ONGEG Video: The Game

[Sonnenburg]

With apologies to Mayabird for its tardiness.

The Game is the one where Wes hooks up with Ashley Judd, and Riker goes to Risa and gets something worse than the clap this time.

The Game

[Ryushikaze]

Saw this one a day ago. Loved the References to Portal and Dwarf.

From now on, any problem of the week is something Riker brought home from Risa to me. Especially the virus in Genesis.

And Q.

[Patrick Degan]

Count me as one of those who loathed this episode. The premise was idiotic, as was the idea that the whole crew would have been overwhelmed so easily and so quickly. Plus, Wesley has sex —and the very idea that he might manage to reproduce, even by accident, scarcely bears contemplation.

Nevertheless, I did manage to find my own amusements in the thing —such as the spectacle of Nurse Ogawa's continuous orgasming in the turbolift. You know that uniform was ruined; probably soaked right down to her boots and they'd never get the "fishy" smell out of the fabric or, for that matter, out of that particular turbolift car either.

[Mayabird]

Hehehehe. No problem. Better late than never, and this counts as an early Christmas present as well now. Thank you!

Though I have a bit of an off-topic question. That little thing about Wesley's head being stuck in a toilet made me think of something: have we even seen any toilets in Star Trek, or the equivalent? There have been bathtubs and showers and the like (the images from which are burned into everyone's memories because there's no such thing as brain bleach) so we've seen the bathrooms, but I don't remember seeing a single toilet in any shape, form, or fashion ever in any of the series.

[open_sketchbook]

Clearly, people in the future do not poo.

[Crazedwraith]

Man I remember watching this on the bbc when I was younger and being excited that Wesley was coming back

As a child I clearly did not have high standards of entertainment.

[FSTargetDrone]

That little thing about Wesley's head being stuck in a toilet made me think of something: have we even seen any toilets in Star Trek, or the equivalent? There have been bathtubs and showers and the like (the images from which are burned into everyone's memories because there's no such thing as brain bleach) so we've seen the bathrooms, but I don't remember seeing a single toilet in any shape, form, or fashion ever in any of the series.

Surely you've considered the possibility that human waste is transported directly out of the body?

Isn't that a rest room off of the captain's ready room?

[Serafina]

That little thing about Wesley's head being stuck in a toilet made me think of something: have we even seen any toilets in Star Trek, or the equivalent? There have been bathtubs and showers and the like (the images from which are burned into everyone's memories because there's no such thing as brain bleach) so we've seen the bathrooms, but I don't remember seeing a single toilet in any shape, form, or fashion ever in any of the series.

Surely you've considered the possibility that human waste is transported directly out of the body?

Isn't that a rest room off of the captain's ready room?

Aaand it get's turned into boots - and by the time of Voyager, into guns - hence the non-existant lethality.
Hey, it makes sense - they are low on resources, so they turn their shit into guns.

Anyway, great review. I likey your reasoning on the "this is not directed at videogames"-thingy.

[Darth Lucifer]

Holy crap, I forgot that the rubber foreskin of the week for this episode was a gigantic pair of ass cheeks slapped on that woman's head.

[FSTargetDrone]

Holy crap, I forgot that the rubber foreskin of the week for this episode was a gigantic pair of ass cheeks slapped on that woman's head.

You know, I look at that particular forehead-of-the-week-alien and I'm thinking to myself, "No, that's not at all attractive. In fact, it's a little disturbing and she looks like someone with a hideous tumor on her head." I realize she is of the same species as the one in the ship at the end of the show (IS she the same individual?) and I suppose the alien designers were going for a sort of scary-looking alien for the Big Reveal, but the initial appeal of a slim woman wearing a slinky outfit is smashed against the rocks when you see that hideous outgrowth on her skull.

I really hate forehead aliens.

[Patrick Degan]

That little thing about Wesley's head being stuck in a toilet made me think of something: have we even seen any toilets in Star Trek, or the equivalent? There have been bathtubs and showers and the like (the images from which are burned into everyone's memories because there's no such thing as brain bleach) so we've seen the bathrooms, but I don't remember seeing a single toilet in any shape, form, or fashion ever in any of the series.

