Star Trek: The Next Generation of Plot Fans’ Annoyance Initially Even Worse
Chris Snellgrove | publishing
Although this is a great plot in most ways, many Star Trek: The Next Generation Fans learned to hate the plot of “Bubi Trap”. This is because Geordi Laforge’s creepy sub-pictures start to fall in love with the holograms of engineer Leah Brahms, who makes things crazy weird when he meets real women in a later episode (we’re talking about Incel: The Last Boundary). But, these fans should know that it’s always worse: Initially, this annoying plot will allow Picard to interact with Brahms and ultimately save the day.
Why Star Trek almost makes the fool trap worse
Having the protagonist in this creepy Star Trek storyline is likely to make “Booby Trap” worse. Fortunately, we had to see this, thanks to performance host Michael Pierre Piller), he thinks “it should be George, because Jody fell in love with the ship, and it’s a story about a man who loves his 57 Chevrolet.” Although some fans now think of it, Piller doesn’t see it as any kind of personality assassination… Instead, he thinks it’s “playing the role of Jody, who has always been a man around women, but if he could marry his car, he would be happy to live a happy life.”
Just like the huge nerd of Star Trek, it’s hard to imagine Captain Picard spending all his time with Leah Brahms, especially since the ship’s crisis (its power exhausted by alien slut traps) obviously requires the talent of an engineer. But maybe it’s not that crazy: in the early “11001001,” he competed with Riker for the hologram. So, his own sub-picture of frivolous obsession with Leah Brahms may not be all that is different.
Additionally, this finished version of the Star Trek plot makes Picard insist on flying the ship out of the titular clumsy trap himself. This gives us an interesting glimpse into Picard’s internal control freak…he needs to kick out an experienced helmman so he can prove that his flying skills are not diminished. So it doesn’t seem incredible that Picard would consult Leah Brahms’ early story ideas instead of leaving it to experienced engineers.
While it’s interesting to imagine the Picard-centric story we could have encountered, some Star Trek fans may be more interested in learning about the characteristics of the “Booby Trap” unique to Geordi because He is more comfortable around the machine than women. Geordi in this episode is creepy with Brahms holograms and has no hostility to the real woman in “Galaxy’s Child” plots that bother some fans because the stories don’t fit with the usual character of the friendly engineering director. But no less than Michael Piller (arguably the best writer of all time) sees it as a natural part of Geordi’s unfortunate arc, rather than some dramatic anomaly.
Star Trek: The Next Generation Fans usually like “Booby Trap”, except for some Geordi scenes that boldly walk through scenes that weren’t cringing before. It’s unclear whether Picard will make these scenes less creepy. The presence of the character is likely to only make the captain less likable. Picard’s reputation survived thanks to the script changes, but Geordi’s core violated it and never really recovered.
