Star Trek: TNG Review - 6x7 Rascals | Reverse Angle 

"He's my Number 1 dad" is one of my favorite one-liners from this show.

I actually thought the kid playing Guinan was really good, as she was able to "retain" Guinan's wisdom while also acting like a bored teenager.

I saw the child actor playing the child version of Captain Picard did a really good job and matched the mannerisms of Patrick Stewart and accent pretty well

Miles O'brien passed the test.

Do you think Picard was constantly discusted by himself. Like the whole time he was thinking "Look at me Im a stupid demon child now. My worst nightmare."

my only nitpick the decades ago, when i watched this episode the first time was, that Guinan even when shes alien and hundreds of years older than any of the others, she still deaged the same way anyone else did.

I also always found it funny that this episode shows yet again the huge potential of transporter technology and how it is again generally overlooked due to reasons unknown.

I actually enjoyed the child version of Guinan. She also played Whoopi Goldberg as a child in “Sister Act.” Guinan’s line at the end about how crayons can take you to more places than a starship was eye-rolling.

This is always the highlight of my day! It's not one of my favourite TNG episodes, but I love these reviews!

I did not see this above video all the way through, but I should note that David Tristan Birkin, who played the young Picard, also played Picard's nephew Rene in the episode "Family". In that episode, Rene states that one day he will be in Starfleet and in charge of his own ship. It looks like "one day" came sooner than expected for David Tristan Birkin.

What if O'Brien had instead said, sure, no problem!

They should have had Worf become a kid. It would have been interesting to see him interact with Alexander.

Wouldn't it make sense for at least one of them to say, "actually, just age me back up to 22-25." Also, did regressing in age fix Picard's artificial heart? It must have turned back into an artificial heart when he got old again.

I actually think the kids who played the adults in this episode were really great. They embodied their adult characters perfectly. No, it's not a great episode, but there is some good acting from those kids.

This Episode was actually really fun when it was aired, and still enjoy it nostalgically these days!! C- Looking forward to the next Episode!!

I feel like this episode was specifically made for you guys to review (read: skewer) decades later. Personally, I like that the first thing Picard does upon being de-aged is to have his suede jacket resized.

So basically, they discovered the fountain of youth, but you never see this technology again.

I don’t really understand what problem you had with the techno babble in this episode. Riker explained a lot of very important components of the computer. But I’ve seen the Enterprise-D technical manual and he left out a lot of important items. Like the gyroscopic phase inducer manifold. And the subinduder static initiator (which of course is needed to decrease phasic shift in the aforementioned gyroscopic phase inducer manifolds).

The girl who played the young Guinan went on to play her character in Sister Act as a child.

Makes me wonder what Data would have come out as in the transporter accident…

Yes slow start to S6. But here comes about 5 solid episodes in a row. And the rest of the season is really good too - with the usual couple hiccups along the way.

I didn’t realize that was the actor from Picard’s nephew😃. Genius idea to make Worf a kid to add to their father-son story. Idk why but I kinda liked this episode despite the obvious missed opportunities.

i actually liked this episode and it made me laugh. especially the bit with young Picard throwing a tantrum

For a recurring character, O'Brien seemed to be on more episodes than some of the regular cast members. He definitely brought more of a family dynamic to the series than Dr. Crusher did when Wesley left. I've said it before that he should have stayed on TNG instead of jumping to the newer DS9 show just for main character credits.

Lets all remember that these lik 20 ferengi max manage to beat over 600 ppl.

The talking fish on the child's computer was a nod to the fish that Picard keeps in his ready room.

The Klump sound effect from DKC when Worf got hit is a nice touch. LOL

Remember, Star Trek Picard tells us that El-Aurians like Guinan can age or not age at will. Also keep that in mind for the movie Star Trek Generations.

5:02 Ro’s comment doesn’t make sense as she wouldn’t be growing up in the occupation again. 9:48 Ferro-mantel drive units go hard. 10:05 *Heisenfram* is the danger. 10:43 That’s the first thing he checks?

"It's not the tools, it's the artist that makes use of the tools" I've seen someone make a self picture using Rubix cubes.

This video inspired me to finally join Patreon and enjoy Nick's show notes in glorious PDF, and Robert's notes in plebeian RTF.

