beccaelizabeth's dreamwidth journal

I'm in the middle of this episode. I was thinking it's a weird shape for an end of season, but then I realise it's a clips show, ie Watch The Reruns Pls. So it makes sense, but is going to be boring.

Also, I realise by now I'm supposed to be all worried about Riker, especially since it's the end of the season and they could kill him off if they want (yeah, right) and they killed Tasha that one time and you never know. But you know what would really help? Stuff actually making sense.

Like, they get him to sick bay, and she says there's an infection in his leg that will kill him if it gets to his brain. So, okay, chop off his leg. This being the future, treat it and stick it back on again later, or replace it with something shiny. This is what amputation is for. Or, since she says she can kill the infection along with the nerve, do that, and grow a new nerve, or replace it cybernetically. You can do human-machine interface in the VISOR, you can do it for legs. Get in there and slice the danger out!

But nooooo.

She's doing shiny poking things with his brain so we get clips instead.

I'm sitting here yelling at the screen to get some actual medicine up in here.



Yeah, I watch the wrong genre for that.

... I miss science. Granted I haven't paid much attention for half my life, but I miss the idea that SCIENCE fiction could actually on occasion try to use science.