S01E12. Captain’s Holiday
You’ve fulfilled your destiny all too well! Lucy brings “Captain’s Holiday,” the 20th episode of season 4 of The Next Generation, written by Ira Steven Behr and directed by Chip Chalmers. Like “Inquisition,” this episode revolves around an attempted holiday that goes awry. We talk about vacations, misogyny, bodies, liminality, archaeology, and antisemitism. We also discuss pre-trip research, amazing costumes, and our beloved Vash.
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Connections:
- This episode is Risa’s first appearance. It is portrayed in three more episodes of various series (and mentioned a few more times).
- Picard memorably appears even more nude in The Next Generation S06E11, “Chain of Command, Part II.”
- Picard lives an entire life and learns to play the Ressikan flute in The Next Generation S05E25, “The Inner Light.”
- Beckett Mariner warns Brad Boimler about jamaharon in Lower Decks S01E02, “Envoys.”
Works Cited
- Moffat, S. (Writer) & Lyn, E. (Director). (2008, May 31). Silence in the library (Series 4, Episode 9) [Tv series episode]. In Davies, R. & Gardner, J. (Executive Producers), Doctor who. BBC Wales.
- This is the first appearance of River Song (from the perspective of the viewers).
- Spielberg, S. (Director). (1981). Raiders of the lost Ark [Film]. Lucasfilm Ltd.
- This is the first appearance of the adventuress Marion Ravenwood.
- van Gennep, A. (1977). The rites of passage. Routledge & Kegan Paul.
- Verhoeven, P. (Director). (1990). Total recall [Film]. Carolco Pictures.
- Zemechis, R. (Director). (1984). Romancing the stone [Film]. El Corazon Producciones S.A.
For our next episode, we’ll watch The Next Generation S04E20, “Qpid,” written by Ira Steven Behr and Randee Russell and directed by Cliff Bole.
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