Angel One

DVD, TNG S1 (Angel One)

You can see what they were trying to do, by having a story on prejudice, except the opposite of what we have on Earth, they could comment on it. But the other side to the story of removing colonists against their will was far more interesting, and was what saved it from being a rubbish excuse for some romance for Riker. I was surprised how uncaring Troi seemed at his 'meeting' with Beata. I suppose they aren't together, but it still seems odd that she didn't have anything to say on the subject, although she did seem a little more curt than usual. Yar's laughter at Riker seemed a bit inappropriate, almost insubordinate!

Despite the failure of the main story to be that interesting, there were still things to enjoy, such as most of the crew getting sick on the ship, including Picard. It's always fun to see Picard in difficult circumstances, much like the 'torture O'Brien' episodes of DS9, they always get humour out of it. It was also good that Data was able to obey Riker's orders so strictly that he found a way to wait until they could be beamed up! And of course, the big talking point of the episode is mention of the Romulans, and they actually leave to go and duff up some Romulan ships, at least that's how it seems to end. I bet people at the time were kicking themselves, wishing the Romulans had made an appearance, but it was not to be... yet. One other thing - it was quite handy that of all the people who went down with the virus, Dr. Crusher did not, otherwise where would they all be?

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