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Re:Engage TNG

Four friends return to a sci-fi series we all have a strong connection to - Star Trek: The Next Generation. It debuted in 1987 when we were all young, and now in 2020, we re-engage with the series, one episode at a time, and re-consider Star Trek from a new perspective as grown-up fans.

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01:14:40

The Icarus Factor - s2e14

Re:Engage TNG ·

2021/09/29

Everybody Loves Kyle Riker! Except for his son, well, at least until they swing big sticks at each other. After learning a little bit about Riker's childhood in the previous episode, we meet his father who comes along with great news: Star Fleet is offering Riker command of the USS Aries. The problem is that's in the middle of nowhere and Riker doesn't want to talk to his dad about the assignment. Kyle does talk to Dr. Pulaski, who would have married him in a hot minute. Meanwhile, Worf is acting

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01:12:31

Time Squared - s2e13

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2021/09/24

Two Picards are better than one! It turns out that's not actually true as the Enterprise encounters one of its own shuttle pods with an unresponsive but alive second Picard inside. And the pod is from the future - six hours in the future to be exact. The crew grapples with the strange knowledge that the ship will be destroyed with Opposite Day Picard as the sole survivor. There are plot holes galore that should have been filled with Q in the original story concept for this one, but in exchange we

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01:10:36

The Royale - s2e12

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2021/09/15

What's not to love about a surreal romp through a 70s casino? Well apparently, it wasn't a weird ENUFF Star Trek episode for the writer Tracy Torme' since he put a pseudonym on the episode after feuding with showrunner Maurice Hurley. Still, getting to see Riker, Data and Worf fish-out-of-water this one while Picard reads the terrible novel it's all based on is enjoyable. Plus, now we know the 52 United States send a vessel outside the solar system in 2033. Better get on that! Greg hosts this

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01:06:08

Contagion - s2e11

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2021/09/09

Turn it off and turn it back on again. That's how this plot resolves and it may just be the first time such a momentous adage was shown to the public as the rise of the digital age. The Enterprise is heading to the Romulan neutral zone to save its sister ship, the U.S.S. Yamato. Captain Varley is convinced he's found an ancient space-faring civilization with advanced technology, but his ship suddenly explodes after experiencing functional failures. Picard follows the breadcrumbs, evading the

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01:18:43

The Dauphin - s2e10

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2021/09/01

Everybody Loves Wesley! Our favorite ensign Wesley Crusher falls in love and we get the chance to see this glorious ensemble of dudes act as varying levels of of father-figure for him. Salia of Daled 4 and her protector-morph the stern ass Gozer the Gozarian, erm, Paddi Edwards need a shuttle back home, but, uh-oh, Geordi says we have to kick the tires of the Enterprise for a little bit first. That gives plenty of time for a saucy romance to develop, and Wesley finds out love is a lot more than just

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01:30:07

The Measure of a Man - s2e9

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2021/08/19

This is one of the greatest episodes of Star Trek, and maybe even sci-fi television as a whole. Strap in, folks, this one is about 30 minutes longer than our normal episodes but it's worth it! On a new Federation starbase near the Neutral Zone, Data is ordered to report to Commander Bruce Maddox for disassembly, and the reassignment is challenged by Picard. Unfortunately - kinda - the JAG officer who must decide is Picard's ex-girlfriend who led the prosecution in the Stargazer incident. Debates

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52:36

A Matter of Honor - s2e8

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2021/08/05

The Warrior-Poets return! Or are they Warrior-Comedians? The Benzite Mendon - not to be confused with Mordock - joins the Enterprise crew, while Riker joins the crew of the Klingon Bird of Prey Pagh as part of an officer exchange program. Riker is challenged as a fish out of Star Fleet pretty much immediately, and his familiarity with Klingon cuisine only makes him more attractive to the women, of course. There's a space bacteria attacking the hull of both ships, but poor Mendon didn't finish his

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53:23

Unnatural Selection - s2e7

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2021/07/30

Pulaski gets old. Like real old. With very unnecessary aging makeup and everything. The Enterprise encounters a cargo ship that's still functioning with everyone aboard dead from old age. They had just left the frightfully named Darwin Station, and wouldn't you know it, the eugenicists caused all our problems. Jimmie G hosts this episode! We'd love to receive more feedback or questions we can read aloud and answer on episodes in the future so feel free to email letsReengage@gmail.com or message us

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01:07:51

The Schizoid Man - s2e6

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2021/07/22

A great performance by Brent Spiner keeps this episode trucking as the Enterprise goes to Grave's World to meet Dr. Graves. He's a brilliant cybernetician, and he's dying, but it's all good, he's an asshole. But then Data starts acting weird by giving strange funeral speeches and crushing people's hands. The audience is in on the trick the whole time, and it's fun to watch Picard and the crew finally figure it all out. Kate hosts this episode by perfectly portraying the plot details, Erik doesn't

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01:09:59

Loud as a Whisper - s2e5

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2021/07/15

Wacky introductions notwithstanding, this episode has a pretty serious tone. The famed negotiator Riva is revealed to be deaf and has three interpreters who speak his words through telepathic communication. Riva's lusty voice keeps crushing on Troi, but Riva acts cocky to everyone else until they get to the planet and loses his interpreter chorus. The rest of the episode is all about how Riva and the crew respond, and our cultural bridge crew has mixed feelings but we all agree the portrayal of

