The most ferocious episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation remains a thrilling classic
The most ferocious episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation remains a thrilling classic
By Chris Snellgrove | Published: 2025-11-03 17:30:00 | Source: GIANT FREAKIN ROBOT
Written by Chris Snellgrove | Updated
Star Trek: The Next Generation It’s not exactly a lewd display; In fact, its characters and plots were often quite sterile compared to the overtly sexual characters The original series. However, one episode of TNG The infamous first season remains the most brutal episode of the series, if not the entire franchise.
That episode is “The Naked Now”, the third episode of the first season. It’s an adventure where the entire crew gets a white girl drunk and almost turns the ship into a drunken orgy.
Too energetic to work
The plot of “The Naked Now” is that the entire Enterprise-D crew becomes infected with a cosmic disease that makes them look, act, and feel like they’re all completely lost. With their inhibitions lowered, Starfleet’s best and brightest are having a blast.
Tasha Yar Seduces Data (both fully functional and anatomically correct), and Dr. Crusher became so excited that he couldn’t even talk to Picard. Oh, and her precocious child takes control of the entire ship using only a recording of Picard’s voice and a few isolinear chips.
If you’ve never watched “The Naked Now,” trust me when I say that this is just scratching the surface of how strange This episode gets you. It was already bad enough The next generation It recycled old, unused script, which made the whole thing feel creatively bankrupt. But the show went ahead and turned what could have been a phone-in plot into an adventure that should have been called “Barely Disguised Writer’s Fetish.”
The data proves that it is fully functional
For example, you might expect android Data to be immune to an alien virus that makes everyone drunk because of his artificial body. but The next generation He goes out of his way to explain why Data is also under attack, all so we can have a crazy scene going from Tasha Yar talking about roaming assault gangs in her homeworld to asking if the robot is “fully functional.” Data reassures her that he is and that he was programmed into multiple technologies before it explodes so that security chief Tasha can explore a new career in (ahem) data entry.
On paper, the scene where Dr. Crusher beats up Captain Picard is the best. After all, anything is better than discovering that the most advanced piece of technology in Starfleet is also the most advanced sex toy ever created.
But it’s still really awkward to watch the Enterprise-D’s confident and capable chief medical officer throw herself at Picard like a sorority girl trying to get a quarterback. It’s equally sad to watch the captain’s horrified reaction as he tries to gently dismiss his dead friend’s wife as she tries to teach him a brand new Picard maneuver.
Star Trek: The Next Sugar
Outright smut aside, “The Naked Now” is just a weird Star Trek hour, one that threatens to tarnish the vision of these intrepid officers forever. According to this episode, everyone is just a few drinks away from casting aside their ideals and embracing a life of sex, drugs, and Spock ‘n’ Roll.
By the time it’s over, you’ll be wondering just how brutal the parties on this ship are when they ditch the synthol and raid Guinan’s bar for the good stuff. Think of “The Naked Now” as a true B-movie episode and you’ll have a good time with it.
Sure, it’s a bad hour of Trek and some sloppy sci-fi, but it’s also a fun adventure with one weird out-of-character moment after another. If you are a true fan of The next generation And you want to see everyone (even Picard!) let their hair down, you owe it to yourself to watch what might be the most horrific Star Trek episode ever.
(Tags for translation) Brent Spiner
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