Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 1 Eps 1x19-20 "Coming of Age" & "Heart of Glory"

[@no_rubbernecking]

Yes, the leg-over-the-chair thing has a name: the Riker Maneuver. 🌝

[@MichaelJShaffer]

When she's done with the series, she should watch some of the compilations that have been done. Even Jonathan Frakes has reacted. Hilarious.

[@DavidBrown-xm8ou]

@@MichaelJShaffer Who is William Frakes? Are you just combining his character name with his real name?

[@MichaelJShaffer]

@DavidBrown-xm8ou He's Jonathan Riker's brother.

[@danielceo4694]

"Riker!!!!"

[@LeChaunce]

@@DavidBrown-xm8ou William Frakes is his transporter duplicate.

[@djco5782]

I like the Klingon "death howl to warn the dead" thing, it's a great bit of world-building.

[@siskoid]

Nice reviews. I don't know if it registered so I'll mention it: Worf's parents were killed, and he was found, on Khitomer, which you would know as the location of the peace conference in Star Trek VI. Of course, the movie wouldn't come out for a few years yet...

[@jimj9729]

Back when I was in college I had an accounting professor who said, "No one has ever failed the CPA exam. But many have earned the opportunity to take it over again."

[@kerry-j4m]

Oh,man,I actually laughed out loud at that statement. LOL. Very funny.

[@jamesbeach7405]

I love that phrasing

[@markbade565]

Heart of Glory laid out the most significant framework on how Klingons would be portrayed throughout TNG and subsequent series

[@j.chappel1160]

Riker mounting that chair was the first example of “the Riker maneuver.” Many more will come in the coming seasons, and it is your duty to find them all! 😂

[@timmooney7528]

I read Frakes received an injury earlier in his life, and it was more comfortable for him to straddle a chair in order to sit.

[@j.chappel1160]

@ Yes, I have heard something similar.

[@DavidBrown-xm8ou]

Worf's grandfather (also played by Michael Dorn, and also named Worf) was Kirk and McCoy's defense attorney in Star Trek 6.

[@colonelquack]

"Only fools have no fear.” - Worf, son of Mogh He gets the best one-liners.

[@tommc4916]

I had the opportunity to meet both Michael Dorn (Worf) and Marina Sirtis (Troi) at a sci-fi convention in Waikiki many years ago. Dorn was built like a linebacker, but his personality was the exact opposite of Worf's; he was a personable, funny, jokey guy with a big friendly smile on his face. For her part, Sirtis was even more of a doll in person, but she was a bit of a fuzzbrain, IMO. I enjoyed very much getting the chance to meet and speak to Michael Dorn.

[@gerardbehr2355]

"... She makes him take his medicine..." Your comment made me laugh.

[@oxhine]

Hey, Courtney! Funny thing about the leg over the chair is that Jonathan Frakes had some kind of back issue and swinging his leg over chairbacks eased his discomfort when shifting to a seated position which he could do fairly easily as a tall guy of over 6'. I never once noticed it during the series' run but saw a compilation video on here years later and now cannot unsee it! It's called "The Riker Maneuver"!

[@thisspaceforrent5737]

It worked well here, doing a great job of expressing barely-controlled aggression.

[@Dracounguis]

Remmick, the true hero of the episode! 🫡

[@markbade565]

5:31 behold the Riker maneuver. And despite what you saw in The Battle, the Picard maneuver is something else. You'll see it a lot in later seasons

[@actioncom2748]

"Heart of Glory" Has a lot of ideas that this series will come back to.

[@phr3dmcc0y]

@5:28 My dear friends, BEHOLD: "The RIKER Maneuver".

[@miguelvelez7221]

This really is the start of "Worf's" story, and through him all of the TNG era Klingon lore is established which is going to be an important part of the coming seasons as well as future Trek shows. Dorn establishes Worf as a character so well here.

[@SJHFoto]

The Klingon episode is amazing! I know so many dislike season 1, but I have quite a few that I love

[@CourtReacts-zm9yv]

Yes. It is so good!

[@curtrogers5873]

Great reaction. Thank you for doing this. It’s very entertaining and very fun. I know it takes a lot of time and effort to do this and I really appreciate it. I’m sure others do too. Thanks for the fun until next time. I can’t wait.

[@rccraig7580]

And just like that StarFleet engineers started thinking about more practical methods for shielding the very vulnerable dilithium chamber of the warp core.

