201. Very Sixth Season TNG (Derogatory) (TNG 6.22)

Anika and Liz put on their least comfortable lounging clothes and settle in to discuss Star Trek: The Next Generation, season 6, episode 22, "Suspicions".

• Why is Beverly Crusher hosting an astrophysics conference? And other questions that will forever go unanswered
• However, this episode, which makes no sense in the context of TNG, makes a LOT of sense in the context of Star Trek: Picard, and its theme of marginalised people doing SCIENCE is resonant in 2025
• You're not gonna believe this, but you can't actually just substitute Beverly for Geordi and Worf and not make any other changes to a story
• Breaking down the Star Trek monocultures
• This unremarkable episode has one of Picard's best speeches in the entire franchise
• Beverly Crusher puts on heels and pantyhose to lounge around at home, because athleisurewear had not yet been invited in 1993
• PITCH: the next streaming movie should be about Philippa Georgiou and Guinan DOING A HEIST