Captain Picard is given a proposition by his old archeology professor.
This is a very interesting episode that answers a lot of big questions about the Star Trek universe, but bizarrely the concept seems to be limited to the this one episode.
The plot is a fairly well constructed mystery that made me want to find out what Professor Galen was searching for. The journey is good and involves some decent interaction between the Enterprise crew and a number of species. The reveal at the end feels important to the overall narrative of the Star Trek universe and involves a speech that would have fit well in the Original Series.
For me the best scenes are the early exchanges between Picard and Galen. These are decent moments of character development for Picard and both characters are in somewhat of a dilemma. Both Patrick Stewart and Norman Lloyd are impressive here.
This is an episode that like many could have done with a follow up to give it continuity, but unfortunately to my knowledge I do not think it has any further references.
For me it's a 7.5/10 but I round upwards.
This is a very interesting episode that answers a lot of big questions about the Star Trek universe, but bizarrely the concept seems to be limited to the this one episode.
The plot is a fairly well constructed mystery that made me want to find out what Professor Galen was searching for. The journey is good and involves some decent interaction between the Enterprise crew and a number of species. The reveal at the end feels important to the overall narrative of the Star Trek universe and involves a speech that would have fit well in the Original Series.
For me the best scenes are the early exchanges between Picard and Galen. These are decent moments of character development for Picard and both characters are in somewhat of a dilemma. Both Patrick Stewart and Norman Lloyd are impressive here.
This is an episode that like many could have done with a follow up to give it continuity, but unfortunately to my knowledge I do not think it has any further references.
For me it's a 7.5/10 but I round upwards.