I give this episode high marks just for being so flippin’ loopy. If the ending was the least bit comprehensible, it might even be perfect. An obnoxious engineering expert comes aboard to tinker with the Enterprise’s engines. Hats off to actor Stanley Kamel; he is instantly dislikable. Mistakes are made and then this episode goes all Voyager as we wind up 300 of your earth years from home. Then more mistakes are made and we wind up in some floating marshmallow void where reality and fantasy merge. Far out. Young Wesley Crusher (who, for the record, I don’t hate) solves the riddle. Thank God somebody did ’cause I sure as hell don’t know what happened. (Something to do with “If you clap your hands and beleive in fairies. . . “) Anyway, Wes earns his stripes, which means we’ll be able to see this newly pubescent boy in one of those spandexy outfits in upcoming episodes. I can’t wait.
I am really laughing out loud 🙂 thank-you 🙂 your reviews are a treat and a delight. So funny for me to see these shows through your clearer eyes than my “marshmallow” ones that fall straight into the stories and see no wrong! LOL You’re right, Kosinski is deliciously obnoxious and I never got the Wesley dislike thing either 🙂 My Notes on this episode mention how much I loved the introduction of :maman” in Picards vision, that was a very nice touch indeed .