In "The Chase" the findings of Picard's old archaeology mentor lead the Enterprise (as well as a few other alien empires) on a race to find the secret behind a string of connected DNA clues that might explain why humanoid life forms are so prevalent throughout the galaxy.
I'd never seen this episode before and was sort of surprised how nicely the entire story arc wraps in a nice little bow. The in-universe explanation of why everyone sort of looks the same besides a few facial differences is pretty ingenious and fun. I love a good world-building episode and this episode has huge implications for inter-planetary diplomacy. A concept such as this really could have been a movie!
At the very least, I think I would have preferred this to be a two-parter. Everything happens so fast, I wish we had more time to explore this concept. Maybe we can prolong the chase sequences a bit, go to a few more planets, pick up a few more clues... Anyways, love the concept, but I think the episode doesn't quite live up to it in execution.
I'd never seen this episode before and was sort of surprised how nicely the entire story arc wraps in a nice little bow. The in-universe explanation of why everyone sort of looks the same besides a few facial differences is pretty ingenious and fun. I love a good world-building episode and this episode has huge implications for inter-planetary diplomacy. A concept such as this really could have been a movie!
At the very least, I think I would have preferred this to be a two-parter. Everything happens so fast, I wish we had more time to explore this concept. Maybe we can prolong the chase sequences a bit, go to a few more planets, pick up a few more clues... Anyways, love the concept, but I think the episode doesn't quite live up to it in execution.