If you dig deep enough you can stitch together a theme of solving puzzles into this episode. The Chinese finger puzzles and the puzzle of figuring out what caused the two ships to become immobile.
Riker did drop a few wisdom starfleet bombs in this one, "Fear is the true enemy" and "We can hardly hate what we once were...." Profound Riker, profound.
Armin Shimerman gets a role as a one dimension Ferengi in this one. The Ferengi definitely needed some work ---- In this episode they are insufferable in a way that is not compelling. For a villian/antagonist I need something to hook me. There is no hook here.
The visual effects on the planet surface when Riker is yelling out on top of the rock was laughably bad. I only point this out because TOS managed to do far better in the 60's, so it's a bit of a head scratcher how they managed to do worse 20 years later.
Beverly Crushers hair is still spectacular but not as bouncy as I prefer. We get some more sexual tension between her and Picard towards the end of the episode when she calls him Jean Luc.
I give this episode a 6 because Geordi LaForge did manage to make me belly laugh with his over exuberant dialogue in the engine room with Riker. WHOO WEEEEE and a thumbs up. I get a real kick out of boyscout/girl guide moments on star trek and Geordi makes an amazing boy scout.
Riker did drop a few wisdom starfleet bombs in this one, "Fear is the true enemy" and "We can hardly hate what we once were...." Profound Riker, profound.
Armin Shimerman gets a role as a one dimension Ferengi in this one. The Ferengi definitely needed some work ---- In this episode they are insufferable in a way that is not compelling. For a villian/antagonist I need something to hook me. There is no hook here.
The visual effects on the planet surface when Riker is yelling out on top of the rock was laughably bad. I only point this out because TOS managed to do far better in the 60's, so it's a bit of a head scratcher how they managed to do worse 20 years later.
Beverly Crushers hair is still spectacular but not as bouncy as I prefer. We get some more sexual tension between her and Picard towards the end of the episode when she calls him Jean Luc.
I give this episode a 6 because Geordi LaForge did manage to make me belly laugh with his over exuberant dialogue in the engine room with Riker. WHOO WEEEEE and a thumbs up. I get a real kick out of boyscout/girl guide moments on star trek and Geordi makes an amazing boy scout.