The clothes?? why are they wearing children sized versions of the adult clothes they were wearing LOL

They should have called this episode Toy Solders.

Why, just why? Of all the possible stories to tell, they felt this one had to be told. Bizarre.

The only bad thing about this episode was Worf’s terrible phaser accuracy.

As soon as I saw this pop up, I said, oh man, the guys are gonna really hate this one! Even I think it makes no sense. Stupid Ferengi. But I thought the child actors were charming, and did a pretty good job of learning their adult counterpart's quirks and mannerisms. As an artist, I have done some experimenting with crayons and discovered they are very limiting. The wax does not go into the tooth of the paper easily so you don't get a nice color fill. Not is blending really possible as seen in the picture that like like a nebula. I do think the mother picture was actually drawn with crayon and it's pretty good. Very expressive. Given a choice, as a child artist I much preferred colored pencils.

Keiko in her usual "what about ME?" mood, thinking it's just awful her husband doesn't want to be with a child. Sh stared out with this attitude(why was she even on board in the first place? They never explain that) & then later spits on the Bajorans with that "your gods are just aliens" attitude. I genuinely dislike her character. She's the "Marge Simpson/Peggy Hill" obnoxious wife stereotype, always berating her husband, often snobby around everyone else & thinking she's flawless.

Wow, you finally hit an episode i had blocked out of my memory.

... wouldn't picards command codes still work. Or would it be subject to a voice check.

The title is funny because these days I'd expect an episode called "Rascals" to feature a bunch of old people on scooters.

It’s called Trecknobabble sirs.

Awesome! Rascals is airing right now! Unlike most people, I happen to love this episode. The kid actors all did a great job, especially the boy Picard.

If the transporter can make you 40 years younger, then why isn't it used for that all the time. And what happened to Picard's artificial heart?

The jargon versus the actual technobabble shows how much thought they put into their Technobable, because you can tell what is bullshit and what they're trying to make sound authentic

well, the good news is that after this episode, a lot of what's coming up is decent to good to great. part 2 of chain of command is a banger.

It really annoyed me how the child actor pronounced Picard --- Pee-card. lol

I call this episode Patrick Stewart, and most of the senior staff get a few days off.

What’s the name of the recorder music at the end of the review?

Why do i think that in Reality Transporter issues would be more along the Line of Star Trek the Motion Picture, this does have Shades of The Twilight Zone Episode : Kick the Can

You used the RU-vid kids’ video song at the end. Perfection.

The only thing they forgot about was the Turbo Encabulator...

I suppose one could say that this episode was written by...Rascals...

Aren't Klingon ships with cloaking devices top secret technology that even the Federation hasn't managed to get their hands on? The Ferengi commander made it sound like he bought those two Birds-of-Prey at a used car lot.

I always assume episodes like this (with a main character absent) are likely due to that character filming another episode at the same time... Stewart may have been working on Chains of Command 1-2 at the same time they were filming this atrocity.

I truly enjoyed those younger Guinan and Ro scenes.

This is one of my favourite episodes of Star Trek TNG. Im happy with them having to out wit the Ferengi who are more of a nuisance than a serious threat.

The brief period where I had learn how to use shampoo again.

Don’t realize by now that transporting people during a storm always leads to malfunctions?

That outro music, tho!❤

What she calls RN I called the pituitary gland

Another excellent review.

Why would anyone want to change back? Fuck that and let's do it again in 50!

I don't remember the reason in the episode, but in what situation would the Captain of the ship, his friend the bartender, the navigator, and the ship's school teacher all be away together on a trip?

TO this day, the scene with O'Brien and Keiko is the the cringiest scene in star trek history, far surpassing any of the racist, sexist or transgender like episodes. We just forget that they were still married, even when she was way way way younger in appearance. Cringe!!!

this episode didn't need the FERENGI

I love this episode, but what happened to Picard's fake heart.

At first found myself thinking C-, but later agreeing to a D range grade as well. Many good points. The episode being non-character centered is spot on. I think they had two (2) too many character perspectives and would have been better as a two (2) character perspective with the same premise (adult officers turned into kids). Kiko and Riker would have been my two (2) choices for an episode like this, as a sort of vanilla and chocolate perspective. Kiko's child character had some interesting perspectives as a mother and wife (kid with responsibilities). They could have paired that with Kid Riker, trying to maintain respect with his peers and failed skirt chasing in 10 Forward (kid with no responsibilities). It would have entered some humor in the episode (agree point). Finally, the Ferrengi; ugh, they are just annoying side distractions, almost as if the director/producers are trying to distract you with a weak sub-plot. I cringe every time. I'm now convinced that they only introduced these stupid characters to give make-up artists jobs.

