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The Beige and The Bold
by VanVelding
VanVelding, a lifelong Star Trek fan, and Derek, a first-time viewer, watch Star Trek: The Next Generation episode-by-episode as you watch along.
Episodes
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All Good Things
Derek and I made a good episode here. This has been The Beige and The Bold. Remember Rand.
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Preemptive Strike
I'm here with Joie from The Jump and Shoot podcast. We're watching the last episode of Ro Laren with you all. Ro has grown a lot and now she's learning about her own culture during a mission to infiltrate the Maquis. I won't ask if you can think of a reason for a man and woman to talk privately…
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Emergence
It's the last solo session before this all wraps up. I fell I've said that before, but I really mean it this time. Is the Enterprise itself enough of a character to warrant a whole episode? Was this that episode? (It wasn't) The Beige and The Bold is hosted on Anchor and is available on most...
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Bloodlines
Gepwin is my guest again and we're watching "Bloodlines" with you. Maybe there's a version of this where Dr. Crusher discovers all of the medical chicanery in Picard's Son (I forget his name and I don't care) and Data and Geordi figure out Bok's one trick that physicists hate to route his…
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First Born
It's another Solo Session. Worf is worried about Alexander's future, but luckily a Klingon consigliere named K'mtar is there to help. Also there's something about a plot to murder Worf by, *reads smudged writing on hand* the Dumas Brisket? I didn't have fond memories of this one, but it's...
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Journey's End
Journey's End has been a long time in coming. It feels like the beginning of the end of the series and it's also an episode I recorded with this guest host almost two years ago. That said, there are a few things I'd like to get off of my chest: Picard does not have Native American heritage. Ro...
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Genesis
I'm hanging out with Gepwin this week while we watch Genesis. I feel like our science nitpicking would be really petty and mean if anything at all happened in this episode. I'm not the kind of guy to expect big arcs out of TNG, but some level of drama and real stakes are necessary. And no, "the...
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Eye of the Beholder
I'm here with Randolph this week and we're just tryin' to get it done. It's a heavy talk about suicide. Do series trivialize sensitive topics like suicide when they talk about them? Is it worth the risk of being disrespectful to talk about it? The Beige and The Bold is hosted on Anchor and is...
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Thine Own Self
I continue watching each episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation. This time with my friend Dr. Izixs as a guest. Delivered exactly on Wizard Central Time, it's the one where Data has hot rocks and no memory and Troi has no rocks and a hot memory. A memory of being in command. Despite being a…
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Sub Rosa Solo Session
Unedited, slightly incoherent, and mostly redundant, The Beige and The Bold Solo Sessions are episodes where I run through a show with just you, the listener, as my companion. In "Sub Rosa," things get messy. Sub Rosa has gotten infamous in later years as the one where Dr. Crusher fucks the…
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Lower Decks
Hey it's me and Matt lookin' at one of Star Trek: The Next Generation's last classic episodes: "Lower Decks." We're gonna watch it together on Netflix and then talk about it some. Given that Star Trek: Lower Decks is based on this episode, it's surprisingly heavy. The series has a lot of humor…
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Homeward Solo Session
Unedited, slightly incoherent, and mostly redundant, The Beige and The Bold Solo Sessions are episodes where I run through a show with just you, the listener, as my companion. In "Homeward," I basically miss everything Dr. Crusher was saying because she addresses a lot of my concerns, but…
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The Pegasus
I'm watching TNG's 7th season alongside you, the viewer, and Alex from Media Thinkings and Cinema Joes. It's about Riker and loyalty versus principle. It's a great conflict that has a lot of ideas behind it and addresses a lot of the structure of the Star Trek universe. "Sadly, we don't see any...
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Parallels
I'm watching TNG's 7th season alongside you, the viewer and Grymm from Descents part one and two. We're talking about Worf. In time. It's a collection of roads not traveled, which is a pretty good look when, dead Geordis aside, most are pretty badass. Worf ranks up if people die I guess. It feels...
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Force of Nature
I'm watching TNG's 7th season alongside you, the viewer and Joie from Jump and Shoot. We're talking about climate change. In space. Season seven puts the "beige" in The Beige and The Bold and this one is no exception. I've gravitated further from "language of television" and closer to "lazy...
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Inheritance
I'm watching Season 7's "Inheritance" alongside you, the viewer. No co-host this week, just me talking about moms. Specifically, Data's mom, who appears out of nowhere after decades and wants to start a relationship with Data. In retrospect, it gets weird. I'm going to blame it on Star Trek:...
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Attached
My guest co-host is Gepwin this week and he's on to something with these tricorders. They do an awful lot. I'm not sure if there's some big idea or approachable social metaphor or human story in this episode. Unless it's homeopathy. Because we get one ounce of those things and whole lotta tap…
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Masks
In the far distant future of the 24th century, museum exhibits will interact with you. It's hard to say anything about "Masks" because there's no human story, no lesson, and no real point to it. It's a standalone idea that's executed with moderate skill. It's a Star Trek episode that happened. I...
