You might say Lwxana Troi (Majel Barrett) wasn't very picky when it came to men, wouldn't you? Though she had her sights set on Captain Picard (Patrick Stewart), when he beat a hasty retreat the Betazoid Ambassador took a long look at Wesley (Wil Wheaton), Lieutenant Worf (Michael Dorn), Commander Riker (Jonathan Frakes), and finally the holodeck server at Rex's Bar. Talk about finicky! The episode seemed to reinitiate a relationship between Riker and Counselor Deanna Troi (Marina Sirtis), which was strongly stated in the first season episode titled 'Haven', which by coincidence, also included Deanna's mother. I find this somewhat frustrating, because no other episodes hint at an intimacy between the two, and when Riker had himself a good time in the very prior story 'Up the Long Ladder', with sexy Rosalyn Landor, Deanna didn't seem to have much of a problem with it. I'm not looking for soap opera stuff, but the lack of continuity with something like that is questionable.
Hey, I really got a kick out of Rex the bartender (Rod Arrants) when he greeted Riker and Data (Brent Spiner) as they made their entry into the 1941 style speakeasy. He said "What do you know, what do you say?" I took that as a nod to Jimmy Cagney's recurring line in the 1938 picture "Angels with Dirty Faces", in which he repeatedly would meet someone new with "Whaddya hear, whaddya say?" Slightly paraphrased by Rex, but you get the idea. Whether intentional or not, the line immediately got my attention. The other thing that got my attention was Lwxana Troi's dismissive comment about the Antedean ambassadors to the Pacifica Conference, noted in my summary line above. Quite frankly, they did look like they stepped out of an episode of "The Outer Limits". Ambassador Troi also had a habit of calling her daughter 'Little One' which I found kind of annoying. But then again, that's the way her character was written.
Unlike a handful of other reviewers here for Next generation, I don't find the holodeck stories to be that irritating. Those brief timeouts from the usual stuff happening aboard the Enterprise can be a relief, especially with the humorous episodes. They add another layer of creativity to the series that allows the writers to go where no one else has gone before.
Hey, I really got a kick out of Rex the bartender (Rod Arrants) when he greeted Riker and Data (Brent Spiner) as they made their entry into the 1941 style speakeasy. He said "What do you know, what do you say?" I took that as a nod to Jimmy Cagney's recurring line in the 1938 picture "Angels with Dirty Faces", in which he repeatedly would meet someone new with "Whaddya hear, whaddya say?" Slightly paraphrased by Rex, but you get the idea. Whether intentional or not, the line immediately got my attention. The other thing that got my attention was Lwxana Troi's dismissive comment about the Antedean ambassadors to the Pacifica Conference, noted in my summary line above. Quite frankly, they did look like they stepped out of an episode of "The Outer Limits". Ambassador Troi also had a habit of calling her daughter 'Little One' which I found kind of annoying. But then again, that's the way her character was written.
Unlike a handful of other reviewers here for Next generation, I don't find the holodeck stories to be that irritating. Those brief timeouts from the usual stuff happening aboard the Enterprise can be a relief, especially with the humorous episodes. They add another layer of creativity to the series that allows the writers to go where no one else has gone before.