cialuna13 Reviews

Star Trek: The Next Generation: Cause and Effect (1992) Season 5, Episode 18

Good, but Dr. Who did it years before better

[7/10 · 2 May 2024]

Star Trek took the time loop concept to new levels with this episode. It is good, but the drama is a bit too much. Dr. Who had done the time loop concept years before with Tom Baker and Lala Ward, and while it was serious they managed to work in humor. Their solution was hilarious. I missed that aspect in this Star Trek episode. The reaction of the Enterprise crew is probably more "normal" than that of Time Lords, and the poker game offers a bit of tension relief, but it is all so serious.

Gates McFadden is excellent as the physician figuring it out rather than Troi yet again sensing a problem. And the acting is as always top notch.

While it is normal to have to repeat a scene when filming, I think I would have started giggling knowing what is coming in the script.

The Irrational (2023– )

Watch Numb3rs for better

[5/10 · 2 January 2024]

It is always great to see academics utilized for a television show, but this a shallow version compared to Numb3rs. That show had depth in storyline, characters, and overall purposes.. Numb3rs actually educated and presented storylines involving critical thought, philosophy, personal psychological and even spiritual growth. This show barely delivers anything on behavior psychology, the supporting characters drift by , and half way into the show I wasn't really sure what the episode was about.

Jessie Martin does a fine job with what he has to work with, but he is so much better than others that it is notable. Martin has no buddy smart guy to riff off of, and the others mumble their meaningless lines.

Country Music (2019)

Boring

[1/10 · 21 September 2019]

No matter how thorough the history research for the series, it is a snoozer. The narration is overly dramatic, the pacing slow and badly in need of editing. This is just not up to Ken Burns usual standards.