I liked it. And so did, IIRC, many critics.
Ditto, I thought it was a tight little character piece, neatly balanced with the series’ trademark black comedy.
I also disagree that BB isn’t rewatchable - but I’m the kind of weirdo that enjoys dark/pessimistic media.
Was it too heavy-handed with its metaphor, or too light of a touch? Personally, I really enjoy a one-off character piece every few seasons. “Perfectionist who pushes away friends and family and puts them in harm’s way in pursuit of perfection literally pushes away friends and family and risks their lives in pursuit of perfection” wasn’t too cryptic.
Re-watch any episodes of Three’s Company lately?
Just saying.
I can’t find a video clip but the SNL episode from 4/22/89 had a skit called Suspended Animation Chambers. Signs repeatedly warn about the danger of pressing the button because people in suspended animation chambers will die. Of course all that a group of young hikers can think to do is press the button. Not a great skit, mainly because it was just so obvious, like the big red Self Destruct button inside the secret headquarters of any Bond villain it’s just calling out for someone to push it.
Nah. Strange and meaningless, sure. But Dumbest? The train robbery episode is by far single stupidest thing I’ve ever seen on TV.
I like how they all get behind the dump truck and try to push it.
I know I’ve seen some dumb episodes of a lot of shows, but the only one that stands out in my mind is Star Trek: Voyager where Paris and Janeway reach warp 10.
The bizarre consequences of that being they’re everywhere at once and can somehow comprehend everything for some reason. They then hyper-evolve to a creature that looks like a big evolutionary step backwards, even if evolution worked like that, and mate.
I may have misremembered the details, the episode is so stupid I watched it once, over 20 years ago. and not again.
Is the gist of that one ST:TOS episode that the alien intruders on the ship were moving so fast that they were invisible? Or did something else render them invisible, because speed alone is unbelievably stupid.
I don’t know if it’s the dumbest episode of The Dick van Dyke Show, but it certainly was the weirdest: Rob and Laura compete to fix Sally up with a guy who’s perfect in every way … until they find out he’s a wife beater. Why does he beat them? Because he loves them! But it’s okay—he’s seeing a psychiatrist, and he wants to get back together with his last wife.
To their credit, Rob and Laura lock the front door after he leaves. But I still don’t understand what I’m supposed to learn from all this.
They were “accelerated” by something in the water on their planet. All you had to do was taste it and KA-BOOM! you’re moving super-fast too.
I don’t think it was ever explained how the “accelerant” got into their water—a failed medical experiment, maybe. But there was a similar episode of The Wild, Wild West in which an evil scientist concocted such a potion. I think Gene Coon was behind both episodes as writer and/or producer.
Not nearly as stupid as putting on a helmet hooked up to a computer and being able to remove (and later reattach) Spock’s brain.
If they’re moving so fast that they don’t at least blink into sight when they briefly stop, then friction from the air should burn them up. Anyway, if they’re running around that fast there should be all kind of wind turbulence at least.
There is an episode of Happy Days with a guest star playing the role of Kat Mandu. This was an attempt to spin off a new series with the character but this episode makes absolutely no sense. The IMDb description tells a story that is barely apparent in the episode, with no explanation for why any of the plot points are occurring.
That’s what happened to the evil scientist after (I think) West tossed kerosene on him.
How can you deny the poetic perfection of “Brain and brain! What is brain!?”
Hey, you can transplant other body parts. Why not a brain?
“We can rebuild him. We have the technology.”
That last episode of Sherlock really went off the rails and presented us with a festering chunk of fan service nonsense. It’s painful even to remember it.
Brain transplants are such a staple of science fiction that I don’t see how one can object to “Spock’s Brain” on that alone.
Or Remote Control Spock.
All the kiddies will want one for Christmas.