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The last episode of Brisco County Jr. aired on May 20, 1994. The series ran for 1 season of 27 episodes. After faking their deaths with the assistance of Professor Albert Wickwire (John Astin), Brisco County Jr. (Bruce Campbell) and Lord Bowler (Julious Carry) sought to clear their names and expose the plans of General Quarry (Michael Fairman). The episode also featured the very Elvis like Sheriff Aaron Viva (Gary Hudson) and a posse played by ex-NFL players (Terry Bradshaw, Ken Norton Jr, Jim Harbaugh, and Victor Rivers). ("High Treason Pt 2" The Adventures of Brisco County Jr., TV Event)

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TREKMATCH! # 372 - TNG's "The Big Goodbye" vs 1986's Flight of the Navigator

FLIGHT OF THE NAVIGATOR

An alien talking spaceship kidnaps a... kid from 1978 but then accidentally returns him eight years later. Obviously the kid's once bereaved parents are thrilled but the kid is upset because he can't watch new episodes of Starsky and Hutch and some nosy scientists want to ask him a buncha questions. Hey sure it might be a drag those scientists are curious but like this is extraterrestrials we are talking about, haven't you ever heard of the good of humanity? Anywho, the kid whines his way into the ship and flies around and teaches the ship about TV.

GRADE: C+

STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - "The Big Goodbye"

Picard has some time to kill so he figures he'll try out a new gumshoe videogame on the holodeck and yes the holodeck safeties get shut off. I've asked it before a million times but ***why*** are there settings on holodeck to kill you maybe? Like I'll play a videogame on Difficult but not if the controller's gonna shock me if I mess up in the game!

GRADE: B-

Victory to TNG, so Trek is up 187-185!

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On April 23, 1998, the divisive episode of "Skin of Evil" aired for the first time on Star Trek the Next Generation. While it was written by Joseph Stefano and Hannah Louise Shearer, it was rumored to be one of the scripts illegally tampered with on behalf of Gene Roddenberry by his his lawyer Leonard Maizlish as part of the ongoing behind the scenes drama of the early show. It has been reported that Symbiosis had been scheduled to air at a different time, but Crosby had asked for the order to be switched so she could appear in that one. Denise Crosby had grown frustrated with lack of use and development of her character, Tasha Yar, and had been asked to be let go of the series. Yar became the first main crew member of an Enterprise series to die and not be resserected. Both fan and crew dissatisfaction with Yar's last appearance, being killed by a black goo monster, lead to her making an appearance as an alternate reality version of her character in Yesterday's Enterprise (1990). She also replayed the character in the series finale All Good Things..., in scenes that took place prior to her death. She also made an appearance as a memory in the STNG spin-off Picard episode "Surrender". Most notable, she returned to the series as the half Romulan daughter of a version of Tasha Yar. Crosby devised the character herself. The episode introduced Lt. Baji, played by Juliet Cesario. While technically Warf took over as head of security in this episode, he didn't change his costume till the next season. The episode took place in the year 2364. ("Skin of Evil" Star Trek the Next Generation, TV Event)

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TREKMATCH! # 736 - TNG's "Time Squared" vs 1973's Lone Wolf And Cub: White Heaven in Hell

LONE WOLF AND CUB: WHITE HEAVEN IN HELL aka 子連れ狼　地獄へ行くぞ!大五郎 aka WOLF WITH CHILD IN TOW: LET'S GO TO HELL, DAIGARO!

More of the scheming and swordplay against Ogami Itto by Retsudo and his clan except this time it's snowing! I was gonna watch Shogun Assassin next but I think I'm samurai'd out. I'll just listen to Liquid Swords by GZA instead.

GRADE: B

STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - "Time Squared"

Enterprise is just doing whatever when they encounter a shuttle with... Captain Picard, wha???? Turns out he's from a few hours in the future when the whole Enterprise is sploded. Apparently this was supposed to be a Q issue and lead into "Q Who" but they changed their minds at the last second, so there's a big subplot about this space cloud having a mysterious consciousness that's never really explored at all.

GRADE: B

Victory to Lone Wolf and Cub, so things are tied up for the first time in a long time 368-368!

Lone Wolf and Cub wins 5-1!