Honestly, I thought the season premiere, “Ja’loja,” was pretty lackluster (caveat: saw that during my so-sick-I’m-an-NPC phase). But the second episode, “Primal Urges,” shows a vast improvement. There was a whole lot of cringeworthy squidginess – I could’ve gone my whole life without all that hot Moclan-on-Moclan action – but even that served the story. And there were some great lines that are exactly the sort of thing you’ve never hear on *any* version of Trek… “Hi, I’m Dan” and “Aw, neat, what is it” don’t sound like much out of context, but they made me laugh uproariously *in* context. Plus, the episode just *looked* downright great: TNG *wishes* they could have done half as well back in the day. Interestingly, this second episode of season 2 was originally supposed to be the final episode of season 1, but for whatever reason it got slotted in here.
I have high hopes for the rest of the season. I do miss Yaphit, and hope he’s in this season.