I admit I only vaguely remember that one, but what I do remember is some kind of dude who seduces all the ladies in a family over time. The work I’m thinking of is a Clive Barker novel, Galilee. I feel like I experienced this plot elsewhere before. When he is threatened with exposure by Geordi and Data, he attacks, and Beverly vaporizes him. As Ronin evades Picard’s inquiries, he casts a web around Crusher that tightens ever more, ultimately revealing he is non-corporeal himself. However, when Picard comes to visit, he asks questions of Crusher’s new lover, Ronin. Turns out he is a good age for Beverly as well, and he is extremely charming, so she begins to fall for him too. Crusher returns to her home to bury her grandmother, when she meets her grandmother’s lover. Wife’s Grade and Comment: B “The premise was interesting, but the plot as many holes as a screen door.”ĭr.
Grade: B “Intriguing character dynamics are marred by an unbelievable plot.” It’s not a terrible episode, it’s just very difficult to take the central premise seriously. The guy who played Nikolai did a great job selling his character and the backstory for him as well. Sure, it doesn’t make sense, but at least you get to see more dynamics of Worf’s family. It was really the interplay between these two that carried the episode and made me more willing to ignore the plot holes. It was great to see the brothers interacting and how that played out through the episode. Basically all of Worf’s family from any species is amazing drama. The interplay between Worf and Nikolai was pretty great. How do you transplant a whole people from one place to another–not just one place, but different planets–without major rehabilitation of how they live and breathe and move, etc.? How could the Enterprise really have so many difficulties maintaining the holodeck that it would start breaking down systems? How could Nikolai not be subject to any kind of discipline? I don’t know! I wanted to like this one more than I did, but the plot holes were gaping. Finally the rest of the group is transported to a new planet and Nikolai stays behind to help them adapt to the new planet. One of the people discovers what has happened, but commits ritual suicide. He does so, however, in a carefully prepared holodeck deception such that he can prepare the people for transplanting to a new planet.
However, Nikolai has other plans than letting them die and instead forces Worf–and the crew of the Enterprise–to help him by simply beaming them on board. Worf must work with his adoptive brother, Nikolai Rozhenko, to try to save a primitive people on a planet that is being destroyed. There are SPOILERS for each episode below. I’ve also included a score and comment from my wife, who has never seen the show before. I’m going through “Star Trek: The Next Generation” and reviewing every episode, complete with commentary and a grade from A-F.
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