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Chain of Command, Part II

What rating would you give Chain of Command, Part II?  

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  1. 1. What rating would you give Chain of Command, Part II?

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Series: Star Trek: The Next Generation

Season: 6

Episode #: 11

Production #: 237

Episode Name: Chain of Command, Part II

Original Air Date: 12.21.92

 

Review not yet available.

 

Cast:

 

Patrick Stewart as Jean-Luc Picard

Jonathan Frakes as William Thomas Riker

Brent Spiner as Data

LeVar Burton as Geordi La Forge

Michael Dorn as Worf

Gates McFadden as Beverly Crusher

Marina Sirtis as Deanna Troi

 

Guest Cast:

 

Ronny Cox as Captain Jellico

John Durbin as Gul Lemec

Heather Lauren Olson as Jil Orra

David Warner as Gul Madred

 

Director: Les Landau

Written By: Frank Abatemarco

 

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I'll review both parts of this episode together.

 

A simply incredible episode as you would expect because Ronald Moore (DS9 genius) wrote the script.

 

The two plots in this episode were both superbly written.

 

The first was a change of command on NCC 1701-D where the style of Picard was replaced by the micro-management style of Captain Edward Jellico who was superbly played by the brilliant Ronny Cox of RoboCop fame.

 

Watching him wind up and antagonise the crew was wonderful.

 

I loved the verbal sparring with Commander Riker and the way he immediately changed everything on the ship, including getting rid of Picard's deadly poisonous Lionfish, similar to the one that almost killed Brooke Shields in The Blue Lagoon. :blush:

 

He was also able to finally get Deanna Troi out of her dress...... :blush: :(

 

Sadly, he only wanted her to wear her standard uniform, which I think she looked sexier in, but hey maybe that's just my own perversion speaking. I can never be sure.

 

Interestingly, Data became XO in this episode and wore the red command uniform.

 

Of course, the Jellico Reign Of Terror was only half of this episode....

 

The other half was the incredible performances of David Warner and Patrick Stewart. Aside from the obviously powerful and memorable torture scenes, it also provided us with a great deal of information about Cardassians and Cardassian society.

 

The battle of wits between Picard and Madred was superb, made even more powerful by Picard's admission at the end of the episode that he was very close to breaking before he was released.

 

Gold Standard.

 

Rating = 5

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Second half is just as good as the first. Picard being able to crack his tormentor instead of the other way around, the confrontation scene at the nebula. My only problem was that they figured out the purpose of the trap, and why they wanted Picard a little too quickly. Other than that, superb. 5

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