tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post5298028471146885464..comments2024-03-28T14:49:36.133-04:00Comments on John Kenneth Muir's Reflections on Cult Movies and Classic TV: Star Trek: The Next Generation 30th Anniversary Blogging: "The Big Goodbye" (January 11, 1988)John Kenneth Muirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15629979615332893780noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post-64701846866224356432018-02-21T23:45:39.768-05:002018-02-21T23:45:39.768-05:00Great review of one of my favorite Next Gen episod...Great review of one of my favorite Next Gen episodes, and the first great episode of the series. I wish we could have had more episodes written by the talented Tracy Torme, story editor from the first season who left show early on and created "Sliders".<br /><br />I'll second the above poster about the spot-on casting of Lawrence Tierney. <br /><br />And you are so right about Beverly Crusher being tragically underused in this series. I don't think we got another episode this strong for the character until season 4's "The Host", a really great Dr. Crusher episode and another one of my favorites from the series.James J. Caterinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01457868136494514710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post-42464786541784290842018-02-14T16:27:48.789-05:002018-02-14T16:27:48.789-05:00Good summation of a great episode. The brilliant c...Good summation of a great episode. The brilliant casting of Noir titan Lawrence Tierney as the Gutman-like heavy adds real gravitas to this entry. TNG at its early best.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post-279936889085029892018-02-13T23:26:34.211-05:002018-02-13T23:26:34.211-05:00John,
Agreed on all counts. This is a memorable ...John,<br /><br />Agreed on all counts. This is a memorable episode. As you said, TNG would go to the holodeck well once too often, but it's easy to see why "The Big Goodbye" was so often emulated. Most likely it was held up as a standard as the seasons progressed, and somewhere in the translation, future prospective writers were probably told, simply, "Write a holodeck episode." Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, and "The Big Goodbye" deserves to be flattered.<br /><br />SteveAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13101722769411384962noreply@blogger.com