Surely you've considered the possibility that human waste is transported directly out of the body?

Isn't that a rest room off of the captain's ready room?

On the Tomorrow show back in 1976 or so, Tom Snyder once asked Jimmy Doohan about that. Doohan replied that that's what phaser training was for. "We aim to please, so please aim", he quipped.

[Ghost Rider]

LOL, wow. Two things though, of the evil villain chick...has a butt and a vagina on her head. And I wish Riker brought a small Cuban manservant.

I do vaguely remember the episode, and remember it being kinda meh. Neither good or bad...but nothing memorable. Having seen the review and then viewed again, I wonder if my brain wasn't trying to tell me something before.

[FSTargetDrone]

LOL, wow. Two things though, of the evil villain chick...has a butt and a vagina on her head.

I'm relieved I wasn't the only one who thought the same thing!

[Gandalf]

Interestingly, on DS9 Quark and his family refer to going to the loo as "waste extraction". Aiyee.

(IS she the same individual?)

Yep.

[FSTargetDrone]

And speaking of waste extraction, I just looked at Memory Alpha's entry on "Toilet":

The toilet, also referred to by the Ferengi as a waste extraction fixture, is a device used for the disposal of bodily wastes. The waste extraction system was the system used to manage and process that and all other related wastes.

During the first mission of the starship Enterprise NX-01, Captain Jonathan Archer declared that the Vulcan High Command didn't think Humans could flush a toilet without a Vulcan to assist. (ENT: "Broken Bow")

In 2151, Worley Elementary School in Kenmare, County Kerry, Ireland on Earth, sent questions, letters, and drawings to the Enterprise. One question asked was "When you flush the toilet, where does it go?" and one of the few that was answered personally – Captain Archer delegated it to chief engineer Trip Tucker. Commander Tucker was not pleased with the captain's selection of questions for him and protested, but ultimately relented and explained to Molly the ship's processes of recycling and biomatter resequencing. (ENT: "Breaking the Ice")

The brig aboard Starfleet ships included facilities such as a sink and toilet, which were enclosed behind the wall until needed. A sign above the toilet read "do not use while in spacedock." (Star Trek V: The Final Frontier)

Waste extraction points on a Bajoran transport are located in individual quarters. After Ibudan was murdered in 2369, Dr. Julian Bashir located seofurane fragments near the waste extraction point in Ibudan's quarters on the transport. (DS9: "A Man Alone")

The Ferengi shuttle, Quark's Treasure was equipped with a waste extraction unit. (DS9: "Little Green Men")

It was said that the waste extraction fixtures at the Nagal Residence on Ferenginar were plated with latinum. Quark, believing that he was about to become the next Grand Nagus, said that the first thing he was going to rip out the plated fixtures and replace them with solid latinum fixtures. (DS9: "Body Parts", "The Dogs of War")

His upcoming wedding with Leeta and preparations for a Dominion attack on Deep Space 9 in late 2373 made Rom so nervous that he announced he had to go to waste extraction. (DS9: "Call to Arms")

According to the "Star Trek: The Next Generation USS Enterprise NCC-1701-D Blueprints", the door in Jean-Luc Picard's ready room led to a bathroom. The blueprints also referred to the bathrooms as both "toilets" and "heads". The main bridge of the USS Enterprise-D featured a bathroom just off the doors leading to the observation lounge. According to Jonathan Frakes during the "Journey's End - The Saga of Star Trek: The Next Generation" special in 1994, the Enterprise-D had only one bathroom and he proceeded to point to it on the large cross-section of the Enterprise in the main engineering set.

As for how it works, as Bashir said in "Fascination", best not to dwell on it too much.

Here is the picture of the brig toilet as seen in STV:

[Patrick Degan]

Holy crap, I forgot that the rubber foreskin of the week for this episode was a gigantic pair of ass cheeks slapped on that woman's head.

All Hail Supreme Empress Butthead XLVIII!

[Bluewolf]

Was I the only one expecting a World of Warcraft joke from this? Anyway good review and keep them up.