[@noahrobin1941]

Couple of thoughts on these. Almost all of the episodes up until these have felt to me a lot like TOS episodes in many ways. Neither of these do; they both feel as though they’re speaking with the right own voice. Regarding Worf (and the other Klingons): Worf says he was rescued from the massacre at Khittomer. If that name sounds familiar, recall that Khittomer was the location of Klingon-Federation peace talks in Star Trek IV. :) One other thing, which only occurred to me as I watched this: the renegade Klingons in this remind me of a line from that same movie, uttered by Chancellor Gorkon (went to look it up so as to get it right): “If there is to be a Brave New World, our generation is going to have the hardest time living in it.” The renegades are probably not of Gorkon’s generation, but are close enough that the old world still lives in them; perhaps they’re not having the /hardest/ time in the new one, but it was hard enough.

[@Christobanistan]

Thanks for going through the episodes so quickly!

[@bentels5340]

Nobody knew it, but "Heart of Glory" was the beginning of great things. Worf has something in common with Data and Spock: he was the making of his species. In TOS, Klingons were just stock bad guys. When Micheal Dorn/Worf was done, they were lore.

[@kerry-j4m]

I LOVE this episode,one of my favorites too. Plenty of extras in this episode also,but,the fight between the security team and the Klingons was-GRAND-it's not easy being a red shirt. LOL. Just joking,GOOD phaser fight tho.

[@MaestroDrake]

The episode where the Lieutenant teams up with the original three Klingons from the Star Trek Original Series was a really good reunion.

[@hippusmaximus9319]

The first appearance of repeat guest star Vaughn Armstrong in this era of Trek.

[@tofersiefken]

I think that episode 19 was Star Trek's attempt at "Undercover Boss", at least as far as Mr. Remmick's narrative is concerned. Some of the enigmatic conversations that were never resolved in this episode certainly planted some seeds of intrigue. When Wesley is called "cute", it's like Rudolph's reaction when Clarice called him cute in the old Rankin & Bass claymation.

[@karlsmith2570]

2:56 Wil Wheaton and I are literally a year apart in age to the vert day (July 29th), so his turning 16 a month later means that I was a month away from turning 17

[@voicefromthedark-t2w]

Also u should do premiers with chat. Jen Murray does tng at 10 and 10:20 - having a tng Sunday morning chat would be fun- no pressure

[@SJHFoto]

Great idea!

[@MichaelJShaffer]

I think both of the episodes were really strong in their own ways. I enjoy both episodes and really enjoyed your thoughts and summarization on both.

[@voicefromthedark-t2w]

So glad u are enjoying tng. I think u will enjoy voyager more than ds9; no spoilers I promise just from what I have seen so far

[@neutrino78x]

ooh that first one I thought it was a different episode! There's another episode coming with that admiral....no spoilers though 🙂 Love Star Trek and love your videos and your beauty 🙂 btw on submarines everybody has to pass a psych exam before going to the boat! It's very stressful duty and not everyone can do it....but we had one guy who passed the psych exam, and then we went to do the Submarine Escape Trainer, he couldn't do it, he had claustrophobia! There are videos of it here on KZbin...to escape from a submerged submarine, you go into one of the main entrances to the boat, called Logistics/Escape Trunks (LETs). They are maybe half the width of an office cubicle, and they can hold iirc like 5-8 people. You put on a buoyant vest -- well I think the replaced it with a suit invented by the British after I got out -- but anyway, you put this buoyant thing on, and the LET fills 100% with water. When the pressure inside is equal to the pressure outside, the LET hatch opens, and then you shoot up! You have to exhale the whole time, or you will get the bends. When I did it, there was another step, and you had to swim underwater through a short tube before you shot upward. But yeah, one guy passed the psych exam for submarines and still freaked out by how small the LET was. For us the psych test was just a written exam. We can go "greater than 800 feet (243 m)" underwater (I know the exact number, but it's classified!) but the LETs are only tested to 400 feet (121 m). For deeper than that, you're supposed to wait for the DSRV, Deep Sea Rescue Vehicle, which attaches to the LET with a metal to metal seal, a "covalent bond" requiring the LET surface to be very flat...I was part of the team that sanded those surfaces, and we had to do it three times to get it smooth enough...that's a story for another time lol🙂

[@brandonbullington]

Courtney, this journey with you in Star Trek is making me happier and happier! So much so, that my heart is singing for you! I love you very very much, Courtney! 😊😊😊😊😊😊❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@Dracounguis]

If this was a current year streaming show episode 20 would be season 3 already! 🤷

[@izzafizza339]

26:13 geordi has predator vision

[@balrog92000]

The issue a lot of people have for Wesley are not actually with Wesley, but the writers. They really didn't know what to do with Weseley Crusher so they started having him saving the ship, a lot. Any time anything happened, they needed Wesley to come to the rescue. It really became pronounced in later seasons.

