1/2
When this episode started up I thought for certain I was going to hate it. Damned Holodeck nonsense! But, thankfully, that gets nipped in the bud quick — save for the concept of “following clues,” as Picard must do to come to the somewhat startling conclusion at the end of this episode. I gotta admit, I didn’t see it coming, but then it all made sense. I don’t want to give too much away.
Now, this is a lot of fun, but Picard (spoilers ahead, I guess, but that’s nothing new for me) is awful quick to bend to the Paxans’ demands. Maybe just cause there’s only three minutes left in the episode? He’s looked down the barrel of a loaded phaser plenty of other times – the Enterprise’s mission is to “seek out new life” — would he really be that quick to say, “never mind” just ’cause some planet says “We want to be alone!” I’d like to argue with some Trekker about this some time.
