Dialogue tells us that Troi is being controlled by “Captain Shumar,” who says he simply wants the Enterprise to relocate the skeletons of his crew to Earth for a proper burial. The persona controlling Data is aggressive and likes picking fights with Worf. The persona controlling O’Brien seems fascinated by his memories of Keiko, who (with their baby Molly) is among the hostages.
Picard, who offers himself as hostage, appropriately notes that his captors are not acting like Federation officers.
The opening scenes with the glowy planet storms, the unexplained ability of the glowing balls to take over the crew members (including the android Data), and the convenient plot point that within a few hours the Enterprise crew develops anti-glowyball technology method that will totally work on a human, a human/Betazed hybrid, and an android (even though they’ve never tested it), are all pretty silly, but recurring characters O’Brien, Keiko and Ro had plenty to do.
Actors Sirtis, Spiner and Meany do a great job with the overdone “regular character is taken over by an alien” storyline. The hand-phaser zapping, cat-and-mouse gamesmanship, and Picard’s skill at talking add up to an entertaining show.
This is manageable. Far better than some semesters.
Creating textures for background buildings in a medieval theater simulation project. I can always improve…
Nothing in this stack is pressing, but they do include rough drafts of final papers,…
Here’s the underlying problem. We have an operating image of thought, an understanding of what…
Representing the Humanities at Accepted Students Day.
The daughter opens another show. This weekend only.
View Comments