The most awkward episode?
The most awkward episode?
TNG S4E16 Galaxy's Child
This episode has so much cringe in it.
Geordie setting up a meeting and trying to make it into a date is a lot. Plus omitting that he had the computer summarize her files to resolve a critical crisis, while using the information he got from her file in discussing with her is not good.
Brahms does an excellent job letting him down and putting up firm boundaries.
But oh god, when she discovers the holodeck program, and then Geordie rant!
It's tough to watch in a totally different way than the Quark Gender swap episode.
“Nerdy guy who has trouble with women” has been a decent premise for a story for a long time. It even allows for some character development.
But the way it was handled in TNG with Geordi was terrible. Geordi, and LeVar Burton deserved a lot better than that.
Geordie is an incel. Any interaction he has with a woman is hard to watch.
I don’t know if he’s an Incel… he lacks the hateful parts of that subculture but he is abundant in awkwardness, ignorance, and inappropriate advances.
I think there are a few episodes he gets let down and just kinda sighs and accepts it, which isn’t too bad.
Worse, he's an ENGINEER
Geordi has "the knack"
Geordi canonically has a 2 daughters who I’m pretty sure are not androids.
You've named some strong contenders, but don't forget the episode where Kes goes into heat
Dude struck out twice with Julie Warner from Tommy Boy.
It wasn't until his interaction with Zalkonian that he developed the confidence to interact with her without being an asshat.
That second image of Geordie is gold
I wanted to include this shot but I couldn't think of a clever enough line
Neither could Geordi. She was tossing him softballs of conversation starters, but all he could do was fumble his words. Tommy at least had the confidence to be himself, buffoonish though that may be.
Omg, I forgot about the Quark episode. I've only seen DS9 once. Both those episodes strengthen my core with the extreme cringe they induce.
It had so much potential to demonstrate women's issues, then someone went "let's juxtapose the seriousness of rape with a Benny Hill esque scene Quark getting chased by a gross man in his underwear"
When you said “Quark Gender Swap” I assumed you were referring to when they put Quark’s head on a hologram of sexy Major Kira.
Holy shit, Leah Brahms is Commander Benteen!
I still wonder, if Voyager would have been better or worse with her as Janeway.
