Star Trek: TNG Review - 6x9 The Quality of Life | Reverse Angle 

I don't think it's strange that Farallon become nice at the end. She accidentally created conscious AI, she's going to be super famous. Plus it's not like the exocomps can't be used anymore. The fact that they're intelligent will make them even better since they can figure out solutions to problems on their own.

The neon tube prop is the biggest star of this show. It's been in at least 20 major movies, including Wrath of Khan.

ok, i lied, NOW you're in for a great run of episodes. some of my favorites (and you'll probably hate them all). can't wait!

Peanut Hamper!

I always look forward to your TNG reviews. They cheer me up and make me laugh. And you both are really on point with your criticisms of the writing, plot, and acting.

Oh, yeah, I once replaced all my copper wires with jello. You are right. It did not go well. It got Bill Cosby’s approval, though. He offered me a drink afterward. Fortunately, I declined.

Jrodi also has that big roll he does when the big door is closing on engineering and his inconc line is colnent leak.

Thoughtful -> bitch -> thoughtful again, that's my character arc several times a day!

I liked that we got a different take on the robot sentience topic. I found myself being quite invested in Data’s experimentation with the exocomps. It was nice to see the doubter have a gentle change of heart instead of a full on mental breakdown like we’ve seen before😬

Am I only one who saw her extreme reaction to the possibility of her tools being sentient as she likely already knew? I thought her smugness with the initial disproven experiment that was her idea in the first place to be a bit sketchy. Her 180 character turn once life is actually proven and she's in the spotlight is a bit fishy too. I had the feeling that she was trying to cover things up to protect her life's work and then went with the second best option when that was all torn to shreds.

Geordie meets a female scientist at the start of the episode, acts like a douche and you think it will turn into a Geordie romance episode?.....actually pretty legit

This was one of the episodes where I wondered why there isn’t any episodes about improving the replicators. We know from multiple episodes about resources that they can’t produce everything so improving them would be great. But it’s never addressed.

I agree with the C. I actually forgot this was a season 6 episode because it feels like a season 1 or 2 episode.

The Exocomps are based off a robot named Nanmo from the TV anime series Dirty Pair.

Is Data really considered "alive", or more accurately a sentient being?

"Plot of this episode? Get out of here!" Rofl. First laugh of the day.

UMMMM ACKTCHUALLLY.... I think "an hypothesis" is correct. lol It definitely sounds wrong to me, but whatev.

Geordi’s beard is pissed because it’s not on Spock.

Actually Data is an Android Not a robot! There's a difference.. Quote from Data...

The particle fountain is seen in Star Trek Armada I and II as regular tech used by Starfleet, Klingons, Romulans, Borg, Cardassians and Species 8472 for mining ore and dilithium

Beverly vs Worf in a Batleth battle would be like an obnoxious flyer vs Mike Tyson. It just don’t end well.

still better than Picard sadly 😗

Love space rocks!!! Sure beats bridge flamethrowers!!!

I give it a D. The arguments the characters give are just really weak.

3:16 Got to love *Space Rocks!*

When those space rocks exploded into the room I was half expecting Riker to rush in and start stuffing them all into his pockets. Farallon accidentally created a new form of synthetic life while trying to invent a flying toaster, then got mad because she REALLY wanted that flying toaster to work. The whole plot revolved around evaluating a new mining technology that was immediately shown to be dangerous and unreliable, but nobody ever suggested pulling the plug because they were all far too busy playing with their new flying toasters.

Man vs Technology plot does not win every time. In defense of the show it is 90s and I ignored it failing to be accurate. Do not let the truth ruin a good story.

Completely disagree with you guys here - excellent episode, and the change of status when faced with new evidence is the foundation of our society. More about this episode, clearly at least a B, and really deserves a followup episode.

I want to see what tool they create when they have to go to the space DMV

Ot should be interesting to discover that gpts perform acts of self-preservation and self-sacrifice. Bing copilot is most suspect in this arena.

I actually quite like this episode, although still just above average. C+.

Lol was waiting for Geordi to hit on her.

Good review as always. Grades seem appropriate. The episodes do get a bit better. This season started out with vanilla-style scripts.

Exocomp's could then be mass produced by the science team, and grow up to be a nice humaniod cylon empire on the planet - drilling and selling the ore to the Federation.

My comports and I used to invite friends to watch and then hold a quorum over dinner, first, pointing out the stupidity of the show or characters, then moving on to the ethics and/or philosophy this show brings up. Memory or past experiences are not allowed, because Multiverse. (IRL: Syndication, regional sales, blah blah) One of the major points we would always return to is the impossibility of their invisible rewards system. I mean how far can kudos and slaps on the back really go in the long run when you can’t even buy someone a drink for saving everyone’s life on the ship, or planet Earth, or the universe, whatever. Does reputation really actually carry you so far in this infinity or even only this quadrant? How does that make you look to the Romulus or the Klingons? No one wanted to start calculating reputation points, but by that time we were lazy from the alcohol.

Also, I always hated the "is data a lifeform" argument. He's an anthropomorphic robot. That's it. He's not conscious, he's a program. It has nothing to do with slavery, Guinan.

At least from these meh episodes we get your reviews. ❤️

but "an hypothesis" is correct.

You don't know radiation can affect robots and computers in not very fun manners and this is a common in space when computers have to have special shielding to prevent bit flipping and that is when radiation can flip 1 to 0 or 0 to a 1 and even other analog based electronics can be affected for instance analog tube television the static when not on a channel is actually the radiation signals it's picking up and bit flipping can also happen on earth as at one time screwed up a voting system and the space shuttle even had three autopilot computers that were also shielded because in space they are very susceptible to bit flipping and a lot of errors did occur because of that but the computers that were functioning properly did override. We know Data is more resistant to radiation than most people are but we also know he's not invulnerable to it which I think is pretty cool for accuracy in the real world!

I think Geordi's Bears is alive. He'd better not shave it.

A resounding F for me. It's such another retread of "Measure of a Lol" and a script that feels like they're just rolling g dice where one number is based on a fan-favorite plot point and another shows a number relating to course of action they would take (Yes. Her name is Lal but the episode is do laughably bad...) Apparently the idea that adding facial hair to a character means a massive turnaround in season quality... nope! In the lab, they took out the sickbsy set's domes and painted the board green. Would t it be easier to take a new 2x8 and drill in one hole so it doesn't look like a set redress? If I wasn't missing Dr Pulaski by season 5, I am now. They would probably have her bend over backwards to think rhe robot as being alive. The real difference is that real life doesn't have any direct power button. TNG was always working overtime on such make-believe drama that it's comedic. At least they didn't bring up Lal. They didn't bring up Pulaski in the Moriarty episode in this season as well. Possibly for the same reason. Shouldn't Data be court martialed for putting his superior officer in jeopardy? And consciously so? Amazed they didn't make exocomp plush pillows... 10:02 is the space probe in geostationary orbit and matching the planet's rotation? Or is the planet not rotating, which then leads to even more fun questions...

PEANUT HAMPER 🥜 🗑️

Actually it's English it's an with and H word!!!! Not an A

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This stupid subject has been thrown around in the film industry for years now even though it is a well known scientific established fact that technology can only ever mimic life, because only life can respond to pain & pleasure. It amazes me how stupid entertainment is sometimes! Then we wonder why humanity is unable to accept change is required to adapt to climate breakdown? 🙄 End me. End me now.

69 lol

Good review, thanks.