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Dark Page
Dark Page is a heavy and surreal episode which is a hard thing to make fun of, but me and Smokey try. I hope you guys like How I Met Your Mother*. It's great how this episode deals with language and trauma. As best as a 45-minute episodic TV drama can. It utilizes Majel Barret effectively and...
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Phantasms Solo Session
Unedited, slightly incoherent, and mostly redundant, The Beige and The Bold Solo Sessions are episodes where I run through a show all on my own. Man, "Phantasms" has got it all; lazy pseudoscience, disdain for people who aren't the main cast, and a gaping hole where a big idea should be. It's a...
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Gambit, Pt II
Gepwin and I talk Horatio Hornblower, the black boxes of command, and how logic and emotional are a little more complicated than Vulcans talk about. Also, how much bull-hockey is it when Picard just hacks [REDACTED] off-screen. That's a big sword of Damocles hanging over this story and then…
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Gambit, Pt I
We talk about the narrative structure and the shallowness of fake outs and deaths in media, from Boromir, to Picard, to John Snow. There's some discussion about Star Trek clumsily trying to affect seedy bars and archaeology sites. Gambit is the most uncompelling compelling episode I've ever seen...
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Interface
Unedited, slightly incoherent, and mostly redundant, The Beige and The Bold Solo Sessions are episodes where I run through a show all on my own. I'm sorry, but I just don't know Ben Vereen and Madge Sinclair. This isn't a boast; it's a--conspicuous--hole in my pop culture knowledge. Like, my dad...
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Liaisons
Unedited, slightly incoherent, and mostly redundant, The Beige and The Bold Solo Sessions are episodes where I run through a show all on my own. Picard is in a Geordi plot, which is mind-blowing to discover, and the intrigue sizzles like a superconductor on an Alaskan highway*. No one cares and...
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Descent, Pt II
I've turned the volume up on this episode so it plays at the same level as other audio on my system. I've always set the volume according to Audacity instead of from the playback of the exported episode, but I'm doing this now. So the episode might be louder than past episodes. Let me know if…
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Enterprise One: A Worthy Civilization, Pt II
While we're waiting for the Deep Space Nine series, Nine Deeps of Space, to catch up, I'm sharing a series of reviews for Enterprise One. Enterprise One is a Star Trek series I worked on with Dr. Izixs. We hash out the stories, then I give reviews of them. It breaks a bit and there are some...
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Enterprise One: A Worthy Civilization, Pt I
While we're waiting for the Deep Space Nine series, Nine Deeps of Space, to catch up, I'm sharing a series of reviews for Enterprise One. Enterprise One is a Star Trek series I worked on with Dr. Izixs. We hash out the stories, then I give reviews of them. It's possible I have an ax to grind…
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Enterprise One: The Week of Hell
While we're waiting for the Deep Space Nine series, Nine Deeps of Space, to catch up, I'm sharing a series of reviews for Enterprise One. Enterprise One is a Star Trek series I worked on with Dr. Izixs. We hash out the stories, then I give reviews of them. It's basically safe for work, but the...
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Enterprise One: 31 Corpses
While we're waiting for the Deep Space Nine series, Nine Deeps of Space, to catch up, I'm sharing a series of reviews for Enterprise One. Enterprise One is a Star Trek series I worked on with Dr. Izixs. We hash out the stories, then I give reviews of them. Wow. I didn't watch a lot of Voyager…
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Enterprise One: Moral Peril
While we're waiting for the Deep Space Nine series, Nine Deeps of Space, to catch up, I'm sharing a series of reviews for Enterprise One. Enterprise One is a Star Trek series I worked on with Dr. Izixs. We hash out the stories, then I give reviews of them. This one is about Kes and the Temporal...
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Enterprise One: The Dhohurl Opportunity
While we're waiting for the Deep Space Nine series, Nine Deeps of Space, to catch up, I'm sharing a series of reviews for Enterprise One. Enterprise One is a Star Trek series I worked on with Dr. Izixs. We hash out the stories, then I give reviews of them. It's another Prime Directive episode…
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Enterprise One: The Tale of The Enterprise and L'morte de Legend
While we're waiting for the Deep Space Nine series, Nine Deeps of Space, to catch up, I'm sharing a series of reviews for Enterprise One. Enterprise One is a Star Trek series I worked on with Dr. Izixs. We hash out the stories, then I give reviews of them. Woof. I guess if you're going to make a...
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Enterprise One: Lingering Compassion and the Art of Death
While we're waiting for the Deep Space Nine series, Nine Deeps of Space, to catch up, I'm sharing a series of reviews for Enterprise One. Enterprise One is a Star Trek series I worked on with Dr. Izixs. We hash out the stories, then I give reviews of them. It's about institutional incompetence…
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Enterprise One: Pure Ambition
While we're waiting for the Deep Space Nine series, Nine Deeps of Space, to catch up, I'm sharing a series of reviews for Enterprise One. Enterprise One is a Star Trek series I worked on with Dr. Izixs. We hash out the stories, then I give reviews of them. Pure Ambition is the Doctor Bashir...