[Darth Paxis]

Loved the Portal reference, it was amusing how well it fit Wesley.
Also, how long will Okona be most annoying? Don't have a problem with it, just wondering.

[AMT]

And speaking of waste extraction, I just looked at Memory Alpha's entry on "Toilet":

The toilet, also referred to by the Ferengi as a waste extraction fixture, is a device used for the disposal of bodily wastes. The waste extraction system was the system used to manage and process that and all other related wastes.

During the first mission of the starship Enterprise NX-01, Captain Jonathan Archer declared that the Vulcan High Command didn't think Humans could flush a toilet without a Vulcan to assist. (ENT: "Broken Bow")

In 2151, Worley Elementary School in Kenmare, County Kerry, Ireland on Earth, sent questions, letters, and drawings to the Enterprise. One question asked was "When you flush the toilet, where does it go?" and one of the few that was answered personally – Captain Archer delegated it to chief engineer Trip Tucker. Commander Tucker was not pleased with the captain's selection of questions for him and protested, but ultimately relented and explained to Molly the ship's processes of recycling and biomatter resequencing. (ENT: "Breaking the Ice")

The brig aboard Starfleet ships included facilities such as a sink and toilet, which were enclosed behind the wall until needed. A sign above the toilet read "do not use while in spacedock." (Star Trek V: The Final Frontier)

Waste extraction points on a Bajoran transport are located in individual quarters. After Ibudan was murdered in 2369, Dr. Julian Bashir located seofurane fragments near the waste extraction point in Ibudan's quarters on the transport. (DS9: "A Man Alone")

The Ferengi shuttle, Quark's Treasure was equipped with a waste extraction unit. (DS9: "Little Green Men")

It was said that the waste extraction fixtures at the Nagal Residence on Ferenginar were plated with latinum. Quark, believing that he was about to become the next Grand Nagus, said that the first thing he was going to rip out the plated fixtures and replace them with solid latinum fixtures. (DS9: "Body Parts", "The Dogs of War")

His upcoming wedding with Leeta and preparations for a Dominion attack on Deep Space 9 in late 2373 made Rom so nervous that he announced he had to go to waste extraction. (DS9: "Call to Arms")

According to the "Star Trek: The Next Generation USS Enterprise NCC-1701-D Blueprints", the door in Jean-Luc Picard's ready room led to a bathroom. The blueprints also referred to the bathrooms as both "toilets" and "heads". The main bridge of the USS Enterprise-D featured a bathroom just off the doors leading to the observation lounge. According to Jonathan Frakes during the "Journey's End - The Saga of Star Trek: The Next Generation" special in 1994, the Enterprise-D had only one bathroom and he proceeded to point to it on the large cross-section of the Enterprise in the main engineering set.

As for how it works, as Bashir said in "Fascination", best not to dwell on it too much.

Here is the picture of the brig toilet as seen in STV:

Yeah? Well at least you don't have to worry about shit like this in Star Trek Toilets... :



I'll take a tiny toilet over Japanese tentacle rape porn any day of the week.

[Big Orange]

I was saddenered there were no W.C. facilities featured in Star Wars' Incredible Cross Sections series, like were in the regular Incredible Cross Sections.

As with “Good Sheppard” I don’t agree with the final score (I give it 7/10), but I get where you’re coming from with the flaws in the episode; the resolution was rather abrupt after the tense build up. “The Game” is TNG’s fun if slightly goofy take on The Invasion of the Body Snatchers rather than a critique on recreational video games. It was not as strong as "Conundrum" as a alien manipulation plot nor as strong as "Power Play" with main characters acting evil, but at least it didn't involve Ferengi.

And compared to how genuinely insufferable Wesley Crusher was in "The Outrageous Okona" and before, the character was better by the time of "The Game", he was becoming a full Starfleet officer and was dating Ashley Judd: Wesley Crusher did not remain a almost characterless chump like Ensign Harry Kim mostly did (who gave a very poor account of himself fairly later on in VOY’s run in “The Disease”, which was a pretty sore let down, especially after “Timeless“). The best Wesley Crusher episode is of course “The First Duty”.