It builds out Vic’s character, gave him a sense of control over his destiny, and established his credentials as a counselor. Nog is the focus, but Vic is the vehicle through which the episode is driven.
Give me a Klingon counselor any day, I want to hear about how fighting my inner demons is the most honorable battle one can partake in and how it will bring glory to me and my house.
Hah, I was thinking about this as I typed out my comment. People in Starfleet always seem to complain that replicated food doesn’t taste very good so my head canon is that it’s all basically weight watchers recipes. Supposedly even replicated ice cream has balanced nutrients in it.
This is Vic Fontaine slander!
(btw, fun thing to note… This is the first time I’ve gone searching for a trek gif and google images led me to a lemmy post.)
Right?! Like we’re gonna gloss over the best PTSD episode “It’s Only A Paper Moon”?
That’s a Nog ep, not a vic ep
It builds out Vic’s character, gave him a sense of control over his destiny, and established his credentials as a counselor. Nog is the focus, but Vic is the vehicle through which the episode is driven.
Exactly!
Give me a Klingon counselor any day, I want to hear about how fighting my inner demons is the most honorable battle one can partake in and how it will bring glory to me and my house.
I prefer Migleemoo’s food metaphors.
I feel like he would judge me for eating processed food.
He prefers it pre-chewed. He’s got no high ground to stand on.
Isn’t replicated food just processed food if we really think about it?
It’s very easy to read this in his voice.
That’s just because everything sounds good when Paul F. Tompkins says it.
Hah, I was thinking about this as I typed out my comment. People in Starfleet always seem to complain that replicated food doesn’t taste very good so my head canon is that it’s all basically weight watchers recipes. Supposedly even replicated ice cream has balanced nutrients in it.
it’s that one recipe with all the veg blended into the mashed potatoes so you don’t notice only you have grown up and like the veg now