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Enterprise One: Starbase 47
While we're waiting for the Deep Space Nine series, Nine Deeps of Space, to catch up, I'm sharing a series of reviews for Enterprise One. Enterprise One is a Star Trek series I worked on with Dr. Izixs. We hash out the stories, then I give reviews of them. Starbase 47 is the home port story I've...
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Enterprise One: We Unwinding
While we're waiting for the Deep Space Nine series, Nine Deeps of Space, to catch up, I'm sharing a series of reviews for Enterprise One. Enterprise One is a Star Trek series I worked on with Dr. Izixs. We hash out the stories, then I give reviews of them. We Unwinding is about Nog, because it's...
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Enterprise One: Ending Yesterday
While we're waiting for the Deep Space Nine series, Nine Deeps of Space, to catch up, I'm sharing a series of reviews for Enterprise One. Enterprise One is a Star Trek series I worked on with Dr. Izixs. We hash out the stories, then I give reviews of them. Ending Yesterday is a pilot and it plays...
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Descent, Pt I
I'm back with Grym and we're going over the Season 6 cliffhanger, "Descent, Pt I." I guess that's not really a spoiler if the name is "Part I." And if the last three season finales were also cliffhangers. What are we going to do; go back to clip shows to close out the season? Anyway, we see Star...
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Timescape
Anna's back and we're talking about solid character episode with minimal ghosts "Timescape." It's got runabouts! And time travel! There's not too much to say about this one. We don't have a deep concept or a tightly-constructed mystery. Timey-wimey stuff happens, but we have fun anyway. I mean…
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Second Chances
More than any other episode, this one makes me think about the title of this series. Second Chances is bold in that they keep Riker around and don't write him off as some kind of alien of the week. It's pretty beige in that they thought about shaking up the status quo without really changing…
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Suspicions
It's a pretty cool Doctor Crusher story that effectively packs a lot into it. Remember how rushed "The Chase" was? I feel like "Suspicions" moves at a similar pace but uses a framing device to make it actually work. It's too bad we never see the scientists again, but who knows? Maybe this...
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Frame of Mind
It's all corrections for this one. That's boring, so imagine reading this in Robert Stack's Unsolved Mysteries voice. My reference to Supernatural actor Jensen Ackles' constantly deepening voice was abandoned early in the episode, but that happened, and it was weird. It's Paramount+, not CBS...
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Lessons
For a pretty sedate episode, we've got a lot going on here. Folks kid a lot about TNG being more about administrative issues instead of high-stakes space action, and Lessons is definitely that. It focuses on one character, Picard, and it's bizarre we don't even get a character arc. It's packed…
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The Chase
Unedited, slightly incoherent, and mostly redundant, The Beige and The Bold Solo Sessions are episodes where I run through a show all on my own. The Chase is one of those episodes we all just collectively forget. Not because its epicly bad, but because it's epicly mediocre. I'm already forgetting...
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Rightful Heir
Worf meets Klingon Jesus, who's changed a lot since he fought Kirk and Abraham Lincoln on the rock guy planet. The episode is better than I remembered and I'm glad I could watch it with Grym, who is a fan of the Klingons. "Rightful Heir" is a cool combination of science, religion, and Klingon...
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Starship Mine
I don't feel like there's a lot of depth to plumb here. It's "Die Hard on a starship." It's competently executed, but lacks real stakes and apes the original's character beats instead of making up ones that fit Star Trek. I dunno. Who should've gotten this? Worf, as he murders his way through…
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The November Update
There's not much to say Derek is leaving. He's going to record "All Good Things" with me, but it won't go up until the end of the series. Until then we've got guests and solo session. Get me at https://twitter.com/VanVelding if you'd like to be a guest.
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Birthright, Part II
What happens when the only solution for peace is having sex with an enemy prisoner of war when she knows the only hope of survival is reciprocating your crappy, emotionally-stunted advances? The fact that I can point to two women this applies to in this situation is a little ewww. I'm being a...
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Birthright, Pt 1
Derek is actually pretty right about the trend in TNG two-parters, which is kind of embarrassing and kind of makin' me proud. Granted, I only have so many, "pride in my son" moments left as Derek's 'Trek cred comes to rival my own. Would Jaglom Shrek is the only Yridian we've met and he'd still…
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Tapestry
I know it's a classic, but can we agree that this TNG run has revealed a few hidden gems and a bit too much fool's gold? Look, is old Picard too impulsive or not impulsive enough? Is he altering his character or just a few actions that young Picard is going to retroactively justify? Given that...
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VanVelding, a lifelong Star Trek fan, and Derek, a first-time viewer, watch Star Trek: The Next Generation episode-by-episode as you watch along.
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