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01:27:18

The Outrageous Okona - s2e4

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2021/07/08

This Okona is OUTRAGEOUS! The eponymous captain is introduced ass-first and there isn't a more perfect metaphor for this episode. The main plot is cute, and it's cool to see an actor who might have played Riker charm the main cast - and several ladies aboard the Enterprise. But the B Plot of Data trying to find comedy is stretched thin when the holodeck selects Joe Piscopo as the end-all be-all of stand-up comedy to teach him. Especially when Whoopi Goldberg was right there! Jimmie G. hosts this

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01:20:13

Elementary, Dear Data - s2e3

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2021/07/01

We just can't get enough cosplay episodes! As the Enterprise needs to wait for a rendezvous with the U.S.S. Victory, Data and Geordi have some time to kill and they decide to go to the holodeck. After geeking out over the details of Sherlock Holmes' place, Geordi gets frustrated at the "game" of solving an already written mystery since Data already knows all those details. Pulaski gets in on it by taunting Data's lack of reasoning and the whole game unravels when Geordi mistakenly instructs the

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01:12:04

Where Silence Has Lease - s2e2

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2021/06/22

Life is one surprise after another for Ensign Haskell. Episode 2 of the second season of The Next Generation means it's the second epidode of Re:Engage's second season, too! Despite such tortured syntax, your cultural bridge officers return once more to go where no one wants to go. Kate continues to live for Scrooged, Jimmie takes a Mulligan with Nagilum (what would the extra 'l' have cost them, anyway?), Greg plays One Bridge-One-Riker with Lt Worf, and the whole crew lets you know what we think

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01:26:56

The Child - s2e1 (PREMIERE)

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2021/06/16

Enter Riker's beard. Along with Guinan, Ten Forward, Dr. Pulaski, and Geordi's assignment as Chief Engineer, there is a lot of new stuff to introduce in this premiere of the second season of Star Trek: The Next Generation. Marina Sirtis finally gets some well-written dialogue and character progression as she experiences motherhood in the blink of an eye. This episode also features the A and B plots building well off each other, just as newcomers Dr. Pulaski and Guinan immediately have impactful

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01:34:10

The Neutral Zone - s1e25 (FINALE)

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2021/05/05

We are back! This season of fraught production comes to a close with an episode that's not sure what its A or B plots are exactly, but at least we get some great-looking Warbirds. Picard is off getting some intel, and Data wants to look at some space trash ... which happens to have 3 Americans from the early 21st century in a cryogenic stasis. They died back then, but then Dr. Crusher wakes them up at the worst possible time as the Enterprise heads into the Romulan neutral zone to investigate

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01:13:35

Conspiracy - s1e24

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2021/04/28

There are bugs inside me! It's a conspiracy! The stakes for this episode start pretty high and they quickly jump the shark all the way back to Earth to the Federation Headquarters. After three captains warn Picard there's something going on, his friend Captain Walker Keel gets blown the F up and Picard takes his warning seriously. We get the return of Remmick and Admiral Quinn back with the federation, and Remmick gets block the F up, eventually. It's a pretty violent one. Kate hilariously hosts

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01:22:39

We'll Always Have Paris - s1e23

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2021/04/21

With nary a mention of the deceased bridge officer, the Enterprise soldiers on into the harder sci-fi of the Manheim Effect. Guest star Michelle Philips from the Mamas and the Papas has a magnificent effect herself on Jean-Luc Picard, after he goes to Paris in the holodeck to indulge himself on Croissants D'ilithium. But her husband has been experimenting with space and time to created a loop through his experiments and it's up to the Three Wise Datas to fix it. Greg hosts this discussion of

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01:12:30

Skin of Evil - s1e22

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2021/04/13

We say goodbye to Lieutenant Natasha Yar in the most effective, if not very meaningful, way. Our intrepid security officer is part of the away team that goes to the surface of Vagra II in search of Deanna Troi and the pilot of her crashed shuttle. In the way is an oil slick ... that moves and introduces itself as Armus. The slick is a dick, and it kills Yar off hand before having conversations with Troi in the shuttle, sucking Riker into itself and spitting him back out, and eventually arguing with

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01:12:10

Symbiosis - s1e21

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2021/04/07

Don't do drugs, kids! This episode is all about the dangers of addiction, or is it really just the start of an awesome Star Trek Acid Party. (I swear we'll stop talking about that video soon!) We get the return of two actors who were in Star Trek II: Wrath of Khan, which is cool, and one of them gets to act like a stoner on a phone call, so that's even cooler. Riker gets to act all frozen ... again. Kate hosts this one like Tasha saying, "Behave yourselves, gentlemen," Erik talks about how to act

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01:09:09

The Arsenal of Freedom - s1e20

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2021/03/30

There are only so many commercials one can stand! This episode is an interesting take on the commodification of war that's still prevalent today, sadly. Guest stars abound, including that scary, subway ghost from Ghost, Vincent Schiavelli, and we get a few tender moments with Picard and Crusher that ultimately don't amount to much more than annoyance at sand fleas. Greg uses his hosting duties to plug Star Trek Acid Party some more, Erik loves the prat fall into the underground bunker, Kate hates on

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