[@Semaj4747]

Heart of Glory: One of my favorites of S1. We finally get a proper Worf episode and some answers to his past. The writers were a bit vague in his backstory given he was such a late addition to the cast. The character arc of Worf clashing with his cultures will be a huge thing for a long time. Gene didn’t want to return to the old aliens from the TOS days like Vulcans and Klingons. Gene’s grip on power was starting to loosen because this episode would not have been possible in earlier episodes. The Klingon/Fed alliance is very, very important to this portion of the galaxy. I guess the Organians looked into the TNG era and knew the two enemies to work together. The alliance will be better defined in future seasons. And, there will be mural respect between Klingons and humans with better writing. This is the beginning of an overreaching Klingon arc you will come to enjoy, can’t wait to see your reaction. Can’t spoil something, but you are picking up some tensions on the set with certain actors. Things are happening BTS that are really bad between the writers and actors. There will come a point when these tensions will come to a head and affect the production. There is also another battle going on between a producer and an actor/actress that no one really knows about yet. It is extremely bad. You are sensing something is wrong behind the scenes.

[@MartinCox-ny2rv]

Coming of age-- yeah riker was ready to throw remmick out the nearest airlock

[@Christobanistan]

BTW, you look so cute with your little Smurf cap! :))

[@Semaj4747]

Coming of Age: This is a pretty good episode that reveals that they could do continuity in TNG. They referenced many past episodes and it shows the skill level of the cast’s acting. I love the switching of characters between Remmick and the crew, great editing. Jake has one of the MOST 80s haircuts. People stealing a shuttle will become a cliché in Trek. This is merely the beginning. Shuttles are the Kia cars of the 24th century. The cancer in Starfleet is setting up something important that will be paid off. Is it some people inside or outside causing problems for SF? The concept will come back many times and will be important in the future. We’re moving toward the “Trust No One” 90s. This will set up a small S1 arc and cause some major heat between Gene and the writers. We’ll get there. I had a crush on T'Shanik back in the day. Tasia Valenza, the Vulcan, became a VO actor in Star Wars, Batman, and MGS video game series. She will return to the Trek universe sort of.

[@robertfindley921]

Good episodes. The investigation of Picard was weak, but they gave Worf some great lines. I strongly dislike the bully scene in "Coming of Age". Bullies deserve no respect.

[@N0-1_H3r3]

Remmick consistently refers to Riker as "Mister" - that's something you do for subordinate officers and junior officers. Remmick's a Lieutenant Commander, Riker outranks him. Even if Remmick has authority over Riker due to the circumstances, he's still insulting Riker by not addressing him by his rank. It's a tiny thing, but it shows just how casual and instinctive his disrespect is.

[@rogerboltin4508]

Wait till you meet Worf's parents! They are adorable!!

[@One.Zero.One101]

Dude don't post spoilers. Reactions would be better if she comes in completely blind.

[@rogerboltin4508]

@@One.Zero.One101 I never thought spoiling that he has parents was a spoiler. Last I checked, we all do

[@gregoryeatroff8608]

Klingons took and executed hostages in the original series.

[@photonicus]

I've always thought that was the Trek-Verse's way of telling us that although Klingons and humans have many differences, hypocrisy is a trait we both share.

[@gallendugall8913]

Worf and Data episodes = top notch

[@karlsmith2570]

9:36 "Riker Is Ready To Throws Hands" Who wouldn't be, considering how much of an obnoxious jerk Remmick is being

[@SJHFoto]

What does "throw hands" mean?

[@countgeekula9143]

Never really cared much for Coming of Age. It's okay. But Heart of Glory is great and one of the best of the season. It essentially establishes what the Klingons are like in TNG and is exciting thanks to Rob Bowman's dynamic direction.

[@LeChaunce]

The Klingon language heard in "Heart Of Glory" is just Klingon-sounding gibberish. After this the producers would make extensive use of the fully fleshed-out language created by linguist Mark Okrand for Star Trek III.

[@Jim_in_TN]

Courtney, as the series progresses and if you are still reacting to two episodes at once you may be finding yourself deciding it’s a tie between the two as to which you like best. From season three onwards you may have several ties.