That child actor portraying Keiko was very convincing, the others...not so much. :)

I always thought about this episode. If picard just grew up again normally than he could have taken command of the enterprise J in the future. I wish they did a series like that and recast picard.

Look, if my wife of 3-5 + years, suddenly tuned 10-12 years old Id be worried to 😂😂 I still love my wife, and id want to honor and respect her. But your 10-12 now, the law is gonna come after me for statutory if i dont keep a profesional distance from a freaking child 😂😂🤦‍♂️

I was around the age of the kid versions when this aired. I was pissed that Picard wasn't left in command because even as a 10-12 year old kid I could have commanded the Enterprise better that Riker. Fuck he was incompetent. I thought he was pretty decent after Best of Both Worlds but Riker should have been reduced in rank and made pilot or something. He's terrible in this episode.

Are you guys going to be reviewing DS9 ?

Trivia for you. The guy who plays young Picard. David Birkin, also was in the same film The Return of the Musketeers with Kim Catrall, who was in the Undiscovered Country.

I found it humorous that although Captain Picard is rather short, his 12-year-old version was the same height as Dr. Crusher and slightly taller than Troi. I have a feeling that part of the reason he agreed to a relatively long encouragement talk from Troi was that he finally found someone shorter than him (who wasn't in elementary school).

The writers stated that they did this episode to attract more children viewers. In the aftermath, it didn't really work that way. Because when children see the other episodes, it's not about kids and they lost interest. Meh, this was a throw away episode.

It's the 80s... This was really good for that Era. I enjoyed it, and I still do 😎

Wait, when they turned to kids, their clothes didn't get smaller with them. So why did Picard's uniform get bigger when they 're-adulted' him? Same with Guinan's outfit.

I love the way young Picard tugged at his uniform around 6:43. Was that scripted!?!?

I just wondered why the space anomaly didn't de-age the shuttle into scrap metal floating around with some dead babies in there. Oh yeah, TV plot.

Who is the insanely hot ensign at Conn in this episode?

The Keiko kid was the best of the kid actors? Come on, she was the worst of the four. Kid Picard was quite good but I though the Ro kid actor did great seeming like Ro in a kid's body. Also the Guinan kid actor did well.

You can never have too much shirt tugging when acting as captain picard!

Where was Data

Love the Worf + Alexander idea. I thought Ro was good.

i always thought to my self star fleet command would have loved JLP to stay young and get more years out of his service

still better than PICARD being a android

I love pondering "the absence of spirituality in Trek". Maybe the unspoken opportunities of changing genetics (it's even outlawed) or reversing death/injury using the transporter is a sign that 24th century people DO have spiritual morals by way of a "don't mess with God's plans" perspective.

10/12 eh,it’s okay.

RVN isn't real. It was invented by Ronald D. Moore and Naren Shankar in the hope it would be a pleasing sound of letters that would not invite close scrutiny.

Later seasons tend to at least have every episode enjoyable to watch even though the writing can be poor.

I think the episode would have been better, if Picard cane to the realization he was a child And how he felt about children not only on the bridge, but on the ship. And want to leave But Troi, Data, or Riker Remind him he is still "Jean Luc Picard" starfleet officer and captain to the Enterprise flagship, and he and everyone else need time to adjust to the new circumstance. But Beverly confirmed they would grow up normally, and keep their cognitive function. So him being Captian is still possible once the shock of the event is over And Picard mopes before the Ferengi invade, and he gets his Mojo back reclaiming his ship as a Child With a organized team

I absolutely detested this episode.

I dont think it was that bad, considering, that there was an Episode, where they all become Kids in the animated Series already, and that episode was REALLY shitty. This one was more Character-driven and explores, what it means to People or a Relationship, if you suddenly de-age by 20 years. I`d give it a B.

I thought this episode was great they kept it simple

What a... Reverse angle

8:14 to 8.22 Hahaha. ❤️

One of the worst STNG episodes.

Heresy!

I liked it🖖

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