

You made it 45 seconds longer than I did. Still waiting for my hair to stop standing on end.
You made it 45 seconds longer than I did. Still waiting for my hair to stop standing on end.
It’s a bit of a tossup on this one. Main characters don’t die, but Tasha JUST had. Picard and Riker probably had plot armor, but the annoyingly combative older Dr Crusher stand in? It seemed plausible enough.
I remember being freaked out by the realization that I was going to grow old. Like really old, someday. That episode stuck with me for that reason.
However, I don’t remember being concerned because Pulaski’s condition was wrapped up in the “solve” of the episode. If she died it would all have been for naught, and there were so many breadcrumbs in the episode pointing to the super-kids as the problem. Most of the episode is just waiting for them to get on with the solution and dragging out the nail biter as long as they can.
Ah. Wow. Didn’t catch that previously. Agreed
No joke. “Sing” It’s this silly kids cover song movie, but it ends up having a wonderful consistent optimism and a brilliant payoff. It’s not an improbable massive “pulled it off” win, it’s surviving through failure and loving the act of making art so much that you keep doing it anyway. It’s joyful and a masterclass in writing a classic story arc without torturing your characters and your audience to get there.
Change the channels for an hour or two
“We are stardust” - Joni Mitchell