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Pendell @pendell3/31/2023, 3:11 AM

Someone gave Season 2 Episode 22 "Shades of Gray" the clapping emoji

I imagine they must have just been clapping for Season 2 in general, since it was the season finale, because Shades of Gray is objectively the worst episode of Season 2, and I don't think there's anyone on this planet who would care to disagree on that. Yes, the one with Deanna having a space baby and the one with the Animorphs were both better. At least they were episodes of a goddamn television show instead of glorified clip shows.

Season 2 was a lot smoother than Season 1 but it still managed to trip over the finish line and eat dirt.

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nicky flowers @nicky3/31/2023, 3:13 AM

i dont even think i've ever bothered watching the entirety of Shades of Grey lol. the clip show is the worst kind of show

Pendell @pendell3/31/2023, 3:21 AM

It's made even more bizarre by the fact that it's the last appearance of Diana Muldaur as Dr. Pulaski. She doesn't get ANY sort of satisfying send-off, Crusher is just Back at the start of Season 3 and they never speak of her again.

John Colagioia @jcolag3/31/2023, 12:12 PM

It's kind of funny to hear the season called smoother than its predecessor, since the second season didn't have any...

Oh, what's the word for it?

Ah. Writers. The Writers Guild went on strike from March to August of 1988, so the episodes are all abandoned scripts from earlier projects, like Phase II. Presumably, all the episodes that they didn't produce were somehow more embarrassing than Wesley's obnoxious anti-transgender rant...

My guess is that they probably intended a non-Q version of Q Who? as a quasi-cliffhanger for the first season, which is why that episode throws continuity out the window, even inside its own script.

I have no real opinion on Shades of Gray, though, other than it's pretty funny to think that all Riker's memories are from someone else's perspective looking at him.

Pendell @pendell3/31/2023, 3:21 PM

March to August of 1988... The first episode of Season 2 aired on November 21, 1988. They seemed to have plenty of good writers this season. Sure, episodes like The Royale come across as very TOS-esque, but episodes like Loud as a Whisper and of course The Measure of a Man are absolute standouts.

What I'd heard is by the end of the season though there was another strike which led to such a miserable last episode.

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