and a master at repairs. It is clear his name still carries much well-deserved respect. I have spoken.