Political Intrigue

What a comedown from the previous episode!  Here, once again, we return to structureless, filler-packed plotting, clunky exposition, painfully telegraphed foreshadowing, one-dimensional characterization, and a lame storyline that has no…

"A Matter of Honor," the episode immediately prior to this one, was, when it first aired, the best episode that the series had yet produced—but this one easily topped it,…

I have generally remembered this episode as well-meaning but a bit too "easy," and I expected (before re-watching it) that I would give it three stars. I imagined commenting that…

Finally! After a depressingly long streak of lesser episodes, here's a solidly enjoyable one. Klingon-Federation relations! An honest-to-god Romulan ploy! Geordi brainwashed, then put in the position of unwittingly investigating…