Rascals

Thanks No. 1! Fun watch BUT now critical thinking kicking in after a 3rd go round finds me wondering how two Klingon warbirds crewed by Farengi! WTF!? Enterprise having trouble breaking orbit and Warf with a fully charged phaser array and he couldn't disable nor destroy one of the warbirds. Anyway...save by the children...er, minors was fun to watch.

The Enterprise continues it's long standing reputation as having terribly lax security, and Worf his personal reputation for being the worst security chief ever. Once again he gets beaten to the punch (or phaser in this case), misses his shot and allows two puny Ferengi to take over the Bridge. Then a token crew of SIX Ferengi take over the entire Enteriprise ship of OVER A THOUSAND people.

Assuming that ridiculous premise, the rest of the episode is a fun romp of Picard, Ro and Guinan in kid bodies duping the Ferengi and getting the ship back. The kid actors do a great job of acting like their adult counterparts.

The plot for "Rascals" is kind of dumb, I'll admit. But it is an enjoyable episode of "Star Trek: The Next Generation". It's the sort of thing that you can easily enjoy, though you really need to avoid thinking--lest the silliness of the plot will give you a headache!

Through a transport malfunction, the Captain, Ro and Guinan are all transported back to the ship...as children! Why this happened is important but how to get them back as they were--that's a serious problem. But, the problem turns out to be a blessing when the ship it taken by rogue Ferengi. How? See the show.

Apparently the person who wrote the show also thought this was a dumb idea for a show. But, he did manage to make the most of it and the show has some cute moments. Well worth seeing but immensely silly and inconsequential.

'Rascals' is the first TNG episode in a long time to . . . eh, it just doesn't do anything for me. It's clear that they were going for something light-hearted with a title like that, but it's the execution that's a problem. The science involved is flimsy (it's just there to explain the problem away) and even though the child actors are able, the absence of Patrick Stewart just saps this of any dramatic wright.

And then the Ferengi walk in, and things were already silly enough.

5/10

It's every adults dream, to be his/her young self again but with the knowledge gained as adults e.g.- "If I knew then what I know now...". Very funny, interlaced with real drama.

Wonderful episode, one of my favorites, with excellent performances by the young actors playing the adult stars characters in 12 yr old bodies. One could actually believe them to be their adult counterparts.

Star Trek TNG is my favorite show of the series, followed by Voyager. With a very elegant ship and excellent actors, TNG also quickly did away with the mini-skirt costumes, thank goodness, paving the way to more respect for the women of the future and for Voyager to break ground being the first to have several female characters in the major roles of captain, engineer and science officer. A great role model show for developing young women today.

Getting back to this episode, I found it one of the series most entertaining.