Blood will be spilt! Gregory brings "Qpid," the 20th episode of season 4 of The Next Generation, written by Ira Steven Behr and Randee Russell and directed by Cliff Bole. Like "Captain's Holiday," this episode features the recurring character of Vash (and a lot of misogyny). We discuss historical fantasy, amatonormativity, the ideal woman, power, pedagogy, and Q. We also chat about humor, stage fighting, and queer coding.

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Connections:

• Q drops his imperious act at the end of The Next Generation S07E25-26, "All Good Things."
• Q tries to convince Captain Janeway to bear his child in Voyager S03E11, "The Q and the Grey."
• Lwaxana Troi undergoes "super-menopause" (actually the Phase, a period of hyper-fertility and -sexuality) in TNG S02E19, "Manhunt."
• The Betazoid term of affection, "imzadi," first appears in TNG S01E01-02, "Encounter at Farpoint."
• Mr. Homn, Lwaxana Troi's valet, first appears in TNG S01E11, "Haven." He's played by Carel Struycken, who also portrays The Giant and The Fireman on Twin Peaks.

Works Cited:

• Brake, E. (2012). Minimizing marriage. Oxford University Press.
• Bryant, P., Chibnall, C., Collins, J., Collinson, P., Davies, R. T., Gardner, J., Hinchcliffe, P., Lambert, V., Letts, B., Lloyd, I., Minchin, B., Moffat, S., Nathan-Turner, J., Penhale, F., Robinson, J. A., Sherwin, D., Skinner, C., Strevens, M., Tranter, J., Wenger, P., Wiles, J., Willis, B., Williams, G., & Young, M. (Producers & Executive Producers). (1963-present). Doctor who [TV Series]. BBC Television, BBC Wales, BBC Studios, BBC Studios Productions, Bad Wolf.
• Gross, E., & Altman, M. A. (1995). Captains' logs: The unauthorized complete Trek voyages. Little Brown & Co.
  • Director Cliff Bole offers excuses for misogyny in a quotation on p. 219.
• Nordgren, A. (2012, July 6). The short instructional manifesto for relationship anarchy. Tumblr. https://log.andie.se/post/26652940513/the-short-instructional-manifesto-for-relationship

For our next episode, we'll watch The Animated Series S01E02, "Yesteryear," written by D. C. Fontana and and directed by Hal Sutherland; and S02E05, "How Sharper Than a Serpent's Tooth," written by Russell Bates and David Wise and directed by Bill Reed.

Before the Future Came is edited by Lucy Arnold, transcribed by Melissa Avery-Weir, and webmavened by Gregory Avery-Weir.

Our theme is “Let’s Pretend” by Josh Woodward, available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

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.

For images discussed in this episode, visit the episode page on our website.

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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.

Before the Future Came is edited by Lucy Arnold, transcribed by Melissa Avery-Weir, and webmavened by Gregory Avery-Weir.

Our theme is “Let’s Pretend” by Josh Woodward, available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

I can assure you: this is no game. Melissa brings "Inquisition," the 18th episode of Season 6 of Deep Space Nine, written by Bradley Thompson and David Weddle and directed by Michael Dorn, the actor of Worf; one of only four episodes of Star Trek he directed. Like Elite Force, this episode contains a lot of questionable military ethics. We discuss assessment, astonishment, morality, espionage, truth, and the Promenade. We also geek about homosociality, academic conferences, and the actor William Sadler.

Please let us know what you think about the show! Hail us at onscreen@beforethefuture.space, contact us on social media (we’re now also on Mastodon: @beforethefuturecame@trekkies.social), or comment on our website at beforethefuture.space.

For our next episode, we'll be watching The Next Generation S03E19, "Captain's Holiday," written by Ira Steven Behr and directed by Chip Chalmers.

Before the Future Came is edited by Lucy Arnold, transcribed by Melissa Avery-Weir, and webmavened by Gregory Avery-Weir.

Our theme is “Let’s Pretend” by Josh Woodward, available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.