TV Tellings VII: TNG Season 1 Edition

Happy Christmas, Fernando and Jeff! And if Rowan is, indeed, a Trek fan.

So, like, while The Next Generation was going on while I grew up, I never watched it. (Enterprise was my first Trek, friends. NO REGRETS.) I feel like I've learned much about it through osmosis, but who knows what surprises this watch shall bring?

Logline
A bunch of awkward nerds and a belligerent Frenchman command a spaceship filled with science families into unnecessarily permeable conflict zones.

Dramatis Personae
Starting at the back row, from left to right:

Could You Repeat That? CLXXXIX

Everybody should read Silvia Moreno-Garcia's Mexican Gothic and Xiran Jay Zhao's Iron Widow immediately.


Transient Desires, Donna Leon
'Ah,' Brunetti exclaimed, forcing his voice into a deeper register, 'The voice of love responds, and my heart opens, brimming with the joy of...?'
'What is it, Guido?'

Murder in the Sentier, Cara Black
Every poem has an unwritten line. In this case, Aimee thought, a tragic one.

and

The small room didn't hold more than fifteen people. All men. And as much ethnic variety as bechamel sauce.

Romancing Mister Bridgerton, Julia Quinn
Penelope turned to her sister in disbelief. "Surely you're being a little melodramatic."
Felicity's overblown shrug was worthy of the stage. "Am I? Am I?"

TV Tellings VI: The Mandalorian S2

I did Season 1 of The Mandalorian just a few months ago, if you didn't catch it then. Now we shall continue on! I have watched the Ahsoka episode multiple times, but the rest of these, just the first time around.

Logline
"I've been quested to bring this one back to its kind."