Star Trek TNG 5

I finally got back to working my way through the Star Trek TNG box sets. At the weekend there I finished season 5. Timewarden, I remember that you said that this was one of your favourite seasons and I can see why. There are so many good episodes in there. Some of my favourites include the double episodes with the return of Spock, Unification Part 1 and 2. This episode sees the return of Spock as he tries to help the Romulans and Vulcan reunite. Needless to say it doesn't go down very well and we also see the return of Tasha Yars Romulan daughter. My favourite parts of these episodes was the conversations between Spock and Data. Other favourite episodes include "Conundrum", "Power Play", "The First Duty" (probably the only Wesley story I truly enjoyed), "I, Borg" and of course "The Inner Light".

The episodes in this series are more familiar to me than the others so far. I used to watch these episodes more often than the others. Again I can see how my taste has changed since I first watched these episodes as a young teenager. Then I loved "Imaginary Friend" and "Hero Worship". Now I enjoyed "Darmok" which I didn't at the time. During the extras it was mentioned that this episode was used quite a lot in linguistic classes all over the US. "I, Borg" and "The Inner Light" have remained favourites. "I, Borg" humanises the Borg and you are left feeling pity for them. "The Inner Light" is just such a sweet and sad story. For those who don't know this one a probe was sent out by a planet centuries ago. The purpose of the probe is to go out there and find someone to remember them. It finds Picard and scans him. He then wakes up in this world and believes that he is living his life among the. He has children and becomes a member of the community. It's a lovely story and was one of my favourites when I first watched it as it is now.

It was also during this series that Gene Roddenberry passed away. During the extras there was a piece dedicated to him, where all the actors and writers got to talk about their memories of him. It was nice to here about this man and how he came up with the whole Star Trek concept.

Hi Lili, thanks for your comments on the cat coaster. I might stitch one or two for my mum. I don't know if I can find it in me to stitch them all. I had planned on using the charts to stitch birthday cards for both my mum and my sister. My sister has already picked her cat out (she likes to tell me what I will be making her). The back stitch in them was not too bad. I think because I was using linen rather than aida it made it so much easier. It actually didn't take long to do the back stitch. Maybe the first cat is hiding so that someone else will be punished for something she did. Or she is putting on her adorable face in the hopes that her masters will forget the vase she broke and realise how lovely she is.

I haven't read "The Testament Of Gideon Mack" but it is one of our bestsellers here at the moment. It is one of Richard and Judy's books of choice and so it is doing very well. Hope you are enjoying it. I just love the cover.