{"id":6381,"date":"2016-02-11T19:16:13","date_gmt":"2016-02-11T19:16:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/511-Hero-Worship"},"modified":"2016-02-11T19:16:13","modified_gmt":"2016-02-11T19:16:13","slug":"511-hero-worship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/relivethemajesty.com\/index.php\/2016\/02\/11\/511-hero-worship\/","title":{"rendered":"5.11&#8211; \u201cHero Worship\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n        \n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>5.11&#8211; \u201cHero Worship\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> The <em>Enterprise<\/em> rescues a boy survivor on a derelict ship, his parents killed along with the crew in an apparent act of piracy. The traumatized child takes a liking to Data, and soon decides to \u201cbecome\u201d an android.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Thoughts:<\/strong> This is the second directing effort of Patrick Stewart. His first, TNG 4.25, \u201cIn Theory,\u201d was also a Data-centered episode depicting the android as essentially alien and emotionally unavailable, going against the grain of certain\u00a0previous episodes that implied that Data may have feelings and just not realize it.\u00a0This episode\u00a0is somewhat more sympathetic to Data, and sweet, but\u00a0it again takes a fairly clear stand against Data\u2019s capacity for empathy and emotionality. Yet he wants to simulate these qualities, raising the question of why Data decides to do anything at all? His basic survival is assured without any of this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The problem with \u201cHero Worship\u201d is that it\u2019s dull in\u00a0a way that few other TNG episodes are dull, even the flawed episodes of the first and second seasons. There\u2019s no B story to speak of, and precious little conflict to be found in the A story about the child\u2019s hero worship of Data (does the boy have a name? Oh yes, Timothy).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A young boy fantasizes about or plays at becoming Data. I don\u2019t know know what could be more natural, except pretending to be the Captain. Perhaps it\u2019s a novel way to process trauma, but the idea that Picard would need or want get involved in armchair quarterbacking\u00a0Timothy&#8217;s\u00a0therapy sessions is deeply strange.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Also, do we need this episode <em>right after<\/em> an Alexander episode? Didn\u2019t we just do an episode with kids in 5.5 \u201cDisaster?\u201d 4.4 \u201cSuddenly Human?\u201d 3.5 \u201cThe Bonding?\u201d I must be missing some. Plus the whole Wesley Crusher years. Maybe this isn&#8217;t Star Trek&#8217;s best subject. People still harsh on TOS 3.4, &#8220;And the Children Shall Lead&#8221; (unfairly, IMO).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Why does the Chief Engineer go on away missions? Worf\u2019s security team never goes anywhere or does anything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I like the head motions in Timothy&#8217;s Data impression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2 out of 5 bottles of android hair gel.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/memory-alpha.wikia.com\/wiki\/Hero_Worship\" class=\"embedly-card\" data-card-recommend=\"0\" data-card-width=\"100%\">http:\/\/memory-alpha.wikia.com\/wiki\/Hero_Worship<\/a><script async src=\"\/\/cdn.embedly.com\/widgets\/platform.js\" charset=\"UTF-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n      ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>        5.11&#8211; \u201cHero Worship\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-6381","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\/6381","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=6381"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/relivethemajesty.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6381\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/relivethemajesty.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/relivethemajesty.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/relivethemajesty.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}