This TNG episode has the Enterprise undergoing a little maintenance while the
officers and crew are doing a little R and R. What's happening to the Enterprise
is that it is undergoing what they call a Baryon sweep. Some highly toxic rays
are beamed into the ship to destroy any unfriendly microbes the ship picks up in
outer space.
This is the time some terrorists decide to drain some unstable radioactive waste from ship's engine. They have to do it in a certain amount of time or the toxic rays will do them in.
Two things go wrong. Patrick Stewart has to quickly return to the ship for something he forgot. Secondly several of the rest of the senior staff discover something and they're taken hostage.
Two performances really make this episode. The first is Marie Marshall as the lead terrorist who is a tough and resourceful villain and equal to any male. In fact truth be told she really hasn't much use for the male of the species which she demonstrates on a few occasions.
The second is David Spielberg their genial and talkative host on the space station the crew is on. He bores to tears just about everyone with his steady stream of small talk. But Data is trying to master that art of making pleasant conversation so the two go at it. Speilberg and Brent Spiner absolutely hysterical one of the funniest moments in TNG history.
Worth watching for that alone.
This is the time some terrorists decide to drain some unstable radioactive waste from ship's engine. They have to do it in a certain amount of time or the toxic rays will do them in.
Two things go wrong. Patrick Stewart has to quickly return to the ship for something he forgot. Secondly several of the rest of the senior staff discover something and they're taken hostage.
Two performances really make this episode. The first is Marie Marshall as the lead terrorist who is a tough and resourceful villain and equal to any male. In fact truth be told she really hasn't much use for the male of the species which she demonstrates on a few occasions.
The second is David Spielberg their genial and talkative host on the space station the crew is on. He bores to tears just about everyone with his steady stream of small talk. But Data is trying to master that art of making pleasant conversation so the two go at it. Speilberg and Brent Spiner absolutely hysterical one of the funniest moments in TNG history.
Worth watching for that alone.