[@James-rm7sr]

Worf was always the most interesting character in Star Trek Next Gen and Deep Space 9. He has a similar conflict that Spock had, but shows it very emotionally. The only rather disappointing part is they do often make him seem a bit weak for a Klingon. However, he was always exciting to watch. I was very disappointed that the actor pitched a Worf centered show or movie which Paramount turned down. I personally would have loved a Klingon centered show.

[@yellowblanka6058]

This show gets so good in season 3 and beyond (there are still a few "meh" episodes here and there). "Heart of Glory" is definitely one of the strong season 1 episodes though.

[@rmccombs66]

They contradict the "only one correct ratio of matter-antimatter", sometimes.

[@SJHFoto]

Your speech at the end reminds me of something Mysterio (of all people said): Never be ashamed of being the smartest person in the room. That doesn't mean arrogance-I detest that, but it also doesn't mean you should be bullied for being intelligent, or feel as if you have to hide it. Courtney, I am going to tell you something a bit personal: When I first moved here from Canada, the only time I felt uncomfortable as a Black male was from Black people. I never had any problems with Whites or any other race (that I can remember), but I invariably had a Black person try to disparage me as "acting White" It is honestly sad, because they are in effect saying that we as Black people are less intelligent/behaved, etc, and so anything taking away their worldview is "someone acting White"

[@CourtReacts-zm9yv]

Thank you for sharing your experience. I too had to deal with all the "acting white and talking white" mess myself. I even had a girl in school constantly ask if my dad was a white man. The sad thing is that she only stopped asking me after I yelled at her in math class. Calmly telling her "no" was not working.

[@actioncom2748]

They almost predicted GoPros.

[@izzafizza339]

The fact that wesley is not a official officer and has a dress uniform. I wanna see what that type of uniform looks like for non officers does he wear the same as everyone else

[@CourtReacts-zm9yv]

I would like to see that too.

[@richardspears6849]

Later the reason for this inspection is coming and it is doozy!!!!

[@travisboyle285]

Why complain to an actor about what the writers do on a tv show. Sounds insane.

[@while_coyote]

The way Picard also failed makes me wonder if Star Fleet intentionally fails their best students to test if they have the strength to try again.

[@no_rubbernecking]

@@while_coyote Having seen so much else they're capable of, that would not surprise me in the least!

[@jamesbeach7405]

Ohhhh Remick

[@izzafizza339]

The how'd you get a a is how I feel about picard putting him at the Helm when Wesley HASN'T TAKEN HIS TEST UNTIL THIS EPISODE he may be smart but experience is everything not just book smart. If picard put him at ops or sensor matinence ok I can accept wesley as a full officer or whatever picard wanted but flying a ship is extremely important and needs loads of training

[@benjauron5873]

What this the first appearance of the Riker Maneuver?

[@quoniam426]

Oh believe me, the subsequent Klingon themed episodes will be MUCH better than this one. Here, we barely just scratched the surface.

[@LesterManley-s9n]

It's good this was produced back in the day when a full season was like 26 episodes. Today show have 8 or so episode so I don't bother. One of the reasons I gave up on The Walking Dead They aren't enough episodes for feedback and correction. I just don't watch TV anymore. Plus 2 much identity politics. When I went to school I was taught 'how' to think. Now they teach kids 'what'' to think.😊

[@hawkmaster381]

Denise Crosby is simply a cringy actor.

[@LesterManley-s9n]

Westly is by no stretch of the imagination an Alpha Male. But I do think he would have been better off with his own show... SOY-BOY: The First Generation Yeah, not a big fan of the character. At conventions I remember asking uncomfortable questions of the actors back in the day. Frakes never remembered me but Wheaton always did...an probably still would. He'd pass me up and most other people would wonder why to the point nobody was raising their hands. Eventually to not come off as a jerk to the crowd he'd ipick me. And like year 2 a question would be" So Westly is getting older, is he ever gonna get laid or what?" And he'd seriously answer"That's up to the writers and..." I'd cut him off,"Its a simple yes or no question. The producers have enough problems just makng the show. They want to keep it simple and cheap. You're boss will never offer you a raise..or write you in more unless you gotta ask for it." A girl is never gonna go out with a boy unless he asks. Thats how life is. P.S. I'm a good 7 years older then Wheaton but at the time looked roughly the same age. Plus he's the Mark Hamil or Star Trek. His political views are WAY out there. I'd never start a fist-fight with an actor. Just keep me out of arms reach of J.J. Abrams or grab a beer and sit back cause only one of us would be walkng away from tha one.😮😮