{"id":4781,"date":"2015-07-03T13:00:29","date_gmt":"2015-07-03T20:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/markwatches.net\/reviews\/?p=4781"},"modified":"2015-06-17T00:43:21","modified_gmt":"2015-06-17T07:43:21","slug":"mark-predicts-the-next-generation-season-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/markwatches.net\/reviews\/2015\/07\/mark-predicts-the-next-generation-season-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Predicts &#8216;The Next Generation&#8217;: Season 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As much as a challenge as it is to do these, this is a lot of fun to do because I feel like ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN on\u00c2\u00a0<em>The Next Generation<\/em>. IT&#8217;S SO WACKY. So here goes.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s start with my last batch of predictions:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll get a new castmember to take Tasha Yar\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s place.\u00c2\u00a0<strong>Not really, though Worf did more or less take her place.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll get a\u00c2\u00a0<em>separate<\/em>\u00c2\u00a0new longstanding character aside from this one.\u00c2\u00a0<strong>Dr. Pulaski!<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Wesley will get into the Starfleet Academy.\u00c2\u00a0<em><strong>Did\u00c2\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><strong>he? He passed that one test and got to stay on the\u00c2\u00a0<em>Enterprise<\/em> but I feel like that doesn&#8217;t quite count.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>There will be at least one episode devoted to the quiet, burning love between Dr. Crusher and Captain Picard.\u00c2\u00a0<strong>UGH.\u00c2\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>There will be one Holodeck-only episode. (The vast majority of an episode has to take place in it.)\u00c2\u00a0<strong>I think I&#8217;m technically right here!\u00c2\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The Holodeck will malfunction twice. <span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Only once, as far as I remember.<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n<li>The shields will malfunction seven times. <span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>I should have counted this, but there&#8217;s no way it was less than ten times.<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n<li>There will be no major character deaths in season two.\u00c2\u00a0<strong>Huzzah!<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll recognize four guest stars this season.\u00c2\u00a0<strong>Oh god, WHY DIDN&#8217;T I KEEP TRACK OF THIS.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>I will tell Riker to shut up twelve times.\u00c2\u00a0<strong>I told him 400 times.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>LWAXANA TROI RETURNS.\u00c2\u00a0<em>PLEASE<\/em>.\u00c2\u00a0<strong>YES. AND IT WAS FANTASTIC.\u00c2\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>We will learn what the Romulans meant by their return.\u00c2\u00a0<strong>ACTUALLY I FORGOT ABOUT THAT. It didn&#8217;t even happen!<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>That Romulan arc will be the major arc in season two.\u00c2\u00a0<strong>HA. There wasn&#8217;t an arc at all!<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll meet four new alien species.\u00c2\u00a0<strong>We met way more!<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>BRING BACK DIXON HILL, PLEASE.\u00c2\u00a0<strong>HUZZAH I GOT THIS RIGHT.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The disc of the\u00c2\u00a0<em>Enterprise<\/em>\u00c2\u00a0will NOT separate from the ship this season.\u00c2\u00a0<strong>And this one, too.\u00c2\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>All right. Some neat things happened in season 2 that might appear in this season, so here goes nothing:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Wesley leaves the\u00c2\u00a0<em>Enterprise<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>Picard is kidnapped at some point.<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Pulaski will be listed as a main character in the opening credits.<\/li>\n<li>We&#8217;ll get a flashback episode for Worf.<\/li>\n<li>As well as one for Deanna.<\/li>\n<li>We&#8217;ll see the Ferengi again.<\/li>\n<li>We&#8217;ll get another episode centering on The Borg.<\/li>\n<li>Q will show up once.<\/li>\n<li>Ensign Gomez! More of her!<\/li>\n<li>Riker will romance three women. (SIGH.)<\/li>\n<li>We will get our first\u00c2\u00a0<em>The Next Generation\u00c2\u00a0<\/em>cliffhanger!!! I WANT ONE.<\/li>\n<li>We&#8217;ll get one Holodeck episode.<\/li>\n<li>We&#8217;ll get one Data-centric episode as well.<\/li>\n<li>I also want one about the Klingon-Federation alliance!<\/li>\n<li>There will also be one story about time travel.<\/li>\n<li>There will be no episodes worse than &#8220;Shades of Grey.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Onwards we go!<\/p>\n<p><b>Mark Links Stuff<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/markwatches.net\/reviews\/2015\/05\/updates-european-tour-patreon-h-a-l-p\/\" target=\"_blank\">Please help book\/finalize the Mark Does Stuff European Tour!<\/a><br \/>\n&#8211; <b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/markdoesstuff?ty=h\" target=\"_blank\">I am now on Patreon<\/a><\/b>!!! <a href=\"http:\/\/markwatches.net\/reviews\/2015\/05\/updates-european-tour-patreon-h-a-l-p\/\" target=\"_blank\">MANY SURPRISES ARE IN STORE FOR YOU IF YOU SUPPORT ME<\/a>.<br \/>\n&#8211; The Mark Does Stuff Tour 2015 is now live and includes dates across the U.S., Canada, Europe, the U.K., and Ireland. <a href=\"http:\/\/markreads.net\/reviews\/tour-dates-appearances\/\" target=\"_blank\">Check the full list of events on my Tour Dates \/ Appearances page.<\/a><br \/>\n&#8211; My <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/calendar\/embed?src=815s3sbr8clhdi9tn8k7r3tim4%40group.calendar.google.com&amp;ctz=America\/Los_Angeles\">Master Schedule<\/a> is updated for the near and distant future for most projects, so please check it often.\u00c2\u00a0<b>My next Double Features for Mark Watches will be the remainder of\u00c2\u00a0<i>The Legend of Korra<\/i>, series 8 of\u00c2\u00a0<i>Doctor Who<\/i>, and <i>Kings<\/i>. On Mark Reads, Diane Duane&#8217;s <i>Young Wizards<\/i> series will replace the Emelan books.<br \/>\n<\/b>-\u00c2\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/markdoesstuff\">Mark Does Stuff is on Facebook!<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0I&#8217;ve got a community page up that I&#8217;m running. Guaranteed shenanigans!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As much as a challenge as it is to do these, this is a lot of fun to do because I feel like ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN on\u00c2\u00a0The Next Generation. IT&#8217;S SO WACKY. 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