{"id":6345,"date":"2016-01-11T06:16:58","date_gmt":"2016-01-11T06:16:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/53-Ensign-Ro"},"modified":"2016-01-11T06:16:58","modified_gmt":"2016-01-11T06:16:58","slug":"53-ensign-ro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/relivethemajesty.com\/index.php\/2016\/01\/11\/53-ensign-ro\/","title":{"rendered":"5.3 &#8212; \u201cEnsign Ro\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n        \n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>5.3 &#8212; \u201cEnsign Ro\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Plot:<\/strong> A terrorist attack against a colony on Solarion IV leaves Picard saddled with unpleasant orders and an unwanted new crewman&#8211;Ensign Ro Laren, the first Bajoran to appear in Star Trek. The <em>Enterprise<\/em> is instructed to find the Bajoran terrorist responsible for the attack and bring him to a Starfleet resettlement camp. But what if things are not as they appear?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Thoughts:<\/strong> Ensign Ro! I expected a less eventful episode. I didn\u2019t realize that Ro was intended to be the start of Rick Berman and Michael Piller\u2019s revolution against the ailing Gene Roddenberry\u2019s strictures that everyone in the future is well-adjusted and gets along with each other.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Berman is quoted on Memory Alpha: &#8220;The other characters in the cast are relatively homogeneous; some might even say bland. So we wanted a character with the strength and dignity of a Starfleet officer, but with a troubled past, an edge.&#8221; That&#8217;s funny&#8211;TNG was supposed to have an edgy character with a troubled past, but somehow they initially (mis)cast Denise Crosby, instead of Michelle Forbes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ro\u2019s presence, especially in the early scenes, brings such a different dynamic to the show that I almost find it jarring. She wins me over, however. Will Ro&#8217;s saga be the new ongoing story thread to replace the Klingon Civil War? Much as I enjoy the Klingons, there were parts of that storyline that never made sense. With this tale, TNG has leveled up again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hooray, the barber is back! I find it interesting that the cast actually includes a professional counselor, but no one on the ship would dream of going to anyone but Guinan with their problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The part of Ensign Ro was written for Michelle Forbes after she wowed everyone in episode 4.22, \u201cHalf a Life,\u201d as Timicin\u2019s unforgiving daughter. Director Les Landau helmed both episodes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">4.5 of 5 replicated blankets.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/memory-alpha.wikia.com\/wiki\/Ensign_Ro\" class=\"embedly-card\" data-card-recommend=\"0\" data-card-width=\"100%\">http:\/\/memory-alpha.wikia.com\/wiki\/Ensign_Ro<\/a><script async src=\"\/\/cdn.embedly.com\/widgets\/platform.js\" charset=\"UTF-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n      ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>        5.3 &#8212; \u201cEnsign Ro\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[18],"class_list":["post-6345","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-star-trek-relive-the-majesty-tng-episode-threads","tag-kevin-black"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/relivethemajesty.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6345","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/relivethemajesty.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/relivethemajesty.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/relivethemajesty.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/relivethemajesty.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6345"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/relivethemajesty.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6345\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/relivethemajesty.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/relivethemajesty.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/relivethemajesty.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}